I wondered, "What do you mean?" ”

Azanji seemed to know something, but he shook his head, just smiled, showed a mysterious face, and refused to say it, I was puzzled, but I saw that the Miao people under the altar had lined up, walked up to the altar in turn, stopped beside the corpse for a few seconds, and grabbed the corpse's palms in turn, as if doing a farewell ceremony.

I said, "What's uncomfortable about this, isn't it just a farewell ceremony?" Azanji smiled and said, "Keep reading and you'll understand." ”

Under my puzzled gaze, someone suddenly led a cow into the outside of the village, and when I looked closer, I found that the person leading the cow in front was a black dog, and he was numb, and led the ox rope to the corpse, and tied the ox rope under the altar, and then took a horse chopping knife from the hands of the people.

I whispered, "What is this for?" ”

"Their method of sacrificing to the mountain god is the same as the way Li Wu worships the Yin God, and they all use fresh cattle and sheep offal, and this cow is a sacrifice!" Azanji said coldly.

What the?

Before I could react, I saw the black dog suddenly raise the big knife in his hand, aimed at the neck of the cow and slashed frantically, although the black dog was already very hard, and the cowhide was tough, not a knife can be cut, the cow's neck was cut a bloody hole, the pain kept wailing, but did not fall, did not struggle to resist, the mouth let out a low roar of "moo", and stood there with his head down.

The black dog raised the big knife and stomped down one by one, and soon there were dense wounds on the back of the cow, and the blood flowed all over the ground, which was particularly hideous and bloody, and the cow was so painful that it couldn't make a sound, and its forelimbs knelt on the ground, and its mouth was sprayed with bloody foam, and it was panting for breath, but it couldn't breathe.

There was no pity on the faces of these Miao people, and everyone's eyes were full of excitement.

I'm already sweating, this way of sacrificing is too cruel, why don't you give this animal a good time?

At this time, Azanji leaned into my ear and said, "The ox is a very spiritual animal, it can pass through the yin, and the people in the village kill the ox." The sacrifice of its soul to the mountain god is to hear their prayers and bless them with good weather in the coming year. ”

I said in a cold sweat, "It's unreasonable, this is a pervert in my heart, I've also eaten beef, and even seen others kill cows, but the people who eat beef and slaughter cattle are all for survival, this kind of sacrifice is so terrible, it's just killing for fun!" ”

Azanji shook his head and said, "The customs of each place are different, I have been in Miaojiang for a long time, and I have become accustomed to it, and you may feel uncomfortable when you see it for the first time, so I just asked you not to look at it." ”

At this time, the black dog had already put down the war horse saber in his hand, this knife was too heavy, at least thirty pounds, and it was quite difficult for adults to lift it, not to mention cutting the cow more than a dozen times in a row, the black dog's physical strength was almost exhausted, and soon a second clansman came on the field, raised the knife expressionlessly, and continued to cut at the back of the cow.

The heavy blade brought out a flash of blood, and I saw the bone residue that jumped out of the blade, and the old cow's slashed blood clots, which had broken the spine, and the old cow's entire spine was broken, and a hole was "dug" from the back, which led straight to the abdomen, and the intestines were also brought out and flowed all over the ground......

Accompanied by the old cow's wailing and screaming, I closed my eyes, and I couldn't bear to look closely

Azangi patted me on the shoulder, "If you don't feel well, go back to sleep." ”

I pushed away Azanji's hand and said, "I can't sleep, these people are so ignorant, what age are they still sacrificing in such a bloody way, I don't object to sacrificing to the mountain gods, but this way is even more cruel than beasts!" ”

"Don't mess around!" Azanji grabbed my arm and said, "I know you, but for Miao Village, we are just passers-by, and we are not qualified to make irresponsible remarks about the sacrificial culture they have inherited for thousands of years, and the Miao people are very bloody, and if your words and deeds make them feel offended, I am afraid they will use the same way as killing cattle to deal with you." ”

I gritted my teeth and said, "No wonder this kind of place is so poor, it's not unreasonable!" ”

As he spoke, the back of the old cow had been cut to pieces, the old cow fell to the ground and hummed, his mouth was spraying blood foam, and he was panting weakly, while the clansmen in the Miao village were so excited that they were like chicken blood, singing and dancing around the old cow, holding the cow blood on the ground with their hands, smearing each other on their bodies, and even sprinkling some cow blood on the corpse.

I exclaimed, "Are these people crazy, why are they sprinkling cow blood on the corpses?" ”

The cow can pass through the yin, so its blood is also yin, sprinkled with cow blood on the corpse, and it is also the cow blood that was brutally tortured to death, the cow corpse must be angry, everything is spiritual, once the resentment on the cow's blood infects the corpse, are you not afraid of deceiving the corpse and making evil?

Azanji frowned, "I think they should have done it on purpose. ”

"Deliberately?" I opened my mouth wide and wondered, "Why?" ”

"It's possible, they want to wake up the yin spirit of the dead in this way, and then follow the mountain god to leave, I don't particularly know, the sacrifice method of each Miao village is different, and the village where I was born will not sacrifice in this bloody way." Azanji shook his head.

I said earnestly, "But if you do this, something will happen sooner or later." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the group of Miao people had dispersed, and the whole altar was empty, except for two corpses lying on it, one was the corpse of an old lady, and the other was a cow that had just died.

"Lie down, they're coming back." Azanji gave me a gentle push, I nodded, pretending to lie down and still sleeping, and soon after the black dog and Zhang Qiang both returned, the two whispered about things, and walked to the door, Zhang Qiang pushed the door open and came in, and the black dog went to another room.

As soon as Zhang Qiang closed the door, I immediately sat up, there was no light in this room, Zhang Qiang was almost scared out by me, patted his chest and said, "What are you doing, brother, I'm scared to death." ”

I said, "You also participated in the Miao sacrifice just now?" ”

Zhang Qiang sneered and said How could it be, I was only responsible for helping the black dog lead the cow, their sacrificial methods were too bloody, and I felt uncomfortable watching it.

I pointed to the room where the black dog went to rest, and said, What did you just talk about? Zhang Qiang sat down with a sad face, "I asked him about the direction of Heili Miao Village, but the black dog said that he didn't know very well, and he had to do a funeral for the old lady tomorrow, so he could only postpone it for two days and then take us to Heili Miao Village." ”

I sighed and said, "What a sin, what a cow, ......just like that."

Moo~

I was halfway through my speech, when suddenly a dull cow bark interrupted my train of thought, and Azangi jumped up from the straw mat, "The cow is not dead!" ”

"How is that possible!" Zhang Qiang and I stared at each other in puzzlement, after being stabbed so much, I saw with my own eyes that the back of the cow was cut off, and even half of the spine was broken, how could it be still alive?

Azanji ignored us, he hurried to the window sill, squinted his eyes and looked closely, and when he turned around, his face had changed, "Cow, it's gone!" ”