Yuehe Village is not a very big village, and the most respected person in the village is Village Chief Feng, who is already in his sixties. In the land of China during this period, anyone who could live over 60 years old was considered a longevity star, and the family of Village Chief Feng, who had lived in Yuehe Village for generations, had blood all over Yuehe Village.
As long as Village Chief Feng says a word, the entire Yuehe Village's 70 people will respond. If there is no imperial official, then Village Chief Feng will undoubtedly be the most powerful person in Yuehe Village.
As the head of a village, he was also responsible for confronting the river demon when it arrived three years ago. In the end, Yuehe Village was able to survive and was not destroyed by the river demon, which was also due to his contribution.
Since the river demon settled in Yuehe Village, Village Chief Feng has become the only person in Yuehe Village who can talk to the river demon. Whenever the river demon wants sacrifices every year, it basically goes through Village Chief Feng. Transmitted orally.
Just three days after Le Yuan met Yu Xiaoxue, village chief Feng banged the gong very early in the morning and called the whole village to the entrance of the village. The sound of the gong means that something big is about to happen in the village.
Therefore, whenever the village chief rings the gong, the people in the village, without exception, will put down their work and go to the entrance of the village to listen to the village chief's arrangements.
The sound of gongs in the village was loud. Le Yuan, who had been observing from the nearby hilltop, naturally heard the sound perfectly. Seeing the lively scene of hundreds of families gathering at the head of the village, Le Yuan's body shape changed. A tired passerby blended into the crowd to join in the fun.
Le Yuan was not the only one who came to join in the fun. In addition to the villagers, even the beggar who had been begging in the village did not want to be outdone. After hearing the sound of the gong, he went under a big rock next to the village head.
"Tch, disturbing people's dreams early in the morning is bound to be bad! This old man Feng is really looking for trouble. Next time, I will go to his door to block him. If he doesn't give me good food and drink, he will go to his door all day long. Blocked!"
The broken bowl in the beggar's hand still contained half a piece of steamed bun that Yu Xiaoxue had just handed to him. He bit the steamed bun hard while looking at Village Chief Feng who was boasting in front of everyone, with disdain flashing in his eyes.
"... Dear fellow villagers of Yuehe Village, I invite you all to come here today for no other reason. This Lord River God has protected our Yuehe Village for a year. Although it cannot be said to be smooth weather, it is not a big disaster. It can be said that it is a good year. Work conscientiously and pray for the people..."
What Village Chief Feng said earlier made him salivate. He simply described the river monster occupying Yuehe Village as a peerless monster in the sky and on the earth. He almost said that he was a paragon of incense and became a god. He was the one who demanded human sacrifices every year. It's like it's not him.
"What the hell is the village chief doing? He's speaking for the river god, and he doesn't even think about it..."
A typical farm man looked at the person standing in front of him and scratched his head, confused.
"Keep your voice down. If the river god hears it, our Cui'er will be in trouble. Just bear with it..."
I saw a woman next to the farm man quickly pulling the man's sleeve to signal him to speak in a lower voice. At the same time, she held a 7 or 8-year-old girl next to her in her arms with her other hand.
In the past three years, there have been sacrifices every year. For this reason, three young girls in the village who were about fifteen years old died, and this also means that three families have lost their daughters for this reason. At this time, the three families looked at Village Chief Feng on the stage with hatred, hating Village Chief Feng for his inaction and why no one could deal with the man-eating monster.
Equally filled with emotions of anger and sadness, there are more than 20 households with young girls in the village. As long as the girls are not yet married, there is a possibility that they will be selected to sacrifice to the river demon.
When Village Chief Feng finished complimenting the river demon, he finally began to tell the purpose of calling the whole village early this morning. Village Chief Feng raised his fists with both hands, as if there was some great happy event, with a look on his face. smiled.
"Dear fellow villagers, Lord River God entrusted me with a message last night. He said that the River God Festival will be held tomorrow night. At that time, he will personally select a girl from the village to be her bride. If he is happy then, he may pardon three people from the village. We will prepare the annual sacrifices early today and look forward to the arrival of Lord River God tomorrow!"
At Yu Xiaoxue's side in the audience, she was holding her brother's shoulders with both hands, comforting her young brother Xiao Shuo.
"Hey, what's going on with old man Feng? What kind of marriage does this river demon marry? Isn't it just sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth? What kind of ceremony is held to welcome the river god? He is really stupid!"
Standing next to Yu Xiaoxue, Mr. He shook his head and said, as a person of the same generation as Village Chief Feng, he really couldn't understand what this old man was thinking.
When the villagers who gathered in the morning dispersed, Yu Xiaoxue supported his younger brother and followed behind Mr. He.
"Uncle He, shall we also prepare for the festival? The village chief said that the river god will appear tomorrow!"
Yu Xiaoxue has never seen the true face of the River God with her own eyes. She has only heard that the River God looks ferocious, possesses extraordinary spells, and has killed many "successful" masters who came to slay demons.
"What are you preparing for? He's obviously a man-eating monster, and I don't know which family will be hit tomorrow. I really hope someone can come and take him in. This world is really - ugh!"
