Chapter 21: Nine Songs and Three Questions

Jiu Ge mocked: "If it is to keep the people safe, how can you use children to sacrifice, isn't it a contradiction to say this." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Long Wu was stunned, "Maybe the lesser of the two powers, it is not impossible to exchange the body of one person for the safety of the people of a city, and besides, the sacrificial child is just a change of lifestyle, maybe after arriving in another world, he will become an immortal." ”

Jiu Ge looked at Long Wu Zhenzhen's words, thinking that he also believed such nonsense, and he didn't know if he was too simple, or the thoughts of that era were too ignorant, Qing Song's desperate and miserable cry was still in his ears, Jiu Ge believed that not only Long Wu, but most of the people in Jiangcheng were also so deceiving themselves, as long as this Wu Zhu's behavior had a chance to succeed, the people in the city would have countless reasons to believe him, otherwise there would not be the tragedy of Qing Song's isolation, seeing that his mother was heartbroken, but the surrounding neighbors were indifferent。

"Second question, why do you want to catch children?" Jiu Ge's expression gradually became cold, the shortness of life was too precious to her, if she could live well, why was she forced to die?

"To sacrifice to the god of water. Long Wu looked into the distance: "This river city is surrounded by mountains in the west, and a river runs through it in the middle and flows into the East China Sea. But not only why, this flood is continuous, especially at the turn of spring and summer, the rain falls frequently, and the flood is uncollectible. ”

Jiu Ge instantly understood, it was just a copy of the sacrifice to the river god, but this vicissitudes of water? Jiu Ge couldn't help frowning, the last memory of the Xia Ling era, was it just a coincidence of the same name?

Long Wu was silent when he saw Jiu Ge, and continued to narrate: "Jiangcheng County Shoutian He invited Wu Zhu to open the altar to relieve the disaster of the flood. ”

"So the result of the witch blessing is to sacrifice the god of water with a child?"

Long Wu shook his head, "At the beginning, it didn't have to be sacrificed by children, but it was necessary to take a few drops of blood from the child's forehead and kill the sheep to sacrifice. But later, for some reason, Wu Zhu reopened the altar, saying that there were no boys around the water god, and boys needed to be brought in to show sincerity, and the sacrificial procedures became more and more complicated, and the people were overwhelmed but helpless. ”

"What does it mean that the people are overwhelmed?"

"Pay taxes, do you think that the ritual of opening the altar and sending off the boy is free? Wu Zhu said that every time he travels back and forth between the two realms, he needs to pay for Shouyuan, and to rebuild these lost Shouyuan, he needs a lot of elixir as a supplement, and it is inevitable to spend it. Since it was to save the people of the city, the medical expenses and sacrificial expenses were naturally borne by the people themselves. ”

"Is the flood problem solved?"

"How do you say this?" Long Wu thought, "This witch wishes the Fa, it can only be said that sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, if it doesn't work, then the child who chooses it can't do it, and the water god is not satisfied." ”

Jiu Ge sneered in his heart, such a reason was only lost by the authorities, and he couldn't help but look at Long Wu:

"The third question, what is the attitude of the county guard, since this witch Zhu Bufa is also a mistake, is this so-called medical expenses and sacrificial fees all exempt?"

"Of course not. Long Wu directly denied, "First of all, the reason for the mistake is that the river god does not like the children who enter, and it has nothing to do with Wu Zhu Bufa; ”

Long Wu's analysis couldn't help but make Jiu Ge re-examine him, she suddenly had a feeling that this Long Wu didn't seem to be as cynical as it appeared on the surface, since he knew the hidden cattiness, but he pretended to take it for granted, what was he worried about? And Yu Yu, according to her character, for the evil deeds of the woman in white just now, not to mention taking her life, at least it would make her fall halfway, but she looked indifferent and let the woman in white ride away. Jiu Ge rubbed his temples, did he worry too much?

Seeing that Jiu Ge didn't speak, Long Wu just stared at himself in a daze, and couldn't help but raise his voice and said with high spirits:

"Don't look at me so adoringly, what's the problem, even if you smash it, you Long Ye and I will let you have a long insight today, and know what is called Long Ye's territory. ”

"Who calls the shots on your territory?" Jiu Ge suddenly changed the subject.

Long Wuyi was stunned, and then said loudly: "Naturally, it's Master Long." ”

"In that case, let's find an opportunity to cure the witch?"

"What?" Long Wu was stunned for a moment, and it took a long time to react, and he immediately shook his hand and said: "No, no, if my father knows, you Long Ye and I will want to go home for the rest of my life." ”

"Who is your father?" Jiu Ge wondered.

Long Wu found that he had missed his mouth, and when he was thinking about how to deal with it, someone took the lead.

"Great Sima Longchang. The sudden answer made Jiu Ge and Long Wu both stunned. Chonghua's faint eyes looked at Jiu Ge, revealing an ambiguous smile, but then turned to Long Wudao: "Brother Long, don't come to harm." ”

"Brother Chonghua?" Long Wu almost jumped up with joy: "Why are you here?

"Looking for you?" Chonghua seemed to hear an extremely funny joke: "Brother Long didn't say goodbye back then, what am I looking for you for?"

