After Xiao Ding's army arrived in Nanchi County, he posted a reward to recruit guides. It took several days to finally recruit one, but he said that he did not want to reward him with silver, but asked to help him do something.

Xiao Ding asked the reason for the incident, and the villager named Erzhu told his purpose.

It turned out that he was from the backing village of Rongbo County, because the village had recently been hit by a snake plague, so he wanted to ask someone from the government to come forward to help solve the problem.

Xiao Ding listened to Erzhuzi's narration, and felt that there seemed to be something strange about this matter, so why did the snakes go to the village? Could it be that there is something in the village that attracts snakes?

Xiao Ding couldn't figure out these questions for a while, but in order to be able to let Erzhu act as a guide, Xiao Ding had to agree to his conditions anyway.

It's just that when the time comes, how to solve the problem concretely, you have to take one step at a time.

So Xiao Ding said to Erzhuzi: "I can agree to your request and help your village get rid of the snakes." However, if you are a guide, are you familiar with the situation in the mountains of Rongbo County? ”

"Of course, I am familiar with it, I go up the mountain every day to chop wood, walk all over the mountains, and I will not get lost. I have basically walked through the mountains within a radius of several tens of miles in our village. Erzhuzi said.

When Xiao Ding heard this, he said in his heart that it was not bad, according to this second pillar, he was really suitable to be this guide.

So he nodded to Erzhu and said, "That's good, let's make a decision, we will help you eradicate the snake plague, and you will help me be a marching guide." ”

Erzhuzi hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Thank you, my lord, obey my lord's orders!" ”

Xiao Ding waved his hand at him and said, "Okay, okay, you don't have to be polite." When do you plan to return to the mountain village? I'll go with you to see how it goes. ”

Erzhuzi was overjoyed when he heard this, kowtowed again and said: "Thank you for your help, the villain plans to leave here and go back to the village directly, otherwise if you can't go back before noon, you will be hungry." ”

When Xiao Ding heard this, he immediately said: "Then you might as well eat in the county government at noon and then go back, and I will go with you in the afternoon." ”

"Thank you, then, sir!" Erzhu kowtowed a few more times before he stood up and walked out of the hall.

The county commander hurriedly went out to arrange for someone to entertain the second pillar.

Xiao Ding was thinking about the snakes. He had no way of knowing why snakes had entered the village, but he knew that snakes were afraid of male yellow.

Realgar is a mineral, which was used as a detoxification and insecticide in ancient times. External realgar can treat scabies, scabies, snake bites, etc., with good results; Oral administration of a small amount can treat epilepsy, sores and other symptoms. However, realgar itself is poisonous and should not be taken more. In particular, it cannot be heated, after the realgar is heated, it will become arsenic, which is highly toxic.

Since Xiao Ding is going to go with him to see the situation in the afternoon, it is best to prepare in advance. Realgar is the nemesis of snakes, so Xiao Ding plans to prepare more realgar to deal with snakes.

So, he asked the county magistrate to buy more realgar and come back, and sent someone to grind the pieces into powder, and then buy more wine after grinding the powder and come back, blending them into realgar wine.

Because the wine contains alcohol and is volatile, it is more effective to use realgar wine to deal with snakes than realgar powder.

Soon, all the realgar in the pharmacies in the county was bought out by the people sent out by the county government.

I also bought a lot of shochu in the jar. There are more than 10 officials in the county government, all of whom are people who don't usually work, and today they were all arranged by the county order to prepare realgar wine.

After lunch, the large number of wine jars that I bought back were basically all mixed with realgar wine, but there was still a part of realgar powder left.

The county order also wanted to send someone to buy wine and come back to blend it, but Xiao Ding waved his hand and stopped the county order. said: "That's all, I guess it should be enough." ”

More than a dozen officials have not yet eaten lunch in order to hurry up and prepare wine. Seeing that Xiao Ding said it was okay, they left.

Xiao Ding came to the large pile of wine jars, waved his hands, and as soon as his mind moved, the realgar wine and realgar powder were all included in the jade pendant space.

