"Do it yourself. Zi Song Lu said a word, and then disappeared again. Wu Ma Xin turned around and thanked him again, and the light flickered a few times, and sank to the bottom of the lake.

After going down the mountain, Wu Ma Xin continued to walk forward, this place had entered the Yizhou border, and it was one step closer to Yang Zhai. Yizhou is obviously much more prosperous, and the crops on both sides of the river grow very tall. After walking for a while, I entered a town.

The streets were very quiet, and Wu Ma couldn't help but feel a little strange, even in the busy farming season, it shouldn't be so deserted. While he was wondering, a young man ran over, holding a rooster in his hand, and his steps were steady, it seemed that he was not an ordinary person, but a soldier who had been trained in the battlefield for a long time. Wu Ma Xin heard the wind flashing to the side and avoided the road, but he was still given a blank look by the man, and he looked very anxious, so he ignored it, otherwise it was very likely that he would be arrested and questioned.

No sooner had the man run than another man came running, with the same sharp steps, carrying a cloth bag full of lumpy objects.

Thief! Wu Maxin's first reaction was this, and then he chased after him. And behind him, a hobbling old lady was driving a pig in the same direction, and he did not see it.

Although the man ran fast, he was far away from Wu Ma Xin after all, and he had been knocked to the ground by Wu Ma Xin with a punch in a few breaths, the things in the cloth bag were scattered all over the ground, and the leather armor contained in the cloth clothes was also exposed, and it was indeed an official soldier. To the surprise of Wu Ma, it was not gold and silver, but black charcoal.

The man glanced at Wu Ma Xin with a strange gaze, and then a carp stood up from the ground and drew his fist to Wu Ma Xin. Wu Ma Xin felt that he might be wrong for the man, and he didn't fight, and his figure flashed a few times before disappearing into the alley. The man touched his head, cursed, and then put the charcoal back into the bag, still running forward. The footsteps disappeared completely, and Wu Ma Xin poked his head out to watch, when a woman's voice came from behind him: "You are in trouble." ”

Wu Ma turned around to look, a thin woman leaned against the wall, as if she had just recovered from a serious illness, her eyes were staring coldly at his face, and she hurriedly clenched her fists and asked, "What are they doing?"

The woman was even more stunned, and instead of answering, she asked, "You are not from Shenzhou?"

"Hmm. Wu Ma Xin said, "I'm from Duanguo. ”

"No wonder. The woman laughed miserably, brushed her hair with her pale hand and said, "Today is the time to change the fire, and this is the ritual before the fire." You beat them and ruined the ceremony, and I'm afraid you won't be able to escape punishment. ”

Wu Ma said with a ashamed face: "I should be a thief, so I offended." ”

"There is nothing wrong with being a thief, which officer or soldier is not the same as a thief. The woman smiled and reached out to pick up a clay pot from the ground, "If you want to know what a fire change is, then go and see it." So saying, the woman squeezed past him and walked out into the street, leaving behind a faint fragrance.

Maybe this fragrance seems to have a seductive magic, or maybe it is to figure out what the fire change is, Wu Ma Xin also followed out of the alley.

At this time, the streets were already lively, and the people were rushing to the east with clay pots and pots, and it was crowded, and Wu Ma Xin was soon swept up in the flow of people, and he could only run with him, although he did not know what to do. The people around him also looked at him with strange eyes, empty-handed, could he not use his hands to catch up?

To the east is a temple that has long been in disrepair, and the god has long been unrecognizable. A man in a red robe stood in the middle of a ruined temple, with a large wooden stake on the ground, surrounded by soldiers to maintain order.

Wu Ma Xin squeezed into the crowd, and the woman just now appeared next to him ghostly. The woman didn't look at him, but kept saying: "The fires in Shenzhou are all centrally managed, and when the seasons change, each household first extinguishes the old fire, and then receives the new fire in a unified manner, which is called 'changing the fire'." Just now, when you knocked over that man, you went to every house to collect the extinguished fire, and then killed the chickens and pigs and prayed, and threw them into the water together, even if you sent away the fire spirit. This ritual is held four times a year, and it is not possible to drill any wood for fire, but to drill different pieces of wood depending on the season. Take the fire of elm and willow in spring, the fire of jujube and apricot in summer, the fire of oak in autumn, and the fire of acacia sandalwood in winter. ”

"Why bother, isn't there a fire fold to use?"

"Fire folding? It is a thing that can only be used by high-ranking officials and nobles, and ordinary people can only take the fire on time and keep it carefully so that it will not be extinguished day and night. Once it is extinguished, you can only eat cold food and wait for the next time to change the fire. Someone secretly uses two stones to make a fire, and once he is caught, it is a great crime, and by the way, it is distributed to you. The woman said, her nose "snorted", "It's not because of the expulsion of the Yanshang clan that it has become so troublesome, it's really sick!"

Wu Ma listened to her, and it didn't seem to be an ordinary person, so he hurriedly clenched his fists and asked, "Haven't asked Miss Fang's name yet?"

