I am your natural enemy.

Chapter 516: Three Great Animals, Beautiful to Eat (5k)

The villagers who were worshipping by the river were startled and thought they were hallucinating, so they ran away.

But after calming down and thinking for a while, he realized that although the local water god had a bad temper, he was not a bad person. What's more, it seemed that human beings were not on the water god's menu.

The villager suppressed his fear and calmed down. He heard from the fisherman in the village that he caught a big fish and it was pulled into the river.

Then the local water god beat him and the big fish together. The local water god seemed to particularly hate anyone dying here.

If the fisherman hadn't been soaking wet that day and showing off in the village with a big fish on his back, the villagers wouldn't have believed it.

The villagers believed it because his nephew was so bold that he went into the water to play and was beaten until he cried and his buttocks were swollen.

That day, he heard that a child was struggling in the river. His sister-in-law found that her son was not at home and no one answered the phone. She was so scared that her face turned pale and her legs went limp.

He followed and hurried to the riverside. As soon as he arrived, he saw his nephew and another bad boy from the same village swimming out of the river, crying and shouting that they would never dare to do it again.

When I got closer, I saw that the two guys had red marks on their buttocks, obviously they had been beaten.

It's like being beaten with a rattan stick, but it doesn't hurt the bones. It emphasizes the word "pain". It is a necessary prop to give these troublemakers a complete childhood.

Later, when they talked about these things over tea, everyone thought that this was normal.

If you put yourself in their shoes, none of them would like to have an outsider die inexplicably in their home.

Even if we consider that the water god may not be a human, if we put ourselves in their shoes, they would be just as disgusted if one day they woke up to find someone's chicken, cat or dog dead in their living room, with the body soaked beyond recognition.

They don't like it even if it's a dead mouse.

The water god didn't like it either, and everyone thought it was normal.

Because of the previous experience, the villager came quietly to pay tribute today, because his son was not very peaceful either. He is a little older now and has started to become rebellious. He had already gone into the water last year.

Who would have thought that I would really run into the water god, and that my flattery ended up hitting the horse's leg.

"Water God, I really don't know. I specially selected the best black goat and cut a piece from the leg of the goat.

I heard that we have to use three large animals when worshiping gods. I asked the temple priest about this during the last temple fair.

I am an ordinary person, how can I understand these things... I... these are all told by the temple keeper."

The villagers were shocked and tried to pass the blame on to others. He did consult professionals, who told him that among the three animals, cattle, sheep and pigs were the most sincere.

But this is not forced. In the past, conditions were not good, and you had to have some family wealth to buy the three major animals. Small animals such as pork, fish, and chicken are also fine, and small animals are more suitable for the local area.

According to the local saying, no feast is complete without chicken, so using chicken is actually of very high standard, and since it is close to water, fish will also work.

The villagers hurriedly blamed everyone, but they didn't hear the water god speak again. He hurried to the riverside with a large scoop net and scooped up the mutton that had been thrown into the river.

Fortunately, it was New Year's Day and we had everything we needed at home, so we quickly replaced the third animal with a new one.

The villagers breathed a sigh of relief as they watched the boiled chicken float on the water for a few seconds and then sink into the water with a whoosh.

After returning, he quickly told people that the local water god didn't like mutton. If he heard correctly, the local water god seemed to say that the Dragon King didn't like it either.

That’s right, the Dragon King lives in the water, where does he get mutton to eat on a daily basis? I guess mutton is not to his taste. It’s normal for him to prefer fishy smell to smelly smell.

It doesn’t matter whether anyone believes what the villagers say or not. The end result is that people who don’t really believe it in their hearts will still adhere to the principle of “less trouble is worse than more” in their actual actions.

During the Chinese New Year, there is the most communication. Relatives who you haven't seen for several months may come to visit during this period to wish you a happy new year, and you may start chatting about some things.

If you say you won the lottery by praying to gods, 80% of people will not believe you, and the remaining 20% ​​will think you are doing something unorthodox.

But no matter what taboos you say or what you cannot do, as long as it does not have a big impact on people, most people will do it regardless of whether it is true or false.

Of course, these things are mysteriously related, and most of them are like this.

