Start from a baby to become a Taoist

Chapter 233 Serving the Snake God
"That's right!" The doctor suddenly thought, "Village Chief, how did Madam get poisoned by a snake? Nothing like this has ever happened in Jiyuan Village."

Since its establishment, Jiyuan Village has never had a venomous snake bite incident. How could such a thing happen today? And in the middle of the night?

Not only the doctor wanted to know about this matter, but even Zhang Hao wanted to know.

He also wanted to know why a poisonous snake broke into his chicken coop late at night and instantly killed half of the chickens in the coop.

In this situation, who can he turn to for justice?

But who made him the village chief?

"I will tell the villagers about what happened tonight tomorrow morning and ask them to pay attention and take precautions in advance."

The doctor nodded and said, "In that case, I won't disturb the village chief and the other two from resting. If anything happens to Madam, you can call me."

Anyway, the whole village will know what happened tomorrow, and I am in a hurry.

After saying that, he left the ward and went to sleep.

……

Early the next morning.

The doctor's apprentice took a loud gong and banged it all over the village, shouting, "All villagers, gather at the village gate immediately. The village chief has something important to tell you!"

"All villagers, gather at the village gate immediately. The village chief has something important to tell you!!"

……

After a while, people gathered at the gate of Jiyuan Village again, just like yesterday, but this time, they were not there to watch the fun, but because of something that concerned them.

When the village chief saw that everyone had gathered, he whispered to the apprentice, "Go look around the village now and see if you can find the madman who appeared at the village gate yesterday."

The apprentice nodded, put down the gong, and walked out of the village.

Zhang Hao looked at everyone and said, "Time is running out, so I'll be brief."

"Last night, a poisonous snake appeared in my chicken coop and killed more than half of the chickens. My wife was also bitten by the snake."

When these words were spoken, the villagers all looked regretful and a little scared.

"The village chief's chicken coop had at least a thousand chickens, and half of them died. That's a huge loss."

"Poisonous snake? How could there be a poisonous snake in Jiyuan Village?"

"That's right. For so long in Jiyuan Village, not to mention poisonous snakes, even small snakes haven't been seen. How could there be poisonous snakes?"

"Village Chief, is the Village Chief's wife okay?"

"The young man who was next to the village chief just now is the doctor's apprentice. That means the doctor already knows about this matter, which means there is nothing to worry about."

……

Zhang Hao listened to the villagers' words and said, "Everyone, my wife is fine now. Thank you for your concern."

"I asked everyone to come here so early today because I have to go to the Great Wilderness Village later to completely heal my wife. I also want to remind everyone to be careful of poisonous snakes."

Just as he finished speaking, a trembling voice suddenly appeared in the crowd.

"Do you still remember the madman from Stone Village who appeared at the village gate yesterday?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the villagers began to talk about it.

"Remember, remember, wasn't that lunatic chased away by the village chief?"

"The key is not to drive him away, but what he said..."

After this villager’s reminder, everyone who was present yesterday remembered it.

"Because Stone Village provoked the Snake God, it was punished by God and the entire village died."

"That's right. That madman said yesterday that if the village chief disrespected the snake god, he would be punished by the snake god."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the villagers present slowly turned their heads to look at Zhang Hao, and at the same time took a few steps back without leaving a trace, for fear of getting into trouble.

"Hmph!" Zhang Hao snorted coldly upon seeing this. "As the village chief, I'm kindly reminding you to be careful, but you're distancing yourself from me because of a lunatic's words?"

In fact, Zhang Hao had already thought of the madman in Stone Village last night, so he asked his apprentice to go out and find him to see if he could get some information from him.

Or, he guessed that the poisonous snakes in Jiyuan Village were brought there by him.

But he didn't expect that he would be alienated by the villagers.

"Village chief, this is not our fault. That madman said those words just yesterday, and something happened in your family last night. It's hard for us not to make associations!" a villager said.

"That's right, Village Chief. How about we bring back the villagers from Stone Village? Maybe we can find a solution."

"Humph!" Zhang Hao looked at them coldly and said, "I've sent someone to find him."

"But I'm not here for the so-called snake god. I suspect he was the one who brought the venomous snake here. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence?"

Zhang Hao spoke righteously.

However, the villagers looked at him with disbelief.

Who can know whether you are telling the truth or a lie? Maybe you are trying to cover up something?
But Zhang Hao is the village chief after all, so it’s okay to just be suspicious of him, there’s no need to make things so awkward.

