The master said that no matter how urgent he was, he had to bring something, so he took a flashlight and some things, and he didn't worry that I was here alone, so he asked me to follow.

On the way, the Wang brothers described what had happened to their master.

Last year, the two brothers planned to split up, and in our country, after the brothers got married and started a family, they would have to live separately in a few years, so the brothers chose to dig out a vacant land on the hill next to the old house and use it as the homestead of their younger brother Wang Bing.

The house was built this year, and Wang Bing's small family moved in a few days ago. Occasionally, a grass stage team from other counties would come over to sing a play, and the brothers would have a lively time and invite a team to come to their new home to sing on stage.

I sang well in the afternoon, and in the evening, I started to sing "The Legend of the White Snake", I didn't want to sing for long, the female character who played the white lady, I didn't feel very comfortable, I thought it was noon and had a bad stomach, after all, they were running around the field, and their stomachs were not very good. I didn't take it seriously at first. I drank some water, rested for a while and continued singing.

But when Fahai appeared on the stage, the female character was completely wrong, and began to talk nonsense, and her movements were distorted, in other words, some movements were not at all possible for a living person to do. The male actor who played Fahai also stood on the stage and couldn't move. The people in the village who came to see the play panicked, and some people wanted to go up to help, but before they could go on stage, they were kicked down by the female corner, and the key was that she still had a sword in her hand. At this time, everyone guessed that they might have encountered dirty things, so they remembered to hurry up and invite a Taoist priest.

Wangwan is located at the foot of a hill, and the house is built along the hill with a small stream next to it, which flows around Wangwan to the road leading to the county seat not far away. The new house was built in the direction near the road, and a large rice field was newly leveled in front of the door, where the stage was erected.

When we were about to reach Wangwan, we heard the crying singing in the wind, and we shuddered in the night. When I came to the rice field, a pile of paper had been burned in front of the stage, and Wang Qing, an old gentleman in the village, was burning paper there, praying for the dead to leave. There was a circle of people around her, and on the stage, a female character in a white costume was crying and singing, she was wearing a white crown, her face was gray, her eyes were closed, but she seemed to be able to see the person in front of her, looking around, her lips were purple, trembling slightly, crying and singing.

At the same time, the female horn pointed at Fahai who was sitting on the ground next to him with a sword, Fahai seemed to have his voice blocked at this time, and the boss with his mouth wide open couldn't make a sound, his hands and feet trembled uncontrollably, and he couldn't climb even if he wanted to.

Everyone knew the master, and when they saw him coming, they made a way in the middle. The master walked to the front of the stage, took out a small box from his body, opened it and took out a leaf, painted his eyes, and said to Wang Qing next to him: "Old man, don't burn paper, this demon is not a human." ”

I guess it should be a willow leaf, and I want to take out a piece and paint it myself, I guess I can see it, but the master didn't pay attention to me at all, just closed the box again and put it in his pocket.

Wang Qing heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Daoist Chen, what kind of demon is that?" ”

The master said, "I saw a white snake wrapped around this female horn. Then the master turned back and shouted to the people behind him: "All the rats, chickens, rabbits, and snakes, don't look at the excitement here, be careful and fall for evil." ”

When the surrounding people heard this, they immediately dispersed a small half.

The master then said to the rest, "Don't just join in the fun here, go back to your own house and see if there is anything like sulfur that can repel snakes." ”

There was a thin man in Wang Wan next to him, I can't remember his real name for a long time, but because he was bold and nicknamed Wang Daring, he stood up and said to his master: "Daoist Chen, your willow leaves are also rubbed for me, and I can catch the white snake when I see it." As he spoke, he stroked his cuffs and walked forward, and the master stopped him and said: "I see that you are not only called Wang Dadao, but also Wang Dasha, this snake has a thick bowl mouth, and it is estimated that it is about to cultivate to refinement, which is so easy to deal with, even if you are caught, you can't get rid of it, let's save the lives of these two people first." Wang boldly stood back in frustration.

