Chapter 401: Cutting the Frog Jiao (5/24)
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Yu Buzhi said angrily: "The village chief said that it doesn't matter, as long as he can help him, he doesn't dare to refuse!" β
Zou Tan took a deep look: "In this case, the old man first thanked the unwise city lord for the Wude villagers!" β
Zou Tan left the courtyard with Yu Buzhi and went to the lake outside the village.
Yu Buzhi walked by the lake not long ago, and the lake that was as clear as a mirror has become dark and muddy, and there are still sunbathing turtles on the lake's edge, but there are no white cranes passing over the lake. There is a large wetland on the shore of the lake, which was originally covered with shallow water and aquatic plants on the shore, as if it had been plowed by something, revealing the black soil below, and there are two rows of paw prints on the shore, and in the middle of the two rows of paw prints is a small ditch.
The old man stood by the lake and said worriedly: "Unwise city lord, there are Jiao in the lake." β
"Jiao?"
"Well, a frog."
The fish is unwise and has a solemn complexion.
Jiao, is the ancient Chinese legend of the dragon that can send water, Jiaolong is often seen by people, and it is widely known that Jiao inhabits lakes and other water-gathering places, and will also quietly live in seclusion far from the bottom of ponds or rivers far away from people's homes. The dragon that lives in ponds and rivers is generally called a "diving dragon".
Regarding the origin and shape of Jiao, there are different statements in classical literature, some say that "the dragon has no horns and is called Jiao", and some say that "there are scales and Jiaolong".
It can be seen that Jiao is very similar to dragon, the difference is that dragon is a divine object, and Jiao is an animal.
Jiao inhabits the water collection and often fights for control of the lake, the strong Jiao can take over the lake, and the weak Jiao can only live in ponds or small rivers. The lake outside Wude Village occupies a huge area, the lake water is clear and crystalline, and the Jiao who can entrench here will obviously not be weak.
Yu Buzhi asked, "How big is this Jiao?" Are there horns? β
"It's three feet long, and it has a horn."
Yu Buzhi gasped.
Ten feet is one zhang, one foot in the Han Dynasty is about 23.1 centimeters, three zhang is converted into meters, almost close to seven meters, and Jiao is generally about three meters long, that is to say, the frogs in this lake are more than twice the size of ordinary Jiao! What's even more terrifying is that this frog still has horns, not all of which have horns.
The one-horned frog of nearly seven meters makes people's heads big just thinking about it.
The old man told Yu Buzhi that soon after the ancestors of the Zou family came here to build a village, they found that there were Jiao in the lake.
Wude Village is mostly ordinary people, all relying on the protection of the Zou family, and the Zou family is duty-bound to make waves with dragons.
At that time, this frog was not strong, the ancestors of the Zou family inherited the inheritance of the Yin and Yang family, proficient in formation divination, and suppressed the frog without much effort, but the frog escaped to the bottom of the lake after being injured, and the ancestors of the Zou family could not cut the grass and eradicate the roots. As time passed, the frogs in the lake grew bigger and stronger.
The balance of power between the two sides continued to grow and wane, and about two hundred years ago, the Zou clan no longer had an absolute advantage.
Due to the inability to eradicate the trouble, Jiao's food increased greatly when it grew up, and the fish in the lake were eaten less and less by it, and Zou had no choice but to find another way to curb it.
Legend has it that as long as a turtle is placed in the fish, there will be no dragons, so Zou went outside to buy it. The ancestor of the Zou family couldn't tell the difference between a turtle and a turtle, so he simply bought some of everything and threw it into the lake. But there is still no use for eggs, the frog eats the turtle, and the turtle is left, presumably because the turtle shell is hard, and the Jiao is a little disgusted, and the fish in the lake are becoming scarcer and rarer, and there are more and more turtles.
A hundred years ago, the Zou clan was no longer able to kill the frogs, so they could only drive the Jiao away when they came ashore, barely protecting themselves.
In recent years, the situation has become more serious.
Ten years ago, Zou Tan's son was killed in a battle with Qingjiao, and his wife died of depression soon after giving birth to his widowed daughter Zou Feng. Zou Tan experienced the pain of losing a child, and wanted to break the tradition to grant people with foreign surnames, but the Zou family inheritance values talent, and there are too few people in Wude Village to find a suitable candidate, so the old man has to fight against the powerful Qingjiao alone to defend Wude Village.
The old man is still able to support himself, but he is old and has to think about the future of Wude Village.
That's why he turned to Yu Buzhi for help.
After listening, Yu Buzhi sighed: "I thought this was the Peach Blossom Spring, I didn't want to have frogs to make trouble, Xun Yuan lived here for a while, why didn't he mention it?" β
"Qingjiao goes ashore every month, Xun Yuan has not encountered it, and the villagers have not mentioned it to him, which only adds to his worries." The old man sighed: "The general situation is like this, is the unwise city lord willing to help?" β
A system prompt sounds.
"Ding Dong: Zou Tan, the head of the Yin and Yang family, issued you the task [Cutting Frogs], do you accept it?"
Of course you accept!
Yu Buzhi said awe-inspiringly: "The village chief can rest assured, since he has learned about this, he will never stand idly by." Later, I will convene the soldiers under my tent to discuss, and I will try to kill the frog Jiao and return peace to the Wude Village! β
The old man said: "If the unwise city lord can eliminate harm for the people, the old man will have a retribution." β
γOn-Yang Family Test Mission: Cutting the Frogγ
[Description: Within one month, destroy the frogs that plagued Wude Village.] γ
[Mission reward: Zou Tan's recognition.] γ
The Yin-Yang family test task, the reward is the recognition of the head of the Yin-Yang family, so that the fish is not wise and imaginative.
The mission description is simple and straightforward, but it's not easy at all.
The mission period is within one month, and Zou Tan has a hint that the frog goes ashore once a month, that is to say, there is only one chance to kill the frog in the deer leader, and it must be hit once, and there is no room for loss. One month seems to be a lot of time, but when converted into reality, it is more than three days, less than four days, and you need to prepare in advance.
Yu Buzhi finally came to Wude Village, and the land has not yet been hot, so he doesn't want to go back so soon. He decided to ask the people of the world to help inform Xu Shu and the others first, only saying that he would cut Jiao, not telling where it was, and he would not reveal the secrets of Wude Village if he thought about it.
The system prompt sounds again.
"You're in a special scene, and the communication bracelet is temporarily unusable."
There is no way, I still have to go on a trip in person to get an in-depth understanding of Wude Village, and I can only wait for the next opportunity.
Yu Buzhi returns to the village and finds Little Tom.
Little Tom was lying quietly on his side on the floor, enjoying the care of the big cat.
"Tom, we have to go back."
If you want to deal with the seven-meter-long one-horned frog, you will inevitably need to draw elites from the territory, and without the escort of kittens, no one can pass through the long underground cave, and the fish is not wise. He didn't know how many people needed to be dispatched, considering that there was only one chance, the more the merrier, and it was likely that the kitten would need to bring people in several times.
The kitten reluctantly got up, and put its head under the big cat's jaw a few times, and said goodbye.
Seeing the kitten disappear at the entrance of the cave, the fish is unwise and returns to the lake and drowns himself back to the city.
The city lord's office, white light flashed.
"Invite Xu Yuanzhi, Yi Feng, Chen Dao, Wang Ping, Xu Piaomiao, and the old man Zhao to discuss the matter."