"It's not good... it's not good..."

At this time, a familiar voice came from outside the village. Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was the apprentice that Zhang Hao had asked to go out to find someone.

Even though he was running back, it was clear from his face that he was extremely frightened, as if he had seen something horrible.

The apprentice quickly ran back to the village, bent over and panting.

Zhang Hao took out a glass of water and said, "Don't be anxious, take it easy first, and then tell us what happened."

The apprentice took the water and drank it all in one gulp, his hands shaking as most of it flowed out of the corners of his mouth.

After a long while, the panting sounds at the village gate finally stopped.

"I...I...I found the madman."

"But, he's dead!!"

died! !
When this news came out, everyone was stunned, including Zhang Hao.

"Dead? How could he die?" Zhang Hao said in disbelief.

If he was dead, it would mean that the one who released the snake last night was not him. Could it be that he really angered the snake god?

"How did he die?" Zhang Hao suddenly asked.

All of a sudden, the apprentice fell into memories.

"Just now, I saw him lying on the ground on a hillside outside the village."

"He was foaming at the mouth, his whole body was black, his blood vessels and eyeballs were bulging, and every vein was covered in black blood."

"That's right!" the apprentice suddenly said, "Those black veins look just like the black veins on the village head's wife's hand last night."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone became extremely frightened.

Last night, the village chief's wife was poisoned, and the village chief Zhang Hao sent her to the doctor's house. As an apprentice, he took care of the village chief's wife all the time, so he was very familiar with all the characteristics of poisoning.

He said yes, that was it.

"Village chief, you still say you didn't anger the snake god!!"

The crowd immediately started to boo.

"Village chief, what on earth did you do to cause the snake god to come to our village?"

"The village chief's wife is the first, the village chief will be the second, then the third, the fourth... and finally, the entire village."

"It's over, Jiyuan Village is over!"

Zhang Hao looked at the people wailing below with a cold face.

"Go and carry the body back so that I can see if what you said is true." Zhang Hao pointed at the apprentice and then at several brave young men.

"Okay!!" After receiving the order, the apprentice immediately took the lead and headed to the hillside where the body was found.

A quarter of an hour later, in the distance, several people came back carrying a corpse and placed it in front of Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao started to check with a cold face.

"This is the madman from yesterday. I remember what he looked like." "That's him, that's right!"

"He's really dead!"

"I saw snake bite marks on his ankle."

"Village chief, this madman is dead, will his wife be okay?" someone suddenly asked in the crowd.

Zhang Hao's heart paused, and then he felt full of uneasiness.

But before he could say anything, the doctor spoke first, "Impossible, the village head's wife's injuries have been contained by me. I used the Seven-Leafed Single-Branch Flower from Pharmacist Xie of the Great Wilderness Village. It is specifically designed to kill venomous snakes and treat snake venom."

"So it's Pharmacist Xie's Seven-Leafed Flower. I'm all right then!"

When they heard the origin of the herbs used, everyone immediately dispelled their concerns.

However, Zhang Hao became nervous at this moment.

When he got up this morning, he checked his wife's physical condition. Except for not waking up, everything else was fine, and the black lines on the back of her hand had also weakened.

According to the doctor, as long as he could reach Dahuangbian Village within seven days and receive personal treatment from Pharmacist Xie, he would be cured.

But now when I think about it, something is wrong, very wrong, and I feel like something has happened.

next moment.

Zhang Hao didn't care about the emotions of the people present and ran towards the doctor's house. Seeing this, everyone followed him.

When he returned to the doctor's house, pushed open the creaking door, walked in, and saw a scene that he would never forget in his life.

I saw that on the bed where my wife was originally lying, there was now only a black skeleton.

That's right, it's black bones.

The doctor saw this scene from a distance and ran in immediately.

As soon as I entered, I smelled a strong stench.

The stench comes from this black skeleton.

"This...this...this is the village chief's...wife!!!"

The doctor said tremblingly.

"Impossible!" Zhang Hao denied it immediately.

"My wife was lying in bed well for half an hour. How long has it been since you turned into a black skeleton? You are a doctor, not a charlatan!!" Zhang Hao scolded.

The doctor shook his head and pointed to the bracelet on the black skeleton's wrist. "I saw this bracelet yesterday when I was treating her. It was on the village chief's wife's hand."

