Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 22 "Dragon Lord"

Chenjia Village is located in a place called Ant Mountain to the south of the Bali River, which belongs to the jurisdiction of Yingshang County.

Like many other villages far from the county seat in Dazhu, Chenjia Village is relatively closed and backward; on weekdays, the highest chief executive in the village is the village head, followed by a group of elders who are older and have a good reputation. them.

If something happens in the village, the village head and these "elders" usually discuss the countermeasures, and the conclusions drawn by them are the final implementation policy, which will not be changed.

Of course, nothing major can happen in a village like this...

In terms of money, compared with the rich households in the city, the richest family in Chenjia Village is nothing more than a farmer, and even worse than a passing businessman doing business; They have to do farm work in the wind and sun, and have no chance to receive any cultural education, so their appearance and temperament are generally not very good when they grow up.

In such a place, unless there is a bandit's stronghold nearby, even bandits and flower pickers will not come here on purpose.

Therefore, life in this village is fairly peaceful.

Until... one day in Yongtai's 17th year.

That day, there were thunderstorms, and it continued to fall from day to night without any sign of smallness.

In this horrible weather, no matter whether it was farming, chopping firewood or hunting, they couldn't do anything, so the villagers naturally rested early.

In this way, the next morning, the rain stopped, but many families found that... their children were gone.

The children in this mountain village are naughty, but there is no one who does not go home at night. Besides, it rained so much last night and it was dark outside, so it is impossible for children to run out by themselves.

What can I do?Let's help find it.

But the whole village searched around the village for a long time, but they didn't even find a shadow.

Seeing that the sky is getting dark again, the adults are very anxious now.

First, there were as many as nine children lost, and they were all boys. At that time, it was polite to say that boys were superior to girls; to put it bluntly, many families, especially poor ones, did not treat their daughters as human beings at all... ...To the point of poverty, there are not a few people who sell their daughters to rich families as maids or even to brothels. Those who can think about finding a good husband for their daughters are already conscientious.But boys are different, no matter how stupid or bad they are, they are still considered a treasure by the family.

Second, among the nine missing boys, three are descendants of the elders' families, and one is the great-grandson of the village head. That is the "nobility" in the village. Is it okay to lose them? ?
Third, what happened this time is very strange. There are still many families in the village who have not lost their children, and they are all frightened, afraid that their children will be gone when they wake up tomorrow morning.

That night, a terrifying atmosphere spread in the village...

The village chief is even thinking about sending someone to the county tomorrow to exchange some money with the county government office so that the higher-ups can send someone to investigate.

In this way, on the second day, early in the morning, someone at the entrance of the village shouted, saying, "Something has happened! There is a goblin!"

The villagers also flocked to hear the news, talking a lot; when the village chief heard the news and arrived, almost all men, women and children in the village had already surrounded there...

The crowd made way for the village chief to step forward. He took a closer look and couldn't help but gasp: But there was half a piece of wood thicker than the mouth of a bowl inserted obliquely on the dirt at the entrance of the village. pile.

Look carefully, this is not an ordinary wooden pile, but a mast on a ship.

Of course, the one thicker than the mouth of the bowl is definitely not the mainmast, but in the concept of ordinary people, this is no longer something that can be forced into the ground by human power.

"Look, village chief, there are words on it!" Not long after, someone reminded the village chief of something good.

The village head actually saw that there were indeed some words engraved on the wooden pillar; as the most literate person in the village, he should go up and have a look...

"The gods of the water realm descended into the mountains. Li Shu was ignorant and lazy to the west wind. If he wanted the nine sons to return home, he would make offerings to the Dragon King Cave in the north of the village." The village chief read those words, frowned and pondered for a moment, roughly understanding the meaning.

Then, he translated it to the villagers: That is to say, a dragon king came to the foot of our Ant Mountain in the past two days. After receiving the Dragon King, the Dragon King became angry, so the village lost nine children. Now the Dragon King said that as long as we go to the "Dragon King Cave" in the north of the village to offer offerings to his old man, the children will be able to come back.

These words... From the perspective of modern people, it is basically a declaration of the kidnappers, and the core idea is to give money to release people.

But in the eyes of these villagers, this set of robber logic is very smooth.

They felt that the one who could snatch nine children away without anyone noticing in a thunderstorm night and drive the mast of a ship into the ground must not be a human...

The more people lack knowledge and ability, the more they like to use a set of theories that are easier to understand to explain the unknown doubts in front of them, so as to eliminate fear.

