The waiter was a young man. He was obviously frightened. At this moment, he was explaining what had just happened to the side of the room.
"Sir, look at the thing in the water.”A young constable saw the worms in the bathtub and signaled the magistrate to come over and take a look.
"Previously, the two bodies found by the river were in the same condition as this victim. They seemed to have been drained by something. Now that we look at them, we think that the corpses of the victims are related to water. They all died in the water. Moreover, there is a strange black foreign object in the bathtub of the third victim. It seems to have come out of the victim's body.”A master checked the condition of the deceased and reported to the magistrate.
Two constables were trying to use a hook to get the bugs out of the bathtub and bring them back for research. Unfortunately, these bugs were too slippery and could not be hooked. This was the first time they had encountered such a situation. They had seen so many dead people in the past, but they had never seen such a terrifying corpse.
The shopkeeper was also called over to make a written confession.
The shopkeeper recalled and said," I remember that the guest only came to stay at midnight last night. At that time, he didn't feel that anything was wrong. He only said a few words and then stopped talking. However, I saw that he was quite thirsty and asked for water as soon as he came in.”
The waiter's recollection said," The guest was very frustrated last night. He kept asking me to bring him tea. He drank four pots of tea before asking me to prepare a bath. I didn't think much about it at that time and prepared it for him. I didn't expect to see this situation when I opened the guest's room early this morning.”As the waiter spoke, his fear was still shaking!
"In that case, the deceased had been drinking water all this time?”The county magistrate asked.
"Sir, I think these things are parasites, parasites that live in the human body!”The advisor said.
"Parasites?" The county magistrate asked suspiciously. He had read about parasites in medical books.
"Yes, it's a worm that lives in the human body. It's called a parasite by the aristocratic families. Very few people knew about their existence.”The advisor said.
"Bring the corpse back first!" The magistrate ordered," No one is to touch anything here, and no one is to enter.”
"Yes, sir!"
The shopkeeper sighed. With such a thing happening, his business would not be able to continue.
Shi Xiangke and Xiaoyue were walking on the street, thinking about what had just happened. At this time, Xiaoyue said,"I think those parasites are only temporarily residing in the human body. In the beginning, they might increase the human's appetite. They absorb and grow in the intestines through the food that the human eats. Once they grow up and want to come out, they will stimulate the human brain's nerves in the human body, making people constantly thirsty and want to drink water. In the end, they will want to pounce on water. Then, through the water, those parasites will run out of the human body and reproduce the next generation before finding the next host.”
Shi Xiangke asked,"Are you sure?"
"Actually, I don't know either. I remember Grandma telling me that she had seen a 15-meter-long parasite. It was a spirit that lived in the body of a beast fur monster.”Xiaoyue saw Shi Xiangke staring at her belly, so she quickly covered it and said,"Although I am a beast, I love cleanliness. I will not let those parasites take advantage of me!”
"According to what you said, it's possible that they're in the river. As long as it's related to water, they'll appear, right?”
"Something like that! Hey, what are you doing?" While Xiaoyue was talking, Shi Xiangke suddenly grabbed her wrist and walked forward.
"Let's go take a look!" Shi Xiangke turned around and said. Then, she stopped and looked at the two people who had suddenly appeared in front of her. Xiao Yue felt that he was looking at her, but her face was stiff. She followed his gaze and saw Fu Yang and Hong Lian standing in front of them, looking at them as if they were waiting for them.
Xiaoyue pulled a long face. She remembered that woman's face and the scent of lotus flowers. Shi Xiangke was with her last time. Therefore, Xiao Yue hated Hong Lian. She had to be wary of any woman who was with her husband, especially when the other party was also a demon.
Hong Lian and Fu Yang walked over. When they saw Xiao Yue's unrelenting vigilance, Hong Lian knew what was going on. She introduced Fu Yang to them and said,"This is my husband!"
Hearing that Hong Lian had a husband, Xiao Yue was relieved.
"Husband, this is Shi Xiangke, the Demon Slayer I told you about.”Hong Lian said to Fu Yang. Before Shi Xiangke could figure out the situation, just as Hong Lian finished speaking, Fu Yang had already walked up and asked anxiously,"Is Su He here with you?"
