smuggler

Chapter 157 Sacrifice to the Dragon King

I hesitated and thought for a while, then took out the photo of the red carp, and said to the old woman, "Grandma, you have lived on this island for so long, have you ever seen the person in this photo?"

The old lady took the photo, and then leaned closer to the candle light, wondering if it was because of her bad eyesight, she stared at the photo for a long time but didn't move.

"Mother-in-law?" I called out tentatively.

"I have an impression of the couple in the photo!" The old lady nodded slowly.

Hearing this, I was overjoyed: "Have you seen it?"

"I've seen it!" The old lady replied very simply: "I remember very clearly that the couple in the photo came to see me back then."

Immediately I regained my energy, and hurriedly asked: "Mother-in-law, can you tell me in detail?"

The old lady returned the photo to me with a look of nostalgia on her face, as if she was trying to recall what happened back then.

"Now that I think about it, it's been more than ten years! The reason why I can remember it so clearly is because many unusual things happened on the day the couple came to the door in the photo."

The old lady seemed to remember it very clearly, and said to me without a pause: "It rained heavily that day, there were thunder and lightning, and a typhoon blew up in the village."

I was very excited to hear that my parents came here more than ten years ago, and the time is completely right.

From my aunt and Hong Li, I already know that because of what happened in my family, especially after my mother had that strange dream, I don’t know where I heard that there is a Dragon King Temple on this island.

Just came to this place with my dad, and then never heard from again.

The old woman recalled to herself, and said: "The couple were also unlucky. They came in from outside by boat, but they met the river god. It took a lot of effort to enter the village, but it was already dark. "

"The two of them encountered those monsters in the village and almost lost their lives. Fortunately, they met me that day."

"Originally, they were carrying a baby, but after meeting the river god, the boat capsized, and the baby got separated from them!"

My heart is tied together. When my parents came to Hualong Village, they did bring my younger brother, who was probably less than one year old at that time.

"And then?" I hurriedly asked,

"Just like meeting you, I let them stay here and take them to the Dragon King Temple to pray after dawn."

When I was talking about this, the old woman also praised me and said: "The Dragon King Temple in our village is very effective. When the typhoon was raging, only the village was safe and sound. Of course, the previous sacrifices to the Dragon King are unprecedented!"

I widened my eyes and didn't want to change the subject, so I asked anxiously, "Where did that couple go in the end?"

The old lady shook her head: "After worshiping the Dragon King, they went back."

"gone back?"

I froze in place, unable to believe what she said.

If my parents really went back to worship the Dragon King back then, how could they not go back to take a look for more than ten years.

"The tea is getting cold, drink it while it's hot!" The old woman kindly reminded me when she saw that I was absent-minded.

I said thank you and took a small sip.

The old woman looked at me, smiled suddenly, and continued: "The village needs to sacrifice to the Dragon King every once in a while, and tonight is just the day of sacrifice."

I put down the tea bowl and said with a calm smile, "Mother-in-law presides over every sacrificial ceremony, right!?"

The old woman was clearly taken aback, and stared at me with a frown.

"The Dragon King Temple doesn't exist at all, there is no Dragon King on this island, is there?" I looked at the five-color flags hanging beside the coffin in the back room.

"The Wufang Banner is only owned by witches, which means that you are a witch. After I came to Hualong Village, I have heard the rumors here. You should be the snake woman that the villagers say!"

"In the cave under the Dragon King Temple, there is another Snake Temple. Those hanging signs are hung up by you, mother-in-law, right?"

"In addition, it's not easy to get out of this village after entering. If my parents really come here, how can they leave easily."

I stood up, grabbed my rucksack and was about to get out of here.

The old lady wasn't annoyed at all: "Since we've all come here, let's sit down and chat slowly. Does the mother-in-law know a lot? Besides, you can't leave here anyway."

"Is it because of the bowl of tea just now?" I smiled contemptuously: "I'm sorry, I didn't drink it at all. I never drink anything from strangers."

But when I was chatting with her just now, when she asked me to drink tea again and again, I became suspicious.

There must be something in the tea, just now I just pretended to roll my throat, and didn't even touch the tea.

I sneered, turned around and wanted to leave, but after standing up and taking two steps, my face changed indifferently, and I suddenly felt dizzy in the head, and my whole body suddenly became weak.

The scene in front of me began to blur, and even the figure of the snake woman overlapped. I held my head in a daze, shaking and unable to stand.

"You're really a quirky little girl, but the problem is not limited to that bowl of tea. How can you escape from inhaling the ecstasy incense that my mother-in-law ordered."

The old woman grinned strangely, and walked slowly to my side. When she squatted down, there happened to be a mirror beside me.

There was still a little blue-black smoke coming out of the incense burner next to the mirror. When she stretched out her hand, a colorful little snake swam out from her sleeve, and it kept spitting letters at me.

The foreground in front of my eyes was constantly overlapping and blurred, and I couldn't hold on shaking my head vigorously. In the end, my eyes went dark, and I heard a gloomy old smile faintly in my ears, and then I fell unconscious.

"White veil, red girl, tinkle gongs and drums!"

"Kill a hundred chickens, toast a hundred wines, and pray for the dragon king to bring good fortune!"

In a trance, children's nursery rhymes kept coming out of my ears. I felt dizzy and slowly opened my eyes.

After waking up, I found that I was by the river outside the village, and I was tied up on the altar with my back facing the direction of the river.

The things needed for the sacrifice are almost ready. I saw a man holding a flag and planting it into the soil along the river. There are red waves on the flag, and the wind is blowing on the black flag.

There are also people who are debugging with drums and suonas. The creaking sound is like ears, which sounds very uncomfortable.

Children who looked no more than seven or eight years old were holding basins, which contained dark red liquid that exuded an unpleasant stench, but these children had smiling faces on their faces.

Around the altar, a lot of bamboo was inserted, and white cloth strips were hung towards the muddy river, as if to attract something.

All the villagers of Hualong Village appeared by the river. They looked at me strangely, mixed with fear and disgust. Their eyes seemed to be looking at prey. They wanted to wear a mask on their faces, and their expressions were all stiff.

(End of this chapter)