If it wasn't really a major incident, Chu Nantang would have solved the trouble privately.

Now I said to me with a solemn face, and my heart suddenly rose to my throat.

"What's wrong?"

"It's Kiyozome and Xiaobai who ...... them"

When we arrived at the research base, I saw that they looked frightened, and I took a breath and pursed my lips and asked, "What is the situation?" ”

Bai Yiqing stepped forward and lifted his sleeves, only to see that under his skin, there seemed to be a small worm wriggling.

Lisheng took off his shirt and turned his back, and the same happened behind him.

And Li Qingran was on his belly, that little piece of parasite-like thing. I shuddered.

He looked up at Chu Nantang fiercely: "Even if this demon vine is taken out, it won't break its roots?" They will use human flesh as a breeding ground and continue to take root. ”

Chu Nantang's face was solemn: "The first thing to be discovered was Lisheng, but this thing grows very fast, and it seems that this method of removing it from the body will not work at all." ”

I didn't listen to what he said later, as if my whole body was in a state of paralysis of fear.

Until Chu Nantang pulled me to a quiet room and poured me a cup of tea: "Madam, take a sip of tea first." ”

I pursed my lips tightly and slowly looked up at Chu Nantang: "Nantang, their bodies have begun to grow again, do you say that in my body, will there be demon vines regrowing?" ”

He shook my hand: "Don't think about it. Since you haven't found it so far, it turns out that there should be no problem. And at that time, I was there to help you remove the demon vine from your body within an hour, and when they found out, it was already much more serious than you. ”

"You mean, maybe if you get rid of this thing in an hour, it won't grow anymore?"

Chu Nantang was silent for a while, and then responded lightly: "Maybe, even if they grow again, I will definitely find a way to curb them." ”

"How? If even removing them can't stop them from reproducing in the human body, then what else can be done? "Thinking about a living person who is about to turn into flower fertilizer is a terrifying thing.

"Don't worry, I've already discussed it with Professor Zhang, and he helped me contact a very powerful biologist, and I will come back from abroad in two days, and we will figure out a way together when the time comes."

"It's going to be two days away, this thing is growing too fast, and none of us can guarantee what will happen in two days."

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door outside, and Chu Nantang answered: "Please come in." ”

Lisheng excitedly pushed the door in, only to see a thick layer of gauze wrapped around his arm, and thought for a while: "Boss, there is a situation that I want to tell you." ”

"What's the situation?"

"This thing is not only afraid of fire, but also of cold. I took out the vine in my arm just now, Bai Yiqing was bored, and threw the ice cube in the wine into the vessel containing the demon vine, and the demon vine struggled a few times and then stopped, and it is estimated that it is dead now. ”

"Take me to see it."

"Hmm."

When Lisheng handed the frozen demon vine to Chu Nantang, Chu Nantang's eyebrows stretched a lot.

"In the past two days, you shouldn't be in any danger, the temperature has dropped sharply in the past half a month, which is not conducive to the growth of demon vines, and they will sting in your body."

Infinite hope rose in Li Qingran's eyes: "Is it possible to kill them with freezing temperature?" ”

"Freezing temperature?"

"Yes, put ourselves in the ice cellar and stay for a month, I don't see if the demon vine will grow."

Bai Yiqing raised his forehead: "My Qing Dye, in the ice cellar for a month, don't say that the demon vine will die, even you, will die earlier than it." ”

Chu Nantang was silent for a while and said, "Maybe you can give it a try, but the words are not necessarily absolute." It's just too risky. In the past two days, you should not act rashly, and if there is anything abnormal, call me in time. ”

After I got back, I kept thinking about what had just happened and the strange smile of the villager when I left.

mentioned this matter to Chu Nantang again: "Nantang, do you remember what I mentioned to you, when we left, those villagers did not come forward to embarrass us, but laughed very weirdly. At the time, I didn't understand what was going on, but now I began to understand a little, they actually knew that if the demon vine was parasitic in the human body, it would be impossible to completely eradicate it. ”

Chu Nantang replied lightly: "Madam, there is one thing that I haven't made clear to you, because it happened too suddenly at that time, and I am afraid of causing unnecessary fear and psychological burden to you." ”

"What is it?"

"Actually, none of those people are alive."

I was stunned for a long time before I wondered, "How come?" If it weren't for a living person, I should be able to sense it. ”

"Or rather, in that place, all your senses are out of order."

He calmly boiled his tea and talked about the creepy things.

"How?"

"Madame still remembers the first time I went there, before I left, I took a few photos with my mobile phone, and when I went back, I put those photos together and discovered a secret."

