After being forced to debut in metaphysics, I became popular

Jiang Yanran's questioning was like a trap, wrapped in a beautiful smile and a harmless girly shell, but inside was a gloomy malice, who picked the opportunity to eat, and only the dripping and rolling flesh would make her smile again. stand up.

But Yan Shixun's answer was beyond her expectation.

She fell silent, and only let Yan Shixun look around in the yard by herself, neither stopping nor persuading, just staring at Yan Shixun with those bright and beautiful eyes, as if observing him, thinking Recognize his authenticity in his actions.

When Yan Shixun was exploring the happy family, Jiang Yanran was also exploring him.

When he was outside the yard before, Yan Shixun vaguely saw things piled up on the ground of the yard, tied with red cloth, which should be the dowry of the newlyweds.

But after walking into the yard, Yan Shixun realized that the items on the ground were not the daily necessities usually prepared for newlyweds, nor were they expensive and valuable items, but some wooden boxes with messy knots on them. There is still a red cloth with raw edges, and it is impossible to see what is inside.

And none of the mothers-in-law and daughter-in-law guarded these things, or like what would be seen at ordinary weddings, many people would discuss what good things were in the dowry and betrothal gifts brought out by both parties at the wedding.

It's like these wooden boxes on the ground, there is no need for guards, and there is no place for discussion.

Not only did they surround the yard and the door of the house, but even by the windows on the side and back of the house, there were several people standing there, smiling happily and congratulating the house loudly.

The sound of joy is louder than the sound, the suona is high-pitched and shrill, joyful and sad at the same time.

A musician in a red dress with a white cloth tied around his waist raised his head and blew the suona hard until his face turned pale and his eyes were dull.

Those who beat the drums, those who raised the gong... The musicians leaned forward and back together in exaggerated movements, with a constant warm smile on their faces, and the two blushes were beaming with joy.

Only the house where the bride was staying was silent all the time, neither the voice of the bride nor the laughter of friends in the bride's boudoir could be heard.

Only the congratulations of the villagers flooded the entire small courtyard.

This is not the first time Yan Shixun has seen a married woman in the village.

When he traveled around with his master Li Chengyun, he saw happy events in the village more than once.

But that was different from what he saw now.

Although the families that Yan Shixun met in the past were rich and poor, there were not all those who didn't like their daughters.But on the day of the daughter's marriage, parents, relatives and friends will celebrate her daughter by her side. Even the strictest father will look at his daughter who is about to leave home to marry with melancholy and emotion in his eyes.

The blessings and excitement are real, and the dowry prepared by parents, relatives and friends for the newlywed mother is also as close as possible to her daughter's life, wanting to let her live well and make her suffer less.

But in this small courtyard, Yan Shixun did not see such a scene.

There was only the cold sound of congratulations, abruptly tearing apart the deathly silence in the village.

But just because no one was guarding it, it was convenient for Yan Shixun to check those boxes and find out.

Yan Shixun is very tall, more than 1.8 meters tall, so even if he squats down, it will not hinder him from holding Jiang Yanran with the other hand.

He stretched out his other free palm, and nimbly removed the red cloth from the wooden boxes on the ground.The slender fingers were interspersed between the red cloth strips, perhaps because the cloth was cheap, it stained a little red on his skin.

The dots of red set off his beautiful and well-defined fingers, like blood splattered up, but it doesn't look weird, but reveals the beauty of absolute power, which makes people attracted uncontrollably but fearful.

Jiang Yanran was also attracted, and couldn't help lowering her head to look at Yan Shixun's behavior, watching him lift the lid of the wooden box neatly.

The girl's face changed slightly, with some unnatural distortions.

And Yan Shixun, holding on to the lid of the wooden box, also froze in place.

The wooden box was not a dowry at all, but a box of stones.

The family who married a daughter did not prepare even a little dowry for the new bride!

The sound of gongs and drums coming from around him brought Yan Shixun back to his senses, and he quickly came back to his senses. After putting down the lid of the wooden box, it was too late to tie up the red cloth again, so he hurried to check the other boxes next to him.

Rocks, rocks, rocks, rocks...

The whole wooden box stacked in the dowry, nothing valuable or practical.

Is it because the bride's parents and elders don't like her, or do they think there is no need to prepare?

