After lying down and watching TV for a while, he suddenly felt a tightness in his chest. It was as if something was stuck there. Furthermore, it was not just tightness. It felt itchy, as if something was scratching inside.
Cough, cough, cough. He couldn't help but cough again.
Spit. He spat out phlegm.
That time, it was bloody phlegm.
What's going on?
He stared at the disgusting bloody phlegm on the ground and froze. A sense of unease began to grow deep in his heart. It grew more and more like wild grass.
That feeling came again.
Cough, cough, cough. He couldn't help but cough again.
That time, he spat out a puddle of blood mixed with something sticky.
He felt as if something was moving.
Am I seeing things?
He squatted down while trembling. His body immediately stiffened. His face turned frighteningly pale.
How is this possible? How is this possible?
His body began to tremble.
He saw bugs in the disgusting, viscous blood. They were tiny, thread-like bugs.
Bugs. Bugs from the stockade. They're here. They've found me.
Miao Chengtang sat down on the floor. He held his head with both hands and cried.
He felt helpless, panicked, and lost.
"Why? Why?"
He eventually shouted, "I've come so far. Why won't you let me go? Why?"
He was terrified. He was furious. He could not accept it.
Why? Why?
His face gradually became ferocious.
"If you want me dead, you'll have to pay the price."
The sudden threat of death usually had several effects on a person. The first was to turn them into lunatics. They would lose control of their actions and hurt others and themselves. The second was to turn them into idiots. They would be scared out of their wits. The third was to calm them down. Once they were calm, they would be able to do many things. Furthermore, they would be able to do many things if they were drunk.
After crying and shouting, Miao Chengtang calmed down. It was a rare moment of calmness.
"I need to save myself first."
He picked up his phone and called Miao Qingyuan, who was also in Tianjin.
"What? They're coming to Tianjin?" Miao Qingyuan, who was on the other end of the phone, was stunned for a moment after hearing the news. His face turned pale. He was scared. He knew that the methods used by the people in the stockade were extremely cruel.
"Don't worry, they're coming for me," Miao Chengtang said. "I won't drag you into this."
"I-I didn't mean that."
"I was bewitched. I took a picture and sent it to you. See if you saw it." Miao Chengtang spoke very calmly. He then described his feelings to Miao Qingyuan in detail. He wanted to know if Miao Qingyuan had any way of dealing with it. In truth, he did not hold out much hope.
When he was in the stockade, he knew that Miao Qingyuan had more contact with medicinal herbs. Not everyone in the stockade could learn whatever they wanted. It depended on their talent and whether or not anyone was willing to teach them. This was not something that could be learned by self-study. In layman's terms, it was "relationships." This term was not only used in the outside world, but also in the stockade. Although everyone had the same surname, there were still some who were close and distant to each other. If no one is willing to teach you, it doesn't matter how talented you are. Miaoxi River was extremely talented, and he was taught by the old chief. That was why he was able to become what he was at the moment.
Miao Qingyuan listened to Miao Chengtang's description and took a closer look at the picture. "Well, you know that I don't know much about this."
"Oh, I get it."
"Well, you can ask Xu Xinyuan. He has a lot of connections. He might have a way."
"Can you cure the poison in the stockade?" Miao Chengtang asked.
"Let's give it a try."
"Alright, I got it. Thank you."
After hanging up, Miao Qingyuan paced back and forth in his room.
Seeing him like that, his wife went up and asked, "What's wrong?"
Miao Qingyuan looked at his wife. She was a very ordinary-looking woman, but her temper was very gentle. When she married him, there was nothing at home. No, there was not even a home because he had escaped from the village and was as pathetic as a mouse. However, this woman had married him in such a poor situation and had never complained. She had worked hard without complaint and shared weal and woe with him. In fact, there was no "joy" but more bitterness. They had a lovely daughter and then a lovely son. He felt that there was hope in life. Now, he just hoped to be able to live happily with his family. Gradually, their lives improved. Then, they moved to Tianjin and took root here. The hatred in his heart was still there, but he cherished this hard-won life even more.
"It's fine," Miao Qingyuan said. "A friend of mine is sick."
"In Tianjin?" his wife asked.
"Yes."
"Let's go and have a look."
"Sure, I'll go and have a look. You wait at home with the child." Miao Qingyuan nodded and made his decision. That decision could have been very risky.
"Oh, be careful on the road."
Miao Qingyuan took some medicine and left the house. He hailed a cab and headed to Miao Chengtang's place.
Miao Chengtang kept coughing. He coughed up blood from time to time.
His expression looked very bad.
Knock! Knock! Knock! Someone knocked on the door.
"Who is it?"
"It's me."
"Qingyuan, why are you here?" He was very surprised to see Miao Qingyuan there.
