From the mansion to the market, we walked for almost an hour, but I didn't feel far, as if as long as the Beilin was by my side, this hour would pass quickly.

From this path, we saw the street market in the distance, but how did this street market look so "weird".

Even the lights were scarce, and the lights were on in the shops, but the doors were hidden.

The whole street, it seems, is like this.

It seems that they should be worried that their daughter will be chosen by the demon king, right?

Just as I was thinking about it, I saw a man wrapped in a black turban with a pair of eyes on his face, hurrying towards a rice shop.

Because, I ran too fast, and I fell down, and I didn't get up for a long time.

I walked over quickly, reached out and pulled her (him) up from the ground, and as I grabbed the other's slender arm, I was sure it was a girl.

When this girl saw me, she was a little flustered.

"This sister, why don't you wear a veil, it's dangerous." Her big eyes stared at me, and there was anxiety written in her eyes: "Go and hide in the store." ”

After she finished speaking, she took my hand and ran towards the rice shop.

I hurriedly looked at the North Forest, and the North Wood followed unhurriedly.

When I entered the rice shop, I saw a short and fat old man standing in the rice shop, who must be the owner of the rice shop.

"Uncle Chen, I want broken buds." The girl entered the shop and hurriedly spoke.

"Eh, Xiaowei, how many days have you not been here? The previous bit of broken bud rice should have been eaten a long time ago, right? Uncle Chen looked at the girl beside me and asked.

The girl shook her head: "My mother won't let me come out, saying yes, when this month's girl is chosen, I will come to buy food, but there is really nothing to cook at home." ”

After she finished speaking, she raised her hand, took out a few copper plates, and handed them to Uncle Chen, who immediately scooped a small half bag of broken bud rice for the girl.

"Xiaowei, in the future, you should let your father come out, and you will stay at home, otherwise?" Uncle Chen wanted to speak and stopped.

"My father's health is not good, I will go back quickly, I must be fine." After she finished speaking, she nodded at me again, and then walked away with the bud broken.

I looked at the girl's emaciated back, I must have been hungry for a while, and I couldn't get up for a while, probably because my legs were weak from hunger.

"Huh? Why don't you wear a headscarf, girl? Uncle Chen watched the girl leave, and his attention fell on me.

Seeing that I was so "uncovered", he came out and hung around, hurriedly leaned over and took out a large piece of black cloth from the cabinet next to him, and let me wrap it around my head.

"Isn't it peaceful this night?" I took the black cloth handed by Uncle Chen and accepted his kindness.

Uncle Chen looked at me, and then at the Beilin behind me.

"You two have a lot of eyes, huh?" He looked at us for a long time and spoke.

"Yes, we're from a foreign country." I replied with a smile.

When he heard this, he immediately shook his head like a rattle: "Eh, it's over, it's over, it's over, a foreigner, dare to enter the wind and rain?" You guys come in, you can't leave, the whole Nanling is the same, it has been? ”

Uncle Chen wanted to speak and stopped, and said "It's a pity" in his mouth.

"Sooner or later, the demons here will die, and you don't need to worry so much." I looked at Uncle Chen, and I wanted to say a word of comfort to him.

As a result, when Uncle Chen heard this, his face immediately showed a frightened look, and he shook his head desperately and said, "Girl, you can't talk nonsense if you have anything, otherwise you will anger the gods!" and he shall be chastened. ”

After he finished speaking, he immediately turned around and put a stick of incense on the shrine on the side of the rice shop.

I looked towards the shrine and found that there was a small Buddha statue enshrined on the shrine, this Buddha statue was strange, with three heads on one neck.

This must be what Rat Gui said, the "three-faced demon king", right?

"God is not strange, God is not strange." Uncle Chen lit incense to the shrine, and muttered vigorously.

"God?" Beilin couldn't help frowning, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Uncle Chen planted the incense, and immediately came over and told us a few words: "You are from a foreign country, maybe you don't know what happened here, this matter is also a long story, but you still don't go out, especially the girl's house, before going out, remember to wrap tightly, and on the last day of the month, you have to go to the temple on three sides to worship the gods, these are not forgotten." ”

"Oh?" Beilin's expression was cold.

I thought about it carefully, on the last day of the month, then, in less than ten days, everyone will go to the Temple of the Three Faces?

"When you go, remember to bathe and change your clothes, don't defile the gods." Uncle Chen said very seriously.

I nodded again and again, and was about to open my mouth to ask about the three-sided temple again, when I heard "Ga! A cry.

The cry was like a certain bird's call, and as soon as Uncle Chen heard the sound, he rushed towards the wooden door.

"Eh, it's a messenger from God?" Uncle Chen said that, and motioned for me and Ming Beilin to kneel by the door with him.

I looked out of the hidden door, and then I heard a cry: "Woo woo, don't! ”

With this cry, Uncle Chen's body trembled, and then quietly raised his head, squinted, and looked out.

"Xiaowei?" He whispered a word in his mouth.

This sentence Xiaowei looked extremely weak.

And I just saw a black shadow flashing from outside, and then Uncle Chen stumbled out.

Stygian Beilin took me by the hand and followed him.

The surrounding shops that originally covered the doors were all pushed with the sound of "squeak, squeak" at this moment.

Immediately afterwards, I saw Miss Xiaowei fall to the ground, her headscarf was gone, revealing a young and delicate face, and between her eyebrows, there was a red dot the size of a bean.

This is the mark of the oracle.

The girl who was marked was the sacrificial girl chosen by the gods.

"Woo woo, Uncle Chen, I, I, I can't be a "goddess", I still have a father and a mother to take care of. Xiaowei sobbed, while Uncle Chen silently patted her on the back and comforted her.

In the shop next door, the adults and children who came out looked at this scene, and their faces were solemn, but I saw a few women's faces showing a look of relief.

"Don't cry, there's nothing wrong with being a goddess, you can eat and drink, and be blessed by the gods, how good." The matter has come to this point, and Uncle Chen can only open his mouth to comfort.

But this kind of words, since it can't appease people, Rat Gui said, was elected to the temple, never to come out for life, and never saw his family again.

"Go and get ready, and in three days, the oracle will come and pick you up." Uncle Chen said, and helped the girl up.

But Miss Xiaowei was too limp to get up, so I leaned over to help.

The rest of the people around looked at each other coldly, and no one stepped forward to say hello.