Xu Daoyuan's whisper made Xu Yan's heart sink. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Master, do they really want to use a living sacrifice?"

"I'm afraid that's the case...... Ahem, ahem. ”

"Isn't the Puritan sect the head of decency?

"The head of decency?" A trace of remembrance appeared in the eyes of the old Taoist priest, his eyes flashed, and he said: "There are many decent people in the country, but the title of the head is just a family, if you really want to talk about the head of the Dapu decency, there is still a little bit of difference between Taiqing, and who told you that decent people will not kill innocents in vain?"

Looking at the confusion in Xu Yan's eyes, the old Taoist priest chuckled and said: "The world is bustling, all for profit, idiot, idiot......"

Xu Daoyuan's words, Xu Yan could understand them, but he couldn't figure it out, for the sake of a trick-like mountain god, did he really want to kill two living people?

Outside the courtyard wall, gongs and drums were noisy, and there was a lot of noise.

Hearing the sound, Xu Yan ran out to look, only to see dozens of Taiqing Taoist priests who were placing orders in Chengyunguan left Chengyunguan, one by one wearing Taoist robes and holding peachwood swords, driving the cart, while throwing holy water or rune paper, while shouting 'Morality is clear and quiet, really keep Taiqing', the momentum is very grand and huge, and the direction of progress is the square in the center of the town.

The auspicious time has arrived, and the grand ceremony is about to begin.

The square of Linshan Town has been surrounded by the people, the news of the mountain god's anger is like a storm over the spread of the fierce, the people in the small town who only know how to live at home are all terrified, last year's crops were lost by the locust plague more than half, if this year in the face of a catastrophe, but really to die.

The people in the town do not expect peace in the world, do not expect their children and grandchildren to become famous, their hope is just to have a full stomach.

The whispering people became quiet when the Taoist priests came, and after a while, the square was swept away, and then the altar of the offering table was erected, and on the side of the east street, a strange veranda was built with dead grass and branches, which is said to be called the road to heaven, and I don't know what it was used for.

In the crowd, Xu Daoyuan, with Xu Yan's support, also came to the front, and in the distance, the figure of the old man of the Cheng family was impressively listed, but the old man's face was gloomy like water, and in addition to his granddaughter Cheng Linyun, there were two servants to follow.

After the altar of the square was built, the scar-faced Taoist led by him waved the dust and said loudly: "Morality is quiet, it is really always too clear, the catastrophe of Linshan Town is imminent, in order to defend the peace of the party, we are willing to break into the mortal dust, calm the anger of the sky, settle the people's grievances, and be merciful and merciful." ”

As soon as Scarface Daoren's words fell, the two people behind him picked up the rune paper with a peachwood sword at the same time, only to see that the two rune papers spontaneously combusted without fire, and the sparks that were raised one after another were in awe of people, and then they were used as tinder and lit the three incense sticks on the table.

"The hour has come!" The scar-faced Taoist shouted in vain: "In order to calm the wrath of the mountain gods, give up wealth to keep safe." ”

At this time, several Taoist priests began to circle around the square with a cart, and every time they came to a common person, they would say a sentence to calm the anger of the mountain gods and give up their wealth to ensure safety, which clearly means that 'if you don't give up your wealth, you will suffer disasters this year'.

The reverence for the gods made the people take out their belongings one after another, the poor people gritted their teeth and threw a string of copper coins to the car, and the Yin Shi people did not dare to slack off, most of them were given with pure silver, and some of them were so poor that they couldn't open the pot, they really had no money, and even the broken bowls and rakes were sacrificed.

The cart turned three times, and the originally empty board fell high with goods, and it was actually fully loaded.

Glancing at the collected belongings, the scar-faced Taoist brushed the dust and then swung it again, and the thirty-six Taoist priests behind him immediately sat cross-legged in a fixed position, chanting words in their mouths, looking solemn from a distance, quite a dusty momentum, but the next progress began to be terrifying.

"Boy, please!"

As Scarface stopped drinking again, two and a half children were pushed out of the crowd, one of them was a boy less than ten years old, dressed in tattered clothes, and he was a beggar in a small town, and the other girl was thin, with an obviously large dress, and her already yellow face had already turned pale, and her eyes were full of horror.

"Little Flower!"

In the crowd, Xu Yan opened his mouth, and Tie Zhu and some half-grown children all exclaimed.

They all recognized the two children who were pushed onto the square, the boy was a silly little beggar who had wandered from the surrounding mountain villages to Linshan Town, and the girl was the little flower who entered the mountain with them.

