Zhao Fan and the others soon stopped in a simple courtyard, Xu Ying opened the courtyard door, and the group drove the ox cart and horses into the courtyard.

The courtyard where Xu Ying and the others lived, although simple, was quite large, and there were many houses, and the two brothers drove the horses and ox carts into the backyard, and then led everyone into the front hall.

A group of nine people, divided into three tables, sat on the ground, Xu Ying and Xu Xiong thanked Zhao Fan for saving his mother, needless to say, he was naturally pulled to toast with him, Li Mu, Xu Jia and other four people were at another table, Li Bingbing and Zhao Yaer The two women did not drink, and they were quite bored sitting there, so they went to the old woman to help get food.

"Brother Xu Ying, today in the village, how do you feel that there are not many people in your village." While Li Mu was drinking wine, he suddenly said to Xu Ying at the table next to him.

Hearing Li Mu mention this problem, Xu Ying and Xu Xiong's faces suddenly changed, their faces showed a look of hesitation, and they pondered for a long time, and then said: "It's not a secret, on the west mountain of our Xuzhuang, there has been a mountain Jiao more than two zhang long in the past two years, and the women in my village are busy working in the farmland below the west mountain, and many of them have been swallowed by it. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Fan was immediately shocked, the wine in his hand spilled on his clothes, and he didn't have time to wipe it, so he hurriedly asked, "Shanjiao?" What is Shanjiao? How could it be so long! ”

Seeing the shocked look on his face, Xu Ying couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Originally, I didn't want to tell you, I was afraid that you would be afraid in your hearts, but if you ask, then I'll tell you." Shanjiao, in fact, is our common name here, only because the livestock looks a little like a dragon, but lives in the mountains, so we call it Shanjiao. This big guy is extremely huge, more than two feet long, the size of a bowl, no feet, and a large clouded leopard-shaped spot on his body, and in the past two years, dozens of women in our village have been eaten by it. ”

Boa! Definitely a python!

Zhao Fan was a little shocked in his heart, he couldn't think of any other animal in nature that could be longer than a python, needless to say, this so-called mountain Jiao is definitely a giant python! A giant python that is more than two zhang long, isn't it seven or eight meters long, Zhao Fan thought about it, and felt that his scalp was a little numb.

Such a long python is definitely a hundred times trickier than today's big insect, think about the powerful strangulation power of the giant python, Zhao Fan dared to pack the ticket, he was entangled by this guy, no matter what natural power you have, it is impossible to run away.

No wonder, even evil men like the Xu Ying brothers have a touch of unconcealable fear on their faces when they talk about Shanjiao.

"Then you don't have anyone to catch it? Do you just let it eat people and leave it alone? Zhao Fan's psychology was extremely strong, and after a while, he came back to his senses from the initial shock, and he didn't think about it, so he asked directly.

Xu Ying showed a touch of helplessness on his face, and said: "When we first found this livestock, we took people to hunt it, but that thing is very cunning, if we have more people, it will hide, and if there are few people, it will launch a surprise attack, and for so long, the hunters who went to hunt and kill the mountain Jiao died no less than twenty people." Once, I was almost entangled in it, but fortunately, the second brother arrived in time and cut off the tail of the mountain Jiao with a knife, and I was saved. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Fan was shocked again, he thought just now that most of the villagers in Xuzhuang had fallen asleep, so it seemed quite quiet, but he didn't expect that so many people were eaten by the mountain Jiao, he was silent for a moment, and said, "Then how many people are there in your village now?" ”

Xu Ying's face showed a heavy look, and he said a little gloomily: "There are about a hundred people left, but most of them are adult men, at that time, because they happened to go to military service, so they escaped, but if the mountain Jiao is not removed, it is not a way after all." ”

As mentioned above, Zhao has a Fu nationality system, and from the age of seventeen, all men serve in the military for two years.

Li Mu and the others are also in a very low mood at the moment, no matter what, it is intolerable for the mountain to eat people, and everyone will be punished. However, although they have intentions, they are also a little helpless against such a powerful mountain Jiao.

Inside the house, the atmosphere was a little dull at the moment, and the shadow of the mountain Jiao hung over everyone's heads, making them a little lingering.

"Bang bang bang!"

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the courtyard, and then the sound of knocking on the courtyard door sounded in everyone's ears, breaking the silence in the house.

"Xu Ying Xu Xiong, two big brothers, are you at home?"

Xu Ying was about to speak, when a man's voice came from outside, and when he heard this, the former turned around and explained: "It's someone from our village, second brother, you accompany Mr. and them to drink, I'll go see what's going on first." ”

After saying that, he turned around and walked out.

Xu Xiong didn't say much, he looked more introverted than Xu Ying, even so, but for Zhao Fan, he was unusually respectful, he smiled slightly and said: "Actually, Mr. don't worry, you don't have to go through Xishan to go to Cloud City, these two rights and stop here, and then go directly to Cloud City, as for the mountain Jiao, I and the eldest brother will find a way to deal with it." ”

Zhao Fan knew that although these two brothers looked vicious, they were both filial sons, but anyone who was extremely filial to their parents, no matter what, would never be able to deceive their teachers and destroy their ancestors.

Hearing Xu Xiong say this, Zhao Fan was silent, from the perspective of morality and surname, it was absolutely impossible for him to watch the python eat people and stand by and watch. However, if he chose to kill the python with them, he was a little worried that he would lose his wife and lose his army. After all, such a big guy, even if there are many of them, it will be difficult to deal with.

While he was pondering, more than a dozen figures suddenly flashed in from outside the house, Zhao Fan looked up, and more than a dozen people poured in at the door, these people were all men in their twenties and thirties, holding torches in their left hands and weapons such as knives, guns, clubs and other weapons in their right hands. "Sir, these are the villagers of my Xuzhuang, a few days ago, another person in the village was eaten by the mountain Jiao, our people in the village have discussed for a day today, ready to select a few of the strongest men, tomorrow morning to go to the West Mountain, hunt and kill the mountain Jiao." Xu Ying stood at the head and explained to Zhao Fan.

Zhao Fan nodded, a pair of sharp black eyes swept over the five people in front of him, these people are indeed quite tall, a strong body of muscles shows the extraordinary of their martial arts, the most important thing is that each of them has a determination to see death as home, because they know that in this battle, Xu Wei will not be defeated, as long as they win, it should be the entire village that will be saved. So, no matter what the cost, they will never back down.

The will of these people seems to have infected Li Mu and the others, except for Xu Jia's indifferent eyes, Li Mu and the three of them looked at Zhao Fan's gaze, mixed with a hint of solicitation, but in this regard, Zhao Fan pretended not to see it.

These five people are all hunters in the village, whether they are their own martial arts or their understanding of wild beasts, they are very good, and Xu Ying and Xu Xiong are the top two masters in the village, and they are naturally responsible for the task of hunting and killing mountain Jiao.

The old woman did not have the slightest objection to this matter, although she was worried about the safety of her two sons, but in the face of righteousness, she obviously chose the entire village to survive.

Tomorrow morning will set off for Xishan, the most important hunt, so everyone after eating and drinking, they went to bed early, fortunately, Xu Ying's yard is big enough, there are enough houses, more than ten people live, it is barely enough......

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