This is a little-known town that seems a bit isolated from the world because of its remote location.【】
Today is an important day in the town, because today is the most solemn ceremony in the town to worship the heaven.
The whole town was bustling early in the morning. Everyone was busy and nervous. Everyone had a serious expression on their face, as if something serious was about to happen.
There is the only big square in the center of the town. A large group of people have gathered here early in the morning. Everyone is crowded around the square. No one makes a loud noise. At most, they lower their heads and whisper quietly, as if they are afraid.
It seemed like something had disturbed me.
In the center of the square surrounded by people, a tall platform supported by logs stood abruptly in the square. The platform was nearly ten meters high and occupied almost one-third of the entire square.
At the top of the platform, a weak girl was being tied to the cross quietly. The girl lowered her head, her hair was a little messy, and her expression was unclear. There was a rope tied around her body, and the girl didn't seem to be struggling.
I have accepted this situation.
"This time Mingzhu deserves to be punished like this! Their whole family deserves to be punished by God!" A villager whispered.
"Well, actually, you can't blame Mingzhu for this. If you want to blame Mingzhu's brother for this matter, if he hadn't entered the forest and offended Manshen, how could Mingzhu have accepted such a punishment. In the end, that boy was directly eaten by Manshen.
Now that my family is implicated, alas! This girl Mingzhu is also suffering a fate! She must suffer such a crime and punishment!" A young woman next to her said softly as if she couldn't stand it anymore.
"Shh, you don't want to live anymore? Keep your voice down, if the guards in the town hear it, you will be implicated too!" A man on the side quickly scolded softly, with a hint of panic on his face, and he glanced cautiously.
After looking around and making sure that no one was paying attention, the man quietly breathed a sigh of relief, not forgetting to glare fiercely at the woman next to him.
The conversation between the two then became quieter and quieter, until finally it was completely inaudible.
When more and more people gathered in the square, they finally thought that the fat young man in rich clothes slowly entered the ring under the protection of a group of guards. The boxing ring suddenly fell into silence, and everyone who was talking stopped talking, with serious faces.
Looking at the group of people walking in.
Under the escort of the escort, the fat man walked to the rostrum in the center of the square and sat down in the center of a row of seats. He raised his eyes and glanced at the girl on the wooden platform above, and then said with an expression.
Withdraw your gaze.
"Everyone, today is our town's ceremony to worship the sky, and it is also our ceremony to worship Man God. I believe everyone has heard that the Pearl family in our town got angry because they offended Man God, and eventually Man God general
The punishment of crime has come to our town. So far, more than a dozen hunters have been attacked and killed by Manchu when they went into the mountains to hunt. Therefore, according to the rules of our town, we will use the blood of criminals to worship Mango today.
Sir, I hope that Lord Manshen can forgive these ignorant humans, and finally bring blessings to our town again, and continue to be the patron saint of our town!"
"Manshen! Manshen! Manshen!"
As soon as the mayor finished speaking, a chorus of shouts suddenly came from the entire square. When everyone talked about Man Shen, they looked respectful, as if it was their supreme belief in life.
The mayor suddenly raised his hands, and then the whole place fell silent again. Everyone looked at the mayor quietly, waiting for him to announce the start of the ceremony.
When everyone fell silent, the mayor turned around and shifted his attention to the girl above the platform.
Following the mayor's gaze, everyone also focused their attention on the girl. There was no sympathy on their faces, and there was even a hint of schadenfreude.
"Mingzhu, your brother and father violated the majesty of Manshen and were swallowed by Manshen on the spot. Now for the future peace of our town, we have decided to dedicate your life to Manshen. Do you have anything to say!"
The girl slowly raised her head, but because her long hair directly covered her face, her expression at the moment could not be seen at all.
"No!"
Some weak voices spread throughout the audience, and then the girl fell silent and stopped talking.
The mayor looked away from above, and then nodded to the two four old men with white hair and long beards sitting next to them.
"You two! It's time to start!"
The two old men sitting aside received the mayor's order, and then slowly stood up, holding some strange talismans in their hands, and came to the center of the square to perform rituals. They sang and danced, and muttered words.
Speaking in a language that no one could understand, he kept throwing the talismans in his hands into the air. To his surprise, the talismans immediately ignited and then burned to ashes.
"Almighty God, please come here immediately and accept the apology of us puny humans!"
As the two people sang and danced, everyone in the square held their breath and did not dare to take a breath, as if they were afraid of disturbing the two people's ritual. In such a depressing atmosphere, at a certain moment, the whole square suddenly became cold.
Got up.
The originally warm square suddenly became freezing cold, and a cold wind blew. Then a huge black shadow slowly emerged from the forest dozens of meters away from the square. The height of the shadow was directly higher than the forest.
Nearly ten meters.
The huge black shadow moved so fast that it arrived in front of the square in almost the blink of an eye. Finally, everyone could not conceal their shock. Everyone, including the mayor, lay respectfully on the ground.
Full of God!
The leader of this group of people turned out to be a huge forest python nearly twenty meters long. Its huge body, nearly two meters long core, and eyes as big as night pearls glowing with cold light all made people feel deeply.
Deeply shuddering.
The moment the forest python appeared, the entire square fell into an eerie silence. Everyone knelt on the ground respectfully, and no one dared to raise their head and look directly at Manshen in front of them.
The huge head glanced at the square in front of him, and his green eyes finally spotted the girl on the platform in front of him. At this moment, the girl was curled up and trembling.
The forest python's body stabilized slightly, as if it was thinking about something. At a certain moment, it suddenly put away its core, and its huge body rushed towards the girl like lightning. In this way, it actually wanted to swallow the girl in one gulp.