However, when Yan Shixun turned to look at the dowry brought in from the outside, those black-painted wooden boxes were neatly stacked next to a well in the center of the yard. The wooden boxes were all square, with golden lacquer patterns printed on them. , looks magnificent and expensive, not something ordinary people can have.

It seems that Jiang Yanran was right when she asked him just now, the status of the bride is ordinary, but the status of the groom is not.Those villagers and even the musicians who were invited to play music appeared here because of the bridegroom.

Yan Shixun straightened up slowly, and asked in a low voice to Jiang Yanran beside him, "Who is the bridegroom officer...?"

Jiang Yanran blinked her eyes, looked away from Yan Shixun's fingers, looked at him with a smile, and said, "I want to know the bridegroom so anxiously, good man Yan Shixun, do you hate marrying?"

"Do you also want to wear a wedding dress and a phoenix crown, and once the Xipa falls on the sedan chair, you want to marry your bridegroom?"

Yan Shixun raised his eyebrows, and didn't follow Jiang Yanran's words, but asked instead: "You asked me before, is it possible that the high status of the groom's official makes this place so lively. Now I think, The answer is yes."

"In the village, those who can be called high-status are nothing more than the patriarch, Zong Lao. But just now I heard from the older wife over there that the bride was originally married to the son of Zong's family, but she was replaced by her older sister. Married to the current bridegroom, even Zong Lao can't grab it. In the village, the status higher than Zong Lao is nothing more than the patriarch, and..."

Yan Shixun's tone paused, his voice was cold and cold: "The existence that the clan regards as a blessing to them, the god of the land."

When chatting with Yang Tu before, Yan Shixun seemed to have inadvertently asked Yang Tu a lot about Jiazifen Village.

Because when looking down from the mountain, you can clearly see that the entire village is close to the foot of Moon Mountain, and the houses at the foot of the mountain are the most densely populated, but the closer you get to Moon Creek, the sparser it is, with few families.

But generally in places where there is water, because the previous technology was underdeveloped and the water could not be transported too far, and considering the convenience of life, it generally develops around the vicinity of water.

But Jiazi Grave Village did the opposite.

So Yan Shixun also asked Yang Tu why Jiazifen Village didn't develop around Moon Creek.

At that time, Yang Tu told Yan Shixun that at the foot of the Moon Mountain, there was the ancestral hall of the Yang clan and the Temple of Earth enshrined by the clan.

Whether it is Jiazifen Village or Jiacun Village, they all firmly believe in the theory of ghosts and gods.

Not only to the people in the clan, it is used to say that there are ancestors entrusting dreams, but also to claim that the patriarchs of all generations were selected by the land god. Only in this way will the Yang clan be protected by the land god.And I also believe in and respect those Fengshui masters to the outside world, and I will invite Fengshui masters to look at the village for any important decisions.

The clan's ancestral halls and earth temples will be built at the foot of the mountain, because the Fengshui master hired more than 100 years ago said that the Fengshui here is the best, and it can be linked to the mountains of Moon Mountain, absorbing power from Moon Mountain, and feeding back the Yang clan.In this way, the descendants of Yang's clan will be able to continue, and the wealth will continue.

In order to get some good feng shui, the patriarchs and clan elders also built houses close to the ancestral hall and the earth temple. It can be said that all the high-status people in the village live at the foot of Moon Mountain.Therefore, it will present the appearance that Yan Shixun saw, with many people on one side and sparse on the other.

So when he just heard the conversations of those mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the identity of the groom's officer was ready to be revealed.

What the bride wants to marry is not a person.

is God.

man-made god.

"The bride-to-be is going to marry the land god, right?"

How can a man marry God?To live a life of celibacy in the temple, or to be sent by those celebrating to the place where they think the god is?

Yan Shixun's eyes were firm and gloomy, and the anger dyed in them made his eyes sharp and bright.

It is a brilliant light that can burn ghosts and gods.

What Jiang Yanran originally wanted to say casually got stuck in her mouth.Looking up at Yan Shixun's eyes, she vaguely recalled the memories from a long time ago.

It seems that at that time, among the noisy and disputing crowd, there was also a young man in uniform with something similar to Yan Shixun's eyes.

what is it then?

who is coming...

She remembered that look for a long time, but after all, she was defeated by the long time and painstaking efforts, so she forgot.

Jiang Yanran didn't stay in a daze for too long, she quickly regained her composure, and her originally confused eyes regained focus.

"Why did you ask me?" The girl smiled and said, "Isn't the answer right in front of you?"

