My sister and I grab a man

"Oh, this is Daoist Xiao and his apprentice, Daoist Lin." Uncle Yang introduced with a smile.

Xiao Ningming didn't care whether he was called Daoist or not.

The Daoist should be the Daoist, he is recognized by Qingyu Sword Immortal: "I am Xiao Ningming."

"Hello, Daoist Xiao." Xiaojuan also bowed slightly to salute, and then said to Lin Che, "Hello, Daoist Lin."

Lin Che didn't react at all, and looked at her expressionlessly while holding the sword.

Xiao Ningming can accept this title, but it doesn't mean that Lin Che can accept it.

Seeing Lin Che's indifferent and unresponsive appearance, Xiaojuan felt a little embarrassed, then saw Uncle Yang asking: "Uncle Yang, are these two priests here...?"

"They just passed by here and wanted to stop and take a look at the incident." Uncle Yang said, "I'm planning to take them to the village chief's house for a discussion."

"I see." Xiaojuan nodded, "Then Uncle Yang, go quickly, I have to go buy fish for my mother first."

After finishing speaking, Xiaojuan secretly glanced at them again, covered her face and left quickly.

Uncle Yang knew that Xiao Ningming and the others were suspicious, so he sighed and explained: "Xiaojuan is the Hegu from the year before last. She was chosen because of her natural beauty... but she didn't want to be bitten by poisonous insects when she went out. The insects are very poisonous. Let half of her face be completely disfigured."

Xiao Ningming recalled Xiaojuan's face: "The River God only wants beautiful girls, and Xiaojuan's face is disfigured, so..."

"That's why the Hegu was replaced that year." Uncle Yang continued his words, "Xiaojuan also got a blessing in disguise and stayed. Afterwards, every family seemed to think this was a good idea."

Uncle Yang didn't say any more, but Xiao Ningming also knew the general idea in his heart.

In order to prevent their wives, daughters and sisters from being sacrificed to the river god and become river aunts, every family made them try their best to disfigure their faces.

This is why the women in this village have scars on their faces.

"The women in this village are all disfigured, so how can they offer sacrifices?" Xiao Ningming asked.

"Since last year, all the girls have started to imitate Xiaojuan's self-destructive appearance, but at that time there were still a few girls who didn't want to give up their beauty." Uncle Yang paused, "In the end we chose the most beautiful one among them." Became a river aunt."

Xiao Ningming was silent after hearing this, but Lin Che raised her eyebrows and said, "What will happen if I don't send it to Aunt He?"

"The original Aunt He was originally Xiaojuan. Although she didn't violate the agreement after the change, she still angered the God of the River." Uncle Yang sighed, "It dried up the water in the river for half a month, because Without water, many young children in the village died."

Lin Che snorted coldly: "Is it going to give you this kind of punishment? Treat the symptoms but not the root cause, if I..."

"Che'er!" Xiao Ningming yelled at Lin Che, lest he say anything that would offend others.

After Lin Che fell into a demon, his temperament became more and more stubborn. I'm afraid that after hearing the story of the river god, he also had the intention to follow suit, thinking that in the future, others would offer him beautiful women to help him cultivate.

Lin Che glanced at Xiao Ningming, shrugged her shoulders disapprovingly, and then continued to ask: "So you still made confession as usual in the second year?"

"That's right." Uncle Yang nodded, "But this year, no one is willing to confess the women in his family. Whether they voluntarily or force them, they will ruin their appearance."

"It's not impossible to destroy your appearance and save your life." Xiao Ningming didn't agree with this approach, but he didn't feel against it either.

"But it's almost time to make an offering. The last time I made an offering to the wrong person and angered the River God. If I don't make an offering this time..." Uncle Yang was a little scared, as if he knew how the River God would be angry.

"Then there is no one who can offer it now?" Xiao Ningming knew the seriousness of the problem. Usually, such a monster that can control an entire village is very powerful in itself, and in addition to the fact that it has been absorbing girls over the past few years. Essence, energy, and soul may be even more difficult to deal with now.

If this monster really got angry, with Xiao Ningming's current skill, it should be very difficult to subdue it.

Uncle Yang's eyes flickered: "Actually, there is another one."

Before he knew it, Uncle Yang had brought the two of them to the gate of a yard.

"This is the village head's house. Let the village head tell the rest." Uncle Yang knocked on the door of the village head's house.

The room was very ordinary, even looking a bit dilapidated. Xiao Ningming and Lin Che walked in and found a sturdy old man with his back facing them, sitting in front of the stove warming up.

"Village Chief, here are the guests!" Uncle Yang shouted at his back, but there was no response.

"Village chief! There are guests in the village!" Uncle Yang moved closer, raised his voice, and shouted again.Only then did the old man turn his head slowly.

Xiao Ningming saw that the old man's facial features were deep and straight, and his eyes were sharp.Judging from the expression alone, one can tell that the village head should be very difficult to mess with.

