Chapter 3: The Day of Sacrifice

Ah Hui was also looking up at him. The man in gray jumped down in front of Ah Hui, grabbed Ah Hui, and gestured to him to silence him. Ah Hui was still covering his mouth with his hands, and the man in gray pulled Ah Hui forward with one hand.

Ah Hui stumbled, ran with the man in gray, and left the woods of the nursing home. Ah Hui stumbled. Fell to the ground, while the man in gray. Without pausing, he directly dragged Ah Hui and continued to run forward.

Ah Hui was lying on the ground, and the man in gray continued to drag Ah Hui, but his body rubbed against the ground, and the pain was hot, Ah Hui gritted his teeth and wanted to turn over and stand up, but the speed of the man was too fast to borrow.

"Let go~go~ me!" Ah Hui roared angrily.

The man in gray stopped at this time and looked back at Ah Hui. Ah Hui struggled and stood up. stared at the man in gray, not knowing what to say.

The man in gray pressed Ah Hui's head with his hand, put his face close to Ah Hui, looked at Ah Hui with his eyes, and said softly: "Tonight, don't mention a word of what you see to others!" Otherwise, you will be a sacrifice! ”

"Who are you?" Ah Hui asked.

"Remember, what I say to you, even if it's your best friend, don't talk to him about tonight!" The gray clothes said in a stern tone, staring at Ah Hui with both eyes, and Ah Hui nodded subconsciously. The gray-clothed man's hand left Ah Hui's head, patted Ah Hui's head again, and turned to run into the distance.

The figure flashed and disappeared into the night. Ah Hui was stunned, standing in place. What I saw tonight was like a dream.

Ah Hui dragged his tired and aching body, and returned to the dormitory to see Tang Ji, still snoring and dreaming.

Ah Hui was lying on the bed, as long as he closed his eyes, he could see Captain Long Yi half-kneeling, smiling at Ah Hui with blood all over his body, Captain Long Yi's last smile had been deeply imprinted in Ah Hui's mind, that smile was from the heart, and that smile was full of hope for the future.

Ah Hui didn't close his eyes much all night, but he was a little sleepy when the sky was bright, and he just closed his eyes.

"Hurry up! Get up! Ah Hui slowly opened his eyes and saw Tang Ji and Zhaoying standing in front of his bed.

"Hurry up~! Today the dean wants to give a lecture, hurry up!" Tang Ji said anxiously to Ah Hui.

Ah Hui Teng sat up on the bed and asked in surprise, "What?" Dean's lecture? ”

"Yes, they're already in the playground, hurry up!" Tang Ji said anxiously while pulling Ah Hui.

"Hurry up! Hurry up! You don't want to, it's the last day, and you have to accept the dean's punishment! The three of them said as they ran towards the playground.

On the playground, a lot of people have already come. Only the three of them were the last to arrive, Ah Hui looked back, and they were all adults this year. It's the person who will leave the nursing home today.

Everyone's expression is rather dazed, I don't know why? The dean is going to urgently gather and give a lecture today, at this time.

Behind the podium in the playground stood a group of people who were surrounded by a slightly chubby, eyed man, who was none other than the director of the nursing home.

"Are you all there?" The dean pushed his glasses and looked back to ask.

"It's all here! Dean! A thin man replied respectfully.

This thin man is the supervisor of Ah Hui and the others, and Ah Hui and they call him a patter in private, because what he is best at is that he is afraid of the dean's sycophancy. And as soon as he saw the dean, he groveled and followed with a smile on his face!

The dean nodded at the beat, slowly held his stomach, and walked up to the podium. After standing on the podium, he glanced at the team under the stage, nodded with satisfaction, and then coughed a few times with "cough~cough" to clear his throat.

"Well~~ Today is the day of sacrifice, every year today, you have to add tribute to the selection, because today, that is, you are the day of adulthood!" The dean began to speak in a frustrating manner.

"Today, we don't even have to choose!" Tang Ji whispered, and a little proud, and said to Ah Hui.

"But, you may be the hardest in the years, and I have good news to announce to you!" Saying this, the dean deliberately stopped. People who smile and look down the stage with very kind eyes.

"Hmm~~~ This good news, what is that?" The dean took the trouble to sell Guan Zi, and several people behind him were grinning, and the slap was especially exaggerated.

The dean paused for a long time. There continued: "What that! It is! Today! You guys! No~use~mix~add,Tribute~Selection~! The dean shouted loudly. Then close your eyes and wait for the cheers from the audience.

