Author: sole red

That month Li Zhao and Song Qingyue came out in a light carriage and simple clothes, and the secret guards pretended to be merchant porters and followed quietly behind them.

Over there, Li Zhao immediately ordered Lin Wanfu to follow the group of people to see what they were asking for.

I saw them carrying the flowers, knocking on the corners of Huai River.

There were dozens of people waiting there by the river. A simply decorated wooden shelf was set up by the river, and some tributes such as pig heads and sheep heads were placed on the head.

After the sedan chair was carried to the river, a dozen young and middle-aged men wearing masks began to dance around the girl in the sedan chair.

The instruments used to play were all homemade by the villagers, and the sound had a rough beauty to it. Song Qingyue found it interesting, but Li Zhao beside her frowned tightly.

"Yue'er..."

Li Zhao called out softly.

"What's wrong?" Song Qingyue nodded slightly along with the music.

"Is that like a ceremony to worship the river god?"

"What do you mean?" Realizing that Li Zhao's tone was not wrong, Song Qingyue slowly suppressed the smile on her face, "I...don't mean that, is that girl a sacrifice?"

Li Zhao frowned, thought for a moment, snapped his fingers, and said: "Wan Fu, immediately ride on horseback to find the county magistrate, and ask him to come quickly with the police. There is a law in Zhou Dynasty that prohibits abuse of lynching by good citizens.

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The laws of the Zhou Dynasty indeed stipulate that ordinary people are not allowed to keep slaves in their homes, and it is difficult to find slaves that can be bought and sold in the market. Even if they are not big landowners, servants at home are generally not hired, and many of them are called "adopted sons", "

She entered the house as a "adopted daughter" and became a real master-servant relationship with the master's family.

However, regardless of whether they are employed workers or adopted sons and daughters, in principle they do not belong to lowly status, and they do not have the right to live or die if their masters are wrong.

Of course, this is a violation of the principle. If the people do not act, officials will naturally not be able to meddle in their own business.

Seeing that Li Zhao was unwilling to go out and intervene in the matter in person, Song Qingyue raised her legs on the car window and became worried: "Is it too late to wait for the county magistrate to come?"

Li Zhao sighed: "It's really too late, so let Wan Quan lead someone to rob it."

Song Qingyue frowned deeply: "But even if they save Dong, will they choose another girl and secretly throw it into the river when we are not paying attention? It's very old, and I don't know what they will throw.

How many girls have been thrown into the river? Then it will be the Fen River. When it reaches the Yellow River, I don’t know how many people were thrown eastward."

The two walked in the carriage and waited quietly.

The ritual of dancing the Great God is very complicated. The girl walking in the sedan chair covered her head with a red hijab and walked motionless.

Song Qingyue got a little impatient by waiting, so she ordered Wan Quan: "Wan Quan, I will take the people closer. When they push the people to the river later, remember to save Donglai on the spot."

The nearest county seat was more than a hundred miles away, and no matter how fast Lin Wanfu moved, it was too late.

Half an hour later, the villagers finally finished dancing. A few leading old guys with red hair led everyone to kneel east toward the river. A few strong men walked out of the crowd, some lifted up the sedan chair, and a few others carried the

After picking up the tributes on the table, I plan to throw the pork and sheep heads into the river together with the person and the sedan chair!

"Go quickly! Stop it!"

Song Qingyue shouted.

She didn't care about all that, she pulled Li Zhao and turned the carriage away and ran towards the river bank: "His legs! Stop his legs!"
Chapter completed!