The French ceremony is held on the sacrificial platform in the village. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The so-called sacrificial platform is the big banyan tree in the village. According to the villagers in the village, this big banyan tree is more than 100 years old. The older the tree, the more it can gather the energy of the gods, so the more suitable it is to ask the gods.

The branches of the banyan tree are luxuriant, and the dragon-like roots are intertwined, and they are clung tightly into the ground. The trees are covered with strips of red cloth, which are tied by the villagers who usually petition.

Yi Lang took off his shoes and socks, and someone brought him a basin of water, washed his feet, and then walked barefoot to the altar.

"If you just wash your feet and step on the ground without shoes, won't you get your feet dirty again? Isn't that just a waste of time, what is he going to do? Hazy Moon muttered puzzled.

"Oh, don't blame the gods, don't blame the gods, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand, this is the closest place to the gods, what you say the gods can hear, the altar is a pure land given by the gods, how can it be dirty?" An aunt standing next to Hazy Moon said, her eyes full of blame.

"Then tell the gods now, let him give me a box of gold, silver and jewels tonight, and he can hear it?" Hazy Moon asked.

"The gods don't bother with those who don't respect him!" After the aunt finished speaking, she walked away disgusted.

At this time, Yi Lang on the stage sorted out his robes and hats, then reached out and took three incense sticks, lit them, and bowed three times, his mouth was full of words, but he couldn't hear what he was reading. After reading, Yi Lang inserted the incense in his hand into the incense burner in front of him. After that, he took out another clay pot, and sealed the top of the clay pot with red paper, and only inserted a small eye in the center of the red paper, on which some rice grains were placed.

The crowd below folded their hands in unison, their eyes closed, and looked very religious, and it seemed that this was the official beginning of the French style. When Ru Yan and the others saw it, they could only follow the customs, but they also kept an extra eye, their eyes were not closed, and they secretly glanced at Yilang on the stage.

I saw Yi Lang solemnly pick up a peacock green bronze mask on the altar and put it on his face, it is said that every wizard will have his own mask, and the mask is their magic weapon. The mask is sacrificed with their own blood, therefore, the sense of attribute is very strong, and wizards can only do it by wearing their own exclusive masks, and it is useless to wear someone else's, or other wizards wear their own masks.

If what happened just now is sacred and solemn, then the next scene is comical and child's play. Yi Lang began to sing and dance on the altar, and no one knew what he was singing, perhaps an old divine comedy. No one knew what he was dancing for, some of them looked like a toddler, with the swaying of the unique robes, and Hazy Moon couldn't help but laugh when he saw it.

Although the scene was a bit funny, Ru Yan clearly saw that Yilang did not touch the altar, and the clay pot placed on the altar began to shake. At first it was just a slight tremor, but then it grew louder and louder. The grains of rice on the red paper shook with the clay pot, and they fell into the clay pot one after another as if they had grown feet.

When those rice grains were about to fall, Ru Yan clearly felt that there was an eerie wind blowing from behind, and it was strange to say that in this summer, even if there was wind, it should be a slight soft breeze, or a pressing hot wind, but the gust of wind just now was really so gloomy.

Look at the clay pot again, there is already green smoke curling from Nana.

Yi Lang suddenly opened his mouth wide, puffed out his eyes, and let out a strange heart-rending scream. The villagers of Kao Village may have long been accustomed to it, but they still just close their eyes and meditate. However, Ru Yan and the others were really taken aback. When I looked at it again, a fire had ignited out of thin air in the clay pot, and the red paper had been consumed by the fire.

Yi Lang let out another loud roar, only to hear a 'bang', and the clay pot exploded.

Yi Lang wiped the sweat from his forehead, looking weak, he walked to the shrine and pulled out a piece of silk cloth from the shattered fragments of the clay pot. Ru Yan was surprised why the silk cloth was burned by the fire but was unharmed.

The villagers in the audience raised their hands high, bowed down in unison, and shouted: "God bless my people!" God bless my people! ”

Yi Lang stepped down from the altar, holding the silk cloth in his hand, and did not speak, but his brows were tightly knit, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.

"What the hell is going on? Can you squeak? Old Madam Ning asked.

"Sure enough, as shown in my hexagram, Guo Shaoyao is no longer alive, and her body is now in the southeast." Yilang replied.

"Wizard Aaron, could you be mistaken? I saw our peony this morning, how could she be no longer alive? Guo Laohan asked.

"What? Are you questioning the wizard of Alang or the gods of Kao Village? The messenger asked.

"The old man doesn't dare, the old man doesn't dare, it's just that I obviously ......."

"Don't just be just, wait a while, whether your daughter is alive or dead, you just need to follow Wizard Alang!" The messenger unceremoniously interrupted Guo Laohan's words.

"However, this southeast is too general, and the southeast of Kao Village is not small, how long are you going to take us to find it?" Old Madam Ning asked.

Yi Lang took a handful of incense from the witch attendant beside him and showed it to everyone: "Let's go in the southeast direction first, every time we encounter a fork in the road, I will ask the gods about Lu Xiang, and it will lead us to find Guo Shaoyao." ”

So, everyone set off with Yilang.

