Bai Yuanying was in the middle of last night, suddenly there was an urgent report from the family, only to know that the old Zhentou family had escaped, and hurriedly called the family to prepare horses and call people, immediately dressed and got up, took dozens of soldiers, and ran to the mountain pass with lanterns and torches. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Fortunately, the people were all captured by the guards, a false alarm, and after verbally rewarding the soldiers, they ordered everyone to escort the old and young five people back to the second bridge overnight, and the four people used shackles and shackles together, lined up, locked on a large iron chain fixed on the platform, and faced the black village across the river.

Then he sent someone to inform the black patriarch Xuan Gong! Xuan Gong had just finished helping the old Qin Tou's family during the day, and he was tired for a day or two, and he was in a coma, and he was woken up in his dream.

The father and son rushed to the Bai family's compound overnight, and were first scolded by Bai Yuanying, and then ordered him to inform the clansmen overnight to assemble at the Erqiaokou tomorrow morning!

The two fathers and sons took the order and drove away overnight!

Xuan Gong returned to the black village, and then called a few people, beating torches, beating gongs and drums, and running door to door to tell each other.

The old man thinks that the will of heaven is like this, his longevity is over, and he has no regrets about his age, but he can't bear to see the son and daughter-in-law around him, who have just grown up to become fathers, mothers, and the youngest grandson is only two years old! The youngest daughter is only eight years old——

He kept blaming himself, and he was in tears,

"It's all my father's incompetence, it's all my father's uselessness! I can't protect you, let you suffer with you, and I'm not willing to die—God is blind, punish me if you want to punish me—the children are innocent——!"

Zhengang knelt on the bench with her head high, like wood, without saying a word, the daughter-in-law hugged the child tightly, crying silently, but the child fell asleep in her arms, and the little daughter hugged her sister-in-law tightly surrounded by all the soldiers and torches, and cried in fright-

In the boundless darkness, the river is soothing and silent, the trees are dark and silent, the torches are faint, the soldiers are indifferent, no matter how the family cries, the sky does not move, the earth should not, and there is a lifeless breath all around!

Patriarch Bai only found out after dawn, he slept well all night, full of energy, and as soon as he heard that people had run away, he slapped the table and shouted in front of the whole house.

"Bastard, you don't stop early in the morning - you can't wait for another three days, so you're in such a hurry to get on the road?"

Then he hurried to the ancestral hall in the village with a scolding and scolding, and discussed countermeasures with the mages.

The mages also just got up, freshened up, sacrificed to the spirit beasts, gods, and were sitting in meditation behind closed doors to practice, when suddenly the old man broke in, saying that the old Zhentou family had run away, and was now being detained in public by the river, waiting for the law to be done, waiting for you to preside over -

When the mage heard this, his expression was cold and slightly worried, and he said,

"There's nothing to host, and it's not the first time I've sent the whole family away! It's still like that before-it seems that the black clan really can't hand over the girl? There is less than a month to go, and everything is almost ready on my side, what should I do?"

"This Yuan Ying has already asked the old Xuantou to inform the third family to prepare-if they still want to execute themselves, then find a random girl in my Bai clan at that time!

"Hey, Master Bai, this kind of thing can't be done casually! We do it below, the gods above can see it, but don't blame it, then it's too late to regret it?"

"Isn't there anything you can't do if you're not in a hurry? The gods also saw it, some ran away, some died, and he didn't want it if he died—there wasn't much time, so I had to come out of the Bai clan! Even if the gods blamed at that time, it was everyone who would suffer, and this was also the fruit of their own making, so taste it yourself!"

Patriarch Bai looked helpless.

After the mage changed into black clothes, he asked a little disciple to take the tools used for the practice, and the two of them walked out of the ancestral hall and walked towards the entrance of the second bridge.

Before you reach the river beach, you can hear the noise of people, and there are people rushing there from all directions on the road, people wear different clothes, different colors, and uneven lengths, but the white people wear blue turbans, and the black people wear black turbans, which is completely unified.

When they arrived at the river, it was already a sea of people, and the black clan on the opposite side looked at a large area of black pressed human heads, stretching far away, and some people couldn't see this side at all, obviously exceeding the number of blue scarves here.

The reason why the second bridge mouth was chosen, it is estimated that there is another reason, it may be that the black clan is afraid that the black clan will take the opportunity to make trouble, so there is a river dozens of meters wide in the middle, and people there can only wait and see from afar!

Guarded on all sides, they were guarded by heavily armed soldiers, all with swords, bows and arrows at their waists, spears and spears, and fierce spirits. The upper and lower bridges are blocked, and ordinary people are not allowed to go on the bridge at will until the end of the ceremony!

The high platform is full of people, all of them are a group of soldiers led by Bai Yuanying, there are a few big bamboo chairs on the east side of the platform, for the big guys to sit on, there is a small square table in front of the chair, a snowy big pu knife is placed horizontally on it, the big knife is polished, there is no rust at all, four or five feet long, the cold light is shining, it is daunting!

Behind the chairs are several red, yellow, and blue pennants with irregular snake patterns painted on them, fluttering in the morning breeze.

