step on mountains and rivers

In the early morning, Tang Qingfeng and Li Zhenwu bid farewell to the city lord, and under Xiaochun's leadership, they walked towards Bungho City.

After walking for a day, they arrived at the gate of Bungo City near midnight.

Seeing that the city gate was closed, Xiaochun said to Tang Qingfeng:

"My lord, the gate of the city is closed. Let's rest outside for one night and then enter the city tomorrow."

"Yeah." Tang Qingfeng replied.

Everyone chose a spacious place by the city wall, and when they were resting, they only heard a creak, and the city gate slowly opened.

A group of people wearing ghost masks, wearing weird costumes, lined up in two rows, and slowly walked out of the city gate.

In the queue, four people with the appearance of hell devils walked among the crowd carrying a red sedan chair.A pair of gorgeously dressed children sat in the middle of the sedan chair.The child's face was all pale, with tears in his eyes, but he didn't dare to cry out.

The queue slowly walked past the three of them, and Tang Qingfeng looked away when he saw the queue leave.

Li Zhenwu looked at the queue going away, and said to Xiaochun in confusion:

"Xiao Chun, why are they dressed like this? Where are they taking the children?"

When Xiaochun saw the queue walking out, she was too shocked to speak.Hearing Li Zhenwu's inquiry at this time, he replied in a low voice:

"My lord, this, this is the Night Parade of Hundred Ghosts, and they are going to sacrifice to the Sea God."

"Sacrifice to the Sea God?" Li Zhenwu asked.

Xiaochun nodded and continued:

"Bungo City has always had the custom of offering sacrifices to the Sea God. They live by the sea, and the Sea God has always blessed them. So every spring, they will select boys and girls to worship the Sea God in exchange for a year's harvest."

"What?! Are those children used for sacrifice?!" Li Zhenwu asked in shock.

"Well, they throw their children into the sea and give them to the Sea God, and the Sea God will send them a bountiful supply of fish." Xiaochun replied.

Li Zhenwu fell silent after listening to Xiaochun's words.He really didn't expect that there are such foolish people in the world who do such foolish things.

After thinking for a while, he said to Xiaochun: "Xiaochun, do you know where they are going?"

Xiaochun heard Li Zhenwu's question, so he asked:

"My lord, what are you going to do?"

"Save people." Li Zhenwu said.

"My lord, you can't save people. If you disturb the priests, you will be thrown into the sea together to worship the sea god." Xiaochun panicked.

"Why are you panicking? Zhenwu is something they can throw at will." Tang Qingfeng calmly replied,

Then he looked at Li Zhenwu and said, "Zhenwu, let's go after him. I haven't seen Sea God yet. Let's go and see what he looks like?"

"Okay." Li Zhenwu nodded, and the two quickly chased in the direction the queue left.

Seeing the two chasing after them, Xiaochun reluctantly followed.

Tang Qingfeng and Li Zhenwu chased for a while, and then saw the team just now.The two followed closely behind them to the beach.

The team stopped on the cliff, and the leader looked behind him and ordered them to bring him up.After hearing this, the man with the appearance of a little ghost lifted up the sedan chair and placed it on the edge of the cliff.

After the leader saw it, he said silently to the cliff:

"God, the sacrifice has been brought to you, please come and enjoy it, and bring us a good year."

As he spoke, he looked at the sedan chair, and with a light push, the sedan chair quickly fell off the cliff with the child.

After Tang Qingfeng saw it, he said to Li Zhenwu:

"True martial arts."

"En." Li Zhenwu nodded, Tang Qingfeng jumped out, and when the children were about to fall into the sea, he smashed through the sedan chair and caught them out. jumped out of the sea.

The big fish opened its mouth wide, and with countless spear-like teeth, it rushed towards Tang Qingfeng with a strong stench.

Tang Qingfeng held the child and couldn't pull out his hand. Seeing the sharp teeth approaching quickly, he was about to use his strength to jump up, but his body was suddenly pulled away, and he flew upwards rapidly.

At the same time, a dark red sword energy flew out, brushed past him, and hit the sharp teeth of the big fish with a bang.

The sword energy hit the sharp teeth, smashing them into pieces, and the big fish fell back into the sea due to the huge force.

With a bang, a three-foot-high water splash flew up, and where it fell into the water, a large piece of scarlet slowly spread and floated into the distance.In the sea, the big fish disappeared.

When the big fish attacked, Li Zhenwu released the silk thread of internal force, quickly pulled Tang Qingfeng back to his side, and at the same time swung his epee, the sword energy rushed towards the big fish, knocking him into the sea.

He looked at the scarlet that disappeared into the distance, let go of the waist of the person who was holding him, and said softly to him:

"Brother Tang, you are not injured."

"No." Tang Qingfeng replied with a smile, letting go of the child in his hand.

The child, who had been stunned by fright for a long time, only woke up when he fell to the ground.

Looking at the person who rescued them, the child's inner defense collapsed, and he burst into tears.

Seeing this scene, Tang Qingfeng looked at the child helplessly, but didn't know how to comfort him.

Seeing the child crying, Li Zhenwu stepped forward and said softly:

"Don't be afraid, it's all right, the big fish has already escaped."

Hearing the big fish, the child remembered the horrible scene just now, and cried even more fiercely.

Li Zhenwu had no choice but to hold the child in his arms and comforted him softly:

"Don't be afraid, big brother is here, big brother will protect you, don't be afraid."

Hearing his soft comfort, the child felt the warmth in his arms, and the crying gradually stopped, sobbing softly in his arms.

He stroked the backs of the two children, and said softly: "Good boy, don't be afraid, don't be afraid anymore."

The child gradually calmed down as he listened to his soft soothing voice.

