Chapter 19: Procrastination
Wang Xian's face turned pale, and she said with a crying voice: "That poisonous woman really wants to kill, A'e ......." ”
Lan E's face became colder and colder.
She didn't speak.
Wang Xian covered her mouth and sobbed lowly.
Not far away, An Niang shouted again: "If the two little ladies don't come out again, I will chop off Ai Niang's feet and throw her to Zhao San and a few people to relieve boredom." ”
That's it, this poisonous woman is ruthless, and if she can shout it at this moment, it will definitely not be just a fright. And the people around her are even more filthy people who only recognize money and don't recognize people.
In this world, human life is like a mustard, but it is difficult to repay the kindness.
Lan E put her hands on the ground, stood up and said: "An Niang is a person who serves the gods, but I don't know that if you do too many bad things, you will always get retribution, isn't An Niang afraid?" ”
Her voice was crisp and loud, and there was a bit of indescribable calmness.
Wang Xian got up, wiped her tears fiercely, and answered: "One day you will end up like this." ”
As soon as the two raised their voices, torches and lanterns from all sides surrounded them.
Suddenly, the two women carefully picked up the reeds, An Niang swaggered to the edge of the pit, swept her eyes up and down, and saw that the two sisters were embarrassed, so she ate and smiled: "What are you afraid of, the old lady only lives in front of her, takes it away, ties it up and throws it into the river." ”
"Yes." The two stout women answered with a loud voice, jumped down the pit, and carried the two sisters on their shoulders.
An Niang pouted and smiled, and said proudly: "Let's go." "Turn around and go.
The two stout women carried the Lan'e sisters and followed them with muffled voices, while dozens of people around them were surrounded by lanterns and torches, as if they were facing a great enemy.
Then the people went out with the reeds and grass.
The reeds were originally clustered in the east and west, with many open spaces exposed in between.
The people came out of the reeds, and they were about to reach a clearing, and the grass in front of them snorted, and a woman rushed out with a rolling belt, and said in a panic: "Oh no, River Temple! The river temple was ...... Blaze! ”
The woman howled hoarsely as if the sky had fallen.
Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and they all stopped.
The weather is dry and dry, and once a fire breaks out, it will be too much to help.
The temple of service turned to ashes, which was a sign of ......
Under the light of the blue and white lantern, An Niang's expression was stunned, and her face was as white as a dead person in an instant.
This is an opportunity.
Because it was placed horizontally on the shoulders of the stout woman, Lan E was under her head and feet, and her small face was facing the woman's waist.
Lan'e rolled her eyes a few times, cleared her throat, and began to sing to her bucket waist: "Swim with the woman in the nine rivers, rushing to the wind and waves."
Take the waterwheel and ride the lotus cover, and drive the two dragons.
Deng Kunlun looked around, and his heart was soaring.
The sun will be unforgettable, but it will be cherished.
Fish scale house Xilong Hall, purple shell que Xizhu Palace.
Why is Lingxi in the water? Take a white turtle to chase the salmon.
The Zhu of the river with the woman, the flow of the river will come down.
The son handed over to the east, and sent the beauty to Nanpu.
The waves are surging to welcome, and the fish scales are smiling. ”
Lan E's voice was soft and delicate, with a little grievance, a little longing, and a little unspeakable sadness.
Everyone was at a loss before, but now when they saw that she was about to die and had the leisure to sing, they were stunned for a while.
The night wind whistled by, and the reeds rustled in all directions like waves.
The rustling sound and Lan'e's singing voice spread far away.
An Niang has served the Great Witch for so long, she naturally understands what this is, this is the song of the river god and the heavenly maiden swimming together on the shore of Weishui.
This song is only used when the Son of Heaven is sacrificed, and it is impossible for the enslaved people to know it, let alone sing it.
An Niang was a little unsteady for a moment, she staggered and turned around, and said in a dumb voice: "Let her down." ”
The stout woman was frightened, and after listening to it, she hurriedly put down Lan'e, and the muffled voice retreated to the side.
