Under One: The Dragon's Wife

Chapter 78
I saw that Ye Hengfeng was still in high spirits, and I immediately felt that he was like a stinky rock, and he could do whatever he wanted.

I don't even know how I followed Ye Hengfeng to find that remote and backward small village. I just vaguely remember passing the gap between two mountains, and when I looked up at the sky, I was quite shocked.

When I arrived in the village, Ye Hengfeng settled me in the village chief’s house. The people here wore rare ethnic minority costumes, and I couldn’t tell which ethnicity they were. I spun it myself, and the clothes were also made by the women in the family.The women here hardly cut their hair all their lives, and they have a lot of volume, and the braids are very distinctive. The older men still have long hair.

People here basically don't take western medicine, and they rarely go out. Seeing me like this, they boiled herbal medicine for me to drink, and when I woke up, I felt relieved.

The village head is an old man in his 60s. His family members are Ding Xingwang. There is also a 168-year-old birthday boy in his family. He is very energetic and can sit on the roof of the building every day to bask in the sun. People in the village call him "grandfather" '.

It is really rare to be able to live to this age. I found that people here generally live longer, which is a bit outrageous.

The houses in this village are all next to each other, and they sit together to discuss everything they encounter. They are more united, and the houses are also very distinctive. They tend to be in the style of stilted buildings. Every household is a two-story house, built from the bottom of the mountain to the Halfway up the mountain, the house is close to the big mountain behind. There are many roads in the village, which look like small alleys. Children like to shuttle in various alleys. They can find their own home no matter how they go. I can’t do it. I’m in the village. After wandering around in the village, I fainted. I couldn't find the village chief's house, so I coaxed the children playing to take me back.

Something big happened in the village recently. The big stone platform next to the village head’s house was full of people, all of them with serious faces, and they were discussing something. The local language they used was similar to Like an alien language, Ye Hengfeng sat next to the village chief and listened very carefully. I walked over and asked softly, "Can you understand what they are saying?"

Ye Hengfeng answered me solemnly: "If you don't understand, one point depends on listening, and nine points depend on guessing."

I really believe in his evil, I can't even understand it, and I'm still here to join in the fun.

I was originally here as a company, and this kind of occasion is very boring to me. I walked around the village chief's house, and I met a girl in a white shirt with a basket on her shoulders. , the jet-black long hair was scattered casually, a little messy by the wind,

I have never seen a person who looks so clean, her breath is like a mountain spring, she is born with willow eyebrows and cherry lips, a small face the size of a palm, a pair of smart eyes but dull, she is actually blind!

She looked younger than me, and when she came to me, she stopped, and I stood aside, thinking that she was going to the village chief's house, but she turned to me again: "Sister, Can you help me?"

I saw that there was no one else around, and said, "Can you see me?"

She smiled: "I can't see, I'm blind. I just heard from the children in the village that my sister is a young and beautiful girl, and she is also a mage invited by the village head."

She looked really protective and I asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"

She handed me the basket in her hand: "There is a river in front of the village. I raise a big fish in that river. I will be sacrificed to the mountain tomorrow. They won't let me go out of the village, so I want to ask my sister to help me." Feed the big fish with the food in the basket, and tell it that I can't look for it anymore."

Sacrificial mountain?Is there such a thing now?
As far as I know, some very remote and backward places believe in mountain gods, and it is not uncommon to sacrifice living people. Usually, they are tied up and carried up the mountain to starve to death, and finally fed wild animals. How can there be any real mountain gods?
After finally meeting someone who could talk, I asked, "What's going on? Are you still sacrificing living people here?"

She bit her lip and said: "Yes, once every ten years, the mountain god will choose the woman he wants, and send a sign with the word 'sacrifice' to the selected person one month in advance. Everyone in the village will suffer. I know that I will never come back here, I am alone, and there is nothing... I don’t know why the mountain god chose me, a worthless blind man.”

If I guessed correctly, Ye Hengfeng came here this time for this purpose, and I didn't go to pick up her basket: "Aren't you still here? You keep the things, and you can continue to feed the fish by yourself in the future."

She was a little disappointed, turned around and left, took two steps and asked me again: "Will I die?"

Thinking of my three-legged cat skills, I really can't guarantee it, but with Ye Hengfeng and Yundiao, I have some confidence again: "No."

She said thank you and walked into the depths of the alley.

When the villagers in the village chief's house dispersed, I asked Ye Hengfeng, "Are they discussing about offering sacrifices to the mountain?"

Ye Hengfeng looked at me strangely: "How do you know? Can you understand what they are saying?"

I gave him a blank look: "I understand what a fart, I met a girl who is blind, but she is very beautiful, but this time she is the one who will be sacrificed to the mountain. That girl seems to have no family, it's so pitiful Oh... by the way, didn't you say that you came here just to see Feng Shui? It doesn't look like it now?"

Ye Hengfeng touched his nose with some guilty conscience: "I thought it was... I'll know it's not when I come. Since I've come here, let's try it. As far as I know, people in the village always think that the mountain god personally chooses sacrifices." Shan, in fact, it is not the case. The mountain god will only let people send the sign to the village head, and the village head will look for a woman of the right age in the village who has not been married. She must be a virgin and good-looking. The younger the better. The village is suitable There are quite a few people offering sacrifices to the mountain. As for why the blind girl was chosen, it is probably because the girl is from outside. She came here when she was young. Everyone agreed that she should be sacrificed, and everyone believed that they accepted this foreigner, and the old man who raised the girl passed away, and the villagers helped with the funeral, and the girl should repay the favor."

Now I have a new understanding of Ye Hengfeng: "Ye Hengfeng, can you understand what they are saying? You have only been here not long, and you have a thorough understanding of this village, which is amazing."

He didn't deny it either: "They were fed up with the way of the mountain god, so they asked me to come here. The girl is just a backup. If I can't do this, they will sacrifice the mountain. I haven't met this mountain god yet. I don't know the reason, the god of mountains and rivers like this also has a god position, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, they will not attract attention if they make such a low-key mistake. Those who worship the mountain must have a dead end, alas... ...I heard that people here have found people to prepare to resist before, but the people they found were eaten by the mountain gods, and the people in the village were also punished. Only three girls sacrificed at once is the end."

(End of this chapter)