Sacrifice is an activity in ancient times when people prayed to the heavens for blessings.

From the emperor to the common people, there were differences in the way of praying for blessings in different regions.

Therefore, in the barren land, the common people in some places still inherit an inhumane sacrificial ritual - living sacrifice.

In fact, this living sacrifice was not a real person, but an animal for a person, and the man was just a formality.

But it backfires, and if it is really sacrificed to people, it is a soul, and its soul cannot die.

"The child of Twilight Yuqi said that he was instructed by the ancestors to find the descendants of those ruffians and hooligans back then, and wanted to sacrifice the ancestors alive.

So he deceived them into trusting them and sent them to the altar.

Of course we disagreed, saying that he was crazy, and he threatened us that if he didn't, he would ruin all the paper people. Desperately, we agreed. But after all, it's a few lives, and I originally planned to save them with the villagers during the sacrifice, but I didn't expect ......"

The village chief trembled his hands and didn't finish yet. The man in the suit on the side suddenly laughed a few times. He followed his words.

"Of course he wouldn't have known, we had already been told. For a long time, the descendants of those of us have dreamed more or less of the nightmare of the paper man. Until the man told us everything!

We only learned that this happened to our ancestors, and although it was the first time we met that day, there was no friend or foe when it came to that guy from Twilight Yuqi.

We had already destroyed the sacrificial circle, and when he was sacrificing, we managed to break free and capture him. But there are a few cowards among us. After speaking, he turned his head to look at Liu Yu.

Liu Yu was frightened, and hurriedly shrunk into my arms. I held her up, her clothes were torn from the fire, and as I leaned over me, I noticed a strange tattoo on her arm.

"If she hadn't run away, we wouldn't have been able to subdue him. The three of us grabbed him, but he bit us like crazy. In a panic, I took the opportunity to grab the sacrificial executioner knife and swung it at him. ”

I didn't expect such a ruthless heart to be hidden under the well-dressed appearance. After listening to these words, I realized that this is how the headless corpse came from.

The villagers didn't say anything after listening to it. No one stood up to accuse him of being right or wrong.

Jiang Yu looked at him expressionlessly and took out a small green notebook.

"Well, you've been arrested, and I'll tell you that we're here specifically for the headless case of Twilight Yuqi this time."

The man in the suit changed his expression and looked at us incredulously, and the villagers behind him began to talk about it.

"What do you mean? Are you police officers? ”

Seeing the current situation clearly, he suddenly fell into a daze, and his hands hung down weakly.

"I want to know, who is that person you are talking about?"

"Who he is, I don't know, no one has seen what he looks like, no one knows. He can appear everywhere, he's a nightmare, he's a nightmare. ”

I don't know if he was stimulated, and the whole person began to babble.

I looked at the thatched house behind me, and the flames were already extinguished.

"Miss Liu, you also have to go back with us to make a record." Jiang Yu glanced back at Liu Yu in my arms, and she didn't make a sound.

I turned my head to look at her, and there was something strange that I couldn't put into words. Jiang Yu said that he had to go back early tomorrow morning, so as not to cause another incident.

At night, I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, I always felt that things were not so simple.

It took me a while before I fell asleep.

But I hadn't woken up yet, a rush of footsteps came towards me, Jiang Yu dragged me up from the bed, and said with a gloomy face, "Something happened again, the man in the suit and Liu Yu are missing." ”

As soon as I heard this, I immediately sobered up.

When I went out, I saw that the villagers who were guarding last night fell to the ground one after another unconscious. And Liu Yu's room was empty, and there was no one in sight.

"Will they leave the village?" Jiang Yu turned around and looked at the village chief who was belated.

The village chief kicked his cane and shook his head, "I don't know, I just wrote to them to come and see the kid Twilight Yuqi, after all, it's his death day!" ”

"Death Day! Today? Jiang Yu was slightly surprised.

"After 12 o'clock tonight, to be exact.

"Didn't they hurt him? Would you like to come? Jiang Yu asked out loud.

"I lied to them, if he didn't go to the altar on the day of death to overtake him, he would go to the man who killed him as a stand-in." The village chief sighed.

"Where is your altar? We're going to go to the altar and have a look. Jiang Yu suddenly asked again. The village chief was a little confused, but still replied,

"In the depths of the Enchanted Forest. We usually go in in the afternoon at the height of the sun so as not to get lost. Let's go in at that time. ”

I rolled my eyes, listened to the old man's words, and thought to myself, this old man is really interesting, and he is involved in metaphysics.

