Soon October passed like this, the weather gradually began to cool down, today is the weekend, Ya and I made an appointment that we go to Tower Hill to play today, after hearing the story of Tower Mountain, the two of us did not dare to go. Tashan is located in the east of the county, because the tower is pressed under a giant python and get the name, come to the foot of Tashan, the foot is full of many residents, when we want to go up the mountain, there is an old man blocking the way, just the two of you go? Don't go to the danger, it's not good to encounter dirty things, at first I thought he said that the dirty things are animal feces and other things, I also smiled and said to him that it's okay, we will pay attention to the road, thank you Old man, Ya grabbed my arm and stopped, to be honest, I have been with her for almost a month, I haven't held her hand, Ya walked over and asked the old man, what is dirty? Don't be busy, listen to me tell you, to go up the mountain, you must first pass through the old man's yard, we stopped, the old man came into the house and brought us two stools, this old man's house is really special, and the surrounding buildings are incompatible, built with relatively old tiles, and there are a lot of grape vines planted in the yard.

It's mid-November, the leaves are a little yellowish, and every now and then a cool breeze blows, and you'll have a cold choke before you know it. Where are you from? My family is from the new city, no wonder you don't know, I've heard a little, but I don't know the specifics, isn't it just that there is a nest of small snakes under the tower? Little snakes? You are too young, you can go back and ask the older ones in your family, they should know. We didn't mean to offend, but we heard that the wish on Tower Hill could come true, so we planned to go up the mountain to see, but I heard from my family, but it was just a legend! You can go, but you have to buy something! Otherwise, you will encounter something you shouldn't encounter, snake? Yes! Little snake! What is there to be afraid of, Ya shivered on the side, this Tower Mountain is quite strange, the whole mountain is planted with peach trees, and there is no other miscellaneous tree. Therefore, there is also a name called Taoshanpo, this old man also poured us a cup of hot tea, Ya dare not drink it! The reason is that the old man's appearance and movements are a little scary, this old man's face is very thin, and there are some unclear patterns on his forehead, probably scars, but not like, if you look closely, it is a snake pattern, walking a little like a snake's action, Ya looked at me, I nodded and said: It's okay, drink it! This old man has a gossip mirror hanging on the door, and there are some chicken feathers around it, and there are many charms pasted with it.

The old man said that his task was to bring this legend to the people who were going up the mountain, and to remind them what to bring so that they would not get into trouble, and the more I listened to it, the more evil I became, and he was playing with me in broad daylight and chatting with me! I said: What do you want to buy? It is better to bring some peach blossom wine, or something related to peaches, and you can go up the mountain, this mountain is full of peach trees, isn't it enough? Isn't it enough! The peach trees can suppress the snake spirit under the tower, so the mountain is full of peach trees. There is a hole behind Tashan, and in front of the hole is a reservoir, and the old man said that there was no reservoir before, and it was just a relatively low place, but then it was filled with water overnight, and it was repaired into a reservoir by the surrounding residents. Let me tell you: In the past, Tashan was a forest, and the county seat at that time was just a small town, and your new urban area was all rice fields. At that time, the people under the tower mountain, like to go up the mountain to catch snakes, there are many people in the town to collect snakes, a snake can be sold for a lot of money, when the pile is busy, every man will go up the mountain to catch snakes, catch a snake almost a week can not work, most of the previous children's school tuition are obtained from catching snakes, there are really many snakes near tower mountain, if you are lucky, you can catch several a day. Later, there was a farmer who went up the mountain to catch snakes, as usual, and he was at the foot of the mountain, and he never harvested, so he went to the back of Tashan, which is now the reservoir, which is now called the Gengdan Reservoir, and there was no water at that time, it was just a relatively low place, and there were only some nests.

On that day, the weather was very hot, people would sweat when sitting at home, and it was very stuffy, people sometimes felt that it was difficult to breathe, the farmer thought that there were a lot of snakes today, and he came to the back mountain with his tools, at first he saw a swamp in the middle of the back mountain, at this time he was still in the middle of the mountain, and from a long distance he saw that the reeds of the whole swamp were all flattened, and the farmer was curious and wanted to look closer, and he felt that the wind was very strong from a distance! The farmer's face turned blue, yes, two pythons mated in that big nest, and made some strange noises, the farmer was frightened stupid for a while, he didn't know how to run, the farmer was still far away from the swamp, he was still halfway up the back mountain, the snake is very sensitive to body temperature, the farmer was dumb for a while, couldn't scream, it took about 3 minutes to scream, it was okay not to scream, a giant python stood up, it stood up dozens of meters high, about 10 stories high, probably startled by the farmer's voice, the python pounced on the farmer, the farmer ran away, the farmer ran towards the top of the mountain, and looked back to see how big the snake was while runningI saw the body of the snake, but I couldn't see it in the sky, and I shouted as I ran, "Help!" Help! Where the snake passed, it was like thousands of troops and horses passing by, and the trees on the mountain were crushed. When the farmer ran to the top of the hill, the sky suddenly became dark, and thunder began, and the lightning was as thick as a cow's rope, and the larger one chased in front, and the smaller one kept barking in the back.

