Chapter 1: The River God
"Click......"
A thunderbolt flashed, torrential rain and strong winds, and the rain knocked on the land and roof tiles, and between the gloom, the ancestral shrine in Xiaochen Village looked more and more eerie and terrifying. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Chen Li was tied to the ancestral shrine, his back against the incense table where the tablet was enshrined, shivering.
The reason for his shivering was, on the one hand, cold, and on the other hand, panic and dazedness.
Chen Li didn't know why he was in such a strange place, he knew very well that he was still sleeping in his own house before, but when he woke up again, he appeared in this old ancestral hall.
It left him a little dazed.
After calming down a little, after making sure that he was not dreaming, he realized that he didn't know when he had changed into a young man's body.
This body, at most twelve or thirteen years old, is dressed in the short clothes of ancient people, ragged clothes, calluses on the palms, black and yellow skin, very sloppy, and the family should not be a rich family.
As a promising young man who has read a lot of online novels.
Seeing this, Chen didn't know where he was, he had crossed over.
It's a pity that although he knows that he has crossed over and the situation is not good, he does not know about his own situation.
Because he didn't get the memory of the original body, it made him a little worried.
This body was tied here with ropes, and the original situation must have been bad, but he couldn't figure out the situation for a while.
Just when Chen Li was thinking, two people broke into the shrine in the rain, an old man and a middle-aged man, wearing a robe, and he didn't know what the origin was.
"Hey, this kid has been taught a lesson, but he feels a lot of good, and he doesn't toss anymore. The middle-aged man said.
The old man said: "This kid has been tossing for a day, maybe he has no strength." ”
After a pause, he said: "Second brother, you go and get some food, lest this child starve, and sacrifice it to the river god tomorrow, which will dislike the river god." ”
The middle-aged man listened, nodded, and was obviously very obedient to the old man's words, and immediately turned around and walked out of the ancestral hall.
"Shui Wazi, it's me, the village chief's grandfather, how is it, are you hungry?" After the middle-aged man left, the old man took a few steps closer to the incense case. I didn't forget to ask questions in my mouth.
It had been a while since Chen Li woke up from the ancestral hall, and there was no one else in the ancestral hall before the old man and the middle-aged man appeared.
Obviously, the 'water baby' in the old man's mouth is the original name of his body.
Although he knew that the old man was calling him, Chen Li was vigilant in his heart, but he would not make a sound, besides, he didn't know any village chief now, but his eyes were fixed on the old man.
Through the thunder light that flashed from time to time outside the ancestral hall, he could vaguely see the appearance of the old man, a slightly rickety body, a thin body, gray and messy hair, and a dim face.
It seems that the whole person is a little gloomy.
For Chen Li's non-reaction, the old man seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and he was not angry about it.
I saw him smile, and no matter how Chen Li reacted, he walked straight to the incense case and took out two flints from his arms.
"Click...... "Click...... "Hit it twice, and lit a coarse wax on the incense table.
The glittering candle flame revealed a faint halo at the moment, spreading out, giving the entire gloomy ancestral hall a touch of warmth.
"Alas, water baby, don't hate me, it's no wonder folks, the river god wants to worship boys and girls in the village, if he doesn't send it to his old man, he will flood the village, and ruin the life of the big guy, the river god is mighty, we are just mortals, how can we disobey the orders of the gods, of course, you can also be relieved, tomorrow with the river god master, it may not be a bad thing, it is not possible to be favored by the river god master, and it is also possible to be a boy with the river god master. After the old man lit the candle, he turned his head to look at Chen Li, and spoke to him at the same time.
Listening to the words "River God Master" in his mouth, he was obviously very in awe of this "River God Master".
River God?
Chen Li thought slightly, and immediately his face changed.
He knew that the situation of this body was not good, but he didn't want to be sent to sink if he was not far from dying, and he was going to be sent to sink if he sacrificed to the river god?
Although he still doesn't know what kind of place he has come to, and whether there is a river god, even if he doesn't, he will never survive if he is tied up and thrown into the river like this.
Thinking of this, Rao is Chen Li has lived for so many years before the crossing, and he still can't stop feeling a little panicked in his heart.
The village chief naturally didn't know what Chen Li was thinking, and it was impossible for him to know that the child in front of him was no longer the 'water baby' he was familiar with.
He didn't want to let Chen Li go wrong and ruin tomorrow's sacrifice because of anything else on Chen Li's side, so he had the heart to appease Chen Li.
The village chief said: "Shui Wazi, I asked you Second Uncle Chen to get food, you will have a full stomach for a while, and you will have some spirits, as for the rest, don't think about it, the river god is a god, and he will not harm you." ”
The village chief only thought that 'Shui Wazi' was just a child, saying some good things to deceive Chen Li, and as for what he said, I was afraid that he himself might not believe it.
Chen Li didn't speak, and he didn't pay attention to the village chief.
Because he listened to what the village chief said before, he knew that it was impossible for the other party to let him go, so he could only find a way to survive by himself.
