"Okay, okay, it's getting late. You have to go to work tomorrow. Go back and have a rest."

"You don't have to worry about things at school. How about I stay with you tonight? You can go back and take a good bath and sleep. You see, you have become haggard these days."

"This is inappropriate."

"Jiayi, believe me, I can do it."

"I mean, my parents are already having a hard time sleeping at night because they are not feeling well. If you add your snoring to the mix, it will make them even more uncomfortable."

"Ah, that's why." Fatty Wu nodded awkwardly, "That's true, that's right."

"Okay, I'm used to your snoring. It's hard to get used to it if I can't hear it for a while. But my parents are patients now. Go back quickly. My parents understand what you mean."

"Okay, I'll go back first. Oh, by the way, I'll try to invite the old Taoist priest tomorrow. My colleagues say he's very good. You can invite him to come and have a look. But the old Taoist priest is quite busy, so I need to see him.

His time.”

"Didn't you say that you also hired an old Chinese doctor?"

"You all have to ask. Since the hospital can't see anything good for so long, let's try a few more methods."

"Well, it's all up to you."

Watching her boyfriend walk downstairs, Zheng Jiayi turned around silently and returned to the ward first.

In the ward, his parents were still "humming". It had been a few days since they were admitted to the hospital, and the consciousness of the two old people was still sometimes awake and sometimes blurry.

She picked up the hot water bottle and went to the east end of the floor to fill up the water. When she walked back, Zheng Jiayi saw a young girl carrying a hiking bag standing at the door of her parents' ward, confirming the ward number.

"Excuse me, who are you?"

Yinmeng turned her head, looked at Zheng Jiayi, and said, "I am the person that counselor Wu invited to see the doctor."

Zheng Jiayi said in disbelief: "Are you so young?"

"My master has something to do, so he asked me to take a look first."

"But, my partner just left, shouldn't you..."

"My master only gave me the address of the ward. If you don't believe me, then I can leave now."

He said he was leaving, but his body was already turned sideways, his right leg slightly bent, and he was ready to take the other person into the ward and force him to see a doctor as quickly as possible.

"Please come in."

Zheng Jiayi opened the door and invited Yin Meng into the ward.

In addition to the smell of disinfectant, the ward was also filled with a fishy smell.

Yinmeng walked straight to the bedside and observed the condition of the two old people.

She actually doesn't know how to see a doctor.

She can prepare poison, that's her talent.

The short special training stimulated her perception of poison, but it is obviously unrealistic to expect a person to become a "famous doctor" in such a short period of time.

But she smelled it, and the two old men were indeed poisoned. The hospital said it was food poisoning, which was quite appropriate.

However, she couldn't tell which kind of poison it was.

It’s not a big problem, just try them one by one.

Yinmeng turned her left hand over, and there was a toad lying on her palm.

She had just caught this in the hospital pond. Her belly was bulging and she was very angry.

Zheng Jiayi, who was about to pour water for Yin Meng, covered her mouth and let out a exclamation.

Yin Meng muttered to the toad, then stretched out her hand, flicked it under the toad's belly, pulled out another incense stick, rubbed the tip of the incense with her fingertips, and the outer skin of the incense peeled off, and white smoke rose.

After inserting the incense stick into the toad's mouth, the toad containing the incense was placed on the bedside table by Yin Meng.

Immediately afterwards, Yin Meng took out a stack of papers of different colors from her pocket, first taking out a black one, flicking her right hand, and a blade appeared, and without hesitation, she slashed Zheng Jiayi's father's arm.

A cut appeared and blood flowed out.

Yin Meng stained the black paper with blood, then placed the paper on the incense stick, letting the incense burn a hole in the black paper stained with blood.

The toad showed no reaction.

It's not corpse poison.

Yin Meng took out another piece of purple paper, and in order to draw fresh blood, she used the blade again to make a new cut on Zheng Jiayi's father's arm.

After taking the blood, draw a gourd and use the incense to burn a hole in the paper.

