treacherous world

"Do you still remember what I said earlier about Xing'erniang?" Gongsun finally began to answer Zhan Zhao's confusion.

"Remember." Zhan Zhao nodded.

Bai Yutang came over, "What Xingerniang?"

Gongsun picked up the fourth son and handed it to Bai Yutang, asking him to tell Bai Yutang about the matter.

Little Sizi blinked—how should I say it?So he said, "Well, there is a maid named Xing'er in Xiaoyao Island, Xing'er's mother's mother's mother's mother..."

Bai Yutang immediately looked up at the sky—Mother's mother's mother...

The fourth son blinked, "No, my mother's mother... my mother?"

Bai Yutang saw Zhan Zhao asking for help, and when the fourth son found out who the mothers were, it would probably be dark.

Zhan Zhao had no choice but to help the fourth son repeat what Gongsun said about Xing'er.

After Zhan Zhao finished speaking, Bai Yutang didn't express his surprise, but the guide was the first to be surprised, "Speaking of which, inside and outside of Black Wind City, including the entire desert, there are quite a few people with similar madness."

"Oh?" Zhan Zhao heard it for the first time, "There is such a thing?"

"That's right!" the guide stroked his beard and said, "I've met at least a dozen of them over the years, and most of these people are old. Then, there is one thing in common, that is, they are usually good, and suddenly they come across a When something happens, they start going crazy. And the most common thing for these people is to admit the wrong person, for example, dragging someone they don’t know, saying that they are killing their mother and enemy, or they are utterly irreconcilable.”

"There are more people?" Zhan Zhao asked, "Why don't we all come and ask them if they know me?"

Bai Yutang stopped his curiosity, and then asked Gongsun, "Those people also became like this because of the well you mentioned?"

Gongsun nodded and asked the guide, "Did you find that the number of people was wrong when you transported the dead bodies and burned them?"

The guide nodded vigorously, "Yes, about a dozen people are missing!"

Gongsun smiled faintly, "Master Wang probably was one of those who escaped back then. He must have been very young at the time."

"Continue to talk about Xing'er's mother." Zhan Zhao was uncomfortable being hung up.

"Do you still remember that Xing'er's grandmother married a prisoner who was assigned to the frontier?" Gongsun reminded, "And Xing'er's mother was born near the border, and was later picked up by a nun, and followed the nun all the way south. Okay, so I came to the south of the Yangtze River."

Zhan Zhao was stunned, but he reacted quickly, "According to Xing'er's mother's age, she shouldn't be one of the few people who escaped back then, right?"

Gongsun nodded, "Of course."

"But it doesn't mean she hasn't been here before." Bai Yutang asked, "Did you find that nun later?"

"That's clever enough. I just asked Zheying to find that nun and asked about Xing'er's mother's life experience and the place where she passed." Gongsun said seriously, "That nun is now working in Jing'an Temple in Songjiang Prefecture. The host is Master Jingsi."

Bai Yutang is no stranger to him. There are four monks and one nun in Songjiang Mansion. They are highly respected and do good deeds. They are loved by the local people.

"I went to visit Master Jingsi. Although she is 90 years old, she is sane." Gongsun said, "She was very impressed with Xing'er's mother because the children she picked up along the way, including Xing'er's mother There are three of them, Xing'er's mother is the youngest, still in her infancy, the other two, one is three years old and the other is five years old, they can already run and dance."

Everyone frowned and listened, such a young child would be picked up by the nun, it can be seen that the family has encountered an accident, and it is really pitiful to be displaced at such a young age.

"Master Jingsi said that this was the most regrettable thing in her life. Although she picked up three children, only one was brought back."

"Why?" Zhan Zhao was puzzled.

"Jingsi took the child to the south, from the extremely bitter place on the border, to the south of the Yangtze River, and passed through the Western Regions." Gongsun said, "Master Jingsi said that they had run out of water at that time, and she could bear it but three The children couldn't bear it, and one or two were so thirsty that their lips burst. At that time, they passed a deserted village, and the five-year-old child found an ancient well of black stone."

