For three or four days in a row, Candle Tian has been guarding Chenxin, changing dressings on time every day, helping to wash his face, comb his hair, and change clothes on time.

In the meantime, the snake woke up once, but after eating three snake fruits, he fell into a long sleep again.

For more than ten days of living alone, there was no noise around Chenxin around Candle Day, and I always felt that something was not quite right. It's always uncomfortable to be stuffy alone. Seeing that the weather is gradually starting to clear up, it is rare to go to the street on candle days.

Making money isn't what candles are good at, but spending money definitely is. In one morning and half an afternoon, Candle Sky spent a full thirteen copper plates, but all of them were some waste. It is not the leather drums, tumblers, woodcarvings, and shells that children play with, or the hairpins, jewelry, and bone rings worn by women.

These were originally gifts for Chenxin and Snake Right.,As a result, Chenxin and Snake Right who woke up were counted down.。 It's not that he spends money indiscriminately, or that he doesn't know the goods.

Especially the bone rings, I also bought three, ready to wear one for each person, and play a team formation. As a result, before the words could be spoken, he was put aside by the snake right in disgust, and said, "Candle Sky God, you are really enough." You can spend half a lot of money on a meal, and you only spend thirteen copper plates to buy us a gift, how picky are you. ”

Candle Tian said: "Didn't you still dislike me for spending money indiscriminately just now, why do you think I'm buying cheaply now." I really don't know what's going on in your women's minds. Do you have to buy very expensive things to show that I have you in my heart? If you look at Chen Xin, he won't say anything, which shows that the relationship between us men doesn't care about the high and low. ”

Chen Xin picked up the bone ring, looked at it, and pretended to be full of joy and said, "It's really good-looking." Don't believe it, big sister, take a look, is it that I suddenly feel a little more heroic now, and even my face is a little heavier than usual. ”

Candle Tian was about to say something, but was startled by the sound outside the door.

"Hurry up, everyone has it, go to the top of Sanwei Mountain to sacrifice the fire, and wait to be caught by the officers and soldiers to be boarded if you miss the hour. An old man repeated the words from his mouth, and walked all the way forward, occasionally sticking his head into some invisible room to take a look, and ensuring that all the things about the fire were conveyed to every household.

Candle Tian just wanted to give orders, but found that Snake Right and Chen Xin had already joined the crowd that was constantly surging forward. Candle Tian hurriedly closed the door and locked it, and then hurried to catch up.

Chen Xin said: "I remember when you knew that the general was Suzaku, his walking steps were not slow, what happened today, he still fell behind us, he really didn't look like the master I knew." ”

Candle Tian said: "I don't want to close the door and lock it, it's too late." Besides, is it interesting for you to keep mentioning that? Or I'll send you to the general to have fun. Looking at you like this, I think you kid would have forgotten about the small iron cage a long time ago. ”

Chen Xin said, "You're really funny. This is Yongzhou, that is, the former territory of King Wen, and the people here are not left behind and do not close their doors at night. I really don't understand what you're doing with the door locked and locked, it makes us look like something else. ”

Candle Sky sighed and continued to move forward through the crowd. When we reached the foot of the mountain, the village chief shouted, "There is still one hour to sacrifice the fire, and everyone is ready to go up the mountain." Find some young and strong young men, and take turns to carry the sacrifices up the mountain, and do not delay the hour. ”

Hearing the sacrifice, Candle Tian's eyes couldn't help but light up, and said: "Chenxin, if you want to eat something delicious, come with me to see what kind of delicious food it is, and after the sacrifice is over, you can take the opportunity to stay and eat a big meal." ”

The person next to him heard Candle Sky say this. Then he said: "The sacrifice is our holy daughter here, who is just twelve years old this year, which is the reincarnation of a birthday. Do you want to eat her?"

Hearing this, Candle Tian's heart was suddenly displeased, and he hurriedly squeezed into the crowd of people carrying the sedan chair, wanting to communicate with the saint in advance, and decided to save the saint in the village.

As a result, the two of them mixed in and carried the sedan chair all the way, only to find that the sedan chair was empty when they reached the top of the mountain. Suddenly I felt like I had been cheated by someone, and I wanted to find the village chief to theorize. But thinking that the sedan chair had already been lifted, no matter how much he said, he would be making trouble for himself, and then he wanted to find someone to ask where the holy woman in the sedan chair had gone.

Candle Tian shook the copper plate in his hand to a child next to him, coaxing him aside. He asked, "Little friend, do you know where the holy woman in the palanquin went? Isn't she your fire sacrifice?"

The little girl looked at the candle sky in front of her and said with a smile, "Yes." The sacrifice is me, do you have anything to do with me?"

Candle Tian's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "Aren't you afraid that they will burn you?"

Hearing this, the little girl immediately burst into tears. The cry quickly attracted the attention of the village chief, and a group of young and strong men instantly protected the little girl in the middle, looking at Candle Tian and Chenxin vigilantly.

The little girl wiped away her tears and said, "Is it true that brother said he would burn me in a while?"

When the villagers heard this, the originally silent crowd exploded in an instant, and they all turned their angry eyes to the candle sky. The village chief shouted, stepped forward, and said to the little girl: "Yanyan, don't be afraid, you can go up and light that pile of firewood in a while, and leave the rest to those uncles in colorful clothes." ”

The village chief glanced at Candle Sky and walked over. Said: "Since the establishment of our dynasty, the living sacrifice has long been abolished, we just burned the birth date of the sacrifice, that is, the birth date of the little girl Yanyan, begging the Taoist patriarch to bless the prosperity of our village, under the protection of the god of fire, people can eat the food baptized by fire, less disasters and less hardship, and everyone is healthy." ”

When Candle Heaven heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Sorry said: "I'm an outsider, I don't know the customs here, I misunderstood the meaning of the fire, and I hope the village chief won't blame." ”

As he spoke, the time for the fire sacrifice had arrived. The village chief didn't have time to explain to Candle Tian, so he was busy directing the villagers to sacrifice the fire.

I saw that with the village chief's loud shout, "fire", the little girl stepped forward and lit the firewood that had been prepared for a long time, and suddenly the figures on the hillside shook, and the firelight illuminated a large area of the night sky.

Then the men with their faces painted in oil began to dance around the little girl, chanting words in their mouths, as if they were praying to the god of fire, conveying the powerful wishes of the people's hearts.

Finally, after the prayer was over, the village chief burned Yan Yan's birthday and led the villagers down the mountain quickly, giving people a feeling of being a thief.

When the crowd left, the animals in the distance were attracted by the light of the fire, and gradually moved closer to the place where the fire was sacrificed. There are wolves, leopards, tigers, green sheep, lions, etc., all gathered to see what is going on. However, although the shadows of various beasts could be seen, they seemed to have only come to see what was going on, and there was no sign of fighting each other.

Candle Tian, who returned to the inn, was speechless and said, "What kind of sacrificial fire is this, you can't see the shadow of the fire god Qingyan at all." Besides, while saying that they were asking for the blessing of the Taoist patriarch and praying for the protection of the fire god, they really didn't know who they wanted to ask for help. ”

Chen Xin said: "Where can the villagers manage so much. Now that Taoism is prevalent, they naturally need to bow down to Taoist patriarchs. And when there was no Taoism before, it was natural to believe in the god of fire. But with such a blatant belief in the Divine Clan, aren't they afraid that Taoism will come to suppress them?"