It had been a few days since Zhu Yuanyu came to the town. This was the first time Zhu Yuanyu walked on the small streets of the town in broad daylight.
Compared to the evening when we first arrived, the whole street seemed to suddenly come to life and become much more lively. The shops were all open for business, the vendors along the street were selling all kinds of small items, and the pedestrians coming and going were busy with themselves. things.
Zhu Yuanyu looked at the surrounding environment without any trace, and found that most people had a look that could be called "fanatic" on their faces. These people were trying to brainwash the surrounding pedestrians.
"The immortal master said that as long as the patient is handed over to him, he is guaranteed to be cured! Even the zombie immortal master can be subdued, so what does the strange disease mean..."
Zhu Yuanyu didn't continue to listen and walked in one direction.
"Master, my subordinates have asked, and the Taoist priest's residence is not far ahead."
Qi Ao clung to the young man's side, but his eyes were observing the people around him.
In addition to the master and servant, the people walking in the same direction were also some ordinary people in simple clothes.
A strong man with dark skin stretched his hands back to pull a cart, and the wheels rolled slowly and made a grunting sound.
Zhu Yuanyu walked behind the man and glanced at the cart inadvertently.
There is a person lying on the cart. From the body shape, it can be seen that this is a woman. The clothes on her body are tightly wrapped, and even her face is covered with a thin veil. The slight rise and fall shows that the person is still alive. , but the face cannot be seen clearly.
The woman's hand was wrapped with a white cloth strip, exuding a dark green color that looked like herbs. It was probably because the person who bandaged her was not skilled in the craftsmanship. There was a small area on the back of her hand that was not wrapped by the white cloth strip, revealing the red and black ulcerated skin.
It seems that he is another poor person polluted by turbid air.
In addition to this couple, there were several others who probably brought patients to seek treatment from Taoist priests.
Being so close, Zhu Yuanyu could clearly smell the concentrated rancid smell emanating from the patient.
Although the second source of pollution is gone, people who are contaminated with turbid qi still need someone to help remove the turbid qi entangled in their bodies, otherwise they will still die, but not as quickly as before.
Although the mountain god finally asked Zhu Yuanyu to help remove the turbidity of the townspeople, he did not want to attract too much attention. He thought that the best way was to put something that can remove the turbidity into the water sources of the townspeople. Although the effect was slow, After a long time, the turbidity can still be eliminated.
As for what to put in to get rid of the turbid air, he also thought of this, so he used the body left by the mountain god. After his observation, he found that the mountain god's body retains a huge spiritual energy. He only needs to find a way to grind the powder from the stone statue and sprinkle it into the water source. As long as he drinks the water with the powder from the stone statue, the sick will be cured and the healthy will be strengthened. Keep fit.
As for where the water source is, just ask the locals.
It was probably either stream or river water, or well water. Zhu Yuanyu was most likely to guess the well water, because Gao Daniu's family had a well. In ancient times, most wells were shared, so it was a kind of bragging rights for the Gao Daniu family, who were both ordinary people, to have their own well.
"Master, we are here. In front of us is the Taoist priest's residence."
Zhu Yuanyu looked over and found that the closer to the destination, the more people there were, all bringing patients.
He found that there were quite a lot of sick people. At a glance, those lying down and being carried were all nearly twenty years old. They all had faces of despair but also a hint of hope. The patients’ family members were anxious. Looking at the main entrance of the Taoist house.
The main door of the Taoist priest's house was open, and there were two Taoist boys guarding it with arrogant expressions. No matter how hard the people who came to treat patients begged, they were indifferent.
But they also look at what people order.
Zhu Yuanyu saw two Taoist boys driving a shabby man away with impatient expressions. In the blink of an eye, a young man in brocade clothes came. His face immediately changed and he welcomed him in with a smile.
So when Zhu Yuanyu stepped forward, the two Taoist boys still had smiling faces and bowed to invite them in.
After entering the main entrance and passing through the hanging flower door, I saw the main house.
Unexpectedly, this Taoist priest was quite rich. He lived in a second-entry courtyard. This kind of courtyard with a hand-painted verandah and a hanging flower door was no longer a small residence for ordinary people, but a house of a certain size and quite elegant. I don’t know how much money this Taoist priest made through fraud and deceit to afford living in such a courtyard.
There were many people in the courtyard, but they were all quiet and their voices were low.
Zhu Yuanyu didn't see the little man named Gao Sheng who went to Gao Daniu's house yesterday, but he met Gao Daniu's cousin. He also had a deep impression of the fat man, an unkind, unjust and unfilial bastard.
It seems that he is colluding with the Taoist priest now, which is really not a good thing.
"Master, what should we do?"
Qi Ao looked at the young man beside him and asked softly.
Zhu Yuanyu was silent for a while, and then said: "The mastermind is gone, and they will stop."
Qi Ao understood, "Then go down and capture the Taoist priest and kill him?"
Zhu Yuanyu shook his head, "You don't have to dirty your hands. Just knock him out and take him away. I'll figure out how to deal with it later."
"What about them?" Qi Ao looked at Gao Daniu's cousin.
"Don't worry about it. If you do too many bad things, the consequences will come quickly. This person won't live long..."
