Gourmets of the Heavens - Chapter 858: Human Sacrifice

At the end of the Huaihe River, there are many beaches, but it also happens to be the place where businessmen come and go, extending in all directions.

It can go to several state roads, and the southeast, north, and west are prosperous. Relying on this, a town with a large number of people has been established at the mouth of the Huaihe River.

Businessmen who travel all year round live here, which also makes the local area more prosperous.

Over time, this place was also called Huaikou.

However, in the past few days, Huaikou, which was originally lively, has also become deserted, and it does not look like a treaty port in the past.

On the waterways extending in all directions, even a fishing boat in motion cannot be seen.

It simply amazed the merchants who came from the waterway behind.

And those merchants stranded in Huaikou also crowded the originally small town to the brim.

Almost even the outer circle is fully occupied, and even some mud houses in the suburbs that have not been fully built are also occupied.

Either herding livestock, or displaying all kinds of goods.

It’s just that even if the crowd is dense, the people in the entire town port are still lifeless, without any vitality.

Except for the noise, there is no trace of anger at all.

After all, if this delay continues and the waterway cannot be opened, those businessmen who have suppressed their wealth will really have no chance.

But thinking of the weird situation that happened in the past few days, no matter how desperate people are, they don’t want to try whether they can go on the road.

Those who can go have gone and the rest, but there is no other way.

“Otherwise, we’ll chip in the money? Listen to that sorceress.”

One looked like a simple pergola that had just been built. Several businessmen were panting and staring at each other, their faces full of anxious and helpless bitterness.

“Hey, do you believe what the sorceress said nonsense?”

“I think that guy is crazy. If he collects money and does something that doesn’t allow the waterway to open smoothly, it will not be that simple at that time!”

“You want to go to the government to go to jail??”

The person whose face was already darkened by worry made a suggestion, but was immediately refuted by another person.

“Then what can you do? Wait here?”

“In a few days, if I don’t have to go to the waterway to try my life, my goods will be rotten. This time, I put my head on my head and came back from the desert. I broke through that place. I didn’t expect He was actually blocked at the mouth of the Huaihe River!”

“Those goods are all my net worth!”

“If I can’t sell those things, I might as well die!!”

These words immediately made the other people who were already worried even more dissatisfied, especially the one who refuted him before, couldn’t help but sneer.

“Why don’t you die? Then let me see if you die now. You just go straight to the river and don’t need to be sacrificed. As long as you dare to die, I promise to help you sell all the goods, intact or even add 30% For your family.”

“How about it?”

I saw the guy who was facing the dark face humming a few words.

“Do you want to try it?”

That guy who was already extremely depressed, how could he hear such sarcasm from others.

Immediately stood up, and was about to fight with the person who spoke, but saw the man sitting aside, occupying a wooden bench by himself, patted the table.

“Why are you arguing? It’s useful if you are arguing? Can you solve this trouble? We are all from the same town, and we should take care of other people’s difficulties when we go out!”

“If you can’t speak, just say a few words!”

Wearing silk and satin, his demeanor is different from other people’s at first glance. A pair of tricks on his weather-beaten face are called shining. When he saw the guy with a bad mouth, he couldn’t help but lower his head. .

“Don’t worry, this matter will come to fruition within two days. The managers of several other chambers of commerce have gathered together to discuss it.”

“It’s not possible.”

The man’s voice paused.

“Then there is no other way!”

“It takes ten days and a half months for the government to send people to the Taoist temple. The local Taoist priest went to take a look, but didn’t dare to say a word, so he reported it directly. Unfortunately, there have been many strange things in the waterway recently. Very soon, all the Taoist masters from Huainan Road have been dispatched.”

“We have to wait for someone to come. I guess it will take half a month. Let alone you, I can’t bear it!”

Speaking of this, the man let out a sigh of relief.

“Since the government can’t control it, we can only find a way.”

After hearing what the man said, the other people present couldn’t help being a little excited, but then they were a little worried.

“It’s the sacrifice of that person”

Human sacrifice, as the name suggests, is to use people as sacrifices, and this time the sorceress is not talking about a simple matter of one or two lives.

If it was just a few people, with so many businessmen gathered together, they would not have been trapped for so long. You must know that the number of lives, once the government finds out, few people involved will have good results.

After all, such things as human sacrifices have been banned by the government long ago. Although there are places where the people are occasionally forced to use them, they are not many, and the number of human lives is also small. It’s over.

You can mouth it here.

Several people looked at each other, feeling a bad premonition in their hearts.

If they were really involved, this matter would really become a big trouble.

“If you want to cross the estuary, this is the only way at present.”

“Why, you weren’t afraid when you were running a business, but are you afraid now?”

The man didn’t say much, lost a few words, and left the arbor without knowing where he went.

On the contrary, the businessman, who was still a bit dark before, also showed a ruthless look in his eyes.

“It doesn’t matter, as long as you can open the waterway, you can do anything!”

“I’m sure I won’t object to this.”

After speaking, he also turned around and left the pergola, leaving only a few people behind, his eyes were still flickering and wandering, but he never left for a long time.

“The river god forgives the sin, the river god forgives the sin, offer sacrifices today, and the weather will be smooth tomorrow!”

An old woman dressed in colorful clothes, muttering words in her mouth, her hair is loose, and as she shakes, you can even see a lot of dust flying up.

And in front of her, there were two black-covered boats on the water bank, covered by black cloth, only from the shape of the boat twisting from time to time.

There are quite a few people on it, even the distorted ones under the black cloth, there are already more than ten or twenty.

“Open the festival!!”

After seeing the old woman staggering for a while, she let out a sharp whistle.

The sailors who were already looking very panicked immediately let go of the rope.

On the calm water, two awning boats moved slowly away from the shore with the current.

It even made a group of people on the shore unable to bear the noise.

You must know that not only the flagpole, but also the sails have been unloaded on that boat. Today, there is no current in the water, and there is no trace of wind, yet it can still sail smoothly.

It means that there must be something or force that they cannot see is manipulating.

“Is there really a river god?”

The water bosses who had been running for many years couldn’t help screaming.

And as the two ships got farther and farther away from the river bank, a huge vortex appeared at the mouth of the Huaihe River where it merged into the big river, which also brought dark clouds to the sky.

“It’s the river god, the master river god has appeared!”

Seeing such a strange situation, the nagging old woman first knelt down, and then Wu Yangyang and a group of people behind her bowed down.

Everyone felt a gust of wind blowing over them, causing them to tremble all over.

I don’t know how long it took, but just as the person kneeling on the ground was about to look up, there was an explosion like a thunderbolt.

‘Crack! boom! ! ‘

Then there was a shrill roar full of fear.

“Woo~~~~!!!”

Accompanied by the roaring sound, one after another water spray surged, and the people on the shore only felt the ground tremble slightly.

Following a stench of stench, it seemed that some huge monster jumped out of the water and jumped in front of them, making the people present tremble even more and dared not raise their heads.