Hearing me say this, a trace of difference flashed on my uncle's face, and he asked me softly: "Why are you asking this?" ”

"Uncle......" I repeated what Liu Liwei said on the phone before, I said while paying attention to the expression on my uncle's face, at first my uncle was frowning, and then slowly relaxed.

When I had finished speaking, I stared straight at him to hear what he would say. Unexpectedly, after listening to it, my uncle just smiled slightly and asked me softly, "You're done!" ”

I nodded: "After that, I want to know what happened to my dad back then, how he died, and why he was skinned and sacrificed to the river." ”

"It's all old things, why are you mentioning this!" The uncle's voice became even deeper.

"That's my dad, my own dad! Shouldn't a son be paid for his father? Even if you can't report your sorrows, you should always return his innocence! "I was so excited that I almost yelled.

Wu Jinghan on the side hurriedly persuaded me to let me have something to say.

My uncle stared at me for half a minute before he blinked and took a deep breath: "Perhaps...... Maybe you have a point! Great nephew! Hiding these things from you is actually what your father meant, and the purpose is for your own good. ”

It's for my good again!! I was even more anxious, broke away from Wu Jinghan's hand, and yelled at my uncle, "What does my dad mean? Hmph - don't fool me, I know that you are against my parents' marriage, and there are conflicts with my father, he can't tell you this......"

Uncle just smiled slightly: "I think you already know that Liu Mengyun is a person who sacrifices to the Yellow River, right?" He and I were both chosen by the river, and from the moment we were chosen, our fate was no longer in our hands. ”

Hearing him say that, I calmed down a little.

"That'...... So what exactly is a river worshipper? ”

I asked again.

"Since you want to know, you might as well tell you - in fact, our Song family and your Liu family have belonged to a mysterious organization for generations, and no one may have told the origin of this organization until now, there is a saying that the founder of the organization is the person who followed Dayu to control the water, and they are for some reason, hiding the true secret of Dayu's water control, and are willing to complete the mission of sacrificing the river from generation to generation!"

The more I listened, the more confused I became.

"Why did you get involved with Dayu again? Didn't Dayu change the idea of water control and use the "channeling" method to govern the Yellow River? I asked rhetorically.

When I was in junior high school, I could almost memorize the plot of Dayu's water control.

Dayu is after Yao Shun, the so-called third batch of water control leaders (of course, there was a man named Kun before, and some said that he was Dayu's father, because the water control was not good, he was killed). Dayu changed the previous idea of water control, changed the "blockage" to "sparse", it took thirteen years, including the famous story of three times through the door and not entering, and then finally managed the Yellow River, became a hero.

It is clearly written in the history books, what secret is there here!

The uncle smiled slightly: "Silly boy, do you think the so-called historical records are true?" In my opinion, the true content of all the history that has been written is definitely not more than 50% - in short, who can tell whether it is true or false? ”

I waved my hand: "Uncle! Don't be vague today, what is there to say clearly, is it difficult for Dayu to control the water There is another version of the story? ”

The uncle replied: "I don't know if it's a story, but both of us have a legacy that has been passed down for at least thousands of years, that is, the truth about the water control back then, and a secret of the Yellow River." ”

"What? The secret of the Yellow River! ”

Hearing him say that, I was even more dizzy.

The uncle walked to the door, looked out twice, and then gently closed the door before speaking again:

"In that year, a total of nine 'river worshippers' families were handed down, and according to the agreement of the year, the eldest son of each generation automatically became the river worshippers, and the river worshippers inherited the family's legacy secrets, but also took on the heavy responsibility of sacrificing the river, and needed to sacrifice their lives if necessary."

At this point, I had completely calmed down, and I was even attracted by my uncle's words.

"Uncle, you just said that there is another truth about Dayu's water control? What is the truth? ”

Uncle didn't say it directly, but asked me rhetorically: "Nephew, don't you think there are many contradictions in the story of Dayu's control of the water in history!" ”

I thought about it quickly and shook my head: "No! ”

"You think! Channeling the Yellow River is not a novel method at all, even an illiterate old man and old lady who farms the land should be able to think of it, could it be that no one has thought of it in the decades or hundreds of years before him? ”

I nodded, don't say it, I really think it makes sense to hear my uncle say this.

