Chapter 111 Otherwise, shall we go and ask the Mountain God?
It’s a pity that Ming Qi couldn’t tell the truth and could only make “unfounded guesses”.
However, his "groundless speculation" was rejected by the village chief Wumu and Yu Zhongdou.
Ming Qi watched the two of them getting further and further away from the "correct answer" and couldn't help but said, "How about we go ask the mountain god?"
Village chief Wumu and Yu Zhongdou agreed instantly.
So, when Aunt Wu just came back, she saw her husband and others going to the mountain temple again.
Aunt Wu: “…”
Will the mountain god be annoyed to death by us all day long?
Yang Xiangwei: “…”
It’s okay. After being a god for so long, I have gained some experience!
There are only a few villages, so it’s still manageable.
Yang Xiangwei doesn't respond to everything. When He is needed, He will respond. If not, then forget it.
There are bubbles all over the sky, but you don’t need to pop every bubble.
He will only choose the most important ones, or look at them when he has nothing else to do, depending on luck.
"Didn't you notice that there's one person missing from the village?"
When Yang Xiangwei asked this question, the three of them were stunned.
The village chief Wumu bowed respectfully and said, "Excuse me, Lord Mountain God, who is missing from the village?"
"Sun Dashan."
"What does this have to do with Sun Dashan?"
Ming Qi was also confused. If this matter was related to his son Sun Dapang, he could still understand it, but why was it related to Sun Dashan?
Isn't that just a useless dad?
"Of course it's related. He was the one who told those people that it was you who formed the Mountain God Caravan."
It turned out that Sun Dashan was dissatisfied with not being able to make money in the village, so he looked for an opportunity to go to other villages to work with other villagers.
It was also his luck that none of the other undercover agents were caught, but he was. As soon as he saw that the other party was here to cause trouble, he "betrayed" the village chief of Wumu without saying a word.
Yang Xiangwei was not very clear about the specific situation. She could only see what happened in his territory, such as that the undercover agent came to investigate the Mountain God Caravan because the Mountain God Caravan was blocking other people's way.
When I heard that it was related to the Mountain God Caravan, I had to ask Xu Zhong.
So, the group went to Qinghe Village.
Whose way is being blocked? Xu Zhong was confused. Who were they blocking? Aren’t they just selling amulets everywhere and quietly developing believers for the Mountain God?
"Is it possible that they sold too many and attracted attention?" Ming Qi took a look at Xu Zhong's house. Qinghe Village had enough money to build a brick and tile house, so it seemed that they made a lot of money.
Xu Zhong: "That shouldn't be the case... We sell it very carefully!"
But the number of sales is indeed not small.
Many of them were referred by acquaintances.
In order to cover up, they also brought some needles and thread and other things, disguising themselves as traveling merchants.
Yang Xiangwei: "That's the problem! You're selling too well. People originally came here for the amulets in your hands. When they see you're selling other things, they will definitely buy something else just to do business with you."
Xu Zhong did not deny that their business was indeed good.
However, he did not notice whether they were "blocking" anyone's way, so he quickly notified the people in the caravan to be more careful and not just focus on selling amulets and promoting the Mountain God, but also to find out if there were any "competitors".
After asking around, they actually found out the truth.
In Wanjia Village, they are also doing the traveling business, and it seems that they also do something else. Because of the influence of the Mountain God Caravan, the Wan family's business has become a bit difficult, and many villages do not welcome the Wan family.
"I found out that the Wan family doesn't just sell things, they also buy things," Xu Zhong said, "and it seems they are buying people. Whenever they go to a village, there will always be a few fewer people during the days they are there."
"Why hasn't the Wan family come to sell here?" Village Chief Tong Na wondered.
Xu Zhong rolled his eyes and said, "We are so poor, who would come here? They sell to the villages in the south, which are richer than the villages in the north."
It is true, in Niba Village, people in the south are richer than those in the north. They are also closer to the neighboring town of Lanwa, which is also richer than the poor town of Quanchun.
However, they do not envy the wealth of Lanwa Town, because people there like to "sell people" and are engaged in the human population business.
These are just rumors, there is no evidence. But there is no smoke without fire. As ordinary people, they are powerless and can only choose to "stay away" and try their best to protect their families.
Yang Xiangwei only knew that the disaster of Wumu Village Chief was related to Sun Dashan, and probably because the Mountain God Caravan got in the way of someone, but she didn't expect that it also involved human trafficking?
In ancient times, human trafficking was a common occurrence. If the government was responsible, it would be more lenient in its management; if it was not responsible, no one would probably care. But places like Lanwa Town, where people are said to have bought people as "sacrifices" to worship gods, are relatively rare.
Unexpectedly, He ran into it.
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Qinghe Village, early morning.
"Please, please save us... We really can't make it!"
Early in the morning, Li Zhengqing was still asleep when someone knocked on his door. His mother-in-law was kneeling at the door covered in blood, begging him for help.
Li Zhengqing was shocked: "Mom, what happened to you? Why is there so much blood on your body?"
"Zhengqing..." Zhen's mother cried loudly, "Your father, your elder brother, your second brother are all dead..."
"How could it be?! Didn't I send you the amulet?"
"It's not a monster, it's a human, a human..."
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Sometimes, human hearts are scarier than monsters.
Everyone says that monsters are scary, and everyone is on guard against and trying to avoid them. But monsters generally don't come to human territory, they need to be hunted.
Although humans are on their menu, it is too troublesome to capture humans. Unless they have taken the wrong path or are practicing, they are too lazy to run out of their own territory and go to the human territory to act arrogantly.
If it didn't have the ability, it might be eaten by other monsters halfway before it even reached human territory.
Village Chief Tong Na had gossiped with Village Chief Wumu before, saying that something happened in Beixi Village and that someone rescued a pretty boy, which brought disaster to the entire village.
It was indeed a disaster. That pretty boy caused the death of Xu Chunhua's entire family, and also implicated the neighbors next door, a dozen people in total.
However, when the villagers later helped to collect the bodies, they did not find the bodies of Xu Chunhua and the pretty boy. It was unclear whether they were taken away or ran away.
I thought the matter was over, but not long after, someone else came, and this time it was the "flower picking team".
This flower-picking team is not a "flower thief" and has nothing to do with that wool. Other "flower thieves" only target women, but the flower-picking team is different. They will take anyone, regardless of gender, age or status.
What do they do with it?
Of course, it was sent as a "sacrifice".
When worshipping gods, there must be "sacrifices", right? If our own people are reluctant to offer sacrifices to the gods, then we can always "capture people" from outside, right?
Where there is demand, there is a market, and the flower-picking team came into being.
The flower-picking teams usually set up the scene to make people think that the population loss was caused by monsters. But there is always a loophole and someone escaped. The flower-picking team became a terrifying existence known to everyone.
No matter how terrible they are, the government has not been able to solve the problem of the "flower-picking team". They are like bandits in the mountains. Everyone knows of their existence, but there is nothing they can do about them.
Anyone who encounters this can only consider themselves unlucky.
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