When Hexiang arrived on the mountain, the rest of the village was almost the same as one after another, and she found Mrs. Zhou in the crowd, went over to hold her arm, and asked, "Old lady, isn't the girl with you?" ”

In addition to Zhu Fan, almost all the people in the whole village are here tonight, and according to Zhu Fan's temperament, it should be early.

However, Mrs. Zhou shook her head and asked, "She didn't go to me, are you at home?" Didn't come with you? ”

"No," Hexiang frowned, raised her head and looked in the crowd for a while without seeing the person she was looking for, and couldn't help muttering: "It doesn't make sense, I think she has already come out, where can she go if she doesn't come up?" ”

I was looking for it again, and there was a commotion on the other side of the stone steps, and I looked at it, it turned out that the protagonist of tonight was resisted by the big man Zhou Gang under the leadership of the village chief, and it was Cao Chunhua who was being escorted behind.

Zhu Hua kept struggling on Zhou Gang's shoulder, his hoarse voice didn't know what he was shouting, Cao Chunhua's mouth was tied with strips of cloth, and the voice she shouted turned into a smack.

At the edge of the temple, the people who had just gathered together to discuss in a whisper took the initiative to make way after seeing them coming, and Zhou Gang carried Zhu Hua to the wooden stake that had been erected in advance, and a long table was placed in front of it, on which were placed incense, candles, paper and fruits and bacon and other sacrificial objects.

"Let go of me! Let me go! ”

Zhu Hua was in a mess, the clean clothes that had been changed for her were open because of her restlessness, and the road could even see the plain white clothes inside, and the hair that had been combed before was also rubbed on Zhou Gang's shoulders.

She shouted all the way, but unfortunately her voice had long been broken, even if she tried her best to let others hear her voice, the sound she made was only blocked in her throat and could not come out.

In order to prevent Cao Chunhua from doing bad things, the village chief and the old man specially asked her to tie her to the tree on the side, so that no one could take away the strip of cloth from her mouth without permission, and specially let Lu Chunfang guard there, and even Mrs. Cao couldn't get close to her.

Seeing this, everyone whispered again, saying, "You see, it's all this time, and you're still restless, so you can see everything soon, and you don't panic." ”

"Isn't it? I see, I can't be sure that this cheap girl did something to offend the goddess, so the goddess wanted to take her away. ”

"That's it, look at her, she is only thirteen or fourteen years old after the New Year, and she can even do such a thing as fornicating with others, and she also killed people immediately, and it is also a loss to the village chief who did not let her pay for her life."

"Yes, even the master said that the scourge of killing my sister and harming my father can't be kept, if I really stay, maybe one day I will kill someone in the middle, don't you say?"

"Yes Yes ......"

“……”

Everyone is no different from when they usually watch the excitement, what to say or what to say, how to look at people or how to look at people, from their expressions, it seems that they are not facing a living person who is going to be buried in the loess pit by them.

Mrs. Zhou looked at Cao Chunhua, who was resentful and frightened, and then looked at Zhu Hua, who was tied to a wooden stake and was trying her best to shout something. ”

"I didn't ...... Ah, there, there! He Xiang just wanted to shake his head, but as soon as he raised his eyes, he saw Zhu Fan standing outside the crowd, so he lowered his voice and shouted at the old lady twice, waving at Zhu Fan while shouting.

Zhu Fandu stood outside the crowd and didn't move, as if she didn't see Hexiang's wave, until the old lady turned to look at her, she rolled her eyes, and squeezed from the crowd to the old lady's side with an expressionless face.

Mrs. Zhou pulled her hand over, felt a coldness that penetrated into her bones, and couldn't help frowning, "Where are you crazy, how did you make it like this?" ”

As he spoke, the old man had already covered Zhu Fan's hand in his arms.

Zhu Fan turned his head a little abruptly, and pulled his lips stiffly, "It's not cold." ”

Hexiang frowned, I don't know why I always felt that the person in front of her gave her a very strange feeling all day today, but as for what was strange, she couldn't say it.

"Good luck! Blis! ”

The hoarse voice is like a very thin wire, the voice is not loud but it gives people a very uncomfortable feeling, I think she should have tried her best to send it out, otherwise it would not come when the big guy was talking, even the old lady and Hexiang heard it.

Hexiang was a little impatient, "What else does she want to do like this?" Could it be that she still wants to buckle the basin on your head at this time? ”

Mrs. Zhou also looked a little displeased, and the little compassion that had just risen sank because of the viciousness on Zhu Hua's face, although she didn't speak, it was obvious that she was angry.

Compared to Zhu Fan, she was much more indifferent, she didn't even frown, her eyes lost her mind for a moment, but she quickly focused, staring indifferently at Zhu Hua, who was looking at her viciously.

Zhu Hua's eyes were bloody, and her lips were bitten bloodily by her, "Zhu Fan!" Slut, slut! You can't be deceived by her, she herself admitted that she killed Brother Shao, and she killed Cao Tianjiao! She's a poisonous woman! The one who should be sacrificed is her, not me, not me—"

hysterical, but because of her hoarse voice like a drowning person, everyone only heard her scolding Zhu Fan at the beginning, and what she said later, intermittently, no one heard clearly, but it was not difficult to guess that it was all ugly words.

