Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 108

"Okay, okay, it's getting late. You have to go to work tomorrow. Go back and get some rest."

"There's no rush for school matters. How about I stay here tonight to accompany you? You can go back and take a good bath and have a good sleep. You look haggard these days."

"This is inappropriate."

"Jiayi, believe me, I can do it."

"I mean, my parents already have a hard time sleeping at night because of their health problems. If you add in the snoring, they will be even more uncomfortable."

"Ah, that's why." Fatty Wu nodded awkwardly, "That's right, that's right."

"Okay, I'm used to your snoring. I'm not used to it for a while, but my parents are patients now. You should go back soon. My parents understand your intentions."

"Okay, I'll go back first. Oh, by the way, I'll try to ask the old Taoist priest to come tomorrow. My colleagues say he's quite effective. I can ask him to come over and have a look. But he's quite busy, so I'll have to see what time he has."

"Didn't you say you hired an old Chinese doctor?"

"We have to ask for help. Since the hospital hasn't been able to cure the disease for so long, let's try a few more methods."

"Well, it's all up to you."

Watching her boyfriend walk down the stairs, Zheng Jiayi turned around silently and returned to the ward first.

In the ward, my parents were still humming. They had been in the hospital for a few days, and their consciousness was sometimes clear and sometimes blurred.

She picked up the thermos and went to the easternmost side of the floor to get some hot water. When she came back, she saw a young girl with a mountaineering bag standing at the door of her parents' ward, confirming the ward number.

"Excuse me, who are you?"

Yin Meng turned her head, looked at Zheng Jiayi, and said, "I am the person that Counselor Wu invited to see the doctor."

Zheng Jiayi couldn't believe it and said, "You are so young?"

"My master has something to do, so let me take a look first."

"But, my partner just left, shouldn't you..."

"My master only gave me the address of the ward. If you don't believe me, I can leave now."

Although he said he was leaving, his body had already turned sideways, with his right leg slightly bent, ready to take the other person into the ward as quickly as possible to force him to see a doctor.

"Please come in."

Zheng Jiayi opened the door and invited Yin Meng into the ward.

In addition to the smell of disinfectant, the ward was also filled with a fishy and rotten smell.

Yin Meng walked straight to the bedside and observed the condition of the two elderly people.

She actually can't see a doctor.

She knows how to make poison, it's her talent.

The short period of special training stimulated her perception of poison, but it is obviously unrealistic to expect a person to become a "famous doctor" in such a short time.

But she smelled out that the two elderly people were indeed poisoned, and the hospital's statement that it was food poisoning was quite appropriate.

However, she couldn't tell what kind of poison it was.

It's not a big problem, just try them one by one.

Yin Meng flipped over his left hand, and a toad was lying in the palm of his hand.

She had just caught this one in the hospital pond. Its belly was bulging and it looked very lively.

Zheng Jiayi, who was about to pour water for Yin Meng, covered her mouth and screamed.

Yin Meng muttered something to the toad, then reached out and flicked under the toad's belly, then took out another incense stick and rubbed the tip of the incense with her fingertips. The outer layer of the incense skin fell off and white smoke rose.

After inserting the incense into the toad's mouth, Yin Meng placed the toad containing the incense on the bedside table.

Then, Yin Meng pulled out a stack of papers of different colors from his pocket, took out a black one first, and with a flick of his right hand, a blade appeared, and he slashed it at Zheng Jiayi's father's arm without hesitation.

A cut appeared and blood flowed out.

Yin Meng dipped black paper in blood, then placed the paper on the incense, letting the incense burn a hole in the black paper where the blood was stained.

The toad didn't respond.

It's not corpse poison.

Yin Meng took out another piece of purple paper and used a blade to cut a new cut on Zheng Jiayi's father's arm in order to get fresh blood.

After drawing blood, follow the same method and let the incense burn a hole in the paper.

Toad remained calm.

It's not a poison.