After that, Xiao Ding let people find the second pillar.

Erzhuzi had just finished lunch at this time, and he was eating with the people in the county government, even so, he was very satisfied, and the meals that the people ate were also meat. And Erzhuzi is in the village, and he may not be willing to buy a piece of meat to eat for several months. Occasionally, he was able to eat meat, and it was also when he was collecting firewood that he caught a small snake that was not poisonous, or a blind bird, so that he could improve his meal.

I heard that Xiao Ding was going to follow Erzhuzi to the village, and many generals also wanted to go with him to have a look, but Xiao Ding refused. But Yue Yurou repeatedly asked to go with Xiao Ding, and said that she knew medicine and might be able to help him, so Xiao Ding agreed to take Yue Yurou with her.

Erzhuzi came to Nanchi County on foot, in order to speed up the hurry, Xiao Ding asked Erzhuzi to find a horse, so the three of them rode towards the mountain village.

After entering the boundary of Jiangzhou, Xiao Ding really felt the inconvenience of traffic here, there are mountains everywhere, one after another, and the mountain roads are rugged and winding among the mountains, if you are not familiar with the terrain, you may really get lost while walking.

On rugged mountain roads, horseback riding is also difficult.

The three of them gradually slowed down the pace of their horses. Walk slowly forward.

Fortunately, the village is very close to Nanchi County, and it only took more than an hour to walk, and the mountain road in front of me turned into a mountain col.

In this col, thirty or forty adobe houses and thatched houses are lined up. This is a mountain village, around the village, a lot of cultivated land, at this time it is summer, the cultivated seedlings grow lush, it is very gratifying.

Erzhuzi led Xiao Ding and Yue Yurou into the village and took the two directly to the village chief's house.

This village chief is the second uncle of Erzhuzi, who is over forty years old, and the villagers call him Tie Niu.

When Xiao Ding walked into Tie Niu's house at the village chief's house, he found that there were still many people in Tie Niu's house, and it seemed that they were discussing something. After these people saw Erzhuzi walking into the house with Xiao Ding and Yue Yurou, they all dispersed. also looked at Xiao Ding and the two of them with strange eyes from time to time.

When Erzhuzi entered the house, he said to the village chief of Tieniu: "Second uncle, I brought Master Tian here. After saying that, he also winked at the village chief of Tieniu. It's a pity that Xiao Ding was behind him and didn't see the movements of the second pillar.

The village chief of Tieniu said with a smile: "Okay, great, Lord Tian is here, our village will be saved!" ”

After speaking, the village chief of Tieniu hurriedly gave up his seat to Xiao Ding and Yue Yurou, and was busy asking his daughter-in-law to help make tea.

Tie Niu's daughter-in-law is a village woman about 40 years old, she is busy boiling water and making tea, but she is also very skilled. It's just that when she served tea to Xiao Ding and Yue Yurou, she also secretly glanced at Xiao Ding and the others with strange eyes. It is the same as the vision of the villagers who left before.

Xiao Ding was puzzled in his heart, and secretly thought, why are these people in their village so strange when they look at their eyes?

Unfortunately, he couldn't figure it out at all.

Tie Niu was very polite to give Xiao Ding and Yue Yurou tea, and took the initiative to take a sip of his own tea to prove that this tea is good tea and there is no problem.

After the second pillar sent Xiao Ding and the others to Tie Niu's house, they left. Ding guessed that he might have returned to his home.

I asked Tie Niu about the general situation of the snake plague again, and what Tie Niu said was not much different from what Erzhu said, and they were basically the same.

Since the snakes will not come until the evening, Xiao Ding plans to take advantage of the fact that it is not yet dark, so that the village chief will give the realgar wine to the people in the village, and distribute it door-to-door, and when the snakes come, they can use the realgar wine to drive away the poisonous snakes.

So, Xiao Ding's mind moved, and the floor of Tie Niu's house was suddenly filled with realgar wine.

