Wu Dongfang didn't turn the copper cake into a staff. He couldn't remember the style of the staff, so he could only turn it into a copper stick and carry things to the village.
Mingwan's house was at the end of the village. The house that had been repaired back then was now very dilapidated. There was no one at home and the door was open. Wu Dongfang left the cloth and rice behind, grabbed the copper stick and the wine jar, and walked towards the center of the village.
After Ming Yue left, another witch took her place and lived in the same house she lived in. At this time, everyone in the village gathered around the house, and a masked witch stood under the eaves holding a staff.
There is an open space in front of the house. A group of 6-year-old boys and girls are standing in the open space. In front of them is a table with two jars on it. The children are stepping forward one by one to take something from the jars. The boy takes the west one. , the girl took the one from the jar on the east side.
Drawing lots, Wu Dongfang immediately guessed that these children were drawing lots. It was not a good thing, otherwise the adults would not have turned pale and sweated nervously.
The villagers' eyes were all focused on the open space in front of the house, and no one noticed his arrival.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Wu Dongfang touched a tall man standing outside.
The man turned around and was surprised to see it was him, "I haven't seen you for a long time. Where have you been?"
"I went out for a walk. What were you doing?" Wu Dongfang asked. Ming Zhen and others would definitely not talk nonsense about his arrest. Even if they did, they would not tell these people living at the bottom. villagers.
"Choose the child to be sacrificed." The man was looking at the child in the open space, obviously not in the mood to talk to him.
"Sacrifice? Sacrifice to whom?" Wu Dongfang asked.
The man didn't answer.
"Let me ask you, who are you offering sacrifices to?" Wu Dongfang touched the man.
Wu Dongfang was very popular in the village and everyone liked him, so although the man was impatient, he still turned around and replied, "Tiger God."
"What tiger god?" Wu Dongfang asked again.
The man didn't answer again.
Seeing that he was absent-minded, Wu Dongfang knew that there might be one of his children in the group of children, so he did not rush to ask, but turned his attention to the field. There were more than thirty children in the group, with more boys, and the lottery process ended quickly. , two children, a boy and a girl, were selected. The witch shook her head and turned in circles, chanting while turning her head. After struggling for a few minutes, she took out a small stone mortar, which may have cinnabar in it. The witch bitten her own The tip of his tongue spit a few mouthfuls of bloody saliva into the stone mortar, mixed it well, and then smeared it on the boys and girls' faces.
"Does sacrificing a child mean giving the child to a tiger to eat?" Wu Dongfang asked the man.
"The Tiger God will take away their souls and protect our people." The man's child was not selected and was interested in talking to Wu Dongfang.
"Isn't it better to let the tiger eat it? Whose idea was this, her?" Wu Dongfang pointed at the witch.
"This is the will of the White Tiger Holy Witch," the man said.
"Ah?!" Wu Dongfang frowned and tilted his head.
"Where have you been in the past few years? We all miss you and talk about you often." The man asked.
By this time, the village meeting had ended. The two children were brought into the room by the wizard, and the villagers began to disperse.
"We'll talk later," Wu Dong turned around and walked towards the east, waving to Ming Wan who was walking away from the crowd, "Wan, are you okay?"
When Mingwan heard someone calling her name, she raised her head and looked at Wu Dongfang. She was very happy to see him and rushed towards him with the child in her arms, "Where have you been these years?"
"You gave birth to another one?!" Wu Dongfang was a little surprised.
"Yes, he is still a son." Being able to give birth is a skill, and Mingwan is not shy.
"What were you doing just now?" Wu Dongfang looked at Mingwan up and down. Women age quickly after giving birth, and Mingwan's face has become more wrinkled in the past few years.
"You don't know?" Mingwan asked.
"How do I know?" Wu Dongfang shook his head.
"Every few years we have to sacrifice to the Tiger God, and this year it's time to sacrifice again. The wizard was just selecting the children to sacrifice. You were with the wizard, didn't she tell you?" Mingwan asked road.
