The riverside with loud voices and gongs and drums in the distance was very lively, and almost the whole village was surrounded by the river, blocking Zhu Ping'an's sight, so that Zhu Ping'an could not see what was happening by the river, but only heard the noise of gongs and drums and the sound of people. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It's about like a river festival, but it's not like it, the atmosphere is different. Zhu Ping'an didn't see the incense case, offerings, heavenly books, and kneeling worship.

Boom Boom Boom Boom ......

A burst of firecrackers rang out, as if it was the New Year, pushing the atmosphere by the river to a climax, echoing the noisy sounds of people.

I don't know if it was auditory hallucinations or what, Zhu Ping'an faintly heard a cursing sound, which made Zhu Ping'an even more curious about what the villagers were doing by the river, so he grabbed the horse's belly and accelerated towards the river.

Soon, Zhu Ping'an arrived at the scene.

Zhu Ping'an tied the horse to a tree on the side and squeezed into the crowd alone. People gathered around the river and were angry, and people's eyes were focused on the riverside, not noticing Zhu Ping'an's arrival at all. Everyone's focus is on the river, the two people by the river to be exact.

I'm Cao!

Zhu Ping'an only glanced at it, and couldn't help but scold.

This is a sacrificial river, this is clearly a sinking lake, this is a lynching!!

The scene by the river is shocking.

There are two bamboo strips in front of the waterhole by the river to tie into a cage, the fresh bamboo strips are full of materials, more than one meter long and more than half a meter high, tied into a cylindrical shape, the opening is relatively large, and the bottom end is woven with bamboo strips.

The materials are full, regardless of the cost, strong and sturdy.

This bamboo cage is exactly the same as the pig cage used in Xiahe Village to store pigs and transport them to the market town for sale, except that it is not filled with pigs.

There were two people in the pig cage, a man and a woman, covered in scaly wounds, the male was beaten into a pig's head, and he could barely see the human form, and his clothes were whipped one by one, and he was covered in blood. The woman is slightly better, although her clothes are stained with blood, but she can still cover her body.

Judging from her appearance, although there are scars on her face, it can also be seen that the woman's face is good, and she is in her early thirties like a flower. Although the woman's clothes were bloodstained and crumpled, it could be seen that the material was of the best material, with fine pearl stud earrings on the earlobes and a jade bracelet of excellent color on her wrist...... At first glance, it is a middle-class family.

The man was beaten into a pig's head and couldn't see his appearance, judging from the outline, he was about a long face, and he should not be ugly, of course, he has become a pig's head now. The men's clothing is much inferior to that of the women, the material is ordinary cotton, and the clothes have been whipped into strips of cloth, but the general outline can also be seen, some of which look like housekeepers of large families or stewards and nurses with some status.

At this moment, both of them were strangled by white cloth strips in their mouths, and they couldn't speak, so they could only whine and scream.

Not only that, but the two of them were also wrapped in iron chains, and their arms and feet were taken care of and tied up with iron chains and then locked.

This village is surrounded by mountains and water, and the big river in front of the village is blocked by the mountain range in front of the village, and it is wrapped around a U-shape in front of the village, as if a belt is tied to the village, forming a belt of water. This river has a lot of water, especially in the U-shape, forming a very deep pool, and the whirlpool in the river pool can be seen with the naked eye, which is very dangerous.

There is no doubt that these two people are about to be thrown into this river pool.

The surrounding crowd cursed at the two people in the pig cage, and from time to time threw rotten eggs, rotten vegetable leaves and even stones at the two people in the pig cage.

In the crowd were several old men, in the middle was an old man with a white beard, gray hair, strong spirits, a pair of eyes deeply sunk into the sockets, deep eyes, face full of wrinkles, full of traces left by wind and frost.

For these old men, especially the white-bearded old man in the middle, the villagers were very respectful.

"The hour has come."

