Gu poison refers to poison that has been witched. Before liberation, in some places in the southwestern provinces, there were often Gu masters who "rolled Gu" for the people in the Gu Dynasty, and they would mention a long list of Gu names in their spells. There are as many as 100 kinds of Gu species recorded in ancient books of folklore, such as golden silkworm Gu, lice cup, etc. Not only is there a lot of variety, but there are also endless variations. There is a saying in Jin's "Sou Shen Ji": "There are monsters in the box, if ghosts, their demon shapes change, and there are different kinds of miscellaneous. Pigs and dogs, or insects and snakes, and everyone knows their shape. and what they do to the people, and all of them die. ”

But the formidable Gu is not the patent of the Miao people. The reason why Huai Rujin and I directly linked Gu poison and the Miao people was because the Miao people's Gu art was famous all over the world, and on the other hand, it was because of a lack of understanding of it. Gu art was also widely spread in the ancient Jiangnan region. Most of the Gu insects in the pre-Qin period were born naturally and were extremely mysterious, and now they are either extinct or hidden and invisible.

There is such a story among the Miao people: A mother of Zhong Gu was held hostage by Gu poison and tried to live in her son's body. The mother was poisoned, so she had to agree to release Gu to her son. However, the daughter-in-law heard about it and quickly told her husband about it. said that the bowl of eggs left for him by his mother-in-law should not be eaten when he returned. Then the daughter-in-law went home and boiled a large pot of boiling water. When the son returned home, his mother brought him a bowl of eggs and told him to eat. The daughter-in-law said that she was about to snatch the eggs, saying that the eggs were cold, and she would eat them when they were hot. As he spoke, he lifted the lid of the pot, poured the bowl of scrambled eggs into the boiling pot, closed the lid, and pressed it tightly. I only heard the pot stirring and struggling, and it took a while before there was no movement. The daughter-in-law lifted the lid of the pot and saw that it was a big snake that had burned to death.

The ghost marquis waited for us on the top of the mountain early on, and when we met, he said, "Miss Huai, there is a situation now, and things seem to be a little wrong." ”

"What Gu Ye is talking about is the grass ghost woman that Sister Qian Qian saw?" I asked.

"It's nothing just a grass ghost woman, I mainly doubt that our route is wrong, this is a Miao village, if it is the opposite direction, it is not worth it." The ghost marquis said.

"Miss Huai said that the intelligence will not be wrong, I think it may be because of historical reasons, now the Miao name here has also migrated from other places, and the Yi people who were originally here happened to move away."

"Hmm." The ghost lord nodded, "What the little ghost said is a bit reasonable, I think that if we want to find the location of the ancient tomb here, it will definitely take a little trouble." ”

"Why did Gu Ye say this?" Huai Rujin asked.

"Miss Huai might as well think about it, there are residents here who have lived for generations, and it is inevitable that the original traces will be obliterated. Then there is the old age, and now there are very few people who know the situation at that time, and it is difficult for us to find some clues. ”

"That's what Master Gu said." Huai Rujin nodded a little disappointed, "Then what should we do?" ”

"There is a way." The ghost marquis touched his mustache, "It seems that we have to meet this grass ghost woman first." ”

"Will it be a grass ghost? What for? I wondered.

"The grass ghost woman has always been a person in the Miao tribe who has mastered witchcraft, hexagrams, and tombs, and it will be easier to start from her."

"But how can we tell people, after all, we are here to fight." I'm sorry.

"It's not their Miao people's fight, besides, people die for money, birds die for food, don't their Miao family understand this truth?" The ghost marquis sneered.

"If you want to say that, then I understand." I laughed along.

"I think I'll tell Brother Yu to do it, he should be able to play a role in dealing with this kind of thing." Huai Rujin suggested.

"Good! The fat man will definitely be able to show his skills this time. ”

As soon as Fat Yu heard that I wanted to ask him to say hello to the grass ghost woman, he immediately jumped up, saying that he would not go to death. Speaking of which, he was very frightened when he saw Sissi seeing the grass ghost woman, and he must have been jealous. I couldn't help it, I had to use a killer trick at a critical time.

"Ahh......h You're not going, are you? "I deliberately put on a show.

"Don't go, don't go, whoever you love will go, the fat man doesn't have the heart to do such a for you."

"I'll just say that Miss Huai is out of sight, how can she recommend you to this kind of goods, this kind of sacred mission has to be a bold man like me!"

As soon as I said this, Yu Fatzi's eyes immediately stood up, and the thief's light flashed, and he shouted: "Slow! ”

"You said Miss Huai called you?"

"yes, but I still don't think it's reliable, so I didn't plan to call you there."

