Back in the store, Wang Qian and Li Kun were diligent and had already finished cleaning, and Zhang Zi'an asked them to go back to school earlier. After they left, the store was quiet, and Zhang Zi'an saw that it was not too early, so he simply pulled down the roller shutter door and locked it.

He walked over to the statue of the cat god in the corner and crouched down to take a closer look. The section of the nose ring, which has been split in half, sparkles in the light.

Fina opened her eyes and silently jumped off the cat's climbing frame. Because its movements were so light, the snow lion, who was a nymphomaniac with his eyes closed, did not even notice that the tail in front of him had disappeared......

Lao Cha also walked over with a steady step, staring at the statue with a solemn gaze.

Zhang Zi'an stretched out two fingers and flicked the statue, making a strong and dull sound. The statue was undoubtedly solid, and the shock made his fingernails hurt. He only felt that the statue was simple in shape and elegant in posture, and he really didn't understand why it provoked such a big reaction from Fina and Lao Cha.

"Fina, old man tea, what's going on?" he asked, crouching.

Lao Cha motioned to Fina with his eyes, "It's up to Her Majesty the Queen, I don't know much about this matter, and I just want to understand it." ”

Fina squatted down proudly. If you look closely, you will see that its posture is the same as that of the statue, except that its fur is too dazzling, and the statue is too rustic to be perceived unless it stands side by side like this.

"Thousands of years ago, in the black land, in addition to worshipping the cat god Best, there were also a very small number of people who believed in darkness who secretly worshipped another god - the evil god in the image of a cat, which came from the underworld, had no name, and was never recognized, and only those who were angry and hateful would worship it as a god. Fina lifted a cat's paw and pointed at the statue, "The only difference between it and Best is the nose ring, and Best doesn't wear a nose ring." ”

Zhang Zi'an thought that this is really the case, some people believe in true God, some people believe in false gods, some people believe in Jesus, some people believe in Satan, it is nothing more than dissatisfaction with the rulers and society at that time, and it is not uncommon to use this way to resist, there are in ancient times, there are today, there is nothing new under the sun.

He picked up the split nose ring from the ground, looked at it carefully by the light, and couldn't see any clues.

"Is this the thing?"

Fina nodded solemnly, "Don't underestimate this nose ring, it's thousands of years old, even before the time of the main palace, and it's it that scares the kittens." ”

Zhang Zi'an shook his head, "It's not that I don't believe it, it's really a bit suspenseful." A nose ring from thousands of years ago is still so powerful? Don't tell me this nose ring is also blessed by the power of faith......"

Fina snorted disdainfully, "What do mere mortals know! This nose ring is not that simple, it has endured countless soaking and baptism of animal flesh and blood for hundreds of thousands of years of sacrifices—the sacrifices of evil gods have always been so bloody, and the fear of those animals before being slaughtered is all dissolved into it. Don't you notice that the color of this golden nose ring is a little reddish?"

Hearing that the nose ring was soaked and baptized with flesh and blood, Zhang Zi'an felt a little disgusted and almost threw it out, but when he heard that it was actually made of gold, he was reluctant to throw it away, but clenched it tighter......

"In short, Hongu knows this. Today, the cultists of the evil gods have long since disappeared, and even the gods they worship do not know where they are, and they are not worth caring about. With that, Fina flicked her tail proudly, jumped back on the cat climbing frame, closed her eyes and began to nap.

Lao Cha also nodded and said, "The weird things in the West are really interesting. Zi'an doesn't have to worry, as Her Majesty the Queen said, since ancient times, evil has not prevailed over good, and these evil ways that damage yin and morality can only be rampant for a while after all, and they can't escape the fate of ruin. Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and the way of heaven is good reincarnation. If you don't believe it, look up, who will the heavens spare?"

After speaking, Lao Cha also paced, and returned to the electric blanket to drink tea and watch TV.

Zhang Zi'an stood up with a smile, casually put his nose ring into his trouser pocket, moved his recliner to its original position, and began to play with his mobile phone while half-lying.

Listening to Fina's narration, he always had a feeling that he was still unfinished, after all, Fina's era was too early, and there was a gap between it and the present two thousand years, and it didn't know a lot of things. Lao Cha was born in the East and grew up in the East, and knows little about Western myths and legends. If you want to finish the story......

