"Lin Tao tomorrow is their festival here, I will wear the traditional costumes of our Miao people to show you if it is okay. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info" Xue Lou said to Lin Tao while fantasizing, but saw Tao with a sullen face and nodded vigorously.

"But I heard the old people in the village say that the festival is different from the usual festivals of our Miao people, and even the time is different, like to worship the insect ancestor or something."

"What, worship what." Lin Tao, who was thinking about what happened last night, heard that Xuelou said that it was to worship the insect ancestor, and Lin Tao was shocked.

"I said that their festival is to worship the Insect Ancestor, but I haven't seen anyone in the village who knows Gu magic." Xue Lou said curiously.

After hearing this, Lin Tao had a bad premonition in his heart, could it be that what Uncle Ran said last night was a sacrificial offering for the child? This originally plain-looking Miao family village has become mysterious since last night.

"How was your sleep last night. It's very windy at night in this big mountain, so don't run around at night. After Uncle Ran finished speaking, he went out with a hoe and went to work in the fields.

"Xuelou, do you know that Uncle Ran has a son?" After Lin Tao saw Uncle Ran leaving, he asked Xuelou.

"No, Uncle Ran told me that his wife died early, and she had no children at all, quite a poor person."

No child why did he call his son to the monster in the dry well last night, and fed his own blood to the monster, Lin Tao began to be confused.

"Later, I'm going to ask the old man in the village to borrow a set of clothes, do you want to go with me."

"I'm a little uncomfortable, so you can go and borrow one for me by the way. By the way, you can ask the old people in the village by the way to see if they know about the situation at Uncle Ran's house. Lin Tao muttered in Xuelou's ear.

"Why are you asking this, Uncle Ran is very good, not only saved us but also let us live in his house."

"I'm just a little curious, you go quickly, don't forget to ask." With that, Lin Tao returned to the house.

After Xuelou left, Lin Tao quietly came to the door of the abandoned hut last night, but found that there was an extra lock on the door, could it be that Uncle Ran found out?

I went back to the house and sorted out the events of last night, Uncle Ran, the monster in the dry well that Uncle Ran called his son but looked like a blood slave, the pill that Uncle Ran ate.

If that blood slave was Uncle Ran's child, then how did he become a blood slave, and why did Uncle Ran lock him up in a dry well to feed, whether the pill that Uncle Ran ate was an elixir, why he could let Uncle Ran, who had lost too much blood, recover so quickly, where did he get such a precious thing, he couldn't think of anything when he thought about it.

After most of the day, Xue Lou came back in a full costume, with a silver flower top on his head, a blue and red long skirt, and a silver-white belt around his waist, turning in a circle in front of Lin Tao, and the long skirt made Xue Lou look like a fairy falling from the sky.

"Isn't it pretty?" Xue Lou lifted his skirt and sat next to Lin Tao.

"Beautiful, really beautiful." Lin Tao saw the Xue Lou dressed in costume today, and under some dressing, it was indeed beautiful, not inferior to those ladies in Jiangnan.

Help Lin Tao put on a black and blue cloth coat, a pair of wide fat pants, and tie a blue strip of cloth on her head. It seems to have become an authentic Miao brother.

"Do you know what we're like now?" After Xuelou helped Lin Tao put on the Miao costume, he sat next to him, bowing his head and blushing shyly.

"I know." Lin Tao hugged the snow building and whispered in her ear.

"Wait until you get back to Nanjing."

Lin Tao's words made Xuelou lean happily in Lin Tao's arms, so that he would always be by his side.

"By the way, Xuelou, did you ask about the situation of Uncle Ran's house that you asked me to ask about?"

"When I asked, the old people in the village didn't want to mention it, but they told me anyway." Xue Lou continued.

The old people said that Uncle Ran's family was very miserable, originally the family relied on hunting and planting some crops, the child has been working outside for more than ten years, the year before last when he came back to live for a period of time and went crazy, his mother was bitten to death, and he ran into the mountains and couldn't find it, since then Uncle Ran has lived alone, and everyone is afraid that Uncle Ran will be sad and don't want to mention it.

After listening to Xuelou, Lin Tao had some answer in his heart, it is estimated that what happened to Uncle Ran's child became a blood slave and bit his mother to death, but Uncle Ran was reluctant to kill his son, so he could only be kept in captivity in a dry well, but how did Uncle Ran's son become a blood slave, and where did his elixir come from.

Early the next morning, Lin Tao woke up to the sound of gongs and drums.

"Why is the snow building so noisy outside?"

"It's time to get up, the people in the stockade are about to leave." Xuelou dressed up, pulled up Lin Tao, who was still on the bed, and helped him put on a Miao suit.

"The festival is not in the village, where are you going?"

"I heard everyone say that they should go to the mountains to worship Gu Ancestors first, and then come back to celebrate the festival."

The two of them got dressed, and Uncle Ran's voice came from the door.

"Lin Tao, hurry up, everyone is about to leave."

In the sound of gongs and drums, the whole village of all ages and children are dressed in costumes, carrying chickens, ducks and fish and set off towards the mountain.

"Uncle Ran, how long will it take to arrive?" In the afternoon, Lin Tao couldn't help but ask Uncle Ran when he saw that he hadn't arrived at the sacrificial place yet, but he was still wary of him in his heart, in case there was any accident.

After a while, he finally arrived at the altar of this village, and when he saw Gu Zu for the first time, Lin Tao found that it was exactly the same as the toad on the mural in the tomb of King Dian.

Surrounded by the whole village, pigs, ducks, chickens and other sacrifices were all sent to the altar under the toad stone statue, surrounded by the whole village, an old grandmother came out of the house on the side, also wearing Miao costumes, and came to the stone statue with a bent body, and the mouth muttered up, and the whole village squatted down devoutly.

"Lin Tao, look at the old grandma's sleeve." Xue Lou pulled Lin Tao's sleeve.

"Shhhh I see it. Lin Tao hurriedly pulled Xuelou and knelt on the ground with everyone, and secretly looked at the old grandmother's cuffs by the altar embroidered with patterns.

Lin Tao's legs were numb, and the whole sacrifice ended.

The people in the stockade began to walk back, but Lin Tao found that Uncle Ran was gone.

"Xuelou, I have a stomachache and go back to play with everyone first, I'll go to you later."

"Or I'll wait for you here." Xue Lou looked at Lin Tao with some concern.

"It's okay, you're so beautiful today, let's go back with everyone first, I have something to say to you in the evening." said that he looked at Xue Lou sincerely and kissed her forehead.

Xue Lou blushed and ran into the crowd quickly.

"Remember to come back soon." After speaking, he happily blended into the crowd.

Lin Tao took the opportunity to quietly hide in the forest on the side, and slowly approached the old grandmother's house.

Since he is a member of the Hundred Poison Gate, but it is also a sacrifice in the village, it seems that the Hundred Poison Gate must have a connection here, you must be careful, Qing Toad, you must help me this time, Lin Tao, who was meditating in his heart, felt that the green toad in his stomach seemed to know what he meant, and screamed a few times in his stomach, which made Lin Tao feel greatly comforted.

It was getting dark, and all the helpers who stayed at the altar had left, leaving only Lin Tao who was hiding, Uncle Ran who disappeared, and the old aunt of the Hundred Poison Gate in the house.

In the night, Lin Tao quietly groped his way to the old grandmother's stilted downstairs to hide, and actually heard Uncle Ran's voice through the wooden plank.