MTL - Ask Sword-Chapter 475 plague ghost

  Chapter 475 Epidemic Ghost

   "If you look at it by the standards of Gu masters in ancient times, Situ Zhi's Gu skills have reached a level that no one has ever seen before, and no one will come after.

   It was only because he was too condescending and refused to hide in the dark to appreciate the achievements of his voodoo skills, but he had to go to Suzhou City for field investigation, so he was captured by the imperial palace enshrined Shen Tuyu. "

  Wang Bofan said: "His student Yu Shi has also inherited 80% or 90% of his voodoo legacy."

   "Situ Zhi has been caught by the Zhenfu Department, so this plague"

  A clan elder hesitated and said in horror: "Could it be caused by this so-called rainy world?"

  The dead of the plague disease will be covered with lumps and black spots all over their bodies, and their skin will turn black and purple. The horrible shape is unheard of, and it is more tragic than the great plague recorded in the history books.

  During this period, the successively buried members of the family have left an indelible shadow in the hearts of the survivors.

  Wang Bofan shook his head and said, "It wasn't mentioned in the letter."

   "What did the letter say?"

  Another clan elder frowned and said, "Wait, no, now that Taiyuan City has been blocked by Zhen Fusi, how did this letter get into your hands?"

   "I found this letter on the table when I returned to the study in the afternoon."

  Wang Bofan said solemnly: "I have had someone check it in secret, and there is no trace of the formation in the family mansion being shattered, and no one has entered or left the study during the whole day today.

   Zhaoming's methods were amazing, somehow he bypassed the formation and delivered the letter to me.

   As for the content of the letter, Yu Shi claimed that he wanted to make a deal with our Wang family. "

"trade?"

  A white-haired clan elder squinted his eyes and said in a hoarse voice: "Can he cure the plague so that my Wang family will no longer die?"

   "No, but he can let Wang prevent the plague in advance."

  Wang Bofan stretched out his hand to open the envelope, but the old white-haired man raised his hand to stop him.

  The latter made a handprint, released the power of thought, and enveloped Wang Bofan's body, forming an invisible sphere, isolating Wang Bofan from other spaces in the dark room.

   "It's better to be cautious."

  The eyes of the clan elder were shining brightly, and he lowered his palm.

  Wang Bofan nodded indifferently, knowing the reason why the other party did this in his heart—if the envelope was opened and the source of plague erupted inside, the Wang family's family might be wiped out here.

  He deliberately slowed down, slowly opened the envelope, and pulled out a weird talisman from it.

  The reason why it is said to be weird is because what is written on the yellow paper talisman is not a rune, but a stick figure portrait of a child.

  The child has a bright smile, with braids slanting upwards and backwards, a thin and thin neck, a big and round belly, and looks indescribably annoying.

   "The letter claims that this talisman is the plague ghost talisman invented by someone in the late Han Dynasty."

  Wang Bofan said in a low voice: "In the 22nd year of Jian'an, the plague was prevalent, and the foolish people hung amulets and hated it."

  The faces of everyone in the dark room changed slightly. Wang Bofan’s words came from Cao Zhi Cao Zijian’s "Speaking of Epidemic Qi".

  The people at that time hung the talisman in front of the door, trying to resist the plague ghost outside the door,

  Cao Zijian did not take this seriously, claiming that it was the work of fools, and that the real cause of the epidemic was "the dislocation of yin and yang, and the wrong timing of cold and heat".

This sentence should take into account the background at that time. Cao Pi, Cao Zijian’s elder brother, became the son of the prince in the 22nd year of Jian’an. The so-called "yin and yang are out of place, and the cold and heat are at the wrong time" are actually a metaphor. .

  Every member of the Wang family has read the scriptures and knows this allusion very well. The only question is, what is the use of this plague ghost talisman?

   "It's really useless if you want to talk about its usefulness. After all, after Jian'an, there will still be plagues. The act of hanging amulets can't stop the plagues at all.

  The results of the research on the epidemic ghost talisman by the talisman masters of later generations, including the scholars of the Academy, also showed that this talisman did not have any effect.

   At the very beginning, they were liars who did not enter the Tao, and they were drawn to deceive fools and fools. "

  Wang Bofan said with a gloomy gaze: "However, Yu Shi said in the letter that he studied the ins and outs of the Epidemic Ghost Talisman in detail, found a way to turn the Epidemic Ghost Talisman into reality, and improved the Epidemic Ghost Talisman.

  The current talisman does have the ability to drive away plague ghosts.

  As long as someone copies the Plague Ghost Talisman and sticks it on the door of other people, then the plague that should have happened to him will be passed on to others in the future. "

"How can it be?"

  Some clan elders scolded: "Nonsense! Plague ghosts don't exist at all!"

  Wang Bofan glanced at the clan elder, who was not only a member of the Wang family, but also a member of the Neo-Confucian Society.

