Chapter 63: The Poseidon Sacrifice
A week passed quickly, and this week, under the care of Xiaoba's "iron rooster", the two of them did not have any additional expenses except for the room and food expenses that they had to pay every day. This also leads to a scene every day in the Allure Restaurant, a young woman, with one hand on her waist and one hand on the door, slammed the door at the door of the Dongmei Room and shouted: "Pick the door, you are Zhou Papi." "That's the kind of thing you want.
These days, the number of guests in Allure Restaurant has increased significantly, and they are basically businessmen who go to sea. Because today is the annual Poseidon Festival.
Early in the morning, Xiaoxi kicked open the door of Xiaoba's house and pulled him out of the bed. Then he came to the port east of Alan City amid Hachi's complaints. The two of them didn't come late, but the port was already crowded at this time. was blown by the cold wind, and Hachi didn't feel sleepy, plus there were so many people around. He was already still a child, and soon excitedly pulled Xiaoxi and began to squeeze towards the beach. Both of them have a foundation in martial arts, and although they are already close to each other here, they can't stop the footsteps of the two. In addition, no one wanted to really compare with a young man who still looked a little young and a beautiful little girl, so soon the two came to the guardrail of the harbor near the sea.
"Wow~ It's completely different from the sea here. Looking at the endless sea, Hachi couldn't help but sigh.
"Of course, this is the real sea, and the sea is just an inland sea, and it certainly can't be compared to here. Showing off his knowledge, by the way, ruthlessly squeezing Xiaoba, this is Xiaoxi's favorite thing these days.
The gentle sea breeze gently caresses people's faces. In the distance, an old man in a Taoist robe was directing dozens of sailors to load a cargo ship with various livestock such as cattle and sheep. Hachi pointed at them and asked, "What is this doing?"
"Fool, of course I'm preparing a sacrifice for the god of the sea. ”
"Then how can there be children?" Hachi pointed to the boat, where the two children were feeding a little lamb.
"It may be his little lamb, he is reluctant, so go up and feed it again!" Xiaoxi said with a frown.
At this moment, a woman ran out from under the boat, and she ran to the old man in a Taoist robe, and knelt down and reached out to grab his sleeve, as if begging for something. It's just that the distance is too far for Hachi to hear their conversation. Later, the old man shook off the woman, whispered something to the two sailors beside him, and turned away. The tearing woman and the two sailors were left behind. At this time, a man who might have been the woman's husband came out, and he went over to resist the woman, and he forcibly took her away, regardless of the woman's crying.
At this time, there was a whisper of discussion from Hachi's side.
"Sister-in-law Wang is also really, the sea god sacrifice has rushed to make trouble, and she is not afraid of causing trouble for the family. ”
"You can't blame Sister-in-law Wang, if it's your child, you're not in a hurry. ”
"It's useless for me to be in a hurry, who let me be picked by the sea god. ”
"Yes, I can only blame Sister-in-law Wang for being unlucky. Hey..."
With a final sigh from the two, the conversation ended. However, there are still many people around who are whispering. From what these people said, Xiaoba knew that these two children were the woman just now, that is, the children of Wang's sister-in-law. And the man who took away the sister-in-law was his man. Sister-in-law Wang's family originally made a living from fishing, and the family was not wealthy, but it was enough to live. But this time the sea god festival, the high priest who presided over the sea god festival in Nanya City chose her only two children, and her beloved son was very heartfelt, so the princess's sister-in-law came out to beg the high priest, and his husband was afraid of getting into trouble, so he forcibly took her away.
Xiaoba poked Hu Xiaoxi beside him and asked, "The sea god still eats living people?"
Xiaoxi frowned and whispered, "I don't know either... The last time I came here was eight years ago, and at that time it was just an ordinary sacrifice, and I had never heard of a living sacrifice. ”
At this time, an old woman who was about sixty years old beside Hu Xiaoxi sighed and said: "Do you know that there was a sudden severe storm in Ailan City five years ago, and the tsunami brought by the storm destroyed the entire port, and the fishermen who went to sea and lived by the sea, and the merchants were killed and injured countless times. Later, the high priest said that this was because the sea god was dissatisfied with the sacrifice of the sea god, and that a pair of golden boys and jade girls needed to be added to appease the sea god's anger. Later, although many people objected, after those who believed in the words of the high priest forcibly abducted the two children and threw them into the sea, the storm did not long reced. At that time, the High Priest became the savior of the city of Ailan... Since then, a pair of boys and girls have been chosen by the high priest every year for sacrifice. Originally, the sea god festival in Alan City was our festival... And now... Ay... It's just another pair of sad parents..."
