After the return of Ma Zunsheng

Chapter 21 Dongqian Village

Time waits for no one, no matter whether the cherry is red or the plantain is green.

The era of the Mu family has come to an end, but more Mu families will emerge.In the vast galaxy, everyone is just a drop of ink dripping from the pen of history.

Tragedy in one place has nothing to do with great joy in another.

At this time, in a place called Dongqian Village, a grand prize-winning competition is being held here.

I don't know how long this village has existed.

But since its appearance, people here have a habit of catching snakes.

The villagers hunt and kill snakes, sell the snakes they catch, and even kill and eat a small amount. Snake skins are very precious, and many people from other villages will come here to buy snake skins.

Therefore, the villagers work very hard to hunt snakes, and a good snake skin can be sold for a lot of money. Some people can meet their family's expenses for half a year because of one snake.

In addition, it is said that the skin of the blue-tailed flat-headed gray-striped python is the most valuable. Not only that, its snake gall also has high medical value. It is said that if a dying person swallows the gall of the blue-tailed flat-headed gray-striped python Bringing the dead back to life, if an old woman takes it, her face will be radiant and her youth will be reversed.

There are also rumors that its meat is the most delicious in the world. After one bite, all the food in the world will not be nostalgic.

According to legend, 500 years ago, the ancestors of the village once hunted and killed an adult blue-tailed flat-headed gray python by chance. The above rumors are all passed down by the ancestors.

It's a pity that this kind of legend is just a legend.

The ancestors were all hundreds of years ago, and no one living today has seen such a miraculous boa constrictor.

The names of the villages in Dongqian Village, almost every male has the ability to hunt snakes.But for so many years, no one has seen the legendary blue-tailed boa constrictor

So, gradually, everyone only regarded this legend as a legend.

I have never seen the blue-tailed boa constrictor handed down by my ancestors, but Dongqian Village has a custom handed down by my ancestors, that is, the annual snake hunting competition.

The competition is proposed by the current village head every year. The rules of the competition are different every year, but the prize money is particularly generous.

There are countless people participating in the competition every year, and the village names all hope to win a generous bonus to subsidize their families through this competition.

You know, if you win the gold medal in the competition, the money can subsidize half a year's expenses for a family of five, so every year the contestants are full.

No, on a sunny afternoon, Dongqian villagers came out of the street one after another, rushing past like a place.

That is the busiest place in the village. The place that was originally an open space is now occupied by a huge rectangular stage with a red carpet on the floor. The background wall is in the shape of a huge python. There is a big disc with inexplicable gold, silver and jewels in it. Four big drums are set up on the left and right sides of the stage, and a big man wearing a red turban is standing there arrogantly holding drumsticks. There is a row of gong players and suona players next to the big drum. In the center of the scene, there are several young dancers forming a gorgeous shape to show their graceful dancing posture.

The people in the audience were already packed, and there were still places where they could stay scattered before, and they couldn't squeeze in for a moment. If they wanted to watch, they could only gather around the outside.

"It's really lively here." Yu Ning looked at the scene below and took a sip of tea slowly.

They walked to this town for a few days, found a tea house, and were sitting there to rest.As a result, they seem to have caught up with a good thing. What kind of competition is being held here, people are very interested and very happy, and the clues can be seen from the faces of these people who rushed over in a hurry.

"You can take a proper look." Su Yanzhi took a sip of tea, put down the cup and said in a low voice.

He followed Yu Ning's line of sight from the window to the downstairs, where countless people gathered.

He has no interest in these, but just passing by here, looking around.

"Well, if it's interesting, we'll go too." Yuning looked down and suddenly became interested.Today, he is wearing a red gauze dress, jade around his waist, black pointed cowhide boots on his feet, his long hair tied up with a light golden hairpin, his complexion is fair, his facial features are exquisite and handsome, except for a pair of black eyes that have nowhere to rest. Arrogant and uninhibited.

Su Yanzhi has already recognized him, and there is no need for him to play ugly anymore.

He is a majestic demon who always plays ugly and hurts his self-esteem.

Although he asked Su Yanzhi if it was appropriate to recognize him, the other party was very calm and refused to answer his question.

Slowly, he stopped asking, thinking that Yu Ning knew that if Su Yanzhi didn't want to say something, he wouldn't be able to ask anything even if the casserole was broken.

If he recognized him, he would recognize him, which meant that he hadn't been completely forgotten in his heart, and besides, he didn't know him long ago.

