Chapter 349: Sacrifice to the Demon God
I don't know what day it is today, the footsteps outside are hurrying, Ah Gou feels a little strange, and he thinks in his heart Could it be something happened to his wife? He was so frightened at the thought of this that he hurriedly dressed and went out.
When I came outside, I saw that people were walking in one direction, some people were muttering something together, and everyone's state was different from usual, usually everyone loved to hum songs outside, or dance while walking, very active. Today's feeling of everyone's dog is a bit lifeless.
Ah Gou quietly followed behind everyone and walked towards one side.
Stepping on the thick snow, making a creaking sound, Ah Dog missed his wife because of this sound, and turned around after walking three or two steps, for fear that his wife would be missed passing behind him.
"I don't know who offended the demon god again this time?"
"I don't know, I recently heard that someone on their side is making trouble on the altar of the demon god again, I really don't know whether to live or die!"
"It must be that some ignorant young people have been deceived by the outside and want to seize the true luck!"
Ah Gou listened to people's conversations along the road, and almost couldn't understand a word.
After walking for about half an hour, they came to the edge of a sparse forest, only to see a circle of people standing in a dense circle not far away, with a lot of sundries in the middle. Seeing these from afar, Ah Dog was a little excited, thinking about so many people gathering, maybe his wife was there?
"Hey, isn't this a dog? Why did you go out today? A middle-aged aunt saw Ah Gou following the crowd, because she knew him after seeing him a few times.
Ah Gou doesn't lie, he only says that he came to find his wife.
The middle-aged aunt was stunned when she heard this, and said, "When did you get married?" Don't you say you're single? "Auntie is weird.
Chen Zhi scratched his head, not knowing how to tell him.
At this time, everyone had already walked closer, and they saw that the front was shouting loudly: "Sacrifice to the gods, sacrifice to the gods, sacrifice to the gods......"
There were hundreds of people around, but I was afraid that everyone in the village came.
There were a few people in the center stacking things, and they were wearing very formal suits, and Ah Gou looked at them and suddenly remembered his wife. His little wife's clothes were more special, and seemed to be better than those worn by other young girls in the village.
He was busy going in to see it again, but he saw that everyone was also scrambling to come forward, and he couldn't squeeze in at all.
"Oh, isn't this a dog? Why come here! "A man recognized a dog.
Ah Gou hurriedly nodded to everyone to show respect, and when everyone saw that he seemed to be going in, they were busy smiling and letting him go.
When Ah Gou walked into the crowd and slowly walked towards the first floor of the encirclement, the middle-aged aunt pulled the two aunts next to her and muttered, "Do you know? Dog says he's coming to find his wife! ”
"What?!"
"Huh?"
When several aunts and uncles heard her say this, their eyes suddenly widened, as if they had heard something terrible.
One person can be regarded as solving everyone's confusion, and even asked directly: "Could it be that the 'sacrifice' to be sacrificed this time is to ...... with him" The latter words seem to be very clear.
The aunts also looked at the dog who had already stepped forward with a worried look.
Ah Gou didn't realize that the man who everyone regarded him as a sacrifice for sin was worried, and passed it one by one, and when Ah Dog stood in the front row, several people nearby couldn't help but stay away from him.
In this village, there is such a special rule, that is, once there are large wild beasts in the village that frequently disturb the peace of the village, then there must be someone in the village who has done something wrong and offended the demon god, and only by worshipping the demon god and asking for his forgiveness can it be calmed.
This rule is deeply ingrained here, and it has been proven many times over the years, and it has become a matter of course.
But if you make a big mistake, there will be some opportunities to buy, but this matter is an exception, it will affect the atmosphere of the deposit interest rate, and even the fate of survival. There was a time when someone in the village wanted to shield the people who were doing everything, but the demon god became angry and drove thousands of fierce beasts in the mountains and forests to attack the village day and night, and several nearby villages were completely destroyed, almost becoming a terrible ghost village.
Ah Dog didn't know anything about this place, so he just looked around at the onlookers, trying to find his wife's face. At this moment, a man walked up to the platform with a flagpole in the center, and he began to shout the old rules of the village.
“…… In ancient times, there were West Village, East Village, River Village, Snow Village, etc., because of the unscrupulous personnel who offended the demon gods, causing turmoil among all beasts, which was the shame of the existence of the spirit of all saints, and the demon gods descended disasters, resulting in the destruction of life! Now, some stupid people do not respect the precepts, and once again and again violate the precepts, angering the demon god, the day before yesterday, the fierce beasts disturbed the village, and seven or eight people were injured......"
Most of the dogs didn't understand, and only heard that seven or eight people were injured here. After listening to a few more words, seven or eight people were limping to the stage. They began to make alarmed appearances describing the day.
Ah Gou listened to their description, and understood a little, which means that someone in their family saw and heard some rumors, but did not report it to the village management office, they are really guilty, and they have sincerely confessed their guilt.
