Gu Poison

  I was dazed thinking about the problem when Xiao Shou Hou rolled his eyes and said, "Young ancestor, get on the car."

  "I've arranged everything for you, the conference won't start until tomorrow, let's go eat first." They then arrived at a restaurant, ordered some dishes and ate while thinking to themselves that something wasn't right. Xiaoshouhou had always been a bit of a rascal, but now he was dressed up like a proper person. He couldn't help but ask: "I say, what's going on? Why did you come to Beijing?"

  "Go home?" The thin monkey spat out two words indifferently.

  "Isn't your home in Changsha?"

  He remembered that when he was a kid, that guy wasn't someone who had been studying with him since the beginning, but rather someone who transferred from another place to attend sixth grade of elementary school.

  So he is not from Changsha, but from Beijing.

  The thin monkey didn't respond and continued eating vegetables, also ignoring me.

  I ate halfway and couldn't help but put down the chopsticks, leaned over and asked, "What was that thing you mentioned earlier? I just wanted to leave, and then went back to the hospital."

  "I know you've been hospitalized." Xiao Shou Hou looked at me with a calm tone.

  "You said, what's going on?" I was also quite curious at the time, my head wasn't very clear, it seemed like there was something, but then again maybe not, in short, I forgot what it was about, it seemed to have something to do with Hyakushobu.

  The thin monkey was originally eating well, but his face suddenly sank, as if my words reminded him of something sad, and his expression became like that of a dead person. Without waiting for me to ask, he said faintly, "Something happened to Bai Ye."

  "He was the first, followed by Qiu Ba, Zhou Baihe, and then us."

  "Ah......what's going on?" For a moment, I didn't know what to say.

  No wonder Lao Bao and Zhou Baihe have been out of sight for some time. It's only been half a month, what happened?

  The thin monkey put down his chopsticks, looked at me and said, "Do you still remember when we opened the golden coffin, those white gases came out, and each of us was affected by those gases. That was a kind of Gu."

  Gu, with the same pronunciation as ancient times, is said to be a poisonous insect cultivated artificially. It is said that releasing gu is a mysterious witchcraft inherited from ancient China, which was once very serious in Xiangxi, Hunan Province, and people changed color when talking about it.

  This thing is like a ghost, if you believe it exists, then it does; if you don't believe it exists, then it doesn't.

  Generally speaking, ethnic minorities are more skilled in this type of mysterious sorcery. In short, most people fear it.

  "What a joke, it's the 21st century now, not some cavemen on top of a mountain, what's wrong with you, must you do these things." I couldn't help but laugh. This kid, he wouldn't be trying to scam me, would he?

  I don't believe in these things, he must be luring me into jumping into this pit to find some kind of answer.

  The thin monkey's face turned very dark and ugly, looking at me, it seemed like there were many things he didn't tell me.

  "Don't you even look in the mirror when you take a bath?" Little Skinny Monkey said, looking very serious, not like he was joking at all.

  "I'm not a girl, taking a bath and looking in the mirror, what's wrong with you?" I replied with a smile, not taking him seriously at all, just treating it as a joke.

  "Look at yourself in the mirror when you get home and you'll know, anyway, all of us who went into the golden coffin had gu on our bodies, it's just that your nerves are dull and you didn't notice."

  "Are you kidding me? Is this for real?" I blinked and said, noticing that Little Skinny Monkey's expression was particularly serious.

  The golden coffin belongs to the corpse, what kind of tomb owner would have such a thing?

  Then, Xiao Shou Hou nodded under my gaze. The next second, I rushed into the bathroom, took off my clothes and stood in front of the mirror.

  Who can tell me what that little dot is? If it wasn't for my good eyesight, if I hadn't come specifically to look for it, nobody would have noticed this thing under normal circumstances.

  When I heard what the little monkey said earlier, I was so scared that my hands were shaking. Subconsciously, I glanced around and reached behind me with my left hand to touch a small round spot on my back. It was purple-black in color and had sunk into the flesh. When I touched it, I didn't feel much, so I pinched it several times to see if I could get rid of it directly.

  I had just let out a sigh of relief, thinking that this kid was exaggerating too much.

