"This bride has changed, what if they don't recognize it?" Nangong Yue was a little worried.

Song Che asked, "Didn't you grow up in Qingzhou, haven't you heard of such a thing as a living sacrifice?"

"That's too much to hear."

Nangong Yue said: "I remember that there was a great drought in Qingzhou one year, the Yellow River was cut off and dried up, the government cleared the dredging and desilted, and dug up an unknown number of bones, many of which were poor people who were hung with stones and grinding discs on their feet, and were sacrificed alive, boys and girls, boys and girls, and they were extremely cruel. ”

Don't say it's ancient, but there are many modern times, so there is a profession called "Yellow River Corpse Fisher", of course, this is a digression.

"Will the sacrifice serve any purpose other than praying for peace?"

"Call on the villagers and elders to donate money."

Nangong Yue said: "The rich people in the city took the lead in donating money, saying that they would use the money raised to repair the temple and build the temple, but in fact, it all fell into the pockets of those corrupt officials and landlords." ”

"That's right."

Song Che said: "The sacrifice is to donate money for the foolish people, as long as the goal can be achieved, it will be the same for whoever comes to sacrifice."

"But...... However, what if...... What if there really is a river god and water ghost? Lu Jingxiang in the sedan chair looked a little uneasy, "I have really heard the legend of water ghosts, they are day and night, they are infinitely powerful, and they like to eat human blood and brain marrow!" ”

"If there is really a water ghost in this world, the boss's head will be cut off and used as a urinal for you!"

"Boss, women don't use urinals......"

Between small talk.

Night falls.

Suddenly, there were several fires in front of me, accompanied by a noise.

"It's the other way around, even the woman of the river god dares to rob it! Tie them up and sacrifice them to the river god! ”

It turned out to be the sedan chair man who had been beaten away before, and he gathered more than a dozen men to come back and snatch the bride.

"Hey, it's a sedan chair, and the sedan chair is back!"

"The one who carried the sedan chair was the one who robbed the relatives before!"

A group of men gathered around.

Song Che smiled and explained: "Fellow villagers, where do we dare to rob the relatives of the river god, aren't we sending the bride back to you?" ”

After that, he took the initiative to open the sedan door, a big girl with yellow flowers.

"You quickly put down the sedan door, so as not to vent the joy and disrespect the river god!"

The men didn't pursue much, and thought about offering the sacrifices, so they grabbed the sedan chair and rushed to the shore.

Song Che and Nangong Yue followed.

Kishiguchi.

There is a simple pier.

There is a flagpole on the pier, and a big red lantern is hung on the pole, and I see a middle-aged woman in a yellow robe, holding a whisk in her hand, "showing off her might" on the altar, and I don't know what the gods are talking about.

There are various sacrificial offerings such as cows, sheep, and pig's heads on the table, and a stone stone tied with an iron chain under the stage.

Ten miles and eight towns, two or three hundred men, led by a sixty-year-old man, stood on the shore in a proper manner and waited for the sacrifice.

"Bring the bride!" Huang Xiangu shouted.

The two men dragged Lu Jingxiang out of the sedan chair, tied her hands and carried her to the altar, and then tied one of her feet to the stone stone with shackles.

"When the Yellow River bursts, the river god is angry, and the beautiful women and the river god get married, which can ensure that the eastern countryside is not plagued by floods, and the wind and rain will be ......smooth in the coming year."

After Wang Xiangu chattered for a while, she didn't know what she grabbed and sprinkled it on the candle flame, and with a "boom" sound, a dazzling fire ignited:

"The spirit of the sky, the spirit of the earth, the god of the river will appear when he marries his relatives, and all beings kneel and bow their heads!"

The whole villager hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed three times in a row, and chanted in unison: "The river god blesses, the river god blesses ......."

"It's three o'clock in the unitary hour, send the bride to the river god!"

"Wait!"