The people in the audience began to talk for a while, and the clapper took the lead, and began to shout behind the podium: "Dean! Dean! Then, the crowd also broke out, shouting loudly: "Dean! Dean! ”

The dean was on the stage, his hands raised high, enjoying the shouts. After a while, he waved his hands down vigorously, and all shouting stopped.

"So, now, you guys, go and celebrate, sacrifice ~~ritual~~day~~!" The dean raised his arms and shouted.

Everyone began to cheer again, this time not from the dean, but from the real excitement. In the shouting, the crowd began to pour out of the nursing home, and Ah Hui and the three of them also followed the crowd and ran to the gate of the nursing home.

Out of the nursing home, the crowd moved in the direction of the sacrificial square. This sacrificial square is at one end of the outer city, and the location of the square is outside the outer city, and there are usually two gates closed, and it is only open until the day of the sacrifice.

On the sacrificial square, twenty stone pillars are erected, and every year twenty adults are chosen as tributes, and these twenty people are tied to the stone pillars, and no matter how you struggle and wail, they will be firmly tied. Then the high priest, the highest prefect of the city, closed the sacrificial gate, and the whole sacrificial activity ended.

Next, the people began to celebrate in the sacrificial square. Moreover, on the day of the sacrifice, everyone cancels labor, food and alcohol are served free of charge, and as long as they are not chosen as tribute, they can revelry on the day.

The crowd of people in the nursing home soon came to the sacrificial square. It was already full of people, and everyone had a big smile on their faces, and it seemed that they already knew the news that there was no need to select tribute this year.

And on the altar, twenty people had been tied, and these twenty people were all wearing hoods, and their heads were hanging in unison.

There were a few people who were constantly writhing, trying to break free from the bondage. The people of the guard group, after walking over and hitting them a few times, they no longer moved, and their bodies just kept twitching, obviously the guard group was very heavy.

Ah Hui raised his head and looked for it on the stage, he saw one of them, his empty sleeves kept swinging with the wind, Ah Hui's heart tightened, this person must be Captain Long Yi, although his clothes have been changed, but blood still oozes out.

"Look~! High Priest ~ It's coming! Tang Ji pointed to a person on the stage and said.

The high priest walked up to the altar, he was wearing that bright red robe, and he was wearing a high pointed hat on his head, and the high priest was dressed like this every year on the day of the sacrifice, and he was looking down at the audience.

Everyone shouted cheers when they saw the High Priest, who smiled and waved at the crowd, and the cheers continued for a while before slowly stopping.

The high priest looked up at the sky with a solemn expression, closed his eyes, and shouted to the sky: "Sacrifice ~ sacrifice ~ of the ~ festival ~ we ~ for the protection of ~ the city and ~ sacrifice ~ may ~ the true god ~ forever ~ protect ~ us, let ~ us ~ forever ~ leave ~ kill, peace ~~~ peace!" ”

Then the high priest, clasping his hands together, gently closed his eyes, and with a calm face, knelt on the stage and prayed silently! Everyone in the audience imitated the high priest and knelt on the ground to pray, and the whole square was silent.

"Eat ~people~'s ~demons~ghosts~!" Just then, a muffled voice rang out. But in this silent square, everyone heard it clearly.

Some people stopped praying and looked around, looking for the source of this sound, and Ah Hui noticed that this voice came from Long Yi, who had a broken arm on the altar.

He stubbornly raised his head, as if with his last strength, shouted: "Self~Excuse!" Ren ~ people ~ slaughter ~ cut ......"

Before he finished speaking, a member of the guard group walked quickly in front of Long Yi, raised the handle of the knife, pointed it at his head, and smashed it hard, and a large amount of blood oozed from his mask. Then the man, slowly, took out his white handkerchief, and slowly, very earnestly, wiped the blood from the handle of the knife.

He put the handkerchief stained with Long Yi's blood and gently put it on Long Yi's head, smiled lightly at the audience, and turned away handsomely.

The High Priest frowned, continued to complete the ritual, then stood up, glanced in the direction of Long Yi, walked to the brake handle of the gate, and pushed the handle hard, and there was a "boom" sound, and the gate fell!

"Thank you! Thank you to all the people in the city, for all you have done, so that we can be favored by the true God again! The high priest said to everyone in the audience.

"Now! Let's party together! The high priest raised his arms and shouted, and the crowd erupted in cheers!

The words of the high priest made the people in the square boil at once, and the people seemed to forget in an instant that no one cared about the twenty people and twenty lives who had just been sacrificed.

In the sacrificial square, people began to set up tables and arrange food on them, and people from the inner city guard group began to organize people to receive free food and wine. The crowd moved in that direction in an orderly manner.