The uncle then said: "You should know the story of Dayu's 'three times through the door without entering'!" The story is probably that Dayu passed by the gate of his own yard three times in order to devote himself to water control, and he didn't go in to see his wife - but do you know when his son Qi was born? ”

"Revelation? Are you talking about Qi who later established the Great Xia Dynasty? ”

"That's right! He was born in the three years that Dayu didn't go home! ”

I immediately burst out laughing, and Wu Jinghan on one side blushed instantly.

After all, he is guarding his prospective nephew and daughter-in-law, and his uncle is still very subtle in his words! It turned out that the famous hero of water control in history was actually planted with green grass on the top of his head by his wife.

But after listening to my uncle's next story, I realized that the reversal of the story was something I couldn't have imagined.

"At that time, the primitive tribal leaders held the mating power of the entire tribe, and they were physically stronger than ordinary people, and there must be more than one son, but why did Dayu later pass on the throne of the tribal leader to Qi?"

I thought for a moment and replied: "Don't Dayu know that he is green?" ”

Uncle shook his head: "Don't worry, Dayu's intelligence is definitely not lower than yours!" ”

Wu Jinghan on the side said as if he was answering: "Actually, Dayu is not green at all, he is sure that his son is his own!" ”

The uncle nodded towards Wu Jinghan with an approving gaze: "Yes!" If you continue to think along this line, what does this mean? ”

This time, I felt that my reaction was not slow, and immediately replied: "It is apocryphalt to explain that the allusion of passing through the door three times without entering is apocryphal!" ”

My uncle finally smiled at me once: "He is so sure that his son is his own, it is because he has not only been home in the past three years, but often comes home!" ”

I nodded as if I didn't understand: "Then why is it written like that in the history books!" ”

Wu Jinghan interjected: "The so-called history is actually the history of the victors, and the rulers of all dynasties will erase the historical facts that are unfavorable to them, and they will also make up a history that does not exist at all." ”

Uncle continued.

"If this matter is fake, then it can be inferred that the whole story of Dayu's water control is also fake, and the fake component accounts for more than half! But the real result is that Dayu really cured the water. ”

This time, Wu Jinghan and I nodded at the same time.

"Anything that is concealed, most of them are unspeakable, the truth is that Dayu used a kind of Dongyi witchcraft to govern the Yellow River!"

"Ahh Dongyi witchcraft, what...... What witchcraft? "101 Chinese Net

Uncle said coldly: "Soul curse!" ”

I was so anxious that I stomped my foot: "You...... Don't gasp for breath when you speak! What is a soul spell? ”

"It is to use human souls to make a deal with the river god, and by selling the soul, in order to reach a certain condition with the river god!"

"And this kind of deal? The deal you are talking about, is it that Dayu sold someone's soul to the river god, and the river god stopped flooding? ”

The uncle stood up and said coldly: "It's not the soul of one person, but the soul of nine hundred and ninety-nine people, and the souls of these people are still pressed in the darkness in the depths of the Yellow River, wailing night and night, and suffering destruction every day!" ”

At this point, the shock in my heart was beyond words, but I still forced a dry laugh twice to ease the tense and oppressive atmosphere.

"Uncle, what you said is too evil! It's almost time to catch up with the ghost stories told by Zhang Zhen. ”

The uncle also smiled bitterly: "These are all recorded in the ancestral teachings, and your family should also have one, but ...... However, Liu Mengyun chose to sell his soul to the Yellow River, in this way, he is the last generation of your Liu family's river worshippers, and you ...... And you don't have to suffer any more! ”

"Ahh Suddenly in my heart, it was as if someone was beating the drum desperately, and there was a "buzzing" sound in my ears.

That's what happened!

The ancestors of our family are people who follow Dayu to control the water, and later joined some strange and evil organization, and there is a river sacrifice in the past generations, and what shocked me the most is that my father was willing to sell his soul to the river god for me......

I can't believe all this, and I don't want to believe it, it's so much so damn reversed.

Didn't my dad die? According to the uncle's intentions, is it difficult or suicide?

