What's too late? Although I didn't know, the sound of the drums made my heart inexplicably frightened, and it trembled as if from the moment the sound sounded, a terrifying secret was officially opened in front of my eyes.

"The child will be fine for the time being, at least not for a short time. If you really have the heart to save everyone, and not come here for curiosity, then come with me now, if not, follow me too, you become a sacrifice, and it will only make the evil more powerful. Old Man Liu's hurried words made me, who was stunned when I heard the sound of drums coming from the river, sober up in an instant.

I inexplicably believe in this old man, although I am not here to explore the secret, let alone to save people, just to find clues to the master, but in distress and not rescue, it has never been the style of our Lao Li lineage, the foundation of our Dao heart is the righteousness and the bottom line, if it is destroyed, don't talk about anything.

Inexplicably, when I came to this village, I was burdened with a heavy responsibility

At the urging of Mr. Liu, I glanced at the 4 crying children, silently apologized in my heart, and finally moved my steps.

We left in Wei Donglai's sneer, and his words still lingered in my ears: "If you can't leave, you will always see it." ”

Old Man Liu didn't argue with Wei Donglai at all, he just pulled me down the hill quickly, but unfortunately more than a dozen people in this line are old people, and their pace is destined not to be fast, even if I can leave with Old Man Liu on my back, what about the others? I had to follow their footsteps and leave.

The sound of the drum music is getting louder and louder, the drumming and the high-pitched suona, with the unique melodious flavor of the great northwest, forming a cheerful 'welcome song', this should be the welcome song, right? I'm not sure if the suona has blown too much sad music, just like 'orchid flowers', I always feel a trace of sadness in it.

What is even more terrifying is the sad mystery, because although these music is clear, it is not as clear and thorough as the music of the world, but it seems to come from an unknown space in the sky, with some ethereal meaning! It's hard for me to imagine a group of people banging in the Yellow River, treading water or coming by boat.

Even if I were really well-informed, it was beyond my knowledge, and I couldn't imagine it at all.

My face is getting more and more ugly, I don't know why just hearing this music will make me have such a heavy heart, the old man Liu, who has been walking beside me, turned his head to look at me, probably saw my ugly face, he asked in disbelief: "Did you hear it?" ”

"What?" I didn't react for a while, I don't understand what Mr. Liu means?

"I mean, did you hear anything?" Old Man Liu had some difficulty in speaking.

"I heard a lot of drumming, shouldn't I hear it so loud? Old man, are you still talking about something else? "I'm a little unsure, is this what Old Man Liu is asking?

"You really heard" Old man Liu's face also became ugly, as ugly as me, but he didn't explain anything, just muttered a few words in a dialect that I didn't understand, and the eyes of the other dozen old men who looked at me were suddenly full of sympathy, I don't understand what this means? Suddenly, I was a little flustered, shouldn't I hear it?

As I spoke, halfway down the hill, I heard a deafening cheer behind me, and at that moment I felt that the will of the ghost I had invited had returned to what I had supposed to be so soon. Who the hell broke my god-inviting technique? Wei Donglai?

"The auspicious time has come, and the holy ship, the great messenger, has also arrived, and we will send our relatives there." A loud voice also sounded in the cheers of the people at the same time, and even overpowered the cheers of the people, it was Wei Donglai's voice.

Broken please magic spell, people who have come to their senses, but no one wants to hold me accountable, at this moment it seems to be their carnival Wei Donglai's words, making people's cheers louder, and gradually turned into rhythmic shouts one by one, Wei Donglai laughed I couldn't help but look back, Wei Donglai and a few other people in black had already jumped off the high platform with their children in their arms, and also went down the hillside.

My heart became more and more confused, the person who reminded me to be careful during the dance, the person who pulled my trouser leg in a hurry when I didn't kneel, the crumpled money that the old man took out of his bosom in the rented house compared to the crazy cheers at this time, the crying face of the child, and the clear sound of drums, which one was the true face of the townspeople? Are they good or evil? Sober or numb?

"Hey" Old Man Liu's long sigh rang in my ears, and there were faint tears flashing in my eyes, but no one explained anything to me, and I was full of doubts, almost making my heart explode.

What's worse is that the sound of the drum music is getting clearer and clearer, accompanied by the sound of the drums, as well as the voices of the people from the Yellow River, as if it is really a lively welcoming procession to wake up in this direction, the empty laughter is both real and illusory, I can hear it, but I seem to be watching a movie again, it is just the sound of a movie.

There was also the sound of crying in the illusory, joyful and peaceful voice, and the voice was so desperate, but the more they cried, the louder the laughter became, as if teasing a child and making him cry, and the cute appearance of the child made the adults more and more happy.

I could still read the emotion, laughing at the weeping man's blessings, but the thoughts in my head were getting more and more chaotic, and by this time we had come down the hillside, and halfway up the hill were the so-called send-offs of the town, who cheered so sincerely and heartily, but there were also discordant voices—a few suppressed mournful weepings.

"Let's go." Seeing me turn around, Old Man Liu's face was also full of pain, and he didn't seem to even have the courage to look back, and pulled me towards the exit of the timber transfer office.

I don't know if it was because of the agitated mood or because of something else, under the light of the flashlight, he was obviously full of familiar timber dispatch, he also tripped over a piece of rotten wood and fell to the ground, let out a painful groan, hugged his feet, and couldn't stand up for a long time.

Surrounded by the people around him, the tears in Old Man Liu's eyes were even worse, he struggled to stand up several times, and just shouted: "Go, go!" Unfortunately, he couldn't stand up at all.

I didn't understand what such a sad and anxious scene was for, so I could only step forward, help Mr. Liu up, carry him on his back, and say, "Let's carry you on my back." ”

But at this moment, the crowd resounded with unusual cheers, accompanied by the familiar sound of the boat breaking the waves, is it my delusion, is there really a team to welcome relatives? My heart was inexplicably frightened, and the explosion of curiosity made me can't help but look back

"Well, you heard it after all." Old Man Liu's helpless voice came from behind me, and I looked up and saw that the Yellow River, which was originally a dark place, suddenly lit up with an inexplicable light, like firelight, but it was so empty.

I couldn't move my feet at all, but I just watched as the group of people who sent off their relatives had already walked down the hill and walked to the edge of the Yellow River, which was close at hand, and then they were silent, and then they all knelt.

I clearly saw a few figures who did not want to kneel, but were pulled down and knelt alive, and the suppressed mournful cry came from their mouths.

Wei Donglai stood at the front of the team, several black-clothed people beside him raised the boys and girls in their hands high, several children struggled and cried in the hands of those black-clothed people, but no one stood up, their crying was useless, this scene made my heart hurt inexplicably.

However, the next moment, a huge red boat inexplicably sailed out of the bend on the side of the backwater bay and stopped silently in the backwater bay, and then another one followed

The appearance of these boats does not make people feel any peace of mind at all, but is full of some kind of strange smell, there are faintly many people standing on the boat, and the cheerful sound of drums is coming from the boat!

My eyes widened and I couldn't believe what I was seeing, because of these relatively huge ships, I couldn't tell whether they were real or unreal!