Then he pointed to a pool of thick black water beneath the black skeleton and said, "This black water must be the corpse water after the village chief's wife was corrupted!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the villagers who had poor tolerance for stress immediately began to vomit.

Zhang Hao was completely dazed at this moment. He walked over to the doctor and grabbed him by the collar. "Didn't you say she was fine? How did she become like this? You quack!"

"Ahem." Lang said intermittently, "Village... Village Chief, nothing in this world... is... absolute... It must be that the poison is too strong."

The villagers outside also tried to dissuade him, "Yes, Village Chief, you know, although Jiyuan Village is far away from the mountains, it is still within the mountains. Everyone knows how many strange things there are in the mountains."

"Village chief, this matter really cannot be blamed on the doctor. If you want to blame someone, blame that madman from Stone Village."

"No!!!" Suddenly, Zhang Hao waved his sleeves violently.

"Blame me! If I hadn't angered the Snake God, my wife wouldn't have died. It's all my fault!!!"

After saying that, Zhang Hao rushed out of the doctor's house, pushed through the crowd, and walked towards the village gate.

……

There were villagers guarding the village gate, but no one saw Zhang Hao come back until evening.

Every villager in Jiyuan Village was in a panic, fearing that the poisonous snake that killed the village chief's wife last night would come after them.

"You said that the village chief's wife is dead and the village chief is not in the village. The snake god that bit them to death should not come, right?" someone said.

"Not necessarily. If the snake god can't find Zhang Hao in the village, he might punish the entire village chief." Someone objected.

"Then why don't you go find the village chief!"

As soon as these words came out, a voice sounded.

"Don't look for me anymore, I'm back."

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and found that it was the village chief, Zhang Hao.

"Village Chief, you're finally back! We were so worried about you!!"

"Yes, Village Chief, we have been sending people to look for you and guarding the village gate, just to get the latest news about you."

Zhang Hao nodded. "Don't worry, if it's really me, Zhang Hao, who has offended the Snake God, then I will definitely take full responsibility."

When everyone heard this, they breathed a sigh of relief.

"Village chief, what is that backpack you are carrying behind you?" someone asked.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and found that Zhang Hao was carrying a black backpack with some unknown liquid leaking out of it. It was too late to see clearly, but they could clearly smell a fishy odor.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Hao took off the backpack behind him and fell to the ground.

"These are the offerings I brought back from outside today. They are all prepared for the Snake God."

I saw dozens of animals on the ground.

There are rabbits, mice, toads, ...

These animals are relatively small, and even people who don't know how to hunt can catch them with some effort.

"In addition to these, I also plan to dedicate all the chickens in my chicken coop to the snake god and pray for forgiveness."

This proposal was approved by all the villagers.

"This method is good. As long as we offer the sacrifice, the village chief will be safe."

"Or we can worship the snake god as the guardian of our village!!"

"That's great. I don't have to worry anymore."

……

Zhang Hao pressed his hands together and said, "Okay, since everyone agrees with this plan, come over and lend a hand."

"Tonight, we must set up the altar for the sacrifice. Tonight we must offer sacrifices to the snake god and bless the area with peace."

After saying that, the villagers around him started to move. Everyone was extremely active, fearing that if they were a step late, the Snake God Wine would find them.

Soon, the altar was built.

In the center of the altar stands a portrait of a giant snake, so lifelike that it looks as if it were real.

"Cluck--cluck--"

Hundreds of chickens were gathered under the altar, making a lot of noise.

Zhang Hao knelt on the mat with a dagger in his left hand. The tip of the knife scratched his right hand and blood flowed out.

Zhang Hao endured the pain, put down the dagger, picked up the three incense sticks in front of him, kowtowed, and said.

"Serpent God, I was blind and didn't know what had happened to me that caused me to be punished by God."

"Now, I am willing to become the most loyal believer of the Snake God and serve him wholeheartedly!"

Zhang Hao kowtowed and spoke until a blood mark appeared on the ground and a scar appeared on his forehead.

He stood up randomly and said, "The sacrifice is over. Put all the offerings here and wait for the snake god to come. Let's go!"

After that, all the villagers dispersed, and the altar became extremely quiet.

When no one was around, several dark red poisonous snakes crawled out, saw the trapped chickens, and quickly approached them.

At the same time, the sacrificial chickens, upon seeing several dark red poisonous snakes attacking them, suddenly became quiet and tried to take a defensive stance, but unfortunately, it had no effect.

Suddenly, there were casualties everywhere.

(End of this chapter)