Chapter 313: 'Possessed by a Ghost'
Dark, cramped, dilapidated...
A quarter of an hour later, when Sun Shaozong got off the carriage, he was faced with such a decadent little alley - especially the tiles on the wall that were sticking out so long, further creating a sense of oppression that "people have to bow their heads under a low eaves".
Ma Dao Po is quite famous, so why does she live in a place like this?
"My Lord, don't underestimate this place."
Zhou Rui came up to explain: "In fact, the whole alley has been taken over by Ma Gan Niang... Ugh~!"
He raised his hand and slapped himself on the mouth, then continued, "It has been bought by that witch Ma, and the decoration inside is so unique."
As he spoke, Zhou Rui lowered his voice slightly: "I also heard that this old witch took advantage of the flood last year to buy seven or eight young men who could produce water when pinched. She lived a carefree !"
As he described, some unbearable scenes suddenly appeared in Sun Shaozong's mind...
Oh~
This is disgusting!
Sun Shaozong shuddered, and hurriedly drove the image out of his mind, then waved his hand and said, "Let's go, and do as I told you before."
Zhou Rui also made a gesture, and then two servants went into the alley first.
Sun Shaozong and Zhou Rui followed closely behind, and behind them were five or six strong servants carrying whistles.
Just as Zhou Rui had said before, all the courtyard gates along the way had been blocked off , except for the two vermilion-painted doors at the end of the alley, which still retained their original appearance.
Seeing the gate, Sun Shaozong led Zhou Rui and others to stop, and asked the two servants to knock on the door loudly, and shouted: "Godmother, Ma Godmother! We are from Rongguo Mansion. We don't know what evil has befallen Master Bao, and we would like you to come over and take a look!"
After shouting, there was no movement from inside for a long time. The two servants were about to shout again, but Sun Shaozong had already realized something was wrong, so he immediately ran over and kicked the gap between the two doors!
Snap!
The bowl-thick door bolt broke with a sound, and the door split apart like a piece of paper, and with a bang, it was embedded in the wall. Even the gate tower shook violently, and countless tiles fell down.
Before the dust settled, Sun Shaozong stepped in, stood on the steps and looked around. He saw a long corridor against the outer wall. There were about twenty or thirty oil lamps of various sizes lit inside, but there was no one in sight.
Sun Shaozong carefully examined the courtyard wall again and saw that it was flush with the gatehouse. He immediately understood and hurriedly called Zhou Rui to order, "Where is the back door of this house? Take me there quickly!"
Just now when he was walking in that alley, he felt a little uncomfortable. At first he thought it was because the space was too cramped, but now he thought it was because someone was secretly spying on him!
And the person who was peeping was hiding in the alley of the courtyard wall!
It was estimated that Ma Dao Po had created such an alley in the hope of eavesdropping on some conversations so as to play tricks in front of the guests - but she did not expect that today she would hit the jackpot and discover the warning signs in advance.
Ma Dao Po had always had something to hide. When she heard that the people from the Jia Mansion had come to her house with sticks, she naturally knew that her plan of murder for money had been exposed. If she didn't run away now, when would she run?
So when Sun Shaozong found out something was wrong, he immediately asked where the back door was.
To be on the safe side, he also left four people to guard the main gate to prevent Ma Dao Po from making a feint to the east and attacking in the west.
However, two servants who often came to this place led Sun Shaozong and Zhou Rui straight to the back door. Halfway there, they saw from a distance a few young men with makeup on their shoulders, carrying a lot of gold and silver jewelry, and surrounding an old woman with white hair and chicken skin, who were also heading towards the back door.
"stop!"
When Zhou Rui saw the old woman, he couldn't help but yell, "You old witch, you killed our second grandmother, and you still want to run away?!"
With just this shout, the young men were frightened like headless flies and were about to flee in all directions.
"Don't panic, kids!"
But Ma Dao Po remained calm in the face of danger. While shouting to calm people's hearts, she took out a small oil lamp from her sleeve , shook it at Sun Shaozong and others, muttering something, and suddenly opened her mouth to spray oil.
Phew~
A ball of blue flame the size of a bamboo hat immediately burst out from the small oil lamp!