Just like when burning incense, there are all sorts of gods and ghosts. If you tell people specifically, then unless they have some serious brain disease, they will not burn an extra stick of incense when they worship the gods next time.

You said that when you see paper burning on the roadside, don't be so shameless as to step on the paper or the circles drawn by others, and basically everyone will do that.

As for the less mysterious things, if you say that you have to wear a helmet when riding an electric bike, not many people will do it.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, a new taboo began to spread along the Xijiang River.

No one will investigate how this taboo came about, but some people will provide various logics to complete it. The farther it spreads, the more supplements will be made, and in the end no one will care where this taboo came from.

Rumors spread the fastest, especially during the Chinese New Year. Coupled with the classic group of loving family, all kinds of stories start to come out.

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, when Wen Yan opened the mysterious forum, he saw a post someone had posted about Xijiang. He clicked on it and couldn't help but make an old man's face.

It said above that there was a big battle in Xijiang River a few days ago. The Guilong King in Xijiang River fought with a sheep monster and almost sank the boat into the river. There are pictures below to prove the truth, with a picture of a damaged river boat.

In the end, it was the Xijiang group of monsters who tried their best to persuade them, and a certain unspeakable war god who lived in Decheng came to mediate, which was sure to lead to something big.

But now King Guilong has also announced that not a single drop of mutton fat can appear in the Xijiang River. If you don’t believe me, then try it and see if King Guilong dares to just pull it and sink it into the river.

Wen Yan looked at several accompanying pictures, and there was even a picture with a description that showed a villager accidentally taking the wrong offering and hurriedly using a scoop net to scoop it out.

Wen Yan's expression was a little unbearable. What the hell was going on?

Where did the sheep monster come from?
What kind of sheep demon is so powerful that it can fight with King Guilong in Xijiang’s home turf?

How come I don't know about this?
Wen Yan looked down at the replies and saw that someone was criticizing the original poster.

"If you want to brag, at least use some logic. How could a land monster fight with King Guilong in Xijiang and still get away alive?"

"Gui Long Wang has such a bad temper that he dared to lead the water of Xijiang River over the levee, and finally didn't go to the Dragon Slaying Platform. If you say he dared to sink the boat into the river, I believe him. If you say a certain martial god can persuade him, I believe him. But if a land monster dared to provoke Gui Long Wang in Xijiang River, even a dog would not believe it."

"What did the dog do to you? I remember you. It was you who insulted the dog last time too!"

Wen Yan saw that the profile picture and name had changed, but he recognized who it was at a glance after hearing the comment.

Then, as expected, the thread went off track. After arguing for more than 20 floors, the original poster popped up again and quickly posted two pictures, one of which was a broken embankment, and the other was a large pool of blood on the shore.

Wen Yan was shocked, and quickly took a closer look, then took a screenshot and showed it to Black Box.

The black box told him that the first picture was a half-repaired levee. It was not finished yet, so it was normal for it to be disconnected.

In the second picture, I’m not sure what the bloodstains are, but based on local customs, it’s very likely that this is where the local villagers slaughtered pigs and cows a few days ago.

Wen Yan originally wanted to ask again how this rumor got to the mysterious forum, but suddenly he found that Xiaolongbao, who was in a high-intensity confrontation with someone, suddenly disappeared. Someone mocked him below, but he didn't say anything else.

Wen Yan didn't figure out anything else and turned off his phone. This rumor was so outrageous and spread so quickly. It was most likely that someone from the Lieyang Tribe was fanning the flames.

Never mind. This matter doesn't have much impact.

Anyway, people here, especially those who make a living on the boat, don’t like to eat mutton very much. There are indeed many more people who eat chicken and fish.

Wen Yan himself feels that the big difference between local mutton and northwestern mutton may be the key reason.

He asked Black Box, and Black Box retrieved the records of the Lieyang Tribe of Luoyue County.

Since yesterday, some rumors have started to spread in Luoyue County. They seemed simple at first, but later on they became more and more plausible and seemed more and more true.

Some villagers did use mutton during the sacrifice, but they quickly fished it out.

The information in that post is a mixture of true and false, and it is difficult for people who don’t have many sources of information to distinguish the truth from the false.

