Chapter 18: The old snake enters the ancestral hall
The old ancestral hall of Sifang Town, when the town was established, it was dilapidated and renovated, and the renovation became obsolete, until now, the villagers in the town raised funds to pave a layer of good-looking eaves tiles, and along with the old ancestral hall, two heavy wooden doors were re-erected, which looked more solemn.
It's just that now that the ghost snow has sealed the town, the old ancestral hall has lost its former solemnity, and it is pressed by the heavy snow and cannot move.
When Jiang Qixi and I stepped into the old ancestral hall, the old ancestral hall was already full of people.
A few men guarding the wooden door poked their heads out of the door, quickly glanced at them, and closed the door with a "chirp".
In the old ancestral hall, an old man holding a gray turban is standing in the center with his hands crossed.
"The door god is old and re-pasted, don't wear red clothes, don't look back when someone shouts, go out at night and have a threesome, fold more willow branches and hang them on your body......"
I can recognize that the old man who speaks, his name is Wang Shigui, and he is also a fortune teller in the town, but he doesn't have much ability, he can only play tricks, and his reputation has always been bad. When Mr. Hu was alive, because of his great ability, many villagers would come to look for him, so that Wang Shigui's business was much worse, I heard that two years ago, he had washed his hands and no longer been a gentleman, but he didn't expect a ghost snow, and Mr. Wang Shigui returned to his old business.
"I have a door god here, I opened it, no matter how dirty it is, you can't get into the house! If you work hard to draw it, you can charge some labor fees. As Wang Shigui spoke, he suddenly pinched out a stack of red paper from his arms.
The font is crooked, like a little baby's graffiti.
The villagers didn't care about this, and the ghost snow sealed the town, making the originally good days become like headless flies.
Wang Shigui gave them hope, although it was slim, although it was far away, there was always some.
I stabbed Jiang Qixi, Jiang Qixi shook his head, and didn't intend to stop it. I understand what she means, in this situation, more things are better than less.
Wang Shigui's eyes came, obviously seeing me.
The mouth-handling fortune teller, after wiping his face, shouted loudly.
"Ghost baby, you still have the face to enter the ancestral hall, this ghost snow is what you invited!"
When many villagers heard this, they turned their heads and glared at me angrily.
To be honest, if I had been before, I would have hid from these people.
Now, Jiang Qixi is standing beside me, and I feel very relieved.
"Mr. Wang, your door god post is so powerful, why don't we two go out and take a walk."
Saying this, I was still a little scared in my heart, although there was a lightning strike on my body, ordinary imps didn't dare to provoke me.
But who can tell you what happened to the ghost, if I met my "it", I Chen Xichun would not be able to live.
Wang Shigui gritted his teeth, his face was cloudy, and after all, he just snorted coldly and stopped looking at me.
I breathed a sigh of relief, pulled Jiang Qixi, and sat down on the bench next to me.
Today's old ancestral hall is going to hold a church meeting.
After Wang Shigui sold the door god sticker, the old mayor Zhou Pingzhi wore a pair of black-framed glasses and walked into the field.
I thought he would say something about believing in science, as he always did, but he didn't this time.
Zhou Pingzhi hugged his hands, and his body seemed to be a little trembling.
"First of all, everyone listens to Mr. Wang's words, live, live, and then gather materials, hand them over first, and distribute them reasonably by me and several leading groups, I believe that after a month, this snow will melt."
"Don't worry, this old ancestral hall is spiritual, and it will naturally protect us!" Wang Shigui added on the side.
Jiang Qixi rubbed his nose, stood up, and called me to go home together.
Wang Shigui glared at him and said again, "If you don't cooperate, you won't be allowed to enter the ancestral hall!" Let him fend for himself! ”
Jiang Qixi smiled, "Mr. Wang, I think it, I and this ghost baby prefer to stay in the house, eat and drink by yourself, you don't have to worry about it." ”
Wang Shigui sneered and turned his head.
At this time, the door of the old ancestral hall was pushed open again.
After a few men looked at it for a while, a woman in a floral cloth jacket walked in with her hands rubbing her hands.
"What? Emerald Red, how long does it take to change a jacket? A man by the door laughed.
The woman named Cui Hong did not answer, and turned her head to look at the old ancestral hall.
The big man was bored, and shouted to the woman to go inside.
The heavy wooden door of the old ancestral hall closed again with a "chirp".
A baby, about four or five years old, who had been playing in the corner, saw the woman come in and ran towards her screaming for joy.
"A-Niang, you've been going for a long time."
The woman hung her head, looked at the baby who was holding her, and licked her tongue.
The baby thought that the woman was frozen, so she sensibly stretched out her hand and patted the snowflakes around the woman.
Everything was harmonious, and after Wang Shigui glanced at the woman a few times, he turned his head and continued to talk with Zhou Zhiping.
Jiang Qixi suddenly stopped, and I turned around to look at her suspiciously.
"Jiang Qixi, what's wrong? You said you went home. ”
Jiang Qixi ignored me and stared at the woman in front of him.
The baby who was surrounding the woman to shoot the snow suddenly shouted, "A-Niang, there is a snake behind you!" ”
When the woman heard this, she hurriedly lifted her jacquard jacket and grinned.
"A-Niang, there is a snake behind you, I saw its tail!"
