Anecdote of the Yellow River

Chapter 39 Secret Organization (3)
Gu Meidi took out his mobile phone, took a picture of the back of my neck, and handed it to me, "Look for yourself!"

I looked closely at the photos taken by my phone, and saw that there was indeed a red spot the size of a fingernail on the back of my neck.That spot looks weird, and I don't know when it came out.As far as I can remember, the back of my neck is unmarked.

I said, "Maybe it's caused by mosquito bites!"

Gu Meidi said: "Then you have to spray some toilet water." Then, he picked up the toilet water on the bedside table and sprayed it on me.

On the night of the tenth day, we came to Professor Wan's house again as promised, and the servant welcomed us in, "Professor Wan is waiting for you in the study."

In the study, Wan Juncheng folded his arms, "You guys are here, please sit down."

We sat down on the sofa, and Wan Juncheng, holding a teapot, poured a cup of tea for each of us, "Tea, please."

Out of politeness, we each took a sip from our teacups.I was a little thirsty, so I drank more than half a cup at once, and I didn't forget to boast: "Well, good tea! It's really good tea!"

Wan Juncheng's gaze swept across our faces slowly, and he said, "I have a good news and a bad news to tell you, which one do you want to hear first?"

The three of us looked at each other, but we didn't understand what Wan Juncheng meant by good news and bad news.

I said, "I think it's better to tell the bad news first. If we hear the good news first and then the bad news, I'm afraid there will be a big gap in our hearts!"

Gu Meidi said: "It makes sense, then please tell me the bad news first."

"Okay!" Wan Juncheng nodded and said slowly, "The bad news is...you are poisoned."

"What? Poisoned!" We were startled suddenly, we didn't expect Wan Juncheng to say such a word.

Professor Ye said in a deep voice: "Professor Wan, I don't quite understand what you mean, can you make it clearer?"

Wan Juncheng said: "When you came to see me last time, your eyes were red. Although I felt a little strange at first, I didn't think too much about it. I thought it was because you had traveled a long distance and didn't have a good rest. But in the end When I shook hands and said goodbye to you, I vaguely noticed that your pulse was chaotic, which is a typical symptom of poisoning."

I was slightly surprised, "Professor Wan, don't scare us. We eat well, drink well and sleep well every day. We don't have any bad symptoms. How could we be poisoned?"

Wan Juncheng said slowly: "In the ancient Western Regions, there was a highly poisonous flower. This kind of flower is very strange and usually grows inside corpses, so people call it 'Ming Hua', which means the flower of death."

"The flowers that grow in the corpse... the flowers that grow in the corpse..." My face was pale, and I felt my hands and feet tremble intermittently.

Wan Juncheng put an open ancient book in front of us, pointed to the yellowed pages and said: "This is the flower of the Western Regions!"

I saw a dead body drawn on the page, a blooming flower was spit out from the mouth of the dead body, and a paragraph of ancient text below - a detailed comment on the picture above.

When we saw this picture, our hearts beat wildly. I remembered the ancient Xixia corpse in the bronze coffin. When we opened the coffin, a strange demon flower appeared from the mouth of the ancient corpse. ?In this way, that strange demon flower turned out to be the highly poisonous Western Region Underworld Flower.I remember that demon flower spewed out a cloud of dense misty pollen. Could it be that we were infected with the poison of the underworld flower at that time?
I swallowed hard, and tentatively asked Wan Juncheng, "Professor Wan, what kind of symptoms will there be after being infected with the poison of the dark flower?"

Wan Juncheng said: "Generally speaking, the incubation period of the poison of the dark flower is 49 days. The most obvious symptom in the early stage is red eyes, but there is no pain. After entering the middle stage, the toxin is integrated into the blood. Pieces of strange red spots will appear on the skin, which are slightly painful to the touch. In the advanced stage, the toxin invades the internal organs, and all the red spots on the infected person will fester and ooze pus, and finally the whole body will fester and die of severe pain..."

Hearing this, my face was covered with cold sweat.Gosh, I'm starting to get a red blotch on the back of my neck, which means I'm in the middle phase, so... is it that I'm not far from dying?My heart was gloomy. Before, we were happy that we could leave the cave without incident, but we didn't expect that we had already been infected with the poison, and our lives were in jeopardy.

Gu Meidi looked at me distressedly, and asked Wan Juncheng, "Professor Wan, is there an antidote to the poison of the underworld flower?"

Wan Juncheng nodded.We saw the hope of survival in an instant, and only heard him say: "Everything in the world generates and restrains each other. Although the poison of the dark flower is fierce, it is not without antidote. According to historical records, there is a holy well in the desert devil city. One hundred poisons, and it will never dry up. It's just..."

When Wan Juncheng changed the subject, our hearts immediately sank again, and we heard him continue: "It's just that the desert is vast, and no one knows where the legendary Devil City is buried. If you want to find the devil in the vast desert, City, it is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack!"

Hearing this, I saw that my heart was like a falling plane, roaring into an invisible black abyss.

I sighed heavily, "According to this, aren't we doomed?"

