deep stream wild flowers

At the pass of Meteor Soul Mountain, beside the deep pool, a crude square earth platform was built temporarily with loess. [ ] The earth platform is about [-] meters high, and the length and width are about two meters square.The earth platform faces the direction of Fenghua Village, and there is a yellow earth ladder to get to it.

Next to the earthen platform, there is a fence surrounded by wooden slats. It seems that it is also a temporary construction. Two cows, a donkey, and three fat pigs are locked inside.

On the earthen platform, there stood three decent Taoist priests.He wears black thousand-layer cloth shoes and a blue lace gown.The one in the middle has long hair on his head, and the other two wear a square earth-blue hat with two long colorful streamers hanging from the back of the hat.

In front of them, there was a long old black wooden altar. On top of the altar, there was an incense burner as big as a washbasin. The incense burner was filled with burning incense. Clouds of incense lingered and soared into the sky. Beside the incense burner, there were some freshly slaughtered chickens and ducks and other meat tributes.Under the altar, there were countless yellow symbols scattered with messy symbols.Amidst the sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers, they were waving whisks and spells. It seemed that they were very professional, and they didn't know where the old Mai had been invited back from.

Beside the earth platform, hundreds of villagers from Fenghua Village were crowded, and the earth was completely surrounded. Men, women, young and old, all raised their necks, with various eyes and expressions, looking at the three people who were doing the magic trick on the platform. Taoist priest.

When Principal Lang and Liao Mu arrived with their people, all the villagers saw Liao Mu with a gloomy face and a group of armed policemen with submachine guns in their hands, which immediately caused quite a commotion. Moaning and chirping, the Taoist priest who was doing his best with dancing and dancing, just casually looked at Liao Mu and his party, and then continued their performance.

"Please stop your ignorant and useless actions immediately!" Liao Mu shouted.

"Director Liao, you can't do this! You can't do this! You don't know, if you interrupt in the middle, you will definitely be punished by the Dao Snake Immortal! Then our Fenghua Village will be cursed for a lifetime! Director Liao, don't you want to See such things happen!" Lao Mai was very clever, and immediately imposed the consequences of this disruptive practice on the entire Fenghua Village.

Sure enough, when Lao Mai said this, many old men in the crowd immediately began to besiege Liao Mu.Pointing fingers and crying, I begged the fierce and upright Director Liao to raise his hands high and not to interrupt the three masters. Otherwise, once the snake fairy commits crimes, the consequences will be unimaginable, and it will be fatal!

Faced with the siege of dozens of old men deeply poisoned by superstition, Director Liao couldn't stand it.Some old men who were overly agitated even started pushing and shoving Liao Mu.

At this time, Du Tianyao, the captain of the armed police, saw that the situation was not good, and immediately led people to squeeze into the crowd, protected Liao Mu in the middle, and shouted: "Dear fellows, I can understand your feelings! But, please calm down!" Point, your actions just now are already suspected of assaulting the police, everything is easy to discuss, please respect yourself!"

Du Tianyao's words, together with six armed policemen with live ammunition and serious faces, brought the scene under control, but the emotions of the old men were still very excited.

At this time, Professor Chen didn't know when, he ignored the eyes of the three Taoists, ran to the earthen platform, and shouted loudly: "Fathers and brothers, listen to me! Please listen to me! Isn't that a boa constrictor? ..."

His action made everyone stunned. Two strong men from Fenghua Village saw it, and it was not bad. This old man like a skinny chicken dared to destroy the methods of the masters. This is worse than Director Liao, lol Rolling up their sleeves, they were about to step forward to beat up Professor Chen while shouting. Behind them were seven or eight men who wanted to go up and beat up Professor Chen.

Principal Wolf, who was with Professor Chen, was taken aback when he saw it, and rushed to the earth platform, tightly blocked Professor Chen behind him and said, "Both brothers, slow down, slow down, you have something to say, don't Get rough!"

Seeing that Principal Wolf was standing in front of them, the attitudes of the two strong men were much better: "Principal Wolf, you are a cultured and good person. It is not easy to come to us. Everyone respects you, and we will not make things difficult for you." But that old thing behind you is really hateful, as long as he gets down immediately, he can talk about anything, if not, please step aside, so as not to hurt you by mistake."

"Okay, okay, I know, I know, but, this professor Chen is an animal expert from the province, I think since he came up, there must be his reasons, do you think this is good, give me some thin noodles, give him Three to five minutes, listen to what he wants to say, and after he finishes speaking, won't there be nothing left to do if he comes down?"

After the two strong men listened, they discussed it and reluctantly agreed with Principal Wolf.However, at this time, the three Taoists disagreed again. "I'm sorry, two benefactors, this altar is not a place for random nonsense, if you casually post some disrespectful words that blaspheme and offend the gods, not only you will be punished by the snake fairy. Even the fate of the three of us practitioners is even more worrisome."

