father snake

The outside of this Taoist temple is inconspicuous at all, it looks as old and outdated as the remnants of the old age, but when you open the door and step in, you suddenly find that there is another world inside.

The yard is neither big nor small. It has all the necessary flowers, plants, trees, rockery, springs and stones. It also comes with a small bridge and corridor made of bamboo. It stands to reason that the combination of these things and such a well-proportioned arrangement should make this yard a place for everyone to enjoy. People linger and forget to return, but when you are really in it, you will have a wonderful feeling.

No matter how beautiful this courtyard is, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it can't hide the lifelessness here.

There are neither insects nor birds. Of course, Shi Xiaochuan has not forgotten that although this yard looks like it is in a paradise, it is actually in the middle of a noisy city. Naturally, it will not be full of nature. There are all kinds of voices, but it is a bit strange not to see even one of the sparrows that often flock and fly over the city.

According to his habit, instead of taking the clean cobblestone path, he took a shortcut through the bamboo forest to the main hall of Sanqing Temple.

Xiaobai, who was sleeping peacefully in his chest pocket, also woke up, poked his little head out to look left and right, Shi Xiaochuan touched his head with his fingers, Xiaobai touched his head with a snake Xin touched his fingers as a greeting to him, then ignored his harassing fingers, crawled out of his pocket, rolled down his sleeves, and rolled to the old position on Shi Xiaochuan's wrist.

The drizzle that was still falling when we came out has almost stopped now, but there is still some water vapor and rain from the blowing wind, so if you don’t hold an umbrella, you will find that your clothes are damp after a while .

The raindrops dripping from the bamboo leaves hit his head and body with "patta pata", Shi Xiaochuan touched his face with water in one hand, but he still didn't open the umbrella in his hand, no matter what , He also came in secretly. If someone caught him asking for ticket money, he touched the pocket on his chest and back. The money in it was probably enough for him to eat a bowl of cheap rice noodles. According to the current ticket price of general attractions, Even if the students can get a discount, he can't afford it at all.

He just wanted to see what the Taoist temple in Shi Song's story looked like.

He also knew that his obsession was unreasonable, wasn't it just a hearsay story?Maybe Shi Song made it up to coax him when he was a child, although what he said is clear and well-founded, and it can still be connected with the things in Lingshan Temple.

Shi Xiaochuan silently suppressed the uneasiness in his heart. He decided to take a look, just take a look, and leave here after seeing the main hall. He did mental construction for himself over and over again, but he is a very proud person after all. This way of sneaking in couldn't make him feel at ease anyway, so he stood some distance away from the main hall, thought about it, and decided to turn around and go out.

At this moment, he heard a familiar voice.

He immediately turned around and looked out from the bamboo forest. Two people walked up the path not far away. To be precise, it should be a person in a wheelchair and a person walking beside him.

The first thing he noticed was the standing man. It was She Junhan who had disappeared since arriving in the provincial capital in the morning. In the somewhat dizzy air, his bloodless face became even paler. But he's so weak.

Sitting in the wheelchair was an old man who looked like dry bark, like a lantern covered with a thin layer of transparent white paper. Shi Xiaochuan only took one look at him and dared not look at him again. This old man was really terribly old.

The wheelchair he was sitting in was not made of steel, which is common nowadays, but completely wooden. The bare wooden wheels rolled over the gravel road. Shi Xiaochuan felt a little bumpy from a distance. People should be very uncomfortable too.

The old man was sitting on this wooden wheelchair, bumping from time to time, Shi Xiaochuan was very suspicious, wouldn't the old man be broken apart?

The old man was wearing a Taoist robe, with his head hanging down, his hair was gray and thin, and his face was covered with black age spots. He and She Junhan just walked quietly.

The old man's hand was pushing the wheelchair, Shi Xiaochuan looked at this scene very strangely, Teacher She Junhan is too disrespectful to the old, right?This old man is so old and still sitting in a wheelchair, he doesn't help to push and push, just walks aside like that, with a face full of indifference and doesn't know what he is thinking.

They passed in front of Shi Xiaochuan, and Shi Xiaochuan saw that the old man's hands trembled slightly, as if he was exhausted, he stretched out his withered fingers, waved them in front of him, and then firmly grabbed She Junhan's hand beside him .

