Chapter 2 Chapter two

(The head lowering technique of "raising ghosts" is unpredictable and hard to guard against. Naturally, it is also the best way to spy on secrets.) Xi Taining's reaction came so quickly, it can be seen that he also has a certain understanding of "head drop". Yuan Zhenxia waved his hand: "So, in the simplest terms, all kinds of head-bending are a combination of Gu, witchcraft and magic, and are a major topic in the study of metaphysics. Because everything about head-bending, It cannot be explained by any modern science!" Xi Taining took a deep breath, and sincerely agreed with Yuan Zhenxia's statement: "Yes!"

Yuan Zhenxia looked at Xi Taining, they all agreed with the briefest explanation about "lowering the head", so naturally it was time to listen to Xi Taining and talk about his own affairs.But Xi Taining didn't make a sound, first sat there for a while, then walked to the front of the black flower, smelled the fragrance of the flower, and said: "The soil name of this potted flower is 'Kewa Kewa', It means 'paradise'. Paradise flower is the dream treasure of any master!" Yuan Zhenxia frowned, thinking that Xi Taining was still unwilling to talk about himself.This naturally made Yuan Zhenxia feel unhappy, he didn't say anything, he thought it would be good to hear him explain the origin of this strange paradise flower.

At the same time, Yuan Zhenxia was quite puzzled.This pot of heavenly flowers seems to have a magical sense of sorcery. Since it is a treasure that any head-subduing master dreams of, how could it appear here?What is Xi Taining's identity? Could it be that he himself was a head-bending master, and was plotted by another head-bending master? Xi Taining turned his back to Yuan Zhenxia, ​​and continued to speak slowly: "The biggest characteristic of Paradise Flower is that it is highly poisonous and extremely rare. It only grows in very dark and humid places, in tropical forests or tropical swamps. Because of its It is so toxic that within a range of 100 meters it grows, there are no insects, ants or poisonous snakes at all. It can be called the king of poisons in the plant world, and even poisonous animals stay away!"

Although what Xi Taining said was very novel and interesting, and Yuan Zhenxia felt that he had never heard of it, but he still coughed and expressed some impatience. Xi Taining turned around slowly: "Its toxicity can be controlled after being treated by the head-down master." Yuan Zhenxia said "Oh": "Then it becomes a kind of poison and lowers its head?" Xi Taining corrected it: "It can be transformed into dozens of different poisonous heads, and each one is very powerful among the poisonous heads!" Yuan Zhenxia frowned: "Mr. Xi, our topic turned out to be that you were hit by a head drop..."

Xi Taining sighed and paused for a moment.However, he ignored Yuan Zhenxia's gentle protest, and continued on his own: "Its petals, branches, pedicles, stamens—the pistils and stamens, and flower roots can all be transformed into poisonous heads of different natures." .And after being poisoned by the 'Heaven Flower', only the 'Heaven Flower' can crack it." Yuan Zhenxia listened patiently, just when he wanted to ask Xi Taining to return to the original topic again, Xi Taining suddenly said something that made him startled: "The ones in me are the ones that contain the elements of heaven flowers." Poison down!"

He said these words quite calmly, but his tone was very certain.After being stunned for a moment, Yuan Zhenxia said, "You just said that heavenly flowers can be made into poisonous Jiangtou, and can also be cracked. Now that you have a pot of heavenly flowers, what's the problem?" Yuan Zhenxia's words are naturally irrefutable - he was poisoned, and now he has an antidote, so what's the problem? Xi Taining paused for a while, and did not directly answer this question, but said: "You don't want to know why I am so sure that I have been poisoned by the heavenly flower poison to lower my head?"

Yuan Zhenxia nodded: "Of course I want to know, I'm also a little strange. Generally speaking, people who have been hit by the head drop will not know, let alone what kind of head drop. Why are you so sure? Did the wizard who lowered his head tell you?" Xi Taining tilted his head, as if thinking about how to word it.After a while, he said: "Because the head drop technique is quite popular in our place, so..." Yuan Zhenxia waved his hand and interrupted him: "Where is your place?" Xi Taining still didn't give a positive answer to this question, he just said: "Anyway, it's the place where the head-bending technique is very popular!"

