Chung yeung festival

The shore of Weishui is bustling, from far to near, followed by farmland, grassland, sandy beaches, gravel and dense people of Weinan County.

Regarding the Weihe River, Li Qiang knows an idiom, which is clearly distinguished.

The Wei River is the largest tributary of the Yellow River, originating in Gansu and flowing into the Yellow River through Shaanxi, and the Jing River is a tributary of the Wei River, originating in Ningxia.

Autumn water soup, different from the present world, the water of the Wei River in front of me is much clearer, is it that during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, the Jing River is the turbid one?

The flat land is connected with the sea, and the lonely city is with the Wei River.

Today is the annual big day to worship the river god, and there are tens of thousands of people in Weinan County present, and the crowd is crowded. Many young men in sackcloth and barefoot kept jumping, trying to take a few more glances ahead.

"Fan County's order is out!"

"Fan County ordered to sacrifice to the river god on incense!"

"The prefectural magistrate seems to have lost some weight again. ”

"Government Affairs ......"

The people exchanged their views in loud voices.

The Weinan county commander wears a black hat, a green court dress, and an inch-long flower picture is embroidered on his chest.

He stood on the embankment, the incense table had been set up in front of him, and surrounded by a group of officials of Weinan County, he placed cakes and fruits, lit three incense sticks, and worshiped the river god.

"This year's boys and girls are two couples, one more than in previous years. ”

"The straw boats on the bank of the river have been set up. ”

"When the incense is lit, the festival begins!"

On the bank of the river, there are two straw mats made of grass reeds, which are the straw boats in the mouths of the people. As long as the three pillars of incense are burned out, someone will load two pairs of boys and girls on the boat, and the boat made of straw mats will not withstand the waves, and if it does not reach the center of the river, it will disperse, and the two pairs of children will be taken away by the river god.

"This is murder! I don't know what kind of excitement these people are making!" Chen Heming said with a disdainful expression.

Zhou Fa hurriedly made a "shhhh ”

Chen Heming listened to Zhou Fa's words, and he also felt afraid, so he quickly shut up.

After the ceremony of sacrificing the river god began, Li Qiang, Wang Changsuo, and Chen Heming also converged together, just waiting for the river demon to appear, and then judging whether they could beat it.

After three minutes of burning incense on the embankment, the county order took a cadre of officials from Weinan County to bow to the incense case.

"The river god blesses, Weinan County will have good weather in the coming year, and there will be no disadvantages of water and drought, and no famine. ”

"The River God Bless ......"

"The River God Bless ......"

The people also prayed that the river god was a god and a trustworthy man, and that Weinan County had not suffered a flood for decades since the boy and woman were received.

"You say, what will be the reaction of the people if they know that the river god they worship is a monster?" Chen Heming said in a low voice.

That's a good question.

The more than 10,000 people of Weinan County who were present did not feel that this was a cannibalistic ceremony at all, but felt surprised and interesting. At this moment, the look of asking for the blessing of the river god is extremely pious, and if they know that the river god they have worshiped for decades is a monster, I really don't know how they will react.

"I guess I'm going to be angry, after all, I've been deceived by a youkai for so long. ”

"That's a youkai, and if you don't get it right, you'll kill someone, so I think I'll be scared. ”

......

Everyone speculated.

Zhou Fa pondered for a moment and said what he thought: "Maybe they won't believe it, and then get angry with the person who told them the truth." ”

Will you not believe it?

Everyone thought about it, and felt that Zhou Fa's guess was not impossible.

Chen Heming said with a smile: "Brother Zhou has a kind of Mr. Lu Xun: I have never been afraid to speculate on the taste of Chinese with the worst malice. But...... , but my thoughts are the same as Brother Zhou's. ”

As he spoke, the people shouted for joy.

"There seems to be something on the other side of the embankment!"

"This year's ceremony seems to be even more lively than in previous years!"

On the other side of the embankment, a team came over, and the suona waist in front of it was blowing and beating. There are twelve strong men in the back, with naked upper bodies, curvy abdominal muscles, and black pants and black shoes on the lower body.

The strong men held their shoulders against the black iron chains thick with forearms, and at the other end of the chains was a black lacquered coffin.

The twelve strong men had bruised muscles all over their bodies, and one step at a time, they staggered forward with six large coffins.

"They pulled six coffins!"

"I've never seen those men before, and I don't know whose family they belong to. ”

"What's in the coffin, is it a human being?"

"The coffin seems to be empty!"

"In previous years, there was no such thing. ”

......

The people looked and discussed.

Qi Xu leaned over to Li Qiang's side: "Qiangzi, have you seen it, there is an old man in the middle of the team." ”

How could Li Qiang not see it, he is now transparent and his eyesight is amazing.

The team coming in the distance, with a band in front and a strong man pulling a coffin in the back. In the middle of the six black lacquered coffins, there was an old man, who was the owner of the inn where Li Qiang and others lived before, Father Wu.

"Well, I saw it, it's Daddy Wu. ”

How did he end up here?

The six coffins are now empty, can it be said that people will die today?

Qi Xu asked, "What is he doing here? Didn't he say that his granddaughter had already bought the name tag from the official mansion?"

During yesterday's interrogation, everyone present heard it. Father Wu mortgaged the inn, borrowed ten taels of silver from the pawnshop, and bought his granddaughter's name sign from the government.

His granddaughters are all fine, so what are they doing now?

Li Qiang shook his head: "I don't know, wait and see." ”

Twelve strong men dragged the six empty coffins behind the green county magistrate and untied the iron chains with thick forearms from the empty coffins. Along the way, the black coffin passed by, and deep marks were dragged on the ground, and several red marks were also strangled on the twelve strong men.

The county commander turned around, bowed to the people, pressed his hand, and the scene quieted down.

"People, we're a monster in Weinan County!"

The county order's voice was loud, and a sentence made the originally quiet crowd explode again.

Youkai came to Weinan County? I haven't heard of it.

The prefectural magistrate never lies, but who is that youkai, where, and when did it come?

The county magistrate suppressed the voices of the people with his hand again and asked, "People, how do you say how to deal with that monster?"

"Demon slay!" someone in the crowd shouted.

More people joined in: "Slay the demon, slay the demon!"

Then all the Weinan people present shouted in unison: "Kill the demon, kill the demon!"

The shouts of tens of thousands of people rushed straight to Xiaohan, deafening.

The county commander's eyebrows rose, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "That's a good point! This county invited twelve wrestlers today, and they are here to subdue demons! No matter who the monster is, as long as he dares to come to my Weinan County, he will definitely let him come and go! Daddy Wu, you say it and listen to everyone." ”

Father Wu took two steps forward and appeared in the sight of tens of thousands of people.

"Ahem...... A few days ago, a few strangers came to Xiao Lao'er's inn. At night, they disappear into the room. Xiao Lao'er thought they were adventurers, but it wasn't until yesterday that he found out that they were monsters with light on their bodies, eating human flesh and drinking human blood......"

The county magistrate didn't wait for Father Wu to finish speaking, pointed to the direction where Li Qiang was, and said loudly: "Bold and wicked, you dare to come to my Weinan realm, and you still don't show your original form! These six coffins today are prepared for you by this county!"