Listening to Hui Niang's almost innocent words, Zhao Ziqing's sleepiness gradually came up, and she was a little dazed, but Hui Niang suddenly pounced, clinging to Zhao Ziqing's back, and whispered in her ear: "Tomorrow we have a temple fair here to worship, it's very lively, do you want to go and see it?" ”

Being pushed by her like this, Zhao Ziqing suddenly came to his senses again, although he was a little speechless, but when he heard the temple fair, he couldn't help but ask, "What temple fair?" ”

"Dragon King Temple." Hui Niang heard that Zhao Ziqing seemed to be a little interested, and hurriedly continued: "We have to hold sacrifices here several times a year, and when the time comes, we girls who have not yet married will wear sacrificial dresses and dance on the altar. ”

"Then are you going to dance on stage tomorrow?" Zhao Ziqing's mind was already imagining that ancient sacrificial scene.

"Of course, there will be a lot of people coming to watch it, and people from several villages around here will come."

Zhao Ziqing listened to her somewhat proud tone, and wanted to tease her - you are dressed so beautifully now, you are not afraid of being taken by the Dragon Lord when you go up to dance-but she endured it again, after all, she still doesn't know the local customs, whether it will make her feel taboo to make fun of the gods they worship, and I don't know if she can make such a joke.

After a while, he didn't say anything, and he couldn't help but yawn.

"What? Sleepy? Hui Niang asked intimately, Zhao Ziqing hummed, and Hui Niang said again: "Then let's sleep." ”

After a night of nothing, the next morning, the old farmer and his wife couldn't help but feel a little stunned when they saw their daughter change overnight, and Hui Niang's mother couldn't help but ask her daughter behind her back: "That girl helped you get it?" ”

Hui Niang nodded a little surprised, "It's not good-looking." ”

Her mother spat out, "Dead girl." ”

Breakfast, though no longer the same kudzu bread as last night, was not much better, half rice ballast, half bran, and some porridge made from corn ballast.

Zhao Ziqing looked at some chaff scum floating on it, and couldn't help but think in his heart - if this thing eats too much, can it be discharged?

But after thinking about it, she still drank a big bowl of porridge - she couldn't say in front of people that she couldn't swallow it.

During the meal, the old peasant couple also talked about the temple fair, and Zhao Ziqing nodded, saying that he wanted to go and see. Therefore, after eating, Zhao Ziqing, accompanied by Hui Niang, went out and walked slowly towards the Dragon King Temple.

When walking on the road, many young men saw Hui Niang like this today, and there was a beautiful girl beside her, and they couldn't help but feel a little fluttering for a while, and some of the bolder ones ran over directly to talk, but they soon let Hui Niang send away.

In fact, Zhao Ziqing also vaguely realized that with Hui Niang's appearance, he was afraid that he was usually the object of attention of those young men around him, so this girl had some expansion, and her temperament was a little arrogant, and she had not married at this age.

The reason why she was so considerate to Zhao Ziqing last night was because Zhao Ziqing brought her too much surprise, and the things she gave her were even more deeply impressed, otherwise, she was afraid that Zhao Ziqing's Taidu would also be hospitable and a little reserved and proud, right?

However, Zhao Ziqing did not have any disgust or disdain for her in his heart because of this, after all, vanity is something that everyone has, and when a person finds that he always has a superior point over the people around him, this kind of vanity will naturally sprout in his heart.

Only when the lead is washed away and everything becomes a passing cloud, will you find that it is just that you think too highly of yourself.

When the two of them walked to the Dragon King Temple, there were already many people gathered there, although it was not a crowd, but they also stood in a large area. However, what made Zhao Ziqing feel a little strange was that this Dragon King Temple was much bigger than she imagined.

It was surrounded by a high wall, and a courtyard was vacant in it, which could accommodate one or two thousand people, to say the least. A high platform was erected in the middle of the courtyard with thick wood, and I thought this would be the stage for dancing as Hui Niang said. Behind the stage is a tall square house, in front of which there are three arched round doors, and through this round door in the middle, the upper hall is dedicated to a hideous, fierce statue, which is obviously the dragon king they worship.

Zhao Ziqing looked at the high-walled houses here, with blue bricks and green tiles, compared with the huts where the villagers themselves lived, it was simply not a grade, and suddenly couldn't help but think; Perhaps this is a manifestation of the simplicity of ordinary people. They offered their best things to the gods, hoping that they would be able to exchange the seasons for good weather and peace for their families. As for the spirit or not, it is only their wishful thinking, but they never complain.

