The sinkhole, which has existed naturally in this village for thousands of years, is the most terrifying place in the village, and it is the place where even the most ferocious beasts appear.

The surrounding cliffs stand straight and steep, bottomless, and the things that fall into them will not have the slightest echo, and the living creatures fall into it, without any chance of survival, and the bones are doomed.

And ordinary people don't even have the courage to look down.

Gui Mingyue and the others were tied up, taken to the edge of the sinkhole with their heads covered, and lined up. And they were surrounded by layers of villagers in the stockade.

The elder stooped down and stood beside a west-facing humanoid stone statue next to the sinkhole, looking at the sunlight with a calm and serious face, until a beam of light hit the stone statue's chest.

"Open the altar!"

The black cloth on Gui Mingyue's head was removed at once, and when she opened her eyes, she was shaken by the dazzling light from the west, and subconsciously lowered her head, this glance didn't matter, Rao was self-aware and well-informed, and she couldn't help but gasp.

"Ahh It was Jin Qi'er's voice, who screamed in fright by the nearby sinkhole, and then fainted. Several of the entourage also saw the scene in front of them, and they were also cold-haired and inhaled.

At the order of the elder, the sorcerer began to chant the incantation, and accompanied by the dancing of his hands, the villagers knelt down in unison, and bowed to the stone statue with words in their mouths.

Then a few people with impermanence ghost masks on their faces arrived behind Gui Mingyue and them, and just waited for the elder to give an order, and pushed these foreigners into the sinkhole to pay homage to the Holy Mother.

"Sacrifice!"

At the moment when the masked man began to act, Li Mobai flew up, waved the soft sword at his waist, forced several masked people back, and stepped forward to untie the rope in the hands of Gui Mingyue and the others.

As soon as the elder waved his hand, the villagers of Wuwu rushed over, forcing Gui Mingyue and them back to the edge of the sinkhole step by step, Li Mobai, Yu Hongbo and others raised their weapons one after another, wanting to fight to break the net.

Dai Mo was identified as a traitor, tied to a pillar, and only waited for Gui Mingyue to be burned to death after they were sacrificed to the Virgin.

Seeing that Li Mobai and the villagers were about to fight together, Gui Mingyue shouted loudly: "Everyone stop!" The sword was silent," and the elder turned around and said, "You don't want the villagers to be killed or injured!" ”

"To die for the Virgin, I don't have to wait for death." The elder coldly spat out a word.

Gui Mingyue hurriedly said: "We didn't offend your Virgin, why do you want us to sacrifice her?" ”

The elder looked at them hatefully and said, "You have killed us, and we will sacrifice the holy relics to the Virgin!" ”

Relic? Could it be the python?

"Elder, stop listening to the nonsense of these cunning Central Plains people, and quickly push them into the sinkhole!" The villager who brought the elder to find Gui Mingyue said fiercely.

"Push them all down for me!" The elder gave an order. The villagers surrounded him with a roar.

Saying that it was too late, Gui Mingyue made a look, and Li Mo blew in front of the elder like a white wind, and a sword was put on his neck.

"Stand back, or I'll kill your elders!" Li Mobai's eyes were fierce, making people dare not force their eyes.

The villagers immediately stopped without knowing what was wrong.

"Phew! Can you threaten me with death? The elder shouted to the villagers who had stopped: "Leave me alone, push them into the sinkhole, and the Glory of Our Lady will forever protect Miao Village!" ”

"The Glory of Our Lady will always protect Miao Village!" One by one, the villagers ignored Yu Hongbo and rushed forward with the swords in their hands.

When Gui Mingyue saw this group of villagers who regarded death as home, she couldn't help but panic, and shouted loudly again in a hurry: "You admire this Holy Mother so much, I just want to go to her stone statue to confess when I offend her, and then jump into the sinkhole myself." This also saves some of you from losing your lives, you are okay when you die, do you think about your family and children? ”

With a wave of his hand, Li Mobai withdrew the sword around the elder's neck and returned to her side.

"Elder! Don't listen to her nonsense, the people of the Central Plains have always been cunning! The middle-aged villager said hatefully.

The elder looked at Gui Mingyue, and saw that her eyes were full of sincerity, not like a deception, as an elder of a village, he didn't want his villagers to lose their lives for no reason, and so many villagers surrounded them, even if they wanted to play tricks, it was difficult to fly.

"Okay, I promise you!" The elder said, the villagers made way of a small path, and let Gui Mingyue and the others go to the stone statue of the Virgin Mary to kneel and repent.

Yu Hongbo Although they didn't know what medicine was sold in Gui Mingyue's gourd, they all followed behind her, and Jin Qi'er was even more so, Miss said where she was going, she definitely didn't have a word to follow, even if she really wanted to jump into the sinkhole for a while, she decided to grit her teeth and close her eyes, and jump down, in short, where Miss went, she went.

Gui Mingyue came to the stone statue and bowed deeply, although the others couldn't tell her what kind of etiquette this was, but they also followed her example and bent down.

The elder standing on the side nodded almost inaudibly, who knew that Gui Mingyue, who had finished bowing, whispered a word of sorry in his mouth, jumped up, stepped forward to hug the neck of the statue of the Virgin, and put his whole body on it......

"You!" When the elder saw that someone had blasphemed the Virgin like this, he took a few steps back, and almost turned his back on him: "You, you, come down for me!" ”

Gui Mingyue looked back at the panicked elders and villagers with nervous faces, and suddenly said with a fierce smile: "If any of you dare to take a step closer, I will hold your Mother and jump into this sinkhole!" ”

The elder swallowed nervously and said, "What do you want?" ”

"Let us go, of course!" Gui Mingyue didn't think about it.

"Impossible, you have destroyed our sacrifices, how can you leave like this!" The elder said angrily.

