The Baijin River is not very wide in this section, and it was soon crossed by a group of people in a fast boat.

Chen Yu went ashore and found that someone on the side had already stepped on the scattered stones and climbed up.

"It's too difficult to walk, and you have to dig into it."

Someone complained a few words, and pulled his wife step by step to walk up.

It was originally a gentle tidal flat, close to a cliff, and later the flying boat passengers chose this place to pick up tourists, so they opened this stone road.

In fact, it was not a road, so a shallow ditch was dug and a pile of large and small stones were piled up at random, so that people did not have to spend a lot of effort to climb the steep rock wall.

The road conditions were indeed very poor, but fortunately, it was nothing to Chen Yu, he followed behind everyone and easily went up the gentle slope.

Nearby, several men dressed as boatmen were leaning together and carrying cloth bags to collect money from the crowd.

Go ashore first, then pay the money.

I have to say that this alone is much better than the boat gang on the ferry forty miles away.

Chen Yu didn't think about what to do if he couldn't pay the money, he took out a handful of copper, handed it to the other party, and then asked the person on the side for directions, and then left quickly with his burden.

After crossing the Baijin River, there are two more counties to the north, and after crossing it, we will arrive at Pingcheng.

There are many rivers in Xizhou, and there are many dangerous shoals drowning, and there are three big rivers on this road in addition to the Baijin River where the sound of the waves is still behind you.

All of them are tributaries of the Lancang River.

……

"Push it down!"

"Burn them together!"

"Phew!"

"O beast! Why are you so selfish! ”

At the entrance of the village, a group of people were blocked.

Chen Yu stood outside, not very curious about what was happening in the village called Shengyu, but he still took a few steps closer.

I'm going to ask for directions.

He was lost, a little helpless, he really didn't expect Chen Zhongxian to be so difficult.

The official road is cramped and short, the mountains are high and the rivers are far away, from leaving the Baijin River to the present, I have walked for about two hours, but I feel that I have been wandering around in the ravine, and no one has seen two.

He wondered if he had gone in the wrong direction in the first place, and perhaps the brother who showed him the way had also taken the wrong path.

"If I knew that was the case, I should have asked the group of flyers directly."

At that time, I thought about leaving, and I saw that I was surrounded by some travelers who were pulling mountains and wading through rivers, and I was more familiar with the local area than myself, a fledgling person.

As a result, something went wrong, and along the way, the direction may be right, but the road is detoured and lost.

Fortunately, he finally met the village, he walked into the outside of the village, and looked inside, but the inside was tightly blocked, leaving only a tall wooden stake in front of him, and it was not true how to see it specifically.

The villagers were surging, their faces seemed to be burning with anger, and several old people were on crutches and crutches, making thumping noises and mouths at the same time, reprimanding and accusations, all of them vented to the inner place.

Chen Yu couldn't see it, but someone found him first.

A few thin croppers walked out, and seeing the person's temperament and dress, they were a little unsure of the origin for a while, and finally one of them stood up and asked.

Chen Yu turned around and told the other party that he was a Taoist priest from Shiya County, dozens of miles away, and this time he was going to Pingcheng, and he never thought that he was unfamiliar with life and accidentally got lost.

"Heijo? Brother Liu, do you know where you are? ”

"I don't know."

A few people in front of him didn't know Pingcheng, Chen Yu was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, these are all farmers, and it is estimated that they have rarely left Chenzhong County in this life, and their understanding of Pingcheng is definitely not as strong as that of the group of travelers and scholars on the riverside.

So he added, "Pingcheng is governed by Guangyong Prefecture, in Dongjiang County. ”

"Dongjiang!"

These people finally understood, and they spoke one after another:

"If you want to go to Dongjiang, you should go to Shunshi Village."

"It's better to go to Shunshi Village than to go directly to Tuozi Mountain, and then take a boat to cross the Sanban River."

"No, Brother Liu, it seems that Sanbanshui is occupied by a group of water bandits, and it is making a fuss!"

"Oh, that's really the right thing."

After a few words, Chen Yu finally knew where he was now.

As he thought, the general direction was indeed correct, but the road was a little off, and he had to go around Shunshi Village to leave Chenzhong County and re-enter the official road.

When asked why the roads in the county were so rough, he saw several people with angry faces.

"Those officials and masters eat flowers and wine all day long, so how can they care about the affairs of ordinary people such as me."

"You don't need money to build roads? Don't want people? In the end, it will not be shared equally among the families, and maybe those officials will have to add some names to scrape some oil and water from us. ”

"This road can still be walked, but it's not worth repairing."

Hearing this, Chen Yu was silent, and didn't say more, Shiya and Quwu have a lot of official roads, and there are also a lot of businessmen, compared to the current Chen Zhong, who is much behind, as far as the eye can see, there are mountains, forests, grasses, and trees, and there are no roads, let alone pedestrians.

After inquiring about the way, he was about to leave, but he heard a wail from the village, hoarse and miserable.

This is......?

He looked at the few people in front of him suspiciously, but the three of them were shocked, as if they remembered something, and they all turned around and shouted and scolded inside.

Not only them, but also the many villagers gathered around, and he also saw several Orions holding long knives and waving them fiercely in the air, as if they were about to be cut down in the next moment.

Chen Yu found a high place to stand up, and finally saw the innermost scenery clearly, but the scene in front of him made people really unhappy.

Two people, one big and one small, were tied to the stump, the older one was covered in bruises, and the smaller one was silent, obviously frightened and stupid.

The villagers were still roaring, and at this time, the village elder finally stood up.

This is an old man, and next to him is an old woman with three patterns painted on her face.

The old woman held a cane, tied a strip of cloth, wore wooden shoes on her feet, and wore all kinds of strangely shaped ornaments on her body.

On the other side, Chen Yu listened for a while, and only then did he barely figure out the situation of the two people.

To put it simply, it is the "sacrifice" that you often see in books.

It's just a story that changes to a reality.

According to what he heard, Shengyu Village and many nearby villages relied on three times of water to survive, whether it was watering or farming, fishing and raising their families, but this year's drought was severe, and Shiya's side was actually better, but Chen Zhong was anxious by the huge sun on the top.

Not a drop of rain fell for more than a month, and the grain was about to dry up and die, but there was another group of bandits on the other side of the three rivers, controlling the river, and the way of fishing and fishing in previous years was not feasible.

As a result, rumors spread in the neighborhood.

It is said that a fisherman accidentally caught the concubine of the Hundred Gold Dragon King, a pearl mussel, and then became angry and wanted to expose Chen Zhong to the sun for half a year!

This sounds like there are a lot of loopholes, such as what happened to the Hundred Golden Dragon King of the Three Water Gates? For example, the dignified dragon king would like a stinky mussel, could it be that the mussel becomes fragrant?

Therefore, there were not many people who believed in it, but as time passed, the rain did not fall, and the rumors in several villages around Sanfanshui became more and more serious.

Finally, the village elder of Katsuyu Village invited a goddess who could dance the great god out of nowhere, and after some in-depth exchanges, he set the so-called "sacrifice" ceremony and prayed for the forgiveness of the hundred gold dragon kings.

Chen Yu looked coldly at the smiling goddess and the village elder who angrily accused the two people on the stake.

The sacrifice required sacrifices, and the sacrifices of the living sacrifices were the two on the stakes.

"I didn't want to be nosy."

However, Lord Chen Daguan has always been unaccustomed to this, and his heart is not smooth regardless of it......