Chapter 31 The Flute and the Serpent
"I have obtained the snake-driving herbs, and I have never seen the current situation. If there is any emergency, we are not ready. Let's retreat first." Li Yueqin said decisively. He Ming would not object. They guarded each other back to back, and slowly retreated along the original road to the mountain village in the snake group.
As they left the road to the spring, the commanded snakes stopped approaching, and the poisonous snakes blocking their way also dispersed and were unwilling to rush into the smog of the snake-driven smoke. As they got closer and closer to the poisonous snake village, all the snakes disappeared from their sight.
He Ming exhaled. Li Yueqin smiled at him: "Thank you very much, thank you for your hard work this time."
He Ming quickly replied: "Where is it, I didn't even thank you for saving my life. What's the point of this little thing?"
Li Yueqin said: "Everyone who came from Beech is so open and there is nothing to say. The Viper Mountain Village cannot ensure safety yet, so I would rather recommend that you leave here and go with some people who are willing to leave."
He Ming said stubbornly: "Vicultural Village is a very good place. If there is danger, unless everyone leaves, I will not be willing to leave by myself. And I can't go back to Beech, just because I'm afraid you will dislike me and disturb me here."
Seeing He Ming persisting so much, Li Yueqin nodded to him and said nothing more. After taking He Ming back to the mountain village, she put away the herbs collected by the two of them, and then she went back to her house to make new snake-removing medicine.
He Ming was not convenient to follow him, although he still wanted to know the story of the thousand-year-old here. He Ming suddenly became purified in the village, and felt really bored. He always felt full of dangers outside the mountain village. He didn't dare to go out to hunt before getting familiar with the situation, so he went to find the familiar villager to help him do some farm work.
In the Viper Mountain Village, which is unknown in all seasons, planting crops is only related to precipitation. As long as the weather is good, there will be harvests at any time, and the year is not smooth, it will be difficult. Therefore, in such a good year, villagers will be busy with more farm work and try to save more food before the dry season.
When He Ming came to the villager's field, he went up to draft with him and started chatting with the villagers.
This uncle's surname is Ma. It is said that his ancestors are still a family with the powerful Ma family in Tucheng. The villagers here are all generous, cheerful, hospitality, and they know everything about He Ming's curiosity. Soon, what they could learn from there came to He Ming's ears, but they didn't know how true or false it was.
It is rumored that in ancient times, some people have seen Qidian poisonous snakes, but this snake is very shy and always hides from people. It has a strong sense of territory. There will be no other snakes in a large area with white snakes.
Eight to nine years ago, two groups of people from Beech passed through the Viper Valley and went to Mengzhong. The first group of people were in a hurry and left quickly after falling down.
The second group of people were very responsible to solve many hidden dangers here. The fortifications in the village to deal with snakes were built by them. For the safety of the mountain village, they also eliminated many poisonous snakes close to this place. Some people speculated that the changes in the current poisonous snakes have something to do with their killing at that time.
Things in ancient times were all vague and unreliable legends. I only know that the vipers active in the valley are separated from the natural barriers here.
Looking at Uncle Ma’s land, he talked and laughed with other villagers while pulling weeds, without any effort. He Ming helped him and found that it was completely different from what he looked like. Although he was very quick, he always did not do well. He either did not get out of the roots or tried too hard to lead the crops.
When it was even more serious, he saw that others were working hard, and he helped him for an afternoon and found that he could not straighten his back at all. He felt ten times more tired than posing for a sword practice!
Seeing He Ming holding his waist and dying, the people of the Ma family happily prepared dinner for him, and everyone spent the fun of the atmosphere. Uncle Ma also taught He Ming a lot of farm work skills.
This environment is better than anywhere He Ming lived in before. He Ming suddenly felt that it would be better to stop playing with swords and live in this small place? No conspiracy, no suspicion, simple and peaceful.
After dinner, he left the Ma family, He Ming returned to his wooden house. When he closed the door, his thinking returned to the poisonous snakes. If this small village can live peacefully, it is inevitable that he can get along with those poisonous snakes.
而传说中的七点毒蛇,和他今天看到的完全不是一回事好吗?它们不但群居,而且有操纵和指挥其他蛇的能力了,难道是成精了?带着不安,何明决定还是黎月琴配好了药物再去和她谈谈,何明心中的忧患意识让他放不下心.
The next morning, He Ming got up and was about to stroll around the village to see who had a longer grass in the field, and he could help pull it out. He turned to the other side of the mountain near Li Yueqin's residence. A gentle and melodious sound of flutes floated, making him no longer wander around and think about it, but sat by the field and listened quietly.
