Chapter 62: Kuru
"You also know that my teacher Li Qingtai is a famous doctor, since he has made up his mind to find out the cause of the strange disease, the teacher lived in the village, during which he will also treat some diseases for the villagers.
Originally, it was nothing to stop here, after all, it is normal to be wary of people you don't know, and we all have it. It wasn't until later that an incident happened in the village, and these villagers invited the teacher to join them because they regarded the teacher as their own.
It is precisely because of this that the teacher figured out the strange diseases of the villagers. ”
Zhou Xingyu said slowly, both of them could listen attentively, but who knew that he suddenly stopped.
Wang Ye immediately said: "What happened! Ah Xing, say it quickly! ”
was pushed by Wang Ye, Zhou Xingyu couldn't help but feel a little dark, and said to himself for a long time, these two people have no eyesight at all, so why should they pour themselves a glass of water!
If you are a storyteller, you must not say it: if you want to know what will happen next, please listen to the next breakdown.
Seeing that the two of them were just looking at him, and there was no sign of action, Zhou Xingyu sighed in his heart, so he had to take the kettle off the fire, pour himself a cup of hot tea, and take a sip of tea gently, he continued: "At that time, the villagers in the village mysteriously found the teacher, and then gave the teacher a mask painted with ugly patterns, and led him to a wide cave.
Because the teacher had reached the realm of breaking 100 at that time, relying on his strong martial arts, he went with him.
When they arrived, the cave was already full of people, and although they were all wearing masks, the teacher could tell their identities from the smell of their bodies. ”
Zhou Xingyu was about to continue, but Wang Wen on the side interrupted and said, "Wait, Brother Zhou, you mean to distinguish your identity from the smell, how can you tell this?" ”
Ordinary people distinguish others, basically by their faces and voices, after all, although there are people who look the same in the world, but after all, they are a minority, placed in the vast sea of people, a state capital city does not necessarily have a pair of people who look the same, and even if they are twins, because the acquired living environment and personal habits are different, their appearance will be more or less different.
As for distinguishing by sound, it is because each person's timbre, pitch, and voice are different, so the voice will be different, and the human ear can naturally distinguish people according to these. Even some people with a keen sense of hearing can distinguish people by the sound of footsteps.
If Zhou Xingyu said that Li Qingtai could distinguish the identity of the villagers by his appearance, voice or body shape, he would still believe it, but through the smell, he really couldn't figure out how to do it, which was too mysterious.
Zhou Xingyu explained: "For ordinary people, it may be difficult to distinguish people's identities by smell, but my teacher has done research in this area, and he has divided the smell of the world into three hundred and fifty kinds, and normal people's sense of smell reaches its peak when it is crowned, and then as they grow older, their perception of smell will gradually become weaker and weaker, and normal people can basically only distinguish about a dozen kinds."
My teacher was able to do this because of his unique way of exercising. ”
Speaking of the teacher, Zhou Xingyu's face couldn't help but show a look of admiration, although Teacher Li Qingtai urged him to cultivate the useless Aoki Technique, which made him very annoyed, but Li Qingtai's talent is really undoubted, Zhou Xingyu went out twice, and has not seen a more knowledgeable person than Li Qingtai so far.
Hearing Zhou Xingyu's words, Wang Wen asked with great interest: "Brother Zhou, Master Ling has such a powerful ability, I think you are not weak, what kind of flavor do you tell me?" ”
Zhou Xingyu sniffed his nose lightly, and then said, "If I didn't smell wrong, Brother Zhou should be wearing a sachet on his body, and it is also osmanthus flavored." ”
Hearing Zhou Xingyu's words, Wang Wen showed an expression of admiration on his face, and said in his mouth: "I didn't expect Brother Zhou's ability to be so strong, I admire and admire it." ”
Before Zhou Xingyu said that Li Qingtai could distinguish people's identities by smell, he didn't believe it much, but now Zhou Xingyu knew that he was carrying a sachet containing osmanthus just by sniffing, and he believed it a little.
Zhou Xingyu pursed his lips and continued: "By the way, Brother Wang, the osmanthus in your sachet has rotted, I suggest you find a place to clean up the sachet." ”
Wang Wen's face suddenly turned embarrassed, so many days of long-distance travel, although most of them are on horses, but there are also a lot of walking, sweat is inevitable, sweat soaked the sachet, so long, it is strange that it does not rot.
Seeing that Zhou Xingyu said it clearly, Wang Ye also had curiosity in his heart, and asked, "Ah Xing, what does it smell like on me?" ”
Looking at Wang Ye, who was close to him, Zhou Xingyu didn't even have to tell the difference, he covered his mouth and nose with one hand, waved the other in front of his eyes, and said with a disgusted face: "Brother Ye, how long have you not taken a bath, a smell of sweat, a smell!" ”
He quickly stirred his palms, and his body also moved to the side, widening the distance between him and Wang Ye.