Toad is still emotionally stable.

It's not poison.

The next thing Yinmeng took out was blue paper. Before opening a new wound, she glanced at Zheng Jiayi standing next to her.

Zheng Jiayi covered her mouth with her hands and opened her eyes wide. She was scared and felt incredible, but she did not scream or stop her. She even showed encouragement and gratitude to herself when she noticed her own gaze.

This is a woman who understands clearly. She doesn’t understand, but she understands that she is treating a disease.

A new incision was made, blood was collected, and the paper was placed on the tip of the incense stick. When the hole was burned, the toad screamed loudly.

It's poisonous.

After finding out what kind of poison it is, there will be a corresponding solution. The method she knows is very simple and unique, which is to fight poison with poison.

Yinmeng asked: "Can you catch toads?"

"Ah? I...I haven't caught it, but I can catch it." Zheng Jiayi said firmly.

"Forget it, let me go. You hold on to this toad. If I stay far away, it might lose control."

"Oh, okay."

Zheng Jiayi stepped forward, trying her best to put aside the strong rejection in her heart, and grabbed the toad with both hands.

Yinmeng came to the window of the ward, opened it, and jumped out.

There is a pond below, which is faster than taking the stairs.

Looking at the window where people disappeared, Zheng Jiayi felt like she was dreaming tonight.

After a while, Yin Meng climbed out of the window, holding another toad in her hand.

Next, she began to feed poison into the toad's mouth. This was a poison with a paralyzing effect. The effect was similar to "Ma Fei Powder", but it had great side effects and could easily damage a person's brain.

So she deliberately lowered the dose.

After the two toads were fed poison respectively, Yinmeng used a blade to cut a cube the size of a fingernail on the upper arm of Zheng Jiayi's father and mother, which was a piece of raw meat.

"This..." Zheng Jiayi still held back and said nothing.

She didn't think a person who could jump off the fourth floor and climb back up would be mentally ill.

"Here, help me."

Yinmeng pointed a toad's mouth at the wound of Zheng Jiayi's father.

Zheng Jiayi stepped forward, lifted the toad, and let it continue sucking the wound.

Yin Meng pointed the other toad at Zheng Jiayi's mother's wound.

"Gudu... Gudu... Gudu..."

At first, the black color continued to spread from the wound to other directions, but soon, the black color was quickly compressed back.

The bellies of the two toads are getting higher and bigger, like two angry puffer fish.

When the toad reached its endurance limit, Yinmeng threw the toad away, and a circle of fish scales appeared around the original wound.

Yinmeng stretched out her hand to grab it, pulled it out, and pushed Zheng Jiayi away at the same time, causing the toad in her hand to fall off. A circle of fish scales appeared around her father's wound, and Yinmeng also grabbed it with her other hand.

Then, Yin Meng stepped forward, like a gymnast pulling on a rowing machine.

"Crashing... crashing..."

From the wounds of Zheng Jiayi's father and mother, two fish scale lines with a length of two meters were pulled out by Yin Meng.

When she reached the end, Yin Meng got angry. Due to the limited space in the ward, she simply leaned forward, tensed her arms and flipped forward on the spot.

"Pah! Pah."

Two fish scale lines were torn off.

Zheng Jiayi's father and mother sat up from the hospital bed almost at the same time, opened their mouths, and blue mist sprayed out from their eyes, ears, mouth and nose.

Then, the two fell backwards and lay back on the hospital bed.

Their breathing became smoother, and there was no longer pain on their faces while they were sleeping, but instead showed a sense of relief at last.

Yinmeng took out a snakeskin bag from her bag, rolled up the fishing line and threw it in.

The two big-bellied toads were now deflated. Not only were they not dead, they also looked very excited.

Yin Meng put them in front of her nose and smelled them, confirming that the poison she had fed previously had been neutralized by the demon poison, and they were now harmless.

Go to the window, throw them down, and with two "plop" sounds, they return to the pond.