Yan Shixun was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized that this was the answer Jiang Yanran gave him.

He pulled Jiang Yanran and strode towards the pile of wooden boxes next to the well in the middle of the yard. The muscles in his arms tightened instantly, and he lifted the heavy wooden box lid with one hand, making a muffled sound.

Then he saw that the wooden box was filled with withered grass, and in the center was an old incense burner, which still had a lot of incense ash accumulated over the years.

Will this kind of thing be placed in the dowry gift in ordinary weddings?

Yan Shixun didn't stop, just glanced at the incense burner, and immediately went to open another one.

However, it is still something that will be used during sacrifices.

Fa bells, golden gui...

The dozen or so boxes that looked huge, actually contained nothing practical or valuable, only sacrificial utensils.

Yan Shixun's heart sank.

Jiang Yanran's attitude and even her behavior of guiding herself to check these dowry wooden boxes was already indirectly telling him——

You guessed it right, the newlyweds are marrying the land god.

"The bride cried and married, kneeling down to worship her parents, from now on a road leading to heaven, no more suffering in the world, a good marriage..."

Jiang Yanran hummed softly following the melody of the suona.The lyrics are in tune with the suona, and each sound is louder and louder, as if to break through the sky and leave the village surrounded by mountains.

"Yan Shixun~"

Taking advantage of Yan Shixun's astonishment, Jiang Yanran stretched out her hand and pushed, and said with a clever smile, "You should go."

The palm that fell on Yan Shixun's body was slender and white, so cold that it made people shiver.

And because of Yan Shixun's momentary loss of focus, he couldn't react immediately. When he stretched out his hand again to hold Jiang Yanran again, he only felt that what he was holding was a fish that he couldn't catch. slipped from his palm.

Yan Shixun staggered a few steps back and got away from Jiang Yanran.

At this moment, all the villagers who were still laughing and whistling a moment ago stopped their movements, the smiles on their faces disappeared in an instant, and they turned their heads in unison to look at Yan Shixun in the middle of the yard.

The small courtyard, which was still lively just now, instantly turned into deathly silence.

Those villagers, mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law were as pale as paper, with two spots of red on their cheeks, and their eyes were hollow and stern.The expression on everyone's face is exactly the same, even the angle of turning their heads is exactly the same.

In an instant, dozens of hundreds of pairs of eyes looked at Yan Shixun in unison, staring at him firmly, their eyes were empty and their complexion was stiff.

And Jiang Yanran stood among them, the only one alive.

"Yan Shixun, you are an outsider, you should return to your own life. Don't force yourself to stay here."

When Jiang Yanran smiled with her hands behind her back, her head tilted, her expression was lively, but her gaze was as dark as twilight, with a calmness that didn't match her age.

"The bride is going to cry for marriage, so how can an outsider be there? It's better not to ruin the auspicious time."

Jiang Yanran murmured, not knowing who she was talking to.

The next moment, all the villagers who had stopped in place seemed to have life again, with their empty eyes open, their limbs stiffened, they walked towards Yan Shixun from all directions, and stretched out their hands to grab him.

Yan Shixun's eyes sharpened, and he jumped up immediately without the slightest hesitation. His slender body turned a full circle in the air, passed directly over the villagers, and landed firmly behind them.

The villagers who lost Yan Shixun's figure in their field of vision opened their empty eyes and looked around blankly.But the villagers on the opposite side saw Yan Shixun, and immediately bared their fangs and claws with ferocious expressions, and wanted to rush at Yan Shixun, but they stiffly threw themselves on the villagers in front of Yan Shixun, throwing them to the ground.

Yan Shixun kept jumping up and rubbing his body, nimbly dodging all the villagers who wanted to rush towards him, and finally forcibly opened a winding road in the crowded courtyard, and retreated directly to the gate of the small courtyard.

Immediately, these villagers who had been repeatedly teased by Yan Shixun lost their positions, flung themselves into a ball, fell to the ground but didn't know to get up, and mechanically bit the villagers they caught in their hands.And the villagers on the opposite side were not to be outdone, they scuffled together with teeth and claws.

Another villager who wanted to rush out of the yard tripped over a villager who had already fallen under his feet and fell on those people on the ground.

Strips of red cloth flew around, like blood splattered everywhere.

The eyes of the villagers were bloodshot, and they only knew to bite each other with their mouths wide open, and their palms were tightly pinched on each other's necks.