But I didn't expect those people to really come, didn't they really respond to the old saying, don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door?

But I didn't expect Jiang Yu to agree to the old man's proposal.

I looked at him and saw that he had been staring in the direction we had come. This appearance reminds me that when we first entered the Lost Soul Road, he was also staring at a certain place.

Remembering the ghost eyes he had mentioned, I leaned forward and whispered, "What do you see?" ”

"Nothing!" With that, he looked away.

At this moment, I heard a piercing laugh in my ears, and I shook my head, looked at the paper people in front of every house in the village, and immediately felt a trace of fear.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Yu and I walked up the road we came from.

I turned around and stood beside the stone monument at the entrance of the village, looking at the villagers below, who were standing in several rows, led by the village chief, and the posture was very similar to a funeral ceremony.

Everyone looked in our direction with blank faces.

It made me feel a creepy feeling in the bottom of my heart.

"What are you waiting for, let's go! Otherwise, you won't be able to walk after dark. Jiang Yu urged me ahead.

"Jiang Yu, don't you think these villagers are weird? Just because the paper people can give away a few lives, are they really as superstitious as they seem? ”

I looked back and didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Jiang Yu glanced down and didn't speak.

We walked in the Enchanted Forest for a long time, but there was nothing but bamboo and bamboo.

In the quiet bamboo forest, there were six of us when we came, and now there are only two of us. That inexplicable fear seemed to envelop me.

Do you remember the story of Peach Blossom Spring?

Behind this story, there is not as beautiful as imagined, but very scary.

The fisherman walked forward along the road full of peach blossoms, found a hole, was extremely narrow at the beginning, only to pass people, repeated dozens of steps, suddenly opened up, and this arrived at the peach blossom source village.

Is it really that simple?

In ancient times, peach blossoms had the purpose of warding off evil spirits, and planting flowers could ward off ghosts and demons, like a barrier. The smaller and then larger caves are similar in structure to ancient tombs. Did he really come to the Peach Blossom Garden?

The fisherman came to the village to inquire, but he didn't know Qin and Han, but his clothes were no different from those of outsiders.

The peach blossoms fall before and after the Qingming Festival, no different from outsiders, the Qingming Dynasty goes to the grave, will burn clothes and paper money, and the statement of burning them is also quite consistent...... When I first heard this story, I did shudder.

How different it is from here.

I looked at Jiang Yu and saw that he was pale and sweating profusely.

"You're not feeling well?" He closed his eyes and stared for a moment before he regained his senses.

"Keep going ......"

"I knew that he was coming from the North Road, so it's not easy for me to handle your situation? If the danger comes, I'll run first, you won't mind, will you? I quipped.

"You can try. Can you get out without me? He gave me a cold look. I shuddered, "That's right." ”

But I couldn't help complaining in my heart, I can't live without you?

It was getting dark. I was still in it with him, and I couldn't help cursing the old man, who wanted to kill us, and couldn't find a way out.

Jiang Yu's body was very weak at this time, and he didn't know if it was the effect of those eyes.

As we walked, we came to the sign before we started to enter the village.

The night was cold, with a coolness, and instantly drilled into my neck, and I couldn't help but shrink.

I helped him down, and he kept covering his eyes, as if he had seen something terrible. I looked around, and there was nothing but silence.

"What the hell do you see?" I was angry and confronted him.

"People...... A lot of people ...... It's all white...... No eyes...... Wander around us. From the moment they entered the village, those people have been ...... But as if he was afraid of something, he didn't dare to approach. Jiang Yu was a little weak, and said intermittently, which made my heart furious.

In the distance, the flickering flames made us feel like "It's in that direction, ...... quickly"

Jiang Yu suddenly got up and stumbled forward. I followed him, and slowly, the bamboo forest around me disappeared and became more and more empty.

In the distance, a huge altar appeared before my eyes, surrounded by flames burning from the high pillars. A man wearing a red cloak and a paper mask appeared. There were kneeling people all around, and we ran closer to see the bodies of short-haired women who had been burned to death.

There is also the man in the suit, who is placed in the center, surrounded by painted sacrificial objects. It was filled with cooked meat from livestock, as well as candles.

At this moment, I lowered my head, and I didn't know whether I was dead or alive.

"Enough, Liu Yu! It's you, right? You're not one of them. Jiang Yu said to the people on the altar.