  Since Ji Xingwang of Luli Academy invented the microscope a few years ago, the Society of Science has been using it to observe various objects.

  First, countless worms were found in the water, and new terms such as plankton, bacteria, and cells were created.

  It was discovered that the human body is actually composed of countless cells, which destroyed many previous concepts in one fell swoop,

   Later, it was discovered that many diseases were actually caused by bacteria and sporozoites, such as malaria. Including this plague.

  Since the disease has its carrier, the so-called plague ghosts and malaria ghosts are all imagined by people, so the talisman cannot be effective.

   "There are no real plague ghosts like ghosts and gods."

  Wang Bofan nodded and said: "But at the end of the talisman, it is close to God, who can tell clearly?

  Maybe the Plague Ghost Talisman can really deflect the plague bacteria, which are too small to be seen by the naked eye?

  For example, it is biased towards infecting people affected by talismans?

  Similar to drinking unboiled water, it is easy to get diarrhea and dysentery. If you eat pork with worms, you will grow worms in your stomach. "

  “.Bofan.”

  Another clan elder took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "We know that your eldest son was also infected with the plague and was bedridden. But this is not the solution to the problem.

  Junqianzi, Situzhi, Guishao, Yuansou and others in Zhaomingli are all heinous criminals wanted by all countries and even Mount Taihao. Being involved with them is already on the verge of treason. "

   "I know, I'm very clear-headed, and I didn't ignore Wang's because of Jie'er's affairs."

Speaking of his eldest son, Wang Bofan paused, exhaled, and said slowly: "The reason why I took out this letter is that Situ Zhi is indeed the most brilliant Gu master in the world. With such great strength, the letter was secretly sent to the palace, and it was not for the purpose of entertaining us.

  Secondly, we can experiment in private to test whether this so-called Plague Plague Talisman is really useful.

  If it works, then our Wang family has room to maneuver. "

   "You mean"

  The clan elder hesitated.

   "We spread the plague ghost talisman and how to use it to the people quietly, and let the people draw the talisman themselves and paste it on the doors of other people's houses."

  Wang Bofan's eyes flashed a stern look, "If so, Taiyuan Mansion will be in chaos."

  Clan elders showed disbelief on their faces, some gasped, and some immediately calmed down after being shocked.

   The Epidemic Ghost Talisman cannot prevent the Epidemic Ghost, it can only transfer the risk of contracting the disease to others.

  This means that once the plague ghost charm spreads among the people, in order to prevent their family members from being infected with the plague, the common people will draw crazy charms and post them on the doors of neighbors and enemies.

  The plague ghost talisman would quickly spread throughout the city. Even if the Zhenfu Division came out in full force, while confiscating folk talismans, they would repeatedly apply in the newspapers, explaining that the plague ghost talisman was invalid.

   It is also impossible to ban the human nature of survival and survival, and it is impossible to put an end to the behavior of folk drawing symbols.

  Common people are always worried, even if the government says it's hype, they won't believe it all. What's more, it's something that concerns the lives of the whole family.

   In this way, the plague ghost talisman will spread to every corner of the city like a real plague.

  The result is that there are symbols at the door of every household.

   "The spread of the plague lies in people.

  When the common people fled to various squares and cities and posted talismans, the plague would inevitably spread through this. Regardless of whether the Plague Talisman is effective or not, it will spread chaos and plague in the city. "

  Wang Bofan said: "And if the Epidemic Ghost Talisman is effective, it will be more beneficial to my Wang family-there are guards outside the Wang family's house, no one can put the talisman on it, and we can transfer the risk to others.

   At this time, countless people in the city were killed or injured, we can predict Li Ang's reaction again.

  He will either be ruined and fall from the position of observer. Change someone who we Wang can influence to come up. Wang takes this opportunity to withdraw from Taiyuan Mansion to protect himself.

  Or, His Majesty and the Academy must keep Li Ang no matter what, and he will continue to stay in the position of observer.

  In order to confiscate the plague ghost talismans among the people, at least to prevent the epidemic ghost talismans from Taiyuan Prefecture from spreading to other state capitals, he can only borrow the power of my Wang family.

  Wang Shi can still take this opportunity to force Li Ang to agree to Wang Shi leaving Taiyuan Mansion.

  No matter which one, it is beneficial to Mrs. Wang. "

  “.Even at the cost of the lives of the people in the city?”

   "Not a price."

  Wang Bofan said calmly: "Over the years, my Wang family has made enough contributions to Taiyuan.

  Which road, which bridge, was not built by my Wang family?

  Even the Taiyuan Infirmary where his Li Ang students live is built by me, Mrs. Wang.

   Everything should be family first. "

  Wang Bofan's last words became the last straw that broke the camel's back. Most of the clan elders nodded silently.

  “.”

  The oldest clan elder looked around the dark room, refocused his eyes on Wang Bofan, and said quietly: "Bo Fan, I only have two questions.

