Chapter 297 The whereabouts were discovered by the priest
Now not only Su Nuan fell silent, but Hai Lan and Space Spirit also fell silent.
If the child was to be thrown into the river, wouldn't the exchange be in vain? There was also the possibility that someone might discover that there was something wrong with the sacrifice.
Su Nuan sighed, "I'll go out and find out more."
After Su Nuan left the space, she went behind the crowd and took out some melon seeds to crack.
There was an old lady next to her who couldn't squeeze in. She smelled the aroma of melon seeds and swallowed her saliva.
Su Nuan immediately grabbed a handful and handed it over, "Big sister, try it."
"Hey, thank you, brother." The old lady immediately took it and started knocking on it.
A handful of melon seeds brought the two closer together and they began chatting.
Su Nuan asked, "Auntie, when will the sacrifice begin?"
The old lady replied: "It's still too early to have a child."
Su Nuan nodded, "Then I have to go home and have dinner later, otherwise I will starve to death at night."
The old lady said, "No, the high priest will make some holy water during dinner time. Drinking it will not only prolong your life but also keep you from getting hungry."
Su Nuan, "..." Even the Dahuan Pill doesn't have this effect. Are you sure what you drank wasn't poison?
Of course, she didn't say this out loud, so she said with anticipation, "Okay, I'll have to wait."
The old lady stamped her feet again and said, "It's a pity that I can't squeeze through. The holy water given in the front must be better than the one in the back."
Su Nuan took the opportunity to ask, "Are all the offerings for this year gathered? I wonder what clothes those special offerings will wear."
The old lady said, "It's all here. In previous years, we wore red in the water, but this year we said it's going to be a big sacrifice, so there's also a fire sacrifice."
Su Nuan then asked, "What do people wear during the Fire Festival?"
The old lady glanced at Su Nuan and asked in confusion, "The Fire Festival wears white, don't you know?"
Su Nuan shook her head. "This is the first time I've seen a sacrifice, too. We don't see it in our village. The most we do is give a bride to the river god."
The vigilance on the old lady's face disappeared. "That's right. In the village, the most they would do is give a bride to He Bo. It's nothing like the elaborate things we do in the city."
Su Nuan quickly responded, "Yes, yes, yes."
As she said this, she stuffed another handful of melon seeds into his hand. It was still early in the morning, and it would be nice to exchange some melon seeds for some gossip from a chatty guy.
After dark, the number of onlookers increased instead of decreasing, and the last row squeezed all the way to the city gate.
Su Nuan looked at the carriage. It was very close, but the driver just frowned and didn't drive people away.
She asked in her heart: "Have you seen Lingyun?"
The Space Spirit said, "Didn't you ask him to go to the river to prepare?"
Su Nuan sighed, "Does he really believe that I can replace the child?"
The space spirit said, "You've said it twice. If he doesn't believe you, who will he believe? Do you think it's good for someone to not take your words to heart after you've said them twice?"
Su Nuan touched her nose and said, "Okay, it's my fault."
She sprinkled some sleeping powder on the driver's side. The driver's eyelids began to feel heavy, and soon he fell asleep leaning against the shaft of the cart.
Su Nuan took the opportunity to get into the carriage. The eight children inside were blindfolded and gagged. Four children in red clothes sat on the left, and four children in white clothes sat on the right.
She used her mind to bring the children into the space. Living people can enter the space, but they will fall asleep when they enter, unless they are like the fifty people with low IQs who can stay awake.
Su Nuan also entered the space, took off the child's white clothes and put them on the monkey whose hair had been removed.
Hailan asked, "Why did you bring in the one in red as well?"
Su Nuan replied, "I was afraid they would notice the child across the street had disappeared, and if they started making a fuss it would ruin our plan."
Hailan nodded, "Yeah."
After changing her clothes, Su Nuan returned to the carriage. After the child and the monkey were settled, she quietly left the carriage.
When the moon was above the treetops, the high priest was carried on a sedan chair by men in black robes to the river.
Su Nuan found a corner and used the bird and the monitor to observe the high priest's movements.
She wore a golden ghost mask on her face and a bell hung on the cane in her hand, which made a jingling sound when she waved it.
After a while, people in black cloaks began to distribute holy water from bottles.
They didn't use cups, but poured the liquid directly into the people's palms, and the people licked their palms as if they had eaten something delicious.
Su Nuan expressed her disgust. She took the holy water and pretended to drink it, but in fact the water flowed down her sleeves.
But this water has a sweet smell that can be smelled. Maybe it's just ordinary sugar water.
After everyone had drunk the holy water, the high priest jumped onto a huge drum and stomped his feet on it, making a thumping sound.
Su Nuan always felt that the drum beat was weird when listening to it.
The space spirit said, "Look, it seems those people are under control."
Su Nuan looked up and saw that the talkative lady closest to her had a dull look in her eyes, but a happy smile on her lips, as if she was in a beautiful dream.
A quarter of an hour later, the people began to dance to the beat of the drums, moving their arms in a chaotic manner.
Su Nuan had no choice but to move and follow the trend.
The high priest on the drum looked around and began to make strange noises again.
Su Nuan asked, "Can you translate it for me?"
The space spirit said with disdain: "Isn't it just a ghost cry? It has no translation value."
Su Nuan was helpless, maybe this guy was really just yelling nonsense.
The high priest led the people to dance for a full hour, but the people were not tired at all, and their faces were full of happiness.
Su Nuan's heart skipped a beat and she said, "There won't be any poisonous insects in the water, right?"
She quickly checked her sleeves and saw that the wet parts were now red.
The space spirit said, "There are poisonous insects, but they are afraid of dryness. If your sleeves are dry, they will die."
Su Nuan breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, there were no wounds on her hands, otherwise she might have been hit.
The high priestess looked at the sky and saw that the moon was almost overhead. She said, "The auspicious time has arrived. Return the offerings to their proper places!"
Four men in black robes came to the carriage, and each of them held the two children and led them to the front.
Su Nuan watched the scene in front of her through the monitor. She was a little nervous, afraid that the high priest would check the offerings in white clothes.
Fortunately, the high priest didn't look closely and waved his hand, "Return to your seats!"
The man in black robe put the child in red clothes on the small boat, pulled out the wooden plug at the bottom of the boat and pushed the boat to the center of the river.
Su Nuan is not worried about those children, Ling Yun will definitely rescue them.
What we are worried about now are these monkeys. Although the blindfold is made bigger to cover half of the head, and the huge cloth ball also covers the mouth, it is still possible to see something is wrong if you look closely.
Fortunately, the high priest didn't look closely and said, "Light the fire and place the sacrifice."
The offering was placed in the cauldron and the flame underneath was lit.
The people began to cheer, not knowing what they saw in their hallucinations.
Su Nuan breathed a sigh of relief. The people's minds were confused, so they would think that this sacrifice went smoothly in the future.
Just as Su Nuan turned to leave, the high priest said, "Catch her. She is a special sacrifice sent to us by God."
Su Nuan looked up suddenly and saw the high priest pointing at her, and those men in black robes were rushing towards her.
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