The sudden change caused the refugees who were watching the situation by the campfire to panic and scream.
Monk Ma, Sun Xianzong and others immediately mobilized themselves to protect the frightened refugees: "Don't be afraid, as long as we are here, you will be fine."
They didn't lie, and the refugees were indeed not harmed.
The strange and terrifying epidemic was not able to infect the people in the mountain temple.
Just when it was about to turn into poisonous rain and scatter, a ball of blazing flames mixed with thunder and lightning enveloped it with lightning speed.
Fire is originally the nemesis of plague, but with the addition of thunder and lightning, its power becomes even greater.
Even though there is magic power contained in this epidemic poison, in the face of the thunder and fire that is designed to restrain evil spirits, it will only end up being burned.
The person who released the thunder and fire was Qin Shaoyou.
He had been on guard against the epidemic poison, and when he saw its sudden change, he immediately activated his true thunder and fire skill, igniting his blood energy and turning it into thunder fire to burn the epidemic poison.
Of course, the epidemic virus was not willing to be eliminated like this, and it rushed left and right in the thunder and fire, hoping to break out and infect living creatures.
As long as it can infect one person... no, even if it is not a person, but a mouse or a sparrow, the virus can consume their vitality and yang energy in an instant, allowing the virus to reproduce crazily, thereby increasing their numbers.
, infecting more people.
But the raging thunder and fire released by Qin Shaoyou was like a special cage, imprisoning the epidemic poison in it. No matter how the epidemic poison clashed, it could not escape, and could only be quickly destroyed by the thunder and fire.
Wenzhu was really shocked when the epidemic virus broke through her magic control.
She just breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Qin Shaoyou release the thunder fire in time to burn out the poison.
But he didn't neglect it either.
Wen Zhu quickly threw out two talismans, chanted a spell, and cast a sterilizing spell to thoroughly disinfect the environment and air inside and outside the mountain temple to prevent the leakage of the epidemic virus.
After finishing these things, Wen Zhucai said solemnly: "I was a little unsure before, but now I am sure that the poisonous spell on this child was cast by the Qingtang wizard."
"How do you say it?" Qin Shaoyou asked hurriedly.
After Wenzhu disinfected the inside and outside of the mountain temple, he cast another spell to check the child's health.
After confirming that there was no trace of the epidemic poison in the child's body, Wenzhu just replied: "The half-man, half-ox skull just now is exactly the image of the Qingtang wizards. They are used to making animal skulls into magical instruments and wearing them on their heads.
, to enhance their witchcraft ability to communicate with the nature of heaven and earth. And the cow skull is one of their usual magic weapons."
"I see."
Qin Shaoyou nodded, asked some more questions about the Qingtang wizard, then turned towards the refugees and asked them about the source of the poisonous curse.
It's a pity that these refugees don't know when the child was poisoned by the Qingtang wizard.
Even the child's mother was confused about this.
However, these refugees also revealed a piece of news:
Shortly after they abandoned their homes to escape the war, they saw billowing black smoke rising from the direction of their village.
"In other words, just after you left, the barbarians and wizards from Qingtang arrived?"
"Probably, except for those barbarian soldiers, we can't think of anyone else who would burn down our village."
After listening to the refugees' answers, Qin Shaoyou touched his chin and had a rough inference as to when the child was under the poisonous spell.
Most likely, when the Qingtang barbarians arrived at the village and found no one there, they burned the village down to vent their anger.
Among this group of Qingtang barbarians, there was also a Qingtang wizard.
In the village, he found personal objects that children had pulled down, such as favorite toys, commonly worn clothes, etc., and used them as a medium to cast a spell, so that the epidemic virus would follow the guidance of these objects and cling to the children. .
After listening to Qin Shaoyou's analysis, Sun Xianzong's expression suddenly changed, and he thought of a possibility: "If this is really the case, the Qingtang wizard's poison spell was probably a deliberate move, and then this child cannot be the only one they target. .”
Zhu Xiucai nodded in agreement: "I think so too. The Qingtang Wizard is very likely to have cast similar poisonous spells on other refugee groups. Once these poisonous spells break out across Yizhou, the consequences will be disastrous!"
After hearing these words, everyone's expressions changed.
Monk Ma recited the Buddha's name and said anxiously: "Sir, we must find a way to prevent the outbreak of the epidemic! Otherwise, Yizhou will become a purgatory on earth!"
Qin Shaoyou thought so too.
He even wondered whether the Black Lotus Sect was involved in the poisoning?
After all, turning the world into purgatory is exactly what they have been working towards.
But Qin Shaoyou and the others were just the night watchmen of a county, and they were powerless to stop this.
This matter is related to the safety of the people in Yizhou, so Zuo Qianhu and Qin Qiaoer have to come forward.
Qin Shaoyou did not hesitate, and immediately took out the Paper Crane Talisman, told the story about the Qingtang wizard using evil spells to poison the Paper Crane Talisman, then activated it and asked it to report to Zuo Qianhu.
Although Qin Shaoyou didn't know where Zuo Qianhu was now, he had a general direction.
This paper crane talisman will fly towards the town Zuo Qianhu and the others pass through.
Because this is an important letter sent to Zuo Qianhu, the Demon Suppression Departments in the towns along the way will help Qin Shaoyou to charge the paper crane talisman and adjust its direction so that it can finally deliver the message to Zuo Qianhu.
In order to prevent the Paper Crane Talisman from causing an accident on the road, Qin Shaoyou also asked Cen Biqing to use her special channel to send a message to Zuo Qianhu to report the matter.
In addition, Qin Shaoyou also took out the big moth that Qin Qiaoer gave him, wrote the reported news on paper, sealed it with beeswax, and fed it to the big moth.
Although Qin Qiaoer is only an official of a hundred households, he is the commander of the red messengers.
If Zuo Qianhu fails to receive the news in time, she can also, as the commander of the red messenger, order the night watchmen in Yizhou to strictly investigate and prevent poisonous curses and epidemics...
The big moth flapped its wings and soon flew out of the mountain temple.
The speed is actually no slower than the Paper Crane Talisman.
After this incident, everyone had mixed emotions and couldn't sleep. They simply gathered together to discuss the situation on the Qingtang front line.
They all feel a bit unoptimistic.
On the contrary, the group of refugees, who had been very tired during the past few days of fleeing, met Qin Shaoyou and other night watchmen today, so that they could finally sleep peacefully. One by one, they slept more soundly than the other.
Deeper than a sleeping person.
Soon, snoring broke out inside the mountain temple.
Qin Shaoyou and the others glanced at the group of sleeping refugees and lowered their voices.
The demons and ghosts in the dark were also very considerate and did not come to disturb them.
Of course, it is also possible that it was not the demons and ghosts who gave them face, but that they were frightened by the dangerous aura emanating from the mountain temple and did not dare to approach.
In the blink of an eye, the next day came, and when it became brighter, the refugees woke up one after another.
It was such a comfortable sleep that they had not slept together since the day they left home.
No, it should be said that they have never slept peacefully since the day the Qingtang war broke out.
Qin Shaoyou left some dry food for this group of refugees, and arranged four night watchmen to take them to where they wanted to go. Then he said goodbye to them, mounted his war horse, and continued on his way.
On the occasion of parting, the child who was almost harmed by a poisonous curse chased him out of the mountain temple and waved goodbye to Qin Shaoyou and the others.
He even shouted to Zhu Xiucai: "Uncle Xiucai, thank you, you are a good person, I will not be afraid of you anymore."
Zhu Xiucai turned around on horseback and waved. Under the morning sun, he smiled very happily.
And the child, as he said, was no longer frightened by Zhu Xiucai's smile.