Ren Xing smiled awkwardly: "In the past years of the Taihu Lake flood, there must be human sacrifices, and this time is no exception, the slave maid heard that this time Wuji Town prepared two sixteen or seventeen-year-old women who are like flowers and jade, and plan to sink into Taihu Lake tomorrow to pay tribute to the Dragon King......"

Human sacrifice!

Zhu Houwei's brows couldn't help frowning, most of the people at the bottom of the feudal era were superstitious, and once they encountered natural disasters, they would find various reasons to explain, such as the earthquake is the loss of morality of the Son of Heaven, and the emperor will have to issue an edict to the heavens to admit his mistakes, as well as droughts, locust plagues, floods, etc.

There are dragon kings in the rivers, lakes and seas, this saying is almost deep-rooted in the people, so once there is a flood, it is natural that the dragon king is angry, why is the dragon king angry? Most of them are missing the offerings of the world.

Therefore, not to mention that there was a flood, even if there was no disaster, in order to pray for good weather in the coming year, there are many ignorant places among the people who like to worship the dragon king with human sacrifices.

The most normal way to make a living sacrifice is either a young boy or a girl, which is a tooth sacrifice for the dragon king, or a beautiful young girl, which is to serve the dragon king.

This kind of thing is not uncommon, the government is not unable to manage but does not want to manage, even if you want to manage, you may not be able to manage, because the organization of such events is mostly in the township, and in this era the imperial power almost does not go to the countryside, and the people who govern the countryside are mostly village elders, clan elders, such old people have extremely high prestige in the countryside, and this prestige is even above the government and the law.

For example, the most common woman who does not observe the festival sinks into the pond, which is actually just a sentence from the village elder.

For Zhu Houwei, who was born in a new society, grew up under the red flag, and received the most systematic treatment, it is not uncommon to use pigs, cattle and sheep to sacrifice alive, but human sacrifice is ...... That only exists in novels, such as "Journey to the West", which has the story of using boys and girls to worship the river god.

However, now that this kind of thing is happening vividly, and it is happening around him, Zhu Houwei knows that he should not take care of this kind of civil affairs, because if he stops it, once the catastrophe continues, then the people will shift the responsibility to him.

But no matter what...... What a conscience!

The next day, King Yongwang drove out of the palace, and three hundred soldiers with full armor and even face armor were hideous beasts, surrounded Wang and drove straight to Wuji.

Wuji Town is located on the south shore of Taihu Lake, surrounded by mountains and rivers, with pleasant scenery.

At this time, an altar about one zhang high has been built on the shore of Taihu Lake, and on the altar, two women wearing red wedding clothes and looking extremely festive look are blind, and the girls with sad faces are tied and sit on the altar with their hands tied.

Underneath the altar was a sacrificial table, on which were placed the heads of the three animals, and a Ding furnace, in which three huge incense sticks were slowly wafting green smoke.

In front of the sacrificial table, an old man with white beard and white hair, his face was extremely solemn, and he was chanting the sacrificial words in his mouth, and his voice was not high, but in the absolute quiet environment, it was still clearly transmitted among the people who were watching.

The onlookers were almost all villagers from Wuji Town, and among these villagers were the relatives of the two women who were about to be sacrificed, but there was no trace of sadness on their faces, and at most there was only a slight confusion.

The old man's name is Wu Shengping, who is the patriarch of the Wu family in Wuji Town.

The status of the old man in Daming Township is extremely high, and he can be regarded as the local soil emperor, this kind of use of living people to commemorate the Dragon King of Taihu Lake is not an exception, but to say that it is serious is to disregard human life, but so what?

Who will come out to stop the Huzhou government? What's more, even if it is stopped, it may not necessarily be stopped.

and three o'clock in the afternoon, the time of the human sacrifice is also set at three o'clock in the afternoon, because at this time the yang energy is the strongest, and the woman being sacrificed can not have resentment, but this resentment will only be eliminated under the blazing yang energy.

The sun slowly climbed into the sky, but Wu Shengping was not anxious This is different from beheading, beheading may still be able to shout grievances, keep people under the knife and even rob the law field, but it is impossible in Wuji Town, here he is a village elder, and he can judge life and death in one word!

The government will not interfere in the affairs of rural autonomy, let alone be able to interfere even if it does!

"The hour is almost up." Wu Shengping sighed, glanced at the two women on the altar, if you really want to talk about it, these two women still have to call him Taigong, but there is no way, in order to calm the anger of the Dragon King, in order to have a good harvest in the coming year, he has no choice.

Several country men slowly stirred the scroll, the rope coiled on the shaft slowly retracted, the thick rope that tied the altar tightened, and the altar began to tilt.

"Stop!" The commander of Yongwangwei, who came on horseback, made Zhou Ning stop drinking, and directly drove his horse to the altar, drawing his sword and pointing at several rough men.

The rough man who was rolling the rope suddenly froze in his hand, looked at the sharp blade that glowed with cold and cold light, and involuntarily shrank his neck to look at Wu Shengping.

Wu Shengping was stunned for a moment, and then he was a little annoyed, at this time, the memorial ceremony was underway, and the Dragon King was also waiting to enjoy the blood food they contributed, and was suddenly interrupted at this moment, if the Dragon King was angry, how would it be good to send a natural disaster.

But Zhou Ning was wearing the uniform of a military attaché as a commander, and his grade was not low, and Wu Shengping did not dare to make a mistake, so he stepped forward and said: "This military master, Wuji Town is holding a sacrificial ceremony, and it may be ......unlucky to miss the time."

"Shut up!" Zhou Ning said angrily: "Who gave you the courage to use lynching, dare to disregard human life, there is still the law in your eyes, but there is still the Ming Dynasty!"

Wu Shengping was stunned, Zhou Ning's hat buckle was really big enough, but he couldn't frighten him, it is true that the Ming Dynasty has laws, but there are also clan rules in the clan!

What's more, Zhou Ning is just a military attaché, and he doesn't even care about the government, you are a nosy man who fights to meddle in things, isn't it just the answer to the sentence that a dog takes a mouse!

"Master Jun." Wu Shengping choked and said: "This is the Wu clan's affairs, and the rules of the clan have the right to be judged!"

Zhou Ning laughed and said, "So, your so-called clan rules are even bigger than the national law?"

Wu Shengping almost didn't choke to death, this damn military attache can't do anything else, but the ability to buckle the hat is perfect.

"Disasters from the sky, the fields of Wuji Town were flooded seven or eight out of ten, which is clearly the lack of worship of the Dragon King of Taihu Lake so the disaster came, as a warning, the old decay added to the patriarch of the Wu clan, how can he not worry every day, in order to calm the anger of the Dragon King, so two women were selected in the clan to pay tribute to the Dragon King, what is wrong with this move!"

"Do you have daughters, granddaughters, great-granddaughters?" Zhou Ning sneered: "If there is, then why don't you let them come to sacrifice, wouldn't it show your sincerity even more?"

Wu Shengping's face was blue and white for a while, of course, there are many school-age women among his direct children, but let his favorite granddaughter come to sacrifice?

It's a big joke!