Principal Wolf then turned around and looked at the three Taoist priests. The speaker was about 40 years old, of medium height, with a straight nose and square mouth, high forehead and big ears, and a dignified appearance. People, looking at his eyes again, Principal Wolf seems to be unable to see through.At first glance, there is nothing special, but as long as you meet his eyes for a few seconds, you will feel that something is wrong, because you will feel that those eyes seem to be covered by clouds and mist, bottomless The abyss is very ethereal.This abyss will make your heart beat faster inexplicably, making you feel a sense of panic to run away.

The two people next to the talking Taoist priest were about the same age and figure as him. , but his appearance is extremely weird, with long mouse eyebrows and mouse eyes. It is not a sin to have small eyes. Interestingly, his black pupil is like a mung bean that keeps wandering in the white eye membrane in his eyes. Reminiscent of a small black bead rolled in flour in white dough.The other one is also very interesting, because this guy's face is very large, completely disproportionate to his forehead, a bit like a funny character in a comic book, his forehead is like the lid of a pot, and his face is like the body of a pot, which is a very rare appearance.When Principal Wolf saw these two people, he couldn't help but secretly marvel: These bastards, where did these bastards come from?

"I'm not talking nonsense, but I suspect that you three are talking nonsense here! Why, are you afraid that I will tell the truth and expose your old background? Don't you dare let me say it?" Professor Chen came up with a provocative method .

"Hmph. The three of my brothers and sisters have traveled all over the world, traveled all over famous rivers and ancient mountains, and traveled all over the north and south of the river. How can you show off what you have seen and heard here? I advise this person who thinks he is an expert. Your benefactor, hurry down and don't hinder our practice!" said the mung bean-eyed Taoist with small eyes.

"Hmph, a group of shameless people who don't know the heights of the heavens and the earth, besides showing off, deceiving the people, and defrauding money, what else do you do? Just you glib trash and scum, dare to chew your tongue in front of experts. Is it just a boa constrictor? How stupid and ridiculous to talk about a snake fairy!" Professor Chen retorted without fear.

"Okay, great expert, since you say it's an ordinary python, what evidence do you have?" asked the big-faced Taoist priest.

"Certificate? Do you still need a certificate? So many people have seen the python, that's a certificate! You pretenders, you say this python is a snake fairy, I want to ask? What is your certificate? Where is it? Take it out and have a look?"

"Hahaha. How can our certificate be understood by you, a stupid ordinary person? Today, it's okay to tell you! Through the devout burning of incense, practice, and prayer of our three brothers just now, we have already communicated with the almighty snake fairy , Today, for those who sincerely bow down, the snake fairy will bless them and bless their children and grandchildren, and enjoy the glory and wealth from generation to generation. In addition, the snake fairy will also come to enjoy the tribute of everyone at midnight However, anyone who participated in the throwing of martial fire and burning the body of the snake fairy last night, within ten days, not only himself, but also his family members will inevitably suffer retribution. The mild ones will be seriously ill for three years, and the severe ones will become The sacrifice of the snake fairy, not only cannot be reincarnated after death, but it will also be sent to the eighteenth level of hell, so that it will suffer from the torment of hell forever." Mung Douyan said loudly.

Mung Douyan's words immediately made everyone in the audience erupt. Those who did not participate in the snake burning and their families were naturally overjoyed, and shouted again and again: Amitabha!And those boys who participated in the snake fight last night didn't have much fear on their faces, but some of their family members began to panic.

"Bastard, don't spread rumors here! If you keep talking nonsense, I'll ask you to go to the police station immediately!" At this time, Liao Mu, who was rushing away from the siege, heard the mung bean eyes screaming on the earthen platform, and couldn't bear it anymore. Stopped, rushed up angrily.When Mung Douyan heard this, he didn't panic, instead he stared at Liao Mu with a pair of small eyes.

"This police officer, don't just show off your official authority. What we did today was requested by the head of Mai Village in this expensive village. Since Mai's benefactor made an appointment sincerely, it shows that we have complied with the public opinion. Since It's a matter of public opinion, and we're right. What Brother She said may be scary, but what he said is the truth. Please don't interfere too much with the police officer. It will see who you are, and it will punish you as well! Do you know? Calm down, being so irritable is not good for you!" The imposing Taoist priest who spoke first stopped Mung Douyan's impulse, and then He continued Liao Mu's words tepidly.

What this guy said finally made Liao Mu couldn't stand it any longer, he showed the handcuffs from his waist, and was going to handcuff this handsome and bold guy in front of him.

When Professor Chen saw it, he quickly stopped the angry Liao Mu. He knew that this was not the fundamental solution to the problem.

"I heard just now that this Taoist priest kept saying that this is in line with public opinion. What he meant was that you all agreed. So, let me ask everyone present. If you agree with this statement, please raise your hand?" Professor Chen suddenly said loudly.

