Back then, there was a woodcutter in the Yandang Mountains who often went to the deep mountains and old forests to cut firewood and collect herbs, and encountered many strange things.
When the woodcutter first entered the mountains when he was young, he felt that most of the surrounding trees were newly grown and could not be sold for much money even if they were cut back.
So he wrapped himself in dry food and walked into the depths of the mountains alone, looking for some tall and strong trees.
Old trees felled.
Unknowingly, I came to a cave.
The entrance of the cave was covered with the carcasses and bones of various animals.
Seeing this, the woodcutter secretly felt his scalp numb and cold sweat breaking out all over his body.
He thought to himself: "This might be the lair of a beast in the mountains.
I can't stay.
I must leave as soon as possible, otherwise I will die here."
He thought Just as he was about to turn his head, he suddenly heard a rustling sound in the cave, and a big snake crawled out of it.
I saw that this snake was more than two meters long, its body was as big as a thick tree trunk, its eyes were red, and its scales were bronze.
At first glance, it looked like it was made of copper.
The woodcutter suddenly saw the big snake and sat down on the ground in horror, trembling all over.
The big snake also stared at him with its eyes, sticking out its tongue and slowly approaching him.
As the woodcutter backed away, he thought to himself: "Rather than sit back and wait for it to die and be eaten by it, it is better to risk your life and maybe be able to find a way out."
So he tightened his grip on the ax in his hand.
He plucked up the courage to pounce on it and got into a fight with the big snake.
The woodcutter grabbed the snake's head, closed his eyes tightly, and swung his ax to chop around.
This is called "beating the old master to death with random punches."
After a fierce fight, the woodcutter was lucky enough to split the big snake into two pieces, and he himself Also injured.
The woodcutter walked to the side and sat down against the stone.
Looking at the body of the snake, he accidentally discovered that the snake had four legs from front to back, which looked quite strange.
He thought about it and planned to take the strange snake out of the mountains and show it to the villagers, and maybe exchange it for some rice noodles.
He immediately got up and cut down a tree, wrapped the two snake sections around the branches and tied them up, then carried them on his shoulders and staggered out of the forest.
While walking on the road, he ran into a group of officials patrolling the mountain.
The woodcutter hurriedly ran forward and said: "I killed this big snake in the mountain, and the snake's body actually had four legs."
Unexpectedly, the officers looked horrified, as if they heard the woodcutter's voice, but could not see where he was when they faced each other.
They all shouted, "Come out and let us see where you are."
The woodcutter was startled and said, "I'm right in front of you, why can't you see me?"
and then threw the snake to the ground.
At this time, the woodcutter's figure was revealed in front of everyone.
Later, the woodcutter returned to the village together with the policemen who patrolled the mountain.
Everyone was shocked when they heard what happened.
One of them, an elderly man, said: "This snake cannot hide its form when it is alive, but it can hide its human form after death, and it has four legs on its body.
It must be a monster in this mountain and cannot survive."
So the woodcutter could not survive.
The husband and the villagers dragged the big snake out of the village and burned it completely
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