Chapter 386: Cat Boy
As for the children of the common people who did not give money, they could only resign themselves to fate and personally take out the satin ball from the box, if it was a green satin ball, it means that they had been selected by lot and determined to become an alternative cat boy.
There is no doubt that these children have absolutely no relatives of the clan, the children of the rich gentry, and the children who have been selected in the past twenty years are all dolls of a few years old from poor families, and they are still ignorant of their age, and they may not even know what sacrifice means, only that they have caught green balls, and they can eat and drink spicy food, wear flowers and colors, and be happier than anyone else.
As for their parents, no matter how they pleaded, they couldn't shake the result in the slightest, so they could only let the clan elders canonize their children as cat fairy boys and wait for the sacrifice.
The whole ceremony of drawing lots is actually the oppression and abuse of the poor people by the elders of the Jade Bottle Town, the greedy beetles, and the landlords and wealthy households.
The money bribed to the clan elders adds up to thousands of taels, and there are so many benefits before the dog's head gold is brought in, these clan elders know the marrow, how can they let go of such a good opportunity to make money, it can be said that they unswervingly stand on the side of the ritual customs, and use the authority of the countryside to maintain these terrifying customs of the raccoon fairy festival!
If you want to say that these poor people can go to Anyuan County to report to the official, the official is a parent official, how can you let these strange customs harm the people.
I'm sorry, but that's true!
Since ancient times, money and power are a family, and half of the money earned by the clan elders over the years has been honored to the prince of Anyuan County, even if the poor people go to beat the drum, they are just scolded by the county magistrate, and then beat the board to drive them out, even if there are inspectors to investigate, they are already ready to speak.
Who said that these cat boys died, how could the raccoon fairy bless Anyuan County's abundant harvest harm the children, these children can follow him to enjoy the blessings of the cave, maybe there will be a few more fairy children in the future, if you don't believe it, then we will personally send you to the vicinity of the Tanuki Temple to see, and you will know where those children are.
In this way, it is not easy for the inspector to deal with it, who will stand up for a few poor people if they have nothing to do, even if some inspectors know about it, they will use it as a handle to ask for benefits from the county master and Jade Bottle Town.
These tragedies not only did not awaken the sympathy of these officials, but even they took advantage of the pain of the poor people to extort again, which made the dead people not human inside and out, they were offended everywhere, and they were very miserable by the Jade Bottle Town.
For so many years, even the people who complained had lost their hearts, and they had no courage to complain, so they could only save up silver taels first, and bribe the clan elders when they caught lots, so as to buy a life for their children.
What to do with the money of these poor people?
The people's money is divided into three or seven accounts, and the money of the gentry is returned in full, and this kind of empty glove white wolf business kills the poor and eats the landlord.
In this case, Gu Ming Zen Master saw the pain in his eyes, he had the heart to remind the people not to mistakenly believe in the evil god obsessive, but unfortunately no one listened to him a lonely old monk, until here came a wandering Taoist Yunyangzi, he learned about the pain of the poor people in the town, and decided to enter the Iron Brake Mountain to eliminate harm for the people and kill the wild immortals.
This Taoist priest's heart is good, but his ability is too poor, the magic is one foot high, and after he entered the Iron Brake Mountain to find the raccoon Langjun, he was slandered by this raccoon fairy and injured his bones, and he was raised in the Aquarius Temple for half a year before he got better.
In the past six months, Yunyangzi and Gu Ming Zen Master have become friends, with Buddhism and Taoism exchanges as confidants, and agreed that their respective apprentices will meet once every five years, and this year, it happens to be the fifth time that the disciples meet!
Xu Xiake finished telling the story of Gu Ming Zen Master and Yun Yangzi, everyone was already dumbfounded, just before they came back, they were still pitiful Anyuan County landlord children were killed, a day has not passed, and I heard that the gentry and the clan elders united to use customs to make money and kill people, only to feel embarrassed.
In this way, Gu Ming Zen Master was reluctant to mention the boy and concealed something from them, in fact, he could not recall the painful experience, and it was indeed reasonable to think so, but if they did not go to Anyuan County to investigate, they would have missed a lot of information.
"Little Taoist, do you know that I also know your master Yunyangzi, who gave me a tiger tooth back then."
After Sun Daqiao finished speaking, he showed the tiger tooth talisman seal in Hua Ling's neck, and the little Taoist priest took a closer look and saw that it was his master's thing, and his eyes lit up: "I see, my master asked me to enter the customs to visit Master Gu Ming, so that I can meet you." ”
"Meet us?"
"Right~"
The little Taoist priest's face was full of excitement: "Yes, my master told me when I was leaving, he had seen the footprints of Tanuki Langjun in Fengtian back then, and he almost subdued that Tanuki Langjun. ”
"If it's like this, your master has been eyeing Tanuki Langjun for a long time?"
Sun Daqiao recalled the past, Yun Yangzi's appearance was indeed not accidental, it was more like he was deliberately found by Yun Yangzi, but Yun Yangzi pretended to be too similar at that time, making him mistakenly think that he was looking for a master.
The little Taoist priest nodded in reply, and his tone became mysterious:
"Yes, after my master lost to Tanuki Langjun, he has been concentrating on cultivation, just wanting to eliminate that Tanuki Langjun, but he never had this opportunity, he watched the sky on the night half a year ago, and calculated that Nauki Langjun has killed too many creatures over the years, and he has gone mad."