The fairy grandmother said: "What people see and hear is not necessarily true. There are many things that we look real, but we can't grasp them. ”

The old man said, "How can there be such a thing?"

The fairy grandmother said, "Does the shadow of the person under the sun look real, and does the image in the mirror also look real?"

The old man said, "Yes, that's all true, is it a human illusion?"

The fairy grandmother said: "From ancient times to the present, have you ever heard of someone catching a shadow, have you ever heard of someone entering the mirror?"

The old man said, "Not at all." ”

Grandma said: "The shadow and the image in the mirror are the same as the illusions in people's minds, they can be seen, but they can't be touched, and nature is not a real thing." It's just that these things are produced by the external environment, and over time, people will become accustomed to it. However, the inner illusions produced by the disorder of the human mind often bring fear and confusion of behavior. Like yours, the vast majority of people have hysteria, and there will definitely be a lot of outrageous behavior in the crowd. The people you said were taken away by the so-called monsters, in my opinion, they are all people who were confused by illusions, ran away in a daze and could not come back, those people, I think eighty percent of them will not come back, this is next to the big forest, once you enter the forest area, you are either killed by wild beasts or fall off the cliff and fall into the water and die, even if you do not enter the forest area, people are delirious, and there is a very high possibility of unexpected accidents. ”

The old man asked, "What happened to the stolen body?"

The fairy grandmother said: "It was also done by the people in the village who were more hysterical. In my experience of practicing medicine for so many years, people with this kind of hysteria will occasionally see some strange visions at first, most of which are things that look more terrifying, such as demons, beasts, catastrophes, etc. When the illness worsens slightly, the same visions will appear on a regular basis, such as seeing the same monsters at the same time every day to catch or kill people. In the end, it will develop to the point where you feel that there are demons and monsters around you all the time, and at that time, the person's mind will be completely lost, and he may not know what he is doing. Moreover, most patients with severe hysteria will have an endless fear in their minds, and this fear will prompt them to instinctively resist and destroy anything that may be feared on a daily basis. For many people, the grave is a source of fear. It is also normal for people with serious hysteria to destroy tombs. ”

The old man then asked, "If the monsters I see every day are only my visions, and the graves are dug by the sick people in the village, why is it that the number of graves that are dug every day is exactly the same as the number of people who disappeared in the village that night?" ”

"This confirms what I said, for those who are seriously ill are frightened at first, and at night they become restless, thinking that the ghosts are coming to harm them, and they will naturally destroy the graves related to the ghosts." After digging the grave, they were completely unconscious, and it was impossible for them to return to the village. As for the monsters you see taking away people's bones, you must have heard that monsters stole corpses and merged your imagination into illusions. ”

The old man was silent for a long time.

The fairy grandmother continued: "This is very easy to understand, what a person has experienced during the day often appears in dreams at night. In other words, people with this hysteria are actually mixing some of their dreams with real life. Although you think that what you see in your eyes is real, in fact, that part of it is what you are in your dreams. So what you hear and see also affects the form and manifestation of the illusion. ”

The old man suddenly realized, "So that's what happened. The day after I heard someone say that Dongshan's grave had been dug up and the corpses had been stolen, I saw those monsters passing by the village with their bones that night. As soon as you say dreaming, I understand. As the saying goes, think about the day and dream at night. In fact, not only what I think during the day, but also what I see and hear will also appear in my dreams, and I have had such an experience myself. ”

The fairy grandmother said: "You are right, that's the truth. So don't panic in your heart anymore. Let's talk about how to treat the people of Zhuangli. ”

The old man said, "Old doctor, please allow me to ask me another question." ”

The fairy grandmother said, "Please speak." ”

The old man said, "Just outside the door, as soon as the monster came to you, you slapped it lightly and turned it to ashes. Now I know that the monster is an illusion in my mind, but you have no medicine or needle, how can you change the illusion in my mind, so that one of them dies and the others flee? What puzzles me even more is that the pile of powdery debris at the door is also my illusion? I just grabbed it with my hand and looked at it, and it was like lime, and it was still hot. ”

"I'll see how Master will make it up. He Xuanya said softly.

The sailor stepped forward and asked, "Are you saying that what Grandma said just now is false?"

He Xuanya said, "You think it's all true?"

The sailor said, "There is nothing wrong with what she said, why is it not true?"

He Xuanya and I both covered our mouths, but we didn't dare to laugh out loud.

