Although time was pressed and could not be delayed, we had no choice but to walk through the mountains and forests, and finally on the evening of the third day, we arrived at the Hidden Dragon Mountain, which was marked on the map, according to Chen Xiaohu, and the name of the Hidden Dragon Mountain came from a legend.

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a scholar named Wang Jinxi who entered Beijing to catch the exam, he accidentally got lost when he went to Zanglong Mountain, when the sky was dark and dark all around, there was no road to follow, so Wang Jinxi was ready to find a place to rest, just when he looked around to check the place of stay, there was a light coming out of the mountains not far away, it seemed that someone lived in the mountains, Wang Jinxi was overjoyed when he saw this, and hurriedly carried his bags towards the place where the light came out, and after about ten minutes of travel, Wang Jinxi entered the dense forest in the mountains, he followed the direction of the light to see, Suddenly I was shocked, there is a large courtyard in the middle of the dense forest, the scale of this compound is not small, the decoration is very luxurious, the vermilion lacquer gate in front of the courtyard, the top of the glazed tile cover, there are two stone lions standing in front of the door.

Wang Jinxi couldn't help but wonder when he saw the scene in front of him, how could there be such a large mansion in this rare place, although he was suspicious in his heart, he was already tired after a long journey, and he just wanted to find a place to rest for a night, and then eat some delicious food, so Wang Jinxi didn't think much about it, and walked towards the direction of the courtyard, and when he reached the gate of the courtyard, Wang Jinxi hesitated and knocked on the door, accompanied by the knocking sound, and a heavy footstep came from the courtyard, After a while, an old man in a blue shirt opened the courtyard door.

The old man in green shirt looks about seventy or eighty years old, his figure is full of white hair, and the wrinkles on his face are even more furrows, but his eyes are extremely bright, just as bright as the newborn baby, the old man in green shirt asked him what was the matter after seeing Wang Jinxi, Wang Jinxi said that he was a candidate who entered Beijing to catch the exam, and he got lost when passing by this mountain, and the dry food he brought had been eaten, and he hoped that the old man in green shirt could give him some food and stay overnight, and he would leave after dawn tomorrow morning.

After hearing this, the old man in green shirt looked up and down at the scholar, and then happily agreed to invite him into the hospital, Wang Jinxi was stunned by the scene in front of him after entering the hospital, although this compound is in the dense forest, but the layout inside is extremely luxurious, rockery bamboo forest pavilions and small pavilions, these have everything, but what makes Wang Jinxi puzzled is that there seems to be no one else in the mansion of Nuoda except for the old man in green shirt, so Wang Jinxi asked the old man in green shirt There is no one else in this courtyard, why did he build such a big courtyard in a rare place.

After hearing this, the old man in green shirt stroked the white beard on his chin, and said that he lived alone in this courtyard, and he was doing business in other places in the early years, and now he wants to return to his roots after he is old, so he will live here, his children are busy, and rarely come back on weekdays, only during the New Year, this courtyard will be lively, and only he will be himself on weekdays.

Wang Jinxi suddenly realized after hearing this, and immediately dispelled all doubts, not long after Wang Jinxi was invited into the house by the old man in green shirts, at this time there were four or five dishes on the table in the room, Wang Jinxi rushed to the road and was already hungry on his chest and back, for a while he didn't think carefully about where these meals came from in this barren mountains and mountains, and he began to eat after sitting down, the old man in green shirt was sitting aside and watched Wang Jinxi eat, Wang Jin Xi saw that the old man in green shirt did not eat and immediately felt a little embarrassed, so he stopped his movements and let the old man in green shirt together, But the old man in the green shirt said that he was old, and his spleen and stomach were slow to digest, and the meal at noon had not been digested, so he didn't eat the dinner at night, and said that if it was not enough, the kitchen would still be there.

After being full of wine and food, it was already more than ten o'clock in the night, the old man in green shirt took Wang Jinxi to a side room and then turned to leave, Wang Jinxi entered the house and lay down to rest after washing, due to physical and mental exhaustion, he fell asleep soon after lying down, I don't know how long he slept, in a daze he heard a noise outside the house, he opened his eyes and looked out the window, only to see a huge thing swimming out of the window, and disappeared after a while, he was extremely sleepy at that time, and did not take this matter to heart, so he continued to sleep.

When he woke up the next morning, Wang Jinxi opened his eyes and looked, he was dumbfounded, there was no house in front of him, it was obviously an empty forest, there was nothing around, only trees and weeds, Wang Jinxi looked at the empty forest around him, and his heart not only had a burst of doubt, could it be that he had a dream last night, there was no such house at all, and there was no old man in green shirts, all this was the scene in his dream?

But if it's a dream, it's too real, but if it's not a dream, how to explain the current scene, just when Wang Jinxi was puzzled, he suddenly saw a huge trace on the ground, this trace is at least two or three meters wide, as if some giant thing is dragging on the ground, after seeing the traces on the ground, Wang Jinxi suddenly remembered the black shadow he saw in the house in the middle of the night last night, could it be that this is not a dream at all, but real!