There are people around who talk about it, saying that even if they see or hear someone blaspheming the gods and angering the demon gods, they must report it, otherwise they will be punished with the criminals. Ah Dog finally understood, and he couldn't help but ask what was going on.
At this time, I heard the shouts from above: "The sinners sacrifice to the heavens and the earth to the demon gods, and appease the wrath of the heavens!" ”
"Sacrifice to heaven and earth......" The crowd immediately shouted and raised their fists together.
Ah Gou didn't know what was going on, and he raised his fist as well.
A person walked up to Ah Gou and pulled his collar: "Ah Gou, what are you still doing here, get out quickly!" "A big girl who turned out to be a porridge for him.
Ah Gou didn't understand what was going on, but he saw that there were many people over there who looked at him very strangely.
But it seemed that it was too late, and someone above shouted: "Everyone keep an eye on us, see who hasn't come here today, and we will catch him and worship the heavens together!" ”
Suddenly, you look at me, I look at you, and they are all nervous.
A kind-hearted man saw that Ah Dog did not understand, and said to him, "Ah Dog." You are an outsider who doesn't know, someone in our village has offended the wrath of heaven, and they will be burned as sacrifices to the demon god mountain god, calm the incident, and report the safety of the village! ”
"Offending the wrath of heaven?" Dog doesn't understand.
"It's just two unnamed people who secretly did something wrong near the 'temple'!" He explained.
Ah Gou listened to the discussion of many people around him before he suddenly realized that what they meant was that two people who were not husband and wife had done the things of husband and wife, so they were going to be burned to death by the fire! Thinking of this, he broke out in a cold sweat, remembering that his new wife hadn't told everyone yet, and he didn't know if it was an offense.
Speaking of the shouting man above, he held a staff with a delicate inscription of strange runes, straightened around the people around him, and then landed in a large wooden box next to him.
The people around him all looked righteous when they were pointed out, as if to prove how innocent they were. This atmosphere made Ah Dog feel very terrible, and ruined the atmosphere of freedom and happiness when he first came to the village.
At this time, the girl pulled the hem of Ah Gou's clothes and whispered: "Brother Dog, go out quickly, you are not from our village, you don't need to participate in the sacrifice here." The girl's voice was so eager and concerned.
Ah Gou didn't know why this big girl was so persistent in persuading him, he just shook his head, his eyes were still desperately searching around, he felt that his wife was in the crowd.
The big girl saw that he stubbornly didn't dare to go out, and her eyes were red with nervousness, and she told him the truth about being caught as a sacrifice: "If you become a sacrifice to the demon god, you will burn them alive, and everyone can't save them even if they look at them and wail, this is the highest respect for God and the demon god!" ”
Dog's horror grew more and more as he heard them say this, and he began to look hard at the big wooden box.
An uncle on the side was also looking at the big wooden box, and he said: "The big bear committed an accident back then, that is, he was put into this big wooden box and burned together with that woman, what a pity, that young man can kill a wild boar alone, and his strength is great!" But if you offend the demon god, no one can tolerate it! ”
"Many villages have committed crimes back then, and they didn't end up with good results, so the sacrifice must not be sloppy, and everyone must take this as a warning!"
Ah Gou listened to everyone discuss such a thing, and felt that it was really a little terrible, two big living people were loaded into boxes and burned alive, isn't this a cruel thing? What did they say about the gods and demons, why didn't he see it?
No matter what happened to the big girl, he wouldn't go out, she had no choice but to let a few young men drag him out.
Although Ah Dog didn't go out much, he didn't know that he had so much strength, just next to the uncle who had just said that the big bear who committed the crime was burned to death by everyone, several people pulled Ah Dog out, but they didn't even pull him away. Everyone was surprised when they saw it, why is this kid so strong? At this time, they were also in full view of everyone, and they couldn't lose to him, so everyone worked hard, but none of the four of them could pull a dog.
Ah Gou was dragged by everyone and quickly shook his head: "I'm not leaving, I'm looking for my wife!" Then it was as if he suddenly realized that he had made a mistake, and his eyes looked more eagerly at the large wooden box, which he felt contained was his wife.
Ah Gou shook off the pull of a few young men and ran towards the stage violently.
Everyone was still shouting for the sacrifice and asking for forgiveness, but at this time, someone actually broke into the altar, and everyone saw that it was a strange person at such a glance. Although Ah Dog has been here for so long, he basically hasn't walked outside, and many people don't actually know him, so he rushed out like this, which naturally made everyone stunned.
Who is he?!
Everyone's eyes were staring at this strange guy, and at this time, the man's sacrifice as one of the perpetrators had not yet been found, and everyone suddenly understood.
"It's him!" I don't know who shouted.
Ah Gou was a little flustered by this shout, and he didn't care to see the reaction of others, and rushed to the big wooden box at once.