His attitude made Yuan Zhenxia feel very strange. The purpose of his evasive words is naturally to conceal his identity.But he refused to even say the name of the country, that would be too much!Could it be that if he said that he is a Malayan, his identity would be exposed?Unless he is an extremely prominent dignitary! But if it is so prominent, it is the same whether to say the name of the country.For example, who would not recognize the President of Indonesia? Yuan Zhenxia didn't press on, but just snorted softly, expressing his displeasure. Xi Taining went on talking on his own: "Since it is very common to use the head-down technique to harm people, generally speaking, if the environment permits, there will be a head-down master as a protector, so as not to be harmed by the head-down technique."

Yuan Zhenxia said: "You can put it more directly. Rich people or prominent figures all hire head-down masters to protect themselves and their families, right?" Xi Taining said "Oh", "You can say that." Yuan Zhenxia didn't say anything more.There is no need to doubt that Xi Taining has a very special status. His demeanor, his profligacy and indifference to money have already proved this point.He was in "their place", so he naturally belonged to the class that hired a head-down master. Xi Taining took a breath: "Naturally, first of all, some of my own...experiences made me think that there is a possibility that I will be subjected to a head-bending technique. Then, from..."

Yuan Zhenxia interrupted him again: "What is your experience? It should be very important since it caused you to be hit by the head drop!" Xi Taining showed a sullen look, and said, "Please don't interrupt my narration!" Yuan Zhenxia was not polite: "Please pay attention, you are the one who took the initiative to tell me everything about you!" Xi Taining's expression was even more sullen, and he walked back and forth rapidly, as if he wanted to use walking back and forth to contain his anger. Yuan Zhenxia just looked at him coldly.After waiting for a while, Xi Taining returned to normal: "I will never tell about that experience unless it is absolutely necessary. Please don't mention it again, okay?"