Except for the fact that the sheep demon dared to fight with King Guilong, it was obviously false.

There are indeed people from the Lieyang Tribe interfering now, and the French bulldog that is fighting against them is answering a phone call. Asking it not to cause more trouble is a bit inconsistent with its personality in that mysterious forum, so let it give it a direction and let it cause trouble in a fixed direction.

The secret message began to spread. Although it was not quite the same as the truth, at least the result was still under control.

At night, a ship transporting sand and gravel, carrying more than a thousand tons of sand and gravel, was sailing on the river.

A dark-complexioned boatman in the cabin put away his cell phone, his face full of confusion. How come he hadn't heard about what happened a few days ago?
He came to the cockpit and asked casually.

"Boss, are you hungry? Didn't I say I brought some mutton? Now that I have nothing to do, I'll stew it for you."

"I didn't bring it. That thing consumes too much fuel." The boss replied casually.

"Uh, didn't they say the market will open on the second day of the Lunar New Year? Do we need to bring it?" The boatman looked stunned.

"You can't bring it. When I went back to worship my ancestors yesterday, I heard about a taboo. The Dragon King of Xijiang hates mutton the most, so you can't bring it with the smell of mutton fat.

I said that two months ago, we collided with other boats. I must have violated some taboo, otherwise, why would the current inexplicably roll up? I remember clearly that I brought a pot of stewed mutton that day.

Look how nice it is today, there are no waves, no wind, and not many boats on the river."

The boss spoke with great confidence, thinking that since he didn't bring mutton today, everything would go smoothly.

"Boss, today is only the second day of the Chinese New Year, many people haven't started work yet." The boatman argued, and then continued to ask: "When did this taboo come about?"

"It has always been the case. Local fishermen have not eaten mutton for decades."

The boss said it as a matter of course. Maybe he also felt that the fishermen decades ago had no means to eat.

He immediately added in a low voice.

“When I was worshipping my ancestors, I heard from someone in the clan that it actually started only last year.

If the Dragon King doesn’t like it, of course we won’t take it.

There really is a Dragon King. Someone from my tribe actually saw one last year.

Anyway, mutton is more expensive than beef now.

With that money, I might as well buy a Qingyuan chicken."

The boatman was listening very carefully, wanting to see if there was any news, but when he heard the last two sentences, he could no longer hold back.

Come on, this is just an excuse to be stingy.

Nearing midnight, the boat arrived at the destination and began to unload the cargo. They were busy until two or three in the morning. The boatmen did not get off the boat, but stayed on it to heat up some food.

It looks like tofu pudding with red oil, and stir-fried pork and sliced ​​green peppers.

The boatman was holding a bowl of rice and when he saw his boss coming, he asked expectantly.

"Boss, do you want to try it? The stuff sent from my hometown only looks spicy, but it's actually not spicy at all."

"What is this?" The host looked at the thing in the wooden bowl that looked like tofu pudding.

"Brain, do you want to try it? It's very tender and smooth."

The boss's expression changed slightly and he immediately shook his head. He felt inexplicably nauseous just by smelling the almost nonexistent smell.

The boss shook his head and left. The boatman took the bowl, moved a small stool, and sat on the edge of the boat. He looked at the lights on the river and ate while shoveling rice. However, he finished the two bowls of dishes and there was still half a bowl of rice.

The boatman touched his stomach, and dense bloodshot appeared in the whites of his eyes. His whole temperament instantly became fierce and ruthless, but soon, those dense bloodshot disappeared, and his eyes returned to their original black and white appearance.

"It is indeed the most pleasant to look at the river view and eat."

He poured the remaining half bowl of rice into the river to feed the fish, then carefully cleaned up the tableware and turned to leave.

The rice fell into the river and was quickly eaten up by the fish, shrimps and crabs in the river.

Ten minutes later, a big crab as big as a pot lid crawled out from the mud at the bottom of the river. Its little eyes turned up, and its big claws were holding a hairy crab that was almost 20 centimeters in size, waiting quietly.

When the sand and dust raised from the bottom of the water settled, it stared at the hairy crab, became furious, and almost clamped the crab in half with its pincers.

