Chapter 43: The Sacrifice
Ah Xiang's words, if they were changed to normal sounds, they would be at most angry, but after Zhan Qianchen heard it, his long eyebrows furrowed, and the coldness in his eyes became heavier.
Yun Huang naturally didn't know that there was such a thing in this, and he also understood her current mood. I had to explain to her patiently.
"Ah Xiang, you must have misunderstood. I didn't negotiate a deal with Jin Sihai, I just came to give you flowers. So saying, she stretched the flower out in front of her again.
Unexpectedly, Ah Xiang saw the flowers as if she had seen a ghost, she snorted and took a few steps back, fear rose in her eyes, and she scolded without concealment: "Don't come here, you vicious woman of water|sex|yang|flower, as soon as you appeared, you caused Mo Jin to be abandoned by her husband, and now you want to harm me." I tell you, I will not be afraid of you, and I will never let you succeed. ”
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Zhan Qianchen's eyes burst with anger, "Don't just rely on being a woman, you can slander her at will." ”
"She's originally a husband who likes to hook up with other people, and she needs me to talk nonsense?"
"You—"
"Qianchen!" Yun Huang interrupted him suddenly.
Zhan Qianchen looked back, and when he was talking to Ah Xiang just now, his gaze, which was as cold as a blade, instantly became gentle like water.
Seeing that she shook her head resolutely, Zhan Qianchen gave up.
Yun Huang squatted down and put the flower pot in his hand on the ground. said to her: "Ah Xiang, since you have got the love flower, you might as well show it off in front of others, and say that the man who loves you has given you the love flower." I think that after this news spreads in the city, Jin Sihai will definitely take care of his face and no longer come to embarrass you. ”
Ah Xiang looked at her without anger or resentment in disbelief, neither scolding nor apologizing.
Yun Huang looked at her for a long time, but he didn't see her respond. In the end, he took Zhan Qianchen's hand and bowed his head and left.
After coming out of Ah Xiang's house, along the way, she just walked with her head down, her eyes not leaving the road, as if there was a flower on it.
The people who usually frolicked suddenly became silent and lifeless, which made Zhan Qianchen feel at a loss. He squeezed her hand and reminded, "Take one more step and you'll fall." ”
Yun Huang looked up when he heard the sound, and it turned out that they had already walked to the lotus pond.
The two stood by the stone bridge, and she stared at the lotus flowers in the pool, her eyes wandering and nowhere to go. The sunlight shines softly and warmly through the branches and leaves of the large trees by the lotus pond. In the shredded light and shadow, the two bodies slowly approached each other, he gently held her shoulder, and said softly: "If you feel uncomfortable, cry out." ”
Yun Huang silently turned around and plunged into his arms, sobbing silently.
In the past few days, Yun Huang has been in a bad mood.
Zhan Qianchen didn't want her to always be troubled because of that situation, so he dragged her to hang out in Nanjun City.
When the two were wandering around, they saw an old man standing next to the house, full of worries and frowning.
Seeing his look, Yun Huang thought that maybe the old man was like himself, and he needed help with an unsolvable problem, so he went over and asked.
After inquiry, I learned that Nanjun was originally a wild place, and it was rainy all year round, until the appearance of Lord River God, Nanjun was smooth and rainy, and gradually became an important town where merchants gathered in Kyushu.
But...
When Yun Huang heard this, the old man had something to say, and even asked, "Daddy Wang has something to say, don't talk about it." ”
Father Wang looked at the two of them and saw that they were not ordinary people, so he looked around and said quite fearfully, "The young man doesn't know anything." ”
"Come slowly, old man, to see if we can help. Zhan Qianchen replied politely.
"This river god has a strange habit of sacrificing a pair of virgins and girls every year. This year, it happened to be the old man's turn. ”
When Yun Huang heard this, isn't this obvious? What kind of god is this? Maybe it is some kind of water-based spirit that has been incarnated.
"Where is the river god? I'll go and talk to him and get him to give up this vice. ”
Father Wang shook his head and said, "The old man doesn't know much about this, but he knows that there is a Luo San near Jiangling Gudu. I heard that many things were connected by him to the river god. ”
After listening to Father Wang's words, there was anger in Yun Huang's eyes. is a scattered person, even if he doesn't help to eliminate the harm, he actually colludes with the river god and becomes the middleman who hands the knife?!
"Daddy Wang, don't be in a hurry to send people over, when we go to inquire clearly, you can make plans. ”
"The old man thanked the strong man first. ”
"Yes, farewell!"
The two of them came out of Daddy Wang and went straight to Jiangling Gudu.
On the way, Zhan Qianchen remembered something and told Yun Huang.
"Yunhuang, I remember Ye Gongzi said that Jiangling Gudu is divided into two, and drowning on one side is particularly rampant, do you think this matter has anything to do with the river god?"
Yun Huang thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid it's related! How could a normal person run to that kind of place, and they all drowned." ”
"Hopefully it's just my guess. ”
Hearing this, Yun Huang guessed what he meant, and said, "Let's go to the Luo San people and ask first, maybe it's not as bad as we imagined." ”
Both of them stopped talking and quickened their pace.
After walking for more than half an hour, they found an open-air tea stall and a middle-aged man dressed as a casual man who was sipping tea.
The scattered people took a sip of tea and said leisurely, "After drinking tea all over Kyushu, I still feel that the fairy tea outside the city of Nanjun has the most dusty taste, and after drinking, I am refreshed, and there is a faint feeling of fairy wind and clouds, which is worthy of being a famous tea in Yangzhou." ”
After Yun Huang heard him finish talking, a sense of disgust surged in his heart, and he returned to the immortal wind and cloud body! Don't defile these words.
Zhan Qianchen stepped forward, clasped his fists at the Sanren, and asked, "Is this a Luosan?"
Luo Sanren looked up at Zhan Qianchen, and then glanced at the clouds, then nodded and asked them what was the matter.
They said what they meant.
After hearing this, the Luo San people let out a long breath, and there was a hint of relief in that tone.
"What should come will always come!"
It turned out that he had known for a long time that this matter could not escape the world's accountability, but he knew that he could not do it, but he still ...
Yun Huang was very puzzled, and was about to ask carefully, but listened to him again.
"It's just that I didn't expect it to come so quickly!"
"What do you mean by that?"
"The river god is not really a god, but a water-based spirit that can regulate the wind and rain, he relies on the aura here to cultivate his body, grateful for this place, and guards this place. ”
Yun Huang heard it, how is this person different from what Daddy Wang said?
"Fairy Gu must be weird, isn't it?"
Seeing her doubts, the Rosan continued, "It all started when it was killed by the townspeople. Since its murder, he has taken revenge with resentment, demanding that the villagers who pray for wind and rain sacrifice one boy and girl a year, otherwise, the southern county town will be reduced to ruins. ”
"Since it's a spiritual creature, how can it be so easy to be killed by the villagers?"
"The fairy girl asked, just as I thought at the beginning. When this news came, I found the drowning. ”
Hearing this, Yun Huang guessed that the reason why the Luo San people did not get rid of the drowning was definitely not that they couldn't beat it, either they were in the same stream, or they had other hidden secrets.
"The reason why Luo Sanren didn't make a move, I guess, it's not as simple as another hidden story, right?" Zhan Qianchen said directly.
Luo Sanren's eyes flickered, and he said, "It's indeed as the young man said! Although the drowning requires sacrifice, it still brings a good harvest to the people in the town and blesses more people to live." So I..."