"Uncle...... Uncle...... How do I know all about what you're talking about? ”

Regarding the fact that our family is a family of river worshippers, not only did my father not reveal the slightest, but even my grandfather and second uncle did not mention it - the key is that it is not like it! As far as I know, our old Liu family counts four or five generations, all of them are poor peasants, grandpa and dad are barefoot doctors in addition to farming, and grandpa is a tofu maker, and it doesn't look like he has joined any organization!

Uncle sighed rarely: "Knowing too much may not be a good thing, your second uncle shouldn't know about your family's affairs, because he is not the eldest son, as for why your grandfather and Liu Mengyun are hiding it from you, it should be the same as your uncle and mine, for your good!" ”

At this moment, tears burst out of my eyes uncontrollably, and I thought to myself: How could this be the case!

Wu Jinghan held my hand tightly and didn't say anything, silence is better than sound at this time!

"Alright! If you want to know, you also know, accompany your uncle to do something serious! ”

I wiped away a handful of tears and whimpered, "What's the matter? ”

The uncle pointed to the bronze statue of his face covered with a red cloth: "Send it home!" ”

I probably understood what my uncle meant, and nodded: "Put it back in the Yellow River?" ”

I lifted the red cloth and saw a strange bronze statue of black and green. The bronze statue was unlike anything I'd seen before, it was so vividly carved that it was a little boy riding a strange creature.

The boy has two faces, next to each other, and each face has three eyes, but looking at these two faces, I am too familiar with them, isn't it just the strange stone statue I saw in the broken temple outside the village of Zhanhua County a month ago!

This is a sacred relic of the Dongyi tribe!

The animal that the boy rode looked like a lion, a tiger, and a cow, but if you looked closely, none of the three, and what was even stranger was that it still had a pair of wings, and then look at the animal's mouth, which looked like a bird's mouth, and a pair of small horns on its forehead.

I was so shocked by the strange bronze statue in front of me that I didn't know what to say for a while.

My uncle walked up to me and pointed to the bronze statue: "This animal is called Qiqi, it is a legendary mythical beast, it is extremely cruel by nature, and likes to eat people. ”

Poor? I don't think I've ever heard of this animal.

As he was talking, he heard a cry outside, as if there was more than one crying person, both women and children.

My conversation with my uncle came to an abrupt end.

"Uncle, it seems that something is wrong outside!"

The uncle's face also showed a different look.

"Let's go! Go out and have a look. ”

When the three of them walked out of the courtyard, they saw more than a dozen neighbors on the streets of the village walking towards the uncle's courtyard crying.

"Uncle Song, something happened! Something's wrong! ”

A woman holding a child cries and shouts.

Uncle hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"There are a lot of red snakes crawling out of the river, and they have bitten more than a dozen neighborhoods!" The fat woman cried out breathlessly.

"Snakes? Where did so many snakes come from! “

The fat woman shook her head and cried, "No one knows what came up from the river!" ”

Uncle glanced at the white belly of the fish in the east, it was already more than seven o'clock at this time, it was said that the sun should have risen in the east at this point, but today it was a little cloudy, and the eastern sky was still white.

"Not good!" After pinching the fingers of his left hand, the uncle exclaimed.

"What's wrong?" I hurriedly asked my uncle.

"Hurry up and go to the river with the double-sided bronze statue!" After the uncle finished shouting, he turned around and ran into the house.

I was stunned for a moment, followed suit, and after entering the house, I went out of the courtyard again with the bronze statue in my arms.

The uncle grabbed a white rooster in one hand and shouted to the gathered neighbors: "Hurry up and prepare tribute, yellow incense, burn paper, and prepare to sacrifice to the river!" After speaking, he strode towards the entrance of the village, and the two chickens were caught in his hands, struggling desperately and croaking.

I followed closely with the bronze statue in my arms, followed by seven or eight neighborhoods.

On the way, I couldn't help but ask my uncle, "What happened?" ”

The uncle replied coldly: "The previous sacrifice to the river was not completed, and the river god was angry!" ”

I ran to the old pier of the previous sacrifice river in one breath, and the neighbors had been pulled down a thousand meters, and I felt out of breath, but my uncle was just panting slightly, which made me have to sigh again, my uncle's body is awesome!

My uncle stood by the river, stared at the river for a few seconds, didn't hear what was muttered in his mouth, and then grabbed the legs of the two chickens with one hand, and pulled out the dagger from his waist with the other hand.