Chapter 17: The Trumpet Has Been Sounded
In a hurry, Jika was confused, he involuntarily tightened the sleeve of the nearest forest ranger, and asked again with a little stammer: "Is the official army defeated in the west?" ”
After receiving another affirmative answer, Jika swallowed the dry saliva in his mouth tremblingly, and he choked on his own saliva and coughed, and his whole body was stunned, not even realizing that the three forest rangers who had come to deliver the message had left after answering.
It took a while for Gika to come to his senses, and he slid back to the village like a defeated cricket.
But when he encountered the oncoming villagers, Jika still forced his chest to show that he had a strong heart. It's just that his inexplicable and feigned powerful actions have increased the doubts in the hearts of the villagers for no reason, and everyone feels strange, what happened to the village elder who never pretentiously on weekdays today?
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter...... How can it be...... Will the officers and soldiers be defeated by a group of mud dogs with branches? Joke! Jika hypnotized himself in his mind, trying to forget the gloomy look on his face when the three rangers talked to him.
Despite this, after returning home, the "armor" on Jika's body still crumbled in an instant, and he went from a defeated cricket to a mouse before the earthquake, and ran back to his room in a panic.
The people in the family, including Jika's wife Chisha and eldest daughter Kenla, hid on the side, and no one dared to go up to persuade them, and Jika's behavior also moved the hearts of the family and the domestic servants, and the hearts of the family were strung together in a big string, and they were all up and down.
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Of course, Shi Cheng and these outsiders didn't notice the details of the forest patrol officers, and what the three of them were worried about now was that the medicinal materials for curing diseases were no longer available.
Shi Cheng sighed in his heart, now the three of them are confused about this strange country, what the next three of them can do is to do their best to obey the fate of heaven, fortunately, Wu Neng can still successfully collect some medicinal materials from the nearby wilderness, although the quality is difficult to compliment, but there is still something available.
After today's brief commotion, calm quickly returned to the village, after all, many villagers knew that no matter how anxious they were, they could not change the fact that the big bazaar was canceled this month.
In this way, two more days of quiet days passed, and the monthly worship of the gods in the village arrived.
After Shi Cheng and Tie Mian learned the news that the villagers were going to the temple to worship today, they temporarily gave themselves a vacation, and after dragging their seriously injured bodies for so many days, Rao is two of them, as half-step grandmasters, really felt unbearable, and this day's holiday came just right.
Only Wu Neng is still quite energetic, and his curiosity has never been light, and today he is ready to go to the temple with the villagers.
However, as soon as Wu Neng stepped out of the door, he was dumbfounded.
The door of the hut where the three of them were temporarily staying was now filled with sacrifices from the villagers, ranging from precious mixed bread and rough wooden hammers, to fresh flowers plucked from the nearby fields.
In addition to the various offerings, there were nine pious villagers who were chanting words on the flat ground in front of the hut, and on the path in the distance were villagers who were rushing and departing, who had just finished their worship in front of the hut and were about to go to the temple outside the village.
There are obviously more villagers who come to worship in front of the hut today than a few days ago, but Wu Neng has completely given up the idea of persuading the villagers with good words in his heart, he has rubbed his mouth when the villagers first came to worship in front of the hut, but he has worn out his mouth, and the villagers still come here to incense, but they will not worship directly in front of the broken door of the hut like on the first day.
After greeting the villagers who had stood up in fear, Wu Neng went to the temple outside the village, surrounded by several people.
After leaving the west entrance of the village, the group walked about 700 paces to the southwest, and a rather imposing temple emerged from the trees. The front of the newly painted door was crowded with a bustling crowd, except for those who had not yet finished worshipping in front of the Agul family's cabin, and the rest of the villagers were basically already here.
It was the first time Wu Neng had seen the whole view of this temple, although he had vaguely seen the dazzling flash of the temple's golden dome through the cover of the trees during the free clinic a few days ago.
Of course, the grandeur of this town and village temple is only reflected in the comparison with the nearby buildings, and if you put aside the thin gold bricks embedded in the roof, this temple cannot be compared with most ordinary temples that Wu Neng has seen in terms of workmanship, materials, and design.
With a soft creak, the door of the temple was pushed open from the inside, and Kisha, who had changed into a formal dress, walked out accompanied by six temple attendants.
Two of the six temple wishes seem to be from the village chief's family, and the other four have very good faces, Wu Neng has not seen them in the free clinic a few days ago, and thinks they are from outside the village.
