Chapter Twenty-Four: Transfiguration
After staying in the middle of the Nine Desolation Mountains for a long time, she begged Shi Dewa to take her to the northern part of the Nine Desolation Mountains.
The soldier master Da Ran actually took the initiative to jump out to be a guide, and Shi Dewa had no choice but to agree.
The northern part of Jiuhuangling is a sparsely populated and backward area of the Changyu ethnic group, and most of the strange people and strangers who like to live in seclusion live here.
Daran repeatedly told Butterfly not to leave him and trespass, there were dangerous people here.
Dedwa smiled at Ran and said, "Brother Ran, are you afraid that I will get lost? β
When she was a child, she and her mother went to the mountains and forests every day to collect medicines, and they had a unique affection for exotic flowers and plants.
Diedeva did not go to the people's house on the flat ground, but specially climbed into the forest, and Da Ran protected her step by step.
Diedeva is far away from her parents, it is rare to be so happy, and Shidewa, who feels sorry for her sister, is also allowed to run around by her.
In the evening, Dedwa "led the way" to two wooden houses on the edge of a mountain far from the village, which were built on the south-east-northwest direction, so that the doors of the wooden houses were open to the southwest, which made it suspicious that the southwest door was easy to find ghosts.
The owner of the hut was a short, one-eyed man, with a black face, a beard, and a big nose, and a fierce appearance, but his voice was very soft and thin.
It was completely dark, and after eating a dozen slices of barbecue provided by the owner of the wooden house, Daran, Shi Dewa, and Diedewa lay down in their clothes, and the pot of wine provided by the master was hidden under Da Ran.
The owner slept alone in the hut where the miscellaneous items were placed outside.
At some point, Butterfly was awakened by a loud snoring.
Butterfly made sure that the loud snoring was coming from the outer room, where a dim oil lamp was about to go out.
Diedeva is the granddaughter of the pharmacist's mother-in-law, when she was a child, she often went to her grandmother's house with her mother, and she was used to seeing people with all kinds of strange diseases, and she was very bold
When he was extinguished, he dared to walk alone through the vicious-looking wooden house
The master went to turn on the oil lamp.
Butterfly walked to the outhouse, and as he passed by the owner of the cabin, he inadvertently stopped, and found that he had not snored at all, and had not made any sound at all.
Butterfly listened quietly, the owner of the wooden house did not make a sound, and the loud snoring came from this outhouse, Butterfly looked at the door open to the southwest, and then saw that the dim oil lamp suddenly burst out of the blue fire, Butterfly remembered the legend that the blue fire was a ghost fire, and he did not dare to turn on the oil lamp.
Didwa slowly retreated back into the inner room, with Daran outside, and then Didwa, who was half-lying down behind Didwa, a little more at ease.
The snoring was still loud, and the owner of the cabin seemed to be awakened, and he sat up and looked out the door.
Suddenly, she noticed that the owner of the wooden house was wearing thick long hair, and her scalp began to tingle, and her heart trembled, and she did not dare to look at it.
The owner of the wooden house turned his head suddenly, and the face of an old woman appeared.
Butterfly screamed in fright, and buried his head under Ishdewa's back.
Da Ran, who had been awake, turned over and jumped up, and in the blink of an eye, he reached the old woman's eyes, and his five fingers grabbed the old woman's shoulder like a hook.
The old woman dodged in a flash, jumped to the door, pushed the door and ran out.
Daran followed him out, followed by Shideva and Diedeva out of the hut.
Outside, Butterfly saw a dog by the doorway, and strangely enough, the sensitive dog was still sleeping, snoring loudly.
Da Ran chased out the door, and the old woman had already burrowed into the woods in front of the wooden house.
Da Ran hesitated, but went into the woods to track the man.
Stonewa entered the woods from the other direction and went to surround the man.
Diedeva stood at the edge of the forest and listened to the movement.
