"Half a month later, Master Wu came here again as expected.
This time, he didn't come alone!
I heard from my grandfather that Master Wu came here with an army of tens of thousands.
Then, people from all the nearby villages were gathered here!
Finally, under the command of Master Wu, the current town was built.
It is said that the name of this town was given by the Holy Dragon.
After the establishment of this town, all the people from ten miles and eight villages near the Shenshan Mountain were moved here to live!
According to my grandfather’s story, since the establishment of this town, there have been no cases of people disappearing after encountering gods!
The stone tablet in the center of our town still records what happened back then!
It’s just that the stone tablet has been badly worn now and can’t be seen clearly!”
When the old man said this, he couldn't help but sigh and express his regret.
Indeed, according to what he said, the Feng Shui master named Wu was a great blessing to the ancestors of the people living in this town!
After all, to build such an ancient town in such a place, at that time, it took a lot of financial and material resources!
After all, at that time, there were no modern machines and basically had to rely on manpower.
Unexpectedly, this ancient town in the mountains, which does not look very majestic, actually has a history of almost two hundred years!
After more than two hundred years of ups and downs, it still stands firm!
Even Zhao Han had to sigh that the construction technology at that time was indeed amazing!
"Dad, since this town was established, the gods of the sacred mountain have not appeared. Then why do they have to perform sacrifices every ten years?"
At this time, the old man's son suddenly asked.
There are still sacrifices? Zhao Han was surprised.
"This town has a name given by the Holy Dragon himself, so the gods who protect the sacred mountain will naturally not offend it again.
But when Master Wu finally left, he told the people in the town that every ten years, during the Autumn Festival, he would ask everyone to prepare some cooked animals and the like and go to the town ten miles west to worship them.
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Offering sacrifices to the gods who protect the sacred mountain can ensure peace even if you are not polite in the town!
This is how our ancestors came here for generations.
But now...hey!"
Having said this, the old man sighed again.
Different from the previous regrets, this time, the old man's tone was full of helplessness.
"What's going on now?" Zhao Han took the initiative and asked curiously.
"I know this!"
This was said by the old man’s son!
"According to tradition, today should be the ten-year sacrifice period!
Some time ago, the town originally planned to go to the west of the town to offer sacrifices as usual!
However, last year, several young people were sent from our town to come to us for poverty alleviation and education support.
They said that we have feudal superstition and backward thinking, and they do not allow the town to hold sacrifices and worship gods.
Under their persuasion, many young people in the town also joined in the boycott.
In the end, the sacrificial thing was finally forced to give up!"
After hearing this, Zhao Han nodded slightly in his heart.
This is understandable.
However, it is obvious that things are not that simple. Otherwise, there would be no situation in the town like before, where there was some movement outside and every house closed its doors!
Sure enough, the old man's son continued to speak:
"The period of autumn and whiteness has passed, and in the end we were unable to offer sacrifices.
Nothing happened at first, but almost half a month ago, livestock began to disappear in the town at night!
Counting it all, it has happened four times!
Every time, someone heard a noise at night, and then early the next morning, the locked animals disappeared!
Everyone in the town saw that the fence was broken open by something.
Under the organization of several young people sent from the city to help the poor, the young people in the town followed the clues to find it!
However, in the end they all came back in vain.
Since then, people in the town have said that it was because our town did not offer sacrifices to the gods on the sacred mountain for ten years, which made the gods angry and took away the livestock."
Seeing the seriousness of what this man said, Zhao Han really didn't know what to say, so he asked smoothly:
"Didn't you say that the gods who protect the sacred mountain won't come near the town? How can they still get rid of the livestock in the town?"
"Our town, with its golden name given by the Holy Dragon, can naturally restrain the gods on the sacred mountain. In addition, we perform sacrifices on time every time, so the gods will naturally not come to the town!
However, after so many years, the original Holy Dragon has long since disappeared, and the golden name he bestowed upon him has naturally gradually lost its power." The old man interrupted and explained.
The so-called holy dragon in the old man's mouth was probably the emperor at that time!
About two to three hundred years ago, it was indeed that era.
Zhao Han knew that the truth of the matter was definitely not what the old man said, but at this moment, he really didn't know how to refute it!
After all, these people have thought this way for generations, and there is no need for Zhao Han to force them to change their minds!
There's no need for that!
The holy dragon, the golden name bestowed by the emperor, the power of the dragon to intimidate the guardian spirit of the sacred mountain, etc., were probably deliberately made to make the ancestors of these people think that way!
After all, the easiest thing about imperial power for a person at the bottom is to deify oneself!
Zhao Han probably already knows the whole story!
But he didn't waste any energy on correcting anything.
This doesn't make much sense.
For the people in the town, the so-called truth is not that important!
Regardless of whether the so-called sacred mountain or the gods guarding the dragon veins exist, they have already become a kind of belief and spiritual sustenance in the hearts of these people!
Actually, there is really no need to take some things too seriously!
Take the sacrifice held once every ten years in this ancient town as an example!
In fact, there is absolutely no need to stop the few young people sent here from outside to help the poor and support education!
Perhaps, when they think about it, when they get here, they should change the feudal superstitious behavior of these people in the town!
However, why not think about some things from another angle?
Many ethnic minorities have their own special festivals!
In fact, if we really want to seriously investigate the origin of these festivals, isn't it just some so-called superstitious remarks?
However, with the development of the times, some special behaviors during these festivals have developed into a traditional activity!
More broadly speaking, how different are the essential differences between people's actions of worshiping mountain gods, burning incense, worshiping Buddha, and paying homage to their ancestors, and the sacrificial activities in this ancient town?