Chapter 274: Piety
For the people here, almost all of them believe in ghosts and gods, and Aunt Wang is convinced of Luo Ling's dream, and before leaving, she took shovels and other tools.
After a while, Aunt Wang led Luo Ling to the bottom of the mountain, along the mountain road all the way up zigzag, to the depths of the mountainside, Luo Ling saw from a distance that there was something abnormal on an ancient pine not far away, she seemed to walk towards the tree unintentionally, sure enough, on the trunk of the ancient pine, there was an inconspicuous pine bark that was hooked, like a crescent, and this unique mark could not be seen without careful look.
A smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she turned to Aunt Wang and said happily,
"Aunt Wang, I dreamed of gold under this tree in my dream!"
Aunt Wang's eyes were glowing with gold, "Really? Luoyu, now it's good! We're going rich! ”
After speaking, Wang Ying began to dig down with a tool where Luo Ling pointed his finger, and when he started digging a few times, he didn't find anything, but the more he dug down, the shovel couldn't dig.
Aunt Wang took the shovel away in confusion, it was obvious that there was a very hard thing underneath, she quickly squatted down to pick up the dirt around her, and two yellow gold ingots appeared in the soil.
She excitedly took the gold ingots and held them in her hands, "Luoyu, Luoyu, look, there are really gold ingots!" ”
Luo Ling just smiled slightly, "It seems that it is true that the mountain god gave me a dream!" Luo Ling pointed to a pine tree not far away that was also inconspicuously marked, "Aunt Wang will dig over there again!" ”
Aunt Wang was full of inexhaustible energy at the moment, she handed over the gold ingots to Luo Ling, rolled up her sleeves and ran excitedly to the place where Luo Ling pointed and began to dig up.
The shy flower behind him was also dumbfounded, "Miss, is there really gold on this mountain?" ”
Luo Ling glanced at the shy flowers beside him with a smile, "What?" Still don't believe what you've seen with your own eyes? ”
The shy chick nodded like a peck of rice, "Miss, don't say it, why is this so mysterious!" Is there really a mountain of gold down here? Could it be that Miss Fei is a noble person sent by heaven? ”
"What do you say?" Luo Ling didn't say much, just smiled mysteriously.
While the two were talking, Aunt Wang quickly dug out a few more ingots of white silver, each of which was large and heavy and something that Aunt Wang had never seen in her life, and this amount was a hundred taels for any ingot!
Aunt Wang threw down the shovel in her hand and happily ran to Luo Ling, looking at Luo Ling's eyes full of admiration and excitement at this moment,
"Luoyu, you are really the lucky star of our Hexi Town, as soon as you come, the mountain god will give you a dream! It turns out that we still have such a big treasure here in Hexi Town, and we didn't even know about it before? ”
Luo Ling said, "Aunt Wang, put away the silver first!" Now is not far from the time of the blessing ceremony, when the time comes, tell the people here the good news, let them dig together! ”
As he spoke, Luo Ling put the gold in his hand into Aunt Wang's hand, the heavy weight and golden color made Aunt Wang happy, Aunt Wang tried her best to hide the excitement in her heart, and her mouth was almost unable to close with a smile.
"Good! Later, at the blessing ceremony, I will tell the high priest and the mayor the good news! In the future, Hexi Town will never be so poor again! ”
Luo Ling nodded, on the way back, Aunt Wang almost regarded Luo Ling as the living god of wealth, and chattered endlessly.
Finally, it was time for the afternoon blessing ceremony, and after listening to Luo Ling's suggestion, Aunt Wang decided to sacrifice the two gold ingots dug up this time to the river god to show her sincerity.
Along the way, Aunt Wang was smiling, and on the basket she was carrying, there was also a layer of red cloth, and under the red cloth, there were two gold ingots.
"Luoyu, when the blessing ceremony is done later, you must listen to the high priest and do what he says, so that it can bring you more blessings!" Aunt Wang didn't forget to instruct.
Luo Ling nodded, "Good! ”
The blessing ceremony was so grand that almost the entire town came, from a woman in her nineties to a baby a few months old.
The terrain here is empty, and it is a prayer platform specially built by Hexi Town, which is naturally grand and glorious.
Luo Ling disappeared in the crowd, and her simple dress was a good way to hide her, plus she deliberately lowered her head slightly, and her petite figure looked inconspicuous.
Shy Flower followed closely behind Luo Ling, and she stretched out her hand to protect Luo Ling, "Miss, be careful, there are many people here!" ”
"Shame flower, it's okay!" Luo Ling held Shy Flower's hand and nodded firmly at her, "Wait, no matter what happens, don't you say a word, do you hear?" ”
Shy Flower nodded ignorantly, "Slaves and maids listen to Miss!" ”
In front of the stone statue of the river god, there was a long altar, and under the altar, almost everyone knelt and humbly placed their sacrifices on the red velvet carpet under the altar, and after a while, they were arranged in a long row, and in the corners of each person's basket, there were also the names of the believers.
Aunt Wang said that because Luo Ling was a foreigner, he must have the permission of the high priest to approach the altar and offer sincerity.
