Chapter 1: The Tomb Serpent
It was raining heavily outside, but the house was warm like spring, and on the construction site in the suburbs, in a simple container, there were two men, both of whom were between the two of them, both of whom were five feet two tall, but their bodies were very different, one fat and one thin.
The fat one is very honest, with a smile on his face, holding a pair of tongs in his hand, and is turning the sweet potatoes on the small stove.
The thin man's face is very handsome, but his face is angular, his complexion is dark, and his face has a military atmosphere, which is awe-inspiring.
"Hey, fatty, you bake sweet potatoes and use snacks, don't bake me, let's rely on these sweet potatoes to fight hunger today." ”
"I know, you are less crooked, you don't bake it yourself, you can toss people as fucking as you can, and you take that broken book to study all day long, and I don't know if you can study a ghost when you study and study. The fat man spoke with disdain, staring contemptuously at the book in the thin man's hand.
This is an ancient book that is almost rotten, or a line-bound book, the cover is basically rotten, and the title of the cover can only be vaguely seen - the thirty-six laws of the Shangqing Dynasty.
The thin man seemed to disagree with the fat man's words, and he still held the book in his hand tightly and read it carefully.
The two of them are workers on the construction site, they work every day during the day, and help the boss guard the construction site at night, and the foreman rents a container for the two of them, and the container is their home.
Now that the New Year is approaching, the workers on the construction site have gone home for the New Year, leaving only the fat and thin two people here.
The thin man's name is Chen Fengcheng, and the fat man's name is Li Dali, because he is burly and has a lot of strength, but he is honest, and as the saying goes, he is a little stupid, so everyone calls him Dasha.
Some time ago, when the construction site was under construction, an ancient tomb was dug up, and the migrant workers were frightened, because a white snake as thick as a human thigh came out of the ancient tomb, and the workers were so frightened that they were scared.
Chen Fengcheng was also frightened at that time, although he was a soldier, he had never met such a big snake, and he was immediately scared stupid.
And when the snake came out of the tomb, its eyes were white, it sniffed the smell with its nose, and crawled straight towards Chen Fengcheng.
The migrant workers on the entire construction site were so frightened that they ran away, even the fat man was no exception, and only Chen Fengcheng was left to sit on the spot alone.
He wanted to run, but his feet were weak and he couldn't run at all, and he was almost scared to pee.
The serpent's tongue was on top of his head, but instead of eating him, the serpent nodded at him. Then he glanced back at the ancient tomb and motioned for Chen Fengcheng to go in.
Chen Fengcheng saw that the giant snake was not hostile to him, and when the giant snake signaled for the third time, he understood the meaning of the giant snake, and then stumbled into the ancient tomb.
In the ancient tomb, he saw a coffin and some funeral goods, Chen Feng wanted to take the funeral goods, but before he could do anything, the giant snake flicked something with its tail, it was a wooden box, and there was a book in it.
Chen Fengcheng got the ancient book, and the giant snake nodded at him, and then crawled away on its own.
Soon the people from the police station came, and the people from the Cultural Relics Bureau and the museum archaeology also came, Chen Feng still wanted to get some gold and silver treasures, but the people from the police station came too quickly, and he could only retreat with the ancient books.
The area of the ancient tomb is not large, there is a coffin and some burial goods in it, and a few snake skins, all the things were taken away by the government, the archaeologists inspected the scene, and characterized this ancient tomb as a private house and ancient tomb, and left it alone after all the coffins and burial goods were dug up.
There was such a big thing on the construction site, and the work was stopped for a few days, and three days later, the foreman took the workers to burn paper money and so on, and continued to work.
Building a house, digging the ground and digging up ancient tombs is nothing new in China, and everyone doesn't pay attention to it, but because of such a giant snake, Chen Fengcheng is still a little afraid when he thinks about it now.
At that time, he didn't know what was wrong with him, how could he have the audacity to go into the ancient tomb and take out this ancient book.
He has been studying this book for more than half a month, and according to his discovery, this should be an ancient Taoist magic book, which records the thirty-six kinds of spells of the Shangqing Sect.
Chen Fengcheng has studied junior college for several years, studying ancient Chinese and Chinese history, and he still has some understanding of this interception.
Interception is a sect founded by the head of Tongtian during the Zhou Dynasty, and it was changed to the Shangqing sect in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and there are Yuqing and Taiqing among the three Qings, which are collectively referred to as the three Qings, all of which are Taoist factions.
Pangu gasified the three Qings, and then there were three sects, namely expounding the religion, intercepting the religion and Taoism.
But to the present, they are all collectively called Taoism, and many of the ancient names in China have changed for 5,000 years.
This book contains the spells of interception, and it details the names of the famous spells, as well as the formulas and fingerings.
Chen Fengcheng studied for a long time, and basically could memorize all of these thirty-six spells, and he also tried to summon spells with fingering and mantras, but there was no reaction at all, which suddenly made him have some doubts in his heart, thinking that this would be something deceitful.
