River Tuluo Xian

Chapter 1 Human sacrifice
hum~
Three copper coins, round on the outside and square on the inside, fell into the bowl, two positive and one reverse.

It is for the two yangs to hold the yin, and the hexagram image is the hurdle.

"The auspicious time has come, see you off."

One of them had a broken gong voice, and the word "send off" drew a long tone.

With his cry, the Hujiang River rises without wind.

A stout man picked up a machete and chopped off a hemp rope thick as a finger.Immediately, a flat bamboo raft followed the water waves and flowed far away.

There was a woman on the bank who couldn't hold back her voice, wailing loudly, prostrate on the ground, looking at the bamboo raft, her heart felt like a knife was piercing her.

However, on an altar, a man with a mustache wearing a Taoist robe suddenly showed displeasure, and shouted: "It is your duty to honor the God of the River, so why cry? If you offend the God of the River If the adults are not happy, can your family afford it?"

After he reprimanded, several people immediately pulled the woman up, or persuaded or covered their mouths, and took her away.

Afterwards, firecrackers sounded on the shore, gongs and drums sounded together, and everyone bowed three times to the rushing Hujiang River.

In the turbulent water waves, the small bamboo rafts went with the waves, and disappeared from everyone's sight in just a moment.

And on the bamboo raft, there are two altars, pigs, cattle, sheep and three animals are tied horizontally on the sides of the altars, and a man and a woman are respectively placed in the altars, which are called human sacrifices.

"unlucky!"

In the jar on the left, a young man of sixteen or seventeen suddenly opened his eyes.

Looking at the swaying bamboo raft, his tense heart hung in his throat.

It is said that he came to this world inexplicably yesterday, and when he came, he was washed and placed in the altar.

When I came here, I was so weak that I couldn't even speak out, and I couldn't communicate with others. Today I recovered a little bit, and I didn't want to meet a "good day and auspicious day".

When he was at the pier just now, he wanted to speak up and persuade the villagers not to be so superstitious, but seeing the countless eyes that wished them to be laughed at immediately by the river god, he finally stopped this idea.

His name is [Jiang Ling], and he was originally an ordinary freshman;

Yesterday afternoon, when I went to work in the pharmacy, I felt tired, so I lay down on the table and wanted to take a break, but I woke up again and came here.

At this time, he has been replaced by a frail body. The original owner of this body also has the same name as him. There is a brother in the family, and both parents are dead.Because this place was born by water, there is a custom of offering sacrifices every three years.

This year it was Jiang's turn. His elder brother had twins and he was reluctant to donate them, so his sister-in-law made a plan and let him act on his behalf.

As long as you haven't reached the crown, you are in line with the [sacrifice] standard.

Don't wait to discuss with Jiang Ling, the eldest brother is like a father, and the decision can be made with one word.He became this year's sacrificial boy.

hiss~
Jiang Ling suddenly took a deep breath,
The numbness in his legs made him feel like he had lost control of his legs;

Only the wrists and ankles are tied with ropes, there is not much space in the tank, even if you want to stretch a little, you can't.

The wind and waves in the river were getting stronger, if it weren't for the pigs, cattle and sheep tied to the bamboo raft, the jar would have slipped into the water long ago.

boom!
Suddenly there was a muffled sound,

Jiang Ling raised his head and slammed it backwards, hitting the tank wall.

Immediately, his eyes were filled with golden stars, his pupils turned black, and he almost fainted from the pain.

But he still gritted his teeth, and before he could stop, he slammed into the back hard again.

chah~
After all, the jar was broken, but his head was also covered with blood, and it was considered to have killed one thousand enemies and self-injured eight hundred, and a burning pain lingered in the back of his head.

He stretched out his hand with difficulty to touch the back, and luckily caught a piece of porcelain, feeling a little lucky in his heart.Then he grabbed the tile and rubbed it on the rope on his wrist.

Although the tiles are blunt, but right now, this is the only thing he can save himself.

Gollum~
About half a quarter of an hour later, a big wave came, and Jiang Ling heard the sound of the jar falling and being poured into the river.

Immediately afterwards, he also felt the world turned upside down. After a tumbling, the river water poured into the nasal cavity, and a tingling and uncomfortable feeling lingered above the throat.

He opened his mouth and choked out, but was immediately poured into a large amount of river water, almost choking to death when his eyes went dark.

Also because the tank was smashed by the back of his head, he fell out of the tank after a few rounds of tumbling, and was quickly swept away by the water flow.

In the early spring of March, the water was flooding.

In the face of the flood, manpower is scarce, not to mention that Jiangling was tied hand and foot, so he had to follow the flow all the way.

Involved in the undercurrent, he was hit by an unknown object and his nose was bruised and his face was swollen before he waited a moment.

Fortunately, he kept cutting the rope and finally loosened it. His already thin hands suddenly gritted his teeth and pulled out his right hand successfully.

After getting out of trouble, he frantically waved his arms to borrow strength in the water.After rushing out of the water, he saw that he was approaching the shore, and with a hook, he grabbed a tree root.

The fierce flood rushed over him, and he was like a teetering kite, ready to break and fly away at any time.

Driven by his survival instinct, he exhausted all his strength and climbed along the roots of the tree to the shore. The short distance was just over two meters, and it took him more than a quarter of an hour to climb.

When I was exhausted, I finally turned over to the water bank and leaned on the intertwined tree roots.

When he untied the rope on his leg, he saw that the wound on his body was cut by the sundries in the undercurrent, bleeding a lot.

The most painful place is still the back of the head.

"That cylinder is really hard."

It's a pity that the girl in the tank next door has been dragged to that place without knowing it.

It's also really limited in ability, Jiang Ling really can't take care of her.

Although he has escaped from the flood at this time, but look at the many wounds on his body, if he doesn't seek medicine to heal, he probably won't last long?
But if you are looking for a doctor, you can only find the mountain road and return to the village.

But as a sacrifice, if he runs back again, the result can be imagined.

"What kind of place is this?"

Looking at a wound about an inch long on his thigh that was still bleeding, Jiang Ling gasped and muttered, "It would be great if I could have a bottle of Yunnan Baiyao."

While thinking about it, he drew a rough bottle pattern on the stone next to him with bloody fingers.

But he didn't expect that after three breaths, the pattern on the stone would appear radiant.

In the blink of an eye, a small brown bottle suddenly appeared on the stone.

There is a label on the bottle, which says [Yunnan Baiyao] in small characters.

Looking at the bottle of medicine, Jiang Ling was stunned for quite a while.

With a face full of astonishment, he thought that even such a thing as time travel had happened, and this even more outrageous thing didn't seem so unacceptable.

Without thinking too much, he picked up the bottle and unscrewed the cap, and ate the insurance with the river water.

The powder was then poured over several larger wounds.

At this point, the bleeding could finally be stopped.

(End of this chapter)