Duanmu Xiong's eyes were filled with a sense of inquiry, as if he wanted to see through the youngest elder among them.

Situ Sheng is a person who he can't see through, although he is the youngest one compared to the elders here, and his experience is not as deep as others, it stands to reason that his mind should be the easiest to see through, but Duanmuxiong can guess the central thoughts of others, but this young man, who has been the head of the Situ family for ten years, has been mediocre, and should have been the most reassuring, but Duanmuxiong felt that it was difficult to figure out.

Just like now, he sat below, his face was light, there was no sadness and worry on the faces of others, just a calm face, just like all these years, no matter what happened in the clan, no matter what movement in the world outside, he didn't care about himself, he didn't care about anything.

This young man is not easy to control, he knew this many years ago.

After a while, Duanmu Xiong's eyes moved away from Situ Sheng and looked at the rest of the people.

The cheetah spoke slowly: "Ah Sheng is right, first solve the current matter of sacrificing to the sky, Lao Cen, you go and deal with the matter of the sacrifice, the news of the leakage of the sacrificial son must not be leaked, as for the matter of checking whether someone has sneaked in, as for the matter of checking whether someone has sneaked in, just wait for the matter of worshipping the sky, Ah Sheng will deal with it!"

"Yes!"

Soon after Duanmu Xiong led the Council of Elders to the altar, he sent someone to find the child who had taken the place of the priest and found it.

Near noon, the sun was in the middle of the day, and the square was full of people.

Three steps around, one five-step and one sentry, almost the entire altar square is guarded.

On the altar, there are bursts of exciting horns, as well as the sound of drums, very solemn, there is a tripod in the middle, and a table full of sacrifices, two long poles are erected on both sides, and there is a flag rustled by the wind, the flag is printed with the tribal symbol of the Qiang people, in addition to Duanmuxiong and the six elders, there is a group of wizards in strange costumes who are jumping and dancing and singing and chanting there, and the people of several families under the altar are kneeling in rows, with their right hands close to their hearts, making the traditional ceremonial posture of the Qiang people, worshipping the direction of the altar, and everyone's attitude is very pious。

Seeing that the time had come, I saw several women wearing Qiang costumes holding a baby slowly walking out from behind the altar, and then walked to the stairs and walked up to the altar step by step.

Lou Yueqing and Rong Zhi hid in the corner not far away, taking in the movement on the altar in their eyes, looking at those people holding a child, they couldn't help but sneer.

Losing one and finding another is just to fool the public, but in fact it is to play everyone in the palm of your hand.

It's just that I don't know if the elders will fool the Qiang people who believe in them like this, will ......

It is estimated that the Heavenly Saint Palace is going to be chaotic in a minute!

At this time, the wizards above had stopped moving, were chanting something, and then, taking the crying baby, fiddling with it seriously, and then about to put the baby on top of the big ding......

As soon as you put it in and activate the mechanism inside, this child will be squeezed into meat sauce!

Lou Yueqing, who was watching this scene from a distance, squinted her eyes, and couldn't help mentioning it in her heart, a little nervous, don't tell her, she saved one and killed the other......

However, as she expected, the worship of heaven was going to stop after all.

Just when the wizard was about to put the baby wrapped in red cloth into the sacrificial tripod, a commotion came from the street on the side of the square, and at a glance, I just saw a group of Qiang people coming towards this side, menacing!

Everyone looked over, the wizard also stopped moving, the child survived, and Duanmu Xiong and several elders on the altar saw this, and immediately stepped down from the altar and walked in the direction of the crowd.

Soon, the people walked to the square, and as far as the eye could see, the whole street was crowded, and there were definitely no less than 10,000 people.

The leader is a few old men with vicissitudes of life.

As soon as they saw Duanmuxiong, the old men were very excited.

It turned out that these people came here to inquire about the fact that they had heard that the priest had disappeared and that the elders had casually found a baby to replace them.

Naturally, Duanmuxiong and the Council of Elders denied it, after all, they all knew that if this matter was admitted, these people were afraid that they would make trouble, and the sacrificial son would be missing, to put it seriously, it was that there was a problem with the sacrifice to the sky, and the annual festival of the sacrifice to the heavens, in their minds, at this time, the ritual of praying to God to protect the Qiang tribe had never gone wrong, but now that something was wrong, they would naturally think that God would no longer protect and favor this side of the land......

Although they dare not make a mistake because of the prestige of the Presbyterian Church, it will definitely make the image of the Presbyterian Church disappear in the eyes of these Qiang people.

