Chapter 12: The Punishment of the Eye of the Spring
Liu Jiale was speechless, aggrieved tears rolled in his eyes, and Li Lin hurriedly played a round.
"Okay, okay, Jiale, you stand next to you for a while, I'll help them push the stone away, if we don't go down, I'll be here with you."
Although Liu Jiale was ten thousand unhappy, he still took two steps back and stood to the side.
After all, the man's strength is still great, and this time he pushed away the stone much more sharply than yesterday, and when the entrance was revealed, Liang Jun took the lead in rolling up his sleeves and said to Han Li: "In this way, I will go down and talk to her alone first, and then you will go down again." β
Han Li stopped her, "Why. β
Liang Jun said: "I am a woman, women are easy to talk to, you see that yesterday's two words made her cry all the time, and she couldn't say anything, wasting yesterday's meeting in vain." β
Han Li said, "Then I'll go down with you, you talk first, I'll be by my side." β
Liang Jun tugged at the corners of his lips.
The man made it clear that he didn't trust her, but ......
She didn't believe him anyway.
This man is a mystery, she also knows Liang Yisheng, and she knows the affairs of the Liang family, she intuitively feels that he is a little dangerous.
Cooperation is also because there is no choice, but as long as Li Lin and Liu Jiale are decent, she will not have to cooperate with this man, she still doesn't even know if he is the man who will kill her in Liang Ye's prophecy.
Thinking of that prophecy, she couldn't help but glance at him again, and as she descended the ladder, she kept wondering how she could see the man's back......
It seems to be a bit difficult.
The water prison is quiet, occasionally the sound of water droplets will be heard, and it is infinitely expanded in the open space, the two of them have the experience of the first day, and soon they came to the pool, and Zhao Yingying turned his face when he saw the two of them.
Han Li was about to move forward when he was stopped by Liang Jun.
She winked at him and whispered, "I'll come, you wait." β
Liang Jun didn't get too close this time, mainly because the center of the pool was very deep, she had wet most of her clothes yesterday, and they had dried outside because of Han Li, she didn't want to experience that kind of discomfort again, so she took a few steps forward, and the water didn't reach the surface of her feet, and she stopped.
"Zhao Yingying, we're here to help you."
Zhao Yingying ignored her at all.
Liang Jun clenched his fists, "I know Liang Yisheng." β
This time Zhao Yingying reacted and turned her face to stare at her.
She said: "He is a scholar engaged in geological research, and he came to Nanjia Village before with an academic expedition group, got separated on the way, and then was rescued by you, right?" β
There was a faint light in Zhao Yingying's eyes, "Do you know him......"
Liang Jun nodded, "I won't lie to you, but Zhao Yingying, you can't lie to me either." β
Zhao Yingying's eyes were filled with tears, "As long as you save me, you let me meet Liang Yisheng, I ...... whatever you want to know."
"In the last demon slaying ceremony, you were sacrificed, was it the first time you made a sacrifice?" Liang Jun asked.
Zhao Yingying seemed to recall something, her body began to tremble uncontrollably, and she shook her head.
"How many times was that?"
Zhao Yingying's lips trembled, and she said in a trembling voice a few times: "I can't remember ......"
She choked in her throat, "I can't remember...... I don't know how many times...... I don't know when it will end, I really want to die, but I still want to see Liang Yisheng, can you let me meet him? He said he would save me, he said ......"
The female voice whirled in the entire dark and cold space with a crying voice, and Liang Jun suddenly felt very heavy in her heart.
In response to Han Li's words, these ten days were a dead cycle, and Zhao Yingying was constantly going through this process-
Again and again, trapped in a dark water prison to feel this despair, then become a sacrifice and be divided......
She thought Liang Yisheng would come to her rescue.
But Liang Jun knew very well that it was impossible.
Liang Jun was silent for a moment, then spoke again, "Why are you constantly being sacrificed?" β
Zhao Yingying sobbed, "It's a punishment......"
After a few seconds of pause, "Eye of the Spring, ...... punishment for me"
Thoughts wander back and forth to the past.
When she learned that she was selected as a sacrifice by the eye of the spring, she wanted to escape from Nanjia Village, but there was no way out, and later she saved Liang Yisheng, Liang Yisheng was injured and lived in her house to recuperate, Liang Yisheng came from the outside world, she had too many fantasies and longings for the outside, and she loved to listen to Liang Yisheng talk about the outside world at that time.