Zhu Ping'an just came in, and saw the white-bearded old man in the middle looking up at the sun, and then slammed the crutches in his hand to the ground, and said in a deep voice.

After the white-bearded old man finished speaking, an old man in his fifties next to him nodded and walked out, glanced at the two people in the pig cage with disdain, and then waved his hand to everyone and ordered:

"Sunken Lake! Whether it is life or death, let the river god judge! ”

When the old man had finished speaking, there was a chorus of echoes, and then eight sturdy descendants stepped forward, bare-shouldered, with ropes and thigh-thick sticks in their hands. The eight offspring walked to the pig cage, first tied the opening of the pig cage with a rope, and then wrapped the head and tail of the pig cage around the rope and lifted it up with a stick.

The two people in the pig cage whimpered and struggled, but because they were chained, they tried all their strength to no avail, and their eyes were desperate.

"One-two, one-two, one-two"

The eight offspring carried the pig cage to the shore, shook it with their arms outstretched, and shook it with one or two. Shake, shake, shake, inertia is accumulated, and both arms are thrown off.

I'm about to throw it into the river.

"Stop!"

At this moment, the voice of a young man reached everyone's ears, and suddenly, the eight descendants who were about to lose the pig cage on the river bank stopped their movements and turned their heads.

Not only them, but the villagers by the river, including the old men, all focused their attention on the young man who spoke up. Of course, this teenager is Zhu Ping'an.

"Stranger, it's not your turn to meddle in the affairs of our village!" The old man in his fifties walked out.

"You abuse lynching, I have seen it, so naturally we can't sit idly by." Zhu Ping'an shook his head.

The god of the river will judge whether he lives or dies?! Both of them were chained with iron chains, and the pig cage was also sealed, and a few stones were placed in it, so that they were sunk into the river pool, and there was no possibility of survival at all! What else to talk about the river god trial!

How can you sit idly by and watch such an act!

"Abuse of private business?!" The fifty-year-old man sneered twice when he heard this, turned his gaze away from Zhu Ping'an and landed on the two people in the pig cage, and snorted vigorously, "This is what they deserve!" ”

"What are you still doing in a daze, these two scourges of the sinking lake!" The old man in his fifties waved his hand again to the eight juniors.

When the eight juniors heard this, they lifted the stick again, ready to find the rhythm and let go together.

"Stop!"

Zhu Ping'an spoke out again to stop it.

How can this be reasonable, regard human life as a mustard! I have long heard that many cases such as prison lawsuits in villages are not reported to the county government, but are handled by the patriarch or the village elders, or the elders with prestige, who abuse lynching and ignore the state's public instruments!

Two lives, how can you turn a blind eye!

"How qualified are you a foreigner to dictate the family affairs of our Majia Village, hmph, don't listen to his nonsense, sink these two scourges!" The old man in his fifties glanced at Zhu Ping'an with a dark face, and then shouted to the stunned descendants.

That is, why listen to a foreigner. The old man's words made these juniors firm their minds, and then they lifted the pig cage and shook it again.

"That is, adulterers and wives should have been immersed in the pig cage a long time ago."

"The reputation of our Majia Village has been ruined by these two people, and only by sinking into the lake can they wash away the shame of our Majia Village."

"That's it, how good Master Wang is to her, she no longer has to do farm work, she eats fragrant and spicy food, and she repays it like this....... If you don't abide by women's morals, hook up with three or four, and break morals, living is a scourge. ”

"Especially the Song steward, he should be cut with a thousand cuts, a poor boy who can't even eat, Master Wang regretted that he kindly proposed him to be a steward and help him marry a wife and start a family. I didn't expect this white-eyed wolf to eat other people's old man's food, live in other people's old man's house, and receive other people's old man's salary, but he also went to the bed of the housemother! This kind of person sinking into the lake is cheap for him! ”

"Sunken Lake, Sunken Lake......"

Seeing this, the surrounding people cheered loudly, urging the descendants to quickly soak the pig cage. (To be continued.) )