"Daniu! Listen! It's you who killed the snake!" Yun Kong shouted.
This drink was indeed effective. Da Niu calmed down, sat on the ground and sobbed.
Yun Kong said with a hard voice: "Daniu, today we are destined to be together. No matter whether you can escape or not, I will try my best to help you."
Although Yunkong knew that the target of these snakes was just big cows, and he himself was scared to death, he still had to bite the bullet and come to save people.
The sun was setting in the west, and while it was still dark, the clouds began to search for centipedes in the corner of the wall.
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The shabby house was so small that it was doubtful whether anyone had ever lived there.
This house is next to a post road. It has bricks and tiles. It does not look like an ordinary house. It may have been a post station.
Ever since Yun Kong and Daniu hid in that afternoon, they no longer heard cars passing by the house. Maybe this post road is almost deserted and few people use it, right?
In other words, they cannot hope to be rescued.
"If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have hid in with you." Daniel cried.
Yun Kong searched for a long time, but couldn't find the centipede. He was already very depressed. Hearing him make such a fuss, he became even more annoyed: "Daniu, the Yellow Wind Snake is chasing you."
Daniel didn't listen and just kept crying.
The sun left only a hint of golden color at the end of the sky, and the shabby house was already dark.
At this time, strong winds suddenly started.
This wind came suddenly and without warning, blowing up the flying sand and moving rocks, making the world dark and gloomy.
Speaking of sorrow, the clouds are even more sorrowful.
When the wind comes, won't the realgar scattered outside the house be blown away less and less?
"Taoist, where's the black..." Daniel barked again.
Seeing how dependent he was, Yun Kong couldn't help but suddenly wanted to abandon him and run away by himself.
It's easier to escape alone than with two.
"Taoist priest……"
Yun Kong pulled out a knife.
"Taoist priest, you...what are you doing?" Da Niu couldn't help but screamed when he felt the cold knife edge pressing on the back of his neck.
"Don't scream," Yun Kong said, "I just want to cut your hair."
"Why?"
"Catch the snake."
The wind blew faster, and the old tree next to the broken house was also bending down and crying.
There was a "bang" on the roof, and something fell on it.
The two of them looked up in unison.
"Twigs..." cried the big cow.
"Don't move, or I'll cut your scalp."
"Why just cut my hair?"
"Because," Yun Kong said while holding back his temper, "I'm sure I won't hurt you, but I'm not sure about you."
There were scattered sounds on the roof.
Yun Kong stopped the knife and held Daniu's fallen hair tightly in his hand: "Daniu, start the fire."
"Fire...? Where's my flint?" Daniel's eyes gradually adapted to the darkness, and he searched in the bag.
"Hurry up." Yun Kong urged, mixing his hair into the hay.
Hay was scattered inside the broken house, probably blown in by the wind. It was everywhere, very convenient.
"Yes, yes." Daniel found the flint, tore off a piece of linen from his clothes, and lit it.
The fire suddenly shone, and Yun Kong's eyes couldn't adapt to it for a while. He covered the light with his hands and raised his head.
Luckily he looked up.
He saw several ferocious-looking snakes entangled on the roof beams, with yellow ribbons rolled on their backs.
Suddenly, Yun Kong's whole body was covered with chills.
He immediately recalled the sound on the roof just now.
He took the fire from Daniel's hand and looked out the window. He saw that many snakes had climbed up the trunk of the tree, were climbing along the branches to the top of the roof, then fell off the roof, and penetrated into the house through the gaps in the roof tiles...
"Woohoo!" Yunkong was so anxious that he kicked the hay mixed with hair away from the door and threw the burning linen cloth over.
The hay burned, hair burned, and a pungent stench rose to the sky.
Yunkong pulled Da Niu and asked him to stand next to the door.
Sure enough, the yellow wind snakes on the roof beams couldn't stand the smoke and fell to the ground. They were immediately paralyzed and it took a long time for them to squirm a little.
"Okay... okay..." Yunkong was sweating all over his body, and he couldn't help but lick his lips nervously, "I'm going to break out now."
The group of snakes near the door retreated one after another when they saw the light of the fire and smelled the stench.
The door is free!
Yun Kong cautiously stepped into the small circle left by the snakes: "Big Bull! Follow me quickly!"
"don't want……"
"big cow!"
"No! I don't want it!"
Yunkong was anxious when a strong wind suddenly blew and blew the flaming weeds far away.
