Chapter 195 - The truth about the Feast of Our Lady

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The guard said that in all the Mary's Days he had experienced before, the village chief's family made dough dolls, and then the sect elders selected them. The name of the doll is written under the pastry doll, and the doll of that family will "serve" the Holy Mother.

But on this Marian Day, while the elders of the sect were still reciting the congratulations before the lottery, the statue of the Blessed Mother suddenly began to glow. To be precise, the eyes of the statue began to shed light spots, as if they were tears of mercy shed by the Virgin Mother.

The villagers had never seen anything like this. Not to mention the young people, the elders of the sect have experienced so many Marian festivals, and only the legend of "The Apparition of the Blessed Mother" exists in their memories. Now that they have seen it with their own eyes, how can they not be shocked? Needless to say, everyone bowed down excitedly and praised the Virgin Mother for her holiness and mercy.

As everyone worshiped, these light spots fell from the cheeks of the Virgin Mother and floated to the crowd kneeling in front of the statue. They fell in front of each believer. The believers were so excited that they let them fall into their palms with trembling hands. Others who didn't get it looked at this scene and felt that these people had got the divine favor of the Holy Mother, and they were very envious for a while.

But while everyone was still sighing at this miraculous scene, an elder of the sect suddenly said in surprise: "Why did all these dolls fall down?!" The

villagers looked over and saw the entire row of pastries originally placed on the altar. The doll, now fell to the ground in a mess. The names on the bottom that were supposed to be hidden from everyone were exposed one by one. The elders of the sect looked at each other, and no one admitted that they had just touched the row of dolls. But since they were not touched, how could they fall over?

Suddenly, someone in the crowd said, "Could it be that those spots of light just now were the Holy Mother's choice?"

As soon as this was said, everyone couldn't help but start talking in low voices. Some people were quick to point out that those who received the light were those with children at home, and perhaps this was indeed the will of the Virgin Mary. But those who received the light points were firmly opposed. They believed that this was the divine favor sent down by the Virgin Mother. As for the fact that the people who received the light spots were all families with children, they believed that this was because in order to select children today, villagers with children were all at the front of the queue, so the light spots were concentrated on them. This is nothing. reason.

The village chief's son was also one of the people who received the light. He even retorted: "I don't have any children at home, how could it be the Virgin Mother's choice?"

Someone said from behind: "Isn't your wife pregnant with one?"

The village chief's son suddenly turned his head and said: "Zhao Laoer, what did you say?!"

Zhao Laoer said: "It's true, why don't people say it?"

The village chief's son said: "Zhao Laoer, don't take the opportunity to retaliate! You Your son was selected last time. That was your family's blessing!"

Zhao Laoer said: "Now that you are honored, why don't you dare..."

"Enough!" shouted the village chief, "making a noise in front of the Holy Mother. What does it look like?"

Zhao Lao Er said: "Old Liu, you used to be very upright every time on the Mother's Day, saying whose turn it was and whose family it was. You also said that this way the whole village could be safe and live a good life, shouldn't you? Now it's your grandson's turn, why don't you escape?"

The village chief said, "What are you talking about? My grandson hasn't even been born yet, how could he be chosen?"

Zhao Laoer sneered: "Who? You know, what if the Virgin Mary likes him? I think unborn babies are the purest..."

"Shut up! Do you dare to slander the Virgin Mary like this?" The village chief was furious, but in front of everyone, he still thought he was still To save face, he endured his tone and said, "Let's let the elders make the decision as to whether or not we should whip the baby."

The difficult problem was thrown to the elders. In fact, the elders also felt that the baby should be sacrificed. After all, the village chief's grandson was not yet born, and they had never heard of any precedent of enshrining a fetus. And after all, it belongs to the village chief's family. The elders say that they are the elders of the sect and are respected, but in the end they have to live in the village and always have to deal with the village chief. The situation is still unclear, so there is nothing wrong with giving the village chief some face.

"We think it's better to draw the dolls according to the tradition." The elders said, going to help up the pastry dolls, "Let's do it this way, we will cover our eyes later, you will disturb the positions of the dolls, and then we will cover our eyes. Can you tell me which number to draw? In this case, we won't know the order... Huh?"

The elder grabbed the first pastry doll and tried to pick it up, but his fingers actually got stuck!

No, it should be said that the doll actually melted, softened in the elder's hands, turned into a puddle of "mud" and fell on the plate. Not only this, but other dolls also melted and turned into puddles of "soft mud" on the plate. It is absolutely impossible to use these dolls to draw.

This recurring miracle seemed to be a signal. Zhao Laoer was the first to shout out everyone's guess: "Look, the doll has melted! The light spot just now must be the will of the Holy Mother!" Now the

elders There was really nothing to say. Even the village chief stood there in astonishment, shocked by the scene. Melting of pastry is absolutely impossible under normal temperature. No one did anything to these pastry dolls, they fell over and melted. If this had happened before the light spot, the villagers must have thought that the Virgin Mother was angry.

Nowadays, everyone believes that it means "the Holy Mother has already chosen the child herself, and there is no need to choose another child."

Even the balance in the hearts of the elders was unconditionally tilted towards this side.

