Lu Li disdained, "If they don’t play with me, I will live better than them."
Chapter III Sacrifice to the Living
Liu Fei smell speech bitter smile holding hands turned and walked into the house.
The night came quietly and the days passed by.
A few days later, one afternoon, while the Lu clan in Pingxi Village was busy in the field, a huge roar suddenly came from the heron mountain, which made the Lu clan in Pingxi Village frightened and hurriedly ran back to the village to report to the patriarch Lu Jie.
On the second floor, Liu Jie looked somberly at the towering heron mountain and said to himself, "The mountain gods roar and disaster will come to our clan."
On the side, several Lu’s old people looked worried. One of them asked, "What shall we do, Chief?"
Another old man said, "The mountain gods have not roared for nearly two hundred years. Is it because they suddenly roared today that they are waking us up to offer sacrifices?"
Lu Jie said, "I remember that when our Lu ancestors first came here a thousand years ago, they sacrificed to the mountain gods. Since then, the weather has been favorable and the crops have been plentiful. Now the mountain gods are roaring, so it seems that we have to sacrifice again."
On one side, the old man said, "We’ll prepare for the sacrifice."
Liu Jie looks weird and sighs lightly, "Sacrificing a mountain god requires a living sacrifice and a girl who is not more than ten years old."
This a few Lushi old man suddenly exclaimed was obviously stunned by the heads of the fathers.
For a moment an old man asked, "Is the living like a sacrifice?"
Liu Jie hesitated, "On a full moon night, I went into the mountains to offer sacrifices to my body and soul."
It is really chilling that several old people look at each other when they shake their bodies.
Liu Jie said, "Two days later, it will be a full moon night. You should prepare well and choose a suitable villager to pray for survival."
Lu’s old people don’t sigh, but they can agree or disagree with the villagers.
Two days later, the whole Pingxi village was shrouded in a cloud, and no one wanted to take their children as sacrifices to die.
This was decided by the discussion of the old and young in the village, and finally Lu Yao was chosen as a sacrifice.
Lu Yao had no father since she was a child. Her father accidentally fell into the Nujiang River when she was young. Since then, she has been living with her mother.
At that time, Lu Yao was just one month old and was pointed out by her people because of this, saying that she was born with her father and had never been liked by her people.
Lu Yao is actually very sweet, and she is one of the best among dozens of children in Pingxi Village.
But being discriminated against since childhood, no one wants her to play, which makes her develop an autistic psychology.
This time, the villagers unanimously elected Lu Yao by a show of hands because she had no father and was unpopular.
This Lu Yao mother cried her eyes out and knelt down in front of the patriarch Liu Jie to intercede, but it was a pity that Liu Jie didn’t want to do this, but she had to.
At the age of five, I was very unhappy when I saw it in my eyes.
The whole Pingxi village is far away from Lu Yao, especially the former is stubborn and rejected by its peers.
The latter has been accused of indifference since childhood.
Now Lu Yao is going to die in the mountains on a full moon night, which makes Lu Li very dissatisfied and secretly decides to help Lu Yao.
In a blink of an eye, two days passed and the full moon came.
After dinner, Lu Li sneaked out of the village and hid in a big tree by the Nujiang River, staring at the movement of the village.
About three minutes later, Lu Yao walked out of the village under the escort of Lu clan and headed for Heron Mountain.
In the rear, Lu Yao’s mother cried her heart out, but she couldn’t change her daughter’s fate. Only that unwilling to cry revealed some resentment in the night.
Lu Li hid in a tree and watched a group of people in the distance.
About a long time later, the people of the Lu clan returned one after another.
At this time, at the age of five, Lu Li quickly came from the tree and recovered in the direction of Lu Yao’s departure
Tonight, the full moon and stars are scattered by moonlight, and soon they come to the foot of the heron and see a torch moving slowly in the mountains two miles away.
Without hesitation, I ran in the direction of the torch, and my feet came to trample on the dead branches from time to time to make a rustling sound. With this dark autumn night, I felt cold.
These people don’t seem to care about being five years old. He is particularly bold and doesn’t care about the warnings of Heron Mountain in the mouths of adults on weekdays.
After a while, I chased Lu Yao and stopped her.
Seeing Liu Yao’s white face coming after Lu Li revealed a trace of complicated joy and whispered, "This is ominous. Go back quickly."
Lu Li ran to Lu Yao and gasped, "Don’t listen to the nonsense of adults. They can only let you die. Come back with me."
Lu Yao shook his head and said, "I can’t go back to my village and my mother’s safety. Thank you for leaving you. Let’s go. I will remember your kindness and I will repay you in the afterlife."
Lu Li scolded, "How can you be so stupid to go before you die?"
Lu Yao said bitterly, "Even if I go back, the clan will not let me go. Even if I let me go, I will let others come to die, so I will bring trouble to others?"
Lu Li’s eyes turned and said, "I’ll go instead of you."
Lu Yao consternation way "you go for me? You are not afraid of death? "
Lu Li retorted, "Who said that the mountain god must eat people and no one saw me? Go to the mountain god and tell him not to yell and make the adults uneasy."
Lu Yao exclaimed, "You are so bold that you are not afraid of the mountain gods. The patriarch said that the sacrifice should be a girl. I appreciate your kindness. Let’s go."
"I’m not leaving unless you come back with me."
Lu Yao shook his head slightly and turned around and said, "I won’t go back with you. My mission is to pray for peace among the people."
Lu Li followed his side stubbornly and said, "If you don’t go back, I will accompany you to find the mountain god theory."
Lu Yao stopped and looked back at Lulu and asked, "Why do you want to help me?"
Lu Li said, "No, I just don’t like it when adults make wrong decisions."
Lu Yao complicated a smile and whispered, "Lu Li, I don’t want to implicate you. You’d better go home quickly. Your parents will be very anxious and sad."
Lu Li said, "it’s my decision. I’m happy to go to the mountain god. There’s no one."