Chuzhuang is a small village located under the cliff of Yeyang country, because of the proximity to Snake Island, the people in the village have been catching snakes for a long time, and they are also called snake people by the traders who buy snakes.

But these days, the snake people are very free, and whenever they have time, they gather together to chat, with a look of fear and surprise on their faces.

When the sunset was full of sky, an inconspicuous carriage stopped at the entrance of the village, and the old Wang, who was napping in the big vat at the door, came up as soon as possible.

"Brother Tu'an is here, how many fresh green snakes are there?" Lao Wang shook the bamboo basket in his hand and asked flatteringly.

The evening breeze is blowing, the ink-colored curtain is slightly floating, Lao Wang looks into the gap of the curtain, and a pair of black silk shoes embroidered with purple patterns of double beasts can be seen at the front, showing the luxury.

One person blocked his view, he withdrew his gaze and narrowed his wrinkled smiling eyes, looking at the gray-clothed man in front of him shaking his head with a familiar look.

After Tuan glanced at the snake in Lao Wang's basket, his eyes showed disappointment: "There are no five-step snakes today?" ”

When Lao Wang heard the name of the snake that the man wanted, his wrinkled face was full of wry smiles: "Snake Island has just been unsealed today. The five-step snake is a highly venomous snake, ordinary people will die if they touch the five-step snake, and they only operate in the depths of Snake Island, where poisonous snakes are everywhere, even if we can catch them, we can only die. Look, can you ......?"

The tail of the five-step snake is flattened on the side, and the tip of the tail is a scale with a long tip, which is called a thorn, commonly known as "Buddha nails". If the snake is forced to hunt it so that it has no way out, it will turn its "tail hook" and commit suicide by breaking its belly, "dying without its eyes being trapped." ”

This carriage came to the village five days ago to buy a five-step snake, and it happened to be in time for Snake Island to be surrounded by the Yeyang army, but no one in the village had any of them, so the other party would come over every evening to ask questions.

After coming and going, Lao Wang became familiar with Tu'an in front of him, but he knew that the real lord was the one who sat in the car and never showed up in black clothes.

"Oh? Unblocked? The snake that Emperor Ye wanted was caught? Tuan asked quietly.

"Shhh Lao Wang glanced at the crowd that was still gathering and talking in the distance, made a silent gesture to him, and then said with a mysterious face:

"We don't know if this snake was caught, a few days ago, none of the 1,000 teams on the island came back alive except for the emperor and a few young generals, including General Chang, and it is said that the dead are very infiltrating."

"Didn't you say they were eaten by poisonous snakes? Isn't it? Tuan said curiously, and his voice was lowered a lot.

Lao Wang took a few steps forward, but said in a voice that even the owner in the car could hear: "I went to General Chang's Mansion yesterday to deliver snakes, and I saw that the eldest lady was inviting a Taoist priest to exorcise evil spirits in the mansion. ”

"Why is that?" Tuan hurriedly put his head up.

Lao Wang sneered, rubbed his hands together, and stared at his basket. The snake here is his inventory at home, and he hasn't been able to catch the snake in the past few days, and the house will not be able to open the pot.

"Oh, you old fellow, you've piqued my curiosity. I want you snake, say it quickly. Tuan rolled his eyes, took out a piece of silver from his pocket and threw it to the old king.

"There are ghosts." Lao Wang hurriedly put away the silver, and when he said these two words, his face was full of fear and fear.

"Lao Wang, you dare to scold me for my silver, and prevaricate me with some kind of ghost and god theory. I'm telling you, you don't want to do my business, some people do. ”

As soon as Tuan heard him say these two words, he immediately became angry, and said that he was about to snatch back the silver.

"It's true, if I dare to lie to you, let me go to Snake Island and be bitten to death by snakes." Lao Wang was also anxious, and clutched his pockets tightly, for fear that Tu Anyi would not believe that he really took back the silver.