Yin Meng took out the blue paper next. Before opening a new wound, she glanced at Zheng Jiayi who was standing next to her.

Zheng Jiayi covered her mouth with her hands and her eyes were wide open. She was very scared and felt it was unbelievable, but she didn't scream or stop it. She even showed encouragement and gratitude to herself when she noticed her gaze.

This is a clear-headed woman. She doesn't understand, but she knows that this is a cure.

A new cut was made, blood was collected, and then paper was placed on the tip of the incense. When the hole was burned, the toad began to call at a high frequency.

It's a demonic poison.

After finding out what the poison is, she will have a corresponding solution. The method she knows is very simple and unique, which is to fight poison with poison.

Yin Meng asked: "Can you catch toads?"

"Ah? I... I haven't caught it, but I can try to catch it." Zheng Jiayi said firmly.

"Forget it, I'll go. You hold on to the toad. If I'm far away, it might get out of control."

"okay."

Zheng Jiayi walked forward, tried her best to suppress the strong rejection in her heart, and grabbed the toad with both hands.

Yin Meng came to the window of the ward, opened it and jumped out.

There is a pond below, so this way is faster than taking the stairs.

Looking at the window where the person disappeared, Zheng Jiayi felt like she was dreaming tonight.

After a while, Yin Meng climbed out of the window with another toad in his hand.

Next, she began to feed poison into the toad's mouth. This was a poison with a paralyzing effect, similar to "Ma Fei San", but with great side effects, which could easily damage a person's brain.

So she deliberately lowered the dosage.

After the two toads were fed poison, Yin Meng used a blade to cut a fingernail-sized cube from the upper arms of Zheng Jiayi's father and mother, which was to directly dig out a piece of meat.

"This..." Zheng Jiayi held back and said nothing.

She didn't think that someone who could jump from the fourth floor and then climb back up would be mentally ill.

"Here, help me."

Yin Meng aimed the mouth of a toad at the wound of Zheng Jiayi's father.

Zheng Jiayi stepped forward and lifted the toad, allowing it to continue sucking on the wound.

Yin Meng aimed the other toad at the wound of Zheng Jiayi's mother.

“Gulp…Gulp…Gulp…”

At first, the black color continued to spread from the wound to other directions, but soon, the black color was quickly compressed back.

The stomachs of the two toads were getting bigger and bigger, like two angry puffer fish.

When the toad reached its limit of endurance, Yin Meng threw the toad in his hand away, and a circle of fish scales appeared around the original wound.

Yin Meng reached out and grabbed it, pulling it out, and at the same time pushed Zheng Jiayi away, causing the toad in her hand to fall off. A circle of fish scales also appeared around her father's wound, and Yin Meng also grabbed it with his other hand.

Then, Yin Meng took a step forward, like a fitness enthusiast pulling the strings on a rowing machine.

"Crashing... crashing..."

Yin Meng pulled out two fish scale lines, each two meters long, from the wounds of Zheng Jiayi's father and mother.

When she reached the end, Yin Meng got furious. Because the space in the ward was limited, she simply leaned forward, tensed her arms and did a forward flip on the spot.

“Snap! Snap.”

Two fish scale lines were torn off.

Zheng Jiayi's father and mother sat up from the hospital beds almost at the same time, opened their mouths, and blue mist came out from their eyes, ears, mouth and nose.

Then, the two of them fell backwards and lay back on the hospital bed.

Their breathing became smoother, and there was no more pain on their faces in their sleep. Instead, they showed a sense of relief at last.

Yin Meng took out a snakeskin bag from her bag, rolled up the fishing line and threw it in.

The two big-bellied toads had deflated by now. Not only were they not dead, they also seemed very excited.

Yin Meng put them in front of her nose and smelled them, confirming that the toxins she had fed them previously had been neutralized by the demon poison and they were now harmless.

I walked to the window and threw them down. With two "plop" sounds, they returned to the pond.

"Thank you, you've worked hard." Zheng Jiayi bowed to Yin Meng.

