[Chapter 46 Chapter 373 The River God Marries a Wife (Infinite Flow) 10]
Yu Ying followed the woman, but Ah Yan did not follow.
He stood at the door, and after they all left, he turned around and went back to the woodshed.
A Yan didn't have his own house, he always slept in the woodshed.
Yu Ying withdrew her gaze and followed the woman closely.
Soon, they arrived at the place where Xiaohe was imprisoned.
Xiaohe was tied to a tree with the hemp rope wrapped around her body in circles.
Just by looking with the naked eye, you can see that the hemp rope is tied very tightly.
The villagers lit up the area with torches, and more than 60 people from the village surrounded Xiaohe tightly.
Yu Ying stood not too far forward, observing Xiaohe who had buried his head tightly through the gap.
There was constant discussion among the villagers, most of which were insults.
But Xiaohe didn't even raise his head once, as if he had already accepted the reality, and there was a dead silence all over his body.
"The River God is already angry. If we send Xiao He there now, he will definitely not forgive us!"
"Village Chief, what should we do now? We can't let Xiao He kill everyone!"
"That's right! There are already very few fish this year. If the elderly and children have nothing to eat, they will definitely not survive!"
"It's all Xiao He's fault! We've all been through this before! Why would she run away?! She just wants to kill us all!"
The village chief frowned. The old man, who originally had a kind face, now looked a bit eerie under the dim firelight.
"The only solution at the moment is to execute Xiao He, then select a new sacrifice candidate and offer him to the river god as soon as possible!"
The villagers looked at each other, "Is this feasible?"
Village Chief: "Even if it doesn't work, we have to try! What happened has already happened. We can only do our best to make amends. If not... we can only leave it to fate."
After the village chief finished speaking, everyone fell silent.
The village chief sighed, looking at Xiao He with a look of pity, but still said to Xiao He's father: "Since it was Xiao He's fault, you, the father, will handle it yourself."
Xiaohe's father looked at his daughter and nodded without hesitation.
"What does the village chief want me to do?"
"Dig a hole and bury her!"
"good!"
“Heh…hahahaha!”
Xiaohe, who had been keeping her head down quietly, suddenly laughed.
She raised her head and looked at everyone with red eyes.
"Don't you think you're ridiculous?! What Lord River God! Bullshit Lord River God!"
"If it is a god, why does it require sacrifices to bless the village with good weather and good harvests?"
"There is no river god. You have all been deceived by that old witch! You have all been deceived!!"
Xiaohe's sharp voice mixed with the wind came into my ears, and the shrill and long ending tone brought endless sadness.
"Cover her mouth!"
The village chief gave the order and soon the villagers came forward to cover Xiaohe's mouth.
The moment the sound disappeared, the village chief, with a look of panic on his face, led the villagers to face the sea.
Everyone put their hands together and kept muttering to themselves.
"Lord River God, please calm down. The sinners will be punished soon! Please continue to bless us!"
After muttering for a while, everyone, led by the village chief, knelt down devoutly.
Looking at this scene, Yu Ying felt ridiculous and felt a chill in her heart.
How many people have struggled like Xiaohe?
How many people have been harmed by this crazy feudal belief over the years?
What about them? Are they like Xiao He?
Will he die in the hopeless sea, or be buried alive by his own relatives like Xiaohe today?
It is truly sad and hateful that people would harm their loved ones for a false belief.
After the village chief stood up, the pity for Xiaohe in his eyes had completely disappeared, and the look he gave Xiaohe was even more ferocious and gloomy.
"Bury her quickly before the river god gets angry!"
The village chief's original plan was to let Xiaohe's father act alone.
But after Xiaohe’s excited speech just now, the village chief just wanted to kill the man quickly.
He called several people to dig the hole together. After it was dug, Xiaohe's father personally dug the soil to bury his daughter.
During this period, the village chief led the villagers to kneel down and pray for forgiveness from the river god.
The sweet and fishy sea breeze blew, and Yu Ying seemed to smell the scent of blood in a trance.
