When the villagers in red clothes saw that the bridegroom was about to be thrown into the river, they all folded their hands and made a very pious look.

The band that blew away the graceful sheng song also changed to a cheerful tune, and the whole altar was immersed in a joyful atmosphere.

Seeing that the person carrying the groom was getting closer and closer to the Lianhe, the villagers had more expectation and joy on their faces, as if they were happier than their daughter's marriage.

So I didn't expect that someone would come out halfway, and they were suddenly shocked.

When I saw that it was a little girl, I was immediately relieved.

A middle-aged man who was dressed more solemnly and looked more powerful to speak walked out, pointed at me and said, "Where did you come from, where did you come from, where did you go back!" ”

I straightened my back: "You can't throw people down. ”

The person who had the right to speak ignored me, and instead turned his head at the few people who were standing by the river with the groom: "Leave her alone! Throw it away! After the auspicious time, the god of water will blame. ”

"Boom!" A bang.

Before I could stop it, the men carrying the bridegroom had already thrown the sturdy and handsome young man who was tied up with five flowers from the altar with all the strength of their hands.

There was a huge splash in the river, as high as two or three zhang, which showed the depth of the lotus river.

I hurriedly stepped forward, but was stopped by a middle-aged man who had the right to speak.

On the other side, Xiao Hanako had already touched the edge of a clump of lotus leaves, plunged into the water under the cover of layers of lotus leaves, and swam to the place where she had just fallen into the water.

It seems that Hanako is very good at water, and quickly swims to the groom's side like a flying fish, lifting him out of the water, and his head is exposed.

It is clear that the people on the shore also saw it.

"Elder, Elder!"

A young man pointed to the place where Hanako was on the surface of the water and shouted, "Oh no! The bridegroom of the god of water saved people! ”

The people on the shore, regardless of men, women, and children, immediately seemed to have fried the pot: "How can this be, the water god will come after a while, and if he can't catch the groom, he will be angry!" ”

"Elder, shall we send someone down to stop them?"

I looked up and saw from a distance that the hemp rope in the groom's hand had been untied and was fluttering. Hanako is squatting in the water and untying the rope from his feet.

"Elder!"

A few young men with strong blood have already begun to undress: "It's too late to stop them." After a while, the water goddess will not be able to pick up the groom, but she will be angry. ”

"No,"

The elder looked at the two people fluttering on the water in the distance, but he was very calm: "They can't come up, the auspicious time has arrived." After a while, the water god will come out, and he will only take two people away together, multiple people and multiple sacrifices, I don't think the water god will mind. ”

I was anxious when I heard it, could it really be that there was some water god?

But when they overtook those dead children yesterday, didn't they say? There are no monsters or anything terrible under the water, and if there are evil creatures, they are the white cloth pockets they have become.

Several of them sometimes pull people on the water as stand-ins.

But the one who found the stand-in has been reincarnated, and the one who was not reincarnated last night has been completely overtaken by me, and now the Lianhe River can be said to be cleaner than mineral water, how can there be something.

If there's one thing, it's .....

As soon as I thought of this, I only heard a young man screaming: "Elder, elder! They're coming, you see! ”

I followed the elder's gaze and looked over, and I really saw the little Hanako helping the bridegroom of the water god to the shore.

When the elder saw this, he was puzzled.

looked up at the sky, and then at the sundial on the altar: "No, the hour has come, and the water god has taken the groom away, why hasn't he come today?" ”

When I saw it, I analyzed in my heart that there were two possibilities for the water god in their mouths.

One is the undead in the Lotus River, which was everywhere before last night, and there are all over the place in a river, and it is inevitable that there will be one or two people who have bad intentions and want to harm people and pull people in for a stand-in.

Originally, after the evil story of Lianhe was spread, there were very few people playing here, no one went down to the river, everyone was on guard against Lianhe, and the ghosts in the water naturally had no chance to harm people. Finally, this village gave the groom to the river, and they didn't open their eyes and rushed to kill them.

But I had already overtaken them last night, and they were naturally fine when they went into the water, and they all went ashore safely.

On the other side, the villagers had already surrounded the little boy Hanako and the groom who had come ashore, as if they were afraid that they would run away, and looked at the elders on the altar one by one: "Elder! What to do? ”

"What else can I do?"

The elder looked gloomy: "Tie them both up for me, and throw them down the river, tie a few stones to see how they float." I will burn incense and pray to the god of water, and the extra one is our apology. ”

After speaking, he picked up a stick of incense.

The village names have also held down the little Hanako and the groom just now, and are going to put a pig cage around their necks.

"Wait a minute."

I snatched the incense from the elder's hand and hurriedly explained, "There is no water god at all, don't be obsessed with it anymore." ”

Maybe it was because the "water god" didn't come to receive the groom's children in time as usual today, and the village chief was not only not angry but also puzzled: "Oh? How so? ”

I hurriedly told them about the ghosts under the lotus river, and said, "The water ghosts have been overtaken last night, and of course there will be no more water gods to pick up the groom." Otherwise, Hanako and the groom you threw into the water today will not come up alive. ”

"Won't it?"

There was a cry of doubt in the crowd: "Is it true?" ”

The elder didn't say anything, and after a long silence, he said, "Impossible, little girl, you must be mistaken." ”

I looked confused: "How come? ”

"That's right."

When the elder heard that I had overlived the undead in the Lianhe River last night, he seemed to have special respect for me, and explained to me with kind words: "The haunting of the Lianhe River only started ten years ago, but the custom of sacrificing to the water god Niangniang and doing favorite things for the water god Niangniang in our village has been passed down for more than 20 years. ”

More than twenty years?

When I heard this, I was even more puzzled: "Do you mean that in the past twenty years, every year at this time, you have cast a beautiful boy into the river as a marriage to the priest and the god of water?" ”

The elder nodded: "Yes! ”

Good boys.

If you marry one a year, it will be more than 20 years for more than 20 years.

More than 20 beautiful boys died in this river for no reason, just because they sacrificed to their so-called water god.

But in this river, there is no water god.

I told the villagers about this idea, and one by one they were indignant and pointed at me with sticks and hoes: "Why do you say that? ”

The elder standing in front of me also sank his face when he heard this: "Little girl, why do you say that?" ”