The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 137 Chapter 120

The three of them went back to the guest room and immediately rested. In the morning of the next day, the three of them ate something in a hurry, and then paid the shop money, because the Taoist leader was leading the road to the village in the west.

Three or four miles away, that's just falling when you lift your leg.When I entered the village, I saw that it was a village of two to three hundred families. Most of the houses in the village were made of laterite walls, and the roofs were hung with gray tiles.

The whole village looked fresh and peaceful. A few children were playing beside the bamboo forest, and the whole village was fine.

Daoist Liaoyin said to Duan Wuji and Tieniu while leading the road: "You two benefactors, our village is called Majiazhuang, also known as Mazhuang.

Most of the people in the village have the surname Ma, and the common surname of Pindao is also Ma, let's go, follow me to this village to find the patriarch. "

Taoist leader Liaoyin led two people towards a house in the middle of the village. When the children of the village saw an old man walking in with two young men in gorgeous clothes, they all followed curiously. Then, I thought some high-ranking official came to the village.

Walking to the patriarch's house, Liao Yin shouted loudly: "Uncle San, is Uncle San at home?"

An old man in his seventies came out of the house. The old man had snow-white hair and beard, wore a khaki coarse linen suit, and wore straw sandals. He was dressed like a standard local farmer. Look at the spirit of this old man. The condition is quite good.

The old man glanced at the Taoist priest and said, "Oh, isn't this Ma Erli? Didn't you leave? Why did you come back so soon?

Erli, what can I do for you? "

Daoist Liaoyin laughed and said, "Third Uncle, isn't there a giant snake out of our west mountain? Didn't I go home a while ago? I'll share this with the two little heroes in our view." Said that they must come back with me and kill the snake.

They are willing to help us get rid of this snake.

That's right, I brought them here.

Third Uncle, these two are the ones I brought here. "

Liao Yin looked at Duan Wuji and Tie Niu.

"Two benefactors, this is the third uncle of my family and the current patriarch of Majiazhuang.

Come and see you two. "

After hearing this, Duan Wuji and Tie Niu took two steps, and hugged the old man with both hands.

"Old man, how have you been recently? Duan Wuji and Duan Tieniu greeted you."

When the old man saw this, he quickly returned the gift.

"You two little heroes, don't be too polite, just follow me to my room. Erli, tell your fourth and fifth uncles to inform the leaders of these two villages in the north and south, and ask them to come here. Today we will Let the three villages discuss this matter together, after all, this snake is the most dangerous to our three villages.

We have been discussing this matter together these few days. I didn't expect you to come here today. It's just right for you to come. Let's discuss it together today. "

After hearing this, the Taoist priest turned around and went out.

The old man said to Duan Wuji and Tieniu very warmly: "You two, please come inside, hurry up and have some tea.

This group of people won't be able to come in a short time, come, come, come, let's go into the house and chat with the old man for a while. "

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu tied the horse to the tree in the yard, and followed the old man towards the house.

After entering the house, the old man first poured two bowls of tea for Duan Wuji and Tie Niu.

"You two little heroes, please have some tea. Hey, where are the two little heroes' last names?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Old man, we are from Taiyuan Prefecture, Shanxi Province, my name is Duan Wuji, this is my elder brother, his name is Duan Tieniu.

A few days ago, we heard that there was a giant snake in the hometown of the Taoist priest. This evil animal often came out to devour the livestock of the villagers, and sometimes hurt the lives of the villagers. Our brothers and I planned to get rid of it. , For the benefit of the folks. "

The old man sighed after hearing this and said: "Oh, this is also the misfortune of our people. To meet this evil beast. I heard that this thing existed decades ago, but it was still young at that time, and it only occasionally came out to steal food. Folks' chickens and geese, we didn't take it seriously at the time.

This thing disappeared later. At that time, people thought it was dead. Unexpectedly, it appeared again five or six years ago. I don’t know where this guy went. This time it reappeared in a much larger size. Its owner said: "It is more than ten feet long, much thicker than our large water tank, don't you think this guy is going to become a sperm?

It should also be unlucky for the people of our side. Unexpectedly, this thing came back again, which made the hearts of five or six of us panic. Alas, it really makes people worry! "

Duan Wuji took a sip of his tea, and said to the old man with a smile: "Old man, don't worry, it has already violated God's sentencing by doing so, and I think its death is coming soon."

The old man had a sip of tea with the two of them, and then said with a smile: "I hope it's as you said, if it can't be removed within a year or two, the people in our villages will have to consider moving.

Alas, this relocation is easy to say, but where can it be moved?Is there any land in this world without an owner?Relocation is difficult! "

At this moment, people came one after another, and after a while, more than 20 people gathered in the room.

The old man glanced at the crowd again and said: "Fellow folks, I called everyone here today because it's still about the snake in Xishan.

This snake has endangered our villages for several years. It has eaten countless livestock in our villages, and injured no less than a dozen villagers in our villages.

You know, the bigger this beast is, the bigger its food intake will be. If we don't get rid of it sooner or later, it will eat up all the people in our villages sooner or later.

Do you have any good ideas?Do you want to listen to something if you don’t talk about it? "

Everyone bowed their heads in silence after hearing this, and the sound of long boos and short sighs was endless.When it comes to this key point, everyone has no doctrine.

The old man glanced at everyone and said, "Everyone, let me introduce two distinguished guests to you. These two are two young heroes from Taiyuan Prefecture, Shanxi Province, brought by my nephew Ma Erli.

