The old man in Mai was watching this group of people talking about all this, when he heard someone suddenly ask: "May I ask the old man, why are there rumors of snakes and demons harming people in other places, why are we so strange in the Sword and Axe Mountain, and what is the reason?" ”

"yes, yes, what's the reason. The crowd asked.

"Ahem. The old man in sackcloth cleared his throat and asked everyone, "Do you know about snake charmers?"

"I must know that we have always had the most snake charmers, because the snakes in the mountains have spirituality. The crowd shouted.

The old man in Mai smiled and nodded, expressing his acknowledgement, and said: "The old man is also a snake charmer, and it is because he knows the spirituality of the snake in this mountain that he came here to look for snakes. ”

"You said you were, why haven't I seen you, I know all about this snake trickster in Yinshan County. A man who also seemed to be a snake charmer said.

"It's not a secret, the old man is from overseas, and this time he came back to find snakes for some ancestral secrets. The old man in Mai said mysteriously.

People are curious, knowing that they must listen to secrets, so they boldly asked: "What secrets, tell me, if you say it well, your reward is indispensable, and you will play a snake." ”

"Why don't you talk about it while playing snakes? Someone suggested it.

"Yes, yes, I said as I played. ”

The old man in Mai nodded reluctantly and said, "Then the old man will be ugly." ”

After speaking, he took off the back basket and found a five-foot-long green snake from it.

"It is said that five hundred years ago, a snake charmer looked for a green snake in this knife and axe mountain, called Daqing ......"

As soon as the old man in Mai finished speaking, everyone was brought into a fantasy world, a young snake charmer with a green snake, went around playing snakes to make a living, until more than ten years later, the snake suddenly died, and the snake charmer buried the snake to the place where the dragon vein spit out the pearl in Taixuan Lake, and the green snake absorbed the breath of the dragon vein and became a Jiao.

Later, the snake charmer found a green snake in the knife and axe mountain, in order to distinguish it from the previous green snake, he called her Erqing, and the second green lost the snake charmer for decades, and the snake charmer was also a little old, and the snake charmer's body was already big The snake charmer couldn't move on his back, so she was willing to put her back to the knife and axe mountain.

Because Erqing is used to the world, she often runs to the crowd, but everyone is afraid of her, and she almost frightens people when she is a monster.

When people saw this, they had already forgiven Erqing in their hearts, and they could understand that she was not running to scare people, but wanted to be close to people.

Later, people found the snake charmer, and the snake charmer went to Erqing and said that since he had spirituality, he would go to the mountains to practice hard, and when he cultivated his human body in the future, he would go to the world.

After hearing this, Erqing turned around and went to the mountain, but then there was a seven-inch small green snake, although the snake charmer was not ready to play the snake, but when he saw this green snake, he was also happy to play the snake charmer who had been playing all his life, so he took the little green snake with him.

In the end, he called this little snake Xiaoqing, took it with him every day, and taught him carefully, until a hundred years after the snake charmer, this little green snake kept filial piety for the snake charmer for three years, and then returned to the knife and axe mountain.

Knowing that the last few snakes were enlightened, they went around doing good and saving people.

It wasn't until the snake charmer finished speaking and put the snake back in the basket that everyone woke up from the hallucination, but they didn't realize that it was an illusion at all, and they only felt that the story was realistic, as if they had experienced it by suicide.

"Okay," a man suddenly called out yes, and everyone echoed.

"The old gentleman's snake art is really wonderful. ”

"Yes, it's wonderful. After one finished speaking, he took out his pocket, took out a handful of copper coins, and threw them at the old man in Mai.

When everyone saw it, they also took out their money bags one after another, and gave some copper coins to a greater or lesser extent.

The old man in Mai saluted everyone and said, "Thank you, thank you." ”

At this moment, one of them, who was dressed as a rich man and looked like a rich man, said, "May I ask the old man, I have thousands of acres of fertile land and hundreds of tenants. But in recent times, there have been swords and soldiers everywhere, and I don't know when it will hit our Yinhua County. Can you worship the three snakes to keep your family safe? ”

"Rich Master Zhang, are you afraid that your family's property will be robbed, so you want to ask God for peace. "These people obviously know Zhang Caizhu, he is one of the big landlords in Yinhua County, there are a number of wealthy households, usually do good deeds and accumulate virtues, and there is little notoriety, but even so, there are people who hate him.

When everyone heard this, they all looked at the rich man Zhang to see what answer he could give.

The old man in Mai also looked at the rich man Zhang with some differences, and secretly thought that this person's wisdom is not low, and he can understand this truth, it seems that this rich man's family will still be prosperous within thirty years.

The rich man Zhang was not angry, and he was about to fool the past with a few words, but seeing the satisfied look of the old man in Mai, the rich man Zhang began to face it squarely, and he could see that the old man in Mai was not simple.

