Chapter 9: Strange Faces
Ling Yu heard Long Chenyi's call, took three steps and made two steps, and hurriedly came to the side of the ear room. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Following the direction of Long Chenyi's finger, Ling Yu saw the corpses of many small insects on the ground, some of which had rotted and turned into blood, and some were being corroded and squeaked.
Ling Yu took the wooden stick and carefully inspected the corroded small animals, and found that there were many varieties in it, such as small snakes, toads, beetles, ladybugs, red ants, etc., and it seemed that this was the so-called Gu worm.
There was also a brazier on the ground, and there was still unburned paper in the brazier, Ling Yu took it out and carefully identified it, and found that there were words like "Gu", this book should record the method of raising Gu and driving away Gu.
Ling Yu unconsciously smelled a strange smell in the air, like a faint smell of medicinal herbs, and Ling Yu didn't find any medicinal herbs in his inspection room, which couldn't help but make him feel strange.
The duo searched the house and found no other suspicious items. At this time, Xiyuan called downstairs again.
The two walked downstairs and came to the ear room below, and it turned out that Xi Yuan found a dark room in a corner of the ear room.
The dark room is about one person high, and there are two pillars on both sides, and there are many human patterns carved on the pillars, and below is a child sitting cross-legged, which slowly turns into a human face, and the more up the face of the person, the more hideous the expression of the face, and the person who looks at it is creepy.
Ling Yu gently pushed the door open, and a thick smell wafted out, like the smell of freshly burned incense candles. The dark room was gray, full of green smoke, and when the green smoke dissipated, several people were suddenly startled, and the surprise on their faces was indescribable.
Opposite the few of them, there was an offering table, on which the offering table was not a god or Buddha, but a person's head and face, and the expression of the face was very hideous and terrifying, like an evil ghost, which made people frightened.
The face is exactly the same as the old couple's stabbing on their hands, very realistic, soul-stirring, those wide-eyed eyes, as if they want to kill someone, the eyeballs almost fly out.
There are a lot of offerings on the table, all of them are fresh, and it seems that the old couple comes to worship every day, this thing is very important to them, and they respect this thing as much as they do to the gods.
The darkroom was very small, and there was nothing else but this one table.
Ling Yu saluted the mask, then took it off and wrapped it in a black cloth.
Ling Yu brushed the green silk and said: "It seems that this murderer is very powerful, we heard that there are two Gu cultivators here, and then they rushed over immediately, without any delay, but here, these two people have been killed, and all clues have been destroyed, this person is quite familiar with our whereabouts." ”
Long Chenyi said: "Could it be that there is a mole around us?"
Ling Yu shook his head and said, "Not necessarily, but this murderer must not be far from us, otherwise he would not know our whereabouts." ”
Xi Yuan nodded and said, "Do you say that this murderer is the white-clothed boy who Shi Gu?"
Ling Yu stroked the green silk and said, "It should be him, he did this because he didn't want us to find evidence." This murderer is quite smart, knowing that we don't have any clues yet, and he will definitely start with Gu poison, so he destroys the clues first, so we can't investigate. ”
Long Chenyi couldn't help but sigh and said, "Now that we have no clues, how should this case be investigated?"
Ling Yu thought for a while, looked at the packet of herbs in his hand, sniffed it lightly, a smile appeared on his face, and said, "Although he destroyed all the clues, today's actions have also completely exposed his whereabouts, he is in Tanxi City, and they are all circling around me." Since you can't find a clue, take the initiative to lure the snake out of the hole. ”
"Who are you, and why are you here?"
Ling Yu and the others were shocked, and hurriedly turned their eyes to look in the direction where the voice came from, and a young man in his twenties walked over, carrying a basket with some herbs in it, and it seemed that he was a medicine picker.
Ling Yu smiled and said, "I'll wait here to find the owner of this house to help us identify a few herbs, but who knows that the owner here has been killed." We were getting ready to go back. ”
The man walked in, his face showed a trace of sadness, looked at Ling Yu and said: "So that's the case, this old couple is very good, very kind to people, I am a medicine farmer, I come to this mountain herb every year, every time I come to chat with these two old people, I don't want them to be killed, it's really a good person who doesn't live long." I also know a little bit about medicinal herbs, so you might as well show me the herbs, maybe I can help you. ”
Ling Yu handed the herb to the man, the man opened the herb, carefully identified it, and suddenly his face showed surprise, and said, "How many, this medicine is used to cure diseases?"
Ling Yu and the others were very puzzled, and Long Chenyi said: "Of course, medicine is used to cure diseases, if it is not used to cure diseases, then what are you using it for." ”
The man said: "Several, with all due respect, this medicine is not used to treat diseases, and it has no effect, this medicine is the medicine of Gu worms." ”
"What?Gu worm's medicine guide?" Ling Yu asked in surprise.
The man nodded and said, "I've been here many times, and I've often heard these two old men talk about Gu things, this herb is the medicine guide to wake up Gu worms." ”
Ling Yu was shocked in his heart, and said, "Then what kind of Gu is this medicine that awakens you?" Please explain it to us. ”
The man nodded, and said unhurriedly: "Gu is a very rare thing in the world, according to legend, only some ethnic minorities will use it, Gu is to use some small insects or small animals to be fed with drugs and then planted into the human body to make it toxic." All Gu poisons are more toxic than ordinary poisons, and they are difficult to solve. After some Gu worms enter the human body, they do not play any role, and they need to be awakened with herbs to stimulate their toxicity, and this herb is like this. According to my understanding, this Gu should be a long-lost Obsessive Gu, and according to legend, only the Yelang Kingdom that has disappeared for many years will plant this Gu. ”