He poured me a cup of tea, then poured another cup for himself, took a sip, and said slowly: "The layout of that village is very similar to the Hell Yellow Spring that I used to record in a scripture. ”

"What...... Meaning? ”

"I'm guessing that the flower, growing and multiplying over there, has never been known to the world. There is a flower in hell called the flower on the other side of the Yellow Spring, which blooms with the water of the Yellow Spring. ”

A flash of inspiration seemed to flash in my mind, and I suddenly thought of something: "There, in fact, is no longer in the world?" And in hell? ”

"I can't say that, but rather, it should be the boundary between the world and hell, and we saw the lake in the cave, maybe the water of the yellow spring leading to hell."

I pondered for a long time before I asked him, "As long as we find the root cause, is there a way to cure the Huangquan flower that multiplies in flesh and blood?" ”

"I don't know, but all things are born together, but they are mutually restrictive, and they will always find a way to curb the growth of Huangquan flowers."

I was a little disappointed and said: "I was thinking that when things calm down, I would wake up Yan Zhi from the cold pool, but it seems that I will have to wait for some time." ”

"Madame, don't worry, meet that ancestor physiologist first, and we won't need to delay too long when we go back to our hometown."

"Hmm."

After two days, the legendary biologist finally returned from abroad. Bai Yiqing was responsible for picking up the airport at the airport.

We thought that the biologist would be an old man in his seventies and eighties, but when he stood in front of us, we couldn't believe that this young man, who looked no more than twenty-seven or eighteen, was already a biologist.

Although he was young, he was not arrogant and greeted us one by one, and stepped forward to shake Chu Nantang's hand: "Hello, Mr. Chu." My name is Ling Sizhe, and Professor Zhang mentioned something about you to me on the phone before, and I briefly said some about it. There is a preliminary understanding. ”

"Hello, welcome to our research group."

"I'm very interested in your research, by the way, Professor Zhang once told me on the phone that there is a kind of yellow spring flower, and I want to see what it looks like."

"Please follow me."

Chu Nantang took Ling Sizhe to the laboratory and took out a petri dish, only to see that the stumps in Hengwen had begun to take root and sprout.

Ling Sizhe lifted the petri dish into the air and carefully looked at it with a magnifying glass for a while. A look of shock gradually appeared on his calm face.

"It's a bit like a man-eating flower in the tropics, but it's fundamentally different, it's not hunting, it's writhing, it's like having a strong consciousness. It's the first time I've seen a plant with such a strong sense of self. ”

After that, Ling Sizhe took away the Huangquan flowers that had taken root and sprouted in the petri dish and raised them, and I was a little worried: "I was really afraid that the research would not succeed, but he was eaten by the Huangquan flowers and made flower fertilizer." ”

Chu Nantang smiled: "Probably not so easy." Bi Jian was introduced by Professor Zhang, and he was so young that he could have such an achievement. It can be seen that there must be something outstanding about him, so it is better to choose to believe in him. ”

"Well, we don't have a choice at the moment."

"In the past two days, Xiaobai's Huangquan flower stems have been taken out of their bodies, and they are afraid that new plant flower stems will grow, if it is then, they can only think of other ways."

After that, Ling Sizhe and a few friends entered into an active investigation and research, Ling Sizhe is serious about his work, and he is very humorous, and he soon got along with everyone.

Chu Nantang and I gradually put our minds at ease and decided to go back to the ancient town first.

Before leaving. I said hello to Xiaobai and Long Jianyue, and asked them to help watch the research base, protect the bronze ancient box, and wait for us to come back.

After explaining these things, we took Xiaofan and left by car.

For me, returning to the town of a hundred years ago seems to be a century away, strange and familiar.

Everything here makes me feel very intimate, and there is a touch of worry in the midst of the intimacy.

We stayed in an inn in the ancient town, and the car needed to travel a few miles to refuel, Chu Nantang first asked me to go back to the inn's room to rest, and he went to fill up the gas and came back.

After taking out the luggage and taking a bath, I fed Xiaofan some rice cereal, the environment here is very fresh, the air in the ancient town is also very pleasant, and the little guy seems to be very happy.

Holding things and running around the room, I couldn't help but admonish: "Xiaofan, don't run so fast." ”

The little guy is playful, where will he listen to me? Suddenly, a gust of wind blew the windows open, the curtains were raised, and a gust of rain drifted in.

I stepped forward to close the window and looked at the heavy rain outside, the road in this town is not very good, and I don't know where Nantang has gone?

Glancing at the time, it was already past five o'clock, thinking that he should be back soon, waiting for him to come back and have dinner together.

Xiao Fan fell asleep on the floor while playing, and I stepped forward and hugged him to the bed and covered the quilt.

The appearance of falling asleep is very similar to Chu Nantang, and it is really father and son.

After kissing his little bun face, I took the book out to pass the time.

This inn is very old, and the decoration is a bit biased towards the style of the Republic of China, antique.

The owner is very careful, and every lamp in the room has its own charm and style. In such an environment, holding a book can quickly calm down the irritable mood.

