Chapter 0010: Humans are more poisonous than snakes
I didn't dare sleep that night, and Mo Xiu didn't come out again. Except for the nurse who came to see Qin Mipo and asked about the payment for Chen Shun's wife's emergency treatment, no one else came in.
When it was daybreak, the two relatives who had come to look for my parents had not returned yet, so my cousin came first.
Grandma Qin Mi hasn't woken up yet, and I'm holding the phone but still waiting for a call from my parents.
"The villagers are already looking for your parents, so there should be news. I've asked the villagers to take care of Qin Mipo. Come on, I'll take you to find the snake coffin." Your cousin seemed to be tired after a night's work and looked very exhausted.
"You found it so quickly?" I glanced at the black snake jade bracelet on my wrist and thought about the conversation in the car last night: "I'll go change my clothes first."
I sat there all night last night, all wet. Now my clothes are dry, but they are still uncomfortable to wear.
Just as I was about to leave, the nurse stopped me and said, "You are Qin Chuyue's relative, right? Did you know that she has tuberculosis? Do you want to get some medicine together?"
Qin Mipo coughed so badly and said she was going to die. It turned out that she had tuberculosis.
"Please prescribe the medicine." I turned to look at my cousin.
My uncle had no choice but to pay the fee and then sent me home.
My house is actually quite close to the town hospital, but my cousin didn't plan to go in. He just told me to grab my clothes and leave, fearing that it might not be safe.
Before I even entered the house, Aunt Liu caught sight of me and hurried over to me: "Have you found your parents? Chen Shun's family is missing? Did something happen again?"
I shook my head at Aunt Liu: "If you see my parents coming back, let them go back to the village."
Aunt Liu glanced at my cousin's car, a look of confusion flashed in her eyes, but she still nodded at me.
The shelves at home are empty. Without the snake wine, it seems a bit bare.
After I entered the first floor, I went to the kitchen to find the rice bag, picked up a kitchen knife, and then went upstairs.
I packed a few clothes in a hurry and when I was taking the hidden cash from the vase under the windowsill, I saw my uncle seemed to be talking to Aunt Liu, and Aunt Liu was giggling.
I pocketed my saved cash and checked my phone.
My cousin seems to be the same age as me. Not long ago, she posted a circle of friends about her birthday. The birthday party was decorated very beautifully. I was very envious, so I kept it in mind.
My aunt has a job in the county town, so my cousin studies in the county town except when she comes back during the Chinese New Year.
I found my cousin’s circle of friends. She is only a month older than me…
If one of the girls in the Long family must be buried in a snake coffin in every generation, why wasn't my cousin buried in our generation even though my cousin was born before me? Why was it me who was born later that was chosen?
I looked down from the windowsill and saw Aunt Liu took the money and left with a smile.
When I went downstairs, my cousin saw me carrying a bag of rice and smiled at me: "Are you really going to be Qin Mi Po's apprentice?"
I held the rice bag and shook my head at my uncle: "For self-defense. One of my classmates' father is in the hospital, I want to go see him first before returning to the village."
"Master Zhang?" My uncle seemed to know about this.
"Yeah." I nodded, looking at my cousin a little nervously: "Can you lend me some money? After all, Taoist Zhang was bitten by a snake because of me."
"That's true." My cousin took out his phone and transferred 500 yuan to me directly: " Buy , just to show your appreciation. Say that's all you have. When your parents come back, thank them properly."
I took the money and got off the car at the hospital gate. I asked my cousin to wait for me downstairs while I bought some fruit and went upstairs.
Taoist Zhang was well-known in the town, and I found the ward after asking around.
He had woken up and was alone in the ward. When he saw me, he seemed stunned for a moment.
But he still smiled and said, "Hanzhu went to school."
I placed the fruits I bought on his bedside and spoke directly: "You know a lot about my family, right? My cousin is outside, and he wants to take me to find the snake coffin."
"I just want to know, since the daughter of the Long family was destined to be buried in a snake coffin, why wasn't it my cousin who was more than a month older than me eighteen years ago? Why did they have to wait until my due date to move the grave?" I blurted out everything in one go.
What I have experienced in recent days has forced me to think more.
When I went to Taoist Zhang's , he obviously knew something.
"Long Ling, don't go looking for the snake coffin." Taoist Zhang didn't seem surprised to hear so many questions from me.
He just looked at me and said, "Since you know about the snake coffin and the Dragon's daughter, run away if you can , as far away as you can, just like the Feng Shui master who chose the site for your family's relocation of graves."
"As long as you escape, your parents will be safe." Taoist Zhang obviously knew something.
I wanted to ask more, but when Taoist Zhang saw the black snake jade bracelet on my wrist, he showed a look of horror, looked at me with gloomy eyes, and was about to say something.
