Everyone came outside the house, lit the oil lamp, Chi Songzi and Zimo came to the corpse again to observe carefully, focusing on the wound, but at the thigh, two pieces of flesh were torn off, and the exposed flesh was dripping with black blood. The two of them knew in their hearts that judging from this wound, the poisonous fangs of the cockscomb snake were at least as thick as chopsticks, and they could tear off the flesh, which was close to the fangs of a fierce beast.

"Aunt Liu, do you know where Liu Dashu met this cockscomb snake in Lei Xiaze?"

Chi Songzi glanced at Zimo and didn't make a sound.

The woman sighed and said, "My husband has just returned from running for his life from Nalei Shaze, and he only said that he was attacked by a cockscomb snake, but did not elaborate on the location. ”

"I don't know all the neighbors, but anyone knows the main area where the cockscomb snake is active?"

"This little brother, I have heard that someone has seen a red shadow wandering around an island in the middle of Nareshaze, and it should be the cockscomb snake. The little brother asked about this, is there any idea that can't be realized? That's unacceptable, that Lei Xia Ze is several meters deep, and the snake is very good at water, so don't go there. ”

Zimo smiled gratefully at the man.

After staying for a while, the master and apprentice returned to the inn.

Back in the guest room, Zimo was silent for a while, thought about it and said to Chi Songzi: "Master, I want to meet that cockscomb snake." ”

Chi Songzi stared at Zimo and said in a deep voice: "Are you sure you dealt with that cockscomb snake?" In case of a miss, the snake venom is not ordinary. ”

Zimo thought for a while and said, "In the water, I can't deal with it, but I'll find a way." This snake has repeatedly hurt people, and it is not a good kind, and if it leaves such evil things, it will hurt many more people. The disciple asked the master for instructions and allowed the disciple to use the ink knife, and with the help of this knife, he should not be afraid of the snake. ”

"You can use a knife, it was given to you, but how do you deal with that snake, and it's two."

"Bamboo rafts, big bamboo rafts, connected into pieces, enclosing one end of the island and inserting them into the island, erecting sharp logs around the periphery, smearing vegetable oil on the bamboo rafts, burning the island with fire, encountering fire, the snake will definitely flee, if the bamboo raft, the bamboo raft has oil and it is difficult to crawl, and the bamboo raft has sharp wood, it will also hurt it, if it does not escape, then I am not afraid."

"Then the water surface of Lei Xia Ze is not calm, how to fix the bamboo raft?"

"Insert long bamboos under the water, spaced a few meters apart."

"And if the snake isn't on the island?"

"Then burn this island first, and burn the other islands as well, so that it has nothing to hide, and force it to come out."

"How sure are you?"

"Sixty percent."

"Sixty percent is okay, but I'm afraid that it will escape, and if it does, it will be trouble."

"Yes, but if you don't get rid of it, it's even more troublesome."

"As a teacher, you won't make a move, everything depends on your ability."

"This kind of long worm of Taoism, the master will make a move, and he will lose his identity as a master, and Zimo is enough."

"Good! If you already have a number, let it go. ”

"Thank you, Master."

After the master and apprentice finished the discussion, they rested early.

The next day, after breakfast, Zimo found the innkeeper and expressed his idea of getting rid of the cockscomb snake. When the shopkeeper heard this, he was immediately shocked: "This little brother, this matter is not a joke, that cockscomb snake is not an ordinary snake, it also has a certain Taoism, how can you deal with it as a child, is it not appropriate, and your elder master is so relieved?" ”

"Uncle shopkeeper, I talked to Master last night, and Master agreed, and besides, I am not an idle person, and it is not so easy for that little snake to hurt me. Is the wisdom of man comparable to that of a scaly worm? ”

Before the shopkeeper could speak, Chi Songzi came over and stopped the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, you just do what my apprentice says, my apprentice is definitely very incomparable." ”

The shopkeeper slapped his thigh: "Hey, this is something that adults can't solve, let a child do it, it's really nonsense, okay, since you have decided so, I'll help, give it a start, say, what do you need me to do?" ”

Hearing the shopkeeper's agreement, Zimo was very happy: "Uncle shopkeeper, I really need your help, I am not familiar with this place, and I still need your help in some contact and material preparation." ”

"If you need any help, just tell me." The shopkeeper saw that this foreigner brother was willing to take risks to get rid of this cockscomb snake, how could he, a local, not do his best to help.

