Fortune tellers give eggs, the stepmother is a Taoist boss

Chapter 73 Poison

The three of them looked at each other, and Zhong Liefeng asked calmly: "What is poison?"

The conversation got off to a good start, and the rest went smoothly. The young woman lowered her head and said, "The poison is tumor poison. People cannot cultivate in poisonous fields. Once they go to the fields, many small tumors will grow on people's bodies, one by one." , itchy and unbearable."

"Have you asked a doctor to take a look? Could it be bitten by a small insect in the ground?"

The woman shook her head: "I asked a doctor at first, and I used a lot of medicine, but it didn't work."

Are medicinal stones useless?

Zhong Lianfeng asked again: "Are many people poisoned? Have they been reported to the government?"

"Almost every household in our village has been poisoned." The woman sighed, "What's the use of reporting to the officials? I heard that all the officials in the city have too much to take care of themselves, so it's better to ask True Lord Bailian."

Jiang Fuyuan raised her eyebrows and asked curiously: "Who is True Lord Bailian? Is it useful to worship a poison that a doctor cannot cure?"

"It works." A look of reverence appeared on the woman's face, "True Lord White Lotus is the head of the Seven Holy Mothers in Heaven, with boundless power and universal compassion. As long as we worship sincerely, True Lord White Lotus will definitely help our village detoxify. When the time comes, everyone Then you can live and work in peace and contentment again..."

Who are the Seven Holy Mothers of Heaven? Jiang Fuyuan said that she had only heard of the Seven Fairies.

In response to their suspicions, the woman defended with a firm expression: "The poison of Lu Qi's family in our village was cured by the appearance of True Lord White Lotus!"

Jiang Fuyuan: "If worshiping True Lord White Lotus is really effective, then why are other people in your village still suffering from poison?"

The woman's answer was sonorous and powerful: "Because they are not religious enough!"

Chi Xinsu:......

Zhong Lianfeng:......

Jiang Fuyuan: ...Why is this sentence so familiar?

A strange disease broke out in a village and the fields were barren. The people in the village fanatically worshiped gods they had never heard of. Moreover, it was in the Bozhou area they were investigating. Zhong Liefeng felt that he needed to go to the village to see the specific situation.

He took a step forward and said to the woman: "To be honest, we are from Jingzhou here to investigate strange things in Bozhou. Can you take us to the village to have a look?"

The woman suddenly became alert. The gang asked about the situation of the land in the village and wanted to go to the village to have a look. Could it be that they heard that most of the people in their village had been poisoned and wanted to take the opportunity to rob?
The most important thing is that these people don't seem to be in awe of True Lord Bailian. What if they collide with True Lord Bailian when they enter the village, and what if True Lord blames themselves?
Thinking of this, the woman's expression changed, she hugged the child tightly, took a few steps back and said, "There is nothing interesting to see in our village!"

Zhong Lianfeng wanted to fight for it again, but Jiang Fuyuan pulled his sleeve and motioned for her to come.

"Sister, we have been traveling all this way just to go to your village to ask for some water."

Jiang Fuyuan spoke softly, looking harmless to humans and animals.

The woman nodded towards the table set up by the Taoist waiter behind them: "Don't you have tea?"

Jiang Fuyuan turned around, raised his foot and kicked lightly. The table immediately fell over, and all the tea and fruit plates on the table fell to the ground with a clatter.

She turned back and smiled at the woman: "It's gone now."

woman:……

"Our village is remote and there is nothing to entertain people." The woman said with rejection written all over her body.

Jiang Fuyuan still smiled gently as she took out a polished wooden strip from her sleeve. She plucked the bright red necklace tied on it. With a twist of her wrist, the wooden strip struck the tree beside her like a knife, and one person The tree trunks surrounding it trembled violently, and countless withered yellow leaves flew away from the branches, spinning and falling to the ground like dying butterflies.