"Who is General Chang, how can it be that one of your subordinates can easily approach, let alone say something that you can hear." Tuan rolled his eyes, not angry.

"My wife does the kitchen work with him, and she listens to the maidservants beside the eldest lady. Absolutely true. Lao Wang explained.

Tuan stopped talking, and if so, it made sense. It's just that the ghost is too unbelievable, he thought about it and couldn't help but turn around and look at the car curtain, the car was quiet, there was no movement.

Lao Wang leaned forward and said the purpose of the day: "So everyone doesn't dare to go to Snake Island these days, do you want to change to a snake?" I have some other snakes in stock at home, and they are no less poisonous than the five-step snake. ”

The person who bought the five-step snake was nothing more than taking a fancy to its poisonousness, and the other party was not interested in what he wanted to do with it, he just wanted to do this business, so that he would not have to worry about his life for a year.

But Tuan didn't seem to hear him, and his eyes looked straight into the distance over his head, looking like he was alive.

Only then did Lao Wang realize that the silence nearby was terrifying, and he couldn't help but turn around in confusion.

The sunset had already sunk in the west, and there were many chaotic shadows and bloody winds around them. On the path leading to Snake Island, there was a person, dirty and tattered, carrying a snake more than two meters long in her hand, also bloodstained, flesh turned out, let the other party drag it at will as if dead.

The black blood on her clothes was slowly dripping down the trunks of her clothes with the swing of her limbs, and there were two light red footprints on the ground with every step, exuding a dangerous aura that no one should approach. The whole face was unkempt, as if it had been mischievously painted with black and red paint, and the bloodshot eyes were slowly scanning everyone at the moment, and finally stopped in front of a bun shop.

The air was filled with a disgusting smell of blood, but it made all the snake catchers who were familiar with the smell of blood white, and everyone huddled together, looking in fear at the people who came down from Snake Island and were stained with snake blood.

The plain black curtain of the carriage in the distance was lifted to reveal the smooth and unruly jaws of the people in the carriage, and a pair of dark and deep eyes were looking at the people standing in front of the bun shop as if they were inquiring.

This person was none other than Mo Qinglan, who had been separated from the mute man Qin Qian five days ago, and she was attacked by a large number of snakes as soon as she left without snake repellent medicine.

Five days, five whole days.

In the humid and dense forest Snake Island, Mo Qinglan didn't know how many snakes he had killed, and he couldn't remember how many times he had escaped death from the mouth of a poisonous snake. She only dared to take a nap in the trees during the day, and when she woke up, she would see a snake spitting out a scarlet letter and staring at her with dark green eyes......

The only thing that saved her life was the dagger in her hand and the spikes she picked up everywhere to serve as silver needles, and she liked to use snakes and scorpions to scare the people in the mercenary group before she crossed, and she still knew a lot about snakes. Under normal circumstances, as long as a person does not take the initiative to attack the snake, the snake will not attack the person without sensing the danger.

But she couldn't understand why these snakes attacked her again and again like crazy, and these five days were more painful than fighting.

I don't know if Qin Qian escaped danger, he is very familiar with Snake Island, and it should be smoother than her......

Thinking of this, Mo Qinglan closed his eyes tiredly, and then said, "Give me two buns." ”

Her voice was dry and dull, with a bit of a dullness, and she hadn't spoken much in at least half a month.

The owner of the bun shop was close to the age of sixties, and the tense nerves burst at the same time as the bloody man spoke in front of him, and his eyes rolled and he fainted.

The old man's fainting once again caused panic among the people in the village, and everyone pushed each other and ran to their houses, for fear that the next person to ask for his life would be himself.

When Lao Wang saw this, his legs were already frightened, and he shouted: "Ghost, ghost......"

Tuan's face also changed, and he hurriedly got in the car and lifted the curtain to hide in, but he didn't want to hit a hard object headlong, and the whole person was caught off guard and rolled down......