Jiang Yu's heart sank and he quietly looked at the situation outside. He had a bad feeling.
"Abi."
The old man shouted lowly, and Abi's legs and feet suddenly became weak.
"Priest Zuo Di..." She bit her lower lip tightly and quietly moved to block the door.
Jiang Yu followed Abi's gaze, and Priest Zuo Di walked forward slowly, patting her shoulder gently with his wrinkled palm.
"Abi, you are the child I watched grow up."
The old man spoke slowly, trying to use his emotions to influence Abi and get her to leave the door.
"You are a sensible child. After your parents passed away when you were young, everyone in the village raised you. You should know the significance of the Dongshen Festival to us."
"So are you willing to step aside and let us go in to find Chunyu?"
Abi was patted on the shoulder by the old man, feeling that she couldn't move.
But no, if he gives way at this time, Chunyu will be taken back.
She made up her mind to protect the girl in the room and only gave the old priest a reluctant smile.
"Priest Zuo Di... It's not that Abi wants to stop him from entering, but I haven't even had a mouse in my house. How could someone come in?"
"If there was some movement at night like this, how could the people in the house not know about it?..."
After hearing what she said, the old man sighed deeply and interrupted her.
"Abi!"
She paused, her mouth open and speechless.
Priest Zuo Di turned his head and looked at her, the turbid divine light in his eyes flickering for a moment under the light of the torch.
"Do you really know what you're talking about?"
"Do you want to protect Chunyu?"
"Priest, priest... what are you talking about?" Abi clenched her fists, and her lowered eyelashes cast a shadow on her face, "Chun Yu didn't come to my place at all, I..."
Priest Zuo Di took a deep look at her and turned around, "Xu Wa'er, search."
The young man nodded and waved his hand, beckoning the people behind him to step forward.
"You, what are you doing! Let go of me!"
Abi saw these people coming over and didn't know what to do. Xuwa grabbed her arm, pulled her aside, and said viciously: "Do you think you can protect Chunyu? Shut up now. ,idiot!"
Damn it!
Jiang Yu held her breath and hid in the dark, the strings in her mind were tense and she didn't dare to relax for a moment. If someone found her later, she would fight out.
But for some reason, the villagers filing in could not find her location. An ordinary-looking man came over and searched for a while, but found nothing.
The man glanced at where Jiang Yu was hiding, turned around and walked in the opposite direction.
Jiang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, but the picture that appeared immediately made her heart skip a beat.
Chunyu was dragged out of the haystack!
"Let, let me go!"
"Sister Abi! Help me!"
The little girl's hair was grabbed by someone, and she could only raise her head and scream. She weakly broke the big hand that was holding her, but she couldn't shake the other person at all.
"Spring Rain!"
Abi was shocked and wanted to run into the house. She glanced at the dark place where Jiang Yu was hiding, turned around and mustered up the courage to shout to Priest Zuo Di: "Priest! Please let Chunyu go!"
As soon as Xuwa let go, Abi knelt down on the ground!
She banged her head and kowtowed to the priest until dots of ink spattered like plum blossoms appeared on the dusty ground.
Abi yelled in a hoarse voice with grief and anger: "Please let Chunyu go. Chunyu is still small. There is only one mother in the family who cried blindly. If she becomes a flower girl, then her family will really be broken up!"
Jiang Yu couldn't bear it anymore, Qi was overflowing from her hand, and the long handle of the Dengxian Sword was already in her hand!
"Little girl!" Wait! 』
A moment of clarity overcame her filled with anger and woke her up. Jiang Yu's expression paused and he breathed heavily silently.
Every word of Yin Ban'er's message made her heart cool down a little bit.
"They are already the withered bones and resentful souls in the sky!" Why are you really angry? 』
"I'm afraid I'm waiting for you to go out!" The person in charge of the key point here will fight back, let alone run out! What about the person you are looking for? Will I die with you? 』
Jiang Yu's hand holding the handle of the knife trembled slightly. She bit her lips tightly, watching what was happening here but unable to move! Don't dare to take action!
The old man looked pitiful. He looked at Abi and kowtowed, as if he couldn't bear it.
He waved his hand and Chunyu was caught. The little girl struggled with tears and looked at Abi who was kowtowing, trembling all over.
"Abi."
He sighed, "I thought you were a sensible person, but I really didn't expect you to have the courage to hide Chun Yu. If you really succeed, what will you do to our village? It's a sin to offend the cave god! Yes Will you carry it or will we, the people who raised you, carry it? Lift your head and answer me!"
There was a commotion among the crowd, and some unpleasant sounds came to the front.
Abi paused. She still kowtowed. After hearing the last words of Priest Zuo Di, she stiffly raised her head and looked blankly at the group of people behind him who had raised her. She saw the disappointment on their faces. look.
"priest……"
The old man's eyes were full of disappointment: "The Cave God Festival is about to begin, and we must not stop it. I will give you and Chunyu a chance to choose. If she becomes a flower girl, I will have her mother picked up and given to you to take care of. , I won’t treat you badly. If you come to be a flower girl, then Chunyu can go home. You think about it for yourselves and make your choice."
Abi pursed her lips and was speechless, but a voice answered faster than her.
"Sister Abi! Sister Abi can be one!"
"She is an orphan, she has no parents! I have to take care of my own mother, I can't be a flower girl!"
She was stunned for a moment, then slowly turned her head to look at the place where the sound came from.
The person who grabbed Chunyu had already let go of her hand, and Chunyu's small body stood up. She turned her head, her long hair blocked the light of the torch, and avoided Abi's gaze.
The little girl's eyes were full of hope, and every word she spoke was a prayer.
"Master Priest, let Sister Abi be the flower girl!"
"I want to go home!"
The blood stains on Abi's forehead were still scabbed, as if she had been slapped hard, but she was just looking dreamily into the darkness of the fire.
"Chun Yu..."
Without the shackles of others, Chunyu climbed up from the ground. Although he was very embarrassed, there was a brightness in his eyes.
She wants to live, sorry sister Abi.
"Master Priest, Sister Abi is an orphan, so she is the most suitable person to be a flower girl!"
"I beg you!"
Abi's ears were buzzing for a while, and she couldn't hear clearly what she said next.
She watched Chun Yu open her mouth and kept talking, and watched Priest Zuo Di turn around and look at her with a moved expression.
The old head nodded and agreed to Chunyu's request.
The old man gave an order, and the man he brought came forward, grabbed Abi, lifted her up, and tied her tightly.
When she came to her senses, she found that her throat could no longer make a sound.
"Lights up! Send the flower girl to the sedan chair!"
A white cloth was roughly stuffed into Abi's mouth. Someone came forward, covered her with a hijab embroidered with mandarin ducks playing in the water, and pulled her to a box that was only as high as her calf.
She whimpered and struggled, but was forcefully pulled over.
From under the hijab, she could vaguely see Chun Yu pouting her lips, as if saying sorry. Seeing Xu Wa'er looking intolerable on the side, she looked away sadly.
The leafy mountain flowers couldn't fit into the palm-sized clay pots, so those people cut off the branches and trimmed the flowers and leaves. Only then could the remaining flowers be restrained.
The mountain wind howled all night long, and there were no stars in the sky.
Mountain ghosts cry.
Many people came forward and backward, and they quickly put the box on the load. The man in the lead shouted the slogan of carrying the box, and the people behind him responded in unison.
"There is a beautiful girl in Bai'ao. She cries and flowers fall in the daytime. The gods have mercy on me. There is a talented and beautiful woman."
"When you glance at me, you will be quiet and love me; today, you will fall into a cave, and the cave god will do whatever you want."