Under everyone's shocked gazes, she blew off the bark chips stained on the wooden bars, put the armbands back on, turned her head and said softly to the woman: "We don't mind, can you take us to the village now?" "The woman trembled all over, and the little boy in her arms also trembled. After a while, she murmured: "Okay..."

After getting the answer he wanted, Jiang Fuyuan patted Zhong Lianfeng's arm with satisfaction and said, "Did you see that the essence of dealing with others is to use softness to overcome strength. This is the same as when you practice internal martial arts. You need to use strength. Fight hard and learn to order General Zhong."

Zhong Lianfeng: "...Then why are you still taking out your weapon?"

Jiang Fuyuan: "I'm afraid they won't borrow it."

Not too many people could enter the village. A group of people would easily cause panic in the villagers. In the end, only Jiang Fuyuan, Zhong Lianfeng, Chi Xinsu and two accompanying Taoist attendants followed the young woman back to the village, and the rest all stayed there. rest.

Zhong Lianfeng kept an eye on it and ordered his lieutenant to take the remaining soldiers and go directly to the village to look for them if they didn't come back the next day.

Poor mountains and rivers breed unruly people, and when there is really no way out, people will not do anything wrong and break the law. Poverty will wipe out all a person's conscience and fear.

Although the Xiyue Village where the woman lives is not as poor as Zhong Liefeng expected, it doesn't seem to be very different.

Almost all the land owned by the villagers is not their own, but is leased from wealthy squires, and they need to pay rent to the landlord every month.The wealthy squires have all moved to the more comfortable Bozhou City with their money. The only ones left in Xiyue Village are the farmers who work hard all day in exchange for meager food.

The landlord does not care whether you can work in the fields or not. The monthly rent you pay cannot be cut off. Once you are unable to pay the rent, the landlord will take back the land. Farmers who have lost their land have no way to make ends meet and can only starve to death.

According to the woman, the poison began to appear six months ago, when the first season of rice was harvested and the second season of rice seedlings were planted.

Because of the poison, few households were able to successfully plant seedlings in the second half of the year. After finally planting the seedlings, all the seedlings died one after another because there was no one to take care of them. The villagers had no choice but to use the harvest in the first half of the year to pay the land rent in the second half of the year.

What you can see after entering the village is that almost everyone has a sallow complexion and thin muscles, and it looks like they haven't had enough to eat for a long time.

An acquaintance of the villagers saw the young woman coming back with her child in her arms. He raised his eyelids and said hello: "Damn it, Ergou, why didn't I see you going to offer incense to True Lord White Lotus today?"

Noticing the unfamiliar face behind her, the villager looked at her curiously, but didn't ask any more questions. Hunger had consumed all his curiosity.

If you have time to ask one more question, why not save your energy and take a breather?

The young woman responded in a low voice: "I'll go right away."

Having said that, she took Jiang Fuyuan and others back to her home first. After pouring a few bowls of well water, the woman locked the little boy into the hut on the left.

"Er Gou, mother is going to burn incense for True Lord Bailian. You stay at home and don't go out. Do you understand?"

The little boy's vague voice came through the broken door: "I also want to kowtow to the True Lord! I want the True Lord to bless my father to live!"

The woman locked the door and scolded with a nasal voice: "If you don't behave, your father won't come back!"

Probably frightened by the anger in his mother's voice, the little boy inside the door fell silent.

The woman sniffed, wiped the moisture from the corner of her eyes with the back of her hand, turned around and took out a pottery bowl from the cupboard, shook her pocket and poured out a few half-green and half-red fruits.

This is her only gain today.

Holding the pottery bowl, the woman looked at Jiang Fuyuan and others: "I am going to pay tribute to True Lord White Lotus, are you coming too?"

Jiang Fuyuan nodded: "You're all here, let's go and pay homage to True Lord White Lotus."

If this True Lord Bailian can bear her worship.

(End of this chapter)