A mud house in the west corner of Majiazhuang.
"Master, are we really going to dig a well tomorrow?"
A middle-aged woman's voice sounded softly, and you would not be able to hear it clearly if you weren't listening against the wall.
"Is what the village chief said personally true? Go to sleep quickly, we have to do heavy work tomorrow." A man who was half asleep turned around and said in a daze.
The woman sat up, pushed her man's back with her hand, and said angrily, "I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup the village chief took from that bastard. Drilling a well is not an easy task. Just our few broken hoes?”
“What do you know about this woman! The village chief said that Wang Jian spent a lot of money to make tools for digging wells, but you are better than the village chief?”
The woman did not reply, only the sound of the quilt being put on her was heard.
Xiu Village is 5 miles away from Majiazhuang.
In the open space in front of the village, a small building-high fire was burning brightly.
At the front of the fire, there was a white-haired wizard with a stooped back, holding a ghost-headed staff in his left hand and a large tortoise shell in his right hand.
The wizard swung his steps, closed his eyes, danced around the fire, and chanted strange spells in his mouth.
Behind her, about two hundred people were kneeling in darkness, their heads deeply pressed to the ground.
"Dad, I want to pee." A crisp girl in the crowd said softly.
But in this quiet environment, it seemed particularly loud.
"Shh, Tao'er, don't talk. Just be patient and you'll be fine soon." A young man deliberately lowered his voice and said in a mosquito-like voice.
"Yes." The little girl replied obediently.
The wizard walked faster and faster around the fire, and the words in his mouth became more and more excited.
"Wow!"
A mouthful of blood spurted out from the wizard's mouth.
The wizard suddenly knelt down on the ground, put down the crutch in his hand, kowtowed several times to the fire, and shouted with a trembling voice.
"The Dragon King is angry, the Dragon King is angry!"
Then the old wizard stood up tremblingly on his crutches, as if he had really communicated with the immortal, and said in a scary tone.
"The Dragon King is angry, the rain is cut off, and there is a year of drought!"
The village chief who built the village is a strong middle-aged man. He is seen kneeling at the front, carrying At first, he shouted with a sad face, "Please give me some guidance from the wizard, so that the Dragon King can calm down his anger."
"Please give me some guidance from the wizard!"
Everyone knelt down and shouted in unison. call.
The wizard wiped away the dark red blood from the corner of his mouth without leaving any trace, and walked into the crowd holding the turtle shell.
When the wizard walked to a little girl with beautiful face, he suddenly stopped.
The little girl blinked her big, smart eyes and looked at the wizard with graffiti on his face with a bit of fear.
The mother, who was kneeling beside her, hugged the girl and lowered her head, not daring to look directly into the wizard's eyes.
The wizard showed a cruel smile, turned around and walked back to the fire.
"If you want the Dragon King to show mercy, you must find 9 boys and girls to worship the Dragon King in 7 days." The wizard scanned the crowd and dropped a bombshell in a calm tone.
"Wow..."
Upon hearing the news, the crowd suddenly became commotion.
"Everyone be quiet and listen to the wizard!"
At the front of the crowd, the head of Xiu Village stood up and shouted to the crowd.
The wizard walked up to the village chief with a serious face and said, "If you neglect the Dragon King, a disaster will come. You must use boys and girls to show mercy to the Dragon King!"
Xiucun Village Chang held trembling hands, knelt at the feet of the wizard, and kowtowed to her three times, "I'd like to ask the Dragon King not to blame you for neglecting the Dragon King. I'll offer you a sacrifice in 7 days, and ask the Dragon King for a heavy rain."
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The wizard slowly bent down, helped the man up, and said in a cowardly tone, "As soon as the sacrifice is presented, the Dragon King is merciful, and the rain falls from the sky, moistening all things!"
< p> When the wizard left with a bag of copper coins on his back, Xiucun fell into a deathly silence."Village Chief, using a child as a sacrifice is a big deal, so it would be better to tell the lady." A young man standing in the front row walked steadily to the middle-aged man.
The village chief of Xiu Village shook his head, with some hesitation on his face.
"My wife is suffering from a serious illness, so we won't disturb her too much. Besides, the young master is kind-hearted, so you don't want to talk too much. This matter must be kept hidden from him."
" Village chief, Tao'er is only 3 years old, do you have to sacrifice their lives to the Dragon King?" The young woman hugged the little girl tightly, tears streaming down both sides of her nose.
"Hey..." Village Xiucun let out a long sigh.
His strong body suddenly became rickety, and he walked to the woman's side. The woman held her child and hid back in fear.
Under the eyes of everyone, the village chief of Xiucun stretched out his hand and gently touched the child's round face.
He stood up and shouted sadly, "Folks, the wizard just said that the Dragon King will not give us a way to survive. If we do not prepare boys and girls to worship, the Dragon King will not rain. All of us will Everyone will starve to death!"
The crowd fell silent for an instant, with only scattered sobs hurting everyone's heart.
"Let's all disperse. Go back and spend time with your children. Tomorrow we will go to the ancestral hall to discuss and decide on the list of boys and girls." After finishing speaking, the head of Xiucun Village took the lead to leave.
After the village chief and other villagers left, a young woman without children walked byGo and whisper, "Go find Madam, maybe there will be a solution."
"Yes, go find Madam." The people next to you whispered.
In the center of the village, there is a decent-looking house.
A kind-hearted woman who looked to be in her 30s sat beside the bed, drinking a bowl of dark herbs and coughing loudly from time to time.
A dozen young men, eyes red from crying, knelt in front of her and kowtowed several times.
"Madam, you didn't see it just now. The evil wizard said that he would prepare nine boys and girls to worship the Dragon King. The village chief agreed." A woman said with red eyes.
After the woman drank the medicine, she said softly, "I heard everything the wizard said."
"Madam, please save our child." Come on! They are only three or four years old!" A young woman who was less than 20 years old raised her head and sobbed.
The woman put the bowl with the remaining medicine residue on the table and sighed.
"Don't worry, I will never let this ridiculous thing happen. Please take someone to Chang'an to ask for medicine for me. I will talk to him when he comes back. There is still 7 days left." "
"Thank you, madam, thank you madam!" Several women kowtowed with some joy while crying.
The woman stood up, walked to them, and gently helped them up.
He stretched out his smooth hands to straighten their clothes, and said with mixed emotions, "They are all poor children!"
Several young women leaned on the woman one after another, Weeping in unison.
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"Clang."
While building a house in the village, the sound of a basin falling to the ground came over.
An old woman with white hair and awkward walking skills bent over and picked up the basin with trembling hands.
"Hey, son, you are harming the next generation of our village!" The aunt walked into the room with a trembling voice and a pale face.
The head of Xiucun Village frowned and said nothing as he watched his mother walk in.
Is it right or wrong to sacrifice to the Dragon King?
It must be right! The lives of 9 children were saved and more than 200 lives were saved. Even if someone stabbed his spine every day, he would admit it!
The stars and rivers in the sky are turning, and the curtains of the world are hanging down.
Different from the desolate atmosphere in neighboring villages, Majiazhuang seems unusually peaceful at the moment.
The moonlight is very bright tonight and the sky is full of stars.