Chapter 39: Refusing to Correct Mistakes Means Death |
These words naturally couldn't be said to Li Tianjian's side.
Otherwise, they would only think you were jealous and had bad intentions.
After cleaning up the tables, bowls, dippers, and basins, it was already the dead of night.
Zhang Anxiu closed the door and looked eagerly at Chu Xun, as if she had something to say.
Chu Xun asked in confusion, "What is it?"
Zhang Anxiu took the initiative to snuggle up, her finger drawing circles on his chest, "Husband, it's late, it's time to rest..."
She rarely called him husband on ordinary days. Now calling him like this really made one's heart itch.
Chu Xun reached out and scooped her up, carrying her towards the bed.
Life had been good these past few years. The bed was big and sturdy, and the mattress was very soft; no matter how they tossed and turned, it would be fine.
Only then did Chu Xun get dressed, get out of bed, open the door, and walk out.
Outside the courtyard, two daunting giant pythons raised their heads. Their lantern-like scarlet pupils were exceptionally terrifying under the moonlight.
Five years had passed, and they had grown to nearly five meters long.
Their snake bodies were as thick as water buckets. The water buffalo in the courtyard seemed to have caught their scent and was somewhat restless.
Chu Xun stepped forward and touched the heads of the two giant pythons.
Their scales were smooth, carrying the fishy smell of being soaked in river water all year round.
"Let's go."
He took a step and headed in the direction of Pingshui Town.
The flock of crows split off a portion and followed behind.
Dozens of them linked together, almost covering the moon.
The green and white giant pythons followed closely. Wherever they slithered, deep marks were pressed into the ground.
Not long after, the man and the pythons arrived at the door of Zhang Sanchun's house.
Chu Xun clung to the top of the wall and glanced at the house.
It was very quiet inside; presumably, the family of three was already fast asleep.
There were no signs of robbery inside or outside the courtyard; the evildoers probably hadn't arrived yet.
He didn't enter the courtyard, but walked around to a corner on the side.
The green giant python's body pressed over the stone slab at the door, making a slight sound. It immediately stopped and flicked its tongue towards the courtyard door.
Chu Xun patted its head, signaling that it was fine, and only then did it continue slithering.
When both giant pythons arrived by his side and lowered their bodies, Chu Xun leaned against the python's body and waited quietly.
The flock of crows landed on the courtyard wall, pitch-black, almost blending into the night.
Everything was ready, just waiting for the damned people to deliver themselves to the door.
A long time later, three figures arrived stealthily.
Their faces were covered with black cloth, and tucked into their waists were short blades and kitchen knives stolen from who knows where.
Arriving at the door of Zhang Sanchun's house, Wang Erlai habitually rubbed his scalp, and white dandruff fell like snow.
He looked left and right, then took out the short blade from his waist, inserted it along the door crack, wanting to pry up the door bolt.
It was just that the blade was too short and could only touch a tiny bit.
The door bolt, made of hard elm wood, weighed a full twenty catties. Relying solely on a bit of the blade tip, it was difficult to pry it up.
Wang Erlai failed several times and cursed his mother in anger.
Liu Er came over and said, "Keep it down, what if you wake them up."
Wang Erlai spat, but forgot his face was still covered. A mouthful of spit landed on the black cloth, disgusting himself immensely.
In anger, he directly took off the black cloth and said viciously, "If they wake up, we'll slaughter them. They can only blame their bad luck!"
Sun Laoyou, whose hair was graying and who was somewhat hunchbacked, hurriedly came over to persuade, "Don't act recklessly. If we kill them, who will give us silver?"
"If their family doesn't have it, we'll go find the one surnamed Chu! Killing one is killing, what does it matter if we kill one more! You two are so cowardly, how can you..."
Wang Erlai stopped halfway through his sentence.
Sun Laoyou muttered, "With my old bones, if I have to flee to the ends of the earth, I'll die of exhaustion."