"Brother Chonghua misunderstood. Long Wu hurriedly explained: "At the beginning, I was also temporarily thrown into the barracks by my father, and since then I have not had the opportunity to come out. ”

Jiu Ge heard that Long Wu described the relationship between the two of them like this, and he didn't feel happy, and after the music, he suddenly felt that it was inappropriate, and sure enough,

"Who is this?" Chonghua's smile never moved away from Jiu Ge, but the question was thrown at Long Wu.

Long Wuyi was stunned, and then smiled: "This is-"

"My name is Xia Jiu, I am a recruit who has just entered the camp this time, thanks to Brother Long's care, I came out with Brother Long to buy the military. Jiu Ge didn't wait for Long Wu to speak, he poured out all the words he was about to say, and then glared at Chonghua with suspicion on his face.

"Brother Long?" Long Wu seemed to be unconvinced: "Xia Jiu, you shouldn't have taken the wrong medicine, it's definitely not good to be so." ”

Jiu Ge's face was black, but he said with a smile on his face: "Brother Long said that he was joking, we have been out of the camp for a while, and it is important to do business." ”

Long Wu listened to Jiu Ge shouting one by one, although he was confused, but he was extremely useful, so he immediately put on a stand that Brother Long should have:

"Since you came out with me, you are waiting on the side, it is still early now, and it is rare for me and Brother Chonghua to see each other, so I just have a drink. ”

"There is an order in the barracks that sergeants are not allowed to indulge in alcohol. Jiu Ge said coldly.

Long Wuyi was stunned, so he sighed lightly: "Then drink, it's okay to drink, right?"

"No, I can't. Jiu Ge didn't even think about denying it directly.

"It doesn't work, it doesn't work either. Long Wu instantly jumped to his feet and said, "Drink tea, can't we drink tea?"

Jiu Ge looked at Long Wu with a determined expression, and was about to hit him, but Chonghua suddenly laughed:

"The little brother doesn't look like a new soldier, but a veteran who has been in the barracks for many years. Chonghua deliberately added the word veteran and continued: "I just listened to the little brother's conversation, Chonghua knows one person, and he is no different from the little brother. ”

Jiu Ge's heart froze, and he knew that it would be no good to meet him, but he said quietly on his face:

"That being the case, Xia Jiu is willing to follow Brother Long and replace wine with tea to thank Gongzi for praise. ”

"Good. Chonghua raised the folding fan and flew away. Long Wu hurriedly trotted to keep up, and from time to time he turned his head and squeezed his eyebrows at Jiu Ge, he knew that when he ran into Chonghua, no matter how clever his tongue was, he would have to lose.

Jiu Ge hung her head all the way, and the dried mud under her feet became the object of her venting, the so-called narrow road of the enemy, this road is too narrow.

When they arrived at the teahouse, Chonghua and Long Wu sat opposite each other, and Jiu Ge was very awkward between the two, picking up the teacup and drinking it all.

Seeing this, Long Wu unconsciously said happily: "Xia Jiu, this tea has to be tasted carefully, how can you drink it like pouring boiled water like this." ”

Jiu Ge was stunned for a moment, and said angrily: "Xia Jiu is a rough person, please feel free to the two gentlemen, you don't have to be familiar with Xia Jiu." ”

Long Wu was choked, and he couldn't find words to refute for a while, so he said to Chonghua: "Brother Chonghua, look, Long Wu's life in the army is really not good, and today's recruits are delicate, and they can't say anything." ”

Chonghua just smiled and didn't answer, for a long time,

"I just heard that you talked about Wu Zhu, Chonghua was a little curious. ”

"Oh?" Long Wu was surprised, "Brother Chonghua also saw it?"

Chonghua nodded, "I wanted to say hello to Brother Long, but before I could speak, Brother Long ran away as soon as he slipped away, why is this?"

"Why?" Long Wu remembered Fang Cai's twists and turns, and couldn't help but snort lightly: "I haven't figured out this question until now, I have to ask this rough man." ”

When Jiu Ge heard this, he couldn't cry or laugh instantly, so he had to casually find a reason and said perfunctorily: "Because of the urgency of time, Xia Jiu is afraid of delaying the time to set up the military, so the speed is faster." ”

"Faster?" Ryugo scoffed, "You're all catching up and flying." ”

Chonghua smiled, thinking of the last encounter with Jiu Ge, it was instantly clear, and he didn't know what happened between General Ji and Jiu Ge, so he actually forced her into the barracks.

"General Ji is really extraordinary, but I don't know if that Qingsong will have such good luck next time. ”

Chonghua's words directly hit Jiuge's heart, cutting the grass without removing the roots, the spring breeze blows and grows, look at the momentum of the woman in white, I am afraid that this green pine can escape the first day of junior high school, and it can't escape the fifteenth.

"General Ji?" Long Wu said in surprise: "That son is actually General Ji." ”

Chonghua glanced at him with a smile, "Brother Long has been in the military camp for a long time, can't he even recognize his superiors?"

Long Wu smiled embarrassedly, the past two years in the military camp have been pure chaos, last time it was easy to meet General Xiao to order troops, but his uncle was afraid that he would be mischievous, so he didn't let himself go, so he only heard General Ji's name, but he didn't see General Ji's true face.

"Since it was General Ji who made the move, why did he let go of the perpetrator so easily, doesn't General Ji know the reason?" Jiu Ge deliberately threw the question to Chonghua again, she wanted to see how perfunctory this Long Wu could be.