Time passed imperceptibly, and when I heard the sound outside the door, I put down the book in my hand and immediately got up and opened the door.

I saw that Chu Nantang's coat was already wet, so I pulled him into the room and took out a change of clothes from his luggage for him.

He took off his coat and said, "When you come back." It happened to be raining heavily and they were all wet. ”

"You go wash up, I'll go order food below, by the way, Xiaofan is sleeping, you look at him." I'll be back soon. ”

"Well, go ahead."

I went downstairs to order, the inn was very quiet, I couldn't see a figure when I went downstairs, I called a few times: "Boss, boss?" Is anyone there? ”

I saw a woman in her forties come out of the kitchen. He also had a cigarette in his mouth.

"Hello, what can serve you?"

"I want to order a few dishes, you should have a meal service here, right?"

"Of course, of course, ah...... I'll go get the menu for you. With that, he turned around and went back to the front desk and brought the menu.

I looked and there were several local specialties: "Let's have a special dish...... I'll order a few more of my husband's favorite foods. ”

"No problem, it'll be fine soon."

I subconsciously poked my head into the kitchen; "Boss, why do you seem to be alone?"

"In this ancient town, except for a few young people who come to travel, where are there any people. Now that the economy is in a recession, I'm all alone. ”

I couldn't help but admire: "It's amazing, you can live in such a big inn alone." ”

"There's no way, my husband died early, and I have a son who is in college, so I have to work hard to save some money."

"I'm sorry for you."

"I'll send you to your room when it's done."

"Okay."

The craftsmanship of this hostess is very good, we went to bed after eating early and got up early the next day without checking out.

packed up some sacrificial things, and took Xiaofan to his grandmother's grave.

Because no one has come to sweep the grave for more than a year, the grass has grown deep now. Chu Nantang and I pulled out the grass on the grave. Spent the morning in front of my grandmother's grave.

The sky was still drizzling, and Xiaofan slept soundly on Nantang's shoulder.

When I went in the direction of the Spirit Tomb, I couldn't help but wonder: "Didn't the Spirit Tomb sink into the ground before?" It's all collapsed, is there still an entrance to the cold pool? ”

"Of course there is, and the tomb doesn't collapse so easily."

"Could it be that the spirit tomb still exists."

"The center of the chamber has sunk underground, and everything else is gone."

I followed Chu Nantang to a canyon place, which was very hidden and difficult to be discovered.

Although some people have come, no one dares to go deeper.

And Chu Nantang seemed to be very familiar with the terrain of this canyon and walked a distance. He pressed a mechanism, and suddenly a small stone door appeared on the stone wall next to him.

"Go in from here, go down the stone stairs, and you can get to Hanhe Lake."

It turns out that the stone staircase that spirals up can go down from here. Back in the spirit tomb, although many of them have long been ruined, they still make people nostalgic.

And that cold pool was still the same as before, I walked to the middle of the pavilion with him, Chu Nantang lifted the seal here, and thought that everything was going as expected.

But after waiting for a while, Chu Nantang looked surprised. The splash caused by the lifting of the seal quickly subsided.

"What's wrong?"

"Somebody has been here."

I was suffocated, and subconsciously asked, "What about the spirit of Yanzhi?" ”

"Missing ......"

I stumbled two steps, still unable to accept the fact: "How did it come to be gone?" Don't...... Was it Shen Qiushui who took Chang Zhi away? ”

Chu Nantang thought for a while and said: "But Changzhi doesn't mean anything to them now, they don't need to go to great lengths to come here, go to great lengths to break my seal, and take away Changzhi's spirit." ”

After the dead silence, an answer came to my mind: "Could it be...... Gu Xi, I took away the spirit of Yan Zhi in private? ”

Chu Nantang turned his head to look at me and replied softly: "There are few people in this world who can break my seal." Gu Xi and I are one of them, and he also has a close connection with his sister-in-law, I think, eighty percent of the people who took away his sister-in-law were Gu Xi and me. ”

"What did he take away for him?"

"Gu Xi, I have a deep sense of guilt for Changzhi, Changzhi will become like this, and most of the responsibility lies with Gu Xi. And now that he has taken away the spirit of Yanzhi, I think it should only be to make up for her, not to hurt her. ”

Hearing Chu Nantang say this, my heart gradually let go of a lot: "But where are they hiding now?" ”

"In order to get the bronze ancient box. They will definitely come back again. When I was in Wuqiang before, those two times were their people, or they were the ones who came to grab the bronze ancient box. ”

On the way back, Chu Nantang received a phone call, and his face changed suddenly after answering the phone.

I asked him what was going on, and he didn't answer, and after a while, he pulled over to the side of the road with some uncontrollable emotions.

