Sister Li said that her hometown is on the border of Liao Province, a small mountain village in the mountains.
The small mountain village is very old, and the villagers are very traditional and superstitious. The villagers firmly believe that the small mountain village is protected by the true god. In order to worship the true god, the small mountain village holds a sacrificial ceremony every year.
This year, the small mountain village even built a very luxurious temple for the true god. Now that the temple is built, the day for this year's sacrifice has arrived.
Sister Li asked someone to find Taoist Lin, hoping that Taoist Lin could go back to her hometown with her to dispel the rumors that the small mountain village was protected by the true god, so that the villagers would no longer believe in the existence of the true god.
Now that Daochang Lin is not going, it is up to me and Lin Xiaoqiu to do popular science for the villagers, so that they should not continue their feudal superstitions, at least not even hold activities to worship the true god.
What Sister Li said made me speechless.
Lin Xiaoqiu is a Taoist nun and I am a disciple. We are engaged in feudal and superstitious work. But now she asked us to do science popularization for the villagers and tell them that there is no god in this world.
What is the difference between this kind of behavior and that of a liar? Moreover, I don’t understand why Sister Li would do this?
I said, "Sister Li, belief in the True God is just a belief in the hearts of the villagers. They have believed it for so many years. Why do you have to destroy their belief? Have the actions of the villagers believing in the True God brought you trouble? ?”
"It's not causing trouble for me, it's causing trouble for the whole village."
Sister Li said, "If they just believe it and just want me to donate some money to build the temple, of course I will not care about it. But in addition to these, our village also has a strange rule when worshiping the true god."
This rule is that all villagers must be present during the sacrifice. If a villager fails to return to the village on the day of the sacrifice, the villager who did not return to the village to participate in the sacrifice will definitely die in an accident within three days.
Moreover, when offering sacrifices, the new year's offering family will receive the sacred bones from the old offering family.
The new sacrificial family that takes over the sacred bones must stay in the village for the next year, making offerings to the gods and cleaning them day and night. In short, the family is required to stay in the village and guard the statue for a year.
During this year, this family is not allowed to step out of the village, otherwise not only this family will be punished by the true god, but the entire village will also suffer misfortune.
It is not until the sacrificial day of the second year that the sacred bones are passed on to the next sacrificial family. Only then can this family complete the task of worshiping the true god and be able to leave the village.
"This year, it's my turn to sacrifice the family,"
Sister Li said, "According to the rules, I have to stay in the village for a year! How is this possible! I have two companies in my hands and stay in a small mountain village. Should my company continue to open?"
How much business will be delayed this year? I can't afford to waste this time. Two little fairies, you two must break this feudal superstition so that I can leave the village after participating in the sacrifice. "
She said that sacrifice was feudal superstition, but in her heart she believed that the village was blessed by the true god. Otherwise, she would not have put down her work and returned to the village to participate in the sacrifice.
After all, if you really don't believe it, just ignore it. There is no need to find someone to solve this matter.
To be precise, her request was that she wanted Lin Xiaoqiu and I to get rid of the 'true god' in their village, so that their village would no longer have these rules, so that she would not have to stay in the village for the next year.
I sorted out the information Sister Li said, and then asked her, "Sister Li, you just said that those who participated in the sacrifice would die in an accident within three days if they failed to rush back to the village. Has this happened before? No. Have you really confirmed the rumors, has this happened?"
The small feudal mountain village has little information, but there are all kinds of exaggerated and strange legends.
So if it's just a rumor, then we have to say something else if it's not credible.
Sister Li said to me, "Tang Xiangu, I know what you want to confirm, and I can tell you clearly now that this kind of thing really happened, and I saw it with my own eyes.
I was just nine years old at the time, and I went back to the village with my parents to participate in the sacrifice. Many of our children played together, and one of the little boys ran out of the village on the sacrificial day because of his playfulness. The next day, the child jumped into the well and died.
The rumors about the sacrificial day are true, so the villagers have been observing the custom of one family taking turns serving the true god for a year. Now this true god has seriously affected my normal life and that of the villagers. Please help us get rid of the control of the true god. "
At this time, Lin Xiaoqiu asked, "Sister Li, has this true god ever blessed you?"
"No," Sister Li hurriedly shook her head, "Both adults and children in our village are not allowed to make wishes to the true god. The sacrificial family serves the true god for a year, and one of their tasks is to keep an eye on the god's statue, and no one is allowed to make a wish to the god's statue."
"No wishing allowed?" I think this rule is quite strange.
The whole village was worshiping and serving the True God, but they did not make any vows to the True God to ask for benefits.
You must know that the Buddhas in the temple are eating tens of dollars worth of incense every day and listening to millions of wishes for getting rich. This is human nature. However, their village only worships people but does not make any wishes. This is not in line with common sense and seems very strange.
Lin Xiaoqiu was also curious and asked, "Sister Li, why can't you make a wish? Who made the rule?"
Sister Li shook her head, "I don't know who made this rule. I just know that this rule has existed since I can remember. My grandfather said that we only worship the true God and do not ask the true God to do anything for us. Only in this way can we show our filial piety towards the true God.”
Hearing this, Lin Xiaoqiu laughed twice and said, "Your village is sincere."
At this time, Sister Li's cell phone rang. It was the company that wanted to see her. She opened the notebook she carried with her and started working in the car.
Lin Xiaoqiu and I have already asked what we should ask. Sister Li got busy, so we didn't bother her anymore.
I lowered my voice and asked Lin Xiaoqiu, "Lin Xiaoqiu, do you think there really is a god in their village?"
Lin Xiaoqiu held the goblet, took a sip of red wine, then squinted her eyes with enjoyment and said to me, "How could it be possible! Xiao Ning, gods live in the sky, we mortals can have the opportunity to Seeing the true face of a god is already a blessing for three lifetimes.
How could a god stay in the human world, and how could he protect a small mountain village? The most likely reason is that their village has been cursed, and there are dirty things in the village that are causing trouble.
Many people have died in the village, which shows that this thing is still a vicious thing. Xiao Ning, when we get there, we may have to fight a tough battle! "
After saying that, Lin Xiaoqiu raised his head and drank half a glass of red wine.
I was startled and said quickly, "Stop drinking, you'll have too much in a while!"
"This is sweet water," Lin Xiaoqiu disagreed and poured another glass. "It tastes better than the sweet water sold in small shops. It doesn't smell of alcohol at all. Try it."
She asked me to drink with her.
I waved my hand and refused, "After drinking this cup, don't drink it either."
Lin Xiaoqiu ignored me, held the wine glass and bottle and retreated to the car door. She turned around and looked at the scenery outside the car window while drinking red wine.
Sister Li told me not to worry. The day of the sacrifice is tomorrow. Even if Lin Xiaoqiu drinks too much today and sleeps one night, he will wake up drunk tomorrow.
After hearing what Sister Li said, I stopped trying to persuade Lin Xiaoqiu.
But we have all overlooked one problem. Tomorrow’s time starts from midnight tonight!
It’s the festival day after midnight in the evening!
