Chapter 1332 Extra: Opening the Temple

The Zhang family’s grain was stolen, and this matter was covered with a myth.

Many villagers were discussing that this was a warning from the gods of Liushen Town because they were dissatisfied with the current blessers.

So this year, the temple will be opened in advance and new people will be selected to receive the blessings of the gods.

Yin Yinuo and others who knew what was going on were almost hurt.

What blessing from the gods?

It’s all nonsense!

These are all lies made up by the Zhang family to fool the residents of Liushen Town.

But they really believed it, and they believed it for more than 300 years.

Otherwise, the policy of keeping the people ignorant worked well.

The conditions for scholars in all dynasties were very harsh.

Anyone who studied had to take the exam for scholars, juren and jinshi, and thus become the mouthpiece of the emperor.

Anyone who did not study accepted the rule, and whatever was said was what it was, and could not have their own opinions.

In that environment, the emperor’s absolute rule could be ensured.

Now Liushen Town is also similar to this model, but it is just a simplified version.

Yin Yinuo said to Jing Shaohuai: "I am really looking forward to the day of the sacrifice when the truth comes out, to see how the residents here will react."

Jing Shaohuai spread his hands and said: "There are two possibilities. One is that they believe our words and their anger towards the Zhang family reaches its peak. The other is that they don't believe our words, think we are all liars, and then put us all in the pig cage."

Yin Yinuo burst into laughter instantly: "There is such a possibility. I hope it's not the second one."

In this way, the day of opening the temple for sacrifice came in a flash.

The sacrifice is divided into three days.

On the first day, the temple is opened, the dust is swept, and the villagers from several nearby villages will come here to the market.

On the second day, the heaven and earth are sacrificed, and the villagers watch the show.

On the third day, the person blessed by the gods is selected and leads the economy of the entire Liushen Town.

Mi Xiaoying and the others decided to reveal everything on the third day.

In the first two days, when there were many people and chaos, all the props that should be arranged were prepared.

Today is the first day of the sacrifice.

The whole Liushen Town is bustling.

On the street in front of the temple, many small vendors appeared, carrying some things that can be sold freely and shouting about business.

Many families took their wives and children to the street to play, buy some snacks for the children, and buy some food and drinks for the elderly at home.

Some young men and women took the opportunity to look at each other on the street. The two families that liked each other quickly became Qinjin, and those who didn’t like each other just pretended that they had never been here and did what they should do.

So everyone who could walk and go out in the nearby villages came to the town to watch the excitement.

After all, it was a grand event that happened once every twenty years, and no one wanted to miss it.

Mi Xiaoying, as the cook of the Zhang family, came here to clean up because she was punished in the early stage.

Today, she came here to set up a stove and prepare to cook a big pot of rice.

In order to show that they are close to the people and rich, the Zhang family will make alms in front of the temple and send three days of meals.

As long as you are a resident of Liushen Town, you can go to get a meal.

There are flower rolls, steamed buns, steamed bread, bean buns, and even some sugar corners, fire cakes, naan, oil cakes, etc. In short, they are all staple foods that are very resistant to hunger.

Although Liushen Town has been prosperous in recent years and the people are not hungry, such fine noodles are still rarely eaten.

Therefore, everyone is still very supportive and will come here to get some to take back for the children to eat.

Mi Xiaoying and Sister Liu are responsible for making steamed buns and flower rolls here.

Mi Xiaoying's movements are very fast. She quickly set up the stove, washed her hands, tied an apron and started kneading the dough.

In just an hour, the fragrance of steamed buns was already wafting at the door of the temple, causing many children to drool on the side.

Sister Liu whispered to Mi Xiaoying: "The Zhang family is really generous. Every time the temple is sacrificed, a lot of food is sent. This year, the granary was stolen. This is the noodles bought from the village at a high price overnight!"

Mi Xiaoying sneered in her heart.

The wool comes from the sheep.

The Zhang family made so much money in Liushen Town. If they don't maintain Liushen Town, who will make money for them?

It's just giving away some food, and they can win people's hearts. Why not?

What's more, they only give away food once every twenty years.

Mi Xiaoying chatted with Liu Saozi while watching Jing Shaohuai and Yin Yinuo's actions from the corner of her eyes.

They had already made up and dressed up as villagers who came to the town to play. After meeting with several bodyguards, they buried things in batches at the preset locations.

This time, they are going to do something big.

So the preliminary preparations need some time.

Mi Xiaoying is responsible for covering them and keeping watch. Once someone comes, she will quickly warn them to leave temporarily.

Maybe there are too many things happening in the Zhang family recently, so that the people from the Zhang family who were supposed to come to the temple for inspection today have not come yet.

This has brought great convenience to Jing Shaohuai and his actions.

The things that were originally planned to be packed in two days were almost packed in one day.

"Should we go in advance?" Yin Yinuo pretended to come to get the steamed buns and asked in a low voice.

"No, wait patiently." Mi Xiaoying looked up at the sky with a trace of worry in her eyes: "It's going to rain today."

