Chapter 62: The old man is so rude
Cui Tang looked over and saw that the female elephant that had been comforted by the elephant slave had also broken free and was running towards the sacrificial pond.
The hearts of the crowd, which had not yet completely calmed down, suddenly tightened again.
"Damn it, is this ever going to end!" Chang Kuo cursed, and without caring about anything else, he snatched the knife from a Xuan Ce soldier's hand, held the knife in one hand, and pulled Chang Suining with the other, wanting to protect her and retreat.
"Father, no need." Chang Suining held his arm and shook his head slightly.
The female elephant soon came in front of the two men, but its speed had slowed down. Chang Kuo lowered his hand holding the knife a little. As a man who had been on the battlefield, he had a keen sense of crisis - this female elephant posed no threat at this moment.
Chang Suining stepped past Chang Kuo who was standing in front of him and took a step forward.
The mother elephant uttered a cry like a wail, stretched out its trunk, and gently touched her left shoulder.
Chang Suining turned his head slightly and saw that his shoulder was injured and blood was oozing out.
The wailing continued, and it made everyone feel inexplicably sad.
The girl with disheveled hair and messy clothes stood with her head raised, staring at the female elephant.
The huge visual disparity between the girl and the giant elephant is surprisingly harmonious at this moment, like a painting full of Zen, which makes people feel inexplicably peaceful.
The mother elephant's cry continued to echo, and there seemed to be a pleading look in her pitying eyes.
"Don't worry, I won't kill it." Chang Suining said.
The mother elephant seemed to understand what she said. She raised her head and called out, then she retreated to the side with peace of mind, stood by the sacrificial pool, and watched over her companion who had fallen into the pool.
Xier ran forward and looked at Chang Suining, who was covered in blood. She didn't know where to start and tears welled up in her eyes: "Girl!"
At this moment, a big hand handed over a black cloak.
Chang Suining looked up along the blood-stained slender hand and saw a stern face without much expression.
Chang Suining, whose dress was torn in many places, did not refuse and nodded slightly: "Thank you."
After getting the girl's nod, Xier quickly took the cloak and said, "Thank you, Commander Cui!"
Xier quickly put the cloak on Chang Suining and tied it up, while Chang Kuo exchanged glances with Cui Jing who was looking at the elephant in the sacrificial pool.
Seeing that Chang Suining was safe and sound, Yao Ran's heart finally settled down, and he walked up to Pei and said, "Mother..."
“Bang!”
Pei raised her hand and slapped the girl in the face, gritting her teeth and saying, "You useless piece of shit! You can't even take care of yourself!"
Yao Ran looked at her in a daze.
The girl, who had just escaped death, met those cold, suppressed eyes that even held hatred for someone unknown. At this moment, she could no longer bear the grievance in her heart and tears rolled down her cheeks.
At the same time, a terrible guess suddenly flashed through my mind.
Did her mother really blame her for not taking care of herself? Or... things did not develop in the way her mother expected... so she took out her anger on her?
This guess made Yao Ran feel as if he had fallen into an icy cave, and his tears inexplicably stopped.
“This…” Even though Zeng was usually a soft-hearted person in front of Pei, she couldn’t stand it anymore: “Ran’er finally escaped… Why did the eldest sister-in-law have to do this in public!”
As he said that, he pulled Yao Ran to his side.
Pei's eyes were extremely cold: "I am teaching my own daughter, it is not someone else's turn to ask!"
"Okay." The old lady of the Yao family frowned and interrupted this unpleasant conversation.
Yao Xia's cheeks flushed with anger, but she dared not say much. She could only clasp her hands together and chant in her heart - it is said that Dayun Temple is a Feng Shui treasure land, and the gods and Buddhas here are the most effective! So if the Buddha saw and heard it, he should deduct the merits of the aunt! Deduct all her merits!
Tell her to owe you!
In her heart, the girl secretly told the Buddha about what she believed to be her darkest and most sinister deeds.
Not many people noticed the quarrel among the women of the Yao family.
With the mad elephant trapped in the sacrificial pool, the incident was quelled and there was a brief peace.
But this is short-lived and is undoubtedly just an appearance.
Looking around at the devastated scene at this moment, every single thing conveyed the same chilling result - this grand prayer ceremony was completely ruined.
The Emperor of the Holy Ceme made a lot of preparations for this mid-spring sacrifice.
At this moment, on the altar, although the dragon's face did not show anger, it was already covered with a layer of frost.
Several elephant slaves were kneeling at the foot of the altar and apologizing: "...We slaves failed to notice the abnormality of the elephant in advance and failed to respond appropriately. We deserve death!"
"But I haven't been negligent in any matters related to the feeding these days... I really don't know where I went wrong!"
"The divine elephant has a gentle temperament and has never gone crazy for no reason. Today, it is really, really..."
"Your Majesty, please punish me!"
No one even dared to beg for mercy at this time.
Several officials from the Hun Tian Jian also knelt down. The Hun Tian Jian was in charge of astronomical phenomena and solar terms, and of predicting good and bad luck and choosing auspicious days. At this moment, the chief official was under the emperor's scrutiny, and his body trembled like a sieve as he spoke: "The divine elephant will never hurt people for no reason... The divine elephant is in charge of the symbol of peace and is the embodiment of auspiciousness. It is an envoy of your majesty and Da Sheng who is in touch with the heavens... This time, during this prayer ceremony, something strange happened. I'm afraid... I'm afraid it has sensed something ominous..."
When these words were spoken, the faces of the people around changed.
Every eye subconsciously looked towards the "ominous thing".
At this moment, a simple greeting suddenly came.
"Bullshit about your father!"
"You, the Hun Tian Jian, are so arrogant and reckless when doing things without any evidence, and you can slander someone's innocence!"
Chang Kuo pointed at the supervisor and cursed, "You look like a sly creature with cunning eyes. You look more like an ominous creature! And your mouth stinks, just like dung. If there is a war in the future and the two armies need to use the dung and gold juice, there is no need to prepare them in advance. You only need to bring your mouth, and you can use it inexhaustibly to destroy the enemy in one fell swoop and win a great victory! Our army doesn't have to spend a single soldier, isn't it wonderful!"
Then he angrily questioned other officials of the Hun Tian Jian: "I think you are really poor in the Hun Tian Jian. How come you can't even get enough money to buy a rope? - You didn't tie him up properly, and let him come out in broad daylight to bite people! If you don't have enough money, I have it!"
As he said this, he actually took off the purse from his waist and smashed it hard on the warden's head.
"Take it all! If you can't use up all the rope you buy, use it to make paper figures, paste white banners, exchange for paper money, and hire a few more people to carry the coffin! Otherwise, if one of them can't carry it steadily, you'll get tossed around. That would be bad luck both in life and in death!"
The warden's face turned red and black from the scolding, and the silver bag even hit his black hat so hard that it flew off. He was so ashamed and frightened that he could hardly raise his head.
This old man is so rude! And so tricky!
Is there no one to take care of it? I will update once today. I will make up for it after I recover! Thank you for your understanding (づ￣3￣)づ
(End of this chapter)
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