Chapter 176
"How dare you disrespect the mountain god! Fine, fine, just wait," the clerk said several fine words in a row, ran to the street and shouted, "Hurry up, there's a stranger here who dared to insult the mountain god!"
He shouted and rushed over again, grabbing the man and saying, "You've got guts! Don't even think about running away! You'll be sacrificed to the gods!"
"Sacrifice, sacrifice to the gods?!"
When the man heard this, he was unwilling to do it and struggled to run away.
But a group of people had already swarmed in, blocking the front door. The owner was the most excited. He ran out of the kitchen holding two green onions, shouting as he ran: "Who? Who cursed the mountain god?"
The guy quickly said, "It's him! He's still trying to run away!"
"Run! You can't run!"
The shop owner, who was over fifty years old, jumped up and almost flew up. He threw the man to the ground and held him down with all his strength, shouting, "I've got him! I've got him! I've got him! He's disrespectful!"
The waiter also took a rope and, together with the owner, tied the man up and took him out.
That look and that aura are probably even more impressive than a general who has won a battle.
Shen Jiao poked the people at the back table thoughtfully and asked quietly, "Why are they so excited?"
The person at the back table didn't want to pay attention to her, so Shen Jiao kept prodding her: "Tell me, are you in cahoots with that person who's cursing?"
She opened her mouth, and the man at the back table had no idea that she was such a bad person, so he could only say reluctantly:
"Disrespecting the mountain god is a serious crime here. There's a reward for catching those who insult the god. No need to cut your flesh. How can I not be excited?"
Shen Jiao understood what I said.
No matter how crazy the custom is, people have perceptions, and cutting flesh will still hurt, so naturally no one is willing to do it.
"You know quite a lot, so please have a scallion!"
Shen Jiao handed the onion that the owner had thrown out when he arrested someone to the person at the back table, and then strolled away to watch the fun.
I don’t like going out. I don’t like going out.
You still have to take a look to know what you should know.
It might be useful someday.
Shen Jiao saw that they were coming in such a large group that he thought they were going to send him to the house of some tribe leader, but that was not the case.
These people took him all the way to the mountain temple at the foot of the mountain.
The tribesmen should usually stay in the mountain temple, so they showed up so quickly.
Sitting on the cushions and waiting, the cushions under the big clan leaders' buttocks have a higher platform than others, right in front of the mountain god. Those who don't know would think they are also mountain gods.
Shen Jiao finally squeezed in and found a seat near the front.
The merchant was pinned down in front of the altar, begging for mercy but no one paid any attention. The shop owner and his assistant kowtowed respectfully, burned incense, and then talked about this matter.
After they finished speaking, one of the clan leader's subordinates asked, "Is what they said true?"
"No! No! I didn't say that! They are the ones who framed me!" It would be strange if the traveling merchant admitted it.
But the tribesman wasn't asking about him.
A few voices in the crowd responded sparsely, "It's true. Mountain God, we heard it too."
The tribesman who asked the question nodded and didn't say anything else.
Until a man stepped out from the crowd and said, "God of the mountain, go the tribesmen, he did insult the gods."
"Okay, let's do it according to the rules." The tribesman who asked the question continued.
Shen Jiao was completely confused and wanted to ask for information. However, he looked around and saw no outsiders. He had no choice but to squat down and poke a child. "What are they talking about? What should we do according to the rules? Who are those people?"
The child glanced at her and said, "You don't even know this. You look like a bad person from outside the country."
"Why do you care if I'm a bad person? As long as you're good, that's all. If you know something, just tell me."
The child was easy to coax: "Since you asked so sincerely, I'll tell you, the one on the altar is a clan elder, the oldest is the big clan elder, the one who spoke is the Shi clan elder, and the five clan elders next to him, An, Ning, Chao, Li, and Yang, that one..."
She raised her chin and said that the man who had just gone out to testify said, "He is a divine servant of the tribe elders. The tribe elders have many divine servants. They know everything and are very powerful."
The people were also dressed differently. The tribesmen wore green robes, and the priests wore white clothes.
As he was speaking, a divine servant had already brought in a tray with a jade plate and a very strange-looking green-skinned fruit on it.
"Then what's he doing? He cursed the mountain god and you invited him to eat fruit?"
"That's called the holy fruit," the child said, looking at her lovingly, as if she didn't understand anything, and patiently explained, "Anyone who asks for something or seeks atonement will receive a holy fruit. If it's red when bitten open, the mountain god will agree and forgive them. If it's white, it's not bad either, but they'll just disapprove and ignore them. If it's black, they have to cut off their flesh and offer it to the god. If it's completely black, the mountain god wants them dead."
As soon as she finished speaking, the merchant who had bitten the fruit skin screamed and threw the fruit away.
With a snap, the fruit was smashed in half, and the maggots and black flesh came into everyone's sight, with even flies flying out of it.
The merchant vomited twice, then pointed at the fruit and said, "It's fake, fake! You did it on purpose. You gave me rotten fruit! I don't recognize it! Why are you killing me? This is a trap!"
He shouted at the top of his lungs and was about to run, but was stepped on to the ground by a divine servant. He was like a turtle carrying a stone on its back, unable to move and could only wiggle his hands and feet.
The big clan leader sighed.
The child next to Shen Jiao said with disgust, "You outsiders are really unreasonable. You clearly did something wrong, but you refuse to admit it. Why would we harm you for no reason?"
Not only her, but all the onlookers were filled with indignation.
The Stone Tribe man waved his hand and said, "Let him choose for himself, and let everyone else try it."
The divine servant brought a basket of holy fruit, and the merchant was dragged up and hesitated for a long time before choosing one.
The divine servant then delivered the fruit to the onlookers.
The child was very excited. Seeing that Shen Jiao didn't take any, he took one for her: "Eat it, it's delicious."
As if she knew what Shen Jiao was thinking, she comforted him, "Don't be afraid. You didn't worship the mountain god, nor did you ask for anything. Just eat it as an ordinary fruit. These have all been offered to the mountain god."
"Will the mountain god protect me if I eat it?"
"What good things are you thinking about? I mean, this must be the best."
The child rolled his eyes at Shen Jiao and said while chewing,
"You outsiders are so cunning. You want something more than just a piece of fruit. Isn't it good enough if it tastes good?"
Shen Jiao: ...
She took it silently and decided not to bother with the little brat. They were prejudiced against outsiders.
Shen Jiao took a careful bite.
"Is it delicious?" The child leaned over again.
Shen Jiao nodded: "So sweet."
Not only was it sweet, it was also very juicy, but... the fruit they ate was... green when they bit into it...
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