"Then let them go first!" The maternal grandfather's family has lost their only son, and the situation of the Yu Mansion has just improved, and the maternal grandmother is too old to bear the pain of losing her grandson, and Cousin Hong Bo cannot be sent to death here.

The elder thought for a moment, and walked away, leaving this woman who was more cunning than a snake as a sacrifice. Then he waved his hand and said, "Let them go!" ”

The villagers got out of the way, but none of these people moved, Yu Hongbo shook his head and said, "Little sister, we want to go together, we won't go." ”

Jin Qi'er stopped crying and shouted loudly: "Where is the young lady, where is the slave?" If you die, miss, don't leave your slave behind. ”

Laugh at...... Hearing her strange words, Li Mobai couldn't help but laugh out loud, does this girl want her young lady to die or doesn't want her to die.

"What are you laughing at, Flower-Faced Ghost!" Li Mobai is now disfigured, and he has upgraded from a little white face to a flower-faced ghost.

At the moment related to life and death, the little maid Jin Qi'er is not afraid, as long as she is with the young lady, what else is there to be afraid of, but it is a pity that the seriously injured sister Shen'er is still lying in that small grass hut, and no one takes care of it and doesn't know what to do.

Gui Mingyue took advantage of everyone's attention to be attracted away, and inadvertently looked at the stone statue she was holding.

It doesn't matter if you look at this, Gui Mingyue almost laughed out loud.

This familiar dress, this familiar ponytail, and a Swarovski double swan necklace hung on the chest...... Although it is carved in stone, this portrait is dressed in the slightest, so don't be too familiar with it!

"Wait, Elder, I've seen your Virgin!" Although Gui Mingyue didn't know the person on the stone statue, according to the memory of his previous life, the characteristics of the people of that era were also the same.

"What?!" The elder was taken aback when he heard Gui Mingyue's words, and then questioned: "You are a cunning person, what kind of tricks are you going to play!" ”

Gui Mingyue smiled and shook her head and said, "I really didn't lie to you, this one on the chest of the Holy Mother," she said and pointed to the necklace with her finger and said, "This ornament is called a swan necklace, right, did your Holy Mother tell you that this is a symbol of love between men and women?" ”

When the elder heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded, for he had heard everything the Virgin had said from this woman! At that time, when he was still very young, he starved every day, and Our Lady came down from heaven and landed in front of his family's thatched hut, until Later, Our Lady led the village to grow medicinal herbs, and became the most powerful village in the neighborhood...... He often followed the Virgin and would hear her say strange things when no one was around, including about the swan necklace.

Our Lady also said that swans are birds that are called birds in their hometown, but in her hometown they are called swans, and they represent loyal love. Whenever she talked about this, she showed a sad and lonely look on her face.

Gui Mingyue saw that the old elder was silent, thinking that the Holy Mother would not mention these things to outsiders at all, so she couldn't help but feel a little anxious, pointed to the wrist of the stone statue, and said: "Also, this is called a watch, I don't know if your Holy Mother has mentioned it......"

"Alright, I believe it, come down! I'm not going to kill you. The elder remembered the presence of the Virgin when he was a child, and he couldn't help but soften his heart.

"Elder, no! They are wicked people, and they will be sacrificed to the Blessed Virgin. How can you say that you can put it away! The villager who was extremely hostile to Gui Mingyue said again.

"I said let it go, am I an elder or are you an elder?" The elder said angrily.

Yu Hongbo and the others were still not at ease, and looked at Gui Mingyue hesitantly, at this time, Dai Mo, who was tied to the pillar, said happily: "Sister Yue, come down, the people on our side talk count, and you will not be in danger!" ”

Speaking counts...... Gui Mingyue tasted this generation's words, although she knew that she was unintentional, but Gui Mingyue, who was cheeky, couldn't help but blush a little, and then loosened her hand holding the stone statue and walked down slowly.

The elder walked up to her and asked hesitantly, "Since the young lady has seen our Virgin, can you tell us where her old man is now?" Ever since she jumped into this sinkhole, we villagers have missed her very much. ”

"Ahem" jumped off the sinkhole? That must be dead...... But Gui Mingyue is not stupid, of course she can't say that, she thought for a moment, and said gently: "You, the Holy Mother, have returned to their status as immortals, well, that is, heaven." ”

"Heaven?" The elder said thoughtfully, "Yes, Our Lady and her old man descended from heaven, and she will eventually return to heaven." As he spoke, the elder looked at the sky, knelt down reverently, and bowed to the heavens a few times, and all the villagers also bowed to the sky with words in their mouths.

After the elder got up, the evil feeling towards Gui Mingyue dissipated suddenly, although this woman was cunning, but judging from her speech and expression, she was a little similar to the Holy Mother.

Then asked Xiang Gui Mingyue: "Before the old man left, the old lady left a book for future generations, but I looked for all the people, including the officials in Shudu, and you Central Plains people, all of whom couldn't understand the words on it." Can you ......"

Gui Mingyue thought about it, nodded, and said, "Where is the paper?" ”

The elder pointed to the stone platform under the statue, and it turned out that they had carved the will of the Virgin Mary into the stone platform under the statue one by one.

Gui Mingyue stepped forward and squatted down to check, it was already evening, and the light was very dim and couldn't see clearly, so he had to shout: "Whoever has a torch, come and help me shine it." ”

A villager hurriedly approached with a torch, and Gui Mingyue saw it clearly, and it was indeed simplified Chinese characters!

So he lit the torch and read it aloud: "Little stinky melon...... Oh, it's a letter, it's for a guy named Little Stinky Melon! ”

"Ahem, ahem!" The old elder coughed vigorously as if he had been choked by the wind, and there was a slight embarrassment in his voice.