"A group of snakes—" Bai Li rubbed his arms, feeling a little hairy in his hair: "Is it a lot of snakes?" ”

"Yes, a lot of snakes, I've never seen so many snakes." Du Xiaoshan couldn't help but shudder: "My sister is afraid of snakes, so she urged me to throw that dead snake out." I was about to lift the curtain with my broom in my hand, when I suddenly smelled a strong fishy smell, followed by the sound of rustling. The sound was so dense that it was uncomfortable for the ears to hear. ”

"Before Xiaoshan went out, I heard my father scolding a damn thing. I leaned over the window and saw my father, uncle, grandfather, and two elders from the same village huddled together at the table that was supposed to be used for eating. Next to the table, there were two people upside down, I don't know if they were dead or alive. As far as the eye can see, there are snakes. Piles of snakes, of all colors, look like a messy pile of hemp rope that can still be meandered. I immediately screamed in fright, my limbs went limp, my whole body was cold like falling into an ice cave, and the hill was also frightened. ”

"Just after my sister screamed, we heard Grandpa's voice. Grandpa told us to keep the doors and windows closed and beware of snakes getting in. Grandpa also said that many of those snakes were poisonous snakes. I didn't have time to think, so I hurried to close the door, but it was too late, and there were already snakes crawling to the door, and there were snakes hanging from the window lattice. I tried my best to sweep the snakes with my broom, and my sister picked up what she had placed on the dresser and knocked them all down. When the doors and windows were closed, my sister and I sat down on the floor, our minds blank. ”

"How can there be so many snakes in this village?" Bai Li subconsciously approached Bai Ze: "Those snakes, what happened to them?" ”

"Some are dead, and the rest don't know." Du Xiaoshan shook his head with a pale face: "At that time, my sister and I hid in the house, and we couldn't see the situation outside, and we didn't dare to look at it. But the sound can still be heard. At first, Grandpa and the others should have stood on the table properly, but there were too many snakes, and some climbed up the table along the legs of the table, and everyone fell into the snake pile in a panic. There are people who are bitten by snakes, and there are people who are bitten by snakes. Uncle and my father should have been protected by my grandfather before they fled to the kitchen. I don't know who came up with the idea of using fire to drive away the snakes. My uncle and uncle took a lot of lighted firewood and threw them at the snakes, and the snakes scattered. ”

"Scared off by the fire?"

Du Xiaozhi shook his head lightly: "At first, we thought that those snakes were scared away by the fire, but later we found out that they were not. The snakes were deliberately led to the village, and they were led away. As we struggled to keep the snakes away, we heard the sound of a flute, a flute with a strange tune. Those snakes may have been lured away by the sound of flutes. ”

"The sound of the flute attracts snakes?" Bai Li narrowed his eyes: "You really heard the flute." ”

"We don't just hear it, we see it." Du Xiaozhi said eagerly: "After the snakes dispersed, I rushed out with Xiaoshan to save people. That person was standing on the roof of Mrs. Du's house across from my house. Dressed in a black robe, covering from head to toe, only the right hand was exposed outside the black robe. That hand is too white, whiter than the hand of the daughter's family. Xu is because he is standing in a strange place, Xu is because his clothes are too strange, or maybe because his hands are so white that people can't help but look at his hand, I saw that he was holding a flute in his hand, a white flute, which should be made of white jade. ”

"The jade flute, the black-robed man, the sound of the flute attracts the snake, does this have anything to do with what happened later in Dulou Village?"

"It's related, but we don't know if the black-robed man who led the snake is the same as the Taoist who later gave medicine to the villagers." Du Xiaozhi hesitated and replied: "That night, there were many people in the village who were bitten by snakes. There are also those who have been bitten to death by poisonous snakes, and some have been bitten by non-venomous snakes that do not have snake venom, but the wounds are relatively deep and it is also troublesome to deal with. The village was in a mess, and almost everyone was looking for a doctor, shouting for the doctor to come and save people. But the village doctor was bitten to death by a poisonous snake, and the bite was full of holes, and he almost didn't recognize him. Later, the Taoist man appeared, and he said that he knew how to heal, and it happened that he could also detoxify snake venom. Those who were injured in the family didn't think much about it, so they all begged him to save him. The wound, as he said, was bandaged, and the person also took the poison repellent pill he had given. ”

"My father, my uncle, my grandmother, and my aunt all took the antidote pill given by that Taoist. The pill was amazing, and not long after taking it, my dad said he didn't hurt anymore. Looking at the places that were bitten by snakes, the original black skin and flesh also changed back to their normal color. Everyone was overjoyed, thinking that they had met a living immortal. The commotion continued until the middle of the night, when most of the villagers had taken pills. But no one expected that the bigger crisis would happen three days later. ”

"What happened three days later?"

"Those who have been bitten by snakes, those who have taken antidote pills, have festered and sores one by one, accompanied by all kinds of terrible symptoms. Worse still, anyone who touches them, who comes into contact with those festering wounds, will become like them in a very short period of time. Leprosy, some people in the village started talking about those leprosy, but no one knew where it came from. Everyone was scared and anxious, and began to go to the Taoist who had treated the villagers before. Everyone searched the coffin shop inside and out, but they couldn't find the person. Annoyed and angry, the villagers began to beat up the owner of the coffin shop, saying that he had invited the Taoist and that he had brought the disaster in the village. Everyone also said that he had bad intentions and just wanted to watch the dead people in the village, because the more dead people, the more prosperous the business of his coffin shop would be. The owner of the coffin shop was beaten with blood, and those who were seriously ill saw the blood as if they were crazy, and pounced on the coffin shop owner and began to bite. Dulou Village, in an instant, became a hell on earth. ”

"Were you and Xiaoshan also in the coffin shop at the time?" Bai Li asked.

Du Xiaozhi shook his head lightly: "No, it's my father and uncle who came back to say it." My father and uncle were the most severely bitten snakes in our family, and they wanted to follow the villagers to the Taoist to see if they could find out what could be done. As a result, he was so frightened that he ran home. My father discussed with my uncle and grandmother for a long time, and I felt that Dulou Village was a very dangerous place. They discussed it for a long time, and finally decided to ask my mother and my aunt to escort me and Xiaoshan to the forbidden place in the back mountain. That place is taboo for the villagers, and only when we go there will Xiaoshan and I be safe. My mother and aunt prepared a lot of food for us, and sent me and Xiaoshan away while the troublesome villagers were still in the coffin shop and did not come back. Because they had also been bitten by snakes and had taken those pills, they were not sure if they would go crazy or stay with us, and after settling our siblings together, they left. ”