"Wait!" A woman with a weak face dressed in coarse cloth clothes helped an old man out of her arms and begged Wang Gui bitterly, "Village chief, just let Ah Xiang go, her father sacrificed the snake god last year." It stands to reason that our family Ah Xiang can grow old safely. ”

They were Ah Xiang's grandfather and mother, and I understood from their conversation why Ah Xiang had a cold attitude when we knocked on her door, because it turned out that this village had to be sacrificed to the snake god every year in order to be blessed by the snake god, a man and a woman. Every family took turns to come, last year it was Ah Xiang's father, and this year it was the village chief's family.

No wonder Wang Gui was so happy when he saw a few of us, and he actually made up his mind to let the three of us sacrifice the snake god on behalf of their family.

"Uncle Fushun, it's not that I deliberately wanted to kill Ah Xiang. It was your granddaughter who betrayed the village and helped outsiders escape, which has angered the snake god. If Ah Xiang is not sacrificed to the snake god to appease her anger, I am afraid that the village will be in trouble. ”

Wang Gui had a hypocritical apology on his face, as if it was difficult to make this decision, and I think he just wanted to kill the chicken to show the monkey and suppress those who disobeyed him.

Hearing this, Ah Xiang's grandfather and mother turned pale, obviously suffering a big blow, they knelt in front of Wang Gui without hesitation, and pleaded sadly, "Village chief, for the sake of Ah Xiang's dead father who has treated and practiced medicine for the people in the village for many years, spare Ah Xiang, don't let our Li family cut off children and grandchildren!" ”

Ah Xiang was tied up and stood next to me, she saw her elderly grandfather, her thin mother, kneeling down to Wang Gui and crying, her eyes were faintly filled with tears, and she bit her lips tightly so that she didn't cry.

Wang Gui frowned, so he thought for a moment in embarrassment, and then said aloud to everyone, "Uncle Fushun is indeed reasonable, Ah Xiang made a sacrifice today, and the Li family broke the incense, and when our village sacrifices every year in the future, there will be one less family, which is indeed against the ancestral teachings." ”

Speaking of this, he paused, glanced at Ah Xiang with a femme fatale-like gaze, and then said, "Why don't you come to the referendum, whether to sacrifice Ah Xiang to appease the wrath of the snake god, or to keep her family's incense and ensure the number of rounds of our sacrifice." ”

At this time, the crowd was like a fried pot, and some people felt that leaving Ah Xiang would attract the wrath of the snake god, leading to wind and rain disorders and disasters, and the people behind Ah Xiang did not want the order of their own family sacrifices to be advanced.

Moments later, the referendum began, and each villager could cast a vote with a piece of paper in their hand, on which they wrote Ah Xiang's "life" or "death" and placed it in a wooden box in Wang Gui's hand.

Ah Xiang's grandfather and mother were on the verge of kneeling for almost everyone who came to vote, begging them to spare their young granddaughter. Ah Xiang saw her relatives put down their dignity and prayed one by one, and finally couldn't help crying, "Grandpa, mother, you don't have to beg them, I'd rather die today than let my children continue to suffer such a crime!" ”

When I heard Ah Xiang's resolute words, I felt sorry for their tragic fate, they were born with the responsibility of dying for their families, living in fear and anxiety every day, counting the years they were going to be sacrificed with their fingers. Either he was driven crazy, or he did something like Wang Gui who deceived outsiders with a clear conscience.

After the referendum, Wang Gui invited a gray-haired old man to sing the vote slowly, and every time he sang a vote, Wang Gui sent his subordinates to mark the word "Zheng" on the ground.

Under the hopeful gaze of Ah Xiang's grandfather and mother, the word "positive" under the two big characters "life" and "death" gradually took shape, and then one or two...... Every time the old man sang "Sheng", the two would turn their heads and give a deep look at the people present; And every time the old man sang "death", Grandpa Xiang's body would lean back slightly, if it weren't for the support of his daughter-in-law, he might have fallen down.

