Chapter 146 204~205 Human Face Evil Gu and Divine Doctor
Chapter 146 204~205 Human Face Evil Gu and Miracle Doctor
A few hours later.
In the afternoon.
The wind and snow had stopped, and Chen Zheng led the team hurriedly and slowly in the ice and snow, and finally arrived in Liangshan County.
Liangshan County is a small county with a population of less than 100,000. The city walls are low and dilapidated, and it is far less majestic and prosperous than Lingqiu County.
Several sergeants wearing tattered cotton-padded jackets were stationed at the city gate. After Chen Zheng and others showed their identities, they entered the city smoothly and then went straight to the county government office.
With a population of only about 100,000, the county town is naturally not very big, and the city looks desolate in the middle of winter.
The snow on the main avenue has been briefly cleared, but there are very few pedestrians on the street. At the same time, from time to time, stiff figures can be seen huddled on the street corner, like wild dogs that have been frozen to death, helpless.
People understand.
However, after walking a mile or two on the main road, Chen Zheng saw no fewer than ten homeless beggars who had frozen to death.
In today's world, beggars and homeless people are everywhere, especially in the middle of winter. These people cannot keep out the cold and keep warm, so they will naturally end up freezing to death.
In response, he secretly shook his head, speeded up, and arrived at the county government office with his men while making inquiries.
Although the entire Liangshan County is desolate and dilapidated, the county government building is still as majestic and majestic. After Chen Zheng and others arrived, they got off their horses and showed their identity badges to the government officials stationed at the door to explain their origins. They were immediately greeted respectfully.
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Pass through the vestibule and come to the side hall of the county government office.
I had just sat down and drank a cup of hot tea when two figures walked out quickly from behind the screen and laughed loudly:
"Who from the Supervision Department has arrived?"
The first person to arrive was wearing a green robe with an egret. He was obviously a county official, and the person next to him was dressed as a master.
Chen Zheng immediately stood up to greet him, his eyes slightly surprised, and he cupped his hands and said:
"But County Magistrate Ou Shuhuan'ou? My Excellency Chen Zheng, the new inspector of the Supervision Department, has been ordered by the Commander to come to Liangshan County for investigation and support."
The county magistrate of a small county like Liangshan County is ranked seventh grade, which is the same level as the inspector of their Supervision Department, and the two have equal status.
However, the person who came here had a handsome appearance and a noble appearance. He looked to be no more than 20 years old. He was a bit too young for the position of county magistrate. He was a member of a wealthy family.
Ou Shuhuan smiled and raised his hand:
"Inspector Chen has come a long way and you are not welcome. Please take a seat."
Chen Zheng sat down and looked around:
"Magistrate Ou, may I ask where Inspector Li Hongda and Inspector Li of our Supervision Department are?"
Ou Shuhuan also sat down and sighed:
"Inspector Li is still out visiting and investigating. He may be investigating the situation at Dr. Hu's medical clinic."
Chen Zheng asked: "Who is Doctor Hu? We are new here and we don't know the specifics of the weird things in the county. Please let Magistrate Ou know."
Ou Shuhuan looked solemn and said slowly:
"It started about half a month ago. Around that time, people in the county began to get sick frequently for no apparent reason. Once the disease occurs, the blood and qi will decline in just a few days, and even the healthy person will become as thin as a stick.
It was as if the life had been sucked dry.
This symptom is unprecedented, extremely strange, and spreads very quickly. There are dozens of cases every day. Doctors of all sizes in the county are at a loss to do anything about it, and they can't even find the cause.
Fortunately, at that time, a miracle doctor named Hu traveled from far away and came here to diagnose and treat some patients. It turned out that these patients were all infected by a strange worm that had entered their bodies and was entrenched in their heart vessels.
Absorbing qi and blood causes the person's essence to decay and bones to lose shape.
However, even though Divine Doctor Hu was able to get rid of the poisonous insects in some patients with relatively mild symptoms through his wonderful rejuvenation and strategies, some of the more serious cases were still helpless and unable to be cured."
Chen Zheng frowned suddenly:
"Gu insects can't come out of thin air. Are there evil demons at work?"
Ou Shuhuan nodded and said:
"Yes, we also suspected that evil demons were secretly at work, spreading poisonous poisons. And sure enough, after inspection, Inspector Li discovered the existence of poisonous poisonous eggs in several wells in the county, and ordered all wells in the county to
It must be boiled before drinking.
Even though I sent people to seal off the well, there is still an endless stream of people who have been poisoned by the poison during this period. Doctor Hu has no skills at all, and more and more people are dying of the evil poison. If the mastermind behind it is not revealed as soon as possible,
If we find out, Liangshan County will be afraid."
