After traveling through time, the adults were completely in my hands

Qingshui County, located north of the Yangtze River, is a small county that is very prosperous despite its small area.

Because it was just a small county town, there were no Jinyiwei Hundred Household Offices set up in the surrounding area. After Wei Qing led the Jinyiwei here, they lived in the county government office.

At this moment, in the room where Wei Qing lived, Jindou was walking back and forth in the room with one hand on his chest and the other supporting his chin.

Wei Qing sat behind the desk, holding in his hand the introduction to the situation in Qingshui County that County Magistrate Zhao had just handed him.

The golden bean swaying in front of him in the room made Wei Qing unable to concentrate on watching any further, so he slammed the paper in his hand on the table and said, "Golden bean, can you please sit down and stop walking around here!"

Jindou, however, seemed not to have heard Wei Qing's words. He walked to the desk, placed his hands on it, and said, "Second brother, I think I should go to the market and ask around. Maybe I can get some useful information."

Wei Qing glanced at Jindou and said, "Go to the market to get information? We passed by the market when we came to the county government office today. There were only three or two people selling things there. What kind of information can we get?"

"I just want to ask these three or two people, aren't they afraid of poisonous snakes? Why do they dare to come out to sell things while others are hiding at home?" Jindou said with his head tilted.

"This..." Wei Qing was stunned by what Jindou said, and suddenly felt that what Jindou said made sense. Aren't those three or two vendors in the market afraid of poisonous snakes?

At the Qingshui County market, from a distance, there were only a handful of vendors selling things, and even fewer people walking on the street.

Jindou and Wei Qing, dressed in casual clothes, came to a vendor selling sesame cakes.

"Uncle, give me two pancakes," Jindou said.

"Okay," the pancake vendor said, wrapping two pancakes in paper and handing them to Jindou. He glanced at Wei Qing and asked, "Sirs, you are not from here, are you?"

Just as Jindou was about to answer, Wei Qing beside him bowed and said, "Old man, we are merchants coming out to buy goods. We are passing through here and plan to rest for a while."

"Oh, I see," the vendor said, "Sir, you must have heard about the local snake infestation. You should take a break and leave quickly to avoid being bitten by a venomous snake."

"Uncle, I see there are few people buying things at the market, and you are still setting up a stall here. Aren't you afraid of being bitten by a poisonous snake?" Jindou asked puzzledly.

"Young man," the vendor said, "you may not believe this, and even I find it hard to believe it myself. These past few days, I've encountered poisonous snakes several times at home and at the market. But instead of pouncing on me, the snakes turned and ran away, as if they were afraid of me. Even now, I'm still very puzzled."

There is actually such a thing. If what the merchant said is true, it is really strange, Wei Qing thought to himself.

Jindou thought about it for a moment and said, "Uncle, may I ask about your birth date?"

Wei Qing glanced at Jindou in confusion, not understanding what Jindou meant by asking a vendor about his birth date.

The vendor was quite forthright. He told Jindou his birth date and said with a smile, "Sir, would you like to have your fortune told for me?"

"Uncle really has a good fate," Jindou said with a laugh. "No wonder poisonous snakes run away from him. Uncle will become very rich and live a long life!"

"Hahaha..." The merchant burst into laughter at what the golden bean said and said, "Thank you very much for your kind words, sir. I would like to express my gratitude to you here."

On the way back, Wei Qing looked confused and asked, "Jindou, why are you telling fortunes instead of asking for news today?"

"No way, no way, I asked the uncle about my birth date and horoscope, and it's true. The rest was just something he said casually," Jindou said, shaking his head.

"Why are you asking a vendor about his birth date?" Wei Qing looked at Jindou with a puzzled look on his face.

"Second brother, don't you find anything special about this uncle's birthday?" Jindou asked Wei Qing with his head tilted.

Wei Qing thought about it. He had no knowledge of these birth dates and horoscopes. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of anything special and shook his head.

"Second brother, this uncle was born in the year of Jiachen, the month of Wuchen, the day of Bingchen, and the hour of Dinghai. His zodiac sign is dragon," Jindou said while counting on his fingers.

"What does this have to do with poisonous snakes being afraid of him? I've never heard of it. There's also a saying that poisonous snakes are afraid of people born in the year of the dragon." Wei Qing still didn't understand at all.

"Poisonous snakes are not afraid of people born in the Year of the Dragon, but poisonous snakes under a spell are extremely afraid of people born in the Year of the Dragon. Dragons are gods from the upper realms, while snakes under a spell become demons. When demons see gods, they are naturally afraid and will hide from them."

"You mean, these snakes in Qingshui County are under a spell?" Wei Qing said thoughtfully.

"Yes," Jindou looked at Wei Qing, "Second brother, I think these snakes in Qingshui County were manipulated by someone using magic to come to Qingshui County. However, I don't know why this person manipulated the venomous snakes to come to Qingshui County."

Wei Qing looked up at the almost empty street in front of him, then looked at the closed doors and windows of the residents on both sides of the street. As he walked, he began to think deeply.

Just as the two of them walked to the corner of a market, Wei Qing suddenly grabbed Jindou and pulled her behind him.

Suddenly, a big snake crawled out from the corner, with a red tongue spitting out of its mouth, and pounced towards the two of them quickly.

Wei Qing pulled Jindou to the side to avoid it, and drew his sword. The big snake turned around and pounced on the two of them again. Wei Qing pushed Jindou behind him, raised his sword and stabbed the big snake hard at the vital point. The big snake was stabbed in the body and twisted its body in pain on the ground, and finally fell to the ground motionless.

Jindou stared at the giant snake on the ground with a look of shock and said to Wei Qing, "Brother, snakes usually don't attack humans, but this one is so aggressive. It's obvious that its mind has been controlled by magic."

Wei Qing nodded and said, "Let's go back to the government office first."

The two of them did not delay any longer and walked quickly towards the county government office. Before they reached the gate of the government office, they heard a noisy sound coming from inside.

Wei Qing took a few steps into the gate of the county government office and saw a group of Jinyiwei people standing in a circle, all looking down at the ground.

Xie Xiaohu, who was standing outside, looked up and saw Wei Qing walking in, and hurriedly called out, "Sir!"

The Jinyiwei who were gathered in a circle all raised their heads when they heard Xie Xiaohu's call. Seeing that it was Wei Qing who came in, they all bowed and said, "Sir!"

Wei Qing nodded and walked forward. He saw that there were more than ten snake corpses lying on the ground where everyone was gathered. Although these snakes were not as big as the one he had seen on the road just now, more than ten snakes lying on the ground together were really scary.

"Sir, we just found these snakes in the yamen. It was a close call, they almost hurt our brothers," Xie Xiaohu said to Wei Qing.