On one side of the altar, in addition to standing the mayor of the town, there were several people standing, the first person Luo Ling knew at a glance that it was the high priest in the mouth of the princess, he was wearing a special sacrificial dress, wearing an exaggerated hat ornament on his head, long five-colored feathers were long towards the sky, half of his face was dyed with oil paint into strange lines, it seemed to be dark blue and shiny, but it was a little like the scales of a fish, his eyes were closed, as if he was motionless like a statue, as if the thousands of people gathered in front of him had nothing to do with him.
The two people behind him are not so complicated to dress, they should be the people next to the high priest!
Shy Flower was about to say something, but as soon as she remembered Luo Ling's instructions, she kept silent, and could only swallow what she was about to say with her saliva.
Luo Ling stared at the high priest for a few seconds, and the high priest seemed to feel the blatant gaze coming, opened his eyes slightly, glanced at the crowd, and closed his eyes slightly when he didn't notice anything abnormal.
The people kneeling in front of her all offered their 'sincerity' one after another, and now it was the turn of the pious Aunt Wang, who was lined up with pious intentions, and she held the basket in her hand above her head, and knelt down humbly and humbly to the altar, her eyes were unwavering, and her knees moved back and forth on the prayer platform made of stone, but her back always remained upright, which caused her kneeling steps not to cross too big or too quickly.
Luo Ling's pupils shrank sharply, her lips pursed slightly, she kept staring at the woman who was a little tiger-backed, and she was dedicating the gold she had dug up to the faith in her heart so humbly.
Because Aunt Wang's basket was covered with a red cloth, and the basket did not seem to be as full as the others had prepared, this action attracted the attention of one of the witches beside the high priest, who shot her sharp gaze at Aunt Wang.
After observing Aunt Wang for a few seconds, she whispered in the high priest's ear.
At this moment, the high priest opened his eyes again, and his sharp gaze was fixed on Aunt Wang, who was laying down the basket in front of the sacrificial table.
He glanced sideways at the shrine maiden, who felt the high priest's gaze and nodded fiercely. Then he walked to Aunt Wang.
The shrine maiden was condescending, and her eyes were full of disdain.
"Open your basket, and if it is less than ten copper coins, the river god will be angry! If you anger the river god because of you, can you afford it? ”
Aunt Wang smiled again and again, "The believer naturally doesn't want to be a sinner who angers the river god, and she also asks the witch to know clearly, the believer's basket is absolutely full of sincerity!" ”
She took down the basket on top of her head, and hurriedly and fearfully lifted the red cloth on the basket, when the witch saw the bright gold, she almost blinded her, her eyes could not hide the excitement, in front of everyone, the witch still barely maintained the incredulous calmness on her face.
"You're... It can't be fake, right? ”
"Shrine maiden, the believer doesn't dare to deceive in front of the river god no matter what? This one is absolutely true! She was about to reach out and take out the gold, but the witch coughed dryly twice and waved her hand at Aunt Wang.
"Okay, your sincerity river god has received it, cover it with a red cloth, you go down first!"
As the saying goes, wealth is not in vain, and this scene can not be seen by anyone except the witch, of course she doesn't want Aunt Wang to shake out the whole thing.
In fact, in the eyes of the shrine maiden, a trace of greed had already flashed into her eyes.
At the moment when Aunt Wang covered the red cloth, the corners of the witch's mouth rose slightly, and she noticed the name on the edge of the bamboo basket again, and then turned back to the high priest.
The High Priest asked, still with his eyes closed, "Is sincerity enough?" ”
The shrine maiden bowed her head slightly and replied behind the high priest, "Enough! ”
The High Priest opened his eyes with satisfaction, "That's good! ”
After a while, everyone offered their sincerity, and Aunt Wang, who returned to the crowd, said to Luo Ling, "Luoyu, wait a minute, I'll go and tell the high priest, let you also offer some sincerity, the more sincerity, the deeper the blessing!"
Luo Ling has already seen everything, just with this kind of charlatan, he is also worthy of being a sacrifice?
Although she saw clearly that all this was just a ghost caused by this sacrifice with two witches, the people were convinced that Luo Ling could not act rashly at this time, and just whispered to Aunt Wang.
"Thank you Aunt Wang for thinking about me, it's just that I'm a foreigner, since the mountain god has given me a dream, it means that I am already a believer in the mountain god, if I worship the river god again, I'm afraid it will not be pious enough!"
Luo Ling made an excuse, she didn't want to grovel to make that so-called sincerity?
In fact, it's just a few liars, using the stone statue of the river god to make up some high-sounding names to collect money!
Aunt Wang nodded, "You're right, it's Aunt Wang who didn't think about it enough!" ”
Just now, the witch had been looking at Aunt Wang's side, and naturally she also saw the scene of Aunt Wang whispering to Luo Ling.
She squinted and stared at Luo Ling for a while, this woman was very good-looking, if you want to say that the people in the town, the witch has almost seen it, but such a beauty, she is still the first time to see it, so she naturally pays more attention to it.