Injury caused by an evil spirit

  Officer Jin told me that this man was a Miao ethnic minority, with the Han name Zhou Li, who controlled one of the most powerful minority drug trafficking gangs in Yunnan Province. He was ruthless and had many blood debts on his hands. The police had been trying to catch him for years but couldn't. Recently, they discovered that Zhou Li had contact with the deceased Wu Zha, and they originally planned to take down the entire gang by following the trail, but unexpectedly Wu Zha died in my store, and the lead was cut off.

  By the time I heard this, I had already made up my mind. Emotionally, they had brought me in overnight and set up such a big array, but actually it was just because they couldn't find any clues, so they took me as the only breakthrough.

  Although I can roughly guess that this matter is related to the Black Miao people and the poisonous wasp, I still decide to thoroughly extricate myself from it. After all, a big poisonous tyrant who kills people like hemp sounds quite intimidating. As a small businessman, there's no need for me to get involved in this muddy water; one less thing is better than one more thing.

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  I told them that although I had bought medicine from the deceased, I really didn't know him at all. Last week I was in Wenshan and Uza died above my store. In fact, I am also a victim, someone died above my store, it will be hard for me to do business in the future.

  Facing my firm denial, Officer Jin seemed disappointed and helpless. I believe they must have checked my file before, which is clean and clear. Plus, now I have an alibi, so even if they still suspect me, there's nothing they can do about it.

  "Police comrades, I've told you everything you asked for. Can't you just tell me whether I'm being detained or released? I've been sitting in this car all day and I'm exhausted." After a night of turmoil, I was indeed dizzy and extremely tired.

  Officer Jin apologetically told me that once they confirmed I was indeed in Wenshan last week, they would let me go back home, but for today, I could only sleep at the police station first, and then prepared to take me down to rest.

  Before I could even stand up, the little police officer with the surname Ma rushed over, his face excited as he said that I must be lying and that a 24-hour interrogation would definitely reveal a breakthrough.

  "Damn it," I've had a long day and was messed with by them, now is the time when my temper is at its worst, so I directly yelled back at that little policeman.

  Who knew that little cop would blow his top, he actually jumped over with a punch in the face, beating me until my face was burning, and there was a bloody smell in my mouth, obviously my mouth corner was broken.

  To be honest, ten years ago, there were still many cases of uncivilized law enforcement in Kunming's police force. I myself had encountered such situations before, but like tonight, being punched after just two sentences is truly unheard of.

  A surge of evil fire suddenly ignited in my heart, but with both hands cuffed, I was completely unable to fight back. At that moment, the only thought in my mind was to make this little brat surnamed Ma suffer a bit, so I opened my mouth and the dragonfly that had been eager to try flew out with a whoosh.

  The light in the interrogation room was very dim, and the little policeman with the surname Ma couldn't even see clearly, but was bitten hard on his hand by Long Pi.

  "Ah, ah, ah!" The little policeman was in so much pain that he cried out to the heavens and rolled around on the ground. His two colleagues were stunned, having no idea what had happened.

  Hurry up and turn on the headlights!

  "Officer Jin came back to his senses and shouted."

  The lamp was turned on, and upon taking a look, the small policeman lying on the ground had yellow bean-sized blisters all over his skin, and he was still sweating profusely. The scene before him looked more and more familiar - wasn't this the result of being bitten by centipedes and bed bugs?

  Actually, I discovered it at Shuǐ Niú Bā, it seems that as long as the dragon leech has swallowed a Gu worm, it will possess the corresponding Gu poison. Today's situation is proof of my conjecture.

  The young policeman with the surname Ma was at most twenty-five or six years old. The other one, who had not spoken a word, was a female police officer, and her age was probably similar to mine. It seemed that they were new recruits brought by Officer Jin. The one with the surname Ma was rolling around on the ground, shouting and crying, while the female police officer stood beside him, anxiously at a loss for what to do. Officer Jin, being older, was more composed, and after carefully examining the injury, he looked at me suspiciously.

  Of course, the dragonfly had already been swallowed back into my stomach before the lights went out, so I calmly looked back with a puzzled expression.

  That young policewoman almost cried out, saying whether she was bitten by a foreign hot pepper or some kind of venomous snake.

  "It could also be food poisoning." I chimed in, actually feeling a bit guilty myself. Whether it was the centipede or scorpion venom, both were deadly poisons that could claim lives. Although I had told Long Yan not to go for the kill, looking at the situation now, this little horse was quite something.

  Kill someone? I don't dare, but if I speak up now, it will only bring trouble to myself.

  Harmony generates wealth, I have always been afraid of trouble in my life.

  Officer Jin got up, looked straight into my eyes, seemingly ignoring the little horse's painful whimpers at his feet, and began to tell me about the little horse's life.

  He said Xiao Ma's full name is Ma Jian, and he is from Ruili. He also asked me if I knew what this meant.

