Early in the morning, the village was busy, and many villagers began to prepare things such as cattle and sheep. When Yue Qingli and the others came over, no one in the village had time to take care of them. Different from the busyness of the people in the village, Yue Qingli's leisure is in stark contrast to it.

Then they saw Xiao Xi, who had changed into a new dress, being surrounded by everyone.

Seeing them, a smile appeared on Xiao Xi's originally expressionless face. Although he was trying to smile, Yue Qingli could still see Xiao Xi's scared heart from that smile.

In fact, it is not difficult to guess that no matter how much Xiaoxi pretends to be calm, he is just a child after all, and he has not seen much. Although it is said that the river god is the river god worshiped in their village, but what is the river god, even if they don't say it, haven't they guessed in their hearts?

Actually, I must have guessed it, right?

Otherwise, how could he still be numb and send such a cute child over as a sacrifice?

Under the fiddling of the villagers, Xiao Xi put on an oversized tray-shaped thing. Carried by eight women, followed by a group of other normal offerings in their hands, the group began to walk towards the lake.

In fact, the lake in front of the Yao village is not big, but it is still very big for the entire Yao village. It is said that during the drought year, the whole lake dried up, which is why the villagers were so afraid.

It was at that time that the river god entered the lake, and every year after that, the villagers had to worship him by the lake.

It is said that one year, someone felt so sorry for his child that he didn't want the child to die for the whole village, so he fled while the villagers were preparing other sacrifices.

There was basically no rain in the Yao village that year, and many villagers who were able to escape fled at that time. Unfortunately, no one was able to escape from the Yao village. Later, some villagers found the bodies of villagers who wanted to flee in the mountains and forests outside the village.

After that, many men in the village died directly, and the remaining villagers did not dare to come nonsense.

After that, the villagers directly sacrificed the three children, and the anger of the river god subsided. After that, no one in the village dared to flee.

It is precisely because of this that Yue Qingli and the others proposed to take Xiaoxi to hide, but they were directly rejected by Xiaoxi.

Yue Qingli and the others found that in fact, the whole village was educating the children and had to make sacrifices for the village.

Xuanrui was on fire at that time, these people were making children sacrifice for it, why didn't they, as adults, dare not resist?

Although Yue Qingli and the others were also angry, they knew that this was a manifestation of the ignorance of the villagers. In fact, in the final analysis, the villagers can't be blamed for this matter, it is the river god who makes the villagers feel awe of him, and then they dare not resist.

Especially when the river god is still a monster, what villager dares to openly resist?

They followed the villagers all the way to the lake and found that the water was already tumbling.

Yue Qingli didn't dare to get too close, because they didn't know what that monster was, and they were worried that they would be discovered by the monster. However, the eyes and ears of the four of them are very handy, so it doesn't matter if they are far away.

The water of the lake was still rolling, and the villagers were calm and calm, and did not take the tumbling water seriously.

Yue Qingli originally wanted to rush out, but who knew that he was stopped by Jiang Yinchen: "That monster hasn't come out yet, if you rush out now, you will startle the snake." ”

Although Yue Qingli was a little anxious, she also knew in her heart that she couldn't do bad things alone.

After all, they are outsiders, and if they can't get rid of this monster at once, I'm afraid that after they leave, the villagers here will suffer even more.

Although it is a sacrifice in the village, the whole process is also different. Someone was acting as a priest, and by the time a prayer was finished, the rough waters of the lake had calmed down.

The crowd carried Xiaoxi forward.

Although Xiaoxi was very calm before, she was a child after all, and she was so scared that she cried at this time. However, the villagers ignored it and threw Xiao Xi into the calm lake with the plank under him!

When Yue Qingli saw this situation, he didn't have time to think about it at all, so he directly put money on the money and hugged Xiaoxi, and then got out of the water.

Jiang Yinchen, who originally watched Yue Qingli rush out, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. Because at this time, the sacrifice had already begun, and Yue Qingli rushed out directly at this time, Jiang Yinchen was really afraid that the monster would also come out with him, in case he hurt Yue Qingli in front of him......

He couldn't imagine it.

Xiao Xi was afraid, and the whole person shrank in Yue Qingli's arms. Yue Qingli didn't have much trouble holding him, and was about to go ashore from the water, when she saw a villager holding a steel fork at her: "Throw him into the water!"

As soon as these words came out, many villagers began to shout: "Throw him into the water!"

"Throw it in the water!"

Yue Qingli's originally relieved expression gradually became solemn.

She looked at the many villagers and did not squeak.

But because she didn't speak, it didn't mean that the villagers didn't speak either. Seeing that Yue Qingli didn't react when he hugged Xiaoxi, some villagers stepped forward directly and wanted to snatch Xiaoxi out of Yue Qingli's arms.

