I couldn't see anything, which was even more frightening.
There were many things crawling on the ground outside the dilapidated house. It seemed that the dilapidated house was completely surrounded.
They rubbed the grass with the scales on their abdomens, causing the grass blades to make a disturbing rustling sound, causing Yun Kong's cold sweat to seep into his gradually numb body.
"What bad luck!" Yun Kong couldn't help but lament in his heart.
They couldn't break in within a moment or three, but Yun Kong wasn't sure how long they could hold out.
It's very windy outside.
It probably won't be long before the realgar powder sprinkled outside the house will be blown away and will no longer be effective.
Yun Kong didn't want to light a fire yet, he wanted to prepare it for when they broke in.
In the darkness, he bumped into the man next to him.
The one who hid in with him.
In other words, it was because of that person that he ended up in this situation.
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Less than half an hour ago, Yun Kong was just a wandering Taoist walking alone on the old post road.
He is alone and has no one to accompany him, because in general Jianghu warnings, it is best not to offend monks, Taoists, women, etc. when traveling, because these people are bound to be fishy when traveling alone, so no one wants to Come and keep company with him.
He was also happy to be alone without worries, but he had not spoken for too long and his vocal cords were too loose. Only when he occasionally talked to himself did he realize that his voice was so hoarse.
The post road was paved with small stones. After a hundred years of trampling, the stones were broken into gravel. The bottoms of the monk shoes Yun Kong wore were worn thin, and you could even feel the sting of the stones under your feet.
He was still considering whether to take off his monk shoes and become a barefoot Taoist to see if walking would be more comfortable.
When he was about to try, it was already too late.
Because he heard three voices at the same time.
Thousands of hurried footsteps.
The noisy rolling of stones.
The rustle of grass on the roadside.
A gust of fishy wind hit him from behind, unexpectedly passing through his armpits, tugging at his sleeves, and brushing against the back of his ears, causing him to shiver greatly.
He was about to raise his alarm, but it was still too late.
The footsteps were already approaching directly behind.
The person who came was a man who looked like a farmer, with dark complexion and thick arms. He was covered with a coarse linen garment and had a bundle tied to his shoulders. He was panting while running, and looked back in panic from time to time.
Yun Kong was hesitating and wanted to ask: "Why are you so panicked?"
Before he could ask, the man spoke first: "Taoist priest! Taoist priest! Run!" He had already passed by Yun Kong before he could say anything.
The rolling of stones and the noisy sound of blades of grass meant that a large number of things were approaching quickly.
There were thousands of people moving at the other end of the post road, and suddenly a large group of yellow snakes appeared.
"Snake?" Yun Kong was so surprised that he lost his mind for a moment.
It would have been just one snake, but now there were countless snakes coming from the post road, flattening the grass on the roadside.
It was spring at that time, and the snakes had just woken up from hibernation for a short time. They were not crawling very fast, maybe because the gravel road was not easy to walk, so they had a little difficulty walking.
Yun Kong therefore had a chance to escape.
He forgot that running would increase the force of stepping on the stones, making the soles of his feet more painful.
He had forgotten that he had missed lunch and was now hungry and didn't have much energy to run.
But he still caught up with the farmer.
"There is a broken house ahead!" Yun Kong shouted, taking out the realgar powder from the bag, "Let's hide in it quickly!"
"No! You'll be killed!" The man continued running.
"You won't be able to escape like this for long!" Yun Kong said, "I have realgar, which can drive away snakes!"
Yun Kong hurriedly ran to spread realgar around the house. The house was not big, so it was all finished very quickly. The farmer hesitated for a while, but followed Yun Kong and hid in the broken house.
Sure enough, the snakes swam close to the broken house and did not dare to enter rashly. They just stuck out their tongues and wandered around outside the house, waiting for an opportunity to break in.
Yun Kong entered the house and finally had the opportunity to slow down his rapid breathing. While calming his heartbeat, he bought time to think of a way to escape.
What a disaster caused for no reason!
Yun Kong felt sorry for himself and was thinking rapidly, hoping to sort out some clues.
By the way, those snakes are not here to chase him!
Yun Kong immediately grabbed the man and said, "I don't know what to call him?"
The man looked frightened and stammered: "They... they call me Daniel..."
"Are you a big cow? Okay, did you provoke these snakes?"
"yes……"
Yun Kong went to the window and took a look, and saw that every snake had a thick yellow belt on its back, and it swam very nimbly, but he had never seen such a snake before.
