"Stop crying. I won't let you in yet. Take me to see what the snake looks like." Lin Xu'an was not used to the sudden change in people's attitude, but he also took this matter seriously.
It is really scary that a group of people who were extremely arrogant just a second ago could suddenly change their attitude. It is better to deal with such dangerous things as soon as possible, otherwise it would be bad if they really hurt someone one day.
The Chuxi County Government Office is located in the center of Chuxi City. Lin Xu'an walked to the carriage and gave a few instructions, wanting Ye Wanwan to rest first.
"Let's go and take a look too." Ye Wanwan shook her head and got off the carriage with Huaishi and Ye Yan.
As the three of them got off the carriage and walked forward, the big man holding the unconscious old hen muttered, "So these adults are all the same. If their wives don't want to come to Chuxi, they will bring a group of beautiful concubines with them..."
"What nonsense are you talking about? That's our princess." Wang Po, who got off the carriage, looked at the big man with unfriendly eyes. What nonsense is this guy talking about!
The big man rubbed his head and said quietly but confidently, "The princess didn't say anything, did she? Wouldn't she usually make a big show of it and let us all greet each other?"
"Why should you say it out loud? Just come, what's there to say?" Mrs. Wang snorted softly. She understood what the big man said, but their princess was not that kind of person.
During this conversation, the expressions of the group of people who were walking and talking gradually became solemn. The air was filled with a lingering fishy smell. The smell of blood and rottenness mixed together was simply a perfect natural emetic.
"Ugh..." Huai Shi, whose sense of smell was much sharper than others, was the first to dry heave a few times, almost vomiting out the bitter water. The smell was so suffocating to her.
Hearing the voice, Ye Wanwan, who was covering her nose and not daring to let go, turned her head and looked over, a little worried, but saw Huaishi gently shaking her head, indicating that she was fine.
The captain of the guards walked in front and kicked the door open. As the cell door opened, the already unpleasant smell could no longer be concealed. The big man standing behind felt his legs go weak. He could not speak clearly just now, but now he could not even speak clearly.
Inside the cell, unlike the floor plans of other cells, Chuxi's cell has a large pit with twists and turns, which is suitable for hiding darkness at first glance, and it actually hides darkness.
The dim candlelight reflected on the rusty cage. Although Chuxi was extremely hot, the person inside felt a chill under his feet for no reason.
"Where is the snake? Where is the snake?" The captain of the guards was the captain of the guards after all. He was very brave and walked in front.
The big man was about to speak as he took trembling steps. Each step was extremely difficult. He wanted to throw some chickens and ducks down as usual, but he saw a nimble snake suddenly appear in front of him. He was so scared that he fell down again.
The colorful big snake was sticking out its tongue, as if it was sizing up the tiny human in front of it. Its coiled body remained motionless, as if it was patiently waiting to be fed.
"Tell me, what's going on." Seeing that the snakes were acting like this, Lin Xu'an turned his head to look at the big man sitting on the ground.
The big man prepared himself mentally, then took a few steps forward with a fearless attitude, threw the old hen in his hand into the room in one breath, and ran back in a panic with such skill that it was heartbreaking.
Surprisingly, when the big snake saw the old hen, it didn't rush up immediately, but teased her gently with its tail. The "cluck, cluck" sound echoed in the air, accompanied by the sound of the old hen running away, one after another...
Then after a while, until the old hen was about to run out of energy and could no longer run, the big snake slowly approached with its tongue spitting out, and slowly began to enjoy being toyed with by its prey.
After witnessing the entire process, Ye Wanwan's hands began to tremble, and she subconsciously took a step back. The scene at that time seemed to emerge in her mind. This was not a prison cell at all, but a large slaughterhouse.
It's a "snake eating people" hunting game. No wonder everyone is so scared. Which normal person would not be scared? It's scary just watching it, not to mention the victims.
Not knowing what to do for a moment, everyone could only retreat the same way. They came out of curiosity and left with regret. After seeing this, who can sleep soundly at night!!!
In the backyard of the county government office, all the outsiders were dismissed. A few people turned the backyard upside down and made some discoveries, but the discoveries were not pleasant at all. So, the focus shifted to the big man again.
"That's what happened. Later on, we found that there weren't so many criminals. Then we found that more and more people in Chuxi City had reported disappearing. We discovered that they had become so cruel as to capture people to feed this beast... and before that, most of the refugees in Chuxi City had been captured long ago." Since there was no one he knew around him, the big man's voice unconsciously became louder as he spoke, and slowly became tearful.
He was like a child who had suffered for many years and finally met a head patriarch who could help him make the decision. He poured out all the bitterness in his heart over the years without any scruples, pouring it out in basins without leaving any behind.
Hearing this, Ye Wanwan became puzzled. She frowned and asked, "Since you even killed the people to feed the snakes, why didn't you kill this beast as well? And you even treat it well with good food and drink?"
"We'd like to, but we don't dare. We've starved it before, and it almost escaped from its cell. We've also poisoned it, but no matter how high the dose, it wasn't enough... As for other methods, we'd like to try them, but we simply can't afford the consequences of failure. We can only drag it out like this, and we can only live in peace..."
Everyone believed what the big man said. It was really because the impact just now was too great. Also, such an "innocent" big man probably didn't have the mental strength to tell such a huge lie...
I'm not making things up about him, it's just that his brain really doesn't seem to be working well enough, and he's not brave enough...
"Sister Wanwan, brother-in-law, I will write a letter to the master in a while. To reduce accidents, let's wait for the master to come." After the big man left, Huaishi thought of the complicated totem he saw on the windowsill in the backyard. His face was solemn and he spoke first.
Ye Wanwan nodded in agreement, not wanting to show off. "I thought so too. If it really is some evil magic, it's best to hold back for now."
"Okay, then let's pretend we don't know about this for the next few days and focus on other things first." After hearing Huai Shi's narration, although Lin Xu'an still didn't quite understand what the totem represented, he also understood that this matter was really serious.
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