"It's going to rain." Yin Yinuo said: "I just checked the weather forecast, it will rain in the next three days."

"What bad news." Mi Xiaoying sighed and continued to distribute food resignedly.

The first day passed smoothly.

During the second day of the sacrifice, the weather was still not good, and it was raining heavily.

There were fewer pedestrians on the street.

Although many people wanted to enjoy the excitement and came to the town with umbrellas, no one wanted to get splashed with mud, so they hid in the eaves or restaurants opposite the temple and watched the temple's sacrifice activities from afar.

Compared with the grand and solemn sacrifices in the past, this year's sacrifices seemed perfunctory.

Even the sons of the Zhang family, all of them had bruises on their faces, as if they had fought.

"Why is there a bruise on the face of the third son of the Zhang family? Did he fight with someone?" Someone asked gossipingly.

"You don't know yet? The eldest son wants to seize power and has a big fight with the third son. Isn't it a fight?"

"They are all Zhang family members, what's there to fight about? Besides, only those who are blessed have the right to go out, what's there to fight about?"

"Who said it's not? I don't know what they have to fight about."

At this time, a leisurely explanation came from the back of the crowd: "Who knows what the blessing of the gods is?"

Everyone looked back, but they couldn't find the person who just spoke.

The sacrificial dance in the temple has been danced, and the next step is to parade.

But the rain is getting heavier and heavier, and it's obviously impossible to parade.

Everyone in the temple was also wondering: "It rained so hard this year, I'm afraid there will be a flood?"

"The rain has been getting more and more in the past two years. It's not so heavy in the past. When I came here today, the water in the ditch at the entrance of the village was up to my ankles. If it keeps raining like this, the fields will be flooded, and the sweet potatoes and millet that haven't been harvested yet will probably have a reduced yield."

"Let's not talk about the crops first, are we going to have a parade today? We can't give up our sacrifice halfway, can we?"

"How can we go out for a parade in such heavy rain? We'll get soaked after two steps!"

Just as everyone While they were discussing, the Zhang family sent someone to pass on the message: "It has been raining a lot this year, so it is not convenient to parade. It will be cancelled for the time being. Please go back first!"

"Oh, there is really no parade! This has never happened before! This is against the rules!"

"The sacrifice this year is so perfunctory, I am afraid the gods will punish us! The Zhang family lost so much grain in the granary, the gods are already dissatisfied!"

"Forget it, forget it, let's go, the Zhang family doesn't mind, why should we be in a hurry? Anyway, the money we should give has been paid. Let's go."

The crowd dispersed.

Mi Xiaoying looked at the pile of steaming buns in front of her, but no one came to take them, and she felt a pity in her heart.

This is food!

Will it be wasted here?

Sister Liu took advantage of the fact that no one was around, took a bag and secretly put several buns into the bag.

When she looked up, she saw Mi Xiaoying staring at her, and said embarrassedly; "I saw that no one came to pick it up today, and it would go bad if it was left there. There are many people in the family, and we can only eat white steamed buns a few times a year..."

Mi Xiaoying immediately smiled, grabbed a few more steamed buns and stuffed them into Sister Liu's bag, and said in a low voice: "I won't tell anyone."

Sister Liu was really happy, thinking that her kindness to her was not in vain, and she also lowered her voice and said: "You should take more back! I tell you, the rain is so heavy this year, I'm afraid that autumn crops can't be planted. If autumn crops can't be planted, the people will have no food. Next year will definitely be hungry!"

"How do you know that autumn crops can't be planted? Maybe the rain will stop?" Mi Xiaoying asked.

"We farmers are the best at watching the weather. My mother-in-law said that the rain will probably continue for another three to five days. In these three to five days, most of the land in Liushen Town will be soaked in water." After packing the last steamed bun, Sister Liu said, "I'll go back first, you hold on first."

Mi Xiaoying nodded, and when she looked up at the sky, the worry in her eyes became heavier and heavier.

It's raining too hard.

Such heavy rain is enough to soften the mountain.

I'm afraid the tragedy of Wangjia Village will happen again!

But Mi Xiaoying couldn't care about these at all at this time, because the highlight they were preparing was about to begin.

The third day of the sacrifice.

The Zhang family came to the temple with umbrellas.

Today, the next person in charge will be selected in the temple to continue to lead the Zhang family to glory.

Although the Zhang family has almost decided on the eldest son of the Zhang family, the necessary formalities still need to be followed.

As soon as the Zhang family entered the temple, they immediately closed the door of the temple.

What happened in the temple next, the people outside had no idea.

The Zhang family will make up a new myth to continue to fool them.

However, the Zhang family members at this time did not know that earth-shaking changes were about to take place outside.

Just where no one noticed, a huge LED display screen quietly appeared in the center of the town.

An abrupt voice suddenly rang out in the town: "Do you want to know the secret of Liushen Town? Next, I will reveal the biggest secret of the past three hundred years to you."