"Oh, crocodile, why didn't I see it?".

"It's hot now, these Jiao are lying on the shore, don't you smell a fishy smell in the air, this is the unique fishy smell of Jiao."

Ji Chun also stood at the bow of the boat and asked Zheng Xuanli, "These Jiao won't overturn the top of our ship, right?" ”。

"Don't worry, my lord, our ship is not small, even King Jiao doesn't have that ability," Zheng Xuanli said with certainty.

Now he is very polite to Ji Chun.

"What are you afraid of, row over and see".

Zheng Xuanli stood at the bow of the boat and kept beating the water with the long bamboo pole that supported the boat.

"What are you doing here?".

"The villain is driving away the nearby underwater Jiao first."

After paddling a short distance into the river, I saw seven or eight crocodiles lying under the bushes of a swamp

"Master, this thing is so big," the two babies said nervously, pointing at the crocodile.

"Can you catch this thing?" Li Tai asked Zheng Xuanli.

"Back to the prince, of course you can, the villain has been caught, but I have been bitten by that thing" After speaking, he showed off a scar on his arm and said to show off.

"I'll go catch one for you and come back", looking at Li Tai's eager expression, Zheng Xuanli pulled out the short knife on his waist, took off his clothes and prepared to go into the water.

"Fucking stop me, once you get injured in the water, these things will attack them when they smell blood, so many brutes are here, we don't have enough people to stuff our teeth, you idiot!" Xiao Zheng raised his leg and kicked him and scolded.

"It's rare that the little prince likes it, so I want to catch one," the guy sneered.

"He asked you to go to heaven, and you will go too, besides, Lao Tzu is here to fish, stay with me honestly, fishing!"

After being busy for an hour, he went ashore with a full fishing basket and a happy mood, and after walking for a short time, he saw the sound of blowing and beating not far from the city gate.

Only a Taoist priest and a masked man in the lead led the way in front of the head in a strange dance.

A dozen people in the back followed with locks and gongs, and then a little girl of five or six years old was carried on their shoulders, followed by hundreds of good men and women holding candles and paper horses and walking towards a few boats by the lake.

"What are they doing here?" Xiao Zheng asked curiously.

Zheng Xuanli was shocked after reading it, and said to Xiao Zheng a little nervously: "My lord, they are worshipping the crocodile god and the Gu god."

"Oh, just pye, what's that little girl sitting on?"

Zheng Xuanli licked his dry lips and said astringently: "That little girl is going to be pushed into the lake to feed the crocodile god."

Xiao Zheng's eyes narrowed when he heard it, looked at the little girl and said, "How did that child come from?" ”

"Generally, they are bought from poor people, in fact, the crocodile god and Gu god are worshiped in Taoist temples all over the country, and there is generally a sacrifice every year, usually cattle and sheep are used in ordinary years, and people are used once every three years."

"Then who will preside over this sacrifice?"

"Every year, Taoist temples and sorcerers organize it, and they also collect money from merchants every year, saying that it is used to ask for the safety of Jiao God and Gu God."

"Does that work?"

"It's a fart, a group of evil people are crooked."

Taking a deep breath and suppressing his anger, Xiao Zheng took out a talisman from his waist and said to Xiao Zheng and Ruoyi: "Go to the Yangzhou camp, transfer five hundred defenders over, the sooner the better, and bring all the heads of the house with you."

Following the sacrificial procession to the shore of a large swamp by the lake, I saw a Taoist priest with a sorcerer arranging incense tables by the river, dancing and dancing again to toss a pillar of incense.

First, he rowed two small boats into the pond of the swamp, threw some freshly slaughtered chickens and ducks into it, and soon attracted the crocodiles nearby. I saw the crocodiles rolling in the water under the splash, and soon the birds were gone.

Seeing that the crocodiles were gathering more and more, I saw the leading Taoist priest say, "The sacrifice begins!" ”

A few of them on their shoulders wanted to put the girls on the boat, apparently preparing to row the boat into the pond and throw it into the water.

"Stop! This is since the death of Simon Leopard, you can't suppress your crooked ways and evil ways come out again, can't you make waves? Who gave you the courage to dare to sacrifice with a living person," Xiao Zheng said angrily, pointing at the Taoist and the wizard.

"Bold! Who are you, dare to stop us from worshiping the gods, get out of the way, otherwise this way will let the gods condemn you" I saw this Taoist priest shouting.

"Who am I? Lao Tzu abdicated here. It's better to let the child go, but if you don't let it go, Lao Tzu will sacrifice you to the people today."

"Presumptuous! Who gave you the courage to dare to speak wildly here, believe it or not, let the Taoist master cast a spell to let you die in the water Gu" I saw the masked wizard take off his mask and jump in front of Xiao Zheng.

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Zheng kicked him in the stomach as soon as he raised his leg, and the kid lay on the ground at once, only to see this Taoist priest shouting at the crowd: "These people want to destroy our sacrifice gods, everyone hurry up and drive them away, otherwise the gods will blame us and others."

There was a commotion in the crowd, and more than 100 people slowly surrounded Xiao Zheng and the others.

"Bold! The governor of the Tang Jiangnan Province and the King of Wei are here, who dares to move? Zheng Xuanli shouted, and then more than a dozen Xuanjia soldiers also pulled out their waist knives to block Xiao Zheng.

"Arrest the two of them first," Xiao Zheng said, pointing to the Taoist priest and the wizard who took the lead.

As soon as the words fell, two knives were placed on the necks of the two of them.

"If you two dare to incite this people to attack this official again, I will let your head fall to the ground for the crime of rebellion now," Xiao Zheng said coldly.

The truth that the thief captures the king first Xiao Zheng understands better than anyone else.

"Don't move, everyone, there are adults here! Let us explain to you first," the blue-faced wizard shouted at the crowd.

"My lord, please let me wait, otherwise I missed the time of the sacrifice, and no one can afford to blame the gods, and I didn't do anything to hurt the heavens and reason, Taoism is the state religion of my Tang Dynasty, I hope you will think twice" The Taoist priest still said to Xiao Zheng after knowing Xiao Zheng's identity.

"I'll fuck your gods! You still dare to threaten Lao Tzu, what do you tell me? You haven't hurt the heavens and reason, you have disregarded people's lives and still have the face to hurt the heavens and reason? He also said that Taoism is the state religion, Wang Yuanzhi is not even a fart in my eyes, how can Taoism clean you stupid scum like pigs".

Hundreds of people looked at the status of Xiao Zheng and the others and didn't dare to move, and the two people who were forced by Xiao Zheng with a knife didn't dare to arrest them, and they were so deadlocked here for a while.

It didn't take long to hear the sound of horses' hooves behind the crowd, and Gong Ruoyi rushed over with a thousand people, and some of the people in the crowd reacted cleverly and wanted to run when they saw that the signs were wrong.

"Grab all of them, don't let one go, tie up the two of them."

After catching these people, Xiao Zheng walked to his shoulder and picked up the little girl and asked, "Little girl, what's your name?" How old are you? ”

"My name is Hongyu, six years old" Although the little girl's face was a little hungry, she spoke in a very nice voice, which made people very pitiful.

"Then I ask you, how did you get here?"

"My mother is sick, and my father sold me when I have no money at home", Xiao Zheng raised his head on his back after listening and didn't speak for a long time, but when he saw him, tears flowed down the corners of his eyes.