Song Che strode towards the dock and asked in a loud voice, "Fairy Gu, how did you know that the river god was going to marry?" If you give a bride to someone for no reason, wouldn't it be forced to buy and sell? ”

Wang Xiangu was stunned for a moment, and replied proudly: "Last night, Ben Xiangu personally went down to the bottom of the river to talk to the river god, and learned that the river god's harem was empty, so she made a special trip to select a female dependent. ”

"Oh, so that's the case, the fairy girl really has the ability to enter and exit the Divine Mansion."

"That's nature, this fairy girl knows how to avoid water, even if she is in the rolling torrent, she can be safe and sound, and she can come and go freely."

"Did the fairy girl ask about the river god's preferences? What if it doesn't like teenage girls and likes like you? ”

"Bold!"

Wang Xiangu shouted: "Who are you?" Dare to speak wildly, disrespectful to this fairy girl and the river god! ”

"How can I be disrespectful to the river god?" Song Che turned to face the villagers: "Fellow villagers, the sacrifice to the river god is a major event related to the peace of the township, how can you appease the river god if you do it so sloppily?"

Song is not talented, since he was a child, he learned art in Zhongnan Mountain, and he knows some of the art of disambiguation, in our hometown, he sacrifices to the god of the river, the dragon king, the god of the stove, the land, and all kinds of sacrificial business, which has been held by Song, there are not one thousand but eight hundred;

Think, "Isn't this living man, with a stone tied to his feet, drowned by throwing him into the river?"

You are looking at this river, so muddy, and the bride is so clean and beautiful, won't it be dirty if you throw it down?

In addition, there are many fish and shrimp in the river, what if the bride is gnawed?

Think about it again, if the river god brought back a bride who was dirty and gnawed, would he be happy?

In my opinion, instead of being pleased, it will be angry again and bring disaster upon us! ”

"When Chad heard it, he was right......"

The villagers exchanged their heads, and many people agreed with Song Che.

"You...... You are talking nonsense! Township Chief Liu, this fairy aunt is here tonight to pray for the villagers to eliminate disasters, how can you tolerate this person making trouble? ”

Wang Xiangu glanced at the old villager who took the lead.

The old villager understood, and pointed at Song Che angrily: "We have been sacrificing like this for decades, and I haven't seen the river god angry, you are a foreigner, what are you doing when you come to Hongxiang to point fingers?" Get rid of this madman! ”

"I'll see who dares to move!"

Nangong Yue drew her sword and stood, stopped a few villagers, and said coquettishly: "Immortal Master Song is a disciple of Emperor Zhenwu, you can go out to inquire about his name, if you don't believe his words, you will have to suffer!" ”

Several villagers were afraid of the sword, and they were also intimidated by the heroine's courage, and did not dare to step forward easily.

"Township Chief, they didn't let us sacrifice, they just said a better way, why don't we believe him?"

"Yes, Immortal Master Song, how do you say you should sacrifice in order to make the river god happy and let us go of Dongyang Township?"

The villagers asked one question after another.

"It's easy!"

Song Che raised his hand and pointed at Wang Xiangu and said, "Isn't Xiangu known as coming and going freely in the flood? Then let her go and invite the river god...... Kyoka! ”

Lu Jingxiang exerted force with both hands, easily broke the rope, pulled out the sword hidden under the robe, and cut the shackles with one sword.

Then he grabbed Wang Xiangu and tied the iron chain to her feet.

"Let go of me! What are you doing! Township Chief Liu...... Save me! ”

Wang Xiangu panicked and called for help.

"Doesn't the fairy girl know how to avoid water spells? Let's see. ”

Lu Jingxiang tied up the iron chain, and even kicked Wang Xiangu into the river with stones.

"I ...... I don't know how to water! I don't know how to water...... Gurgling ......"

Without a few flutters, Wang Xiangu sank to the bottom of the river.

In this way, the river god still prefers mature women, otherwise how could he take her away so quickly?