With such a sudden change in Xi Taining's attitude, Yuan Zhenxia was naturally embarrassed to continue.He said: "Okay, that's up to you to decide!" Yuan Zhenxia could guess that that "experience" must not be a pleasant one.Because after Xi Taining's anger gradually subsided, the calm expression he showed was very deep. Xi Taining continued: "After I knew that I might be hit by a head drop, there was a head drop master who was very close to me to check whether I was really hit by a head drop and what kind of head drop I got. Then A head drop master... His qualifications are very high, and he can perform cracking spells for ordinary head drop. At first, the result of his inspection was that I failed to drop the head, but he then told me that there are several extremely powerful ones. The lowering of the head is impossible to detect!" Yuan Zhenxia couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard this: "No news is good news! If you can't find out that you have been hit by the head drop, you have hit the most powerful head drop!" This time, Xi Taining was not angry, but just looked at Yuan Zhenxia coldly, as if Yuan Zhenxia had said the most ignorant thing.Under his stern gaze, Yuan Zhenxia couldn't stop laughing, so he could only listen to him continue. Xi Taining coughed dryly: "The head subduing master told me, for example, there are many kinds of poisonous subduing heads prepared with paradise flowers. There is no sign at all with ordinary inspection methods. You must use special inspection methods to detect them." Yuan Zhenxia made a gesture of "Of course you accept it, other special inspection methods". Xi Taining nodded: "You can't imagine how complicated the special inspection method is! I have to swallow the blood of several kinds of poisonous snakes, and swallow the internal organs of some strange insects that you have never heard of. A newly dead woman kisses..." Xi Taining's expression was very serious and weird, Yuan Zhenxia couldn't help but make fun of him: "Fortunately, it's not making love with a newly dead woman!" But after thinking about it, he even shivered involuntarily. He felt that it was too disgusting and horrible, so he didn't say it. Xi Taining continued: "I still had to soak in a specially prepared potion for more than ten hours. After passing those inspections, I was sure... I was indeed poisoned by the poison prepared by Paradise Flower. head." Yuan Zhenxia said "Oh": "It's too unfortunate, what are the symptoms? If it's vomiting... I think it's not surprising for anyone to vomit after such...experience." Xi Taining took a deep breath: "It's not vomiting, but here—" He said, pointing to the top of his head.When he pointed at the top of his head, Yuan Zhenxia still looked at him in astonishment, not knowing why. Xi Taining pointed to the top of his own head, walked a few steps, and came to the window: "Please come and have a look." Yuan Zhenxia walked over, still not knowing what to look at.Xi Taining said: "Pull my hair away and look at my curling part." Everyone's hair has at least one curl, and some people even have more than one curl. This is a very common physiological phenomenon. Although scientists couldn't tell the exact reason why there was a whirl, but since Xi Taining made such a request, Yuan Zhenxia naturally followed suit.Xi Taining's hair is very thick, and like most people, he has a hair curl on the top of his head near the back of his head. Xi Taining had been speaking in a fairly calm tone, but at this moment, his voice trembled involuntarily: "See? There is a piece of the scalp under the hairpin that is black, deep black!" Yuan Zhenxia saw it, but he disagreed with Xi Taining's description.That black "piece" of scalp is only the size of a small fingernail, irregularly rounded, as black as lacquer, and looks very strange. Yuan Zhenxia touched it, then put down his hand: "Or, is that your birthmark?" Xi Taining straightened up: "Absolutely not! Before the special inspection, the head-down master told me that if I got the heavenly flower poison to lower my head, black spots would appear on the scalp under the hair spin , that is the proof of being poisoned, and it turned out to be the case!" Yuan Zhenxia couldn't help feeling sad when he heard this.If what Xi Taining said is true, then he was indeed hit by a poisoned head--a ​​kind of poisoned head made from heavenly flowers. Xi Taining sighed: "Based on the size of the black spot, the head-removing master can even guess the time when the hair-removal will occur..." When he said this, he paused: "He speculated that the time is one year, now , It’s been… more than nine months.” Yuan Zhenxia was taken aback for a moment: "Why did it take so long to come to the hospital to find a solution?" Xi Taining smiled wryly: "Going to the hospital to find a solution is the last resort! Only Paradise Flower can decipher the poison Jiangtou prepared by Paradise Flower!" Yuan Zhenxia didn't feel nervous when he heard this.Xi Taining has already said this point, and there is a pot of heavenly flowers in the room, and he has a very prestigious and highly