Chapter 5: Murder in the Mountains
I nodded, there was a person who came out to help me when it was difficult, and I was much more steady, and it was still Liu Dashuai, who grew up in the mountains since he was a child, and was very familiar with the environment here.
"That's right, Dashuai! Is that python common for you to hunt just now? Why haven't you seen it before? I asked.
"It's all a refined thing, we don't usually touch it, and it won't take the initiative to find us, but I don't know what's going on today, and I suddenly did it to you!" The marshal explained.
This is strange, when I came to the back mountain to go to my father's grave, although it was said that there were wild beasts mixed here, but I had never met it, but this time, I met a python that had become a spirit, could it be that my mother was secretly protecting me before, not letting those beasts get close?
But why did you let this python take advantage of the loophole today?
"Handsome! It stands to reason that everything that has become fine has spiritual intelligence, and I have no grudge against it, so why did it eat me!? "I scratched my head, I really didn't understand, there used to be a story in the village about animals becoming sperm, saying that when you go up the mountain and meet a woman's shout, don't look back, otherwise it is easy to be hooked.
Every year in March and April, when encountering animal estrus, there are wild mountain foxes that become beauties, go down the mountain to seduce men, and suck essence, but these things are rare now, after all, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, animals are forbidden to become sperm, and those animals abide by the rules and rarely go down the mountain.
Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was no ban, and they occasionally went down the mountain, but they would become human and would not be noticed, and the Yingkou falling dragon incident that caused a sensation throughout the country was one of them.
In July 1934, the living dragon fell on the upper reaches of the Grange, its whole body was gray, its body was bent and hovered on the ground, and its abdomen was stretched out with two claws, but it was weak, its eyes were half open and half closed, and it was still a little red. Knowing that the dragon was wounded, the people built a pergola with reed mats and carried water for it, and the monks of the temple did more than one day for it, and after a few days of heavy rain it disappeared.
After almost twenty days of torrential rain, accompanied by lightning and thunder, people found the gray dragon again in the reeds at Yingkou, but this time, it could not be saved.
This incident caused a sensation all over the country, and it was also published in local newspapers, which were accompanied by photos of the keel of the year, and even CCTV's Approaching Science also reported on this incident. The falling dragon incident seems particularly mysterious to outsiders, but in our rural areas in the northeast, some people who know the way have long known the reason.
In fact, the gray dragon is not a real dragon, but a python, after a thousand years of cultivation, he was finally able to turn a snake into a snake, but he didn't resist the thunder tribulation and was chopped to death.
"Maybe the python is going to cross the thunderstorm, and it depends on your big supplement, so I can't help but stop talking." Liu Dashuai didn't think about it so much, and joked with me, but I vaguely felt that this matter had something to do with my mother.
Liu Dashuai and I waited on the mountain for a while, and saw that the sun went down, only a trace of brilliance leaked, and a few people came up from under the mountain, headed by the village chief, followed by the Taoist chief who invited him, the Taoist chief's surname was Zhang, and the village chief shouted one by one, which was particularly polite.
"Daochang Zhang, what is this sheep for?" The village chief was followed by two peasants, who were holding a sheep in their hands, and the village chief looked at it and asked incomprehensibly.
"Animals are not the same as people, animals can't see things that the human eye can! If we want to find the evil spirit, we must rely on its power, otherwise this mountain is so big! We simply don't have a place to start! As he spoke, he pinched his fingers and counted them, looking at the road around him from time to time to decide which way to go.
Hearing the words of the Taoist, I felt a little sad in my heart, if I found my mother so easily, then wouldn't my mother be in a catastrophe!
"Dashuai, can you shoot that sheep to death!?" Just now, Dashuai was able to hit the python accurately, and now it is not difficult to shoot a sheep to death, as long as the sheep is shot to death, and no animal takes them to find my mother, my mother will naturally be safe.
"No, Xiao Jiang, I killed a sheep, they still have thousands of sheep, and once I do it this time, it will definitely be exposed, next time we want to do it, it will not be so simple."
Liu Dashuai is more thoughtful than me, and it is not unreasonable for him to say this, but watching them find my mother, I have an indescribable feeling in my heart: "Then what should I do?" ”
I was about to cry in a hurry, Liu Dashuai patted me on the shoulder and told me not to worry, follow behind first, what the Taoist chief said may not be true, after all, if a sheep can find my mother, the village chief will not delay for so long.
I nodded and secretly followed behind the Taoist chief with Liu Dashuai, and walked for more than two hours before they stopped. At this time, it was completely dark, and the village chief came prepared, shining a flashlight around, while Liu Dashuai and I could only rely on the moonlight to see what they were doing.
Two hours away, we have reached the innermost part of the mountain, and Liu Dashuai rarely comes to this place, after all, the deeper the jungle, the more dangerous it is.
"Dashuai, will my mother be here?" I asked, in a low voice.