Now Yu Ning and Su Yanzhi have met each other honestly, since the enemy is very close, he can shout domineeringly and want to fight him for revenge, or ask loudly why he used tricks to entrap him back then.

However, when she really met his eyes, Yuning found that he could neither open his mouth to fight him nor open his mouth to criticize him.

When Su Yanzhi looked at him, his eyes were sharp, like stars in the night sky. Although his face was indifferent and expressionless, Yu Ning felt that he had no malice towards him.

How can it be so useless?

Yu Ning himself didn't know what happened to him, Su Yanzhi was right in front of him, but he couldn't show the momentum he should have to settle the previous account with him, Yu Ning thought that maybe the news didn't reach him at all , It was just cut off by others, so I was killed later.

In short, now Yu Ning feels that Su Yanzhi feels good when he is with him, especially when the two of them teamed up to destroy the Mu family.

Intuition told him that Su Yanzhi was still the Su Yanzhi he knew before, and he was not bad.

"You want to participate?" Su Yanzhi looked at Yu Ning, a little surprised, shaking the fan in his hand.

Yu Ning pulled back his thoughts, looked at him, and said with a smile: "Yes, let's see what kind of competition it is first, and participate if it is interesting. If you can form a team, why don't you come with me?"

"Okay..." He agreed without thinking, since you like it, he will accompany you

Yu Ning was stunned, so straightforward, without any hesitation?Yu Ning suddenly felt that Su Yanzhi recognized him when he first saw him in Sanshan Town.

"Do you really have someone you like?" The opening of the mouth turned into this sentence, Su Yanzhi's hand that fanned the fan stopped, silent, and looked up at the gongs and drums below the window.

At this time, the village chief came to the stage to speak.

The old village chief stood on the stage with a happy face, and the sound of gongs, drums and suona below all stopped with a wave of his hand, and the dancers retreated collectively at some point.

The village chief cleared his throat and said in a thick voice, "Folks, it's the annual snake hunting competition again. I am very happy to gather with you today. I believe everyone is most concerned about this year's snake hunting rules and rewards. "

After speaking, some people laughed out loud in the audience, and some said: "That's natural, whoever does not take the lead will participate."

"Is the bonus still the same as last year?"

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Listening to the discussion in the audience, the village head kept smiling. He raised his hand to ask the people below not to speak.

"Everyone's enthusiasm has not diminished, so I won't say anything else, just tell everyone the rules of this year, ahem... the rules of the competition for several years are—"

"Whoever catches the blue-tailed flat-headed gray-striped python will be the winner of this year's snake hunting competition, and will be rewarded with 500 taels of gold."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was stunned for a moment without saying a word. After a while, someone exclaimed: "My God, 500 taels of gold is enough for us to live for a lifetime."

"But isn't the blue-tailed, flat-headed and gray-patterned mang just a legend?"

"Yes, yes, I've never seen it before. It's all rumors. I haven't seen this kind of snake before." Some people began to agree.

"We haven't seen the legendary blue-tailed boa constrictor until now, so we don't know if there is one."

"That's right, it's no wonder that this year's gold reward is so high, maybe no one will hunt it down in the end."

"That's right, I thought I could win a big prize this year, but who knows that the routine is so deep..."

"Maybe there will be no No.1 this year."

"..." Gradually, people went from being excited at the beginning to doubting and dissatisfied later. There were all kinds of voices from the audience, and it was noisy.

The village head on the stage was not displeased with what he said, but his smile became more obvious. He waved his hand, motioned everyone to keep their voices down, and said, "I heard everyone's questions just now, but what I said next Just to tell everyone, please rest assured that this year's blue-tailed flat-headed gray-striped python will definitely appear. Next, we will invite our master Ling'an to come on stage to explain to you. After speaking, the village chief has already taken the lead in applauding, and extended his hand to welcome those who came over. people."

Amidst the exclamation of everyone, a middle-aged monk with a bright and protruding head in a khaki patchwork robe came over. Around his neck were three strings of Buddhist beads of different sizes and colors, one circle of black and one circle of vermilion , and a circle of yellow, the earlobes on both sides drooping, hooked nose, single eyelid, small eyes, the whole person is wrapped under the huge loose cassock, making him look extraordinarily thin and inexplicably inaccessible.

