Kill a thousand knives, you're not human!

The old lady fights with you, and no one can touch my children.

Dad, Mom, help me......

I don't want to die!

Child, my child......

Come on, someone, someone is going to snatch the child!

In the quiet of the morning, the sleeping Songjia Village was awakened by a crying sound, the barking of dogs sounded one after another, and after a while, the dogs in the entire Songjia Village barked.

"Let it go, didn't you say it beforehand? This child was able to sacrifice for the entire Songjia Village, which was his blessing. A man scolded, his big hands firmly grasping a boy who looked to be only six or seven years old, suddenly leaving his parents and crying incessantly.

Not far away, a woman struggled fiercely, but was grabbed by the man and couldn't come, so she could only cry in despair.

"That's our baby, he's still so young, he doesn't understand anything, if you really want someone to sacrifice and arrest me, I can go, please let my baby go!" The woman cried and screamed, thrashing the man who was holding her.

"Think about our eldest baby and second baby, they are all our children." The man's rough voice said, "If you rush over now, not only will you not be able to stop them, but you will also make Li Zhenghe and the clan elders and others resent us." ”

The woman's struggling movements paused, and it seemed that all the strength of her body was taken away at once, and she was spread out in the arms of the man, crying silently, leaving only the child opposite, who was still struggling to leave, but she was unable to match the strength of the adult man, and was finally taken away.

"O iniquity! The baby is still so young. An old man sighed.

"Don't talk nonsense, this is not a sin, this is a blessing, a great blessing." When someone next to him heard it, he immediately said, turned his head and looked around, and was relieved to see that the group of people just now didn't notice them and left straight away with the child.

"Don't you say a few words, it's hard that you want your grandson to go." This person has a good relationship with the old man, and he stepped forward and kindly admonished.

The sacrifice is a matter decided by the entire Songjia Village, this matter is what Li Zheng meant, there are still the clansmen of Songjia Village standing behind him, it is useless for anyone to come out to oppose it at this time, but it will make things worse.

"Now those who have lost their children can still get some compensation from Li Zhenghe and other clan elders, and the villagers will also be grateful to them, so that their lives in the village will be much better in the future."

Of course, the premise of this qiē is that this sacrifice can be successful and can calm the anger of the mountain god, otherwise I am afraid that the sacrifice will be in vain.

"Grandpa, Xiaobao is scared."

The old man glanced at his little grandson, who was trembling with fright from the scene just now, sighed silently, and reached out to hold him in his arms.

Some of the villagers watched the excitement, some were not angry, and some were full of resentment, but no matter what they thought in their hearts, they did not dare to stand up and speak, but just stood silently aside.

The same thing, at the same time, happened in different parts of Songjia Village, and the children's cries sounded in the silent early morning.

***

"Did everyone bring it?" Li Zheng looked at the few men in front of him and asked.

Not far away, several children, probably tired of crying, snuggled up to each other and quieted down.

"Well, they've all been brought." A man at the head said.

Li Zheng looked at a few children not far away, a trace of pity flashed in his eyes, and then he cooled down, now is not the time to be soft-hearted.

"Take the children to take a bath, have them cook something to eat, and when the hour comes, take them to the altar outside the village." Li Zhengdao.

"Hmm." The man nodded, and led a few people behind him towards a few children.

Several children have just been forcibly arrested from home by the men, and the father and mother are not by their side now, and when they saw the men coming, they were very scared, and the timid people even began to cry with hoarse voices.

"Uncle, don't arrest me......"

"Uncle, there is no naughty ...... in the north"

"Dad, mother, where are you, come on......"

"Wow wow...... Uncle Bad Guy is here again......"

Although a few men obeyed the orders of Li Zheng and others, but now when they see the pitiful appearance of a few children, they can't help but soften when they think of the children of the same age in their own family.

"Don't be afraid, don't cry, Uncle is not a bad person, are you cold or not, hungry or not, Uncle will take you to take a hot bath, and then take you to eat something delicious." The man lowered his voice, and his expression softened.

"Really?" The one who spoke was a child who looked to be two or three years old, the youngest of the children.

"Hmm." The man nodded, avoiding the little baby's innocent gaze.

"Then I want my father." The little one asked.

"Okay, when you finish eating, Uncle will take you to find your father." The man smiled reluctantly.

Li Zheng stood not far away, watching a few men take the children away, looking up at the direction of Lianyun Mountain, and after a long time, sighed silently.

In the ancestral hall, the elders of Songjia Village gathered together, they were discussing this sacrifice, and they had not yet discussed the results of some final matters.

"It's not the first time to worship the mountain god, the usual sacrificial things, let's still prepare according to the past, what do you think?"

"After all, this time is different from the past, we want to show our sincerity to Lord Mountain God, and it is best to add some to the original."

"How much more is that going to be? Cattle, sheep, pigs, and dogs are raised in the village and used for sacrifices, and suddenly they need to be used, I'm afraid there are not so many. ”

"There are people in the village who have them at home, and that's not a problem."

For this sacrifice, some families even took out their own children to sacrifice, not to mention some cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs.

So, early in the morning, the noise had just calmed down, and some of the houses became noisy again, but soon quieted down, as if nothing had happened, and everyone waited quietly for the dawn to come.

The sacrifice is presided over by the eldest man in the village, bathing and changing clothes, burning incense and praying, the old man has white hair, trembling his legs and climbing the small peak at the foot of Lianyun Mountain.

The small peak is located not far from the foot of Lianyun Mountain, outside Songjia Village, the towering Lianyun Mountain sets off the small mountain peak low and small, but after climbing to the top, look down from the top, at least a few hundred meters high, there is a large flat place on the peak, the builder's altar is built on it, and the sacrificial activities every three years are carried out here.

This time, although it was not yet the winter solstice, and it was only a year since the last sacrifice, people still flocked to the small peak, and the children who were used for sacrifice had already been brought to the peak, and the clan elders were reciting the sacrificial words, and the children were all taken to the edge of the mountain and held in the hands of several men.