"What is not famous, my name is Liu Ying, a small person who sells spices, but I just listen to the guests and know more. The woman said, "You should still care about yourself, I am afraid that you will not be able to bear the death of those people because of you." ”

Wu Ma Xin found that there were three people kneeling in front of the broken temple with their hands tied, which were the two men and an old lady who were running on the road just now.

The man in red picked up the gavel and struck it three times on the gong, and the people stopped making noise, and the audience was silent. Liu Ying also closed her mouth, but her face was full of sneering, as if she was watching a farce, far less pious than other people.

Wu Ma was indeed entangled in his heart, if those people really died because of their unintentional mistakes, then what difference did it make if he killed them with his own hands.

"The person in red who presided over the ceremony was called Jiang Huaiyu, and he was the high priest. Liu Ying still introduced softly.

"Oh. Wu Ma replied numbly.

Jiang Huaiyu picked up a wooden sword and drew a few circles in the air, and suddenly there were a few more yellow runes, and the lightning broke through the air and ignited the rune paper, which shocked the people in the audience to exclaim. Jiang Huaiyu's face was pale, his eyes were slightly closed, and there were words in his mouth: The fire of Shenzhou comes from the Suiren. I saw birds pecking at the wood, and the fire was soaring into the sky. Drill wood to make fire, worship as the god of fire. Bestow the fire and pass it on from generation to generation. After reading this, he waved his sword and pointed downward, and the wooden stakes on the ground burst into flames, and the audience burst into cheers.

Wu Ma looked at the performance on stage coldly, and couldn't help but sneer in his heart. The Suiren clan is probably just the leader of the Yanshang clan, and it seems that the Jiasui clan has really taken great pains to deceive the people.

Jiang Huaiyu waved his hands to make the people quiet again, and said with a serious face: "Send the fire ghost today, it's half an hour late, the fire god is angry, and the blame lies with them!" After that, he pointed to the three people kneeling below, making them tremble, and continued: "Only by sacrificing you to the fire god can I keep my Linhe Town peaceful." ”

"Kill them, kill them!" The eyes of the people in the audience were torn, and the shouts shook the sky. The power of God is so powerful that it can force the kind and simple people into such a terrible way.

The three kneeling people trembled, not daring to resist at all.

"Let my grandma go. A cry was quickly drowned out in anger, but Wu Ma heard it in his heart, it was the child named Yu Yixi who gave him the stone, who was being held by a dark and rough man at this time, it should be his father. It's not that the man doesn't want to resist, but he doesn't dare, his mother can't be saved, and he is afraid of losing his son again.

Three executioners dressed in red stood behind the three men, squirted a puff of white wine at the edge of the knife, and raised the knife in both hands.

Jiang Huaiyu looked up at the hour and sneered, "Let's do it." ”

The executioner's face was hideous, and his back molars were clenched, but then his expression changed from fierce to surprised, and then to fear, and cold sweat broke out on his face.

Jiang Huaiyu said angrily: "Are you dead, what are you doing there?"

The executioner sweated like rain, and secretly reported to Jiang Huaiyu: "My lord, the evil sect is evil, this knife ...... The knife can't fall. ”

"What!" Jiang Huaiyu was also taken aback, but he was not afraid, because he was a god, and there were all his followers below, whoever he wanted to die, whoever he wanted to die, there was no possibility of living, "The god of fire told me that there is a demon from the Ge clan among you, find him out and kill him!"

"Kill him, kill him!" the crowd looked around like crazy. These neighbors who lived together began to be suspicious of each other, and the usual holidays were remembered one by one, which was a good opportunity for revenge, and soon several people were pushed out, full of horror and overwhelmed.

"Let them go, I did it. Wu Ma Xin let out a loud shout and walked out of the gap in the crowd, and the few people also quietly retreated into the crowd, secretly relieved.

Jiang Huaiyu looked at Wu Ma Xin coldly, his whole body trembled again, and his voice became weird: "I am the Fire God Suiren, this person is a demon from the Ge clan, kill him, I will give you fire!"

The people were in a commotion, their originally kind eyes became cold and fierce, and several young and strong people took the lead in pounce. Wu Ma Xin saw a hint of mockery from Jiang Huaiyu's cold gaze, no one can despise the authority of God, and he is God, and these ignorant people are the claws of God.

Wu Ma Xin jumped upward, dodged a few calloused fists, and took a few steps in the air to the broken temple, standing opposite Jiang Huaiyu. The people in the audience were like enchanted, with red eyes, and crowded towards the ruined temple, but they were blocked by the officials and soldiers and could not come forward.

"Let them go, and I'll be at your disposal. ”

"What if I didn't!" Jiang Huaiyu glanced up and down, and said with disdain on his face, "A demon from the Congge clan dared to go wild in the fire change ceremony. It seems that you are not very good at learning. Still thinking about saving people, you all have to die!" With that, Jiang Huaiyu waved his hands, and a fire dragon flew up from the stake, opening its huge mouth and flying towards Wu Ma's heart. Wu Ma's heart urged the eye of the ghost talent, this fire dragon was strong on the outside and tangible in the middle, and there was no essence of the Yan Shang clan in the body, it was just a small flame manipulated by the people of the Jiasui clan with true qi, and there was nothing to be afraid of at all.