The woman pulled the baby into her arms and grinned, "Mud...... Look at the rubbing. ”
"I read that right, A-Niang."
The woman hung her head, embroidered the smell of hair on the baby's head, and licked her tongue frantically.
That look, it's like an old snake spitting out a letter!
"Jiang Qixi! Something is not right! I exclaimed.
"Got dirty." Jiang Qixi spit out a sentence lightly, and his feet had already stepped out.
The woman raised her head and looked viciously at Jiang Qixi, who jumped over, and then her body twisted violently.
"Huh, what's wrong?" Wang Shigui and Zhou Zhiping finally heard the voice and turned their heads to look, "What is this little Taoist aunt going to do?" ”
"Snakes! Big snake! ”
"The old snake has entered the ancestral hall!"
I don't know who shouted first, and the entire ancestral hall became chaotic.
The woman fell to the ground, twisting her body, and a thick snake tail swayed out from under her flower jacket.
Jiang Qixi snorted, snatched the baby with dull eyes, and pushed him to my side.
I hurriedly protected the baby behind me.
"Mr. Wang, hurry up, hurry up and catch demons!" Zhou Zhiping urged Wang Shigui and shouted.
Wang Shigui was already like an old monkey, and suddenly ran into the corner.
I sneered, ignored Wang Shigui anymore, and turned my head to look at Jiang Qixi.
Jiang Qixi had already taken out a small wooden sword and stabbed it at the half-human, half-snake woman on the ground.
The woman bared her teeth and shouted angrily at Jiang Qixi, and then as if she was extremely taboo against Jiang Qixi, she shook her body and crawled towards the wooden door of the ancestral hall.
"Seal the door!" Jiang Qixi shouted.
A few big men guarding the door gritted their teeth, closed the door that was originally closed, closed it to the door, clamped it tightly, and then quickly retreated.
"Chen Xichun, take them farther away." Jiang Qixi turned around, looked at me and said.
I nodded, took out the lightning strike wood from my bosom, and told the villagers, who had lost their souls with fear, to retreat inside.
Seeing that this was not good, the woman lying on the ground hissed strangely, and the flower jacket broke and fell off, becoming a stout old snake with flower skin.
The flower-skinned old snake leaned on the snake's head and pounced angrily at Jiang Qixi, the snake's tail rolled in the air, and all the baskets hanging on the beam were overturned to the ground.
As the old snake's belly rolled, I suddenly saw the outline of a human being faintly on its white belly.
If you guess correctly, it should be the mother of the original baby, who was swallowed whole by this old snake, which is particularly eye-catching.
Thinking of this, I grabbed the small half of the lightning strike wood, found an angle, and angrily stabbed the old snake.
The old snake turned around alertly, and the snake's tail lifted me away.
I wiped the ashes from my face and gritted my teeth to get back up.
What made me speechless was that Jiang Qixi actually stopped, pointed to the bucket-thick old snake on the ground, and said lightly, "Chen Xichun, it's rare for you to take the initiative, go ahead, punish it." ”
"Jiang Qixi, I'm afraid I won't be able to beat me." I smiled wryly.
"Holding the Heavenly Treasure Thunder Strike Wood in your hand, you can't even surrender this little thing, how will you live in the future?" Jiang Qixi sighed.
Hearing this, I paused, and stepped forward with the lightning strike wood in my hand.
"Come on! Ghost baby! Kill him! ”
"Big brother, it ate my mother, woo woo ......"
"Master Hu's senior apprentice, let us see what you are capable of!"
Even Wang Shigui couldn't help but raise his hand and shouted.
"Hurry up, I have to go home for dinner." Jiang Qixi pouted.
Naturally, I couldn't jump as high as Jiang Qixi, so I had to trot up, and with my strength, I held the lightning strike wood and stabbed the old snake on the ground fiercely.
The flower-skinned old snake twisted the barrel-thick snake body, hurriedly trying to avoid it, but it was still stabbed by the lightning wood and hit a small piece of flesh, its body convulsed, and it screamed and screamed.
I lowered my head and glanced at the lightning strike wood in my hand, and there was a faint thunderbolt spark.
A piece of wood that is no more normal than that, was hit by the thunder of the sky, and it actually has such divine power.
This is the first time I have used lightning to strike wood, I used to hear Lao Hong and Jiang Qixi say how powerful lightning strikes wood, today I have seen it.
The old snake seemed to be badly injured, its head drooping on the ground, and licking its tongue weakly.
I yelled and rushed forward, stabbing the lightning strike wood on the snake's head.
The old snake snorted, the snake's eyes turned a few times, and the snake body twitched violently, and after a while, the white snake's belly was facing upwards and never moved again.
I took a breath and looked at Jiang Qixi.
Jiang Qixi didn't mean to praise me, and said with some complaints, "I've been hungry for so long." ”
Jiang Qixi! This is the first time that the master has gone into battle alone!
I wiped the sweat from my forehead, put away the lightning wood, and looked at the blurry outline of the snake's belly with some sadness.
The villagers who were already bold quickly took a firewood knife and carefully cut the snake's body from the edge of the snake's head.
A wet woman rolls out of the belly of a snake.
"Dead." Jiang Qixi sighed.
There was a deathly silence in the old ancestral hall, and only the sound of the baby crying loudly could be heard before. Wang Shigui, who previously said that dirty things could not enter the ancestral hall, was undoubtedly slapped in the face.