Hearing Zhou Xingyu's words, looking at his disgusted expression, Wang Ye suddenly looked stunned, moved his body to the side, and justified in his mouth: "Isn't this going in a hurry!" There is another drought in Xuanzhou, and there is naturally less water, so I am reluctant to use water, so I can only keep going. ”
Before Zhou Xingyu could speak, Wang Wen on the side carefully underestimated: "But this is too stinky." ”
Wang Ye's face suddenly turned pale, just when Wang Wen looked vigilant, thinking that Wang Ye was going to be annoyed and angry, Wang Ye suddenly showed a smile and announced: "I decided to sleep with Brother Wang tonight, Brother Wang, we haven't been intimate for a long time, and we are just close to each other." ”
Looking at Wang Ye with a malicious face, Wang Wen couldn't help but shudder, he now regrets that he said such a sentence, now it's okay, don't think about falling asleep tonight.
Looking at the frolicking Wang Ye and Wang Wen, Zhou Xingyu shook his head speechlessly, the skills he used just now were not powerful at all, the smell on their bodies was so obvious, couldn't he smell it?
Could it be that this is the so-called room of Zhilan for a long time, and I don't feel its fragrance for a long time; For a long time, the abalone has been wanton, and you don't feel its smell for a long time?
Zhou Xingyu felt that he had learned a little more, and he realized a little bit of sincerity for the truth in the book.
Ignoring the two people who were playing, he continued: "At that time, in addition to the residents who participated in the cave, there was also a high platform made of Zhang Qingshi in the center of the cave.
If you are an ordinary person, from such a distance, you will naturally not be able to see the situation on the high platform clearly, but my teacher has already perfected martial arts, and this distance is naturally nothing to him.
He only looked at it, and saw an old man with a serene face lying on it, a person he knew very well, it was the same old man who had seen him before. ”
The two of them looked puzzled, why did they talk about the old man again, didn't they just talk about the symptoms?
Although there were a lot of doubts in their hearts, the two didn't ask much, just listened to Zhou Xingyu's words quietly, and sure enough, Zhou Xingyu continued: "At that time, when the teacher was treating this old man, he found that this old man had reached the end of his life, he was not sick, but he was too old, and made it clear that the old man only had about ten days.
Sure enough, the facts also proved the teacher's words, the old man on the high platform had lost his breath, and it was only ten days before he saw a doctor. ”
Although he can also see a person's physical condition, he can never see how long a person can live, but Li Qingtai can accurately diagnose the rest of the other party's time through his superb medical skills, such a brilliant realm is really admirable.
This kind of ability, it is not wrong to say that it is a living Hades, it is almost a ghost.
Although Wang Ye and Wang Wen did not speak, the shocked look on their faces was a lot, and the blind could see that both of them were obviously shocked by Li Qingtai's superb medical skills.
"According to the normal custom, when a person dies, there should be a funeral, but these people put people on a high platform, is this the local custom? While the teacher was wondering, a group of men in strange clothes appeared next to the dead old man, jumping around the old man's body, and muttering words.
And those villagers who are under the high platform are constantly bowing to the high platform with the rhythm of each other's beating.
At that time, the teacher thought that this was a local custom to commemorate the deceased, so he didn't think much about it and bowed down.
After about ten minutes, the beating men walked down one after another, and a wizard dressed in reckless clothes walked up to the dead old man, and along with him various tools.
The situation was too bloody for me to say more here, but in the end, everyone present had a piece of meat in their hands, and nothing was left on the high platform? ”
One... A...... Meat!
Wang Wen's face turned pale, then distorted, he turned his head suddenly, leaned against the wall behind the house, and kept vomiting, and finally even vomited bile.
The air was filled with a sour smell.
After all, Wang Ye is in the rivers and lakes, he has seen a lot of bloody pictures, and his resistance is much better than Wang Wen's, although his stomach rolled for a while, but in the end he endured it, but his face became ugly.
After knowing the cause of the illness, the teacher did not linger there, but left silently.
After that, the teacher wrote down the experience of this trip.
According to the records, the teacher called this disease Kuru disease, because the village was called Kuru Village at that time.
In the early stages of the disease, people with the disease may experience pain in their hands and feet, headaches, and difficulty walking.
After the middle period, their feet began to tremble, they could not walk, and could only sit and labor. Then the muscles slowly began to atrophy, and then the intelligence declined.
In the later stage, all memory is lost, and the ability to speak is lost, and slowly becomes a living dead, accompanied by laughter when it dies.
After being tormented by illness for so long, death may be a relief for them. ”
Speaking of this, Zhou Xingyu couldn't help but sigh.
In fact, in Zhou Xingyu's view, the reason why these people will eventually lose their memory and thinking ability may be because they gradually lose their humanity and only have only beast nature, but they are human beings in their bones and will not live in the way of beasts, so they will lose the ability to move until they finally die.
They are neither perfect, civilized people, nor jungle beasts, struggling to live in between, out of reach of both, and finally gradually abandoned by the world.
Human etiquette may bind everyone, but as long as they act within the scope of etiquette, everyone can always retain their humanity and not lose themselves.