bookrebus Chapter 403: The Lucky One in the Disaster of Gu
Chapter 403: The Lucky One in the Disaster of Gu
Chapter 403: The Lucky One in the Disaster of Gu
Last time, we talked about how Li Yi and Zhang Hongchen played the good cop and the bad cop respectively, shocking the four chiefs of Sanyan Village and asking them to recommend to them the person who could capture the demon spirit. So how will the story develop next? Let's read on.
The oldest of the four village chiefs stood up and saluted, saying, "Master Wei is our Sanyan Village's benefactor. We will definitely help you with this favor. However, the one who captured the demon spirit is a mysterious person. None of us have ever seen his true face."
Another village chief said, "Yes, he just left a bag with some gold and silver, and asked us to put the evil spirits into the bag. They will come on the seventh day of every month."
"What bag?"
Dong An reached out and took out the bag left by the mysterious man, and said casually: "That man has been hiding himself in a cloak, wearing a mask, and did not leave a name. This is the soul-collecting bag he left behind."
Lan Ze looked at the pattern on the spirit bag and said in surprise: "Jiaohua! This is the craftsmanship of the Bai people!"
Li Yi asked: "Do you know this thing?"
Lan Ze nodded and said, "It can't be wrong. This must have been done by the Bai people. This matter must be related to the Wu Gu Cult! There is a Bai elder in the Wu Gu Cult who is a great witch priest and is good at soul-related witchcraft. His name is Yang Cheng."
Li Yi touched his chin and asked, "Is this Bai tribe the Bai Man mentioned in the book? Shouldn't they be in Yeyu? Aren't they in Dianzhou? Why did they travel so far to collect demon spirits?"
Lan Ze shook his head and said, "The Bai people are a large tribe in Miaojiang, and they are widely distributed. Yeyu is just one of the Bai people's gathering places. There is also a Bai people's gathering place in Qianzhou. Should we go and take a look?"
"If the Witchcraft Cult is collecting evil spirits, then we have to investigate. Maybe the Gu God is doing something big."
"Okay, let's go for a walk then."
Li Yi nodded, turned to the four village chiefs and said solemnly: "I will not hide the truth from you now. I am the imperial court's Doctor Baiyue, and I am here on behalf of the imperial court to eliminate the demons. The demon-eliminating army has already set out, and will soon reach Miao territory, so you don't have to live in fear anymore.
However, we should still make some things clear. Sanyanzhai is a large fortress on the Miao border. The food rations allocated by the imperial court are enough for Sanyanzhai to use for a year, but there are still so many starving people outside.
You were unwilling to release the food before, perhaps because you didn't know how long the demons would stay here, but now I can tell you clearly that the demons will be wiped out in half a year at most, so it would be unreasonable for you to keep the food and not release it.
Prime Minister Su and I have discussed that in order to encourage cultivators from all sides to come to Miaojiang to eliminate demons, we have opened a convenient door for you and allowed you to smuggle salt and iron and raise money to establish the Demon-Slaying Hall.
We also guessed that there would be people here who would embezzle money, this is just an extraordinary measure for extraordinary times! If anyone does something extraordinary, don't blame the court for being merciless!"
Li Yi and the four village chiefs made three agreements: First, establish patrol teams to monitor the movements of the surrounding monsters at all times and gather refugees at the same time.
Second, gradually restore farming and production around Sanyan Village. The demon village has been eradicated, so this area is naturally safe. Give the Miao people food rations and let them go back to farming. The imperial court will have no food to help them next year. If they don't resume production, are they going to starve to death?
Third, count the number of victims, build shanties to accommodate more victims, and organize them to make weapons such as arrows and javelins in exchange for food, and report to the court to request the dispatch of manpower and more supplies.
Li Yi planned to use Sanyanzhai as a supply station for the army. After all, there were salt, iron and people here, which could be used to replenish troops and military equipment.
After the business was settled and dinner was served, the headman arranged a good room for them to rest. After a long journey, they naturally felt comfortable seeing the bed.