He asked Daniel again: "What is the name of this snake?"
"Huang Feng..."
"Yellow Wind Snake?"
"Yes."
Okay, Yun Kong has heard of it.
The Yellow Wind Snake has a yellow band on its back, which is its characteristic. Because it crawls very quickly, it is called Yellow Wind Snake.
The yellow wind snake is very poisonous. If you are bitten by it, you will die within three seconds if you are not treated in time.
In other words, they cannot be bitten.
The problem is that there are at least thousands of snakes outside. How should we rush out?
"Daniu," Yun Kong calmed down, sat in front of Daniu, stared at him and asked, "How did you provoke them?"
Daniel swallowed his saliva, flashed his innocent eyes, and said, "It's all my fault for brewing snake wine."
"Tell me what happened, hurry up." Yun Kong is usually kind and gentle, but now he is also anxious and loses his temper.
"Two days ago... two days ago, I was plowing the fields and saw many snake heads exposed among the rocks on the edge of the fields, basking in the sun..."
"sun?"
"Yes, snakes will hide and sleep in winter. When the sun gets warm in spring, they will expose their heads to bask in the sun..."
Snakes enter hibernation in autumn and winter. Because they are cold-blooded animals, unlike endothermic animals, the body has the ability to regulate its own body temperature. Therefore, when the sun comes out, it must warm its blood before it can move normally. If its body temperature is insufficient, it will Looks lazy.
Spring comes early in Lingnan (Guangdong and Guangxi), so Yunkong spends the winter here, and is about to leave for the north, but he unexpectedly runs into trouble.
Daniel continued: "I saw that there were many snakes and they were easy to catch, so I put down my work, took a rope and made a slip knot to tie the snake's head, caught and killed Liquor, and killed one or twenty of them in one morning. Then take it home..."
"As soon as I got home, I cleaned the snakes one by one, scraped out the gallbladder, ate one, and planned to save the others at the bottom of the well to freeze and eat them slowly... At that time, the old mother at home actually screamed, " I'll run away quickly."
Although Yun Kong listened intently, he still kept paying attention to the movements around him.
He heard the snakes outside squirming impatiently and spitting out letters greedily.
"It turns out that my mother saw two yellow winds in the snake I killed. She thought I hadn't noticed it for a moment, so she killed it with one hand. When she saw it was yellow wind, she knew that I was in danger and told me to run away. So I hurriedly packed up the snakes. , rushed out of the door, and after escaping for half a day, I saw that these yellow wind snakes had caught up..."
"How do you say this?" Yunkong didn't quite understand for a moment and hurriedly asked: "Only the Yellow Wind Snake cannot be killed?"
"Taoist priest, you don't know something. As the saying goes: "The yellow wind chases a person for three thousand miles." This is the snake! If you kill the male snake, the female snake will definitely chase you. Even if you chase him for three thousand miles, you will have to take revenge. stop!"
"Wait a minute, there's more than one snake coming after you! You only killed two. If there are mates, why are there a group of them?"
"This...could it be that this snake has a group of wives and concubines?"
"No, no..." Yun Kong put a finger on his lips, thinking endlessly, and gradually felt that his brain was a little overheated.
After thinking for a while, he thought: "Yes, it is to avenge the wronged snake."
Daniel hurriedly asked: "What is it?"
"Zhang Jue, a man from the Tang Dynasty, has a book called Chao Ye Qian Zai, which records a snake that was retaliated against. It is also said that in the Lingnan area... it is here. If someone touches it, this kind of snake will follow it closely for three or five miles. If If you kill one, all the snakes will gather together..."
"Does the book say what color the revenge snake looks like?"
"No," Yun Kong said, "but the temperaments of the two snakes are so similar, I'm afraid they are the same type."
"Taoist, if you remember this passage, what's the use?"
"Of course it's useful. We who travel far and wide, knowing these can save our lives!" Yun Kong said immediately, "The book says that if you carry the centipede with you, you will be spared."
"Where did the centipede come from within one hour and three quarters?"
"This is an old house. It's early spring now, the frost is melting, so it's bound to be damp. If you look around, there might be a centipede in the corner!"
"It's too much trouble. Why don't you get a stick and beat him out!" Daniel Meng Lang shouted.
"No!" Yun Kong said, "First, if you are bitten, you will die. Second, if you kill a few more, won't you get into even greater trouble?"
"Ignore it. How long will it take to run away like this?" Daniel was so anxious that tears flowed down his face.
