Collection of strange powers and chaotic gods

It is said that in the [-]th year of Qianlong's reign during the Qing Dynasty, a very strange thing happened in the capital.

People living in the capital, who have newborns, often suffer from convulsions and die early before they reach their first birthday.

The strange thing is that whenever these children are sick, there will always be a black living creature, like an owl (a bird of prey with night flight mode. Also called a little owl), circling and flying in the light.

This thing also likes to fly around the heads of children. The faster it flew, the faster the child's breathing became, and the more violent his limbs twitched.

Wait until the child dies before the black thing flies away.

People in the capital didn't know why, but they were suddenly panicked!

Soon after, another family's newborn suffered from convulsions.

It is said that there is a royal guard named E in the capital. He is bold, strong in martial arts, brave and good at fighting, and is not afraid of ghosts and gods.

Ever since E heard that newborns suffering from convulsions would attract black birds, he felt very strange and very angry. He had been waiting for the opportunity to kill the black thing.

After E knew that a newborn in a certain family was suffering from convulsions, he went to that family's house and waited with his bow and arrows.

Sure enough, not long after, I saw the black thing flying over.

E immediately drew his bow and nocked an arrow, aimed an arrow and shot it, hitting the black thing in the middle.

The thing was hit by an arrow, but it didn't fall immediately. Instead, it struggled and flew away with its wounds. The thing could only be heard whining in pain as it flew, and the blood from the wound spattered all over the ground along the road.

E followed the blood stains on the ground.

He jumped over two high walls and followed the bloodstains to the house of Li Dashima (equivalent to the current Minister of Defense). When he chased him to the kitchen of Li's house, the bloodstains on the ground disappeared.

E knew that the black bird must have hidden in the Li family's kitchen.

When people from the Li family saw E, he suddenly jumped over the wall with a bow and arrow, and stood at the door of the kitchen with a murderous look on his face. The whole family was surprised, and they all came to ask what happened.

E is related to the Sima family of Li Da. Seeing that Da Sima was alarmed, he stepped forward and told him the whole story.

Li Dashima also saw the blood on the ground and ordered people to search the kitchen.

After everyone searched, they found an old woman with green eyes in the room next to the kitchen. There was an arrow stuck in her waist. The wound was dripping with blood. She looked like a macaque.

E stepped forward and saw that the arrow on the old woman's waist was shot by himself. He couldn't help but feel strange. He obviously shot the black bird, but why did the arrow stick in the old woman?

Li Dashima told Mr. E that this was the Miao girl he brought back to the capital when he was an official in Yunnan. She was so old that he couldn't even remember how old she was.

E also told Li Dashima about his doubts.

Li Dashima suspected that she was a monster, so he ordered people to torture and interrogate her.

The old woman couldn't resist the torture, so she confessed: "I learned witchcraft in Yunnan and knew the magic spells. As long as I finished reciting them, I could transform into a strange bird and fly out after the second watch. Eat the brains of newborn babies. There are already hundreds of children in Beijing whose brains have been eaten by me."

Li Da Sima was furious when he heard this and ordered her to be tied up, a pile of firewood was set up, and she was burned to death.

Since then, the capital has calmed down.

Those neonatal convulsions never happened again!