Lingguan Town, Dongshan Village.
"Dad, Mom, you are back." A thin girl ran out from the door and greeted Xiao Ershan and his wife with a smile.
"Lingling, didn't I tell you not to go out?" Xiao Ershan quickly hugged the little girl, as if he was afraid that she would be seen by others.
"Didn't you say that after the sacrifice is over, I can go out and play normally?" the little girl named Lingling asked with some confusion.
"The sacrifice is not over yet..." Xiao Ershan closed the door, returned to the house, and sighed worriedly, "Someone stopped the ceremony."
"Why?" Lingling looked at her father innocently.
Xiao Ershan was silent for a long time, then hugged his daughter tightly and said: "No matter what, Daddy will not let anyone take my good daughter away! No one can!"
After thinking for a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "My mother, if that doesn't work, let's run away, shall we?"
"Where to escape?" My wife also looked sad. "If we go somewhere else, will we still have a job?"
"It's better than staying here and letting Lingling be sent to be sacrificed, right?" Xiao Ershan said resolutely.
After a while, the family of three had packed up their luggage, large and small, and opened the back door of the yard under the cover of darkness.
But as soon as Xiao Ershan poked his head out, he was held down by a strong big hand. Through his fingers, he saw in front of him the nursing home of the clan chief's family in the town.
"The patriarch asked us brothers, Ershan, to take good care of the yard so that nothing more goes wrong during tomorrow's sacrifice." The strong man holding down Xiao Ershan said in a muffled voice.
Everyone knew in their hearts that they said they were helping to take care of him, but in fact they were just afraid that he would escape.
Xiao Ershan retreated angrily, and the family of three sat in the room, frowning and helpless.
"Dad, why don't you let me participate in the sacrifice?" Lingling asked curiously: "Didn't you say that after rushing down the mountain, you will become smarter? Nothing will happen."
"What do you know?" Xiao Ershan seemed to want to say something, but he hesitated.
After a short silence, a third person's voice suddenly sounded in the room: "Then what do you know? You can tell me?"
"Ah!" The family of three were startled.
Then I saw the figures of three young people appearing out of thin air. They came from nowhere through the wall. They were the three people who had stopped the sacrifice before.
"You...where did you come from?" Xiao Ershan stood in front of his wife and daughter, asking them to hide in a corner. He raised his hand and said, "We also have practitioners in Lingguan Town. Don't mess around."
"Xiao Ershan." Chu Liang asked sharply, "Do you know him?"
With a cry, Chu Liang released the resentful soul of the scholar. When he saw the murderer, the resentful soul of the scholar immediately erupted into the form that a resentful soul should have. It was full of resentment and ferocious. With a full body of sinister energy, it wanted to pounce on and bite the enemy. !
"ah--"
Xiao Ershan's family was so frightened that they all fell to the ground. The couple begged for mercy: "Master Immortal, have mercy on me, Master Immortal, have mercy on me! We just want to save our daughter's life, and we really don't want to harm anyone. But, this is really..." There is no way!”
"Save your daughter's life?" Chu Liang put away the resentful soul of the scholar, glanced at the little girl, and asked: "Didn't you say that the sacrifices in Lingguan Town didn't kill people at all, but just drifted downstream?"
"This..." Xiao Ershan hesitated and seemed to want to hide it, but Chu Liang tried to release the resentful soul of the scholar again. He was immediately frightened and said repeatedly: "Those are all fake, they are all fake! "
…
Under Chu Liang's persuasion, Xiao Ershan cooperated and told what he knew about the Lingguan Town sacrifice.
There is Yao Dengxian in charge of Siyun Avenue in Yudu City, and he may not be able to fully take care of some remote places in Jiuzhou, but the land of Zhongzhou has always had good weather. Among them, Lingguan Town can be regarded as a blessed land even if it is located on the border of Zhongzhou.
The climate here is always suitable, the crops are always luxuriant, and the people are always free from diseases and disasters. It is a place known far and wide for longevity. And the reason for all this, they attributed to this spiritual official sacrifice.
Legend has it that in ancient times, two spiritual officials descended from the immortal world to fight against demons. As a result, they were seriously injured and could not return to the upper world. Being taken in by the residents here, the common people drifted along the river to bring food to the spirit officials. Until the two spirit officials recovered from their injuries and returned to the upper world, they gave this land a blessing.
From then on, the place had good weather every year and everyone lived a long life, and it was also renamed Lingguan Town.
In order to express gratitude for the kindness of the two Lingguan Town, the people of Lingguan Town will hold annual sacrificial activities. The two soul boys were floated down the current to enjoy the blessings from the spiritual official.
"It's all false." Xiao Ershan said, and added: "I have already found out that although the soul boy will not die during the sacrifice every year, he will always die for various reasons within three months after the sacrifice. , without exception! It’s not human sacrifice, it’s just false news released by the clan leader to deceive us and the court!”
"So that's it?" Chu Liang's pupils tightened.
If the child did not die on the spot, then the court might not care, but within three months both soul boys would die young, so what is the difference between that and a living sacrifice?
"Didn't anyone in Lingguan Town find out about this?" Lin Bei asked, "Wouldn't it be better to just stop the sacrifice?"
"It is said that there were several years when sacrifices were stopped, but Lingguan Town was immediately hit by droughts and floods, attacked by diseases, and a large number of people in the town died. Even if they moved away, they would not be spared. Everyone couldn't bear it and came back. Only by offering sacrifices again can we gain peace again." Xiao Ershan replied: "From then on, everyone accepted their fate, even if they paid the price of two children every year, in exchange for the health and longevity of the whole town."
It turns out that this child is considered a price that can be given up.
If it was a deception in the past, then the subsequent sacrifices can be regarded as a transaction.
"It would be fine if it were from another family, but this year it is my family's turn. My husband and I have only had one daughter, Lingling, for most of our lives. How can we let go?" Xiao Ershan continued, "Just when we were about to run away with our family, someone came from Yudu City. A family came to stay overnight, and I felt bad..."
"You don't want to abandon your own daughter, but you kill other people's family members at will." Chu Liang shook his head, "No matter what happens, you will not be able to escape the blame."
"Ah——" Xiao Ershan's wife knelt down and wailed: "As long as we can save our daughter this time, even if my husband and I are cut into pieces, we will accept it!"
"You can rest assured." Chu Liang looked out the window, "Now that we know about this, we will never let every innocent child die again."
"What are you going to do?" Ye Yongxing asked.
"Since those two 'Spirit Officials' have been able to make people continue to perform sacrifices for so many years, they must have some skills. If they don't personally participate in this sacrifice, it should be difficult to catch them." Chu Liang Youyou said: "We want the sacrifice to continue. .”
"Continue?" Lin Bei wondered: "Isn't the child still in danger? What if we can't find the two 'Spiritual Officers'?"
"Of course children will not be allowed to participate." Chu Liang said thoughtfully, "Actually, strictly speaking, I can also be regarded as a virgin."
"..." Lin Bei looked at Chu Liang hesitantly, and after a while, he said: "Then if you can be a virgin, I feel that I can also be a virgin."
"Isn't this too forced?" Ye Yongxing looked at the two of them in disbelief.
If the art of change is used, the fluctuation of true energy will easily expose the identity. But if there is no change, just go up like this... people are not blind even if they are evil.
"That's all." Chu Liang smiled and shook his head, "Aren't they just powerful boys and girls? I can borrow two of them."
good evening.
(End of chapter)