Yin Meng waved her hand, picked up her water cup, unscrewed the lid, and took a sip of brown sugar water.

Zheng Jiayi asked: "Is this enough for my parents?"

Yin Meng shook her head: "It's only a temporary solution, not a permanent one. It may heal for two months, but after two months the toxins will accumulate again and the disease will recur, and it will be even more difficult to remove."

If I don't come, according to the current situation, the two elderly people will continue in this state for half a month, and their physical condition will deteriorate rapidly.

"so what should I do now?"

"I know they got sick after returning to their hometown to visit the graves. How long have they been gone?"

"They stayed at their old home for a total of two nights."

"Live in your own old house?"

"The old house has not been occupied for a long time. If we want to live in it, we have to clean it up, which is inconvenient. My parents live in my uncle's house."

"Will you also eat and sleep there?"

"um, yes."

"If you want to completely cure your parents' illness, take me back to your hometown and visit your uncle, okay?"

"Sure, when is convenient for you?"

After witnessing this miraculous therapeutic effect, Zheng Jiayi trusts Yin Meng very much.

"The sooner the better. I have a lot to do."

"Then tomorrow morning, I will call my boyfriend and ask him to take time off to take over and take care of my parents. The earliest he can come here is in the morning. Then we will go to the train station together at noon."

"it is good."

"Thank you." Zheng Jiayi bowed to Yin Meng again.

Zheng Jiayi began to clean the ward skillfully.

Yin Meng was standing nearby, and as if she suddenly thought of something, she asked, "Do you like small animals?"

"Yes, I do. Sometimes when I come across poor stray animals on the road, I will take them home, give them a bath and spray them with pesticides, and after cleaning them up, I will give them to neighbors or friends to adopt. The main reason is that I already have three at home and can't keep any more."

"Do you usually go to the orphanage?"

"I like to volunteer. How did you know?"

"Just asking."

"Oh, by the way, what should I call you?"

"My name is Yin Meng."

"Master Yin Meng."

Yin Meng was stunned for a moment. Why was he a Taoist priest? This did not match the ID card given to him when he set out.

"My master is an old Chinese doctor."

"Ah?" Zheng Jiayi was very surprised, "Aren't you the Taoist's disciple?"

"No."

"I thought those methods just now were...it turns out that Chinese medicine is so powerful."

"What's going on, Taoist priest?"

"My partner and I have discussed inviting a Taoist priest to perform a ritual, and I mistakenly thought that the master you mentioned was the old Taoist priest who was very spiritual. Sorry, I misunderstood you."

"fine."

Yin Meng lowered her head and took another sip of brown sugar water.

In other words, if I didn't come tonight, Fatty Wu would bring an old Taoist priest over in a while. If the old Taoist priest was really capable, he should be able to discover the clues of the evil poison and would naturally think about finding the root cause and solving it completely.

Then he went back to his hometown with Zheng Jiayi.

After that, something might have happened, involving Fatty Wu, and then Fatty Wu would implicate himself and others.

Before taking action, Brother Xiaoyuan specifically asked all of them to use this way of thinking to reason about their respective lines, and Yin Meng is now doing so.

According to common sense, from inviting the old Taoist priest over, the old Taoist priest going to Min'an Town, investigating, the incident, and then involving Fatty Wu, each link in the process is very time-consuming. If you want to complete it, it will take at least more than a month.

This roughly matched the birthday of Xue Liangliang's father. Yin Meng took out a notebook and pen from her bag and wrote down her thoughts.

This is the homework that Brother Xiaoyuan left for me, and it needs to be handed in.

……

"If we are destined to break up, there is no need to pretend to keep you. If love is eternal, how can we break up~"

What was originally a sad reunion for three old classmates turned into a singles carnival for four people because of the joining of Tan Wenbin.

At Tan Wenbin's request, the gathering place was changed from a gloomy tavern to a noisy karaoke room.

