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Capítulo 118

"Ah Ming..." Xiao Qin saw Ah Ming, her voice trembling with emotion and tears.

"What's going on, Dad?" Amin asked his father in surprise.

"Are you Amin? Are you the one who led people to the Savage Mountain to rescue those baby girls?" A Miao chieftain with a headscarf squinted at Amin and asked in Burmese.

“It’s me, what’s wrong?” Amin replied in Burmese, puzzled.

"Hand over the 'Wild Man Mountain Demon,' or we'll burn her alive," the chieftain declared, leaving no room for argument.

“Why? We have already eliminated the real sorcerer, that Siamese Grand Master, named Mengla Chaweng Kunba,” Amin explained.

"Hmph, who saw it? Who would believe you if you said it all by yourself? That 'Old Demon of Savage Mountain' is a demon. If her body isn't burned to death, the children will never wake up," the man said through gritted teeth.

"What did you say? The baby girl we rescued is perfectly fine, isn't she?" Amin asked, puzzled.

"No, after they returned home, all 23 baby girls remained unconscious. Elder Song from Thailand said that their souls had been taken by the 'Old Demon of the Savage Mountain,' and only by burning the Old Demon to death could their souls be released," the chieftain said.

"Elder Song of Thailand?" Amin asked in surprise.

"Indeed, it is I, the most renowned royal sorcerer of Siam," an aged voice said...

Amin turned his head and saw a gaunt old man sitting atop a bamboo sedan chair. He wore a yellow robe, a triangular turban, and had a dark complexion with a set of gleaming gold teeth. His long, slender fingernails were painted a nutmeg color, and he exuded arrogance. Behind him stood several middle-aged men of varying heights and builds, dressed in robes of different colors. Most of them had beards; they were all renowned sorcerers from various provinces of Siam.

“Amin,” the old man finally interjected, “they insist that I hand over the ‘Savage Mountain Demon,’ and I told them you’d already taken the guests to Yangon, but they just won’t believe me…”

Amin approached Elder Song and, trying to speak calmly in Burmese, asked, "Elder Song, you said that only by burning the 'Wild Man Mountain Demon' can the baby girls awaken. What is your basis for this claim?"

"Hehehe..." Elder Song actually laughed, and then said in fluent Burmese, "Young man, I am the most renowned royal sorcerer of Siam. I heard that an old demon roams the Savage Mountain in northern Myanmar, specializing in kidnapping girls under one year old. So I brought the sorcerers of Siam to capture the demon and rid the people of this scourge. As soon as I arrived, I saw the problem. The girls are unconscious because their souls are no longer in their bodies. Now, I will personally fight that old demon and retrieve the children's souls. Alright, enough talk, hand over the old demon."

"Nonsense! Where are those baby girls? My friend is a famous doctor; he can tell at a glance," Amin said angrily.

Just then, someone suddenly shouted: "The old demon is in the car!"

The crowd erupted in a frenzy. Young people from the Shui Dai and Shan Miao villages grabbed long knives and hunting rifles, surrounding the American jeep amidst a sea of torches.

Han Sheng, Hakka Granny, and Xiong Dahai opened the car door. Elder Peng helped Elder Anxi out of the car slowly. Finally, Shen Caihua and Momo came out, each holding Dudu and "Xiao Cui'er" in their arms. Meanwhile, Master Jia helped the old ancestor remain in the seat, coldly watching the outside world.

"This is my guest, Amin! You're not allowed to do anything reckless!" Amin roared, reaching under the steering wheel to pull out a carbine and holding it in his hand.

"Amin, what's going on?" Han Sheng asked calmly.

Amin briefly recounted the whole story. The agitated mountain people glared angrily at the old man inside the carriage, their eyes flashing with a sinister light in the torchlight.

"Take me to see Elder Song," Han Sheng ordered.

"Who are you?" Elder Song glanced at Han Sheng, saw that he was dressed as a Han peasant, and snorted disdainfully.

Amin acted as the translator.

“Amin, tell them I am a barefoot doctor from Jiangxi, China. May I take a look at those children?” Hansheng said.