They came here specifically to get rid of this snake.

This is Duan Tieniu, and that is his brother, Duan Wuji.These two people traveled thousands of miles to come to us, how about we listen to their opinions? "

The crowd was not righteous, and after hearing what the old man said, there was a burst of applause.

"Okay, okay! They say that stones from other mountains can be used to make jade. Let's hear what other people have to say."

Tieniu met a section of Wuji.

"Brother, it's better for you to speak. Brother, I will not speak."

Duan Wuji smiled.

"Okay, then let me say a few words.

Folks, I won't talk about the dangers of this snake. I think everyone knows better than me. Such a giant snake must have a particularly thick skin. It may be difficult for ordinary swords to cause fatal damage to it.

I have an idea that is not yet mature, I just want to throw bricks and jade to lead everyone.

My idea is to use the method of killing domestic pythons in our hometown, and bury a knife at the entrance of the snake hole, and when the snake crawls into the hole, it will be killed by the knife. "

As soon as everyone heard it, they started to discuss Duan Wuji's method.

Finally, a midday man in his forties stood up and said, "Duan Yingxiong, this method is good, but the key point is who dares to bury a knife at the entrance of the snake hole? A snake sucks small animals that walk near the snake hole into the snake hole, don’t you think? Who would dare to do such a job!”

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Let's lure this snake out, and then the people hiding near the snake's hole will quickly bury the knife, won't it be all right?

This time I went to bury the knives and buried him at least six knives. The knives got lower as they went to the hole, and the knives got higher as they went into the hole.

This requires you to find a few young men who are strong and bold to do it. In order to avoid danger, the key to everyone's actions is to be fast. Only by being fast can you win, otherwise it will be dangerous. "

The big man laughed and said, "Duan Yingxiong, who has the guts to lure that python away? This is a very dangerous thing!"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Of course I do this dangerous job, I'm afraid it won't work if it's someone else."

The big man laughed out loud.

"Okay, okay! When I get back, I'll go find this man who has experience in burying knives. Let's find [-] of them, and spend a few days with them to train their speed, old man, do you think this will work?"

"Okay, okay, okay! Let's do it like this. This time, our villages must work together! Let's try to kill this python this time, so as to benefit the village."

When the time was short, the meeting was over, and everyone immediately split up and prepared to go.

Daoist Liaoyin looked at the old patriarch and said, "Third uncle, where do you think it would be better for the two of them to live? Arrange a place for them to live."

The old man laughed and said, "Let's arrange the two of them to stay at my house. Erli, you should also stay at my house, otherwise you won't have a place to go!"

The Taoist priest laughed when he heard this.

"Wuliang Tianzun, thank you for being so poor. Third Uncle, arrange two people to release the horses for them. These two horses are those precious horses. Each horse is worth a thousand catties of gold."

The old man smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will arrange these things. Let the two children, Polo and Horse Egg, let them play. Didn't these two children only herd cows before? What's the problem with letting two horses go?" Woolen cloth!"

At this time, there was another drizzle of rain outside the door. The rain dripped from the roof tiles, and the whole yard fell into tranquility again.

The old man led Duan Wuji and the three of them into a house and said: "You guys rest in this room for a while, if you need anything, just ask, but don't be polite!"

After speaking, the old man withdrew from the room.

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu took a look and saw that there were four beds in the room, and there were bedding on each bed, and mosquito nets were hung on each bed.

There is also an old Eight Immortals table in the middle of the four beds, on which there are teapots, tea bowls and other things.

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu chose a bed each, and Duan Wuji said to Tie Niu with a smile: "Brother Tie Niu, take off the sandbags tied to your body from now on, it's too inflexible to carry this thing, wait for us Kill this snake and let's wear it again, it's not wise to wear this thing in this dangerous place."

Tie Niu laughed.

"Brother, you are so right. Let's take off this thing and throw it on the bed now. Let's wear it when we leave."

Saying that, both of them took off their clothes and untied the sandbags tied to their bodies.

Tie Niu smiled and said to Duan Wuji: "Brother, it's much easier now. Just wait, I'll bring in our baggage and weapons. After all, martial arts practitioners should not leave their weapons."

Tie Niu got dressed and went outside the courtyard, and took off the two bundles on the horse. Tie Niu handed Duan Wuji's bundle to him, and put his own bundle on the bed.

Then, Tie Niu took off the swords and big sticks from the two horses and brought them into the house. Tie Niu put Duan Wuji's weapons on Duan Wuji's bedside, and put his own weapons on his own. bedside.

After the arrangement was made for the three of them, each of them went to bed, and Liao Yin fell asleep after lying on the bed for a while.

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu sat cross-legged on the bed and practiced. The time was not long, and the two of them were immersed in the practice.

After the two of them practiced together, they saw that the sun had already set outside the house.At this time, Daoist Liaoyin came in from the outside, looked at Duan Wuji and Tieniu and said, "You two little benefactors, I forgot to tell you, we only eat two meals a day in this place, two meals a day. Little benefactor, you are not used to it, it’s called Shili and it’s commonplace.”

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this: "Master, what's the point? We also do as the Romans do, what's the point!"

Daoist Liaoyin said with a smile: "You two, let's go, my third uncle asked me to ask you to eat."

Duan Wuji pulled the iron bull with his hand.

"Brother, let's go quickly, don't let the old man just wait."

(End of this chapter)