"What...is this?"
When he saw those eyes, Li Huowang had a strange feeling. He felt that his thoughts had slowed down and everything around him became strange. At this moment, it seemed that he was not lying in the water, but suspended in the air.
Among.
The mud at the bottom of the lake began to surge, and the muddy water quickly rose to the surface. Also floating with the mud were the seven weird and constantly twisting eyes.
When the silt completely enveloped Li Huowang's body, he saw an ugly, rotten mouth that was bigger than the mountain peak, and densely packed black barbed tentacles protruding from the depths of the mouth's throat.
"No...can't...like this..." Li Huowang used all his strength to pull out the long sword behind him.
Just when he stood up and thrust towards his neck, those tentacles instantly wrapped around him, piercing the sharp barbs into Li Huowang's body, and suddenly pulled him into the bloody mouth.
Looking at the rolling mud in the distance and the people struggling in the water.
Yuan Er, who was standing on the small sampan, looked at the old man he was supporting beside him with a hint of uneasiness.
"Grandpa, let's go back. As long as He Bo is here, they will be dead."
The old man gave him a cold look, jerked his hand out of his hand, "Go back to the village!"
Hearing the anger in the old man's voice, Yuan Er panicked.
But he still can't do anything now. He can only put two fingers into his mouth and blow a retreat whistle.
The small sampans turned quickly and began to shuttle through the dense reeds.
The entire reed marsh is so huge that it is a natural maze.
The Ke Yuan family was born and raised here and is extremely familiar with this place.
After going around for a while, the small sampan finally arrived in front of a small island made of woven reeds. This is their home.
The entire island, including the small villages on the island, is made of reeds.
To outsiders, the scenery looks extremely spectacular, but Yuan Er has long been tired of seeing it. He now has other things to worry about.
Seeing Grandpa Zu on crutches, he got off the boat and walked towards the stockade without saying a word. Yuan Er gritted his teeth and quickly followed.
When the other Yuan family members saw this scene, they followed suit silently, and the atmosphere in the entire water village became somewhat depressing.
The village doesn't look big, but it's not small inside at all. There's even room to raise pigs and ducks.
Finally, Yuan Er followed his grandfather to a lobby made of huge fish bones and woven reeds.
There are candles and incense inside. In the center of the hall is a lifelike ink painting of a carp leaping over a dragon gate. Below the painting are five pairs of tablets. This is the ancestral hall of the Yuan family.
"Kneel down for He Bo and our ancestors!"
The solemn-looking Yuan Er's knees softened, and he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to the memorial tablet.
At this time, he is no longer the arrogant boss on the ship, but a junior who has made a big mistake and is waiting to be punished.
The old man on the side walked back and forth a few times, then suddenly raised the cane in his hand and threw it hard on Yuan Er's back and head.
The force of the blow was extremely strong, and within a short time Yuan Er was beaten to the head with a bloody head, and his body was covered in black and blue.
But even if it was like this, Yuan Er, who gritted his teeth, did not dare to move.
It wasn't until the old man was tired from beating that he was breathing heavily while leaning on crutches that Yuan Er turned around and slapped his head hard on the old man. "Grandpa, I was wrong."
"Tell me, where did you go wrong?" the old man asked, glaring at him.
"I was too reckless. I didn't find out the details of the rice seedlings, so I made a nest rashly. I didn't expect that there were stubble in the nest. The dozens of brothers who died were two nieces and nephews who were worshiping the gods. Wrong.
It’s all on me.”
"Huh! So you still know!" The anger on the old man's face weakened slightly.
After a while, Yuan Er struggled for a few times, and then said with a voice full of reluctance: "But I made an incision with that man before, but the kid didn't make an incision at all!"
"Pfft." With a sound, the head of the cane poked directly into Yuan Er's left eye, popping his eye out.
"Ahh!!" Yuan Er, with a painful expression, covered his blind eyes and rolled on the ground in pain.
But after rolling a few times, he ignored his injuries and knelt down again tremblingly, kowtowing heavily to the old man.
Looking at the younger generation in front of him, the old man sighed with worry.
"Second boy, don't think that after hugging Yangzi alone a few times, you just look down on the sky and the earth. Our line of business seems to be a business without capital, but it is not easy to continue doing it for a long time. You need to have sharp eyes and hands.
Hurry!"
"I originally planned to give you this home, but you did something wrong and you actually blame others. This character really makes me feel uneasy."
When Yuan Er heard this, his expression became a little panicked, and he quickly ignored the pain and said: "Grandpa Zu! I was wrong, I really know I was wrong! If I blindly see the wrong seedling in the future, you can poke it blind."
I won’t give a shit about my other eye either.”
"One eyeball is worth dozens of lives? You are so beautiful!"
As the sullen old man waved his hand gently, two people emerged from the other people watching the show outside the door. There were various weird white fish bones on the plates in their hands.
"If you commit a crime, you will be punished. It is a rule in the world, and our Yuan family is no exception. You have to survive the "Leaping over the Dragon Gate". Even if this matter is over, you will still be in charge of the family. But if you can't survive,
I will give you a big burial."
Seeing those weird bone spurs approaching his skin, Yuan Er's body trembled involuntarily, but the old man next to him made him not even think about escaping.
The curved and twisted bone spurs slowly cut through the skin, cut through the muscles, and finally adhered to the human bones.
Just when Yuan Er gritted his teeth and planned to endure the torture that followed.
A shout from outside the door saved him. "Grandpa! It's not good. Go and see! The lake has turned red!"
When a group of people arrived at the edge of the island, they stood there in shock and did not dare to say a word.
I saw that the entire lake in the reed marsh was dyed dark red, and the air was filled with a fishy smell.
The others in Liushenwuzhu subconsciously looked at the backbone of the entire village, their grandfather.
After the old man's expression changed rapidly a few times, he waved his hand. "Open the altar and burn incense!"
After a while, the incense and tributes were ready, and a group of people knelt there, kneeling and worshiping in front of the red lake.
When he saw that the lake water still showed no sign of fading, the old man turned around decisively and walked towards several women holding children.
These children have changed into brand new clothes and their hair has been tied into two braids with red thread.
The old man solemnly picked up a red pen dipped in cinnabar and lightly touched the two children's eyebrows.
The two children obviously didn't realize anything yet and started giggling.
The old man first touched their heads with his hand, then sighed softly and closed his eyes unbearably. "Go."
Two young adults on the side snatched two children under three years old from the crying woman, held them in their arms and walked towards the lake.
Just when they walked to the lakeside and raised the boys and girls in their hands, they suddenly stopped.
"Huh?" The old man squinted his eyes and looked into the dark red water, as if something was about to come out.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, a soaked Taoist walked onto the shore with his head lowered and something stuck in his neck.
After the old man carefully identified it, he discovered that it was a long sword entangled in water plants.
This chapter has been completed!