I survive in the weird Liaozhai

Gu Nian'an stopped and thought carefully.

What exactly is this thing called “ghost baby”?

"Ghost"? No, it's more accurate to say it's a zombie rather than a ghost.

So the young man’s current condition should be caused by the corpse poison entering his body.

So if it's corpse poison...

Thinking of this, he quickly turned around and said to the old woman behind him

"Auntie, do you have any glutinous rice at home? Can you bring some to me?"

He remembered watching a movie called "Mr. Vampire" in his previous life, in which it was mentioned that glutinous rice can detoxify corpse poison.

The old woman looked at her son who was dying on the bed, her tearful eyes revealing deep worry.

Regarding the Taoist priest's extreme treatment method, she just clenched the corners of her clothes with both hands, lowered her head and said nothing more.

Although she is just a woman, she knows the priorities of things. She leaves professional matters to professionals and will not interfere too much.

Only after hearing Gu Nian'an's question did she raise her head and hesitate for a moment before quickly responding.

"Yes, yes. Taoist priest, please wait a moment. I will get it right away."

After a while, the old woman nimbly returned to the bed carrying a small basin of glutinous rice.

Without thinking too much, Gu Nian'an grabbed a handful of glutinous rice and applied it on the young man's blackened wound.

"呲"

There was a sound like that of a soldering iron burning the skin, and wisps of black smoke visible to the naked eye rose up. In an instant, the snow-white glutinous rice turned pitch black.

Seeing this scene, Gu Nian'an's eyes lit up slightly. He never expected that the folk remedy he saw in the movie in his previous life would be so effective.

After cleaning the black glutinous rice off the young man's wound, he grabbed another handful and applied it to the young man's wound, repeating this process dozens of times until half of the basin of glutinous rice had turned completely black. Only then did he stop.

Seeing that the dark blue color on the young man's body was slightly easing, he breathed a sigh of relief.

After tying the scarf around her eyes again, Gu Nian'an turned around and said

"Go get some more sticky rice and apply it to the wound as I did earlier, or you can just place him in the sticky rice pile. Wait until the sticky rice stops changing color when it touches the wound, then find a doctor to treat him."

This is all he can do. As for whether the young man can make it through, that depends on God's will.

After the Taoist priest's treatment, the young woman and the old soldier's eyes had obviously improved and even their bodies were trembling slightly.

After hearing Gu Nian'an's words, the two of them knelt on the ground and kowtowed to thank him without hesitation.

"Thank you, Taoist priest. Thank you for saving my life."

He slightly turned sideways to avoid the direction in which the two people were kowtowing. As a modern person who traveled through time, he found it a little difficult to accept the ancient people's way of expressing gratitude by kowtowing.

What’s more, the two people who were kowtowing were elderly men of considerable age.

Ignoring the two people kneeling on the ground, Gu Nian'an walked quickly out of the yard. He had already wasted a lot of time, and there were still many things to arrange today, so he had to speed up.

When the two kowtowed again and stood up, they found that the Taoist priest who treated Xiao Yi had disappeared.

The old woman looked around in confusion but still did not see the young man in Taoist robes.

However, the old gatekeeper swiftly got up from the ground and chased after him out of the yard.

Only when he ran out of the hospital did he see Gu Nian'an again, so the old soldier quickened his pace and chased after him, shouting as he ran, "Master, please wait, you haven't collected the consultation fee yet."

Hearing the shouts behind him, Gu Nian'an slowed down his pace and waited for the gatekeeper to come to his side before speaking.

"No consultation fee is required. I came here for my own purpose, not just to save people."

"Besides, I have something else I want to ask you."

Gu Nian'an stopped and turned to face the gatekeeper.

"I don't know how you knew I could alleviate corpse poison."

Upon hearing this, the old guard at the gate immediately stopped and explained, "I saw the Taoist priest climbing over the city wall last night, and you and the thing that hurt my nephew last night appeared at the same time, so... that's why I had no choice but to come and ask for help."

"is it?"

He was not satisfied with the old soldier's answer. It was late at night yesterday and the two were some distance apart at the time. He didn't believe that his identity could be confirmed with just a glance.

But everyone has their own secrets, there's no need to ask too much.

"Go back. Your nephew is only slightly better now, but he is still in danger. Instead of wasting time with me, go back and arrange for his treatment."

After saying this, Gu Nian'an turned around and strode away.

The old gatekeeper stood there, staring blankly at the young man's back as he walked away, his mind a little confused.

In fact, he lied. The reason why he went to Gu Nian'an was because...

It seemed as if there was a divine will guiding him, guiding him to find the boy and ask for help.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Gu Nian'an arrived at the palace. At this time, Wang Jie had already returned to the palace and told his uncle everything he had seen yesterday.

So when he entered the hall of the palace, the head of the Wang family hurried forward to greet him with a smile on his face, but Wang Jie just stood silently by the side with a pale face.

"Master Nian'an, you have worked hard. I have already heard my nephew's description of your divine power. I wonder what your plans are next."

Gu Nian'an did not respond immediately. Instead, he waited until both parties were seated before speaking.

"The ghost baby escaped with serious injuries. I roughly know where it is now. I wonder what Patriarch Wang thinks of the Li family."

Upon hearing this, Wang Shouye remained calm on the surface, but a huge wave of emotion was rising in his heart.

"Li Family" When mentioning the Li Family in this small and small area of ​​Anyang County, he would not think of anything else except that huge family that was the head of the aristocratic family.

So did the ghost baby escape to the Li family?

Thinking about how Taoist Nian'an set up a trap in Tingfeng Cottage and was able to lure out the ghost baby in just two days, maybe the ghost baby was in the Li family from the beginning.

But how is this possible? Why would the head of a county family associate with such an evil creature? Aren’t they afraid of arousing public anger?

"Master Nian'an, can you confirm that the Li family and the ghost baby are colluding?"

Wang Shouye's face was extremely serious at this time, and even his voice became heavier.

Ha! Patriarch Wang's question was very insightful, so the main issue now is not the ghost baby.

The Li family is a giant that lives in Anyang County. In a sense, it is much more dangerous than the ghost baby.

“Master Wang, you are focusing on the wrong thing. My opinion is not important. What is important is the current situation of the Li family.

I mean, what if, what if the Li family is really colluding with the ghost baby, or even the one controlling the ghost baby is someone from the Li family, then..."

Gu Nian'an raised his teacup and took a sip of tea. Then he looked at the increasingly ugly expression on Patriarch Wang's face before continuing.

"Then the entire Anyang County City will be in danger. I don't believe that the Li family has no other purpose in raising ghost babies.

So if Mr. Wang doesn't want to be enemies with the Li family, my suggestion is to move out in advance.

Take all your belongings and leave Anyang City. The farther you go, the better. As for your son's revenge, you don't have to think about it anymore."

After hearing what Gu Nian'an said, Wang Shouye frowned and his face became so gloomy that water seemed to be dripping out of it.

Wang Shouye couldn't afford to offend the Li family, but it was impossible to ask him to give up his property in Anyang County.

However, if it is true as Taoist Nian'an guessed that the Li family is raising ghost babies, then it means that something big has happened to the Li family.

How dangerous is the Wang family, which is so close to the Li family? Where in the entire Anyang County is safe?