The folk belief of Mrs. Xian in Qiongdao is very strong.
According to statistics, there are more than 400 temples to Lady Xian on the island, with a population of 8 million, 30% of which believe in Lady Xian.
Especially in the countryside of Qiongbei, many realm master temples are dedicated to Mrs. Xian Tai.
It's a local characteristic.
Because even Mrs. Xian’s hometown, Gaoliang Mansion, has never seen such a grand event.
Some places are called Dongzhu or Cozhu.
This is a custom passed down by the slang people in ancient times. At that time, several villages were called a cave, and the leader was the cave owner. Later, it was changed to the title of the god worshiped.
Whether it is public holiday or Junpo Festival, it is quite lively for the people of Qiongdao.
Especially the Qiongbei area where the two festivals are integrated into one.
In addition to traveling around the country, they will also eat and drink and have fun with the whole country.
As a festival that mainly honors Mrs. Xian, Junpo Festival is usually held in the first lunar month. However, in order to stagger the days of each village and town as much as possible so that they are not all crowded together, some villages will also be arranged on other days. This is As a result, there are military schedules from the first month to November.
It was only because we had to prepare for the Chinese New Year in December and there were so many things to do that we took a break.
The Junpo Festival in Huangzhu Town is scheduled in August.
Like most villages, the head of Huangzhu Wanying Hall is also Mrs. Xian, accompanied by various civil and military officers and generals.
Most of these civil and military officers and generals are minor gods enshrined in the local area. Some are ancestors of various families, and some even have unknown origins and names.
In addition, there are realm owners from other realms who come to help.
Many statues of gods are lined up on the koan, and small flags are made of black characters on red paper, indicating that they are the owners of the XX village or the owners of the col.
These vary in size, some are as small as 20 centimeters, and some are as large as 60 or 70 centimeters, making it easy to distinguish which one is the main worshiper and which one is the accompanying worshipper.
It's normal to have a lot of repetition.
Needless to say, Emperor Huaguang, Emperor Guan Sheng, Emperor Kang, Tudigong, etc., as well as the local Marshal Tian Gong, General You Tian, King Gao, General Huang, Handsome Master Empress, etc.
It can be said that except for the ancestors of their respective surnames, the other gods are almost the same.
However, today's Gongqi Junpo didn't seem to be going very well.
…
Generally, there will be several relatively dangerous projects on the military slopes during the public period.
Such as passing through a staff (that is, passing through an arrow), passing through a volcano (that is, passing through a sea of fire).
Chuanzhang is also commonly known as Jiangtong or Jiantong, and the locals call it Jianggong.
Crossing the volcano is the same as crossing the sea of fire on the Chu River. They both walk over piles of red-hot charcoal.
The problem lies in crossing the volcano.
Generally speaking, if you step on hot charcoal fire quickly enough, you won't get burned unless you accidentally let the charcoal fire get into the gaps between your toes.
Everyone who has passed by knows it.
By the time the charcoal fire was lit and laid, the young men were already eager to try it. For them, this was a very embarrassing thing.
And those who dare not participate hide behind the crowd and watch, which is thrilling and exciting.
But what people didn't expect was that the three young men who were the first to step onto the charcoal fire screamed in unison and staggered as fast as possible, almost crawling away from the charcoal fire. , fell to the side, as embarrassed as you want.
All of them were shaking like chaff, their expressions were painful, and they completely lost their previous excitement.
This frightened everyone, and the cheers just now stopped abruptly.
"what happened?"
Fu Quan, Chen Yao and other responsible persons quickly came around to ask.
One of the young men's face was distorted in pain, and he shivered and raised the soles of his feet. He saw that they were covered with blood blisters, and the skin had been burned off, and the flesh and blood were blurred.
Everyone who saw this scene was shocked.
Hiss, how is that possible? !
You say it was like stepping on a red-hot iron plate and getting burned, but some people still believe it. The question is, stepping on a pile of hot coals, can you get burned like this?
It should be noted that the custom of crossing volcanoes has been passed down for thousands of years, and it is the same every year, but I have never heard of anyone being injured like this. At most, it was just a small blister after being burned by the sparks.
This bloody appearance is really terrifying.
"Send to the health center quickly!"
Fu Quan didn't dare to delay.
He quickly called on several men and quickly carried the three injured people into the car and sent them to the town health center.
With such a fuss, it would be impossible to survive the volcano.
No one dared to step forward.
Fu Quan's expression was solemn, and he subconsciously felt that something was wrong. He thought about it and shouted, "Bring a piece of raw pork, with the skin on."
Raw pork will be brought soon.
