Deadly Game: Live CP

"I think there's something fishy about Yan Shihe and Xiao Qian." Chen Ying looked around and said to Ling Jiushi after making sure there was no one around.

Ling Jiushi: "What do you mean?"

"Those two people have been looking at us from time to time since we came in. The most important thing is, I have asked Xiong Qi about the x organization before. They have a member named Yan Shihe, who is also a master who has passed the Seven Gates." Chen Ying said.

"So, we'd better be on guard against those two."

Hearing this, the three of them nodded.

At this time, drums were heard outside.

"It seems like there's some activity going on, let's go check it out." Li Dongyuan said.

The four of them came to the street, and a team wearing red clothes and masks, some beating drums and some dancing, passed in front of them.

In the team, someone was carrying something and was still moving.

"Hey, Lingling, what is that? It seems to be still alive?" Wu Qi asked.

"It's probably used for sacrifice." Ling Jiushi said.

The four followed the sacrificial team to the river.

There was a wooden platform by the river, with people dancing and beating drums on it. The offerings were carried onto the platform, and many people gathered under it. They all held rattles in their hands and stared at the platform in silence.

Four people stood in the crowd, watching the situation on the wooden platform.

"The sky is in panic, the earth is in panic, there is a crying boy in my family. A benefactor passing by recites his name three times and he sleeps till dawn." At this time, the people gathered around sang nursery rhymes, shaking rattles in their hands while singing.

"Isn't this a clue?" Wu Qi whispered to Ling Jiushi.

"Is the River God a crybaby?" Li Dongyuan said to himself.

At this time, the drums on the wooden stage stopped beating, and a man in white clothes and a mask raised the offering. At the same time, the people around shook the rattles again and sang nursery rhymes.

"The sky is in panic, the earth is in panic, I have a crying boy at home. A benefactor passing by recites his name three times and he sleeps till dawn." These people are in unison as if they are under control.

After stopping, I saw the person holding up the offering on the wooden platform throwing it into the river.

"Why did you throw it into the river?" Wu Qi said with some fear, holding the strap of the bag tightly.

"My friend, what are you throwing in there?" Li Dongyuan asked the person next to him.

"Don't talk. Don't ask questions if you don't know. Don't offend the river god." The man said with a cold face.

“Hey…” Seeing that no one wanted to pay attention to him, Li Dongyuan turned his head speechlessly.

"This person has no knowledge. Let me ask him again." Li Dongyuan said.

Ling Jiushi: "Maybe I just don't like you."

"Don't talk nonsense, I'm so charming, just wait." Li Dongyuan said and went to ask the girl.

"This is his real skill, picking up girls." Ling Jiushi said to Wu Qi.

"Guess what I asked?" Li Dongyuan said after asking.

"What about the girl's contact information?" Wu Qi said.

Ling Jiushi and Chen Ying listened and tried to hold back their laughter.

"You won't slander me behind my back, will you?" Li Dongyuan put his arm around Ling Jiushi's shoulder and said to him and Chen Ying.

Chen Ying: “I don’t have any.”

"How is that possible? Tell me quickly." Ling Jiushi said.

"It's a child." Li Dongyuan said.

"The red cloth bag thrown into the river just now belonged to a child."

Upon hearing this, Ling Jiushi and Wu Qi's expressions changed immediately.

Wu Qi: “Really?”

"That's what people say. Children are abandoned every year during the River God Festival," said Li Dongyuan.

"What was thrown just now was not a child, but a pig." Chen Ying said in a low voice.

Wu Qi: "Ah? But didn't he say..."

"I guess it was replaced." Chen Ying said.

"How do you know?" Li Dongyuan looked at Chen Ying.

Chen Ying pointed to his eyes and said, "I saw it."

"You can still see it through the red cloth?" Wu Qi looked shocked.

"There's a cheat." Chen Ying patted Wu Qi and said.

Chen Ying: It’s true. After I remembered my identity, I actually felt that this place was quite friendly when I entered it…

"Oh." Li Dongyuan remembered that all the people in their Obsidian group had special abilities.

"There are seven days in the countdown. Throw one on the first day, two on the second day, and so on until the seventh day, when seven are thrown..." said Li Dongyuan.

"We have to throw twenty-eight?" Wu Qi quickly calculated.

"That's awesome." Li Dongyuan looked at Wu Qi.

"With so many, no wonder they need to be replaced." Wu Qi said.

"Let's go, let's go..." Wu Qi said as he pulled Ling Jiu.

On the way back, the four met a blind child.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." The child bumped into them.

Wu Qi helped the child up, and just as the child was about to leave, Li Dongyuan stopped him.

"What are you doing?" Wu Qi was puzzled when he saw Li Dongyuan stopping a blind child.

"You ask me, you ask him." Li Dongyuan said.

Child: "I didn't mean it, sir. Please let me go."

Wu Qi: "How come you are..."

"My wallet, have you seen it?" Li Dongyuan took the wallet out from the child and said to Wu Qi.

"I haven't eaten for several days, really." said the child pitifully.

"If I didn't feel sorry for you, I would have taught you a lesson today." Li Dongyuan took out a piece of paper money and stuffed it into the child's pocket.

Looking at this scene, Ling Jiushi was speechless, "Brother, this is ancient times, why are you giving him paper money?"

Upon hearing this, Li Dongyuan took back the banknotes and said, "Times still need to progress."

"Little boy, you must be hungry. Here, give you a biscuit." Chen Ying took out a biscuit from his pocket, opened the package and handed it to the child.

Finally, he was given a few more candies.

"Thank you, thank you." The child thanked and walked forward.

The four of them passed by a pharmacy and went in.

"Ladies and gentlemen, is there anything you need?" the pharmacy owner asked them.

"Boss, what is the River God Festival here?" Li Dongyuan asked.

"We just pray for good weather and good harvests," said the boss.

Ling Jiushi: "Just like that?"

"What else?" said the boss.

"Are there any special activities?" Li Dongyuan asked.

"It's nothing special. It's just an offering, and the river god likes it." said the boss.

Li Dongyuan: "What is a river god?"

Boss: "What is a river god? A river god is a river god. Aren't you asking nonsense questions?"

Later, Ling Jiushi asked them again if they threw their children into the river every year. Finally, the boss looked impatient when asked this question, and seeing that they didn't buy anything, he drove them away.

After a few people left, they walked on the street.

Li Dongyuan said that to figure things out, this river god is the key.

Wu Qi said that everyone is afraid of the river god, but there is no river god in this world.

"What would happen if there was a river god that everyone was afraid of?" Ling Jiushi asked.

Wu Qi: "You mean someone is taking advantage of people's fear?"

"Well, it's because you think quickly." Li Dongyuan praised perfunctorily.

"Creating fear, creating a mob, and then misleading the people will allow the people behind the scenes to gain huge benefits. There are conspiracies behind many feudal superstitions." Ling Jiushi said.

"In the name of offering sacrifice to the river god, they sacrificed all the children, and then secretly replaced them before the sacrifice... In ancient times, they used children to create profits. Isn't that human trafficking?" Chen Ying said.

"Make bold assumptions and verify carefully. Now we don't know the taboo conditions of this door. The only known clue is that a child must be sacrificed to the river god, and the sacrificed child has been replaced..." Ling Jiushi said and looked at Li Dongyuan.