The man slowly raised his right hand, and the paper fell to the ground, revealing Liu Yu's face.

"What is your purpose?" Jiang Yu saw that he was right, so he continued to ask.

"I'm Twilight Yuqi's girlfriend. They teamed up to kill him, shouldn't I take revenge? "Her face is distorted, and she looks like a devil without glasses. Completely show that face.

"You got it from the village chief, right? You're in the same league as the villagers. ”

Hearing this, I looked at him in disbelief, how could it be, they were in a group, then we didn't get on the thief ship.

"Haha...... Those who are foolish and selfish, as soon as they hear me say that they will be able to free them from the vengeance of those unjust souls, immediately make a deal with me and voluntarily find someone to sacrifice alive. ”

"A living sacrifice? Will you sacrifice him alive? ”

I looked at the man in the suit who woke up slowly, and when he opened his eyes, he was very frightened when he saw his appearance of being tied up, "What did you do?" Let me go! You stinky ......."

With a snap, Liu Yu gave him a slap. "The sanctimonious villain also deserves your share of speaking."

And we can't do anything about it. I couldn't help but laugh at myself that I had fallen for those villagers.

"Who do you think I am? Meng Xi who escaped? Hearing Meng Xi's name, we were stunned at the same time, it was Miss Meng who was harassed in the headless corpse.

"Meng Xi ran away because he was scared, he didn't dare to start, I put a lot of effort into letting you come here. Specially looking for someone to manipulate his corpse to scare you, you came here because of your weak heart, didn't you? ”

It turned out that this was the case, in order to make Meng Xi come here, she found Ji Wuqi's senior brother Ye Xiaoxiao.

"But you miscalculated, didn't you? Meng Xi was stopped by us, wasn't he? ”

Thinking that we had finally defeated the headless corpse, I had the confidence to reply to her. But she made fun of me, "She's not coming?" Isn't that a good time for me to take advantage of it? ”

Hearing her say this, my smug appearance just now instantly turned cold as frost.

Those people had never met before that incident, and it was normal for them to meet again and not know each other, and we didn't expect to be used as a gunman.

"So what the hell are you doing?" The man in the suit roared, looking at her with a look of fear and despair. He had always thought that this woman was the one who had run away that day, but now he knew that it was a devil.

"Living sacrifice!" She spat out the words coldly.

"What a joke! Seven people were sacrificed alive! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he stopped all of a sudden. Jiang Yu's eyes also widened at this moment.

"Seven people are sacrificed alive, even if there are only three short-haired women and lewd men who die." I blurted out subconsciously.

"Don't forget, I still have companions! How long do you think Meng Xi will live? There was mockery in her eyes, and she had nothing to do with the timid and weak girl yesterday.

"That's ......"

"He wanted to sacrifice us with us." Jiang Yu interrupted through gritted teeth. He looked at her with a wary look.

"Open...... Are you kidding...... We're not only six......" I said, as if I remembered something, and when I looked up, my face was horrified.

There was another person, someone I hadn't thought of until now, and that was the corpse on the road when the six of us entered the village that day. Since it is not from the village, it must be from outside, so ......

"He was also the one who killed Twilight Yuqi in the first place. I finally understood what the man in the suit said, "a few timid people", referring to Meng Xi and the short-haired woman. ”

I always thought it was a lewd man, a man in a suit and a woman with short hair, but it was actually three men.

"It's too late to understand now......" she shook her head and slowly approached the man in the suit with a terrifying smile.

"I'm not just killing a few of them, there's a stubborn woman."

Watching the knife in her hand slowly raised, the man in the suit looked at us for help, Jiang Yu clenched his fists tightly, this scene seemed familiar. That smiling girl looks like that......

I rushed up, I didn't believe it, a big man can't deal with a woman. Uncle, I also learned a little martial arts.

But I haven't touched her yet, she lifts her legs, and I Nima...... I clutched my crotch tightly, my face flushed.

"You're too ruthless...... Cut off my old Chen family's incense ......", before I finished speaking, she kicked me again, kicked me on the waist, and kicked me down.

It hurt me and I felt a concussion in my soul.

It hurt me so much that I rolled on the ground, and when I saw Jiang Yu who was still standing aside, he was indifferent, "Dead boy, you're up!" What are you still doing in a daze? If not, everyone will die. ”

Liu Yu snorted lightly, "You think I really don't have any skills?" I'm a black belt in taekwondo. ”

I scrambled up from the ground and staggered behind Jiang Yu.