Seeing that the rich man Zhang had a straight face, he said: "It's not a secret, my family wandered here nine generations ago, but it has always adhered to the way of diligence and thrift, and after many generations of accumulation, there is today's family property." Now that the family property has been robbed, as long as I abide by the family style, it won't take many years to be a family business. ”

After a pause, the rich man Zhang continued: "It's that the rebel army came and robbed all my family's property, and I also have the capital to make a comeback, but it is those tenants who really suffer." ”

As he spoke, he bowed his hand to the old man in Mai and said, "That's why I asked the old man for a convenient law to protect the people of a county and live and work in peace and contentment." ”

"Zhang is a rich man. One person praised.

"Yes, it's not for nothing that his family can have what it is today. The other nodded in agreement.

"Hmph," one of them snorted coldly and said, "hypocrisy." ”

There are also people who don't know why, and there are some followers.

"Don't dare. The old man in Mai said that he didn't dare, and said with a smile: "Enshrine the spirit of the Tao in the mountains, as long as you are sincere, you can keep your life safe, you can prosper at home and everything, as long as the incense continues on the fifteenth day of the first month, you can be auspicious in the extreme danger and turn the crisis into safety."

As long as you worship sincerely, the family will not invade by external evils, everyone will be safe, everything will go well, the spiritual platform will be clear, and you will not be confused by external evils.

As long as you sincerely worship, and the elves sense, make a wish will also get what you want, if you are dedicated to the Tao, you will pass down the cultivation method in your dreams, even if you are dead in this life, the gods will be introduced in the next life. ”

"Okay," Zhang Caizhu clapped his hands and applauded, and then said: "I am willing to build a temple for one Jiao and two snakes in the mountain to worship, so that the people can have a way to follow, and I hope that the old gentleman will give advice." ”

"Yes, yes, we are all willing to fund the construction of the temple, please ask the old gentleman for guidance. Several people chimed in.

"I don't have much money, but I'm willing to do my part. A man dressed in shabby clothes said, although he was shabby, his eyes were extremely determined.

"It can't be a lie. Someone said suspiciously.

"Hahaha. A man who seemed to have read the book for two years laughed and continued, "It's ridiculous, the gods are talking nonsense." ”

"Yes, that's right, can he conjure me money, it's really nonsense. Someone else chimed in.

"Hmph," said another person, "what era is this, all kinds of demons and monsters have come out." After saying that, he waved his big sleeves and turned to leave.

The old man in Mai just smiled and didn't speak, looking at him and letting him speak.

Some people began to argue again, and the rich man Zhang looked at the old man in Mai like this, and felt incredible, and even he was a little angry, so he asked: "Old man, aren't you angry at all when they slander him like this?"

"Why are you angry?" the old man in Mai asked rhetorically, and then continued, "What does it matter to me whether they believe it or not?"

"This ......" Rich Master Zhang was dumbfounded, not knowing what to say.

"Hehe," the old man in Mai saw the embarrassment of the rich man, and then said: "Everyone lives by themselves, and what does it have to do with others, the sergeant hears the Tao, and acts diligently, and the sergeant hears the Tao, if he survives or dies, the corporal hears the Tao, laughs, and it is not enough to laugh." Everyone has their own ambitions, and you don't have to worry about others, just do what you should do. ”

"Thank you, old man, for your advice. The rich man Zhang bowed to the old man in Mai, thought about it, and said, "I don't know what preparations are needed after the completion of the temple? I hope that the old man can attract the true spirit into the statue and consecrate the statue." ”

The old man in Mai glanced at the rich man Zhang differently, but he didn't expect that he also knew about pretending to be dirty for the statue and introducing the true spirit, and the statue must be completed to introduce the true spirit in order to be effective, otherwise it will be an empty image, and there will be external yin spirits inside.

The old man in Mai didn't want to elaborate on him, as long as he persisted, many would naturally know, and after thinking about it for a while, he looked at the rich man Zhang with a smile and said, "On the day when the statue is completed in three days, I will appear." ”

Zhang Caizhu was shocked in his heart, feeling that this old man in linen was particularly magical, and felt that he had met a master, he had already built a family temple, and he didn't know what to worship, only a statue of Dongyue the Great Emperor, but the temple was empty, and he felt that there was something related to him here, but he didn't expect to encounter it.

The statue of one Jiao and two snakes can be completed in only three days, and the temple is ready-made. Unexpectedly, the old man in Mai even knew this, so the rich man Zhang said: "The old gentleman is really a master, and he can't hide it from you." ”

Then after the rich man Zhang said goodbye, he was busy with this matter, and he didn't do the thing of bowing down, because he knew that he was building a temple, what he needed, and he didn't have the qualifications to apprentice or something, and he still needed to accumulate.

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At this time, An Youyu was about to return home, ragged, stumbling, and very embarrassed.

Suddenly, a family member ran to An Youyu's side in a hurry, and said eagerly: "The young master has finally found you, the house is full of snakes, the master and his wife were bitten by snakes, and they are dying, so they will die soon, come back with me to see them for the last time." ”

"Hahaha," An Youyu heard it, it was a snake again, thinking of what he had done today, and laughed miserably three times, and said.

"What retribution, retribution. Then I felt that both my parents were suffering because of this, and I felt guilty, and my eyes were black, and I was unconscious.