Under the guidance of Qisha and the temple wishes, the villagers rushed in and came to the statue of the god in the temple, and knelt down in front of the statue of the Qingyun Holy Venerable.
Although Wu Neng is a native of the Cold Moon, due to his unique background, he does not have any heartfelt belief in the gods. Whether it is in the formal authoritative texts or in various barnyard official histories of unknown sources, there is only one conclusion about the outcome of the war of the gods - "The sky is overthrown, and the gods are gone." ”
To a god who has died, what is the use of saying the wish of the heart for three days and three nights?
However, so many people knelt down and prayed, and Wu Neng didn't want to make himself look so maverick, so he still knelt down with him, so as to make a appearance on the surface.
Of course, although Wu Neng does not believe in God, it does not mean that he himself has no fear of the strange power in the underworld, and now Shi Cheng and Tie Mian are seriously injured and have not recovered, and the three of them are in a strange country and the future is uncertain, all of which makes Wu Neng still hope to be able to seek comfort by worshipping the statue in his heart.
After waiting quietly for nearly three quarters of an hour in a low voice, Qisha stood up and offered an offering to the idol of Qingyun Saint Venerable.
After completing a set of procedures, the villagers gathered in the temple gradually dispersed, leaving only a few villagers who wanted to ask Qisha and the temple priests to solve their doubts in the temple.
Wu Neng saw that the worship was over, so he didn't stay any longer and went out behind the villagers.
But before he could get back into the house, the noise outside the house pulled him up from the bed again.
"What's going on?" Wu Neng, Shi Cheng and Tie Mian glanced at each other.
"I'll go out and have a look." Wu Neng stood up, pushed open the door again and walked out.
As soon as he went out, Wu Neng saw Moda who was leading Kanda and Diya out.
At this time, Aguer was supporting Lady Kaga in the temple to seek Kisha's explanation, and Wu Neng had seen the two of them when he prayed in the temple before.
"Ah, it's Wu Xianren." After seeing Wu Neng coming out of the hut, Moda hurriedly said hello respectfully, since Shi Cheng and the three of them began to have free clinics in the village, the name of Shi Cheng and his party by the Aguer family has completely changed, only the brother and sister Kanda and Diya sometimes involuntarily call out for uncle or brother.
Wu Neng reluctantly greeted Moda and the two children, and then he asked Moda curiously, "Aunt Murda, is there something going on in the village?" What a fuss. ”
"Huh?" Moda replied in surprise, "Don't the Wu Immortals know that after the monthly worship ceremony, shouldn't everyone dance around the village together according to the custom?" ”
Looking at Wu Neng's blank expression, Mo Da was also dumbfounded, "Don't Wu Immortals know?" Or is there no such custom on the Holy Country's side? No way......"
Wu Neng came back to his senses and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Uh...... This one...... In fact, the customs of the day of worship are also different in various places, and it is not the same taste of fresh soup in the world.
"That's right......" Meda and her two children looked at each other.
The noise in the distance became clearer, and Moda came back to her senses, and hurriedly pulled her child, and then said to Wu Neng: "Immortal Wu come with us, the dancing team should set off soon." ”
"Oh, okay." Wu Neng nodded, "Aunt Moda, you go first, I'll go back to the house and have a few more words with my companions, and then I'll go over and have a look." ”
Meda nodded, and the two children, Kanda and Diya, shouted happily, "Then Brother Ang, come over earlier, the scene of everyone dancing together is beautiful!" ”
After saying goodbye to Moda and the two children, Wu Neng went back to the house, and after explaining what happened outside to Shi Cheng and Tie Mian, he ran out of the house to watch the excitement.
However, when Wu Neng followed the direction from which the voice came to the entrance of the village, he was surprised to find that the villagers were not dancing around the village as Moda said, and all the people gathered at the entrance of the north village, chattering without knowing what they were talking about.
Wu Neng hurriedly squeezed into the crowd, and soon, he could see clearly what was going on here.
A young man with blood scabs on his body and burning marks everywhere on his clothes fell into the grass at the entrance of the village, the young man's face was pale and unconscious, but what surprised Wu Neng the most was that the clothes on the young man's body were the uniforms of the Kawa army.
An officer and soldier of the Kawa State who didn't know where he came from, fainted at the entrance of the north village of the small fishing village!