Zhao Ziqing followed Hui Niang into the courtyard as soon as an old man with gray hair came over and shouted at Hui Niang: "Why are you here, hurry up and prepare." ”

Hui Niang's face suddenly felt impatient, obviously she didn't like this old man very much, and said: "It's so early, and no one has come yet." ”

The old man was stunned but not angry, his eyes fell on Zhao Ziqing, and asked, "Who is this?" ”

Hui Niang said stupidly: "My relative! ”

However, although Hui Niang was not very impatient with the old man, she still turned to Zhao Ziqing and said, "You can take a look here, I'll go in first." ”

Zhao Ziqing nodded: "Go ahead." ”

After Hui Niang left, Zhao Ziqing stood alone in the crowd, and all kinds of eyes fell on her from time to time, which made her feel a little uncomfortable. Obviously, although her clothes have been modified, the fabric is obviously much better than the coarse cloth worn by the people around her and the clothes with a lot of nails, plus Zhao Ziqing always cleans himself up and neatly, and he looks like a water spirit, standing in this group of people who are dressed in shabby clothes and covered with dust, it feels like a white crane standing in the middle of a group of ducks, which is extremely conspicuous.

However, Zhao Ziqing didn't wait too long, and the sacrifice began.

The drummers inside began to blow and blow, and the sound was deafening, and Zhao Ziqing couldn't understand what kind of tune they were blowing, so he only felt a little uncomfortable in his ears. But these people around him seemed to like it very much, and they all smiled, revealing their teeth full of gaps.

As the drums played, a wizard-like figure stepped onto the stage first. He wore a hat made of unknown feathers on his head, painted with red, white, and black ink on both sides of his face, and a necklace made of animal teeth and unknown objects hung from his chest.

A long black robe on his body was full of holes, I don't know if it was deliberately made like this or because he had worn it for too long, and in addition to these holes, he was also covered with large bells and copper plates, some of which were temporarily dropped from chicken heads or bird heads, and a few blood dripping from time to time.

It looks like it's not just a little mysterious, but it's also very mysterious.

The wizard took a piece of bone or something in his hand, knocked it a few times, and then babbled a few words in a language that no one else understood, and then jumped and jumped twice along the stage.

At this moment, the drummers in the audience changed their tones, and a group of young girls dressed up walked briskly out of the hall and slowly walked up a wooden staircase to the stage.

The girls wore their hair in a uniform bun, their faces were more or less oil-blackened, and they wore plaid soap coats with grass and green.

Zhao Ziqing carefully identified that one was Hui Niang, but saw that she was also throwing a smile at him.

Their dancing was clearly practiced, and each of them danced extremely gently and with a very coordinated movement, which was refreshing to watch. However, at this moment, I suddenly heard someone outside shouting in panic: "The thieves are coming!" The thieves are coming......"

Zhao Ziqing's brows furrowed slightly, but when he saw that everyone's faces were pale, they ran outside the courtyard one after another, and the dance on the stage stopped immediately.

At this time, Zhao Ziqing faintly heard the sound of rumbling horses' hooves in the distance, and listening to this sound, there seemed to be a lot of people coming. Seeing everyone rushing out of the courtyard, Zhao Ziqing also ran out, and then looked in the direction where the sound of horses' hooves came, only to see dust flying on the horizon in the distance, and a large group of people riding horses were galloping towards this side, judging the number of people, not to mention hundreds of people.

Zhao Ziqing also felt a little dazed for a while, and didn't know how to deal with it, when he suddenly heard Hui Niang's voice coming from not far behind him: "Girl, go quickly!" ”

Zhao Ziqing turned around and saw that Hui Niang was standing more than ten meters away, waving at her with an anxious face, but because she was running too much, she couldn't come together for a while. At this time, Zhao Ziqing suddenly had an idea; Didn't these thieves just come to the villagers' homes for supplies, and they had to run home at this time, wouldn't that be looking for death?

Thinking of this, Zhao Ziqing immediately shouted to Hui Niang: "No, come here." ”

However, Hui Niang obviously didn't understand Zhao Ziqing's thoughts, but kept shouting anxiously: "Come with me......" Before she finished her sentence, the old farmer couple and a middle-aged man ran to her side at this time, as if to say: "Run." Then a few men pulled her around and ran.

Zhao Ziqing was stunned, and wanted to catch up, but when he thought about it, he was wearing body armor and a small pistol, and his self-protection was not enough, and there were so many people there, since they had already gone their own way, then they should follow their destiny.

Thinking of this, she turned around without hesitation and ran into the Dragon King Temple.

However, when she hid behind the shrine wall behind the statue of the Dragon King, she heard the sound of horses' hooves outside getting closer and closer, and then she realized that her calculation seemed to be wrong, and these thieves were actually coming for the Dragon King Temple.

Depend on! What's going on?