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However, at this time, there was a sudden commotion outside the courtyard, and then Qin Ke opened the door eagerly and walked in.

"What's wrong?" Cai Yan raised his head and asked.

"I... I'll go out for a while." Qin Ke glanced outside, "Something happened, Erwa took the officers and soldiers to find the big snake, but was trapped on the mountain by the big snake, and several officers and soldiers were injured..."

"Big snake?" Cai Yan's eyes brightened slightly, and with some interest, he got up and ran barefoot all the way to put on shoes and socks.

Qin Ke hurriedly said: "It's too dangerous! You can't go!"

Cai Yan's hand holding the shoes and socks paused, blinking his eyes, staring at the seriousness and determination on Qin Ke's face for a while, the excited expression also collapsed.

Uncle Ji waited anxiously outside the door, Qin Ke clenched the Bodhisattva sword tightly in his ears, and comforted him firmly, he said: "Uncle Ji, wait in the village, let's go find the second baby."

"That's good..." Uncle Ji is not an unreasonable person, knowing that he might be adding to the chaos by following him, seeing Cai Yan's head bowed here, with reluctance written all over his face, he also sighed.

Of course, he didn't have time to tease Qin Ke and Cai Yan in this critical situation, so he slapped Qin Ke on the back vigorously and said, "Be careful on the road!"

Qin Ke had a cultivation base, but he was cut off from behind, but the officer and soldier who came to inform him was at the forefront.

He was a little nervous.

It's not that he's afraid of big snakes, it's that he's afraid of something he can't stop.

What if something happened to Erwa before she arrived?If something happened to Erba, how would I face Uncle Ji and Aunt Qing?

Uncle Ji and Aunt Qing, although they wouldn't blame him for this, or feel resentful, but they are such gentle people, even though Aunt Qing is a bit aggressive on weekdays, she treats him no worse than she treats her own son.

He himself will blame himself.

The officers and soldiers who had already run profusely still persisted, even though his breathing was about to turn into a cow wheezing, and his legs seemed to be filled with lead water, but when he pushed aside a clump of mowing thatch, he was very upset. Quickly cheer up.

He suddenly raised his right hand and shouted: "Just in front...uh..."

A gust of wind passed in front of him almost instantly, and his last word was completely stuck back in his throat, the next moment!The silvery sharp edge swept through the severe chill, cutting off the weeds, more like wanting to smash the sky...

There was no room for a dozen people to stand in the small cave, so the dozen officers and soldiers could only do their best, curled up and crowded together.

But even so, they still couldn't get the slightest sense of security. Instead, they felt a sense of humiliation as if they were no longer human because of this crowding. How many years have they been so useless as officers and soldiers?

"Ah!" Just at this time, someone among them suddenly yelled, which made everyone tremble suddenly. There was a commotion in the whole cave, and everyone trembled nervously. Some even smelled a smell of urine. Smell, I don't know who peed their pants.

After a few breaths, the voice stopped abruptly, but it didn't stop by itself, but was forced to stop because another person slapped the face suddenly.

"What's your name! What's your name!" The inspector, who withdrew his rough palm, said sharply, "Erba, you damn it, isn't it just a drop of dew, worthy of your crying father and mother? If you lure the big snake over, I will Damn, I'll chop you with a knife now!"

Erwa shrank her head, covered her face that had just been slapped, and cried, "I...was wrong...I'm afraid..."

"Afraid? You think we're not afraid?" the inspector gritted his teeth and said, "If we weren't afraid, why would we have to stay in such a ghostly place and dare not go out? Damn it, that's the king of snakes that we haven't seen for a hundred years. ..."

The voice of the inspection trembled: "Dazhuzi is an expert in our patrol room, but he was strangled twice. How can we deal with it? Even if a dozen of us rush up together, I'm afraid It’s more ominous than ominous.”

At this point, there were finally low cries among the officers and soldiers.

Everyone knows the horror of death, and when they die, they will be devoured by the big snake, which makes them feel even more fear and despair.

"Mom... I don't want to die yet." I don't know who spoke first, and it immediately resonated with many people. Words such as "father and mother" and "don't want to die" floated in the cave endlessly. .