"Tieniu Village Chief, I brought these realgar wines here to help everyone drive away poisonous snakes, you can see if you have people send them to the villagers!" Xiao Ding smiled and said to the stunned Tie Niu.

Tie Niu suddenly saw that there were so many wine jars on the floor of his house, and he was shocked. Hearing Xiao Ding say that he brought it was even more shocking.

Tie Niu is just an ordinary villager, where has he ever seen such a magical power, he was surprised, but also thought that he had met a fairy, otherwise, how could he bring so many wine jars at once?

He immediately knelt in front of Xiao Ding, kowtowed again and again, and said: "It's all villains, adults, please don't blame the villains, the villains are also for the people of the whole village, and please have a lot of adults, spare the villains!" ”

Xiao Ding was confused by him, and said in his heart, why is this village chief so timid, it's just that there are a bunch of wine jars in the house, so he won't be scared like this! So he said: "Tie Niu Village Chief, don't be afraid, I just know some spells, you can take things from the air, now it's still busy with business, you go and inform the people in the village, come and bring these realgar wine back, wait for it to get dark, the snakes are coming, but it's too late." ”

When the village chief of Tieniu heard this, he stood up and made a few gestures to Xiao Ding and Yue Yurou before turning around and going out. There was a broken bell in the courtyard of Tie Niu's house. The Iron Ox struck the broken bell with a wooden pole. Although the sound of the broken bell is not as loud and strong as it used to be, the population of the village is small, and there are only thirty or forty households in total, and the village chief's house rings the bell, and the whole village can hear it.

In a short time, the villagers crowded the courtyard of the village chief's house.

The village chief of Tieniu instructed each family to send one person to the house to receive two jars of realgar wine. Xiao Ding of this pile of wine jars has calculated that after each family receives two jars, there can be more than a dozen jars left.

It didn't take long for every household in the village to receive realgar wine, and then Xiaoding went out and told everyone how to use realgar wine to drive snakes.

In fact, many villagers also know that realgar can drive snakes, but they don't have the money to buy realgar.

After the villagers received the realgar wine and dispersed. It's almost dark.

Tie Niu asked his daughter-in-law to slaughter a chicken and stew it to entertain Xiao Ding and Yue Yurou.

Xiao Ding is from the countryside of Yongzhou, knowing that the life of the villagers is not easy, and he feels very sad when he sees the village chief's family killing chickens to entertain him, because he knows that for the poor villagers, a chicken, maybe the whole family is waiting for it to lay eggs to supplement nutrition.

So he immediately took two taels of silver from the space and stuffed them into Tie Niu's hand, saying that it was a reward for his dinner tonight.

Tie Niu said that he would not accept anything, and in the end he did not have the strength of Xiao Ding, and Xiao Ding still stuffed the silver into his pocket.

The skill of Tie Niu's daughter-in-law to stew chicken can only be said to be average, far less delicious than the chicken soup stewed by the Nine Princesses. After Xiao Ding drank a sip of the chicken soup stewed by Tie Niu's daughter-in-law, he almost didn't spit it out.

He drank the chicken soup of the Ninth Princess smoothly, how could he drink the chicken soup in this rural village that lacked oil, salt and had no seasoning?

Seeing that Yue Yurou frowned after taking a sip, Xiao Ding took advantage of the fact that Tie Niu and his wife were not paying attention, took out the chicken soup made by the Nine Princesses that had been stored in the space before, and gave Yue Yurou a bowl. Then the two smiled at each other.

At this time, Tie Niu turned around and saw Xiao Ding and Yue Yurou flirting with each other, he thought that the two were a couple, so he awkwardly picked up the chicken soup bowl in front of him, pretended not to see anything, and drank the chicken soup with a clatter.

Although Xiao Ding and Yue Yurou disliked his family's chicken soup, Tie Niu did not dislike it at all, and he ate it with relish.