Fu Quan stood by the charcoal fire and placed the pork on the footprints made by the young men just now.
Zhi!
As soon as it was placed on the charcoal fire, a puff of oily smoke instantly emitted from the charcoal fire, and the side of the pork that was in contact with the charcoal fire became charred at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Fu Quan was horrified and quickly lifted up the pork, only to see that the pig skin was already charred black. When making braised pork, it would not be so exaggerated to use a flamethrower.
The issue is……
The charcoal underneath doesn’t look like it’s even burned yet!
"Something's wrong! There's definitely something wrong with this!"
Fu Quan's face was gloomy, with a hint of uneasiness in his eyes. The temperature of the charcoal fire was at least several times higher than the normal temperature, but there seemed to be nothing wrong with it on the outside.
Even when he put his palms on the charcoal fire to test it at close range, he didn't feel how hot it was.
He remembered that the charcoal used here was no different from the past. There was even a lot of charcoal that was only lit at the bottom and the upper part was not burned.
So weird!
"Uncle Yao——"
He turned his attention to Chen Yao, who was the oldest among them.
However, Chen Yao was not sure either. His face was solemn. This was the first time he had seen this situation after living for decades.
Of course, he had some guesses in his mind, but he couldn't say it out loud.
It seems like something evil is causing trouble.
However, people who cross the volcano are under the banner of the protection of the ancestors and ancestors. If there are evil spirits causing trouble, doesn't it mean that the gods no longer protect Huangzhu Town?
Absolutely not!
So he muttered: "Throw the cup."
After saying that, he took out the wild rice cup.
Facing everyone's gaze, the first time, Yin cup!
The second time, it was still the vaginal cup!
Chen Yao: "..."
He didn't dare throw a third time.
This is completely different from the previous cup toss result.
What's the matter?
Everyone present fell silent, and an unusually solemn atmosphere began to pervade.
The volcano link can only be ended hastily and the next step can be started.
…
And the other side.
The people responsible for taking the wounded to the hospital drove into the health center and parked, then carried the wounded out of the car and hurriedly rushed into the outpatient building of the health center.
"Doctor! Nurse!"
Only to find no one responded.
The whole hospital was eerily quiet.
You should know that although there are not many people coming to see the doctor in the town health center, there is no shortage of employees. There will be people on duty on the first floor to register and collect medicines for a fee.
Today is a working day.
what happened?
Faced with this situation, everyone raised their voices: "Where are the people? Is there anyone? There are injured, please come and help!"
The sound echoed in the empty building.
Still silence, no one answered.
This situation can't help but make people feel uncomfortable and think of some bad things.
Could they have gone to the wrong place?
The problem is, this is indeed the town health center!
Everyone looked at each other.
"Forget it, maybe no one is going to work today, let's go to another hospital." Someone suggested.
Others said yes.
However, when he turned to look behind him, he found that several other people had disappeared at some point.
Um? !
what happened?
Didn’t we come in together just now?
Each of their group carried one wounded person, and there were two or three more people accompanying them to help. There were almost ten people, but now there were several missing for some reason.
Now everyone realized something was wrong.
Even the injured young man stopped moaning. He just felt that the place was very cold and uncomfortable, as if something was watching him secretly.
"Brother Guang?"
"Amin?"
Someone in the team tentatively called the two of them, but neither responded.
Everyone's palms began to sweat and their mouths and tongues became dry. In broad daylight, a group of grown men were stunned and sweating from behind.
"Walk!"
Someone shouted, and everyone subconsciously carried the wounded person and ran outside.
"boom!"
However, before they could run out of the outpatient clinic building, the door on the first floor seemed to be slammed shut by a pair of invisible hands. The rust on the door shook off, and the light in the building suddenly became dark.
And the door was so weird that no matter how hard they pulled, pushed, or kicked, they couldn't open it.
Everyone's expressions changed drastically.
"The phone has no signal!"
Someone subconsciously took out their mobile phone, only to find that it was not in the service area.
It’s no longer possible not to panic now.
Seeing something strange in broad daylight, what a fool!
"Hee hee hee……"
At this moment, a burst of children's laughter suddenly came from deep in the corridor behind him.
Everyone turned around in fear, looking at the deep corridors and dark corners. Their scalps went numb and they subconsciously clung to the big iron door.
"Don't be afraid! Grandpa bless you!"
Some people try to keep calm.
However, he didn't believe this himself.
If Gongzu really protected me, how could something like this happen? You know, today is a public day!
"I've hidden it, come to me quickly."
The child's voice from before sounded again.
Suddenly a gust of wind blew by, and the eyes of the people with frightened expressions unconsciously became dazed, and then they all showed silly smiles and walked towards the depths of the building step by step.
