Chapter 4 The White Lotus Fairy The Golden Silkworm Gu Poison

The wild trails are dark, and the river boats are bright. On the slope of the top of the Wenxiang Building, there is an abrupt boulder, overlooking the river from the rock, the river beach is silent in the middle of the night, only the boats in the river are flickering with lights, and there are three people standing on the boulder at this moment. Two young women, one dressed in white, one in red, and the other an elderly nun dressed in a silk robe.

"Jingzhen, Jinghe, have you ever found out the details of the thief," the woman in red, Jingzhen, stepped forward to salute, "Master, my sister and I heard that the Qing court has obtained half of the treasure map, and Emperor Yongzheng has sent a first-class guard Bantu to Chongqing to find the other half of the Tibetan treasure map, and my sister and I have given Pan Yue's son Pan Baobao a unique secret medicine, and I have instructed Yuan Tanzhu to inquire about the news of the other half of the treasure map, Master, there is only one general map, in our hands, we can first find a way to get the map in Pan Yue's hand." ”。

The woman in white, Jinghe, stepped forward and said, "Master, Lord Yuan Tan has found out that Pan Yue is the dog thief who was ungrateful and betrayed my father's family, and I must have taken his family's name."

The old man said: "It is necessary for the revenge of the king and the family of Mingding, but we still have to wait for the map to arrive, and we are not in a hurry to be in a hurry, so I will send the head of the thief and the dog for the time being, be careful of everything, you can go", suddenly, the figures of the three women disappeared without a trace in the night.

It turned out that Pan Yue was originally a native of Yanzhou, Shandong, and his ancestors had quite a family property, and when his father Pan Hao, because of his penchant for gambling, poor management, and profligacy, his family was in ruins, and he was destitute, and Pan Yue participated in the township examination several times, and went to the neighboring Wenshang County, where he was funded by a gentry named Zhu Yubao to set up a library to teach and teach.

The gentry saw that his calligraphy and painting articles were still good, so he funded a private school for him, invited him to enlighten his children, and regarded Pan Yue as a friend of Mo Yue, and helped to marry his relatives to buy property, unexpectedly, after the two of them drank the banquet one day, I wish the gentry surnamed drunk and drunk, and suddenly fell a mutton fat jade plate from the clothes, the handwriting was painted with gold lacquer, and the words "the third son of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty were engraved on it".

The next day, Pan Yue went to Yanzhou Mansion Green Camp to denounce, the gentry surnamed Zhu was tortured by the Qing army, confessed that he was the king of Mingding, when Li Zicheng was defeated and retreated from the capital, he was coerced to Henan, fled to Anhui, traveled to Zhejiang, and finally lived in Shandong, incognito.

The gentry surnamed Zhu has six sons, and the name is completely consistent with Zhu Yuanzhang's "Ancestral Training" in the Yan Wang's lineage, and its name Yubao has the meaning of "Linyu Throne", and there is a jade plate as evidence.

Emperor Kangxi personally reviewed the case file and knew that he was indeed the third son of Emperor Chongzhen, but he was worried about the criticism of the world, so he falsely said that he was a hypothetical king, and repeated the old trick of the regent Dolgon Shunzhi to kill the prince in the early years of Shunzhi.

King Mingding has been displaced all his life, he is already an old man over 70 years old, and he has not said a word against the Qing Dynasty and restored his sight, and the poor family of more than 100 people were all beheaded, and only one person had to escape for his life. And Pan Yue went straight to the magistrate of Kaizhou with the merit of reporting, and he was quite good at drilling camps, and when Emperor Yongzheng changed the land and returned to the stream, he won the holy will, so he was promoted to the prefect of Chongqing.

The woman in white, Jinghe, is the righteous daughter of the son of King Ding, when the Holy Ancestor Kangxi Emperor destroyed King Ding's house, she happened to be rescued by the White Lotus Sect Our Lady Juejing Shitai who traveled and preached in Jining Mansion, and apprenticed to learn art and learned kung fu; The woman in red, Jing Zhen, is Jinghe's senior sister, she was originally a Xichuan witch, good at raising Gu worms, and because she worshiped Jue Jing as her teacher, she also joined the White Lotus Sect. They believe in the Virgin Mary of Death, named after the "Pujue Miaodao", in order to avenge the king being reported by Pan Yue to destroy the door, and seek revenge so far.

Pan Yue stared at his son and Pan Xiao Donkey rolling on the ground in pain for a while, curling up and gasping for breath, like a wounded and violent beast, and like a wounded sheep on the verge of death, his eyes were full of thirst and nostalgia for life.