After hearing Fu Yang's question, Shi Xiangke turned to Red Lotus and stared at her in surprise. Red Lotus nodded helplessly.
Finally, Shi Xiangke nodded. Immediately, Fu Yang said excitedly,"Can you bring me to see her?!"”
Xiaoyue, who was beside him, was puzzled. Who was Su He? Why was it with her husband? Who was this woman's husband?
"I'm afraid I'm not free now." Shi Xiangke replied.
"I want to see her!" Fu Yang heard Shi Xiangke's words, so he grabbed Shi Xiangke's collar and said angrily. His voice quickly spread to the surroundings, attracting the curious gazes of the passersby.
Hong Lian and Xiao Yue saw this and quickly went forward to pull Fu Yang.
Shi Xiangke had never thought that this mortal in front of her had such great power. She wanted to see something through his eyes, but it was a blank. No, normally, she could see the past life of mortals, but this Fu Yang gave her a blank memory, like a bottomless black hole. She couldn't touch her surroundings.
"Who is this? Hurry up and let go of my husband!" Xiao Yue almost jumped up and threw Fu Yang away.
"Let go, husband!" Hong Lian pulled Fu Yang away, but she could not. She finally understood that Fu Yang would only use such powerful strength when he was agitated. No one could pull him away.
Hong Lian's words were still effective. Fu Yang let go of Shi Xiangke, or he realized that he was too impulsive just now. If he angered Shi Xiangke, what would he do if he didn't let him see Su He? Didn't he say that Su He was with him? He still wanted to see Su He.
Fu Yang faintly expressed his apology,""I'm sorry. I was too rash just now. Can you let me see her?”He didn't want to wait the whole night. He wanted to confirm it as soon as possible.
"It's not that I don't want you to see her, but I really don't have time. We have to go check the river now. There was a murder at Lafu Inn this morning, and Xiaoyue found out that it was related to the river.”
Upon hearing this, Fu Yang immediately quieted down when he heard that it was related to a murder case. He had already endured for so long, and it was not like he did not want to delay it. Moreover, it was related to his life, so he had better not delay it.
"What murder case?" Red Lotus asked.
"Have you ever heard of parasites?" Xiaoyue asked.”
" Parasites!?" Hong Lian and Fu Yang repeated these three words doubtfully.
"Parasites? " I remember that 800 years ago, there was a pig demon who had cultivated for a hundred years. There was a parasite that had become a spirit in its body. It multiplied in the pig demon's body and controlled the pig demon's nervous brain. In the end, it became a puppet of the parasite and spread its larvae to the human world to harm humans.”At that time, humans died horribly. In the end, a white-robed immortal appeared and subdued them. It was a very terrifying thing for parasites to become spirits.
"Yes, I heard my grandma say that too!”Xiao Yue said.
"Why haven't I heard of it before?" Shi Xiangke shouted.
"He's inexperienced!" Xiao Yue said. Shi Xiangke snorted coldly. What a joke. He had been traveling in the north and south of the Yangtze River alone for several years, not to mention that he wasn't even born eight hundred years ago!
"Have parasites appeared?" Red Lotus asked.
" This morning, the corpse at Laifu Inn was quite similar to the one from 800 years ago. The parasites had drained the human body and escaped. According to the people in the yamen, this was the third corpse. I think the parasite found a human host through contact with the river.”Xiao Yue said," Of course, it's also possible through food. Those humans usually wash vegetables in the river or something.”
"We're going to take a look now, so we'll talk about Su He later.”Shi Xiangke said and pulled Xiaoyue's hand to walk forward. Red Lotus looked at Fu Yang, who nodded lightly and said,"Let's go and take a look too!" Then, he followed.
Through the river in Chang 'an, they found a source of water that flowed upward. They looked at the turbulent river and could not see anything. Then they found the city and came to the wilderness. There was a huge waterfall that flowed down from the mountain. There were flowers, plants, and trees all around. The morning weather was a little cool. The sun was hidden in the clouds and refused to come out. The weather was particularly dark, as if the sun was about to set.
"Look, there's someone over there!" Fu Yang noticed and shouted.
Under the waterfall, waves of water splashed down. On the shore, there was a person floating on the surface of the water.
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