CHAPTER IX
'Yes. The little girl replied, and then asked a strange question. But why dig it up? ’
Because the big brother has important things to do. Mo Qi's excited voice trembled.
The villagers who came with Mo Qi were a little far away from them, and they didn't hear what they said, but they were suddenly very excited when they saw Mo Qi.
They stepped forward to ask what was going on. Mo Qi suddenly said to them, 'Can you help me find a hoe?' ’
They were all stunned for a moment before one of them replied, 'Yes.' ’
After he finished speaking, he went back to get the hoe, and Mo Qi and the others waited for him by the ridge.
After a while, he returned with a hoe. Mo Qi took the hoe from his hand and said to the little girl, "Get out of the way for a while." ’
The little girl nodded and obediently stepped aside. Mo Qi held the hoe steady, aimed at the place where the little girl was sitting just now, and dug down. The villagers all looked at Mo Qi strangely, and Ma Yue, the person who brought the hoe just now, asked, "Mo Qi, what are you digging here?" ’
Mo Qi didn't answer and continued to dig. Ma Yue still wanted to ask, but Mo Qi seemed to have dug something. He carefully cleaned it up and dug out a boxy box about two centimeters high and four meters long. Mo Qi carefully picked up the box and cleaned it up. I opened it carefully, and there was no gold and silver treasure in it, only a booklet, a booklet for memorization.
Mo Qi took out the pamphlet and opened it gently, which recorded the events before the village appeared.
The pamphlet says that there used to be a village here, but this village is always in danger. Because here there will be eruptions of water every now and then, forming a lake. After living there for a long time, they got tired of it, so they moved the whole village away. Before leaving, the owner of this pamphlet put it away and buried it here, hoping that future generations would see it as a warning.
After reading it, Mo Qi bit his lower lip. Yueyue is innocent, and it is the villagers who misunderstood her. It was that person, it was that person who killed her. If it weren't for that person, she would still be alive and well, and she wouldn't have left me.
The more Mo Qi thought about it, the more he hated that stranger.
Ma Yue saw that Mo Qi suddenly became sad and angry after reading the booklet, and also looked at the booklet, but his eyes widened in surprise by the content on it. This...... It's amazing that they actually killed an innocent person.
The people behind saw that Ma Yue also became strange, so they also looked at the booklet, but their reactions were even more exaggerated than Ma Yue.
Mo Qi was shocked by their voices, and listening to their incoherent words, he knew that they had seen the contents of the booklet. His eyes sank, stopping their confusion and letting them all go back.
Mo Qi tidied up the ridges and went back with the booklet and the little girl.
Before going back, Mo Qi said to the little girl, 'Do you want to go back with me?' ’
The little girl looked at Mo Qi and nodded.
'Then do you have a name, if not, just call Momo?' Mo Qi asked.
The little girl shook her head, nodded, and said happily, 'Well, then my name will be Momoro.' ’
'Come back with me.' Mo Qi said.
'Hmm. The little girl nodded and went back with Mo Qi.
After Mo Qi went back, let Mo Mo go to rest. Mo Qi told Uncle Mo about today's incident, and Uncle Mo didn't say anything, so he let Mo Qi watch and deal with it himself.
Mo Qi nodded.
Uncle Mo went back to rest satisfied.
Mo Qi walked to Yueyue's grave and sat down, telling everything about today.
'Yueyue, you'll be able to settle your grievances soon, are you happy?' ’
'I'm so glad you can no longer be misunderstood?' ’
'If only you were alive, Yueyue. ’
'Yueyue, I miss you so much, I think about it all the time. ’
Mo Qi said as he spoke, and tears fell unconsciously. Next to the trees behind the grave, Mo Mo looked at her grave and looked at Mo Qi quietly.
‘……’
This night, Mo Qi said a lot of words that pressed down on his heart.
Today's events are spread ten, and ten are spread to hundreds. Within a few days, the whole village knew about it.
On this day, the current head of the village, Village Chief Shi, came to Mo Qi's house.
Uncle Mo and Village Chief Shi were sitting in the hall, and Mo Qi and Mo Shan were standing aside.
"That, Mo Jialang, Yueyue's thing is ......" Shi Village Chief spoke first.
'Sacrifice. ’
A voice came, directly interrupting Shi Village's words.
'Who? ’
Mo Mo walked in from outside the door unhurriedly and said, "Yueyue's matter needs no more discussion. ’
'Sacrifice, your village has to sacrifice Yueyue in the middle of the village every year, and that's it. ’
The day of the sacrifice will be on the day of her death. ’
A series of words popped out of Momo's mouth, and they listened to it for a moment until Momo finished speaking.
'Are you?' Chief Ishimura didn't care about Momo's interruption and asked.
'I'm Yueyue's sister, Momo. Without waiting for Mo Qi to speak, Mo Mo said directly.
Village Chief Shi looked at Uncle Mo suspiciously, but Uncle Mo didn't react, just looked at Mo Qi.
Mo Qi looked at Mo Mo and remembered what he heard that day.
That day, Mo Qi went to Yueyue's grave as usual and sat for a while before leaving. In the past few days, Mo Qi has always felt that someone is following him. So, he went back halfway. But he didn't expect that it was Momo who followed him in the past few days, and he didn't expect to hear such words.
