Chapter 1707

"In fact, do they bless you?" Yehaoxuan asked again.

"No......"

"That's it. All kinds of signs show that they don't exist in this world. You believe in something that doesn't exist all day long. If you are sick, don't go to see a doctor, become a widow, and can't get married, will there be people in your village in the long run? Will there be?" Yehaoxuan said in a deep voice.

"Doctor Ye is right." The clan leader seemed to have made up his mind: "tomorrow, all the people will go to the clan meeting. I think some things in our village will change. Now, we should deal with their affairs immediately. Don't bury them for the time being, carry them back to the village's mourning hall, and then hold a grand funeral ceremony for them."

Seeing that the clan leader had made up his mind this time, the villagers had to nod their heads. They lifted the two bodies and left the bamboo forest.

"Doctor ye, today you made me up my mind." After they left, the patriarch and yehaoxuan sighed as they walked back.

"Hehe, I can see that the patriarch is a man of foresight." Yehaoxuan smiled and said, "you can see from the fact that you can go to the government for medical treatment that you don't like the customs in the village."

"Yes, because I was influenced by my father. When he was young, he was the only one who went out from the stockade to see the outside world. When he came back, he told me about the outside world, which also changed my mind." The patriarch nodded and said, "the traditions in the village are not all good. Dead spouses can't get married, and girls can't read..."

"Even if someone here is ill, he won't go to see a doctor. No one can believe except nine younger sister. But nine younger sister's ability is limited. She can recover from some common ailments. If she is seriously ill, she can only wait to die if she doesn't go to the hospital." The patriarch sighed: "in the past 20 years since I became patriarch, at least a dozen children have died because they didn't go to see a doctor."

"I've always wanted to change something, but I can't change anything by myself. There are some things I really can't do. Because I'm afraid, I'm afraid their reaction is too excited. They say I don't abide by what my ancestors left behind." The patriarch said, "thank you. You made me make up my mind."

"In fact, your place really needs to learn to keep pace with the times." Yehaoxuan sighed: "sometimes, tradition is not necessarily a good thing. Just like your husband who died here has to be a widow all his life, this is a bad habit."

"Yes, it's all bad habits." The patriarch said with deep sympathy: "this place is still too closed. Except me, no one else has gone out of the mountains and not touched the society. How can they understand how many places in this society are worth studying and deliberating?"

"Hehe, it will be fine after tomorrow." Yehaoxuan smiled and said, "in fact, a road can be built in the village."

"I have been applying to the government, but there is no result yet. I think it is fast." The patriarch smiled, and his expression gradually became serious: "Dr. ye, the cause of these two people's death, I hope you can truthfully tell me how they died."

"Die of insects." Yehaoxuan said, "I think nine younger sisters know this better than I do."

"Patriarch." Nine younger sister hesitated for a moment and said, "this is mother-in-law Xu's God devouring poison. It's highly toxic. If you touch it a little, people will die completely."

"You mean, this is the hand of Gu Po?" The patriarch looked serious.

"I... I don't know." Nine younger sister shook her head: "but I believe that grandma Xu is definitely not the kind of person who kills innocent people indiscriminately."

"Son, you are still too young." The clan leader shook his head and said, "you don't know what kind of existence the previous Gu women are. They have no humanity at all. As long as they touch their scales, they will kill you without hesitation."

"However, I have had the most contact with her. I really don't think she is that kind of person." Nine younger sisters still don't believe it.

"You have more contact with her because you are more in line with her taste. She likes you and naturally treats you well. But you should know that people in this world are fickle." Yehaoxuan said, "now take me to her house and you will know what happened."

"OK, I'll take you." Nine younger sister nodded.

The westernmost part of the village is actually a place far away from the village. There is a lonely little house.

This little house is not like the same style in the village. It is made of straw. Except for a small yard built with a fence, this place is empty.

In the dark, the small independent house looked a little monotonous.

"Grandma Xu, are you there?" It was dark in the yard. Nine younger sister shouted several times, but no one answered. She had to open the simple bamboo door and went in with yehaoxuan and the clan leader.

There was nothing in the yard, not even a tree.

Yehaoxuan, who was walking forward, suddenly stopped and stopped nine younger sisters and the clan leader.