"Thank you for your hard work." Zheng Jiayi bowed to Yin Meng.

Yinmeng waved her hand, picked up her water glass, opened the lid, and took a sip of brown sugar water.

Zheng Jiayi asked: "Is this okay for my parents?"

Yin Meng shook her head: "Treating the symptoms but not the root cause will cure the disease for two months, but after two months the toxins will accumulate again and the disease will relapse, and it will be more difficult to remove."

If they don't come, then according to the current situation, the two old people will continue to be in this state for half a month, and their physical condition will deteriorate rapidly.

"What should we do?"

"I know they got sick after returning to their hometown to visit graves. How long have they been there?"

"They stayed in their hometown for a total of two nights."

"Live in your own old house?"

"No one has lived in the old house for a long time. If you want to live in it, you have to clean it, which is inconvenient. My parents live in my uncle's house."

"Are the food and accommodation there?"

"Well, yes."

"If you want to completely cure your parents' illness, take me back to your hometown and visit your uncle's house, okay?"

"Okay, when is it convenient for you?"

After seeing this miraculous therapeutic effect, Zheng Jiayi trusted Yinmeng very much.

"The sooner the better, I have a lot to do."

"Then early tomorrow morning, I will call my partner. He will ask for leave and come here to take care of my parents, which will have to be in the morning at the earliest. Then we will go to the train station together at noon."

"good."

"Thank you." Zheng Jiayi bowed to Yinmeng again.

Zheng Jiayi began to clean the ward quickly.

Yinmeng stood nearby, as if she suddenly thought of something, and asked: "Do you like small animals?"

"I like it. Sometimes I encounter poor stray animals on the road. I will take them home, bathe them and give them medicine. After cleaning them up, I will give them to neighbors or friends for adoption. Mainly, I already have three at home.

No more."

"Then do you usually go to the orphanage?"

"I like to volunteer, how did you know?"

"Just asking."

"Oh, by the way, what should I call you?"

"My name is Yin Meng."

"Taoist Master Yin Meng."

Yinmeng was stunned for a moment, why was he a Taoist priest? This did not match the ID card he was given when he set out.

"My master is an old Chinese medicine doctor."

"Ah?" Zheng Jiayi was very surprised, "Aren't you the Taoist priest's disciple?"

"no."

"I thought those methods just now were...it turns out that Chinese medicine is so powerful."

"What happened to the Taoist priest?"

"My partner discussed with me and wanted to ask a Taoist priest to perform rituals. I mistakenly thought that the master you were talking about was that very spiritual old Taoist priest. I'm sorry, I misunderstood you."

"fine."

Yinmeng lowered her head and took another sip of brown sugar water.

In other words, if I don't come tonight, Fatty Wu will bring an old Taoist priest over after a while. If the old Taoist priest is really capable, he should also be able to discover the clues of the evil poison, and naturally he will also want to find the root cause and solve it completely.

Then he went back to his hometown with Zheng Jiayi.

After that, something might happen, involving Fatty Wu, and then Fatty Wu would involve himself and others.

Before taking action, Brother Xiao Yuan specifically asked all of them to use this way of thinking to reason about their respective lines, and Yin Meng is doing so now.

According to common sense, from inviting the old Taoist priest to come over, to the old Taoist priest going to Min'an Town, to investigate, and when something goes wrong, and then to involving Fatty Wu, every step of this process is quite time-consuming. It would take at least more than a month to complete it.

In this way, it barely coincides with Xue Liangliang's father's birthday.

Yinmeng took out a notebook and pen from her bag and wrote down her thoughts.

This is the after-school homework left by Brother Xiaoyuan and needs to be handed in.

…

"If we are destined to break up, there is no need to pretend to stay with me. If love is eternal, how can we break up~"

What was originally a sad party for three old classmates turned into a bachelor party for four people because of Tan Wenbin's participation.

At Tan Wenbin's request, the gathering location was changed from a melancholy tavern to a noisy singing room.

