Chapter IV, Section 10

The insect master glanced at me with a little approving, and said, "Well, yes, I really checked a lot of things." Then you should know what this group of people who attacked you are carrying, right?"

"Well, these people should have brought the toadstools of the underworld. ”

"Yes, do you know what the characteristics of this thing are?"

"I know, the person who carries this thing is more powerful than ordinary people, and it is more resistant to beating. If used to wrap a corpse, it also prevents decay. ”

"You're just talking about part of it, although this mycelium can increase the wearer's strength, it can cause poisoning, and there is no reaction for a short time, but after ten days, the muscles of the wearer's body will start to stiffen, and there will be severe pain, and eventually death due to blood clotting. ”

At this point, he deliberately stopped talking, and looked at me with a meaningful expression on his face.

"No, I remember that we caught a man with mycelium before, and when he reappeared after a long time, he was still fine, and I didn't see anything unusual. Could it be that there is something that can cure this toxin?"

The insect master looked at me with satisfaction, nodded slightly, and said, "Yes, there is indeed something that can cure this bacterial toxin, and it is a very inconspicuous thing." It is a wild vegetable that grows on the banks of rivers, alfalfa. ”

"Ah, that thing is everywhere in the countryside, and this thing can actually detoxify? ”

"Not all alfalfa can play a role in detoxification, alfalfa is also known as clover, as the name suggests, it will only grow three leaves, but some alfalfa will grow a fourth leaf, only this alfalfa with four leaves can detoxify the fungus. And before use, you also need to carry out some treatment, you have to place the alfalfa grass in a dark place to dry the water, and then use a stone mill to crush it, when you need to detoxify, throw the crushed alfalfa grass powder into the water, and then soak the whole body for an hour, and the toxicity will be self-resolved. ”

"Isn't this four-leaf clover grass rare?"

"No, it's easy to find in alfalfa places. ”

I don't know why, under the description of the insect master, I gradually came up with the residence of the old man Du Wenjuan in that dim and cold room, on the newspapers spread everywhere, a large number of alfalfa vegetables were scattered, this scene now seems to be an antidote.

I have never figured out the reason why Master Wei kidnapped Du Wenjuan in the first place, and I always thought that he was deliberately going against me, but now that I think about it, there are too many unusualities in it.

I remember that when I went to Du Wenjuan's old man's house, there were a lot of alfalfa in the room that were spread out to dry, but why didn't she bask in the sun in the courtyard?

And she dug too much, listening to her neighbors, Du Wenjuan has been digging wild vegetables for two years, at the beginning of the digging not so much, each time it was enough for the old two to eat a few meals, but then it became to dig every day, and every day to carry back half a bag, she is alone, those vegetables look enough for her to eat for a few months, it is estimated that they will all be broken before she eats, but she knows why she has to dig every day if she can't eat?

If she digs up to feed pigs and chickens in the countryside, it will be of some use, but if she doesn't sell them and raise poultry and livestock, where will all the wild vegetables she dig up be used? Could it be that she eats them all alone? No one will believe her when she says it.

"Master Insect, I suddenly thought of something, I received a task some time ago, asking me to cure an old man named Du Wenjuan and prolong his life. At that time, I went to the old man's house, and found that there were a lot of alfalfa vegetables in her house, as you said, and we thought that the old man dug it up and ate it and didn't pay much attention to it, but after you said this, I felt more and more that there was a problem here. Do you think she dug up so many vegetables to make an antidote for Master Wei? At that time, that task was quite unsmooth, and the old man was stirred up by Master Wei, and now I think that they may be protecting the old lady. ”

In an instant, countless ideas unfolded in my mind at the same time, making the many doubts that had been bothering me reasonable and clear, and at present, I only thought of two possibilities, one is that the old man Du Wenjuan has already joined Master Wei's camp and has been quietly providing this antidote to the other party.

The other is that the old man Du Wenjuan didn't know the inside story, but was just used by Master Wei, or was bribed by him with money to do this.

Whatever the reason, Master Wei definitely didn't want the old man to fall into our hands, so he would find someone to pick her up and hide her, and even in the end, he didn't hesitate to send skeleton soldiers to interfere with the operation, and maybe he wanted to take the opportunity to kill people.