“Cough cough cough…”
Ma Dao Po coughed violently a few times, and then said grimly: "If anyone dares to chase after me again, don't blame me for using this soul-devouring heavenly fire to burn his soul to pieces and never be able to reincarnate!"
Seeing her cast the "magic", Zhou Rui and the two servants who led the way immediately showed some fear, hesitating here and there, not daring to move forward.
The morale of the young men on the opposite side was greatly boosted. They shouted slogans such as "The old immortal has infinite power" and "The strong will be reduced to ashes", and surrounded Ma Dao Po and ran towards the back door.
Can you be fooled by this?
When Sun Shaozong saw this scene, he was speechless. This was obviously a fireball-spitting juggling performance using rosin foam or something - and the old woman had obviously messed it up. Not only was she coughing due to choking, but even her eyebrows and hair were singed!
Even so, Zhou Rui and others were fooled...
Forget it~
Anyway, the person had been found, so he didn't expect Zhou Rui and others to help him, and hurriedly rushed up alone.
"Chase... catch up!"
"Old Immortal, cast your spell quickly!"
"This thief is so brave!"
Seeing that they were being chased closer, the young men started to panic again. This time, even Ma Dao Po lost her composure and pointed the lantern at Sun Shaozong in panic. She was about to threaten him with a few lies, but Sun Shaozong was not willing to listen to her nonsense.
He rushed forward, raised his arm and scooped up the lantern with his sleeve, sweeping it away into the sky. He then pushed Ma Dao Po to the ground, stepped on her Shar Pei-like belly, and sneered, "Tell me, where is the antidote hidden?!"
Without waiting for Ma Dao Po to speak, he warned without even looking up: "Everyone stand still, or else don't blame me for killing you !"
After a slight hesitation, the young men, including Zhou Rui, who had restored their original surname of Hao Nu, followed them and drove them to a place, where they were under strict surveillance.
At this moment, Ma Dao Po's eyes squinted and she shrieked, "Only I can give you the antidote... Ouch! Spare my life, sir!"
Sun Shaozong stepped hard on her, causing her to scream like a toad. He then sneered, "You still lack some skills if you want to lie to me, Sun Shaozong! I advise you to think it through first, otherwise..."
When Ma Dao Po heard the name 'Sun Shaozong', all her lucky thoughts vanished. Her dry lips trembled a few times, and she finally confessed honestly: "This... this 'ghost possession' really has no antidote."
Sun Shaozong raised his eyebrows and scolded: "At this time, you still dare to play tricks on me?!"
“No, no, no!”
Ma Dao Po hurriedly explained, "The name of this poison is 'Devil Possessed'! It was originally made by Taoist Master Fuyun and I for spiritual practice. Who would have thought it would be something deadly..."
Listening to Ma Dao Po's story, it turns out that although she is a fake trickster, she also dreams of one day being able to practice some magic - especially in recent years, she has been successful and famous, so she yearns for the magic of immortality.
As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. Last year, she met the Taoist master Fuyun, the abbot of Xuanzhen Temple. They were both obsessed with becoming immortals, so they worked together to build an alchemy furnace, hoping to refine the legendary golden elixir that could lead to immortality.
As a result, silver was poured in like water, and a strange poison was actually refined. Taoist Fuyun and two pyrotechnic boys went crazy just by smelling the poison, and were sent back to Xuanzhen Temple, where they died within a few days.
Ma Dao Po barely escaped the disaster because she was in charge of logistics.
At the beginning, she avoided the poison made by Taoist Master Fuyun as much as possible.
But over time, Ma Dao Po discovered that as long as the poison was kept in a cool place, it would not emit any smell at all. Only when it was heated to a certain temperature would it emit the sweet fragrance that could drive people crazy.
As she was busy with making elixirs and buying beautiful boys, she was spending more than she earned, so Ma Dao Po started to have some evil ideas.
So they designed a magic trick called the Five Ghosts Nightmare, which took advantage of the fact that when a person was sleeping on a mattress, the temperature would gradually increase, thereby activating the mechanism of the poison, specifically targeting the wealthy families to rob them of their money and kill them.
Although she was familiar with the method, she did not know how the poison caused people to go crazy, let alone how to treat them.
