In early spring in February, it is still sunny and cold.

The world is still turbulent, but whether it is turbulence or peace, the people should live their lives.

It seems that the relationship between a new emperor is also a relationship of drought and flood. After the beginning of spring, the northern country is full of rain and rain, and it will no longer be the drought of previous years.

Under the nourishment of rain, the weeds in early spring sprouted tender buds, and peaches and plums bloomed in the forests.

However, natural disasters have been eliminated, while man-made disasters are still rampant.

The south bank of the Wei River, Yucheng.

This is a dirt city surrounded by water on both sides and has a wide terrain.

Thousands of people carried three animals, and tributed sermons along the river, blowing and beating.

This should have been a very lively scene, but the thousands of people were ragged and dead. Even the children accompanying him remained silent, with a yellow and withered face showing fear.

Everyone followed the team without expression.

At the front of the team were three sedan chairs. The first one was a wizard wearing a feather hat and covered with various objects of Dingling. His face was painted with black colors, and his whole body looked very strange.

The second one is an official wearing a blue garment tofu.

The third sedan chair was a man with Buddhist beads hanging around his neck and a big green ring on his thumb.

Further down the road, there are bands and tributes of three animals.

Among the tributes, in addition to the three animals, including cattle, pig, sheep, etc., there are two flower girls. They are tied to the carriage in a large shape and are blocked, and are located in the middle of the three animals.

This... is the annual River God Festival in Yucheng.

The ground in Yucheng is open and low-lying, and the most avoiding floods.

About ten years ago, the water surface near Yucheng became very uneven, and the water level on the river surface often surged and plummeted, and even dam breaking incidents occurred several times.

This caused the vast ocean of Yucheng and the people suffered greatly.

However, the time when it occurs is not the season when there are heavy rainstorms in summer and autumn, but in the early spring Taoshen.

The so-called Taoshen refers to the rising water caused by the warming weather in early spring and the snow began to turn into water in a winter.

Generally speaking, the momentum of Taoshen is not as rapid as that of summer and autumn.

A fisherman once saw a huge toad monster in the river. His big head arched twice and the river bank was penetrated.

And since then, more and more people have witnessed the toad demon and become more and more vivid.

The people of Yucheng were unable to bear the harm, so they invited a wizard to subdue the demons.

The wizard made an altar and jumped into the water to fight the toad demon, but he was defeated and brought back three conditions for the toad demon.

First, he built a temple for him and regarded it as the river god. Second, he offered 50,000 taels of silver every year. Third, he offered sacrifices to Taoxun every year and contributed two girls.

The people were unwilling to agree at first, but they could not resist the toad demon arching through the river bank again and again. Under the persuasion of the gentry, they agreed to the toad demon's conditions.

It’s a god. Since the first year of building a temple and worshiping it regularly, Yucheng has never crossed the river embankment in Taosun and flooded the water.

Therefore, Yucheng had the annual Taoxun River God Sacrifice, praying that the river gods would not bring disaster to Yucheng.

Soon, the sacrificial team arrived at the largest return water bend near Yucheng.

The river surface here is wide and the water flows are the fastest, which is the designated location for the annual sacrifice of the Yucheng River God Festival.

The wizard stood up, set up an altar to practice, recited a spell that no one could understand, and said loudly: "The people of Yucheng have offered three animals, gods, and river girls, and prayed to the river god to protect the people's safety and eliminate the disasters of water."

"One worship, offer three animals."

After the words were finished, the people knelt on the ground, and the disciples under the wizard threw the three animals into the water one by one.

"Two worships, offering God's salary."

The wizard ordered him and the people knelt again, and boxes of gold and silver were thrown into the water.

"Woooooooooooooo~"

The turbulent river water roared, and no matter what it threw in, it was swallowed up in an instant, and even a piece of feather could not float.

Seeing this, the two women looked horrified. They were sobbing and crying, but because their mouths were blocked, they could not speak at all.

The river god is worshipped and women of appropriate age are not allowed to marry until they are selected by wizards.

The selected one is the river girl, and will be thrown into the river together with the other three tributes and presented to the river god.

The woman's crying did not arouse any mercy, and the sacrifice continued without any obstacles.

After ten years of sacrifice, the villagers have long been numb.

The selected women are destined to be destined. After the sacrifice to the River God, they will seem to have never been to this world before, and will be soon forgotten and no one will mention it.

The 50,000 taels of divine salary was shared, and each household had two taels of silver. The selected Henniao family was exempted from sharing.

Over the past ten years, the lives of the people in Yucheng have become more and more difficult, and many people have gone bankrupt and fled. However, the River God has divided a lot, and gradually changed from one tael of silver to two taels of silver.

The people cannot bear the suffering, but... no one dares to resist.

The wizard, the official, and the officials represented the river god, the gentry, and the government respectively.

Those who resist will be more likely to share, and those who are more likely to be blasphemous of the river god, and they will be drowned in the river.

"Three worships, offering sacrifices to the river girl."

The wizard shouted, "The disciples under his seat are familiar with the road, and the three of them lifted the river girl and were about to throw themselves into the water."

"Wait a moment!"

Just then, a shout came from behind.

Everyone turned around.

I saw that there were two more people behind the team.

One is a young man riding a scalper with straight body.

One is a boy riding a donkey, but he is hunched and carrying the blame.

The person who spoke was a donkey riding a boy.
Chapter completed!