I looked at him uneasily and called him softly: "Nantang? ”

"Madam, the bronze ancient box was taken away by Shen Qiushui and them. After all the precautions, they still couldn't prevent them. ”

At that moment, my mind was blank, but I thought that maybe Chu Nantang's mood was more complicated than mine now, so I secretly took a deep breath and comforted him: "Nantang, it's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, go back first and then find a way." ”

Chu Nantang sighed lightly: "I can only take one step at a time." ”

There was almost no rest on the way, and we rushed back to the research base, where Professor Zhang was already waiting at this time, and his face was solemn when he saw us returning.

"It's all strange, if it wasn't for my carelessness that day, I went out to answer a phone call and left the bronze ancient box in the laboratory, those people wouldn't have had a chance to break in and take the box away."

Chu Nantang asked Xiang Li Qingran: "Can you call up the monitoring records?" ”

Li Qingran shook his head: "The strange thing is that the system has been destroyed, and there were three monitoring systems that were not in the same area before, but those who stole the ancient box people can be very cleverly avoided." ”

Lisheng turned the torch in his hand and said softly: "Is there a traitor?" ”

This sentence was invisibly like an east pole bomb, which exploded all at once.

Long Jianyue put her hands around her chest and said with a serious face: "If you doubt me, please say it directly." ”

Bai Yiqing smiled at him: "How could I doubt you?" Brother Long, you came from ancient times, and you are not even familiar with the computer, let alone destroy such a strict high-tech system, you said that you did it, and I don't believe it. ”

Li Qingran pursed her lips and smiled: "That's right." ”

Long Jianyue didn't care, and nodded: "In other words, I was the first to rule out suspicion, and then the next one is Bai Yiqing." ”

Bai Yiqing paused, and stared at Long Jianyue with a grim face: "Do you have a grudge against me?" The first time I saw the moon, you bit me and didn't let go. Could it be that we were mortal enemies in our last life? ”

Long Jianyue tugged at the corners of her mouth: "It's hard to say, I just put forward a guess in my heart." ”

"But I'm sorry to disappoint you, I was ...... I get together with clear dyeing. ”

Li Qingran's face turned red, and he nodded against his lips: "Yiqing didn't lie, he was indeed with me at the time." ”

Bai Yiqing shrugged his shoulders: "If you want to button a hat on my head, Brother Long, your Taoism is too shallow." ”

Long Jianyue stopped talking, but fixed his gaze on Lisheng: "What about Lisheng?" What were you doing at the time? ”

"I'm at the Buddo Gym, and you know that in my spare time, I was a Muay Thai coach. Some of them are my students. ”

After a period of silence, Lisheng said: "Since everyone has ruled out suspicion. Then there is only one person who can still enter and exit here freely, the new Ling Sizhe. ”

Professor Zhang was the first to come out and clarify: "Impossible! Sizhe was raised by me, he was only interested in the study of plants, and I didn't mention the bronze box to him, what can he do with it? ”

"Okay, let's stop guessing, this will fall into the enemy's plan and hurt each other's harmony, this matter will be put aside for now, since it is lost. We won't be able to find it back for a while.

And the bronze ancient box, they took it, and they will definitely be able to take it away, so it has no substantive effect to take it, and the most important thing at the moment is to solve the Huangquan flower. ”

After hearing this, Bai Yiqing said: "I haven't found it yet, Huangquanhua has signs of resurrection in the body. ”

Li Qingran said: "I don't have either." ”

Lisheng: "Again, no. ”

……

At this time, Ling Sizhe knocked on the door from outside and walked in, saw that everyone was there, stopped talking, turned to Chu Nantang and Professor Zhang and said, "Mr. Chu." Professor Zhang, can you go into the experiment? ”

I slammed Chu Nantang; "I'm going to check it out too?"

"Hmm." Seeing us leaving, Xiaobai couldn't help but become nervous, and probably guessed that Huangquanhua had made a new discovery.

We walked into the laboratory together, and in just a few days, Ling Sizhe had cultivated two beads of Huangquan flowers in a thermometer bottle.

"The flower grows and reproduces quite quickly, and it is very tenacious," he said. You say it is afraid of fire and ice. I've done experiments one by one, and I'll show you. ”

As he spoke, he took out the burnt Huangquan root diameter in a petri dish and took a small light bulb to illuminate it enough. After maintaining the temperature and pouring water, white roots immediately grew from the dead ashes.

A chill arose from the soles of his feet, Ling Sizhe put on gloves, took out the root diameter placed in the ice water, and also placed it under a small light bulb, after getting a certain amount of irradiation and temperature, the root diameter began to twist and resurrect again.

"Fire and ice can't kill it, and the reason why the new regeneration path is pulled out of the body of the friends and does not recur is because it ...... The environment does not allow it. But once sunlight, air, temperature, water, or blood meet the rigid requirements, they will still be resurrected in human flesh and blood. ”