After the sound of the flute stopped, He Ming, who was immersed in it, seemed that he could hear a slight indescribable feeling in it, but he didn't understand the rhythm, but he just felt that the feeling was more beautiful and beautiful. He continued to sit there like a wooden carving for a long time.
After the sun rose, He Ming still helped the villagers do some farm work. Soon he met most people in the village. He Ming was also diligent and soon everyone liked him very much.
According to the hunters in the village, poisonous snakes rarely appear in the woodland northeast of the village chief, which is a good place to hunt, so He Ming can do a more suitable job: hunting, for him, farm work in busy fields is much more difficult than hunting.
Every morning, He Ming would sneak up at the foot of the mountain to listen to the sound of the flute. He not only helped the villagers everywhere, but also wrote prey to everyone from time to time. Everyone in the village regarded him as his own and never saw him. Of course, he would still take time to practice his martial arts every day. During the time he came to the Poisonous Snake Village, his various martial arts became more proficient.
At noon that day, He Ming packed up his house, put on his equipment, and was about to go out as usual to see if he could find any prey. When he was walking towards the entrance of the village, he suddenly heard a scream from a peasant woman: "Help! Snake!"
The people in the Viper Snake Village were not afraid of snakes. They saw more, so he hurriedly ran over with the sound. Only then did he find that many snakes crossed the fence and swam into the village!
These snakes in broad daylight actually attacked the mountain village? He Ming asked them to retreat to the fortifications quickly, and went to other places in the village to notify the villagers.
As the hissing sounds of the poisonous snakes became louder and louder, it became involuntarily creepy, and more and more villagers also received the news. In the midst of panic, Li Yueqin ran down from the mountain.
While she was scattering the smoke that drove away the snake, she called on people to gather to avoid it, wielding the demons and subduing the demons, and accurately killing a tiger snake that rushed over without caring about the fog of the snake. After she was able to defend and escape in an orderly manner, it was obviously much more useful than He Ming's shouting.
However, many poisonous snakes that were not affected by the snake-removing drugs rushed towards her. In order to protect the elderly and weak and children, Li Yueqin was in danger in an instant. In addition to several snakes surrounding her, a seven-point poisonous snake also secretly touched her.
The seven-point poisonous snake was sneaky and silently, and was about to bite Li Yueqin's feet. He Ming ignored the snake beside him and shouted loudly, jumping over several poisonous snakes, and the frost passed by, turning the white snake into two pieces. Only then did Li Yueqin realize that a white snake was about to bite him, so she showed a grateful look to He Ming and continued to join the battle.
Fortunately, Viper Mountain Village has had many dealings with snakes over the years. Although this kind of attack of such a large group of poisonous snakes has been prepared to deal with it, everyone has some experience in dealing with poisonous snakes.
After some casualties, everyone moved to the special fortification. A circle of flames lit up on the periphery of the fortification, and the snake-repelling medicine was added, and the snakes were helpless.
People quickly gathered the wounded, and the unpoisoned ulcers and bandages were used, while the poisoned ones were treated by several doctors and Li Yueqin. In the end, except for the few people bitten by the seven-point white snake, everyone else was fine.
It is counted that except for five villagers who failed to escape into the fortifications, seven others who were infected with the 7-point snake venom cannot be detoxified for the time being. The villagers who lost their relatives also insisted on being alert and did not even express their sadness. Li Yueqin looked at the distance with a sad face. He Ming was anxious but had nowhere to try.
These poisonous snakes wandered around the village for a day and a night, and did not slowly retreat until dawn the next day. The villagers were cleaning up the mess and preparing, and began to make more preparations to prevent the poisonous snakes from launching such an attack again.
After being tossed like this for a day and a night, he couldn't work such a suitable day for farming. Looking at Li Yueqin, who was full of sorrow and desire, but stopped talking, He Ming couldn't help but come to her side.
No matter how many things happened, in He Ming's heart, this heroic and gentle woman was still the fairy floating out of the clouds and mist. He Ming couldn't say the discomfort in seeing her like this, but he couldn't say what it felt. There was no place for He Ming to live in this world, and everything in this village was what He Ming must give his best to protect now!
Li Yueqin, who could not show no confidence in front of the villagers, could not hide her anxiety. When she saw He Ming coming, she shifted her mind to avoid her anxiety from affecting others. She was actually the most tiring person this day and night.
She said to He Ming: "I'm so sorry that I have also brought you into this danger. Our Li family has protected the Viper Mountain Village for so many generations, and maybe that's the end."
Chapter completed!