Chapter 9 Section 3: The Living Sacrifice of the Gold Bandits

In the evening, Ma Yunlong was lying in the cave.At this time, a little bandit came in and reported that the donkey had returned. When Ma Yunlong came outside, he saw that the donkey had brought a few people with him, so he brought a Taoist priest over.This donkey has fast legs and feet, and within a short while, he got the Taoist priest. Seeing Ma Yunlong in front, the donkey ran over to ask for credit, saying that he had invited a Taoist priest from a small Taoist temple nearby, and Ma Yunlong said flatly, "Got it, as long as you make arrangements." Ma Yunlong's eyes drifted over the donkey's head, as if he was thinking about a very important matter.The donkey turned around and called the Taoist priest over. The Taoist priest was wearing a green robe and his eyes were covered. The donkey pulled off the blindfold. The Taoist saluted and said, "Your Majesty, if you need anything, just ask." Ma Yunlong said: " Let the donkey arrange it."

The donkey took the Taoist priest away. Ma Yunlong smiled sinisterly, and ordered to go down and gather at night. For dinner, Ma Yunlong arranged for the brothers to eat meat and drink wine, and the bandits were in high spirits. "Master Long, what's the matter, reward brothers?" asked the little bandits.Ma Yunlong laughed loudly: "Brothers, eat deliciously. Today we will also make a dojo. Please let the gods bless us to make a fortune." Everyone was full of excitement.Some people whispered, "It is estimated that Master Long would like to invite everyone to have a good time, celebrate and break the golden spell." These people seemed to understand it.

After dinner, the moon came up. The moon in the mountains was wet and heavy, and it was hard to climb to the top of the mountain. The bandits had already cleared out a field, put a big iron bucket in the middle, and inserted a pile of wood. One bandit got a pot of lard and poured it in, lit it, and the fire jumped. The Taoist drew a strange talisman on his face, and when he saw that the fire was blazing, he loosened his hair, danced in the field, and took a mahogany sword. He sang a mess of spells, and he didn't know what they meant.Ma Yunlong was sitting on a chair. It was indeed a chair. When a bandit is the king of the mountain, a chair is necessary, but there is no tiger skin, and sheep skin is used instead.

Beside his chair, two braziers were placed symmetrically on the left and right, and the fire rushed upwards. The little bandits formed a few circles inside and out, and they didn't understand what kind of god the Taoist priest was seeking.In the end, he was thrown all over the place, looking as if he had been hit with a stick.Even Ma Yunlong thought it was funny, he should spend money to invite these little bandits to watch shadow puppetry. The Taoist and the gods had a conversation, got instructions, and said to Ma Yunlong: "My lord, the gods bless you and all your brothers with good luck and good luck."

Ma Yunlong stood up and shouted to his brothers: "Brothers, you heard it, work hard, there is no golden curse to curse us!" The bandits stood up, waving their guns and shouting. Ma Yunlong called the Taoist priest over and said, "Thank you, Taoist priest, and prepare a small gift." Ma Yunlong took out a piece of gold from his clothes, at least one or two, and the Taoist priest's eyes straightened, and he reached out to take it. Well, I looked at it carefully, and gritted my teeth again. Ma Yunlong said again: "Since the Taoist master can understand the gods, I have something to ask for, can you send a message to the gods to say hello." The Taoist squeezed the gold and smiled, saying that the king just said: "The poor Taoist will definitely do it."

Ma Yunlong's expression changed, and he said, "It seems that you are willing." The Taoist laughed: "Of course." Ma Yunlong stood up, and with a wave of his hand, several bandits stepped aside, and brought out a long case from the cave, and four others brought out an object, which was covered with a red cloth, about one meter high.It was very difficult for these four people to lift the thing, and it seemed to weigh four to five hundred catties at least. They put the objects on the incense table, and another little bandit came up to burn incense. Ma Yunlong stepped forward and tore off the red cloth, the Taoist was dumbfounded.

In front of them is a pair of golden pythons carved from gold ore.As thick as the mouth of a bowl, the lower bodies of the two snakes are intertwined with each other. They are copulating, and the upper bodies of the two snakes are separated again. The heads of the snakes face each other, and their eyes look at each other.The male snake opens its mouth and spits out a long message, while the female snake holds back slightly, and the head of the snake is lower than that of the male snake.The back of the female snake is smooth, while the back of the male snake has a fish-like dorsal fin and a rooster-like comb on its head.

What is especially frightening is that the four eyes of the two snakes reveal a fierce light.Because the snake was carved from gold ore, it shone faintly in the moonlight. One of the men brought a golden robe embroidered with coiled boa constrictors, and scales were made into it to imitate the scales of boa constrictors.Ma Yunlong put on the robe, and his whole body was golden yellow. Ma Yunlong lit three sticks of incense and respectfully offered incense to the snake. All the bandits knelt down and kowtowed to the snake.They raised their hands high, and after a while, a cloud came and blocked the moon.

Ma Yunlong turned around and raised his hand to the bandits, and all the bandits stood up.Ma Yunlong said coldly: "Then please, send a message." Ma Yunlong waved his hand, and four bandits came up, knocked down the Taoist priest, tied his hands and feet, and the Taoist begged for mercy loudly. A bandit brought a wine bowl, which was already full of wine.He came to the Taoist priest, wiped the Taoist priest's wrist with a knife, dripped the blood into the wine bowl, and the blood spread in the wine, like waving silk. The screams of the Taoist priests did not get the sympathy of the bandits. Instead, they screamed loudly.

Ma Yunlong came up and dipped his hands in blood, wiped it on his forehead, and then stood in front of the golden snake.A bandit set the straw paper on fire, and Ma Yunlong poured blood wine on the fire, and the flames danced with blue flames. Four bandits came up and lifted the Taoist with two crossed sticks.The donkey came up and asked, "Master Long, throw him into the Golden Snake Valley as a living sacrifice?" Ma Yunlong nodded and waved his hand.The four bandits walked away yelling.The donkey put the gun on his back and said, "Throw you into the Golden Snake Valley. It's so cold. If the old man doesn't come to eat you, it will count as your life, but I'm afraid you can't escape the cold. It seems that you deserve it." Frozen to death."

The Taoist priest's mouth has been blocked, only his eyes are still exposed, and his eyes are round. His hands are still dripping with blood, leaving stains on the winter snow, like a red thread, bending forward. These people walked towards the Golden Snake Valley under the moonlight. As the donkey walked, he said, "I hope to give a living sacrifice to the golden dragon, so that the old man can bless us."