After going back, Wang Lihong told Lan Xi and Wang Zhichu everything he saw.

Lan Xi said in surprise: "I didn't expect there to be such a cruel sacrificial ritual here. ”

Wang Zhichu also nodded again and again to express regret.

Wang Lihong remembered the golden giant snake, so he asked Wang Zhichu: "By the way, Professor Wang, do you know the legend of the demon snake in this Egyptian mythology?" I guess the snake god in their mouth should be the demon snake Apophis. ”

Wang Zhichu's face was a little solemn, and he thought for a while before he said slowly: "Demon snake Apophis, a terrifying guy in ancient Egyptian mythology. It is said that he lived in the River Styx and ate living creatures, especially living people. The serpent is so huge that no one has ever seen it in its entirety, and it can stir up storms and waves when it enters the water, and it can destroy towns when it goes up to the ground. ”

"Nothing?" Wang Lihong asked.

Wang Zhichu replied: "Yes, it was not a true god in the first place, so there are few legends, and I don't know if it was fabricated and added later." Originally, there should be no tribe believing in the snake god who is not a true god, right, how can this Arab believe in this god, strange. ”

"What's so strange about this, the world is so big, Professor Wang, I don't believe in it anymore." Wang Lihong has seen it now, he has seen incredible things, but it is even more mysterious and unacceptable than the current one.

When Chief Ramos and the others came back, Wang Lihong didn't ask much, but he was more interested in the man who acted bravely, so he inquired about his situation.

This guy is the son of an elder of the tribe, named Rudy Karthas, who is being locked up in the tribe's forbidden cell, which is actually our usual cell, because he almost ruined the sacrifice.

Wang Lihong sneaked into the forbidden room, because everyone was busy fetching water now. You know, it's only three days a month, so everyone is very busy today and doesn't have time to watch over Rudy.

Hi Rudy! Wang Lihong greeted him outside the forbidden room through those thick wooden fences.

When Rudy saw Wang Lihong, he said with some surprise: "You are one of those foreign tourists." ”

Wang Lihong nodded. Say, "Well, yes." Hey, what's wrong with you? Why did they lock you up? ”

Wang Lihong asked deliberately, wanting to see if he could learn anything from this Rudy's mouth.

Hearing Wang Lihong say this, Rudy was immediately very indignant, slapped his hands on the wooden pillar fiercely, and then said with self-reproach: "I'm useless, I'm really useless, I can't protect Faya." ”

Wang Lihong took a look at his situation. Immediately knowing that there would definitely be a harvest from touching the melon, he continued to pretend that he didn't know anything and asked, "Falla?" What's wrong? What happened to Falla? ”

Rudy gritted his teeth with a strong hatred in his eyes and said, "Falla has been sacrificed. ”

"Are you saying that there was so much excitement in the tribe this morning that there was a sacrifice ceremony? But wasn't this sacrifice made of livestock, such as cattle and sheep? Why use living people? Wang Lihong guided Rudy to answer his own questions and solve his own questions.

Rudy said unwillingly: "Actually, our tribe used cattle and sheep to sacrifice to the snake god a long time ago, but then something happened. The traditional sacrifice was changed from animal sacrifice to sacrifice of young men and women. ”

"What's that?" Wang Lihong asked with interest.

"I heard the elders say it was six years ago. Originally, we were free to take water after a sacrifice, but when our tribesmen fetched water, the serpent god was furious and killed all those who took water. The people of the Arab tribe were not attacked, and from then on, their tribe became messengers of the gods who carried messages to the snake god. They say that the serpent god is not satisfied with our sacrifice. It requires a human sacrifice. If there was no water, the whole tribe would perish, and the leaders had no choice but to do what they said, and the sacrifice of the living has continued to this day. ”

Wang Lihong felt very strange when she heard it, and thought to herself: "The tradition of this Nanu tribe has not always been like this. And it's always been good, why did the giant snake suddenly get into trouble? ”

