"If Shining wants to cook, hurry up, I'll help you. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Lichun said, "I can't rest after eating something, today is Gu Yu, and I want to sacrifice to the gods." ”

"It's all like this now, and I still have to ......"

Are there any other commemorative activities?

"The god of Gu Yu can't be ambiguous, not even us. When human beings suffer such a catastrophe, they have to sacrifice to the gods, so let's come too. ”

"Well......" I replied vaguely, but I thought to myself that God had not shown any mercy when all that happened last night.

"Does Shining know why Gu Yu is called 'Gu Yu'?"

"You know, because in the rainy season, it is suitable for grain growth, isn't there a saying that 'grain sowing rain'?"

"Not exactly," said Lichun, "but also because a long, long time ago, in ancient times, mankind fell into famine because of war." In order to strengthen the communication and liaison between people and prevent the war caused by the failure of communication from igniting again, Cangjie, the historian of the Yellow Emperor, spent his whole life tracing and painting the distribution of the stars in the sky, the traces of birds, beasts, fish and insects, and created words. ”

"I know that." I nodded. Shi Huang's character creation is a legend that we have been familiar with since childhood.

Speaking of this, I couldn't help but pause in my tone. I checked Gu Yu's customs before, is there a lot of places to worship Cangjie?

Lichun continued: "Legend has it that the Jade Emperor sent down a grain rain on this day in recognition of Cangjie's meritorious work in creating characters, which relieved the famine of all people, so it was called 'Gu Rain'. ”

This story, if I saw it from the Internet, I would not think it was strange, but if it was told from Lichun's mouth, it would definitely not be so simple.

"Could this story be ...... It's true? ”

"Not quite." Lichun sighed faintly, "But the rain has really fallen, and it is indeed the Protoss who pushed the humans when they were completely desperate, so as a human being, we should be sacrificial and grateful." It's a pity that for a long time, there have been fewer and fewer human beings with a grateful heart. ”

I hesitated for a while, and finally asked, "Didn't God bring these calamities to mankind?" ”

I've always suspected these things in my heart, saying that natural disasters are "divine punishment", and if all this is caused by the Protoss, then they are no better than the trolls who are rampant in the world, and even more cruel.

"The Blood Moon and such a calamity cannot be controlled by the ability of the Protoss, so it's not them." Lichun replied.

"So, how could such a thing happen?" I was surprised.

"Shining, we demons can feed on humans, this is the law of nature. However, there are always limits to the laws of nature, for example, according to the rules of nature, I can hunt and consume resources that meet the needs of survival and development, and on top of that, if I grab too much more than necessary, or kill indiscriminately, and destroy the balance of the rules of nature, I will be punished by the rules. Conversely, the more rational, restrained, and unobtrusive you are within the limits of demand, the less likely you are to be sanctioned, and you can even get the help of rules. ”

Seeing that I was lost in thought, Lichun continued, "This is the reason why you humans have not felt the existence of demons for thousands of years, because we are all abiding by the rules and trying not to attract any attention as much as possible. Even the Demon God Race, which is naturally hostile to the rules, will not blatantly provoke the rules. This is true not only of demons and demon gods, but of all things. Take the ordinary animals you are familiar with, their predation is also limited to the season, and it will not break the basic balance of the regional environment. ”

"So, what just happened was the sanction of the rules of nature?" As I pondered it, I couldn't help but feel a chill chill in my bones.

"The only people who can cause sanctions of this magnitude and scale are human beings from ancient times to the present." Speaking of these, Lichun's tone seemed to be full of emotion, "Comparatively speaking, human beings are the weakest existence, but such a weak existence, the destruction of rules, as well as the method and degree of destruction, far exceed any race, including demons and demon gods. ”

Hearing these words, I couldn't help but feel ashamed, and this was obviously not a compliment.

"So, the so-called Gu Yu ......"

"Yes, it is in the desperate situation after the sanction of the rules, the Protoss has extended a helping hand to humanity. By raining rice from above, they have freed humanity from a situation where resources are depleted and on the verge of genocide. ”

Lichun gave me a hand, and we used the leftover ingredients in the kitchen to cook it simply as usual.

Through the narration of Lichun to me during the cooking process, I suddenly understood the origin of many strange customs in the solar term "Gu Yu".

When I searched for "Gu Yu" before, I found that this solar term is very special, and in addition to the significance of farming, the commemorative activities vary greatly from place to place. For example, on the eastern coast, Guyu is a fisherman's festival, and the "sea sacrifice" activity will be held to worship the sea goddess Niangniang, while in some areas in the west, Zhang Tianshi will be worshipped, the portrait of the heavenly master will be painted, and the five poisons will be forbidden. On the "forbidden scorpion talisman" that people often post on this day, the incantation is written, "Taishang Laojun is like a law, and in the middle of March in the valley rain, the snake and scorpion will never live". Not to mention that some places sacrifice Cangjie, some places play stove fire, in short, they are some activities to worship the gods.

At that time, I wondered why the gods were sacrificed in different places.

After Lichun told me, I realized that a long, long time ago, on a rainy day, there was a blood moon that was even redder than the moon last night, and even the blood moon suppressed the sun's rays, so that the sun could not rise for a long time. At that time, humanity was absolutely devastated. At the moment when humanity was on the verge of extinction, the Protoss suddenly appeared and participated in the battle against the Demon Race and the Demon God Clan, leaving the spark for human beings to reproduce. At that time, there were many gods who came at the same time, and they came to different regions, so the sacrifices and customs of each region were completely different from ancient times.

"At that time, humanity was really alone!" Lichun said, "No demon or demon god is on the side of humans, and at that time, those extraordinary humans had not yet appeared. ”

"What is an ordinary human being?"

Lichun looked at me and said meaningfully, "In that battle, there was a special god who was close to mankind and gave a drop of his blood to a human warrior who fought to the death until the last moment. Since then, as the warrior's descendants have multiplied and branched out, the human population has begun to have a presence between humans and other races. They are divided into three branches, which are the Demon Hunter, the Demon Hunter, and the Monster Eater. ”

Catch...... Enchantress?

I looked at Lichun in amazement, but he began to pick the vegetables seriously and changed the subject.

"Shining, hurry up, there's a lot to do. After the sacrifice, you have to cook a lot of food, so for a long time, the people around you will not have anything to eat, right? Usually in this case, the boss will decide to give them free food! ”

My mind came to the image of Liqing in the distant ancient times, opening the door of an unknown shop, giving porridge to the hungry.

"Good!" I lifted my spirits, my movements suddenly became neat, and the sleepiness that was gradually coming on was also driven out of the clouds.

In my busyness, I once seized my leisure, closed my eyes, and inquired about the mysterious existence in my body.

"Now, can you tell me? Am I really a demon hunter? ”

The mysterious man was silent in the emptiness for a long time, but he sent me back an unexpected answer.

"No, Shining, you're not."