Amin directly asked the Miao chieftain in Burmese: "This is my friend, Han Sheng, the barefoot healer from China. He wants to see those baby girls."

The chieftain turned to Elder Song, seeking his opinion.

Elder Song chuckled dryly upon hearing this, and said disdainfully, "The barefoot doctor of China? I see he's wearing shoes on his feet..."

The sorcerers behind him laughed knowingly, some stroking their beards, sighing and shaking their heads.

The chieftain waved his hand, and women carrying babies came forward. Someone moved torches closer, and the orange light illuminated the sleeping baby girls. The people around quieted down and stared silently at Han Sheng.

All the baby girls had the same symptoms: their eyes were closed, their faces were flushed, and their breathing was slow, as if they were fast asleep.

Han Sheng extended two fingers and gently cut into the three points on a baby girl's wrist, and was immediately shocked...

Han Sheng quickly checked the pulses of the other baby girls, pondered for a moment, then slowly released his fingers. He then leaned close to the baby girl's ear, secretly opened his fly-eye eye, and peeked inside. He already knew what was going on.

"Hansheng, is something wrong?" The Hakka nanny noticed something was amiss and asked softly.

“These children do not possess the characteristics of the Twenty-Eight Meridians, but rather the rare and unusual ‘Seven Absolute Meridians’…” Han Sheng said with a puzzled expression.

"What is the 'Seven Deadly Meridians'?" the Hakka old woman asked, puzzled.

"The 'Boiling Cauldron Pulse,' 'Fish Swimming Pulse,' 'Shrimp Swimming Pulse,' 'Leaky Roof Pulse,' 'Sparrow Pecking Pulse,' 'Untying Rope Pulse,' and 'Stone-Striking Pulse' are collectively known as the 'Seven Deadly Pulses.' These female infants all have the Sparrow Pecking Pulse, which is a pulse that moves freely between the muscles and tendons. It comes quickly and has an irregular rhythm, like a bird pecking. This indicates that their vital energy is about to die," Han Sheng explained.

Amin couldn't understand and stood anxiously by, asking, "Brother Hansheng, what illness do they have?"

“Hmm,” Han Sheng thought for a moment and said, “The lungs govern all the blood vessels and control qi; the liver stores blood and governs its free flow; the kidneys store essence and transform it into qi, which is the root of yang; the spleen and stomach are the source of qi and blood production, and the spleen governs the circulation of blood. Looking at the flushed faces of these female infants, it is a sign that their spleen qi is about to be exhausted…”

"Hehe," Elder Song spoke up at this moment, his tone quite disrespectful, "Barefoot doctor from China, what diagnosis have you come up with? Why don't you tell the mountain people..." The sorcerers behind him smiled, looking like they were waiting to see a show.

Amin translated Elder Song's words to Hansheng.

"Amin, has your daughter also contracted the disease?" Hansheng asked quietly.

"No, Xiaomei is fine. She just drank some milk and went to sleep," Xiaoqin interjected from the side.

“I see…” Han Sheng said thoughtfully, “I suspect the other baby girls may have been bewitched.”

"Poisoned by Gu?" Amin was taken aback. Having grown up in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia, he had heard a lot about Gu and similar things, so he asked nervously, "What kind of Gu did they get poisoned by?"

"This needs to be investigated more thoroughly," Han Sheng said hesitantly, wondering how these 23 baby girls, who came from different villages, could all have been poisoned by the Gu at almost the same time. Unless it was premeditated, and there might have been more than one person involved, his gaze swept over Elder Song and the sorcerers behind him.

"Poisoned by Gu?" The Miao chieftain was shocked by Amin's words. Many years ago, there was a "grass Gu witch" in the Miao village. She was burned alive by the villagers for allegedly using Gu. Since then, the village has been peaceful for decades.

Elder Song was taken aback upon hearing this, then chuckled coldly and said, "Barefoot Divine Doctor, is this your diagnosis? Then tell me, what kind of Gu has afflicted the baby girl?"

