Chapter 386 Sacrifice
"And this... Has Master Su ever considered what to do if the two cities refuse? ”
Huo Wen's worries are not unreasonable, why did they take the risk to come to your city when they were originally staying well in their own city?
"Dongguan may reject me, but I think Zhongshan has no reason to refuse."
Grandpa Su presented the map in front of Huo Wen and pointed out the location of Zhongshan to him: "If you look at the geographical location of Zhongshan, the back road is cut off by the ocean, and the intricate rivers in front of it, these are used as canals in peacetime, which will inevitably turn this city into a developed trading city." ”
"But now are troubled times."
"The beasts in these rivers can devour their ships, when they are defeated by the beasts, they don't even have a way back, they will definitely find a better place to move, we have people here, it is definitely the best route for them."
Huo Wen listened to Grandpa Su's explanation, and a question in his heart was solved, but another question came to his head.
"Then why don't you take the people from Jiangmen City by the way?"
"It depends."
Grandpa Su pointed to the rivers: "Originally, we had to cross a lot of rivers if we wanted to move Zhongshan City over, and if we knew that one more river crossing, we would be more dangerous." ”
"But if you let Jiangmen come over, you can go north and then move east, so you can avoid most of the rivers." Huo Wen drew a route with his hand on the map: "And in this way, the people of Jiangmen City will have to cross a lot fewer rivers, and it will be much safer." ”
"But it's too slow."
"He has to take a detour of the anti-7 route to come to Yangcheng, it will take too long, it is better to rush here in a straight line from Zhongshan, and now we don't have so much time to wait for them at the moment of the great enemy."
Huo Wen and Grandpa Su argued for a long time, and in the end, Grandpa Su respected Huo Wen's idea and threw this question to their own choice, and they were responsible for sending scouts to ask, whether to come to Yangcheng or not, they decided for themselves.
Then, while the sky was still dark, Huo Wen decided to stew the three pigs, cows, sheep and beast kings.
Because the sacrifice needed to keep the sacrifice intact, Huo Wen and the non-commissioned officers decided to stew the meat of these beast kings and then place them in the square of Yangcheng.
At the same time, those bright red fabrics were also put up, and the city was full of red and festive flowers.
This also relieved Huo Wen's nervousness.
And don't say they're not vigilant.
When there is a crisis and an enemy, it is not possible to relax like this, but it has been prepared for so long, and the soldiers and soldiers do not want to give up this Chinese New Year's Eve just because of this matter.
They all promised that they would definitely protect Yangcheng, and they also proposed that tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner be eaten on the city wall, and there would be a large open-air Chinese New Year's Eve dinner!
In this way, wouldn't it be better to defend the city during the festival?
Huo Wen was a little moved, so he approved it.
This day's busy work, when he put the three sacrificial pigs, cows and sheep in the central square of Yangcheng
It was already dusk.
In winter, the sun has less time to work, and the sky is getting darker.
But Yangcheng is still lit up, no, there are still some people who don't know what to make some lanterns and distribute them on the street, and they don't want to be paid, they just want to be happy.
Some men in their thirties were huddled in groups of two or three, and they were bouncing around there to see whose lantern was brighter and whose lantern was more beautiful.
There were also some young couples who received the lanterns, walking down the street arm in arm, if it weren't for their shabby clothes and hair tied up in a bunch for a long time, Huo Wen would have thought that it was a temple fair before the end of the world.
He was also walking on the road, trying to go to the business district to buy some ingredients before it was completely dark.
"Oops, patronizing the group of guys in blue clothes, they are all ready for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and they said that they would let the girl eat sauerkraut beef and sour shoot fish again, but they can't do it."
Also, today is too busy, Huo Wen doesn't have time to hunt, but tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner can't be messed up.
The crowd walked towards the central market of Yangcheng, but Huo Wen went against the current, all the way to the business district, but when he came here, he found that both the vegetable sellers and restaurants here had been closed.
Howen tried to knock on the doors of these restaurants and markets, but found that there was no one inside, and there were no lights, apparently to attend the sacrifice.
"Damn, you really can't let go of the girl's pigeon..."
"Gotta figure figure it out... Why don't I go out of the city and get a few now, but I obviously don't have enough time to go out of the city and go back to the city, and I still have something to do..."
Huo Wen jumped to his feet anxiously: "What should I do?" ”
Perhaps, only at this time Huo Wen is like a seventeen-year-old boy, a little confused, and he will be anxious for the girl he likes.
The sky had completely darkened, and the sacrifice was ready to begin, whether Huo Wen wanted it or not, he now had to go to the central square to prepare for the sacrifice.
After taking a final look at the business district, Huo Wen originally wanted to break his mind and go back to preside over the sacrifice, but he saw Su Yi and Xiao Jing.