In pursuit of the truth, you have to face difficulties and dangers, but following the crowd...it's very simple, everyone says and does it, and I say and do it; even if it's wrong, it's everyone's mistake.

So the villagers hurriedly made up a few baskets of chicken, duck, fish, rice, noodles, money and food, and sent them to the cave in the north of the village with drums and gongs.

The cave is very deep, connected to an underground river, and there are many forks in the cave, and the terrain is complicated. The locals know that you can't enter here, because it is easy to get lost and unable to get out; the cave did not have a name at first, but now since the "Dragon "Prince" said that this is the Dragon King Cave, and the villagers called it that.

At noon, they had already set up a simple altar in front of the Dragon King Cave, lit incense, and placed the "offerings" by the entrance of the cave, and then the village head led the villagers to kneel down three times and nine times; Respectfully leave.

In the end, it really worked. They came here again the next morning and found that the nine lost children were lying under the altar, but yesterday's offerings were gone...

Now the villagers believed even more that this was the Dragon King manifesting his holiness—this kidnapper did what he said.

Later, several similar incidents happened in the village, and the routines were similar, so I won’t repeat them one by one here; those children who were kidnapped by the Dragon Lord and returned are usually young, unable to speak well, and are asked by adults I can't tell what I saw.

Over time, the villagers in Chenjia Village have been trained by the "Dragon Lord"; now the Dragon Lord no longer has to engage in the kidnapping business, and the villagers themselves know that they will send "offerings" on the [-]th day of every month , no need to send money, just rice, noodles, wine and meat;
In fact, after seeing this, all the judges must be able to see that this group of thieves pretending to be the Dragon King is not very smart. Children are different, girls may run away, and if she sees something and go back and talk nonsense, the "Dragon King Cave" matter will be exposed.

In this way, it is logical for the villagers to send people in when it is dark; the girl can't see clearly in the dark, and she can't run far if she wants to.

All in all, this kind of farce has been going on for more than a year so far.

The villagers in Chenjia Village are also very good at comforting themselves, just like some religious believers: whenever something good happens in life, they will say that it is the blessing of the Dragon King, and our offerings are really good. Value; but whenever something bad happens, I feel that our heart is not sincere enough, and next time we will make offerings, our family will make more offerings.

Until... that evening, two people came to the entrance of the village...

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After Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai entered Chenjia Village, they randomly found a tea shed to sit down, and immediately inquired about the scene they had just seen at the entrance of the village.

The villagers didn't hide anything, because in their concept, the Dragon Lord is already the belief here, and there is nothing to mention; therefore, even Xiaoer and the tea drinkers around him complemented each other in a hurry. Let me tell you all the above.

After listening to it, one can imagine the first reaction in the minds of Sun Ge and Huang Ge, the two modern people who have time-traveled - this is so awesome, it's a fake, isn't it just kidnapping and extortion?
But the two of them didn't say anything in front of the villagers, because through observing their words and expressions, they had already seen that the villagers here already had Stockholm syndrome. Will turn my face.

At this time, it was almost dark, and the two hurried to find a family to stay overnight.

After entering the room, Sun Yixie gave some money to the fellow to not disturb them, then closed the door and began to discuss with Huang Donglai...

"Brother Sun, don't you care?" Huang Donglai opened his mouth and asked.

Sun Yixie got along very well with him, so he naturally knew what he was asking: "Take care~" He showed an arrogant look, and even raised his eyes to glance at his trident, "We don't care about those blatant things like Zoumazhai. Are you afraid of these pretenders?" He paused, "Besides, my brother is not what he used to be, okay? With my skills, killing a few bandits is like chopping melons and vegetables?"

"Okay, Brother Sun, it's fine, ah." Huang Donglai said, "I admit that you are making some progress now, but don't give up the illusion that you are 'very powerful', okay? When you are chased and hacked, you will return. Didn't you want me to cut you off?"

"Shut up for me~" Sun Yixie raised his voice and said, "When was I chased and hacked? Just say it, are you scared?"

"Why am I cowardly? You don't even cowardly." Huang Donglai said, "I just want you to be more careful, don't be another fucking careless at that time."

"If you are cautious, of course I will be cautious." Sun Yixie raised his eyebrows and said, "Brother is intelligent, okay?"

"Oh?" Huang Donglai read something from the other person's expression, and the corner of his mouth slightly raised, "So...Brother Sun, you have another plan?"

"Hey..." Sun Yixie smiled lewdly, "Listen to me slowly..."

(End of this chapter)