Chapter 27 Hide Yuxi Sun Jian's promise to visit Nanye, Barbarian Xinjiang to look for magi (25
Yuxuan's ancestors were all wizards. In ancient times, there was no witch doctor, and the name of wizards was actually half a man. Barbarians are superstitious. Whether they are sick or poisoned, they all think that they are the work of "mux", and they will ask wizards to exorcise them. But any good wizard must be good at medical skills, and some herbal remedies can cure "Gang".
In order to improve their prestige, most wizards will not talk about the patient's condition, but only say that it is a worm. If they catch up with a patient with a parasitic disease, the wizard should refer to the insect as "bugs". Ascariasis, tapeworms and other parasites are similar to snakes, and no one doubts that the wizard called these parasites "dragons". In ancient times, sanitary conditions were poor, and there were many patients infected with such parasites, which made the barbarians believe more in wizards and witchcraft.
According to Yuxuan, more than 90% of the "deadness" eliminated by wizards are caused by diseases, and only a few are real poisons. This poisonous method is similar to rumored. Although the generated insect can't change its invisible body, it is indeed a highly poisonous thing. As long as you take some of the excrement and secretions of the poisonous insect, you can kill people, and some poisonous insects can make people hallucinate and unconscious.
Since the effect of this poison is equivalent to modern potassium cyanide, drugs and sleeping pills, there are naturally people with improper intentions to raise money and kill lives. However, more people raise magnounities because they have heard those rumors and believe that raising magnounities can make the family prosperous. They worship them as a god and do not poison people with them.
Yuxuan's ancestors are all wizards. It can be said that she will eventually meet ghosts when she travels at night. If she sees more "bugs", she will naturally meet real witches and worms, and she will also accumulate some detoxification experience. However, some poisons are indeed insoluble, and the most difficult one is the golden silkworm.
There are many rumors about the golden silkworm in the barbarian village. Some people say that it can do things for people. If you want to plant a transplant, first insert one for it, and then it will plant the whole mu of land. Some people say that it is diligently sweeping, and the house of the golden silkworm is very clean. As soon as you enter the door and kick the threshold with your foot, you will see that the sand on the threshold is suddenly gone, and you will know that this house is raising golden silkworms. Some people say that the golden silkworm likes to eat people. It must eat one person for several years and feed it four inches of silk every day. It is also said that the golden silkworm will settle accounts. At the end of the year, the owner must settle accounts with it. If there is a surplus, he must buy it to eat. Therefore, when calculating the accounts, the owner breaks a bowl and says that he will break 20, tell it at an interest-free loss, and buy someone to feed it next year...
Although the description of the golden silkworm is different from place to place, there are similarities. First, this kuma is the most poisonous and powerful, not afraid of water and fire, and the most difficult to eliminate. The second is that this worm is very spiritual, which can not only make the person who raises the worm get rich overnight, but also make the owner suffer disaster, so it cannot offend it. If you don't intend to continue to support it, you should prepare a small box, put some gold and silver silk, put the golden silkworm into it, and then put this small box on the roadside and let others take the box away, which is called marrying the golden silkworm.
If this method of marrying a golden silkworm is used elsewhere, there must be an unknowing greedy person who sees the money and takes the box away. However, it doesn't work well around the village. No one dares to pick up silver boxes on the roadside for fear of provoking the upper body. Therefore, it is common for those boxes married to golden silkworms not be picked up for months.
Yuxuan's ancestors have a deep understanding of magic and don't have too many taboos. If you encounter a box marrying a golden silkworm on the way to remove the dragonfly, you often pick it up and take it out * gold and silver, and then bury the box in the ground. Because the golden silkworm is not afraid of water, fire, knives and guns, it can only be buried to make it die naturally. For years, the ancestors of the Yu family picked up no 1,000 or 800 silver boxes. Although there were not much gold and silver in the box, it was also regarded as extra money. In addition to the income of the family, the family gradually became rich.
As the saying goes: wealth is no more than three generations. After the family became rich, there were also a few lazy descendants, which made the family gradually decline. Naturally, those unscrums will not admit to their descendants that they have lost their wealth, so they will say that the golden silkworm buried in the ground caused trouble, causing disaster and revenge for the family. They even specifically pointed out that the five immortal golden silkworms buried in the ground were the culprits, and since then, the family has never picked up the box.
Nan Ye heard Yuxuan say this and asked, "Does this immortal golden silkworm refer to the five insects under the water tank?"