Xiaohe was finally buried, and the village chief led everyone to get up.
He glanced towards the corner, and Yu Ying followed her gaze and saw a white-haired old lady being supported by someone and walking forward.
She tremblingly took out a piece of talisman paper from her bosom, and she didn't know what she did, but two red words appeared out of thin air on the talisman paper in her hand.
She handed the talisman to the village chief.
After looking at the talisman, the village chief suddenly looked up at her.
When Yu Ying met the village chief's eyes, her heart skipped a beat.
"Village Chief, who is the new Saint chosen by the River God?"
The village chief did not say anything, but faced the talisman paper to everyone.
With the dim light of the fire, the villagers came closer to take a look.
Above the talisman paper, the words "Yu Ying" were clearly written.
"The Saint chosen by the River God is a daughter of the Yu family."
The village chief glanced at her, then at the woman standing next to her, "The ceremony will officially begin tomorrow. You must keep a close eye on the people and make sure nothing like what happened today happens again."
"Better, find a rope to tie it up."
The woman looked sideways at her daughter and nodded slowly under everyone's gaze.
"I understand. I will keep an eye on the Saint."
"Everyone is tired tonight, let's go home."
The tragic farce ended so lightly.
On the way back, neither Yu Ying nor the woman spoke.
When she got home, the woman seemed to be hesitant to speak to her.
Yu Ying waited for a long time. The woman said nothing, just patted her shoulder heavily and turned away.
After Yu Ying and others left, he blew out the candles in his room first.
Less than two minutes after she lay down, the door of the room was quietly pushed open.
Yu Ying silently clutched the quilt, trying her best to control her breathing.
Fortunately, the person who came in didn't do anything. After making sure that she was really asleep, he turned around and walked out.
The door closed again and Yu Ying remained motionless.
After a while, the sound of footsteps walking away was heard outside the door.
Only then did Yu Ying get up.
She used a pillow to make a human figure on the bed, then crouched down and walked to the door, looking outside through the crack.
After confirming that there was no one there, he quickly opened the door and walked out.
As she trotted away, she picked up the shovel that was resting on the fence.
Silently closing the dilapidated wooden door, Yu Ying ran towards the place where Xiaohe was buried with a shovel.
She thought she was so careful that no one noticed her, but she didn't know that the boy living in the woodshed was watching her secretly.
Perhaps because there was another sacrificial ceremony to be held the next day, everyone turned off the lights and went to bed without doing anything after returning.
Yu Ying rushed to the burial site and everything went smoothly.
Fearing that Xiao He's life would be in danger if she continued to delay, Yu Ying took a shovel and started digging the soil before she even caught her breath.
When she had almost finished digging, she threw away the shovel and started digging with her hands.
The newly buried soil was very loose, so Yu Ying dug out the small grass without much effort.
She quickly rescued Xiaohe from the soil.
At the same time Xiaohe was dug out, a line of words appeared above her head.
[Rescue Xiaohe, progress: 5%]
The blocked memory was unlocked, and Yu Ying began to give Xiao He first aid while accepting the memory.
“Ahem!”
"Shh! I'm here to save you! Don't make any noise."
Xiaohe finally woke up. Before she could speak, Yu Ying quickly covered her mouth.
Xiaohe half-closed his eyes and nodded silently.
"Can you still stand up?"
"...Yes." Xiao He stood up with the help of Yu Ying.
Yu Ying supported her and walked towards the village entrance in the dark.
During this time, she continued to look for people and memorized the road to the village entrance clearly in her mind.
Soon, she will be able to pass the level and leave this damn place!
Yu Ying couldn't hide her joy and walked faster and faster while supporting Xiao He.
Just as they were about to reach the village entrance, Xiaohe suddenly stopped moving.
No matter how Yu Ying pulled or tugged, she just stood there motionless.
When Yu Ying was extremely anxious, Xiao He suddenly smiled.
“Hehehe…”
"Are you sure I am Xiao He?"
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