qualified head-subduing master to help him, then there should be no doubt about cracking the poisonous subduing head up. However, Xi Taining's situation does not seem to be so simple.What Yuan Zhenxia didn't understand was that he didn't know what key issues would there be in cracking the poison Jiangtou after he got the Paradise Flower? Xi Taining sighed: "It was found out that he was poisoned by the heavenly flower poison, and the only way to crack it is to use the heavenly flower. But the heavenly flower is a very rare thing, it doesn't mean that it is available. Of course, we immediately started looking for it. A big reward request was issued, but the days passed day by day, and there was no result at all!" Yuan Zhenxia pointed to the potted flower: "Now you finally have a pot, isn't one pot enough?" Xi Taining smiled wryly again: "As you can probably tell, I am a highly educated person. Although I know that head-bending techniques do exist, I have also thought about a question: Can modern science explain head-bending? For example , I was hit by the head drop, which means that there is some kind of toxin lurking in my body, and it will attack within a certain period of time. So, I think, through strict inspection, it should be possible to detect it..." Yuan Zhenxia nodded: "This is why you came here!" Xi Taining shook his head slightly: "Many hospitals can do a detailed physical examination. The main reason I came here is because of you, Dr. Yuan Zhenxia!" Yuan Zhenxia felt flattered: "Thank you!" Xi Taining sighed: "You have had many weird experiences, and it is true that you even know the vicious curse of witchcraft. I think, no matter how wonderful and inconceivable the technique of lowering the head is, it will not be more achievable than the curse!" Yuan Zhenxia agreed with this statement: "Yes, the head lowering technique relies on some real substances, unlike witchcraft, which are almost entirely driven by spiritual power." Xi Taining picked up the topic: "While waiting to find the Paradise Flower, I have done many inspections, but nothing can be found out. The inspections I received here..." Yuan Zhenxia sighed and said: "It is impossible to go into more detail, there is absolutely no hidden toxin." Xi Taining pointed to the top of his head: "If I don't tell you the details, you will definitely refuse to check my blackened scalp, won't you?" Yuan Zhenxia was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Of course, now, you mean, since the symptoms of poisoning are black spots on the scalp, the toxin may also be in the dark spots, so we need to check?" Xi Taining pursed his lips and nodded. Yuan Zhenxia spread his hands: "Why bother? Don't you already have Paradise Flower? You can break the poison and lower your head!" Xi Taining walked back and forth a few steps: "Yes, I finally found a Paradise Flower. Last night, it was specially sent to me. At the same time, the head-down master also came. He personally escorted the Paradise Flower. " When Xi Taining spoke up to this point, he suddenly asked, "Do you want to meet this head-down master?" When he mentioned the "Master of Lowering the Head", his tone was quite respectful, and Yuan Zhenxia couldn't help being very interested.He has met all kinds of people, even the high priest on the New Guinea island, but he has never seen a formal head-down master.In particular, this head-down master is still very prestigious! He immediately agreed: "Okay, please arrange it!" Xi Taining said: "There is no special arrangement, he is in my room." Yuan Zhenxia said "Ah", the ward is a special class, separated from the living room and bedroom.As soon as Yuan Zhenxia walked in, he was attracted by the black pot of paradise flowers, and then Xi Taining appeared behind him, so although he talked a lot, Yuan Zhenxia didn't know that there was still someone in the bedroom. As soon as Xi Taining finished speaking, he turned to the bedroom: "Mr. Shi Nai, please come out." There was a low voice of agreement in the bedroom, and then a person walked out. What Yuan Zhenxia expected was a person with a spooky face, a dead snake hanging from his body, and a human skull hanging from his neck.But he glanced at the person who came out of the study, and he was very surprised, that person was not what he imagined at all! It was a short, fat, middle-aged man, half bald, with a ruddy complexion, and a very mediocre appearance.There is nothing weird about the clothes on his body, it is a half-worn gray suit, and there are no weird things as decorations. Such a person, if he had not been specially introduced in advance, would never be associated with any weird things, but would only be regarded as a very ordinary small businessman. The man came to Xi Taining, facing Yuan Zhenxia, ​​and stretched out his hand.His hands were big and rosy, Yuan Zhenxia shook hands with him, and he said, "My name is Shi Nai, and I am a head-down master." Yuan Zhenxia knew that in places where head-bending techniques were prevalent, head-bending masters had a very high status. This point can also be proved by the fact that Xi