Fan Shulin sat blankly on the sofa chair, watching his two old classmates and Tan Wenbin singing to their hearts' content. He didn't know it, but he thought he was the one getting divorced today.

At this time, the pager on Hu Yiwei's waist rang. He put down the phone and said, "I'll go to the front desk to make a call back."

Tan Wenbin put his arm around his shoulders: "Let's go together and order some drinks."

The two left the box and came to the front desk, where Hu Yiwei made a phone call.

After Tan Wenbin ordered a beer, he also ordered a pack of cigarettes in order to stay and listen.

He tore open the package, knocked it, pulled out two sticks, and handed one to Hu Yiwei. Hu Yiwei nodded and smiled, took it, and after biting it in his mouth, Tan Wenbin took out a lighter and lit it for him.

"Thank you, buddy..."

At this time, the call was connected, and as soon as the woman's voice on the other end came, Hu Yiwei's entire face changed.

Tan Wenbin silently lit one for himself.

After spending his rebellious and restless adolescence, he had stopped smoking long ago, but now he had to create a reasonable scene and listen to people making phone calls.

"you say."

"It's okay, I'll listen."

"Oh, I can't bear to say it now, what were you doing before?"

"Don't worry, I won't be sad. I'm singing with my friends to celebrate being single again. Let me tell you, Zeng Miaomiao, I can live a good life even without you!"

Tan Wenbin blew out a smoke ring. To be honest, he could sympathize with Hu Yiwei. The two of them went from the university campus to the wedding dress, but inexplicably, his wife told him to divorce and return to his hometown.

Suddenly, Hu Yiwei was stunned.

Then, tears flowed from his eyes and he shouted excitedly into the microphone:

"Zeng Miaomiao, you have no heart, you have no heart..."

The other end of the phone hung up, Hu Yiwei put the phone back, turned around, put his back against the tiles at the front desk, and slowly sat on the ground.

Tan Wenbin asked: "Brother Hu, what's wrong? What happened?"

"Miaomiao said that she had a blind date in her hometown and will get married next month.

Tell me, she, she, why did she do this to me, why was she so cruel!"

Tan Wenbin asked: "Did they know the marriage partner before?"

"I don't know. I just met on a blind date today."

"Do you believe what she said?"

"ah?"

"Brother Hu, think about it for yourself, isn't this nonsense?"

"You mean, they actually hooked up a long time ago, but when we divorced, I asked her about it, and she swore to me that she didn't have an affair or cheat."

"Brother Hu, what I mean is that you have to ask about this matter in person. Go to her hometown and ask the matter clearly. Maybe she has something to hide, what do you think?"

"Go to her hometown and ask her?" Hu Yiwei's eyes were full of confusion, "But I have tried to persuade her to stay, but it didn't work."

"Brother Hu, your marriage can end, but you can't be confused. You have to understand it for yourself. Ask her and the person she is going to remarry.

At least, in the future, when you are in a bad mood and want to drink, you will have something to talk about."

"Binbin...I don't dare to face her anymore. I feel so uncomfortable."

"It's okay. If you don't dare to go alone, then I will go with you!"

Encouraged by others, Hu Yiwei's eyes gradually became firm: "Okay, I'm going to ask her clearly at her wedding next month."

next month?

If I go with you next month, then maybe Brother Yuanzi and the others will have finished their work and come back.

"Brother Hu, you have to cheer up and listen to me. Let's go tomorrow!"

"tomorrow?"

"Yes, think about it, there is only one month left. You have to live in so much pain and depression every day, do you still have the energy to work and live?

It would be better to cut the mess quickly, go there earlier, ask questions earlier, talk things out earlier, and turn the page in life earlier."

Hu Yiwei nodded vigorously:

"Yes, you are right. I will go to the work unit to ask for leave tomorrow morning, and I will go find her in the afternoon. Brother, you..."

"I'll go to school to ask for leave in the morning, meet you at noon, and we'll set off together in the afternoon!"