Han Sheng remained silent for a moment, then slowly said, "You Tian Lice Gu."

Elder Song stared intently at Han Sheng and pressed him for an answer: "What is the 'Nether Field Lice Gu'?"

"What Taoists in the Central Plains call 'Youtian' is called 'Chuanglong' in Traditional Chinese Medicine. In fact, it is the ear. What the baby girls are suffering from is 'ear lice gu'," Han Sheng replied.

The chieftain's face was ashen. He placed his hand on the long sword at his waist and said hatefully, "Who is so cruel as to cast a curse on the baby girl we just rescued?"

Upon hearing this, the mountain people began to discuss among themselves, their faces showing fear.

"Nonsense!" Elder Song scoffed, but his face turned noticeably pale. "Chief, this Chinese barefoot doctor is deliberately stalling for time. He and the 'Wild Man Mountain Demon' are in the same car; they're definitely in cahoots."

The mountain people then focused their attention on Han Sheng. The words of the royal sorcerer from Thailand could not possibly be wrong.

Seeing that things were not going well, Amin quietly flipped the safety bolt on his carbine with his right hand.

Han Sheng smiled faintly and said to A Ming, "Tell them I can catch the lice right now..."

Chapter 180

"Move the torches closer," Han Sheng instructed.

When the mountain people heard that this barefoot Chinese doctor could catch Gu worms, they were all amazed. Holding torches high, they crowded around and craned their necks to watch.

Han Sheng took out a cloth bag from his pocket, took out a slender silver needle, had someone bring over a baby girl, gently pried open one of her ears, and instantly activated "Corpse Concealment Soul". His fly-eye eyes suddenly opened, and he looked into the baby's ear canal... Sure enough, in front of the middle eardrum, there was a white cocoon-like object that had completely blocked the ear canal.

Han Sheng gently inserted the silver needle, slowly piercing into the white cocoon. He saw the creature suddenly wriggle, as if it felt pain. He continued to insert the needle, and he could feel something inside the cocoon struggling to grip the needle tip and push it outwards. Han Sheng took advantage of this, twisting the silver needle and slowly pulling it out, little by little dragging the white cocoon out of the ear canal. Then he held the silver needle tip to the torch beside him. With a "squeak," a sharp scream came from inside the cocoon, a wisp of smoke rose, and it instantly turned to ashes.

The mountain people watched nervously, not daring to even breathe.

Han Sheng then opened the baby girl's other ear, pulled out a clump of white cocoon from the ear canal, and burned it.

The baby girl slowly opened her eyes, uttering a tender call, "Mama..."

Suddenly, cheers erupted all around, the firelight illuminating the excited expressions of the mountain people, and the women began to sob.

The child's mother hugged her daughter tightly, tears streaming down her face.

"A miracle doctor! China's barefoot miracle doctor..." people shouted excitedly.

Elder Song and the other sorcerers exchanged bewildered glances, their expressions unusually awkward.

Before long, Han Sheng removed the "You Tian Lice Gu" from each of the 23 baby girls. He did not burn the last white cocoon immediately, but placed it in his palm and gently peeled it open to reveal a white, oval-shaped louse the size of a soybean.

The lice stared in terror at the surrounding firelight, its seven-segmented body trembling. Its fourteen spiracles heaved with heavy breathing, and a drop of glistening mucus secreted from its forked tail. Its small, sharp mouthparts poked and prodded, futilely trying to pierce the calluses on Han Sheng's palm.

"These are female lice. They bite the baby's outer ear canal, injecting poison into the middle ear cavity, affecting the brainstem nerves, causing the host to fall into a coma, disrupt blood circulation, lose their temper, and have irregular pulse. Fortunately, they haven't emerged from their cocoons yet. Once they emerge, they will lay eggs, which will hatch into nits in eight days. Before long, everyone in the entire village will fall ill," Han Sheng explained.

"Damn it! Who is so vicious as to dare to use Gu poison in the mountain stronghold? If I catch him, I'll burn him alive!" the chieftain shouted angrily.

"Burn him! Burn him!" the mountain people shouted indignantly.