Even the person whose soles of his feet were burned ignored the pain in his body and followed everyone inside.
at this time,
Looking from outside the hospital, the location where the health center used to be has been shrouded in a faint mist.
Pedestrians passing by looked as normal and didn't take a second look. They didn't seem to think anything was wrong.
…
"How not to answer the phone?"
At the press conference, Fu Quan looked at his phone and frowned.
There was a busy signal on the phone.
"Maybe my phone was muted and I didn't notice it."
Fu Jin, who was next to him, interjected. Seeing that he was still frowning, he quickly comforted him: "Don't worry, if something happens, A Guang will make up his mind."
But Fu Quan was still a little worried: "I remember Xingzi also went with him, right? Do you have his phone number?"
Fu Jin shook his head: "I haven't increased his prestige. Don't worry, maybe Aguang will call back later. If it doesn't work, I'll go over and have a look."
But Fu Quan still felt uneasy, but he couldn't explain it, so he had to say: "Forget it, let's do this for now."
Today is the military slope of Gongqi, and there are too many things to be busy with.
However, due to the incident of people being scalded by the sea of fire, and the divination by Chen Yao when he threw the cup, he discussed it with Chen Yao and others and decided to keep it simple and omit some dangerous items.
End it quickly so that everyone can go home and eat, so that he can go to the hospital to see how he is doing.
…
Baitang Village.
Wu Qiang invited many relatives over for a holiday at home today.
Busy from morning to noon, three big tables were set up, and everyone happily ate. At this moment, the sun began to set, and people were just being sent away one after another.
I can finally sit down and take a breath.
His wife Chen Cuizhen said that she wanted to go to the orchard to spray pesticides, but she was afraid that it would be too late to finish the spraying.
Wu Qiang waved his hand and didn't care. He was very tired today.
Although the public holiday is lively, it is not easy at all for the host family.
After lying on the solid wood chair for a while, I felt something was wrong.
Where is the son?
Where did you go again?
He usually jumps up and down at home, but today he disappeared after dinner. Could it be that he was afraid that his relatives would ask him about his recent academic performance, so he went out and hid?
I called my wife and asked, "Where is my brother? Is he at your place?"
Chen Cuizhen said: "No, I am spraying medicine in the orchard. I don't have time to take him with me. He probably went to play with other people's children. Ask whose house he is at."
Then he hung up the phone.
Although Wu Qiang frowned, he didn't say anything.
In rural areas, it is common for children to run wild, go to other people's homes to watch TV or play with toys without returning home, and not be able to call back when it gets dark.
I'm not worried about being a human trafficker. After all, I'm already in the second grade of elementary school and can remember things. Even if I rob a child, I won't rob him like this.
However, by the evening, the sun was almost setting and his son had not come back. Now Wu Qiang could not sit still.
It's time for dinner, why is this little bastard still nowhere to be seen?
You can only look for it everywhere.
"Brother Yi, is my son here?"
"Ami, have you seen my son?"
"Third Aunt, have you seen my son?"
"..."
He walked around the whole village and asked people about the places he usually went to, but he still saw no sign of his son.
"Where did this plague boy go?"
Wu Qiang was so angry.
At this time, Wu Qiang's son Wu Zixuan was hiding in a hollowed-out tree, curled up in a ball, eyes closed tightly, with a frightened expression and chattering teeth.
Suddenly, an erratic voice came from the narrow opening above his head.
"Hehehe, I found you!"
…
"Is Aguang's phone still unreachable?"
"Not only him, but also Mingzai Xingzai's phone calls were not answered."
"Uncle Quan and Uncle Jin said they would go take a look, but no news came back. The hospital door is clearly locked and they have already left work."
"What happened?"
"..."
In front of the Jingzhu Temple, more than a dozen people gathered together. Everyone looked worried and the atmosphere was very solemn.
Today's Gongqi Junpo is full of unusual things. Chen Yao, the oldest person present, has never seen anything like this in his more than eighty years of life.
It doesn't always feel like a good sign.
And it is located in the Yecheng Civil Affairs Branch, which is less than 80 kilometers away from Huangzhu, Dingyang.
The staff responsible for monitoring the strange signals stared closely at the instrument screen, but never noticed anything wrong.
From beginning to end, no signal prompt was displayed on the screen.
At this time, the residents of Huangzhu Town did not know that a strange disaster had unknowingly befallen them.
The update was blocked last night and was released in the afternoon. I didn’t expect it to be stuck for so long. Let’s talk about another unlucky thing. I was scratched by a stray cat today. I went to get a rabies vaccine and lost all my money...
(End of chapter)
