Merchant of the Underworld

Brother Yan Liang gritted his teeth and said, "It's that damn road blocker again! Halfway through the road, I was driving well, and I saw a woman in white clothes lying in the middle of the road. I was anxious and wanted to run over. Unexpectedly, suddenly A big python jumped out, stuck its tail out of the ditch, and pushed my tractor into a big tree."

After finishing speaking, Brother Yanliang glanced at his fourth uncle: "Fourth uncle, we have to think of a solution. This damn blocker has done a lot of harm to us. It has scared away so many developers. We are poor as long as we are poor. On the roadblock..."

The fourth uncle squatted at the door and smoked a cigarette. After he finished smoking, he threw the cigarette butt hard on the ground and said: "Damn, I have to give it some strength to show it! You recover first, and all the villagers will go find it tomorrow." Big Python.”

"The big python's tail was chopped off by our distinguished guest. It must not be far away. We can definitely find it by following the blood trail."

But I think it's a bit bad for Fourth Uncle to do this. The first priority should be to find out whether this big python is an enemy or a friend?

A python hurts other animals for only one purpose, and that is to eat them. But this giant python did not eat people. On the contrary, it saved two lives. There must be something to this.

I was just about to talk to my fourth uncle, but Yin Xinyue grabbed the corner of my clothes, shook her head at me, and signaled me to stop talking.

I know that the Dai people are very excited. If I talk too much, I will be isolated by them. At that moment, I had no choice but to swallow the words that came to my lips...

Fourth Uncle and the others made up their mind and went from door to door to inform them that tomorrow morning, all the young people in the village would gather to hunt the big python in the dense forest.

They even believed that the big python was the ghost that blocked the way. As long as the big python was killed, the ghost that blocked the way would naturally disappear!

Because I succeeded in killing the python today, my fourth uncle gave me a silver medal with the word "Menxi" engraved on it in front of everyone and hung it on my body.

Yin Xinyue told me that this is the treatment reserved for the bravest people in the village. This silver medal was passed down by an ancestor of the Dai people. The word Menxi means "warrior" when translated into Chinese. It is said that the ancestor was a jungle hunter in the past and even killed a zombie that was causing harm to the villagers.

The villagers at that time admired him very much, so they made this silver medal as a gift. And the Warriors brand has been passed down from generation to generation.

I was carrying this silver medal, but I felt very guilty. I was even upset that I had done such a reckless thing and hurt the big python.

I thought about it all day but couldn't come up with any idea. I woke up dizzy the next morning.

When I opened my eyes, I realized that Li Mazi was looking at me with a cannibalistic look. He was holding many colorful flowers, a few brand-new Miao clothes, and a small purse in his hand.

I couldn't help but laugh: "You are worshiping Buddha here so early in the morning. Why are you carrying so many things?"

Li Mazi scolded angrily: "Brother from the Zhang family, you are quite capable! You are eating in the bowl and looking at the pot. Yin Xinyue is not enough. You want to steal women from me?"

I was even more surprised and asked Li Mazi what was wrong with him.

Li Mazi dropped his things and left, ignoring me.

Later, I realized that I had become the dream lover of all the Dai girls, for no other reason than because I had the Warrior Silver Medal in my hand.

Because Dai girls don’t love rich men or pretty boys, they only love warriors.

It made Yin Xinyue a little jealous, saying that I was really good at picking up girls. Where can I go to reason with you? Just tell Yin Xinyue not to think too much, return all these things, and tell them that I have a girlfriend.

Yin Xinyue said it was pretty much the same.

After I walked out of the room, I found a dozen young Dai people gathered at the door. They all had bare arms and held various weapons in their hands, such as hoes, hunting knives and so on.

The fourth uncle was standing in front of the team and lecturing: "I won't list everything about the big python that harmed our village. I think everyone knows it..."

"Humph, kill it!" Someone in the crowd shouted: "The whole nest of rabbits I raised was secretly eaten by that thing."

"My grandfather was in a car accident caused by a roadblock and was unable to work in the fields for the rest of his life."

"I saw that python when I was a child. I saw it get into the coffin and swallow a dead man..."

Fourth Uncle waved his hand, signaling everyone to calm down: "Our mission this time is very dangerous. Is there anyone who doesn't want to go? If you don't want to go, you can quit now. I won't force you."

No one stood up.

"Okay! Let me explain it to everyone first. If you see that thing, beat it to death. If you don't beat it to death, it may eat you. Don't show mercy. Remember?"

"Remember?" The burly young men said in unison.

As he said that, the fourth uncle turned to look at me, walked up and patted me on the shoulder: "Warrior, you come with us too! You are the first person to really hurt the boa constrictor, and you are our hero."

As he said that, he handed me a hunting knife specially made by the Dai people.

I knew I had no way out. If I didn't go, everyone present would be angry.

So I took the hunting knife.

Everyone looked at me with admiration.

I coughed and said, "That big python is very dangerous. Let's prepare some things that the big python is afraid of. If the situation gets out of hand, we can scare the big python away to avoid casualties."

The fourth uncle said: "Don't worry, we are all ready, including the realgar and the wolfdog. See if there is anything else to prepare."

"Where's the torch? Did you bring it?" I asked.

"Hey, look at my brain." The fourth uncle slapped his forehead: "Yes, the python is most afraid of fire. You all go home and get a torch. If it doesn't work, I will burn the python on the spot."

I breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, my fourth uncle listened to me.

In fact, I didn't want to hurt the python at all. The reason why I asked them to bring torches was not to hurt the python. It's because snakes are naturally afraid of fire. We go with torches. The big snake will definitely run away after seeing the light of the fire.

By then, we will definitely not be able to catch up with the speed at which the python is escaping.

When everything was ready, we set off immediately, came to the dirt road into the village, and followed the trail of the python as it escaped.

Entering this lush forest during the day still gives people a frightening feeling. The trees here are much taller than I imagined, and the further in, the taller the trees and the denser the forest.

Even though it's daytime, there's still not enough light here. Moreover, there was still fog and dew in this early morning, which had a great impact on our trip.

We followed the blood trail and soon entered the depths of the forest. But the blood stains began to get lighter and lighter, so that in the end, there was no trace at all.

I kind of hope we don't find any clues.

However, the fourth uncle is a snake catcher and has been proficient in the various living habits of snakes since he was a child. He lay down on the ground and smelled the smell carefully, and then said to keep going forward. The smell here was still very fresh, and the big python should be nearby.

I suddenly became uneasy. I never expected that my fourth uncle was so powerful and could track the python just by its smell.

It seems that the possibility of us tracking the python is getting bigger and bigger...

Everyone looked excited, but I was not so happy.

I know the power of pythons. I once read news on the Internet that there was a giant python abroad that easily killed two keepers.

However, things did not develop in the direction I expected. When we were tracking deep into the jungle, my fourth uncle suddenly leaned down, stretched out his nose and sniffed hard, and finally found the body of a hare in a patch of grass.

The body of the hare was torn in half. The fourth uncle carefully inspected the wound and shouted excitedly: "It's a python. It's a wound caused by the teeth of a python!"

Everyone immediately entered a fighting state, holding their weapons tightly in their hands, and began to search for the python's hiding place bit by bit.