While cooking the medicinal food, Qu Zhenzhen felt very uncomfortable. She suddenly felt like she had walked into a wolf's den surrounded by wolves.
here,
There was an unfathomable Taoist priest.
In a room on the second floor diagonally opposite where I was,
There's also a zombie taking a bath!
No matter how hard she forced herself to calm down, Qu Zhenzhen could not stay calm, which almost caused her to make the mistake of giving the medicine at the wrong time.
Finally, the last step of preparing the medicinal food was completed and it was cooked.
She let out a long sigh, turned off the fire, and then ran downstairs as if escaping.
The old Taoist priest was still mixing cocktails downstairs. When he saw the girl running down, he immediately shouted:
"Is it ready?"
"alright."
Qu Zhenzhen responded while quickly walking towards the door of the bookstore.
The bookstore is as deep as the sea.
She wants to go home.
Looking for brother!
"Why!"
The Taoist priest called her from behind.
But the girl was determined to leave and could not be stopped no matter how hard she tried.
The old Taoist shook his head and sighed, then he took the cocktail that he had originally intended to prepare for the girl and took a sip. Then he chuckled and ran to the kitchen upstairs to drink it secretly.
The counter location of the Internet cafe.
Qu Mingming was sitting there drinking tea. His family had just called him and asked him to go back. He just answered perfunctorily. He was really annoyed with his family.
There are a large group of relatives in the family, but in this generation, only a few have truly mastered the true art of the Qu family.
After all, times are changing, and the market share and demand for traditional Chinese medicine are shrinking. Ordinary people are still accustomed to going to the hospital for injections and medication when they are sick.
However, in terms of health care, the market for traditional Chinese medicine has been increasingly prosperous since recent years.
Therefore, the group of people in the family, both the same generation and many older generations, basically went into the health products industry under the name of Qu family traditional Chinese medicine.
Taking advantage of the Chinese people's mysterious superstition about traditional Chinese medicine, it is natural to make huge profits.
Two years ago, when the family elders gathered together, they were still joking about the martial arts industry that was hit by a storm of counterfeiting. Who would have thought that things would change so quickly and this year the Chinese herbal supplement industry also experienced a storm, and the market began to become turbulent. People in the family wanted to invite him back to help calm the situation, but he didn't want to go back.
When I think of the insoles that my family made that can cure all diseases,
Nourishing and nourishing sanitary napkins,
Qu Mingming felt very disgusted. He would rather run an Internet cafe here and study his bugs at night than go home.
"elder brother!"
His sister's voice interrupted Qu Mingming's thoughts.
"What's wrong? Has the medicinal food been delivered?"
"Sent it to them, they..."
Qu Zhenzhen pointed in the direction of the bookstore.
"It's so scary there. They actually keep a zombie there."
"Zombies?"
Qu Mingming didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Is it true?"
"It's true, in the tub.
The zombies are taking a bath!"
Qu Zhenzhen said seriously,
It's written on his face that "If you don't believe me, I'll bite you!"
"Um... Wait, let me sort this out."
Qu Mingming was really at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He took out a silver needle, stabbed it into his sister's fingertips, and then began to rotate it gently.
Qu Mingming's excited emotions began to slowly calm down, and he entered a peaceful state.
"Thank you, brother."
"Oh, it's okay. Come, let's sort it out. You said there was a zombie in their store, and that zombie was taking a shower?"
"Yes, the bugs in my body sensed it. It couldn't be wrong. When I got close to that person, the bugs in my body started to get scared. They usually get excited when they see a living person, but this time they were scared!"
"I think there might be some misunderstanding here."
Qu Mingming still didn't quite believe it.
He comes from a medical family with a long tradition. Of course, it's not the kind of ancient family that's common in fantasy novels. In fact, when it comes down to it, it's a family of doctors passed down from generation to generation. But Qu Mingming is a special case. Although medicine and Gu worms are inseparable, Chinese medicine rarely deals with them, so now people's perception of Gu worms can only be associated with Miaojiang.
He is a special case and he likes to study this.
So, he is actually still an ordinary person, who has never seen ghosts or gods, and does not know hell. Oh, I forgot, he joined the party when he was in college. Logically speaking, he is a staunch atheist.
"Hello."
Someone shouted from behind.
Qu Mingming turned around and looked behind her. When she saw Zhou Ze and the girl, she was so scared that she almost jumped up and immediately hid behind her brother.
The last time Zhou Ze came, Qu Zhenzhen dared to be angry with him and didn't look at him well, but this time, having just experienced a half-day tour of the bookstore, she really didn't dare to treat Zhou Ze like that again.
You know,
That unfathomable and terrifying old Taoist priest,
They are all just subordinates of this young man!
"Come on, the Dragon Boat Festival is coming, we can just go to the market and buy some rice dumplings."
As he spoke, Zhou Ze asked Bai Yingying to take the rice dumplings to the counter.
"Thanks."
Qu Mingming responded.
“You’re welcome.”
Having said that, Zhou Ze prepared to go back with Bai Yingying. This exchange of gifts was just a token of appreciation for the medicinal meal she had treated him to last time. Zhou Ze hadn't returned to the bookstore yet, and didn't know that she had sent him another serving of medicinal meal today.
The old Taoist was so busy stealing food that he didn't even call Zhou Ze to report it.