The more I thought about it, the more reasonable I felt, and I couldn't help but feel a little excited, as if I had sorted out the thread in a mess, and the qi and blood in my whole body were much smoother.

Now I have to test my idea, and if I prove my guess right, I've caught an important clue. No matter how deep the other party hides, the antidote that has been made will always come and be taken away, and then we will only have to follow the person who took it, and we will definitely find something.

We haven't had any clear clues to find for a long time, but now I really caught one, and the eagerness in my heart can be imagined, so I pulled up the insect master and prepared to go downstairs, and I didn't even have time to change out of the hospital gown.

"Don't worry, don't worry. I have one more thing to tell you. Didn't you promise Dr. He to ask about the manuscript? I've already arranged it here, and you can ask the little girl how the silk silk is. If you're ready, you'll do it tomorrow. The old lady won't run away, and it's too late to go back and check. ”

Seriously, if it hadn't been for the insect master's reminder, I would have really forgotten about it. And I was so seriously injured this time, He Lei didn't even come to see it, I guess she was still angry with me, and it was time to call her to ease the relationship.

We went back to the ward, took out our mobile phones and dialed He Lei.

"Hey, Dr. He, are you off work? I have something I want to ask you. ”

He Lei picked up the phone and said in a very unfriendly tone: "No, I'm on the night shift tonight, talk about things directly, don't talk so much nonsense." ”

It seems that her anger has not subsided, hey, this woman is an unreasonable creature, as long as she is not used to seeing and disliking it, she can treat it all with anger.

"Then I'll make a long story short, didn't you ask me to ask your grandfather for the manuscript, I'm almost ready here, I want to ask if your silk is ready?"

"I knitted it two days ago, and I've been waiting for your reply, and after so long of silence, I thought you had forgotten about it. ”

"How come, your business is my business, and I won't forget it if I kill you. ”

"It's decent, if you really forget, we won't have to contact each other again. ”

"Hey, look at what you said, how could it be. If you're free tomorrow, how about we set it for tomorrow?"

"Yes, then we'll see you at the cemetery gate at ten o'clock tomorrow morning. ”

Hung up the phone and my heart was pounding, it was so suspenseful, fortunately, there was a worm who was worried about it, otherwise I would have completely offended this girl. I really didn't expect this girl to have such a big temper, and she can calm down so much, it stands to reason that she should be the most anxious person, but she actually knitted the silk for two days and didn't take the initiative to contact me, just to see if I remember this matter, this scheming is too heavy.

He didn't go back that night, but slept on the sofa for the night, according to him, because he was going to the cemetery the next day, so it was more convenient to sleep here, but I knew very well in my heart the actual reason why he stayed.

Early the next morning, I took a car to the cemetery with the insect master, and on the way I had been nervously asking about the insect master, the black cat, but he kept his mouth shut, only said that there would naturally be a black cat coming, so I could rest assured.

When we arrived at the cemetery, He Lei had been waiting at the gate for a while, and as soon as she saw me, she began to complain, saying that her legs were sore, and I had to make amends in a low voice, and I didn't dare to refute it in the slightest.

But she was very polite to the insect master, calling one master after another, obviously treating her differently.

Under her leadership, we entered the cemetery, and walked through the middle of the rows of tombstones for more than ten minutes before stopping in front of a black marble tombstone.

The tombstone is engraved with his father, He Chenguang, and the time of birth and death, and in the lower left corner is also engraved with his son, He Tingli, granddaughter, and He Lei.

It seems that this and the old man are still a staunch supporter of family planning, maintaining the fine tradition of only one child in a generation, but this is a good thing for me, if I become with her in the future, there will not be so many relatives to bother me.

Seeing that he had arrived at the place, the insect master said to He Lei: "Miss He, take out the silk." ”

He Lei took out a small sealed bag from the bag, and there was a piece of silk the size of a palm in it, and the silk was messed up and twisted, and at a glance, he knew that it was a layman's weaving. But this is already good, at least weave a piece of writing place, if you can ask outsiders to weave, it will definitely be able to weave a larger area, it is said that some skilled hands of silk weaving, with a cocoon can weave a pair of socks, according to this calculation, eighteen cocoons can not weave a sheet.