  First, if the matter is brought to light, will it be found out by the Zhenfu Department or the Academy that the Plague Ghost Talisman was spread by my Wang family?

  Second, this Zhaoming, what is the picture. "

  "We will find a rural Taoist priest to take the place of the dead ghost, and blame him for all the accidents of spreading the plague ghost talisman. And let him die of the plague very quickly, leaving the town governor's death without proof.

   No matter what, I couldn't find out the connection with my Wang family. "

Wang Bofan already had a countermeasure in his mind, and said slowly: "The reason why Yu Shi sent me this letter is also to hope that he can use this plague to ask the Fusi of Yuguo Town to return his imprisoned master Situ Zhi. .”

   "The Town Fusi will not agree to such a condition."

  The clan elder said decisively: "Yu Guo never negotiates with Gu Masters. What's more, how can we release a more powerful Gu Master in order to solve a plague."

   "This is what Zhaoming thinks about, it has nothing to do with us."

  Wang Bofan said in a deep voice, "These days, the death rate of my Wang family is more than double the average in the city.

  Since His Majesty regards me as a pig and a dog, why should I, Wang, think about Yu Guo? I, Mrs. Wang, just want to live, and I only want to live. "

  ——

  Situ Zhi.

  In the laboratory of the prefect's mansion, Li Ang, who was standing in front of the table silently observing the bacterial petri dish, once again thought of the Gu master from the Zhaoming organization.

  Strictly speaking, Li Ang only met Situ Zhi at the bottom of Taihu Lake.

   That meeting, the black worm on Situ Zhi's body, and the Gu monster that he released like a giant porcelain ball left a deep impact on Li Ang.

   At the beginning, it was Li Ang himself who used the siren transformed by Mosi to attract Shen Tuyu from Suzhou City, and arrested Situ Zhi.

  Since then, Situ Zhi has been imprisoned in the prison of Fusi in Chang'an, until the Qixi Festival, when the prison of Zhenfusi was breached by Zhaoming's ghost **** and Yuansou, and Situ Zhi himself was nowhere to be found.

   It is very likely that Zhaoming has taken it away.

  This news was only known to a very small number of people in the entire Yu Kingdom, not even the four officials in the academy.

  A few days ago, when reporting to the Daming Palace through the close-knit insect, Emperor Yu asked himself cryptically whether this plague was related to Situ Zhi.

  Li Ang could only answer that he didn't know.

   "If I hadn't been completely relieved after Situzhi was imprisoned by the Zhenfu Division, but had often gone to the Zhenfu Division to study Situ Zhi and his Gu skills, would things have been different?"

  Li Ang thought silently, poking out strands of ink lines with his fingertips, and scribing them across the bacterial culture dish.

  On the one hand, I really didn’t want to have anything to do with Situ Zhi at that time, and he was still wearing Zhaoming’s communication iron plate at that time,

  Worried that if he went to the Zhen Fu Division to study Situ Zhi, he might be discovered by Zhao Ming,

   Even waited for Zhaoming to ask himself to find a way to rescue Situzhi's order,

  That's why he refused the invitation of Zhen Fusi to torture Situ Zhi together.

   On the other hand, I might have been too confident at the time,

  I feel that there is an entire memory bank in another world, no matter what kind of epidemic disease, a solution can be found. There is no need to go back and study Gu techniques.

   Moss breaks up the plaques in the bacterial culture dish,

  In the more microcosmic world, countless bacteria are attached to the ink silk, ready to multiply on the surface of the ink silk,

  However, as the ink-colored silk thread continuously changed its shape, all the bacteria were killed.

  Hundreds of poisons are invulnerable.

  Now Li Ang can indeed ignore all diseases. He was already indistinguishable from Mosi. No matter where the disease was, Mosi could directly target the pathogen and kill it precisely.

   "It would be great if this ability could be used on other people"

   Li Ang sighed softly, his eyes gradually became firmer.

   There can be no more dead people. In Jia Luo's letter, it was said that there were also cases of plague on the grassland. If it turned into a plague that swept across the land countries, it would inevitably spread back to the Yu country from other directions, and it was unknown how many more deaths and injuries would be caused.

  He sank his mind and awakened the Mosi clones scattered all over the place.

  Awakening so many distant clones at one time immediately caused a backlash from the moss in the body.

  Countless silk threads spread throughout his body, competing for control over his body.

  The pain pierced through his mind, Li Ang's body trembled slightly, and he instinctively reached out and pressed down on the table, crushing a corner of the long metal table.

   While trying his best to suppress Mosi, he firmly and slowly manipulated all the clones, analyzing and separating the soil samples.

   Friends push the book.

   "The Era of Giant Ships and Cannons", non-martial art and not mechs, pure interstellar warfare and digitalized giant ships and cannons.

  (end of this chapter)