The mustache was like two clusters of sharp post soldiers, and he was proud of the spring breeze on the gambling table, and after a few laps, he pocketed all the broken silver on the table.

Another fat-headed and big-eared post man lost all the silver, slapped down the wooden table with his palm, and said sullenly: "Bad eyes attract flies, unlucky, really fucking unlucky, I said Lao Bahu, are you stepping on dog shit and salted fish turned over? Look at your usual upside-down nest cyst moldy, if you don't put all the silver in your pocket upside down, even if you are lucky, how to kill the Quartet today, and win away half a month's grain and silver from Lao Tzu." ”

The post man called Lao Bahu smiled and replied: "This is called the time to run, the purple qi comes from the east, your Wang Datou is not envious, eh, why don't you talk about the triumphant face when you won Lao Tzu's money, and the corners of your mouth shouted that the spring sky is big fish and big meat and happy, why, is it only allowed that you Wang Datou is allowed to gamble and prosper, and I am not allowed to have a time when my old Bahu is angry?

As his name suggests, the postman Wang Datou said listlessly: "If you don't gamble, don't gamble, if you bet again, you will have to eat the northwest wind this month." ”

Lao Bahu's eyes were greedy, and he nodded at Wang Datou's coat pocket, and said softly: "Isn't there still silver in the pocket, maybe if you bet two more, will the dead wood come in the spring?"

Wang Datou's heart is itching, as if there are thousands of trembling worms crawling on his body, the old Bahu that set of flower intestines he knows, gambling money is very particular, when unlucky can lose no one left, luck comes to God to block and kill God and Buddha to block and kill Buddha, Lao Bahu just wants to take advantage of the hot hand, and then a few more to win a enough book, but the gambling money depends on his mother's luck, a few days ago the old Bahu lost a pair of pants left all day to die and live, today is not the same let him return with a full load, if there are two more who loses and who wins, it is really not necessarily。

Wang Datou scratched his ears and cheeks and hesitated, and thought of the old lady and rabbit cub in the family, gritted his teeth and shook his head: "No, no, there are old and young in Lao Tzu, the whole family eats porridge and eats by such a meager difference, it doesn't matter if you are hungry Lao Tzu, if you are hungry Lao Tzu, it is called a big rebellion, but it will be struck by lightning." ”

Wang Datou stomped his foot fiercely, nagging and hating himself for not being capable, otherwise he wouldn't have to rely on this meager income to have a family and a thankless errand.

Lao Bahu had no choice but to retract his greedy gaze, pretending not to hurry to put away the broken silver on the table, seeing that Wang Datou was salivating and his heart was like a knife, and winning money on the table was naturally unlimited, but luck lost money, regardless of the relationship between your son and Lao Tzu, no matter how reluctant you are to be in your pocket when the silver has to be presented with real money, the number of large accounts and small accounts is clearly calculated.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the old Bahu killing the Quartet, Qi Yuzheng took the opportunity to talk: "Brother Bahu is lucky and lucky." ”

"Where, where. "The old Bahu who is obsessed with gambling more or less also believes in feng shui numerology, and the luck is more or less the same as the pattern of the five elements.

Lao Bahu stuffed a bag of broken silver into his sleeve, and asked curiously, "Where are you going?"

Qi Yuzheng shook his head and replied: "We are going to Jiangnan, but we are just rushing here in the rain, and we will take a short rest at the post station to explore the way." ”

Lao Bahu sighed, and said: "It turned out that I was going to go down to the south of the Yangtze River, and I was going to take Yunmengze's official road?"

Qi Yuzheng took a hissed breath, pondered for a moment and asked, "How long does it take to get to Xiangyang City after passing through Yunmengze?"

Lao Bahu replied: "After passing through Yunmengze, you can walk for another three days to reach the boundary of Xiangyang, but 。。。。。。 ”

Qi Yuzheng frowned and asked, "Big Brother Bahu, but it's okay to say it." ”

"You still bypass Yun Mengze to go to Xiangyang, it will only be a twenty-day journey, although the journey to Xiangyang through Yun Mengze is half short, but it is very dangerous. Lao Bahu said in a solemn tone.

"Don't 。。。。。。 Don't go to Yun Mengze!" When Yun Mengze was spoken, the post man who was huddled in the dark corner of the post station suddenly stood up and said in a lost voice.

Qi Yuzheng was surprised and asked, "Why?"

"Yun Mengze inside... Yes... There are big snakes. The officer's eyes were filled with a look of terrible fear, and he shivered in the corner.

"Crazy Zhang, don't go crazy, there's a big snake, gossip to confuse the public, you're cowardly, get out of the way. Wang Datou scolded impatiently.