The inspector finally couldn't take it any longer, and cursed: "Cry! Cry for mourning! Can you cry away the big snake!"

The crying stopped, Erwa huddled in the corner, and said weakly: "Then, what should we do, my lord?"

Ask the inspector this question, of course he can't explain clearly, if he is a cultivator, he can kill the general directly with a knife in his hand, and chop the big snake into eighteen segments.

But he is just an ordinary person. Although he has practiced martial arts for many years, he has never been able to touch the threshold. Naturally, it is hopeless to defeat the big snake outside.

The inspector's face was livid, and he endured it for a long time before he finally sighed and said, "I can only hope that the big snake is full... it can let us go for a while."

"Let us go? How is this possible?" Someone immediately shouted: "Looking at it like that, I wish it could kill us all."

"Bullshit! I want you to remind me?" The inspector cursed, "It can't get in this cave. Didn't you all see it before? Even if he hit it so many times, so what? Isn't it still collapsed?"

"That……"

"You still don't understand!" The inspector interrupted everyone's questions, and sighed again, "When the big snake eats Da Zhu, it won't be interested in us."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent for a while, and many people's eyes immediately turned red.

In order to survive, he actually wanted to feed his brother's body to the big snake?

But in the current situation, what can they do?Rush out of the cave and fight to the death with the big snake?If they had had that kind of courage and force, they wouldn't have huddled in this cave from the beginning.

Everyone has parents and families, and they all want to continue to live, for their families and for themselves.

The whimpering sound began to resound in the cave again, and someone cried in a low voice: "Big pillar...we are sorry for you..."

"Don't cry!" The inspector cursed again, but this time was bitter, and finally failed to become tough.

Accompanied by the cry, the cave was suddenly shaken, and accompanied by a loud bang, in front of them, it seemed that a mountain fell down in an instant!

Almost at the same time, everyone raised their heads, their eyes widened and they looked towards the entrance of the cave.

What they saw was a gigantic eye.

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It was a snake's eye, with a blood-red light, the pupils opened and closed, with a bloodthirsty murderous intent and madness, scales spread around the snake's eye, and in the slightly opened mouth, a Teeth as thick as someone's forearm.

The voice of Snake Xinzi made everyone look pale. The officers and soldiers held their spears and screamed and stabbed vigorously in that direction, but they couldn't hurt the big snake at all. Once closed, the scales block the tip of the spear.

No one thinks deeply about why a snake has eyelids and eyelids.

Maybe it's also because, in their view, it's not unusual for a snake to grow to such a large size.

But under the cold gaze of this snake eye, everyone was too scared to speak.

Then, the big snake's eyes disappeared at the entrance of the cave. In less than a breath, there was another booming sound from the entrance of the cave. The stones collapsed and flew, and the entrance of the cave, which could only be climbed by one person, became more than an inch wider.

This was their last refuge. The reason why the big snake didn't kill them one by one was because the hole was too small, and the big snake's head and body were too big to get in.

But now that the hole is cracked by the impact, doesn't it mean that as long as the big snake gets in, they will no longer have physiology?

"My lord..." Erwa finally burst into tears, "We are going to die, now we are going to die here."

The inspector held the handle of the knife in his hand, and he was trembling with fear in his heart, but he finally controlled his body vigorously, gritted his teeth and said: "What are you afraid of! It's not death! I will rush out and fight him at worst! It's better than waiting to die in a place like this!"

As he said that, he pushed the officers and soldiers in front, and shouted: "What are you still doing, get out of the way! If you want to die here like this, you can continue to cry. Even if I die, I have to collapse a piece of it!" teeth!"

"Get out, get out!"

Before the inspector climbed out of the cave, there was another sound from the entrance of the cave. Compared with the violent collision before, this time it was only a soft rustling sound.

Even so, everyone in the cave held their breath, as if the next moment, the big snake would appear from the entrance of the cave, grow a bloody mouth, and attack the people in the cave.

But Erwa then heard a somewhat familiar voice: "Erwa! Are you inside?"

Everyone in the cave was stunned. Just now the big snake was still slamming into the entrance of the cave, why did people's voices come from all of a sudden?Could it be that the big snake is gone?Or, did he directly transform into a human as in the legend?

