The old man smacked his mouth and put the hookah aside.
"There is another prerequisite for marrying the Golden Silkworm. It needs to be that the original Gu master has never bewitched anyone. Otherwise... the Golden Silkworm Empress will have no choice but to follow him forever!"
Hearing this, Chi Hong frowned, always feeling that something was wrong.
After thinking about it, he asked suspiciously: "Since you raise golden silkworm Gu in your village, why are the living conditions so simple?"
yes!
According to the old man, if one raises golden silkworm Gu, the Golden Silkworm Queen will bring wealth to the person who raises the poison.
Even though this is in the mountains, the conditions in the village are really poor. It is smaller than the Tonghua Village where they stayed before, and everyone is very poor in food and clothing.
The old man smiled bitterly and said: "The person who raised the Golden Silkworm Queen is the strongest Gu Master in our village. I think back then, he even participated in the election of the Great Gu Master!"
Hearing the words "Great Gu Master", Hu Yueping had a strange expression on his face.
When he was in Zhongyang before departure, Wu Fenglai had laughed at his grandfather Hu Qingshi for talking nonsense.
According to Wu Fenglai, the great Gu masters in Miao territory are the strongest Gu masters in each village and are selected through Gu battles.
And his grandfather Hu Qingshi was not a great Gu Master at all.
The corners of Hu Yueping's mouth twitched twice, and the more he thought about it, the more unconvinced he became. How could his grandfather be such a weakling with no reputation?
Thinking of this, he interrupted the old man and asked: "What was the name of your last great Gu master in Miao territory?"
After asking this question, Hu Yueping secretly glanced at Chi Hong.
I had lost a lot of face because of that beggar woman.
If now, the local Miao people say that his grandfather is the great Gu master of Miao territory, will that make Xiao Yun and Chi Hong look at each other with admiration?
However.
The old man thought for a while and then replied seriously: "The last great Gu Master of the Miao Territory was Ma Liuqi from Zizhudong, but strangely enough, he hasn't been out and about for several years..."
Hearing this, Hu Yueping's eyes almost popped out of his head, with a look of disbelief on his face.
Isn't the Great Gu Master his grandfather Hu Qingshi?!
How could it be someone else?
No, no!
The old man must be old and he must have remembered it wrong!
Hu Yueping asked hurriedly: "Did you remember it wrong?"
"No!" the old man said firmly.
"Then...among the previous great Gu Masters, was there a person named Hu Qingshi?"
The old man frowned and thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I've never heard of it!"
boom!
Hu Yueping was stunned for a moment as if he was struck by thunder.
Never heard of it?
How can this be?
Didn’t grandpa tell him that he was somewhat famous in Miao territory?!
Could it be...
Is it really like what the beggar woman said, grandpa has been fooling him?
Hu Yueping couldn't accept it. The more he thought about it, the uglier his face became. His face was darker than the bottom of a pot.
Hearing this, Chi Hong was also a little surprised.
You should know that Hu Qingshi was very prosperous in Zhongyang, and often claimed to the outside world that he was a great Gu Master from the Miao Territory, and boasted about himself to the point of miraculousness.
If I hadn't followed him to Miao territory, I might never have known that old guy Hu Qingshi was plowing fields and using a whip to urge cattle (bragging)!
However, although Chi Hong secretly cursed in his heart, seeing the pain on Hu Yueping's face, he still stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, comforting him: "Maybe this uncle remembered it wrong."
Hu Yueping cast a sidelong glance at the old man and thought to himself that for such a small and dilapidated village, it was normal for the people in the village to be ignorant.
After all, the Miao territory is so large, it’s impossible for everyone to know their grandfather, right?
Thinking of this, Hu Yueping felt a little better, snorted coldly, and sat in the corner.
Chi Hong looked at the old man and asked curiously: "Uncle, what happened to the person you mentioned after he raised the golden silkworm Gu? How is it going?"
The old man sighed, shook his head and said: "Alas... that man was teased by the Golden Silkworm Empress because he was unwilling to obey the request of the Golden Silkworm Empress.
The Silkworm Empress is also missing."
"We only know that Lady Jincan is still in the village, but no one knows where she is."
"Fortunately, as long as we maintain respect for the Golden Silkworm Empress, not many people have died in the village these years."
Xiao Yun couldn't help being a little speechless.
According to what the old man said, people in the village have already died because of golden silkworms.
Damn it, what Hu Yueping said just now is really right. This way it doesn't look like people raising voodoos, but rather voodoos raising people.
It's really surprising that a little Gu insect can become the king of the village.
"Okay, it's getting late. You guys should take a rest." The old man stood up and prepared to leave.
Before going out, seeing that Chi Hong still looked frightened, the old man said: "Little baby, don't worry too much. As long as you don't collide with the Golden Silkworm Queen, you will definitely be fine."
After the old man left, they chatted for a while and then slept in their clothes.
However, at night, Hu Yueping always felt a little inexplicably flustered and couldn't sleep well.
Half asleep and half awake, he always felt that there seemed to be a huge black shadow staring at him outside the window of the stilted building.
But when he opened his eyes and looked, he found nothing.
After struggling like this all night, when he woke up early the next morning, Hu Yueping had two thick dark circles under his eyes, and his whole person looked a little wilted.
A few people cooked a pot of white porridge, and after a brief meal, they were ready to set off again.
After coming out of the village, Xiao Yun looked at the sky and saw the morning glow. He frowned slightly and asked the group of Miao men, "How long do we have to walk to Qingfeng Cave?"
The Miao man replied: "If you walk quickly, you can definitely get there before dark."
"Okay, let's set off quickly. I think it's going to rain today." Xiao Yun looked up at the sky, feeling a little worried.
As the old saying goes, the morning glow travels thousands of miles without going out.
If it rains while driving on the mountain road, it will be a disaster.
However.
Just when the group was about to set off, Hu Yueping, who said he was going to get the Gu worms from the cave, ran back with a dark face.
"My Iron Heart Worm is gone!" Hu Yueping cursed through gritted teeth: "That old man must have stolen my Gu Worm!"
Hearing this, Chi Hong was also surprised and asked: "No way? Xiao Hu, why don't you go back to the cave and look carefully?"
Before entering the village yesterday, the old man asked Hu Yueping to put the poisonous insects outside because he was worried that his poisonous insects would hit the golden silkworm Gu.
Since the old man thought that the Gu worms on Hu Yueping's body would anger the Golden Silkworm Gu, how could he steal his Gu worms?
From yesterday's conversation, it was obvious that the old man was very afraid of the golden silkworm Gu. Hu Yueping's poison would be useless even if it was stolen, as it would not be able to enter the village.
"Definitely not in the cave!" Hu Yueping said with certainty, turning around and going back to the village: "I want to go back and ask the old man for an explanation! He must have stolen my Gu worms!"
Xiao Yun glanced at him lightly and said, "No need to go, your Gu insect is dead."