Yun Kong secretly shouted something bad and was about to jump out of the circle. As expected, the Yellow Wind Snakes were as fast as the wind and swarmed up, surrounding Yun Kong, and some even wrapped around his calves.
"My life is at stake!" Yun Kong closed his eyes and screamed bitterly in his heart.
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"Zhuangzi." "Zhi Bei You" said: "The gap between heaven and earth in life is like the passing of a white horse, all of a sudden."
Yun Kong understands Lao Zhuang's principles well.
Especially at this moment, he had a profound understanding.
He could imagine the sting of being bitten by the Yellow Wind Snake, and how the numbness would spread upward, making his legs lose strength, and how it would invade his heart.
He imagined that he fell among the snakes, his palms touched the cold snake body, and his pale face was gradually climbed up by the snakes, and he was submerged in the snakes.
But he was wrong.
"The Biography of Lienv" says: "Where there are wonderful blessings, there are also wonderful disasters." This is a warning to the world, but for Yun Kong, it should be read the other way around.
Because the snake is not interested in him.
In other words, no snake bit him.
Yun Kong was stunned. He opened his eyes and looked down at the yellow wind snake at his feet. It reflected a smooth luster under the starlight, like thousands of snow-white silver ribbons, dancing in ever-changing postures.
He finally confirmed that the Yellow Wind Snake really only pursued those who killed their companions.
Their goal is only big cows!
But he couldn't give up on Da Niu. Even though it was just a chance encounter, he just couldn't bear to see people in crisis without helping.
"Taoist priest! Taoist priest!" It was the big cow whining, "Climbing in!"
Yun Kong didn't dare to say anything. He didn't know the nature of snakes. In fact, snakes have very poor hearing.
"Taoist priest!"
Yunkong stood there, letting the yellow wind snake roll over his instep and gently brush against the side of his shoe, making him feel that he was standing on the river bank, feeling the lazy river flowing by his feet, leaving a soft touch. .
The wind has almost dispersed the realgar powder.
The Yellow Wind Snake had broken through Realgar Mo's defense line and swam into the broken house excitedly.
"Taoist!" Daniel's cry has turned into a cry.
Yun Kong still didn't dare to speak too loudly, so as not to alarm the snakes.
He tried to condense his voice into a line and spoke to the door not far away.
This is not easy to do.
First, he took a deep breath, and his lower abdomen became hard. Then he raised the muscles of his face and forehead, making it look like he was smiling. Finally, he opened his lips slightly, let the energy from his Dantian sink, and let out the sound from his throat. ──
"Da Niu, back off."
Daniel was frightened and at a loss. While looking at the snake at his feet, he looked at Yunkong asking for help.
"Daniu, listen to me, step back and go to the window."
Da Niu was startled for a moment, then slowly backed away.
Since it was still early spring, the temperature dropped quickly at night, so the yellow wind snake became relatively sluggish, allowing the bull to retreat calmly.
But he doesn't understand, what's the use of retreating from the window?
Although he didn't understand, he still leaned against the window.
"Daniu, look out the window."
Daniel did as he was told.
"Taoist priest……"
"how?"
"There are no snakes outside the window!"
Yun Kong breathed a sigh of relief and said to himself: "As expected."
It turns out that the snakes originally surrounded the dilapidated house, but now they found a gap at the door, so they filed in. Other snakes followed and rushed to the front door, so they made space behind the dilapidated house.
"Taoist priest, what should I do?"
"What to do? Run!"
Daniel said "Oh", hurriedly climbed out of the window, and fled without looking back.
When Yun Kong saw him leaving, he thought of a way to escape.
The yellow wind snakes crowded under the window one after another, but there was no trace of their enemy, and they couldn't smell the scent of the bull, and they twisted their bodies in confusion.
The snakes behind him didn't know what was going on, but kept pouring into the door. Yunkong felt that his feet were soaked in the snake stream, and it was very itchy and uncomfortable.
He quietly reached into the bag and took out two paper horses.
This is the "armor horsemanship" that his senior brother Yan Kong is best at using. Although he is not very satisfied with using it, it is indeed very useful in times of crisis!
He is waiting.
Waiting for the last snake to slither past your feet.
But his wishful thinking didn't work.
Because those snakes turned around and swam out of the house again!
"Woohoo, is this okay?" Yun Kong was stunned, and immediately tied the paper horse to his heels without hesitation.
If he had been delayed for one or two seconds, he would have fallen into the snakes again.