Liang Yisheng is good-looking and educated, and sooner or later she will have to leave Nanjia Village, at first she wanted to take this opportunity to escape with Liang Yisheng, so as to avoid becoming a sacrifice, but day after day, her attachment to Liang Yisheng is increasing day by day.
However, Luohua was intentionally ruthless, and her confession was finally rejected by Liang Yisheng.
The reason is, he already has a wife.
This incident hit her hard, and for a while, she never had much energy, but after Liang Yisheng recovered from his injury, he took the initiative to tell her that he would take her out of Nanjia Village.
Liang Yisheng is a very kind person, and he can't stand the bad habit of human sacrifice, after all, she saved him, he can't leave by himself, leaving her here to wait for death.
At that time, the unquenchable feelings in her heart seemed to have found a little hope, and Liang Yisheng at least cared about her.
She was a sacrifice, and it was difficult to leave, so the two of them made a careful escape plan, but the day before leaving, Liang Yisheng proposed that he should go to the spring to take a look at the eye of the spring.
As a scholar, he was curious about what the Eye of the Fountain was that could grant all of people's wishes.
This request was first vetoed by Zhao Yingying.
The Eye of the Spring has been sacrosanct in Nanjia Village for many years, and even a glance at the villagers will attack it in groups, but Liang Yisheng is very persistent, so on the night they left, she finally couldn't resist Liang Yisheng and accompanied him to the spring.
The memories of that night later became messy and shattered because of the chaos.
In the dead of night, the white cloth on the top of the spring was uncovered, and the hollow hole was underneath, and it was dark and dark that nothing could be seen from above, and Liang Yisheng tied the rope to the tree and went down, and she kept a sentry on it.
At that time, she didn't know what Liang Yisheng saw, she was uneasy, scared, worried and wanted to leave quickly, but she remembered that Liang Yisheng suddenly asked her to help pull the rope in the cave.
She didn't have much strength, but she still pulled hard, and halfway through the pull, she heard the footsteps of a villager approaching.
While she pulled, Liang Yisheng himself was also climbing up, and when she was covered in sweat and pulled people out, Liang Yisheng grabbed a handful of things in his hand, couldn't hide his excitement, and threw the rope to tell her to run.
She wanted to run for a long time, but as soon as she took a step, a cold touch on her ankle dragged her in place.
She looked down and saw vines wrapped around her ankles in the darkness of the night.
The vine was wrapped around her leg and climbed up, like a living thing, she was cold, she couldn't shake it off, but she was pulled by the vine and fell to the ground.
Liang Yisheng had already run out of a section, turned around and called her name, and she shouted for help.
Some villagers are already running over.
She looked back, and for a split second she saw vines sticking out of the fountain, and she screamed and hit them with her hands, only to see more vines poking out of the black hole and wrapping around her body.
I don't remember how long it has been, but the sense of fear at that moment still exists, Zhao Yingying said this, trembling all over, and tears kept falling.
Liang Jun also heard a cold sweat on his back.
After a while, Liang Jun asked, "And then?" β
Zhao Yingying said: "I was pulled into the spring by vines. β
Han Li, who had been standing by the pool and listening quietly without saying a word, opened his mouth, his male voice low and hoarse, "What do you see in the spring?" β
Zhao Yingying raised her head and looked at Liang Jun, "I don't remember." β
Han Li frowned, "You should have ...... more than once when you went in"
"It's the same every time," Zhao Yingying choked in her throat again, "I don't remember what happened in the spring at all......
Her voice tightened, "The first time I was sober, I was pulled into the spring by vines, and when I opened my eyes again, I was already trapped here, and I waited for nine days to sacrifice, and then every time, you also saw it, I ......"
She paused again, her lips twitching, "That ritual, you know, was released into the fountain after the sacrifice was divided, and I went through countless rituals, and every time I opened my eyes, I would come back here, and I would ...... after nine days."
Liang Jun swallowed involuntarily.
A bone-seeping coolness flowed through her body, and she looked at Zhao Yingying, but she wasn't sure what she was seeing.
The body in front of me didn't know how many bloody rituals I had experienced.
Zhao Yingying's tears did not stop, "I called for help when I was pulled into the spring, and at that time I heard Liang Yisheng's voice, he said that he would come back to save me, he said it...... How could he forget me? I don't believe it, I want to see him......"
"You know him, will you let me meet him?"
