Many things happen in this world every day, some are good, some are bad, some are ordinary, and some are bizarre.
If something is connected with ghosts, it will become very mysterious, particularly exciting and terrifying, but most people will never encounter it in their lives.
But there are some people who have special skills and may encounter these weird things all the time.
Over time, the world has classified these people and selected the four most mysterious industries, which are called the Four Wonders. They are tomb robbing, corpse exorcism, treasure hiding, and evil spirits exorcism.
Among them, the most numerous and famous ones belong to the line of exorcism.
Exorcism: It is our duty to expel evil things, mainly through spells, formations, martial arts... to exorcise evil and strengthen the righteous, and suppress the evil spirits and monsters in the world.
At first, most of them were composed of Taoist priests and wizards. Maoshan Shu in the south and psychic shamanism in the north were the two largest schools. Later, there were gradually more and more sects, including Buddhism, Taoism, and folk.
During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, a new branch emerged in exorcism. Some people integrated Taoism and medical skills and developed a new theory to exorcise evil spirits and subjugate demons with the purpose of curing diseases and saving people.
They are called evil exorcists in the world, also called evil doctors.
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My name is Zhou Quan, my nickname is Xiaodao, and I have been a doctor since I was a child. This profession is now called a doctor, and in the past it was called a doctor. I prefer the latter title.
I come from a family of traditional Chinese medicine. Several generations of my ancestors have been famous doctors. During the Qianlong period of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there were still people who worked in Taiyuan Hospital, which can be said to be very prominent.
During the Republic of China, the world was in chaos, and my great-grandfather settled in the mountainous area outside the old city of Fengtian. By the time New China was founded and my grandfather's generation came, our family had become a famous scholarly family.
My grandmother is a Chinese teacher in a rural middle school, and my grandfather is a well-known miracle doctor. He is also knowledgeable and proficient in history, Feng Shui, calligraphy, and even martial arts.
Such capable people are very prestigious in the local area. Even after the movement to destroy the Four Olds came, our family was not affected too much.
Just in case, my grandfather sealed some ancient books and objects and hid them in the cellar. Later, these things became my best playmates in childhood.
At that time, I was still called Zhou Bin. This name was given by my grandma, which meant being both civil and military. Unfortunately, it only took me four years to change my name due to a bizarre encounter.
It was an extremely strange disease. Half of it stayed in my memory, and the other half was not told to me by my parents until after I graduated from junior high school.
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Autumn had just entered that year, and my aunt’s cousin was about to get married. Grandpa took my dad there to help. Grandma had passed away two years ago, and my uncle and aunt had already lived separately, so my mother and I were the only ones left at home. .
My house is the second to last house on the street. On the left is Uncle Du's family of three, and the last house on the right is an old man named Zhao who is alone.
Lao Zhaotou has no children. In addition to tending his two acres of mountainous land, he usually raises cats and chickens. There is a jujube tree that has been growing for more than ten years against the wall of his house. Every autumn, red and big jujubes hang down to our house.
There were frequent heavy rains in the spring this year, and there were lightning and thunder for several days in a row. The jujube tree was struck by lightning several times. Since then, the leaves have begun to fall off, and the trunk has been half scorched. You can smell the burnt smell no matter how far away you are.
There are no more dates on the tree, only a bird's nest covering it.
No one noticed when the bird's nest appeared. There was a big black bird inside.
Swallows and magpies often build nests in old houses in rural areas, and most owners take them for granted. This represents family harmony and is considered a good thing.
But this black bird was very unpleasant. It was called a crow. Old Zhao was very angry and once thought of knocking down the bird's nest with a bamboo pole.
Grandpa stopped me and said that crows did not bring bad luck as expected. On the contrary, they were very intelligent among birds. They settled in this tree to protect their homes and courtyards.
I named the crow Heimao.
There has been something strange about this crow recently. It crows into the courtyard several times every morning for seven days in a row. I wonder if Grandpa Zhao is not living at home and it misses the old man a little.
It was the autumn season when the sky was high and the air was crisp. In the afternoon, my mother took me to the courtyard to bask in the sun. She returned to the room to clean up the housework and glanced at me through the window from time to time.
