Gold sale

Su Ji blinked and turned his eyes away from the task panel in front of him.

Suddenly, the surrounding environment changed.

This appears to be a study.Bogu racks, carved window lattices, and the entire room are furnished in an antique style, resembling the filming locations of some ancient TV dramas.And he was sitting alone in front of the table at the moment, and the rest of his companions were gone.

Guessing it was the plot setting of the dungeon, Su Ji didn't persistently look for other people but carefully looked at the things around him.

In front of him, there was an ancient thread-bound book spread out on the red sandalwood table full of the four treasures of the study, perhaps because of the age, the paper of the book was a little yellowed.

Su Ji picked up the thread-bound ancient book, turned to the cover, and looked.

I saw four words faintly written on the somewhat cracked cover-mysterious strange tales.

Mysterious Strange Tales... Isn't that the name of the copy?

Moreover, this title looks too similar to strange novels such as "Xuanguailu", "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio", and "Notes from Yuewei Thatched Cottage", right?

Su Ji carefully looked at the cover again, and couldn't help thinking: Maybe this copy is actually a novel?

With doubts in his heart, Su Ji opened the "Mysterious and Strange Tales" in front of him.On the title page, two beautiful lowercase characters came into view - Jihe.

Sacrificial to the river?

What's the meaning?Novel title?

But isn't the title page usually the author's preface?

[Player "Su Ji" triggers the first episode of "River of Sacrifice" in the special copy of "Mysterious Strange Story"]

[Mission reminder: "Mysterious and Strange Tales" is a medium-length suspenseful strange novel composed of three stories.Players need to unlock all the plots of "River of Sacrifice" to enter the next story.There may be a connection between the stories. After passing through the three stories, the player needs to deduce the truth.Rewards will be distributed according to the progress of truth derivation after the task is over. 】

Looking at the introduction in front of him, Su Ji was startled, and before he had time to react, a white light flashed from the book in front of him.His eyes blurred and he lost consciousness immediately.

After waking up again, Su Ji was in a leaky thatched hut.

Looking down at the gray sackcloth on his body and the slightly damp pile of straw under his buttocks, Su Ji's face was covered with black lines.

This environment is completely different from the elegant study just now.

At this time, footsteps suddenly came from outside the house.

Accompanied by a "squeak -" sound, the old wooden door in front of me was pushed open.Two women walked in from outside talking and laughing.

These two women are one tall and one short, one year older and one younger.Look dressed like ancient people.

The tall one was a middle-aged woman with high cheekbones, sallow skin, and a shrewd look.The short one was about sixteen or seventeen years old, and his facial features looked six to seven points similar to that of this middle-aged woman, but his face was rounder.

Although the clothes of the two were made of ordinary cotton cloth, they were much better than the torn linen clothes worn by Su Ji.

Is it possible that I am a long-term worker in their family?

But how could ordinary people like them support long-term workers?

An unrealistic guess flashed through his mind, Su Ji immediately shook his head in denial.

Because he didn't know the relationship between his current identity and these two people, he couldn't speak first for a while, so he could only sit quietly and observe silently.

Although Su Ji wanted to keep a low profile, the two NPCs didn't seem to give him this chance.

Seeing Su Ji, the woman with high cheekbones turned serious, "It's already high in the sun and I'm still sleeping here."

On the side, the girl who was quite similar to a woman came over with a bamboo basket, her expression impatient: "Get up!"

After experiencing several worlds, this is the first time for Su Ji to encounter such an unfriendly NPC.Although surprised, he stood up obediently.

The girl took a dustpan from the corner of the room, put it directly on the pile of straw where he was lying on, and then took out the tofu from the bamboo basket and spread it on the dustpan.

It was only then that Su Ji discovered that the broken thatched hut he was lying in was actually a tool room, and there were at least dozens of dustpans of similar size placed on a shelf not far away.The dustpan is full of such small pieces of tofu.

Unlike the tofu that this girl is drying, the tofu in other dustpans are all printed with the word "囍" in red paint.

Su Ji has seen wedding cakes with the word "囍" printed on the cake, but he has never seen Xi tofu with the word "囍" printed on the tofu.For a while, I only felt novelty and couldn't help but look more brightly.

But who would have thought that such an approach would give the middle-aged woman a chance to attack: "What are you doing here in a daze? Don't go to work! Do you have to tell me before you will move?"

Su Ji: "..."

Even if you want to order him to work, you have to tell him what to do, right?If you don't give him the memory of his original body, and don't say what kind of job he is doing, do you think he is a fairy?

As if hearing Su Ji's internal complaints, the middle-aged woman continued to chatter——

"Why are you still dawdling there? Hurry up and grind the pile of beans in the kitchen! There are less than three days to sacrifice to the river god. Can you bear the delay?"

"Mother, you are wrong in saying that. Maybe he just wants to delay the time on purpose."

On the side, the girl who was drying the tofu heard it and sneered, "After all, no one in the whole village knows that he likes Feng Wan'er."

Hearing this, the middle-aged woman sneered: "What's the use of liking? Does Feng Wan'er like him? No matter how poor she is, her father is also a scholar. What's the matter with him?"

"Besides, she is about to become the new wife of the Lord River God. How can she look up to such a poor boy who eats delicious food and drinks spicy food every day by the River God's side."

"Isn't it?"

As she said that, the round-faced girl gave Su Ji a sideways look, and said meanly: "An orphan who can't read a single word still wants to eat swan meat. Tsk tsk, don't pee and look in the mirror."

"If you want me to say that you shouldn't have adopted him in the first place, it was your father who insisted on taking him over. In the end, he was fine, and he left first, leaving the burden to us. Not to mention the food and drink, he can't even do the work well... "

Although being ridiculed by the mother and daughter in front of him, Su Ji couldn't feel any resentment at all.