Under the stage, everyone hesitated for a while, about half of them raised their hands, but there were also quite a few who didn't raise their hands.

"This shows that what the Taoist said is in line with public opinion is not the case! Let me ask again, the two cows, three pigs, and a donkey next to me should be sacrifices! Here, let me ask everyone, you Are you willing to take them as sacrifices?"

Immediately, there was a burst of shouting from the audience: "I don't want to! But we have no choice. We follow the method of drawing lots. Whoever catches will be unlucky. We will bring out the ox and the donkey, and carry the fat. Pigs come to pay tribute!"

These villagers also spoke from their hearts. In the countryside, the value of a cow is equivalent to the most important property of a farmer’s family. Suddenly one day you have to take out the money and forcefully donate it to charity, do you really want it?

Facing the chaotic villagers who donated livestock, the big-faced Taoist priest shouted: "All benefactors, calm down! Listen to me! If you don't do this, not only will you be punished, but you will also be imprisoned." The whole village! Don't listen to the nonsense of these people on the stage, don't worry, the Snake Immortal said that anyone who offends him, he will definitely not let them go!"

"Bastard, you bastard! Captain Du, call your people and take them away immediately!" Liao Mu was furious, shouting at Du Tiantian, who was maintaining order in the audience.

"Slow down, slow down!" Professor Chen shouted loudly.Because when he saw that Captain Du was about to go on stage, he was stopped by a large group of people. If he wanted to rush forward, there might be some big troubles!After all, people in the countryside don't know the law better than citizens in the city.

"This Taoist priest, you said just now that anyone who offends the snake fairy will be punished by the snake fairy. Then let me ask you, if there is no one who offends him, will he not be punished?" Professor Chen asked that Daoist with a big face.

"Of course! If it didn't hurt the snake fairy, why would it punish you? If you pay tribute to him devoutly, it will bless you!" The big-faced Taoist replied loudly.

"That's good! If that's the case, I have an idea. Didn't you say that the snake fairy will come out to eat tonight? Since that's the case, let's believe your words are right for the time being! I think, what I mean is this, put the next I will return the cows and pigs to everyone, and you will stay in this cowpen for one night. If the boa constrictor comes, it will only greet you and tell you to do something, but it will not swallow you. It proves that your words are correct! After that, it will be easy to talk about worshiping, maybe I will also buy a few cows to pay tribute to the Snake Fairy, what do you think?"

Professor Chen's words immediately silenced the scene.The big-faced Taoist priest was even more dumbfounded, he turned to the handsome Taoist priest for help.

After a while, there was a burst of voices on and off the stage: "Okay! Okay! It must be like this, it must be like this, or else our fat cows and pigs will be eaten for nothing..."

The handsome Taoist frowned, and suddenly said loudly: "Okay, what's there to be afraid of? But I also have a condition!"

"Say, let the fart go!" Liao Mu said disgustedly, holding the handcuffs.

"Blessing benefactors, my condition is very simple. We three brothers, sincerely worship the gods, and of course we will not be afraid. I intend to stay in the cowshed with my two younger brothers tonight and continue to practice in order to bless the gods. The village is well-connected and prosperous, but since the other party is deliberately making things difficult and sabotaging us to test our sincerity, we have to teach them a lesson! Therefore, I also suggest that they send four people to stay with us in Niu Wait for the verdict of the snake fairy! I want to see how the snake fairy swallowed them!" The handsome Taoist said loudly.

"Okay, okay! You have the guts! I really don't believe in such evil today! I, Liao Mu, are one of them!" Before the people below came to boo.Director Liao signed up first!

"Okay, I'm one of them too! I know that the boa constrictor will pick the bad guys first and swallow me first." Professor Chen said with a smile. This was the first time Principal Wolf smiled after seeing him. .

After Professor Chen and Liao Mu signed up, no one signed up again.

The big-faced Taoist laughed proudly when he saw this, and said, "Hahahaha, don't be afraid, as long as you don't believe that there are snake gods in this world, come up, and I will show some kindness and tell the snake gods not to come and eat you!" "

"I'm afraid, I'm afraid you're an egg! Old Wang, I'm one of them!" Village Chief Wang, who had been comforting everyone in the audience, also jumped onto the earthen platform. "However, I have one thing that I don't understand. Why do you only have three and we have four? It's not fair!"

"Well, the benefactor said the idea is right! The reason why I let you have four people here is because I have to invite one person to be a witness here, and this witness must be a devout worshiper of the snake fairy , because only in this way, he will definitely not be eaten by the snake fairy. The reason is, in case you are swallowed by the snake fairy, don’t think that we are doing something in secret! Therefore, the witness I want to invite is not someone else , he is... the old village chief Mai!" The majestic Taoist priest shouted loudly.

As soon as this remark came out, there was another commotion in the audience, with cheers, worries, and boos, all in chaos.