Twilight Boundary

"Is there such a custom?"

Listening to it, Hu Ma felt that it was novel, benefiting others and benefiting oneself. This kind of method of traveling around the world was admirable.

But he felt strange: "If this is the case, why is the reputation of a witch not so good?"

Old Abacus lowered his voice a little when he heard this, and said with a wry smile: "It's just because witches are real, and they have this habit, so wherever they go, those who choose to stay are mostly those who have had bad days recently, or have illnesses at home. Over time, people gradually began to think that if witches were everywhere, there would be disasters. There were even legends that they cast the poison first and then stayed there!"

"In addition, shamans are good at all kinds of magic, and some of them are scum who take money and harm others for money, which damages their own reputation."

"At the beginning, there were three evils in Mingzhou: the Tan'er Sect and the Chong'er Sect. Among them, the Chong'er Sect were the witches who paid people to cast poison on their behalf."

"..."

"There are few things in this world that can be explained clearly in one sentence."

Hu Ma also agreed with what Lao Baanpan said, and turned to look at Wu Ya, and saw her knocking on the door and saying a few words to a housekeeper-looking person inside. The housekeeper went back to report, and after a while, he came back. He respectfully received them in, and when they arrived at the main hall, a man wearing a brocade robe and silk shirt took them down, served them tea, and asked about their origins.

Although Wu Ya was the doorkeeper, she was young, so Hu Ma said politely: "We are in the mountain goods business. Hearing the excitement in Guazhou, we shipped a batch of mountain goods over. Now the goods are stored with a friend, but he The place was small and we couldn’t rest, so we went out to find an inn to stay, but we didn’t expect it to be full of guests. As we were wandering around looking for it, it was me who stopped in front of the house.”

"She said that there seemed to be some uncleanness in your house, and she was worried about something, so she wanted to come over and ask. She told me the truth. I also said that she was here because I was afraid that she was incompetent. If she said something wrong, she would offend the people in the house. Master, you caused trouble for no reason."

"..."

"No no……"

Seeing that Hu Ma was neither humble nor arrogant, and that he was a knowledgeable person, the master of the house hurriedly said: "My sister is really good at seeing this."

"To be honest, the dog in the house is sick and is waiting for help!"

"..."

After saying that, he hurriedly asked people to bring the young master over to the house. Then, when he heard that a capable person had arrived in the house, the house was also in a panic. A group of maids and women were busy holding a child wrapped in a quilt. Come over and look at the figure. He is about eight or nine years old. He is just wrapped in a silk quilt from top to bottom. You can only vaguely see a human figure, but you can't see his appearance at all.

Wu Ya glanced at it with dark eyes and said, "Open it and let me have a look."

After hearing what she said, the master hesitated for a moment, turned his head away, and waved his hands feebly.

The maid next to her was also trembling. She took the courage to lift the quilt covering her face. Wu Ya connected with Hu Ma, Lao Abacus, Zhou Datong and others glanced over, but they couldn't help being shocked at the same time. Suddenly I saw that he was a young master. Looking at his facial features, he was supposed to be a smart man, but now his face was covered with dense pimples, which looked like toads.

When Wu Ya saw it, she became a little worried. She pulled out his hand from under the quilt, which was also full of knots.

Some of them have been broken, and pus, blood and mucus have joined together.

Even the master of the house couldn't bear to look at this tragic situation. He just covered his face with his sleeves and lamented: "My child is suffering from toad disease. Counting the days, I'm afraid he only has three to five days to live." Otherwise, I don’t want to taint the eyes of the guests..."

Hu Ma was slightly startled after hearing this and said, "Toad disease?"

The butler who brought them in saw the master's sadness and explained to him: "Several guests may not know that in our Guazhou territory, children between the ages of seven and ten often suffer from this disease. My body is covered with pimples, I don’t talk, I don’t eat soup, and it usually only takes a month from the onset of illness to the time when I die, but this disease is not contagious to adults.”

Hu Ma frowned as he listened: "This disease is weird. Didn't you go to the pharmacy to see the doctor?"

"went."

The old man sighed: "What method has not been used to seek medical advice?"

"But the pharmacy couldn't see it. They just said that this was not a disease, but caused by the sins of the past life. They asked him to burn incense in the temple and ask for some blessings."

"But just a few days ago, my whole family went to the Fu Temple to burn incense, but the Fu God didn't accept our incense. The incense I burned was extinguished in the blink of an eye."

"..."

These words made Hu Ma feel weird and said: "It's useless to ask for medical treatment, and it's useless to ask for help from God. Is it possible that we can only wait for death?"

The old man sighed bitterly and said: "As for a way, there is another way. There is a Snake Fairy Temple on the bank of Lushui Lake in our capital city of Guazhou. It was funded by the eldest brother of the Yan family. It is the most effective. There has been one before. If someone's child is suffering from the toad disease, and if seeking medical treatment is of no avail, then send it to the Snake Fairy Temple, make offerings, and keep the child in the temple for a day and a night. Adults are not allowed to enter. After one day and night, the child will Maybe it will be fine, but there are also many people who just died..."

