Those years of farming in the mountains

Chapter 66
The Baijin River is not very wide in this section, and it was quickly crossed by a group of people in a fast boat.

When Chen Yu got ashore, he found that there were already people climbing up on the scattered stones.

"This road is too difficult to walk, and we have to dig in."

Someone complained a few words and dragged his wife up the stairs step by step.

This place was originally a beach with a slow bottom, close to a cliff. Later, the boatman chose this place to pick up and drop off tourists, so he opened this stone road.

In fact, it was not considered a road. A shallow ditch was dug, and a pile of large and small stones were stacked randomly, so that visitors would not have to spend much effort climbing that steep rock wall.

The road conditions were really bad, but fortunately, it was nothing to Chen Yu. He followed the crowd and walked up the gentle slope easily.

Next to it, several men dressed as boatmen were leaning together and collecting money from the crowd with cloth bags.

Go ashore first, then pay.

I have to say that this alone is much better than the boat gang on the ferry forty miles away.

Chen Yu didn't think about what to do if he couldn't pay the money. He took out a handful of copper coins and handed them to the other party. Then he asked the person next to him for directions, and then quickly left with his baggage on his back.

After passing the Baijin River, there are two more counties to the north, and after crossing it, you will arrive at Pingcheng.

There are many rivers in Xizhou, and there are many dangerous shoals drowning. In addition to the Baijin River behind which is still roaring, there are three big rivers running across this section of the road.

Both are tributaries of the Lancang River.

……

"Push it down!"

"Burn them all together!"

"Pooh!"

"Beast! Why are you so selfish!"

At the entrance of the village, a group of people huddled together.

Chen Yu stood outside, not very curious about what happened in this village named Shengyu, but he still took a few steps closer.

Going to ask for directions.

He lost his way and felt a little helpless. He really didn't expect Chenzhong County to be so difficult.

The official road is cramped and short, the mountains are high and the water is far away. From leaving Baijinjiang to now, I have walked for about two hours, but I feel like I have been wandering in the ravine, and no one is seen.

He wondered if he was going in the wrong direction at the beginning, maybe the man who showed the way also took the wrong way.

"If I had known this, I should have asked those flying boat passengers directly."

At that time, I was thinking of leaving, and I saw that there were some travelers wading through mountains and rivers around me. No matter what, I was more familiar with the local area than myself, a fledgling.

As a result, something went wrong. Along the way, the direction may be correct, but the road has been circled around and disappeared.

Fortunately, he finally came across a village. He walked outside the village and peeked in, but the inside was tightly blocked, leaving only a tall wooden stake in front of him, so he couldn't see clearly.

The villagers were turbulent, and their faces seemed to be burning with anger. Several old people leaned on their crutches and leaned on the ground repeatedly, making bang bang noises while speaking non-stop, reprimanding mixed with accusations, and vented all their way further inward.

Chen Yu couldn't see it, but someone spotted him first.

A few skinny peasants came out, seeing the temperament and attire of this man, for a moment he was not sure where it came from, and finally one of them stood up and asked a question.

Chen Yu turned around and told the other party that he was a Taoist priest from Shiya County dozens of miles away.

"Pingcheng? Brother Liu, do you know where it is?"

"do not know."

The few people in front of him didn't know Pingcheng. Chen Yu was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that these were farmers, and they probably rarely left Chenzhong County in their life.

So he added, "Pingcheng is governed by Guangyong Prefecture, in Dongjiang County."

"Dongjiang!"

Now a few people finally understood and spoke one after another:
"For Dongjiang, you should go to Shunshi Village."

"It's better to go directly to Tuozi Mountain if you go to Shunshi Village, and then take a boat to cross the river three times."

"No, Brother Liu, Sanpanshui seems to be occupied by a group of water bandits, and they are making a fuss!"

"Oh, then it's really time to go Shunshi."

After a few words, Chen Yu finally knew his current position.

As he thought, the general direction was indeed correct, but the road was a little off, and he had to go around Shunshi Village to leave Chenzhong County and re-enter the official road.

Asked why the roads in the county are so rough, but saw a few people full of anger.

"The group of officials and lords eat flowers and wine all day long, so they can't control the affairs of ordinary people like me."

"No money for road construction? No people? In the end, everyone will have to share it equally. Maybe those officials will have to add some lists to scrape some oil from us."

"This road can still go, it's not worth repairing."

Hearing that Chen Yu was silent, he didn't say any more. Shiya and Quwu both have a lot of officials, and there are also a lot of merchants. Compared with Chen Zhong at the moment, he is far behind. There are mountains, forests, grass and trees, and there are no roads. , how to talk about pedestrians.

After finding out the way, he was about to leave, but he heard a howling from the village, hoarse and extremely miserable.

This is……?
He looked suspiciously at the few people in front of him, but unexpectedly, the faces of the three of them shook, as if they had remembered something, they all turned around and shouted loudly towards the inside.

Not only them, but also many villagers gathered around. He also saw a few hunters holding up their long knives and swinging them fiercely in the air, as if they were about to cut them off in the next moment.

Chen Yu found a high place to stand on, and finally saw the innermost scenery clearly, but the scene in front of him made people really unhappy.

Two people, one big and one small, were tied to a tree stump. The big one was covered in bruises, and the young one was dumb, apparently dumbfounded by fright.

The villagers were still roaring, but at this moment, the village elder finally stood up.

This is an old man, and beside him is an old woman with three patterns painted on her face.

The old woman is holding a stick knot, wearing cloth strips, wearing wooden shoes on her feet, and wearing all kinds of strange ornaments on her body.

On the other side, Chen Yu listened for a while, and only then managed to understand the situation of these two people.

It's simple to say, it's exactly the "sacrifice" that can often be seen in books.

It just changed from the story to the reality in front of us.

According to what he heard, Shengyu Village and many nearby villages rely on Sanfan water for their livelihood, whether it is watering the fields or fishing to support their families. But this year's drought, Shiya's side is actually better, but Chen Zhong But he was agitated by the huge sun on the top.

There hasn't been a drop of rain for more than a month, and the grain is about to dry up and die. However, a group of thugs have come from Sanpanshui, and they are controlling the river.

Ever since, there were rumors circulating nearby.

It was said that a fisherman accidentally caught Bai Jinlongwang's concubine—a pearl oyster—so he got angry and wanted Chen Zhong to expose it to the sun for half a year!

There are many loopholes in this statement, for example, what happened to the Hundred Gold Dragon King after three water passes?Another example is that the majestic Dragon King actually likes a stinky clam. Could it be that the mature clam becomes fragrant?
Therefore, there were not many people who believed it, but as time passed and the rain did not fall, the rumors in several villages around Sanfanshui became more and more serious.

Finally, the old man of Shengyu Village invited a sorceress who could dance a great god from nowhere, and after some in-depth exchanges, he settled on the so-called "sacrifice" ceremony and begged the forgiveness of the Hundred Golden Dragon King.

Chen Yu stared coldly at the smiling witch and the village elder who angrily accused the two people on the stake.

The sacrifice requires sacrifices, and the sacrifices of the living sacrifices are exactly the two on the stake.

"I didn't want to meddle in my own business."

However, Master Chen Daguan has never been used to these things, and his heart will not be smooth if he doesn't care...

(End of this chapter)