"Butterfly girlββ, why did you run out in the middle of the night?"
Turning around, by the light of the stars and moon, he saw the one-eyed owner of the hut a few steps away.
Diedeva exclaimed, "You are a human or a ghost!"
The owner of the cottage said unhappily, "What did Butterfly say?
"And who is the old woman who ran out of the house just now?" said Butterfly.
The owner of the hut said, "You mean there is an old woman in the hut? β
Didwa said vigilantly, "Then what are you doing when you go out in the middle of the night?"
The owner of the hut showed him a rabbit that he was carrying behind him, and then said, "I have gone to pick up the clips, and there are many rabbits here, and the clips in the evening will be able to hit the rabbits in the middle of the night, and the rabbits will be hit at dawn." β
Daran and Shideva did not catch up with the old woman, and at this time they also walked out of the woods, and Diedeva hastened to explain what had just happened.
When the four of them returned to the hut, the owner of the hut said, "You are all hungry! You have eaten a dozen pieces of meat after yesterday's rabbit meat was given to passers-by, and I will give you a barbecue." β
The owner of the wooden house went outside to barbecue meat, and Shideva lowered his voice and said to Daran, "Do you believe him?"
Da Ran said: "I don't see it on the outside, but there must be a ghost in his heart!"
The three of Da Ran had eaten their fill of roast rabbit meat, and the sky was dawning.
The owner of the hut said, "I have to go to the mountains and forests to see the traps, and it will be too late to come back, so if you want to go, just tie the door outside." β
Da Ran looked at the back of the owner of the wooden house and said, "This person has been lying, he must be a wicked person with a bad heart, I will go and see what happens." Shidewa you are optimistic about Diedewa, don't leave the cabin, I'll be back soon. β
Stonedeva and Diedeva waited for a while, and before dawn, there was a knock at the door.
Stonevar went out and saw a little girl, and the little girl asked Stonevar, "Big brother, do you see an old woman with a disheveled hair?"
Butterfly, who came out, saw this lovely little girl and took the initiative to say, "We see, who are you?"
The little girl's big eyes shone brightly, and she said, "Sister, she is my grandmother, last year, my grandmother met a vicious wolf in the mountains and forests, she strangled the wolf to death, and then she went crazy, and after she went crazy, her grandmother always ran to the mountains, and today I got up early, and I didn't see my grandmother, so I came to look for it." β
"Your grandmother came here last night and ran away again," said Diedewa. β
"Then I'll go look for grandma in the woods. The little girl was leaving.
"It's dangerous in the woods!" said Didwa, "just wait here, maybe your grandmother will come to the hut again." I'll ask my brother to help you find it later. β
Butterfly dragged the little girl into the cabin.
The little girl untied a skin from her neck and said, "You are thirsty! I'm here for grandma, give you a little, and you'll help me find grandma when it's over. β
The little girl poured the water into two bowls.
Stonewa was so thirsty that the water in the hut had been cut off for more than a day, and Stonewa drank the water from the bowl in one gulp.
Butterfly picked up the bowl as well, and the bowl touched her lips, and a faint smell of drugged drugs entered her nostrils.
Butterfly threw the bowl on the ground, looked at the little girl angrily, and said, "Why do you want to harm us?"
As he spoke, Shi Dewa felt a wave of dizziness, and he barely stood still, unable to move.
"It's really hard to deal with! one drank the medicine and didn't fall down, and the other could see that there was medicine in the water!" the little girl finished speaking, and suddenly grew taller.
Didwa took a step back in surprise.
The little girl turned around, and after a few seconds, she turned back again, and a one-eyed, big-nosed, bearded man appeared in front of Diedeva - clearly the owner of the cabin.
Butterfly was so startled that he took a few steps back, and was speechless for a moment.
The owner of the wooden house said, "Butterfly girl, peerless beauty, take out all the valuable things on you, and I promise that I will not embarrass you." β
"So you are a robber," said Diedeva, "and the old woman is with you, right?"