Professor Ye was silent for a while, and then said in an encouraging tone: "Don't be discouraged, aren't we still alive? Professor Wan, thank you very much for telling us about this matter. Let's put this matter aside for now, I think Hear what that good news is."

Wan Juncheng said: "The good news is that I have deciphered the Xixia book on the stele."

"Really?" We looked at Wan Juncheng happily, and couldn't wait to ask, "What is recorded in Xixia Book, can you tell us about it?"

Under Wan Juncheng's narration, a mysterious organization from the Xixia Dynasty gradually surfaced.

In 1038 AD, Li Yuanhao proclaimed himself emperor and established the country of Daxia.In order to consolidate the dynastic regime, Li Yuanhao selected strong warriors and established a secret organization called "Yipintang".The nature of this agency is a bit like a secret service, with many missions, such as protecting the safety of the royal family, secretly suppressing political reactionary forces, monitoring the lives of ministers, spying on various news, etc., and sometimes performing assassination missions.Yipintang directly takes orders from Li Yuanhao, and it can be said that it is the most elite armed force under Li Yuanhao.

Inside the Yipin Hall, it is divided into three halls: heaven, earth, and people.The symbol of Yipintang's identity is an eyeball pattern tattooed on the back of the neck.This eyeball pattern was designed by Li Yuanhao himself, and it symbolizes the meaning of surveillance insight.

The warriors of Tianzitang have blood-red eyeball tattoos on the back of their necks. They are mainly responsible for protecting the safety of the royal family, and they were secretly transferred to Heishui City in Xixia.It is rumored that Li Yuanhao buried a large number of rare treasures in Heishui City. Tianzitang went to Heishui City to protect the treasures, and finally perished with Heishui City.The samurai of Dizitang have green eyeball tattoos on the back of their necks. They are mainly responsible for monitoring the lives of the ministers in the court and secretly suppressing political reactionary forces.The warriors of Renzitang have ink-black eyeball tattoos on the back of their necks. They are mainly responsible for inquiring news and carrying out assassination activities.

After listening to Wan Juncheng's narration, we recalled the whole thing from beginning to end:
Grandpa salvaged a tortoise coffin containing the corpse of a Dizitang warrior from the Yellow River; then we saw an ancient corpse of a Renzitang warrior at the Xi’an Ancient Cultural Relics Exhibition and Trade Fair; and then a Tianzitang warrior appeared In Xi’an, we assassinated the cultural relics dealer Fat Toutuo; then, in order to find clues, we went up the river, entered a cave beside the Yellow River, and found the tomb of the Dizitang warrior. The warrior in the bronze coffin should be Dizitangtang Lord, they were buried in the Jiaolong Grotto guarding that strange upside-down pagoda, and inside the pagoda was buried a bronze eyeball of unknown purpose.

We all heaved a sigh of relief after listening to it. It turns out that the reveal of the mystery is not so exciting.

However, things are still confusing and full of doubts.

We thanked Wan Juncheng and were about to get up to say goodbye, but Wan Juncheng suddenly stopped us, "Wait!"

We looked at Wan Juncheng puzzled.Wan Juncheng said coldly: "Professor Ye, I have told you all the things I know, but you are very disrespectful and have concealed many things from me! Tell me, where did you find this piece?" The Western Xia Stele?"

Professor Ye said: "Didn't I say it before? We excavated an ancient tomb, and there is this Xixia stele in the tomb."

Wan Juncheng asked, "Then where is this ancient tomb?"

We feel that something is not quite right, why does Wan Juncheng's tone sound like an interrogation?We definitely can't tell him the real story of the whole thing, so we can only lie to him: "In Xi'an."

"Xi'an?" Wan Juncheng looked at us coldly, showing a look of complete disbelief, "Well, apart from this stele, have you found anything else?"

"No! There is only this stele in the tomb!" Professor Ye replied firmly.

Wan Juncheng snorted coldly: "Professor Ye, you are really dishonest! If you don't explain the whole thing clearly today, then you will never leave here!"

My heart skipped a beat, Wan Juncheng was clearly threatening us, what exactly was he trying to do?
My stubborn temper suddenly rushed up, and I fought back not to be outdone: "This is the way things are, what do you want us to say? Tell you, we are not frightened..."

Before the words fell, two bangs and bangs came from beside him, and I saw Professor Ye and Gu Meidi fainted on the ground for some reason.I was shocked in my heart, and I wanted to say something, but I opened my mouth but couldn't make a sound.I felt like my head was filled with lead. After a while, I fell to the ground weakly, as weak as a fish out of water. I struggled desperately on the ground a few times, but I still couldn’t get up. .

Wan Juncheng sneered and said, "How about it, is the tea delicious?"

I suddenly understood in my heart, bastard!This abominable Professor Wan actually drugged our tea, what the hell is he trying to do?
My consciousness gradually became blurred. When I closed my eyelids, I saw Wan Juncheng slowly take off his coat with his back to us. A blood-red eyeball tattoo suddenly appeared on his neck!
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(End of this chapter)