'Yueyue, they all say I'm like you. However, it is only a look. ’
'Yueyue, I want to see you. I want to see you as a person, not this look, you know? ’
'Yueyue, why?' We have to bear such a fate, why can't we meet? Aren't we sisters? ’
'Why?' How unfair this is to us! Why is that? ’
Momo cried sadly.
Yue Yue and Momo are like the flower and its leaves. Flowers bloom and leaves fall, leaves grow and flowers are gone, and flowers and leaves never meet.
'Ah Qi. ’
Uncle Mo called softly, waking up Mo Qi in his memory.
So be it, but the priesthood is the Mo family. Mo Qi said.
Mo Shan saw that Mo Qi did not object, so he agreed.
That's it. Finally, Chief Ishimura clapped his head. 'Oh, yes. If the day of the sacrifice had been set on the day of her death, it would have come soon, two months later. Then who will be the priest? ’
They were all silent. yes, she's been gone for almost a year.
'I'll do it. There was silence for a while, Mo Qi said. 'I'm coming to be a priest.' ’
Uncle Mo They were silent and did not object.
'Well, I'll let the villagers set up the altar first.' Chief Ishimura said.
'Hmm. Mo Qi nodded.
Then I'll go first. Chief Ishimura said again.
'Hmm. Mo Qi nodded again.
Chief Ishimura left.
Mo Shan looked at Mo Qi and said, 'Brother, do you know what a priest should do? ’
'I don't know. Mo Qi shook his head and said. But there are no books, just follow them. ’
'Yes. Mo Shan said.
Since that day, Mo Qi has been reading ancient books. Study what the priest should do, what to do, what taboos and so on.
The villagers also knew that they had misunderstood her, and they were all working hard to build the altar. Other than that, their lives are functioning normally.
Oh, and in addition to that, one more thing happened. When the self-proclaimed messenger heard about it, he wanted to sneak away. was found by the villagers and is now being locked up in the ancestral hall.
Two months have passed in a flash, and this day has finally arrived.
Yueyue, did you see that?
Mo Qi stood in full costume and stood in front of the window, slightly distracted.
Click!
The door was pushed open, and Mo Shan walked in, looked at Mo Qi, and lowered his eyes slightly. Mo Qi, dressed in full costume, is like an immortal who has fallen into the mortal dust, noble and distant, beyond reach.
It took a while for Mossan to say, 'Priest, it's all right. ’
Today, he is a priest, not Mo Qi, nor her brother.
'Hmm. Mo Qi replied lightly and walked out solemnly.
Mo Shan opened the door for him, watched him walk out, and followed.
Mo Qi, dressed in full costume, appeared on the altar, and the villagers were instantly amazed. Mo Qi, dressed in full costume, is like an immortal who is not stained with dust above the heavenly palace. Although he smiled gently, he was very detached.
The sacrifice began.
Mo Qi stepped on the mysterious pace and danced the sacrificial dance. Although he had only been in contact with the sacrifice for two months, he was familiar with every step as if he had experienced it thousands of times.
In this way, the sacrifice did not end until the evening.
At this time, several villagers came over with the stranger. Mo Qi only glanced at it and said, "Today is her sacrifice day, it is not appropriate to kill, see blood, just expel him from the village." ’
'Yes, priest. One of them replied, and they took the stranger back to the ancestral hall to prepare for his banishment early the morrow morning.
That night, Mo Qi sat quietly in front of her grave for a while before going back.
Mo Mo appeared after Mo Qi returned, knelt down in front of her grave, and whispered, "Yueyue, he is still the same as before." As long as you put on that dress, it's like a different person. ’
'Yueyue, in fact, I'm not the worst, he's much worse than me. What a pain and despair it must be to watch your loved one turn to ashes in front of your eyes again and again. ’
'Yueyue, from now on, I'll be here with you, okay?' If you don't leave, you will guard here. ’
If you don't speak, I'll just say yes." ’
Although it is a relaxed tone, it carries endless loneliness and sadness. Although Momo has lived long enough, he is also extremely desperate to watch his friends and relatives leave him again and again. But I am looking forward to the next encounter, isn't this also a kind of luck?
Although they are desperate, when they meet again, they will not remember this sadness. And she is different, even if they meet again, the sadness will not disappear, and everything in the past will come to light and torment her again.
Mo Mo knelt in front of Yueyue's grave, tears flowing out as if he didn't want money. She cried loudly, crying out all her pain and despair.
In the endless river of time, if there is no hope, how can she spend those lonely years?
But from today onwards, she will stay here, waiting for Yueyue to come again.
The next day, the stranger was banished from the village and warned never to set foot in the village.
Mo Mo and Mo Qi just watched the stranger leave in embarrassment with cold eyes, without the slightest sympathy. Because, this is what he deserves.
The Classic of Mountains and Seas? Sea Classic? The Overseas Southern Classic says: "The earth, between the six combinations, within the four seas, shines on the sun and the moon, passes through the stars, and chronicles the four hours, and wants to be so old, born of the gods, its things are alien, or die or live, only the saint can pass its way." ”