I am a fairy

Chapter 60 Plague Ghost
Xihe County.

Jia Gui, who had been busy with various affairs recently, finally took a break. The first thing he did when he was free was to enjoy himself.

Jia Gui took off his official robe and put on loose clothes with wide sleeves.

"Have the peach blossoms at the foot of the mountain bloomed?"

People on both sides responded: "The flowers are in full bloom."

Jia Gui nodded: "It's time to go out for a spring outing."

The people around him laughed and said, "Invite three or five close friends to enjoy the flowers while reciting poems and writing couplets. This is the elegance of scholars."

County Magistrate Jia Gui took a group of people out for an outing to enjoy the flowers. They brought their families and rode in ox carts through the streets. Everyone had a smile on their face, looking very leisurely.

The servants followed closely behind him, and the scene looked quite grand.

But before he could even leave, the county magistrate came after him with a group of men, waving a document in his hand.

"Your Excellency, please stay. Your Excellency, please stay."

The convoy stopped at the city gate, and everyone looked behind them in confusion.

Jia Gui was in a bad mood, but he had to get off the carriage and said to the breathless county magistrate.

"Is there something that must be said at this time?"

The county magistrate handed over the letter and then spoke to Jia Gui.

"Your Excellency, these are official documents from the county and the various counties."

"The situation is not good. The county and several nearby counties are all suffering from the plague. Now the situation is getting worse. Maybe we have it here too but we haven't discovered it yet."

"I suggest that we quickly close the city gates and prohibit people from entering or leaving the city."

When Jia Gui heard the word plague, his face changed instantly.

"plague?"

Jia Gui took the document and glanced at it. After reading it, he immediately asked the servant to take his family home quickly and no longer said anything about going out for an outing.

What was supposed to be a grand event ended just like that.

Jia Gui returned to the office and read the document several times, but it only mentioned that a plague had broken out, but did not elaborate on the specific situation or how serious it was.

But since it is called a plague, then it is no small matter.

However, the official document stated that the plague spread from Jingu County, and the situation in Jingu County was the most serious.

This suddenly reminded Jia Gui of the evil man. The other party once said that he wanted to go up the mountain to get the holy spring because someone in Jingu County spent a lot of money to hire him to do so in order to get rid of the plague ghost.

"Plague ghost?"

Jia Gui did not take it seriously at the time, thinking that someone was infected with evil spirits, but he did not expect that at this moment he would be implicated, and even the entire county would be implicated.

The county magistrate followed Jia Gui and saw that Jia Gui had a serious expression and remained silent for a long time, so he finally spoke.

"At present, hundreds of people have been infected in Jingu County, and people have also been found to be infected with the plague in surrounding counties. Local people call this situation "being haunted by plague ghosts."

Jia Gui: "What are the symptoms like? Have you ever seen them?"

The county magistrate also looked terrified and continued.

"People who are possessed by plague ghosts usually have unbearable abdominal pain, as if there is an evil ghost in their stomach."

"I feel so thirsty, as if an evil spirit has drunk all the water in my stomach."

"The diarrhea was frequent and contained bright purple pus and blood, as if it was cursed by an evil spirit."

"So every spring, there is a custom of catching and exorcising plague ghosts."

Jia Gui: "It's a custom, so does this plague ghost still appear from time to time?"

The other party said: "This plague ghost appears every year, sometimes in early spring, sometimes in summer and autumn, but sometimes there are fewer people haunted by the plague ghost, and sometimes there are more people haunted by the plague ghost."

"But over the years, everyone has discovered that as long as you don't come into contact with those who are haunted by plague ghosts and stay away from them, you won't be haunted by the plague ghosts."

"After some time, it will pass."

At this point, the county magistrate talked about his previous countermeasures.

"So we should be on high alert at this time. There are the most people in the city. If we let the person possessed by the plague ghost enter the city, we will be in trouble."

"Your Excellency, the city gates should be tightly closed at this moment, and everyone entering and leaving should be strictly examined. The plague ghost must not be allowed to enter the city."

