Chapter 15. People are like monsters
Lu Zhi frowned. He originally thought that this sacrifice was like a wedding procession, that it should be a drama like "Jiang Shen gets married".
Unexpectedly, at the last moment, the goddess actually took out a dagger and wanted to kill the bride!
If this is the case, then why do we have to create this wedding ceremony? Eight sedans were carried to deliver the bride, but in the end the bride was killed and presented to Jiang Shen?
Lu Zhi couldn't understand it, but he didn't need to understand it. He just needed to know and stop this ignorant and cruel bloody sacrifice.
"Who are you?" Seeing Lu Zhi walking towards the river, a young man in the team shouted, quickly attracting everyone's attention.
Lu Zhi ignored them and just walked towards the goddess on his own. Several villagers tried to stand in front of him and tried to ask questions, but he waved his sleeves and robes and slapped him away with a heavy blow.
He fell to the ground, moaning and screaming in pain.
For this group of villagers who bought and sold children and women to worship the so-called River God, the disgust in Lu Zhi's eyes was almost palpable.
Ignorant and cruel! If the Goddess hadn't been involved in this matter, and the so-called Jiang Shen was persecuting him, the behavior of these villagers would be no different from that of the cultists!
Lu Zhi walked up to the goddess and asked: "I want to ask you, what kind of fish spirit shrimp monster is the so-called River God? How was this sacrifice initiated? Is it you or the so-called River God who leads it?"
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The immobile goddess suddenly felt that the huge oppressive force on her body was relieved, and at least she could speak normally.
The cloudy eyes in his triangular eyes rolled around, but he did not answer Lu Zhi. He just threatened Lu Zhi and said: "You have a little calf nose, you are the one who trapped me, right?"
"What do you want to do when you inquire about Mr. Jiang Shen? Do you have evil intentions? I can tell you that Mr. Jiang Shen has great supernatural powers. He is the Qingjiang River God. I am the envoy of Jiang God. You..."
Lu Zhi didn't bother to argue with the old pious woman anymore. He directly raised his hands, pulled her soul out of her body, and checked the whole thing on his own.
The evil deeds on this goddess were so deep that she had probably harmed countless people. Even if her soul was searched and her soul was scattered to pieces, Lu Zhi would not show the slightest sign of mercy or apology.
In the Qingjiang River, there is a black fish spirit that has channeled spirits for hundreds of years and turned into a monster. It gradually became somewhat evil.
Later, the black fish spirit began to devour the corpses of people who fell into the water in the past, and even actively tempted mortals to throw themselves into the river, overturning and sinking passing ships, drowning people in the river, and devouring the flesh and blood of mortals.
Hundreds of years later, the black fish spirit's evil deeds became more and more common, so they called themselves the God of the Qingjiang River. They entrusted dreams to the villagers around the Qingjiang River, and asked the villagers to offer incense and blood food in an attempt to seek the position of the true god.
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And this goddess was the first person to take refuge in the black fish spirit, and was named one of the divine envoys. She taught her several witchcraft and evil techniques, and led the villagers in the village to offer blood sacrifices.
After searching the memory of the goddess, Lu Zhi directly raised his hand and waved, completely making the old pious woman lose her mind! Then he untied the bride and turned to look at the ignorant villagers.
"Aren't you afraid of retribution when you engage in human trafficking and blood sacrifice to demons?!"
The villagers all looked at Lu Zhi with surprised expressions. Lu Zhi's previous action of pulling out the goddess's soul and waving his hand to disperse it clearly made them very afraid, and no one dared to answer him.
After half a meal, a middle-aged man wearing a blue scholar's gown spoke: "This little Taoist priest, the villagers and I were worshiping the River God. You suddenly appeared, killed Granny Yu, and destroyed us."
What's the point of asking the priests if they don't tell me?"
"We don't want you to be too entangled today, so you'd better get out of the way quickly, so as not to waste time and anger Jiang Shen."
"It is said in Zuo Zhuan that the major affairs of the country lie in sacrifice and military affairs..."
Lu Zhi had a stern look on his face: "Shut up! You're an educated person and you actually said such things!"
"There is a black fish spirit in the river that has been causing trouble for many years. You don't want to eliminate this scourge, but you actually help it and sacrifice your blood to it every year. You are really ignorant!"
