Chapter 5: The Unexpected

Xiwen's brother looked and saw that a place in the tree suddenly moved, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be a snake crawling on it exactly the same color as the bark.

Because the colors are so close, it's really hard to notice if you don't move.

Brother Xiwen was shocked, and he hurriedly asked the Taoist priest What is going on?

The Taoist priest didn't answer, but took out a handful of dust from his sleeve, swept it towards the snake, and said at the same time: "Come!" ”

I saw that the snake actually floated here, the Taoist priest stretched out his hand to take it, the snake was also docile, and seemed to understand the Taoist priest's mind, slowly rolled up in his hand, and after a while, it became a plate of the garden, and honestly leaned down on the Taoist priest's hand.

The Taoist priest gave the snake to Xiwen's brother's hand, but the brother was afraid and did not dare to stretch out his hand.

The Taoist priest dragged his brother's hand with his other hand, put the snake into his hand, and instructed, now go back the way you came, remember, no matter who calls from behind, don't pay attention to it, and most importantly, don't look back.

The elder brother carefully held the snake and walked back tremblingly.

At this time, some people around saw this scene and gathered around to watch, and some children followed closely behind.

Brother Xiwen was very confused, and quickened his pace and walked back.

I didn't want to, but as I walked, my belt relaxed, and the naughty boy behind me teasingly called out to him: "The guest officer's pants have fallen off!" ”

When the elder brother heard this, he didn't dare to look back, but just held his pants in his other hand and walked quickly.

At this time, he shouted again: "The trouser belt has fallen, don't look back and pick it up and tie it!" ”

The elder brother touched it, and sure enough, the trouser belt around his waist was missing.

He wanted to look back, but as soon as he remembered the Taoist priest's warning, he didn't look back and continued to walk forward.

Seeing this person so strange, a naughty child picked up his trouser belt, ran forward, raised his hand, the trouser belt will be on his shoulder, Brother Xiwen pulled it with his hand, wanted to tie it, didn't want to catch it, the trouser belt slipped off again, and was picked up by the naughty boy, this time, he no longer threw it on his shoulder, but held one end with both hands, and threw it at the neck of Xiwen's brother, this time impartially, it happened to be on his neck, and the children next to him saw it, and laughed happily, the naughty boy became more and more proud, pulling his brother's trouser belt with both hands, running after him, as if he were driving an animal.

It caused people on the road to laugh wildly.

Xiwen's brother was extremely embarrassed, and he dragged it with his hand, and the child behind him was defenseless, and was suddenly dragged down by him, falling behind him, in a hurry, his hand grabbed indiscriminately, and he didn't want to grab his brother's ankle at once, Xiwen's brother was caught off guard, and suddenly fell, and the snake in his hand was naturally thrown out immediately.

Next to it was the grass, and as soon as the snake landed, it burrowed into the grass like lightning and disappeared.

And the brother turned around at this time, couldn't help but be stunned, just a group of children laughing and playing, none of them were gone, he wanted to stand up, might as well step on something, only felt soft, and suddenly let out a "quack" scream, looked down, it turned out to be a toad, so angry that the brother just wanted to kick with his feet, who knew that the toad reacted faster than him, a dodge, a jump, and then fell into the grass, and disappeared.

The elder brother was extremely frustrated, and went back to find out how to deal with the Taoist priest, but when he came to the same place, where was there any Taoist priest, and asked some passers-by, they all said that they had never seen this person.

Xiwen's brother was full of suspicions, didn't know what to do, stood for a long time, and finally had to return stupidly.

Since then, his condition has become more and more serious, and he has no peace day and night.

Strange as it may seem, snakes and toads have been seen around the village from time to time.

Hearing this, Mu Ziqi suddenly became agitated, and in an instant, he remembered something!

was about to think about it, but he was pulled by Xiwen, and he saw that the other party gave him a look, which meant nothing more than to let him not be distracted.

Mu Ziqi smiled embarrassedly.

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Brother Xiwen and his wife were terrified, and went to the temple for help, the host of the temple asked the little monk to bring a lottery holder, shook it a few times, and asked him to draw lots from it, Brother Xiwen took out one and handed it to the host, after the host saw it, pinched his fingers and counted it, his face immediately became solemn, and then told him that the person's code is a demon Tao, what kind of demon it is, where it comes from, he can't say clearly.

The snake he saw at that time was just a trick he used.

As for the toad, of course, like the snake, it is all done by witchcraft.

The elder brother asked him for help how to get rid of it, and the host shook his head and warned him that on the surface, it was a snake and a toad infested, but in fact, the demon Tao was secretly doing trouble, and it was better for ordinary people to provoke less right and wrong, so as not to fall into the trap and be plotted by him.

So far, my brother has suffered from it and suffered all kinds of pain.

After the neighbors heard this, some people thought of this question and said to Brother Xiwen, could it be that your illness is related to the relics and utensils of your family, otherwise why have you contracted this strange disease since then?

As for the Taoist practice of raising demons in this area, I'm afraid it's also for your things.

As soon as the elder brother recalled, he felt that what the neighbor said was also reasonable, his family was safe and sound, plus he was free by nature, had no quarrel with the world, and never grudged with his neighbors.

After the new house was built, these boils appeared on his body not long after, and it seemed that what the neighbors said was not unreasonable, so he wanted to find a time to sell these things together.

However, recently, the crops in the field have been plagued by insects, and the family has been busy for half a month, with little effect, so they have to ask the elder brother to come out, because he has some methods for dealing with various insect pests in the field crops within a radius of several miles.

The season waits for no one, and this matter is urgent, so my brother has no time to take care of his illness for the time being.

Although Xiwen is not needed for the farm work at home, she is also anxious when she thinks that her brother is suffering from illness, and today she wants to go to the market to transfer those things, or find someone to treat her brother.

But after a long time it turned to no avail, because the news had already spread all over the place, and people were afraid to hide from it, let alone visit his home.

At this time, Mu Ziqi appeared, and this stranger immediately caught her attention, from this person's appearance and demeanor, clothing and dress are very different from the others, and she believes that he is a strange person, presumably well-informed, and does not know the local situation, may be interested in those utensils.

And as Mu Ziqi, he never dreamed that since then, his fate has undergone unexpected changes!