Zhan Zhao frowned, and looked at the deserted village not far away.This barren village is called Heishi Village, and the buildings inside are all made of black stones. Could it be that the well is also...

"When the little boy saw the well, he ran over and looked down, and found that there was water in it, so he wanted to draw water to drink."

Everyone frowned—where can I drink the well water in the barren village? What if it is poisonous?

"Master Jingsi thought the same way at the time, but." Gongsun said, "She looked into the well and found that the water in the well was clear and bright, and there was a small green tree growing in the water."

Everyone was stunned.

Zhan Zhao was curious, "Is there a tree growing in the well? Is it a water plant?"

Gongsun shrugged, "Master Jingsi thought at the time that the water should be clean, because the tree was so full of life, and the children were too thirsty, and they were still far away from the county, so She fetched water. At that time, as soon as the water came up, the two little dolls picked it up to drink. Master Jing Si saw that they drank a couple of sips and said that the water was very sweet, so he thought it should be fine, so he dipped some of it with his fingers. Feed the baby Xing'er's mother. But at this moment, the two little dolls suddenly fell down."

Everyone felt their hearts tighten.

"What about after that?" The guide, who was getting old, asked after hearing this.

Gongsun shook his head, "Master Jingsi was so frightened. She found that the two children showed no signs of poisoning, and their lips were red, their teeth were white, their skin was tender, and they felt more cute and energetic than before. But when I stretched out my hand, I found that there was no breath."

When everyone heard this, they felt sorry for the poor two children who died for no reason.

"Master Jingsi was very regretful at the time, but at this moment, Xing'er's mother in her arms cried." Gongsun said, "She also drank water. Master Jingsi originally thought that she drank water at the age of three or five. If they are all dead, then this baby will definitely die after drinking the water, but the strange thing is, Xing'er's mother is fine."

"So strange?" Zhan Zhao asked, "Later?"

"Later, Master Jing Si hurriedly buried the bodies of the two children beside the black well, and engraved the words 'well water is poisonous' on the tombstone, and took Xing'er's mother to a nearby town. She I found a doctor to check on the child, Xing'er's mother was in good health, until she grew up gradually, her body was strong and she almost never suffered from minor illnesses, but for some reason, she occasionally went crazy."

"So, the reason why the villagers died at that time was also because of those well water?" Bai Yutang asked.

Gongsun nodded.

"It doesn't make sense." The old guide was puzzled, "There are only one or two wells in the nearby villages, and everyone in the village drinks water from the same well every day. Why does the accident happen sooner or later, but on the same day, everyone dies? gone?"

"It's not that everyone died on the same day." Zhan Zhao said to himself, "It's because the well water has been poisoned since that day!"

"Is it because of that tree in the water?" Bai Yutang asked Gongsun.

Gongsun smiled faintly, "I think so too!"

"Could it be that poisonous tree seeds flew over with the wind, fell into the water, and then germinated and grew. When they grew up, they became poisonous, and then the villagers died after drinking the well water." Zhan Zhao said. Then, puzzled, "But it seems that some people didn't die!"

"Just like Xing'er's mother, she is not dead, but she is crazy!" Gongsun pointed to his head.

"The water made some people die and some people lived." Zhan Zhao didn't understand, "Why?"

While speaking, everyone had already arrived at Heishi Village, and when they entered the village, the ruins were really dilapidated.

Zhe Ying asked the soldiers to spread out to look for the well, and after a while, a soldier shouted, "Here!"

Everyone walked over and saw a black well. Beside the well, there was a solitary tombstone with four words engraved on the tombstone - well water is poisonous.

Everyone inexplicably felt that the goosebumps all over their bodies were really weird.

Walking to the well, several people looked into the well at the same time.

The water in the well has dried up, there is no cool well water and no green trees, only a dark thing. At the same time, Zhan Zhao and others smelled a familiar stench.

"Blood!" Bai Yutang frowned.

Zhan Zhao also nodded, he remembered the smell.

"It should be Yagi Sacred Fruit." Gongsun lowered his voice a little bit, "One Jiazi in 60 years, and one Jiazi reincarnates!"

Zhan Zhao was horrified, "So..."

