The Kui River runs through the entire country of Kujo and is the largest river in Kujo country, which can also be seen from its name. In addition, Kuihe is also the cradle of life of the people of the Nine Chapters, the river of origin, or even the saying of "Nine Chapters of Ancient Song, Long Happiness and Tranquility".

The legend of the Kui River, the story of the Kui River in the Jiuzhang Kingdom is endless, and the worship of the Kuihe culture also runs through the entire history of the Jiuzhang Kingdom, which can be traced back to this land, the dynasties before the Jiuzhang Kingdom.

The worship of the river god is one of the many river cultures.

In fact, the saying of sacrificing to the river god exists in Chen An's view, all regions adjacent to the river. According to the different customs, cattle and sheep and other livestock will be offered every specific day, praying for the river god to keep the wind and rain smooth, protect the family and peace, and protect the prosperity of the descendants.

This is a kind of faith, and it is also a kind of moral and cultural heritage that thinks of the source.

It's just that when it comes to sacrifice, it will make people unnaturally think of the terrible term of life sacrifice, they are all ignorant people, thinking that they can express their devotion to the gods by using living people instead of cattle and sheep sacrifices, so there is the saying that Chen An heard that Hehuang married.

In fact, the living sacrifice cannot be completely banned in the Great Zhou or the Great Qian, in some remote areas, where the imperial court is powerless to interfere, this tradition of life sacrifice has been preserved, but Chen An has never had the opportunity to see it, this is the first time he has encountered it.

According to the local people of Hejian Town, there is a river god in the Kui River, and every eighteen years to choose eight virgins who have not left the cabinet to serve themselves, and now it is almost the time to choose a spirit girl to serve the river god once in eighteen years, and every household in Hejian Town is busy getting married, in case their daughter is unfortunately chosen, which is why Huang Wei is eager to pull Chen An as a son-in-law.

Although Hejian Town is a small town, every family is very wealthy, and a large reason is that the convenience of the Kuihe River transportation, for example, the Huang family can sell the cloth produced to several surrounding state capitals at a low freight rate, earning the difference in price and making profits.

Compared with the claim of Kuihe, it gave too much to the people of Hejian Town, so no one dared to be disrespectful to the god of Kuihe, and the status of Wu Zhu, who presided over Hehuang's marriage ceremony, also became extremely high, and he assigned the daughter of which family to be a sacrificial spirit girl and even the government did not dare to intervene.

Originally, it was more than enough to select a few school-age girls to sacrifice to the river god based on the population of Hejian Town, and with the status of the Huang family, there was no need to worry about being selected, but Chen An listened to the meaning of "Wanggong", and Wu Zhu seemed to have selected the daughter of the Huang family, which forced Huang Wei to be so urgent.

Thinking about the situation of the Huang family, they are rich in thousands of family wealth, but they are thin, so they have to rely on the father and daughter for their lives, which makes Chen An can't help but notice a trace of cattiness in it, as if an invisible hand is reaching out from the shadows to the father and daughter of the Huang family.

In fact, Chen An's search for Xiao Guang's heart was extremely hot, and he didn't want to waste a moment on other trivial things. But he also knew in his heart that after so many days, if Xiaoguang had encountered an accident, something would have happened a long time ago, he was powerless to stop it at all, and now he was just thinking about what he wanted, if the final result was not as he wanted, he could kill him upside down to vent his anger, as for whether it was life or death in the end, Chen An didn't care at all.

Even if he has a plan to die, he thinks about doing everything he can now, explaining everything that should be explained, and paying off all the debts he owes. When the time comes, you will go and go, and you will have no worries.

Therefore, for the Huang family's affairs, Chen Anxin was relieved.

After getting the information he wanted, Chen An turned back to the Huang Mansion and came to sit upright in the wing, thinking about countermeasures. That Wu Zhu obviously coveted the Huang family's property, so he wanted to do something wrong by saying that he was marrying. With Chen An's simple and rude personality, the easiest way to do it is, of course, to catch that Wu Zhu and hack him to death. It's just that who knows if there is a shadow of other people behind this, after all, even if a witch Zhu is powerful, he can't cover the sky with one hand; that Wanggong is ostensibly for Huang Wei's sake, but he is just a traitor or a thief, and who can know what he thinks inside, Chen An has never been afraid to speculate on others with the greatest malice; and this matter of stealing other people's property, if there is no cooperation from the local government, no one will believe it at all...... The implications are wide-ranging.

When the sun fell, Huang Wei sent someone to bring a table of wine and food, and he himself rushed over and invited Chen An to have a banquet together.

Chen An looked at his forcibly calm and slightly unnatural smile, and sighed in his heart, this is also a poor person. Chen An also inquired about the situation of the Huang family outside, and knew that this old man had a very close relationship with his wife, and after the death of his wife, he did not continue the strings, so he only had a daughter under his knees, and he regarded this daughter Huang Laotou as a pearl in his palm.

This time about Hehuang's marriage, Wu Zhu did take a fancy to his Huang family's daughter, but before he could say it, he was noticed by Old Man Huang, who was a businessman for half his life, and he had already been alert to this, so he asked Wanggong to mediate. It's just that it can't be delayed for a while, and the closer he gets to the day of Hehuang's marriage, the more passive he is.