Fan Shulin sat on the sofa, watching his two old classmates and Tan Wenbin singing to their heart's content. If you didn't know, you would have thought that he was the one getting divorced today.

At this time, the pager on Hu Yiwei's waist rang, and he put down the receiver: "I'll go to the front desk to return the call."

Tan Wenbin put his arm around his shoulders and said, "Come together. I'll go get some more wine."

The two left the box and came to the front desk, where Hu Yiwei made a phone call.

After Tan Wenbin ordered a beer, he asked for a pack of cigarettes in order to stay and listen in.

He tore open the package, knocked it, took out two cigarettes and handed one to Hu Yiwei. Hu Yiwei nodded and smiled, took it, and after he put a bite in his mouth, Tan Wenbin took out a lighter and lit it for him.

"Thank you buddy..."

At this time, the phone was connected. When the woman's voice came from the other end, Hu Yiwei's face changed.

Tan Wenbin silently lit one for himself.

After going through his rebellious and turbulent adolescence, he had stopped smoking a long time ago, but now he had to create a reasonable scene to listen to someone talking on the phone.

"You said."

"It's okay. I'm listening."

"Oh, I can't bear to say it now. What did you do before?"

"Don't worry, I won't be sad. I'm singing with my friends to celebrate my return to being single. I'm telling you, Zeng Miaomiao, I can live well even without you!"

Tan Wenbin exhaled a puff of smoke. To be honest, he could empathize with Hu Yiwei. The two of them went from college to wedding, but in the end, his wife inexplicably told him that she wanted a divorce and to return home.

Suddenly, Hu Yiwei was stunned.

Then, with tears streaming down her face, she excitedly shouted into the microphone:

"Zeng Miaomiao, you have no heart, you have no heart..."

The person on the other end of the phone hung up. Hu Yiwei hung up the phone, turned around, and slowly sat down on the floor with his back against the front tile.

Tan Wenbin asked: "Brother Hu, what's wrong? What happened?"

"Miao Miao said that she met someone on a blind date in her hometown and they will get married next month.

Tell me, why did she do this to me, why was she so cruel! "

Tan Wenbin asked: "Did they know the person they were going to marry before?"

"I don't know him. I just met him on a blind date today."

"Do you believe her when she says that?"

"what?"

"Brother Hu, think about it yourself, isn't this nonsense?"

"You mean, they were actually hooking up together a long time ago, but when we divorced, I asked her and she swore to me that she didn't have an affair or cheat on me."

"Brother Hu, what I mean is that you have to go and ask about this matter in person, go to her hometown and find out the truth. Maybe she has something to hide, what do you think?"

"Go to her hometown and ask her?" Hu Yiwei's eyes were full of confusion. "But, I have already tried to keep her, but it was useless."

"Brother Hu, your marriage can end, but you can't be confused. You have to be clear about it for yourself. Ask her and also ask the person she is going to marry again.

At least, next time I feel down and want to drink alone, I have something to talk about.”

"Binbin... I don't dare to face her again. I feel so uncomfortable."

"It's okay. If you don't dare to go alone, I'll go with you!"

Encouraged by others, Hu Yiwei's eyes gradually became firm: "Okay, next month, at her wedding, I will go and ask her clearly."

next month?
If I go with you next month, maybe Brother Yuanzi and the others will have finished their work and returned.

"Brother Hu, you have to cheer up and listen to me. Let's go tomorrow!"

"tomorrow?"

"Yeah, think about it, there is still a month left, how miserable and depressed you must be every day, how can you still have the mind to work and live?

It is better to cut the Gordian knot, go earlier, ask earlier, and talk it out earlier, so that you can turn the page in your life sooner."

Hu Yiwei nodded vigorously:
"Yes, you are right. I will ask for leave from work tomorrow morning and go to see her in the afternoon. Brother, you..."

"I'll go to school to ask for leave in the morning, meet up with you at noon, and we'll set off together in the afternoon!"

