"It turns out that the three are thaumaturgical warriors of the Zhenyi Division, Wang has lost his welcome, please come to the house. Wang Lao Wu welcomed the three of them into his room in an unusually respectful tone.

"Village Chief Wang has seen the Guoshi card?" Wu Youqiu asked curiously when he saw Wang Laowu's sudden change of attitude.

"I've seen ~ I've seen it, Wang was a messenger in Zhencheng for several years more than ten years ago, and I saw a national soldier card at that time. In reply, Wang Lao Wu hurriedly poured a few cups of tea, served them to the three people brought by his brother, and said in a bitter tone, "Actually, I thought it was an accident when four people died in the village before, but today the three of them died one after another in the village, and I was also wondering if the village was evil." I am fortunate to have three Chinese soldiers here today, and I would like to thank you on behalf of all the villagers of Wangtang Village. ”

"Village Chief Wang doesn't have to be polite. After seeing that the village chief finished speaking, Li Ge also bent down and made a big salute, and hurriedly moved to the front to get involved, "We didn't actually want to alarm the villagers, but today we walked around Wangtang Village for most of the day, and we didn't find anything, so we took the liberty to come." ”

"I see, if there is anything that the masters need help with, just ask, Wang will do his best. ”

"Yes, masters, if there is anything, you can ask my fifth brother, he is the head of a village, and there are many things that he may know. Wang Laoqi saw that his fifth brother, who was the village head, was so polite to the three of them, and he also echoed the sentence.

The atmosphere in the room immediately became soothed under the kind words of the two brothers surnamed Wang.

"Village Chief Wang, do you know what the three squatting stone lions in your village are for?" Li Ge asked as he turned around and sat down in his chair.

"Three squatting stone lions? Wang Lao Wu looked out of the house with confused eyes, recalled for a while, and then said, "I heard the previous village chief say that the three squatting stone lions were placed in the village during the Qinzong period at the end of the Song Dynasty, and they have been more than 400 years ago. ”

"It turns out that those stone lions are more than 400 years old. Li Ge sighed, and then asked, "What else does the village chief know?"

"Other things about Shishi...... Wang Lao Wu got up and walked back and forth in the house for a few steps, and then suddenly stopped, and said, "By the way, I heard that Shishi is from Zhenwuzitan." ”

"Wuzitan? What Village Chief Wang is talking about, but is that big pond in the field behind the village?"

"Yes, that's the pool. Wang Lao Wu nodded, his face suddenly changed, and he asked with confusion, "Could it be that the matter in our village is related to Bazitan?"

"Since the stone lion in the village is used by the pond in the town, it should be related to the pond. He glanced at Wu Youqiu beside him, and Li Ge asked again, "By the way, village chief, has anything strange happened in Natan?"

"No, nothing strange has ever happened to that pool. Wang Lao Wu shook his head without the slightest hesitation, and then moved his gaze to Wang Lao Qi beside him.

"Yes, nothing strange has happened in Wuzitan. It's just that there are more snakes in the pond every summer, and few people approach the edge of the pond, and our village now calls the pond the snake pond. Wang Laoqi said.

"Second brother, let's go to the pool and have a look. Wu Youqiu glanced at Li Ge, who nodded, and then the five of them went to Wuzitan at the back of the village together.

When they came to the edge of the pool, the five of them circled around the pool. Then, Li Ge picked up a branch casually, stood on the edge of the pond and peeled off some of the duckweed on the surface of the pool, and a snake suddenly appeared under the turquoise pool in the pool, and opened its mouth to bite the branch.

The snake in the pool is not large, about two feet long and the thickness of a thumb. It is completely black, with a few irregular white spots on its body.

"Could this snake be the belly yin?" The moment he saw the snake, Wu Youqiu said uncertainly, and then continued, "Second brother, quickly get this snake up and take a look." ”

Li Ge nodded when he heard this, and directly threw the snake that was biting the branch to the shore. Then Wu Youqiu rushed to the snake's side with a strong step, quickly reached out and grabbed the snake's head.

"Amitabha! The little monk is most afraid of snakes in his life. Jingchen saw the snake in Wu Youqiu's hand, and quickly dodged and hid behind Li Ge.

"Big brother, did you just say that this snake is called belly yin?" Seeing Wu Youqiu holding the snake in his hand and looking at it carefully, Li Ge asked curiously.

"It's not certain yet, let's go back to the village and try it. After Wu Youqiu finished speaking, the five of them went back to the village again.

"Master Xiao Wu, I haven't seen this kind of black snake you caught here for decades. On the way, Wang Laoqi asked with doubts.

"I've never seen this kind of snake, and now in this season, how can there be a snake?" Wang Lao Wu's puzzled voice also sounded at the same time.

"We'll find out when we get back to the village. Wu Youqiu clenched the snake in his hand and glanced at Wang Lao Wu, "Village Chief Wang, there should be a male dog over three years old in your village." ”

"Yes, we have a big male dog in our family that has been raised for five years. ”

"Okay, then I'll trouble Village Chief Wang to get me a little male dog blood. ”

"Yes. When Wang Lao Wuyi heard this, he nodded hurriedly, but after nodding, he shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Master Xiao Wu, I'm afraid it's a bit difficult to take dog blood, the big male dogs that are more than three years old are extremely fierce, if you want to take their blood, I'm afraid it's ......."

"You don't have to worry about this, I'll give you a talisman later, after you burn the ashes and feed the dog, it will faint, and then you can take blood with peace of mind." ”

Wuzitan was not far from the village, and after a few people walked briskly for a while, they returned to the village chief's house. Wu Youqiu took out a talisman from the Qiankun bag on his side and handed it to Village Chief Wang, and then Village Chief Wang took the talisman to the backyard.

"Rhubarb, come, eat dog food. When he came to his backyard, Wang Lao Wu took a broken bowl and filled some food, and walked to a yellow dog tied to a pillar in the courtyard.

"Wang~Wang~" When the yellow dog saw his master, the dog that shook his head and waged his tail barked twice, and there was a trace of grievance in his bark.

"Who let you bite Zhewa in the village, how can I let you out?" Wang Lao Wu walked to the side of the yellow dog and touched the dog's head, and then looked at the yellow dog and ate the dog food.

After the dog ate a few bites of dog food, his whole body suddenly shook and he froze on the spot. Seeing this, Wang Lao Wu stretched out his hand and patted the yellow dog, seeing that it did not reflect in the slightest, then went into the backyard and took a handful of vegetables and a small bowl, made a small cut on the dog's leg, took a small half bowl of dog blood, and went to the front hall.

"Master Xiao Wu, the dog's blood has been taken. After Wang Lao Wu returned to the living room, he handed the bowl in his hand to Wu Youqiu. The latter took the bowl, got up and walked directly outside the house, and when the four of them saw this, they also followed outside.

Walking to the side of the road outside the house, Wu Youqiu grabbed the black snake with one hand and held the dog blood bowl with the other, which was directly sprinkled on the snake.

As soon as the dog's blood touched the snake's body, it immediately made a 'zi~' sound. The snake's body then dissipates at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if a candle had touched hot oil.

As the dog's blood poured on the black snake's body, after five breaths, the snake body in Wu Youdao's hand completely melted away, and at this time, in his hand, all he was holding was a slender snake bone.