He is a highly respected and well-known archmage in Dongqian Village, and everyone trusts him very much.People in Dongqian Village not only like to catch and sell snakes, but also worship the spirit of Buddha. They believe that it is the blessing of the spirit of Buddha that makes Dongqian, a tiny place, have endless hunting of snakes every year, and they make a living from it. self-sufficient.

In the eyes of Dongqian villagers, hunting snakes is a way of making a living handed down from their ancestors. Snakes are cunning and cruel, cold-blooded and ruthless. Hunting and killing them and using them to make themselves safe and prosperous is to eliminate harm for human beings and it is also a meritorious deed for themselves.

Master Ling'an looked at everyone, put his hands on his chest, palms together, very pious, he said: "Last night, I had a dream. I dreamed that the Buddha appeared and led me to a river. The river is very shallow and there is a small gray The fish swam in front of my eyes. This fish seemed to be able to talk and kept swimming back and forth in front of me. Then it smiled at me. I was attracted by it for some reason. gone.

On the contrary, what appeared in front of my eyes was a huge blue-tailed boa constrictor. It glanced at me and hurriedly swam away. A fire broke out in the place it swam through, and the entire water swamp passed by it was covered with flames. Incinerate. "

Speaking of this, Master Ling'an looked at everyone for a moment and said, "I woke up from a dream. Think about it carefully. This dream was guided by the Buddha. The time of the dream happened to be close to our annual snake hunting competition. After thinking about it carefully, this is the will of God, and it is the spirit of Buddha telling us that the blue-tailed flat-headed gray-striped python has appeared in this world, let us hunt this thing, if left unattended, it may bring disaster to us."

After finishing speaking, the mage glanced at the village head, who stepped forward and coughed twice: "Master Ling'an is the only mage in our village, and also the only great mage who can communicate with spirits. His words are to convey the spirit of Buddha. will.

Therefore, in this competition, I deliberately increased the bonus ratio to hunt this python in order to cater to the spirit of Buddha and benefit everyone. I hope that everyone who signed up this time will work hard to participate in the competition and hunt the blue-tailed python as soon as possible. "

The name of the village under the stage, you look at me, I look at you. They believe in Master Ling'an, so naturally they have no doubts about his words, and the previous grievances gradually dissipated.

Since it is the will of the Buddha, they will do it, and if the village is really plagued by this python, then they will not be able to protect themselves from it.

Everyone's interest is up again, and everyone is gearing up to try it out, not to mention that 100 taels of gold is already attractive enough.The audience resumed the previous lively chatting and laughing. The village chief and the mage looked at each other and smiled with satisfaction.

The snake hunting competition is limited to one month, and whoever catches the blue-tailed flat-headed gray-striped python first will be the snake hunting champion of this year, and will be rewarded with 100 taels of gold.If there are two or more teams caught, then the bounty is divided equally according to the number of heads.

Everyone didn't have any objections, and nodded in agreement. After all, everyone has only heard about this kind of python, and they may not be able to catch it alone.

With a smile on the corner of Yu Ning's mouth, he looked at Su Yanzhi: "No, I'm allowing you to form a team."

But what surprised them was that so many village names believed in the dream of a sorcerer. It seems that the culture of this village is very surprising.

"How do you plan to hunt?" Su Yanzhi looked at him, Yu Ning wanted to catch snakes

Su Yanzhi looked at Yu Ning and glanced out of the window, but he didn't expect that Yu Ning was interested in catching snakes.

He is a Demon Lord who wants to kill snakes, so aren't these village names just for decoration?No matter how powerful these people are, can they be compared with a big devil?Isn't this blatantly stealing other people's money?

"Aren't you afraid of being hated?" Su Yanzhi added.

After hearing this, Yu Ning was at a loss at first, then understood the meaning of his words, then laughed, and finally scratched his head: "I am also worried, these village names are very superstitious, you can believe whatever the master says, say Maybe they are also xenophobic."

"However, their competition is indeed very interesting, especially the blue-tailed flat-headed snake they are talking about. Hey, don't you feel tempted at all?"

Su Yanzhi fanned his fan. In fact, he was deliberately making fun of Yu Ning. He knew that what Yu Ning was interested in was not the 100 taels of gold, but the unheard of boa constrictor.

"If you're interested, go and see who it is." Su Yanzhi had a faint smile on his lips.

After leaving the teahouse, the two of them wandered the streets to get acquainted with the town where they were going to stay for a while.