"It turns out to be Miss Qinghe, um... I want to ask, is there any other way besides knocking the person unconscious and carrying him away? I'm afraid you'll hit me with a stick again and I won't be able to bear it. What if I get killed by you directly?" If you break your head, wouldn't it be worth the loss?"
Qi Yuan scratched his forehead and said half-jokingly.
"Pfft."
Li Qinghe couldn't help but laugh out loud, then he covered his mouth and smiled and said: "This is a tradition, just hit him once, you don't have to knock him unconscious and carry him back."
"That's good, that's good."
Qi Yuan was obviously relieved when he heard this, and then subconsciously touched the back of his head.
"Lord God Envoy, in this case, I won't bother you."
The old man obviously saw that Qi Yuan also had that intention, so he simply left.
It seems that there should be a lot of freedom between men and women in their place.
"Hey, you don't really want to think about that, do you?"
After the old man left, Yu Hunqiu quickly poked Qi Yuan with his elbow.
"What do you mean I want to? I don't want to let down this girl's kindness, okay?"
Qi Yuan used strong words to argue the truth.
"Miss Qinghe, we are leaving here tomorrow and will not come back again, so if you want to find a good husband, I advise you to find a boy from your village."
Wang Junfeng even directly persuaded Li Qinghe to retreat.
Qi Yuan was immediately very angry, but he couldn't get angry easily, so he had to endure it.
"It doesn't matter? We pick one man every night. One night is enough."
Li Qinghe said nonchalantly.
At this time, all of us were shocked, including Qi Yuan, who looked in disbelief.
Picking one every night, doesn’t that mean that the girls here are changing men every night? This is simply incredible.
In other words, the men in this house are beaten almost every night. I wonder if my head doesn't hurt?
"Miss Qinghe, I want to know if any of your men have been accidentally beaten to death?"
I couldn't help but feel curious, so I asked Li Qinghe.
"There are, but they are rare, because we usually don't hit them that hard."
Li Qinghe shook his head and said.
As soon as I heard this, I suddenly felt a chill on the back of my head. I quickly wrapped the coat around my head, fearing that the girl would suddenly take notice of me later and then beat me to death with a stick.
The girls here obviously didn't strike lightly, otherwise they wouldn't have beaten people to death. Besides, the blow she just struck with the stick was definitely not without force. After all, Qi Yuan was knocked unconscious.
Yu Hunqiu and Wang Junfeng took a look, and quickly took off their coats and wrapped them around their heads.
At times like this, I can only pray that I won't be taken aback by the girls.
As for Qi Yuan, he has already received a stick. Presumably, no other girls will come over and compete to hit him. If that is the case, then he may not be able to survive tonight.
"In this case, I'll take the first step. You guys should be careful."
Qi Yuan stood up directly as he spoke, then called Li Qinghe and they left together.
The few of us who were left looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.
"Otherwise... we'd better retreat quickly, this is too damn dangerous."
Yu Hunqiu pondered for a moment, spread his hands and said.
"What are you afraid of? It's a good choice to spend the night with a girl just to get a stick, right?"
I joked.
"It's better to beg, I'm afraid I'll be knocked to death."
Yu Hunqiu rolled his eyes and said.
"coming."
Wang Junfeng suddenly became alert.
I turned around and saw that a girl had appeared behind me carrying a stick.
"Wait a moment."
I was so frightened that I quickly got up from the ground, then looked at the girl and said, "I'm not very convenient today. What do you think of the two of them?"
As I said that, I pointed at Wang Junfeng and Yu Hunqiu.
As a result, both of them shook their heads.
The girl was quite polite, and she didn't force herself to knock on her. Seeing that we were not happy, she left in a sensible manner.
A few more girls came in twos and threes later, but because we were all more vigilant, no one was knocked unconscious.
After staying up until the end of the party, everyone in the village finally dispersed. Everyone went back to their homes, each carrying his own man.
The old man also arranged a room for us. It seemed that the accommodation in this place was not that abundant, so he only made two rooms available.
Wang Junfeng and Yi Xiaojiu lived in one of the rooms, and there was only one room left. Yu Hunqiu and I could only make do with it.
But this is much better than camping in the wild. At least there is a house to shelter from the wind and rain, and there is a big, comfortable bed.
I haven't had much rest in the past few days, and with the continuous rush, I was very tired, so I lay on the bed and fell into a deep sleep after a while.
I don’t know how long I slept, but then I was drowsy and suddenly woken up by a strange sound.
I quickly got up and listened carefully. I felt that the sound was like many people chanting some ancient mantra. Although the sound was not loud, it was still quite clear in this silent night.
I looked at Yu Hunqiu next to me and found that this guy was fast asleep and showed no signs of waking up.
This is too little vigilance. In a place like this that we don’t understand at all, we can sleep so hard, and our hearts are big enough.
After thinking about it, I called him up and took him out to take a look.
It was already late at night. Yu Hunqiu complained to me in a daze before he finally woke up. Then he quickly asked me, "What are you doing so late at night?"
"listen."
I gestured, then listened carefully.
The sound came from behind the stockade, but it shouldn't be far away, and I could still see the faint light of fire over there.
"What the hell? Every place has some unknown customs. Maybe they are offering sacrifices to the gods."
Yu Hunqiu said that he was about to turn around and go into the house.
"Go check it out."
I quickly grabbed his shoulders and said.
Although sacrifices are not uncommon, many sacrifices are accompanied by some weird rituals, and there are even many examples in history of using living people as sacrifices.
So I think it is still necessary to take a look. If the people in this village have any idea of us, then we will be like a sheep in a tiger's mouth.
"Okay, just watch."
Yuhunqiu couldn't resist me, so he had to follow me and take a look.
When we came to the back of the village, we found dozens of people gathered here.
At this time, they were all facing an old temple-like building in front of them, and then everyone raised their hands high and chanted ancient and strange spells in unison.
There was also a huge pyre piled in front of the temple, with a person tied to it. It seemed that they wanted to burn that person to death for the purpose of their sacrifice.
I took a closer look and saw that the man tied to the pyre was none other than Qi Yuan.
