——想都別想。
柳延話音落地，聲音雖輕，一旁的沈玨卻聽得清清楚楚，心中立時就有了計較。回房取了幾個布袋，沈玨一聲招呼未留下，走出院門。
身為人子，自當孝順。所以沈玨毫無猶豫的在山間穿梭，尋找山中蛇類留下的痕跡，並跟隨這些味道一路找到它的老窩。
羅浮山雖大，山中蛇類不少，毒蛇卻沒有幾種，大多是些無毒的菜花蛇，平常也就吃些小動物，偷摸摸的找些鳥蛋吞以果腹而已，遇到獵人上山打獵，都戰戰兢兢地躲回洞裡，或找個落葉堆鑽進去，生怕被人抓去剝皮剔骨，燉成一鍋清火解暑的美味佳餚。實在是無害得很。
然即便如此，它們卻莫名其妙地遭了殃。闔家老小，一窩上百口，就這麼被從天而降的煞神伸出五指，仿佛釘耙一樣，幾把就耙進了布袋裡。
連逃命的機會都沒有。
沈玨不辨雄雌，在這生機勃發，春意盎然的月色裡，尋找到一窩又一窩的蛇，並將其全部裝入布袋中，一布袋裡裝好幾窩蛇，還不分種類，鬧得蛇們尚未來得及揣測自己將來的命運，就先在布袋裡打成一團，絞絞纏纏不可開交。
它們全不知，之所以遭此劫難，全因山中有人的一句話：想都別想。
而這人的兒子，也就是拎著布袋的這位煞神，便為此來清理山中所有蛇類——無論雄雌，全部趕走。
沈玨用了一夜的功夫，倚著靈敏的嗅覺，將山中蛇類打包扛在背上，又奔走了兩百里地方才停下。他在夜色中瞭望四周，山巒疊嶂的好去處，適合將這些蛇放生。隨即他就將布袋從背上卸下，剛準備解開麻繩時又猶豫了，略頓片刻，他重新扛上布袋，仗著自己有些法力，又是一路狂奔，再奔出五百里，才尋了處孤山，將那些蛇類放了生——近千里之遙，這些蛇該是尋不回來了——至於這些蛇會不會水土不服，則全不在他的考慮之中。
孝是一份心意，順則需要技巧，千百年來，人們都是這樣做的。而對沈玨，順便是順，從未起過投機取巧的心思。
既然爹爹有了煩惱，做兒子的就要想法子解憂。他能做的，便是讓這山中再無一條蛇（伊墨除外），這樣就算伊墨不肯甘休，也找不著個合適的物件。
相對比兒子的笨法子，做父親的則顯得技高一籌，柳延直接去井邊打了一桶水。
山中的井水冰涼清透，在炎夏酷暑中，沈玨時常用井水兌些蜜糖給家人飲用。甜絲絲冰涼涼，實在是人生之樂美。
而柳延所做的，便是用馬勺舀著涼水，將躁動的黑蛇摁在地上，潑了個從頭到尾透心涼。
那點還未徹底勃發的情欲，簡直就像弱不禁風的小火苗，一點煙都未冒，就被澆熄了。
無故被冰了一通，黑蛇濕噠噠地盤踞在床上，用眼神表達自己的無辜和疑惑。而他瞪視的對象，則負手立在床畔，神情淡漠地告訴他：“你是我的。”
黑蛇並未明白究竟發生了什麼事，但柳延並沒有生氣的樣子，他自己那些狂躁也暫時被遏制下去，頓故態萌發，遊過去親昵地纏在柳延手上，探著腦袋用信子舔他的臉。
柳延眼望著他，親了親他的腦袋，低聲重複了一遍：“你是我的。”
對這句話報以回應的依然是蛇信的舔舐。
柳延已經做好與他長期頑抗的心理準備，他知道潑冷水也只是暫時遏制了黑蛇的春情，同一種法子用一兩次尚可，次數用多了，也是白用。
他每日都在琢磨如何將這條渴求繁育後代的蛇制服，徹底斷了他的念頭才好。只是繁育後代是所有動物的本性，隨著時間的推移，在斷斷續續又潑了幾回冰涼刺骨的井水之後，柳延終於感到無法掌控了。黑蛇的躁動愈發明顯，被禁足在屋裡的他四處鑽爬，無數次逃出門檻，又被抓回。甚至有逐漸狂暴的跡象，被抓住時蛇頭掉轉了方向，每一次都在牙齒碰到柳延皮肉時猶豫住，卻無法否認，那一瞬他是目帶凶光的。
