Chapter 6: Poisonous Insect in the Brain According to the method taught by Uncle Shou, the corpse that is delivered needs to be purified with grapefruit water first, then tied with a copper bell with lotus root silk, hung on the coffin, and finally put on a stick of incense, and it is considered for whether it is useful or not, in this world, it is better to believe that it exists than to believe that it does not exist for the sake of peace of mind.
Bai Mo looked at the corpse for a few times and was about to close the coffin lid. Suddenly his ears moved and he heard a rustling sound coming from the mummy. He followed the sound and searched for it, and his eyes stopped at the ears of the saw two green silk threads in the ear holes beating continuously.
When he was wondering, a green centipede came out of the mummy's ear.
"What?" Bai Mo was shocked. This was the first time he saw a green centipede, and it was still living in the head of a mummy. Could it be some rare species?
This green centipede was about the length of a chopstick, very slender, but surprisingly tough. As soon as it appeared, its body flexed and bounced, and it jumped out of the coffin. It followed the coffin and descended from the bench below. After landing, it crawled quickly towards Shou. The uncle drilled into the room, leaving black marks wherever he passed.
"Hiss! What a powerful poison!" Bai Mo's eyelids twitched.
He didn't have time to stop him and quickly chased after him. Although the green centipede was small, it was very flexible. In the blink of an eye, it got into the crack of the door.
Bai Mo blinked his eyes and turned to look at the portrait in the hall. Uncle Shou seemed to be looking at him in a daze.
"Uncle Shou, it's not my fault. I opened it just to catch centipedes." He muttered, without stopping, he opened the door and walked in.
squeak It had not been opened for many years, and the wooden door made a shrill noise and shook away a cloud of dust.
Bai Mo took two steps back, then covered his mouth and nose. When the dust settled, he looked into the house.
This sight made him a little surprised.
The room was not big, with a wooden bed squeezed into the corner and connected to a low cabinet beside it, which was already covered with were some pottery jars and jars placed against the walls. They were densely packed and most of them were broken.
Dark scorpions, colorful geckos, downy black spiders, and even one-horned black snakes in the Blackwater River, a large number of shriveled poisonous insects mixed with jar fragments spread all over the floor.
A centipede as long as an arm was swimming among the insect corpses on the ground. Its carapace was red and purple, its head was green and black, and a pair of fangs kept opening and closing, making a small buzzing sound.
Opposite the green-headed centipede, the green centipede is raising its upper body to confront it. The tentacles on its head are shaking constantly, and its mouth is making whispers, and it may come forward to fight at any time.
Bai Mo swallowed, and the cold hairs on his body exploded involuntarily. Ever since he could remember, he had been living in Yizhuang with Shou Bo. He also knew that Shou Bo had health problems and liked to make wine with poisonous insects, but he had never thought about the current situation. .
He actually stayed in Yizhuang for so many years with such a big centipede. The centipede was extremely poisonous at first sight. If he was bitten while sleeping, he would never see the sun the next day.
As the door opened, two poisonous insects, one large and one small, turned to look at Bai Mo at the same time. The corners of his eyes twitched and he silently stepped back ten feet away.
Click! ! In the room, two centipedes began to swim around and fight, entangled together, and wherever they passed, the clay fragments cracked and made a rattling sound.
The green-headed centipede is thick and long. Although the green-headed centipede is much slender, its strength is not weak at all, and its toxicity is even more shocking. It leaves traces on the carapace of the green-headed centipede, and it doesn't take long for it to gain the upper hand.
Bai Mo looked at this scene and became more and more curious about Shou Bo's secret. A scene from his childhood seemed to appear before his eyes. Shou Bo once said that he was born in a place called Baiya Mountain, which is located in the deserted area of Lingnan. There is a village in the mountains called Baiya Village. The people in the village are mostly good at catching snakes and insects, and using poisons to make medicines. It is said that the folk customs are extremely fierce, and they are famous for selling medicinal materials made from poisonous insects. "Speaking of which, why did Shoubo leave White Crow Mountain in the first place?" Bai Mo thought for a moment and suddenly realized that he had never gotten to know the old man who adopted him in these years.
Buzz! ! A rapid cry sounded, and Bai Mo quickly looked around. Within a few breaths, the green-headed centipede, which was as thick as an arm, was already dying. It was lying motionless on the ground and could only make a small sound. The green centipede didn't know it. was shocked. Did the green-headed centipede win?The other one was eaten?
The next moment, the carapace on the back of the green-headed centipede suddenly cracked open, and the green centipede slowly swam out.
Bai Mo took a closer look and saw that the green-headed centipede had been eaten completely from the body, leaving only an empty shell! !
The green centipede swam slowly around the remaining empty shell, and then formed a ball, as if it was recuperating or digesting.
"Good opportunity!" Bai Mo's heart moved, and he quietly picked up the earless incense burner from the altar table, poured out all the ashes, then took the incense burner in one hand and the burner lid in the other, gently approached the green centipede, and flicked it It covers.
The green centipede struggled instantly and kept struggling and hitting the incense Mo didn't dare to neglect it at all, and kept shaking it on the ground like a about the time it took to drink tea, the incense burner became completely silent.
Bai Mo shoveled and flicked his wrist, and quickly closed the lid with his other quickly came to the courtyard, lifted a heavy stone to hold down the incense burner, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
He took a wooden stick from the courtyard and returned to Shou Bo's room. He looked at the shriveled insect corpses on the floor, his eyes flickering, and he glanced around the room several times, finally stopping on the low cabinet beside the bed.
Bai Mo reached out and knocked on the short cabinet with a wooden stick, and at the same time listened carefully. After confirming that there was no movement in the short cabinet, he no longer hesitated and started rummaging in the short cabinet.
After half an hour.
"No?" Bai Mo looked at Shou Bo's portrait at the offering table, puzzled. He searched the room carefully. Apart from the wine brewed by poisonous insects, there were only a few pills and some unknown powder. As for The imaginary martial arts skills and even the inheritance of immortals and gods are nowhere to be seen.
After thinking for a while but unable to figure it out, he sighed and thought that he was overthinking it. Maybe Uncle Shou was just an ordinary old man, and the stories about ghosts and gods he heard when he was young were just deceiving stories.
"Gollum."
At this time, there was a feeling of hunger in his stomach. Bai Mo looked outside the door and saw that it was getting late, so he hurriedly covered the coffin lid of the mummy, tied a copper bell on it, and inserted three incense sticks in the coffin cracks. , and then quickly walked to the backyard to eat.
The night is getting darker, the heavy rain has stopped at some point, and the gentle breeze is refreshing, with a hint of coolness.
"Dong-dong! The sky is dry and everything is dry, be careful of the candle."
"Boom, boom! Close the doors and windows to prevent theft and theft."
As the watchman's gong sounds, the people in the town gradually fall asleep.
Not long after, it was time for the third watch.
(End of this chapter)