I ran around the yard with my short legs for a while. When I was tired, I stood by the wall and looked up with my eyes wide open. I tried hard to find a few red dates on the tree, but I couldn't find anything after looking for a long time.
"Binbin, Binbin..."
Suddenly, two low calls came from the wall, and a skinny face poked out from the top of the wall. He was wearing a coat that was washed so that the color could not be seen clearly, and two black hands that looked like chicken claws were scratching the top of the wall.
It's Grandpa Zhao. I opened my mouth and was about to shout.
Shhhhh!
Lao Zhao put his finger on his lips and gestured for me to keep quiet.
"Binbin, don't shout. Watch grandpa pick dates for you to eat."
Lao Zhao grinned with stiff lips, and without even looking at how hard he tried, he jumped up from the wall and landed on the jujube tree. He clasped the trunk of the tree with his hands and feet, lying down like a big gecko.
Then "Whoosh!" He quickly jumped up, and in the blink of an eye, "Whoosh," landed on the wall again, stretching out his left hand to reveal two red dates.
"Here, grandpa picked these two especially for you. Don't give them to anyone else!"
Old Zhaotou's voice was very low. When I was young, I didn't realize how strange his behavior was. My head was so attracted by the red dates that I didn't even notice when he left.
I swallowed my saliva twice and didn’t care whether it was clean or not, click, click, click! Just a bite.
Hiss! Why is it so cold?
This jujube is different from the original one. It is sweet, but it is very cold when you eat it. It feels like it has just been frosted.
I rubbed my cheek and picked up the second one.
"Scratch, scratch, scratch!"
Suddenly there was a cry of birds from the sky, and the black hair fell down like sharp arrows. One of its wings knocked the red dates on my hand to the ground, and its claws also made two red marks on my wrist.
I was so frightened that I fell to the ground and cried.
My mother ran out in a hurry and picked me up.
"Don't cry, what's wrong?"
"Heimao, Heimao grabs my dates, look at my hands."
"It's okay, it's okay, mom, look, mom, look,"
My mother picked up my wrist and looked at it. Fortunately, there were only two red marks. She looked up at the crow that had already flown back to the tree and cursed.
"You're a prodigal beast, aren't you just a jujube? If you really want to frighten our Binbin, I'll knock you down, chop you up and feed you to the chickens."
"Quack, quack, quack!" Heimao fluttered his wings on the tree in protest, spitting out a well-eaten date core.
My mother went back to the house and washed my face and hands, then held me in her arms and coaxed me for a while.
"Hey, baby, where did you get the dates?"
"Grandpa Zhao picked it for me when he came back."
Your Grandpa Zhao?
Isn't this old man sick and hospitalized? The chickens are still raised at our house. When did they come back?
My mother pulled me out of the door and looked next door. Is the courtyard door locked?
My mother glared at me: "What nonsense are you talking about? Where did your Grandpa Zhao come back? Did you pick up dates from the yard? You are not allowed to eat unwashed food from now on, it will cause stomach upset."
"not me……"
Just when I was about to say a few words, I felt a cramp in my stomach.
"Ah, I, my stomach hurts, Mom..."
This kind of pain was simply unbearable for a child. I was bent over like a shrimp. I just yelled twice and fell to the ground. I rolled my eyes and fainted.
"Come here, help people quickly. Uncle Du, his aunt... come quickly."
My mother was so frightened that her legs were weak. Her screams made several neighbors come running, and they were all dumbfounded when they saw my appearance.
My body curled up like a puppy, my eyes were closed tightly, a purring sound came from my throat, and the exposed skin was purple.
My mother was helpless and would only hug me and cry.
Uncle Du was still calm and hurriedly carried me to the kang to lie down. He also sent a neighbor to the health center to find someone who could treat the disease first. He rode his bicycle to find my grandfather.
Uncle Du knew that the people from the health center could only come for emergency response, and the real hope had to be pinned on my grandfather.
Sure enough, after Dr. Wang from the health center came over, he was silent for more than a minute and his eyes were bigger than my mother's. He had never seen such a patient before?
His neck was swollen to almost the same thickness as his head, his face was cold, but his body was so hot, and his two palms twitched like mouse paws.