Liu Er was in his forties and didn't care where he made a living. Anyway, being a scoundrel was the same everywhere in the world.
It was just that seeing Wang Erlai fall silent and stare straight at him, he thought this guy was flying into a rage out of humiliation, so he said, "If it doesn't work, we'll climb over the wall first. If Zhang the Simpleton really yells and shouts, we'll just give him a stab first. Sun Laoyou, you old geezer, don't always shrink in the back. Didn't you still want to cop a feel of that woman?"
Wang Erlai still didn't make a sound, but his body began to tremble violently like a shaking sieve.
Liu Er felt even more strange and reached out to pat his shoulder, "Wang Erlai, what's wrong with you? Did you see a ghost?"
"Not a ghost..." Wang Erlai's body trembled, "It's, it's... a snake..."
A smell of urine came from his dirty, sour-smelling crotch, dripping onto the ground.
"A snake?" Liu Er sniffed and smelled a reeking odor.
But besides the reeking odor, there was also a heavy fishy smell pressing over.
That fishy smell was like the smell of fish, but a hundred times heavier, and just taking a sniff made one's scalp tingle.
A rustling sound came from behind, like some heavy object dragging on the ground.
From time to time, it was accompanied by a hissing sound.
Liu Er only felt goosebumps rising, inexplicably feeling an indescribably heavy sense of oppression.
His forehead was sweating slightly as he slowly turned his head.
Under the moonlight, he saw a giant green python head, a circle larger than the mouth of a bowl, had already arrived right in front of him.
Its five-meter-long body was mostly raised, and its tongue, thicker than a hemp rope, flicked in and out incessantly.
Its scarlet pupils were like red lanterns in the night, terrifying to the extreme.
Liu Er subconsciously wanted to scream, but felt as if his throat was blocked; no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't make a sound.
Perhaps from exerting too much force, his hands and feet went cold, and with no strength left to support himself, he slumped directly onto the ground.
The two of them were both like this. How could Sun Laoyou, who was old and shrewd, not understand?
He didn't even look back and unhesitatingly tried to flee forward.
However, a whistling sound came, and a white giant python of the same size crossed over like lightning, blocking the way forward.
The fishy wind blowing in his face and the wide-open giant mouth made Sun Laoyou tremble all over, not daring to move recklessly anymore.
He used to be a mountain dweller and knew that humans couldn't outrun snakes.
He had also heard people say that there were snake demons in the deep mountains, as large as mountain peaks.
But hearing was one thing; seeing it with his own eyes was another feeling entirely.
It was like the King of Hell facing him, or the Grim Reaper approaching; besides death, there seemed to be no other path to take.
The green giant python slowly twisted its body, wrapping around Liu Er coil by coil.
Its bloody maw approached the top of his head, as if to swallow him alive.
Liu Er was squeezed so hard he couldn't breathe. His face turned red as he kicked his legs desperately to struggle, but it was too late.
The constricting power of such a massive giant python was terrifying. Even a martial artist would pale at the sight of it, let alone an ordinary person like him.
Chu Xun walked out from the corner, looked at the three people who had already been coiled up by the green and white pythons, glanced at the still peaceful residence, and said slowly, "Take them away."
The two giant pythons obediently coiled around the three people and crawled forward, with a large number of crows following behind.
It wasn't until this moment that Wang Erlai and the other two realized that this minor landlord they had "bullied" for several years was not an ordinary person at all.
He could actually command two such terrifying giant pythons!
It wasn't until they left Pingshui Town and arrived at a remote place that Chu Xun stopped.
He didn't let the green and white pythons swallow the men directly, only because this would open their killing intent. Having tasted the flavor of blood food, it might be inappropriate in the future.
After ordering the two pythons to release the three men, Chu Xun said, "A few years ago, you occupied my farmland and refused to repent. I originally didn't want to pay attention to it and just let it pass."
"But you intensified your efforts, intending to murder for money. Then you can't blame me."
[End of Chapter]