"First of all, this matter needs to be supported by the people of Chengyang City, and in addition, this scourge is not only in Chengyang City, but also exists in the city of Chuidu, so it must also be supported by the people of Chuidu City. Secondly, I need to know how many islands there are in this Razace, how big they are, how they are distributed, and where the cockscomb snake is entrenched. Then, I need everyone to help me cut down a large number of bamboos, which are arm thick and fifteen meters long, and prepare a large amount of vegetable oil. After the first two are ready, move on to the third. ”

"That's it?" The shopkeeper asked.

"No, this is just the foundation, without the support of the first two, I will not be able to proceed."

"Little brother, it's not that I don't believe you, if I go to the tandem with empty words, it will be difficult for others to believe that a child can get rid of that cockscomb snake, do you have to give me some convincing evidence."

Zimo smiled: "Yes, then please come to the grove behind the courtyard with me." After saying that, he picked up the ink knife package and walked out. The shopkeeper followed curiously, looked back and saw that Chi Songzi did not follow, and couldn't help but secretly say in his heart, this master is big enough, since he calls you master, presumably the master has some ability, how can he not make a move, how can this kind of thing let a child come forward.

No matter what you think in your heart, let's see what Zimo wants to do first.

When Na Zimo came to the grove, he didn't speak, he pointed to a thigh-thick tree in front of him, his figure flashed, he shook it in front of the tree, raised his palm, and then floated back, and saw that the big tree was blown by the wind, and the crown of the tree moved, and it fell down. Zimo raised his hand again to remove the knife cloth on the outside of the ink knife, revealing the golden ink knife, holding the handle of the knife with both hands, forming a forward lunge, a true qi running, and seeing that the knife seemed to be covered with a layer of halo, and then the knife shouted twice, "Hey! Hey! The left and right sides made a force to split Huashan, and there was no sound, two knife qi flashed, and on the ground in front of Zimo, there were two trench cracks one foot deep, five feet long, and three centimeters wide, and the cracks revealed the fractures of the stone.

Nothing fancy, straightforward, hard bridges and hard horses.

The shopkeeper had never seen such a thing, and his jaw was about to fall, and after a while, the shopkeeper came to his senses: "My mother, you break a big tree with one palm, and split a crack with a knife, you are a god and can't go down to earth." After speaking, he was about to kneel, "Xiaomin has seen the immortals, please ask the immortals to save the people of Chengyang." ”

Zimo smiled slightly and stopped: "Uncle shopkeeper, I'm not a fairy, but do you think this kind of skill can kill that cockscomb snake?" ”

"Kill, kill, if you can't kill that snake with your skills, I can't think of anyone else who can kill it."

"Convincing?"

"Yes! Yes! ”

Zimo smiled slightly, turned around and walked towards the inn. The shopkeeper followed behind, and the eyes that looked at Zimo were different, obviously with respect and awe.

"Little fairy, please, you sit down first, and I'll go and contact the people."

"Uncle, don't call me a little fairy, it sounds awkward, or you can call me Zimo."

"Hey, hey, good, good."

Let Zimo go to the inn, and the shopkeeper turned around to find someone.

This shopkeeper is very clever and knows who to find the most influential first. First came to Liu Wu's house, and said about it, Liu Wu's wife heard it, and first agreed with it, if he could kill the cockscomb snake, he would also avenge her husband, how could she disagree with this kind of thing, so she said to her mother-in-law and father-in-law, these three people also helped to connect in series, and found several other families that were harmed by the cockscomb snake, and so on, within a day, most of the residents of Chengyang City agreed.