But existence is reasonable, Taoism has been inherited for thousands of years, so many myths and stories in ancient times, some of them are not groundless, although Chen Fengcheng is a modern person, but for these things left by his ancestors, he still feels that some can be believed.
The fat man saw that Chen Fengcheng had been enchanted by this book, and he immediately felt unhappy, the two came out of a village, graduated and joined the army together, and he didn't seem to be a thing that believed in ghosts and gods.
They are the new youth of the new era of New China, how could they be chattered by the gods of an ancient book.
"Hey, I said, it's okay if you stare at this book all day long, I've been reading it for more than half a month, the ancient book on it, have you studied any powerful spells for our family to see?"
Chen Fengcheng glanced at the fat man and scolded: "You are not a eunuch, what kind of father-in-law do you learn to speak, and return to our family, bake your sweet potatoes quickly!"
The fat man was reprimanded a few words, and he was very unhappy, although the two of them were buddies who had played since childhood, but they were called eunuchs, and they were suddenly unhappy, and they roasted their own sweet potatoes by themselves.
Chen Fengcheng was so annoyed by the fat man, and suddenly he was in no mood to read, he had read this secret book countless times, and it didn't work at all, it was better to eat and sleep early.
It was raining heavily outside, and the two had nowhere to go, so they agreed to the foreman's request not to go back for the Chinese New Year this year, and to guard the building materials at the construction site.
There are still a lot of valuable things such as steel bars on this construction site, and now the New Year is about to close, when thieves are rampant, the foreman is worried about the safety of things on the construction site, so he let Chen Fengcheng and the fat man, who had been soldiers, stay.
At first, he wanted Chen Fengcheng to stay alone, but Chen Fengcheng was unwilling, saying that there had been such a big giant snake on this construction site, and now there are many thieves in society, all of them are very tight, in case three or four come, he is afraid that he will not be able to parry.
In fact, Chen Fengcheng lied, he trained hard in the army, and his military body was very good, although he couldn't fight ten at a time, four or five was still not a problem.
It's just that he just thinks he is bored here, so he wants the foreman to leave the fat man for himself, he has been with the fat man for more than 20 years, and he is not used to it without the fat man by his side to relieve his boredom.
After eating baked sweet potatoes, the two were ready to go to bed, the rain was still falling outside, and there would be no thieves to patronize them in this weather, so the two took off their coats and prepared to rest.
As soon as he lay down, Chen Fengcheng heard the sound of rustling outside, and it seemed that someone was outside.
Chen Fengcheng immediately shouted the fat man, saying that there seemed to be someone outside.
The fat man looked at him with wide eyes and said, "No, it's raining so heavily, can there be thieves coming to our construction site?" Even if he wants to steal our steel, he has to drive a big truck, what's the use of just a man?"
Chen Fengcheng thought about it carefully, on this rainy day, they lived at the gate of the construction site, if the thief wanted to steal the steel, he had to enter from the main gate, and the other places were sealed, and there was no passage to enter at all.
"Well, it could be some kind of rat, don't care, let's sleep!"
As soon as I lay down, the sound outside sounded again, and the sound became louder, as if something was rubbing the ground, as if the area of friction was not small.
Now Chen Fengcheng and the fat man didn't dare to sleep, and the fat man said cautiously: "It can't be that the giant snake came back some time ago, right?"
Chen Fengcheng also thought of this, because the sound outside was really too similar to the sound made by a snake crawling. Both of them knew very well how big the snake was, and Chen Fengcheng looked at the snake carefully that day, as thick as a human leg, more than ten meters long, which was enough to be called reckless.
Moreover, there was still a snake skin shed by a snake in the ancient tomb that day, which also scared the archaeologists.
Unexpectedly, half a month has passed, and the giant snake actually went and returned, which suddenly made Chen Fengcheng and the fat man start to drum in their hearts, the two of them do not have the strength to be tough with such a big snake, and they are hard, it is estimated that they will swallow them in one bite, even if they can't swallow it, they will be entangled.
The sound outside was getting louder and louder, and soon, there was a banging sound at the construction site gate, which should be the small door of the giant snake hitting the construction site.
Chen Fengcheng and the fat man were so frightened that they didn't even dare to breathe, and both of them got up from the bed and put on the coats they had just changed.
"Fatty, let's go, let's go to the meeting where the outside is sacred, and actually hit the door. ”
"Hey, madman, aren't you afraid of that serpent?"
"I'm afraid of your sister, don't scare me, maybe it's a thief slamming the door!" Chen Fengcheng comforted the fat man and said.
The fat man thought in his heart, too, this giant snake came out of the ancient tomb, and now the ancient tomb has been bulldozed, and the giant snake is useless when it comes back, and there is no place for it to live, and it is now the cold winter, and the snakes have to hibernate in winter, how can there be a big snake that goes out when it rains at night.
The fat man plucked up his courage, put on his raincoat, picked up an iron rod in the house, and opened the door.
As soon as I opened the door, I heard a bang outside, and then I heard the fat man shouting: "I grass!"