"Good brother!" Hu Yiwei held Tan Wenbin's hand excitedly, with tears and nose running down again, "We haven't had a virginity in so many years, really!"

"A true brother, don't talk about this."

Tan Wenbin took out a roll of paper from the front desk and handed it to the true brother in front of him who had known each other for less than three hours:

"Come on, Brother Hu, wipe it."

"I'm going to the bathroom and wash my face."

After Hu Yiwei left, Tan Wenbin looked at the waiter at the front desk: "Can you give me a piece of paper and a pen? Thank you."

Tan Wenbin wrote on the paper, one month?

Obviously, Hu Yiwei has not given up on this relationship and marriage at all, so after learning that his ex-wife Lightspeed is remarrying, he will definitely go to the scene to find out clearly.

If he hadn't appeared, given Hu Yiwei's character, he would probably have waited until the wedding day.

In other words, I have advanced the process by one month.

Then, something happened to Hu Yiwei?

Later, Fan Shulin contacted him and asked for help?

It doesn’t have to be you. Runsheng and Ayou, who go to the hospital for surgeries every once in a while, can’t be contacted as well?

"Oh, my brother Xiao Yuan is indeed the one who uses this kind of thinking to push the situation. It feels like he has already taken a big advantage."

…

At noon, Yin Meng and Zheng Jiayi got on the train to Huangshan, while Tan Wenbin got into the car borrowed by Hu Yiwei.

At the same time, Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng had arrived under a gate archway with the words: Min'an Town.

The town is full of Huizhou architectural style, with stone bridges over lakes, pavilions and corridors, and is surrounded by green hills and farmland. There are views at every step and interest everywhere.

This is really a good place for sketching.

Xue Liangliang said that his hometown is beautiful, and it is true.

In fact, when Li Zhuiyuan learned about the place name "Huangshan Min'an Town" from Fatty Wu's office, he thought of Xue Liangliang.

The last time he and Luo Gong had a meeting together, Luo Gong managed to squeeze out half a day to go home and take a look. As a result, he encountered the problem of Jingjing being possessed. After solving the problem, the two of them drove to Huangshan in a hurry to attend the meeting.

Meeting.

I remember that Xue Liangliang said at the time that it was close to home, so I could go back to my hometown for a visit after the meeting.

After asking over the phone that Xue Liangliang's hometown was indeed "Min'an Town", Li Zhuiyuan did not ask further details, and later did not page Xue Liangliang to ask for the specific address of his home.

He knew that Brother Liangliang was very smart, and he might have been suspicious at that time. If he asked one more time, he might immediately realize that something happened in his hometown.

Brother Liangliang is a very sober person. He will not choose to forcefully come back at this time to cause trouble for him. Then he does not need to worry about him from so far away, and the matter will be taken care of by himself.

The town has only one main street, with some small shops on the street. The rest of the houses are in the alleys on both sides of the main street, and they live in separate households.

Li Zhuiyuan found the canteen, bought two bottles of drinks here, and then asked the canteen's aunt Xue Liangliang where her home was.

These days, college students are very valuable. After reporting their university and their names, the aunt enthusiastically led Li Zhuiyuan and the two of them into an alley and to the door of a house.

The door of the house was wide open, and the aunt shouted in dialect, which meant that your Liangliang friend was visiting the house.

Xue Liangliang's parents came out. The vicissitudes of time could be seen on their faces, but their bodies were still strong. When Li Zhuiyuan finished introducing himself, the two elders said in unison:

"You are Xiaoyuan."

Obviously, Xue Liangliang mentioned himself to his family more than once.

The slight estrangement and politeness that might have existed disappeared at this moment. Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng were warmly welcomed into the house, and the two elders began to cook.

It's an old house, probably just renovated in the past two years.

There is nothing special about the furnishings in the house, which is similar to ordinary people's homes, but from some details, it can be seen that although they live very simply, they are not embarrassed at all.