At the moment, he thought about the river gods and the sacrifices.
Although he didn't know much about the ins and outs of the matter, he could still understand the general context from the village chief's words.
The village where his body is located is to sacrifice to the river god with boys and girls, and he is a sacrifice, and he is now locked up in this ancestral hall so as not to let him escape, so as not to spoil the sacrifice god tomorrow.
Of course, since he was a 'boy and a girl', he may not be the only one who sacrificed.
However, who else but him was chosen as a sacrifice was not something he could think about now.
After clearing his thoughts, Chen Li's face became more and more ugly, and regardless of whether there was a river god or not, if he couldn't come up with a way, he would probably not be able to escape death tomorrow.
Just when he felt that his fate was sad, he suddenly felt a pain in his brain.
Suddenly, a wave of unfamiliar memories poured out from the depths of the sea of knowledge, fusing with his own memories, making him feel a little swollen in his brain.
Chen Li's brows couldn't help frowning.
It took him a moment before he opened his eyes.
That strange memory is nothing else, it is the original memory of this body, but for some reason it has only merged with Chen Li until now.
It took him a while to merge the memory.
According to this memory, Chen Li finally understood his situation.
The world he traveled through was a dynasty similar to that of ancient China, Da Chen.
And the place where he is now is a mountain village in the territory of this dynasty called Da Chen.
The mountain village is called Xiaochen Village, and the ancestral hall where he is located is the ancestral temple of Xiaochen Village.
As for the village chief in front of him, his name is Chen Zu, who is the principal of Xiao Chen Village.
And this body, only twelve years old, is an orphan, no name, everyone is called Shui Wazi on weekdays, and when they come and go, it is called habit, and it has become the name of this body.
The original owner has no relatives, and he usually lives on the help of his neighbors, so it can be said that he has no worries.
Of course, if it goes on like this, the water baby may grow up with the help of her neighbors, earn a living on her own, and maybe start a family.
But because of one thing, his fate changed.
This matter is related to the river god.
Just a month ago, the villagers of Xiaochen Village, with a population of thousands, from the dying old to the immature children, all had a dream at the same time.
In the dream, everyone saw a Qingjia god who came on the waves, called himself the river god of the Jinsha River, and asked the villagers to repair the river god shrine and offer livestock incense to worship.
At first, the villagers of Xiaochen Village didn't care, but it didn't take long after that.
One day, rolling dark clouds covered the entire village of Xiao Chen, and heavy rain poured down. The Jinsha River was agitated by wind and waves, almost flooding the village.
Just when the villagers were panicked, the river god fell asleep again as a coercion.
Speaking of which, if everyone does not offer incense, there should be an imperial envoy to the Jinsha River to flood Xiaochen Village.
In this way, the villagers believed in the existence of the gods, and in fear, they sacrificed one after another.
In this regard, the river god is becoming more and more greedy, and from time to time he asks the villagers to sacrifice, there are not many people in Xiaochen Village, where can there be enough financial resources to worship the river god, and he comes and goes, but he is becoming more and more poor.
It's just that ordinary people like them don't dare to disobey the will of the gods, so they have to knock out their teeth and swallow them in their mouths.
This is nothing, just last night, the river god dreamed again, but asked the villagers to offer a pair of boys and girls as sacrifices.
This request immediately made Xiaochen Village make waves again.
No matter what the world is, people attach great importance to their children and grandchildren, and naturally, it is difficult to accept the sacrifice of virgins and boys.
And this matter is also true for the villagers of Xiaochen Village.
This is especially true for families with young sons and daughters, whose own incense is important to pass on, and they are certainly reluctant to sacrifice their children to the river gods.
It's just that the river god is fierce and mighty, and the villagers still remember the methods of the previous envoys, but now where do they dare to resist.
Although he had the heart to refuse, no one in Xiao Chen Village dared to stand up against the river god.
At this time, Chen Zu, the head of Xiaochen Village, put forward a suggestion, which made everyone pay attention to Chen Li's original body.
The original body is not very old, eleven or twelve years old, and it happens to be a genus of virgins, and if it is sacrificed to the river god, it is naturally feasible.
Chen Zu pushed out the original body, but it gave everyone a new choice.
The villagers were reluctant to sacrifice their heirs to the river god, nor did they want to easily hate the river god and invite the punishment of the gods.
Although they also had some pity for the young 'Water Baby', for the sake of their own family, the villagers finally pushed the 'Water Baby' out.
It's just that the original body is not an ordinary child, understanding the danger of this matter, it is inevitable to resist, and finally was tied up by the villagers and locked up in the ancestral shrine.
Speaking of which, Chen Li was able to possess him, but he still lost it to the second son of the village chief, Chen Er, who was a middle-aged man who came with the village chief.
It was he who resisted and wounded the original body when he tried to escape.
The original body was young and immature, and he was injured under Chen Er's hands, coupled with the cold weather and rain, so he lost his life and was borrowed by Chen Li.