At the end of the Huai River, there are many sandy beaches, but it also happens to be the place where businessmen come and go, extending in all directions.

Being able to go to several state highways, the southeast, northwest, and northwest are prosperous, relying on this, Huaihe Prefecture has established a town with a large number of people.

The perennial travelers live here, which also makes the local area more and more prosperous.

Over time, this place was also known as Huaikou.

However, in recent days, the originally lively Huaikou has also become deserted, and it is completely impossible to see the appearance of the treaty port in the past.

On the waterways that extend in all directions, not a single moving fishing boat can be seen.

It simply amazed the merchants who came from the back waterway.

And those merchants stranded in Huaikou also crowded the originally small town.

Almost even the outer ring was full, and even some of the mud houses in the suburbs that had not yet been fully built were occupied.

Either livestock are herded, or all kinds of goods are placed.

It's just that even if the flow of people is dense, the people in the entire town port are still lifeless and have no vitality.

Aside from the noise, there is not a single ounce of anger at all.

After all, if it continues like this, if the waterway cannot be opened, those merchants who have pressed their net worth will really have no life.

But when I think of the strange situation that occurred in the past few days, even the people who don't want to die are not willing to try whether they can get on the road.

Everything that can be walked is gone, and the rest is just a way.

"Or are we going to scrape together the money? Listen to the goddess..."

At first glance, it was a simple pergola that had just been built, and several merchants were panting and staring at each other, their faces full of urgency and bitterness.

"Bah, do you believe what the goddess said?"

"I think that guy is crazy, if he collects the money and does something that doesn't open the waterway smoothly, it won't be so simple at that time!"

"You want to go to jail??"

The man whose face had darkened with sorrow opened his mouth to propose, but was immediately refuted by another person.

"So what can you do? Waiting here? ”

"In a few days, I don't need to go to the waterway to try my life, my goods will rot, this time I don't have my head, I came back from the desert death, I have broken through that place, I didn't expect to be stopped at the mouth of the Huai River!"

"Those goods are all my net worth!"

"I can't sell those things, I might as well die!!"

These words suddenly made the others who were already anxious even more dissatisfied, especially the one who refuted him before, and couldn't help but sneer.

"Why don't you die? Then you die now and show me, just go directly to the river, and there is no need for human animals, as long as you dare to die, I promise to help you sell all the goods, intact and even add 30% to your family. ”

"How?"

I saw the man snort a few words to the guy with a dark face.

"Would you like to give it a try?"

That guy who was already extremely depressed in his heart, how could he listen to other people's sarcasm.

He immediately stood up, and was about to fight with the man who spoke, but he saw the man sitting on the side, alone on a wooden stool, pat the table.

"What is the noise, it is useful to quarrel? Can you solve this problem? They are all fellow villagers, and they go out to measure the difficulties of others! ”

"If you can't speak, just say less!"

Dressed in silk, his bearing is not ordinary from others, and his weather-beaten face is shining with a pair of tricks, and his eyes look at the guy with a bad mouth, so he can't help but lower his head.

"Don't worry, this matter will have a result in the next two days, and the stewards of several other chambers of commerce have gathered together to discuss it."

"I really can't do it..."

The man's voice paused.

"Then there's no other way!"

"The government wants to send people over, and it will take ten days and a half months for the Taoist Academy to come, the local Taoist priest took a look, didn't dare to say a word, and reported it directly.

"If you have to wait for someone to come, it will take half a month to touch, don't talk about you, I can't bear it!"

Speaking of this, the man let out a sigh of relief.

"Since the government can't control it, then we can only find a way..."

After listening to this man's words, everyone else present couldn't help but be a little excited, but then a little worried.

"But the thing about the man..."

Human animals, as the name suggests, are used for human sacrifices, and what the goddess said this time is not as simple as one or two human lives.

If it was just a few people, so many of them businessmen would not have been trapped for so long, you must know that number of human lives, once the government knows about it, few people involved can have good fruits to eat.

After all, the government has long banned this kind of thing, although there are places where the people are occasionally forced to use it, but in the end there are not many, and the number of lives is also small, and the government has not heard the report, so it will pass with one eye and one eye closed.

But Huaikou here...

Several people glanced at each other, and they all felt a bad premonition in their hearts.

If they are really involved, this time the matter will really become a big problem.

"If you want to cross the estuary, that's the way to do it at the moment."

"Why, I'm not afraid when I run a business, I'm afraid at this time?"

The man didn't say much, lost a few words, and left the pergola, not knowing where he went.

However, the merchant who was still a little dark-faced before, also showed a ruthlessness in his eyes.

"No matter, as long as you can open the waterway, anything will do!"

"Lao Tzu will definitely not object to this."

After saying that, he also turned around and left the pergola, leaving only a few people, and his eyes were still flickering and wandering, but he never left for a long time.

...

"The river god forgives sins, the river god forgives sins, offer sacrifices today, and tomorrow the wind and rain will be smooth!"

An old woman dressed in colorful clothes, babbling words in her mouth, her hair was scattered, and as she swayed, you could even see a lot of dust rising up.

And in front of her, the two canopy boats on the shore of the water, covered with black cloth, were only seen from the shape of the boats writhing from time to time.

There are a lot of people on it, even the distorted appearance under the black cloth, and there are more than a dozen or twenty of them.

"Open the festival!!"

After watching the old woman stagger for a while, she let out a loud roar.

The sailors, who were already looking very panicked, immediately let go of the rope.

On the calm water, two canopy boats slowly sailed off the shore with the current.

It made a group of people on the shore can't help but make a noise.

You must know that there is not only a flagpole on that ship, but even the sails have been unloaded, and today there is no current in the water, and there is not a trace of wind, and it can still sail out smoothly.

Explain that there must be something or a force that they can't see.

"Really... Is there really a river god? ”

A few water bosses who have been running for many years couldn't help but scream.

As the two boats left the river bank farther and farther away, a huge whirlpool appeared at the mouth of the Huai River that flowed into the big river, and there were also dark clouds in the sky.

"It's the river god, the river god has appeared!"

Seeing such a strange situation, the chattering old woman knelt down first, and then a group of people behind her bowed down.

Everyone only felt a gust of wind blowing, causing them to tremble all around.

I don't know how long it took, but the person kneeling on the ground was just about to look up, when a thunderclap-like explosion came out.

'Click! Bang!! ’

Then came a terrible roar of terror.

"Woo~~~~!!!"

With the roar, the water splashed violently, and the people on the shore only felt the ground tremble slightly.

With a fishy smell, it was as if some behemoth jumped out of the water and came in front of them, making these people present tremble more and more, and they didn't dare to raise their heads.