That's definitely a curse!

Just as several elders of the Council of Elders were giving painstaking explanations to appease the Qiang people, a woman rushed into the crowd in the square and shouted while everyone was not paying attention.

I saw her rushing to Duanmuxiong's side, kneeling there, pulling the corner of Duanmuxiong's clothes and shouting, her voice penetrating the entire square: "Patriarch, please don't use my child to sacrifice to the sky, that's also your child, as the saying goes, the tiger poison does not eat children, and if the sacrifice is gone, you can find it again, the concubine is such a child, you can let him go......"

One stone startles a thousand waves!

Many people know this woman, she is one of Duanmuxiong's many wives, she is very favored, just over a month ago, she gave birth to a son for Duanmuxiong.

Her words shocked everyone.

The Qiang people who had just been pacified suddenly became agitated and questioned in a loud voice.

Duanmu Xiong's face was very ugly, let people immediately = drag that woman down.

The people of the Council of Elders also looked sad and kept explaining and appeasing, but they still couldn't convince the Qiang people, who were already on the verge of anger, and there was chaos in the square.

The soldiers guarding the square immediately rushed over to maintain order, but the deception and foolery of the Elders, who had always been trusted, made those Qiang people angry, and they directly clashed with the soldiers who maintained order.

Taking in the chaos in the square, Lou Yueqing laughed so much that it was a schadenfreude!

She just likes to watch the fun!

Mo is worthy of being someone who understands her, and without saying much, she can guide things in the direction she wants!

Rong Zhi watched her smile so openly, and the corners of his mouth pulled slightly.

"It's almost time!" he said.

They still have things to do, and they come here to make a trip, not only to disrupt this festival of worshipping the heavens, but also to turn the Qiang people upside down, so that Duanmu Xiong can't take care of things!

Lou Yueqing's eyes fell on the chaotic square not far away, and she didn't look back: "Look again!"

Rong Zhi: "......" Okay!

In the square, the angry people who were deceived were extremely excited, and kept pouring into the square, squeezing people from several families in the square into the corner, while Duanmuxiong and the six elders were all protected by the soldiers.

At this time, someone shouted.

"Oh no, the temple is on fire!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and immediately stopped arguing and looked to the west.

I saw the direction west of the square, behind the eaves street, on a green hill, there seemed to be the shadow of the eaves, and among the eaves, there was a rare firelight......

The temple is a temple-like place, located in the west of the Qiang city on the Tianshan Mountain, the hall is placed with the red gold statues and tablets of the ancestors of the Qiang people and the ancestors of the Yuan family, just like the people outside worship the Buddha and pray to God, the people of the Qiang nationality here, often go to worship the people worshiped inside, on such a day today, there are also a large number of Qiang people to worship there, in order to seek the blessing of the ancestors......

On a day like today, there was a fire......

First of all, the priest disappeared for no reason, and the elders wanted to fool everyone with the truth, and now it is the fire in the temple of the gods, and one thing after another happened, in just an hour, the Qiang City, which was still calmly waiting for the sacrifice to the sky, was suddenly in chaos.

Duanmu Xiong immediately led the people of the Council of Elders to the Divine Protector Temple, and only then did he learn the cause of the fire.

It is said that before the fire, in the huge shrine of the gods, there were many people kneeling and worshipping, and suddenly the golden statue of the ancestor of the Qiang nationality flowed blood from the top of the head, flowed down the face, and dripped under the golden statue, causing panic, and suddenly a wind blew, gloomy, and the cloth hanging around the golden statue suddenly caught fire for some reason, and the fire spread rapidly.

There was no time to extinguish it, so the entire hall was burned, and several people were burned to death.

It made the people of the Qiang nationality even more frightened.

In addition, some people spread rumors that the Qiang people would not be allowed to be exterminated in the sky, which caused panic, and the chaos in Qiang City was absolute, and many people went to the Tiansheng Palace to make trouble.

Duanmuxiong explained to the outside world that someone had infiltrated the Qiang tribe and caused these things, and he would find out the thief as soon as possible, which temporarily quelled the civil strife in Qiang City.

He immediately discussed a solution with a few elders, and sent people to check all entrances and exits, and searched for people who infiltrated in a carpet manner, and all the people's houses were not spared from being searched, and the people in Qiang City were panicked.

However, no one dared to search for Situ Sheng's courtyard.

So, I searched for a whole night and found nothing.

……

Yuan Shaoyan had arrived at a border city on the border of Liguo, near the Qiang people.