Liu Dashuai shook his head: "Not necessarily, I don't think that Dao Chang is very powerful, if your mother was really here, he would have done it a long time ago!" ”
I nodded twice and continued to look over to the village chief.
"Daochang Zhang, there's no road ahead." The village chief asked.
"This evil has a bit of ability, and he actually set a trap for me! There are several fake bodies around, and even I can't tell which one is real and which one is fake! Zhang Daochang looked at the surrounding trees and explained.
I had a cry in my heart, but fortunately I brought the news in time to make my mother take precautions.
"What then? Could it be in vain?! The village chief had a look of disappointment on his face, but Zhang Daochang smiled and shouted around: "You think you can fool this Taoist chief with this little trick, this time!" I'll let you be as you are! ”
As he spoke, he snatched the sheep from the farmer's hands, and somehow took out a box of cinnabar, and drew strange patterns on the sheep's body. At first, the sheep was quite obedient, but as soon as it fell, the sheep screamed as if it had seen something terrible, and tried to escape from the hands of the chief, but was caught by the village chief and the peasants.
A minute later, Zhang Daochang put away the pen, and at the same time, the sheep stopped calling, and knelt directly on the ground, with the sheep's head against the ground, as if he was kneeling and worshipping.
Zhang Daochang shouted at the sky: "Please-mountain-god-", the voice echoed in the empty woods, and before anyone could react, it was "Bang!" Syllable! Syllable! "Three sounds, three talismans were thrown on the sheep.
The wind began to blow around me, and I had heard of the mountain gods before, and the animals in the mountains became spirits, and then the people believed that they were mountain gods. I always thought it was all fake, but I didn't expect to see it with my own eyes today.
After the wind rose, there was a sound of rustling around, and in less than ten seconds, a stout python slowly twisted out of the rocky cliff, which scared me into a cold sweat!!
Unexpected! It turned out to be a mountain god!!
The python seemed to have found me and Liu Dashuai, and inadvertently glanced at the two of us, and suddenly a chill came, and the top of the brain was numb, and Liu Dashuai obviously realized this, and held the crossbow tightly in his hand.
Fortunately, the mountain god only glanced at the two of us, and did not come this way, it circled the snake body, and said to people: "What are you looking for me?" ”
"There is an evil in this mountain, more than ten years ago caused a drought in the village, starved to death many people, and now it has come down the mountain to plague the people, do you know where she is now?" The Taoist went straight to the point and asked unceremoniously.
"I don't know!" The voice of the mountain god is particularly indifferent, obviously I don't want to take care of the Taoist, I also sweat in my heart, the reason why the mountain god can be the mountain god is because he knows the situation in the mountain well, my mother is on the mountain, it is impossible not to know.
Now he answered so neatly and neatly, obviously he didn't want to give face to the Taoist chief.
"Humph! I see that you have been doing it for a long time, and you are a little tired and crooked! As he spoke, Zhang Daochang slashed a dagger out of his sleeve and shot it at the mountain god.
The mountain god also did not shy away from it, and he was not worried about being injured at all, after all, Liu Dashuai hit the head of the mountain god with a crossbow, and this small dagger could not hurt the mountain god.
Sure enough, before the dagger could approach the mountain god, the mountain god knocked the dagger crooked with his tail, and directly killed the sheep kneeling on the ground, and then the mountain god climbed down from the rock and swallowed the sheep in one bite.
"Since you were the one who spread the wild on my territory first, then don't blame me for being rude!" The mountain god was furious, roared at the sky, and rushed towards the Dao Chief, and at the same time, a powerful wave of qi swept out of the mountain god's body, shaking me and Liu Dashuai away.
The mountain god is angry!!
"Dashuai, what should I do?" I asked.
"Run!" Liu Dashuai replied neatly, the situation in front of us is obviously not something we can handle, even if the Dao Chang has great ability, it is also a matter between him and the mountain god.
After speaking, Liu Dashuai pulled me and ran back, and the battle over there was also very fierce, Zhang Daochang really had some ability, and the mountain god was circling, but the village chief and the villagers had nowhere to escape, the python tail swept away, and went straight to the village chief, the village chief grabbed the two villagers who ran in front, pulled back, and hit the snake tail.
Suddenly, the villagers vomited out a mouthful of blood, and it is estimated that the internal organs were broken, and the village chief also ran out by taking advantage of the gap.
I secretly scolded the village chief in my heart, this kind of person must not die well, but before I finished thinking about it, a coldness swept through my body, and the cold tone of the mountain god sounded behind me: "Since you are here!" Then don't go!! ”
"Xiao Jiang, be careful!!" The big marshal suddenly roared and pushed me violently, and a thick snake tail swept into the air, directly breaking the thick trunks of the three people.
I was in a cold sweat, my body was out of balance, and I rolled straight down the mountain, and just when I thought I was going to roll to death, a slender hand grabbed me, grabbed me, and ran into the cave next to me.
I don't have to think about it to know that my mom must have come out to save me! Before she could put me down, tears flowed down my eyes and I shouted in her face, "Mom!!" ”