"What's the matter?" Nine younger sister asked in surprise.

"Gu." Yehaoxuan pointed to the ground.

Nine younger sister looked down to the ground, and she was startled. She saw that there were a group of golden beetles on the ground. Their wings were golden and shining in the night.

"Carnivorous insects." Yehaoxuan took out the porcelain bottle again. He quietly put the powdered wine in his hands on the ground. He saw that the insects that had been crawling forward had already retreated one by one. These things have wisdom. They know that the things in yehaoxuan's hands are fatal to them.

"Grandma Xu, it's me. I'm nine younger sisters. Did you sleep?" Nine younger sister shouted at the house several times.

This time, there was a movement in the room. A moment later, the small wooden door rang with a creak. An old lady with an old dragon clock walked out of the room with a crutch. Her steps were very staggering. Each step seemed to exert all her strength. She walked to a place a few meters away from several people and stood still. Then she raised her head and squinted at the uninvited guests in front of her.

According to Gu Po, all the people who intruded into her house were uninvited guests, including her favorite nine younger sisters and the village head who was highly respected.

Yehaoxuan looks at the Gu Po. To tell the truth, he can't see how old the Gu Po is. Yehaoxuan is sure that she is no less than 100 years old.

Although the local environment is poor and the medical treatment can not keep up, the whole stockade remains primitive and backward. Many people will die prematurely because of natural and man-made disasters, but it has to be admitted that people who have undergone the rite of passage will generally live longer.

Because the environment of this place is not comparable to that of other places in China. The fresh air in the mountains and the unpolluted environment make the people here live a long life.

In the moonlight, I could see the silver hair of Gu Po.

"Grandma Xu, the big ox and spring flower in the village are dead." After a moment of silence, nine younger sister said, "they both died of poison."

"Oh..."

Gu Po's expression was numb. From beginning to end, she only spit out this word.

"Grandma Xu... Yes, did you kill them?" Nine younger sister hesitated and asked again.

"Yes..." the Gu woman uttered another word.

"Why?" Nine younger sister said with some sadness and indignation, "although there are previous traditions in the village, they still have one chance."

Gu Po was silent. Her small eyes were full of strange brilliance. She stared at yehaoxuan and remained silent for a long time.

"Mother in law, this is a foreign doctor, traditional Chinese medicine. He cured the villagers." Nine younger sister quickly introduced yehaoxuan, because Gu Po didn't like strangers coming to her family, and she was even more reluctant to deal with strangers.

"You are not Gu Po." Yehaoxuan suddenly smiled.

"Why?" Gu Po was still bent, but her eyes to yehaoxuan became sharper and sharper.

"No reason, I just rely on my own feelings. I feel that you are not the Gu woman here." Yehaoxuan said positively.

"Ha ha." Gu Po smiled. She had few teeth in her old age: "people's feelings may not be so accurate sometimes. The villagers think I am Gu Po, so I am Gu Po."

"You... Who are you?" The clan leader and nine younger sisters were also surprised. He also realized that the old lady in front of him was not a Gu woman at all.

Because Gu Po is always silent, and her syllables are very monotonous. Generally, she doesn't speak more than five words. But her words today are indeed a little too much.

"You step back." Yehaoxuan frowned. He felt he wanted to talk to the old lady.

The clan leader and nine younger sisters also felt that there was something wrong with the Gu woman. After the clan leader retreated, he turned around and said, "nine younger sisters, go and call someone."

"OK..." nine younger sister nodded. She turned and left quickly.

"These days, I have been hiding in this old woman, learning her living habits and studying her daily life. It's really strange." Gu Po's voice suddenly became low. It was not the old lady's voice at all, but a man's voice.

Moreover, the voice is slightly stiff, and his pronunciation is slightly nonstandard. If you often deal with foreigners, you can immediately recognize that the voice of Gu Po is actually the voice that has just learned Chinese.

Sure enough, Gu Po's bent body slowly began to straighten up, and her body slowly became tall. A moment later, his face and voice completely became a foreigner.

"You... Who are you and who are you?" The clan leader was stunned to see that the Gu woman had changed into a tall foreigner. He could not accept the visual conflict for a while.