Peach

Five miles outside the city, Xunfang Village.

The sky was bright, but the village was silent. There was no sound of chickens crowing or dogs barking, and the doors of every house were tightly closed.In the field, there were several corpses with twisted limbs, surrounded by firewood, which seemed to be ready to be burned.

"Ah—" A scream came from a certain family, and then, the gate of the woven thorny courtyard was suddenly opened, and a woman covered in blood rushed out of the house, screaming and stumbling out.Behind her, a man with red eyes followed closely, chasing and biting her.

"Help me quickly, ahhh!" The woman ran over immediately when she saw the jade pot standing on the ridge of the village.

The jade pot reached out to pull it, but was pulled by Chen Ziqi, and the woman fell to the ground.Then, he kicked the man who was chasing him, kicking him far away, and fell to the field, unable to move.

The woman stood up, turned her head to look for the man just now, and when she saw the man lying on the ground without moving, she rushed over immediately, "Son of a dog!"

Chen Ziqi's internal energy is so strong now, even if he only used [-]% of his strength, he still kicked that ordinary farmer until he vomited blood.The woman immediately complained, and glared at Chen Ziqi, "Why did you hit such a heavy hand?" Then remembering that these two are from the Jianghu, she didn't dare to say any more, just hugged the man and cried, "I'm What evil did you do, why did you go crazy after returning to your mother's house for a few days?"

"Aww!" The man regained his strength, and suddenly rushed towards the woman, biting her neck.

"Ahhh, help!" The woman started yelling crazily again. Someone in the village poked his head out to look, and when they saw this scene, they quickly shrank back and dared not come out.

It was as if a group of mad dogs had started, and screams were heard one after another in the village. After a while, many people ran out of the house.

"Chirp?" Dan Yi stretched out her hairy head to look out, narrowed her eyes slightly, then quickly pecked Chen Ziqi's chest, and shouted anxiously, "Chirp, Chirp, Chirp!"

Chen Ziqi seemed to feel something, the tips of his ears moved slightly, he took a step back holding his breath, turned around, pulled the jade pot and ran away.

"Roar—" those lunatics ran out, biting anyone they saw, making wild beast-like roars from their throats, and then, as if they had agreed, they rushed towards the field ridge in groups.

These are ordinary peasants, and there is no threat at all on weekdays. Chen Ziqi can defeat a hundred with one.However, these people are crazy now. They are obviously infected with saltworms. Once they are bitten, they will be very troublesome. It is better to run away quickly.

With luck, the two quickly fled the village.The lunatics did not follow, and more screams resounded through the sky.Yuhu couldn't help but look back, his eyes were bloodshot, it was horrible.

"How could it be that you have reached such a situation?" The jade pot leaned against the base of the city wall, panting heavily.There were indeed many crazy people in this village before. She helped the village chief to control and tie up those people. Why did they lose control after a few days of not seeing each other?

"You borrowed money just to save the people in that village?" Chen Ziqi took out the little red bird and smoothed its fur, stroking the fluffy little chest, worried that the running just now hurt him.

"Well," Yuhu pursed her lips, "Brother Chang, look at them, have they been hit by that... salty bug?"

"Nine out of ten." Seeing that the little red bird was fine, Chen Ziqi stroked the gorgeous tail feathers.The beautiful tail feathers are radiant and colorful, the longest one is only half a foot, the feather branches are distinct, covered with small and neat fluff, it feels very good to the touch.

"Guzhi..." Dan Yi seemed to be tickled, and wanted to escape, but restrained herself.Your partner likes his tail feathers, which is something to be proud of, so let him touch it again.

Yuhu originally borrowed money to buy some medicine to help some girls in that village.

The people in Xunfang Village began to get sick one year ago and became weaker and weaker. In recent months, some people started to go crazy.Every family raised money, invited doctors to see the doctor, and bought some medicinal materials.But the medicinal materials are limited, not enough for everyone to eat, so they are only given to the middle-aged men and boys in the village, women are not qualified to eat.

Taking those medicines can indeed relieve some symptoms. The women have no choice but to suffer.A girl said that she saw maggots in her flesh, and she was frightened, and begged Yuhu to kill her, but Yuhu couldn't see it, so she came up with the idea of ​​buying medicine.

"Give them medicine, it's better to eat salt," Chen Ziqi felt satisfied, put the little red bird on his shoulder, let it play for a while, looked up at the fertile fields and sparse villages outside the city, slightly Frowning, "I have to tell the government quickly about this."

I thought that salty bugs were only spread among people in the rivers and lakes, but it was easy to handle, but now that the common people are also infected, the trouble is big.

The grievance drum in front of the yamen sounded "dong dong dong", and the yamen servant lazily opened the door, yawning and cursing: "Which one doesn't have eyes to beat the drum?"

"In Xunfang Village, five miles west of the city, the whole village has gone crazy and is running out, so hurry up and take care of it." Yuhu said anxiously to the yamen servant.

"Is the whole village crazy?" The yamen servant picked his ear, "Woman, are you awake?" Originally, he didn't want to pay attention to the jade pot, but he didn't dare to offend her when he saw that she was wearing the Taoist robe that people in the Jianghu used to wear. Just complained in a low voice.

"That's because you didn't see it..." Before Yuhu could finish speaking, there was a sudden scream from the other side of the street.

