Chapter 226: Sacrifice
"Then you want me to meet Dong Hao. I pulled a few hundred-dollar bills out of my pocket and slapped them in Uga's hand.
Uga quickly put the money in his pocket, and then whispered: "You take some more money, I'll figure it out." ”
Dong Hao was locked up in a stilted building, guarded by several Miao people in the village, and Wuga asked me for 500 yuan and then bought off the guards before I could enter the stilted building.
When I entered the building, I saw Dong Hao, he looked very miserable, it was obvious that he had been repaired, his clothes were torn, and he was tied to a pillar, and when he saw me, Dong Hao cried directly: "Brother An, you are finally here, save me......"
"Shut up!" I scolded.
“…… Why don't you believe me, why do you want to go to Miao Wang Valley again!"
"Brother An...... I was wrong. Dong Hao's head lowered.
"Now people are going to kill you, you're playing big. I snorted.
"Brother An, save me, save me, I can't die, all souls are about to be born......" Dong Hao cried.
I sighed.
Another reason why I came to save Dong Hao is Wan Ling, I have a good impression of that girl, plus she is pregnant again, I can't watch the child be born without a father.
I gritted my teeth, pulled a knife out of my pocket, and went to cut the rope.
"Brother An, what are you doing?" Dong Hao suddenly panicked.
"Nonsense, get you out. I replied.
"Brother An, we can't run, they have guns in their hands, and besides, it's getting dark, where can we run." Dong Hao's voice trembled.
"Don't you run and die!" I retorted.
"Graduate student, it's almost time......" At this time, Wuga's voice suddenly sounded, and then he was pushed away, and Wuga and the Miao guards walked in.
I quickly put the knife away.
"Let's go, you've seen it anyway. "Uga came up and pulled me.
"Brother An, you must save me, I didn't say anything, you have to save me!" Dong Hao shouted hysterically before I went out.
I'm so angry in my heart, this guy still dares to threaten me at this time!
"Wuga, tell me the truth, will the patriarch really kill Dong Hao?" I asked on the way back.
"It's not good to say, tomorrow the patriarch will go to the Miaowang Valley, and then sacrifice to the ancestors, and see the will of the gods. Uga folded his hands and said.
I frowned, and the worry in my heart was even worse, anything could happen in this ancient Miao village.
"Let's go, let's drink, I've been scolded by the patriarch several times to help you. Uga said depressedly.
At night, I have been thinking about one thing, whether to forcibly rescue Dong Hao, I still gave up after thinking about it again, first, I am not sure of victory, and second, I am afraid of complicating things, in fact, I still don't believe in my heart that the patriarch will really kill Dong Hao.
I woke up early the next morning, and after finishing my morning class, I heard Uga getting up.
It didn't take long to hear someone shouting from downstairs on stilts, and Uga responded with a few words, and then came and knocked on my door.
"Graduate student, the patriarch will leave in a while, are you going?"
"Of course!" I replied immediately.
Uga and I had a bite to eat, and then we rushed to the patriarch's house, where a large crowd had gathered, and many people from the village had rushed over one after another.
The patriarch and a few old men stood together, and several people gathered together to talk, and then the patriarch waved his hand, turned around and left.
The patriarch and a few old men walked in front, the crowd hulala followed, and soon the crowd passed by the stilted building where Dong Hao was imprisoned, Dong Hao had been taken out, and several Miao men were guarding him, and Dong Hao did not have a rope on his body.
"Why are you imprisoning me, you are breaking the law!" Dong Hao shouted at the top of his throat.
A few Miao men reached out and held Dong Hao down, and I saw Dong Hao being kicked twice, and he was immediately honest.
The patriarch walked up to Dong Hao and said a few words, pointing with his fingers, I couldn't understand the Miao language spoken by the patriarch.
"Patriarch, should we discuss it again......" I said.
The patriarch glanced back at me, followed by a hand pointing at me, and immediately several Miao men came over and surrounded me.
Uga hurried over and stood beside me.
"If you don't say a few words, or you'll be in trouble. Uga whispered to me.
"Brother An, Brother An!" Dong Hao looked at me and cried.
"Don't worry, you'll be fine. I replied.
The surrounding Miao people were silent, they all looked at the patriarch quietly, the patriarch waved his hand again, and the crowd moved forward again!
The patriarch led the people in the village to the Miaowang Valley, and several Miao men watched me all the way, and when they arrived at the cliff, the crowd stopped, and the patriarch arranged it, some old people and children stayed, and the rest of the people climbed down the cliff one after another.
Descending to the bottom of the cliff, the patriarch led the people to continue walking, at this time I secretly let the rhubarb out, I have to make some preparations, in case the patriarch really wants to kill Dong Hao, I can only make a desperate bet.
There were so many people in the stockade that they walked slowly, and it was past noon when they arrived at the altar.
When they arrived at the altar, the Miao people became serious, no one turned their heads and ears again, and even Wuga's expression became solemn.
The exit of the ancient tomb on the altar was revealed, and the stone slab that was inclined down was still in its original position, and the patriarch slowly walked up to the altar and suddenly knelt down!
The patriarch held his hands to the sky, and his mouth kept saying something, and his voice gradually became stalking.
"Wow!" The Miao people around the altar all knelt down, and they raised their hands to the sky like the patriarch, and then bowed down.
I was more embarrassed, I was the only one standing alone in the field, Dong Hao was forced to kneel down by someone earlier, in order to avoid embarrassment, I quietly squatted down.
After some worship, the patriarch stood up, and then the Miao people began to place tributes on the altar, and after the tributes were placed, the patriarch knelt down again.
"The patriarch is going to ask the gods. Uga suddenly whispered in my ear.
The patriarch's mouth made a sound, like chanting, and the surrounding Miao people also began to chant along, and the valley echoed with the chanting of the Miao people, and their bodies began to sway with the song, and the patriarch knelt on the altar, and raised his palms above his head......
I know that this is the Miao sacrifice ceremony, but the solemn atmosphere in the field still infected me, although I don't believe in their gods, as a modern person I don't believe in all ghosts and gods, but in the face of this ancient traditional witch ceremony, I have an indescribable sense of awe in my heart, Miao people chanting, as if the surrounding mountains, silent valleys are responding, and man and nature have some kind of magical connection at this moment......