"You mean, you want to invite us to take a boat trip on the river to perform sacrificial rituals to the river god?"

As soon as Shu Ci arrived home, he didn't see where Bailian was. Before he could even put down the iron pot behind him, a large crowd of people came outside the house in darkness.

They were all women, children and aunts in the village, and they surrounded the house completely.

What kind of unclean things have been caused in the village recently?

Therefore, the immortal Huang Daoren from Qingyun Mountain was attracted to come here to ward off evil spirits and regulate the universe.

There have been a lot of strange things happening in the village in recent days, every time in the cool evening.

If a girl washes her clothes alone by a stream, she will always disappear without any reason, and her family will not be aware of it until a few days later.

Probably because on the day those girls Huanyi disappeared, in the middle of the night, the girl's figure and voice appeared frequently in his house.

So much so that everyone in the family thought everything was just as usual.

But thinking about it carefully afterwards, the girl's figure and voice were particularly vague in those days.

When I really remembered it, I felt an unreasonable fear.

Suddenly he realized that he didn't seem to be able to see the girl's appearance clearly at home.

Until I saw the girl's clothes half buried in the soil by the creek forest. She had obviously been murdered for many days, but her body was missing.

Such weird and strange things have rarely happened in such a remote mountain village with insufficient spiritual energy.

For a moment, the ignorant peasant women who were not familiar with astronomy and geography were at a loss as to what to do.

They were terrified every night, lest something strange happen to their homes.

Now that I meet such an old god, I should be able to offer him enough incense.

Coupled with the way Huang Laodao opened the altar, a series of mysterious methods of blowing the fire talisman were revealed.

In the eyes of these peasant women, it can be said that they have great supernatural powers, and they worship him without any doubt.

In the past few days, Huang Laodao had taken advantage of the situation and made a fortune in this remote and impoverished mountain village.

Some worn-out items, such as peach wood swords, yellow talisman papers, Five Emperors copper coins, bronze swords, and cinnabar Taoist robes.

They all had a good time in this village one by one.

However, we all have the opportunity to worship the river god tonight, so we need to prepare completely and there is no excuse for failure.

Previously, many requirements were put forward for sacrifices, and six women were required to travel together in the same boat to sacrifice to the gods.

Shu Ci is the sixth candidate.

All in all, Huang Laodao made these rural women stunned by his endless explanations.

I only know that the selection of this sixth person is not trivial and cannot be done casually.

Since the old god named the lady named Su, it can only be her, and no one else can do it for her.

Looking at the group of people outside the door, murderous intent loomed in Shu Ci's eyes.

She is not interested in the trivial things of mortals like cats and dogs, nor does she have the patience to do stupid things like offering sacrifices to gods.

Just as she was about to have an attack, Aunt Wu jumped out and accused:

"What are you guys doing? Sister Su is not from Qiaokou Village, so what obligation do you have to force her to go to the river to do such a dangerous thing?"

Shu Ci glanced at Aunt Wu indifferently, as if she was a little surprised to face so many aggressive people.

She, a woman and a child, had the courage to stand up and speak out in defense.

Even though she is a Shu Ci, she doesn't need anyone to protect her.

Although Aunt Wu has not read any books, she is not as ignorant as these people.

I have a bad impression of Huang Laodao.

Yesterday, I saw that the old Taoist was obviously trying to seduce the older girl.

I heard from the blacksmith today that it seemed that in the early morning, the sweet girl and the old Taoist had some unpleasant troubles in the blacksmith shop.

The master blacksmith was also an honest man, and with a clear eye it was clear that the old Taoist was trying to do something to the wife first.

But now that the old Taoist was in great power in the village, the blacksmith didn't want to cause more trouble and didn't go around saying anything.

But Aunt Wu couldn't stand it. This was obviously an attempt to take advantage and deliberately retaliate.

It's early spring and it's cold, it's been raining heavily for several days, and the rivers are dangerously fast.

During night sacrifices, if something unexpected happens and someone falls into the water, there is a risk of freezing to death even if the person does not drown.