"Good brother!" Hu Yiwei excitedly held Tan Wenbin's hand, tears and snot streaming down his face again, "All these years together have not been in vain, really!"

"Real brothers don't talk about this."

Tan Wenbin took out a roll of paper from the front desk and handed it to this true brother who he had known for less than three hours:
"Come on, Brother Hu, wipe it."

"I'm going to the bathroom to wash my face."

After Hu Yiwei left, Tan Wenbin looked at the front desk clerk and said, "Can you give me a piece of paper and lend me a pen? Thank you."

Tan Wenbin wrote on the paper, one month?

Obviously, Hu Yiwei has not let go of this relationship and marriage at all, so after learning that his ex-wife is going to remarry at a rapid speed, he will definitely go to the scene to find out everything.

If I hadn't shown up, given Hu Yiwei's personality, he would probably have waited until the wedding day to go.

In other words, I moved this process forward by one month.

Then, something happened to Hu Yiwei?

Later, Fan Shulin contacted me and asked for my help?
It doesn't necessarily have to be me. Can't we also contact people like Runsheng and Ayou who have to go into the hospital for surgery every now and then?
"Alas, my brother Xiaoyuan is worthy of being brother Xiaoyuan. Using this way of thinking to promote it, I feel like I have already taken a big advantage."

……

At noon, Yin Meng and Zheng Jiayi boarded the train to Huangshan, while Tan Wenbin got into the car borrowed by Hu Yiwei.

At the same time, Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng had arrived under a gate archway with the words: Min'an Town written on it.

The town is full of Hui-style architecture, with stone bridges, lakes, pavilions and corridors, and is surrounded by green mountains and farmland. There are scenery at every step and interest everywhere.

This is a great place for sketching.

Xue Liangliang once said that his hometown is beautiful, and it is indeed so.

In fact, when Li Zhuiyuan learned the place name "Huangshan Min'an Town" in Fatty Wu's office, he thought of Xue Liangliang.

The last time he and Engineer Luo were in a meeting, Engineer Luo squeezed out half a day of time in his busy schedule to go home and visit Jingjing. As a result, he encountered the incident of Jingjing being possessed by evil spirits. After resolving the issue, the two of them drove to Huangshan in a hurry to attend the meeting.

I remember Xue Liangliang said at that time that it was close to home and he could go back to his hometown after the meeting.

After finding out over the phone that Xue Liangliang's hometown was indeed "Min'an Town", Li Zhuiyuan did not ask any further specific questions, and later he did not call Xue Liangliang again to ask for the specific address of his home.

He knew that Brother Liangliang was very smart and might have become suspicious at that time. If he asked again, he would probably realize that something had happened in his hometown immediately.

Brother Liangliang is a very clear-headed person. He will not choose to force himself back at this time to cause trouble for himself. Then he doesn't need to worry about me from such a distance. He will handle things himself.

The town has only one main street with some small shops. The rest of the houses are in the alleys on both sides of the main street, each with its own household.

Li Zhuiyuan found a canteen, bought two bottles of drinks there, and then asked the store aunt Xue Liangliang where her home was.

College students were still precious in those days. After Li Zhuiyuan and his name were reported as their university, the auntie enthusiastically led them into an alley and came to the door of a house.

The door was wide open, and the auntie was shouting in dialect to the inside, saying that Liangliang's friend was visiting.

Xue Liangliang's parents came out. Their faces showed the vicissitudes of life, but they were still strong. When Li Zhuiyuan finished introducing himself, the two elders said in unison:

"You are Xiaoyuan."

Apparently, Xue Liangliang had mentioned himself to his family more than once.

The slight estrangement and politeness that might have existed disappeared at this moment. Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng were warmly welcomed into the house, and the two elders started to cook.

It’s an old house and it should have been renovated two years ago.

There was nothing special about the furnishings in the house, and it was similar to that of an ordinary home. However, from some details, one could tell that although they lived a simple life, they were not embarrassed at all.