But his love for his daughter made him unbearable to marry his daughter hastily like this, and if he was looking for a son-in-law, he couldn't find a suitable one in his eagerness. Because they have all been reduced to the point of being sons-in-law, most of them are desperate miserable people, and it is not easy for these people to choose a character who can be seen by appearance, so Chen An's appearance is tantamount to drowsiness for Old Man Huang, and someone sent him a pillow, which made him stare at Chen An impatiently, for fear that the cooked duck would fly.

Looking at the old man Huang's diligent persuasion of wine, smelling the sweetness emanating from the wine, Chen Anxin couldn't help but smile bitterly, he was a dignified medicinal master, how could he not know what was added to the wine, it seemed that this old man was determined to cook raw rice into rice.

Don't think about it, the next drama must be that she is drunk, Miss Huang strayed into it, and was lightened by herself who made a fortune with the strength of alcohol, and then rushed into a group of strong men, forcing herself to agree to join the family. I'm afraid that even the wedding hall outside has been arranged, and I'm afraid that whether I want to or not, I will have to enter the cave room tonight. This old man Huang really can't wait for a moment.

Old Man Huang's slightly unnatural expression and his eyes staring at the wine glass all showed that he was a good person and had never done such a thing, which made Chen An sigh that his parents would not hesitate to make their children look ugly.

Chen An took the wine glass and drank it all, feeling the weight of the medicine in his mouth, and smiled bitterly in his heart, this old man really dared to add, at least the weight of twenty or thirty people, he was not afraid that he would completely lose his mind and really hurt his daughter.

In Huang Wei's expectant eyes, a red cloud rose on Chen An's white cheeks, and his eyes gradually became hazy. Knowing that the effect of the medicine had arrived, in order not to delay the matter, Huang Wei immediately got up and said goodbye: "The old man suddenly remembered that there are still some things that need to be dealt with, and he can't continue to accompany him. ”

Chen An opened his tongue and deliberately blurred: "Huang ...... Huang Weng please take care of himself, he is a little too strong to drink in his later life, and he can't send it away, and he looks at Haihan where he is rude. ”

"Childe is polite. ”

Seeing Huang Wei hurriedly walk out, Chen An's eyes suddenly returned to clarity, nothing **** is just a stimulus or delay for qi and blood, and if you perform a blood spell for a week, there is nothing that can't be solved.

"Xiu'er, Xiu'er, where did this girl go?"

When he was young, a soft and glutinous voice sounded from Chen An's courtyard, gradually approaching, and after a while, Chen An appeared in front of Chen An's eyes A girl in a goose yellow dress, this girl was about fourteen years old, with round cheeks, round eyes, pink cheeks, and cute cheeks, and behind her was a thick fishbone braid that hung straight down her waist, making her reveal three points of dignity in loveliness.

At this time, she stepped into the door with her mouth puffed out, and happened to see Chen An, who was sitting in the room and staring at her with a smile, and stood still for a while, maintaining a stride posture at a loss, and the expression on her face changed from ignorance to stunned, from stunned to embarrassed, from embarrassing to shy. I wanted to turn around and run away, but I remembered the purpose of coming, and stiffly said to Chen Anfu, and said with a red face: "Chen Gongzi, I, I'm here to find Xiu'er, no, I don't know where she is......"

Chen Anxin was relieved, although he had never met, but with Xiu'er's big mouth, it was not difficult for this Miss Huang to know her existence, and looking at her appearance, she also guessed her father's plan. Also, remembering what Xiu'er called himself at the beginning, Old Man Huang didn't even hide it from Xiu'er, how could he hide his daughter.

But there are some things that a father can't talk to his daughter in the end, seeing that she broke in so ignorantly, she obviously didn't know what would happen next, most of them were tricked by her own father, this old man Huang is really ...... Chen An didn't know how to say that he was good.

"Xiu'er has gone out, and it is estimated that she will be back soon, so why don't you sit down and wait for her. Chen An pointed to the chair that Huang Wei had just sat on and said.

Miss Huang's face was covered with a big red cloth, she wanted to retreat, but she was really curious, she wanted to know what kind of person her father chose for him.

Looking at her cramped and uneasy appearance, Chen An couldn't help but wonder, although he was only a fourteen or fifteen-year-old teenager on the surface, but in fact he had lived for more than 30 years, even if he had not experienced the love of his daughter's family, he was used to seeing the ups and downs of the world, and he could roughly guess Miss Huang's careful thoughts.

This Miss Huang doesn't have feelings for him, it's just the words of her parents, which are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Don't look at the story of the scholar and the young lady in the novel, in fact, in this era, for the rich lady who does not go out of the door, there is little contact with the man of the right age, this is the most normal way to get married.

In fact, Chen An sometimes thinks that it is not bad to get married and have children like this, and it doesn't matter to him whether he has a son-in-law or not, but he is really burdened with too much, he doesn't have the kung fu at all, and he doesn't have the leisure to miss these, so he can only live up to Old Man Huang's good intentions.

He thought so, and before he could talk to the little girl in front of him, he heard a noise in the courtyard, and Chen Anxin knew that Old Man Huang had brought someone to catch the adulterer.