When the villagers returned to the village with the help of antique Li and a few of them, they found that these people were injured, these scars seemed to be scratched by their fingernails, and the mental state of several people was also extremely poor, and their eyes were full of fear.

Mara noticed that when they went to the Magic Lake, there were five of them, but only four came out, which means that one of them stayed in the Lake.

After a few days of recuperation in the second village, they gradually regained their senses and left.

Before leaving, Mara also asked if there was one person missing, but she did not get a clear answer, and the so-called answer was nothing more than prevarication.

The four of them didn't seem to want to mention it, so Mara didn't want to ask in detail.

Ten years after this incident, a stunned young ghost in the village walked into the area by surprise, and came out again unharmed, and he told the group that in the depths of the woods, a dried corpse was found, and the costume should be from outsider.

At this time, people thought of the antique Li and them, could it be that this dried corpse was the one who didn't come out?

Because of these past events, Mara's face was horrified when she heard that I was going to walk into this area too.

The chief steward also advised me not to go near the Demon Lake, but I refused, and I told them very clearly that I must go this way!

"Little brother, if you really want to go, then I will lead the way myself...... It's just that it won't be until tomorrow at the earliest...... Because tomorrow, the way out of the magic lake will be revealed. Mara said slowly.

I didn't understand, Mara further explained, in fact, if you want to walk in safely and get out of the magic lake, it's not impossible, and the stunned young man in the village relied on this method to get out smoothly.

This method will only work after heavy rains, and only for five days after heavy rains, when the water seeps into the ground, and the so-called road is gone.

The solution is simple, but it is actually very simple, that is, follow the "crack".

This is what the stunned young man secretly told Mara before, and he secretly handed Mara a hand-drawn drawing, which marked the "crack" as feasible.

Mara had kept this thing in her heart so as not to cause unnecessary trouble, after all, it was safest not to get close to this land.

On the first day after the rain, the amount of water in the Magic Lake is not large, and it will not be until tomorrow afternoon at the earliest.

Tomorrow will be tomorrow, and I am not in a hurry, I said in my heart.

Mara added that, according to Belarusian custom, the village is to carry out a "ritual of worshipping the gods" after the heavy rains.

The so-called "ritual of sacrificing to the gods" is not actually a god, but a person of the highest status, and the so-called sacrifice is not livestock, but a beautiful woman. The ancient custom of using its practical beauty as a sacrifice was very common in the past, and some of them were true and some were false, just like the witch in the primary school textbook "Simon Leopard", the river official gentry pretended to marry his daughter-in-law to make money.

Many peoples and countries – even now – have the custom of offering beautiful women to the supreme ruler.

I remember that in Europe or in some country in Africa, there was a rule that a woman's first time must be offered to the king, as if it were a sign of bad luck because the first time would shed blood, and only a noble king would have the life to resist this bad luck.

In ancient Rome, there was also such a custom, a woman's first time to be dedicated to religious leaders, but also to take the initiative to ask for their first time, otherwise no one would dare to marry her.

I don't know what it's like to be a king or religious leader on this special mission, maybe it's cool!

I didn't know much about ethnic Belarusians, except that when I was in school, I stumbled across the name in a geography textbook. I really didn't expect this small people to have such evil customs.

The highest status? Could it be me? I wondered.

Mara seemed to read my thoughts, bowed, and said with a smile, "The beauty is for me...... This time the little brother is here, and there is a lot of work! ”

My heart fluttered.

I later learned that Mara was actually fifty years old, and had been the village chief for almost thirty years, and that the "ritual of worshiping the gods: in fact, was only symbolic, after all, they were all women."

After walking out of the "brick kiln", I learned that the villagers had already begun to prepare for the "god worship ceremony", and I could see that everyone took this event very seriously, and it was no less important than we did for the New Year.

At this time, many "brick kilns" were hung with red lanterns on the doors, and many flower petals were scattered on the ground, in short, there was a feeling of joy.

"Little brother, I have to ask you to bathe and change your clothes, and then accept the prayers of the whole village," Mara whispered to me.

In this link and the acquaintance of the Jade Maiden, Mara led me to a stone house. This house is clearly different from other buildings, which look like "brick kilns", and you can see that the building has existed for many years, and the villagers have used and renovated it as their own housing.

This stone house is different, it looks like it is newly built.

There was also a huge boat in the house, with very familiar red sheets, and an inner room next door, from which the sound of water came out.

