During the Tianshun period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a hero named Zhang Wu in Shaanxi. He was strong since childhood, proficient in various boxing techniques, and especially likes to stand up for justice. Unfortunately, Zhang Wu suffered from "diaphragm" disease (ancient disease, equivalent to modern esophageal cancer) after his twentieth year of the twentieth year. Zhang Wu has a good friend named "Sai Hua Tuo". He told Zhang Wu that no one can cure this disease and that he will not survive for a year. Zhang Wu knew that his destiny was not long, so he wandered around every day and lived a comfortable life.
On this day, the wind was sunny. When Zhang Wu passed by the mountain village, he heard several cowhide drums in front of him, followed by another whimpering sound of cow horns. Zhang Wu was curious and rushed over. After walking a few steps, he saw an altar. Several Taoist priests were wearing gray Taoist robes, holding magic tools, and muttering words. There were two young children on the stage tied tightly. The people around them shook their heads and danced strange dances. The two children kept crying. Standing beside them were two big men with curly beards. They were thick-skinned and round-waisted, standing on the stage with bare shirt, looking fierce. There was a majestic toast standing on the altar. The dark village people under the altar stood silently and squeezed in the audience to watch the fun.
Zhang Wu didn't know what was going on, so he asked the villagers about the reason. The village people said that every Qingming Festival, two young children are selected in the village to kill the dragon sacrifice. Otherwise, the dragon will use floods to destroy the village farmland, and the entire village will suffer. This custom has been passed down for many years. Zhang Wuyi was furious when he heard this and said, "How can living people sacrifice animals with a bright world? Although I am in trouble, it is easy to teach these poor consciences a lesson!"
The village people were furious when they saw Zhang Wu, afraid of causing trouble, so they hurriedly stopped him and said, "The guest whispered in a low voice. If the village master heard it, it would be a big trouble!"
"What kind of unlucky or not? I'm so unlucky, but I still care about this little thing?" After Zhang Wu said that, he wanted to ask the village master for an explanation.
At this time, someone grabbed him, "The village master is coming out soon. Why should you be anxious if you want to save someone? Let's see what the village master said!" Seeing this, Zhang Wu suppressed his anger.
Not long after, the village leader walked to the stage and the stage suddenly became quiet. The village leader clasped his fists and said, "Dear fellow villagers, relatives and friends! Our village has been doing good weather for many years, and it is all blessed by the dragon. In order to thank the dragon for his kindness and bless the harvest next year, we will present the boys and girls to the dragon today to express the sincerity of the men, women, young and old in the village! Now the time has come, and the sacrifice ceremony has officially begun."
As soon as the leader finished speaking, Zhang Wu walked onto the stage and shouted, "Stop it!"
Two black-faced men were about to raise their swords when they saw Zhang Wu coming to the stage and shouting, which scared them all took a step back. Zhang Wu said, "I am a native of Jiangbei, named Zhang Wu. I have learned a good martial arts since I was a child. Although I am seriously ill now, I am more than enough to deal with you stupid guys who are unscrupulous!"
"You? Just rely on you?" The leader of the village said tremblingly, "If the time is delayed, the dragon will definitely cause disaster to the people. Don't think that you have been practicing boxing for a few years? Can you be with The dragon confronts? "
" How do you know if you don't try it?" After Zhang Wu said righteously, he looked at the village leader and said, "This kind of poisoning creatures and helping evil people should be abolished. If anyone wants to sacrifice to two children today, he must pass my level first!"
The village leader asked the two black-faced men to teach Zhang Wu a lesson. Unexpectedly, although Zhang Wu is sick, he has been practicing martial arts for many years and has excellent martial arts skills. With three punches and two kicks, the two black-faced men were knocked to the ground. Seeing that he was very skilled in martial arts, the village leader suddenly lost all his momentum. He had to hold his fists and said, "Hero, you are just a newcomer and don't know what's going on here. If you offend Shenlong, you will be the one who will suffer in the end!" After the village leader said that, he shook his head dejectedly.
Zhang Wu stared at the village leader and said furiously: "There are many people here, and there are many strong people. Why don't you let everyone hunt giant pythons together?" As he said that, Zhang Wu glared at the two black-faced men holding ghost-headed swords, "Can you only attack the weak people? You will only help the evil and be a man in vain!" The two black-faced men quickly lowered their heads after hearing this.
The leader of the village saw Zhang Wu mentioning this matter, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "Tell me the truth, that dragon is actually a giant python. As the saying goes, python is a dragon, it is so powerful. It is really difficult for us to hunt this dragon. It is fierce and cunning. It can go up the mountain and down the river. It has a big mouth and goes into the basin. Who dares to fight with his life?"
