Chapter 68: The Burning Ritual (Part 2)
The square of Narcissus Village.
The so-called square is nothing more than a vacant lot that was intentionally set aside when the village was built, more than 100 square meters, and it is surrounded by private houses on all sides.
At this time, a fire was piled up in the center of the square, and there was some dry firewood underneath, and Uncle Gen was tied to a stake inserted in the middle, and his expression was depressed, and he did not struggle.
Two meters away from the fire, there was already a bustling crowd of villagers, some of them looking excited, while most of them had endless sadness on their faces.
At this time, a person suddenly stood out of the crowd, he was very thin, thin like a bamboo pole, his face was bloodless, white as a piece of paper, and when he came out, he was still coughing, and at a glance he was the kind of person who fell down as soon as the wind blew.
After he stood up, he first covered his mouth with his hand and coughed a few times, then gasped for breath before saying, "Folks, everyone listen to what I Wang Fan said." ”
He naturally straightened up when he spoke, and it was strange to say that after straightening his waist, his face turned a little ruddy, and the weak state dissipated at once.
Wang Fan cleared his throat and began to speak around the fire: "Fellow villagers, we are standing here today, what we have to do is not for our own selfish desires, nor is it deliberately aimed at anyone, what we want to do is what is beneficial to our village, it is something we have to do and must do!" ”
After a high-pitched opening remarks, Wang Fan continued: "The successive zombie biting incidents have reached the point of no return, yesterday my father proposed the method of 'living sacrifice', and told Wang Yougen to send the sacrifice to the Narcissus River at the head of the village to soak the pig cage, my father was quite trusting our Uncle Gen~ But as a result, Wang Yougen actually listened to the instigation of those outsiders, sent people to the Narcissus Temple, and actually let those people run away, but everyone saw it, and Narcissus was furious! ”
The crowd began to stir.
"Quiet, listen to me, we still have a way!" Wang Fan suddenly changed his tone and said, "Don't panic, everyone, I have already sent someone to the Taoist temple to ask them to open the patriarch's magic weapon, as long as you use that magic weapon to sacrifice Wang Yougen, you will definitely be able to appease the wrath of Narcissus." We will be safe. ”
As soon as his words fell, suddenly the crowd twitched, and a murmur came one after another: "The village chief is here~"
The crowd from the north consciously moved out of the way at this time, and a middle-aged man with bright eyes followed by a woman, two people walked over with steps.
"Wang Fan, don't make trouble!" As soon as the middle-aged man entered the square, he began to scold Wang Fan, "Aren't you going to burn you alive?" Have you forgotten that he saved your life when he was a child? ”
"Uncle Degui, you are finally here, I thought you and Sister-in-law Gen were in the same room and refused to come out~" Wang Fan said meaningfully.
"Wang Fan, you leave me some virtue!" Sister-in-law Gen took a step forward and said angrily.
"Huh." Wang Fan did not answer her words, but said to Wang Degui, "Uncle Degui, you came just in time, you really can't do this without you." ”
Wang Degui stared at Wang Fan and said lightly: "Wang Fan, don't think that if you go to college for a few years and will play some tricks, you will be able to be the emperor of the soil, and whoever you want to die will die." ”
"Haha~" Wang Fan laughed wildly, the power of the thin body didn't even make him cramp, he laughed for a while, and suddenly said to the crowd with a ruthless look: "The villagers can see it clearly now, our beloved village elder, our Uncle Degui has no ability to protect our village at all, the Taoist priest he invited, the defenses he engaged in, didn't play a role, and now even his own son was bitten to death by the biting zombie, what is the use of you saying that you want to divide the village chief like this?" ”
The crowd twitched.
"Zombies are monsters that have not been seen for thousands of years, and there is no way to change anyone to be the village chief", "That's it, there is no way to change anyone", "Uncle Degui has long said that he will call the police"......
All kinds of miscellaneous voices poured out one after another, from which it can be seen that Wang Degui's reputation is very high.
"Quiet! Be quiet! At this time, another person stood up from the crowd, he smiled flatteringly at Wang Fan, and then also opened his throat and said, "Wang Fan is a college student, he has knowledge, will he understand less than Wang Degui?" There must be a basis for his approval of this method of human sacrifice, and there is a better way for the rest of you? Have it? Didn't you yell at me, what are you yelling about? ”
The more he spoke, the more excited he became, his fingers fluttering, and the last thing he said was spitting.
The crowd fell silent all of a sudden, and the people in the countryside had never seen much of the world, and they were more superstitious, and what was worse they didn't seem to have any other countermeasures.
"The country is opened, and the villagers are also affected by the Degui tree, don't blame the villagers." Wang Fan said happily.
"As long as anyone can help us calm down the wrath of Narcissus, as long as anyone can make our village safe, we will support whoever will be the village chief, don't you think?" Wang Guokai began to agitate the crowd again.
"That's it!" "Yes!"
In the southern corner of the crowd, the group of people who had been a little excited began to echo, and most of them were young villagers.
Most of the other villagers were silent, with no support or rebuttal.
Wang Fan saw that the crowd's twitching had subsided, so he stood up again and said: "Don't worry, this time to calm the wrath of the narcissus is handed over to me Wang Fan, and I will definitely give the villagers a satisfactory answer." ”
"Wang Fan, don't mess around!" Wang Degui saw that things were slowly developing in a bad direction, and he hurriedly stood up to stop it.
"Shut up!" Wang Fan suddenly turned around and shouted violently, "Wang Degui, Uncle Degui, do you have any ideas?" Alarm? Let the police know about our request for the chief? Or do you want the police to handcuff everyone in our village? ”
"You..." Wang Degui was speechless for a while.
"Guokai, it's almost time, when the next day gets up, it will not be suitable for the fire festival, the wrath of the narcissus can't be calmed, and I will have to trouble you when the time comes~" Wang Fan said with a smug smile.
"yes, yes, what are you two still watching, it's time to ignite." Wang Guokai urged the group of young villagers.
"Yes, yes~" There were two villagers who were only seventeen or eighteen years old, and their eyes flashed with a gleam, and they walked to the matchpile in the middle with two torches with excited expressions. The crowd began to stir inexplicably, but not a single one squeaked, and the two young villagers were already standing in front of the firewood pile, reaching out to light it.
"Wait!"
At this moment, there was a sudden explosion in mid-air, attracting everyone's attention. On the road due south, a group of four people, a woman and three men, were hurrying over. (To be continued.) )