Tang Qingfeng looked at the gentle person in front of him, and memories suddenly rose from his heart, "At that time, you comforted me in the same way. But you didn't know that the unintentional gentleness was deeply embedded in your young heart."

Seeing the children calm down, Li Zhenwu let them go and got up.But Tang Qingfeng walked to his side with a heavy expression and said slowly:

"Zhenwu, I'm also very scared."

"Huh?" Li Zhenwu asked.

"Zhenwu, the monster rushed out suddenly, it really scared me." Tang Qingfeng looked at Li Zhenwu and replied seriously.

"........." Li Zhenwu was speechless.

When a child heard Tang Qingfeng's words, he trembled and said in surprise:

"Big brother, what this brother said is true, that monster's mouth is full of sharp teeth, it's too scary."

"Yeah, big brother, it almost bit my brother, my brother is so pitiful, he must have been frightened, you hug him quickly." Another child looked at the poor Tang Qingfeng, and said with patience.

Listening to the child's words, Li Zhenwu couldn't help but look at the pitiful eyes of the person in front of him.

He looked at Tang Qingfeng, gently stretched out his arms to wrap him in his arms, and said softly:

"Brother Tang, are you okay?"

Tang Qingfeng wrapped his arms around his waist, hugged him tightly, and whispered in his ear:

"Zhenwu, I'm fine, I just want to hug you."

"........." Li Zhenwu listened to Tang Qingfeng's answer, his ears were flushed, and he was speechless for a while.

Looking at the smiling Tang Qingfeng and the silent Li Zhenwu, the child suddenly became a little confused.

At this moment, the leader of the sacrificial priest came with his troops and quickly surrounded the two of them.

Seeing the sacrificial person coming, Li Zhenwu pushed Tang Qingfeng's arm.Tang Qingfeng let him go very reluctantly, and turned to look at the person who came, with an angry expression on his face.

He looked at the leader of the sacrificial priest and said angrily:

"It's really time for you to come."

The leader of the sacrifice looked at the displeased Tang Qingfeng, and was even more displeased with what he had done, so he said angrily:

"How dare you disturb the priests!" Come, take them down!Throw it down to sacrifice to the Sea God! ! "

After he finished speaking, the crowd was ready to move, but they didn't dare to rush forward.

Tang Qingfeng looked at the crowd in front of him, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said in a low and cold voice:

"Oh? Do you want to do it?"

As he spoke, he flipped open the folding fan and looked at the crowd indifferently.

Seeing Tang Qingfeng's actions, the chief priest looked at him in horror.This person, looking at their eyes, is extremely cold.He looked at the crowd as if he was looking at a group of ants, as if he could kill them all with a light pinch of his fingers.

Seeing that Tang Qingfeng was about to make a move, Li Zhenwu quickly stopped him and said, "Brother Tang, don't be impulsive."

"Okay." Tang Qingfeng replied with a smile, put away the folding fan and put it back on his waist.

The leader of the sacrifice was stunned by Tang Qingfeng's aura, and was stunned for a moment. Seeing him smiling and retracting the folding fan, he felt a little relieved, even though the smile was not directed at them.

He looked at Tang Qingfeng carefully and asked:

"Who are you, why are you messing with our sacrifice?"

Tang Qingfeng glanced at him and said slowly:

"We are the Great Onmyoji from the Great Zhou. We came to Yingzhou to slay monsters. I heard that you have a sea god here. Let's stop by and have a look."

After hearing his words, the leader of the priest was a little disbelieving:

"How do you prove that what you say is true?"

Tang Qingfeng glanced at him, pulled out his folding fan and waved it lightly, a qi blade flew out, and with a bang, it instantly smashed the three-foot-high mountain rock in the distance into powder.

Seeing this scene, the crowd was shocked and knelt down.The leader of the sacrifice knelt down in horror and said:

"Master Onmyoji, we have eyes but no eyes, and almost bumped into you, please forgive me."

Tang Qingfeng glanced at him, and said calmly:

"You can't hit me, what's the matter with Sea God?"

Hearing his inquiry, the leader of the sacrifice quickly explained:

"My lord, the Sea God is a big fish guarding the ferry. Only when he is fed can we go fishing safely."

"Oh? Do you know it's a monster?" Tang Qingfeng asked.

"Well, it's an ancient monster that lived on this coast. It woke up for some unknown reason more than ten years ago, blocked the coast to attack fishing boats, and killed many people. It wasn't until the old witch proposed to sacrifice to the sea god that it calmed down. .” The leader returned.

Tang Qingfeng listened to his answer and asked casually:

"That's the case, why not kill it? Instead, use children as sacrifices?"

"My lord, the big fish is ferocious and cunning, we have no way to kill it, we can only sacrifice it." The leader of the sacrifice said.

"You are cowardly, but you let the children die. This is a wishful thinking, and it is really well done." Tang Qingfeng said coldly.

"Master Onmyoji..." The leader of the priest looked at Tang Qingfeng in silence for a moment, then said slowly:

"Not everyone is like an adult. With such high force, if we can, we don't want to send children to sacrifice."

After listening to him, Tang Qingfeng glanced at him and then retracted his gaze and said:

"Get up, I'll take care of this."

Hearing what he said, the leader of the priest got up with a happy face and said:

"Master Onmyoji, do you want to help us?"

Tang Qingfeng nodded and said, "Go back first, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

"Okay, okay, my lord, please follow me." The leader of the sacrifice said and led Tang Qingfeng and Li Zhenwu towards Bungho City.

Seeing this, Xiao Chun, who was hiding in the bushes to check the situation, immediately walked out of the bushes, and followed behind Tang Qingfeng swaggeringly.