Because through the conversation between the two, he pieced together several clues.

His current identity is an orphan living in the home of the mother and daughter.Judging from what they said just now, the middle-aged woman should be his aunt, and the round-faced girl should be his cousin.

In addition, this village also has the habit of offering sacrifices to the river god.

Three days later, the sacrifice to the river god began.

And Feng Wan'er, the scholar's daughter whom he has a crush on, will "marry" to the River God.

If this were normal, Su Ji would definitely think that offering sacrifices to the river god was a feudal superstition.But here is a copy of the game with a strange background, so it is not surprising that anything appears.

I don't know if it's a real river god, but there are nine out of ten things in this river.

After combing through the known information, Su Ji has two guesses about how to advance the plot next——

[-]. Save Feng Waner.

[-]. Find out why the people sacrificed to the river god, and what is in the river.

After clarifying his thoughts, Su Ji lowered his head, pretended to be shocked and left the room.A woman's angry voice came from behind: "You can't eat until the beans are finished!"

Ignoring the woman's yelling, Su Ji paced towards the kitchen. After staying away from the NPC's sight, he then slipped out of the courtyard gate.

Walking forward along the path outside the courtyard, after a while, Su Ji saw a big river.

The river was so wide that it couldn't see its edge, it was black and dense, and it was bottomless.On the bank of the river not far away, seven or eight craftsmen built an altar there, as if they were preparing for the next river sacrifice ceremony.

Everyone's face is beaming.

It is obviously an ordinary-looking picture, but Su Ji feels oppressed for no reason.

Suddenly, someone patted Su Ji's right shoulder.He turned his head suspiciously, and saw a simple and honest face looking at him worriedly.

"Chicken, are you alright?"

Su Ji: "..."

Chicken brother... what the hell is this called?

Rao was as calm as he could not help but twitch the corners of his mouth for such a title.

Although Su Ji didn't respond, the square-faced and honest young man in front of him didn't seem to care.I saw him put on the expression of a person who came here and said: "Brother Chicken, you don't need to say it. Brother, I understand everything."

Su Ji:? ? ?

you know?What do you understand?

"Brother knows that you are suffering, but this girl from the Feng family is going to marry the God of the River. I advise you to stop thinking about it as soon as possible! How about an old saying? Where is the end of the world... what flower... "

"..." Su Ji: "It's 'Where there is no fragrant grass in the end of the world, why bother to fall in love with a single flower.'"

The simple and honest man patted his thigh, "Yes, yes, yes! This is it!" As he said that, he winked at Su Ji and said, "Okay, brother chicken, I can even recite poems after a few days."

Su Ji: "..."

Although a little speechless, Su Ji still cooperated with entering the role and said: "It's easy for you to say, but how can this person forget so easily?"

As he said that, he lowered his eyelashes and made a unwilling expression, "Why...why is she..."

"Hey! This is fate. Who asked the River God to call her by name?" Saying this, the simple and honest man patted Su Ji on the shoulder, and continued to comfort him: "Brother Chicken, don't think too much..."

"The God of the River called her personally?" Su Ji frowned, "How do you know?"

Su Ji's sudden question stunned the man, "How do I know? Brother Chicken, are you mad? Everyone in the village saw that the God of the River took a fancy to the girl from the Feng family that day."

Did the whole village see it?

Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Su Ji immediately raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, pretending to be in a daze with a headache, "I've been in a daze these days, and my brain has become not very good. What happened that day I don’t even remember clearly. Just tell me.”

Although Su Ji's excuse was full of loopholes, the simple and honest man in front of him didn't doubt it.He lowered his voice and said: "On that day, the sorceress Liu Pozi burned incense on the bank to convey the will of the Lord River God. Then, the Lord River God went to her and said that he wanted Feng Wan'er to be his new wife. You are so serious I heard it all."

"..." Isn't this feudal superstition?

Resisting the urge to complain, Su Ji continued to listen to the man say: "Feng Wan'er was chosen to sacrifice to the river god, and his father fell ill immediately. At that time, he cried and asked the river god to take back his life, but the river god Just bite the bullet tightly."

As he said that, the man sighed, and sighed: "Actually, it's pitiful to look at. She's quite old, and there's only such a girl, and now there's no one who will take care of her for retirement."

Su Ji lowered his eyes, "Is there really... no other way?"

"There is no way. It's fate for this girl to be chosen by the God of the River."

The simple and honest man sighed and said in a deep voice: "And don't forget, if we don't sacrifice to the river god, the whole village will suffer!"

Hearing this, Su Ji suddenly raised his head, "Will the whole village suffer?"

"correct."

The simple and honest man nodded, "Brother Chicken, don't you remember? When I was a child, the village sacrificed to the river god and let the bride run away. In the six months after that, people in the village often drowned for no reason. Later, Mrs. Liu said to find a new bride." Send it down, and this will settle the matter."

Seeing Su Ji's complex eyes, the simple and honest man said: "Brother Chicken, don't think about it too much, the girl from the Feng family is doing good deeds and accumulating virtue."

Hearing this, Su Ji lowered his head, curled his lips and sneered.

Do good deeds?

It is not certain whether it is doing good deeds and accumulating virtue, or someone intentionally killing people.

作者有话要说：感谢在2021-12-1100:00:00~2021-12-1723:59:59期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: 2 Zhiyu;

感谢灌溉营养液的小天使：贪吃贪睡的猫猫17瓶；嘘！千万别回头5瓶；4号4瓶；长离、塔布1瓶；

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!