he sees your voice

Chapter 622 The Weird Sacrifice 2
Gu Chu had a good impression of Laldan. She looked about eighteen or nineteen years old, and her skin was fairer than other girls in the village. Laldan's cheeks were flushed.Seeing this, Gu Chu gave her his own sunscreen and told her to reapply it every two or three hours.Laldan loved the little bottle of sunscreen so much that his eyes crescented into crescents when he smiled.

She ran away immediately, Gu Chu thought she was shy, smiled, and just about to go back to the house, saw Laldan running back again, with an extra cloth bag in his hand, shyly stuffing it into Gu Chu's arms .

It was a package of dried fish, dried fish of small whitebait, each of which was sun-dried transparent and clean, enough to weigh more than two catties.Gu Chu knew that the local people would go to the lake under the snow-capped mountains to catch fish in a certain month. These small whitebait are a specialty of Gongxi. If they are dried without any seasoning, they will taste slightly salty and sweet.The locals will take these small fishes to dry and take them to the town market for three or four hours to sell them in the market for some daily necessities such as salt, and then spend three or four hours walking to the mountains.

So how could Gu Chu dare to ask for it? Laldan was in a hurry and blushed and said, "I want to take what I want, and you have already given me a gift."

When Gu Chu was in Shanghai, it was difficult for Gu Chu to fully understand the four words of etiquette and reciprocity, but since the tribute came, these four words have become a deep-rooted tradition and etiquette.Holding the whitebait, Gu Chu sighed in his heart, how could such a simple tribute be the evil place that Luo Chi talked about?Luo Chi was still chatting with Dad in the room, and Gu Chu pulled Laldan to sit on the stone in the yard. Not far away was a shelf made of erected wooden stakes. There are all kinds of wild vegetables in the sun, and a linen-colored cotton cloth is spread in the sunniest place next to it. On the cotton cloth are small whitebait being dried.

"I heard that there will be a meeting soon?" She chatted with Laldan about the daily life.

Laldan nodded, "It's a big festival for Gongxi."

"You will all participate?"

Laldan smiled, "Yes."

The Qiang people themselves do not have the festival of the Zhuanshan Festival, they have their own unique festivals, but it is obvious that the Qiang villages here have followed the Romans, and the Zhuanshan Festival has become a must-have festival for all villages here.Gu Chu thought for a while, and then asked, "Will it be fun to go around the mountain?"

Unexpectedly, Laldan was horrified when he heard the words, and hurriedly waved his hands, "It's not a festival for fun, so the mountain ghost will be unhappy." Then he stood up, opened his arms towards the mountain, and then retracted his hands together on his chest Before, he muttered for a long time before giving up.After sitting down, Laldan's complexion improved slightly, and he said to Gu Chu, "I have already begged the mountain ghost to forgive you."

Gu Chu was quite speechless, but these days she had seen the awe of the local people towards mountain ghosts, so she said thank you.But what should be asked is still unable to help but ask, "Will it be grand to turn around the mountain?"

Laldan nodded vigorously.

"What are the specific projects?"

Laldan didn't understand her question, and asked in confusion, "It's the sacrifice. After nightfall, all the people from the tribute rushed to the sacrificial square in Xizhai to start offering sacrifices to the mountain ghost."

Gu Chu was startled when he heard the words, and after realizing it, he asked, "You mean after dark?"

Laldan nodded.Gu Chu felt that it was even more strange. She checked the Zhuanshan Festival later, but all the places where it was held were during the daytime, and they were mainly grand Buddhist ceremonies. The most famous one was the Zhuanshan Festival in Kangding. Is it at night? "It was always at night before?"

Laldan said, "In the past, the time of each village was different, but most of them were in the daytime, and only the Xizhai side was in the evening every year. This time it was organized by the patriarch of the king of Xizhai, so the people in Gongxi obeyed the rules of Xizhai. worship time."

It seems that the royal patriarch is really quite prestigious.Gu Chu thought for a while and asked again, "Do you know why the whole tribute temple is going to worship the mountain ghost this time?"

Laldan hesitated for a moment, then said, "Because the mountain ghost got angry, a fire fell from the sky, just like the mountain torrents in the past."

It was the same as what Luo Chi said.But mountain torrents are understandable. It is normal for heavy rain to cause mudslides due to the high terrain here, but I have never heard that the sky can cause fires. Unless the temperature is too hot to cause spontaneous combustion of trees, is it possible?impossible.Although it was hot in Gongxi during this period, the temperature dropped at night, and there was fog in the early morning, so the mountains and forests could not be dry.

"How many people saw that Mount Sinai was on fire?" She suspected that the fire was just a rhetoric.

Unexpectedly, Laldan explained in detail, "My father saw it with his own eyes." She pointed to the location of the backyard, "My father goes up the mountain every day to pick wild vegetables, and from the mountains here, you can see a corner of Mount Sinai. , My father saw the fire two days ago, there was a lot of thick smoke. My father hurriedly told the chief of the Xizhai clan in fear of accidents, hoping to send people to the mountain to fight the fire. Not long after this incident, I don’t know why The police went into Xizhai."

"Is there anyone else besides your father who saw the mountain on fire?"

Laldan shook his head, "Mount Sinai is relatively far away, and the location is relatively deep. You can only see a corner of Mount Sinai by climbing to the highest point from our side of the mountain. Other villages cannot see Mount Sinai."