Lan Ze looked at this rather decent house and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. There were so many people living in the open air outside, and he was able to live here without doing anything. He felt a little guilty.
She sat down beside the bed and brought a wooden basin filled with hot water to soak her feet. Just as she took off her shoes and socks, she suddenly heard Li Yi's voice coming from outside the door: "It's a long night and I can't sleep. Miss, are you willing to drink tea and chat with me?"
"I'm going to practice, don't bother me!"
"Oh, then you should practice well. I'm leaving? Am I really leaving?"
"roll!"
Li Yi left with a smile. He had done this on purpose so that Lan Ze would not look for him and he could go look for Zhang Hongchen. It was all a trick!
Lan Ze touched the water in the wooden basin and felt that the temperature was fine, so she took off her shoes to reveal a pair of white jade feet, and gently put her feet in the basin to soak. That's right, the skin on her feet has recovered!
While soaking her feet, Lan Ze was not idle either. She took out a knife, faced the mirror, and cut off strips of the skin that had just recovered from the burns on her face and fed them to four black silkworms. These black silkworms were catalyzed by Lan Ze herself, and they specialized in eating burnt meat and then spitting out medicinal silk.
Looking at them eating away at his skin, Lan Ze did not feel frustrated at all. Instead, he said softly, "Thank you for your hard work. When I recover, you will probably starve, right? Don't worry, I will grill meat for you!"
After the black silkworms finished eating, they began to spin silk. Lan Ze collected the silk and wound it into ribbons bit by bit. This was a complicated and tedious process. Because the silk ribbons just spit out contained mucus, and this mucus was the key to helping her repair her skin, so she had to wind the silk into strands while retaining the mucus as much as possible.
Lan Ze arranged the strands of silk and laid them in the mold she had prepared before. After applying the potion, she put the mask on her face, which looked like a facial mask. Then she used a ribbon to wrap the mask around her head. She would wear this mask for the next period of time.
The Tiancan Sect's magic is based on the same principles as Gu magic, both involve playing with insects, but the Tiancan Sect only involves playing with silkworms, which are divided into two schools: inner and outer schools. Qu Xia originally followed the outer school path, using her natal silkworm to strengthen her body's functions, which was more like martial arts.
Lan Ze is the reincarnation of Qingluo. He was originally a member of the Tiancan Sect and had a foundation in witchcraft. Therefore, he started from the inner sect and learned it very quickly. In terms of comprehension and learning ability, he is much better than Qu Xia.
The next day, Lan Ze woke up very early, while Li Yi slept in for a rare time. Lan Ze had lived in the Wei Mansion for a while, and knew that Li Yi was grumpy when he woke up, so he didn't disturb him and wandered around Sanyan Village alone.
After yesterday's experience, she did not show kindness indiscriminately, but the victims would greet her when they saw her. Everyone thought that this girl with a scary face was Master Wei's biological sister.
Looking at the gazes cast by everyone, Lan Ze was not quite used to it for a moment. He thought there was something wrong with his mask, so he deliberately lowered his hood and quickened his pace.
At this time, an old lady grabbed Lan Ze's hand, which scared her. Lan Ze asked, "What are you doing?"
The old lady stuffed a small jar into her hand and said, "Sister, this is my burn ointment, which is specially used to treat all kinds of burns. If you believe what I say, take it home and apply it on the wound twice a day, morning and night. I guarantee that your burn will be cured within a month!"
Before Lan Ze could refuse, the old lady turned around and left. Just as she was about to chase her, a sister stopped her and said, "Sister Wei, this is the mushroom sauce that I made myself. It's delicious. Take it back and try it. It's delicious!"
While Lan Ze was still surprised by the name "Sister Wei", her hands were already filled with things. Big and small bags, bamboo baskets, rattan baskets, jars and pots surrounded her.
Just as she was worried, three young men came over with a cart and said with a smile: "Miss Wei, let us help you send your things back."
Then she started to load the things onto the car. After a long time, she finished loading and pushed the car towards the Demon Slaying Hall. Lan Ze suddenly felt that the scene before her was familiar, except that last time she was called Sister You.
