Chapter 165: The Merchant
"You have already refused to provide food and supplies to Shushan?"
Di Gua was surprised, obviously the matter was more serious than imagined, so he asked carefully: "Can you tell me more about what has happened over the years?"
Su Li's face was gloomy, and he said with a little melancholy: "At first, five years ago, there was a merchant who came down the mountain, he was a seller of pills and powder, he stayed at the bottom of the mountain for a few days, and in the past few days, I have seen people infected with a strange disease, this strange disease is extremely terrifying, the throat is swollen, fever and breathing difficulty, there will be many large wounds on the body that flow pus, and the skin will begin to turn black, at most he will die in three days, and he will ......be gone in half a day."
"This symptom is indeed very similar to the plague, and then?"
Su Li continued: "The townspeople under the mountain also recognized this symptom, and after confirming that almost all of the people who were infected were people who had been in contact with the footman, they then imprisoned the footman, and at that time, the disciples of Shushan also went down to observe, and recognized that the disciples used their mana to isolate the townspeople after the plague. The disciples who are good at treatment also follow to heal, but this disease cannot be cured by magic, and relative medicine must be needed. Then the town started to have four people, and the townspeople who felt we couldn't protect them started to panic. And the vent point of this panic is the foot trader who brought the disease, and the frightened and angry townspeople forcibly break into the place where the foot trader is being held, because they are all ordinary townspeople, and the disciples are not easy to do...... Who knew that they even set fire to the house where they were imprisoned, and the disciples tried to save people, but they forcibly stopped them......"
Speaking of this, Su Li's head was both helpless and guilty: "The disciples have checked that foot merchant, he is just an ordinary mortal, but there seems to be something wrong with the drugs he sells, but before he can investigate anything, he was burned by the townspeople. ”
Di Gu seemed puzzled: "The townspeople said that if they burned the footman, the plague would be solved, but the infected townspeople recovered?"
Su Li shook his head: "No, but after the death of those originally infected townspeople, there were no new infected people, so this matter is temporarily over." However, from this time on, the attitude of the townspeople towards us changed somewhat, and even the relationship between the townspeople and the townspeople began to be discordant, and the atmosphere of the whole town began to become strange. ”
"Do you have any investigation into the origin of the foot trader?"
Su Li nodded: "I have investigated, it's just an ordinary foot merchant, except here, he will go to other places to sell medicine, and this kind of thing didn't happen in other towns." ”
Di Gua analyzed: "It should be that I met something on the way here, and I did something in his medicine, but now that the person is gone, I can't ask some things." ”
"No, the town became haunted soon after the death of the trader, and many people would meet him after dark or in a rainy day near the house where the trader had been burned. When the mountain learned about it, he also sent his disciples to deal with it, but the ghost was extremely cunning, and every time the disciples went, they hid their breath, and when the disciples relaxed their vigilance, they ran out to make trouble, although the matter was finally resolved, but it took a lot of time, causing the townspeople to become more and more dissatisfied with us. ”
Su Li paused and continued: "But the disciples also asked for some news from the mouth of the ghost, he met a person on the way here, and bought him a bottle of ordinary bone-setting powder, but there was no silver tael, so he replaced it with another thing, which was something like a pig's tail, and the merchant felt that it was not worth it at that time, and wanted to refuse, but when he saw that he was pitiful, he accepted it. ”
"Like a pig's tail?"
"Hmm"
Su Li nodded, also a little strange: "He also thinks it's very strange to press a tail, the fluff on the tail is not like the fluff of a pig, but like the feathers of some kind of bird......"
"The heel, like an owl, and a one-legged tail, see the epidemic in its country, it should be the tail of the heel, with a partial heel effect, can bring the plague heel itself as serious, but it is not a disease that ordinary monks can solve. ”
For Ah Sheng, who suddenly spoke, Su Li was stunned for a moment, and seriously looked at this little girl who had been immersed in eating snacks since she entered the door, she looked only fifteen or sixteen years old, her body was slightly plump, and although her small face was slightly round, she was cute with Yuxue, and her big eyes were sparkling and very smart.
"Who is this girl?"
Su Li looked at Di Gu inquiringly, waiting for an introduction.
Di Gua introduced: "Miss Sheng, a certain hermit family came out to travel, don't look at the age, the ability is much higher than you and me. ”
For Di Hexagram's eager praise, Ah Sheng scratched his head embarrassedly and said: "I have won awards." ”
Su Li's head looked upright, obviously he didn't expect that the little girl who had been ignoring him was such a powerful existence, and he only threw himself on the senior brother, with real strength, and hurriedly got up and saluted politely to Ah Sheng: "I've seen Miss Sheng." ”
Ah Sheng hurriedly stood up and saluted back: "You're polite." ”
So Su Li turned his gaze to Hong Tuo and asked, "So who is this young man?"
Hong Tu was afraid that he would salute, so he hurriedly stood up and walked to salute first: "The junior has seen Uncle Shi." ”
Su Li was shocked and looked at Di Gu blankly.
Di Gua twisted his beard: "This is my apprentice who is not a weapon." ”
Su Li heard this, and hurriedly helped Hong Tease up, and said kindly: "It was originally a nephew, and my uncle didn't give any meeting gifts when I met for the first time, so I will take you to the Shushan Treasure House, and take whatever you like......
Hong teased his face, hesitated to look at Di Gua, and was in the middle of it, Di Gu smiled, and didn't dwell too much on this question: "I'll mention the meeting gift or something, and then I'll talk about it......
Su Li came back to his senses, let go of Hong Fu's hand, motioned for him to sit down, and then turned around and returned to his position, and his eyes fell on Ah Sheng: "The heel that the girl said is a strange beast?"
Ah Sheng had an expression that you were talking nonsense, and nodded: "Otherwise, what else can it be?"
Su Li's expression became solemn, and his brows tightened: "It seems that someone is really targeting Shushan." ”
Ah Sheng analyzed: "The merchants behind are probably also instructed by that person to bring some things made of the feathers and cuticles of various exotic beasts to the town below Shu Mountain, so you naturally can't find the reason." ”
Su Li's head agreed: "At first, we thought it was the problem of the foot merchant himself, and we sent our disciples to follow us, and we didn't find anything wrong, but we also checked the goods at that time, and they were just ordinary things. ”