Taining called him a "teacher" just now. Moreover, if you offend the head-subduing master, if he plays some tricks and puts some head-subduing on you, it's not for fun.So Yuan Zhenxia quickly introduced himself: "My name is Yuan Zhenxia, ​​and I am a doctor who studies Western medicine." Snyder spoke rather crude English.After they introduced themselves to each other, Shi Naicai said: "I have completely heard the conversation between you and Mr. Xi!" Before addressing him as "Mr. Xi", he hesitated a little, as if he was not very used to this address. Yuan Zhenxia's ability to think and reason is quite strong, and he can be sure right away that the reason for this situation is that Shi Nai didn't usually call Xi Taining by the title "Mr. Xi".But now this title is used, naturally because it does not want to expose Xi Taining's true identity. Although Yuan Zhenxia thought of this, he didn't reveal anything, he just said: "Mr. Xi let me know a lot of things that I have never heard of..." He stopped being polite, and immediately cut to the topic: "Heavenly flowers already exist, It seems that the responsibility of the hospital is over!" Shi Nai took a deep breath: "The poison of the heavenly flower can only be detoxified with the heavenly flower. This is what I have always known. I got this heavenly flower from an old head-down master. , while giving me this paradise flower, he also told me the further situation..." At this point, Shi Nai glanced at Xi Taining.Xi Taining held his head in his hands with a bitter expression. This situation made Yuan Zhenxia puzzled. Shi Nai took another breath, and then said: "Different parts of the Paradise Flower can be used to prepare various poisonous heads. For example, the stamens are used to make one kind, and the pistils are made to make another kind." A sort of……" When Yuan Zhenxia heard this, he already understood some truth.Therefore, he couldn't help but let out an "ah", interrupted Shi Nai's words, but immediately said: "Please continue!" Shi Nai said: "I think Doctor Yuan already understood, which part of the flower must be used to break down the poison Jiangtou prepared!" That's exactly what Yuan Zhenxia thought of! Shi Nai's voice was very helpless: "And we have no way of knowing what kind of heavenly flower poison is in Mr. Xi's head. My inspection method can only find out that he was indeed poisoned by the heavenly flower poison to lower his head──and , you must not try part by part, because every part of the Paradise Flower is highly poisonous, if you fail to try it, the toxicity will occur, and you will definitely die!" Yuan Zhenxia couldn't help being startled. This kind of situation reminded him of scenes in some thrilling movies: a time bomb waiting to be dismantled, with five wires of different colors. will fail.But you must not cut it wrong, once you cut it wrong, the bomb will explode immediately! After thinking for a while, Yuan Zhenxia asked, "What's the probability?" Shi Nai didn't answer, Xi Taining said: "It's almost an astronomical ratio!" Yuan Zhenxia didn't understand: "How could it be?" Xi Taining said: "The flower of heaven can be divided into seventeen parts with different toxicity..." Yuan Zhenxia said: "Yes, that's only seventeen to one!" Shi Nai interjected: "When preparing Dujiangtou, you can use only one part, or two, three or four parts..." Yuan Zhenxia couldn't help being stunned, using the number seventeen to make any combination, how many combinations can there be?This is really close to astronomical figures!He couldn't help but have nothing to say. Shi Nai said: "Actually, the probability is meaningless. Even if it is two to one, you can't try randomly, because there is still half the possibility of death from poisoning, rather than cracking the poison..." Yuan Zhenxia agreed: "The only reliable way is to find out which part of the poison is in it!" Shi Nai nodded: "Yes!" Yuan Zhenxia knew where the difficulty lies: Xi Taining was poisoned by the Paradise Flower to lower his head, and he also had a Paradise Flower to decipher it, but he couldn't do it.He also knew the intentions of Shi Nai and Xi Taining: "What you two mean is to test the scalp with dark spots in detail, and at the same time test the various parts of the paradise flower to see if they have the same type of toxicity. Which part to crack?" Xi Taining said: "Do you have a better proposal?" Yuan Zhenxia sighed: "Please pay attention to a few points: first, the appearance of dark spots is just a phenomenon, and there may not be toxins in the dark spots." Neither Xi Taining nor Shi Nai said anything. Yuan Zhenxia said again: "Secondly, if the poison Jiangtou is compounded, because there may be too many compounds, it is absolutely impossible to find the same toxin formed by compounding in the paradise flower. Even if the flower After a very long time to study, I am afraid that at least a thousand Paradise Flowers will be enough!" Shi Nai waved his hand vigorously: "In mathematics, there is a 'combination' formula. I asked someone to calculate it, any combination of seventeen..." Xi Taining murmured: "Close