Lao Zhentou is a family of five, lined up, or kneeling, or sitting on a high platform, facing the black crowd opposite, only Zhengang is sitting with his head held high, Lao Zhentou and his daughter-in-law, and the little sister are all buried in their heads, and the daughter-in-law and the little sister are trembling with fright, still crying, all of them have collapsed expressions on their faces, and they look desperate and helpless-

As soon as the old man Bai came to power, he first walked in front of the old man and scolded him, as if he had become an enemy overnight, and he hated him to the core.

"You're an old guy who has suffered a thousand cuts, others can send it, but you can't? Other people's daughters are not human? Everyone can know the rules, and when it's your turn, you will mess around? You still want to run——? now I'll let you run-where to run? How many lives do you have to run?

"Don't think that if you did more things for the clan when you were young, you will be amazing! Lao Tzu also came from that era, Lao Tzu abides by the rules of the ancestors, how old are you?

"The mountain god is on it, if you want to die, you can die, Lao Tzu, these tens of thousands of descendants still want to live——!

"Don't think that you stinky rats can spoil this scourge, and if you shoot you to death, it's not the same as swatting a few mosquitoes to death?

"Today, I'll let you die to understand!"

The sound was like a bell, shocking the crowd, and people suddenly fell silent.

After the old man finished scolding, he raised his hand to wipe his mouth full of spit, returned to the seat on the side, and continued to discuss the next step with the mage and a few clan elders.

"Just like last time, it's noon!"

A few old people next to him were also saying,

"It's usually noon, where is there anyone who kills people early in the morning? unless it's a divine order—"

Bai Yuanying was like a generalissimo, wearing a red robe and black pants, with a jade belt around his waist, a flying expression on his face, no one in his eyes, and walking around the stage with a big knife, condescending, looking around at the crowd.

Bai Yuanjie also came, but he didn't stand on the stage, he only stood in the crowd by the river, with two family members by his side, watching from afar. Dressed in a gray robe, dressed very gently, but looking very impatient and uncertain, he came out of the crowd for a while, and then got into the crowd, looking around, looking up at the platform from time to time, and looking at the bridge not far away, which was full of soldiers—

At this time, I saw an old man appear on the bridge, most of the soldiers knew him, let him go to the bridge, and then hurried to the side of the high platform, and the crowd on the road was making way for him.

The people on the stage also saw it, and they didn't have any interest in him at all, and it didn't affect everyone's majestic and cold expressions at all, and a Bai patriarch on the seat saw it and said,

"Why is Xuan Gong only here now? People in his clan have committed crimes, so he has to preside over it?"

This Xuan Gong panted and climbed the high platform, and he didn't look at the old man, he walked directly to the chair, and said anxiously,

"Grandpa Bai, his old woman is also dead—hanged herself!

When Patriarch Bai heard this, he was slightly surprised, and then immediately said flatly,

"What's all the fuss about a dead old woman, it's cheap for her now, one less knife!"

Everyone's faces were also the same calm, as if they hadn't heard it, they were still busy with their own things, and then the Bai patriarch pouted to Xuan Gong and said,

"Go, tell them! Let them know that this next family has company!"

After listening to this, Xuan Gong looked back at the old Zhentou family kneeling on the stage, and saw that the family was buried in their heads, crying and crying and waiting for death, and suddenly felt a little speechless!

After hesitating for a moment, he still stepped forward and told the old man the worse news!

When Lao Zhen heard this, he burst into tears, and he fell into the thick wooden plank, grief-stricken! When Zhen heard this, he immediately burst into tears and shouted loudly

"Mother, mother, why are you doing this?

This cry caused a burst of noise among the crowds on both sides of the strait, and there was a lot of commotion and discussion!

When the daughter-in-law and the youngest daughter heard it, they also shouted in the same way-

The family was grief-stricken, shouting to the heavens and the earth, but they couldn't move the people next to them at all, the Bai patriarch saw it in his eyes, his heart was full of indifference, and he thought,

"They are all dying, and there are so many worries? What's the use of crying? Don't you have to die if you cry? It's all your precious daughter, who can blame you? Who can save you, who can save you except your daughter? You can't save you yourself, who else can you count on? What is there to hope for?"

The people next to him were also indifferent, busy writing documents and arranging the incense and candle altar, Bai Yuanying was explaining to the executioner, after the killing, how to deal with the aftermath——?