  As far as I know, this "Gu" thing? Sounds terrifying, but after all, we ordinary people have never really seen it.

  Suddenly, I felt my skin itching, it was the concave point that my hand had touched just now, as if something was moving. When I wanted to put my hand over again, I clearly saw the change that occurred there, my hands and feet were numb, and I panicked instantly, not knowing what to do?

  In that concave spot, a small thing actually squeezed out, and it's better to say that it crawled out by itself. A disgusting little bug was stuck on my back. I just wanted to slap it off with my hand, but unexpectedly, the bug crawled up from my back to my neck, scaring me so much that I jumped up and down continuously, hoping to shake it off.

  "Chen Jibei..." I was anxious and opened my mouth, but felt something stuck in my throat. By the time I realized it, it was too late.

  That disgusting bug just went into my mouth.

  I immediately turned on the faucet, scooped up my throat with my hand, and a nauseating feeling rushed up. I leaned against the sink, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't vomit.

  At this time, a thin monkey walked in and looked at my movements with surprise and puzzlement on its face.

  "You..."

  As soon as I saw Xiao Shou Hou, I was anxious and almost cried: "The thing just now went in from here."

  I pointed at my mouth, and my actions became flustered and at a loss.

  The thin monkey didn't know at all and asked in confusion: "What thing?"

  "It's just that thing..."

  I don't know if it's because I'm too emotionally overwhelmed, but even my ability to express myself has become a problem.

  To sum it up, I'm now in a state of utter bewilderment, and my nerves are on edge.

  I washed my face with cold water and slowly calmed down. I knew that being emotional wouldn't solve the problem, not even a single one could be clearly stated.

  After I calmed down, I pointed to the depression on my back and told him what had just happened. Xiao Shou's face changed color and looked very ugly.

  "How can you pinch it with your hand, there are a lot of bacteria in your hands." He said helplessly.

  "I'm going to die, aren't I? This gu...I've heard it's really scary before..." I wailed, my face ashen.

  I heard that if someone is possessed by a gu and no one can exorcise it, they will definitely die. I've also shared some spooky stories about gu on the forum, but now it seems like I've become the main character myself.

  The thin monkey patted my shoulder and said with a frown, "Put your clothes on first."

  I nodded and put on my clothes, then walked out of the wine house and drove to his home, which was a relatively classical building with Beijing's unique quadrangle courtyard structure.

  Nowadays, in this big city of Beijing, every inch of land is worth its weight in gold. The traditional courtyard houses, due to their design, occupy a relatively large area of land. Nowadays, they have been speculated to sky-high prices, which may not seem eye-catching at first glance, but are actually frighteningly expensive. To put it into perspective, even a 4-square-meter toilet in Beijing is worth over a million yuan.

  There were two stone lions squatting at the entrance of his house, I restrained my urge to go up and touch them and followed him in. The layout inside was quite ancient, giving me a feeling of having traveled through time. I was looking around like Liu Laizi entering Daguanyuan, thinking that this guy's family is too wealthy. In Changsha before, I thought he was just a rich second generation at the time, but unexpectedly when he came to Beijing, his wealth was astonishing.

  It was almost evening, and I was searching for information about Gu on Baidu in my room. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. I was puzzled - it was so late, would Xiao Shou HOU still come over to play games with me? I thought that was unlikely. But apart from Xiao Shou HOU, I didn't know anyone else in Beijing.

  However, when I went to open the door and saw a familiar yet ferocious face, my heart leapt with joy, and I exclaimed excitedly, "Hei Shu."

  "Little Master Jiu, you're as well as can be expected." Hei Shu didn't stand on ceremony, walking straight in and sitting down in the chair.

  "Long time no see." I forced a smile, but actually had no idea what to say.

  Hei Shu looked at me and slowly said, "I heard that there's a Gu worm in your belly?"

  I was taken aback by this news, which spread so quickly.

  "Tomorrow morning, I'll let someone take a look and see what kind of gu is it? Can it be solved?" Hei Shu's eyes had a few points of sharp calculation, making me feel hairy in my heart.

  "Thanks a lot, Heishu."

  "Don't thank me yet, I have conditions."

  Damn it, everyone tells me about conditions.