Metropolis: Start to be a hero today

Chapter 243 The Sudden Sacrifice
Chapter 243 The Sudden Sacrifice
To Qin Chuan, this spring is very common, to Qingshan Town, it is just a place to fetch water, but to these people in front of them, it is a lifesaver for survival.

"Children of the Qin family, come here." Seeing Qin Chuan in a daze, the old patriarch stood at the door of his thatched cottage and shouted, waving at him continuously.

Qin Chuan hesitated for a moment, but followed.

A candle is lit, and there is nothing valuable in the house, at most it is a bed, a table, and some dishes. It is conceivable how simple their life is.

The old patriarch pointed to a box next to it, and then motioned for Qin Chuan to help take it out.

Qin Chuan picked up the box, it was very heavy, and he didn't know what was inside.

But the box was very clean, as if someone wiped it frequently.

The old patriarch took out a key, handed it to Qin Chuan, pointed to the box and said, "Help open it."

After receiving the key, Qin Chuan looked at the long lock over there again. This is a very old lock, at least people nowadays will never use it.

Slowly inserting the long copper key, the long lock instantly fell off and fell to the ground.

The old patriarch looked at this and laughed.

He sat on a chair on one side, then scooped out clear rainwater from a wooden bucket on the other side, and then began to clean his appearance, moving slowly but carefully.

After finishing all this, the old patriarch smiled and said to Qin Chuan: "Can you help me get out the stuff inside?"

Qin Chuan hesitated for a moment, and went to wash his hands in the wooden basin over there, feeling that it was disrespectful for him not to wash his hands.

After wiping his hands clean, Qin Chuan slowly opened the box.

The box was opened, and there were some colorful things inside. When I reached out and touched it, it was very soft.

Looking at these things, the old patriarch murmured: "It's been a long time since I gave a big gift."

Qin Chuan took out something, which seemed to be a piece of clothing.

The old patriarch took the clothes and muttered in his mouth.

Afterwards, he seemed to have become a lot younger, and he put the clothes on him all at once.

Immediately afterwards, he stood up and came to the box.

Qin Chuan just watched the old patriarch take out the contents one by one, and then put them all on his body.

After seven or eight incidents, the old patriarch's whole body changed.

The hat on his head always seemed to be something used by a great dancer, and there was also a string of silver bells on his wrist, which kept ringing as he walked.

The shoes are old boots with two warped sides.

With this attire, the old patriarch was very happy.

I took out the box next to the bed, I don't know what was in it, but it was taken out anyway.

When he turned his head, there was a pattern on the old patriarch's face, and he didn't know what kind of paint was used to paint it.

The pattern is very similar to the painted face in Peking Opera, every part is so uniform, and it doesn't feel inconsistent with this outfit.

At the same time, they muttered the language of their clan, just like the kind of dancing gods.

After getting dressed, the old patriarch grabbed his crutches from the side and walked out of the thatched cottage step by step.

The girl who was boiling the medicine over there was stunned for a moment when she saw this, and then directly bowed down.

The awe in his eyes was pure, not feigned.

As if the old patriarch didn't see the girl, he walked out step by step.

Every time he moves, the silver bell on his wrist and clothes will make a crisp sound.

The girl didn't follow, presumably she was boiling medicine over there.

After walking out of the cave, the old patriarch did not go out, but pointed to the other side and said, "Go out from here."

Qin Chuan responded, and then held up a candle to light it.

Here is a passage as wide as a man, and there is a light in the distance.

The old patriarch seemed to be familiar with the road here, and he didn't need candles at all. On the contrary, Qin Chuan would step on the gravel from time to time.

Passing through that passage, Qin Chuan saw the bright place, which was a steep slope, climbed up, and appeared above the cave.

Originally, he wanted to support the old patriarch, but the old patriarch was as vigorous as a young man, as if the clothes gave him magic power.

Standing on the top of the mountain, Qin Chuan felt the cool wind blowing towards his face, mixed with the humidity in Daqing Mountain, it was really a different feeling.

But this tranquility didn't last long, and the old patriarch next to him waved his hands, and the silver bell rang again.

This time, the sound of the silver bell was heard below, and everyone looked up.

When they saw the old patriarch above, those people stopped what they were doing, and then, like the girl before, they were shocked, and then slowly bowed down.

Just as Qin Chuan was about to ask the old patriarch what he was doing, he saw the old patriarch start to move.

Every movement is so slow, and the eyes of the old patriarch are so deep.

But the strange thing is, following the actions of the old patriarch, those silver bells seemed to be broken, and there was no sound at all.

The strange thing is that Qin Chuan heard footsteps coming from behind, turned his head to look, and saw the girl also came out wearing a strange costume. Unlike the old patriarch, she didn't have a silver bell on her body.

"This is?"

"This is a sacrifice." The girl replied, and then obediently knelt down in front of the old patriarch.

At the same time, Qin Chuan saw the people who were worshiping below, and ran back to his thatched hut at this moment.

A few minutes later, they came out in the same strange costumes.

Everyone is doing the same movement, the left hand rests on the heart, and the right hand forms a fist, resting on the back of the left hand.

Without extra walking, I stood at the door of every house.

Adults and children are all like this, looking at the old patriarch above the cave.

Suddenly, the old patriarch stopped, and the silver bell rang.

This seemed to be a signal, or in other words, a different kind of thing. In short, the moment the silver bell rang, all the clansmen began to hum a strange sound.

That voice is ancient and mysterious, not deafening but deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Qin Chuan could feel the goosebumps popping up on his body.

He had heard this voice before, when he went up the mountain with Su Mei yesterday, that voice appeared during the thunder and lightning, and he also saw those kneeling people.

The sound lasted for nearly 10 minutes, everyone stopped, and then they did what the old patriarch did before.

It is so tidy, everyone is in awe.

At this moment, the old patriarch was kneeling above, with his back to everyone below.

It seems that the following dancers are for this moment.

(End of this chapter)