Xue Liangliang is not so obsessed with money, but that is based on meeting basic living needs. He definitely sends money to his parents every month, but his parents still live a familiar lifestyle, which makes them feel comfortable.

The meal was very rich, especially the stinky mandarin fish, which was very flavorful.

After dinner, the four of them sat in the courtyard and chatted.

Li Zhuiyuan was not in a hurry to search and look for information. Everyone had his own line of responsibility, and the most important thing was to dig out his own line as well as possible.

Next month is Xue Liangliang’s father’s 50th birthday, and he plans to hold a big party. When talking about this, the two elders were very happy.

At dusk, Xue Liangliang's father took Li Zhuiyuan to the town's promenade, which was close to the river. At this time every day, people gathered here to play chess and drink tea, and occasionally someone would tell a story.

Li Zhuiyuan felt like he was here for a trip.

During dinner, Li Zhuiyuan talked about birthday celebrations again and asked about some local customs.

When they go to bed at night, Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng live in the room where Xue Liangliang lives when he is at home.

The old house, which was mainly made of wood, had poor sound insulation. Li Zhuiyuan had extremely keen hearing, so he could hear "clearly" the conversation between the two elders on the bed in the next room.

They started talking about themselves, mainly praising their children for being good-looking and smart, and that was a good start.

Then they focused on the topic of when Xue Liangliang would get married and when they would have their grandchildren, which should be the focus of the old couple's daily night talk.

Just as this old topic was coming to an end, Xue Liangliang's mother suddenly said:
"I don't know when the expedition team will be back. They are just a bunch of young kids. How could they be so brave to go to that village?"

Xue Liangliang's father seemed to be disgusted by this topic and said:
"Stop talking about this and go to sleep."

Li Zhuiyuan opened his eyes: Expedition team?
"Brother Runsheng, shall we go out for a walk?"

Li Zhuiyuan knew that Runsheng was not asleep because he was not snoring.

"it is good."

The two men deliberately left the house quietly, came to the alley, and walked from the alley to the main street.

At this time, all the shops on the street were closed and there were few pedestrians. As the two walked, they came to the archway where they entered the town.

"Logically, if everything goes well for the two of them, they should be here by now. Brother Runsheng, what time is it now?"

Runsheng picked up his watch, glanced at it, and said, "11:48."

"Wait a little longer, and go back to sleep at midnight."

……

Tan Wenbin sat in the car and asked, "We're here, Brother Hu, look at the archway in front, Min'an Town."

Hu Yiwei also breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally, my waist is here."

Tan Wenbin checked the time in the car: "We've been driving for so long, it's already 11:49."

"If we hadn't had a flat tire, we could have arrived earlier."

"Then where shall we stay tonight? Should we find a private residence to stay in?"

"No, I'm going straight to her house."

Tan Wenbin nodded and said nothing.

The car continued to move forward, passing through the empty archway.

……

Yin Meng and Zheng Jiayi were sitting on an ox cart. An old man was driving the cart. The cart was loaded with fertilizers and pesticides, and the two of them were sitting on these things.

The old man said, "Next time, girls should not travel so late. It's not safe."

"I understand, sir." Zheng Jiayi agreed with a smile.

"Okay, we're here. Your house is in the front alley, right? I live at the end of town, so I'll drop you off here."

Zheng Jiayi took out her wallet and prepared to pay.

“Why should I give money? Even though we don’t have the same surname, I am your grandfather. If I give money, people will talk about me.” After the old man said this, he drove the ox cart forward.

Yin Meng looked up at the archway above: Min'an Town.

Zheng Jiayi said: "Come on, I'll take you to my uncle's house."

"Your uncle and the others should be asleep, right?"

"Of course people in the countryside go to bed early. Let me see what time it is now... oh, it's already 11:50."

……

Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng waited under the archway until midnight, but no one showed up.

"Let's go back to sleep."

"it is good."

When I turned around and walked back, a gust of wind blew the treetops in front of me, causing three leaves to fall down.

(End of this chapter)