The room seemed extremely quiet. At this time, Su Jiu was probably the only one who didn't know the reason.
Even Chen Jie probably knows what the situation is.
The village where Chen Jie lives is mostly named Chen, and is also called Chenjiacun. Chenjiacun is not small, with a population of about 1,300.
However, there is no xenophobic phenomenon here at the moment.
Chen Jie's mother is still hesitating. Although Chen Jie knows a little about the so-called legend, she is not very clear about the specific situation. At this moment, everyone can see that Chen Jie's eyes are waiting for someone to tell her.
He has an explanation or a statement.
After hesitating for a moment, Chen Jie's mother finally spoke.
"Actually, as early as a month ago, your father went to that place alone. According to custom, the village needed to go to sacrifice that day. It was originally your grandfather's turn to go, but your father didn't believe this legend.
I just carried your grandfather on my back and went there alone."
"At that time, your grandparents didn't know, and even I didn't know, so your father went alone early in the morning..."
Chen Jie's mother murmured her words.
From these words, Su Jiu slowly understood what happened.
Chenjiacun was not originally a villager here. During the war in the early Qing Dynasty, the whole family moved here. It has a history of nearly 400 years.
This is the western region of Guizhou. Originally, a branch of the Miao people lived here, the Shidong branch of the Miao people. When the ancestors of Chenjiacun moved here, it was not all smooth sailing, but they came after many crises.
here.
When the ancestors of Chenjiacun came here, they fell in love with this village. It was a time of war, and the whole of China was in great chaos in the early days of the Qing Dynasty.
The ancestors of the Chen family came here after climbing mountains and wading rivers, and those who stayed behind were naturally some tough people with folk customs.
In order to compete for living space, conflicts naturally occurred with the Miao people here.
The ancestors of the Chen family have strong folk customs. After the baptism of war, their strength has the absolute upper hand, but the Miao people have lived here and have not experienced crises. The strengths of the two sides are obviously not proportional.
According to this speculation, the Miao family is undoubtedly defeated, but things often turn out unexpectedly.
Although the Miao family is said to be weak, whenever they are about to be defeated, some members of the Miao family will chant mysterious spells, and the Miao family will act like ghosts and gods, and repel the ancestors of the Chen family.
The Chen family's ancestors suffered several heavy losses for this, but the Miao family never pursued victory. As long as the Chen family's ancestors retreated from the Miao village, they would give up and stop the pursuit.
It turned out that after many observations, the ancestors of the Chen family discovered a secret, that is, this magical effect can only be effective within the scope of the Miao family.
Legends about the power of ghosts and gods were prevalent in ancient times, but nothing in the world is absolute. The leader of the Chen family at that time was such a person. After careful observation, he finally discovered the secret. After a series of observations, he finally let him discover the secret.
Found a way to crack this secret.
That is, if you carry something like a cow, those crazy Miao people will turn a blind eye.
This was also discovered by accident, so during a raid, the ancestors of the Chen family prepared "evil evil" items on their bodies, such as horns, hair, bones, etc.
In this battle, the ancestors of the Chen family ended in absolute victory.
After the Chen family's ancestors won the victory, they occupied this place, which is now Chenjiacun.
The story does not end here, and the leaders of the Chen family's ancestors did not live a stable life because of this.
In fact, the ancestors of the Chen family were also very jealous of the Miao family's crazy power. After some torture and investigation, they finally found out the root cause.
The Shidong Miao people worship the Ox God.
In the village, there is a mysterious cave. According to legend, the Ox God lives in this cave. This cave is bottomless.
I don’t know where and which direction leads to the underground.
What the Miao family worships is the legendary Ox God, and that mysterious and awkward spell is the secret spell that triggers belief in the Ox God. As long as you worship the Ox God and believe in the Ox God every day, once you hear this incantation
, will become extremely powerful, crazy and brave.
After the ancestors of the Chen family discovered this secret, they naturally inherited this custom of the Miao family and worshiped the Ox God.
Likewise, it is precisely for this reason.
The Chen family obtained this secret, which is the main reason why Chenjia Village has been passed down for four hundred years and has experienced countless wars and turmoil.
With the passage of time, social development, and scientific progress, fewer and fewer people believe in this legend. Today, fewer and fewer people believe in the Cow God.
Of course, things are not that simple. If it were just that, then what happened to Chen Jie would not happen.
There is a very special ritual to worship the Cow God.
This ritual was originally tortured by the ancestors of the Chen family from the mouths of the survivors of the Miao family.
Every year, on the ninth day of September, which is the day of the Double Ninth Festival, someone needs to lead a cow and hold a handful of hay to the cave where the cow god lives in the village.
In the cave, feed the hay in your hand to the cow.
If the cow eats the hay safely, then everything will be fine. If the cow does not eat grass and is unwilling to enter the cave, then the person who goes to worship will have to bear the wrath of the Cow God and eventually die mysteriously.
After death, his body needs to be transported into the cave within a specific period of time to ask the Ox God for forgiveness.
This is an ancient and mysterious ritual.
When Su Jiu understood the reasons behind this, her heart was filled with shock.
According to the custom in the village, the people who come every year take turns. This year it was the turn of Chen Jie's family. Generally speaking, it is arranged for the elderly who are dying to come to do this.
According to the original plan, Chen Jie's grandfather went to do this at Chen Jie's home.
The big guys in the village gathered together to get the cattle together, and Grandpa Chen Jie went to the people.
But things didn't go as planned. Chen Jie's father viewed everything with suspicion.
When Grandpa Chen Jie brought up this matter, he directly denied it.
What kind of society is it now? These are all feudal superstitions.
At that time, the two had a big quarrel over this matter.
In a rage, Chen Jie's father did this thing behind everyone else's back, and as a result, what happened now happened.
Chen Jie's father fell into a coma shortly after returning from the cave.
Grandpa Chen Jie blamed himself very much for this, thinking that his reasons had offended the Ox God, so in anger, he drank pesticide and committed suicide.
As a result, Grandma Chen Jie could not bear the blow and died.
This leads to the current situation.
"Sister-in-law, the time is coming, hurry up and put it in the coffin! We have been waiting for so many days. If we delay any longer, it will still be six days before the next best memorial day. By then, uncle and aunt will be smelly in this weather.
Yes." The thin man next to him persuaded again.
Hearing this, Su Jiu's heart suddenly moved.
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PS: Sorry, today’s second update is a bit late. Book friends, please don’t be offended because I was delayed because of something!