What Zhu Yuanyu didn't say was that the bad luck on Gao Daniu's cousin had become so thick that it was extremely unlucky and would eventually lead to a bloody disaster, directly killing him.
The high school student I saw yesterday will die even faster. The two ghosts hanging around him are here to collect debts and claim their lives.
Qi Ao nodded thoughtfully.
…
The Taoist priest was performing a ritual on a patient in a serious manner in the main room, mumbling something.
Suddenly a thick stick was swung down from behind, and the man fell to the ground.
He deserved it. In order to prevent others from noticing anything, he and the patient were the only two people when he asked for treatment. So Qi Ao carefully got into the house through the half-open window and succeeded in no time.
Qi Ao threw down the fire stick he picked up when passing by the kitchen, shook open the sack that he also picked up in the kitchen, tied the Taoist priest's hands and feet, put it in, and tied it up.
Then he picked up the sack and carefully walked around to the back door, where Zhu Yuanyu was already waiting.
"No one noticed it, right?" Zhu Yuanyu asked.
Qi Ao shook his head, "No, I am very careful."
"Then let's go. I've seen it and there's no one outside the back door."
The back door was unlocked, so Zhu Yuanyu opened the door latch and walked out, followed by Qi Ao.
Walking on the small street, no one was confused about the sack on Qi Ao's shoulders. Zhu Yuanyu saw several men in short brown clothes also carrying a large sack of sacks.
He looked at Qi Ao's clothes - because he was his subordinate, Qi Ao's clothes were made of better materials than ordinary servants. At this time, Qi Ao, who was carrying a sack, looked like a man in short brown clothes. It seems very inconsistent and a bit weird.
Fortunately, no one would have thought that there was a person in the sack. Zhu Yuanyu and the others quickly walked to the place where the carriage was parked. Li Zhuangzhuang walked over quickly as soon as he saw them.
Zhu Yuanyu waved his hand, "We'll talk about it when we get back. Is Brother Gao back?"
It turned out that they were divided into two groups. Zhu Yuanyu and Qi Ao went to the Taoist priest's house, while Gao Daniu went to find the witnesses-the previous coffin bearers.
But now there is no need for witnesses. The mastermind is gone, and the witnesses have no chance to appear.
After waiting for a while, Gao Daniu came back with a bad look on his face. It seemed that he had not succeeded.
"I don't want to come because I'm afraid of offending others." Gao Daniu sighed.
Zhu Yuanyu patted him on the shoulder, "It's okay, I caught the mastermind."
Gao Daniu was a little surprised, "Really?"
Zhu Yuanyu nodded and pointed to the carriage, "We'll talk about it when we get back. Let's go."
When everyone got on the carriage, Li Zhuangzhuang drove the horses and pulled the carriage away.
Back at Gao's house, Zhu Yuanyu asked Qi Ao to put the sacks in the room where he slept.
"Brother Zhu, what are you going to do with this person?" Gao Daniu glanced at the sack and said.
Zhu Yuanyu didn't want to explain more and just said: "Don't worry about this, leave it to me. By the way, what kind of water does this town drink?"
Gao Daniu gave Zhu Yuanyu a strange look. He didn't understand why he asked this question so smoothly, but he still answered, "All the people in the town drink is well water. Why are you asking this?"
Zhu Yuanyu smiled and said: "It's nothing, I just saw that Brother Gao has a well in your house, and others don't seem to have one, so I was a little curious for a while."
Gao Daniu looked suddenly enlightened, nodded and said cheerfully: "That's it! To tell you the truth, my family already has a well, which is considered lucky. Other families don't have it, so everyone goes to the well to drink water. Fetching water, even though the town is not big, there are ten wells! Of course, I don’t know about the rich families.”
"Are there no rivers or streams?"
"Yes, but it's not nearby. It has to be a long walk. People in the town go there to wash their clothes, and the water for farming is also picked up there. After all, we still need to save well water. It's a bit wasteful to use it to irrigate the land. , The well water in the town is very sweet..."
After getting what he wanted to know, Zhu Yuanyu stopped asking. As for where the well was, let Qi Ao and Li Zhuangzhuang ask the people in the town.
After that, Zhu Yuanyu used his spiritual power to drive the Taoist priest crazy. When he planned to leave, he took the Taoist priest with him and dumped him in a rural place. In this way, the madman would no longer be able to harm others, and the country people were also simple and gave him a mouthful of food. Even if he eats, he won't starve to death.
That night, Zhu Yuanyu asked Qi Ao and Li Zhuangzhuang to sprinkle the little powder he had finally grinded out into ten wells in the town.
A few days later, Zhu Yuanyu finally felt relieved when he learned from Gao Daniu that the patient was gradually improving.
Then he said goodbye to Gao Daniu and his family, and took Qi Ao and the others on their journey again.
Of course, before leaving, Zhu Yuanyu properly disposed of the zombie that Uncle Gao Daniu had turned into, and took back the barrier talisman placed in the Gao family.
As he said, Gao Daniu's cousin died not long after, in the hands of his wife. The widow next door was also hacked to death with a hatchet.
What shocked the world as well as this case was the tragic death of Gao Sheng.
According to eyewitnesses, the high school student felt as if his skin had been eaten by a human being, and was painfully alive. His screams were extremely shrill.