“Did you buy this?”
Qu Mingming pointed at the two big bags in Bai Yingying's hands, and he clearly smelled the scent of Chinese medicine.
"Oh, a friend of mine is sick, so I bought some medicine and went home to take him back for treatment." Zhou Ze replied.
"What's the disease?" Qu Mingming asked and then smiled, saying, "You know it too. Since Chinese medicine is used and I'm a Chinese medicine practitioner, why don't you let me take a look?"
Zhou Ze pursed his lips and said, "I'm afraid this disease is not easy to cure."
"But it's okay."
"He's been poisoned."
"What kind of poison?"
"Corpse poison."
Upon hearing this, Qu Mingming turned his head and glanced at his sister behind him. He thought his sister must have seen it wrong.
Since the other party is in the tomb-robbing business, it is normal for him to be infected with corpse poison after entering the tomb. Besides, there is no real zombie taking a bath. It should be that the person who was infected with corpse poison was using the bathtub to detoxify.
"You can try it." Qu Mingming said confidently.
"Okay, I'll trouble you then."
As soon as Zhou Ze opened the door and walked into the bookstore, he saw the old Taoist priest running out in a hurry, shouting to Zhou Ze as if he had seen a savior;
"Boss, you're finally back. I'm going out to get a package!"
Saying,
Without waiting for Zhou Ze to answer,
The Taoist priest ran out of the bookstore directly.
But the running posture is a bit uncoordinated, as if there is a third leg sandwiched between the two legs.
"Haha, the atmosphere in our store has always been quite easy-going." Zhou Ze explained.
Qu Mingming smiled without saying anything. When the old Taoist passed by him, he smelled the scent of medicinal food. He thought that this clerk must have secretly drunk the medicinal food he cooked, and the effect was remarkable.
But he remembered the last time he gave Zhou Ze the same medicinal diet,
Zhou Ze finished drinking it calmly.
Left very peacefully.
No reaction at all.
Qu Mingming once thought that his medicinal food was not effective enough.
Now compare it.
It turns out that Zhou Ze seems to be a little... terminally ill.
"please."
Zhou Ze invited Qu Mingming and his sister to go upstairs. Qu Zhenzhen was very scared, but she still followed her brother because she was worried that something might happen to her brother here.
Pushing open Xu Qinglang's door, Xu Qinglang, who was originally sleeping, opened his eyes and saw a stranger coming. He complained with some dissatisfaction:
"You're treating me like a tourist attraction and inviting people to come and watch me?"
"Okay, I'll split the ticket money with you. Although there are fewer men who are prettier than women, they do exist. But zombies who are prettier than women are really rare."
Qu Zhenzhen walked to the tub, observed Xu Qinglang's condition, frowned, and said, "This is not just an ordinary corpse poison. This is really contagious..."
Ordinary corpse poison would not cause such changes in the human body.
"Can it be cured?" Zhou Ze asked. He only cared about the result.
"I've only read about this kind of situation in ancient books. There are ways to deal with it. And, your method is actually very ineffective."
Qu Mingming reached out and soaked his hands in the tub.
Then he put his hand to his nose and smelled it.
He seemed to have discovered something strange.
He immediately stuck out his tongue and licked Xu Qinglang's bath water on his palm.
Xu Qinglang's face turned red.
"There's a sour smell in this flavor. What is that? This is an excellent tonic for relaxing muscles, activating blood circulation, and treating internal and external injuries."
Zhou Ze thought about it and understood. His classmate was clearly talking about monkey urine mixed with mud.
"Let's talk about how to treat him first. What do we need to prepare?"
"My method is to quickly raise a special poisonous insect, then use it to enter the patient's body and suck out the corpse poison, thus solving the problem of corpse poison from the root.
But the problem is,
I have the right poisonous insects here.
But, we lack the stuff to cultivate the Gu worms."
"What?"
"This will require you to make another trip to the cemetery, and it will be very dangerous."
"Cemetery?" Xu Qinglang was confused. Why did they get to the cemetery again
"Which cemetery?" Zhou Ze couldn't remember what it meant.
"That's where he was poisoned. Find a Zongzi."
"Zongzi?"
"Hmm? According to your jargon, shouldn't the zombies in the cemetery be called zongzi?" Qu Mingming asked curiously.
"You are the zongzi, your whole family is zongzi!" Bai Yingying scolded immediately.
"Yingying, stop messing around." Zhou Ze reminded.
"Oh, oh, oh."
Instantly well behaved.
"Okay, let's find the zongzi, then what should we do?"
"I need a strand of his hair as a primer. I will add some specific medicinal materials to the zombie's hair and use it to cultivate the Gu worm. The Gu worm cultivated in this way will have a natural desire for the ingredients of the corpse poison, and it will be the best to use it to detoxify."
"Oh, so that's why you said so earlier." Zhou Ze turned his head and looked at Yingying: "Hair."
"Okay, boss."
Bai Yingying pinched off a strand of hair with her fingernails and handed it to Qu Mingming.
"You're welcome. Please use it." Bai Yingying said generously, "If it's not enough, ask me for more."
Qu Mingming looked at the hair in his hand.
Some people don't know whether to laugh or cry.
road:
"I don't want your hair, I want..."
Saying,
Qu Mingming seemed to have suddenly thought of something.
His face immediately turned pale.
Fuck!