Lan Ze is her name, she has no surname because she is from the Mang ethnic group. Among the Mang ethnic group, only the royal family or the upper clan have surnames. This situation is not uncommon in Miaojiang, and many tribes are like this.
Lan Ze was named after Lan Ze Lake in her hometown, which is a beautiful lake formed by the Canglan River flowing through the valley. Her master found her by the Lan Ze Lake and named her Lan Ze. At that time, she was only three or four years old, and she squatted by the lake crying for some unknown reason.
Xiao Lanze followed her master and her brother You to practice medicine and save people. Later, because her master failed to cure a person's illness, he was beaten to death by that family. Xiao Lanze followed her brother You and wandered around, and later joined the Wu Gu Cult together...
"Miss Wei is here. Where should we help you move your things?"
The young man's words interrupted Lan Ze's memories. She quickly said, "Just help move the things to the door. I'll ask Wei...Brother...to help me..."
Before she finished her words, she cursed in her heart: How can I call him brother! Who the hell is he! Humph! How can he compare with Brother You!
Although thinking this in his heart, Lan Ze smiled and said, "Thank you, brothers. Just put the things in the hall. I'll ask Wei Le to move them later."
The people from the Demon Slaying Hall also came out to help move things, and soon they were moved into the hall. Lan Ze waved to thank and say goodbye to them, feeling so happy in his heart.
Just then, Li Yi walked out, stretching himself. Seeing the various "thank you gifts" around Lan Ze, he smiled and said, "Oh, the folks are really enthusiastic. They gave us so many things. Let me see what we can use next!" Then he squatted down and began to look through them.
"These are all for me! What are you looking at!"
"I'm worried that your cocoon won't fit in, so I'm helping you choose."
"No need! Yu Jiu, help me load the things into the car. Sister Hong Chen and I will slowly choose from the car!"
They set off again, heading south along the Chishui River to Kangping County. Logically speaking, Kangping County was a relatively large town with a population of around 50,000 people, but in this situation, Li Yi was not sure whether the city had been massacred by the demons.
Along the way, Li Yi and his party saw the thousands of miles of barren land and dead trees hanging with bones as described in Zhu Tie's report. Looking west, it was all desolate, with no green at all. Looking at the scene before him, Lan Ze couldn't believe that this was once the beautiful Miao area!
Looking at the remains of locusts' shed skins all over the ground, Lan Ze knew that this was a locust plague caused by the Gu God. She asked, "Is there no way to deal with these mutated locusts?"
Zhang Hongchen chuckled and said, "They are just some larger flying insects. Just let Yu Jiu burn them clean with fire!"
Li Yi pointed at the charred fields and shook his head, saying, "Someone has tried using fire, but it didn't work well. Locusts can fly and there are too many of them to control. Even if they are burned to death, we don't know where they lay their eggs. If the eggs are not killed, there will probably be another locust plague next year."
Lan Ze asked: "Don't tell me these, I just want to ask if you have any solution!"
Li Yi replied: "Of course there is a way, but it will take a lot of manpower and material resources to do it. Find the place where the locusts lay their eggs, dig three feet into the ground, and fry the soil to kill the eggs. As for the locusts that are causing harm, we can use poison to fight poison, and use insects to control insects."
Lan Ze asked, "You mean to use the natural enemies of locusts to deal with them, but where can we find so many frogs, bird spiders and mantises?"
Li Yi thought for a while and asked, "Doesn't the Wu Gu Cult have the means to control insects? Can't they control these frogs, birds, spiders and mantises? Find some Wu Gu Cult Gu Masters who are good at controlling insects and beasts, and have them bring the natural enemies of locusts over."
Lan Ze asked back: "Look at the situation all around, does it look like anyone will survive? Where can we find a Gu Master?"
Li Yi sighed and said, "Don't worry, let's go to Kangping City and see what it is like there, and then decide what to do next."
The group was searching for Kangping City in the desolate area. After walking for more than an hour, they finally saw the ruins. Lan Ze shouted, "I see it. Hurry up! Go and see if anyone is alive?"