Snakes are cold-blooded animals. Their appearance is often not pleasing, and they even have a hint of cold and terrifying feeling.
In addition, most snakes are extremely aggressive, and some snakes are also highly venomous. Once bitten by them, if they do not receive timely treatment, they may even be in danger of life in serious cases.
From ancient times to the present, except for some strange people who possess the skills of catching snakes and taming snakes, most people keep a distance from this animal, especially those who live near mountains and forests, or make a living by farming.
They are often able to deal with snakes due to their living environment. It’s okay to encounter sporadic snakes, but they just need to drive them away, but if they encounter a group of snakes, they will really be in pain.
According to legend, during the Qianlong period, a snake disaster occurred in Zhejiang, which had a great impact on the people. Fortunately, a group of beggars bravely fought against Snake King , which protected the local peace for five years.
1. Snakes are disaster
Zhejiang Hangzhou Nanping Mountain is a good place with beautiful scenery and pleasant scenery, especially since it is not far from West Lake , so tourists often visit each year.
local people rely on the mountains to eat, and most of them make a living by farming. Originally, the weather was good, and the people in Nanpingshan were very comfortable, but suddenly, one year, a snake disaster suddenly broke out.
At the beginning, the people just saw one or two little snakes in the fields by chance. People didn't take it seriously, just drove them away.
But later people discovered that not only were there more and more snakes appearing in the fields, but snakes even appeared on the streets, houses, and even in cellars and granaries in the city.
Moreover, these snakes have different types and colors. Some snakes have beautiful patterns on their bodies, which is obvious to them as poisonous snake .
Not only that, these snakes are not afraid of people at all. Even if they are driven away when they are discovered, they are not sure when they will come back again.
The snake disease has a great impact on the local people. Not only do people who make a living by farming dare not go to the fields to work, but also because snakes often appear in restaurants and restaurants, they scare diners, resulting in a bleak business.
Snakes not only affect people's work, but also threaten people's lives. For this reason, local people have reported to the government, hoping that the government can come forward to eliminate the snake disaster.
After receiving the report, the local government did take several large-scale snake removal actions, but because they do not know the snake disaster itinerary, they will come back every time they drive away the snakes they find.
This time, the people were even more panicked, and there were many rumors in the market. Some said that snakes like cold and humid. There were so many snakes gathered here, and floods were coming; some said that there were probably rat disasters here.
In short, rumors are endless, and there are all kinds of things to say. The only thing that is similar is that every rumor indicates that the local area will experience a great disaster.
2. A group of beggars to eliminate snakes and relieve disasters
When everyone in danger of local people, a group of beggars suddenly arrived, attracting their attention.
After the snake disaster, not to mention that no foreigners came, even many locals left. Furthermore, the local snake disaster has already caused a lot of controversy, and people in the surrounding areas have heard of it. Why did these beggars come here to beg again?
After some talk between the locals and this group of beggars, they realized that the beggars heard that there was a snake disaster here, so they came to drive away the snakes and calm the disaster.
The local people saw the beggars speak with confidence and couldn't help but believe it, and said that if they could really eliminate the snake disaster, all their expenses would be contracted by the local people.
The beggars just smiled after hearing this and did not say anything. Then they went to the local medicinal materials shop, bought several medicinal materials of the year, and went to the wine shop to make some wine. When checking out the result, they were told that their fees were settled by a wealthy businessman in the local area.
The beggars nodded, and then came a few unlit torches, took some medicinal materials, put them on the top of the torch, and then lit them.
Then, from the local people, they picked a few tall and big-sized young men, and covered their faces, necks and limbs with wine, and asked them to follow them up the mountain together. As for the other people, they were forbidden to go.
The beggars looked at the foot of the mountain for a long time, and finally chose a direction to lead the young men up the mountain.
The people who followed the beggars up the mountain found countless snakes, insects, rats and ants in the mountains, but they found none of them along the way.
Beggars were surprised when they saw them, so they said that the wine they applied was specially made, not only containing realgar, but also contains many herbs that can drive away snakes and rats.
After hearing this, the villagers immediately felt relieved.
As the group went deeper, the leading beggar gradually slowed down. While walking, he knocked on the ground with the crutches in his hand, as if looking for something, and soon stopped at a hole.
Then the beggar chose a position to stop and ordered the remaining beggars to be separated by several meters with him as the center.
Every distance, insert a torch on the ground, forming a circle, leaving only the opening at the hole. Then let the strong men guard the torches inserted on the ground and never be touched. After
, he brought the torch to the entrance of the cave and lifted it to ensure that the smoke from the torch could float into the entrance of the cave.
After a while, I heard a rustling sound from the hole. As the sound became louder, I saw an giant snake suddenly jumping out of the hole, and the snake's head spewed out a mouthful of green venom.
Fortunately, the beggar was ready to spit out a sip of wine from his mouth, and then rolled sideways to avoid the venom. When the venom fell to the ground, the plants on the ground suddenly sizzled and thick white smoke rose.
And the beggar's sip of wine also hit the snake's head, and the wine dripped into the giant snake's eyes. The giant snake was in great pain and turned around and left quickly.
3. Five years of peace here
Everyone saw the giant snake leaving and wanted to continue chasing, but the beggars stopped them at this time. The beggar who drove the snake just now said to the people, "The giant snake just now is the snake king. This snake disaster was caused by it, but it will not come back within five years. After you go back, you only need to drive away the little snakes. Remember not to commit murder in vain."
After hearing this, the strong men looked at each other a few times. Considering that without the help of the beggars, they were no match for the snake king, so they could only go down the mountain and follow the beggars' instructions .
Sure enough, those snakes never appeared again after being driven away by the people. For five years, there has never been a snake disaster in the local area.
Although, since the beggars drove away the Snake King, the people have never seen the figure of the beggars again, and they have left this story, passed down by word of mouth.