Hearing the old woman's words, Hachi couldn't help clenching his fists, looking at the high priest below with hatred, and a faint murderous aura emanated from Hachi. Feeling Xiaohachi's affection, Xiaoxi hurriedly grabbed Xiaoba's hand and said to him softly: "I know you're angry, and so am I, but don't meddle with things, we're not from here." ”
Xiao Hachi turned his head and glanced at Xiao Xi coldly: "Aren't the people here going to watch these two children die?"
When Xiao Ba saw him, Xiao Xi felt like he had fallen into an ice cellar, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "Do you think you can save them? It's better to wait until you get stronger in the future and then take care of it, haven't you heard that you can stay in the green mountains without worrying about running out of firewood?"
"I didn't plan on letting you go with me, I went by myself, without you, even if I died, I had to save these two children. Hachi replied coldly.
"Why are you like this... You don't want to know why your village is gone?You don't want to find your sister and ask clearly?You still have so much to do, is it worth taking the risk now?" Xiaoxi was a little anxious, she could feel that Hachi was already like an arrow on a string, ready to burst out at any moment. So you can only convince him with what he cares about most. Sure enough, Xiao Ba was stunned, and the momentum on his body also decreased a little. He looked at Xiaoxi, and then took out the six hundred taels of silver left after paying the rent in the past few days from his arms, and stuffed it into her hand: "Thank you for persuading me, but from now on, in the future, you will take your Yangguan Road, and I will cross my single-plank bridge." Without waiting for Xiaoxi to speak, he burrowed into the crowd with a short body. Left Xiao Xi who looked at the silver ticket in his hand in a daze.
Xiaoxi's eyes were slightly red, and she suddenly felt as if she had lost something. The whole person became very trance-like. A lot of images come to mind.
"Let me search your pocket!"
"Why!"
......
"Well, but... It's really not yours?"
"Look at what you see, just don't!"
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"My name is Hu Xiaoxi, what about you?"
"I don't have a name, don't make me sleep. ”
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"Oh, how much is twenty thousand?"
"You don't know 20,000? You can fool me, it's 100 200 taels, understand?"
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"Look, I'm an archer. ”
"God... Sharpshooter... Haha, Sharpshooter..."
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"Who is it?"
"Sharpshooter!"
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"Why!?"
"I like you!"
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"Find a way to run!"
Thinking of this qiē, Xiaoxi's heart hurt very much. I don't know how long it took. Finally, Xiaoxi decided that she was going to catch up with Hachi and get back what she had lost!
Just as Xiaoxi was about to squeeze out the crowd to chase Hachi, the sky suddenly darkened, and the clear sky was covered by dark clouds, and the darkness pressed down. The sea breeze, which had been mild, became fierce. The sea breeze on the face made it extremely difficult for people to breathe. The calm sea also set off layers of huge waves, desperately bombarding the coast.
At this time, the high priest shouted, "The sacrifice begins." Then a high, strange tone came out of his mouth.
A boat to be used as a sacrifice to the god of the sea. Sailors up and down fled the ship and hid far away from the shore to watch the scene.
After another crash of the waves, a huge whirlpool appeared on the sea level in the distance, and then the sea stopped beating at the harbor and began to retreat, as if swallowed by the whirlpool. The cargo ship that was parked in the harbor to worship the sea god also sailed away from the harbor as the sea receded, heading towards the whirlpool. The High Priest's voice also became more high-pitched at this time.
As everyone was blown away by the spectacle, there was a sudden exclamation from the crowd. A woman screamed and pointed down, "Who's that!" Everyone looked in the direction she was pointing, and saw a teenager rushing quickly towards the cargo ship that had just left the port. Suddenly, there were different opinions, some scolding, some exclaiming, and one or two whispered applause.
Xiao Xi was also diverted by the voices of everyone. At a glance, Xiao Xi was stunned, and then exclaimed: "Xiao Hachi!"