I carried the stone and jumped behind the crowd. By the time they noticed it, it was already too late. I ran forward, raised the stone, and slammed it against the jar!
There was a loud "click", and the jar broke instantly, and streams of yellow liquid flowed out. Aguo's feet fell to the ground, and when I looked closely, I suddenly took a breath of air.
I saw that the skin on Aguo's legs was torn, and a thick flower snake was tightly wrapped around her waist. The huge snake head bit deeply into her leg, tearing open the flesh!
"I**"
A burst of anger suddenly came up, I yelled, rushed over, took out the realgar from my backpack and sprinkled it on the snake's head. The flower snake trembled suddenly, suddenly let go of its mouth, swayed its body and turned towards me.
It came over, I hurriedly dodged it sideways, and at the same time reached out to grab the snake's tail and threw it to the ground hard!
With a "pop" sound, the flower snake was beaten to the ground, but I was still not relieved. I picked up the stone from the ground and slammed it on my tongue. There was another muffled sound. The head of the snake was beaten to pieces, and only the tail was still there.
There it was twitching constantly.
Ignoring everyone's surprised looks, I walked up to A Guo, gently carried her on my back, and walked towards her home...
A man suddenly stopped in front of me, blocking the way, and said viciously:
"Foreigner! I advise you to stand still!"
I took out the seven-inch copper nail, held it in my hand, and said coldly:
"Whoever stands in my way! I will kill anyone!!!"
"How dare you?!"
"If you don't believe it, try it..."
I bypassed him and continued to move forward. The voice of the clan leader sounded behind me, but I couldn't understand what he said at all. It seemed that he was explaining something to the people around me. After that, no one stopped me.
"You...why are you back again..."
Aguo, who was lying on my back, asked weakly.
"Don't talk, I'll take you back..."
When I got home, I put her on the bed. Since there were no bandages or anything like that, I could only find some herbs from bottles and jars and apply them on her to stop the bleeding first.
"Why did they do this to you? Is it because I left?" I asked softly.
Aguo lowered his head and said nothing, his tears falling straight down.
"You don't need to hide it from me at this time. Tell me and listen. Maybe I can help you. And it seems that this matter has something to do with me. If I go and come back, the patriarch and the others will definitely not
Let me leave easily again."
Aguo raised his head, stared at me for a while, then raised his hand and pointed to the photo frame on the table,
"Brother Lin Yu, please help me get the photo."
My heart moved, and I quickly got up and took the photo. The photo showed a woman in gorgeous national costumes. She had a beautiful face, a friendly smile, and her long hair fell behind her, giving her a fairy-like feeling.
"Is this your mother?"
I asked tentatively. In fact, it was not difficult to guess, not to mention that Aguo and the woman in the photo did look somewhat similar.
Aguo nodded,
"Well...this is my mother. Unfortunately, she is no longer here. She was beaten to death by the villagers..."
"What?!"
I suddenly stood up from my chair and looked at her in disbelief.
Aguo touched the photo with his hand,
"People in Quzhai have always been unwilling to contact the outside world. Both their living habits and ideas are very old-fashioned. There is a grave in the northeast corner of the village. I have heard my grandmother say that there is an immortal buried there, and that the immortal has supernatural powers.
, can ensure the prosperity of the people in Quzhai, the people in the mountains care most about the people..."
"But since more than ten years ago, for some reason, the immortal has lost his magic. The women in Quzhai seem to be cursed. They will die suddenly every time they give birth. Even if they are lucky enough to survive, the children they give birth to will be...
Girl, gradually there are fewer and fewer villagers in Quzhai, and now there are only a dozen families left..."
I heard that it was surprising. I didn’t expect such a thing to happen. But when I thought about it, I felt something was wrong and couldn’t help but ask:
"But I see there are still many young men in the village?"
"Those were all invited by the clan leader from other villages..."
"Please come?! Could it be possible..." I didn't dare to think further.
"That's right, I invited you to marry the women in the village just to continue the popularity of Qu Village..."
I nodded suddenly and asked again:
"Then what does this have to do with you? Why are they targeting you?"
Aguo sighed,
"The first maternal death occurred suddenly in the village. That year happened to be the year my mother got married, and it was also the year I was born. I heard from my grandmother that only my mother gave birth successfully in the village that year, and the rest
All the women who gave birth died, so the villagers believed that my mother, who had a foreign surname, was the culprit and that she was the cause of the disaster."
Having said this, Aguo's tears couldn't stop flowing down again.
"At that time, the patriarch didn't know who he heard, saying that as long as my mother was sacrificed in front of the immortal's tomb, the curse would be broken. I just watched my mother being put into the jar by them. When she came out, her legs were already gone.
All that was left after being eaten by the flower snake was the white bones, and was finally beaten to death in front of the immortal's tomb..."
At the end of the story, Aguo's emotions completely collapsed. She covered her face with her hands and wanted to cry, but she didn't dare to cry loudly. She could only lower her voice and keep swallowing. I knew she was afraid of the villagers outside the door. It was hard to imagine that she was like this.
How did she survive after all these years?
Aguo cried for a while and stubbornly wiped away his tears.
"My father died early, and there were kind-hearted people in the village who would usually help me, but I still hated them, but couldn't resist. Before my mother died, she only hoped that I could live well, but the scary thing is that there was no one in the village because of my mother.
Changes have occurred due to the death of the mother, but it is still difficult for the mother to survive..."
"In the end, the patriarch put his hope in me, saying that as long as I find a suitable man with a foreign surname..."
Having said this, Aguo looked at me with a complicated expression,
"As long as...as long as we find a suitable man with a different surname and give birth to a boy, and sacrifice the child and his father to the immortals, we can completely break the curse of Qu Village. Otherwise, I will be executed like my mother..."
After hearing this, I finally understood. No wonder the old man, the patriarch, would be furious after I ran away. But I still don't understand a little bit, what is a suitable man? Why does the patriarch think that I am that suitable man?
The more I think about it, the more strange I feel. Apart from the clan leader, the key to the whole thing seems to be the most mysterious one buried in the northeast corner of the village, the so-called "immortal"...
Just when I couldn't figure it out, the door was banged again, and the patriarch's disgusting voice came in.
"You have said everything that needs to be said clearly. Have you thought about it?"