Dark clouds cover the top, thunder and thunder.

Four or five shirtless middle-aged men walked up the hill with a prisoner cart.

"Quack ......" The crow stopped on the scarecrow on the side of the road and kept calling at the pedestrians.

There were eight or nine children locked up in the prison car, some children huddled in the corner of the prison car and muttered, and some children were scared and cried weakly.

Whoa......

An old grandmother stood at the front of the prisoner cart, carrying a basket in her hand.

Take two steps and throw the paper money in the basket into the sky.

"Yang people borrow the road, Yin people avoid ......"

"Worship on the mountain, don't avoid self-care......"

In the prison car, a little girl hid in the arms of the little boy, holding her head, her whole body trembling.

"Don't be afraid! There's an older brother here. The little boy hugged his sister and kept comforting him.

"Don't be afraid of ......"

The children in the prison car cried even more sadly, and some of the children burst into tears.

Deep in the mountains.

An old woman walked in the front, followed by a middle-aged man holding a large flag, and four or five adults behind the banner either retreated or pulled, and took the prisoner cart up the mountain.

They came to a temple of the City God.

Call.........

The old grandmother let out a breath of turbidity.

"It's finally ......"

"Don't send the shrine in quickly, it's too late, and the mountain will be closed."

"Good!"

A few middle-aged people pulled hard and dragged the prisoner cart into the City God Temple.

The temple is very simple,

In addition to the doors and windows, there is only one pedestal of the huge temple, and on the pedestal is the stone statue of the city god.

After entering the temple, a group of children stopped crying, grabbed the pillars on the prisoner cart, and looked at the idol inside in fear.

The middle-aged men who pulled the cart pushed it to the left of the statue and covered it with a tarpaulin.

Someone urged, "Okay, no, hurry down the mountain, and the ghost king will come out later." ”

"It's coming, it's coming." The man with the tarp hurriedly covered it, and then jumped down as if he were fleeing.

"Wait for me, you guys slow down!"

The sound became smaller and quieter, and soon, the entire City God Temple fell silent.

The silence is terrible.

It was not early, and after a while, the sun went down, and the temple was gradually covered by darkness, leaving only a little moonlight shining in through the window.

The little children in the prison car were almost all asleep, and a little girl curled up next to the little boy fell asleep on his lap.

The little boy doted on his sister who was sleeping with Masaka.

窸窸窣窣窣......

Outside the door,

A dark shadow grew and walked into the City God Temple from far and near.

"Something!" The little boy looked out the door in horror, his heart pounding.

The dark shadow was getting closer and closer, and beads of sweat the size of beans soon oozed from the little boy's head......

One foot into the Temple of the City God.

The little boy breathed a sigh of relief,

"It's human........."

"It's good that it's not the Ghost King!"

A lady from a large family walked into the City God Temple, followed by a landlord-like grandfather.

Dressed brightly, he respects women and looks like he should be a housekeeper.

The old man was followed by a few officials in yamen costumes, and walked into the City God Temple, and a few of them took a look here and there.

The housekeeper and a chamberlain explained the requirements for night duty.

"You're getting someone on duty tonight,"

"Okay."

After several officials confirmed that the temple was not in danger, they began to clean the inside briefly.

There was a thick layer of dust on the floor, and when you exerted force, the dust on the floor drifted everywhere.

The girl who looked like a girl covered her mouth and couldn't help but complain, "This place is too broken......

"Miss, you can just take a moment, there is really no place to settle down in this vicinity. The barren mountains and mountains are already very lucky to find this city temple to settle in! ”

Seeing that the young lady was unhappy, the housekeeper hurriedly stepped forward to persuade her.

"Okay." Everyone stopped complaining, what the housekeeper said was reasonable, in this kind of deep mountains and old forests, there is a temple that shelters from the wind and rain, and should be content.

The housekeeper took the young lady to the side and sat down,

A few of the officials were together, and one of the leaders began to order, "Everyone patrol briefly, and be careful not to go too far." Bring some firewood when you come back. ”

"Yes!"

Three or four officials walked out of the City God Temple.

A servant took a broom to clean the dust from the ground, and as he swept it, he walked to the prisoner's cart covered by a tarpaulin.

"What is this?" The officials were curious, how could there be such a big thing in the barren mountains and mountains that made the cloth covered.

The official reached out and pulled it.

"Uncle Liu, you say...... Let's ......... this time" Everyone was chatting with the housekeeper on the side, and suddenly, there was a shout.

"Come here! There's a ......... here."

Well?

The housekeeper and the young lady who were called Uncle Liu turned their heads together, and the suppression outside the door heard the shouts, and walked into the City God Temple one by one.

Several people came to the prisoner van.

The tarpaulin hung messily on the prisoner cart.

There were a few sleeping children lying on all sides of the prison car, and the young lady and a few officials stared at the children in the prison car with curious eyes.

The butler frowned suddenly.

There is a carload of children in the wilderness, and I am afraid that it is not clean here.

"Wait! Isn't this ......?"

One of the officials held up his fingers, an expression on his face that I knew what it was.

"Could it be anything?" The young lady turned her head sharply and asked.

The butler gradually turned around and looked at the official who had spoken.

The official didn't sell the guanzi, and explained to a few people with a black face.

"In my hometown, there is a saying. If there is a ghost in the mountain that even Cheng Longye can't suppress........."

In the local village, in order to avoid ghosts, they will take the initiative to sacrifice boys and girls as sacrifices. ”

"What! Sacrifice the living! The young lady was furious.

"Taizu Gao Sheng banned human sacrifice today, the Great Jin Dynasty has been established for a hundred years, how can there be people who do this!"

The young lady was angry, and the official who explained didn't know how to answer.

The butler turned his eyes and squinted, as if thinking about something.

For a moment, he glanced at the leader of the officials behind him.

"Hmm!" The man nodded, and walked to the door alone with the two servants.

"Go and have a look,"

"Okay."

Inside the temple.

The official really couldn't make up his mind, so he asked the young lady.

"Miss, what should I do with these children in the prison car? Is it to let them out? Or is it just left at that? ”

When the young lady heard this, she looked at the sweet little boy and little girl sleeping in the prison car.

………

"Just leave it at that, we're just passing by, there's no need to get involved with the locals."

In line with the principle that more is better than less, the woman does not want to wade into this troubled water.

"Besides, we ourselves cannot protect ourselves......"

Several officials came in from outside with a pile of firewood.

The housekeeper took out a few sticks of incense from his luggage and lit them for the city god.

He bowed reverently, and the butler lit the incense.

The stone statue of the City God is missing an arm.

The officials on the side piled up the dry firewood together.

Cracking sound......

The fire is lit,

The dancing flames bring a ray of light to the dark City God Temple.