Zhang Zi'an's finger sliding the screen stopped, and his finger belly just pressed on Weikang's avatar.

He hesitated for a moment, but still clicked on Wei Kang's avatar, took a photo of the cat god statue and sent it over, and asked at the same time, "Professor Wei, do you know the origin of this statue?"

It's almost dinner time now, Zhang Zi'an estimates that Weikang won't reply so quickly, and is about to go to Taobao's buyer show to find a few welfare pictures to see, but he received a message from Weikang in seconds.

Wei Kang: "This is the Gayer-Anderson Cat, the original is in the British Museum, you are a replica, right?"

Zhang Zi'an forgot to ask Xiaoxue just now, and only then did he know the origin of the statue.

He wrote back and said, "Yes, Professor Wei has good eyesight. Sorry to interrupt, you're having dinner, right?"

Wei Kang: "No, I'm still in school. ”

Zhang Zi'an looked at his watch, it was half past seven in the evening, and this professor was good enough.

He replied: "Hurry up and eat, your academic research will not run away with long legs, and it will not be worth it if you burn your body." ”

Wei Kang: "Well, I'll go in a moment...... Hey, no, what about the statue nose ring?"

Zhang Zi'an took out the split nose ring in half from his trouser pocket, took a photo and sent it over.

Zhang Zi'an: "I accidentally broke it." Professor Wei, you are very knowledgeable, I would like to ask you, is this statue representing the cat god?"

Wei Kang: "I generally think so, but occasionally there are doubts. ”

Zhang Zi'an: "Why do you question it?"

Wei Kang: "The reason is very simple, there is such a cat god statue in the world with a nose ring, which will inevitably make people suspicious." There is another statue of the cat god in the British Museum, which is an anthropomorphic of the cat god, with a cat's head and a human body, wearing a gorgeous golden dress and shawl, wearing only earrings and no nose ring. In addition, another statue of the cat god in the collection of the Walters Art Museum also has only earrings and no nose ring. ”

Zhang Zi'an smacked his tongue, sure enough, a professor is a professor, not a wasted name, all kinds of allusions come easily, reasonable and convincing.

Based on what Fina said, he carefully considered the wording and wrote cautiously: "Professor Wei, declare in advance that I am guessing, don't blame me if I say something wrong! Is it possible...... This statue is not actually a serious cat god, but some kind of alienated evil god?"

After sending the message, he held his phone nervously and waited for a reply.

He thought that Wei Kang would reprimand, saying that he was whimsical, but he didn't expect Wei Kang to quickly reply: "This possibility cannot be completely ruled out." It is not uncommon for cats to be worshipped as evil gods throughout history, the most famous being baphomet. This legendary demon is almost second only to Satan in Christianity, and is rumored to have been secretly worshipped by the famous Knights Templar in the form of a cat. Thousands of years ago, the Jews were enslaved by the ancient Egyptians for a long time, and I don't need to say much about the relationship between the Jews and the Bible, right?"

Wei Kang's words were a little vague, Zhang Zi'an didn't understand them at first, and after staring at these words for several minutes, in his mind, two lines connected several key words.

The first line is: Ancient Egyptians - Jews - Christians - Knights Templar.

The second line is: Bastet, the cat god - the cat of the underworld who is alienated, the demon Baphomet.

Zhang Zi'an suddenly realized, and then thought of the persecution of witches and cats in Christianity in the Middle Ages, which seemed to be inextricably linked, and the fog of history gradually cleared up before his eyes.

Wei Kang seemed to deliberately leave him some time to think, and only continued to send messages after a while: "Of course, it is unknown how many of these things are rumors and how many are facts, unless the people at that time come to life, no one knows what the truth is going on - including this cat god statue." ”

Zhang Zi'an replied: "I understand, thank you, Professor Wei, very wonderful story!"

After that, he closed the screen of his phone, looked at the statue of the cat god isolated in the corner again, and sighed softly.

Whether it is a real cat god or a pseudo-cat god, whether it has been worshiped by all the people or baptized by flesh and blood, it doesn't matter now, the long river of history can bury everything.

As the saying goes: how many things in ancient and modern times, all in the talk and laughter.

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Does this chapter feel a bit like The Da Vinci Code?

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