The master then asked, "Old man, I remember that there seems to be a white snake on your side before, do you remember?" ”

Wang Qing thought for a while, and hurriedly said: "There is such a thing, I can't remember what year it was, but there was indeed one before." Wang Qing paused for a moment, and then said: "Actually, this matter is quite embarrassing, at that time, we all went to the mountains to cut down trees in the big steel, I don't know what happened to my cousin, so he provoked a white snake." I remember when he got married, we were going to welcome the relatives and light the firecracker, I remember that the firecracker was wrapped around the bamboo pole, and when the woman came, when she lit it, she found a big white snake wrapped around the big bamboo pole. Everyone also said that the arrival of the white snake at home was a good omen. At that time, it passed, but what I didn't expect was that the next morning, the bride found that she had slept with the white snake in her arms at night, and my cousin rolled to the ground and lay down for the night. My cousin was so angry that he asked the people in the village to search for a few days, and finally found the white snake and killed it. A year later, my sister-in-law gave birth to a child with a tail, and at that time the village said that it was a species of white snake, and then my cousin moved away with my sister-in-law, and I haven't contacted us for so many years. ”

After listening, an old man in a costume next to him said in a foreign accent: "No wonder she cried bitterly just now." ”

The master asked, "Who?" This female horn? "In fact, this kind of drama is rarely understood by people in our rural areas, and it is just a fun.

The class leader nodded and said, "She cried and sang at first that the white lady was too pitiful, and then she sang how she was harmed. ”

The master sneered: "This lewd snake is really unrepentant. At this time, someone finally found a little sulfur from the house and handed it to the master, who opened it and looked at it, but he didn't know when it was left, and he was afraid that he would not be able to deal with this snake demon at all.

At this time, the female character on the stage, as if she smelled the smell of sulfur, stopped crying, and laughed ghostly. Singing and scolding, just like a shrew scolding the street, saying anything ugly.

When the master said something bad, he hurriedly dipped his hand in the sulfur powder, drew a talisman on the burning paper next to him, and asked the people in the nearby village if they knew who had eagle feathers or anything like that, and everything that was the natural enemy of snakes.

There was no hobby of collecting at home in the countryside, and eagles and the like were not easy to catch, so how could there be these things at that time.

Wang Daring suddenly thought: "There is an entrance sticker in the hall of my house, and on it is an eagle, spreading its wings and flying high. (The so-called entrance post is a framed painting hanging in the center of the hall, which is generally more than 1 meter wide and more than one meter high, with couplets on both sides, generally it is an auspicious painting such as Dapeng spreading its wings and smooth sailing).

The master turned his head and said, "Quickly let someone carry it over, and I can do how to lure the eagle out of the painting." ”

When the king heard this, he beckoned a few young men to carry him to his house. The master has already drawn the talisman and is waiting.

At this time, the class leader spoke: "Taoist, I'm afraid it's too late." ”

The master turned his head and saw that the female horn had really raised her sword, ready to stab at the person who was playing the Fahai.

The master originally leaned close to the stage, took three steps and made two steps, like a high jumper, flew and jumped on the stage one meter high, leaned against the stage, slid towards Fahai, and then supported the stage with both hands, kicked the stage with his left foot, and kicked the wrist of the female horn with the tip of his right foot. The whole action is done in one go.

The female horn's wrist was hit so hard that the sword instantly detached and slashed along Fahai's ear, and a large hole was cut on her cheek, and blood flowed out immediately.

The master then stood up with a carp, and kicked his sword at the back of the stage.

The female horn stood there before she could recover from this sudden change. I asked the master, "Is the snake demon gone?" The master looked at me and said, "No, he's spitting out letters to me." ”

The master handed the paper-burning talisman that had just been put into the cuff to Fahai next to him, and said, "Wait a minute, I will find a way to control this female horn, and you will stick this talisman on the woman's head." How dare Fahai do this, while covering his face, shaking his head, and running off the stage by himself.

When the master saw this, he instructed me to go up. I followed the wood next to me, and the person behind me supported me, and then I climbed up and walked to the master's side.

The master whispered to me, "Are you ready?" Before I could answer, the master rushed over and grabbed the arm of the female horn, who knew that the female horn was not strong, but she would borrow strength, the master not only did not control her, but was thrown off the stage.

Now I was unlucky, and I was left on the stage with the female character, who closed her eyes, but seemed to be able to see me, and walked over to me while laughing, and I held the paper burning charm in my hand, but she trembled like chaff.

At this time, out of the corner of my eye, I saw that the king was bold and they brought the entrance post, and I could not help but rejoice that I had been saved.

The master ran to the entrance post, shouted to me to hold on for a minute, then took a few pieces of burning paper between his fingers, lit them, and drew a symbol on the entrance post.

The snake demon probably foreshadowed something bad, and seemed to be ready to take me out, so he grabbed one of my arms with both hands, although I had a charm in my hand, but at that time I was still a half-grown child, and my hands were not strong at all.

The arm was pinched painfully, the fingers couldn't help but let go, and the charm fell, at this time, the female horn continued to pinch my arm with one hand, and the other hand pinched my neck, slowly bringing her face close to me, closing her eyes, smiling evilly, her lips were black and purple, and she couldn't stop trembling, and the word "death" slowly came out of her throat.