"At the same time, send personnel to patrol and post notices. If anyone is found in the city possessed by plague ghosts, report it immediately."

"Although the situation is more serious this year, as long as the plague ghosts take away the people they should take away, everything will be fine."

Jia Gui understood some of it and said to the county magistrate.

"So this is not really catching plague ghosts."

"To catch those who are possessed by the plague ghost?" The county magistrate nodded: "That's right."

Jia Gui asked again: "What is the plague-driving ghost?"

At last.

Jia Gui followed the county magistrate's advice and issued an order.

"Close the city gates and strictly check everyone entering and leaving."

"Order Liu Yitou to patrol the city and post notices. If anyone is haunted by plague ghosts and conceals the truth, they will be severely punished."

County Magistrate: "By the way, we must invite another person over."

Jia Gui: "Who are you inviting?"

County Magistrate: "The Yin-Yang Taoist."

Jia Gui: "Ask him to catch the plague ghost?"

The county magistrate said: "No, he is the most skilled doctor in the area, and is good at refining medicine and pills."
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Purple Cloud Peak.

As the morning sun rises, purple haze appears on the horizon.

The old Taoist sat upright on the stone platform, facing the sun and took a deep breath.

Then the Taoist priest opened another box, and inside was a round object.

He took another pill.

"call!"

After taking the pill, the old Taoist instantly felt a warm current surging out from his dantian, leading to his internal organs, meridians and even his eyeballs were covered with bloodshot.

At this moment, all kinds of scenes appeared before the old Taoist's eyes.

He felt his body floating, as if he was floating up from the stone platform and flying into the clouds.

He heard a voice coming from heaven, accompanied by beautiful fairy music, and an immortal was calling out to him, but the voice was hazy and he couldn't hear clearly what the immortal was saying.

In the distance, the two Taoists Ao and He were no longer surprised by the crazy look of the old Taoist Yin-Yang.

Just as the old Taoist couldn't hear clearly what the immortals were saying, the two Taoist priests Ao and He in the distance couldn't hear clearly what the old Taoist was shouting like a madman.

Taoist Ao: "What is the Taoist Master shouting?"

Taoist He: "I can't hear clearly."

Taoist Ao: "It seems so?"

The chubby Taoist listened carefully for a while and said, "It seems like he is shouting, I made it... I made it?"

Taoist He was surprised: "It's full?"

Taoist He immediately prepared to step forward: "This is not good, could it be that the elixir cannot disperse and is filling up my stomach?"

The last time the elixir couldn't disperse, the two Taoists He and Ao helped me to drink water and pat my chest and rub my abdomen.

Although the old Taoist was safe and sound in the end, all the wisps of immortal energy leaked out from the valley, and the precious elixir was wasted.

But after watching from a distance for a while and finding that nothing had happened, the two of them stood still again.

Taoist Ao: "Junior brother, is this elixir really useful? Why do I feel that the more I take this medicine, the worse my health will be!"

Taoist Ao said this and also mentioned another thing.

"Recently, the Taoist master's body is covered with rashes, and black spots have appeared on his hands, forming hard lumps one after another."

"If this pill is really a panacea, why did it cause such a problem?"

Taoist He had a high level of comprehension. He had already learned some of the true teachings from Taoist Yin-Yang and had also begun to learn some methods of alchemy, so he began to speak.

"The cultivation method of our sect focuses on refining the spirit, and eventually the spirit and soul will be separated from the mortal body and ascend to heaven."

"The human body has a breath of innate energy, which gradually spreads throughout the body. We extract this energy and return it to the innate energy."

“So at the end of cultivation, the physical body will inevitably decay, because the essence has been returned to the soul.”

This explanation makes a lot of sense.

Taoist Ao asked again: "Then why don't you eat?"

Taoist He waved his hand: "My realm is not high enough to take the elixir."

After dispersing the elixir, the Yin-Yang Taoist stood up wearing a loose robe.

When he opened his eyes, they were shining brightly and looked particularly energetic.

He looks full of energy and vitality, not like an old man at all. He walks with great vigor, even more energetic than young people.

(End of this chapter)