Although Wang Lihong had doubts in his heart, he didn't say it, because he knew that Rudy definitely didn't know the reason for this, so he asked another question: "Then what is the relationship between you and Faya?" It looks like you care about the way she looks. ”

Rudy said with a look of pity, "If it weren't for the sacrifice, Falla would have been my wife, but now everything is gone." As he spoke, Rudy actually shed two lines of tears, but he immediately wiped them away and said, "I promised Falla not to shed tears, manly tears are a symbol of courage, and they cannot be shed easily." ”

After some communication with Rudy, Wang Lihong had a lot of questions in his heart, including the situation at the time of the sacrifice, what was going on with the golden python? As far as Wang Lihong is concerned, in fact, he is not afraid of the giant snake, because he has seen the dragon snake that is even more violent than him, although these two guys do have a comparison. However, Wang Lihong is not an eventful person, because it is best not to interfere in the affairs between tribes and tribes, regarding faith.

Lan Xi's side is almost recovered now, and Wang Lihong plans to continue to set off after they are ready, after all, they don't have much time to delay here.

Although the Nanu tribe is very poor, they are very moral, and when they saw that Wang Lihong was leaving, they also held a small farewell ceremony for them. Although they had just experienced such a sacrifice, they did not feel any sadness, and perhaps in their eyes, this sacrifice was justified.

It's like a lot of primitive tribes, they throw pork and children into the water together, if the shark eats the child, then this is also a kind of glory, if you don't eat it, it is also God's will, and the parents of those children will not be sad at all, so this is far from the civilization of the tribal beliefs and customs, it is really very puzzling.

However, because of this farewell ceremony, Wang Lihong and they couldn't leave if they wanted to, and even fell into a crisis all of a sudden.

It turned out that at the event party, Wang Lihong drank the tribe's homemade wine, which was too strong, and directly drank Wang Lihong, and when he was drunk, he talked nonsense at the party. He said: "This snake is old, and he dares to call himself a god, but in fact I am a god, and all the snakes, insects, rats and ants in the world have to call me a master when they see me." ”

It was his words that the party that was originally happy turned into a condemnation meeting to kill and chop in an instant.

"Chief, these people have offended the almighty snake god, and they must be punished, otherwise the snake god will sin against us."

"Yes, such a great rebellion, this person should be sacrificed to the snake god!"

This ancient tribe is like this, no matter who you are, no matter what your relationship with them, but once you offend the question of faith, it is a turn of face. As a result, Wang Lihong and Lan Xi and the three of them, including Nasser, were all locked up.

After waking up, Wang Lihong saw why he was in the forbidden room, and Lan Xi and Wang Zhichu were also beside him, and asked a little inexplicably: "Hey, why are we here?" ”

Seeing him ask, Lan Xi said angrily: "Are you embarrassed to say it, have you forgotten what you said at that farewell party last night?" ”

Wang Lihong shook his head, indicating that he really couldn't remember, and asked, "What did I say?" I don't think I'm going to be drunk and flirting with other people's big girls or something. ”

Lan Xi said to Wang Lihong: "The mistake you made is much more serious than flirting with the big girl. At that party, you said that the snake god was scum and garbage, and in your eyes he was an earthworm. He also said that the snake god did not meet you, and if he met you, he would lie down and call you a master, and you were the god of this world. I think you're the neurotic of this world. ”

"Holy! No way! It's a big fuss now, it's over, it's over. Wang Lihong's wine strength woke up suddenly, and then said to Lan Xi and them: "Then didn't you help me explain, I drank too much and talked nonsense." ”

Lan Xi looked at Wang Lihong, sighed and said: "Who cares if you drink too much or not, not to mention that they all say the truth after drinking, if you drink so much and say this, people think that you think like this on weekdays, so they will not let you go." ”

Wang Zhichu sat in the corner not far from Wang Lihong's side, closed his eyes and recuperated, and said: "Lihong, this thing about faith, you can't talk nonsense, many times this is a disaster, now it's up to them to deal with us." (To be continued.) )