Farmer Yin Jinping used to follow Xue Shenxing to go on an expedition a hundred miles away, and when he returned, he heard that his daughter-in-law had given birth, and the child came out after he returned, but his wife was far away from him.

Since that time, his will has been exhausted, and he is still loyal to Xue Shenxing, but he no longer wants to participate in court politics, and after bringing his children to this village, he has lived a reclusive life.

It does seem peaceful and tranquil.

But there is an unknown secret, because those Miao people who love to grow poisonous weeds, an evil gang on the rivers and lakes are stationed here.

Poisonous weed Gu worms have become the most important thing here, and the annual sacrifice is just that those people bluff and want to suppress the people in these villages, so that they can obediently contribute to Gu worms and poisonous weeds.

Their appetite has grown wider and wider over the years, and they even let them sacrifice their children to make this legend of the river god.

Only a few elders of the clan knew what was going on, but those villagers didn't know, and it was for the sake of appeasing the emotions of those villagers, if they knew that the child had been sacrificed and could not come back, it would cause the anger of the whole people.

At that time, there will be only one word, death.

In addition to the elders in the ancestral hall, Xue Shenxing and Ye Jinyan also came over to join in the fun. After listening to the Great Elder's account of the events of these decades ago, Ye Jinyan expressed his feelings.

"Their stomachs will never be filled, so instead of sitting here and waiting for them to come and kill, it is better to kill them first."

Killing is not the only purpose.

But sometimes if you want to survive, you have to have the courage of a strong man.

The elders looked sad, all of them were sad, this time the sacrifice required a hundred children, and there were more than a dozen babies born in the village not long after, where are these hundred children going to go?

If Ye Jinyan knew that what they were worried about was this problem, it is estimated that they would have been furious a long time ago, and they would have followed the wishes of those people to make up children for them!

Ye Jinyan saw that the white-bearded elder was the most dignified person here, so he walked over to him and asked, "Elder, the child is the hope in the village, if the child is gone, the village will disappear." ”

Ye Jinyan kindly reminded the Great Elder how he didn't know, but now he had no choice but to use those children to save the lives of his entire village.

The Great Elder said quietly: "I also know this!" However, you haven't seen the viciousness of those people's methods, and almost all of us old immortals have been poisoned. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present drooped their heads and looked very depressed.

Xue Shen walked forward and clasped the Great Elder's vein with one hand. He frowned and said, "Indeed, when did several elders fall for this poison?" ”

The Great Elder touched his gray beard and said, "Just ten years ago, there was also a chivalrous warrior who was ready to resist, but unfortunately, those of them already knew what we were thinking, so they preemptively killed the chickens and monkeys. ”

Ye Jin listened to it, obviously there are ghosts in this village!

But when they discuss such a secret matter, it can reach their ears, and the eyeliner must be among them.

There were fifteen elders here, and the youngest was only five, but they were also in their forties, and they were preparing to replace the eldest.

After their abdication, the other five younger ones could ascend to the position of their elder clan.

But the secrets of this village are finally known.

When Ye Jinyan and Xue Shenxing came back from the ancestral hall, they saw that the tiger had been locked in the door and did not eat. The food on this table was already cold, and Yin Jinping didn't forget to prepare some dinner for the two.

Seeing Xue Shenxing coming, Yin Jinping called him aside.

Ye Jinyan didn't know what they were talking about, so he wanted to walk in the direction of Huzi, gently pushed open the door, and found that he was playing with wood alone.

The wood had been cut into cubes by his father, and it could be stacked freely into anything.

Huzi should be playing with these things on weekdays, Ye Jinyan bent down to look at him and asked, "Huzi, what are you doing?" ”

Huzi didn't raise his head, but said softly: "Make a house." ”

Ye Jinyan chuckled, and the two of them moved their hands together, Huzi usually looks taciturn, but the thoughts in his head are sometimes more mature than adults.

"Huzi, this time you are going to sacrifice, are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid."

Huzi didn't have any expression on his face, just responded calmly.

"Why?"

Ye Jinyan frowned, looking at him puzzled, maybe Huzi was too involved, and his eyes kept staring at the wooden square.

"Dad said that people who are timid and afraid of things can't do anything big." Huzi replied very seriously.

When Ye Jinyan heard this, he couldn't help pinching his little face, he didn't expect that such a young child was still quite mature in thought!

Ye Jinyan secretly swore in his heart at this moment: "Don't worry, Huzi, my sister won't let you die." ”

I played with Huzi in the room for a while, until Huzi felt sleepy, and Ye Jinyan carried him to the bed and fell asleep, and then came out of his room.

Seeing Xue Shenxing coming back from the backyard, he knew that his words with Yin Jinping should also be over.

Seeing Xue Shenxing preparing to go back to the house, he immediately stopped in front of him and said, "What are you all talking about outside?" ”

Ye Jinyan was very curious, and looked at him and raised his eyebrows, while Xue Shenxing took her hand away with a tired look and walked directly to the house. Ye Jinyan felt that he felt weird, so he lit the candle and sat aside.

"What's wrong?" She continued to ask.

Xue Shenxing's cold face slowly became calmer, and he looked at her and said softly: "It's nothing, it's just a little bit of a chat about Huzi." ”

"Oh, what do you think?" Ye Jinyan raised his eyebrows and asked.

She had an urge to wipe out the den of thieves, this evil gang should have been eradicated a long time ago!

The candlelight shone on Xue Shenxing's face, and it seemed that there were some vicissitudes, but just now, after returning to the house, something was wrong.

Ye Jinyan couldn't help but lean forward and touch his forehead, so he muttered to himself: "You don't have a fever either, what's wrong with you?" ”

"I don't have anything to do, but I didn't expect so many things to happen in the village over the years, after all, I don't know Yin Jinping's situation, and I have always only reported good news and not bad news."