Chapter 52: The Beauty Snake
After smiling self-deprecatingly, Qi Guanshan took the lead in entering the water and entering the ancient tower.
However, when they found the direction of the gate of the ancient tower, they were stunned.
I saw that there was an arm-thick iron chain under the algae, bound layer by layer, as if I was afraid that the things inside would come out.
Zhang Quan tried to pull, but the iron chain did not move.
Fu Zhaozhao patted him on the shoulder and told him to stay away.
Then she stepped forward, felt the chain, and then pressed slightly.
I saw that the surrounding water instantly became turbid, and the iron lock was unscrewed and emitted an iron red color, and it gradually returned to its original state after a while.
The remaining few iron locks, Fu Zhaozhao screwed them one by one according to the previous force, and they were finished in the blink of an eye.
Zhang Quan was dumbfounded, and he didn't react for a long time.
Qi Guanshan is accustomed to it, and he has probably seen a lot of such scenes; Then he patted Zhang Quan and told him to follow him in.
Fu Zhaozhao pushed the door open.
Perhaps because there had been no one inside for too long, as soon as the door opened, a lot of small silver fish rushed out of it, and the leader was immediately caught off guard.
Qi Guanshan pulled Zhang Quan to the side, but he was not hit by the small fish.
When the silver fish passed by, Fu Zhaozhao seemed to have noticed something, and he raised his hand to grab one of them and observe it carefully.
Seeing him like this, Qi Guanshan hurriedly stepped forward.
After the silver fish was confined to its body, it twisted its body very violently, as if trying to escape the right hand, but unfortunately this behavior was useless.
After Fu Zhaozhao observed it carefully, his expression looked a little strange.
However, because of the mask, Qi Guanshan didn't see it, so he had to gesture with his hand and ask her what she was looking at?
Fu Zhaozhao pointed to the fish's eyes, as if something was wrong.
Qi Guanshan took it, and also took a closer look, and didn't find anything wrong, just wanted to ask her what was different, but Fu Zhaozhao patted him on the shoulder, pointed to the gate of the ancient tower, and said that he would go in first, and the others would wait until the water came out.
Seeing this, Qi Guanshan casually threw the fish behind him and said to Zhang Quan behind him that he was going in.
Zhang Quan gestured with an ok gesture, looking like he was following closely.
The two of them entered the gate of the ancient tower one after another, but they did not see what happened to the small silver fish that was still alive and well after it fell into Zhang Quan's hands.
The water was turbid, Zhang Quan threw the wreckage in his hand casually, and followed closely into the ancient tower.
The small silver fish's eyes were still turning, but only a few strands of minced flesh were left on its body, as if it had been crushed by brute force, but it seemed to have no feeling, and swam in the direction of the large army as always.
The inside of the ancient tower was so dark that it would have been impossible to see the inner structure without a flashlight.
The structure of the entire floor is simple, except for a staircase that goes up in the middle, and there are only frescoes on all sides.
Probably because the lake has been soaked for too long, the mural is damaged in many places, so it is not very clear to see.
Fu Zhaozhao looked in the direction of the mural one by one.
The first few murals are all telling the story of how the village sold young girls to rich people, how they helped rich people make those women into beauty snakes, and how they fed a village by selling beauty snakes.
However, the style of the next few paintings immediately changed.
Since not every girl can succeed in making a beauty snake, there are often defective products.
For these defective products, the village advocated that they be locked up in this tower, along with the beautiful snakes that had been returned by their employers in old age and decay.
Later, there were more and more beautiful snakes in the village, and the head of the village did not want to raise so many beautiful snakes.
Suddenly, one day, a middle-aged man in a yellow robe came to the village, and he seemed to have an idea for the village.
The people in the village were all smiling after hearing this, and even celebrated a big banquet for this purpose.
The feast lasted for three days, and during these three days, less and less food was sent to Guta every day, until only one was delivered a day.
There are too many defective products, and one serving of food is simply not enough.
A month later, the village opened the gates of the ancient pagoda with the defective and decrepit beauty snakes.
There was a strong fishy smell inside, and the creatures in the ancient tower seemed to have died a lot.
And in the middle of the layers of corpses, sat a young beautiful snake holding flesh and biting.
The color of the body of the young beauty snake seems to be different from that of other beauty snakes, and the mural is specially painted with emerald green and yellow, which is enough to prove how different this beauty snake is.
The people who opened the gate didn't seem to anticipate this, so they ran to ask the Taoist priest again.
The Taoist priest seemed to have some idea, and pointed his finger towards the position of the mountain.
The people on the mural seem to have received something very good, and everyone's face is smiling.
Then they tied up the young beauty snake that appeared in the ancient tower with ropes, and buried it in the mountain, and the most special thing was that there was a very large stone in the place where it was buried.
It's like the stone that Fu Zhaozhao looks at on the water.
As if he felt that the position of the mural painted with stones was not quite right, Fu Zhaozhao reached out and touched it lightly.
As a result, the original mural was destroyed, revealing the part underneath.
Qi Guanshan was also fascinated by watching it on the side, and couldn't help but reach out and touch it.
As a result, I accidentally touched the face of the young beauty snake.
The next moment, the beautiful snake on the mural seemed to come to life, and its eyes were staring at the person outside the painting, as if it wanted to rush out and bite him.
Qi Guanshan was so frightened that he hurriedly took his hand back.
Fu Zhaozhao gave him a look and told him not to make trouble, then ignored the other party's reaction, and then looked at the mural below.
After the people in the village followed the method provided by the Taoist priest, more and more beautiful snakes were made later, and there were fewer and fewer women in the village.
At the same time, there are more and more wealthy employers who buy beauty snakes.
It's just that once the snake reaches a certain age, the village will ask for the return of the old snake, and at the same time, the freshly made beauty snake will be given to the employer.
This kind of back and forth, both sides are smiling, except for the beauty snake that is regarded as a cargo.
The village will keep the elderly beauty snake in the ancient tower, and when the beauty snake in the ancient tower reaches a certain amount, it will cultivate a young beauty snake according to the previous method.
Repeat the previous steps.
There are more things like this, and the resentment in the ancient tower is getting heavier and heavier.
The men in the village began to die one after another.
It's like a plague that starts with the death of the first man.
Fu Zhaozhao noticed that the first man who died was the first man to stand at the forefront, and he should be the most supportive of doing so.
Then the village began to panic.