"Who are they?" The village head glanced at Uncle Yang, and then looked at the master and apprentice standing at the door.

"These two priests passed by the village and found that our village was shrouded in evil spirits!" Uncle Yang roared, "So they voluntarily stayed and wanted to punish the evil for us! Help the world to be righteous!"

?

Why did Uncle Yang's words get more and more biased?

"Village Chief, we just passed by this place and wanted to stay overnight. I heard that there is a custom of offering sacrifices in the village every year. I just learned some immortal ways. I just want to see if I can help you..." Xiao Ningming raised his hand and bowed to him. .

"What's wrong with you??" The village head looked at him puzzled.

"Daoist Xiao, you have to speak up, our village chief is a bit deaf." Uncle Yang explained, and then leaned closer to the village chief's ear, "Others are here to help!"

"Help? What can you help me with?" The village chief was even more puzzled.

Uncle Yang said helplessly: "Village chief, have you forgotten, this year we will not be able to elect Hegu in our village."

But Uncle Yang's voice was very normal, but the village head took it into his ears verbatim.

The village chief was silent for a while, and suddenly said angrily: "Whoever said that can't be chosen!"

"But……!"

Uncle Yang seemed hesitant to speak.

At this moment, a girl who looked no older than sixteen or seventeen came in from the outside: "Grandpa, I'll bring the firewood..."

The girl was holding charcoal in her hand. As soon as she entered the house, she saw two strangers in the house. She didn't know whether to enter or retreat.

Xiao Ningming looked back at this girl, she was dressed very plainly, and her appearance was not considered pretty, her ordinary face seemed to be stained with black due to carrying charcoal, which made her look a bit cute.

"grandfather……"

Seemingly because of seeing strangers, the girl seemed a little timid. Seeing her grandfather still sitting there safely, she took small steps and hid beside the village chief.

When the village chief saw her coming, a smile appeared on his face that had been drawn all the time.

"Fire..." The girl handed the charcoal in her hand to the village chief, who took it and threw it all into the fire. After the fire went out for a moment, it burned even more vigorously.

After the village head looked at her, he clapped his hands and stood up from the small bench, and said:

"Girl, hurry up and call someone, this is the preacher, and his disciple Yun Daochang!"

"...Village Chief, my surname is Xiao, and my disciple's surname is Lin." Xiao Ningming had a helpless smile on his face.

"Huh? Surname knock?"

"The other person's surname is Xiao!" Uncle Yang was also a little anxious by the deafness of the village head, and quickly stopped him, and introduced himself, "Come on, Minmin, uncle is here to introduce you, this is Daoist Xiao and Lin Daochang, they have been aiming at subduing demons and demons all their lives, and they are here to help our village."

"..." Xiao Ningming heard Uncle Yang introduce himself like this, and even thought out his life goals for them, thinking to himself: You are no better than the village chief.

This girl named Minmin seemed a bit timid, maybe it was because she was afraid of strangers, she didn't dare to look up at Xiao Ningming, she kept looking at her toes and fiddling with her fingers.

"I told you that we don't need help!" The village head glared at Uncle Yang, and then pulled La Minmin, "Girl, call someone!"

Only then did Min Min hesitantly say: "Hello Daoist Xiao, hello Daoist Lin..."

It was only then that Xiao Ningming discovered something strange about her.

——The girl doesn't have any scars on her face.

Although she looks ordinary, but her skin is very smooth, it looks flimsy, not to mention scars, not even a little blemish.

After Xiao Ningming nodded slightly to her, he seemed to understand the meaning of "there is one more person" that Uncle Yang said just now.

This is the only woman in the village who hasn't ruined her appearance. Judging from her conversation with the village chief, this girl named Minmin should be the village chief's granddaughter.

It will also be Hegu in the future.

Uncle Yang also knew that Xiao Ningming had seen through all of this, so he gave him a look, and said: "Village Chief, let's arrange for the two Taoist priests to stay first, they have traveled a long way, and it's time for them to rest."

"Let me say yes first! You can rest here! Our village doesn't need help!" The village chief looked at Uncle Yang and said angrily, and then walked to the door, "You two come with me!"

Because the village was poor, Xiao Ningming and Lin Che could only be placed in the village chief's house.The village chief's house is not big, just a small yard surrounded by two or three small rooms.

There was only one vacant room left, and the village chief saw that the two men were both men and masters and apprentices, and there was nothing wrong with living in one room, so he arranged for them to live in the room facing north in the yard.

Minmin seemed to notice that the clothes on both of them were not very clean, so she took the initiative to send some clothes and asked them to change them, and she took them to wash.

"Miss Minmin, I'm really sorry to trouble you." Xiao Ningming handed the changed dirty clothes to Minmin.

"It's okay...Grandpa said you are guests, take good care of you..." Although we had chatted for a while, Minmin still looked very shy, she took Xiao Ningming's clothes with her head down and blushing, and finally Without even saying hello, he ran away with his clothes in his arms.