Zhang Wu said, "Since that's the case, let me leave it to me. At worst, I will die with the beast, and I will not suffer any loss!" As he said, he turned around and faced the audience and said loudly: "As the saying goes, human life is greater than the sky! If there are gods, they can only protect the people, how can they harm one side? From now on, you are not allowed to use boys and girls to sacrifice again. If anyone dares to do this, I will sacrifice him, and one life will be worth one life! That beast will be eliminated!" After Zhang Wu said that, he released the two children.
The people were frightened when they heard what Zhang Wu said. Zhang Wu immediately shouted, "I went to kill the python and let you see how ignorant your behavior is! When you see the giant python, you tell me, I want to see how powerful it is!"
The people all lowered their heads when they heard this. A few days later, some people said that when they found the giant python cave, everyone was in danger for a while, and they didn't even dare to leave the house during the day. Zhang Wu was very excited when he heard this. He put dozens of kilograms of realgar liquor in nine naan and tied it around his waist, and brought a carefully polished long knife to find the giant python!
Zhang Wu followed the clues provided by the people and saw grass with waist-deep grass, the woods covering the sky and the sun, and a gloomy and terrifying atmosphere. Zhang Wu kept chopping and slashing without any panic, and came to the front of the cave as big as a water tank. At this time, only a bloody smell could be heard, and a gust of cold wind came from the cave. Zhang Wu took out realgar wine from his waist, unscrewed the wine pot and drank a big gulp. Then he held a bow and arrow and shot several arrows into the cave. A tail with a thick thigh stretched out from the cave and rolled him into the cave. The giant python was indeed very rich!
Zhang Wu was swept into the python hole. Seeing that the python's eyes were like copper bells, his mouth was like blood basin, and his scales were like armor. It attacked Zhang Wu, trying to swallow him alive. Zhang Wu held his breath and squirted hard at the giant python. The giant python rolled for a while and pulled Zhang Wu to the ground with its tail. It turned out that the sip of realgar liquor that Zhang Wu had just drunk was in his mouth. When the giant python approached, he suddenly sprayed it to make the giant python suffer in great pain. He did not dare to approach Zhang Wu. At this time, Zhang Wu threw dozens of kilograms of liquor from his waist, took out flints from the hole, lit the liquor, and quickly climbed out of the python hole, holding a knife at the entrance of the hole.
The giant python could not stand the strong alcohol and high temperature in the cave, and wanted to climb out of the cave. Zhang Wu seized the opportunity to blind the python's eyes. Its momentum was as rapid as lightning. The python was in great pain. He swept around with his tail. Wherever he went, the huge rocks shattered. Zhang Wu dodged left and right and fought with the python for a long time before the giant python was completely dead. He himself was seriously injured and exhausted and lay on the ground unable to move.
After resting for a few hours, Zhang Wu was tired and hungry, so he had to climb to the giant python and eat the snake gall to satisfy his hunger. Unexpectedly, after eating snake gallbladder, the wound on his body miraculously healed. Two hours later, he was energetic and did not feel tired at all.
Zhang Wu dragged the giant python down the mountain, and the people knelt down to him, calling him a god descending to earth. Zhang Wuda laughed and said, "No god has come down to earth. Every warrior who stands up without thinking about selfish interests can be called a hero!" But he quickly wiped the corners of his eyes sadly and said, "It's a pity that I don't have much time!" Then he told the people about his serious illness.
The people burst into tears when they heard this. They hired famous doctors for Zhang Wu, but after these famous doctors took Zhang Wu's pulse, they all said that Zhang Wu was as strong as a tiger and had no problems in his body. Zhang Wu was very surprised when he heard this, so he asked "Sai Huatuo" for treatment.
"Sai Hua Tuo" said in horror: "Did you take the magic medicine?"
Zhang Wu smiled and told him the experience of killing the giant python. "Sai Hua Tuo" sighed: "The snake gall of the giant python is a magic medicine that is rare in a thousand years. Unexpectedly, you accidentally hit me and eat it. It's all life!" Zhang Wu was stunned for a long time after hearing this, and called the sky with eyes.
More than a year later, the prefect came to Zhang Wu's house, hoping to repay Zhang Wu's life-saving grace and kneeled in front of him for a long time and refused to get up.Zhang Wu scratched his head and said, "Please get up quickly, why are you? I don't know you either!"
"But I know you! You haven't seen you at all in the past ten years. Think about it again, two children who sacrificed that day..."
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This story is a purely original folk story, with an educational and entertaining style, aiming to enrich readers' amateur cultural life, and all plots are compiled based on folk oral descriptions. Pure literary works, use the past to describe the present and make sense of the truth and do not match feudal superstitions! Plagiarism and infringement will be pursued!