Sure enough! Everything here is very similar to that of the Jade Girl Village, but the specifications are much lower.

"Little brother, there will be someone inside to bathe and change your clothes, and we believe that your arrival will definitely bring peace and good luck to the village."

With that, Mara bent down and exited the room, closing the door with her hand.

Walking into the inner room, sure enough, this is a bathroom, several tall girls are pouring water in a pool of about one square meter, after seeing me come in, they are not nervous, just bowed and shouted "little brother".

The sweet voice made my whole body soften all at once.

The rest of the matter is not convenient to describe directly.

Just like when Xiaoqing Xiaobi served me, several girls helped me scrub and wipe, and I also had a normal reaction.

Looking at it closely, I feel that these girls are not Han Chinese, their skin is very fair, and they will come out of the water when they are almost pinched by hand. I also noticed that among them was the girl who was standing behind Mara when she greeted us.

This girl seems to be more delicate and moving than her, mainly because she has a special temperament.

"What's your name?" I couldn't help but ask her.

"Eva! Just call me Eva! ”

At this time, another girl smiled and said that she was the daughter of the village chief Mara and the protagonist of this "god worship ceremony".

As soon as I heard this, I only felt that my whole body was "whoosh", as if I had been electrified, how can I describe my anger!

After taking a shower and starting to change clothes, as expected, I was still wearing a red robe, making me look like an ancient groom. A few people hugged me out of the inner room, and a few people began to make their beds.

Well? It's still morning! Could it be that the "worship ceremony" should be held in the morning? This...... How unaccustomed to this!

As I was thinking, the door opened, and a middle-aged woman bowed down and said, "Please 'make up the meal' after the little brother changes his clothes." ”

Make-up meals? What does it mean? I turned my head to look at the girls who were making up the beds, and then at Eva, and I felt a sense of disappointment......

Following the middle-aged woman to a "brick kiln", I suddenly realized that the so-called "supplementary meal" was to eat. I saw that the chief steward and several of them were standing aside, and there were seven or eight silver plates on the table, and the plates were all meat, and when they smelled the smell, they knew that it was mutton.

"Little brother, this is goat meat and elk meat, both are great supplements! According to the ancient custom of our clan, before the 'sacrifice to the gods' is carried out, it is necessary to 'make up the meal'. ”

I was afraid that I would be bored in bed! I chuckled inwardly.

Eat it!

I don't know if it's because of the wild goats, or if they have a special way, but the meat is so refreshing that after a while of gobbling it up, I burped contentedly.

After eating, I went to the next room to drink tea.

This is the wild mountain flower tea they picked up in the mountains, Mara said that this is a mountain flower with cliffs, I forgot the specific name, this flower has very small petals, the villagers pick it, put it in the "shade room" to dry, and then mix it with several other wild flowers to make flower tea.

It is said to clear the eyes and relieves fatigue.

After some tossing, it was afternoon.

The middle-aged woman led me to the stone house before.

As soon as I entered, I saw Eva sitting on the bed, and then noticed that the sheets had been changed.

The current bed sheet is very peculiar, it is still red at first glance, but there is a white area in the middle of the sheet, which makes the whole sheet very unusual.

Eva's clothes were also changed, and like me, they were changed to red robes.

It has to be said that the white-skinned tall woman is very attractive when she wears a red robe. Maybe it has something to do with eating mutton! I couldn't hold it anymore at that moment.

The next process is inconvenient to describe. After the two of us got acquainted with each other, Eva crept down beside me and told me what the white area on the red sheet was for......

He blushed at that moment, and so did I.

Two hours later, we lay on the bed to rest, and after a few casual conversations, someone outside the door urged us.

To the effect that you need to take the sheet and go to the next ritual.

Seeing a bloodstain in the white area, a sense of victory suddenly came over me.

Ten minutes later, I walked out of the stone house out of curiosity, wanting to find out what was going on next.

As I walked out of the door, I noticed that there were two girls standing on either side of the door, looking at me with red faces.

Yes! It turned out that they had been standing outside the door, and the tossing in the room just now was probably all over. Think about it, I'm used to it, who made our current identity the Miao master!

The two girls led me to the square on the side of the village, where I saw a half-meter-high stone platform in the middle of the square, and the blood-stained sheet was neatly spread in the middle of the platform.

All the Belarusians, led by Mara, knelt around the platform and reverently muttered something.