Xue Liangliang is not that obsessed with money, but it is based on meeting basic living needs. He will definitely send money to his parents every month, but his parents still live a familiar lifestyle, which makes them feel comfortable.

The food is very rich, especially the smelly mandarin fish dish, which is very tasty.

After the meal, the four of them sat in the courtyard and chatted.

Li Zhuiyuan was not in a hurry to search everywhere for information. Everyone had a line they were responsible for, and the most important thing was to dig out their own line as much as possible first.

Next month will be Xue Liangliang's father's fiftieth birthday, and he plans to hold a grand party. When talking about this matter, the two elders were very happy.

At dusk, Xue Liangliang's father took Li Zhuiyuan to the promenade in the town, which is close to the river. At this time every day, people gather here to play chess and drink tea, and occasionally people talk about storytelling.

Li Zhuiyuan felt as if he was traveling.

During dinner, Li Zhuiyuan talked about birthday celebrations again and asked about some local customs.

When they went to bed at night, Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng stayed in the same room where Xue Liangliang was at home.

The soundproofing of the old house, which is mainly made of wood, is not very good, and Li Zhuiyuan's hearing is particularly keen. He heard the conversation between the two elders on the bed in the next room "clearly."

They talked about themselves, mainly praising their children for being good-looking and smart, and that was all.

Then they focused on the topic of when Xue Liangliang can get married and when he can have a grandchild. This should be the focus of the old couple's daily night conversations.

Just as this old topic was coming to an end, Xue Liangliang's mother suddenly said:

"I don't know when the expedition team will come back. They are all young children. How can they be so brave and dare to go to that village?"

Xue Liangliang’s father seemed to dislike this topic and said:

"Stop talking about this and go to sleep."

Li Zhuiyuan opened his eyes: Expedition team?

"Brother Runsheng, shall we go for a walk?"

Li Zhuiyuan knew that Runsheng was not asleep because he did not snore.

"good."

The two of them left the house deliberately and quietly, went to the alley, and then walked from the alley to the main street.

At this time, all the shops on the street were closed, and there were no pedestrians. As they walked, they came to the archway where they entered the town.

"It stands to reason that if everything goes well for both of them, they should be here by now. Brother Runsheng, what time is it now?"

Runsheng picked up his watch, took a look at it, and said, "11:48."

"Wait a little longer and go back to bed at midnight."

…

Tan Wenbin sat in the car and asked: "Here we are, Brother Hu, look at the archway in front, Min'an Town."

Hu Yiwei also breathed a long sigh of relief: "It's finally here, my waist."

Tan Wenbin looked at the time in the car: "We've been driving for so long, it's already 11:49 now."

"If it hadn't been for a puncture on the way, we could have arrived earlier."

"Then where should we stay for the night? Find a private residence to stay?"

"No, I want to go directly to her house."

Tan Wenbin nodded and said nothing.

The car continued to drive forward, passing through the deserted archway.

…

Yin Meng and Zheng Jiayi were sitting on a bullock cart, driven by an old man. The cart was pulling fertilizers and pesticides, and they were sitting on these things.

The old man said: "Girls, please don't rush so late next time. It's not safe."

"I understand, sir." Zheng Jiayi agreed with a smile.

"Okay, we're here. Your home is in Qianxiang, I guess. I live at the end of the town, so I'll leave you here."

Zheng Jiayi took out her wallet and prepared to give money.

"What kind of money should I give? Although we don't have the same surname, but really speaking, I am also your grandfather, so I have to be told what to give." After the old man finished speaking, he continued driving the bullock cart.

Yin Meng looked up at the Shangmen Archway: Min'an Town.

Zheng Jiayi said: "Let's go, I will take you to my uncle's house."

"Your uncle and the others should be sleeping, right?"

"Then people in the countryside must go to bed early. Let me see, it's... ah, it's already 11:50."

…

Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng waited under the gate arch until midnight, but no one was there.

"Let's go back to sleep."

"good."
Chapter completed!