每一次被尖牙抵住血肉時，柳延心中都涼了一下，卻又每每在它的猶豫裡回暖。不過半個月的時間，他們已不知經了多少個寒暖逆轉。
事情到這一步，已經演化了戰爭。對峙的伊墨與柳延互相頑抗著，又將這場抗爭變成了一種看不到盡頭的折磨。
他們是整場抗爭的中心，而旁觀的許明世與沈玨，都無力改變現狀。
日子就因為這一樁小事，逐漸邁入了煎熬的境況。
其實柳延未必拿他沒有法子。若真的狠下心，帶上他找一處雪山居住，便是一勞永逸的法子。天寒地凍，伊墨會進入冬眠，而不是春意勃發。
這個念頭柳延不是沒動過，每一次在黑蛇的暴動裡起意，又很快打消這個念頭——他想與他一起過好每一天，而不是在冰天雪地裡，讓他睡完這一生。
或者，就遂了他的願也罷。
柳延這樣想著的時候，三百年經歷早已波瀾不驚的心湖便不受控制的掀起巨浪，以為不可能出現的情緒仿佛一個巨大的漩渦，卷著酸苦的黑水，越漩越大，將他理性直接吞沒。只留下沒有絲毫遮掩的兩個字：不准！
不准！
柳延將他死死摁在懷裡，仿佛要嵌入骨血中，這樣就沒有分離，就沒有煩惱了。
他的煩躁和施力不當，更深一步的加重了黑蛇暴戾。黑蛇從他懷中掙脫出來，瞬間奔至門口，簡直像脫離了牢籠的雀鳥，重入大海的活魚，全然一番渴望奔赴自由的焦灼，並沒有絲毫留戀。動物的本能頑強的可以摧折一切橫在面前的障礙。而此刻，柳延的感情，便是他的障礙。
身後一隻手伸過來，輕易將他提起，黑蛇轉過頭，知道來者是誰，卻因為一次又一次被攔阻而格外憤怒。
柳延將他抱進屋，心中空茫的很，也不知道該做什麼，甚至懷疑自己的堅持應該不應該，他看他是伊墨，而伊墨卻已經成為一條尋常的蛇——
一條尋常的蛇，要去與他人歡好的蛇。
柳延腦中紛亂一片，甚至沒有發覺到懷中異樣的平靜，只管閉著眼，將話說給不再是伊墨的伊墨聽。
他說：“你別找母蛇好不好？”
他說：“我給你生小蛇，你別找別人好不好？”
他一邊說，一邊自己發笑，深覺自己荒誕，又無力阻止自己將荒誕延續下去。
他說：“伊墨，我給你生小蛇，你不要找別人。”
他說：“不要找別人。”
他將許多年以前，在他還是季玖有妻有女的時候，伊墨埋在心底一直想說卻說不出口的請求，終於一併道出了。
“不要找別人。”
“你是我的。”
他垂下頭，睜開酸澀的眼，迎面是憤然而起的蛇頭，並尖利的毒牙，只在他眼前那麼一晃，緊接著頸側傳來一陣劇痛。
壓抑多日的黑蛇終於亮出了尖牙，深深地刺進他的血肉，他並不能理解這個人類對他的感情，自然也就無法回報同樣的情感，他甚至在這一刻，並不覺得自己傷害了他，而是一種自我防護。被他咬住的人在猛烈地顫抖了一下過後，僵直著身體，喪失了一切話語和動作。
屋門敞開著，端著茶水送進來的沈玨清清楚楚的看到了這一幕。院子裡撥弄花草的許明世走到窗邊，透過大敞的窗戶，望見咬在柳延頸側那黑色的一截，以及不斷流下，浸濕了襟口的猩紅。
在他們作出反應前，回過神的柳延的笑了一聲，道：“你贏了。”
他說：你贏了。接著，柳延鬆開手。
黑蛇立刻掙脫他的懷抱，迅捷地向門外遊去，沒有回頭。
沈玨走過去，用法術止了他的血，這才道：“爹，這山中再無別的蛇了。”
柳延許久才反應過來，望了他一會，道：“那你帶他去找。”
沈玨搖搖頭：“不去。他要找自然找得到。”
“我不是擔心他找不到。”柳延接過他遞來的白巾擦拭著血跡，緩緩道：
“我是怕他走的太遠，找不到回家的路。”
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——Don’t even think about it.
