The tribesmen gathered around to watch this so-called sacrifice. For Quirich's approach, some people with a conscience and a little awakening feel that it is too much in their hearts. Even if Duba and Kangma directly offended the gods and violated the interests of the clansmen, Xiao Mo's parents didn't do anything, and no matter what, the second elder was also the family of the old chief, so it really shouldn't be punished innocently. However, these conscientious people did not dare to protest openly, but scattered everywhere and discussed in private.

This incident had a huge impact on the entire Baima 18 Qiang villages. Not only did this village subvert the world, but it also shook other cottages, and many people rushed to witness this strange event. Quirich is trying to expand his influence and convey his position to other cottages, so he doesn't hide it at all.

On the second day, there were still many people who came to watch. In a place not far from the big locust tree, the four clansmen of this village were sighing for Xiao Mo's parents, and suddenly saw a person walking towards them, also dressed as a Qiang person. They thought it must be someone else from the cottage who came to see the excitement, so they waved their hands to the man and said, "Over there, over there." ”

This person didn't care: "I heard that your village is going to sacrifice to the sheep god, I came to see it early in the morning, but there is nothing." Now that I'm hungry, can you give me some food? ”

The four people listened to him, and they were all a little surprised: "Listening to your accent, it's not our Baimaqiang people at all, where are you from?" ”33

The man smiled: "Down there are Guanzhong Qiang people, who migrated with refugees." ”

The four of them had never seen what the Qiang people in Guanzhong looked like, let alone heard how the Qiang people in Guanzhong spoke, but they did hear about the great hunger in Guanzhong and the fact that many displaced people had entered Sichuan, so they believed it.

"Wait." An elderly man came in and took out a poop and handed it to the man, "Here you go, eat." ”

When the man saw this dry poop, he showed disdain: "That's it? ”

"Why, our people eat this food every day, and you, a homeless person, dislike it?" The four of them were a little indignant.

The man was also a little unconvinced: "You look down on me? Although I am a homeless, it does not mean that I have no money. You can get me something to eat, and I'll give you more money. ”

The four of them also doubled their disdain: "It's really a wild talk, if you have a little money, why don't you be a homeless person!" ”

"Huh! If I don't show you some real things, you really look down on me. As he spoke, the stranger touched his bosom and found four or five orbs, which were not very large, but they were also dazzling.

The four of them thought that he would find a handful of five baht coins, but who knew that it was such a treasure. They were all dumbfounded, and they all asked:

"You are an outcast, where did you get all these jewels?"

"These homeless people are the most restless, they must have been snatched along the way!"

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The sound of entanglement alarmed those who were watching under the big locust tree not far away, and a few came over one after another.

The outsider didn't seem to care about Lu Fu at all, but said more and more loudly: "I am a good citizen, and this jewel was not robbed, but I picked it up from the edge of the pond." ”

As soon as they heard that there were jewels, who cared about the scene of the sacrifice, all the onlookers came here.

"By the pond? Where can I find jewelry by the pond? Can you tell us that let's get rich too? ”

"It's not far from here."

Although everyone didn't believe in the words of this outsider, the attraction of jewelry was too great, and they all itched: "Is there still it now?" Can you show us around? ”

The outsider pretended to hesitate for a while: "The shallow water edge must be gone, and if there is, it will be in the depths of the pool." I can take you there if you want, but I have said in advance that no matter how much you catch, you will give me 30%. ”

There must be a chase under heavy profits, and there is no reason to be unwilling. Everyone went back, changed into simple short clothes, and followed the outsiders to the pond at the foot of the north mountain. Men, women, and children, all jumped into the pool, touched them all randomly, but found nothing for a long time.

"Why not?"

"Nothing, you're not going to lie to us, are you?"

The outsiders didn't seem to have a bottom in their hearts, but they still waved their hands in a thoughtful way: "Oh, such a big pond and such a small jewel, how can you easily touch it?" There must be no more shallow waters, but look for them in the deep waters. ”

Ponds are generally funnel-shaped, and the closer you get to the center of the pond, the deeper they become. At this time, those old and weak women and children can't do it, and let a few young adults with good water nature play. One by one, they plunged into the water, and after a while they came out to breathe, and so on. In order to get the jewelry, it was really hard work.

After a few back and forth, suddenly a man came out of the water and shouted and cursed.

The outsiders never participated in the treasure hunting, but kept looking at the water anxiously, heard the strange scream of the person, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

I only heard the man's anger say: "Bad luck, bad luck!" I didn't find the jewelry, but I found a dead body! ”

As soon as the young men heard that there were dead bodies, no one cared about making money, and they all wanted to go ashore.

