After the cannon fodder father and daughter married into the family, the whole family regretted it

Fang Nanzhi looked at the teenagers' enthusiastic reactions and felt happy, knowing that they had the same idea as he did.

An Mei, who was standing aside, looked at these young people with worry in her heart, but that didn't mean she didn't know what was right and wrong.

She knew that as long as it was the right thing to do, she couldn't stop the girl. Although she didn't know what the girl wanted to do yet, if something really happened, she would definitely do her best to protect her.

Fang Nanzhi waited until everyone calmed down before discussing countermeasures. But before she shared her thoughts, she said to everyone with a serious face, "Then we'll discuss how to proceed. But before that, I want to remind everyone not to tell your families about this, and don't disclose it to anyone else."

Someone couldn't help but ask: "Why?"

Before Fang Nanzhi could speak, Sima Che and Luo Chi's expressions changed, indicating that they had thought of the same thing.

Luo Chi said solemnly, "Don't you understand? We didn't know about the human sacrifice, but doesn't that mean everyone doesn't know? Our ancestors have either lived here for a long time or held a certain position of power. If I say they were completely unaware of this, would you believe it?"

Sima Che's voice was also heavy, but he spoke for everyone else: "Luo Chi is right. Some of them may not only know, but even acquiesce. Although we can't assume everyone knows, there's no time to distinguish whether they know or not. In order for this to be accomplished, we must keep our mouths shut. It's better to be safe than sorry. Can everyone do this?"

Even though the other young people did not react for a moment, they still felt complicated when they were exposed like this. They could not imagine, or did not want to think that the truth of the matter was like this, but they still nodded.

"Don't worry, we won't reveal a single word!"

Fang Nanzhi looked at their determined eyes. Although she couldn't be completely at ease, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. At least she was not alone here. Although these young people were as young as her, they could also be considered a help.

They discussed for a long time in the private room. Anmei stood at the door, looking outside from time to time to prevent anyone from eavesdropping.

At the end of the discussion, they said that if this matter was confirmed to be true, they would start taking action tomorrow and use the method just proposed by Fang Nanzhi.

None of them can allow such barbaric things to happen around them. Although not everyone among them is academically successful, no matter as a scholar or as a human being, they will not allow such cruel things to happen.

Now that you know it, you must do everything you can to stop it!

When Fang Nanzhi heard them say such things, she couldn't help but feel overwhelmed.

"Thank you all very much! You are ambitious, righteous, and courageous. This is exactly the integrity that scholars should have!"

Her words of praise made everyone feel a little embarrassed, and they kept shaking their heads and waving their hands. In fact, such a thing happened here, and it had to be discovered by her, a girl from another place, so they felt quite embarrassed.

After discussing for so long, everyone was a little tired. Fang Nanzhi said goodbye to everyone and left back to the inn, but the other teenagers had not left yet. They still had to discuss how to confirm the truth of this matter.

In the end, it was Sima Che who made the final decision. They split into two groups, one group went to the mountains to inquire, and the other group went to the mountain temple to inquire.

Be especially careful not to alert the enemy. It is better not to get any information than to arouse their vigilance.

That night, they met at the agreed place, having each received the message.

"How, what do you say?"

Luo Chi and Sima Che sat in the middle, and the other teenagers looked at each other with complicated expressions. It was obvious that they already had the answer, but didn't know how to start.

One of them took a deep breath and said, "This incident did happen, and it started fifty years ago."

Someone gasped, obviously not expecting it to happen so early, but no one interrupted him. He just continued, "We've used human sacrifices in our area at least seven times, and each time it was a boy and a girl. In other words..."

"That means fourteen people have died in vain."

Luo Chi continued his words, and they fell into silence for a long time, feeling uncomfortable.

Many of them have younger brothers and sisters at home and cannot imagine that situation.

Many of the little boys and girls knew nothing yet. Perhaps they were not even old enough to be enlightened and did not understand the ways of the world, but they were sent to the so-called mountain gods by their parents or other people.

They have been studying for a long time, and they feel particularly uncomfortable when they hear such things.

That night, many people fell asleep late into the night.

The next day, Fang Nanzhi set out for another mountain temple, but unfortunately he did not see the child prodigy.

She knew that things would not be so easy. She had no status, no excuse to offer, and was even a foreigner. But she was not anxious and asked someone to help pass on the message again.

When she left, she looked back, staring at the temple gate expressionlessly, then turned around and walked away gracefully with Anmei.

On the other hand, several young men also traveled together. They went to worship the mountain god together. Unexpectedly, Sima Che fell ill the next day. When he woke up early in the morning, his family found him fallen in the house and said that he was weak all over.

The Sima family was in chaos and specially invited Doctor Chen to their house. However, after taking the patient's pulse, he found nothing.

He sat on the edge of the bed in the room with a puzzled look on his face, looking at Sima Che lying on the bed with his eyes closed. He was puzzled. He looked at the anxious Sima family members beside him and couldn't help but speak.

"I really didn't see anything. Has anything happened to you recently?"

The people from the Sima family shook their heads and looked at the servants beside them, and the servants also said they didn't know.

"The young master went out to dinner with Young Master Luo and the others the day before yesterday, and they agreed to go worship the mountain god yesterday. He was fine for the past two days, but yesterday he said he was a little tired and went to bed early. I woke up this morning and found out he looked like this! I didn't hear him say he was feeling unwell!"

Doctor Chen asked him what he had eaten in the past two days, but he didn't find anything strange and could only shake his head.

"If you really want me to diagnose you, I think you're fine. If you have any concerns, you can consult another doctor, or ask if you have any concerns."

He was actually hinting that Sima Che was probably faking illness, but the people of the Sima family standing at the door looked at each other, and they all felt that it was unlikely.

Sima Che has always been sensible. People say that studying is hard, but he never slacks off and his family never has to worry about him. There is no reason for him to pretend to be sick!