The owner of the wooden house smiled, put down his hair, and then took off the fake beard, fake nose, fake "blind" on his face.
The owner of the hut showed the old woman's true face and said, "Understand! Get everything out of your place! β
Butterfly took a small golden turtle from her neck and placed it on the table, and the old woman, the owner of the wooden house, looked at it with a greedy look in her eyes.
The old woman, the owner of the wooden house, walked over and picked up the golden turtle and looked at it carefully, there was a raised place on the back of the golden turtle, the old woman pressed it lightly with her fingers, the raised place cracked, and a few drops of water came out and touched the old woman's hand, and the old woman's hand immediately became red and swollen.
"You have been poisoned, and in two hours you will festering and dying." β
The old woman gritted her teeth and said, "Wicked girl, bring the antidote, or I will make you die a good deathββ!."
Diedeva said, "You saved my brother first!"
The old woman said, "This is the antidote, pour it on your brother." β
Diedeva took the opportunity to turn around and gave Shideva a different medicine to drink, and Shidewa, who was not deeply poisoned, quickly regained his mobility.
Butterfly poured two pills from a vial and the old woman took them.
The old woman swallowed the pill in one gulp, then burst out laughing and said, "Butterfly girl, you are too honest! The old woman taught you a trick - never trust anyone." The antidote I gave you is real, but it is also mixed with a medicine that makes people lose their strength......"
Before the old woman finished speaking, she felt a sharp pain in her stomach and her whole body became paralyzed.
"Your antidote is poisonous!" said the old woman, sitting on the ground.
"Ben girl also taught you a trick - never trust anyone," said Didwa. The potion on your hand is toxic and can make your fingers red and swollen for a while, and the antidote you take is the poison that kills. The antidote you gave me is in my hands. β
The old woman sighed and said, "Butterfly girl! I have been deceived for a generation, and finally I have been deceived by a little girl! β
Shi Dewa couldn't help but say, "Tell me quickly, how is Daran?"
Diedeva said, "Brother, I gave her poison just to force her to save Brother Ran. β
The old woman said, "He is trapped in a cellar by me, and I will take you to find it, and give me the antidote when you are done." β
The three of them were about to go out when Daran pushed the door and entered the wooden house.
It turned out that Daran was following the old woman, and when the old woman noticed it, she took Daran into the cellar of a trapped beast. The old woman, who had given up the idea of taking the money of the three strongmen, returned to the wooden house disguised as a little girl by disguise. And Daran, who fell into the cellar because he was not familiar with the terrain, dug a few holes in the wall with a knife and got out of the cellar.
After Da Ran understood what was going on, he said: "This old witch is here to kill for money, and she deserves death!"
The old woman defended: "I have never killed innocents indiscriminately, nor have I ever attacked poor passers-by, but I have taken the money of profiteers and bullies." Yesterday, I met the brothers and sisters of the butterfly girl, who are from the Xurui Dynasty, and they wanted to rob the money, and they had no intention of harming their lives. β
"It is true that the medicine you use is not life-threatening, but you are pretending to be a ghost, and the cowardly ones are not scared to death by you." β
The old woman said, "I have used the transfiguration technique against the wicked with great force, but I confess to you that I have used it wrongly!"
Diedewa's heart moved, and he thought for a while and said, "Can the senior teach me the disguise technique?"
The old woman said, "That's what I mean, and I'm afraid that Miss Butterfly will dislike me, which is a crooked way!"
Da Ran interjected: "There is no distinction between good and evil, if the so-called right way is used to deceive people and harm others, it is evil art, and if evil art is used to hoe and strengthen it, it is the right way." β
The old woman said, "Ran Daxia is really a well-versed person! Miss Butterfly is extremely thoughtful, proficient in poison pharmacology, and knows martial arts, and is still a rare beauty in the world. β