Uncle He glanced at the still young Yu Xiaoxue and Xiao Shuo beside him, shook his head and walked to his inn, with Yu Xiaoxue supporting his brother and following closely behind.
But Le Yuan did not leave in a hurry after the group of people dispersed. The river demon getting married is by no means simple. In Le Yuan's impression, the river demon could even transform into a human form, so how could he come to get married? His real purpose was definitely not simple, and Le Yuan always felt that this matter might have something to do with him.
Just as Le Yuan was about to enter the village to inquire about the old village chief's connections, before he could take a few steps, he heard a shout not far away from him.
"Hey, young man in front!"
The voice was somewhat hoarse, but Le Yuan couldn't help but stop at this moment. Because Le Yuan left relatively late, there was no one else around when he was about to enter the village, and the shout was undoubtedly calling him, but the problem was that the passerby Le Yuan incarnated was not young.
Le Yuan turned his head and looked at the beggar who called him, raised his right hand and pointed at himself and asked, "You were calling me just now. Did you call the wrong person?"
The beggar shouted, and Le Yuan couldn't help but focus on this inconspicuous beggar. Yuehe Village is said to be big or small. There are grocers, doctors, carpenters, and blacksmiths with various professions, but there is only one beggar in front of me. Although Le Yuan glanced at this man, he found that he was very ordinary. Not only did he have no hidden strength, but his body was much weaker than ordinary people.
"Ahem, I'm talking about you. If I'm not wrong, your current appearance is not yours, and you definitely have special powers!"
The beggar walked step by step in front of Le Yuan holding the broken bowl in one hand and a wooden stick in the other.
"Really, so what, if there is nothing else, I don't think we have anything to say."
Fortunately, the weather was not very hot at this time, so although there was a peculiar smell on the beggar's hands, it was not very strong after all. Le Yuan immediately blocked his sense of smell as soon as he smelled it.
"Hey, I'm quite thirsty. I wonder if you have time to fetch some water for me from the well in the middle of the village?"
The beggar grinned and handed over the broken bowl in his hand.
"Fetch water?"
Le Yuan looked at the old beggar and couldn't help but recall a small side mission in the game. However, in reality, there was no such thing as fetching water and changing medicine. This man definitely had an extraordinary identity.
"There is no water. Do you want to drink wine?"
Le Yuan waved his hand, and a wine bag suddenly appeared in his hand. Le Yuan's hand shook, and suddenly the wine bag made a gurgling sound.
"Wine?" The old beggar snatched the wine bag from Le Yuan's hand in one fell swoop. Le Yuan also saw several familiar martial arts routines from his grasp. However, these methods were full of flaws when used on the old beggar's frail body.
"Gududu - Shutan, I haven't drunk such a good wine for a long time. I almost feel like a bird in my mouth. Thank you so much! I wish you good fortune and all your wishes will come true. I'm going to beg, old beggar. Goodbye. !”
The old beggar drank the wine and shook off the wine bag in his hand. When he saw that he could no longer drink a drop of wine, he waved his hand and planned to say goodbye to Le Yuan.
Looking at the mysterious old beggar who took the benefit and left, Le Yuan did not catch up but walked into the village and stopped in front of a bun shop.
"Boss, here are two vegetable buns."
"Okay, sir, wait a moment!"
Le Yuan took the buns and started chatting with the boss while eating them. For Le Yuan, a strange customer, the boss of the bun shop was also very talkative. While chatting, the two of them talked about the only beggar in the village.
"Your village is really strange. They should all be related to each other. Why is there an extra beggar? Could it be that he is fleeing from outside?" Le Yuan asked after taking a bite of the bun.
"It's possible what you said. This beggar came suddenly a year and a half ago. Before he came, it was windy, rainy, and thunderous, which scared me. After that night, I saw that the old beggar was breathing less and breathing out more. He fell to the ground at the entrance of the village. It seemed that the little girl Xiaoxue from Old Man He's family gave him a hand and he survived. The old beggar was so tough that I thought he was dead."
"Really? That's really weird. Then where is he usually? He would have died long ago without a place to live, right?"
"Well, it seems he lives in the abandoned City God's Temple in the east of the village. He is the only one living there." The bun shop owner said nonchalantly.
"Then give me three more buns and I'll take them away!"
Le Yuan wandered around the village with three wrapped buns. It can be said that the whole village is fully activated. Although everyone is reluctant and has no expression of joy on their faces, they have to follow the wishes of Village Chief Feng and start to decorate the village.
Red lanterns were hung high one by one, and a large wooden platform was erected in the center of the village. Everyone in and outside the village was completely busy.
At the same time, I don’t know where Village Chief Feng got a clay sculpture and moved it to the middle of the wooden platform. It is said that it is the golden statue set up by the River God. It seems that he wants to take this opportunity to replace the dilapidated City God Temple and become the only one in Yuehe Village. An enshrined being.
"Even cats and dogs dare to build temples and shrines. They really don't know how to live or die!"
After Le Yuan walked around the village, he walked into the Chenghuang Temple in the east of Yuehe Village.