The outsiders hurriedly shouted: "Oh, you people are so stupid. After a long time, you can be regarded as a real treasure, but you want to give up! ”

A few people didn't know why: "A dead corpse, why do you say it's a real treasure?" ”

"Surely, you think. For no reason, where did the jewelry come from, it must have been from the dead man. The edge of the pool has fallen a lot, can it be missing? ”

Everyone thought that this was reasonable, so they found a long pole hook and rope to retrieve the corpse. At this time, all men, women, and children gathered around to see how many treasures were hidden in this corpse. The corpse had been deformed, but it was not very decomposed, and it could be vaguely distinguished that it was a female corpse, which had been soaked in water for about half a month, and there was a large stone tied to her body.

Just as several people wanted to search the body, a middle-aged couple suddenly shouted: "This dress is clearly my daughter!" ”

Everyone looked at the couple, who were the parents of the girl who had been chosen by Quirich on the first day of the month to worship the sheep god. And this female corpse is, of course, the girl who has been killed.

"My daughter, how could she sink in the river?!" The middle-aged couple screamed.

"She was killed by Quirich!"

This suddenly, very abrupt sentence startled everyone, and they all turned their heads to look at it, even more surprised. It turned out that there were two women standing on the periphery of the crowd, one of whom was not in the costume of the White Horse Qiang, and the other was Xiao Mo.

Just yesterday, most of the people present also participated in the search for Xiao Mo, but I didn't expect her to appear by herself today. "You blasphemed the gods and wanted to harm my people, but today you dare to throw yourself into the net, and you will be arrested without restraining your hands?" As he spoke, several people rushed forward, but they were stopped by the outsider who led the treasure hunt.

Xiao Mo gritted his teeth and shouted: "Ignorant clansmen, the corpse of this miserable female baby is placed in front of you, don't you wake up?" Wherever there are sheep gods, they are all Quirich's ghosts. The girl was not chosen to sacrifice to the sheep god at all, but was insulted by Quirich and killed in the pool of corpses. ”

Several of Querich's cronies listened to Xiao Mo's words and immediately retorted:

"You keep saying that you are demagogic like this, why should we believe you?"

"Yes, you weren't there, how dare you conclude?"

Facing the accusations of several people, Xiao Mo said unhurriedly: "I was indeed not at the scene when Quirich sacrificed this female baby, but I saw it with my own eyes when he poisoned Kangma, and I have surveyed the sacred cave used for the sacrifice, which is the entrance of the cave." She pointed up to a hole in the cliff, "I guess that after killing the girl, Queritch tied a large stone to the corpse and pushed it into the pool. I know you can't trust me yet, but that's okay. You don't have to arrest me, and I won't run again. I'll go with you to Quirich now, and prove to you that it's me who murdered my people!" ”

Under the influence of Xiao Mo's righteous words and the grieving cries of the unfortunate middle-aged couple who lost their daughter, people seemed to wake up, and two people took the lead and said: "The little aunt is the granddaughter of the old chief, let's not embarrass the little aunt, and listen to her." We will now go to Quiric and prove on the spot that if it is as the little aunt says, we will never spare Quirich. ”

"Yes, today we need to figure out who is lying!"

Everyone finally had a comprehensive and unanimous awakening, Xiao Mo was very happy, and was about to take them back to the village to find Kuirich, but heard someone pestering: "Don't you go, what about the good jewelry?" Looking back, it was the young men who were salvaging the body who were holding on to the outsider.

"Let him go!" Xiao Mo ordered.

"He's so hateful, he lied to us about jewelry, but he didn't even catch half of it, but fished out a corpse, it's so infuriating!" Several young men said indignantly.

"You have wronged him. It was my idea. ”

"What? Auntie, you came up with the idea? Do you know? ”

"Yes, how would you be willing to salvage corpses without using jewels as bait? To tell you the truth, I had already guessed that Queritchie had thrown the girl's body into the pool. I could, in fact, have recovered the body and put it in front of Quirich, but that would be unconvincing; The reason why you want to borrow your hands to fish, and attract so many people, is to let the whole clan bear witness and see the truth of the facts. Compared to finding out the real culprit who has harmed our people, why do you care about this little bit of hard work? What is jewelry? ”

Only then did everyone realize that this treasure hunt farce was a small ploy set up by Xiao Mo, but this ploy was not for her own profit, but for the whole clan. The young men also understood the reasoning, so they stopped pursuing the foreigner and voluntarily carried the body back to the village.

After talking for a long time, who are those two out-of-town men and women? No need to ask, of course it's Shu Yan and Zhixin.

Some people died, but not completely......