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Chapter 281: The Wilderness of Yongzhou, the People of Snake Catching

The reason why Hu Ye gave the Green Snake and White Snake is mainly because he snatched Zhixiang, the little spider from Fahai, and there was no such thing as Fahai's plot to send Zhixiang's string of rosary that condensed Buddha's shade to the two snakes.

From Hu's observation, the green snake and white snake are still a little different from the transformation, and the string of rosary should be the key thing that can make up for their shortcomings.

Although he was not a gentleman, he was embarrassed to turn a blind eye to the opportunity that delayed the Double Snake. Moreover, this was just a slight effort, so he did it with his own will.

After finishing the matter, Hu Ye stopped staying and took Lezhixiang to the south, intending to explore the foundation of the national teacher Taiyin Zhenren.

On this road, he no longer used magical powers to rush on the road, but instead built a carriage and drove slowly, walking along the way to observe the customs and customs of this world.

Because the emperor longs for immortality, the court does not cultivate moral politics. Nowadays, the people are in dire straits at all times. They are tragic after being exploited by corrupt officials and sucking bones and marrow. Life is terrible.

Since ancient times, good and evil have increased and deteriorated, so it is said that "when a country is about to perish, there will be evil spirits."

As the Tang Dynasty's national power declined sharply, the dragon energy of the country's fortune was no longer enough to suppress all kinds of demons and evil spirits, and there were many demons in various parts of the world.

Among the demons, those who are kind like white snakes, green snakes, and those who know the appearance are actually aliens. They regard human beings as food and playthings, and often use various means to harm living beings.

Hu Ye has always seen the suffering people, and he will do his best to help them. Even if the source of disaster cannot be eliminated, it will solve his urgent needs. As for those demons contaminated with bloody souls, they must use thunder to destroy their bodies and spirits.

In this way, he helped the poor and the needy, killed demons and eliminated demons, but promoted the name of "Taishang Taoist" leader Taipuzi Hu's name all the way. Many people among the people have automatically turned into "Taishang Taoist" believers.

After several months of use, Hu Ye and Zhixiang master and servant finally arrived in Yongzhou.

But although they did not walk fast, the Taiyin Real People, who had a large group of people, traveled even slower, and it was said that it would take more than a month to arrive.

Until the Tang Dynasty, the Jiangnan area had not been fully developed. Yongzhou, which was located in the south, was far from Central China, and was even a barbaric place used by the imperial court to demote exiled officials.

Liu Zongyuan, a literary master of the generation, was demoted to the Sima of Yongzhou when the emperor Li Chun ascended the throne. After ten years of remote people, there were countless beautiful scenery and landscapes, he was finally recalled to Chang'an a few years ago, but was demoted to the governor of Liuzhou.

Hu Ye has experienced many generations and has a thorough understanding of the world and human nature. He will no longer judge the fact that Li Chun was exiled to Liu Zongyuan by simple right and wrong, but he always appreciates Liu Zongyuan's poems and articles, especially his leisurely works of mountains and rivers with profound meanings and sparse meanings.

Since I came to Yongzhou, I had nothing to do for a moment, Hu Ye visited the beautiful scenery everywhere in the empty mountains and fields according to Liu Zongyuan’s words “Eight Records of Yongzhou”.

On this day, the master and servant found the nameless small pond described in the "Eight Records of the Yellow River Pond", the most popular "Little Stone Pond".

Hu Ye looked at the quietness of the surrounding bamboo trees, heard the flowing water as the sound of jade, saw the clear and clear water of the pool, and watched the swimming fish flowing in a calm manner, without feeling relaxed and happy for a moment, he leaned half on a bluestone by the pool, and took the fine wine collected in the jasper gourd.

Zhixiang did not have this kind of elegant pleasure, but he was a little jealous of the fertility of swimming freely in the pond. However, he never dared to disturb his master's artistic interest. Although he was bored, he could only stand beside him honestly, and soon he became a little drowsy.

Suddenly, a rapid sound of footsteps approached from a distance, and soon arrived near the small stone pond.

Hu Ye seemed to have no idea, but he still took his own eyes and poured and drank the beautiful scenery with wine and enjoyed joy.

When you know the appearance, you will immediately feel energetic. When you look closely, you will see a middle-aged man holding a five-foot pole coming quickly.

This man was over forty years old, and his simple face was full of vicissitudes of life's pressure, but his eyes were bright and bright, and his eyes were shining brightly.