Su Yi was carrying a big bag of ingredients in both hands, while Xiao Jing was holding a small lantern in her hand, and the same thing was that the two cute grimaces, one big and one small, had a mischievous smile on their faces.
"You two?"
"I learned from Grandpa Su that you have been busy all day today, and you definitely don't have time to prepare the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, so I came over for you."
"And now?"
"The eldest sister just finished buying groceries, and saw you running over in a hurry, and then she took me to hide."
"Whew~ That's good."
Huo Wen exhaled a breath of turbidity, showing a relieved look, and then went over to help Su Yi pick up two bags of ingredients.
I can't say anything about this scene, maybe the sentence "I can't hold you with a brick, and I can't feed you when I put down a brick" is more appropriate to describe it now.
Who knew that at this time, Brother Crow suddenly flew over.
"What's the matter?"
Huo Wen looked at this crow brother, usually he asked him to follow the phoenix and them to cultivate together to become stronger, so as to help him, but why did he suddenly run over now?
"That's... Brother Wen, the younger brother can help you get these things, and the eldest brother can go to the sacrifice with his sister-in-law. ”
Brother Crow grabbed two bags of ingredients with his claws, and Huo Wen was a little strange: "Have something to ask me?" ”
Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief.
"It's also a little, it's big brother, the pig's head you used for sacrifice, can you share a little bit with me after the sacrifice?"
"That's dedicated to the gods, which means that the gods eat the rest, and you want it too?"
"What's the matter, anyway, you're going to throw it away after the sacrifice."
Brother Raven said this, because he had also encountered human sacrifices in the wilderness before, and the DNA was not a sacrifice at that time, but an ancestor sacrifice.
People would put pork or pig's heads in front of the graves of their ancestors, and then put incense on them, set off firecrackers, and after all the graves of their ancestors were finished, they would throw away the pork, and then the hungry crows would go up and eat a few bites.
Ouch, it's not bad, and there's a strange scent, so Brother Raven fell in love with the taste.
There is also the scene where Brother Crow comes to beg Huo Wen now.
"I'll try my best, it's good for us that you can get stronger."
"Okay, thank you, big brother!"
Huo Wen glanced at Brother Crow's current appearance, his body shape had not changed, he was just over two meters tall, but his body had changed dramatically.
First of all, the body hair, which was originally pure black, and the black feathers that looked unpleasant, have now become gold and black that make people look even more annoying...
"Speaking of crows, do you feel any changes in your body now, except for the feathers."
"It doesn't seem like much... That is, it seems that the mouth is often very dry, and I don't know why... By the way, big brother, is your sacrifice about to start? ”
Bang bang bang fireworks began to appear in the sky of various colors.
Don't doubt the wisdom of human beings, since the flare guns have been built, then set off fireworks? Just the basics, sit down and sit down.
Huo Wen also reacted that he was going to preside over the sacrifice.
So he hurriedly took Su Yi and Xiao Jing's hands and began to run wildly towards the center of Yangcheng.
Su Yi was wearing a red skirt ordered in the armor store, whether it was Hanfu or something Huo Wen couldn't recognize, anyway, it was very ancient, but it was also very plain, basically without any patterns, but it perfectly reflected her figure.
But Huo Wen is not bad, he specially ordered a red Tang costume in the armor store for this sacrifice.
By the way, Xiao Jing is also wearing a small skirt, which seems to be a mother-daughter outfit with Su Yi.
When the three of them ran to the scene, many people's eyes were attracted by this family.
Huo Wen let go of Su Yi and Xiao Jing's hands and walked towards the sacrificial platform, and the two of them squeezed to Grandpa Su's side and looked at Huo Wen on the stage together.
Originally, there was only one Wang Defa on the altar, who could be regarded as a temporary host, and he was wearing a black suit, because the military uniform was too worn and old. And now
After Huo Wen came to power, he took the initiative to step down.
The red Tang costume and tied up hair are very eye-catching, if the people before admired him because of Huo Wen's strength, then now there is another reason to support him.
Appearance...
It's like if one of the two people chooses to be president, under the same ability, people will definitely prefer Odama, although he is black, he is more handsome than Te Xiaopu!
A truth.
"Hello everyone, I'm your commander, everyone knows my name, right? Footman. ”
"In these days, we have endured too many foreign beasts and suffered too much."
"Today, it is the traditional festival Chinese New Year's Eve, and after discussion, we decided to follow the tradition of celebrating the Spring Festival and Chinese New Year's Eve. Not because of superstition, but for the sake of our future. ”
“...”
Let's go, Huo Wen said a lot of things, some of which were drafted before, and some of them were played on the spot, in short, he wanted to inspire the hearts of these people.
If they have no hope, no matter how strong Huo Wen is and how correct the decisions he makes, he will not be able to save these people's lives.
(End of chapter)