After Liu Yunniang finished speaking, the room was quiet for a few seconds, and Su Jiudong, Wen Yiheng, and Liu Yunniang then looked at each other and smiled, tacitly.

Su Jiudong recalled that during this period of time, he did continue to lead people to the family, and the original family of three has now joined Wen Yiheng and Ah Rong, and it has also become five people.

However, with the presence of Wen Yiheng, the big Buddha, it can also ensure everyone's food and clothing.

After settling down Ah Rong, Su Jiudong and Wen Yiheng asked Su Tingan and Liu Yunniang to stay at home and not go out, so they hurried to the riverside at the head of the village.

It was getting late, and the matter of the patient sinking in the pond was put on hold, and the villagers had already dispersed.

The afternoon delay in rescuing Ah Rong home, I don't know how many helpless patients were dragged into the river and drowned by those cold-blooded villagers.

The plague was menacing, and within a few months of infection from the neighboring town of Li to this village, half of the people had already been infected with the plague, and the outbreak was so fast.

The village chief and some of the villagers want to sacrifice all the sick, so the sinking of the pond will definitely continue tomorrow.

In ancient times, it was not known that the rapid spread of the plague was related to the spread of bacteria, and the sick people were thrown into rivers or buried on the spot, but in fact, the germs could not be killed at all.

In addition, throwing the sick into the river will increase the number of infected germs in the river, and the spread of the plague will expand even more as the river spreads the germs to various places.

Just stopping the patient from sinking into the pond is just a headache doctor, and Su Jiudong's strength alone is no match for the superstitious villagers who are overwhelming.

Wen Yiheng patted Su Jiudong's shoulder comfortingly, knowing what she was thinking, he said the words first: "Let's go to the village chief's house, his house must be a lot lively." ”

During the day, the village chief led more than 10 people to sink the pond, and now there are a group of relatives of the patients who have been sunk in the pond at the door of the village chief's house, and they want to ask the village chief for an explanation, and they are noisy and wailing.

When some people saw Su Jiudong and Wen Yiheng coming, they took the initiative to make a way.

"Village Chief!" Su Jiudong passed by everyone, stood in the middle of the courtyard door of the village chief's house and said loudly inside: "The river god asked me to convey his wishes!" ”

The village chief hid in his home, unwilling to argue with the villagers.

Hearing Su Jiudong shouting like this, he immediately opened the closed door of his house, hurried to the gate of the courtyard, and glared at Su Jiudong angrily, "You don't come here!" Do you really think of yourself as a river god envoy? Why is it that the will of the river god is only for you to convey? ”

Su Jiudong laughed at himself, he was not angry when he was scolded by the village chief, and said indifferently: "You dare to say that it is nonsense for the will of the river god, and you are not afraid of angering the river god." I'm afraid that you are the birthday star and hanged yourself, and you have a long life, and I am not afraid that the river god will let me sacrifice you alive. ”

"You! You, you, you!! The village chief glared angrily, raised his hand and pointed at Su Jiudong's door.

Seeing that the village chief's finger was about to poke Su Jiudong's face, Wen Yiheng approached, pressed down the village chief's finger in a gentlemanly manner, raised his voice, and said to the villagers: "The river god has a will to convey, let everyone gather at the entrance of the village to listen." If anyone does not come......"

People are afraid of unknown food, and every time an unexplained strange event occurs, it is attributed to the power of ghosts and gods.

Wen Yiheng deliberately intimidated and turned his head to look around at the villagers.

The gentle expression on his face remained unchanged, but the words in his mouth made the hairs of the people present stand on end: "If anyone does not come, you will bear the consequences." ”

The implication is that the wrath of the river god is borne by those who disobey the river god.

Wen Yiheng pulled Su Jiudong and walked towards the entrance of the village, leaving only one sentence to the village chief: "If the village chief doesn't believe it, he can naturally not go." As for the consequences of not going, I believe that the village chief can withstand the wrath of the river god. ”

The villagers soon followed Su Jiudong and Wen Yiheng to the entrance of the village, and more and more villagers gathered, and finally the village chief and his family arrived late.

The village chief seemed to be holding a breath, and turned sideways at Su Jiudong with a snort, avoiding her gaze.

When Su Jiudong saw that the village chief had finally come, he felt a little more confident. The fact that the villagers were able to gather shows that they are still somewhat convinced of her identity as a "river god envoy".

By the river at the head of the village, the night is dark, and there are no stars and moons. Someone lit a torch to illuminate it, and the firelight reflected the colorful expressions on the faces of the villagers, and for a moment it was like hell.

Su Jiudong and Wen Yiheng glanced at each other, then stood on a high ground and said loudly: "Recently, the plague has been raging, and there has been a tragedy of a patient sinking in the pond in the village. I had a lot of feelings with the river god, and the river god told everyone that they must stop sinking the sick in the pond! ”

"Nonsense! Didn't the river god tell us to sink the sick in the pond? So maybe we're stopping again?! ”

"That's it! It was the river god who asked us to sacrifice! Those sick people were sacrificed to the river god to quench his wrath! ”

"That's right! Sacrifice them for the plague to stop! Are you an envoy of the river god? How do you come against the river god?!! ”

……

The shouts came and went, and Su Jiudong shook his head helplessly. The power of rumors and the ignorance of some villagers are really unshakable.

"Of course I'm the River God's envoy! Some people in the village doubt the identity of my envoy, but it should also be clear that I am the first person who can come back alive after being sacrificed! ”

Su Jiudong stood on the high ground and looked at the bustling villagers, "You must be curious, over the years, you have sacrificed these people to the river god, why can only I come back?" ”

The crowd rang out in Li's shrill voice: "That's because you're a calamity!" You killed your adoptive father, and even the mighty river god couldn't stop you!! ”

Li Shi drilled in front of the people as he spoke, and after a while, he had squeezed to the front of the crowd, rudely pointing his finger at Su Jiudong, scolding in his mouth, eager to pierce Su Jiudong's face.

The villagers have good deeds on the side, and there are also villagers who are afraid of Wen Yiheng's identity and are silent on the side.

"Stupid! You said that the river god has great powers, if I am really a disaster star, the river god would have eaten me a long time ago, where will he send me back intact? ”

Su Jiudong didn't want to entangle too much with the Li family, so he raised his voice and continued to the villagers.

"Originally, you wanted to sacrifice me, but the river god knew that there had been too many living sacrifices in recent years, and he didn't dare to eat me again for fear of angering the gods, so he sent me back."

Su Jiudong glanced back at Wen Yiheng beside him. At this moment, he was the source that gave her the strength and courage to continue.

"The river god not only sent me back intact, but also made me the special envoy of the river god, conveying it to the people on his behalf, just because I am afraid that there will be rumors of good deeds among the villagers, and they will indiscriminately kill good people in the name of the river god!"

"Before I came, the river god told me the ins and outs of the matter, and asked me to convey it to the villagers.

The god of heaven thought that the river god had misgoverned the world, causing the disadvantages of cold water and famine, and instead of seeking his position, he asked the people to sacrifice living people to him, which was extremely absurd!

The gods were furious at this, and a plague descended from heaven to punish the river god and the villages and counties under his rule! ”