They told the village chief about their decision. The village chief was extremely entangled, but under the expectant eyes of his son and the attentive gaze of many villagers, he finally agreed to the elders' decision.

"Since this is the Virgin Mother's choice, we must abide by her choice." The village chief didn't know whether he was persuading the villagers or himself. He knelt down in front of the statue of the Virgin Mary, murmured the long blessing, and prayed for the Virgin Mary's blessing.

At this moment, the parents of the children who had not received the light were secretly thankful, while the villagers who had received the light were ups and downs and looked ashen. The village chief's son kept saying, "But my child hasn't been born yet." He prayed for a way out for his child. After the village chief got up, he became angry and ignored his son's prayers. He also said, "With the grace of the Holy Mother, you can have as many children as you want in the future, and you can be as successful as you want." He asked everyone to take Zhao Jinhua up the mountain directly after coming down the mountain, and also arranged for people to find a barefoot doctor or Wen Po to prepare abortion pills.

But after people went back, Zhao Jinhua still ran away. It was her husband who rushed back and asked her to run away. How could she, a pregnant woman, outrun the peasants? Therefore, after she was separated from Fu Yan and others, she was caught on the way back to her parents' home and was sent back by taking a shortcut.

So Zhao Jinhua was now thrown into the cave.

"Absurd... Ridiculous!" Zhao Jinhua was very reluctant after hearing the guard's explanation. She was married from a foreign country, so she naturally had no respect for the Holy Mother, not to mention that the mother now wanted her own fetus. She gritted her teeth to prevent herself from falling asleep, and cursed angrily: "Eating children, sacrificing living people, what kind of gods are these? They are clearly evil spirits! You believe in an evil god! Your whole village will suffer a bad death!"

"Stupid Foreigners, how dare you disrespect the Holy Mother! Your child can be summoned by the Holy Mother, it is your family's blessing!" The guard said loudly, "It is the Holy Mother's blessing that our Holy Breath Village can avoid the war. , escaped natural disasters, and our children and grandchildren continued to multiply. Do you know that in turbulent times, how many outsiders were greedy for our lives, and thieves always came to the village to rob us! But as long as we hide in the mountains, there will always be countless food for us. We eat, and those who try to snatch things will be torn to pieces by various wild beasts. The Virgin Mother protects us so much, and we are all her children. What's wrong with returning to her to serve her!" "That's

nice, why don't you go yourselves? Serve her?!"

"Every child born in the Holy Breath Village is ready to serve the Queen! It's just that the Holy Mother is kind-hearted. Although the Holy Mother's Day is held every year, the Holy Mother only chooses ten children to accompany her every ten years. "The guard said, "It's just ten. Shengxi Village has been safe and smooth for ten years, and there are more than ten or twenty children born?"

After hearing this, Fu Yan understood that there must be more than one child lying in the pit! Those below are the corpses of the past!

What Zhao Jinhua asked was: "How do you know that you have to sacrifice once every ten years? You didn't decide it yourself!" "

What do you know?" the guard replied, "This place of return is usually covered with living water, but every ten years When the water recedes once, it's time."

Fu Yan understood. The water in the pit receded once every ten years, and every time the villagers would push ten sleeping children in and let them drown when the water rose again.

But when Fu Yan looked down before, he couldn't tell whether the corpses were from ten years ago or from now. He guessed that the flooded environment might be very conducive to preserving corpses, which is why the corpses decomposed so much, and the smell was barely acceptable.

But it was smelly enough now, so Fu Yan kept covering his mouth and nose with his sleeves. The smell of rain, soil and corpse smell mixed together, it was as disgusting as possible.

The guard continued: "If you are sensible, you should cooperate obediently. If this child is gone, there will be another one. From now on, your life will be smooth, so why bother to remember this moment of physical pain?" As he

spoke, he The voice actually got closer and closer to Fu Yan.

"Physical pain is all nonsense. You and I are both children of the Holy Mother. If you understand her, you will know that you are only here to survive the tribulation. Death in life is departure and return." He said in front of the statue of the Holy Mother. Stopped, picked up a rag, and began to wipe the pedestal under the statue. While wiping, he said, "If I only think about the Holy Mother, she will be very merciful and let me reduce the pain in my body..."

Fu Yanting As his voice got closer and closer, he even saw his shadow cast to the side of the statue. Fu Yan's hand was already on the button of the pocket watch.

Once opened, everything will be suspended and Fu Yan will rush out and rush out of the cave!

He was getting closer and closer: "If I sincerely think about the Holy Mother, she will not see me hungry and let me practice without disaster..."

Fu Yan thought: Even now...!

Plop.

The sound of a heavy object hitting the ground preceded the click of the pocket watch. Fu Yan was startled as he watched the figure fall down.

Soon, another footsteps sounded, soft and calm. Inexplicably, Fu Yan felt that it wasn't Zhao Jinhua.

He soon saw a new figure coming next to the statue. With his height and build, it was obvious that the person coming this time was a child.

"..." Fu Yan guessed who it was, but what the other party did and how he did it made him more and more confused.

The next moment, a face that looked exactly like Fan Xiangyi emerged from the side of the statue.

The little boy stretched out his hand towards Fu Yan.

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