The man who invited me was named He Yizhou, and he took me to his home.
Along the way, the villagers surrounded me with smiles on their faces, which showed that they were very happy for me to come.
At the resort before, the villagers welcomed me very well, but not like this.
They seem to be overly enthusiastic, which makes people feel a little strange.
I looked at Yuchen doubtfully.
Yuchen also seemed to find it strange and told me that he would go to the village to have a look.
Then it disappeared.
Because I have been with He Yizhou, in He Yizhou's eyes, Yuchen only sent us to the train station. In order not to cause unnecessary trouble, Yuchen followed me invisibly, which made it easier for him to move.
He Yizhou's home is also an earthen house, which is extremely dilapidated.
There were big cracks in the wall, and it looked like it might collapse at any time.
The door is a shabby wooden door that hangs diagonally on the door frame and cannot be used at all.
The windows were made of wood and had paper on the frames, but the paper was also torn.
The whole house didn't look like it could be lived in.
The house is not big, with three rooms in total. There is a wooden table and three long benches in the middle living room. These are new.
At this time, sitting in the living room were a middle-aged woman, a beauty in her twenties, and a girl in her late teens.
He Yizhou saw off the villagers and then introduced me that they were his wife and two daughters.
The mother and daughter were wearing sister outfits, all of which were off-white dresses.
Coincidentally, this dress was also in the closet of clothes that Yuchen bought for me. I saw the tag and it sold for more than 3,000 in the mall.
In addition, Mrs. He is well-maintained and looks to be in her early thirties. It is hard for me to believe that this family lives here.
I looked at He Yizhou and said unhappily, "He Yizhou, if you want me to help you, you have to tell me the truth.
If you are still hiding it, I will ignore you and leave now.
"
I risked my life to help him see things, but he still lied to me. I really don’t want to care about him anymore.
Seeing that I was angry, He Yizhou hurriedly said, "Xiangu, I'm not lying to you. Although we have left here long ago, every five years, all the people in the village, regardless of distance, have to come back to participate in the sacrifice.
We also thought that no one would come back and we would never worship the river god again.
But in the year when sacrifices were discontinued, the family who wanted to marry their daughter to the river god all died.
Not only that, there are also deaths in the homes of us villagers.
Someone died in every house.
Fairy aunt, there are no such coincidences in the world. This is the river god taking revenge on us.
"
"Yes, Fairy Girl, you must not leave.
Mrs. He said, "My youngest daughter is only sixteen years old. You must save her."
"
Perhaps because she knew what it was like to worship the river god, the little daughter was so scared that she started to cry.
Mrs. He comforted her little daughter.
He Yizhou said to me, "Xiangu, we have been riding in the car all day. You must be very tired. We will start eating right away. After eating, you can rest for a while."
"
After all, He Yizhou's family is not really from the mountains, and his family is considered wealthy, so the dinner is very sumptuous, with meals packed from restaurants.
While eating, I looked outside and saw that it was completely dark. Yuchen hadn't come back yet and I didn't know where he went.
I asked He Yizhou about the situation in the village.
He Yizhou told me that the origin of the name Hualong Ridge is that a long time ago, a snake who had achieved enlightenment overcame a calamity and became a dragon here.
After he successfully ascended, he threw away his mortal body, and his body fell to the ground and turned into a river.
This river is at the end of the village where it enters the mountain pass, and is called Long River.
The river god He Yizhou and the others said was in this river.
I have never heard that after becoming an immortal, you will throw away your original body.
I have never heard that a body can turn into a river when it falls to the ground.
This is indeed a legend and pure nonsense.
I didn't take the story to heart either.
After dinner, I wanted to wait for Yuchen to come back and go to Longhe with him.
But before he came back, I felt sleepy.
I thought I might be too tired after riding the bus all day, so I didn't think much about it, so I listened to He Yizhou and went to the back room to rest.
I was drifting off to sleep when I suddenly felt shaking underneath me, like an earthquake.
earthquake?!
I woke up suddenly and opened my eyes to find that I was not at He Yizhou's home, but by the river.
My hands and feet were tied, and I was lying flat on a bamboo raft. Beside me were fruits, wine, a pair of dragon and phoenix candles, and a lot of paper money and gold ingots.
My clothes were also changed and I was wearing a wedding dress made of red paper.
By the river, the villagers were kneeling on the ground, kowtowing to me. They were preparing to kowtow to the river.
To this day, there is still something I don’t understand.
They are using me as a sacrifice to the river god!
I found He Yizhou in the crowd and shouted angrily, "He Yizhou, I came to save you, and you do this to me?!"
He Yizhou looked at me guiltily, "Xiangu, I can't help it.
I invited three experts before, but not only did they disappear, they also angered the river god.
Tonight is the deadline for the sacrifice.
Fairy aunt, you have the protection of the fairy family, you will be fine, but if it were my daughter, my daughter would be dead.
Fairy aunt, aren't you here just to save my daughter? Saving her in this way is also saving her, right?"
"You idiot!" I cursed. "You knocked me out and used me as a sacrifice. You call this saving people?! He Yizhou, if I didn't wake up and fell into the water, I would have drowned!"
"
He Yizhou ignored me.
The bamboo raft floated further and further in the water. I knew that since the villagers had put me on the boat, they would not be able to let me down.
I shouted, "Where is my charm? Where is the yellow charm in my pocket?"
It's a life-saving thing, don't throw it away.
It was already midnight, and relying on the moonlight and the few torches lit by the villagers, I could no longer see the expressions of the people on the shore.
I couldn't hear He Yizhou's answer for a long time. I thought he didn't notice the yellow charm in my pocket at all. I was disappointed when I heard a little girl's voice suddenly coming from the shore.
"Xiangu, I put the yellow talisman in your pocket under the fruit plate for you, pressing it with an apple. Look for it!"
Hearing this, I quickly knocked over the apple plate, and sure enough there was a yellow talisman pressed on the bottom of the plate.
I picked up the yellow charm.
At this time, the bamboo raft suddenly floated into a burst of thick smoke. It was surrounded by white and nothing could be seen.
At the same time, all the sounds on the shore disappeared, and the surrounding area fell into an eerie silence.
I nervously clenched the talisman in my hand and shouted, "Yu Chen! Yu Chen, where are you?"
The only thing that answers me is my own echo.
The water flowed faster and faster, and the bamboo raft began to shake.
My hands and feet are tied. If the raft overturns, I will be dead!
I was so frightened that I almost cried. I reached out tremblingly and held the yellow talisman towards the candle. Just when the yellow talisman was about to be lit, a ray of silver light suddenly rushed over.