The water is very strong, the water level is still very high, at least seven or eight meters deep, the water is very clear, and you can see the silt under the shallows during the day. But there is a limit to how clear the water is, especially in the deepest part of the river center, it is pitch black, plus the sun is about to set at this time, the moon has not risen, the whole river is dark, and I can't see if there is anything below.

When people have the most imagination, it is when the eyes can't see anything.

I figured that the air in the mud at the bottom of the river might have been driven out by the current, and I could only comfort myself with this, and I didn't dare to think about it so much.

"Please go ashore and send the gods back to their places!"

After singing behind him, the silent riverbank became lively again.

I hurriedly turned my head and saw the procession of relatives led by the dancing of the five priests, hugging the red sedan chair and walking towards the shore of the fish-mouth, watching the torches gradually illuminate the river, and quickly turning my head to look at the water.

At this moment, there was a sudden rumbling sound under the water, like an earthquake, and white droplets of water splashed on the surface of the river, and the river seemed to boil, and large bubbles as big as the mouth of a bowl appeared from under the water.

The big bubble was so foul that I couldn't help but pinch my nose when I hid in the tree, and then I heard a whirring sound in the water, and a huge black coffin turned up under the water.

The coffin was surrounded by ink-like black, with bright red ink lines on it, and tadpole-like runes were drawn with cinnabar everywhere, red was bright red, black was inky black, and under the firelight, it looked extremely shocking.

"Bow down!"

At this time, hearing the screams of the old man dressed as a sacrifice under the tree, all the villagers knelt down towards the black coffin with a pious face, as if they were facing a god.

The black coffin floated and sank on the water, as if inspired by the villagers on the shore, and went all the way up the shore until it ran aground.

I opened my mouth wide, looked at the coffin, and began to wonder if what was recorded in the county records was true, the river god went ashore, and the sacrifices were thrown into the river, if Professor Gu could see this scene, his eyes would definitely have to be staring out of his sockets.

It took a long time before I heard the old man open his mouth again, and shouted in a long voice: "Bow! ”

Next, the four priests dressed in colorful clothes rushed forward screaming, pointing their fingers at the sky and roaring, their postures twisting their whole bodies strangely, and all the villagers also roared and kowtowed to the black coffin, even if they hit the soft mud and sand, the sound was very loud, these villagers, as if they had forgotten that they were humans, looked hysterical like wild beasts.

The withered locust was at the center of this frenzied worship ceremony, and I hid on the branch of the tree and almost fell down several times, so I had to hang the DV around my neck again, cling to the trunk of the tree with both hands, and my eyes wandered away from the crowd, and I actually found a familiar face.

Professor Koo!

Professor Gu knelt in front of the red sedan chair, wearing a gray off-the-shoulder short coat, and his old face was flushed, but I noticed that every time he raised his head after kowtowing, his eyes were withered and he was playing with a desperate sweep, feeling that he was looking for something.

I was suddenly excited, and quietly stretched out a hand from the branch to say hello to him.

But as the scene was frenzied, I heard a "bang" behind me, followed by a muffled sound of "grunt", I turned my head in astonishment, and found that the coffin board of the black coffin actually cracked by itself, and the coffin board flew to the side and was inserted into the mire, and in the black coffin, there were a bunch of round and red female corpses lying side by side.

These red and glamorous female corpses, all with ruddy faces, as if they were asleep, were wearing floral cloth clothes, robes with large sleeves, and Manna clear yarns, which were obviously found by women of all dynasties.

I look stupid, I can just take a look at the female corpse in the coffin in my position, and my brain is a little dazed for a while, the so-called river god is actually a group of dead female corpses?

This scene is too weird, if it is said that there is really a zombie jumping out of this coffin, or what kind of water monster and demon, I can accept it with so many people present, but looking at these strange female corpses lying inside, I really want to pull Professor Gu up from the crowd and ask, what about the superstition?

The black coffin was lifted, the priests stopped jumping, and the villagers quieted down, they gasped for breath, their eyes staring directly at the black coffin on the shore, although their expressions were a little wooden, but they still couldn't hide the fear in their eyes. Some of the villagers even began to sneak back, giving people the impression that they didn't expect such a thing to come out, and they wanted to run but didn't dare to run, so they could only kneel here and hold on.

However, the old man reacted very quickly, ripped off the mask on his face, stood outside with his back hand, stared at the black coffin and muttered: "It seems that the river god is not very satisfied with the sacrifices we offered before, if we can't let the old man nod tonight, I'm afraid that none of you present will survive tonight!" ”

These words were said sonorously and forcefully, and the faces of the villagers kneeling behind them turned white, and I believe that at this time, as long as one person runs first, everyone else will definitely follow and run back.

I lowered my head and found Professor Gu's gaze from the branches, and immediately poked my head down, and made a "what to do" mouth shape at him.

Professor Gu didn't speak, but raised his hand and made an "OK" gesture at me.

I'm almost crying, when the hell is it, don't speak English.

At this time, Yu Guangli saw the old man turn around, hurriedly retracted his head, and then listened to him say: "Fellow villagers, the marriage of the river god is an annual event in our Hezi Village, and today the river god is dissatisfied with the sacrifice we once gave him a sacrifice to the river, presumably there is something wrong with the sacrifice, so I suggest that the sacrifice prepared this time remains unchanged, but a few more need to be added for the river god to choose." ”

When the old man said this, the faces of the villagers kneeling on the ground turned green.

The villagers are not stupid, and naturally understand what he means by this, that is, in addition to this red sedan chair, a few more girls who are not more than fifteen years old should be selected to throw themselves into the river to worship the gods.

Of course, some people's faces are much better than before, and I think that most of them are children who do not meet such conditions in the family, but some people are different, a face is whiter than the female corpse in the black coffin, and they are trembling with nervousness, and they are about to die in front of the sacrifice in the river.

The old man pretended not to see it, but opened his mouth and read a few names: "You girls don't seem to be fifteen this year, right?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the rest of the people in the village breathed a sigh of relief, especially some people, and there was even some surprise and joy in their eyes.

But the men who were named were stupid, raised their heads solemnly, and said tremblingly: "Patriarch, our daughters ......"

The old man waved his hand: "Originally, I was going to choose one of the four of you this year, but Boss Wu thought that you girls are studying well, and you can study in the big city in the future and make some contributions to the village, so I will give you my daughter, Boss Wu can send his daughter up for you, do you plan to repay him like this?" ”

Hearing this, some of the villagers immediately stood up, and just as they were about to speak, they saw the black coffin on the shore and fell to their knees again.

"Wu Lao Liu, the boss can sacrifice his daughter for you, why can't you do it?"

"Sixth, this is a major matter that affects the lives of hundreds of people in the village, you can't do this."

"Besides, it doesn't have to be you, maybe the river god has a crush on other people's daughters."

The men who were named turned pale and looked up at the old man in despair.

"The dragons, snakes, and oxen will stay here and stay here, and the others will go back to the village with me and go to the house of the sixth child to get ready."

The old man took the villagers away, leaving a few men who were on vigil holding torches in their hands, and the light in front of me suddenly weakened a lot, I stared at the big red sedan chair under the tree, thinking in my heart that since Professor Gu had not left, Tong Xiaomeng should still be in the village.

Because the light is too dark, I can't see what the people sitting in the sedan chair look like, but listening to these people just now, it should be the little girl I saw in the yard before, and I was thinking about how to get down from the tree, when I heard a "bang" on the river behind me, as if something was coming out.