The sailor was about to speak, when the fairy grandmother above began to say again: "It seems that you are also a careful person." Actually, the dust on the ground was not the crumbs of some monster, but the lime powder that I sprinkled. I sprinkled that handful of lime to stimulate your eyes, so that you could distinguish between reality and vanity. The monsters are illusory, while the lime powder is real. You see the monster turn to powder, and it is you who are freed from the illusion and return to reality. If there really is a so-called monster, no matter how powerful a mage is, if he kills a monster, how can there be no corpse left, have you just seen the corpse of a monster? It means that none of those are real, and the only thing that is real is the lime powder that I sprinkled. ”

The old man suddenly realized, "I see. It can be seen that the things of the world cannot be believed by the eyes, let alone by the ears. If it weren't for the old miracle doctor's explanation, who would have thought that the living things he saw with his own eyes would actually be the karma that grew out of his heart. I don't know why I, the people in the village, got this strange hysteria. The old doctor came from outside, do you know if this disease is only in our village, or if it is found in other places?"

The fairy grandmother said: "In the world of life, the light of the sun and the moon is inherited, and the air of water and land is connected below, and if you eat five grains and six animals, seven fruits and eight vegetables, you will naturally suffer from all kinds of diseases." Although the cause of illness is in the human body, its cause is outside the body. Wind and snow, or tiredness of boating and driving, or improper diet, or mental and emotional damage, these are the root causes of illness. As for this strange hysteria, I've heard of it for a long time, but I haven't seen it in person anywhere else, but this is the first time I've encountered it here. I don't know why, but nine times out of ten it's caused by drinking water. ”

The old man said, "How did the doctor see that there was something wrong with the water?"

The fairy grandmother said, "It's very simple, what's the only thing that the whole village has in common?"

The old man said, "It's a well at the entrance of the village." ”

The fairy grandmother said: "That's right, according to what you just said, every one of the people in your village does not doubt the existence of monsters, which means that everyone has hysteria, and what can make everyone sick will not be anything other than the water in the well." ”

The old man said, "Then tomorrow we will fill in the well." ”

The fairy grandmother said: "This is not necessary, fill the well, where can the people in the village get water." You only need to cut some mugwort, bundle it into small bundles, hang it with silk thread and hang it in the well water, change it once every half a month, and it will be fine in three months, because mugwort can cure all kinds of poisons and dispel all evils, and what can make people get hysteria is nothing more than poison and evil spirits, and with the purification of mugwort, there will be no problem with water. ”

The old man said, "Can the person who is now infected be cured?"

The fairy grandmother smiled and said, "It's a good cure, it's a good cure, I've already treated you just now." You may still hear the screams of the monsters in the illusion in the future, and you may be able to see the monsters from afar, but you will no longer have the illusion that the monsters are attacking. After a day or two, you will be fully recovered. As for the folks in the village, I have also prepared a treatment method. Tomorrow you will go door-to-door and send it to the villagers, ask them to find a small mirror, stick it on the mirror, and hang it on the door of the house where they usually live. It will take as little as five days, as much as seven or eight days, and all of them will be cured. The remaining yellow notes were buried by the well at the head of the village, along with the box. ”

The old man said excitedly: "Thank you to the old doctor for saving the lives of our whole village. You don't know when you will be able to repay your kindness. I don't know where the old doctor lives, but when everyone in the village is cured, we will engrave a big plaque and send it to you. ”

The fairy grandmother said: "I am Langzhong of Youfang, the four seas are my home, and I don't have a fixed residence, you don't have to bother, as long as everyone can be peaceful, I will be satisfied." ”

When He Xuanya heard this, she praised in her mouth: "Master is not a master, every word is said without leakage." ”

The sailor asked curiously, "Sister Xiaoya, what are you talking about?" ”

Afraid that the voice would alarm me, I said to the sailors, "Don't ask, you'll find out later." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the fairy grandmother above say, "What is behind your wall?"

The old man said, "It's the neighbor's yard." ”

The fairy grandmother said, "Why do I always feel the sound of someone talking behind the wall. ”

All three of us held our breath and stood motionless, the cellar so quiet that we could hear each other's heartbeats.

But the old man said wittily, "Oh, there is a hut by the side of their yard for a few babies to sleep in, and the hut is just outside the corner of my house." It may be that a few babies can't sleep and are chatting. ”

The fairy grandmother said: "Okay, then I'll go first, you have to put away the box, you must not lose it, the yellow note must be handed over to every family." You also have to explain to them that during this time, the village is not suffering from demons, but the people in the village have a strange disease, and after the illness is cured, they will not see monsters. This alleviates their fears and also facilitates the healing of the disease. ”

The old man said, "Write it down." Rest assured, I will do a good job of this. ”

Then I heard the sound of the fairy grandmother walking to the door, picking up her crutches and going out.