Jiang Xiaozhai moved his chair back, got up and poured a glass of water.
When the green snake heard the noise, it immediately opened its eyes and watched curiously as its master walked to the window and sat on the protruding bay window. Leaning against the milky white wallboard, she turned her head casually, facing the pair of vertical pupils, she couldn't help smiling: "Come on!"
"Sizzling!"
The green snake swam down from the wooden table, and when it got close, it jumped up and shrank into her arms. Xiao Zhai hugged it like a cat, and asked, "It's been a few days, are you still used to it?"
"Sizzling!"
"Oh, I'm quite used to it, she's such a good girl."
She patted its head, yes, this is still a female green snake.
Xiao Zhai teased for a while, then looked out the window, his brows gradually became quiet. Her shadow is reflected on the glass, accompanied by the cool moon and the warm lamp, she leans in the middle, as if she has crossed the double world.
And one meter away from the window is the large desk, piled with scattered manuscripts and the four materials that were picked up. Each copy is a thick stack marked with a red pen. The first one says 2200, the second 1794, the third 1056, and the fourth 589.
This is what time and age mean.
Because most of the Daoist classics in the past dynasties have been lost, the records are also extremely scattered and unsystematic. She picked a sentence here, looked for a sentence there, and using the largest amount of information she had, she finally sorted out a relatively clear thread.
There are historical materials, legends, folk tales, and my own inferences. Especially after meeting Gu Yu, some new guesses arose.
She intends to take the manuscript to Baicheng and study it with that guy. It does not involve any specific Taoism, but some verification and supplementary supplements of Taoist evolution.
Xiao Zhai thought about something while he was pulling the snake, and quickly drank a glass of water. She turned sideways, swiped her long arm, picked up her phone, and sent a message: "How is the situation now?"
After about a few minutes, there was a few words back: "The mountain is still closed."
"..."
She blinked and asked, "Are you with your friends?"
After another few minutes, the other side said: "Well, I am attending a party, and there are too many people."
When she saw her, she stopped bothering and just replied "Okay!"
After chatting for a while, Xiao Zhai glanced at the time, put down the green snake, and prepared to take a bath and sleep. It will be nine o'clock, whether it is early or late, for many urban girls, it is the beginning of the night.
But Xiao Zhai doesn't like it. In fact, this girl is very monotonous. It doesn't mean life, but the spiritual fit and joy.
Her life is very rich, and she also watches movies, listens to music, follows anime, or plays billiards, grows flowers, goes shopping, fishes...but that's all, there will be no more investment and interest, let alone obsession.
Just like that time, she ran to the park to pick an osmanthus in the rain. Just four words: Follow your heart.
"Wow, boom!"
At 9:40, the sound of the water stopped. As soon as the bathroom door opened, the green snake that was spinning around the door suddenly coiled into a ball. With his hair loose, Xiao Zhai casually picked up the snake tail and carried it all the way to the bedroom.
As soon as the snake landed, it turned around and swam to the window sill. The moonlight shone on its emerald green body, giving it a strange beauty. She didn't look at her phone anymore, she fell directly on the big bed, and said in the dark:
"Good night!"
"Sizzling!"
…
The party at Zeng's family started at dusk and lasted until past ten o'clock. Those guys will stay in Baicheng for one night and return to Shengtian tomorrow.
After the party, Lei Ziming drove Gu Yu home and expressed appropriate surprise at Fenghuangji. This person seems to be bold, but in fact he has a lot of power, but generally speaking, he can be friends with each other.
Before leaving, the four elders all politely indicated that they wanted to ask for a piece of incense. He is a bit difficult to deal with, he just said that he is very busy recently and may not have time.
They are very on the road, saying that they can bring them anytime.
Those four are all human beings, and it is not clear what effect this posture can have. But Gu Yu can think of something, for example, he is slowly joining this circle, for example, his incense may become more famous...
If Zeng, Lei, Xiao, Zhang, and Sun's five families can always maintain goodwill and decency, he doesn't mind further contact. What he is looking for is only the resources of this group and some help that may be brought, and of course this is mutual.
To put it bluntly, is there any family worship
…
After the party, a few days later, Baicheng's tense state returned to normal little by little.
On this day, the city government finally held a press conference to introduce the situation of closing the mountain to catch snakes, as well as the compensation for the five injured. Due to the high degree of attention to the incident, there were many media present, and even the provincial TV station sent staff.
The government also attaches great importance to it. The deputy mayor's nameplate is placed on the table, which shows the site specifications. And the deputy mayor showed up, said a few simple and polite words, and began to read according to the script:
"After the Phoenix Mountain snake biting incident, the Baicheng City Government, Tourism Bureau, and Scenic Area Management Office actively responded... After ten days of closed mountain inspections, the effect was remarkable. On the basis of no casualties, the culprit was finally caught. Everyone please look… "
As soon as the words fell, a photo appeared on the big screen, which was the scene of a snake being killed.
"..."
A group of journalists stared at the photo with turbulent hearts and constipated smiles on their faces.
At the beginning, the snake was photographed clearly, the whole body was green, and it was extremely beautiful. This one was bloody and bloody, and half of it was still buried in the grass. It could only be distinguished as a green snake.
But it doesn't matter, people say it is, anyway, the transportation fee is fully paid.
In fact, the leader had no choice but to search on the mountain for ten days, but he couldn't find it. Then he asked experts to study, and finally came to a conclusion: the snake may have seen a bad situation, er, it has already migrated...
What the leaders want is stability, not real results. After the experts patted their chests and assured them, they resolutely revoked the ban and reopened.
Of course, in order to highlight the effectiveness, such a copycat Xiaoqing was created.
"The three tourists who were injured, after coordination and communication, agreed to reach a standard. Each of them will pay 100,000 yuan in compensation. The two injured police officers were injured on duty, and they will be given a one-time condolence money..."
Afterwards, the deputy mayor notified the treatment of the five injured, and the treatment was very different.
Throughout the press conference, both parties knew each other well and cooperated tacitly. Moreover, they didn't give any chance to ask questions, and announced the end of the meeting after a few words in a hurry.
This announcement undoubtedly set off another wave of enthusiasm. Many netizens doubted the authenticity of the snake, but it was useless. Both the government and the media insisted.
What's more, after Phoenix Mountain resumed receiving passengers, there was indeed no accident, and the snake seemed to be really dead.
But to Gu Yu, it seemed that all this had just begun. He notified Jiang Xiaozhai, and the two made an appointment on the weekend to go to the depths of the mountain to find out.