The one behind kept calling again, the residents of the whole mountain heard it, the residents came out to see, it was dark and pressed, it looked very weird, the wind blew very strongly, many houses were blown away, people ran to the open space, from a distance, it looked like an ant was being chased by a giant python, the people below were frightened and dumbfounded, wind, lightning, thunder, it did not rain, when the farmer ran to the middle of the mountain, the giant python had reached the top of the mountain, the giant python stood up more than 30 meters high, just when the giant python pounced on the top of the mountain, a lightning bolt with a telephone pole hit the snake, the giant python kept rolling on the mountain, and the cry shook the whole valleyThe ground within a radius of ten miles was shaken, and the trees on Tower Hill were burned, and the scene was like a great earthquake, with a rumbling sound, and it sounded like the end of the world, and the residents under the mountain were all frightened. The giant python was churning, and the other was winding up from the mountainside, and its head kept screaming to the sky, and the cry was miserable! I think that the python didn't do anything wrong, but when it was very hot, the water in the well was sometimes clear, sometimes mixed, and I had never heard of anyone being swallowed by a snake, but once I heard that there was a child playing in the well, and there was a hole not far from the well, and the child liked to play there, and when he came back, he always said that he would fly up when he sat there, and the adults thought it was the child who was talking nonsense, and ignored him. So how long has it been going on, I'll talk on the side, don't interrupt, Ya will talk about it. Ya asked, what about the python after it was struck by lightning?

After the python was struck, the other coiled most of the mountain, protected the snake that was hit, and kept barking to the top of the mountain, then another bigger lightning struck down, the snake was also hit, for a time the two pythons were tossing on the mountain, and finally entwined together, tossing for about an hour, and the cry gradually disappeared, the python died on the top of the mountain? No! In the evening, the two pythons climbed to the back mountain and disappeared, there is a hole in the back mountain, it should go back to the nest. It must have been dead, and the python had appeared once in so long? No! Someone had seen it two years earlier, he met it at the foot of the back mountain of Tower Mountain, and when he met it, he thought it was a big tree that was upside down, and this tree was too strange, from this end of the mountain, to the other end of the mountain, and the man was curious, how could there be such a big tree, and he wanted to cut it down with a sickle, but he didn't expect it to move, and he was so frightened that his soul flew away. He died a few days after he came back, and the family didn't know what the reason was. He was only about 30 years old when he died. Once, a young man caught a snake with horns on its head, which was very beautiful, and the two horns were up, about 10 pounds, and I said on the side that it was so big! It was small, and at that time, any one caught was more than 20 pounds. What happened to the man, he also died, and he died after two years of life. The person who bought the snake said this, this snake should only give you 400 yuan, I will give you another 400 yuan, you are ready for the future, but I have a matter, I ask you to help me put it in the box, the young man still doesn't know what's going on, and said that the boss is superstitious, and he has not been bitten by a snake, how can something happen, the boss said, he doesn't understand either, and finally the boss put the snake back in Tashan, and nothing has happened since then.

What happened to the man who was chased by the python? He also died, and that man died a terrible death, covered with pus, and tortured for a month before he died. Didn't you say that there is no Geng Dan Reservoir? Yes, after the pair of snakes disappeared, the swamp in the back mountain was full of water, and the water was getting bigger and bigger, and the whole village was about to be flooded, and later, I invited a master to come, he said that after the death of the giant python, he wanted to take revenge, and the whole village had to raise money to make a tower on the top of the mountain, pressing the snake spirit, before this mountain was not called Tashan, it was called Snake Mountain, because this mountain snake was the most, and then the snake disappeared, and built a tower on the top of the mountain, so it was called Tashan, and asked the villagers to clean up the trees on the mountain, all planted peach trees, and the mountain was full of peach trees, also known as the peach slope. The villagers were also asked to build dikes around the swamp so that they could prevent the snake spirits from retaliating. He also said that the peach tree could suppress the snake spirit, and the villagers at his feet did so, and it worked, and the next day the water was small, and after that lightning strike on the snake, there was no more snake on the snake mountain. Snake collectors don't come here to collect snakes anymore. The shops are closed, so everyone who goes up the mountain has to bring something about peaches? Even if it's a pattern, can the wish come true? These are all fake, if the wish comes true, then everyone doesn't have to work! Also! What is the matter with this pattern on your forehead! The pattern on your forehead is the symbol of the guardian, the guardian? The master said, the last thing is that the people who belong to the reservoir need someone to inherit the identity of the guardian. The Guardian's task is to tell the story to the climbers, who decide for themselves. If you want to go or stay, all right? Do you want to go now? If you want to stay or go, you can decide for yourself! Let's go back another day! What do you think? Well, let's go back! Call a few more people another day. I gave 20 yuan to the old man, and the old man did not refuse, may the gods bless you, okay, thank you! You don't have to give me money, this is an obligation! It's okay! We also drank your tea!

After saying goodbye to the old man, we went to have lunch and went back to our respective lodgings, and Yadu and I were still lingering in the story, which we could not forget for a long time.