He was anxious, and paced around the inner hall with anxiety, round by circle, and the butler hurriedly entered the inner hall, "My lord, Lord Bantu has brought someone here," "Please come in quickly," Pan Yue's face softened slightly, straightened out his official uniform, and walked out of the inner hall to greet him.

When Yongzheng sent a first-class guard Hani Pan to inspect the southwest of the country, Pan Yue leaned down and bowed, "Pan Yue, the lowly prefect of Chongqing, has seen all your lords, and tonight I took the liberty to invite you to come in the middle of the night.

Pan Yue knew that the Beijing officials were at the third level, not to mention the close guards around the emperor, who were not only hot in front of the emperor, but also the children of the ministers of the royal family.

The face of the big man of that Bantu is rough, tall, wearing a leopard supplement, a sapphire crown, a yellow coat, full of thick calluses, the arm is half a foot longer than a normal person, and it is also a lot thicker, it is said that he bends over his knees and fingers can touch half a foot below the knee, and the arm is super long is the characteristic of the master of the arm, it is rumored that he was herding cattle in the grassland before entering the palace, and once slapped a crazy bull, and the bow horse is skillful and superhuman in martial arts. Some people say that he is a master of the Great Inner ranked in the top three in the Qing Dynasty.

"My lord, something is wrong, my son and the servant are sick at the same time today, the symptoms are the same, sometimes mad and painful, almost nine deaths and a lifetime, by no means ordinary people can diagnose and treat, lowly and talented, I specially invite Lord Huang to diagnose and treat, at the same time, the humble duty feels that the two of them have a bad disease at the same time for no reason, without warning in advance, I am afraid that it is a big matter, do not take the liberty, please come here, participate in this matter, not all for the selfishness of the child", Pan Yue and again and again looked at the head, and beckoned to the housekeeper at the same time, Once again, he held a covered needle-embroidered Shu brocade covered with gold lacquer tray, and bowed down to hold it in front of the medical officer wearing a four-grade official uniform.

"It's out of the ordinary, Master Pan licks the calf and is moving, so I'm tired of asking Mrs. Huang for diagnosis and treatment, and the magic hand is rejuvenated", Bantu and others received the gift, and seeing that things were strange, they were naturally willing to do a favor, so they stretched out their hands to Mrs. Huang.

After the imperial physician Huang Yuanyu was originally a famous minister, he was smart since he was a child, well-read, and all his sons were proficient, all of whom were proficient, and he was determined to read. He studied hard, never slackened, one day suddenly got an eye disease, his left eye was red and swollen and unable to see, he didn't want to be harmed by quacks, and mistakenly prescribed rhubarb, coptis and other laxative drugs, resulting in hyperplasia of fat and blindness in his left eye, so that he was disabled and cut off the road to advancement.

If he is not a good looker, he is a good doctor, and from then on he began to abandon Confucianism and practice medicine. Because he is brilliant and willing to work hard, he has studied the classics of traditional Chinese medicine "Su Wen", "Lingshu", "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases", etc., and visited famous doctors as teachers, collected folk treatment prescriptions in many ways, and gradually perfected his medical skills, and his medical ethics are outstanding, so he was valued by the four princes Hongli and recommended to enter the palace as a doctor, which was deeply used. Now the order is acting Sichuan military medical officer, to treat the disease of the epidemic in the army, recently, from the Beijing division with the first-class guard Bantu was ordered to run an errand.

Imperial Physician Huang saw that the tray was not gold and silver, but two century-old wild ginseng from Sichuan, the whole body was yellow and white, the shape was slender and regular, and there was a vague human shape, knowing that it was a rare thing, and he did not refuse.

Then he walked up to Pan Baobao and said, "Please help Master Bantu stop Pan Gongzi and let him not move." ”

Pan Baobao's eyes and mouth were open, like crazy, his teeth and claws were dancing, eating and laughing, Bantu moved forward slowly, and in an instant, he counted his fingers, pointing at the armpits of Pan Baobao and Pan Xiaodonkey, and the two people who saw him slowly fell down and were supported by their families to lie down, and their breathing gradually calmed down.

Imperial Physician Huang casually took out a box, took out four two-inch-long silver needles, and instantly pierced the Shenmen acupoint on Pan Baobao's wrist and the Anshen acupoint on the head, and the patient fell into a deep sleep.

Imperial Physician Huang arranged for his servants to place the two of them on the bed in the quiet room, probed the patient up and down from head to toe, reached out to look at the upper and lower eyelids, stretched out two fingers to check the pulse, and then pried open the patient's mouth to check the tongue coating, and fell into a long period of contemplation.