But even if it's a different person, how does it know Erwa's name? Could it be that it has been eavesdropping on the conversation before?

Erwa suddenly became excited, opened her mouth wide and shouted: "Brother Ah Ke! I'm inside! I'm inside!"

"Master Inspector, it's my brother outside, it must be safe outside, let's get out!" Erwa tried hard to get up, but the cave was too crowded and it was difficult to move.

The inspector frowned, not understanding what was going on, waved his hand and said, "Your brother? When did you have a brother?"

"Hey, it's not my own brother, it's from our village." Erwa explained, "He's two years older than me, and he went out of the village to find relatives...Since he's outside, the big snake should have left!"

The inspector felt a little strange, why did the big snake leave suddenly?But at this time, he couldn't allow him to think too much. Since the entrance of the cave was broken, it proved that the big snake could get into the cave. If he stayed here, it would be tantamount to waiting for death.

"Okay, let's go out."

The sky outside the cave is bright, and you only need to climb a few steps outside to see a clear sky.

However, when he climbed to the entrance of the cave, he stopped suddenly.

He saw a huge snake head with blood-red eyes, which were slightly slanted and cold, staring straight at him.

He almost dropped the knife in his hand and passed out directly.

But when he saw clearly behind the snake's head, his whole body was shaken, and then he crawled out of the cave bit by bit in silence.

Soon, the officers and soldiers under him followed him and climbed out one by one. Everyone exclaimed when they came out, their faces full of disbelief.

Outside the cave entrance, the big snake is still there.

It didn't leave, or rather, it didn't have a chance to leave.Because there was a long slit on his body at this moment, the bright red flesh and blood were opened outwards, and a strong stench rushed straight into people's nostrils.

The internal organs of the snake were flowing all over the ground, and there were also some unknown objects that were not fully digested.

There was a lot of blood on Qin Ke's body, but the Bodhisattva sword had been put back into its sheath, and all its sharpness had been suppressed.

"Brother!" After Erwa got out of the hole, seeing Qin Ke's figure, big and big teardrops could not stop dripping down.

Within a day, he went through a life-and-death test, and the heat and anger in his crotch hadn't dissipated, but now he was full of joy, and even wanted to sing loudly.

He rushed forward, and had a big bear hug with Qin Ke, and said happily: "Fortunately, I have you, I thought I should fold here this time, and I will never go home again, and I will never see my parents again." .”

Qin Ke held the Bodhisattva sword in one hand, and patted him on the shoulder with the other, with a satisfied smile on his face: "What nonsense are you talking about, you have to go back, Uncle Ji is dying of anxiety, Aunt Qing is still lying on the bed Sleepy."

"Ah... what's wrong with my mother?" Erwa said nervously, "It's going to be okay."

"It's nothing, just a little frightened." Qin Ke smiled wryly, thinking that the fright was not because of you, but because of the name Zhuge Wanling.

"That's good." Erwa heaved a sigh of relief, holding Qin Ke's hand and giggling, "Brother, aren't you getting better and better? You can kill such a big snake..."

"It's okay." Qin Ke smiled, then frowned, and shouted: "Xiao Hei, don't eat that!"

At this time, people saw clearly that there was a black four-legged snake in the belly of the big snake, about half the size of an adult's arm, but it was crawling as fast as lightning, and it was opening its mouth at this moment. , biting around in the severed belly of the snake.

But if it just ate snake meat, Qin Ke didn't feel anything, but just now this big snake swallowed the corpse of an officer and soldier. Because of the corrosion of acidic gastric juice, the officer and soldier had become unrecognizable. If it wasn't for Qin Ke Stop it, Xiao Hei actually intends to eat his whole brain.

Hearing Qin Ke's scolding, Xiao Hei raised his head and took a look, with dissatisfaction in his eyes. From his point of view, this man is dirty and smelly, what can he not eat?

But it couldn't speak, so it didn't respond to Qin Ke.He only tilted his head to think for a while, then suddenly got into the big snake's brain and began to gnaw at the brain.

"Big pillar..." When the inspector saw the corpse, his eyes were slightly red, and he immediately led the crowd to pull the corpse out of the snake's belly.