Most human beings are inherently selfish. In the face of life and death, there is no room for them to think carefully about the truth, not to mention that human beings cannot understand the joys and sorrows.

They didn't take Madam Wu's accusation seriously at all and said confidently:

“Since she has settled down in our village, she has become a member of our village and eats the food rations of our village.

Aren’t the medicinal herbs that her sick husband drank all day long and the fires that burned them all come from our village?

Now we ask her to take some time to exert some strength, and it's not going to cost her life, so how can we deduce it? It's so vague."

There are some people in the village who know right from wrong: "What Aunt Li said is wrong. Madam Su, whether she buys food or a fire, she spent money on it.

Not to mention anything else, those few luminous pearls were the harvest of the village for several years. She didn't owe anyone else anything.

It's just a big girl, don't be surprised, there is such a strange thing happening in our village right now.

Girls from several families have disappeared. If things were worse, they might have died.

We also want to end this matter as soon as possible, but we don't want to attract some unclean things.

The old god named me by name and said that you have a strong character and a noble destiny, which can make the gods appear.

If you can do something good and help everyone get through this difficulty, we will remember you forever."

Shu Ci is obviously a person who doesn't take soft and hard things. She sneered: "What do I need you to remember about my good deeds in my life? Will remembering my good deeds make me full to eat, or will it help me solve my misfortunes?

Don’t get in the way or cause trouble here, and don’t blame me for being rude!”

Shu Ci is used to being arrogant in the demon world, so for Lord Mo He, these words are not too extreme.

But in the ears of these humans, it was extremely harsh.

It made everyone very unhappy.

"This woman is so unreasonable and shows her face to everyone. If we hadn't taken them in, her husband-in-law would have stepped into the Palace of Hell long ago!"

"Yes! Since she is so ignorant, why should we be polite to her? She is so unsympathetic.

Why should we throw her little husband out of the village and care whether he lives or lives?!"

These words were obviously made in anger.

But this undoubtedly touched Shu Ci's inverse scale. There seemed to be flames raging in her eyes, and she said sternly: "How dare you!"

"Mrs. Su, why do you need to make things bigger? You just need to cooperate a little, and when the sacrifice is over, we will naturally not be in trouble.

If you go back and forth and cause your husband, who is in poor health, to suffer from a recurrence of illness, that will be very bad, and the old Taoist will definitely feel very sorry."

Just hearing an old voice, the crowd slowly parted a path.

Huang Laodao was wearing a new eye-catching Taoist robe, holding a whisk in his hand, and looking at Shu Ci with a sincere face.

When it comes to human relations and sophistication, Shu Ci is indeed no better than a child.

But when it comes to conspiracies and tricks, it is difficult to find an opponent in the demon world, except for the demon king.

Looking at Huang Laodao in front of him, Shu Ci couldn't guess that he was coming for him.

A mere mortal dares to plot against the Lord of the Demonic River.

Shu Ci has never been a kind person, so he smiled coldly in his heart.

Since the old Taoist priest insisted on going to the bank of the stream to worship the god of something, she didn't mind giving him a ride.

"Since it's all about this, I won't refuse."

Huang Laodao was slightly stunned, thinking that this woman knew that he was avenging his personal revenge, so she would definitely push back and forth.

In this way, she could also use the hands of these villagers to make things difficult for her.

Unexpectedly, she agreed so readily.

Seeing that she finally relaxed, the villagers stopped being aggressive and dispersed to go home to get the sacrificial objects to prepare.

Led by the top five selected women, Shuci followed the others and walked far away to the side of the stream.

Before leaving, she cast a sideways glance at the old Taoist priest, and that look in his eyes was really strange.

Half of her face is reflected in the shadow of the backlight, and she looks more like a human than a ghost despite her beauty.

Huang Laodao's body shook violently, and his eyes immediately turned gloomy.

"Master..." the little Taoist priest next to him called weakly: "Will this method of yours cause any accidents? After all, there are constant strange things in this village. There are indeed lone women missing in the river for no reason. Tonight we

Do you really want to go boating with them?"

The little Taoist priest's voice brought Huang Laodao out of his trance. He frowned and said:
To be continued...