Imperial Doctor Huang paused for a moment and leaned down, rubbed and touched the patient's abdomen for a long time, and suddenly changed color, after the two of them were diagnosed, he sighed and said: "Look at the two sons and servants, the symptoms are generally the same, the complexion is blue, the color is decaying, the pulse is sinking and floating, sometimes strong and sometimes weak, sometimes hyperactive and sometimes lagging, intermittent, the tongue is yellow and thick, the lips are black and red, the patient is sometimes excited and crazy, sometimes the breath is weak, both of them are in the prime of life, the onset of illness is sudden!" Please boil two eggs in water and bring them to maturity."

After a stick of incense, the housekeeper brought two steaming eggs, and Huang Taiyi put the hot eggs in the cool water for a while, fished them up, peeled off the shells, and inserted a half-inch-long silver needle into each of the two eggs, and then put them into the mouth of the second patient.

After a stick of incense, Imperial Physician Huang instructed his servants to pry open the two mouths, take out the eggs and break them for a detailed look, only to see that the egg whites were already pitch black, and Imperial Physician Huang couldn't help but change color: "The two of them have been poisoned by the seven-colored golden silkworm Gu."

Pan Yue, Bantu and others were walking in Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places, how could they not know the power of the Gu poison, and the people in the rivers and lakes all heard the change of color, Mrs. Pan Yue listened to everyone's discussions, rolled her eyes, and fainted.

"Ladies and gentlemen, as far as I know: walking in Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, and Miao Territory, the most terrifying and mysterious thing is Gu poison. According to the Inner Chapter of the Yellow Emperor's Neijing, in the area of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Myanmar, every year on Duanyang Day, one hundred and twenty kinds of poisonous insects such as poisonous snakes, eels, centipedes, frogs, scorpions, earthworms, spiders, praying mantises, and large green caterpillars are gathered in the same vessel, allowing them to attack and devour each other, and the last one who survives is Gu, that is, the king of poisonous insects.

The government of all dynasties strictly prohibited the manufacture of Gu drugs, and the Qing Dynasty also strictly prohibited it, and the offender was sentenced to death. Because after being poisoned, he went through torture, and his death was particularly terrifying, and he was in pain. The Gu people are very secretive, on the rivers and lakes, everyone who hears it changes color, and those who see it are afraid to avoid it. Imperial Physician Huang explained.

"Ordinary Gu worms can be rescued by using decoction and acupuncture, but looking at these two people, what they are in is a strange Gu in Gu poison, and it is difficult to make it, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky," Huang Taiyi said.

"First of all, as in the previous method, cultivate more than 12 kings of poisonous insects, and then feed poisonous snakes, eels, centipedes, frogs, scorpions, earthworms, spiders and other poisonous insects to the Duanyang Festival in the coming year, the poisonous king is bigger and more poisonous, placed in a three-foot-high small mouth jar, no drinking water is released, and the king of poisonous insects is allowed to attack and bite each other, until the winner of the last remaining poisonous king, the king of the poisonous king, secretly becomes a Gu, this is an insoluble seven-colored golden silkworm Gu", Imperial Physician Huang continued.

Everyone's color changed, Pan Yue leaned over and knelt down to Imperial Doctor Huang, and couldn't help but burst into tears: "My lord, they all say that you Hua Tuo is reincarnated, you can live and die, flesh and bones, if you can't, let the humble position live again!" He was willing to pledge his family's property and life, but asked the Imperial Doctor for guidance. ”

"Master Pan, don't be like this, it is incumbent on you to treat diseases and save people, and it is your duty to do so, but what you have learned from your humble duties can only temporarily suppress this poison with decoction and acupuncture, if you want to solve the seven-colored golden silkworm Gu, you must find the Gu master himself to completely detoxify."

Dr. Huang then picked up the pen and paper in the room, and wrote down two prescriptions, one for internal decoction and the other for sanitizing and applying externally. "I tried my best, the old man could only save their lives for fifteen days, and after fifteen days, they couldn't find the Gu master to detoxify, and the seven-colored golden silkworm Gu worms gnawed at the five internal organs and hatched out the young Gu, and the Hercules Immortal was powerless."

Ban Tu and the others were shocked, Pan Yue's face turned pale, and he said to the housekeeper: "The young master and this slave only let him out yesterday, where did he go yesterday?" Who follows? What have you ever eaten? Who did you meet? Quickly find out, and report it to you at the right time, my lords, is it okay to handle it like this? Bantu and the others nodded, and the arrangements were completed, and the sky was already dark.

Bantu and the others were arranged to rest in the guest room temporarily, and the housekeeper arranged for several family members to ask about the relevant relatives, etc., Pan Yue came to Pan Yanei's room with a tired and worried face, and instructed the girl who took care of it, "These two slaves are awake, come back to me quickly."