This low voice was like a pleading, Liang Jun looked into her eyes, saw the hope in her arms, and suddenly lost the courage to tell the truth at this moment.
She glanced back at Han Li.
The light here was too dim for her to make out his expression, but she could vaguely feel that the air pressure on his body was low.
She retracted her gaze and said to Zhao Yingying: "Liang Yisheng, there is a reason why he failed to save you......
Her words were harsh, "After he went out, he couldn't find Nanjia Village, so he couldn't come back." β
Zhao Yingying was stunned, "Then you can help me find him and bring him here, okay?" β
Liang Jun was silent for a few seconds, "Not everyone in Nanjia Village can enter, you know." β
When Zhao Yingying heard this, her face was a little sad, "I know, but ......"
"Even if we come in this time, it doesn't mean that we will be able to find a place next time," Liang Jun said against his will, "Liang Yisheng can't find a place, so he can't come to save you." β
Zhao Yingying suddenly struggled, and the heavy iron chain made a sound, "He can't leave me here like this!" He was the one who had to go to the spring that day, so why was I the only one who was punished in the end! β
She cried and screamed, "It's not fair! I had known that this would be the case, and I would rather obey as a sacrifice than run away with him, at least I would have died during one ceremony! Look at what I am now......"
Her cry gradually expanded, "Look, what do you think I am?" I was torn alive again and again, I couldn't die, I waited for the last day every day, but it could never end, I didn't want it, I didn't want it...... I can't be the only one to be punished, save me, I beg you, I beg you! β
Liang Jun took a step back, seeing her hysterical, her heart flooded with unspeakable sadness.
Who said that Liang Yisheng was not punished......
Han Li wrinkled his eyebrows slightly, seeing that Zhao Yingying was crying uncontrollably again, he didn't want to return again in vain, he opened his mouth, "It's impossible for Liang Yisheng to come, if you want to get rid of this ritual, you can only rely on yourself." β
Zhao Yingying's teary eyes were hazy and she asked in disbelief: "Won't you help me?" β
"There are so many villagers, there are only a few of us, even if we are hard, we can't grab it," Han Li said, "You should know that we are not obligated to send you to death." β
Zhao Yingying sobbed and couldn't speak.
Han Li tentatively walked forward into the pool, it was very cold, he kept his distance and stared at Zhao Yingying, "If you want to get out of this ten-day death cycle, you have to find a way to destroy the ritual, once the ritual is completed, you will go back to ten days ago, this is something that only you can do, you have to live to see what the Eye of the Spring is all about, and figure out if there is a way to stop this sacrifice." β
Zhao Yingying shook her head, "I can't help it...... There are so many of them...... What can I do? I can't ruin the ritual. β
Seeing that she didn't resist, Han Li took out something from his bag while approaching her, "Your handcuffs will be untied before the ceremony, you use your dagger to cut through the cloth underneath and see what's going on inside the spring." β
Zhao Yingying shook her head vigorously, tears kept pouring out, "No...... It's a big no-no to look at the eye of the spring! β
Han Li's eyebrows tightened, his patience was about to run out, and his voice became colder, "If you don't want to get rid of the ritual, you can do whatever you want." β
Zhao Yingying cried and left, Liang Jun looked at her dagger in the man's hand at this time, and just wanted to speak, Li Lin's voice was panicked and floated over with an echo, "Someone is coming!" β
Han Li and Liang Jun glanced at each other, and the two of them acted almost at the same time.
The moment he walked out of the pool, Liang Jun had already raised his hand to snatch the dagger in Han Li's handβ
That's her dagger, why did he borrow flowers to offer Buddha to Zhao Yingying?
Han Li reacted extremely quickly, grabbed her outstretched hand, and swept his gaze, pulling the person to a recessed place on the side of the pool.
There's really no other place to hide here, and it's not necessarily hidden, it's just dimly lit, and if you don't get too close, you shouldn't be able to see them.
The space was small, and he couldn't make much movement, so he turned sideways and encircled Liang Jun in his arms.
It's still tight.
Liang Jun not only didn't grab the dagger, but was also embraced by the man, her brain buzzed, and it was short-circuited in an instant, and she smelled the man's breath up close, which was a male hormonal breath mixed with tobacco gas.
The man lowered his head to her ear, "Shhh......hhh
She's about to explode, what was that cool and fluffy thing that had just been accompanied by that breath sound brushing her ears......