In fact, it's not just this Golden Silkworm Gu, in Yunnan, there is also a way to raise Gu!

The method of making Gu on the banks of the Jinsha River in Yunnan: They are very pious about raising Gu. It is said that before raising Gu, the main hall should be cleaned, and all family members should be clean and vegetarian, kneeling in front of the ancestral shrine and praying to the ghosts and gods. Then dig a big pit in the center of the main hall, and then put the jar with a small belly down. On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, they will go to the wild to catch 12 kinds of reptiles at will, generally poisonous snakes, eels, centipedes, frogs, lizards, earthworms, large green caterpillars, praying mantises...... But it should be noted that flying animals can't be wanted, and animals that can run on four legs are not wanted, as long as there are some poisonous reptiles, and they must be caught on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, otherwise they can't raise Gu.

After putting these 12 reptiles in the altar, all the people in the owner's house should pray to the spirits once in the morning and once in the evening, and when praying, they should not let outsiders know. If outsiders know about it, the Gu raised by themselves will be taken away by the wizard with demon magic and used by the wizard, and the family of the Gu keeper will die. Even if it is not taken away by the wizard, after becoming a Gu, he will immediately harm the master.

During the year, many poisonous insects devour each other in the jar, the poisonous ones eat the less poisonous ones, the strong ones eat the weak ones, and finally only one is left, and after this poisonous insect swallows the other poisonous insects, it also changes its form and color. Legend has it that there are two main kinds of Gu raised here, one is the dragon Gu, which is similar in shape to the dragon, and is about the result of long reptiles such as poisonous snakes and centipedes; One is the Qilin Gu, which is similar in shape to the Qilin, and is about the result of short-bodied reptiles such as frogs and lizards.

In this way, there are many kinds of Gu worms, if you really encounter them, in case you don't know what kind of Gu worms the other party is in, it is really tricky!

But? What does this have to do with Dongge's mission?

"Old sister, you called me, didn't you just say this?" After listening to what Zheng Jiawen said, Brother Dong asked.

Zheng Jiawen nodded: "I know that you have a lot of eyes!" I said this, it has a lot to do with the Chiyou heir you are looking for! Because I have already received the news that the only Chiyou descendant of Xijiang Miao Village has been taken away by the Miao family! To be able to find the Chiyou heir, unless they come out by themselves, there is only one way - use Gu! ”

Brother Dong now knows why Zheng Jiawen wants to call him back, since the people of the Miao family have found the descendants of Chiyou, it is useless for him to continue to stay in Xijiang Miao Village, maybe he will be wiped out by them with Gu!

So what's next? Dong Ge is also at a loss.

"Brother Dong, don't worry, as far as I know, this Gu worm is not incurable, I have read a lot of classics before I came, and I have worked in the southwest all these years, so I also know a little about this."

Xia Liqiong, who had been listening silently on the side and did not speak, suddenly spoke.

This made Brother Dong finally notice this person, since he was sent by He Lao, there must be some old reason.

Dong Ge asked in surprise, "Do you know anything about Gu worms?" ”

Looking at Brother Dong's expectant gaze, Xia Liqiong told everyone what he knew about Gu worms.

Releasing Gu is a very terrible and ignorant harmful act, and it is a bad habit that arises from the wisdom of the ancient people. Gu in philology has a variety of meanings, and the main one is the solution of "worm in the belly", from the worm, from the dish. A dish is a kind of utensils used to hold rice, such as a lunch box, rice bowl, or other food and drink utensils (the word worm symbolizes several insects).

"Worms in the abdomen" means that many worms have invaded the human stomach, that is, the "poison of insect food" - a kind of poison that enters from the outside in. Many insects invade the stomach and intestines of people, and the effect of beetle erosion is called Gu, also known as Zhong Gu. When the millet is stored in the warehouse for a long time, the skin chaff will turn into a flying insect, which the ancients also called Gu.

Zuo Chuanzhao said in the first year of the Emperor: "Gu Zhifei is also Gu. Note: "Gu Jiuji, then it becomes a flying Gu, and the name is Gu." "Flying insects that turn from chaff are different from rice bran: flying insects can fly, but rice bran can't. The type of Gu Gu is caused by many insects stirring together. The Compendium of Materia Medica says: The person who creates Gu catches a hundred worms and puts them in a vessel. The big ones of these hundred insects eat the small ones, and the last big insect that lives in the vessel is called Gu. It can be seen that Gu was originally a medicine specializing in treating poisonous sores. Later, they were used to harm others.

Some people in remote areas specialize in raising Gu and robbing money. The Gu raised by these people, some are snake Gu, and some are lice Gu. The snake Gu is enlarged on the fifth day of the fifth month of the fifth month, the small snake is in the tile altar, and the lice Gu is made by gathering a large number of lice. These two Gu poisons can kill people, especially if lice Gu invades a person's abdomen, they will eat up the internal organs.

The person who released the Gu saw a wealthy family, so he planned to put the Gu in. The person who is in the Gu will die without medical treatment, and the property of the deceased will be moved into the Gu master's home. After raising this kind of murderous Gu, the owner of the Gu must use the Gu to kill people continuously, one per year, if he does not kill with the Gu every three years, the Gu master himself will also die from the Gu.

Needle Gu is caused by the liquid essence of poisonous insects. The record of driving Gu records: There was a person who asked the doctor for help, and the doctor told him to take a black bean in his mouth, and take a traditional Chinese medicine called Gui Soul San, but he spit out a lot of wool and rotten paper in his mouth, and there was a black seed, this black seed is Gu, it is surrounded by wool, and is bound by a one-inch long hemp rope, the hemp rope is knotted at one end, and the other end is scattered, and countless small dried insects are stuck on it.

Another person who was in the Gu asked for help, and the doctor prescribed it: wrap the red yellow powder with a green cloth, add the end of the beetle and the end of the soaphorn, dip it in hot soju, rub it all over the body, rub out a lot of wool, and there is also wool sticking out of the ears, the doctor calls this kind of Gu wool boils.

According to the records of the medical sect Jinjian: some wool boils are five-colored, and some are one zhang long. The method of treatment is: ask the patient to take the five-flavor disinfectant drink, that is, wrap the realgar powder with a green cloth, dip it in hot soju, use it to wipe the front and back of the heart, first rub a large circle, and then rub a small circle, when wiping the front heart, the wool boils will move to the back of the heart, and the wool boils will move to the front heart when rubbing the back of the heart, and the wool will appear when wiping it back and forth, and the wool taken out will dig a deep pit and bury it.

The "shooting flowers" in ancient society was also a method of releasing Gu. In Chinese folklore, some women who had fled the famine, wrapped a blue cloth around their heads, walked to a house, held his hand when greeting people, patted his palm a few times, and said, "Good, good." The next day, the person who was slapped by her palm would suddenly fall to the ground and start a reversal. There is a family that has had this kind of situation, please treat it with traditional Chinese medicine, only to find out that this person was hit by Gu after the break, and later by a person who specializes in treating Gu, after taking the medicine, he spit out dozens of paper balls in his mouth, this kind of paper ball is Gu.

Using puppets and paper figures as strange puppets can also be used to harm people, but using puppets is different from using poisonous insects to create Gu. The latter is a Gu made of live insects, but the puppet is made of wood and cannot be poisonous. However, the shamans will use puppets and paper figures to disturb the peace of others.