It turns out that in Miao Village, there has always been an ancient custom.

It's just that this custom is too cruel, and the villages near the mountains have slowly been eliminated after liberation, but the villages like Wuyun Village, which are hidden deep in the mountains, have preserved these ancient customs.

That is, once every three years, a girl to be married will be selected in the village, and the selected girl is roughly thirteen or fourteen years old, and must be healthy and beautiful.

After being chosen, the girl was not allowed to step beyond the threshold of her own house for three years, let alone tolerate any defilement.

If a girl has an affair with any man, she will be tied up by the villagers and sent to the river to be immersed in a pig pen.

Until three years later, the people in the village will put on a gorgeous wedding dress for the girl, sit on a bamboo chair carried by four men, and carry it all the way to a "sacred cave" recognized by each village, and throw the girl in the hole, waiting for the blessing of the mountain god.

This girl is the so-called "cave girl".

On the seventh day of the cave girl's marriage to the mountain god - in fact, it is the seventh day when she is thrown into the cave, and the village will arrange for someone to go to the cave to check, if it is found that the person is dead, it means that the cave girl has been united with the mountain god, and the mountain god accepts this woman as his wife.

The girl's parents could not hold a funeral for their daughter, not even cry sadly, but asked the whole family to bring a dowry and burn it at the entrance of the cave, which was regarded as a decent wedding for their daughter.

And the cave girl who was sent to the cave for seven days ended up dying tragically, and occasionally there were lucky ones who didn't die, and after being picked up by their families, they would also become silent and stupid, as if their souls had been taken away by the mountain gods.

Wuyun Village has been following this ancient tradition, has never been interrupted, the villagers believe that only by offering the cave girl, in the next three years, can be under the blessing of the gods.

Poplar Tie Niu sounded like a ghost story, and when Yuzhu stopped, Tie Niu first said: "This is too, the mountain god still wants to marry...... Ordinary mortal girls as wives? What age is this, and you are still like this...... Believe in the god of the mountains?"

As soon as Bai Yang heard him say this, he knew that he was going to suffer, and sure enough, Yuzhu's face turned pale, and he stood up and said, "What do you say? Do you know that what you said is blasphemy against the mountain god......? When Grandma Zu heard this, she immediately took your life!"

Bai Yang hurriedly spoke, and said: "He speaks without thinking, Sister Yuzhu, don't be angry! The grandmother you are talking about, is it the witch doctor in your village?"

Yuzhu glared at Tie Niu angrily, and then said: "Not only is the witch doctor in our village, but also the oldest grandmother in our village!"

When she said this, she glared at Tie Niu again, and continued: "I don't know how the other villages are, but our village is really blessed by a goddess! And Grandma Zu, who is a disciple of the goddess, often receives instructions from the goddess to let the people in our village seek good fortune and avoid evil! For example, it rained heavily in the summer of the previous year, and it rained for seven days, and on the sixth day, Grandma Zu suddenly found my father in the rain and asked my father to hurry up and move the residents west of the village, that is, the west side of Wuyun Mountain, to the south. At that time, Grandma Zu designated 20 families, and the flash flood that night happened to destroy all the houses of these 20 families, if it wasn't for Grandma Zu getting the instructions of the goddess, all these 20 families would have died......! Look around, is there a dark cloud? But why is this mountain called Wuyun Mountain, and why is our village called Wuyun Village? That's because the Wuyun Priestess has laid a dark cloud around our village as a barrier, and anyone who looks at it from a distance can only see the dark clouds, but not our village! Therefore, all the people in our village believe in Grandma Zu and believe in the Wuyun Goddess even more!"

Poplar Tie Niu was speechless for a while, and after a long time, Poplar asked again: "You just said that the cave girl is dedicated to the mountain god as his wife, but ...... Why do you say that the one who protects your village is a dark cloud goddess?"

"Because the mountain gods of the other villages are all men, but the only one who protects our village is a goddess! Therefore, the other villages pay tribute to the cave girl in order to be the wife of the mountain god, but we are here to sacrifice the cave girl, but to be a maid to the goddess! I know you don't believe it, but at least in our village, being selected to be a cave girl is not only a personal glory, but also the pride of the family!"

"Since...... It's an honor, so why...... We're going to hear that girl crying just now?" Poplar questioned cautiously.

"The day after tomorrow, she will leave, and this time, it is likely that she will never see each other again for the rest of her life, then it is the same as marrying a daughter who is going to a distant place, who should not cry for a few days before getting married? That is just reluctant to parents, even me...... I feel so reluctant!"

As Yuzhu spoke, her eyes turned red again.