Liu Yan’s voice fell, although it was soft, Shen Jue beside him heard it clearly, and immediately had a plan in mind. He went back to the room to get a few cloth bags, and walked out of the courtyard without saying goodbye.
As a son, one should be filial. So Shen Jue shuttled through the mountains without hesitation, looking for traces left by snakes in the mountains, and followed the smell all the way to its lair.
Although Luofu Mountain is large, there are many snakes in the mountain, but there are few poisonous snakes. Most of them are non-toxic rat snakes. They usually eat small animals and stealthily find some bird eggs to eat . When they encounter hunters going up the mountain to hunt, they hide in caves or find a pile of fallen leaves to hide in, for fear of being caught, skinned and boned, and stewed into a pot of delicious food to clear heat and relieve summer heat. They are really harmless.
were raked into the cloth bag by the evil spirit that descended from the sky with its five fingers, like a rake .
There was not even a chance to escape.
Shen Jue did not distinguish between males and females. In this vibrant, spring-filled moonlight, he found nest after nest of snakes and put them all into a cloth bag. One bag could hold several nests of snakes, without distinguishing their species. The snakes were so busy that they fought each other in the bag before they had time to guess their future fate .
They had no idea that the reason they suffered this disaster was because of a word from someone in the mountains: Don’t even think about it.
The man’s son, the evil spirit holding the cloth bag, came to clear out all the snakes in the mountain – both male and female, and drove them all away.
Shen Jue spent a whole night packing up the snakes in the mountains with his keen sense of smell and carried them on his back. He ran for another two hundred miles before stopping. He looked around in the night and found a good place with mountains and peaks, suitable for releasing these snakes. He then took the bag off his back and hesitated when he was about to untie the hemp rope. After a short pause, he put the bag back on and ran all the way with his magic power. He ran another five hundred miles before finding an isolated mountain and releasing the snakes – it was nearly a thousand miles away, and these snakes should not be found – as for whether these snakes would not adapt to the climate and environment, he did not consider it at all.
Filial piety is a thought, and compliance requires skills. People have been doing this for thousands of years. But for Shen Jue, compliance is compliance, and he has never thought of taking shortcuts.
Since his father was troubled, as a son he had to find a way to relieve his worries. What he could do was to make sure there was no more snakes in the mountain (except Yi Mo), so that even if Yi Mo refused to give up, he would not be able to find a suitable partner.
Compared to his son’s clumsy method, the father seemed to be more skillful. Liu Yan went directly to the well and fetched a bucket of water.
The well water in the mountains is cool and clear . In the hot summer, Shen Jue often mixes some honey with the well water for his family to drink. The sweet and cool taste is the joy of life.
What Liu Yan did was to scoop up some cold water with a ladle, press the restless black snake to the ground, and pour the water all over it, cooling it down from head to toe.
That bit of lust that had not yet fully blossomed was like a fragile little flame that was extinguished before even a little smoke could be produced.
Being frozen for no reason , Black Snake coiled up on the bed, expressing his innocence and confusion with his eyes. The object of his stare stood beside the bed with his hands behind his back, telling him indifferently: “You are mine."
The black snake didn’t understand what was going on, but Liu Yan didn’t seem angry. His own frenzy was temporarily suppressed. He suddenly returned to his old ways, swam over and wrapped around Liu Yan’s hand affectionately, and poked his head out to lick his face with its tongue.
Liu Yan looked at him, kissed his head, and repeated in a low voice: “You are mine."
The response to this sentence was still the licking of the snake’s tongue .
Liu Yan had already prepared himself mentally for a long-term fight with him. He knew that pouring cold water on him would only temporarily curb Black Snake’s lust. The same method could be used once or twice, but if used too many times, it would be useless.
Every day he thought about how to subdue this snake that was eager to reproduce, and completely stop it from having the idea. However, reproduction is the nature of all animals. As time went by, after being splashed with icy well water several times, Liu Yan finally felt that he could not control it. The black snake’s restlessness became more and more obvious. He was confined to the house and crawled around. He escaped from the threshold countless times and was caught again. There were even signs of gradual violence. When he was caught, the snake’s head turned in the direction. Every time he hesitated when his teeth touched Liu Yan’s flesh, he could not deny that he had a fierce look in his eyes at that moment.