His steps were light and fast, and his sharp eyes kept scanning the rocks and weeds on the ground, as if he was looking for something. When he saw someone beside the small stone pond, his face changed immediately. He hurriedly raised his left hand and made a gesture, so that Hu and Zhixiang should be kept quiet and not moved.

In fact, let alone Hu Xiao, even Zhixiang has already discovered what the other party is looking for.

Seeing that this person was in a good mood, he knew the appearance and helped him with a smile, pointing at a cluster of weeds three feet in front of his feet.

The man's eyes sterned. When he looked carefully, he saw a dark shadow hidden in the grass. His face became more and more serious. He made repeated gestures to know that he must not move, but he slowly stepped forward with his hands and feet.

When he walked to the grass, his movements suddenly turned slowly. The five-foot long pole with a twig on the top of his right hand pole poled out like lightning, pressing the seven-inch vital points of the black shadow's neck tightly.

After the black shadow was pressed down, it immediately struggled desperately, but it was a white-patterned black snake with a body of four feet long.

The man leaned down, poked out his left hand, pinched the black snake with three fingers, then released the wooden pole and lifted it up, put it into a thin-necked bamboo basket woven with bamboo strips at his waist, carefully sealed the lid on the top, then he let out a long sigh, turned his head and looked at Zhixiang and said, "This guy is too brave. He has clearly seen the poisonous snake, why don't he care? If he bites it, there will be no cure in seven steps!"

Zhixiang only curled his lips and said nothing.

This was not because he didn't know the other party's kindness, but because the snake had just entered a hundred steps, he had already noticed it.

However, he was afraid of the green snake and the white snake. How could he care about such a small snake in his heart? Naturally, he was too lazy to pay attention to it.

It was not until the black snake crawled within three feet in front of him that he could slightly release the momentum of a century-old "big demon" and quietly shocked the black snake, causing it to shrink into the grass and tremble.

Seeing that the man was a little embarrassed, Hu Ye put away his gourd and stood up, first patted his palm on the back of his head, and then smiled at the man: "This child has always been careless, but he had already walked on the verge of life and death. I will thank the donor for his life and help."

Seeing that it was Hu Ye, the Taoist, who was talking to him, the man did not dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly bowed and said, "The Taoist priest is so serious, but the villain must not be a villain."

Seeing that the other party was skillful in snake-catching techniques, Hu Ye should have been accustomed to the karma from this, he casually talked and asked about some situations.

When he spoke, he was a little surprised to find that this man was actually a "celebrity", the snake catcher mentioned by Liu Zongyuan in another famous book "The Snake Catcher".

This man said that he was ranked second in his family, so he called himself Jiang Er. His ancestors passed down the skills of catching snakes, and he specially captured poisonous snakes that could be used as medicine to sell and support his family.

After his grandfather, father and brother died of snake kisses, Jiang Erben wanted to abandon his ancestors' career and make another living. In the event of an unfavorable situation, the emperor continued to increase taxes in order to survive, and the national teacher issued a law to pay taxes with poisonous snakes.

Although Jiang Er knew the principle of "swimmers are good at drowning", he had to bite the bullet and continue to manage his ancestral property and carry forward it, leading the whole village to risk his life to catch snakes to avoid the pain of tax collection.

In this way, although his village was young and strong and died in catching snakes every year, he could barely maintain food and clothing, becoming a "paradise" for Yongzhou and even the whole world.

Hu Ye shook his head and sighed when he heard this, and felt that Jiang Er regarded his hometown, which had been renamed "Snake Catching Village", as a paradise, as it contained great sorrow and irony.

The barking sounded suddenly in my ears, and then a round-headed, cute and cute little yellow dog rushed out of the woods and weeds, rushed to Jiang Er's feet, tilting his head and whimpering.

Jiang Er's face immediately changed, and he hurriedly squatted down and asked, "Belly, but something happened to A Xuan and Xiao Huzi?"

The puppy called "belly band" seemed to understand people's words. He nodded repeatedly, turned around and barked in the northwest direction.

Seeing that Jiang Er's face was full of anxiety, Hu Ye secretly used the magical power of "seeing the sky and listening to the earth" to observe, and he knew what happened in an instant.

At that time, while comforting Jiang Er, he ordered Zhixiang to go twenty miles northwest to bring back two people from somewhere as soon as possible.

Zhixiang agreed and immediately stepped on the void and flew away. Jiang Er and the puppy "belly band" beside him were all shocked.
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