097 Sacrifice
When they got closer, they saw clearly that the fire of the dragon was a torch in the hands of the people, who were surrounding the river, swaying to the song of Chu Heng, and praying with words in their mouths.
Chu Heng bent down, lowered his head, and stretched out his hand to pat in front of him: "Let those who close their eyes see ......"
"Yo! Yo! "The people held up their torches.
Chu Heng got up, raised his head, stretched out his hand and patted it in front of him: "Let the freedom of imprisonment ......"
"Hooray! Phew! The torch-bearing people were flushed and their bodies swayed slowly to the beat.
Although the night is dark, this song is like a galaxy sprinkled by the broken sky, shining brightly on people's hearts, and bathing people are cool.
"What kind of song is this, it's so good." The soldier standing by the horse couldn't help but start whispering: "That girl is the Chu girl I saw in the Tengwang Mansion today, right?" ”
"Looking at the back, it seems to be Miss Chu, I didn't expect Miss Chu to dance so beautifully, the dance steps are so slow, but why do I feel that every foot is stepping on people's hearts, it's really ...... heavy."
Su Yunsheng didn't appreciate it at all, he sat on horseback and watched from afar, his brows furrowed tightly, and his face was disgusted: "Why do so many people go out of the city late at night?" ”
When Su Yunsheng asked this, none of the soldiers who followed him knew the answer, so they had to collectively keep silent.
"Go and call the gate guard just now!" Su Yunsheng's eyes were full of irritability.
The guard walked through the neatly arranged group of corpses in horror and stood beside Su Yunsheng's horse: "In the evening, Miss Chu was giving porridge outside the southern city, so a large number of people gathered. ”
"Soup kitchen?" Su Yunsheng raised his eyebrows. This Chu Heng is not stupid, a flood in this vine city will go down, and the people will not have any food at all. But after the soup soup was over, these people didn't go back to their homes, and they still accompanied her at the gate of the city to worship what river god?
Miss Chu said that the flood was because the river was angry. I want to appease Jiang Shen, but she is not strong enough alone, and she needs people to help her make a sacrifice......"
"So everyone stayed and helped her?" Su Yunsheng had a sarcastic smile on his face: "Evil words confuse the people!" ”
As soon as the words fell. Some of the soldiers who followed Su Yunsheng looked up at Su Yunsheng. Xindao is this Su Gongzi has a grudge against Miss Chu, it is normal to make a sacrifice to the river god after the flood, that is to appease the gods, what does it have to do with the evil words to confuse the people......
"Of course people have to stay, if Jiang Shen can't be appeased. Our Fujicheng ......" The guard looked worried: "If the little one doesn't have the duty of guarding the city gate and can't leave without permission, he will definitely make a torch and follow Miss Chu to appease Jiang Shen." ”
"Go, go!" Su Yunsheng sat on horseback, raised his foot and kicked towards the guard: "Go back and guard your city gate." ”
One of the guards was kicked and stumbled and fell to the ground. He secretly spitted, secretly scolding Su Gongzi in his heart for his bad temper, got up and ran back towards the city gate.
The more Su Yunsheng looked at Chu Heng, the more unpleasant he became, the idea of this vine city to dig the embankment was thought up by the prince of the world, if it was said that the Jiang God was angry and caused a flood. It's better to say that it was caused by the anger of the prince. She's going to sacrifice a ghost to the river god!
"Master Su, the prince is here."
Su Yunsheng turned around and saw two torches at the gate of the city swaying to this side.
Ji Cheng took two of his entourage, and by the light of the torches, slowly walked through the group of corpses and arrived at the place where Su Yunsheng was standing.
As soon as Su Yunsheng saw Ji Cheng, he immediately dismounted. Ji Cheng came on foot, how dare he sit on a horse.
"Yo, so many torches?!" Ji Cheng raised his eyes to look at the riverside, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly: "It's a luxury to light a candle in this Fujicheng now." The firewood on the nearby hillside was damp and difficult to carry, and they didn't have fire oil, so where did Chu Heng get so many torches......"