to astronomical figures! However, hope is only one-way, and the black spots are poisonous, so it's simple!" After he said this, he emphasized: "This is the only feasible way!" Yuan Zhenxia thought about it for a while, and tentatively suggested: "The person who surrendered his head to Mr. Xi is naturally a head-subduing master. Why don't you try to get information on the poisoned head-subduing from the other party?" Shi Nai shook his head: "This kind of thinking is too naive. The purpose of the person who lowered his head was to kill Mr. Xi. How could he be willing to disclose the information to us?" Yuan Zhenxia couldn't help but want to say: "Is there no law?" But he didn't say it.Because it is really ridiculous to compare "head-down" with "law".Between the two, there is almost no connection at all, completely irrelevant! Yuan Zhenxia thought for a while: "It's very simple to test the scalp with dark spots. Do it now?" Xi Taining said: "Naturally, the sooner the better!" Yuan Zhenxia said: "Okay, I will notify the operating room and laboratory to prepare." Xi Taining made a "please proceed immediately" gesture.Yuan Zhenxia glanced at the "paradise flower" again, and walked out of the ward. When he left the ward, he had the feeling of leaving a nightmare.Moreover, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. This is really an extremely contradictory thing.In this hospital with advanced equipment and various experts, there appeared a master who lowered his head and a "patient" who was poisoned and lowered his head, and everything in the hospital was powerless against this "patient"! If this situation gets out, it may become the laughing stock of doctors all over the world.However, it seems that the head lowering technique actually exists! He shook his head vigorously, returned to the office, and ordered the relevant parties to prepare.Then, he went to the ward again and brought Xi Taining into the operating room. Cutting off a small piece of the scalp is really a trivial operation, but the hair must be shaved and disinfected first.Everything went very smoothly, the cut off a small piece, which appeared to be pure black skin, was immediately sent to the laboratory, and Yuan Zhenxia also participated in the laboratory work. Three hours later, Yuan Zhenxia walked into the special ward.Xi Taining, who had shaved his head, was wearing a hat, and together with Shi Nai, he looked at Yuan Zhenxia with very anxious eyes. Yuan Zhenxia sighed: "I brought bad news. As a result of the test, nothing was found except for a high concentration of melanin!" Xi Taining fell on the sofa, turned his face to the ceiling, and could not make a sound.Shi Nai kept walking up and down, stopped several times to look at Xi Taining, hesitated to speak, and continued to pace.Then, when he came to the paradise flower, he stared at it and remained motionless. There was an extremely uncomfortable silence in the entire ward. Yuan Zhenxia first broke the silence: "From the standpoint of modern western medicine, I still want to say that Mr. Xi is in good health, and there is absolutely no sign of poisoning!" Shi Nai snorted: "No matter how common the head lowering is, it cannot be detected by Western medicine. Head lowering and Western medicine are completely different things!" Yuan Zhenxia said: "I admit this, but since there is no toxin lurking, how can it cause death?" Shi Nai rolled his eyes. At this moment, he looked really a little gloomy: "I just said that Western medicine can't detect it, and I didn't say that there is no toxin. The toxin may penetrate deep into a single cell, and it will not be detected until then." spread rapidly." Yuan Zhenxia felt the need to defend himself. He thought for a while, and tried to make his words mild: "This kind of statement seems to be beyond the scope of medicine!" He thought this was the most gentle tone. Shi Nai immediately said: "Why not? Don't cancer cells start from one? The only difference is the speed of attack. There are billions of cells in the human body, and it is absolutely impossible to check every single cell!" Yuan Zhenxia didn't expect that Shi Nai's appearance was not amazing, but his words were very sharp, and he couldn't help being speechless. At this moment, Xi Taining jumped up suddenly, and said impatiently: "Stop arguing, I will go back and see Baku while there are still two more months left." The "Baku" in Xi Taining's mouth sounds like a person's name, and Yuan Zhenxia naturally doesn't know who he is.But Shi Nai obviously knew it, because when he heard Xi Taining say this, his complexion and expression became extremely ugly in an instant! Xi Taining's expression was not necessarily good-looking, Yuan Zhenxia didn't know what was going on, so it was inconvenient to say anything, and fell silent for a while.After a while, Shi Nai said in a very ugly voice: "It's useless to go to see... him." But Xi Taining stood up and said: "There is nothing to do about it, at most there is still nothing to do!" Shi Nai's voice became even more dry: "Please pay attention to two things! First, he made you..."