Urban Miracle Doctor
Chapter 538 - 538 538 Past Events of That Year

538: Chapter 538: Past Events of That Year 538: Chapter 538: Past Events of That Year “To think it’s still the Shuangxin Gu!” Tang Liuyu said with a trembling voice, “How deeply must your great-grandfather have hurt that person, for their descendants to still seek revenge after so many generations!”

Upon hearing this, Ding Pulan hurriedly said, “Please enlighten us, Elder Tang!”

Qin Han looked at Tang Liuyu in utter astonishment; he knew that the Shixin Gu was actually an upgraded version of a lover’s gu, which was why he had told Ding Pulan that to undo the bell, one must find the ringer.

However, he had not expected the Shixin Gu to have reached a level that would change Tang Liuyu’s color at its mention.

Wang Pingchuan watched Tang Liuyu with a face full of curiosity.

He knew that Tang Liuyu was an old fellow sworn as brothers with his master, but he had no idea that Tang Liuyu was also versed in gu.

Wang Pingchuan’s master, on the other hand, sighed without saying a word, only patting Tang Liuyu on the shoulder.

“I was once a member of Sichuan’s Tangmen.

Why do I say ‘was’?

Because when I was young, I was driven out of Tangmen, and the reason for my expulsion was precisely due to the gu poisons of Miaojiang!”

“My mother was a woman from Miaojiang.

Though my father knew, upon meeting her, that she was a Miao woman, he nevertheless did not know that my mother’s family bred gu.

The Miao people are divided into Sheng Miao and Shu Miao; Sheng Miao are the isolated Miao people, while Shu Miao are sinicized, living mixed amongst others, not dwelling in fortified villages, not performing sacrifices, not celebrating Miao festivals, and even not speaking the Miao language.

My grandmother lived her whole life in Dunzhai, which in its early years was a Sheng Miao village.

Back then, the authority of the chieftain in the village was greater than that of the sky.

And the only one the chieftain feared was my grandmother.

My grandmother was a beauty renowned for miles around when she was young, desired by many, but after some disaster, she ended up studying witchcraft under the shamaness of a deep mountain Miao village.

The Miao people are adept at raising gu, especially those from the Ten Thousand Mountains area.

In the early years before the mountains were developed, there were numerous primeval forests, rarely tread by humans, with venomous snakes, centipedes, lizards, earthworms, toads, and other poisonous creatures everywhere.

After seeing them often, one gradually came to understand their toxic nature.

My grandmother’s master was a gu-raising expert.

Before liberation, he even had considerable fame throughout the Xiangxi area.

However, he later died, his body found in a remote mountain cave, ignored by everyone, his intestines pulled out to a length of five meters by wild dogs, all covered in white, writhing maggots.

My grandmother was Shu Miao, yet for some reason, she was chosen by the Sheng Miao shamaness.

But since my grandmother was Shu Miao, her approach was completely different from that of the Sheng Miao.

Using the gu arts she had learned, she healed people, and according to what my mother said, there was even a time she ran a medical clinic.

Anyway, at the time in Xiangxi, my grandmother was a person of considerable standing, always saving people!”

“Hmm, that must have been what they call a Miaojiang shaman doctor,” Qin Han said indifferently.

Tang Liuyu promptly nodded and said, “Indeed, they called my grandmother a shaman doctor!

My grandfather passed away very early, and my grandmother supported my mother on her own by working as a shaman doctor.

My parents fell in love in college.

Although my father knew that my mother was a Miao woman, that era was the time of the Four Modernizations; science was paramount, and people didn’t care about these things.

Even my mother, who didn’t believe in what my grandmother practiced, considered it feudal superstition.

When I was a child, my grandmother once told me something, the first and the last tale about her use of gu poison.

In 1950, when there were bandits in Xiangxi, a bandit leader passed through the village and took a liking to one of the girls, wanting to take her by force.

Later, there were too many fierce men in the Miao village, all unafraid of death, so the bandits just levied some grain and left.”

Grandmother merely muttered a few words to them and said no more.

Later, an operative from the town told the villagers that all eighteen bandits, including their leader, who had been entrenched in the Green Mountains, died of a terrible disease.

Their corpses were infested with hundreds of insects, and even after cremation, their hearts and livers remained, honeycombed in shape.”

After finishing his story, Tang Liuyu glanced at everyone.

Ding Pulan felt the food she had just eaten roiling in her stomach.

Even without seeing the scene herself, imagination alone was enough to know how revolting it was.

Qin Han didn’t speak, merely frowning.

Now it seemed that even though Tang Liuyu’s grandmother was a witch doctor, she was probably also very skilled in the use of Gu poison.

Speaking to those men was likely her casting the Gu.

Yet it was unclear how this related to Tang Liuyu’s leaving the Tang family.

After taking a sip of water, Tang Liuyu continued, “Originally, we were a family living in harmony, but because of a misunderstanding, it led to my being expelled from the Tang family, my parents’ deaths, and, had it not been for my big brother who I met when I was young, I probably would have starved to death on the streets!”

“There was a time when I was walking in the park with my mother, and we saw my father sitting with another woman.

With the fiery temperament of the Miao women, my mother became furious and immediately confronted them with me in tow.

Upon seeing us, my father was clearly flustered.

Nevertheless, he told my mother the truth.

That woman was his first love who separated from him for an overseas opportunity, and now she had returned, wanting to reconcile with my father, having sought him out many times.

The reason he met with her was to clear things up.

But their encounter was witnessed by my mother!

After the matter was explained, it should have been settled, but we overlooked the most important thing, human nature.

That venomous woman falsely claimed she was pregnant with my father’s child and exhibited intimate gestures that were initially friendly.

In truth, if everyone could have stayed calm at the time and discussed the matter at home, none of this would have happened.

But upon seeing that woman’s intimate gestures towards my father, my mother just couldn’t control her emotions.

Before my father could react, she left in a huff, putting me down and going.

It was only after my father and I returned home that we discovered my mother had left in a fit of anger!

My father searched for a long time to no avail.

It was my grandmother who finally called to say my mother had returned to the Miao territory and told my father not to seek her out; she would reason with her.

I like to think if it hadn’t been for what happened afterward, they might have reconciled like any other couple after a few days of quarreling.”

At this point, the white-haired Tang Liuyu had tears streaming down his face.

Seeing his appearance, Qin Han sighed inwardly, empathizing with Tang Liuyu’s feelings.

Though he was of an advanced age, the profound pain of that time was something he could never forget.

In fact, Qin Han had already guessed what happened next.

“That woman actually sent someone to kill my mother, claiming it was my father’s wish.

My mother was helpless, and my grandmother was already elderly.

Abroad, during the hasty escape, my grandmother was injured and soon after passed away.

Just like that, my mother, who had already forgiven my father, was completely enraged.

When my mother was young, my grandmother saw her potential for learning the art of Gu poison and wanted her to be her successor, but my mother strongly opposed it.

Because my grandmother loved her, she didn’t force her to learn.

I assume my mother started learning Gu poison after my grandmother’s death.

My father went back to look for my mother once but found the house empty, thinking she was still angry with him.

Little did he expect that strange things would start happening at home.

First, the members of the Tang family who once looked down on my mother died one after another from illnesses, and finally, my father, gravely ill, would suffer extreme heart pain every night at the witching hour…”