The insect master took the sealed bag, looked at the silk silk inside, shook his head and sighed: "Time is too tight, if you have time to practice more, you can weave bigger." As he spoke, he took out a quill pen from the inner pocket of his clothes, handed it back to He Lei along with the silk, and instructed: "You only have one chance to write, think about it and write it again." ”

He Lei solemnly took it, lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then pricked her fingers with a quill pen, and began to write on the silk silk with oozing blood.

In the process of her writing, the insect master instructed me to put the roast chicken and roast duck I bought on the road as tribute, and then took the iron bucket used to burn paper in the cemetery, rubbed the yellow paper I bought, and put it in, and put half a bucket in it.

After doing this, we stood quietly aside, waiting for He Lei to finish writing the letter, during which I kept poking my neck uneasily and looking around, trying to find the shadow of the black cat, but the surroundings were empty, let alone a black cat, not even a human figure.

I can't help but be a little worried, I want to know whether the black cat can appear or not, which is directly related to whether He Lei can contact his grandfather, of course, this is also directly related to whether I can develop further with her in the future.

Seeing that she was about to finish writing, but the black cat still didn't show up, I turned my head and glanced at the insect master suspiciously, thinking that this old man wouldn't be playing with us.

He Lei finally finished writing, and I saw that the thin silk was densely covered with small red characters, and I was really worried about whether Master He's eyesight could see clearly.

Seeing that the letter had been written, the insect master reached out and took out a small bell from his clothes, and after He Lei confirmed that the writing was correct, he gently rang the bell.

The crisp sound of copper bells echoed in the silent cemetery, and it could be heard far away, and after a few minutes of shaking like this, a big black cat suddenly jumped on a tombstone in the distance, crouched on it and looked here, as if to confirm whether there was any danger.

As soon as I saw the black cat appear, my heart that had been hanging finally landed smoothly, it seems that although this old guy seems cynical, but he is quite reliable.

But the next scene made me a little depressed, and I began to see black cats jumping out one after another, one, two, five, and nine of them.

The cats seemed very careful, and every time they got closer to here, they had to squat on the tombstone for a long time, and I was so frightened that I didn't dare to reach out and scratch the itchy chrysanthemums, for fear that my actions would scare them away.

At this time, the insect master leaned over and picked up the roast chicken on the ground, tore it into a lot of pieces and threw it around us, the smell of the roast chicken was an irresistible temptation for these black cats, and they finally couldn't bear it anymore and forgot the danger, and rushed up to grab food.

At the same time, the insect master beckoned me to light the yellow paper in the iron bucket, and after the fire was burned, he instructed He Lei to throw the silk into the fire.

Because we put a lot of yellow paper, so the fire is very strong, the temperature is already high in the hot summer, and the fire suddenly makes people feel a sense of shortness of breath, and the clothes are soaked with sweat in an instant.

He Lei originally belonged to the kind of person who was emaciated, and she rarely sweated, but at this time, she was also sweating from the scorching flame, and the crystal beads of sweat adorned her exquisite face, like a dew dropping from an apple of outstanding quality, and the beauty made people reluctant to take a bite.

The yellow paper burned quickly, and the fire was basically burned out after a while, and just when the flame was about to be extinguished, a mass of ashes the size of a fingernail was blown up by the hot air and staggered but the trajectory flew straight into the sky, and the strange thing is that this ash was not blown away by the messy wind around it, but kept flying upwards until it disappeared from our field of vision.

After seeing this scene, the insect master smiled slightly and said, "The big thing has been accomplished, we can go." ”

Hearing the insect master say that it has been completed, I immediately felt very disappointed, listening to Brother Niu say that this matter is difficult to do, how can it be done so easily?

"That's it, doesn't it seem as hard as it says?"

"Hmph, I'm not satisfied with your tone? If the old man hadn't solved the black cat problem for you, you would have waited here slowly, and if you were lucky, you might be able to meet one in a year and a half." ”

"How can you not be satisfied, I will say casually. By the way, how did you recruit the black cat?

"What's so hard about that. Since Lao Tzu responded to this incident, he has released ten black cats in the vicinity every day, and has paid tribute to the tombs around the old cemetery every day. Ringing the bell on time every day to pay tribute, over time, these black cats will naturally come as soon as they hear the bell. ”