The situation was more serious than imagined, Chen Zheng immediately said:
"Where is Dr. Hu's medical clinic? Can Magistrate Ou send someone to take me to see those people who have been poisoned?"
"As it should be."
Ou Shuhuan gave a few instructions to the clerk next to him. The other party went out and called for a while. Not long after, a short, stocky middle-aged man in smart clothes walked in:
"The county magistrate is looking for me?"
Ou Shuhuan nodded:
"Wang Capt. This is Inspector Chen from Lingqiu County. He has come to Liangshan County to help investigate the evil poison. Please take him to Dr. Hu's medical clinic."
The man promised in a deep voice: "Yes!"
Ou Shuhuan said to Chen Zheng again:
"This is Wang Qingshan, our head catcher from Liangshan County. He has rich experience. Inspector Chen can go to him for matters such as case details and manpower mobilization."
The head catcher known as Wang Qingshan is not young, but his temperament is capable and steady. Chen Zheng nodded to him:
"Now that you're tired, let's go to the medical clinic."
After saying that, he stood up and said goodbye to Ou Shuhuan, and led his men and Wang Qingshan out of the county office, heading towards the so-called Dr. Hu's medical clinic.
Along the way, there were only a few pedestrians and vendors, giving the small town a tense and depressing atmosphere.
Wang Qingshan was taciturn and just led the way. Chen Zheng took the initiative and asked:
"Wang Captou, how many people have been poisoned in Liangshan County now?"
Wang Qingshan thought for a while and replied:
"So far, there are statistics of more than 500 people. Half of them are in mild condition and have improved after taking Dr. Hu's Qu Gu Decoction. The others are in slightly more serious condition and are barely under control under Dr. Hu's guidance. But there are also some
Some of the patients were seriously ill and were discovered too late, having already exhausted their energy and blood and died.
Counting over the past half month or so, these people have died without treatment, and there are already more than a hundred people."
So many people died?
Chen Zheng frowned slightly: "Are they all civilians?"
Wang Qingshan sighed and shook his head:
"No, it's strange to say that most of the people with mild symptoms are ordinary people. Instead, some people with strong bodies and martial arts have deep-rooted poisons that will be difficult to remove. If the mastermind behind the scenes is not found as soon as possible, the poisons can be eliminated.
, the fate of these people is also very worrying.”
Chen Zheng raised his eyebrows: "That is indeed a bit strange."
Generally speaking, people who practice martial arts have strong Qi, blood and body, and should be more resistant to poisonous poisons and the like.
The result is not as good as ordinary people, which is really contrary to common sense.
Wang Qingshan glanced at Chen Zheng and said in a low voice:
"Inspector Chen, a certain family can see that you are a capable person. The county government will fully cooperate with you. I hope you will find out the evil beast as soon as possible, otherwise I don't know how many people will die!"
At the end of the sentence, Wang Qingshan was already gritting his teeth, and Chen Zheng nodded:
"I'll try."
The county is so big, and as they learned about it along the way, the group soon arrived at a medical center.
However, the door of the medical center was now crowded with people of all kinds.
Most of them were ordinary people with thin clothes and their faces turned blue from the cold. A small number of them were strong and obviously martial arts practitioners, but they were all shouting:
"Miracle Doctor, Doctor Hu, I am not feeling well. Could it be that I am also poisoned? Please let me have a look!"
"Doctor Hu, help, help, I've been poisoned too!"
"Saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Please help me, I don't want to die!"
While shouting, several government officials with white cloth belts on their shoulders worked hard to maintain order:
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious! The hospital is already full, please wait."
The noise was loud, Chen Zheng looked at this scene: "These are all...?"
Wang Qingshan said helplessly:
"Although the county magistrate ordered to block the news, the news that there was evil poison in the well water still spread, causing everyone to panic. These days, people come to Dr. Hu every day to seek treatment, but in fact, at least half of them are
No one has been poisoned, so let’s go in through the back door."
Chen Zheng nodded, and then he and Wang Qingshan bypassed the noisy and eager crowd and came to the back door of the medical center.
The back door was also locked. After Wang Qingshan knocked on the door for a long time and informed his identity, a medical apprentice opened it.
I could see the smell of medicine in the backyard.
A straw shed was erected in the originally spacious courtyard. Under the straw shed were rows of straw mats, and scrawny figures lay curled up, letting out waves of feeble moans.
Coming and going, many medical apprentices were making decoctions, bringing in medical seekers from outside from time to time, or carrying corpses covered with white cloths and leaving through the back door. It was very busy.
There is almost nowhere to go in the small courtyard, and from here you can see that the rooms in the medical center are even more crowded.
