In ancient times, the land was sparsely populated, and many places were high and densely forested, and jackals, wolves, tigers and leopards often went down the mountain to harm people and livestock. Some businessmen prefer to travel together when they go out to prevent accidents.
In Yunshui Town, there was a shop called Ruyi Grocery, and the owner of the shop was named Li Dafu, who often sent people outside to buy mountain goods, so their family formed a caravan of about fifty or sixty people.
On this day, Li Dafu came to the store early and waited for the return of the caravan, but who knew that this wait had come to bad news.
Li Dafu, who had eaten lunch, looked out the door from time to time, and suddenly the figure of a group of people came into his sight.
When the men approached, he realized that it was a guy from the caravan. At this moment, their faces were covered with trepidation, and some of them were also injured with blood, and Li Dafu looked at it and was busy asking the reason.
The guys who escaped told him:
When the caravan passed through a dense mountain forest, they were intercepted by a giant python more than five inches long, but they were invincible with knives, guns and sticks, and two people were swallowed by it on the spot.
After eating people, the python quickly retreated into the forest, and in a panic, they had to throw down their goods and run back.
Li Dafu and the guys in the store were frightened after hearing this, and in addition to being frightened, they were very angry.
After all, Li Dafu was well-informed, and he couldn't help but think of countermeasures while feeling sad and indignant. The serpent must get rid of it, not chill the hearts of his men.
After thinking in his heart, Li Dafu immediately walked out of the door and walked towards the county court. This matter must be informed to the county order, and let him help think of a way.
The county master was embarrassed after hearing this, and the arresters in this county court usually caught thieves and maintained law and order. I heard that the python couldn't even hurt the knife and gun, so didn't they send them to death in vain!
Li Dafu saw the concern in Xian Ling's heart, so he said:
"The county honors the lord, and the little man is willing to give a thousand taels of silver to the snake exterminator, and there are many people who can do this folk, and as long as they can make good suggestions, they will be rewarded."
The county order was happy to hear it, and his heart was worthy of being a businessman, and he had his own set of words and colors. As the saying goes, there will be brave men under the heavy reward, and Li Dafu's plan seems feasible!
At noon that day, in the center of the lively street, an official posted a reward announcement on the wall, and in a short while, the neighborhood was full of neighbors watching the liveliness.
When the official told the cause and effect of the incident, the crowd of onlookers immediately boiled over. Although these 1,000 taels of silver were high, everyone felt powerless when they thought of the appearance of the snake.
At this time, I only heard a young man say to an old man: "Uncle Zhang, you are an expert in catching snakes, or your old man will go out on horseback to get rid of this snake." ”
After hearing this, Zhang Laohan glanced at the young man and reprimanded:
"My old man catching snakes has always been within his means, this snake does not say that I can't hold its 7 inches, that is, I just approached and said that I can't even die, you boy really don't have a good heart."
When everyone heard his words, they all felt that it made sense, and at the moment they began to talk about it again.
Some people say that this snake is afraid of male yellow, and everyone pours male yellow on the snake together, maybe it will be frightened and unable to move, and then it will not be disposed of by everyone at will.
Others say smoke into the snake's hole and smoke it alive inside the hole.
However, these methods are just jokes that everyone is chatting about, and the python is not stupid, will it stay where it is.
Just when everyone was talking about it, an old beggar crowded in front of him, and he said to the official messenger that he was going to unveil the list, and he had a way to get rid of the python.
But he said that the old beggar's words had just fallen, and there was a sudden silence around him, followed by a loud burst of laughter.
The official looked at the old beggar's fluffy hair, his body that looked thin because he didn't have enough to eat, and he said with some sarcasm:
"You old man don't come here to add to the chaos, how many strong catchers in the county don't dare to go, let alone your thin body." If you reveal this list, then you will not be able to say a good plan, and the county master will cure you of the crime of making trouble. ”
The old beggar listened and said busily:
Official, this truth the old man also understands, will not be hard with the snake, I have a secret method to cure it, using a clever trick. After saying that, he pointed his finger at his head.
The officials saw that he was so confident, and they couldn't help but pay attention to it in their hearts.
People often say that this folk Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, said that the old beggar really has a way, as to whether it is good or not, it is up to the county master to decide in the end.
Thinking of this, he immediately led the old beggar to the county court to meet the county order. The county commander was also surprised when he saw the old beggar, and he did not go around in circles, directly asking the old beggar what a good way to do.
The old beggar replied respectfully after giving a salute:
"Lord Ling of Qiyu County, the old man is not a local, but a person who fled from other places to come to Gui County, the old man used to be a carpenter, and once learned the secret techniques left by Lu Ban's grandfather.
Some of these secret techniques are too vicious to use lightly, but it is harmless to this harmful giant snake. There is a kind of occult art called the thunder technique, and the old man will carve the spell on the wooden board and recite the incantation, which can lead to the thunder of the sky.
At that time, the prey can be placed in a place to lure the python, and then the underside is covered with a wooden block engraved with a spell. As long as the great serpent dared to appear, the old man would lead the thunder of heaven, so that the scourge could be removed. ”
After hearing this, the county commander looked at the master next to him, and after thinking about it for a while, he said to the old carpenter, "Or you should try it first, if you can really attract heavenly thunder, you will be remembered, and this 1,000 taels of silver will also be given to you." ”
The old carpenter immediately did as he was told, and it didn't take long for him to attract thunder.
After the county order saw it, he was overjoyed, he saw that the old carpenter was weak, so he recruited some carpenters with Luban secret skills in this county, and when the time came, he would chop dozens of more mines, just in case nothing was wrong.
A day later, more than a dozen carpenters carved spells on more than 100 pieces of wood, and by this time everything was ready, only the east wind was owed.
The county order then recruited more than 100 brave people at a high price, carrying wood and more than 10 carpenters to the mountain to remove snakes.
The crowd went to the place where the python had appeared before, piled together pieces of wood engraved with spells in a secret place, and then laid out many prey on it as bait.
After arranging the scene, a group of people ran to a small hill bag and hid it and looked down.
This wait was not until nearly evening, when only a rustling of weeds was heard, and then a huge snake's head protruded from the dense green grass.
The python sensed that there was prey in front of it and sped up its speed and wandered. It paused for a moment before eating, raised its head and looked over to the place where the people were hiding, although it knew that the snake's eyesight was not good, but the crowd was still scared out of a cold sweat.
After a while the python had swallowed its prey, and the carpenter on the mountain saw that the time had come, and hurriedly recited the incantation of the thunder spell.
Suddenly, a strange scene appeared, only to see the thunder rumbling in the sky, and those thunder and lightning went straight to the giant python on the ground, and the successive lightning bolts hit it and exploded.
If the ordinary snake had died a long time ago, this giant snake's vitality was very strong, and after it rolled on the ground for a few times, it actually knocked many small trees with bowls and mouths into pieces.
Everyone was shocked when they saw it, was this big snake about to become a sperm?
After about a quarter of an hour, the python's struggle gradually subsided, and one of the fatal lightning bolts struck it 7 inches, and the entire snake's head became scorched black.
At noon on the second day, a giant snake that had been blackened by lightning was arrested and carried around the county seat.
The whole county town was boiling, and everyone was watching the bustle on the third floor and three floors outside. Everyone who went up the mountain this time was rewarded, and the old carpenter received more than 1,000 taels of silver.
He used the money to buy a small shop in the city to start a furniture business, because he had contributed to the removal of snakes and had a good reputation in the county, and everyone was willing to take care of his business.
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