father snake

Shi Xiaochuan saw that when the old man came in, the elder put down the pipe he had been holding in his hand, stood up, and greeted him. This kind of cautious attitude was almost respectful. Say, very unusual.

Teacher She Junhan, whom he hadn't seen for a while, lowered his head slightly, his face was still as pale as a piece of paper, and his hand rested lightly on the old man's shoulder.

Shi Xiaochuan felt that his head was getting dizzy. He was always in a half-dream and half-awake state when he slept at night, and he didn't know whether he was asleep or not. That's why he was able to barely maintain his composure when everyone else fainted. A sliver of awareness.

However, whether this is a dream or the real reality, he himself is not completely sure, because he is haunted by Tianqiu every night, so real feeling, even the pain of being bitten through the skin is clear, but, when it comes When he woke up the next morning, he got up and looked in the mirror, tore off his clothes, looked left and right, but found no traces.

The antique bronze tripod was placed on the table in the hall. The elder gave the seat to the old man, but the old man didn't refuse, let She Junhan help him, and sat on it unceremoniously.

The old man who looked like a mummy stretched out two thin fingers and touched the copper tripod. Shi Xiaochuan saw an imperceptible smile on his face, but his black age spots on his face were distorted by this smile , On the contrary, he seemed more and more terrifying.

Even the well-informed Shi Anqing glanced at him, and immediately looked away.

He stretched his neck, sniffing the smell inside the copper tripod like a dog, while the three big living people beside him sat quietly and waited.

It didn't take long, and soon, the old man raised his head, and his withered hands tightly grasped She Junhan's hand on his shoulders. She Junhan's whole body trembled slightly, and he raised his head and looked at the old man.

The old man seemed very happy. He opened his shriveled, toothless mouth and laughed, "I didn't expect you to hide such a good thing." His voice sounded like someone was pulling a bellows deep in his lungs. The same voice is very depressing.

She Junhan seemed a little reluctant, but he couldn't resist. Although he was not familiar with him, Shi Xiaochuan could still vaguely feel the disgust in his words, "What good thing can make you so happy?"

"There's a 'snake' here." The old man pointed to the fainted Shi family members around him.

"Snake?"

The Great Elder and Shi Anqing certainly didn't know what a "snake" was, but She Junhan raised his soft and cool voice slightly, as if he was also surprised, "Is this unlikely?" He said hesitantly.

The old man touched the copper tripod with his withered hands like a treasure, "It can never be wrong."

Shi Xiaochuan felt the box in his arms move slightly. Xiaobai, who had been sleeping for a long time, finally woke up at this moment. It crawled out from the air hole on the box, followed Shi Xiaochuan's clothes, and burrowed into it. His sleeves slipped from his hands.

When its slender body, still carrying Shi Xiaochuan's body temperature, curled up Shi Xiaochuan's fingers, Shi Xiaochuan's hand moved slightly.

Xiaobai seemed to feel his uneasiness, stretched out the snake letter and touched his finger, barely comforting him, but this only made Shi Xiaochuan more worried, because this is often the time when Xiaobai wants to do something bad. Just give him a candy to reassure him.

Xiaobai is such a headache, mischievous and willful, Shi Xiaochuan often has nothing to do with him.

The old man sat on the wheelchair again, and She Junhan followed behind him, walked up to the sleeping Shi family members, and carefully observed them one by one.

He stretched out his thin hand to press the foreheads of those people, and soon it was Shi Xiaochuan's turn.

She Junhan looked at him with strange eyes, the old man stretched out his hand to press between his eyebrows, the old man had an unpleasant smell, Shi Xiaochuan felt a little sick, this smell was like corpses buried underground for decades, exposed to the sun Down, emitting a faint stench.

This smell is everywhere, as you breathe in and out, it penetrates into your internal organs, and soon, you will feel that the smell seems to be infected on your body, you run home, change Clothes, after taking a shower, the smell is still lingering.

At this time, Shi Xiaochuan was very sympathetic to She Junhan who had to follow the old man all the time, how could he bear it?Just because of his endurance to the smell, Mr. She is not an ordinary person.

Shi Xiaochuan doesn't think the smell will "get into the abalone's place, and it won't smell the smell for a long time".

Some tastes, some things, you will never get used to it.

The old man seemed a little unsure, he pressed his fingers on Shi Xiaochuan's forehead, moved slightly, his sleeves swayed accordingly, brought a little wind, and the smell rushed to Shi Xiaochuan's face, he suddenly felt Some nausea.

Shi Xiaochuan resisted and continued to pretend to be dead. He didn't want the people around him to see that he hadn't completely passed out. It's hard to say that there wouldn't be any terrible tricks in this kind of weird family sacrifice.

