Just as he was about to open his mouth to tell the whole story, "Tuk Tuk" knocked on the door urgently, and heard someone outside the door shouting: "Da Lang open the door quickly." The mayor has something important to tell you. ”

Hearing the word mayor, Zhou's soul was frightened, and he grabbed his son tightly and didn't let go, Cuilan also had red tears in her eyes. Da Lang comforted: "Mother, I'll go open the door first, don't let the town elder wait outside for a long time." ”

"My son. Zhou couldn't stop crying: "What kind of sin did I create in my last life, so I want to do this to me." ”

Da Lang reluctantly got up to open the door, and saw three or five big men with a tiger's back and a big man with a sharp eyes and a goatee walking in. I saw that he was about fifty years old, wearing a foreign hat, a blue brocade silk gown, and a piece of medium-temperature ancient jade hanging from his waist. He wears a pair of black boots on a white soles. Slightly skinny build. Seeing the crying Zhou's yin and yang, he said strangely: "What is the big sister Zhou crying, Da Lang is sacrificing his life for righteousness, for the sake of peace in our town." ”

The mother who had no son was the most crazy, and took the hand of the town elder and begged: "Please, town chief, let my wife and son go on my son's behalf, he is the only lone seedling of the Zhou family, and he has to rely on him to continue the incense for the Zhou family." If anything happens to him, how will I explain to the ancestors of the Zhou family after I die? Please. ”

The mayor of the town pushed Zhou away and said angrily: "You old woman who is about to die has a fart, and Daxian is a strong man." They are doing things for the immortals, and it is a blessing that they have cultivated for several lifetimes. If you anger the immortals, our town will suffer unimaginable disasters, and you are a bad old woman can bear it? This year, when it is your turn to draw lots, you will cry and cry, crying and crying, the Zhao family was not the same as you last year, and they did not send their son out to bring peace to the town for a year. ”

Zhou smacked the mayor of the town and said, "The son of the Zhao family was discovered by Orion a month after he went to the mountains, and the essence and blood of his whole body were sucked dry. There's only one person left. I know it's a monster, and you still have to fight for the tiger. ”

The town lord said angrily: "You old woman dare to talk nonsense, you don't want to live anymore, do you?" Shut me up. ”

"If you don't let me say it, I want to say it. Zhou said sharply: "He's just a monster." A man-eating monster. You people think about whether you will be sent to death after next year. ”

The mayor said angrily: "Come on, plug her mouth for me, save him from chewing the root of his tongue." Seeing that someone was about to be rude, Da Lang hurriedly motioned to his daughter-in-law to take his mother back to the room.

Without the noise of the Zhou family, the mayor who calmed down his mood said: "Da Lang, I know that you are a person who understands the general situation, and the peace of the town this year depends on you alone." Last night, the immortal dreamed to me that this year's sacrifice should be advanced. Prepare well, take care of the affairs at home, and follow me to the altar tomorrow. ”

"Tomorrow?!" Da Lang said in surprise.

The mayor nodded and said, "Yes, it was said by the immortal last night, and you also know that there was a torrential rain last night, and the small river outside the town soared by three feet. This is the fairy warning us. ”

After speaking, a big man put a red flower on Da Lang's body. At this time, the mayor of the town found that there were other people in the courtyard, seeing a man and a woman, the male was extremely handsome, and the female was a rare beauty in the world. I was slightly surprised in my heart, I had been in the door for a long time, and I only found out about the existence of the two of them now. He turned to ask the people around him softly, "Have you seen those two?"

Those people also looked at them in surprise before saying, "I didn't pay attention just now, but I realized these two people when I heard you say this." ”

The mayor arched his hand and said, "The two are strangers, right?"

Shui Sheng said: "Passing by here, I stayed at Zhou Dalang's house last night. I'm going to leave this place later. ”

The town couldn't help waving his sleeves in annoyance and said, "Hurry up, don't cause unnecessary trouble." Now that the big festival in the town is about to begin, I don't want to cause more trouble. As he spoke, he left the Zhou family with people.

Zhou Dalang, who had a red flower on his body, lost his soul and lost his vitality. Cuilan helped her mother-in-law out of the room, and when she saw Da Lang with the red flower, her face turned pale with fright, and she threw herself into his arms and howled. Men are women's heavens, how can they not be sad when they see their heavens collapsing.

Zhou's eyes were even darker when he saw the red flower, and his body was weak and fainted. Frightened, Da Lang immediately ran over to help his wife and said eagerly: "Wu Gongzi, please save my mother." ”

Shui Sheng walked over and said on Zhou's pulse: "Don't worry, your mother is just too excited and fainted." It's good to rest for a while, but she's too old and too exciting after all."

Zhou Dalang settled Zhou, and made his daughter-in-law Cuilan look at her mother well, and then came to the yard. Seeing that Shui Sheng was sitting in the courtyard with a calm expression, the little beauty was standing motionless when he was standing. Come over a small stool, take out some bamboo, and start the work of the craftsman by himself.

Shui Sheng said curiously: "You are still a carpenter?"

Da Lang smiled: "It's all cheap craftsmanship, if you go to the mountains to cut a few bamboos to make a few baskets when the farm is slack, and take the dustpan to the county to buy a few pennies to subsidize the family." I'm a person who can't be idle on weekdays, and I can't stop talking on weekdays. Don't worry about it, I'm a dying man. If you can contribute more to the family, you can contribute more. I'm afraid I'll hurt them in the future, and I also discussed with my daughter-in-law last night that if I die, let her remarry, so don't wronged yourself. As he spoke, the simple peasant man couldn't help crying. Sad, from time to time, they die by themselves, but by their mothers and daughters-in-law who are sad after their deaths.

