Chapter 150: Burning
Those cruel and bloody scenes need not be repeated, no matter how you say it, it is just a sea of corpses and blood.
Under strong stimuli, human consciousness will gradually become trance-like, for example, Liu Nansheng recalled the sacrifice two years ago, and he was almost unable to remember too many details. All that lingered in my mind were the mandala flowers that bloomed more brightly than the fire, and the skirts of the maidens on the altar wrapped in the light of the fire...... Their expressions, which had become hideous and distorted by unbearable pain, were so terrifying, as if they were in a tormented purgatory, which made people feel fear and pity.
After the little princess's back became darker and darker in the moonlight, the burned bones shattered into golden gravel with the seemingly endless sea of flowers, and drifted far away with the wind.
"So this is a game set up by the Black Saintess, she took advantage of you, just to summon Princess Loulan?"
Gu Qi frowned, trying to find clues in the intricacies of the story.
There was nothing to hide from what Liu Nansheng said, and at such a time, no one doubted the authenticity of the clues he provided.
It is precisely because he did not hide it that the already confusing story became more and more suspicious.
For example, why did the Black Saintess come out of nowhere, did she only come to Willow Town, or did she want to unite the scattered people of the Wu Clan and do something premeditated. Or is it just to warn the villagers of Liuzhen and give them guidance?
For example, the "she" in the mouth of the Black Saintess, the person who is about to wake up and will make the situation worse, must be the little princess of Loulan. The Black Saintess planned so much, nothing more than to prevent the little princess from waking up, why did it backfire in the end, or rather, did she use Liu Zhen, or did the praying mantis catch the cicada and yellow finch behind, but was taken advantage of.
For example, who is the man in the silver mask?
What does the curse in the mouth of the little princess mean, is this the beginning of a catastrophe, or a warning of the end of the world.
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But these things, presumably Liu Nansheng, who is obsessed with the authorities, will not come to any conclusions.
Regarding Gu Qi's question, Liu Nansheng just shook his head very bitterly: "No....... The Black Saintess didn't lie to us, we had a chance, we were wrong, I was wrong. ”
After the passage of time, there is no point in delving into right and wrong.
No one can change time and space, go back to the moment when the right decision needs to be made, and reverse the course of the story. Just as no one can save a relationship that keeps going downhill after reaching the peak, when a glass of water gradually starts to cool down, you can rewarm it up by yourself.
In many cases, a mistake is a mistake, a coincidence, or a mistake.
If you can't go back, you can't go back.
"Uncle Liu, wait, I don't understand a little. ”
Liu Mu didn't make any more emotion, he calmed down and thought about it, and quickly found the crux of the problem.
"Since the sacrifice two years ago has caused the villagers of Liuzhen to bear the terrible consequences, to put it bluntly, your attempt has failed, or it is a complete failure, and the price paid cannot be said to be heavy. Now, at the end of eighteen years of reincarnation, why do you continue to perform these sacrifices and behave so cautiously?"
Liu Mu asked these words seriously, and the beautiful peach blossom eyes were a little smiling, like a casual ridicule, and it seemed to hide a sharp speculation. Gu Qi couldn't help but pursed the corners of his lips, and felt that Liu Dashao was really not a big deal to see the excitement, even if it was a serious occasion, it was inevitable that he would not be serious because of his words.
Look at what Liu Dashao asked, no matter how euphemistic the wording is, it will never deviate from its roots.
The meaning of this is "You all failed anyway, why don't you break the jar and break it, and you have to continue to toss".
The truth is such a truth, and the thing is also such a thing, but if you say it directly, it will obviously change its taste.
"Because, we can't help it. ”
But Liu Nansheng, as the party concerned, didn't have the heart and energy to care about these details anymore, he raised his head a little blankly, looked at Liu Mu with heavy eyes, and repeated this sentence again in a low voice.
"We can't help it...... There is no way. ”
That disaster became a nightmare in the hearts of the villagers of Liuzhen, and until many years later, they still did not come out of the shadows, and every time they recalled it, they were unbearable and creepy.
The villagers of Liuzhen have always feared fate and resisted what the gods left behind, and the night when the Dragon Maiden Temple was burned by the flames, the fire burned out the last bit of hope that sank in the night, and then the ashes were wrapped in only a blank. When the dust settled, everyone came out of the strange sense of oppression.
Like stiff puppets, the ropes that bound them were suddenly cut, and the strength of their limbs was drained in an instant. Recalling the scene of the arrival of the little princess, they only felt emptiness and trance, so the night when they knelt side by side in front of the altar in a daze, watching their relatives die, was like a sharp knife piercing the hearts of the villagers of Liuzhen.
When excessive self-blame and heartache deprive one's mind, fear and repression are enough to drive people insane.
It is clear that everyone knows that after the matter is a foregone conclusion, it is meaningless to hold them accountable, but the villagers of Liuzhen still can't help but thoroughly investigate what the problem is. And when the curtain came down on the heart-wrenching interrogation and accusations, they realized that the initial disaster was just a small mistake, which actually led to an irreversible ending.
