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

At night, in the Qingshui County government office, Wei Qing, after listening to Magistrate Zhao's words, frowned and asked, "Are you saying that before I came here, there have never been so many poisonous snakes in the county office?"

"Yes, sir," Magistrate Zhao replied, "not only in the county office, but also in residents' homes today, many poisonous snakes have appeared. Our county yamen runners have been busy removing snakes today."

After hearing what Magistrate Zhao said, Wei Qing couldn't help but think of what Jindou said during the day. He secretly guessed in his heart that if it was true as Jindou said, these snakes were controlled by someone, then the number of poisonous snakes here suddenly increased after he came to Qinghe County. Could it be that this was a gift from the person who controlled the snakes to him?

After thinking for a moment, Wei Qing said to County Magistrate Zhao, "Sir Zhao, you told me before that the county once hired a snake catcher. Before he died, he mentioned the word 'snake demon'?"

"Yes, sir," Magistrate Zhao nodded. "When that man mentioned the word 'snake demon,' his expression was filled with fear, as if he had seen something terrifying."

Wei Qing was silent for a moment, then said to County Magistrate Zhao, "Sir Zhao, tomorrow morning, take me to the place where the snake catcher was last found. Let's take a look."

The next morning, after Wei Qing had packed up, he looked at Jindou's room and saw that the doors and windows were closed, knowing that she was still asleep.

Thinking about the long journey on horseback from the capital, he thought they must be exhausted, so he didn't have the heart to call her. He took Xie Xiaohu and two Jinyiwei with him, and led by County Magistrate Zhao, they headed to the place where the snake catcher was finally found.

Led by County Magistrate Zhao, several people headed north along a bumpy path, passed through a small forest, and arrived at a deep valley.

"Sir, this is it," County Magistrate Zhao stopped and said.

Wei Qing looked around the place and found that apart from the dark rocks and lush grass, it was no different from other places.

"Sir, a little further north from here is the fiefdom of King Huaiyang," County Magistrate Zhao said to Wei Qing.

Prince of Huaiyang? Wei Qing thought of what Emperor Qingyuan had said in the palace before he came.

My father once told Wei Qing about the fight among several princes for the position of crown prince.

At that time, Prince Huaiyang was the eldest prince and had many supporters. He was the biggest competitor of Emperor Qingyuan. It can be said that he was only a little bit behind, and the current emperor might have been his.

However, since he came to the fiefdom, he has been staying there obediently and honestly for more than 20 years, and there has never been any news of him violating the rules.

But, apart from him, who else could do such a big thing as controlling venomous snakes? Also, Qingshui County is just a small county, why did this person get so many venomous snakes?

Wei Qing was standing there, lost in thought, when he suddenly heard a faint hissing sound coming from the bushes in front of him, mixed with the sound of weeds and branches breaking.

"Be careful, there's something!" Wei Qing shouted hurriedly. Almost as soon as he finished speaking, a huge python with a body as black as ink suddenly jumped out from the bushes and pounced on Xie Xiaohu, who was closest to it and was unprepared at this time.

Seeing this, Wei Qing leaped like lightning and stood in front of Xie Xiaohu, then chopped at the python with the sword in his hand. Unexpectedly, the python was extremely flexible. It dodged the sword by turning sideways, shook its head, and came in front of Wei Qing again.

Seeing the bloody mouth approaching, Wei Qing dodged quickly, but unexpectedly a black smoke suddenly spurted out of the python's bloody mouth. The smoke quickly spread and covered Wei Qing in the middle. Wei Qing felt that his vision suddenly became blurred.

Xie Xiaohu and the other two Jinyiwei also reacted at this time. They drew their swords and rushed towards the python, but saw the python's tail suddenly swept across and swept the three of them to the ground.

The python was extremely fast and it swung its head and appeared in front of Wei Qing again. Wei Qing's vision was blocked at this time and he could not see where the python was. He only felt a gust of wind blowing in his ears. He said "Oh no" in his heart and dodged to the side in a hurry, but it was still a little too late. The python bit him on the arm and blood gushed out instantly, soaking his clothes.

"Sir!", Xie Xiaohu and the other two were caught off guard by what happened in a split second. Seeing Wei Qing injured, the three of them hurriedly got up and were about to run towards Wei Qing. However, the giant python did not give them any chance. It turned its head and appeared in front of them. The three of them immediately entangled with the giant python and could no longer go towards Wei Qing.

County Magistrate Zhao was so frightened that he almost lost his soul. He crawled to Wei Qing's side and asked tremblingly, "Wei... Lord Wei... are you... are you okay?"

Wei Qing only felt that his mind was gradually becoming confused. He forced himself to kneel on one knee on the ground, turned his head to look at Xie Xiaohu and the other two. He saw that the three men were now exhausted from being entangled by the giant python and their lives would soon be in danger.

After forcing himself to wake up, Wei Qing used his uninjured hand to take out the fire starter he carried with him from his arms, blew it to light it, and threw it hard at the python. Then he fell to the ground and fainted.

The giant python that was attacking the three people seemed very scared when it saw the fire stick flying towards them. It immediately stopped attacking the three people, turned around, and hid in the bushes.

Xie Xiaohu and the other three were completely exhausted and didn't dare to chase the python. They rushed to Wei Qing's side. They saw that their master's eyes were closed, and the arm bitten by the python was black and swollen. The three of them could only cry out in grief: "Master, Master!"

Xie Xiaohu was even more heartbroken at this moment. His Excellency was killed by the python just to save him. If his Excellency's life was in danger, he would be blamed for committing suicide.

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At this moment, Jindou in the county government office had just gotten up. After tidying up, he came to Wei Qing's room, but found that there was no one in the room.

"Where has my second brother been so early this morning?" Jindou muttered, and returned to the yard. Just then, he saw Cong Kai coming out of the room, and hurriedly asked, "Cong Kai, have you seen my second brother?"

Cong Kai saw Jin Dou asking and replied, "The master went out early this morning with a few people and County Magistrate Zhao."

"Out?" Jindou wondered where her second brother had gone, why didn't he even ask her to go with him? Thinking of the numerous venomous snakes in Qingshui County, Jindou felt a little worried. She walked a few steps to the county government office and looked back and forth at the road on both sides.

Suddenly, she saw Xie Xiaohu and several others running towards her from the side of the road. It seemed that... they were carrying someone!

At this time, Xie Xiaohu also saw Jindou standing in front of the yamen and hurriedly shouted, "Jindou, come here quickly, the master has been bitten by a snake!"

Oh my god! Jindou was startled when he heard this and rushed over in a few steps. He saw Wei Qing on the stretcher, his eyes closed, his face as pale as paper, and his bitten arm was swollen and black, and the blood that flowed out was almost black.

Oh my goodness, he’s only been out for a short while, how did he end up like this!

"Jindou, how is it? Is there any way to treat the adult?" Xie Xiaohu asked anxiously.

There has to be a way! Jindou roared in his heart: When I became sworn brothers with my second brother, we swore to live and die together. If my second brother dies now, will God send a thunderbolt to kill me too?