Today's weather is excellent, and the mid-afternoon sun shines in to add some vitality to this cold yard. Cuilan in the room heard the words of Zhou Dalang, who was crying in the courtyard, and couldn't stop her tears from falling. He is still a little bit beautiful in a radius of more than ten miles, when he married the Zhou family's eldest lang, people in ten miles and eight towns said that it was a flower inserted in cow dung to wronged her Cuilan, but she herself did not think so, the peasant family is diligent, if you marry a lazy lazy man is really ruined your life, when you fancy Zhou Dalang is like his diligence, and know how to respect the elderly. This is a good candidate for life, although the life at home is harder, but the past few years have been very happy.

It will be much better to cry, and it is always a good thing to vent the resentment in your heart. When Zhou Dalang had cried enough, the aquatic life in the yard saw that the bamboo had been eroded by the moisture last night, and was a little damp, so he said: "I'm afraid that the things made of this bamboo are not used." ”

Zhou Dalang said with a little surprise: "You also know this, and I thought you were a rich kid who didn't know the fireworks in the world." ”

Xi'er said with some displeasure: "My husband is well-read and knows everything, how can you understand it with a mud leg." I can't see you man crying and crying, if something is going to come out, I can't be as patient as my husband. ”

was robbed by Xi'er, and Zhou Dalang said a little embarrassed: "It's that I didn't take care of the two." After the mayor of the town just now, I couldn't help but feel sad when I learned that the sacrifice was in advance. ”

Shui Sheng said: "Life and death are important matters, and human nature is normal. ”

"This year's birth festival lottery won my family, and my mother was forced to have no choice but to want to fascinate the two of them directly in my place... Da Lang put down his work and spoke.

"Sir, what is a life sacrifice?" asked Xi'er inexplicably.

Shui Sheng frowned slightly: "I have seen some in the book, and I have heard some rumors, the so-called life sacrifice is to use living people to sacrifice. It's just that this living sacrifice is very evil, and it is often fooled by vicious demons in the name of immortals. However, after the Great War of the Gods, few people in the land of Shenzhou dared to sacrifice their lives. ”

"Childe is really knowledgeable. The town sacrifice is the sacrifice of living people. Da Lang's voice trembled.

"What?!" Shui Sheng exclaimed, "How could such an unreasonable thing happen here." ”

Da Lang said sadly: "This is going to start from three years ago, the town is called Xiakeng Town, it is a good place for outstanding people, the people who live here are not closed at night, the road is not picked up, the people are simple peasant families, three years ago at this time, a sudden rainstorm fell for three days and three nights, in these three days, the whole town of people had the same dream every night, in the dream a powerful tall and mighty god of heaven instructed us every year on April 15, this day must be dedicated to a strong man to guard the mountain gate for him. If you don't obey, disaster will fall, so that the whole town will not be able to adjust the wind and rain, and the dealer will not be able to harvest. After the rain stopped, several old people and the town discussed and agreed that there was a monster to haunt, so they spent a lot of money to invite a wandering Taoist, the Taoist chief has a little spell and subdued the monster, the altar cast the spell on the day everyone in the town came, the altar is set up in front of the town in a threshing floor, three years have passed that day I remember clearly.

It was a sunny afternoon, the men, women and children of the town gathered at the threshing floor, the Taoist priest wearing Taoist clothes faintly had the posture of an immortal, and after coming to the altar, he held a peachwood sword and stepped on the gang, and the sword and fork rune paper silently recited the incantation in his mouth, and he heard him shout loudly, "The monster is now." A puff of smoke rolled up, followed by a violent wind, and the wind blew so that people could not open their eyes, and when the wind stopped, a ten-foot tall golden-armored god appeared in front of the townspeople, and the panicked people wanted to be birds and beasts to disperse, and the gods shouted "It's not like yes, stop me." 'The majesty of the gods is not something that we ordinary people can bear. Several people passed out on the spot. The god of heaven took the Taoist priest in his hand and said angrily, 'Let you dare to invite someone to harm me.' With a strong pinch, the Taoist priest was pinched in half, and his intestines flowed out. The frightened people were colorless. Several of the leading people even kowtowed and bowed, shouting for mercy. The gods left a message to send people on time. The figure was hidden in the smoke.

That year, the lottery came out of the son of the mayor's family, and his family spent money to buy a foreigner to send it over, and the town had a bumper harvest that year, which was a real bumper harvest, and many families had babies. My son was also born three years ago. It's just that soon someone found the body of the man in the mountains, and saw that he was skinny and colorless. Only save a pair of empty skins. The blood and muscles were gone. Suddenly, the town was in turmoil for a while, but it was suppressed by force by the mayor of the town. The following year was the same again, and last year was also a bumper year. Unfortunately, the people who were sent there also died in the mountains. The way to die is the same as the former. Tomorrow it's time for me to be sent into the mountains. ”

After saying the whole thing, Shui Sheng said: "The Taoist priest you invited can't deal with it either?"

Zhou Dalang put down the contemptuous bamboo and sighed: "That Taoist priest was torn apart by the gods in less than a round. Although everyone in the town knew that it was a youkai, no one dared to say it. The people who were sent there last year tried to escape overnight, but in the end they were captured by the gods. Even that family was killed in vain. Those who jumped into the river, those who committed suicide by hanging beams, and those who fell into a dung pit. Not even the family's domestic animals were spared. ”

"You didn't think about asking another Taoist priest with high mana to subdue him. Aquatic asked.

Da Lang said: "It's useless, people's hearts are not aligned." Nothing can be done. ”