Every time the fangs touched his flesh, Liu Yan’s heart sank, but it always warmed up in its hesitation. In just half a month, they had gone through countless reversals of cold and warm.
At this point, the situation had already evolved into a war. Yi Mo and Liu Yan were confronting each other , and this struggle turned into a torture with no end in sight.
They are the center of the entire protest, while Xu Mingshi and Shen Jue, who are just watching, are powerless to change the status quo.
Because of this little incident, life gradually turned into a tormenting state.
In fact, Liu Yan might not be helpless against him. If he was really determined, he could take him to a snowy mountain to live, which would be a permanent solution. When the weather was cold, Yi Mo would go into hibernation instead of spring.
Liu Yan had this thought before. Every time he had this thought during a Black Snake riot, he quickly dismissed the idea – he wanted to spend every day with him, instead of letting him sleep for the rest of his life in the snow and ice.
Or, just fulfill his wish.
When Liu Yan thought about this, his heart, which had been calm for three hundred years, began to stir up huge waves uncontrollably. The emotion that he thought was impossible was like a huge whirlpool, rolling up bitter black water, and it became bigger and bigger, swallowing up his rationality directly. Only two words were left without any cover: Not allowed!
Not allowed!
Liu Yan held him tightly in his arms, as if he wanted to embed him into his bones and blood. In this way, there would be no separation and no worries.
His irritability and improper use of force further aggravated the black snake’s violence. The black snake broke free from his arms and ran to the door in an instant, just like a bird that had escaped from a cage, a live fish that had returned to the sea, eager to run to freedom, without any nostalgia. The instinct of animals is so strong that it can destroy all obstacles in front of it. At this moment, Liu Yan’s feelings were his obstacle.
A hand reached out from behind and lifted him up easily. Black Snake turned his head and knew who was coming, but he was extremely angry because he was stopped again and again.
Liu Yan carried him into the house, his heart was empty, he didn’t know what to do, and even doubted whether he was insisting on it. He thought he was Yi Mo, but Yi Mo had become an ordinary snake——
An ordinary snake, a snake that wants to make friends with others .
Liu Yan’s mind was in a mess, and he didn’t even notice the unusual calmness in his arms. He just closed his eyes and spoke to Yi Mo, who was no longer Yi Mo.
He said, “Can you please not look for a female snake?"
He said, “I’ll give birth to little snakes for you, so please don’t look for someone else, okay?"
As he spoke, he laughed to himself, feeling that he was being absurd but unable to stop himself from continuing his absurdity.
He said, “Yi Mo, I will give birth to little snakes for you, so don’t look for anyone else."
He said, “Don’t look for anyone else.”
He finally expressed all the requests that Yi Mo had always wanted to make but could not say many years ago when he was still Ji Jiu and had a wife and daughter.
“Don’t look for anyone else."
“You are mine."
He lowered his head and opened his sore eyes. Facing him was the angrily raised snake head and its sharp fangs. It only flashed before his eyes, and then a sharp pain came from the side of his neck.
The black snake, which had been suppressed for many days, finally showed its fangs and pierced deeply into his flesh. He could not understand the feelings of this human being towards him, and naturally could not return the same feelings. At this moment, he did not even feel that he had hurt him, but rather a form of self-protection. The person he bit trembled violently, then stiffened his body and lost all words and movements.
The door was open, and Shen Jue, who was carrying tea, saw the scene clearly. Xu Mingshi, who was fiddling with flowers and plants in the yard, walked to the window and saw through the wide-open window the black part bitten on the side of Liu Yan’s neck, and the scarlet blood that kept flowing down and soaked his collar .
they could react, Liu Yan came to his senses and laughed, saying, “You win."
He said: You win. Then Liu Yan let go.
The black snake immediately broke free from his arms and swam quickly out the door without looking back.
Shen Jue walked over and used magic to stop his bleeding, then said: “Dad, there are no other snakes in this mountain."
Liu Yan took a long time to react. He looked at him for a while and said, “Then take him to find it."
Shen Jue shook his head: “No. If he wants to find it, he can find it naturally."
“I’m not worried that he can’t find it." Liu Yan took the white towel he handed over and wiped the blood, then said slowly:
“I was afraid that he would go too far and couldn’t find his way home."
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