During the pushing, the little beggar was delirious and only knew that she was smiling with saliva, but Xiaohua was vaguely aware of her fate, so she cried.

"Dad, mother, I'm not a child, I want to go home, woo woo!"

Xiaohua cried like this, and someone couldn't help but say: "I have sacrificed to the mountain god, I'm afraid that the boy and the girl won't be able to live, Xiaohua's girl is so sensible......"

"Shhhhh

"That little beggar has been living with us for a few years, and if it weren't for everyone's charity, he would have starved to death, and now it is only right for us to ward off disasters. ”

"I heard that Xiaohua was sold by her family, and she couldn't find a virgin, so Zhang Dahu's family paid ten taels of silver. ”

"Her family is already poor, and there are brothers and sisters above, so it's not a ...... to die"

There were many rumors, and finally in Xu Yan's ears, it was like a ghost crying wolf, he had seen ghosts, demons, and even black and white impermanence, but for the first time in his life, he saw something more sinister.

Popularity!

Xu Daoyuan's gaze gradually shifted from the square to his side, looking at the apprentice's increasingly blue face, the old Taoist priest smiled silently.

Over the years, in addition to flying stone kung fu and some medical science, Xu Daoyuan has not taught Xu Yan too many things, not that he won't, but he doesn't want to, and now, at the end of his life, he should teach his apprentice the last one, which is also something he finally realized throughout his life.

Call!

On the east side of the square, a flame-rising flame suddenly ignited, and the strange balcony built of dead branches of plants and trees caught fire, which was actually lit by a Taoist priest and splashed with fire oil before.

The strange veranda, once burned, looked like a passage of flames, and the so-called road to heaven was this path of flame that led to death.

The flames made Xiaohua's cry even louder, and she struggled to escape, but was held by two tall Taoists, unable to move, and staggered towards the sea of fire.

The task of the boy and the girl is to walk the road to heaven to comfort the gods and appease the anger of the mountain gods, but everyone knows that once they are pushed into the sea of fire, the two children will be burned to death immediately!

"Pretending to be a ghost!"

In the crowd, there was an old man's drinking, and the old man of the Cheng family, who had always watched all this, finally spoke.

"Rudeness, silence!" On the altar, Scarface's face sank, and a fierce glint flashed in his eyes.

"Taiqing teachings, morality is clear and quiet, and you really keep Taiqing, where is your virtue, where is your guard!" Cheng Yu's beard was open, his hands trembled with anger, and he shouted angrily: "Why did the old man only see a group of wild beasts gnawing human flesh and blood, devouring people's bones and bones!"

In the face of the old man's drinking, the face of the scar-faced Taoist was even heavier, he glanced at the crowd slightly, and immediately a few strangers with unkind faces began to approach Cheng Yu, this time the Taiqing sect people who arrived in Linshan Town were only half of the orders in Chengyunguan, and the other half were mixed with the people, in order to deal with this sudden situation.

"Virtue is in my heart, and it is in all directions. The scar-faced Taoist smiled faintly and said, "Old man, you only saw the boy crossing the sky and grieving for him, how could you have seen that a few months later, the locust plague in Linshan Town was everywhere, and the corpses were floating everywhere? ”

A generation of prime ministers, who was said to be short-sighted, Cheng Yu only felt a dull heart, and his body immediately fell backwards, if it wasn't for someone hurriedly helping him, this old man would definitely fall.

Since he can become the prime minister, the measure is definitely not like this, Cheng Yu was not angry, but someone suddenly squeezed in front of him just now, and it seemed to be a lively person, but in fact, when the person was by Cheng Yu's side, he secretly punched the old man's heart.

"Grandpa!"

Cheng Linyun was startled, and hurriedly rushed to the front, fortunately, although the old man was a literati, he was not powerless, his body was extremely tough, and it was okay to fall after being punched, Cheng Yu glanced at his granddaughter, and stopped speaking after being helped up by his subordinates.

With the experience of the old man, he can already see that there are many strange faces around him, all of them have big shoulders and round waists, and they must carry a blade in their arms, Cheng Yu is over sixty years old, he is not afraid of death, but his granddaughter is in front of him, and in this situation, he can no longer do anything.

He hasn't returned to Beijing yet, he is still clothed, this is also Cheng Yu's helplessness, if he reinstates his official position, not to mention these young people in front of him, even if the national teacher of Taiqing is in front of him, he has to give three points of courtesy.

The times create heroes, and the times can also trap heroes.

Cheng Linyun saw that her grandfather was fine, and the girl who was already holding back her anger finally found a target to vent at this time, so she angrily separated the crowd and came directly to Xu Yan.