"I am helping them do acupuncture, and using acupuncture to prick their Quchi, Hegu, Xuehai, and Sanyinjiao acupuncture points can relieve their pain." Wen Qingshan said, turned his head and asked me, "Have you two dug up the earthworms?" ”

I brought the tub to him: "Do you think this is enough?" ”

Wen Qingshan glanced at the wooden basin and said, "It's almost, you two go find a bowl and mash all these earthworms, it will be useful later." ”

"All mashed?"

"Hmmm! Mash the meat puree, remember to wash it before pounding, and clean the earthworms from the dirt, because they will be given later. ”

"What!? This...... Give them this stuff!? "Both I and I were taken aback.

"There's nothing to make a fuss about, earthworms, also known as earth dragons, are mainly used to treat snake scabies, three insects and corpses, ghost boils Gu poison and other diseases, it is a very haode Chinese medicine, go quickly!"

We had to bite the bullet and tinker with the freshly dug earthworms.

Although it is not difficult to mash the soft earthworms into meat paste, but watching the fresh earthworms being smashed by the two of us into a blur of flesh and blood, and a faint earthy smell emanating from it, I can't help but feel nauseous, we tried to hold our breath and worked hard for a while, and finally smashed the earthworms into meat puree.

Looking at the big bowl of earthworm mud, I couldn't help but wonder, "How can the blood of this earthworm be red?" ”

"What's so strange about this," said the cheaply, isn't your and my blood also red? ”

"But have you ever seen any other insects with red blood?" I asked rhetorically.

"Of course I did!"

"What?"

The cheap blurted out: "Mosquito! ”

"Holy! That's because a mosquito bites a person, and the stomach is full of human blood to show red, have you ever seen a mosquito that has not bitten a person The blood is red? ”

Wen Qingshan heard the conversation between the two of us, turned his head and smiled, and said: "Earthworm is indeed a very special species, its blood is unique, with hemoglobin very similar to the red blood cells in human blood, it is said that there are now scientists abroad who have synthesized artificial blood with the blood of earthworms. ”

"What, using earthworm blood to synthesize human blood?"

Wen Qingshan nodded, and said: "And according to historical records, in the southwest mountainous area, there is a kind of giant earthworm with a body length of nearly one meter and the thickness of an adult's wrist, this giant earthworm is also called a goblin by the locals, and it is said that the blood of the goblin can treat all kinds of poisons, and even the most powerful golden silkworm Gu poison can be resolved." ”

"A giant earthworm a meter long, isn't that the same as a snake!?" The couldn't help but shudder.

"That's true! However, I haven't seen it with my own eyes. ”

As we were talking, Bai Sanyuan led a few villagers back with the things Wen Qingshan wanted.

Wen Qingshan immediately ordered: "Hurry up and make a fire, boil the wine first, and then bring dozens of bowls over, and then hold the medicine later." By the way, all of this garlic has to be mashed into garlic puree. ”

Everyone hurriedly split up and got busy, and the work of pounding garlic fell to me and the cheap again.

After the garlic paste was pounded, Wen Qingshan mixed a small amount of realgar powder, garlic paste and the bowl of earthworm meat puree together and stirred it, and then asked me to help with the cheap one, and kneaded it into pills with a diameter of about one centimeter. At this time, the wine was almost cooked, and he asked us to distribute two pills and a bowl of hot wine to each patient who had been poisoned by the Gu poison, and then got up and said loudly: "You take the pill with strong wine, and within half an hour, the Gu worm should be forced out of your body." ”

I don't know what a pill mixed with earthworm, garlic, and realgar powder will taste like when consumed with a large bowl of spirits. But as you can imagine, it won't be delicious.

However, at this moment, the villagers who had been poisoned by Gu couldn't care what it meant, and they all swallowed the pill according to Wen Qingshan's instructions. And he drank all the spirits in the bowl.

After about twenty minutes, everyone began to vomit, and their expressions were even more painful than before, seeing this situation, Second Master Qi asked Wen Qingshan with some apprehension: "Professor Wen, is your method useful?" ”

Wen Qingshan smiled and said, "Isn't it playing a role now?" ”

Soon, a pungent stench of vomit filled the air, and I quickly pinched my nose and held my breath.

"Come and see!" Wen Qingshan led us to a puddle of black and red vomit, picked up a wooden stick from the side, and actually tossed in the puddle of vomit.

I stood by and watched, only to feel a tumbling in my stomach, if I looked any further, I was afraid that I would vomit too, I hurriedly turned my head and turned my gaze into the distance.

Huang Yixian couldn't stand it anymore, he opened his mouth and asked, "Boss Wen, what are you doing here?" ”

Wen Qingshan said: "I am looking for the culprit who caused their illness. Not long after he finished speaking, he suddenly shouted loudly: "Found it!" You see. I subconsciously looked down and saw that he had picked up a stick about an inch long and black like a locust from a pile of vomit with a wooden stick.