"Hehehe..." Elder Song suddenly burst into shrill laughter. Everyone looked at him in confusion, and the crowd immediately fell silent.

"Who released the poison? The babies are scattered in several villages of the Miao and Dai people in the Shui Dai Mountain. Who would go to every village and release the poison one by one? Obviously, the poison must have been released when the babies were all gathered together. Think about it..." Elder Song said confidently.

Upon hearing this, the mountain people began to whisper among themselves, then slowly turned their gaze back to the "wild mountain demon" in the car, and, holding long knives and hunting rifles, moved their feet and slowly surrounded it.

Inside the jeep, although Master Jia had lost all his martial arts skills and was practically a cripple, he still tightly embraced the old patriarch, holding him protectively against his chest, and glared angrily at the murderous mountain people...

He exuded a dignified and heroic spirit, typical of chivalrous heroes from the Central Plains...

"Heaven and earth possess righteous energy, which manifests in various forms..." Master Jia glared at these ignorant mountain people and began to recite Wen Tianxiang's "Ode to Righteousness" in a loud voice. Mo Mo, standing at the door of the carriage, looked at her master in surprise and thought, "Isn't that what Master Qiao said?"

The mountain people didn't understand Chinese and thought the old man was chanting some kind of incantation, so they all stopped making noise and became quiet for a moment.

"Squeak squeak..." At this moment, the lice in Han Sheng's palm made a series of thin and desperate cries. It turned out that he was using silver needles to keep pricking the lice's writhing body.

“Moo…” A deep, aged voice suddenly rang out, like the low moo of an old ox.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and found that it came from inside the pocket of Elder Song's robe, and they were all astonished.

At that moment, Han Sheng pricked the lice with a silver needle, making a few "squeaking" sounds, and Elder Song responded immediately with a "moo" from his pocket.

The chieftain asked Elder Song in surprise, "Elder, in your pocket..."

Elder Song blushed and hurriedly defended himself, saying, "Those are the Gu worms that I raised."

"Elder Song, why are your Gu worms echoing the 'Nether Field Lice Gu' of the baby girls?" Han Sheng said, then forcefully pierced the chest of the lice Gu with a silver needle, causing the poisonous insect to let out a series of miserable screams.

"Moo moo..." The Gu worm in Elder Song's pocket responded with an angry roar.

"Elder Song, please show the Gu worms to the mountain people. What? Are you afraid of giving yourself away and dare not..." Han Sheng said with a smile.

After Amin finished translating, the mountain people all became suspicious, and their eyes all turned to Elder Song.

Left with no other choice, Elder Song reached into his pocket, pulled out a small bamboo tube, reluctantly removed the stopper, and poured it out. Standing in his palm was a giant, white female louse!

This female louse was as big as a small egg, with an aged face covered in wrinkles and white hairs. Its eyes were bright and piercing, and it glared angrily at the mountain people with a sharp mandible. Each of its seven segments had a pair of spiracles, its bristles fluttering. Its round abdomen and M-shaped tail gave it a long, mournful moo as all its spiracles opened.

Han Sheng opened his eyes, flicked his fingers, and sent the lice worm in his palm flying through the air. It landed steadily in Elder Song's hand. The giant female louse hugged the small lice worm tightly, its hairy feet affectionately stroking it, looking like a mother and daughter showing deep affection...

Amin immediately understood and shouted in Burmese, "Everyone, did you see clearly? The lice in the baby girl's ears are the larvae of this old louse. The person who cast the spell is not the 'Old Demon of the Savage Mountain,' but Elder Song!"

Upon hearing this, the mountain people immediately began to discuss and clamor. Even the chieftain could not suppress his anger and shouted, "Elder Song, what exactly is going on?"

Elder Song gently extended a hand to quiet the commotion, then slowly said, "Mountain people, please calm down, let me explain in detail..."

The crowd quieted down, and all was silent except for the faint crackling of the burning pine torches and the aroma of pine resin in the air.

“Indeed, the lice poison was indeed administered by this elder…” Elder Song said.