Lan E flicked her sleeves, met An Niang's stunned eyes, and said crisply: "This song was learned when I was dreaming last night, and the man said ......." ”
She glanced at the crowd a few times, raised her finger to point at Wang Xian, and then pointed at Ai Niang, who was carried by two women, and said cautiously, "If I can't marry him alive, he won't rain for three years." ”
Alive...... An Niang's eyelids narrowed, and her pale and blue face showed a little suspicion: "In that case, why didn't you look for me clearly, why did you want to escape?" ”
Lan E spread her hands, and her little face full of gray stains was both aggrieved and helpless: "Don't you want to sink us into the river, if you die, how can you marry at the time of sacrifice." ”
An Niang's eyes flickered and changed, and she couldn't catch up for a while.
Lan E glanced to the east a few more times, and said with a long sigh: "If you kill a few of me together, the river temple will catch fire." This is the river god destroying his house and preparing to leave. ”
The world is so big that no matter which county or place there is a river temple.
If the river god moved away, the people of this county would no longer be able to beg for a bountiful harvest or for good weather.
If you can't adjust the wind and rain and harvest the grains, won't the people of Manjun have to wait for death!
When the time comes, I don't know if the people of Manjun will die or not, they will definitely die!
I'll die first!
The first one dies!
Thinking of death, An Niang's pale and blue face was a little more panicked, as if she was more than ten years old all of a sudden, she had the strength to command the woman beside her: "This great drought has alarmed the great witch from the capital, and the great witch has now divined the hexagram, and the sacrificial ceremony will be held three days later." The three of them were sent back to their places where they came, bathed and fasted, in preparation for the wedding. ”
She commanded the women around her, but her eyes looked at the multitude.
The woman who carried Wang Xian carefully put Wang Xian down.
The two women who originally raised their hands and feet and dragged Ai Niang to put Ai Niang down, but instead carefully supported her.
The group walked back silently.
It's getting dark.
Uncle Yun jumped on the bow of the boat, didn't rush in, took the penny a little left and right, and the boat swayed to the center of the river.
When he was far from the shore, the old man threw away his penny, let the boat go down the river, and stooped into the cabin.
Wang Bi's eyes flashed when he saw him, and he asked idly: "How?" ”
Uncle Yun knelt down on the mat and said: "The old slave set fire to the river temple, and immediately rushed back to find the two ladies. ”
Intend...... That is, there is no salvation.
Wang Bi frowned, and asked lightly, "What happened again?" ”
Uncle Yun shook his head: "There is no change, Mrs. E sang a song, and then said that the fire in the river temple was the anger of the river god." ”
"Hmm." Wang Bi had a smile in his eyes, hooked his lips and said, "She would think, those people believe it?" ”
"Even if the old slave heard it at the time, he believed it."
Uncle Yun didn't know whether to laugh or rejoice, and sighed: "Mrs. E said that she had a dream last night, and in the dream, the river god designated her to marry Xian Niangzi and others, and said that she would live to marry during the sacrifice, otherwise, he burned the temple and moved to another place...... In short, the old slave believed it at that time. ”
Living to marry at the time of the sacrifice means that the situation of life and death has been solved, and she still does not plan to come back.
That's fine.
Wang Bi stretched, then leaned back, squinted and said, "In the past few days, Mama Li has been haunted, thinking that it is near the two ladies." Since Lady E doesn't want to get out...... Bring in a few more people, just in case. ”
Uncle Yun leaned forward slightly, lowered his head and said, "Yes." ”
Xingyang City.
There is a stone alley in the back garden of the county guard's house. At this time, a horse-drawn carriage stopped in the alley.
The black-vaulted carriage was originally very ordinary, just a driver of the car...... When the sky was about to dawn, he actually wore a bamboo hat, which covered most of his face and exposed half of it...... It seems to be covered with a cloth towel.
Behind him, the windows on both sides of the carriage were tightly closed, and only its doors were diagonally facing the back door of the county guard's mansion.
About two moments later, the back door of the county guard mansion creaked open, and Steward Liu poked out his fat face from the gap, and his two small eyes glanced left and right, and then he opened the door: "Come so early, is the witch in a hurry?" ”
The witch pushed the door down, and when she reached the back door, she lowered her face and asked, "Can you get up?" ”
Steward Liu's two small eyes circled around her face, and she said in a low voice: "The county guard rested in the west courtyard last night, if the witch is impatient to wait in the car, she will go to the main courtyard to meet the lady?" ”
Hearing him mention Madame, the witch's face was even more ugly.