"The Prince of Baghdad struggled to stand up and said something. When I heard what he said, I wanted to jump out and kill him immediately..."
"What did he say?" Zhao Ji was sweating in his hands.
"This guy is extremely vicious. He actually claimed to be a guide hired by a Song merchant, and that the Song merchant was hiding nearby..."
"What an ungrateful and despicable villain! You should have killed him when you met him. You can't be too soft-hearted in a foreign country." Gao Qiu said.
"This prince is so cruel, he deserves to die!" Li Bangyan also said.
Zhao Ji said, "Brother Zhang is here now, safe and sound, proving that he narrowly escaped danger and ultimately survived the disaster... Shixun, please continue."
"When the bandits heard there was a Song merchant here, they immediately became excited and screamed, searching for me. I saw that the situation was not good, so I quickly retreated into the cave. But at that moment, a terrifying sound suddenly came from the depths of the cave behind me..."
"What's that sound?" everyone present asked in unison.
"There's a kind of venomous snake in the desert. It's extremely poisonous. If it bites you, even gods can't save you. Its tail makes a 'ga ga' sound when it swings."
"Ah!" Everyone exclaimed in surprise, and everyone was worried for him.
"Outside the cave were bandits with weapons in their hands, and inside were extremely poisonous snakes. I secretly cried out in pain, thinking it was clearly an attempt to kill me."
"I was in a dilemma when two bandits, holding torches, arrived near the cave. One of them spotted me immediately, roared, and charged at me, scimitar in hand..."
Everyone held their breath and was worried about him.
"Almost at the same time, the rattling sound of rattlesnakes was getting closer and closer. What made me despair was that it was not just one snake making the sound, but hundreds of poisonous snakes making the sound at the same time. I sighed inwardly and thought to myself, my life is over!"
The room was completely silent, everyone imagining the scene he had just witnessed: on one side, the bandits, their machetes raised high, about to strike, and on the other, swarms of extremely venomous snakes. It was unknown how Zhang Shixun had resolved this crisis.
"The robber had already raised his scimitar, ready to chop it down, but he suddenly hesitated, as if he had heard that horrible sound. I even saw his scarred face twitch."
Zhang Shixun closed his eyes, immersed in the scene he was describing: "Before I could speak, the venomous snakes were already behind me. I closed my eyes, thinking nothing more, and just waited to be bitten to death."
"Did they bite you? Did they bite you?" Zhao Kai asked nervously.
Zhang Shixun shook his head. "Swarms of venomous snakes crawled past me, swarming out of the cave. The creaking sound was enough to make your scalp tingle. The bandit who was about to chop me with his knife let out a strange cry, dropped his machete, and ran away."
"Why don't those poisonous snakes bite you?" Zhao Ji asked curiously.
"I was also wondering, why didn't these venomous snakes bite me when they crawled past me in a chaotic manner? Could it be that venomous snakes can distinguish between good and bad people?"
“I only remembered afterwards that the snake didn’t bite me because I was carrying sulfur with me.”
Everyone suddenly realized that poisonous snakes are naturally afraid of sulfur.
"At this time, the moon also rose into the sky, illuminating the earth with a brilliant light. Outside, there were more and more poisonous snakes, constantly pouring out from caves and cracks in the ruins. In a short while, the bandits were surrounded by the snakes. They desperately waved their torches and scimitars, hacking away desperately. People kept falling to the ground twitching. A few bandits hurriedly mounted their horses to escape, but they fell off their horses screaming after a few steps..."
Everyone was horrified and got goose bumps all over their bodies. The scene described by Zhang Shixun was too terrifying.
"Suddenly, everywhere was filled with writhing venomous snakes, and screams rang out. I saw the Prince of Baghdad in the crowd. He was desperately trying to grab the bandit leader, who was climbing onto his camel, begging him to be taken away. The bandit leader kicked Prince of Baghdad viciously in the face. Prince of Baghdad screamed, but didn't let go. The bandit leader roared in anger, drew his knife, and slashed down, severing both of Prince of Baghdad's arms below the elbows. Blood gushed out. Prince of Baghdad had already gone mad, and he laughed an inhuman laugh at the sky. Then he collapsed, and the laughter stopped abruptly."
"The bandit leader's fate wasn't much better. He spurred his camel on for just a few steps before it collapsed to the ground. He struggled to get up, grabbed a venomous snake from its neck, and bit into it, tearing off a bloody piece of flesh..."
Everyone around him turned pale, stunned by the horrific scene he described.
Although Gao Qiu and others tried to remain calm, their faces looked very stiff.
The Yinghui in Zhao Ji's hand fell to the ground with a "ding-dong" sound. He hurriedly bent down to pick it up, and was relieved to see that Yinghui was not damaged.
Zhang Shixun smiled secretly and thought: This impromptu story I made up seems to be well written. Now it’s time to move on to the important plot.
"I was lying at the entrance of the cave, watching this horrific scene. My mind was blank. When I regained consciousness, I found that the snakes had disappeared and the bodies of the robbers were lying all over the ground.
After I made sure there were no more snakes around, I crawled out of the cave tremblingly, my legs so weak that I could hardly stand.
He staggered to the bonfire, but it had already gone out. He took out a tinder and relit it, and only then did he calm down a little.
Looking around, I still couldn’t believe what had just happened was real, it felt like a dream.”
"The morning glow rose in the eastern sky, and daybreak was approaching. I looked at the corpses scattered across the ground, and my first thought was to get away as quickly as possible, as far away as possible. Just as I was about to leave, I suddenly felt a flash of light before my eyes. I looked in the direction of the flash and saw what seemed to be something on the chest of the Prince of Baghdad. The rising sun shone on it, and it shimmered with colorful colors. I walked over and saw this treasure..."
Zhang Shixun pointed at the pendant in Zhao Kai's hand and said, "That's it—Yinghui."
With the story of Zhang Shixun as a backdrop, when people looked at this Yinghui again, they felt that this rare treasure that had fallen from heaven to the human world was indeed extraordinary.
There was a complex look in their eyes, including envy, amazement, and greed.
Zhang Shixun sighed, "When I took Yinghui from Prince Baghdad, I hesitated for a while and almost buried it with Prince Baghdad..."
Gao Qiu shook his head like a rattle when he heard this and said, "Zhang Shixun, this is a treasure bestowed upon the world by God. If you bury it, you will commit a grave sin."
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