When the ghost told us the address, he once asked us to find this village called "Shennu". At the time, I thought it was just a homonym, and this village might be called a crossbow. Or deep anger. It wasn't until I got here and saw the sacrificial rites that I understood. These people are really slaves of the river gods.

These slaves had no names and no names, and they did not communicate with outsiders. Ignorance is excessive. Not only did they use their own people to worship the river gods, but they also blatantly brought it up in front of us. Sacrifice with us.

Mr. Lu almost choked when he heard this, he probably had never seen such a bold guy. He said angrily, "Who sued you?" We have traveled thousands of miles to your village to sacrifice our bodies? ”

The hemp rope said as a matter of course: "It was the river god who said it." ”

We were stunned. At the beginning of our entry into the village, Ma Rope told us that the river god had brought an order for the villagers to entertain us.

Only now do we know that there is another half of this order. In this way, the villagers treated us as sacrificial offerings.

Mr. Lu said proudly: "If the three of us want to leave here, it's easy, you can't stop it." ”

Ma Rope smiled, looking indifferent: "The river god decides." You can't change it. After three days, you will surely make a voluntary sacrifice to the river god. ”

Mr. Lu laughed: "You are really stupid." The three of us are going to swagger out now, and I see how you can get us back in three days. ”

Ma Rope smiled and said, "Although the three of you leave, we really don't have the ability to catch you, but the river god has it." You won't be able to escape after all. ”

Mr. Lu waved his hand and said, "Let's go." ”

When he walked up to me, I shook my head and grabbed him: "Mr. Lu." You forgot? We can't go. ”

Mr. Lu was stunned for a moment and patted his head: "Yes, we can't go." We'll have to wait for someone. ”

Ma Rope looked at us with a smug face: "How is it?" What am I talking about? Man cannot fight with God. Didn't these outsiders stay and sacrifice themselves? ”

The villagers immediately called out to the river god and prayed for his protection.

Mr. Lu said lightly: "We stayed today and have nothing to do with the river god. Three days later. We don't want to sacrifice, and you can't force us, so if you don't believe us, we'll see. ”

Ma Rope said lightly: "You can stay obediently today, and after three days, you can obediently sacrifice to the river god." If you don't believe me, we'll see. ”

Mr. Lu said: "If after three days, the three of us do not sacrifice, then you are not allowed to sacrifice to the river god in the future." ”

The hemp rope's eyes blinked, but he didn't answer the sentence.

He turned around, looked at the full moon and said, "Today's sacrificial ceremony was interrupted by these three distinguished guests. According to the rules, for the next three days, you should fast and bathe, and after three days, sacrifice with the three of them. ”

Subsequently. He waved his hand and let the crowd disperse.

Ma Rope looked at us with a smile and said, "Three, there's nothing to do here, you go back to sleep." ”

Half an hour ago, I thought the village was a little strange, but I could still fall asleep in my bed. Now I see these strange rituals of theirs, and the hemp rope is saying that it will kill us in three days. I immediately felt that it was a dangerous place, and as for the room he had arranged for us, we didn't want to go even more.

Perhaps seeing that we were hesitant, Full Moon came over, saluted us, and said, "Three gentlemen, if it weren't for you today, my life would be gone. If you don't dislike it, how about coming to my house? ”

The three of us immediately said, "That's great, let's go." ”

Ma Rope sneered, and said to us in a weird manner: "Several, it's good for you to get to know each other in advance, and you will have a companion on the road in the future, talk and laugh, and not be lonely." ”

I frowned and muttered, "This guy isn't right." ”

Full Moon said, "Isn't it? He's killed a lot of people. ”

I asked, "How do you say that?" Why did he kill people? ”

Full Moon said: "We don't know whether the river god exists or not, no one has seen it anyway, I suspect that this guy made it up." ”

I laughed and said, "I can't see it, you're so smart?" It's not like the rest of the villagers. ”

Full Moon's mother sighed and said, "Don't say such things, slandering the river god, there will definitely be a great calamity." Full moon, run away. ”

Full Moon waved his hand and said, "I have been to school, I have studied, I have seen the outside world, and the tricks of hemp rope can't fool me." ”

She looked at her mother and said, "Did you find it?" Every time the river god asks people to sacrifice, the chosen ones have the wisest minds. The gang was going to kill all the clever people in the village, so they could continue to do evil here. ”

The mother of the full moon sighed and said, "Son, this is our life, you shouldn't come back, run away, how good?" ”

Full Moon smiled and said, "I'm here to save you." Debunk the tricks of those guys. ”

The mother and daughter talked all the way, all the way. A few minutes later, I walked to a small courtyard.

This small courtyard is the most dilapidated in the village, but it is very clean. The mother and daughter let us in. Then he sat down in the dark.

Full Moon's mother said apologetically, "We don't have enough lamp oil, so let's talk in the dark." ”

Xue Qian smiled and said, "It's okay, we brought candles." ”

After we lit the candles, I asked the full moon, "What the hell is going on?" How did the river god make people sacrifice? ”

Full Moon said, "In our village, there are people who specialize in serving the river god. This kind of person, the male is called the goddess, and the female is called the god. There will always be only one person who serves the river god, so the goddess and the god will not appear at the same time. If a man becomes a god, he must choose a girl in the village, and this girl ...... Even if it's an apprentice of a god. ”

Full Moon said with a slurred look that was a little unnatural. I said, "It shouldn't be as simple as an apprentice, right?" ”

Full Moon nodded: "This girl is much younger than Shenhan, and she is responsible for serving tea and pouring water for Shenhan, food and clothing, and giving birth to him." ”

I said, "Isn't that the same as getting a wife?" ”

Full Moon held her chin and thought for a while, then said, "If you think so, that's fine." ”

She continued: "Shenhan is much older than his apprentice, so naturally he will die first. When he died, the female apprentice took his place and became a goddess. Then the goddess began to choose a young man in the village to be her apprentice. This boy is the same as the girl at the beginning, responsible for serving tea and pouring water, giving birth to children, and so on......"

I smiled and said, "This inheritance method is a bit unique. ”

Full Moon said: "Yes, they have been passed down from generation to generation like this, I don't know how many years it has been passed on. If the river god has any command, he will possess the body of the goddess or the god man. It came out through their mouths. But I guess that any orders of the river gods are made up by the goddesses themselves. ”

I asked, "So is the hemp rope a goddess or a god?" "The fork looks for bird blood.

Full Moon said: "Ma rope can be regarded as the village chief." The goddess lived in the temple, lived in a simple place, did not show up often, and if there was any order, she would do it by hemp rope. The old man was a lackey. ”

I saw the beautiful little face of the full moon showing hatred, and gritted my teeth and scolded the hemp rope as a lackey. This kind of scene is really funny.

Mr. Lu asked, "How many times has the goddess prophesied?" ”

Full Moon said: "That's too many to count, almost every year." If a child of any family doubts the river god, they will make the child sacrifice in the name of the river god. ”

Mr. Lu muttered, "Every year? But the ghost has been locked up for a long time. Could it be that the river god here is not a terrible ghost? But how does this river god know that we are coming here? And he was arrogant and said, "He will sacrifice us." ”

Xue Qian said: "Otherwise, let's go to the so-called temple and observe whether this goddess is real or false." ”