"Crazy biting, come and help!" Someone yelled loudly, ran to a shop, picked up a long-handled broom and rushed over.

However, there were more than one lunatic who rushed forward, and those lunatics were not afraid of pain, and their movements were not affected at all by the beating, and they continued to bite crazily.The yamen servant panicked and hurried in to report.

There are no fast arresters in this yamen, only a few yamen servants with sharp mouths and monkey cheeks.The official ran out with his clothes on to have a look, and said loudly to a yamen servant: "Quick, go to the sect to report!"

Chen Ziqi stood at the corner of the street, carrying a bag of coarse salt, watching the government servants confront the lunatic without any rules, "Why do I feel that wherever we go, the salt bugs will break out?"

"Chirp!" Because the divine bird Phoenix was here, they were afraid, and the little red bird puffed out its small chest.

Chen Ziqi tilted his head, blowing the two majestic hairs on the bird's head to one side.

The people from Jiyang Sect came very quickly. There were only three lunatics on the street, and they were subdued within a few strokes.

"Strangle on the spot!" The leading Jiyang Sect disciple ordered, and a man with a big knife raised his knife and chopped it down.

"Stop!" A silver chain fell from the sky, tightly wrapped around the big knife, Yu Hu grabbed one end of the silver chain with one hand, frowned and said, "They were just hit by Gu insects, they can still be saved, don't kill them!"

"Gu worms?" Several disciples of Jiyang Sect looked at the jade pot together, and some of them were armed, and pulled them out with a swipe, their faces full of vigilance, "How do you know?"

After the accident, all major sects received news about Gu worms, but the news was strictly controlled, and ordinary people and samurai were not clear about it.

"I..." Yuhu was taken aback for a moment, realizing that he seemed to have said something that he shouldn't have said, and it would be bad if Chen Ziqi got hurt.The man with the big knife swung the chain and raised the knife to attack the jade pot.

"Ding!" With a crisp sound, the broadsword touched a dagger, and the person holding the dagger was a young knight-errant.

"Everyone is from the same clan, don't hurt your peace," Chen Ziqi's sudden burst of internal strength broke the big knife with a click, put the jade pot behind him, and saluted with a few people with a smile, "Chang Daye of the Xia Liuhe Sect, this is My junior sister, Sai Tianxian, is a disciple of Daoist Hexu."

Real person Hexu was the unlucky uncle who was killed by Chen Ziqi in the forest before. Luo Zheng didn't introduce several uncles and uncles well at that time, so he focused on bragging about this uncle, so Chen Ziqi remembered such a person .

Hearing that they are the inner disciples of the Liuhe Sect, and their seniority is quite high, all the outer disciples of the Jiyang Sect immediately respected them, "It turns out that they are Senior Brother Daye, I have admired them for a long time."

"Don't dare to do it. The two of us came from the Eight Wastelands. We were going to Suxinzong on business. When we passed by here, we saw a village outside the city fell, so we wanted to help," Chen Ziqi handed over a bag of coarse salt in his hand. To the leader, "This is a medicinal powder against Gu worms, pour water and drink it for those people, it can relieve symptoms."

Knowing that the two had just returned from the Eight Wastelands, several disciples of the Ji Yang Sect were convinced, and immediately went to the shop next to the street to ask for a ladle of water and salt to feed the lunatics, "Is there any medicine powder that can restrain it?"

"It's just to relieve them temporarily and prevent them from going crazy," Chen Ziqi said with a look of concern for the country and the people, "I still need to trouble a few of you, and go to Xunfang Village, five miles west of the city."

"Senior Brother Chang, you're being polite." The leader repeatedly agreed.

"Although you and I are of the same clan, we don't belong to the same sect. It doesn't matter how senior you are, just call me Daye." Chen Ziqi said with a smile.

Everyone called Daye in good faith, but the local accent was heavier, and "Chang Daye" sounded like "Uncle Chang".A group of people walked out of the city in a mighty way, shouting "Daye Daye" happily, as if they entered the brothel Chu Pavilion, a group of not-so-good-looking young men surrounded the golden lord, Chen Ziqi, and kept fawning on them.

The corners of Yuhu's mouth twitched, she was sure that Chen Ziqi did it on purpose.

When they arrived outside the city, Chen Ziqi let the people from Jiyang Sect take the lead, while he himself watched from a distance.

These disciples seem to have often dealt with this kind of thing recently, and they are very skillful in their moves. With a wide net, more than a dozen people cooperate tacitly, and catch one by one.Originally, the Fa-rectification was done on the spot, but the disciples of the Liuhe Sect were not allowed to be killed, so they were beaten unconscious.Many lunatics from Xunfang Village ran into the city, but the situation in the village was not that serious. People from the Jiyang Sect quickly cleaned them up, tied them together, and gathered them in the open area at the head of the village for drying wheat.

"Give them potion." The Jiyang Sect ordered the villagers to bring a bucket of water and pour a packet of coarse salt into it.

As soon as the bluish-white salt was put into the bucket, something invisible inside the bucket began to wriggle crazily, and the water surface kept rippling, which was very strange to watch.

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

Bird Gong: Wow, Worm Smash!

Qi Qi: Don't eat it!

Bird Gong: I am a bird, you cannot deprive me of the right to eat insects

Relative: That’s right, then as long as you don’t kiss me after eating the worms, you’re fine. Bird Gong: I’m a noble phoenix, so I don’t know how to eat worms!

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