I, Seimei, can't be an audiophile

...how did things become like this?

Qing Miao had a vague feeling that something was wrong, but he had no choice but to let go.

After Mr. White Fox disappeared, Qing Miao became more and more wrong. She suspected that there was something wrong with the mountain god sacrifice, but she didn't know how to prove it.

In the end, she thought of the village chief.The village head has always been kind to their family, and if the only person in this village who can't harm her, it must be the village head.

Qing Miao took the opportunity to visit the village chief, first talked about other topics, and then seemingly unintentionally mentioned the sister who disappeared back then.

She asked the village chief as if casually mentioning it, is her sister still serving the mountain god as a witch?It's been a long time since I haven't seen her, and I miss her a little. I don't know if she is doing well now.

As a result, the village chief's face changed obviously, and he answered a few words casually and sent her home.

Qing Miao thought this was the end of the matter.Unexpectedly, she was notified later that she was chosen as the priestess for this mountain god sacrifice!

"Great, Qingmiao, you don't have to work so hard with the allowance of being a witch!"

Her father was very happy. He always felt sorry for Qing Miao, a girl who had to work in the field continuously. He himself suffered from rheumatism due to heavy labor, and he didn't want his daughter to suffer from the same.

Qing Miao's heart was shocked, she vaguely felt that something was wrong, but she didn't have any reason or excuse to refuse to be the priestess of the mountain god festival.

The relevant personnel came over and gave her a general description of the work to be done. It seemed that she only needed to participate in the parade on the day of the sacrifice, and then spend the night at the shrine, and then served at the shrine for a year, in exchange for a generous salary.

No family can refuse this kind of benefit, and if they refuse, it will be considered disrespectful to the gods, and they may not be able to continue living in the village.

After thinking about it, Qing Miao accepted it.

She thought of that older sister because she asked her sister's whereabouts, and then she became a priestess, no matter how she thought it was wrong.

She begged Mr. White Fox to help with the investigation before, but now that she thinks about it, the other party is not related to her, so why should she get involved in such a thing for nothing?As a villager, he is also the one who made the commission. Since there is an opportunity, why don't you investigate it yourself?

Qing Miao secretly took out the little white mouse: "Baiyun, that young master said that after the priest selects the witch, he asked me to get close to the witch and then release you. Since I am the chosen witch, is it okay to release you now?"

The little white mouse squeaked twice, climbed up to her waist and turned into a white wooden pendant hanging on her waist.

"Hey?"

Qing Miao picked up the pendant in disbelief and looked carefully, no matter how you looked at it, it was a wooden object.Amazing!Did Baiyun become a pendant, or was Baiyun originally a pendant?

She felt that she was indeed bewitched by the fox.Then he cheered himself up again, maybe Inari God couldn't understand the mountain god here, so he sent a fox messenger to help her!Come on, Qing Miao, you decide to do it!

Qing Miao clenched his fist, and wrapped his usual weeding sickle in cloth, and hid it on his body.

On the day of the sacrifice, everything went according to the procedure. Qing Miao was forced by other villagers to wear clothes similar to witches' robes. Naturally, the weeding knife was removed long ago, and there was nowhere to hide.As for the mouse pendant, she put it in her mouth to avoid being searched, and finally carried it on her body.

Afterwards, she was driven to the shelves, and sat on the shrine to participate in the whole sacrificial process. She was not asked to do anything, and sat motionless on it like a clothed puppet until the end of the sacrificial activity at night.

After a whole day passed, Qing Miao was exhausted. Seeing the villagers enthusiastically participating in the sacrificial activities and celebrating in general, she began to wonder if her worries were superfluous. Everyone's enthusiasm for farming is nothing more than that.

In the evening, she was sent to the shrine to spend the night, where a room had been arranged for her, and the uncommon sisters helped to tidy the room, spread the bedding, and change her heavy clothes into casual clothes.

"Excuse me, are you all priestesses of the temple?"

Qing Miao tried to talk to these women, but these women didn't seem to hear her voice and ignored her completely.

An old lady who looked older came over to her and said, "They can't talk to you casually, that's a rule. Your job is to serve the gods, so remember not to be disrespectful and disobedient to the mountain god."

Seeing that someone was finally willing to talk to her, Qing Miao quickly asked the old lady if the other party had seen the sister she knew.

The old lady replied: "She used to be a shrine maiden, but after getting paid, she left the village and went to other places. We don't know exactly where she went."

Qing Miao was a little disappointed, and in the end it was the same as what she heard from the village chief. Could it be that the truth is really like this, and she just thought too much?

After everyone had arranged everything and left the room one by one, Aomiao listened carefully and found that no one else seemed to be staying at the shrine, and seemed to have gone somewhere outside the shrine.

In other words, she was the only one staying at the Sanshen Shrine in the middle of the night?

Qing Miao felt a little scared, she looked left and right, and quietly took out the mouse pendant.

Holding it, thinking that there is still Baiyun by his side, he felt a little relieved.

"Baiyun, does your master really ignore this matter at all?" Qing Miao asked in a low voice with some reluctance.