Soon after, the number of "positive" characters under the word "death" gradually exceeded the number of "positive" characters under the word "sheng", and the gap between the two became wider and wider. Looking at such a situation, Ah Xiang's relatives' faces became more and more gray, their bodies trembled slightly, and they were almost unstable on their feet. As the old man sang the vote to the last vote, the result on the ground was clearly shown - Ah Xiang's final result was death.

After the results came out, Ah Xiang's mother went weak and fainted. Ah Xiang's elderly grandfather also sat on the ground, with tears in his eyes. Wang Gui's face showed a satisfied smile.

I looked at the comatose Ah Xiang's mother and grief-stricken grandfather, and I couldn't wait to immediately draw a knife and rush out, fighting with that cunning Wang Gui, but when I saw Gu Qihan's calm look beside me, I calmed down again, I believe that he must have a way to help Ah Xiang tide over the difficulties, and will also let us get out safely.

"The auspicious time has come." Wang Gui looked at the moonlight in the sky and sang, "Wash the sacrifices and prepare for the sacrifice." ”

The able-bodied villagers listened to Wang Gui's order and rushed over quickly and pushed several of us into the house. In the midst of the pushing, I felt a pinch in my thigh by a man's hand, and I glared at him fiercely.

"Yo, the little girls are very spicy." Glared at by my vicious eyes, the stinky man who ate my tofu laughed obscenely.

Gu Qihan stared at the lewd man, and a burst of light burst out in his phoenix eyes, only to hear a "click", and the lewd man hugged his hand and screamed. And his entire arm turned into a soft strip of flesh, as if the bones had been sucked away in an instant.

"It's almost time for the sacrifice, why are you still grinding here?" Wang Gui heard the movement, with an impatient look on his face, and was startled when he saw the soft and boneless arm of the lewd man, "What's the matter?" ”

"I don't know, it's just that all of a sudden, the bone is broken...... lewd man sweats in pain, and he said tremblingly, "Village chief, am I ...... Hit the devil? ”

Wang Gui's face changed, he raised his head and glanced at a few of us fiercely, and his poisonous eyes were very vicious. Then, he smiled soothingly at the lewd man, "Don't be afraid, the snake god will bless us, and when the time comes, I will go to the snake god and ask her to help you heal." ”

Ah Xiang kicked away the few villagers who came up with his foot, and scolded angrily with a pink face, "Wang Gui, you are actually willing to be the lamb to be slaughtered by that monster?" What kind of snake god who protects the village, it's obviously a monster who can only eat people, I'm bah! ”

Wang Gui jumped up as if he had been stepped on by his tail, stretched his neck and shouted, "Hurry up and seal this girl's mouth for me, I dare to slander the snake god, it's not a pity to die!" ”

Several villagers with meaty faces stepped forward, took out a rag, and pounced fiercely, Ah Xiang took advantage of the fierce opening of the mouth to bite a hand that reached her mouth, and a man immediately let out a howl like killing pigs.

"Rubbish!" Wang Gui cursed angrily, stepped forward in person, pulled the rag from the man's hand and stuffed it into Ah Xiang's mouth.

Ah Xiang's chin was pinched red by him, because his hands were tied behind his back, and his mouth was quickly blocked by Wang Gui, and he could only make an angry "hmm" sound.

Wang Gui rubbed his hands in satisfaction, with a sinister smile on his face, and said triumphantly, "Lamb to be slaughtered? Ah Xiang, that's to describe your father. Our old Wang family is the village chief for generations, when did we make sacrifices? A woman like your father also wants to do great things, jokes, and in the end, she is not buried in the belly of a snake. ”

Ah Xiang glared at him angrily, her eyes full of hatred.

"Take them in and take a bath." Wang Gui didn't care about Ah Xiang's hateful gaze at all, but just smiled and instructed the villagers, "Wash me inside and out, and when the time comes, kill people and sacrifice to the snake god." ”

The three of us were pushed and walked to a room next to the venue, and even though Gu Qihan was tightly bound, he still blocked behind me without a trace, so as not to do anything to me with those lewd men again.

Inside the room was a large wooden barrel filled with hot water, and smoke was billowing from it.

I looked coldly at the group of men in front of me with meaty faces, and said, "Aren't you going to take a bath?" Let's just do it ourselves. ”

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