Of course Yue Qingli was unwilling, so he took a few steps back into the lake with Xiao Xi, and shouted angrily, "Do you have to kill an innocent child?"

The angry villagers didn't care so much, they shouted: "If he doesn't get into the water, we will die!"

Although he knew that Yue Qingli would not be afraid of these villagers, Jiang Yinchen was still a little worried, and stepped forward to block Yue Qingli's side.

After all, Jiang Yinchen is not a woman like Yue Qingli who looks weak, many villagers know that they are in a group when they see Jiang Yinchen in the way, although they are still very angry, but some villagers dare not confront him head-on.

Shu Yicai followed behind and said slowly: "I can't figure it out, how can you be willing to raise a monster with such a large group of people?"

The faces of the villagers were very unpleasant, and someone shouted, "That's the river god!

Xuan Rui snorted coldly: "The river god who eats children every year?"

Shu Yicai smiled and said: "It's simply the biggest insult to the river god." ”

After all, the four of them were from outside, and the villagers didn't know what they were capable of, but seeing that because of their destruction, the sacrifice could not be achieved, and some villagers were already scared and about to cry.

At this moment, the surface of the lake was shaken by a wave.

Jiang Yinchen suddenly noticed that it was not good, and immediately pulled Yue Qingli and wanted to go ashore together.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a huge whirlpool appeared on the surface of the lake, and Yue Qingli was immediately swept in.

Jiang Yinchen didn't say a word, and immediately jumped in with him.

Xuan Rui also wanted to jump in with her, but many villagers in front of her were blocked, and she and Shu Yicai were both stopped outside and couldn't go in together.

The villagers knelt on the ground and began to kowtow, shouting for forgiveness from the river god.

Shu Yicai and Xuan Ruicai didn't care if they forgave or not, they just wanted to follow them to the bottom of the river.

But no matter how much they tried, they found that there was nothing in the water.

Xuan Rui was suddenly annoyed, and wanted to blow up the lake directly, but was still stopped by Shu Yicai.

After all, Yue Qingli and Jiang Yinchen are in the lake now, although they haven't found them now, but what is certain is that they are definitely still there, but it is possible that the monster used a trick to cover their eyes, so they can't see it. Either that, there's something weird in the lake.

They have been here for too short, and they have basically no contact with this monster in the lake, and they don't know what he is or what he is capable of, so it is definitely not good to act rashly.

In any case, this is not the right time for action.

Xuan Rui didn't expect so much, and when she was stopped by Shu Yicai, she was immediately annoyed: "What are you stopping me for?"

Shu Yicai smiled bitterly, it seemed that Xuan Rui was not the same as he thought. So I could only tell her what I thought of again.

Xuan Rui is not an unreasonable person, but even after listening to Shu Yicai's words, he is still very angry: "Are we going to wait here? What if Qingli and them need our help? If we don't go down now, it will be even more difficult to find them in the future!"

Shu Yicai reached out to hold her hand, only to find that she was so nervous that her palms were covered in cold sweat.

Shu Yi knew that she was not afraid of the monsters in the lake, and the sweat in her palms was probably because she was worried about Yue Qingli and them.

"But we can't go down now. Shu Yicai patiently explained: "There must be something strange at the bottom of this lake, let's think about any other way to enter the water?"

Xuan Rui suddenly swept his gaze to the person who was still kneeling on the ground and kowtowing.

At this time, the villagers were already trembling, they were basically frightened by the huge vortex just now, and no one dared to flee at this time, all of them knelt on the ground and pleaded.

Xuan Rui strode forward, grabbed a person's collar and lifted it: "Say, how can I find that monster?"

Her appearance at this time was completely different from the silence before, and her eyes were blood-red.

The villagers looked at her and screamed in fright.

There was obvious impatience in Xuan Rui's eyes, so she casually knocked the person unconscious, then threw it away, and then went to catch the second person.

The second person glanced at her, and before she could make a move, she fainted timidly.

Xuanrui's eyes were full of impatience, and then she looked at the third person.

The third person was almost frightened crazy by Xuan Rui's appearance at the moment, and when he saw that he was about to faint, he heard Xuan Rui's sympathetic threat: "You all seem to be afraid of the river god, but I want to tell you, if the river god doesn't eat you, I won't be necessarily, there is too little meat for children to eat, I think you raise it well, and it tastes the best when eaten raw." ”

Shu Yicai listened to her words to scare the villagers, and felt a little funny in his heart, but he still stood behind her with his hands crossed, although he still had a smile on his face, but at this moment, the villagers were serious, and the smile became gloomy and compassionate.