It's a pity that the engraving is just engraving and there is no reply.

Qing Miao felt sour in her heart: "Big liar."

She got under the covers and held the pendant in both hands, as if doing so would relieve her tension and fear.

After a while, when she was about to fall asleep, she suddenly heard a sound outside.

"Clap."

"Clap."

It was the sound of clogs landing.

Someone entered the shrine through the front door!

Qing Miao was terrified, she immediately sat up, looked left and right, found her clothes, stuffed them in the quilt, and tiptoed to the door, and stood close to the wall.

footsteps...

Someone did come.

--who?Thief?

No, this is a shrine. Except for the statue of the mountain god, there is nothing valuable at all!And if she remembered correctly, there seemed to be someone on duty at the outermost circle of the shrine, so it was impossible to let strangers in!

Qing Miao remembered the content of the Mountain God Sacrifice, and the previous grandma asked her to serve the gods well, could it be, could it be? !

In the past, Qing Miao would not have believed such a thing, but she has seen a white mouse turned into a wood carving, so maybe the mountain god and the like really existed!

The approaching footsteps made Qing Miao's hair stand on end. The villagers asked the witches to serve the mountain gods. How should they serve them?

She trembled nervously, but remained motionless, waiting with bated breath.

Finally, she saw the door open.

Qing Miao, who was hiding in the shadows, stared at what came in through the door.

That, is a humanoid thing wearing a mountain god mask.

The humanoid figure walked towards the bulging mattress.

Qing Miao was trembling all over, she suddenly noticed that the walking posture of that figure was a little special, or in other words, very familiar.

Slightly arched back, and a little slope on the right foot.

"village head?"

If it was someone else, she might not recognize it.

But the village head is too familiar to her. Isn't he the village head who has been taking care of their family since childhood?

The humanoid figure stood still and looked back at her.

Qing Miao was a little dizzy, she asked tremblingly: "Why?"

How is it possible, why is it the village head?

The masked figure walked towards her quickly, his hands outstretched, trying to grab her!

Qing Miao screamed, and subconsciously threw the thing in her hand towards the opponent!

Immediately afterwards, a more terrifying scene happened, a white mouse fell on the opponent, and after falling on the ground, many white mice suddenly split, and a group of white mice swarmed up, drowning the person!

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!"

The man's screams came, and Qing Miao's legs were so frightened that his legs went limp!She took two steps back and almost sat on the ground!

As a result, he fell into someone's arms.

"Sure enough, I said that this land has no aura at all, it is a variant of the custom of 'King God'—"

The screams were too miserable and short, and quickly disappeared, leaving only the creaking and chewing sounds, which were creepy.

Qing Miao didn't dare to look at the scene in front of her, and shrank back again.

The voice continued: "The so-called guest god refers to a custom of offering sacrifices to visitors as gods, entertaining visitors, giving wine and women, and praying for a 'good harvest'.

In essence, it is a kind of folk culture that maintains the vitality of the village by introducing foreign blood because of the long-term intra-clan intermarriage in some small villages and the low birth rate.Presumably this village has had such a custom for a long time, and it was later transformed and used in mountain god sacrifices. "

Qing Miao's attention was finally diverted from the terrifying scene: "Why, why..."

"For the sake of selfish desire, if it is a pure guest god custom, what you want is to introduce the blood of outsiders. The long-term control of the power of this village allows him to do whatever he wants. He treats the holy witch as a prostitute, and those who deceive the gods will naturally be punished. To the punishment of the gods."

After the rat tide receded, there were not even bones left, only shabby clothes and some blood stains remained on the ground, like a nightmare scene.

Qing Miao realized something, and she shed tears: "Then sister, she..."

"I don't want to be coerced by bad habits, but I want to expose the truth. I was killed and burned. Those ashes also became the gift of the mountain god, the fertilizer that nourishes the soil."

Qingmiao was dizzy for a while, and she remembered that she had also received the fertilizer distributed by the village, and she couldn't help but feel sad, and then anger burned her heart, making her forget her fear.

"Bastard! Bastard! How could he! How could he do this! What he deserves! To hell!"

"Don't worry, there is a hell for people like him. Your lord will treat him well."

Qing Miao wanted to cry, but she soon realized another problem.

"you you?!"

She raised her head to look at Mr. White Fox who came here somehow, he really is a monster!

"Run! The movement just now will soon attract people from the outside! If you are discovered—— caught by an onmyoji, you will die!"

Young Master White Fox looked down at her, blinked, and seemed a little unresponsive.

Qing Miao gritted her teeth, took Mr. White Fox's hand and ran towards the back door.

run away!run away!Run away before the people at the shrine find out!The girl dragged the nameless thing and ran into the darkness, in the wilderness!

It is said that the maiden who welcomes the visiting god at night is equivalent to marrying the bride of the god. I don't know if the girl has escaped from her destiny, or is she running towards it?

"so beautiful."

thought the man holding her hand.

Then let me sneak away the bride of God.

No, the person holding my hand is you, obviously... my bride.