"Lord Shizi. That's not the point. Su Yunsheng stretched out his hand and pointed at Chu Heng: "Look, what is she doing!" ”
"Sacrifice to the god of the river, didn't you just send someone to tell me?"
Su Yunsheng's face stiffened, and then he snorted coldly: "I just heard the locals say that worshipping the river god here is not as simple as worshipping the river by the river." ”
"You're pretty well informed." Ji Cheng glanced at Su Yunsheng: "This vine city sacrifices to the god of the river, if the god of the river does not manifest." Priests are spurned. But unlike the sacrifice on the side of the big river, you just need to sink a person casually, regardless of whether it manifests or not. ”
Su Yunsheng rolled his eyes: "Look at the prince of the world, look relaxed, are you waiting for Chu Heng to be spurned?" ”
"She's not going to be spurned for."
"The prince is quite confident." Su Yunsheng's voice was full of mockery: "Then you just wait to see the jokes of this deceitful and famous thief." ”
"Can you calm down, don't stab people everywhere like a hedgehog when you touch the sacrifice." Ji Cheng glanced at Su Yunsheng: "As if I'm afraid that others won't know that you were almost killed by that." ”
"Hey! You! Su Yunsheng jumped to his feet angrily by Ji Cheng's words: "I haven't seen this sacrifice yet, I'll go back to the mountain first!" ”
After saying that, Su Yunsheng turned around and got on the horse, and entered the city after beating the horse.
Chu Heng, who was dancing by the fire, raised his head at this time and looked at the back of Su Yunsheng leaving.
"Heng'er, Heng'er!" Ji Cheng saw that Chu Heng had seen it, and hurriedly snatched the torch in the hand of the soldier next to him, waving it to attract Chu Heng's attention.
Chu Heng's dancing continued, and so did his singing.
"The sky does not move ......"
"Don't move! Motionless! ”
"The ground does not move!"
"Don't move! Don't move!! ”
"The water is uneven......"
"Grievances! Uneven! ”
"The wind doesn't blow ......"
"No! No! ”
"The people want clothes and ......"
"Yo he! Yo he! ”
"The people want to eat ......"
"Yo he! Yo he! ”
"Jiang God bless me ......"
"Well-being! Well-being! ”
"God Jiang bless me!"
"Well-being! Well-being! ”
"God Jiang bless me!"
"God Jiang bless me!"
"God Jiang bless me!"
The shouts and cheers on the river bank became louder and louder, and Chu Heng no longer led the singing, but turned around and knelt down against the river, shouting one after another in his mouth: "Jiang God bless me!" ”
"God Jiang bless me!" The people knelt down with Chu Heng, one bow, and the other bowed......
The torch in his hand followed the kowtow action, and the fire dragon flickered and dimmed.
Not far from the river embankment, Ji Cheng's hand holding the torch was clenched tightly, and his eyes were solemn: "It's time." ”
"Will the clouds open?"
"Is there a moon today?"
The armor kept their eyes fixed on the crowd of people kneeling in front of them.
With a pop, the sacrifice was thrown down the embankment.
The voice of "Jiang God bless me" still kept ringing, and the people kept kneeling towards the river.
"It's been so long, and the dark clouds still haven't dispersed......" Ji Cheng's hand holding the torch slowly tightened, and his heart was full of thoughts. Could it be that the Queen Mother is just a deception and a thief of fame as the Queen Mother said?! No, he didn't believe it! If they are really just deceitful and famous, why can they live in the palace and protect the emperor for generations......
"The clouds have dispersed!"
"The moon is out!"
There was an excited shout from the crowd on the riverbank, Ji Cheng looked up, the moonlight that he had expected to be as bright as day did not appear, and the sky was still as dark as a twilight cloth, where was the moon?
"The moon is out! Jiang Shen heard! ”
The excitement of the people did not look like a fake, they raised their heads, waved the torches in their hands, and looked at the night sky with excitement, as if there really was a bright moon there.
Ji Cheng rubbed his eyes, did he see it wrong? Why did everyone see it, but he couldn't see it? (To be continued.) )