  I nodded, Ruili is a small town on the Yunnan border, it's not big, but because it borders the notorious "Golden Triangle" area, there are many disputes, and a large part of Myanmar's drugs that want to enter China will pass through there.

  Officer Jin continued, "When Ma Jian was very young, his parents were killed by drug dealers, leaving only him and his younger sister to rely on each other for survival. Therefore, Ma Jian had made up his mind since childhood to become a police officer, wanting to prevent more tragedies from happening."

  At the age of 24, Ma Jian successfully became a people's police officer and participated in cracking many major drug cases within the province, making numerous achievements and also offending many criminals.

  Half a year ago, it was unknown where the news leaked from, but Ma Jian's 16-year-old sister was captured by Zhou Li's men and brutally murdered after being subjected to humiliation.

  "People in our line of work, their lives are already on the line, they've long since come to terms with their own life and death, the only thing they worry about is the safety of their families. This matter with his sister has had a huge impact on Xiao Ma, for half a year now he's hardly returned home, every day he's been holed up in the office researching the case, it's got me, as his senior, really worried."

  I looked down at Ma Jian, who was still rolling around on the ground, and my dissatisfaction with being punched by him had already dissipated. I often say that harmony brings wealth, but all of this is built on the silent dedication of countless people like Ma Jian; without them, everything would be empty talk.

  Just as I was wondering how to secretly release the dragonfly to cure Ma Jian's Gu poisoning, Officer Jin spoke up again.

  "Hey kid, it was you who cast the curse just now, right?"

  Officer Jin's voice was extremely low, so low that the little policewoman who was spinning around nearby didn't notice it at all, but this one sentence to me was like a thunderclap on a clear day.

  This old policeman actually knows about Gu?

  I blinked my eyes with a "boop-boop" sound, unsure of how to respond to him.

  "Jinhai Cheng is my Han name, I am a Miao person." Officer Jin seemed to have noticed my doubt and added another sentence.

  "This isn't Gu, just Gu poison." At this point, I don't have anything good to hide anymore.

  "Can you understand? You know Little Horse is just a temporary name."

  "No problem, but I need water, a lot of water, preferably warm." I nodded.

  Jin Hai Cheng assigned Xiao Nu Jing to go fetch water. After he closed the door tightly, I released Long Huan.

  "Is this your Gu?" Jin Haicheng pointed at the dragonfly flying around in the room, his face serious and with a hint of reverence.

  I nodded.

  "How can your Gu insect understand human language?" Jin Haicheng stared at me in shock as I directed the dragonfly to fly into Ma Jian's mouth.

  "I suppose so"

  I didn't know how to explain the relationship between Long Xiaoyun and me to Officer Jin, so I just gave a vague answer.

  Ma Jian's mouth was wide open in pain, so the leech easily crawled into his throat. Before long, Ma Jian let out a loud "whoa" and spat out a mouthful of black water, then the blisters on his body rapidly deflated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

  "Water, I'm so thirsty." Ma Jian said in a hoarse voice, just like Dog Root when he first woke up.

  The dragonfly flew back, fortunately I was prepared this time, and used a cloth to wipe it clean before letting it fly into my mouth.

  Jin Haicheng squatted down and found that Ma Jian was all right, just a little dehydrated, and then he put his mind at ease.

  The little policewoman came back with two thermoses of water, and seeing Ma Jian's improved condition seemed to make her very happy. Jin Haicheng had her support Ma Jian to the duty room to rest for a while, leaving only the two of us in the interrogation room again.

  During that time, someone knocked on the door and it seemed like they reported something to Jin Haicheng. He furrowed his brow as he listened, then walked back over and sat down in front of me.

  Jin Haicheng told me that just now, their colleagues in Wenshan found Gou Dafu, who confirmed that I had indeed stayed in Wenshan all this week, so there was no time for the crime, and temporarily ruled out suspicion.

  I gave him a thumbs up and said, "The police are indeed efficient and fair. Can I, an innocent citizen who has been wronged, go home now?"

  Jin Haicheng smiled and said that he didn't think a small individual boss like me would dare to kill someone in his own store. He brought me here first to ask for leads, and secondly to avoid being pressured from above.

  I'm at a loss whether to cry or laugh, but the fact is that Jin Haicheng is indeed very honest. The pressure from above is mounting, and my little heart is being scared out of its wits. But they are government officials, what can I, a mere commoner, do about it?

  Jin Haicheng looked at me with a smile that was not quite a smile, asking if U Zha's death had anything to do with me. He knew that people who practiced Gu sorcery didn't necessarily have to be present in person to harm someone, and U Zha's manner of death seemed to suggest that he had been killed by a Gu worm.

  To be honest, before saving Ma Jian, I was most worried about this situation. At first, it was just a worry about how to explain to the police that a bug could cure a disease, but unexpectedly, Jin Haicheng, an old policeman, actually knew about Gu sorcery, and it seemed that he suspected me of being the murderer.

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