"Could this be a Gu worm?" Huang Yixian was slightly stunned.

Wen Qingshan nodded and said, "That's right! This is a grasshopper Gu, after a person drinks the water containing the Gu eggs, the Gu eggs will hatch in the human body, and attach to the human intestines, absorbing the human blood. ”

"Isn't this just like a locust?"

"It's a Gu raised from grasshoppers! However, unlike grasshoppers, it is highly poisonous and can kill people! ”

After listening to Wen Qingshan's words, everyone was shocked.

After a while, all the villagers vomited, and one by one they sat on the ground, panting, their faces still pale, but no one covered their stomachs or screamed anymore.

Wen Qingshan said: "The Gu poison on everyone's body should have been lifted, let's go home and rest first, and boil some ginger soup with brown sugar at night to drink." In addition, everyone should be careful not to drink raw water these days. ”

The villagers stood up, thanked us, and then helped each other and went home. Second Master Qi hadn't completely recovered yet, he asked Wen Qingshan in a daze: "Has the Gu poison on their bodies really been removed?" ”

Wen Qingshan said: "The Gu worm has been vomited, it should be fine." ”

"Then will these Gu worms survive and reproduce in the ground!" Looking at the vomit everywhere, Second Master Qi seemed to have palpitations.

Wen Qingshan said with a smile: "Second Master Qi doesn't have to worry, these things have already been killed. In the three flavors of medicine I used just now, realgar powder can kill Gu insects, "Shennong's Materia Medica" records, realgar 'good can kill a hundred poisons, ward off a hundred evils, make Gu poison, people wear it, into the mountains and forests and tigers and wolves, into the river and avoid a hundred poisons. Therefore, the people who raise Gu definitely don't dare to drink realgar wine. ”

Second Master Qi listened, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing that the time was not early, Huang Yixian arched his hand towards Second Master Qi and said, "Second Master Qi, we should also go back, we will come to you again tomorrow and say goodbye!" ”

A few of us turned around and were about to leave, but Second Master Qi called out to us: "Wait! Thanks to a few of you today, why don't you go to my house for a light meal. ”

Wen Qingshan was very lucky, and immediately said: "Okay, then we might as well be respectful!" ”

We followed Second Master Qi to his house, and while his wife and daughter-in-law were cooking, we sat in the yard with Second Master Qi and talked about it.

Second Master Qi asked Wen Qingshan puzzled: "Professor Wen, what are they doing with Gu?" ”

Wen Qingshan frowned and said, "Presumably, someone put the Gu eggs in the water, and everyone happened to drink the water that was put into the Gu. ”

Second Master Qi's face changed: "Could it be that the well in the village was tricked?" ”

Wen Qingshan waved his hand and said, "It shouldn't be, they were almost at the same time Gu poison attack, which means that they should also be Gu at the same time." It is impossible for so many people to all drink well water at exactly the same time! ”

"Second Master Qi, has anyone in the village held a banquet recently?" Huang Yixian asked.

"Banquet?" Second Master Qi thought for a while, "No one has held a banquet recently!" As soon as he said this, he suddenly thought about it again: "By the way, last night the zodiac chief helped Bai Xiaowu do something, and everyone in the village came, but they didn't eat, just knock a melon seed and drink tea." ”

"Tea?" Wen Qingshan was slightly stunned.

"Boss Wen, do you think there's something wrong with that tea?"

Wen Qingshan nodded: "Very likely." ”

I said puzzledly: "But Second Master Qi and Brother Sanyuan should have been present last night, if there is a problem with the tea, why are they okay?" ”

Second Master Qi coughed lightly a few times and said, "I only drink boiled water, and I can't get used to the taste of tea, so I didn't drink a sip of tea last night." ”

"That's right, there must be something wrong with the tea! Someone put Gu in the tea! Wen Qingshan said with certainty.

Second Master Qi immediately turned his head to Bai Sanyuan on the side and said, "Sanyuan, you go and bring my notepad, and I'll see who was in charge of the tea yesterday." ”

Bai Sanyuan turned around and entered the house, and after a while, he walked out with a crumpled elementary school workbook.

Second Master Qi dipped his finger on his lips with a little saliva, flipped through the homework book and looked at it, suddenly raised his head, stared at Bai Sanyuan, and said in surprise: "How can it be your daughter-in-law?" ”

When Bai Sanyuan heard this, he was slightly stunned at first, and then turned his head and shouted at the kitchen: "Xiuying, you come out!" I have something to ask you. ”

Sanyuan's daughter-in-law quickly walked out of the kitchen, wiped her hands on her clothes with oily stains, and said, "Say something quickly!" I'm stir-frying! ”

Bai Sanyuan asked straight to the point: "You were in charge of the tea last night?" ”

"Yes! What's wrong? ”

"And what did you add to the tea?" Bai Sanyuan asked loudly.

Sanyuan's daughter-in-law glared at him: "What are you yelling about!" Of course, tea leaves are added to the tea, what else can be added! ”