The wronged female supporting role made a comeback with a divine reply

Chapter 122: Sacrifice to the River God

Ji Yuanda finally understood Bai Lin's intention: "Lord Bai cares about the people of Yuzhou. It is inconvenient for him to wait for the Ministry of Revenue to raise silver, so he set out first to provide disaster relief and use 200,000 taels of silver to buy food from the Sihai Chamber of Commerce. This is truly a noble act! We can all testify that when the disaster is alleviated, we will write to His Majesty and ask the Ministry of Revenue to honor this IOU!"

Everyone: "Yes, that's right, that's right, that's it!"

Bai Lin also nodded with satisfaction, the goal was achieved!

He had discussed this matter with Bai Zhaozhao, and Bai Zhaozhao's meaning was very clear. Whether the court would give the money in the end would probably depend on His Majesty's wishes, but we couldn't not ask for it, otherwise Bai Lin would be the one who would be sucked in by disaster relief in the future.

After seeing off the last county magistrate, it was already afternoon, but Magistrate Hu was still nowhere to be seen.

Ji Yuanda was not surprised and said, "The prefect is very worried about the water source. He sends people to guard the wells every day, fearing that something might go wrong."

Bai Lin nodded and was about to go back to rest when he saw Bai Zhaozhao coming to him with a happy look on his face.

"Brother, I found that the situation in this city is pretty good!"

Bai Lin chuckled: "I told you before, it's not as serious as you think."

Indeed, the city that Bai Zhaozhao saw was basically in a state of every household staying indoors. There were a few porridge stalls that distributed porridge regularly, and temporary residences were built on some open spaces. Although there were many victims, and their faces were full of worry, there was no despair, nor any evil. They basically trusted the officers and soldiers.

It was very different from the hell on earth with starving people everywhere described in the original novel, so Bai Zhaozhao was really happy. She didn't know if she was just touching herself, but the current situation was the result of her planning for half a year!

Ji Yuanda frowned slightly when he heard their conversation. What did the little girl mean by that? Did she think that everyone should wait to die in a drought?

"Master Ji, Master Ji!" An anxious voice came, and a yamen runner ran over and said, "Master Hu has been trapped by the villagers in Hekou Village!"

"What?" Ji Yuanda was shocked. "Where are the soldiers?"

The yamen runner replied, "The government soldiers had too many things to do. Lord Hu only went to clean up the river, so he didn't bring many people with him. Unexpectedly, the villagers actually captured him. We went to look for him because we didn't see he came back. We found him, but we can't save him. Please gather more people!"

"Okay, I'll mobilize the garrison troops right now to rescue Lord Hu!"

Bai Lin said: "Master Ji, let's go too!"

Ji Yuanda glanced at Bai Zhaozhao: "You guys?"

Bai Lin: "Well, my sister knows martial arts!"

Ji Yuanda:!!!

Soon, a group of people headed towards Hekou Village. On the way, Bai Lin and his friends also learned the cause of the incident.

It turns out that Hekou Village is the largest village around Yuzhou Prefecture, but the location is a little more remote. The villagers there and dozens of surrounding villages are very devout to the river god, so they hold sacrificial activities every year to pray for good weather and good harvests in the coming year.

Since one of the river mouths is in Hekou Village, the sacrificial activities are carried out there. It seems that there is nothing wrong with it, but their sacrifices are boys and girls!

Since taking office, Governor Hu has stopped them from sacrificing children every time, forcing them to use cattle and sheep instead.

Nothing serious had happened before, but now that drought has come, the land here has cracked, the seedlings in the fields have become yellow and fragile, and the riverbed has dried up, revealing the sand and dead fish and shrimp at the bottom of the river.

The priests and witches in Hekou Village spread the word about the sins of Magistrate Hu, believing that it was because of his obstruction that the river god became angry and sent down the drought as a punishment!

This time, they must successfully sacrifice ten times as many boys and girls in order to save millions of people!

Under this instigation, people from more than a dozen villages believed it, and they made full preparations. The ostensible sacrifices were pigs and sheep that everyone bought with their own money, but in fact they were secretly hidden by twenty children.

Even Prefect Hu didn't get any news of it until today when he went to clean up the river there. However, the crazy priest ordered people to arrest Prefect Hu and said that he would release him after the sacrifice was completed.

"How can this be absurd!" Bai Lin couldn't help but say, "How can these people be so ignorant? How can the gods want to take the lives of children?"

Ji Yuanda sighed and said, "It's not easy for Magistrate Hu!"

Bai Zhaozhao asked Bai Lin casually, "Brother, do you believe that there are gods in the world?"

Bai Lin was surprised and said, "I believe it! There are not only gods, but also masters like Guiyuan Zen Master, right? However, Zhao Zhao, you have to know that gods and Buddhas are all in temples or in heaven, not in our mortal world."

“Will they show up?”

"I don't know. Some unofficial histories have recorded it, but I think they may appear in spirit, but they won't reveal their true form."

"why?"

"Well, how should I put it? Zhao Zhao, if you saw a stone about to kill a nest of ants, would you take the stone away? Or would you turn into an ant and lead them to a safe place?"

Bai Zhaozhao was stunned for a moment. She thought that she would most likely walk away and do nothing, but there was also a small chance that she would be kind, so she replied: "I... take the stone away!"

"Isn't that right? But Zhao Zhao, you also need to know that this premise is that you know there is a stone. But under normal circumstances, if no one tells you, you won't look down, right?"

Bai Zhaozhao took a deep breath: "Yes!"

Indeed, although people in ancient times generally believed in gods and Buddhas, if someone really played the role of a god, there would still be people like Bai Lin who would question it, because why would one make a special trip for something that could be solved with a spell?

Oh, I’m so confused. Should I pretend to be this immortal?

Just as Bai Zhaozhao was daydreaming, they arrived at Hekou Village.

I saw a tall stone platform on the edge of the wide river in the distance, surrounded by a circle of stone steps, and a large number of villagers standing there.

A priest wearing a gray and white robe, a feather crown on his head, holding a staff, and chanting prayers appeared very pious, as if he was telling his prayers to God.

Twenty children, both boys and girls, were tied up in the middle of the stone platform. All of them had dazed expressions. Bai Zhaozhao knew at a glance that they must have been drugged.

Bai Lin said, "Master Ji, there must be very few people in the village at this time. You take people to find Magistrate Hu, and I will rescue the child."

"it is good!"

Ji Yuanda led a large group of men and quietly bypassed the gathered villagers and entered the village to search. Bai Lin led a dozen soldiers to approach the altar, and the villagers also discovered Bai Lin and his men.

"Oh no, soldiers are coming!"

"Quick, protect the altar!"

"Quick, priests, offer these sacrifices!"

"..."

After a moment of chaos, the priest on the stage shouted, "The prayer is over! Come, kill the sacrifice! Throw it into the river!"

"Let's see who dares!" After a loud shout, Bai Zhaozhao appeared on the altar, with her sword placed next to the priest's neck!