Suddenly, my cousin's voice came from the door: "Long Ling, let's go."
I turned my head to look at my cousin, but he was holding the phone and handed it to me, saying, "Your parents are waiting for you."
I saw a photo on his phone. My parents were tied up, blindfolded, with towels stuffed in their mouths. They seemed to be in a cave, because there was only a faint light from a flashlight in the photo.
"We found your parents last night. Come with me. If we don't go, you know that the corpse snake might go crazy." My uncle was afraid that I didn't believe it, so he showed me another video.
It was a small earth cave located somewhere unknown, with only a faint flashlight. My parents were tied up very tightly and could not get free no matter how hard they struggled.
The person filming the video zoomed out on purpose and saw that it was damp outside the cave and there were many snakes crawling around, hissing and spitting out their tongues, many of which were poisonous.
My uncle sneered at me and said, "You can call the police, but by the time the police find your parents, they may have been bitten to death by the snake. If Qin Mipo was bitten, you would remove the poison from her. I'm afraid your parents won't be so lucky."
"Where's my grandma?" I suddenly remembered that my grandma hadn't called me this morning.
"She's fine, but if you don't cooperate , I don't know if she will be able to avoid the snake when it enters your house this time." The uncle glanced at Taoist Zhang.
He sneered, "Mr. Hu, the feng shui master, came to see you before he ran away. It seems that he talked about a lot of things."
Taoist Zhang ignored him and just looked at me and said, "Long Ling, don't go."
But my uncle waved his hand at me and said, "Long Ling, please go out first. I want to talk to Taoist Zhang."
I quickly took two steps back and stood between my uncle and Taoist Zhang: "I'll go with you."
The uncle laughed and turned his head to look at Taoist Zhang: "Then I'll come to see you when I have time."
My cousin and I were walking out, but Taoist Zhang suddenly called me, "Long Ling, you've been poisoned by a snake, right?"
"The snake on your wrist has no body, but there is a way to detoxify you." Taoist Zhang said in a deep voice.
He said word by word: "That corpse snake is very vengeful."
I turned my head to look at Taoist Zhang, and he smiled at me: "Hanzhu is still waiting to go to college with you."
My uncle took me out of the hospital and said, "Don't be afraid. Only you can find the snake coffin. I also want to destroy it. Give me the phone now!"
I looked at the people coming and going around me, and at my uncle.
"You can try to call for help..." Uncle leaned against the car door, looked at me and said, "I have deleted the video and photos. Your parents went out to look for Chen Quan yesterday. Someone died in your family again, so it is possible that your parents went out to avoid disaster."
"And if your parents were bitten to death by a snake..." Uncle looked at me and chuckled, "You haven't seen Granny Qin's body, have you? When she was found, her body was all black and covered with snake bites. She was no longer in human form. I don't think we can find anything out of her!"
"Were you also responsible for Grandma Qin's death?" I handed him the phone and got into the car obediently.
The uncle shook his head: "I'm not that crazy."
My uncle drove very fast, but he did not enter the village. Instead, he drove straight along the road from the village into the mountains.
When we reached the end of the road, he let me get off the car and took me forward.
Not far into the mountain road, we met the two relatives who were dealing with the snake corpse last night. They were carrying a bag.
When he saw me, my uncle took out a piece of clothing from his snakeskin bag and put it on me: "This is my aunt's clothing. It belonged to a girl from the Long family who was buried in a snake coffin."
"I took this dress out of the coffin that was being moved to a new grave. It has the scent of the snake coffin on it." My uncle tied the sleeve of the dress around my neck.
"Are you going to rely on this clothes to find the snake coffin?" I looked at the clothes and didn't refuse.
My cousin handed me a blindfold and said, "Do you keep hearing someone calling your name? Blindfold yourself and follow the sound, and you will find the snake coffin."
"Then how can I be sure that you will let my parents go?" I took the blindfold and looked at my cousin: "Don't you want to destroy the snake coffin?"
"If you weren't buried in the snake coffin, it would be your cousin. As long as you find the snake coffin, I can destroy it." Uncle motioned for me to put on the blindfold and said in a deep voice: "Why would I kill your parents?"
As he said this, he grabbed the blindfold and put it on me.
He pulled my hands, tied my wrists with a hemp rope, and pushed me forward.
I couldn't see, and he pushed me forward. I staggered and almost fell.
But there was no sound behind me. I wanted to escape, but my eyes were blindfolded and my hands were tied, and I was not sure if my cousin was following me.
After taking a breath, I tried hard to think of ways to save myself, hoping that Taoist Zhang could come to save me.
When my mind gradually calmed down, I heard the gentle and ethereal voice calling me: "Long Ling..., Long Ling..."
I don’t know why this time, but as if possessed by some mysterious force, my feet seemed to be out of control and I slowly walked forward.
