Cao Tianlong took down a box, patted the lid, and then gently opened it: "This is a mountain spider."
When Yun Kong looked at it, he felt a chill running down his spine.
There were six bright black eyes in the box, and a big furry foot was slowly trying to reach out of the box.
"So big?!"
Cao Tianlong closed the box: "I feed it little mice on weekdays, but no one cares about it these days. I'm afraid it will starve to death."
Sure enough, the spider was weak.
Cao's net worker lit the oil lamp and illuminated the dark Sifengzhai a little: "There are also very small spiders."
Cao Tianlong opened another one for Yun Kong to take a look. Under the light, there were many small balls with blue and green silver crawling inside, as if he was seeing a starry sky in the box.
A small spider tried to crawl to the edge of the box, but Cao the web worker immediately turned the light closer, and then it hurriedly retreated.
Yes, they are afraid of fire.
Just now, they finally wrapped Cao Zhucheng with layers of black cloth, but his lower body was still stuck to the wall with white silk. The white silk was so tough that even scissors and kitchen knives could not cut it.
Yunkong suggested using fire.
When burned with fire, the white silk immediately shrank and turned into black smoke in the air, leaving only one end charred black.
In this way, they were able to move Cao Zhucheng into a completely dark room.
Cao Zhucheng's lower body was covered with white silk. He kept shouting cold, his teeth were trembling, his pulse was in chaos, and he was about to collapse.
Yun Kong asked: "Are their medicinal properties all the same?"
"It depends on the toxicity. My father will use spiders with different venoms for different diseases."
Yun Kong's intuition believes that all the reasons come from Sifengzhai: "We must return to the starting point."
He took a deep breath, calmed down the fear in his heart, and told himself: "Come on."
"Taoist priest, are we out?"
They believe that Taoist priests must have some magical skills and can find out the cause of things in Sifengzhai.
But in fact, Yun Kong was taking a risk. It was curiosity and desire for knowledge that drove him to take risks: "Please, if the poor man shouts, you can rush in quickly."
The two brothers nodded, walked a little way to the door, and then turned back: "Where is this girl?"
"Hongye, you should go out too."
Hongye shook her head, biting her lower lip slightly and frowning slightly, indicating that she was worried: "What if something happens to you?"
"It doesn't matter if something happens to me, you can still come to save me," Yun Kong stroked her head, "But if something happens to you, you also know that I'm not that capable and can't save you."
Hong Ye thought about it seriously before nodding reluctantly. Yun Kong gave her a gentle push before she followed the Cao brothers out.
As the door of Sifengzhai slowly closed, Sifengzhai was slowly engulfed by darkness. Yunkong couldn't help but become nervous. He endured the trembling and tried not to let himself look at the closing door.
Before Sifengzhai fell completely into darkness, Yun Kong raised his eyes and glanced around. The last thing he saw was a spider web on the roof beam.
Boom.
Yunkong felt that his facial features were suddenly immersed in emptiness, and his eyes felt heavy, but he quickly adapted to the darkness.
He suddenly felt very lonely and helpless. The organs used to identify directions and sounds seemed to be blocked by mud. There was only a straight line of light through the crack of the door.
He remembered some legends.
Some people in the Cao family believe that it is the revenge of the wronged souls of insects, but this type of legend is rare in ancient books, especially the revenge of spiders.
He had heard a story about a white spider that had built a large web in the monk's room. The monk was bored and liked to tease it with a stick, pick it, or knock it to the ground. The white spider had no choice but to escape.
A few years later, one hot summer day, the monk took off his shirt in broad daylight and slept naked on the monk's bed to enjoy the coolness. A white spider sneaked down from the beam and bit the monk on the neck. The monk woke up with a malignant sore. He died of poisoning within a few days.
Some people in the Cao family thought that there were monsters causing trouble, but he couldn't remember the story of the spider turning into a monster and turning into a spirit. After all, their lifespan was too short and they were not old enough to become spirits.
Yun Kong couldn't see in the dark, but his brain was extremely active.
What bit Cao Yuanzhi and Cao Zhucheng?
Ordinarily, if it were a spider, according to previous sayings, it would be poisonous and fatal.