After a few days of hurrying, he was already very tired, and planned to stay overnight before entering the Qiang tribe, he knew that this day was the sacrifice of the Qiang people, so he didn't plan to go.

It's just that he didn't expect that before the night passed, the things in the Qiang tribe reached his ears.

In the courtyard where he lived, there was a secret passage leading to the Qiang tribe, and he slept until midnight, when a man in black came out of the secret passage and stood in front of him.

Simply reported what happened in the sky, and then said: "The patriarch said that there are thieves mixed in the Qiang tribe, and they have not yet been found, I don't know the number and I don't know the origin, this person is now in the Qiang tribe, I am afraid that it will be detrimental to the previous plan, if the young lord arrives, please go to the Qiang tribe immediately and discuss countermeasures!"

Yuan Shaoyan was completely sleepy.

Just before he wanted to enter the secret passage, one of his men came down to report.

"Childe, Princess Changle is chasing after you!"

When Yuan Shaoyan heard this, his face changed.

How did she come, and so fast?

"Where is she now?"

His subordinates reported: "People have arrived outside the courtyard, and there are still a lot of people!"

Yuan Shaoyan frowned and was silent.

After a moment, he said lightly: "Hold her, just say I'm not here, if she wants to come in and search, let her in!"

After speaking, he took a few of his personal subordinates and the black-clothed man who came to invite him into the secret passage, and the secret passage closed with a bang, without any trace.

Only then did the subordinate turn around and go out to deal with Princess Changle.

Early in the morning, outside the Heavenly Sage Palace, a lot of people gathered, all waiting for Duanmuxiong to give an explanation, but there was still nothing.

Duanmu Xiong knew that once this matter was not resolved well, the chaos of the Qiang people would definitely have a great impact on his plan, and it would definitely affect the morale of the army, and such a situation was something he did not want to see.

So, now, his head is big!

When Yuan Shaoyan entered the Qiang tribe, it was already morning.

Duanmu Xiong immediately asked a few elders to do what they had to do, search for the infiltrated people, appease the people, check the entrances and exits, etc., while he, after everyone dispersed, entered the forbidden place behind the Heavenly Saint Palace alone.

Behind a grove of trees, a group of temple attics fell into view.

The so-called forbidden land of the Qiang people, everyone thinks it is a dense forest, in fact, in the dense forest, there is such a place hidden, this is where the people of the Yuan family live, but since the Yuan family entered the court of Chu a hundred years ago, no one has lived in succession, and over time, it has become a place used to train the successors of the Yuan family. A few years ago, Yuan Shaoyan lived here for many years.

When Duanmuxiong arrived, Yuan Shaoyan was already waiting.

"See the young master!"

As always, more than respectful.

Yuan Shaoyan personally helped him up: "Duanmu Shibo get up!"

Duanmu Xiong looked even more panicked.

Yuan Shaoyan didn't seem to see it, looked at him and asked, "I know all about yesterday's events, how did I handle it?"

Duanmu Xiong sighed and said, "It's still being investigated, I've already asked a few elders to take people there, and I want to find people at any cost!"

He has sent someone to close all the secret passages in and out of the Qiang people, even if he can't find it for the time being, that person will definitely not be able to get out, where the Qiang people have a big palm, they can't hide people, as long as they can't get out of the Qiang people, it will be sooner or later to find the person who broke in!

Yuan Shaoyan said in a deep voice: "It's not enough to send people to find it, but also to send people to guard the barracks, and we can't let the thieves have a chance!"

Hearing this, Duanmu Xiong was stunned: "What the young master means ......"

Yuan Shaoyan said in a deep voice: "Now someone has broken in at this juncture, and there is a ** to disrupt our plan, if I guessed correctly, they have disrupted the ceremony of sacrificing the heavens, the next step is to attack the army, you immediately send people to resist the various military camps, you can't make any trouble!"

If he guessed correctly, there is a good chance that the people who came in were from Rong Zhi and his wife, or maybe they themselves!

It is not unreasonable for him to have this speculation, after all, Rong Zhi and Lou Yueqing are not in Chujing now, and they don't know where to go, their movements may not be able to hide from the couple, and besides, who else can quietly break in here?

"Yes!"

Duanmu Xiong dared to delay, and immediately turned around and left, however, not long after he went out, something happened again.

"Patriarch, the big thing is not good, several elders are missing!"

------Off topic------

Someone in the family is sick, I went to the hospital today, and I didn't come back until six o'clock in the evening, but since I said that it was ten thousand watches, it would be nine o'clock tomorrow morning

This book was first published by Lewen, please do not reprint!