The other three volunteered to take a boat to the capital city together, and before going, Zimo met a few people first. Zimo asked the shopkeeper to find a piece of linen, took pen and ink, drew them one by one, and preliminarily estimated the size of the island where the cockscomb snake was entrenched, with a circumference of about 800 meters. He drew some figures on another piece of linen, and told the three people to go to Na Chudu, and if anyone agreed, they would cut down the bamboo according to the diagram on this cloth, cut it into two sharp ends, tie it with thread and hemp for each three meters, tie the bamboo side by side into a bamboo raft, make a fence at one end, and put the tip of the bamboo upward, five meters high, and then use the bamboo to support it on the outside, not on the inside, the width of the bamboo raft is five meters, and make eighty to one hundred of them, and prepare thirty clay pots of vegetable oil and a kilometer of hemp rope. When everything is ready, notify each other with wolf smoke as a signal. After seeing that Lei Xia Ze had set fire to all the other islands except for the island where the cockscomb snake was entrenched, he would row the bamboo raft to the periphery of the island and wait for dispatch, and the three of them would stay in the city of Nadri for the time being and not come back, as temporary commanders. Chengyang City is the same.

After three days of preparation, all affairs were prepared, and after exchanging wolf smoke, the next day, Zimo chose a bamboo raft, brought a few cans of vegetable oil, some linen strips, sharpened five slightly fine bamboos, carried the body, and borrowed a set of bow and arrow equipment from the officers and soldiers guarding the city.

With the ink knife, Zimo paddled to several small islands alone on a bamboo raft, first came to a smaller island, looked carefully, nothing special, did not see the shadow of the cockscomb snake, so he lifted a jar of vegetable oil and threw it to the island, and the sound of 'pop' hit a big tree, and the vegetable oil splashed everywhere. Zimo took another arrow, wrapped some linen cloth around the tip of the arrow, dipped it in some vegetable oil, took out the fire sickle, lit the linen cloth, drew the bow and shot the arrow, and aimed it at the big tree. An arrow up, suddenly the fire lit up, the season of May, although the trees are not easy to burn, but there is vegetable oil as a help, soon it will burn, the lake wind rises, help the fire, the time is not long, the whole island is filled with fire, a group of wild birds are the first to find out that something is wrong, fluttering edge and flying into the air, overlooking their own nest in the air turned into ashes.

After the burning of an island, Zimo came to an island again, and also concocted it, although he was doing something to set fire, but his inner vigilance has not been put down. Sure enough, just as the second island was on fire, I saw the reeds and grass on the shore swinging in a mess, as if a large animal had passed through. Zimo's hand holding the ink knife in one hand tightened, and he paddled the bamboo raft with the bamboo pole in the other, staring at the grass. When I came to the reed, the bamboo pole tossed the reed and pressed it to both sides, and suddenly, I felt that the bamboo pole sank, and then, a red and black object climbed along the bamboo pole, and the speed was very fast. Fortunately, the bamboo pole was long enough, which gave Zimo enough time to react and allowed Zimo to see this thing clearly. But it was a snake, spitting out a long letter, with a red head and a blue body, about four meters long, and the strange thing was that there was a long crown on the top of the red head, and the color was also red.

"Cockscomb!" Zimo's heart moved, but why did this cockscomb snake only have a red head, which was different from what the citykeepers described, Zimo thought to himself, and then he felt a pang in his heart, there are more than two cockscomb snakes.

Zimo was thinking in his heart, but the snake didn't allow him to think too much, crawled all the way along the bamboo pole, and soon came to Zimo, saw the block, opened his mouth, and bit Zimo's arm like lightning.

Although Zimo was thinking in his heart, he was not distracted, seeing the cockscomb snake biting, he didn't see how it moved, the hand holding the knife, the wrist turned, the ink knife turned a golden knife flower, and then looked at the cockscomb snake, the head and body were separated, and fell on the bamboo raft, and the blood instantly dyed the bamboo raft red.