Looking back on the posthumous notes left by Mr. You He, there was no mention of spiders killing people, and it was unheard of to say that human bodies could emit white threads.
Yun Kong's thoughts were turbulent and his mind was full of distractions, so he sat down on the ground with his mind between his eyes, looking inwards but not completely empty. He still remained vigilant and paid attention to the movements around him.
He gradually felt a clear current flowing in his body, so comfortable that he almost forgot his purpose.
He was intoxicated by the comfortable flow of Qi all over his body and itched.
itch?
He suddenly came to his senses and found a slight itch on his neck. This feeling became even more acute when vision and hearing were disabled.
Just as Yun Kong was about to move, a small pain bit his neck, and a cold numbness suddenly invaded from his neck and spread to all parts of his body.
Yunkong was startled, his arms were paralyzed first, and his will began to be covered with a layer of mist. He immediately took a breath subconsciously, and quickly filled the meridians of his body with Qi, hoping that the numbness would penetrate into his muscles and After the nerves, prevent the paralysis from affecting his "qi".
But he was still too slow. He was already paralyzed on the ground. His head was very confused and he would fall into coma at any time. However, he tried his best to concentrate his energy in his brain to keep his mind clear.
From the dark roof beams, tiny golden lights were sliding down quickly, pouring down like a large puddle of golden sand. The golden sand moved to Yun Kong and climbed onto his skin.
Yunkong felt deeply frightened, his energy was in chaos for a moment, his head was shaking, and he almost fainted again. He hurriedly adjusted his mind and waited with bated breath.
After the golden sand climbed onto his skin, it disappeared. Yun Kong's touch was already numb. He didn't know what those things had done to him.
He wanted to grin and call for help, but his mouth didn't obey him at all, and his throat could only make a hoarse sound.
"Red leaves..." he shouted in his heart.
There are more and more golden sands, almost covering the whole body.
"boom!"
With a loud sound, the door of Sifengzhai was knocked open.
The afternoon sun broke in instantly and shone on the clouds. At this moment, the golden sand suddenly disappeared.
Several fine needles came in with the sunlight, and it was impossible to distinguish the needles from the sunlight. Some of the fine needles were inserted into the ground, and some were inserted into the boxes and pillars.
"Did something really happen?"
Cao Tianlong and Cao Net Worker ran to Yunkong and helped him sit up.
Hongye also ran in and said, "I told you to open the door a long time ago, but you didn't listen!"
She glared at the two angrily and pulled out a needle from the ground.
The two Cao brothers lowered their heads in shame and saw Hongye handing them the thin needle and forcing them to look at it, so they had no choice but to take it.
"Nothing?"
Cao Tianlong turned the needle.
Hongye said: "You have to look at the light."
The two brothers were dubious, and turned the thin needle under the sunlight. Sure enough, they saw a small, round bead inserted into the needle.
The bead looked transparent in the sunlight, and it was not clear for a while. It had to be reflected to make it visible. After a closer look, it turned out that the bead had eight thin, almost transparent legs, which were struggling to move.
"Is it Xi Mu?"
Networker Cao asked in surprise.
"I'm afraid it's a golden happy mother, and it's transparent in the sun... I've never seen it before."
Cao Tianlong said.
"Xi Mu" is a very small spider, also called "Xi Zi". It likes to cling to people's clothes. When it clings to people's clothes, it means that relatives or guests are coming, so it is also called "Qin Ke". Very common spider.
Hongye pulled up Yunkong's sleeves, looked at it distressedly for a while, then took out a thin needle from her waist, quickly pricked it, and picked out a Ximu from under Yunkong's skin.
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Late that night, Cao Tianlong took some family members and opened the small room behind Cao's pharmacy.
As soon as the door opened, what was illuminated by the light was a large expanse of soft, bright white. The spider silk was like pieces of stretched silk, crisscrossing all over the room.
Under the light, several dumplings of spider silk could be seen. The dumplings appeared human-like and gave off the sour smell of ancient dust.
Cao Tianlong anxiously burned the spider silk with a lamp, and the spider silk shrank piece by piece, gradually opening up a passage.
The family members also helped, covering their noses and burning away the spider silk with the lights on their hands.
