NOVEL NEXT Chapter 359 Ask the Mountain God
When he was waiting for the man to come back, he still had a book and a few tattered talismans in his hand.
When he got closer, he could still see faint runes written in cinnabar on the cracked talisman paper.
He politely held the talisman paper between his fingertips and said: "I have learned something. Since God has warned us, he is watching us. If we don't find the problem, we will not be able to appease God. , something bad will make God even more angry, and we will definitely die in the wrath of God."
"Old Mu, what do you mean by this? We work hard every day and have never done anything wrong! Where can we find the problem here?"
Hearing this, Lao Mu smiled softly, moved his fingers, and the talisman paper clamped on his fingertips immediately ignited.
As soon as he loosened his hand, the ashes of the talisman flew up on their own and fell to the ground unsteadily.
Lao Mu pointed to the direction where the ashes fell and said: "Although I don't know what the problem is yet, I am sure that the problem lies over there!"
The villagers looked in the direction he pointed.
Over there is the hilltop where they used to grow crops. However, due to the misuse of fertilizers, those crops have died and are now replaced with astragalus.
Seeing Lao Mu's operations, the villagers were shocked and frightened, and they also believed in Lao Mu's abilities.
"Over there? Isn't that just a hilltop? We have reclaimed wasteland there and planted astragalus. Is there anything wrong with that?"
"If you want to ask what's wrong, you have to go to the mountain together and let me ask the mountain god."
As soon as Lao Mu finished speaking, the villagers couldn't wait: "Then let's go now. The sooner we ask, the sooner we can feel at ease."
"Don't worry, you can't do it alone. You have to bring your children with you. Otherwise, how can we know who caused the problem?"
"Okay, we'll call him right away."
The villagers were worried about natural disasters, so they went back and asked their families to come together according to Lao Mu's words.
There are also those who have no one else at home, so they all stay where they are and wait.
Someone asked: "Old Mu, should we also invite the prince and Miss Ye to join us? What if..."
Lao Mu rolled his eyes, frowned, and said in a reproachful tone: "Of course there is no need to shout. The prince and Miss Ye were sent by His Majesty. Your Majesty is the emperor and a person who obeys the destiny of heaven. How could the people he sent anger God? "
He snorted softly, "And it's best not to tell them about this. Otherwise, when we find out that one of us provoked God to cause so many things to happen, the prince may be angry, and we will all suffer by then."
Upon hearing this, the villagers nodded in agreement and immediately shut up and stopped asking any more questions.
When the villagers who called their families came back, they were also told not to tell the prince and Ye Qingran about this incident, and they all agreed.
When everyone was almost there, Lao Mu led a group of people up the mountain.
The snow on the mountain has melted away, and the remaining water has dried up. The mountain road is much easier to walk than before.
Their speed is not fast. After all, the weather is getting warmer, and those beasts that have not been frozen to death should come out to look for food.
Although there were many of them, they still had to pay more attention.
Fortunately, they didn't encounter any wild animals along the way. They walked to the place where astragalus was planted peacefully. Then Lao Mu asked them to stand neatly on the spot, while he walked around the land full of astragalus. , mumbling something in his mouth.
After a while, he stopped and said: "I just asked the mountain god how to do it. Sure enough, some of us annoyed the mountain god. The mountain god informed God that the drop in temperature in the past few days was a warning to us. We make amends to the mountain god and apologize to the mountain god.”
The villagers were a little scared and looked at each other. They were silent for a while before someone asked: "What are we going to do?"
Lao Mu looked at all of them mysteriously, and finally settled on the most handsome girl.
He curled his lips and said, "Not everyone has angered the Mountain God. You just need to find those who have angered the Mountain God, and then pull out all the astragalus and hand it over to me. I will personally apologize to the Mountain God." "
After he finished speaking, someone asked: "So who angered the mountain god?"
"It's her and her family."
He pointed at the girl he had just seen and said in a stern tone, "They complained a few times when they were clearing the land, and the mountain god heard it. Then they planted crops and astragalus here, so the mountain god was very unhappy."
Everyone turned their attention to the family. The girl was a little at a loss and waved her hands repeatedly: "I don't, I really don't...it's not me..."
Her face suddenly turned pale, and she didn't know how to explain it, so she could only keep shaking her head in denial.
Her father stood up and said: "This has nothing to do with Shuang'er. I complained that there were too many trees during the reclamation, which did not affect the speed. If you want to blame this matter, blame me, don't blame my daughter."
"father……"
Shuang'er didn't know what to do. She was very scared, but she was also worried that her father would really be arrested because of this matter. She pulled his sleeves and wanted him to go back, but her father was firm.
"I work alone and I'm responsible for it. It's okay. Shuang'er, don't be afraid."
Lao Mu narrowed his eyes at them, walked all the way to them, and said directly: "You two, don't argue. The mountain god is talking about your family, not you alone. If you don't make up for the mistakes you made alone, don't say it is your fault." Your whole family, even our whole village, will be buried with you for this mistake!"
He made the matter so serious that other villagers were also afraid, but they didn't say anything.
Shuang'er's father stood up straight, his expression unchanged, and asked: "Then tell me, what should we do to appease the mountain god?"
Lao Mu smiled and said, "I didn't say it, it was the mountain god who told me. He said that your daughter must marry him as his wife, otherwise God will kill all the people in our village."
He looked at Father Shuang'er coldly, "I guess you don't want to bring down the whole village because of your own problems, right?"
"How can this be possible?"
Hearing this solution, the expression on Shuang'er's father's face changed, "Shuang'er is only fourteen years old and will not reach the age of the family until next year. This... the mountain god won't like it, so let's find someone else."
Lao Mu raised his eyebrows and asked: "The trouble you caused almost killed everyone. Letting your daughter marry the mountain god is a happy event, and giving you a chance to make up for your mistakes is also a compliment. Why are you so ignorant? You still do it? You want others to help you make up for your mistakes? Aren’t you doing us harm?”