"You are a loser, where is the dead person? Where?
No one has drowned in the entire Xijiang River in the past few months. Now you want the first death to appear here, right?
I've said it many times, it doesn't matter whether he is the Water God or not, but the first dead person must not appear here!
How many times have I said this? How many times! "

The big crab was furious and with two snaps, it tore off the hairy crab's two legs.

"No, my king, no one is dead."

"Do you think I can't smell it? I've smelled more dead people than you've seen living people.

The smell is even more obvious than that of mutton fat. Could I have been wrong?

Your mouth is full of the smell of death, and you still say no?
You idiot, my brains have been dug out, and you still say you don't have any?"

The enraged crab couldn't help but want to crush the hairy crab to death on the spot, but after thinking it over, it threw it aside.

"Hurry up and lead the way. Where is the dead man?"

"No one died, and no one was eaten, my king."

The hairy crab felt aggrieved and couldn't explain himself, so he immediately took the big crab to the place where he had just been begging for food.

I had originally thought that I could eat some leftovers during the New Year so that I could have a better meal, but I didn't expect that today I would only have some rice without any meat.

When it arrived at the place, the big crab sniffed the remaining scent here, summoned the crabs here, carefully identified it, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, fortunately, no one died. The smell of death is in the rice... uh..."

Just as he let out a sigh of relief, the big crab immediately shuddered. Oh no, there is someone eating people on the water surface.

The last time, the guy was dragged to the Xijiang River and beheaded because of this, his wailing sounds are still echoing in the Xijiang River.

But then the big crab hurriedly urged the hairy crab.

"Go, hurry up, contact the people from that department. Didn't they give them a button last time? Where did you put it?"

"My lord, didn't you say that only those who have the plague become water gods?"

"You know shit. Do I care about the position of the water god? I don't care at all. When I'm happy, I'll be in the river. When I'm unhappy, I'll go into the sea from the estuary. What does that department matter?
Someone is framing us. If anyone knew that you are talking about a dead person, you would definitely be dead.

Fortunately, I have a wide range of knowledge and can tell the difference, otherwise we would all be in trouble.

If we are accused of cannibalism again, we will all die!

If someone wants us dead, I have to distance myself from them first, do you understand?"

"My king, you threw away that button, and you said only dogs would cooperate with that department." Maoxie stared with his eyes and told the truth.

"You still want to compete with that dog? Dogs can be officials in some department. They all have a regular position. Do you know what a regular position means? Go find it now!"

Half an hour later, the big crab found the button given by the Lieyang Tribe. As agreed, he held the button and pressed it three times.

This fully takes into account that not all of these monsters have hands and feet, or can make phone calls, so the equipment specially prepared for these water monsters is simple, crude, and durable.

Press three times and the other party will receive the information and know who is looking and where to find it.

In the early morning of the third day of the Lunar New Year, the logistics officer on duty at the Lieyang Tribe in Yuzhou received a message that a water monster from the Xijiang River had sent out a signal.

At the same time, on a cruise ship sailing in the East China Sea, a handsome man with masculine aura took out his mobile phone, looked at it, and opened another small chat software.

"I'm telling you guys, keep a low profile these days. A village outside has been destroyed. The evil god that was working with us somehow offended Nian on New Year's Eve and was crushed to death by Nian. He has completely disappeared.

Following that, over the past two days, rumors spread in Xijiang that King Guilong said that sheep and mutton were not allowed to enter Xijiang.

I heard that it was because of a provocation by a sheep demon, but I don’t think this is reliable.

I think another version is more reliable. It is that someone was driving sheep and passed by King Guilong and shit on his head.

It was New Year's Day, but King Guilong felt it was particularly unlucky.

I think something may be wrong here, especially Lao Hei, you often go there, so you better be careful.

It's Chinese New Year, so why don't you disappear for a while."

As soon as I finished speaking, Lao Hei replied below.

"I understand. Where have you been, group leader? Didn't you say we would have a New Year's gathering?"

"I'm going abroad, busy with work. I'll log on to tell you when I get off."

The handsome man put away his phone and returned to his room from the small balcony. At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

He straightened his shirt, opened the door, and saw a tall girl with long straight black hair outside.

The handsome man smiled with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"Beauty, you look really... a feast for the eyes today."

(End of this chapter)