The man in the suit was even more desperate when he saw us like this.

"What should I do?" I whispered in pain. Jiang Yu was unwell and couldn't help it.

"I don't know...... I just know that if we don't do something, we will all be finished......" At this time, he calmed down.

"The villain died of talking too much...... We're going to drag her on, right? I replied.

"I don't want you to be joking at this time......" Jiang Yu's expression became serious. I smiled and looked at Liu Yu on the altar.

She frowned at my expression, the itching coming from her neck changing her expression. Not only the neck, but even the wrists, and even the whole body.

"What did you do?" She finally became frightened.

"Heart-devouring...... You should know, right? Isn't this what you gave Miss Meng? Let her scratch herself like crazy. ”

Jiang Yu turned his head, "When did you take it?" ”

"I'm curious, isn't it? So when Miss Zhuang was studying it, I secretly took a little bit and took a look! You...... Don't tell her grumpy, or I'll be beaten again, and now that I think about it, my head hurts. ”

Looking at her on the altar in pain, Jiang Yu and I rushed to the altar again, trying to untie the rope of the man in the suit, but who knows, he has already fainted.

"Why are you dizzy at this time?" I looked at him with disdain, but Jiang Yu frowned instantly.

"No, he's breathing......" he said, raising his right hand to his neck.

"Haha, it's useless, he's dead. I have poisoned him a long time ago, and the poison of the Golden Silkworm Gu is not so easy to solve. Liu Yu, who was lying on the ground, let out a triumphant smile frantically.

Jiang Yu withdrew his right hand and shook his head, indicating that he had lost his breath. He was still talking just now, but now he has become a cold corpse.

"That's what you want?" Jiang Yu was trembling all over and questioned her. But before she could speak, torches rushed towards us in the distance. The village chief led the villagers, dressed in red and hanging colors, and surrounded the altar with a fierce attitude.

"Burn!" The village chief stood under the altar and commanded majestically. I stared at the old man, and my heart sank, they really intended to sacrifice us alive.

The torch was thrown at us, and looking at Liu Yu in the fire, she smiled sadly. "See? This is the selfish desire of people, and behind the price of superstition is the human nature made of the piles of countless people's corpses. They can choose not to believe it, but the instinct to survive makes them believe it. ”

The flames were blazing, but Jiang Yu and I couldn't do anything. There was a click, and suddenly there was a big hole under our feet, and we fell into it without any defense.

From the entrance of the cave, we saw the flames rushing to the sky, Liu Yu crawled over and pounced on the entrance of the cave, looking at us, "Actually, Du Yuqi is not the village he left at all, he should have been sacrificed alive by the villagers, but his father couldn't bear it, so he made a move on the altar and left this escape route." ”

Hearing this, I had some doubts about what she had done.

"Why? Aren't you going to sacrifice us alive? The villagers killed us, didn't you succeed? ”

At the last moment when the flames engulfed her, she could only hear her whisper, "I want to fight against them......"

I was violently dragged away by Jiang Yu from the entrance of the cave, and a tear fell from above, and before I could land, I was devoured by the fire snake that poured down.

"Village Chief, is it really okay for us to do this?" The villagers standing on the side whispered to the village chief. The village chief had a burning flame reflected in his eyes, a long cigarette in his mouth, and he spit out a puff and said slowly, "It's all for the village......

Jiang Yu and I climbed out of the exit in embarrassment, but we didn't expect that the exit was behind the stone monument.

The sky was gray and almost dawn. I guess Twilight Yuqi was like that at the time, right? Escape from the brink of life and death, and look at the village beneath that is covered by gray. Is it worse in your heart than we are? Or, not at all.

The stele was changed to "Huangquan Village" by the villagers, and some villagers were burning the paper in front of the door one by one. A festive smile on his face. It was as if the curse that had been hidden over the village had disappeared.

"Let's go!" Jiang Yu glanced back at the villagers below, "If I had to choose, I'd rather not be in this place." After saying that, he walked forward without looking back. The moment they turned around, all the villagers folded their hands and stood in front of the burning paper piercing people and silently prayed for blessings.

I turned around with a blank face, and the paper man smiled lowly. The eyes are no longer empty, like two dots of ink, consumed by fire.

The sun shone down and shone into the village. It shone on their smiles and on the stele. The words in the middle of Huangquan Village were crossed a few bars, and the spring was written crookedly next to it.

From a distance, it seems to have come to the boundary of yin and yang.

The paper man laughed.