Thinking of this, Wang Jinxi suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and after calming down, he planned to follow this trace to see what was going on, so he took his luggage and walked towards the mountain along this trace, and after chasing the mountain road for seven or eight miles, Wang Jinxi heard a strange sound not far away, and after hearing the sound, he stopped, opened the branch in front of him and looked at it, and suddenly his head exploded, and the whole person was numb.

In the mountains dozens of meters away from him, there was a python that was dozens of meters long, this python was covered with cyan scales, and its head alone was the size of a car head, at this time the python was spitting snake letter in the mountains, Wang Jinxi was shocked after seeing this cyan python, and after he calmed down, he always felt that this cyan python was somewhat familiar, especially his eyes were exceptionally bright, just like the old man in green shirt it met last night.

Wang Jinxi has been reading poetry and books since he was a child, and he also has some research on some books with strange powers, he knows that some forest animals can become refined people after thousands of years of cultivation, so he suspects that this cyan python is the old man in green shirt last night, thinking of this, he is no longer afraid, and after walking out of the forest, he kept waving his hand to the cyan python, and shouted higher: "Are you the old man last night!" ”

The cyan python heard the shout and looked back at Wang Jinxi behind him, spitting out the snake letter and swam in front of him, although Wang Jinxi had been prepared for a long time, but in the face of such a huge python in his heart it was inevitable to panic, just when he was about to retreat, a burst of white mist rose around the python, and as the white mist gradually dissipated, the old man in green shirt that Wang Jinxi saw last night appeared in front of him, and his face also showed a peaceful and charitable appearance.

"Young man, you are not too daring, you are not even frightened by my real body." The old man in the green shirt looked at Wang Jinxi and asked.

"To be honest, I'm a little scared, but I know you're not a bad person, and if you were a bad person, I would have died last night, and I would never have survived until now." Wang Jinxi looked at the old man in green shirt and said.

The old man in the green shirt nodded with satisfaction after hearing this, and said with a smile: "What you said is right, I really don't want to harm you, yesterday I saw you lost in the mountains and then conjured up a house in this forest, I hope you can sleep well, you can rest assured, what you ate last night was a forest beast, not me." ”

"Grandpa, why did you come to save me, we met in Pingshui." Wang Jinxi looked at the old man in green shirt and asked puzzled.

The old man in the green shirt fell into a deep thought when he heard this, and only after a while did he say that he did this to repay his kindness, hundreds of years ago when he had not yet cultivated the Tao, he was pressed by a stone rolling down from the mountain, at that time he couldn't move, he had been hungry for three days and three nights, and when he saw that he was about to die, there was a scholar who happened to pass by, and the scholar felt pity after seeing him being pressed by the boulder, so he was ready to push the boulder away, but because the scholar was alone, he couldn't push it away, and then the scholar thought of a way, found a thick wooden stick and stuck it under the boulder, and finally rescued the old man in green shirt from under the boulder by prying.

At that time, the old man in the green shirt was very shallow, and there was no way to thank the scholar, so he secretly swore in his heart that as long as he met a scholar who entered Beijing to take the exam in the future, he would definitely help, and it would be regarded as a life-saving grace for the scholar back then.

Wang Jinxi listened to this suddenly realized, and then he continued to thank the old man in green shirts, and then he carried his bags to the outside of the mountain, after a long journey Wang Jinxi finally came to the capital, after a long journey Wang Jinxi fell to Sun Mountain, did not achieve a good ranking, just when he was extremely disappointed and ready to return to the township, the court suddenly posted the imperial list, saying that the emperor had a strange disease, must be cured with a thousand years of snake gall, who if can provide useful information or offer snake gall bladder can be added to the official into the knight, From now on, the glory and wealth will be endless.

Wang Jinxi was overjoyed when he saw the news on the emperor's list, the old man in the green shirt who saved him some time ago had a thousand years of Taoism, and his snake gall would definitely be able to save the emperor's life, if he revealed the news to the government, then he would definitely be able to enjoy the glory and wealth.

After making up his mind, Wang Jinxi stepped forward to unveil the emperor's list, and the surrounding guards saw that someone dared to reveal the emperor's list, so they took it to the official mansion, and when they came to the official mansion, they asked Wang Jinxi why he wanted to unveil the emperor's list, Wang Jinxi did not hide it at all, and directly said that he knew where there was a thousand-year-old snake gall, which could save the emperor's life. Finally, after half a month, they came to the mountain where Wang Jinxi was lost, and after coming to the mountain, everyone began to search for the figure of the cyan python, and finally found the cyan python in a mountain location.

The cyan python saw that Wang Jinxi brought the officers and soldiers to arrest him, so he transformed into a human form, looked at Wang Jinxi and asked: "I treated you well at the beginning, why did you bring troops to arrest me, aren't you revenge!" ”

"Don't blame me, I can't help it, I know you saved my life, but as long as I can catch you, I can enjoy the glory and wealth, anyway, you have already helped me once, this time you will help me again." Wang Jinxi looked at the old man in green shirt and said.

Without waiting for the old man in green shirt to speak, the leader of the officers and soldiers ordered to shoot arrows, and for a time thousands of feathered arrows were fired together, directly towards the old man in green shirts, and the old man in green shirts immediately transformed into a blue python and swam towards the mountains, and the officers and soldiers saw that the old man in green shirts was ready to escape and sent his men to continue the pursuit.