Volume 2 Zhaowu Youth Tour Chapter 82 Stealing Tribute
The three of them ran towards the village, only to see that the villagers, who never went out on weekdays, ran to the center of the village, behind the thatched hut where Gengyao lived.
Many villagers have torches in their hands, illuminating the place quite brightly.
Behind the hut is a low wall, behind which is a small shrine in which a statue of a cow is enshrined.
The shrine was so inconspicuous that during the day, the three of them ignored it.
At this time, seven or eight old women were kneeling in front of the shrine, kowtowing incessantly, babbling in their mouths, begging for forgiveness from the cow god. The men, armed with clubs and bows and arrows, enclose the two men in the center.
Su Qi looked at it, wasn't this Li Qingchen and Zhu Xiao? The three of them hurriedly stepped forward and squeezed through the crowd.
"What the hell is going on?" Su Qi hurriedly stopped Geng Yao, who was the leader.
"These two people, they have eaten the sacrifice to the cow god!" the villagers angrily pointed at Li Qingchen and Zhu Xiao, and they were like thunder.
Su Qi looked down and saw that there were many fruits and meals in front of the shrine, and one of the plates was full of steamed buns, but one was obviously missing. Looking at the two people who were surrounded by everyone in the middle, Li Qingchen had a shy face, while Zhu Xiao was full of anger.
"You...... How can you do such a thing......" Wang Li asked in a low voice.
"I ...... I didn't know this was a tribute, the shrine was so small, I didn't pay attention to it......" Li Qingchen was so suffocated that his neck was red, and he said with a sigh.
It's no wonder that he feels ashamed, a noble son was caught stealing tribute, if this is spread, it will make people laugh off their big teeth, and don't mix it up in the circle of the clan in the future.
Zhu Xiao briefly explained with an angry face.
It turned out that Zhu Xiao and Li Qingchen also jumped into the hole in the end, but they didn't fall into the same place as Su Qi and the three of them.
When the two woke up, they found this small village, but they didn't dare to enter it rashly, because the village was too mysterious, and the two of them had lost all their cultivation. So the two agreed to wait until sunset before sneaking in.
What the two didn't expect was that because they had lost their cultivation, they didn't eat for half a day and soon became hungry. After sneaking into the village, Li Qingchen saw the plate of steamed buns and secretly took one to eat.
Who would have thought that there were people in the village who were patrolling the neighborhood all day, and when they found the two of them, they shouted on the spot, and all the villagers were alarmed, and they soon rushed over and blocked the two people.
Su Qi and Zhao Ying were speechless for a while, thinking that it was really not enough to succeed and more to lose. All the food in the village is eaten casually, but Li Qingchen has to go and get the steamed buns in front of the shrine, which is really limitless.
Wang Li coughed twice and stepped forward to explain to the villagers: "I'm very sorry, this brother seems to be so hungry, so he couldn't hold back for a while and stole a steamed bun to eat." I think it's better to let him work in the village for three days to compensate for this steamed bun?"
Gengyao said angrily: "Do you think we are here for this steamed bun? The food in the village is eaten casually, and when he is hungry, he just needs to find a random family to beg for food, and he has to eat the tribute of the cow god? Now that the cow god is angry, it will be useless for you to put 10,000 more steamed buns!"
Several people looked at each other and thought, "Is it really so serious?" But seeing the angry expressions of these villagers, Su Qi believed eighty percent.
In such a weird little village, anything can happen.
"I wonder how you want to solve this problem?" asked Su Qi.
"Tie him to a wooden frame and sacrifice him to the god of the bull!" said one of the villagers in the crowd.
"That's right, sacrifice to the cow god!"
"Sacrifice!" "Sacrifice!" "Sacrifice!"
The villagers shouted in unison.
When Li Qingchen heard this, he was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, just eating a steamed bun would kill someone? This is too cruel! Even a slave in the Xia Zhou Dynasty would not be tortured and killed because of a steamed bun!
However, the most terrible thing is that none of them have cultivated now, and there are thirty or forty middle-aged men among these villagers, and if they really fight, none of these people can leave.
Su Qi also saw that the situation was not good, in the eyes of these villagers, the cow god should be an extremely important deity, and there was no room for offense, if he was more serious on this issue, he might really be beaten to death by the angry villagers.
Although Su Qi didn't have a good impression of him, it was too sad to die because of this trivial matter.
Su Qi hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Wait, Brother Yao, I have a question." ”
"You say. Gengyao and the villagers had already seen that Su Qi and the others were in a group, so they didn't have a good face for Su Qi.
"May I ask who this bull god is, and where do you say that it is angry?"
"The Bull God is the guardian god here, bless the wind and rain every year! The Bull God has manifested many times to punish those who disrespect it, you guys, a catastrophe is about to come!" said an old man beside Gengyao with emotion.
Su Qi and Wang Li glanced at each other, both a little helpless. Since these villagers are very strong in their faith, it is useless to say anything.
"What should I do?" Zhao Ying frowned.
"Draw your sword and fight!" Su Qi gritted his teeth and unsheathed his jade sword! Although several of them had lost their cultivation, their physical fitness was much better than that of these villagers, and with the swords and swordsmanship in their respective hands, if they fought to the death, they might be able to fight their way out of the encirclement.
Everyone drew their swords one after another, and the atmosphere in the arena instantly became tense. The villagers began to shout that they would catch all of them and sacrifice them to the cow god.
However, at this moment, the old man beside Gengyao suddenly trembled and pointed in the direction of the shrine, and said in disbelief: "The cow, the cow god has appeared!"
As soon as these words came out, all the villagers threw down their swords in their hands, and all of them knelt on the ground, touching the ground with their heads, and did not dare to move.
Su Qi pulled Zhao Ying's sleeve: "Hurry up!" Several people immediately rushed out of the crowd and ran out.
However, at this moment, a burst of dazzling golden light suddenly erupted from the shrine, sweeping Su Qi and the others.
Su Qi only felt that his legs were stiff, and he couldn't take a step, so he fell straight to the ground. The others were the same, unable to move on the ground.
Everyone looked back, only to see a huge bull head appear above the shrine, the bull head stared at everyone with round eyes, and even said: "Where did the mortals come from, they dare to offend my divine might!!"
The sound was like thunder rolling in the sky, and it shook everyone's eardrums. Li Qingchen was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he said in a panic: "What, there is really a bull god?"