Chen Zheng frowned and looked at all this, then took two steps forward and came to the corner, in front of a man with a black face and only skin and bones, and looked carefully.
I could see that his popularity was as thin as a thread, his consciousness was lost, his pupils had shrunk, and his exposed skin was shriveled, as if his flesh and blood had dried up, close to the state of a mummy.
Not knowing what was going on with the Gu worm, Chen Zheng did not dare to contact him rashly, but Wang Qingshan next to him suddenly shouted after searching for it:
"Inspector Li!"
At this moment, a tall man was walking out of another room with a solemn look on his face. Hearing this, his eyes immediately turned around.
Then he looked at Chen Zheng, who was wearing the inspector's official robe, with a little hesitation:
"Could this be a colleague from the Supervision Department? Why haven't I seen him before?"
Chen Zheng stood up and held his hands in salute:
"Chen Zheng, who just took up the post of inspector last month, was ordered by the commander to come to Liangshan County to support Inspector Li."
"I see."
Li Hongda, who had not returned to Lingqiu County for two months, was relieved and looked at the four Chang Qing people behind Chen Zheng:
"The situation in Liangshan County is very complicated. I have repeatedly mentioned to the commander that Inspector Chen only brought so many people?"
Chen Zheng said: "Teng Qilong came to Liangshan County with me, but his pace is slightly slower than ours. It may take a while to get here."
"Teng Qilong is here too?"
Li Hongda's eyes moved slightly, seemingly helpless:
"Let this man come to Liangshan County. Mr. Liu will really make arrangements."
Obviously the other party also knew about Teng Qilong's reputation. Chen Zheng did not answer, but looked around and asked:
"Inspector Li, are these all poisoned people?"
Li Hongda nodded and sighed:
"Yes, but these are only part of it. There are still many seriously ill people next door. Even if they only have one breath left, it will be difficult to save them."
Chen Zheng muttered:
"What does the so-called evil Gu look like, and how did Dr. Hu treat it?"
Li Hongda said in a deep voice:
"I have never seen a voodoo. It is said that its body is black and purple, and it looks like an earthworm. When it is fully mature, its head will look like a human face, so it is called a human-faced evil voodoo. As for Doctor Hu's treatment methods, follow me."
With that said, he gestured with his eyes and led Chen Zheng and others to the big room of the medical center.
The big house was also crowded with people, and those lying or lying in the corners were all those who had been poisoned.
Walking through the corridor to the innermost room, Chen Zheng saw a middle-aged man wearing a white robe with a tired face inside, lighting incense, holding a golden needle in one hand, a medicine bowl in the other, and ordering two strikers.
The yamen servant poured some decoction into a scrawny man on the bed.
After drinking the decoction, the man started to tremble slightly in a short while, but he was held down by two powerful government officials and couldn't move.
After a while, the man's trembling decreased a little. The middle-aged man in white robe opened his chest clothes, then took out several golden needles and slowly pierced his chest.
Seven or eight golden needles were inserted in succession, and the needle tails trembled endlessly. The man on the bed suddenly struggled violently and let out heart-rending screams.
From this angle, Chen Zheng could clearly see with his extraordinary vision that there seemed to be something bulging and moving around on his chest, which was extremely strange.
But at this time, the middle-aged man in white robes had quick eyesight and quick hands. He suddenly picked up the knife at hand and stabbed and picked!
The chest was stabbed and blood was flowing out. On top of the knife, a strange insect as long as an index finger was twisting and struggling crazily.
The person who was poisoned by the poison passed out instantly. The man in white robe placed the poisonous insect in an earthen pot nearby and covered it. Then he stopped the bleeding of the man on the bed, treated the wound, and said with a tired look on his face:
"Okay, the poison has been eliminated. He should be fine after resting for a while. Let's take him down."
The two government officials carried the man down respectfully, while Li Hongda came over with Chen Zheng and politely said:
"Thank you, Dr. Hu, for your hard work. The method of removing human face voodoo has been perfected?"
The white-robed man known as Dr. Hu was over forty years old. Even though he looked tired, he could not hide his compassion as he said:
"Not yet. The human face voodoo resides in the vital points of the heart. It is very vicious and has extremely strong vitality. There are still very few people who can expel the voodoo with the help of decoction and the acupuncture technique of golden needles. Only after a long period of suppression with decoction can the voodoo be expelled.
Only those who are infected by the poison, which stops the development of the worms and sucks the blood, have a 30% to 50% chance of success.
However, my strength alone is limited and I cannot take care of so many people who have been poisoned. Inspector Li had better find the culprit as soon as possible and get the method to remove the poison from him, so that we can save these lives."