"Hey! You kid is not righteous, how can you steal the limelight from your buddies about what Miss Huai commands? Yu Fatzi immediately became excited and rushed forward, this enthusiasm was so high that I was impressed, and said with a smile: "Since you have said so, then I will be an adult, let you forget it." ”

"Hey, that's right!" Yu Fatzi ran out in a hurry, and disappeared as soon as he slipped through the smoke. I was so happy that I couldn't close my mouth and thought to myself, "Fat man, you have been planted on stupid words all your life, how can you believe such nonsense?" ”

According to the plan negotiated with Huai Rujin, she first went to the mountains near the village with the ghost marquis to see the situation, and the kung fu of finding the dragon point, these two people are masters of the masters, and it is estimated that they can find some clues. I and Sister Meng are secretly touching the details of the grass ghost woman, and at the same time, I look at the fat man Yu, who knows if he will poke out a basket or something.

Sissi has always been afraid of the grass ghost woman, saying that this old witch is extremely ugly, but I want to see how ugly it can be.

"Brother Li Rui, I'm afraid of death."

"Sister Sissi, don't be afraid, what are you afraid of with me?"

"Ahem." Seeing that the two of them were greasy and crooked, Sister Meng coughed lightly and said, "Master Gu has explained, all actions will be under my command for a while, both of you should be smart, in case that old witch has any crooked thoughts, don't be soft." ”

It's the first time I've followed Sister Meng to act alone, and I don't know much about this person's number, but it seems that the style of doing things should belong to the kind of vigorous and resolute, which is more convincing.

"Are we going to do anything with her?"

"You haven't talked to Gu Ye, you don't know, Gu Ye is known as the No. 1 Gu Master in Lingnan, specializing in these sideways. The grass ghost woman is extremely fast, and she can even blow her breath and boast about it, and she can kill her invisibly, so once there is any emergency, you must not hesitate, otherwise if something happens, you will bear the consequences. ”

"That's right." I nodded thoughtfully and said with a smile, "Did Gu Ye teach any tricks?" Or an antidote or something? ”

"Yes, yes, but you can't learn it now."

"Yes, Brother Li Rui, but don't worry, Sister Meng is here, and you will be fine."

"That's good, that's good." I was worried.

Yu Fatzi swaggered into a fenced grass house, and a yellow dog in the yard began to bark as soon as he saw him, so frightened that he ran away. I saw it not far away, and said with a smile: "This fat man is so funny, he is chased by dogs everywhere he goes." ”

Later, I don't know where he got a bone, and threw it away, so he finally got the yellow dog and tiptoed in.

As soon as I entered the door, I heard the fat man cry "ah" again, Sister Meng had a premonition that something was going to happen, and immediately followed outside the fence, and when they looked inside, they couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

The courtyard outside the grass house was crawling with beetles, which secreted a viscous yellow liquid under the sun's exposure, and then spontaneously combusted.

I suddenly thought of the record in my grandfather's diary, this thing should be called the Red Flame Golden Turtle, and I couldn't help muttering: "Red Flame Golden Turtle? ”

Sister Meng glanced at me and said in surprise, "You actually know this thing?" ”

"Yes, I saw this thing described in my grandfather's diary before, saying that it was produced in the Western Regions, feeding on yellow phosphorus, which can burrow into the human body and spontaneously combust when heated." I said.

"This Red Flame Golden Turtle is actually a kind of Gu, the kind you said was put in the tomb to prevent theft, it is relatively large, and it is fierce and poisonous. However, the golden turtle used by the grass ghost woman to make Gu is much smaller, especially good at drilling the body, and has a fanatical love for blood, once bitten by them, life is better than death. ”

"I see, I was very curious about the contents of the diary at the time, but unfortunately I never had the opportunity to see it, but I didn't expect to meet it here today."

I pondered for a while and said, "These Red Flame Golden Turtles are estimated to be still in the cultivation stage, that is, the selection of Gu, it is not a big deal. ”

Where had the fat man standing in the courtyard seen these things, he was naturally at a loss, showing a desperate and demented expression. It didn't take long for Yu Fatzi to stand at the door and scold, "Okay, you Li Rui, ungrateful thing!" You didn't know where to get chilled out of here! ”

"Brother Li Rui, why did this fat brother scold you?"

"Don't worry about him, he's a dignified lieutenant with gold, and he has great skills, but ah, he always has to scold his mother a few times before he works, otherwise he won't be able to walk into this courtyard."

"Huh? Captain Touching Gold still has this rule? ”

Sure enough, after Yu Fatzi scolded him, he seemed to be full of energy, and plucked up the courage to walk in. We wanted to follow closely, but suddenly Sister Meng and I both sensed that something was wrong.

"It's too cold around here, so many Red Flame Golden Turtles are crawling on the ground, and they are simply in their pockets waiting for us to drill." It was so uncomfortable that I said, "Did we find out?" ”

"In that case, there's no need to hide." Sister Meng said and stood up.

"Yes, it's all here, so I have to go hard."

Strange to say, as soon as Yu Fatzi walked to the door of the grass house, those Red Flame Golden Turtles immediately closed the team, and all of them got into the several crockpots placed next to the door in an orderly manner.