That is to say, Dad didn't know how long the fire on the mountain had been burning when he saw it.Gu Chu frowned deeply. According to the situation described by Laldan, the day Cheng Ye and Fang Zixin disappeared coincided with the time of the mountain fire. Could it be that these two people were burned to death?But she couldn't figure out a problem. Mount Sinai was considered a no-man's land. Not to mention foreigners, even the natives of Xizhai were not allowed to go up the mountain. So how did Cheng Ye and Fang Zixin get to Mount Sinai?Another question is that Mount Sinai is a forbidden area of ​​tribute, and a fire broke out in the mountain. According to the rules of the royal patriarch, everything that happened on the mountain must be kept secret, so how did the police know about it?If no one called the police, the police would only know that there was a fire in the mountain. How could they know that there was a big case in the mountain?
The person who called the police was definitely not the royal patriarch, so who could it be?What is the purpose of this man calling the police?Does it have anything to do with the fire?

Just as she was thinking about it, Laldan tightened her hand and said in a low voice, "That's why the royal patriarch said that the mountain ghost was angry, so we must worship the mountain ghost properly this year."

On the way back, Gu Chu asked Xiang Chi thoughtfully, "Do you believe in mountain ghosts?"

Xiang Chi smiled, "Then do you believe in Jesus and Tathagata?"

She was dumb.

Xiang Chi told her, "Mountain ghosts are Gongxi's spiritual belief, just like we believe in Buddhism and Christianity. You can't say they are superstitious, right?"

This is the truth.

When returning to the car, Xiang Chi asked her, "Oh, by the way, what is your husband's job?" He always felt that the man looked familiar to him these days, but he didn't know where he saw him.If it were someone else, Xiang Chi would also check it out, but it might be because he is Gu Chu's husband, so he might be a bit evasive.

He fell in love with Gu Chu the first time he saw her, but he didn't say that it was to the extent that he had to get it. He just liked her. Until her husband chased after her, he suffered a lot. It's a psychology, that is, I don't want to admit that the other half of the girl I like is better than myself.

Gu Chu originally wanted to tell the truth, but when he thought that Lu Beichen didn't come here this time for the case, and he suddenly revealed a forensic doctor, I was afraid it would be bad, so he smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just an ordinary industry."

After Xiang Chi heard this, he felt comfortable. Ordinary industry, ordinary industry is fine.

In Xizhai, the patriarch Wang patiently listened to Qiao Yunxiao's words, took a sip of tea from his teacup, and then gently asked him to taste the tea.After a while, he said, "Mr. Qiao, to be honest, you are much more sincere than the boss of the Lu Corporation. It can be seen that you really care about Mount Sinai, and the plans you told me are no different. It is very beneficial to the development of our Xizhai. But, Mount Sinai is the lifeblood of our entire Gongzhai, so I can't let it go."

"Gongjiao has excellent resources. Of course, we will not blindly develop them. Our most fundamental purpose is to let more people know about Gongjiao." Qiao Yunxiao said softly, "Patriarch Wang, the times are different now. I think there are young people who have gone out in Xizhai. Are they willing to come back? I believe that through the investment and development of our Qiaoyuan Group, the entire Gongzhai will be rejuvenated. At least there will not be more and more left-behind children here. Old Man Chao."

Qiao Yunxiao's humble attitude has naturally won the favor of the royal patriarch, and he took the initiative to add tea to Qiao Yunxiao, and said sincerely, "I'm really sorry, Mr. Qiao, you have to believe me, if Mount Sinai can be developed to the outside world, I will be the first I will definitely seek your cooperation, because I can see your attitude and sincerity. However, we have our own traditions and customs here, and the mountain ghosts cannot be messed with."

The two chatted back and forth for more than an hour. After sending Qiao Yunxiao away, the royal patriarch sighed heavily and said to himself, "If possible, I also want Gongxi to develop better."

At this time, his nephew came back from outside, and the patriarch Wang turned cold when he saw it, "Jiang Yuan!"

Jiang Yuan was startled and stepped forward.

The royal patriarch stared at him and asked word by word, "Come and tell me, what happened to the corpse on the mountain?"

The next day, the sky was overcast.

The bus booked by Luo Chi stopped at the entrance of the inn early on, and the colleagues from the magazine office rushed up to carry luggage and equipment, just as lively as when they first arrived.Sister Yao was leaning against the door of the inn, nibbling sunflower seeds, and it was obvious that she was very reluctant to part with this group of people.

Ling Shuang helped Lu Beishen get into the car first, and people from the magazine also came up one after another.Gu Chu told the general hospital about it early, and the general hospital approved her to return to Shanghai early. She said goodbye to the medical team one by one. After Lu Beichen took out her suitcase, the two headed towards the bus. go.Luo Chi stood in front of the bus door and waved, "Hurry up."

Gu Chu got into the car first, but as soon as Lu Beichen stepped into the car with one foot, he saw dust rising not far away. In an instant, five or six police cars stopped in front of the bus, and the door of one of the police cars was opened. Yes, a police officer rushed down from the inside, grabbed Lu Beichen's arm, and shouted excitedly as if seeing a savior, "Professor Lu, are you Professor Lu?"

(End of this chapter)