smuggler

Chapter 48
Zhang Xianren curled his lips and said, "Do you want me to go to your house to look at that jar?"

I thought about it, and then said to him, "I'll draw it for you."

Because I didn't bring a pen and paper, I picked up a small stone from the ground and drew the general appearance of the earthen altar and the twisted snake on its surface.

In fact, my painting skills are not bad, and while I was painting, I said: "The mouth of the altar is sealed with a layer of oil film, but through the oil film, I can vaguely see a bloody meat ball inside, and there are still entanglements on it." Full of snakes."

He stared at the crooked pattern I drew on the ground, and after listening to me finish speaking, he was silent for a long time.

"The mating of the group of snakes in this painting is like a reproductive worship thing. It is attracted by your qi and blood, and then raised with your blood. Using the power of the group of snakes to reproduce, it is like an evil method such as seeking children."

I was even more confused when I heard what Zhang Xianren said.

"The altar is like a vessel. She is most likely borrowing your luck, and dripping her own blood into the altar to feed the blood snake every night. It can also be regarded as a blood sacrifice. Using her own blood, she borrows the snake to raise a child." Zhang Xianren Muttering in a low voice, he didn't seem to be speaking to me, but as if he was speaking to himself.

After saying yes, he fell into his own thoughts, staring at the painting on the ground and thinking about something seriously. After a long time, he didn't know if he thought of something, his eyes lit up.

Raising his head, Zhang Xianren said four words very seriously: "This matter is troublesome."

"Your aunt, she was pregnant before, and the baby was stillborn, or died shortly after birth." Zhang Xianren was not surprised and kept dying.

"Huh?" I widened my eyes in surprise.

But then, I shook my head and said, "My aunt did talk to a guy and brought him home, but grandma didn't agree, so she broke them up."

The man my aunt brought home at the beginning was a snake, and my grandma was very taboo, and wouldn't even let him in, which was a humiliation to anyone.

So the man went back to the provincial capital that day, and I haven't seen him since then. In addition, that's where it started, my aunt and grandma got angry.

She hasn't been back much in the past few years.

"That's weird!" Zhang Xianren frowned, as if he couldn't figure it out.

I see that Zhang Xianren is lost in thought, and he will not have a clue for a while. Now that my aunt is entangled with the Liu family, if my aunt finds out that I am here, it will inevitably arouse suspicion.

After saying goodbye to Zhang Xianren, I went back to the house.

When I got home, my aunt had come back.

Before I figured it out, I resisted the agitation to expose it face to face, and pretended to be nonchalant, but my aunt didn't notice anything unusual.

But that night, I kept hearing a voice shouting: "So hungry, so hungry!"

Listening to it, I felt drowsy and uncomfortable all over. I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep well. I wanted to wake up but couldn't wake up. My whole body felt sore.

Dimly saw dense snakes entangled together, drowning a curled up child, there seemed to be something glowing in the child's body, a pair of scarlet and venomous small eyes, looking through the tangle of snakes to me.

I woke up from the dream, and my head was full of the image of countless snakes entangled in the dream just now. After a while, I heard the sound of the door creaking and opening softly.

Sure enough, I saw my aunt sneaking towards the gate of the courtyard again.

Is she going to see the Liu family again?
Chu Yuan's cold voice came out: "Take the things and follow."

Without hesitation, I took the snake talisman and the mahogany sword given to me by Immortal Zhang, and followed.

I walked lightly along the way, and my aunt walked around the village road twice before walking from the back mountain.

He didn't go to the place the night before, but... the Snake Temple.

My aunt was very careful along the way, but I followed from a distance without being noticed, and went all the way to the Snake Temple.

At the entrance of the Snake Temple, my aunt looked left and right for a few moments before walking in. At the entrance of the Snake Temple, I found a hidden place to observe secretly.

"Why did you come here?" An arrogant female voice suddenly sounded.

I was surprised, it was Liu Weiwei standing at the gate of the temple inside.

The aunt said politely: "Today my niece went to find the old Taoist. I suspect they have already noticed the clues. I am worried that I will be found out, so..."

Liu Weiwei snorted coldly: "What are you afraid of? Even if you are discovered, what can you do with that stinky Taoist priest and that snake spirit that has been dead for more than ten years?"

My aunt lowered her head like a servant, not daring to say anything.

Liu Weiwei stood at the entrance of the temple, and said in a condescending voice, "Did you bring what our Liu family wanted?"

The aunt trembled and said tremblingly: "There is that snake protecting her, so it is difficult for me to get close."

"So you can't get it, can you?"

Liu Weiwei circled around my aunt and said with a sneer, "We can bring that baby back to life, or we can make it die completely."

After hearing this, my aunt trembled with fear, and knelt down in front of Liu Weiwei: "Give me a little more time, and I will definitely get what you want."

Liu Weiwei bent down mockingly, leaned in front of her aunt, and said coldly, "You'd better, don't play tricks."

After finishing speaking, Liu Weiwei stood up, walked into the temple, and said disgustedly: "Go back, don't be an eyesore here!"

Seeing my aunt getting up from the ground, I quickly stepped back and tried to hide in a dark place, but as soon as I lifted my legs, I felt that my legs were caught by something.

Then he fell heavily to the ground, his face was scratched by a thorn, and he was in burning pain.

Standing up with my hands up, I saw a snake the size of my wrist coiled up, staring at me with its head raised.

At this moment, snakes slowly hung up from the surrounding trees, and snakes also rushed out of the bushes, hissing at me.

My face suddenly darkened, and I took out the snake talisman to drive away, but these snakes emerging from the darkness raised their heads and roared at me, forcing me to retreat.

Until I appeared at the gate of the Snake Temple.

"Yaoyao!"

My aunt was about to come out, when she looked up and saw me appearing at the entrance of the Snake Temple, her eyes widened, showing an expression of disbelief.

Those snakes forced me into the Snake Temple. Seeing that they had been exposed, I decided not to hide them. I glanced at my aunt, and finally set my sights on Liu Weiwei who was about to enter the temple.

Liu Weiwei turned around to look at me, a look of surprise flashed in her eyes, and then she sneered: "I didn't expect you to find this place."

"Are you surprised?" I walked in from the entrance of the Snake Temple, and smiled slightly: "Let me discover the true face of your Liu family?"

Liu Weiwei raised her eyebrows, and said coldly: "Even if you find out, so what, without the protection of the snake spirit, you are nothing at all."

Seeing Liu Weiwei coming out of the door, I asked, "The snake disaster that appeared in the village before the snake temple was repaired, was it your Liu family who did it right?"

"Not bad!" she said.

I continued: "Is this snake temple built to collect incense from the villagers?"

Liu Weiwei was slightly surprised, but then she frowned: "So what?"

(End of this chapter)