When the smelly little black climbed up Qin Ke's shoulders along his clothes, and then got into the clothes on his chest, it's a pity that little black has grown up a lot now, and curled up like a big weight , Not only is it very heavy, but it also bulges Qin Ke's skirt.

Qin Ke shook his head helplessly, and said: "Sleep after eating... What a pig. But since the beginning of spring, your appetite is not the same as before. What, is there any discomfort?"

There were two creaks from his chest, which was an ambiguous response, and soon Qin Ke heard Xiao Hei's long and steady breathing, and it must have fallen into a deep sleep again.

The officers and soldiers who escaped from the dead were naturally grateful to Qin Ke, although they couldn't see how Qin Ke was different from ordinary people, he could fight against such a big snake and he was unscathed... So soon, the officers and soldiers saw nothing but Gratitude has added a bit of envy and admiration.

When a group of people came down from the mountain carrying the big snake, the whole Daoxiang Village became a sensation.

People have never seen such a big snake. The old man pointed at the big snake with a cane and tremblingly said: "This is a monster, wow!"

But the children were not very sensible, surrounded by the big snake, showing surprise and curiosity from their fingers.

In fact, when Qin Ke fought against this big snake, he felt that the snake's strength was not weak, at least equivalent to a practitioner of the first level, and it obviously possessed wisdom, and its cunning was no less than that of an experienced hunter.

It's just that no matter how cunning it is, it is still difficult to escape in front of Qin Ke's overwhelming strength.

When the officers and soldiers carried the big snake all the way to the entrance of the village, the county magistrate, who had already been alarmed, also hurried over. After learning about everything, he personally rushed to the door of Qin Ke's residence, intending to pay a visit.

At this moment, Qin Ke has been home for a while, and because of the smelly snake blood on his body, he is taking off his shirt, shirtless and wearing only a pair of thin trousers, standing in the yard and pouring water on his body , Cai Yan was teasing a puppy who didn't know whose family it was, giggling happily, and didn't seem to plan to go into the house to avoid it.

The county magistrate opened the door and came in. He laughed and said, "I didn't believe it at first, but I didn't expect you to come back."

When Zhuge Wolong was there, the county magistrate personally visited him a few times to ask for advice. Now that he is getting older, his temples are already gray, but his smile is still kind.

Qin Ke put down the wooden barrel, turned around, and hurriedly bowed: "My lord."

"What kind of adult am I?" The county magistrate smiled and pushed Qin Ke's hands, looked up and down, and sighed: "Speaking of which, I was taught by your master Mr. Wolong in many ways, and you... have some relationship Now, in terms of age, it's just right for you to call me uncle."

Qin Ke was slightly dazed, thinking that he had misremembered the person. Although the county magistrate had indeed come and brought some questions to his master for advice, he never took a second look at himself. Those idiots with snot running into their mouths and running around the village with bare feet all day, suddenly became too enthusiastic, and even became relatives with him... What are you planning to do?

With a thousand twists and turns in his heart, Qin Ke still had a bright smile on his face, and insisted on bowing deeply: "My lord is just my lord, so I don't have the nerve to climb up."

"What?" The county magistrate took a step back, shook his head and sighed, "Is this a complaint that I missed my point? However, I never thought that you could become so powerful. Thanks to you, you are alone with a sword. The monster snake was in the mountain, and my dozen or so subordinates were able to get out of trouble... If you think about Mr. Wolong as a hermit and great talent, how can his disciples be mediocre?"

Qin Ke said humbly: "It should be, I am also a member of the village, and I will help if I can... It is the blessing of the villagers that you can assign people to solve these trivial matters in the mountains in your busy schedule. Woolen cloth!"

"No, it's just the duty." The county magistrate waved his hands, and his wide sleeves fluttered accordingly.

After thinking for a while, he suddenly looked up into Qin Ke's eyes, and said seriously: "You have such good skills, I wonder... are you interested in working for the yamen?"

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Seeing Qin Ke frowning, he quickly added: "Of course, if you think this yamen is too small and want to go to a bigger place to show what you have learned, of course I will also write you a letter of recommendation. There must be a lot to do.”

Qin Ke was dumbfounded. In fact, he was still a little puzzled when he noticed that Cai Yan was winking at him just now. Now it seems that Cai Yan had already seen the intention of the county magistrate, so he acted like this.