This person also appeared in the memory of the goddess, but he was not a good thing.
The middle-aged scribe was scolded by Lu Zhi, and his expression suddenly lost all composure.
"you..!"
After all, he is a well-known scholar. How high is his status in this countryside? Even the elders in the village have to listen to his opinions. He has to make decisions in everything. How has he ever been so offended?
This act of worshiping the River God was also initiated by him, the Goddess and others. The River God had also given him dozens of taels of gold and silver. Otherwise, how could he be so interested in it?
"You, you... you are a Taoist priest. I am willing to talk to you, but I didn't expect you to insult me like this..."
As he said that, he turned to look at the two village elders beside him and said: "Second uncle, this Taoist priest has made it clear that he wants to destroy the sacrifices in our village. If this makes Jiang Shen dissatisfied, it will make
If the river bursts its banks and floods the farmland and villages, we will definitely have no harvest this year!"
"Then what's the proposal from the Wei family?"
The middle-aged scribe turned his head and gave Lu Zhi a sinister look, and said, "This Taoist priest is trying to kill us by stopping us from offering sacrifices to the River God. Why don't we capture him too and sacrifice him to the River God!"
"In this case, maybe if Jiang Shen is happy, he can bless us with good weather this year and let everyone in the countryside have a good harvest."
The old man was shocked and said: "This...isn't this murder?!"
The middle-aged scribe glanced at the old man and said that if you bought the young lady and the boy and girl from Ren Yazi to sacrifice to the River God, it would not be like killing someone.
"Second Uncle! This matter is related to the livelihood of hundreds of people in our Wei Village, but we can't be soft-hearted! Moreover, the Taoist priest insisted on stopping us from sacrificing to the River God. It was a helpless move for us to arrest him and sacrifice to the River God.
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The old man was still a little hesitant: "But... he knows magic! You saw that Po Yu was captured by him just now..."
"He is only one person. We have dozens of men here. He can't beat four hands with two fists. Even if he is an immortal, if we have dozens of people punch each other with one punch, the Iron Man will be hammered into meat patties by him!"
"this..."
Seeing that the old man was still hesitating, the middle-aged scribe couldn't wait any longer. After all, just last night, Yu Po came to discuss with him and planned to defraud a hundred taels of silver from the village. Now that Yu Po is dead, what about this matter?
Wouldn’t it just fall on him?
And after today, Po Yu is gone, so won’t the envoy responsible for contacting Jiang Shen in their village become him?
As long as he kills the bull-nose who jumped out to cause trouble, everything will be his!
"Folks, that Taoist priest who stopped us from offering sacrifices to the River God is going to kill my Weijia Village's livelihood! How can this be possible?!"
"Uncles and brothers, we will tie up this Taoist priest and throw him into the river to worship the River God! Only in this way can the anger of the River God be appeased!"
Lu Zhi sneered and didn't say anything. He just looked at the villagers coldly. When he saw that someone was actually making a move, he quietly picked up a weapon and was about to charge forward, his eyes sharpened and he took action.
I saw him raising his hand and making empty strokes in mid-air, drawing golden tracks, which turned into long whips and swept through the crowd in an instant!
Bang bang bang...
There was a crisp sound like exploding beans, and a golden ripple spread out from the scene instantly. The villagers who were about to move were immediately knocked over and rolled into fallen gourds on the ground, wailing in pain.
more than.
Although Lu Zhi had no intention of murdering them, being punished by this golden light still hurt his soul. They would probably never forget that feeling in their lives.
Seeing Lu Zhi casually knocking down so many people, the middle-aged scribe was stunned for a moment, with a look of astonishment on his face. When he saw Lu Zhi turning his head to look at him, his heart immediately pounded.
Lu Zhi raised his hand to catch him, grabbing his collar and holding it in his hand. Before he could beg for mercy, he felt the world spinning again, and he was getting closer and closer to the river.
With a pop, the middle-aged scribe was thrown into the river by Lu Zhi. As soon as he struggled to rise from the river, he saw a black shadow falling from the sky, hitting him heavily in the face, and knocking him into the river again.
Under the river.
It turned out that the body of the old goddess was also thrown over by Lu Zhi, and hit the middle-aged scribe hard on the face. The middle-aged scribe's mouth and nose suddenly bleed, and the smell of blood instantly spread out in the river.
Chapter completed!