Yu Xuan nodded and said, "Exactly!"
Nan Yeqi said, "What's so special about these five insects?"
Yuxuan wiped her tears and said, "It is rumored that the method of making golden silkworms is strange. Some people say that hundreds of poisonous insects are put into an urn to kill each other. A year later, there is only one left. Its shape and color have changed. Its shape is like a silkworm, and its skin is golden yellow. It can be released by taking golden silkworm feces.
It is also said that twelve kinds of poisonous insects are placed in the jar and buried at the intersection. After seven or 49 days, there is a pest left. Regardless of its life or death, it is taken out and placed in the incense burner and offered with tea and fragrance in the morning and evening. The golden silkworm obtained in this way is invisible and exists in the incense ash. Just take the incense ash when you release the worm.
It is precisely because there are many rumors that the golden silkworms picked up by our ancestors are also strange. Some boxes are full of snakes and scorpions, some boxes are full of toads and lizards, and some boxes are only full of fragrant ash. Among them, the maggots contained in the five boxes are most similar to the rumored golden silkworms, with dark gold and hard as iron. Other poisonous insects were buried deep in the ground for several years and died ashes. Only these five insects are like wood carvings and stone carvings until today.
Wang Yue asked, "Since the girl's ancestors thought the five insects were ominous, why not pass it on to others by marrying a golden silkworm?"
Yuxuan sighed, "Marrying a golden silkworm is the work of people who raise worms. How can a generation of wizards do things like witches? What's more, the ancestors were rich because of maggots, and there had been a legacy for a long time. The buried maggots can only be worshipped and cannot be killed unless the maggots leave by themselves. But how can the five immortal golden silkworms leave without moving? So it has been buried until now.
Nan Ye asked, "Miss Yuxuan begged me for help, but it is also related to these five insects?"
Yuxuan nodded and said, "Originally, the slave family did not believe that this insect would cause disaster and devour the owner. But the slave's parents died early and have been lonely since childhood. Now they have been falsely called a mother-in-law, so they dare not believe it. It is rumored that people who raise golden silkworms will have one of the three endings: loneliness, poverty and died, and there will be no good end. The slave family has never done evil, but all three results are common. If it hadn't been for the insects, it would be really difficult to explain. The slave family did not dare to discard the golden silkworm against the ancestral teachings, so as not to cause more disasters. Now the slave family washes their faces with tears day and night, and begs my husband to help me out of the sea of suffering early.
When Nan Ye heard Yuxuan's crying, she knew that the insects buried in her home had caused her great psychological burden and mental pressure. Moreover, these pressures cannot be shared with others, because once others know that there is a witch in her family, it is confirmed that she is a witch, and the situation will only be more desolate. As soon as Nan Ye wanted to take out the worm and give it to himself, he heard a noisy sound outside the door, and a group of people broke in.
Yuxuan was stunned by this sudden change. She thought that what she had just said had been heard by others. She stood up and looked at the door in a panic. At the sight of the person, she was even more nervous and said, "What's the matter with the owner looking for slaves?"
The owner of Jincanzhai is an old man in his 60s, holding a bamboo stick in his hand, with a long white beard and several barbarians behind him. As soon as he entered the door and saw tears on Yuxuan's face, he pointed to Wang Yue and Nanye and said angrily, "I heard that Han people came to bully you, but these two?"
Yuxuan shook her head quickly and said, "Is there such a thing? The two of them came here to do business. Because they were old with their father, they came to visit and there was nothing to bully.
Although the owner of the golden silkworm village is old, he is smart and clear-sighted. He asked loudly, "I didn't humiliate you, why are you crying?"
Yuxuan didn't dare to say that it was because of the worm, so she lied and said, "It was only then that they mentioned their dead father, which reminded the slave family of the sad past. The slave family thanked the owner for his thoughts, but there was indeed no bullying.
The owner of Jincanzhai saw Yuxuan defending the two, and saw that Wang Yue and Nanye's clothes were gorgeous and handsome and not like ** evil people, so he calmed down and said, "That's good! There are few children in the village. That's why I'm worried about the people. Don't be surprised by the two distinguished guests.
Wang Yue and Nan Ye came forward to salute and said, "I heard earlier that the owner of the village has a lot of maintenance on the girl. I would like to thank the owner of the village. How can I be surprised?"
At this time, Dian Wei, Zhou Cang and others also rushed over under the leadership of the old man in the village. As he walked, the old man said, "The old man said that they are not evil people! Don't listen to the instigation of the villain.