"Do you still remember your Second Uncle Wu?"

"Remember, Uncle Xiao Shan!" Zhan Zhao nodded.

"Wu Bushan was controlled by someone back then, and Gu worms were planted in his brain, so he was not in a hurry. If he accidentally thought of it, the Gu worms would attack and he would die!" Gongsun pointed to his head, "Actually, many of us Memory is controlled here!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, remembering that Gongsun had done a lot of weird things before, he seemed to be very interested in human heads, and every time he took a pig's head or a dead person's brain, he cut it back and forth without knowing how to study it. What, before, he only thought of him as a bad joke, and every time he cut off his head, even Zhao Pu would stay away, but the fourth son was interested in studying it with him.

"I have also studied the heads of some dead people before." Gongsun said, "For those who have forgotten something, a part of their heads will shrink and become very small!"

"Really?" Zhan Zhao was surprised.

"Yes, but I haven't researched it thoroughly yet." Gongsun was puzzled, "It was because of what happened to Xing'er's mother that I became interested in human brains. At that time, I prepared some medicines for her mother to take, and while trying After about half a year of treatment, she has mastered certain rules and developed some drugs, and found that there are some toxins in her body, which are deposited in her head. It is not for people to forget, but for people to remember more, and even some , should not belong to her memory."

Bai Yutang frowned, "You mean, what Xing'er's mother remembers is her grandmother's memory, and by the same token, what Mr. Wang and Uncle Kuan remember may also be memories that don't belong to them?"

Gongsun nodded, "That's right!"

Zhan Zhao, "Is it because of Yagi Sacred Fruit? Then why some people are fine after drinking it, while others die?"

"Do you still remember that Uncle Wang misunderstood you just now, saying that the Holy Master is still alive, that there is endless reincarnation... What did you add?" Gongsun asked.

"Yagi Living Water." Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, "Old man Wang, Uncle Kuan, including Xing'er's mother... and others, their ancestors all drank Yagi Living Water, maybe they all came from the same ancestor.

"If I'm not wrong." Gongsun boldly gave a hypothesis, "Their ancestors drank Yagi living water, then the well is Yagi stagnant water, which occurs once every 60 years. If you are really a member of this clan, you will continue the memory of your ancestors!"

"But Xing'er's mother..." Zhan Zhao looked up, "She was eaten by mistake, she was not from the Western Regions..."

"So!" Bai Yutang said without waiting for Gongsun to speak, "She only has her mother's memory, which is different from other people's. Her mother may have drunk Yagi's running water, and by some coincidence..."

"Let's not talk about living water or stagnant water." Gongsun said, "Xing'er's mother has been able to sort out some memories about her grandmother's generation and her own after she woke up. And she also recognized that Xing'er didn't It’s just a bit similar to that woman back then, and she’s not alone at all, so the relationship between the mother and daughter is already very harmonious. I couldn’t find the Yagi fruit at the time, so I couldn’t prescribe the right medicine. But now we have found it, and we only need to cure the poison for Mr. Wang ..."

"He can clearly distinguish which memories are his own and which belong to his ancestors." Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows, "In other words, the person who slaughtered Uncle Kuan's village and frightened Mr. Wang is very similar to me. Maybe it wasn't what they saw with their own eyes, but... their ancestors or parents?"

"Indeed." Gongsun nodded.

Bai Yutang also laughed, "No wonder they recognize the wrong person. With the degree of confusion in their memory, it is absolutely possible to mistake the experience of their ancestors for their own."

"Sure enough, I have identified the wrong person. Others themselves can't tell the difference." Zhan Zhao said while stroking the fourth son's head.

At this time, the stone looked back into the distance, and seemed to find something.

Everyone also turned their heads, and saw Jianzi running towards Xiao Liangzheng with Xiao Liang on his back.

"Sir! Big brother Zhan, big brother Bai!" Xiao Liang got close, jumped down, and came to the crowd.

"Why are you here?" Seeing Xiao Liang running in a hurry, Zhan Zhao asked, "What happened?"

Xiao Liang lowered his voice a little, and said, "Master has caught the poisoner!"

Everyone looked at each other—oh? !