"I never said it. The tiger god is the White Tiger of Xijin?" Wu Dongfang asked.
"I don't know, is the wizard okay?" Mingwan asked.
Wu Dongfang knew that she was asking about Ming Yue, so he nodded and said, "Very good."
"Come to my house as a guest." Mingwan invited.
"I'm not going. I'm going to have a drink with a man. By the way, I brought you some linen and rice and put them by your door." Wu Dongfang declined Mingwan's invitation because her man was not far away. Looking at them displeased, some problems can be corrected, and some problems cannot. The problem of being petty can never be changed in a lifetime.
"Go." Mingwan invited again.
"You go about your business," Wu Dongfang waved to Mingwan and turned to say hello to a few men who came over. These men had a good relationship with him in the village and often drank together.
"Here, I'll get a sheep back." Wu Dongfang handed the wine jar to the two men, patted the men on the shoulders one by one, turned around and walked into the woods with the stick in hand.
Now it is easier to catch sheep than it is for the Japanese to catch chickens. I came back with a goat in about ten minutes.
Most people in the village knew him, and knew that the prey he brought back would be shared with everyone. When he was happy, he talked a lot and made his voice louder. When he was making a scene, the witches in the house were alerted, and left the house and came over to see what was going on.
Seeing Wu Dongfang sitting on the ground, the wizard was stunned.
"He is a friend of the original wizard, and also a friend of ours." A man went over and bent over to explain to the wizard.
"You go back first, I will come find you later." Wu Dongfang waved his hand to the witch.
The wizard did not turn around and leave, but knelt down on one knee, put his hands on his knees and lowered his head, "Great White Tiger Heavenly Master, please accept my kneeling."
As soon as these words came out, there was silence all around, and everyone's eyes were focused on Wu Dongfang.
"I said, from now on, wizards and wizards are not required to kneel. If you like kneeling so much, just keep kneeling." Wu Dongfang looked at the wizard with dissatisfaction. All the wizards from the Jin tribe had gone to Tianshi Mansion to kowtow to him, and they all knew him. He What makes this witch fearful when he goes back is that this guy salutes to him. Once his identity is exposed, the villagers will never treat him like they did before. This guy is really ignorant. Not only did he salute, but he also knelt down. It's over, and all the atmosphere is gone. .
The reaction of the villagers was relatively slow. It was only then that they came to their senses and fell to their knees with a roar.
"Don't throw away the meat." Wu Dongfang stepped forward and grabbed the leg of lamb that the villagers had let go of. "Get up, you are my friends, you don't have to kneel to me."
The villagers did not dare to stand up or even raise their heads.
"You should get up too, everyone." Wu Dongfang waved his hand to the witch.
The witch stood up in fear. When the villagers saw the witch standing up, they dared to stand up. After standing up, they subconsciously backed away and did not dare to approach him.
"Stew the meat. I'll come back and drink with everyone later," Wu Dongfang said to the group of men. After speaking, he walked north, walked to the witch and said, "Come with me."
The wizard followed him anxiously. Wu Dongfang walked to the big house where she lived, opened the door and walked in. He saw two children already lying on the wooden bed in the northwest of the house.
"Who asked you to choose the children?" Wu Dongfang pointed at the children on the wooden bed and asked the witch. The two children were still breathing. They must have fallen asleep after drinking herbs such as **.
The witches and wizards wearing masks were all unmarried, and this guy might not be very young either. Wu Dongfang was stunned when he asked her, "This is your will."
"Fuck you, when did I ever give such an order?" Wu Dongfang cursed.
The wizard didn't understand because Wu Dongfang used modern language.
Swearing is not a good habit, but swearing can vent the negative emotions in your heart. If you want to scold but don't scold, you will keep the negative emotions in your heart. Over time, it will easily cause distortion and abnormality of the mind, making people become extremely insidious.