The more people who know the secret, the more restless their sleep and the more strange their death.

In the end, the old man finally let Shi Xiaochuan go, his gloomy gaze swept over Shi Xiaochuan's face, as if he still had some doubts, but in the end, he turned to the clansman next to Shi Xiaochuan.

Suddenly, Shi Xiaochuan heard a faint cry from the side, he opened his eyes slightly, and saw the old man holding a baby in his hands, She Junhan looked down at the child, "This is" Snake?" he asked softly.

The baby just cried, and then calmed down again, letting the old man's skinny fingers pinch his fingers docilely. One is white and tender, the other is dry and black, like the two extremes of life, between newborn and dead. The contrast is too stark.

This child seems to be in the place where Xiaobai just disappeared, right?

The Great Elder and Shi Anqing who had been following behind seemed finally relieved. They looked at each other. Shi Anqing covered his mouth with his hands and coughed, "Daoist Sanqing, what did you promise me?"

The old man turned around, "No problem, as long as there is 'Snake', everything will be fine."

Shi Anqing said excitedly, "That's good, that's good." He rubbed his cold hands, "Then when do you think you can save my son?"

When Shi Xiaochuan heard these words, he realized that Shi Chen had never been found, and Shi Anqing's aura that is unique to a man with power in his hands was gone. , just to find his son.

The old man snorted coldly, "You are cruel enough to exchange the lives of your Shi family members for your son's life, this matter has to be done slowly, we have to set up a trap to let that thing get in."

Shi Anqing didn't speak for a long time, and finally said hoarsely, "I just want my son to come back."

When he woke up the next day, Shi Xiaochuan found himself lying on the bed in that room and sleeping soundly. The heating in the room was fully turned on. He stretched himself and lingered under the quilt for a while.

What happened last night is like a diary whose ink has gradually faded after a long time. Can only contact the context to guess.

After filing and sorting out all the things in his mind, Shi Xiaochuan got up, put on his clothes, and when washing his face, he wiped his forehead vigorously, making the center of his brows red and almost not broken. Until now, he still Felt the old man's withered fingers pressed against his.

Pushing open the door, the rain of the day finally stopped. He squinted his eyes and looked at the clump of bamboo outside the window. This is in the south of the Yangtze River. Even in winter, most of the plants are still green. He took a deep breath With fresh air, I finally felt like I was temporarily alive again.

Suddenly, he thought of Xiaobai, his expression changed, and he immediately took out the box, opened it, and it was a good thing, Xiaobai was still lying on the pile of soft cotton obediently, but, under the bright light of the day, Shi Xiaochuan felt that Xiaobai's body seemed to be a little transparent?

He blinked, put the box on the tip of his nose, looked at it carefully, and it really wasn't his illusion, Xiaobai's snakeskin was familiar to him, and it had indeed changed a bit. If we use human complexion to describe this change , Then it will change from a rosy face to a pale and bloodless face.

This change is definitely not good.

He touched Xiaobai's snake skin, and looked at it worriedly, how could he help Xiaobai recover?

Xiaobai's awakening yesterday was just a flash in the pan, and now, he fell asleep again, and it seemed as if he never planned to wake up.Shi Xiaochuan twisted its slender body into various shapes, and tossed it back and forth. He thought, this kind of harassment, even the dead would be so angry that they would jump out of the coffin. However, Xiaobai still didn't move at all. It was because I made up my mind to ignore him.

He stopped sullenly.

After breakfast in the ancestral hall, Shi Xiaochuan looked carefully at the people around him, because today he no longer had to abide by the rules of sacrifice, so the people at the dinner table became more active today, everyone happily chatted and ate thing.

On the right side of Shi Xiaochuan is the woman holding the child. This child is the "snake" they said last night. Fortunately, it seems that he is fine now. He is competing with the woman holding him. The woman wants to feed him. To eat, but the little guy turned his head and refused to open his mouth.

Is this child a "snake"?

But if you look at it horizontally and vertically, you can see that it is a very ordinary baby in the street, and there is nothing strange about its appearance.

Snake, snake, as the name suggests, is the son of a snake, but how could a snake have a human son?Shi Xiaochuan was puzzled by what he heard last night.

However, from a biological point of view, it is completely impossible for this kind of interracial marriage to have offspring. Of course, this kind of thing cannot be explained by science. Shi Xiaochuan quickly spurned the biological knowledge in his mind. In it, of course, human beings can marry other aliens, and even have children. Moreover, in the current situation, no matter how you look at it, it should be more appropriate to apply fairy tales.

However, this strong sense of disobedience still makes Shi Xiaochuan feel that if humans and snakes can have children, then sooner or later the world will be chaotic.