When he was caught by him, Shi Xiaochuan noticed that Teacher She Junhan's body trembled slightly, he lowered his head, some long black hair was wet by the rain, sticking to his pale face, he closed his eyes slightly His eyes, as if he was enduring something, his thin body shook, making people suspect that he would fall down immediately, but he didn't, he stopped, stood where he was, took a deep breath, raised his head, black His blue eyes glanced around blankly.

Shi Xiaochuan felt that his eyes seemed to have swept over him.

He looked all over the Taoist temple, and wherever he looked, he didn't lower his head to look at the old man beside him.

The old man's chicken-claw-like hands were still tightly clutching his, Shi Xiaochuan held his breath, and after a while, the old man let go of his hand, and then the two entered the main hall one after the other.

Shi Xiaochuan, who hesitated between the two options of whether to follow or not, finally decided to follow in and take a look. The appearance of Teacher She Junhan just now made him really worried, as if he was held hostage or controlled by that old man , The tense atmosphere between the two of them just now made Shi Xiaochuan feel that perhaps Teacher She Junhan really needs some help from outside forces.

After the old man and She Junhan entered the main hall, after waiting for a while, seeing no one else appeared, Shi Xiaochuan came out from the bamboo forest, Xiaobai was swimming quickly on his wrist, when he was about to walk to the main hall, Biting his tiger's mouth fiercely, the sharp teeth pierced into his hand mercilessly.

Shi Xiaochuan almost yelled out in pain, his hands subconsciously grabbed Xiaobai's body and wanted to tear it apart and throw it out, but after grabbing Xiaobai's slippery and slender body, he stopped again , just pinched Xiaobai's head, forced it to let go of its mouth, and finally rescued his own hand, leaving two distinct small teeth marks on the tiger's mouth.

This is the first time that Xiaobai really bites him hard, not the joking light bite of the past. Shi Xiaochuan looked at his own wound, and then at Xiaobai who was pinched by him, feeling a little sad. Could it be that the snake really Are you not familiar with it?

But usually Xiaobai is so human, he has never been like this before, sometimes he even feels that there is an unspeakable tacit understanding between Xiaobai and himself, but now, this tacit understanding is undergoing doubts and tests.

There was a tug-of-war between him and Xiaobai.As long as he takes a step forward, Xiaobai will want to leave a "mark" on him as if going crazy - that is, take a bite, he will take Xiaobai off his body and throw it aside, but with snakes as extremely At such a fast speed, before he could take two steps, Xiao Bai followed up again.

Shi Xiaochuan couldn't bear to hit Xiaobai hard at first, not to mention Xiaobai's strength, today he will definitely not let him step into this main hall. Finally, after licking another small wound on his hand, he finally He succumbed to Xiaobai's fangs.

He took a step back, grabbed Xiaobai who was climbing up his arm, put its small head in front of his nose, stared into its small black eyes, and whispered through gritted teeth, "Okay, don't Bite, you win." Xiaobai shook his head, looking a little proud, Shi Xiaochuan was even more annoyed, he watched Xiaobai flicking his tail, curled around his wrist, a little dumbfounded.

After unwillingly taking a look at the main hall, Shi Xiaochuan turned around and planned to leave the Sanqing Temple. No matter what, the journey was still silent, not even insects and birds singing. The door was still hidden like he came in, Shi Xiaochuan Push open the door and go out.

He lowered his head and looked at Xiaobai who was circling around his hand. It gently licked the wound on his hand with a snake letter. Shi Xiaochuan touched its body with his fingertips and comforted him in a low voice, " Okay, nothing." Xiaobai raised his head, as if he didn't quite agree with his words, it crawled down Shi Xiaochuan's clothes, slipped to the ground, and then stretched out the snake letter to touch the part of Shi Xiaochuan's foot bitten by himself. Shi Xiaochuan felt itchy and cool, he squatted down by the side of the road, grabbed Xiao Bai, and put it in his breast pocket, where Xiao Bai crawled around restlessly.

It started to rain again, the sky was overcast and the clouds were low, Shi Xiaochuan opened his umbrella and walked slowly towards the entrance of the alley.