"I brought some medicine," Miao Qingyuan said. "I don't know if it'll work."
"Wait, don't come in." Miao Chengtang felt a warmth in his heart.
True feelings were revealed in times of adversity. He never expected Miao Qingyuan to take the risk to come and see him. It was worth noting that the person who had poisoned him might still be around to keep an eye on him. Miao Qingyuan's visit was very likely to have been discovered by that person. Furthermore, Miao Chengtang had been poisoned at the time. He could have been infected if he had gone there. That person had come at such a dangerous time.
Miao Chengtang could not help but cough and say, "Go, go!"
"That's not it …"
"I appreciate your kindness," Miao Chengtang sincerely said. "I'm afraid of infecting you. You have a wife and a child back home. You know what the village is capable of. I'm already very happy that you're able to come and see me at a time like this. Really."
"I'll leave the medicine here. You should go home."
"Give Xu Xinyuan a call," Miao Qingyuan said. "He might have a way to help you. I've told you about the Guo family's influence."
"Sure, I'll give it a try. Remember, don't be in a hurry to go home. Walk around outside for a bit. I'm worried that the people from the village are still watching. It'll be troublesome if they recognize you."
After forcing Miao Qingyuan to leave, Miao Chengtang gave Xu Xinyuan a call.
"What? You're poisoned?"
"It's not poison," Miao Chengtang said. "It's a curse. The people from the village came and put a curse on me."
"How did they follow you all the way here? Hold on. "
Xu Xinyuan arrived at Miao Chengtang's place in less than half an hour. He was in Tianjin at the moment.
"Get to this place as fast as you can." He gave Miao Chengtang Wang Yao's address.
"He has a way to get rid of the curse on you."
"What?" Miao Chengtang was dumbfounded. "Are you saying that he has a way to get rid of the curse on me?"
"Yeah, there really is a way," Miao Chengtang said. "You have to trust me."
"Sure, sure. I'll go right away." Regardless, it was good as long as there was hope.
"Hold on," Xu Xinyuan said. "I'll get someone to take you there."
He was quite impressed with Wang Yao's medical skills. He had been poisoned when he went to the Valley of Thousands of Medicine. If it had not been for Wang Yao, he would have been a dead man buried in the ground.
A car left Tianjin and quickly headed for Qi Province. It was still over a thousand miles away from where Wang Yao was. Furthermore, it was the peak period of the Spring Festival. It was inevitable that there would be traffic jams on the highway.
Miao Chengtang kept coughing in the car. He used one bag after another. He was coughing up blood. It was a very serious cough.
"Mr. Miao, just hang in there for a bit longer." Miao Chengtang's coughing up blood scared the hell out of the driver. He was afraid that Miao Chengtang would die in the car. That would have been a terrible thing.
"Yeah, don't fret. Safety first." As Miao Chengtang spoke, he stuffed a vine that looked like a sweet potato into his mouth and slowly chewed it. It was the medicine that Miao Chengtang had given him back in Tianjin. He knew about it. It was a rather common medicine in the village. It was capable of repelling many poisonous bugs.
They reached Lianshan County in the middle of the night and found a place to stay.
Miao Chengtang did not sleep that night. He kept coughing. His chest felt tight and painful. It was as if something inside was biting and trying to get out. It was very uncomfortable.
He tossed and turned, unable to sleep at all.
When he woke up the next day, his face was pale, and he felt weak all over.
"Mr. Miao, are you alright?" The driver saw him like that and hurriedly went to help him up.
"I don't need you to help me. I can walk," Miao Chengtang said. He struggled to get into the car. He followed Xu Xinyuan's directions and arrived at the small mountain village.
"How is it possible for anyone to cure me here?" Miao Chengtang's eyes were sunken, and his vision was somewhat blurry as he looked at the bleak mountain village. He was in the north, which was different from his hometown, where it was spring all year long. There were only a few pine trees on the mountain that showed signs of life. Everything else was yellow and withered.
"The southernmost part."
The car stopped at the southernmost part of the village. He saw the building with black tiles and white walls.
"This is it. I hope he's still here."
He knocked on the door outside.
"Please come in." A voice was heard.
"Huh?" Miao Chengtang was dumbfounded.
He pushed the door open and entered the clinic.
Wang Yao was cleaning the room. In fact, the clinic was usually very clean. He was just tidying it up.
"Hello, Dr. Wang."
"Hello." Wang Yao turned around and looked at the person who had just entered.
"Huh?" Wang Yao frowned slightly when he saw the person.
"You're not a local, are you?"
"No." Miao Chengtang shook his head. "I'm from Tianjin."
"Tianjin? Is there anyone who knows how to cast curses there?" Wang Yao said.
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