Bai Yang hurriedly said: "Since you are reluctant, then you can accompany her more in the past few days!"

"No!" Yuzhu shook her head, "The cave girl is not allowed to contact outsiders for a month before she goes to the Divine Cave, except for ...... I'm past my age, and if I wasn't selected three years ago, I won't be chosen, and naturally I won't be able to meet her again!"

Poplar listened to her tone, and seemed to be quite regretful, it seems that she did confirm that the goddess really exists, and she also confirmed that it was a great honor to be chosen as a cave girl.

Poplar had nothing to say for a while, and Tie Niu suddenly coughed and said, "I have a question, it's just ...... You may not answer, but please don't think I'm blaspheming!"

Yuzhu snorted from her nostrils in response.

Tie Niu was also cautious and asked, "The mountain gods elsewhere are men, so you have to choose the cave girl as your wife, you ...... Since she is a goddess, why don't you choose a young man to worship in the cave of the gods?"

As soon as he asked this, Bai Yang's heart jumped, and he couldn't help but secretly scold himself for the knotted brain in the past two days, and nothing was as simple and clear as Tie Niu's consideration.

He looked at Yuzhu with the same nervous expression as Tie Niu, but fortunately Yuzhu was not annoyed, but nodded and said, "We have an offering! We enshrine a cave girl here every three years, and a young man every ten years......

When she said this, she suddenly stopped, turned her head to look at Bai Yang, and said: "This is not allowed to be written, this is the secret of our village, and it is not available in other villages! If you write it out and anger the goddess, not only you, but also our village will be punished!"

"If you don't write it, don't write it, don't worry, I won't even write about the cave girl!" Bai Yang hurriedly nodded, and raised his right hand to add one more sentence, "I swear!"

Yuzhu looked at him with two eyes, seemed to believe his oath, then nodded and stood up, and said, "It's almost noon, we should go down the mountain for lunch!

She pursed her little rosy lips and turned to walk down into the woods.

Bai Yang followed closely beside her, and asked tentatively, "The Han man who came to your village half a moon is not ...... It's been enshrined to the goddess, right?"

As soon as these words came out, Yuzhu's face immediately changed greatly.

"What did you say? What do you ...... How can you talk nonsense? I'll ignore you!"

When Bai Yang saw her like this, he immediately knew that he had guessed correctly, and hurriedly chased after her, and said: "It seems that the Han people have really been sacrificed to the goddess by you! Where is the divine cave in your village, it has been more than half a month, have you gone to see whether the Han man is dead or alive?"

"I said it...... There are no Han people, why don't you believe me? If you pester me again, I'll tell Abba to go!"

Yuzhu suddenly started a fire. I didn't want her to be descending the mountain, she was already stumbling and unstable, so she was so impetuous, and suddenly she fell under her feet and fell to the ground.

Fortunately, the mountain was full of trees, and when she rolled down, she was blocked by a large tree.

Baiyang hurriedly ran down a few steps, arrived at Yuzhu's side, and asked urgently, "How is it?"

Yuzhu glared at him and sat up, straightened the silver ornaments on his head, and pulled his clothes.

Baiyang stretched out his hand to help her, but Yuzhu screamed "oops".

"My ankle hurts so much, I blame you, I must have broken my foot! If my father knows about this, see how he punishes you!"

Poplar was in a hurry and looked back at the iron bull.

Tie Niu hurriedly said: "My foot is broken, or ...... Go to the witch doctor?"

"Grandma Zu hates you Han people the most, go to her, you want to ask for hardship!" Yuzhu glared at Tie Niu again.

"Or ...... Lao Bai, let's talk about it after you go home with your sister Yuzhu on your back!"

Bai Yang knew that Tie Niu was currying favor with Yuzhu by saying this, but now, even if he knew that Yuzhu had a heart for him, Bai Yang would not be able to let a girl with a broken foot walk back by herself.

So he cautiously asked, "I'll carry you on my back, okay?"

Yuzhu's face was slightly red, and she was about to nod, but a cold snort came into the ears of the three people.

"What did I say about the noise down the mountain, it turned out to be you little naughty! I said that you are not allowed to lead outsiders up the mountain casually, especially the Han people I hate the most, why do you dare not listen to me?"

These words were said in the Miao language, and Poplar Tie Niu couldn't understand a word.

But Yuzhu was so frightened that her face changed color, and she hurriedly said: "Grandma Zu, I didn't dare to lead them up the mountain, I just looked at the scenery on the viewing stone over there! Grandma Zu has my foot broken, it hurts!"

She said and coquettishly said, it was obvious that this grandmother was very fond of her.

(Please see Chapter 071 "Gu Worm King")

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