Soon came the first fork in the road. Yi Lang took out the first stick of incense and lit it, and there were words in his mouth, and after reading, he inserted the incense at the fork. Ru Yan found that what Yilang said about asking for directions and showing the way was to see the direction of the smoke of the incense.

Just like that, stop and go, stop and go, and after several times of asking for incense, finally Yilang stopped in front of a hillside. Yi Lang still asked for directions, but this time the smoke of the incense was no longer biased, but just rising vigorously. Seeing this scene, Yi Lang turned around and shouted to everyone, "This is it!" “

"Lover Poe? How can it be on Lover's Slope? “

"Yes, how could this Kao peony come to Lover's Slope if it is so good?"

"Peony is already a married woman, how could she come here, it's so strange!"

The villagers talked a lot.

"Wizard Alang, could you be mistaken? Why did Sister Peony come to Lover's Slope? "Jinxiu seemed a little nervous.

"What, scared now? Sweating so much, your heart is weak, right? The messenger provoked.

"Blood spurts people, Jinxiu Xiantian is smaller than ordinary people, walking is more difficult than ordinary people, and of course panting and sweating!" Old Madam Ning scolded.

"What should I do, old lady, Miss didn't bring her medicine!" Cherry said.

"It's okay, I'll just rest for a while!" Jinxiu said.

Ru Yan looked at the lover's slope that the villagers said again, although it was the height of summer, but there were still all kinds of beautiful flowers blooming on the slope, and under the long slope was covered with dense vines more than one person high. The vine is covered with small purple flowers, and the scene is quite spectacular. In summer, the flowers are still blooming, and I am afraid that such a wonder can only be found in Kao Village.

Ru Yan learned from the contact with the people of Kao Village in the past few days that the folk customs and traditions of this Kao Village are different. Traditionally, men and women have to go through the orders of their parents and the words of matchmakers before they can get married and become couples. And the young man and girl of Kao Village, as long as both parties feel that the other party is not bad, they can have a preliminary understanding of the song, after a preliminary understanding, the two parties can also have a tryst for an in-depth understanding, and then after an in-depth understanding, both of them feel that the other party is the person they want to marry, they can tell their parents, and then ask a matchmaker to match. And the so-called matchmaker can actually find any random person, as long as the matchmaker's birthday does not conflict with the newcomer.

Kao Village does not seem to have much etiquette for unmarried men and women. However, Kao Village is very strict with women who are already married. The rules of the village stipulate that as long as a married woman is found to be having an affair with another man, she will be dragged to the public knowledge platform for public trial, and after the public trial, she will be tied to a stone and sunk into the river.

The scenery of this slope is beautiful and pleasant, and it is naturally the most suitable for a young man to have a tryst with a flowery little girl. Therefore, over time, this slope became known as the Lover's Slope.

The messenger had already mobilized the villagers to go uphill to search, but after a few rounds of searching, they still found nothing.

Old Madam Ning stood up and said to Yi Lang: "You guys play slowly, old lady, I won't accompany you hairy children to play here, Jinxiu, cherry, let's go home!" “

"Wait a minute!" , Yilang said, "Give me another half an hour, if I can't find Guo Shaoyao's corpse again, you can take Liu Jinxiu away!" “

Looking at the old man Guo after listening to Yi Lang's words, although he didn't dare to attack on the surface, he was actually very dissatisfied, and Tie Qing stood there with a sullen face.

"Listen to me, everyone!" , Yilang shouted to the villagers: "All the people go down the slope to look for it, don't look for it on the slope anymore!" “

The beads of sweat on Jinxiu's forehead rolled down like soybeans, and Cherry helped her wipe it constantly.

At this time, Jinxiu walked to Ru Yan's side and politely owed her body, compared to the woman who had just made a resolute decision in Gongzhitang, Jinxiu was now more weak and gentle. Jinxiu opened her mouth and asked Ru Yan, "My lord, if you find the body of Peony today, as Wizard Alang said, will it ...... Surely it will be proven...... Does it prove that Jinxiu is the murderer of Peony? “

Before Ru Yan could answer, the messenger spoke first, "Why, didn't you really want to be convicted of murder at first?" And now what's going on? Feeling weak? “

"You're ......!" , Jinxiu was a little angry.

"Jinxiu, what do you do with those bullying mad dogs? Don't be afraid to get dirty yourself! Old Madam Ning retorted.

The messenger was about to attack, and Ru Yan hurriedly interjected and said, "Of course not, without conclusive evidence, this official will not arbitrarily decide the case!" This official will not wronged a good person, nor will he let a bad person go! “

"Really?" At this time, Yi Lang, who had not spoken for a long time, replied meaningfully.

Time passed little by little, and the rest of the people all looked at Yilang one by one. Half an hour was fast to pass, and the villagers were still rummaging through the dense vines, and it seemed that there was no new progress.

Old Madam Ning glanced at Yi Lang, took Jinxiu and left.

At this time, someone ran over to this side, shouting loudly as they ran: "I really found it!" Really found it! “