"Shut her up!" The village elder gave an order, retreated from the table and stood in the middle of the crowd, just like the position where he stood when Zhu Fan was buried alive, his white beard was slightly raised, his voice was like a bell, and there was obvious disgust and hatred between his eyebrows.

As soon as the old man's words fell, Zhou Gang on the side immediately stuffed a piece of cloth that he got out of nowhere into Zhu Hua's mouth.

"Hmm!" Zhu Hua stared at the people below in horror and unwillingly, counting nine cold days, but her forehead was covered with sweat, and a pair of eyes that were about to stare out were full of bloodshots, like a female ghost who wanted to climb up from the depths of hell.

"Hua'er! My Hua'er—" Mrs. Cao was already crying and fell to the ground, hysterical and paralyzed.

Cao Ying followed the side and guarded, both of them had no taste on their faces, but there was no doubt that the Cao family almost believed that Zhu Hua had brought disaster to their village.

If nothing else, just one point: what has happened in recent months is more or less inseparable from Zhu Hua.

The cold wind on the mountain is gusting, and the torches stand in front of the temple of the goddess, illuminating the entire mountaintop, and the looks on people's faces are also bright or dark in this swaying firelight.

Gradually, the voices of the people became quieter, and finally they were completely quiet, and only the unwilling whimpering of Cao Chunhua and Zhu Hua's mother and daughter could be heard.

"Fanfan," Mrs. Zhou grabbed Zhu Fan's hand and leaned towards her, but for some reason, her hand was trembling slightly.

Hexiang asked, "Old lady, are you cold?" ”

The old lady glanced at her and shook her head.

Hexiang looked at Zhu Fan's face again, and found that the face was very heavy, and her eyes were staring at the person tied to the stake motionless, I don't know why, she always felt a little uneasy in her heart, as for what she was uneasy, she didn't know.

At three o'clock, the wind on the top of the mountain was stronger again, and Zhu Hua's face had been blown red by the wind, and her body tied to the stake shook into a sieve uncontrollably, but she still didn't give up and stared at Zhu Fan, but she couldn't even say half a word.

"The hour has come," the village chief said at this time with a cold old face, and there was no sound in the crowd.

As the village chief's words fell, Wang Da Zhuangniang, who had been guarding the side, stepped forward and lit the paper on the table with the oil lamp on it, and put it into the brazier in front of the table, and the smell of burning paper began to fill the air.

"Bye!" The old man of Cai Village suddenly said loudly.

Everyone straightened up, put their hands together on their chests, and bowed with their eyes closed with reverent and solemn faces in the direction of the offering table, and the village chief was no exception.

Zhu Fan's pupils lost his demeanor, and he turned his head to look at the people present, but he didn't see anyone from Zhu Zhai.

Oh, she remembered, yesterday I heard that the village elder asked the old man to tell Old Man Zhu about it, but Old Man Zhu and the Qin family both pretended to be sick and pushed this matter away.

Later, I heard from the people in the house that the old man was angry because of the centennial festival, and scolded the people here for being stupid more than once in the house, so he didn't want to come with them to participate in this stupid sacrifice again.

Zhu Fan felt that there was a blank in his mind, and when he thought of this, he couldn't remember anything, only to hear the village elder shout "goodbye" again, and in Zhu Hua's frightened eyes, she suddenly wanted to try to pull the corners of her mouth and smile at her.

The godless eyes, the expressionless look, the stiff hooked lips, and the gaze did not know where to fall.

It was so weird that Zhu Hua's face was on the spot, and the hatred in his eyes was gradually completely replaced by something called fear.

No...... Slut, what's the deal with the slut? Why do you look at her with such an expression? Why?!

"Three bows!" The old man's angry voice fell again, and the people finished their last worship reverently and regularly.

Suddenly, the wind blew from the top of the mountain, and the ashes in the brazier were blown up, drifting straight towards the black sky, and people's eyes followed suit.

"Village chief, it's almost." Zhou Gang reminded him that there were three other people standing next to him, all of whom were some men in the village who could contribute, after all, the stake still needed some strength to lift.

"Hmm," the village elder bowed, turned around, and rolled his eyes to look at the faces of everyone in the crowd, swept over Zhu Fan's face, and then swept over quickly, not noticing anything unusual.

Immediately, he took the garland gaze and said: "The life of the goddess cannot be violated, in order to ensure that the wind and rain in my village are smooth, today I will send this Zhu family to the goddess, may the goddess be merciful and protect my village!" ”

When the words fell, everyone's eyes lit up, except for a few, they all raised their right hands and shouted in unison: "May the goddess be merciful and protect my village!" May the goddess be merciful and protect my village! May the goddess be merciful and protect my village! ”

The village chief made a gesture, and everyone was immediately silent.

"Buried!"