The elder brought me a glass of water, and Usiken just came in at the door.

"You're here just in time, I'm going to talk to you about the sacrifice, and where Wen Jie will go after that."

Seeing the elder's serious expression, we didn't dare to slack off, and quickly sat up straight.

"When you were busy these days, I had already checked the matter on Bai Miao's side. And as an elder, there is a secret that only an elder can know, and I must tell you today. ”

The elder's gaze was on Xizi, and he looked at the beautiful child in front of him and sighed.

"In our village, the older generation believed that there was a river god in the river. In the past, we did use creatures to worship river gods, but generally we used pigs, cows, sheep and the like. The sacrifice is made once a year, but every year people still die in the river. It's just that it's not only the people in our village, but even the people in other villages, so the older generation thinks that the sacrifice makes the river god extraordinarily gracious, and the sacrifice has been used until now. ”

But this time is different, the dead person is Uncle Jin, a descendant of the old Jin family who helped people cross the river.

This is an unbelievable thing for the villagers.

"They believe that the totem on your body will bring bad luck, so now you have to leave the stockade. As for that river, if you can't go down, I won't force you. ”

The elder suddenly called out Al's name as he spoke, and Al pushed the door in from the outside, and took Xizi away as the elder had intended.

It wasn't until Xizi and the others walked towards El's house and walked away that the elder spoke slowly.

"That kid must be handed over to the river god, this matter is non-negotiable, there is no need to discuss." The elder looked at Wu Xiken with a serious look in his eyes.

Usiken looked at the elder in disbelief, in his cognition, the elder had always been wise.

"Why do you say that?" Wu Siken asked.

The elder suddenly reached out and patted the table, he didn't have much strength, but I could feel that he was really angry.

"Why you should know better than I am, whose offspring she is, what you should know, and what is in her, you know!"

I looked at Usiken.

His angry red face instantly cooled, but his eyes were cold, and there was a sneer on the corner of his mouth: "I know that her mother is Bai Miao's person, and she also has a crow totem with a black head and a red body, but this is not a reason for you to kill a person." ”

"It's not just what you said, she's alone now, her parents have died, and she's a woman who hasn't left the cabinet, she's the most suitable."

The elder's tone made me feel as if he had accepted his fate and no longer wanted to resist.

Indeed, it should be so, he has been instilled with this kind of knowledge since he was a child.

He is not young, and like those old people outside, no matter how wise he is, he is just an old stubborn.

"I'll find out if there is a river god in the river, you can't touch a single hair of Xizi before this, if there is no river god in the river at all, then aren't you killing someone?" I reached out and stopped Usicon and stood in front of the elders.

"Besides, if the river god is really in the river, how can the god allow you to kill?"

I really can't stand their thoughts, which are called piety if they sound good, and stupid if they don't sound good.

People should have independent critical thinking, not what others say is what they say.

Their ancestors may have just told them to take a little less detours, but that doesn't mean that what they said yesterday was correct.

What was previously visible to the naked eye and has no way to explain can now be explained by science.

Then why harm an innocent life because of their foolish piety?

"Find out?" The elder sneered, "I'll let you go and find out by myself, so what?" Can the group out there let you go? As I said, you have to get out of here today. As for how you want to check, that's your business, and what we want to do in the village is also our business. ”

"At the beginning, you knew that I was a descendant of Aunt Qiao, even if you didn't respect me, you had to keep me, but now you suddenly divided you and me, which made it difficult for me to do it."

The elder didn't answer my words, he looked away and didn't speak to us again.

"I'll leave the village, but I'll also find out what is going on in the river, and as I said just now, don't touch a hair of Xizi until I come back. If I find that Xizi is missing after I come back, I want you to pay for your life. ”

I mean it when I say it.

Life is not divided into high and low, if you really want to find pigs, cattle and sheep to sacrifice to the river god, I really have nothing to say.

You can use people, but you can't do anything.

As I spoke, I turned to leave, and then there was the sound of hurried footsteps, and I looked back to see that it was Usiken.

"Brother, I have a secret base outside the stockade, which I built with my friends when I was a child. I'll take you there, which happens to be near the river, and on the other side of the meadow, you come with me. ”

Usiken led me to the gate, where I met El who had run out of the house.

"Brother Xiaojie, Wu Xiken, where are you going?" Al looked at me a little worriedly.

Wu Xiken smiled: "You're here just in time, go home and find Ellie to get some dough or something, and send your brother Xiaojie to the base later." It might be a little cold at night, so let's get some soup. ”

Hearing the base, El's eyes lit up.

Then he nodded heavily at us, turned and ran back to his house.

Follow Usiken all the way, just on the far left of the river, there is a very secret place.

There were a lot of weeds growing in that place, as if they had been deliberately not removed, and a sign was placed on the side that read "Wuxiken Planting Land".

"In order to please the river god, every once in a while someone will come here to weed. The only thing is that no one will come to this place, because I told them that I raised Gu in it. ”

I have to say that he is quite smart, there are not many people who can raise Gu in here now, and everyone will try not to touch the place where Gu is raised, for fear that they will be poisoned by Gu.

After removing the weeds, a cave entrance appeared in front of me.

To my surprise, the furniture inside was readily available.

Except for the absence of points, there is basically everything.

The beds were made and extra clean.

"I sometimes rest here during the day, so it's all clean, so you can sleep in peace. There are no animals to disturb at night, it is very comfortable here. Al will be here with you tonight, you don't have to worry. ”

Usiken smiled and led me inside.