At this moment, the crowd on the other side of the bridge not far away suddenly rioted, and I saw a purple-red woman rushing out in the shaking crowd, screaming desperately, squeezing this way,

"Let me go, let me go! I'm Zhenxue, I'm Zhenxue! Let go of my family, let them go-"

When the soldiers heard that it was Zhenxue, their brains were shocked, and they immediately stepped forward to grab her, and then tied her up to death, like a treasure from heaven, and they would never let her run away again! Everyone thought to themselves, it was the right time to come, and tens of thousands of villagers in the entire Baihe Continent were looking for you—

The crowd on both sides of the strait was in a commotion again, making a commotion one after another, some clapping their hands, some sighing and regretting, some crying out for mercy, and some were simply making a fuss, causing those soldiers to form a human wall, constantly waving the whip in their hands, the scene seemed to get out of control, fortunately there was still a river-

Bai Yuanjie also saw it from a distance under the tree here, and suddenly felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, and ran over with his hand-held robe, the soldiers all knew him, no one stopped him, panting and running to Zhen Xue, seeing that the finger-thick hemp rope was on her delicate shoulders, his heart was really painful, he ignored the front of the soldiers and onlookers, he actually put down the shelf of the second young master, and said to Zhen Xue urgently,

"Quick, quick, go and tell them that we're engaged, and you've agreed to marry me!

Zhen Xue only stared at her fiercely with a pair of eyes, did not speak, was escorted by two soldiers and strode forward, followed by more than a dozen soldiers, Bai Yuanjie also trotted all the way to follow, and kept explaining to her as he walked, as if begging her,

"There's no time, life and death, your whole family's life is in your hands - first promise, sign a paperwork, save your family first, and then say - quick, fast -"

Zhenxue still ignored him, quickly walked to the side of the high platform, and climbed directly to the high platform without hesitation, and saw that the father, brother and sister-in-law, little sister, and little nephew were all kneeling on it, and they had lost their souls and were not like people, and their hearts were like knives, and tears filled their eyes!

The girl was unusually tenacious, endured grief and anger, with a frosty face, as soon as she came to the stage, she was forcibly pressed by two or three soldiers on the high platform, facing the big guys, back to back with her family, she shouted loudly to the two soldiers on the left and right,

"Let go of me, I won't run away - I have something to say, our family is not guilty!"

Bai Yuanjie also hurriedly followed the stage, but in front of everyone, he was a little not brave enough, walked around the crowd, quietly slipped behind the old man and a few elders of his family, and said in a low voice,

"She's agreed, we're engaged—let her go! she's not fit for human sacrifice now—you'd better let the people scatter—"

Unexpectedly, when the old man Bai heard this, he slapped the chair, blew his beard and glared, and just wanted to open his mouth to scold, but he looked at the people around him, for fear of attracting ridicule, and the scolding words finally merged into one word,

"Get out!"

Bai Yuanjie was thrown a basin of cold water in public, and he didn't dare to speak anymore, standing on the stage with an embarrassed face, not left and right-

The eldest brother Bai Yuanying also glared at him fiercely while standing on the side, thinking, you kid knows how to play with women all day long, it's just a nymphomaniac, right? Running to the guillotine and begging for release, are you in vain?

Zhenxue is still screaming,

"Let go of me, let go of me, I won't run! Run, I won't come back—let go of me, I have something to say!"

At this time, Bai Yuanying waved his hand at the two soldiers and shouted,

"Untie and see what she has to say"

Everyone on and off the stage was shocked by Zhenxue's appearance!

In addition, she walked on the stage with righteousness and awe-inspiring, fearless, timid, the little woman is so brave and outstanding, which is unique among the thousands of women in Baihezhou, and it is an eye-opener for those people in the clan, the mage stopped writing documents, the old man Bai stared, several old stewards also stopped their work, Bai Yuanying also looked at her, and the other soldiers stood aside obediently,

"First of all, I have a marriage contract, since I was a child, I went up the mountain to collect firewood, and I made a marriage contract with a man on the mountain, although it was a private alliance, but it also formed a fact, I was afraid that my family would oppose it, so I never mentioned it! The reason why I ran away was to go to my husband and find him to come out to testify - I am no longer suitable for the human sacrifice conditions stipulated by my ancestors, so my family is not guilty, and this has nothing to do with them!

"Secondly, my departure is also related to the second young master of Grandpa Bai's family, because he has been intimidated and forced by people for three days, and the little woman is unbearable and humiliated, and she is unwilling to accept his condescending protection - I am also our Baihezhou descendant! I also want to live out the dignity of our Baihezhou people, so I want to leave!"

As soon as Bai Yuanjie heard that Zhenxue had a mother-in-law, he still resisted him like this in public, his fat round face brushed white for a while, green for a while, hiding in the crowd, ashamed, hated and annoyed, hated and couldn't get into the crack in the ground and slipped away, gritted his teeth angrily, and scolded in his heart,

"Girl, you don't know what to do? The dog bites Li Dongbin - you die, you die! I don't care about you anymore!"

Zhenxue continued,

"I hereby ask you to release my family, it has nothing to do with them! Even if my Zhenxue is not qualified for human sacrifice, if my ancestors need my help, I am willing to send sacrifices up the mountain with you—I also want to see with my own eyes what that great god looks like, and see how he purifies all sentient beings and saves people from the water and fire——?

Before he finished speaking, he was scolded loudly by the old man Bai,

"Shut up, girl, you eat leopard gall in the mountains - it's just a lack of education, committing chaos, great rebellion, and a crime of one more degree!"

The old man was so angry that he slapped his big hand again, slapped it on the chair fiercely, and shouted,

"Tie me up, tie up—"