They no longer look like humans, but rather like beasts that have long lost their reason.

There was chaos on the ground.

After avoiding the crisis, Yan Shixun took a breath and looked up at Jiang Yanran again.

She stood in the chaos of blood flying everywhere, but turned a blind eye to it, just passed those people and looked at Yan Shixun.

"Don't come back again, Yan Shixun, forget everything you saw today. Curiosity, if you are satisfied, it will stop here."

All the smiles and expressions disappeared from Jiang Yanran's face, the freshness faded from her body, becoming cold and emotionless.

Jiang Yanran's voice was very soft, as if it would be blown away by the mountain wind.

"No matter what you hear after you go back, don't come out. Get a good night's sleep and leave tomorrow. It must be before sunset tomorrow..."

Yan Shixun tried hard to hear what Jiang Yanran said, but her voice became weaker and weaker in his ears, as if it was separated by a layer of frosted glass.

And the scenery in front of him also became chaotic, like a stone falling into the water, and the ripples blurred all the scenes.

Yan Shixun's eyes hurt from the blood-red spots in front of him, he closed his eyes subconsciously and turned his head away.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself standing behind the corner where he hid at first.

The blood-red fallen leaves fell on his shoulders, and against the black shirt, it looked like blood splattered.

The surroundings were quiet, except for the sound of the wind blowing the leaves, there was no noise at all.

Whether it is the sound of suona or the congratulatory laughter of the villagers.Or was it the sound of them tearing each other up with grim faces...

All disappeared.

Yan Shixun subconsciously looked behind him, looked around, but did not see Jiang Yanran.

There was only a middle-aged man walking by with his head in his pocket, looking at Yan Shixun standing at the corner of the village house inexplicably, with surprise in his eyes, as if he thought Yan Shixun's behavior standing here was very strange.

Yan Shixun paused, and immediately stepped forward to grab the middle-aged villager, and asked him if there was a happy event next to him, what was the name of that family, and what was the situation.

The middle-aged villager was reluctant at first, and wanted to yell at Yan Shixun.

However, when Yan Shixun raised his clenched fist, the muscles on his arms stretched inch by inch, and he seemed to be powerful enough to persuade others, the middle-aged villager still shrank his shoulders and listened to Yan Shixun's words in submission. question.

"What happy event? Are you crazy?"

The middle-aged man looked at Yan Shixun with an absurd look: "It's hard to get rid of a girl, just send it over, why not hire a music team? Which family would do that? And there are no girls in the village for a long time. Baby, since many years ago, our village has been blessed by the land god and the patriarch, and only males have been added, how can someone marry a daughter?"

"Besides, the houses around here have been deserted and unoccupied since the death of the old mother and wife, and the death of the new wife and son Yang Laosan. Usually we all dislike the filth here, and there is no one there. Let’s go here. It’s impossible for a lot of people to gather here like you said.”

Yan Shixun, who did not expect to get such an answer, was slightly taken aback.

And the middle-aged villager quickly took advantage of this short period of time, glanced at Yan Shixun nervously, and ran away immediately after realizing that he hadn't noticed him.

Yan Shixun raised his arms and slowly lowered them. After standing there for a while, he turned around and walked out from the corner where he was originally hiding.

What unfolded in front of him was a narrow road that had been overgrown with weeds and moss and had been abandoned for a long time.

The weeds were as tall as a person, covering the road leading to the same dilapidated village house inside.

It seems that the middle-aged villager didn't lie to him just now, and no one has traveled this road for a long time.Even the village house has been half-collapsed due to years of disrepair, the bricks and tiles are falling off, and the yard is dilapidated.

As for what Yan Shixun had seen before, the beaming villagers gathered on the village road and in the yard, the wooden boxes tied with red cloth piled up in the yard, and the musicians who played and played, were nowhere to be seen.

It seemed that everything he saw just now was Yan Shixun's fantasy.

Yan Shixun remained silent for a long time, Jiang Yanran's voice seemed to be still echoing in his ears, telling him not to come any closer.

But the problem is-

Ever since he entered Jiazifen Village, he had never felt the existence of the God of Earth on this land.The avenue of heaven and earth collapsed, and countless gods declined and died. Even the land god here has long since disappeared, and there is not even a trace of breath left.

So, where did the girl who married the land god go?

Why did Jiang Yanran keep reminding him not to let him approach?