Going east from Jiangzhou to Suzhou takes almost five days by horse carriage. It can be said to be a long journey. The journey is lonely, so you can only sit in a horse carriage.
How to relieve worries? The only way is to read...
Chen Jianchen and Wang Fu were both from the capital, and although Wang Fu had a somewhat loose temperament, at this time, it was difficult to find any other pleasure besides reading about him.
The weather was getting cold, the cold wind was blowing, and the carriages were all covered with quilts, which were very warm and soft. Chen Jianchen hugged the quilts and read, feeling very happy. As for Wang Fu, who was sitting in another carriage, he should be fast asleep at this time.
Suddenly I heard the coachman shouting, then the carriage stopped, and there was a noise outside.
Chen Jianchen frowned, lifted the car curtain, and looked out. He saw his two carriages arriving at the foot of a steep mountain. There were several cars parked in front, and many pedestrians, all gathered together and talking, and stopped.
It seemed as if the road ahead was blocked by something.
Wang Fu on the other side also got off the carriage and asked a clever servant to find out the news.
Soon, the servant came back and reported: "There is a snake ahead."
Are there snakes?
Both Wang Fu and Chen Jianchen were taken aback, and they quickly asked to find out what was going on. The mountain in front of them was called Dongshan. It was majestic and far-reaching. It was more than fifty miles away from the canyon at the foot of the mountain.
A few miles away is Suzhou City, which is only half a day's journey at most.
But at noon, when a group of travelers were passing by the canyon, a giant snake suddenly sprang out of the forest. It was as thick as a bucket, three feet long, and had a green body. There was a spindle-shaped red spot on its forehead, like a third eye.
It looks extremely vicious.
The giant snake appeared, and the group of travelers were immediately frightened. They only wished that their parents had lost two legs, so they ran wildly and retreated quickly, so the green snake did not continue to pursue them.
When the news spread, how dare travelers pass by? They had no choice but to block outside the canyon and discuss countermeasures.
——Dongshan Canyon is a shortcut into Suzhou City. If you want to turn over and go to Suzhou from another direction, you will have to walk three days longer, which will waste too much time.
This road has existed for a long time, and it has always been calm and peaceful. There are not even any thieves or bandits. Why did such a giant snake suddenly appear?
Everyone was puzzled, but during the discussion there was someone who vaguely knew the inside story and said that the snake was probably released by a snake charmer a few years ago.
The so-called snake charmers are people who make a living by raising snakes and then performing snake performances on the streets. They often go to the mountains and swamps to look for smart and docile snakes, catch them, raise them, and then train them for performances.
However, these snakes are generally two feet long. If they exceed the standard, they are not suitable for performing arts. Therefore, when a snake is raised to that length, snake charmers will often release the snake and let it return to the forest.
There is nothing wrong with the release itself.
The problem is that I don't know whether that snake was born with a special talent, or whether it encountered some unexpected encounter that allowed it to grow into a majestic snake.
If the snake is big enough, the problem will arise. It will easily sneak out and attack passers-by, becoming a disaster.
Snake disaster!
The travelers who were blocked looked at each other, anxious and helpless. No one dared to risk their lives to go forward, but going back was not an option. In the dilemma, they could only hope that the Suzhou government would receive the news and dispatch them as soon as possible.
The policemen came quickly to eliminate harm to the people.
Upon hearing this fact, Wang Fu cursed loudly: "What kind of world is this? Even a snake can grow so big and come out to cause trouble to the world. Could it be that he has become a monster?"
Thinking of this, he panicked and hurried to discuss with Chen Jianchen.
Chen Jianchen is also a little unsure. You must know that snakes can turn into monsters. Bai Niangzi and Xiao Qing are typical representatives. But it is difficult to judge without seeing each other. After all, if the species is special, the snake's body
It will also grow extremely large.
"Liu Xian, what do you think we should do?"
Wang Fu asked Chen Jianchen to make a decision. In this regard, he had long believed that Chen Jianchen was a master.
When Chen Jianchen spread his hands, what could he do? He couldn't rush in alone to fight the snake or "negotiate" with the bravery of an ordinary man. That would simply be courting death.
"Brother Futai, we can only wait a while like everyone else."
Wang Fu had no choice but to make fire and make rice. He had to solve his stomach problem first.
After lunch, I took a nap for a while, and sure enough, there was news from the front.
good news!
It turned out that the Suzhou government office received the report, and the governor sent a general soldier to lead a hundred officers and soldiers to kill it - it came quite quickly, but they searched the woods on both sides of the canyon and did not find the big snake.
There was no trace, only a huge peeled off snake skin was found.
With the snake skin as evidence, it can directly prove the existence of the giant snake. Taking it back can be regarded as a meritorious service.
Taking advantage of the escort of officers and soldiers, a group of businessmen rushed over and entered Suzhou. As for the return journey, since the snake disaster had not been eliminated, they had no choice but to choose another route.
While passing through the canyon, Chen Jianchen looked back from the carriage, looking at the vast mountains behind him in a daze. Suddenly, he saw a large group of trees halfway up the mountain, as if someone had cut them down below.
They were broken one by one. Looking from below, it looked like a wave suddenly rolled out of the forest.
The next moment, Chen Jianchen saw a huge blue snake wrapped around a tall tree, circling, and finally a huge snake head appeared on the top of the tree crown, "looking at him" below.
It's watching!
Chen Jianchen could clearly feel that the green snake was like a human being, looking down at him from a distance.
"Snake, there's the snake!"
Someone on the other side happened to be looking back in the same direction as Chen Jianchen. When he saw the big snake in the tree, he was frightened and screamed. Following his scream, everyone looked up and saw the shocking scene.
Someone's legs were beaten weak and he sat down on the ground.
However, soon, the big snake slipped down the tree and quickly disappeared into the vast forest.
The whole process was witnessed by the commander-in-chief and a hundred officers and soldiers, but no one offered to kill the snake.
Such a big snake is simply appalling. I have never heard of it. It is obviously unusual. Who dares to look for trouble with it? If such a big person is bitten by this snake, even if it is bitten by the snake, it will not be enough. He can only rush back to Fucheng.
He reported it to the magistrate and asked him to make a decision, and invited some strange people to conquer him.
The carriage was rumbling on its way to Suzhou at a fast speed, but Chen Jianchen inside the carriage had long lost his interest. Looking back on the scene just now, he felt that something was wrong. Did that big snake really develop a demon body?
This world is really becoming more and more bizarre and erratic...