The only variable is the stranger with the silver-white mask.
It wasn't until the end that the villagers finally realized that the seemingly inconspicuous weak young man turned out to be a devil who bewitched the mind.
One of the twelve concubines was coaxed by him, which caused irreparable consequences.
"You worship immortality in your stockades, and pray for the mercy of the gods, but you are only slaves to the gods, and even your souls are sacrificed to emptiness, and you do not get a little freedom. What you can't get rid of for thousands of years, now that your village chief says that it can be ended with such a simple sacrifice, how do you know that it is not a lie?"
"Why do you know about our stockade, who are you?"
The little girl didn't know why the stranger who came to help found her. She is just the most ordinary of the twelve concubines, not the most beautiful, nor the most favored by the village chief, and even because of her excessive ordinariness, she will have some resentment against the noble saint - why do everyone live together in the Dragon Maiden Temple, but they want to put her first in everything?
Is it because of the innate, invisible and intangible, so-called bloodline?
However, the masked man's deep and pleasant voice, just like his outline hidden in the shadows, clearly came from the unreal, but it was inexplicably curious and expected.
"It doesn't matter who I am, I only ask you, are you afraid of death?"
"What...... What?"
"You'll be an adult in two months, haven't you taken a good look at the outside world, the great rivers and mountains, the bustling city, the magnificence, the fireworks in the world, don't you yearn for it at all?"
The girl's fingers clenched the hem of her skirt tightly, and her heart began to waver unconsciously.
"Don't want to fall prey to lies, you just have to do what I say. ”
"So what should I do?"
The little girl was originally a sensitive and introverted character, and at this moment the dark side of her heart has been catalyzed.
When this sentence was asked, she had already stepped into the designed script and became a pawn to wake up the little princess. Therefore, the sacrifices of that sacrifice were manipulated, and the villagers of Liuzhen could never have imagined that the people who betrayed them at the last moment were actually the twelve concubines who had borne all their hopes.
"How did my daughter know that it would cause such consequences, what did she do wrong, didn't she just want to live?"
When all this came to light, this weak defense became the only voice of the girl's father.
When he heard these words, the most angry person was Lao Li, who opened a supermarket.
He clenched his fist and smashed it on the man's body, each punch seemed to be venting his deep hatred, and he hated to directly crush the man's bones and scatter ashes.
"Then what did my daughter do wrong, she just came of age, just came of age....... She has lived in the damn Dragon Maiden Temple since she was born, and the meaning of her life is for this sacrifice, she will be free soon, just one day away!"
Later, it was a farce that bordered on absurdity.
In the face of the terrible death, everyone was red-eyed, without any reason.
In the end, it became an endless accusation and fighting.
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"The villagers of Liuzhen have not yet recovered from the disaster for two whole years, and they are suspicious of each other, repel each other, and even hate each other....... Now that I think about it, the real horror may not be the disaster itself, but the irreparable damage that will follow. This kind of influence is not only in Liuzhen, but may be far more far-reaching than we big guys realize. ”
Liu Nansheng said it vaguely, but Gu Qi seemed to realize something, and finally became a little uneasy.
"So, is the upcoming sacrifice in Liu Town actually related to Mo City, Uncle Liu?"
"Mo City?" Hearing Gu Qi mention Mo City, Liu Nansheng was obviously stunned.
He had just been referring to the Wu clan village, how did Gu Qi know the location of Mo City's preparation?
Thinking like this, Liu Nansheng glanced at Gu Qi in great surprise, and asked in a careful tone.
"Girl, what you said about Meaux...... But the Mo city in Miaojiang, that ...... Have you been anywhere else?"
Liu Nansheng asked this question very vaguely, as if he was inadvertently asking for something.
"No, though, I suspect that the teacher's disappearance has something to do with Meaux. ”
Hearing Gu Qi's answer, Liu Nansheng silently closed his voice, as if he was weighing something. Of course, Liu Mu, who was good at observing words and feelings, did not let go of the slightest change in mood, he broke the silence with a half-light chuckle and opened his mouth lightly.
"In this case, this so-called impact must be added to Dock City. ”
"Wucheng?" Liu Nansheng raised his eyes and glanced at Liu Mu in surprise.
Liu Mu didn't sell any more Guan Zi this time, and added bluntly: "Didn't you ask me, what is the situation with that dance suit? I followed the dance clothes to find out Mo City, and now our Bai family is investigating everything about the treasure of the Relic King, that is, the Loulan Goddess." Maybe we'll be here and be able to talk to you openly and honestly, and that's part of the impact. ”
"That's it...... That's it......."
At this point, Liu Nansheng finally relented and no longer shied away.
"I don't know if you two are here to save the world, or if you are like the Black Saintess back then, you say that you can bring salvation, but you still can't stop the fate that represents disaster. Actually, it was because I felt the call of the Wu tribe that I had to continue this sacrifice - it may not be accurate to say that it was a sacrifice, we just couldn't get the "Goddess's Suit" back together. ”