In this way, Xiao Ding and Yue Yurou drank almost all the chicken soup in Xiao Ding's space for dinner. Every time, Xiao Ding took advantage of the iron bull to turn around and serve the rice, and replaced the chicken soup.

Tieniu's daughter-in-law has always refused to eat at the table because she is a woman, but just squatted in the kitchen and ate silently by herself.

I heard Tie Niu say that he has two sons, both of whom have not yet married, and now they are all working in a workshop in Nanchi County, and they can only come back once a month.

While eating and chatting, the night gradually fell.

The oil lamp of Tie Niu's house was dimly lit. Xiao Ding and Yue Yurou had already eaten almost enough, so they both left the table.

Tie Niu saw that there was still a lot of chicken soup in a large pot, so he felt a little strange, obviously saw that the two of them drank several bowls of chicken soup, why was there so much left in the basin?

Seeing that it was getting dark, Xiao Ding also began to worry about the snakes.

I asked Tie Niu, when the snakes usually come, but Tie Niu said that he was not sure, sometimes it was the third watch, sometimes it was the second watch.

When Xiao Ding heard this, he said in his heart, this time is not fixed! But you can't sit still and wait!

So I wanted to lie down in bed and rest.

However, there are only two bedrooms in the village chief's house, one for the old couple and the other for his two sons.

There was no way, Xiao Ding and Yue Yurou had no choice but to go to Tie Niu's son's room.

Seeing that there was only one big bed in the house, Xiao Ding said happily: "Yurou, you sleep on the bed, I sleep on the ground." ”

Yue Yurou grabbed Xiao Ding's sleeve and said, "Brother Xiao Ding, have you forgotten that in Luoxia Mountain, the two of us are squeezing into a cave together?" After saying that, she wanted to pull Xiao Ding to the bed.

Xiao Ding shook his head awkwardly and said, "Yurou, this time and that time!" At that time, you and I were in danger, and we had to ......"

He wanted to continue, but was interrupted by Yue Yurou: "Brother Ding, you weren't afraid to sleep with me in your arms at that time, why are you afraid now?" ”

Xiao Ding's face was black, and he said in his heart, when did I sleep with you in my arms? Obviously, you sleep with my arm in your arms every time! But Xiao Ding couldn't tell it to his face, so he had to try to struggle and said: "It's not that I'm afraid of you, but I'm worried about affecting your reputation......"

"No, Brother Ding, I've slept with you anyway, tonight, you must sleep with me!" Yue Yurou grabbed Xiao Ding's arm and didn't let go, and said coquettishly.

When Xiao Ding heard this, his face darkened, and he said in his heart that this girl dares to say anything, if outsiders hear this, I can't wash it by jumping into the Yellow River!

wanted to break free, but was dragged to death by Yue Yurou. In fact, if he wanted to use force, even Yue Yurou could pull it together. But Xiao Ding didn't want to disobey Yue Yurou's mind like this.

So he had to compromise and say, "Okay, then I'll sleep outside tonight, and you can sleep inside." ”

Yue Yurou saw that Xiao Ding agreed to go to bed, so she didn't care about the inside and outside, she jumped on the bed and lay down obediently, while Xiao Ding was facing outward and lay outside.

Just about to fall asleep, Yue Yurou suddenly pulled one of Xiao Ding's arms and held it in his arms, but Xiao Ding didn't dare to move, because as soon as he moved, he would touch Yue Yurou's soft body, and a cloud of thoughts would rise in his heart, and he was really worried that he would not be able to control it and break out into animal behavior.

In this way, neither of them could sleep, so they lay in this position. Xiao Ding constantly runs the Pure Heart Formula in his body to ensure that his body and mind are clear.

It lasted until the second watch, and Xiao Ding suddenly heard the sound of "rustling" from a distance.

The snakes are coming!

This was Xiao Ding's first thought, if he opened his ears today, the sound of snakes swimming naturally could not escape his ears.

However, just when Xiao Ding was about to get up to check what was going on.

Suddenly, he caught a strange flute sound in his ears, where did this flute sound come from? Why is there a flute?

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