Seeing that it was Yu Qizhe and Yu Jiao, Chen Gensheng frowned, grabbed the little girl's hand tightly, and wanted to take a detour and leave.

"Chen Li wants me to make public the cause of this natural disaster and rainstorm?" Yu Qizhe did not reach out to stop Chen Gensheng, but just said this coldly.

The villagers following Chen Gensheng stopped and looked at Yu Qizhe. Someone asked, "Yu Jia Wulang, do you know why the river god is angry?"

Chen Gensheng glanced at Yu Qizhe fearfully, and said to the villagers around him, "Why waste time talking? Hurry up and prepare the worship ceremony."

Ignoring the crying little girl in his arms, Chen Gensheng took a step forward and was about to leave.

"Thunder and lightning, heavy rain, this is the wrath of heaven." Yu Qizhe said loudly, "Parents died without mourning, lost their parents secretly buried, this is unfilial and evil behavior, it is intolerable to heaven, which caused the wrath of the gods, and the gods sent down disasters. How can a virgin girl appease it? Chen Lizheng, the reason why gods are gods is that they know everything and can do everything. What will happen to those who play tricks in front of gods? Aren't you afraid?"

"Yu Wulang, what do you mean by this? Are you saying that someone's elder relative died, and they violated the laws of nature by not holding a funeral? That's why they caused such a natural disaster?" The villagers who were following Chen Gensheng all stopped.

Chen Gensheng stared at Yu Qizhe with an unpleasant expression, and said through his teeth, "Fifth brother of the Yu family, don't talk nonsense."

Yu Qizhe looked at the little girl in Chen Gensheng's arms, and the meaning was self-evident.

Chen Gensheng met his gaze and his face turned pale with anger. He hated that Yu Qizhe had such a handle on their Chen family.

At this moment, Li Xiu'e limped out of the yard in a dishevel, threw herself beside Chen Gensheng, and reached out to take her daughter back.

The little girl also struggled in Chen Gensheng's arms, flapping her hands and feet.

"Whether it is true or not depends on what Chen Lizheng does." Yu Qizhe said lightly.

Chen Lizheng, who was still hesitating, loosened his grip at once because of this sentence.

Li Xiu'e hugged her daughter tightly in her arms, and the mother and daughter cried bitterly.

"Fifth brother, be careful with your words." Chen Gensheng said nervously, "There are unexpected events in the world and people are subject to misfortunes at any time. There are so many people in this world who commit crimes and do evil. If the gods were angry about this, wouldn't the world be living in dire straits long ago?"

Yu Qizhe smiled faintly, "What Lizheng said makes sense. Human power cannot change the will of heaven, so how can this rainstorm disaster be changed by sacrificing a little girl? There are four seasons in a year, and wind, rain, thunder and lightning are all changes of the seasons. If we insist on disregarding people's lives, it is definitely not accumulating virtue and doing good deeds, and the gods will not protect us."

"So... does this mean that we are not allowed to offer sacrifices to the river god?" Huang Gousheng shouted, "Yu Wulang, you may be well-read, but we don't believe you! If we don't offer sacrifices and the river god gets angry and a flood occurs, we will all be killed by you! It was clear that the rain stopped last time we offered sacrifices. The god will stop the rain after enjoying our offerings."

Chen Gensheng listened to the protests of the people around him, and his furrowed brows moved. Yu Qizhe was just about to expose the fact that his Chen family had kept the death a secret and secretly buried his deceased mother in front of the villagers. If he insisted on using Li Xiu'e's daughter as a sacrifice, Zhiqing's future and his Chen family would probably have no place to stay in this village in the future.

He tightened his cheeks and said, "Last time we used livestock sacrifices and it worked, so why don't we give it a try this time? Maybe the river god only likes to eat livestock and not human sacrifices, so we must not violate the taboo."

"The head of the village..." A villager disagreed, "Didn't Uncle Chen say that it would be better to use human sacrifices?"

"We've never used human sacrifices before. Let's not make things worse. Let's use livestock first." Chen Gensheng urged, "Hurry up and get the prepared livestock to the river. The rain won't wait."