"I'm not crazy, really... There really is a big snake! and my mother... The mother said the same touch.,Black.。。。 A large black and white serpent. ”

Lao Bahu patted the post man who lost his soul when he mentioned Yun Mengze, calmed down his emotions and said to everyone, "Yun Mengze has been a dense forest in Sichuan since ancient times, I don't know how many fierce beasts have been raised, every spring and autumn, the whole Daze will be surrounded by mist miasma, people can't see five fingers in it, and the old Song Dynasty began to penetrate the official road. ”

Lao Bahu continued: " Only in summer and winter, Yun Mengze faded away the miasma, only some bold businessmen and tourists passed in groups, other times no one dared to enter Yun Mengze alone, although taking Yun Mengze's official road to Xiangyang, you can save more than half of the distance, but we have to go to Xiangyang on errands on weekdays, and we also choose to bypass Yun Mengze, even if you want to take the official road in Yunmengze, it is also in the summer and winter seasons that you dare to cross this uninhabited land, a few days ago the imperial court has an urgent post sent down, Zhang Madman wants to go through the official road of Yun Mengze single-handedly, this is not just a ragged and crawling back to the post station, saying that he saw a hundred zhang long black and white snake in Yun Mengze, After coming back, I was scared and crazy, people don't look like ghosts, and I didn't wake up until the past few days. ”

Wang Datou on the side said angrily: "Where is there a hundred zhang big snake, if there is him, can he come back alive?" It must be that he heard the bear roaring wolf howl in Yunmengze and was frightened and went crazy, to put it bluntly, he was timid and refused to admit it. ”

After saying that, Wang Datou's gaze fell on the body of the people in the bun again, and his tone was quite disdainful: "Don't think that you have a few good swords of great value on your body, just think that you are the gods who go to heaven and earth, Lao Tzu advises you to honestly bypass Yun Mengze, don't be scared like a madman Zhang in order to take a few days away." ”

Qi Yuzheng smiled and did not answer.

The drizzle finally stopped, and everyone left the smoky post station, bypassing the hill that blocked the road along the official road, and a boundless and open dense forest appeared in front of them.

"Senior brother, do we really want to take Yun Mengze's official road?" Zhang Zishan's heart felt cold.

Qi Yuzheng nodded and said, "I have delayed a lot of effort in Longshou Mountain, and taking Yunmengze's official road can save half of the distance." ”

Zhang Zishan was struck by lightning, and hurriedly said: "But there is a hundred-zhang big snake in this Yunmengze." ”

Qi Yuzheng smiled knowingly: "The purpose of this trip down the mountain is to experience, do you really believe what the postman who suffered from madness said?"

Lin Xueshu also answered: "The black and white snake with a length of more than 100 zhang in the mouth of Madman Zhang should be the legendary snake that guards the Erhai Lake in southern Xinjiang, but no one has ever seen the true face of this giant snake in the sky. ”

"If there really is a hundred-zhang big snake, then wouldn't all the passers-by on the official road of Yunmengze in summer and winter have to be eaten?" Qi Yuzheng said with a smile.

After Zhang Zishan pondered it carefully, he felt that Qi Yuzheng and Lin Xueshu were quite reasonable, so he gritted his teeth and followed everyone on the official road of Yunmengze.

Yunmengze is not as green as the Bunxia Mountain, the thousand-year-old trees are born to cover the sky and cover the sun, the sea of trees is dense like a black gauze shadow, the sunlight shines into the forest through the layers of tree covers, it seems that the light is dim and unpredictable, even so, there is no shortage of strange flowers and plants in Yunmeng Daze, birds and flowers, about the reason for the rain, the official road in Yunmengze has also become slippery and muddy, everyone walks past and leaves a line of mud prints, no wonder the businessmen who come and go from the north and south choose to take the shortcut road of Yunmengze in summer and winter, Yunmengze does not see the sun all day long, and the humidity is heavy, in spring and autumn, it seems that the drizzle of cow hair does not stop, making it difficult to walk on the official road, if it is a single horse to pass through, it is fine, but to pull a large cart of baggage goods will have a headache, not only difficult to walk but also have to beware of the fierce beasts in the forest.

Walking straight along the official road, Daze is full of flowers, and the autumn mood has not made this ancient forest become decadent, but there is a bit of vitality.

When I first entered Yunmengze, there was no fog shrouded, but when I walked into the hinterland of Daze, the beautiful scene of a hundred flowers was gone, and the fog came from all directions and gradually entangled everyone, and the vision around began to become blurred.

"Everyone follow closely, the fog is coming, don't deviate from the official road and get lost. Lin Xueshu looked around at the increasingly dense fog around him, and said cautiously.

The fog is getting heavier, Zhang Zishan is worried, but Bai Yun has an idea, such a rare opportunity of course to catch this heartless person, immediately sank his face and said: "Zishan, look, what is that?"

Zhang Zishan, who was like a frightened bird, was startled, and hurriedly grabbed the mountain and river fan and looked in the direction pointed by Baiyun, but found that there was nothing, and after a long sigh of relief, he said angrily: "Okay, you Baiyun, you actually teased me, wait a minute, if you are taken away by the big snake, I don't care about you." ”

Bai Yun had a smile on his face, but he was also holding the shroud in his hand, looking around vigilantly, and he couldn't relax in the thickening fog.

The white fog was overwhelming, a black and white snake more than a hundred zhang long meandered in the boundless Daze, the scales of jade like mud left a shocking deep mark on the giant tree through the sky, the place where the big snake passed was a dead silence, the sound of birds stopped abruptly, and a fishy smell like rotten stinky meat swept away in the forest.

Behind everyone, a pair of creepy scarlet bloody eyes appeared, which were particularly obvious in the fog.