"There is nothing we can do at home. We are already planning to go to the Snake Fairy Temple. But who would have thought that there have been a lot of things going on in this city recently. People are saying that there is a big monster out there who is related to the Snake Fairy in our city. The master has a grudge and is about to come here to seek revenge recently, so he has forced the Snake Fairy Temple to close its doors and no one can enter. Our child only has 30% chance of survival, but now he has no whereabouts..."

"..."

"Snake Immortal Temple? Great evil spirit?"

Hearing this, Hu Ma had already made some guesses, and suddenly spoke to the old man: "The Snake Immortal Temple that the old man mentioned is dedicated to a Lord named Chun Sheng?"

The old man was startled and said: "We dare not ask about the name of Mr. Snake Immortal, but in this temple, it is indeed the God of Earth."

‘Good guy, you actually built a temple and became a god? ’

Hu Ma's eyes narrowed slightly, but she didn't say anything in front of others. She only said to Wu Ya: "Can you cure this disease?"

Wu Ya nodded, and just as he was about to speak, the master and housekeeper next to him also suddenly opened their eyes.

But the old abacus suddenly said to the old man: "Excuse me, sir, there are some words in our profession that are not convenient for others to listen to. Do you think you can find a place for us to talk conveniently?"

The old man stood up in a hurry and said, "No need to search, no need to search, just talk here."

After saying that, he called the butler and asked him to prepare the drinks and banquet. He also walked to the front of the hall, turned around and bowed deeply to them, saying: "Several guests, it will be late soon and the city will be chaotic again. Please invite me." Shall we rest here?”

"My son is also his life. He only has three to five days left to live. If he can be saved, I will give half of my family property to him. If he can't be saved, alas..."

"..."

As he spoke, he bowed repeatedly and then went out.

It was only after they left that Hu Ma looked at Wu Ya and saw the shaman girl frowning and whispering:

"Brother the shopkeeper, his young master is not ill!"

"That's the voodoo, the toad voodoo."

"But, from what they said, it doesn't sound like there is a poison that is like a disease. It has been spreading in the city and infected one after another..."

"..."

Hu Ma also heard something strange just now, so she nodded and said, "Can you cure it?"

Wu Ya nodded and said, "I know how to treat it."

"To cure toad voodoo, you have to use snake voodoo. Find a snake. The more poisonous the better. Peel off the skin, wrap the child, and then smoke it with mugwort. After smoking it a few times, it will be cured."

"This is because toads are afraid of snakes. Once eaten by a snake, the toad's sting will be cured."

"..."

Hu Ma thoughtfully nodded and said, "Don't you have a snake?"

But Wu Ya was startled and lowered her head, carefully touching her sleeves and whispering: "I can't bear to leave Xiao Qing's!"

"We have to catch someone else..."

"..."

"As long as there is a way."

Hu Ma paused for a moment and then said to Wu Ya: "Stay here for a while and go out and show them. Datong will also follow you to avoid causing trouble."

"Besides, before it is cured, I tell the people in this house not to make any noise or cause trouble in vain."

"..."

"..."

When Wu Ya and Zhou Datong agreed to go out, Hu Ma turned cold and said, "They are so brave."

Lao Abacus lowered his voice and said, "Is this Ji Tujun the one you paid to buy his life?"

Hu Ma nodded slowly and said: "There are earth snake ghosts living in Guazhou Deep Water Lake. They are named in the Hundred Ghosts Register and are the envoys of Zhenzhou Mansion. They were all named twenty years ago and owed debts." , are not allowed to be granted titles, are not allowed to build temples, when will the Zhencun Mansion be opened, and they will be needed, but not only is this man unable to attract people on the altar, but he also built a temple in private and received incense? "

"in addition……"

He paused for a moment before saying, "The Meng family's claws haven't reached here yet, have they?"

Lao Abacus said hurriedly: "No, although the Meng family had issued a big incense order before, they deliberately walked around Laoyin Mountain and never came here..."

"...Our Red Lantern Lady is the first one!"

"..."

Hu Ma nodded and said: "After the emperor was skinned, the only ones who can give people the incense order are the Hu family and the Meng family."

"As for the list of hundreds of ghosts in Zhenzhen Mansion, the Meng family wanted to teach it, but they didn't have the ability. In other words, there is no possibility of this snake ghost building a temple, but there is a god in Guazhou. I want to come. It doesn’t dare to build a temple on its own, so that’s interesting. Who is so bold as to let it build this temple?”

"..."

Old Abacus smiled bitterly after hearing this: "Isn't this normal?"

"The Iron Gate Yan family can be said to respond to hundreds of calls here. This snake god seems to be doing the work of saving people. Since some people ask it to cure diseases, with the above words, the people below spontaneously built this temple. May What can you do if you offer him incense?"

"..."

"It's simple."

Hu Ma said slowly: "Just by building the temple, it will be aggravated sin and a road to death. But if the Yan family allows it to build this temple..."

"...Then even the Yan family will be stabbed."