After cursing, Wu Dongfang felt much better and calmed down. This sorcerer didn't have the guts to falsely pass on the imperial edict. This matter was probably an order Ming Zhen and the others hid from him and issued under his guise.
"Who conveyed the order to you?" Wu Dongfang sat down on a chair, raised his finger and pointed to the chair opposite, indicating to the wizard to sit down and talk.
"Three great wizards." The wizard did not dare to sit down.
"When?" Wu Dongfang asked.
"Four days ago, the night we left the capital." The wizard replied.
"How many children are we looking for? Who is the Tiger God?" Wu Dongfang asked again.
"You don't know about this?" the wizard asked timidly.
"I haven't been back long, so I don't know some things in detail." Wu Dongfang answered ambiguously.
"The boy is sixty and the girl is sixty. The Tiger God is an ancient god who appears every few years to accept our sacrifices," the wizard said.
"Is the Tiger God the white tiger beast of the Jin tribe?" Wu Dongfang asked again.
The wizard shook his head, "No, I have never seen it. I once heard my father say that the Tiger God is a yellow tiger."
"Is there any age requirement for these one hundred and twenty children?" Wu Dongfang asked.
"Seven to twelve years old," the wizard replied.
"Which tribes do these children come from?" Wu Dongfang asked again.
"Ma Shi and Ka Shi," the witch replied.
Wu Dongfang nodded. The gods at this time are not the gods that modern people know. Anyone who has a way of doing things, whether they are humans or monsters, even ghosts and zombies, are regarded as gods by them. These "gods" are not all gods. Kind, the wizard's duty is to fight against the evil gods and protect the Jin clan. He once asked Ming Yue, what should he do if the wizard can't defeat these evil gods? Ming Yue said at that time that he could only offer sacrifices to They, this so-called tiger god should be like this, he is an evil tiger spirit.
This tiger spirit must be very powerful, so powerful that even the three heavenly masters of the Jin tribe dare not provoke him. The Jin tribe has six tribes, and the three of them only choose children from the two tribes of Mashi and Kashi. It may be because these two tribes are very remote. , it is not easy for him to hear the wind.
"Where will these two children be sent?" Wu Dongfang asked.
"Send it to the Kashi tribe." The wizard replied.
"When will the sacrifices begin?" Wu Dongfang asked again. Kashi is located due north of here. In the entire Jin tribe's territory, the Kashi tribe is in the northwest and the granite is in the southwest.
"We are only responsible for sending the child there before evening the day after tomorrow. I don't know when the sacrifice will begin or where it will be," the witch said.
Wu Dongfang nodded, stood up and walked out, "It's very remote here and life is very poor. From now on, we will give the men in the mine a day off every month. You take them out hunting and bring back some wild animals so that everyone can have meat." Eat, I will let them reduce the amount of ore they mine.”
"Thank you Holy Witch." The Witch followed.
"Looking at the good things you did, people were scared away." Wu Dongfang pointed to a few pottery urns in the distance. When the meat was cooked, all the people ran away.
The wizard lowered his head in shame, "Holy wizard, don't you know about the sacrifice?"
"I've been so busy during this period. I can't even remember what orders I gave. It's okay. Just do whatever you have to do. Don't tell people in other villages and tribes that I've been here." Wu Dongfang stepped down the steps.
"Yes." The wizard nodded in agreement.
"How old are you?" Wu Dongfang asked.
"Twenty," the wizard replied.
"I will transfer you back after a while. It will not be easy for you to find a husband here." Wu Dongfang said.
The wizard nodded happily.
Wu Dongfang walked to the pottery urn, took out half a leg of lamb with a spoon, and picked up a jar of wine. He threw the copper stick and turned it into a copper cake, and sat on it with the leg of lamb and wine.
"Divide the meat, I'm leaving." Wu Dongfang waved his hand to the stunned wizard and drove the copper cake back east.