Don't follow the rules

Chapter 120 Lu Jiachong ([-])
Clay sculptures stood all around the crowd, which looked particularly intrusive under the moonlight in the middle of the night, as if there were countless peeping eyes protruding from the ground. This is indeed not a good place to chat.Following Lu An, they quickly left the shrine and walked deep into the village.

"Aren't you going to run away? Why did you go inside instead?" Ning Yao was curious.

Lu An patted the child in his arms, and replied in a low voice: "Go back to my house to hide first, I guess that group of people may be guarding at the entrance of the village, and they can't go out from the entrance of the village right now. After midnight, they probably Just go back home."

"Then why didn't you wait until midnight to come out?"

Lu An sighed: "Usually they haven't patrolled overnight, but for some reason today, this group of people suddenly patrolled."

Ning Yao and Chunyu avoided Lu An's eyes with a slight embarrassment.

"Um... can you tell us about you Golden Immortal?" Ning Yao patted Chunyu on the shoulder and began to change the subject, "We have traveled extensively, and we have some special skills. Maybe I can help you."

Lu An waved his hand: "Forget it, the Great Sage of the Golden Immortal is not something we and other mortals can fight against, so don't even think about it."

"Is Jinxian so powerful?" Ning Yao was curious.

Lu An's tone was complicated: "If I'm not great, how can I be called Jinxian? If I'm not great, I won't be able to run away with my baby..."

Ning Yao asked, "Why did you run away? How did you offend it?"

Before Lu An could answer, they had already arrived at Lu An's home. It was also a low mud house, and the additions were made of brick and stone cubicles built next to the main house.It seems that the houses here are basically built according to this routine, and there are very few new houses that are completely knocked down and rebuilt.

The gate of his house's wall is not secure, it's just slanted. After all, the whole village is full of acquaintances, and no one who looks down and doesn't look up can commit theft. The gate can only block the chickens in the yard.

However, after nightfall, the chickens have been put into the coop, and the whole yard is filled with uneasy silence.

"Mom?" Lu An shouted softly.

There was the sound of rummaging in the dark room immediately, and then a dim light came on in the room, the wooden door creaked open, and a short, thin and rickety old lady appeared in front of everyone.She was wearing a set of men's sportswear, which looked like Lu An's old clothes.

As soon as Lu An came back with the child in his arms, the old lady's face paled instantly: "No... didn't you run away?"

Lu An shook his head: "I was caught. That stinky old man Lu Jiang led a group of people to patrol the night today and happened to bump into him. I was tied up by them and thrown into the Golden Immortal Pond. I almost never came back."

"Oh, my son!" The old lady came up and looked over Lu An's body in distress.

Lu An handed the child to his mother to hold: "Fortunately, they saw me and pulled me out of the pool."

In fact, the old lady had seen Ning Yao and Chunyu a long time ago, and when she heard that they had saved her son and grandson, she wanted to kowtow to them just like Lu An, and was helped up by Ning Yao and Chunyu.

"Don't say it in the yard, go inside first." Lu An said.

When you step into the main house, you can see the statue of the Golden Winged Envoy enshrined in the lobby of the main house.

"Mom, you didn't send the Golden Winged Envoy to the Golden Immortal Pond today?" Lu An exclaimed.

The old lady patted the grandson in her arms and replied with a guilty conscience: "I... I forgot when I was in a hurry today..."

Lu An stared at the clay sculpture with some fear: "Oh, it's too late to send it now. It's just for one night, it should be fine..."

Ning Yao couldn't help but ask: "What is going on with this Golden Immortal? You are so pious to this Golden Immortal. What are you asking for?"

Chunyu then asked: "Besides, the rules written in the shrine say that incense is not allowed to be offered. I am very curious about what kind of god is it that doesn't want incense."

Lu An turned back, closed the door, and took them to the side room: "The Golden Immortal...is actually a deity that the village chief invited back for the village a long time ago. He is praying to bless our Lujiachong family to have a peaceful home and have descendants."

Ning Yao interrupted: "Then, wouldn't it be enough to invite Guanyin Bodhisattva?"

Lu An shook his head: "Guanyin is a serious immortal, and such a big immortal may not bother to pay attention to our small place. The Golden Immortal...how to say, it is very spiritual and takes care of things. It is an immortal that can be hired in a place like ours." "

Ning Yao thought thoughtfully: "Isn't that just like inviting a kid?"

Lu An: "Hush, keep your voice down, don't be disrespectful to Jin Xian."

Ning Yao disliked it: "You are going to be chased and killed by it, and it doesn't matter if I respect you or not."

Chunyu helped them grasp the core of the topic: "Why did you offend Jinxian?"

Lu An seemed hesitant to speak, and Ning Yao patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be afraid, you've already offended Jinxian anyway, and it doesn't matter if you offend a little more. We're here to help you, you must know how to seize the opportunity."

Lu An finally made up his mind and decided to confess: "Inviting the Golden Winged Envoy home from the Jinxian can indeed ensure the prosperity of the family and descendants, but... there is a price, that is, the family that invites the Golden Winged Envoy will have the first child. A child is going to be sacrificed to Lord Jinxian..."

Sacrifice?Ning Yao and Chunyu looked at each other in surprise.

Lu An went on to say: "My wife gave birth to a son and died of dystocia. This baby may be the only child in our family. I really can't help but dedicate the only child to Jinxian, so I thought, if I can escape from Lujiachong , maybe Jinxian can't control us anymore?"

Chunyu revealed it expressionlessly: "You lied."

Lu An choked up and defended weakly: "I didn't..."

"Even if things like Baojiazhaiwang's descendants are very effective, they won't have to pay such a high price of human life. Some people will definitely object because they think it's worthless. What's more, the whole village has to abide by such cruel rules. It's even more difficult." Chunyu stared closely at Lu An's expression.

Lu An sighed: "Maybe protecting the house is not so important to outsiders, but it is the top priority for our village."

Ning Yao: "Ah? So you mainly want to protect your family and house? I thought it was mainly for the prosperity of your descendants..."

Lu An explained: "As you can see, we in Lujia Chong plant a lot of cypress trees and have always made a living by making coffins, so the whole village is extremely yin-y, and evil spirits often do evil. Everyone tried many ways, but finally found that this gold Immortals can suppress these evil spirits very effectively. It can be said that after inviting golden immortals, our village can basically live a normal life."

Ning Yao was puzzled: "Why didn't you move the village away?"

Lu An: "Coffin-making is a traditional craft handed down in our village. When we moved to other places, we also made coffins and planted cypress trees. In the end, the result was the same..."

Ning Yao stopped taking notes and looked at Chunyu. Chunyu still stared at Lu An's expression and slowly said: "The logic passes the test. I think this reason is barely credible."

　Serious overtime, sorry for a break

　　
　
(End of this chapter)