I didn't stop any longer, but went straight out of the door, just now I took a scorching heat on my thigh, I don't know what's going on, but fortunately, the jade pendant given by my sister was not lost, and this jade pendant must have fallen out when I was struggling.

When I opened the door, I saw Meng Yao pacing back and forth outside, she was relieved to see me, and then said a little apologetically: "I'm sorry, Shen Wang, my grandfather is"

I interrupted her with a wave of my hand and said, "No need to apologize, I know what Elder Qin meant, and I have to thank him for speaking of it." ”

Meng Yao smiled with relief, nodded and said, "It's good that you can understand naturally, it seems that my grandfather didn't see the wrong person, let's go, let's go below." ”

I nodded, and walked down with Meng Yao, at this time there was already a fire below, and on the entire flat ground, there were at least twenty huge braziers, which illuminated that piece very brightly, especially at the octagonal stone platform, there was a brazier in each corner, and the fire was burning on the brazier, which looked particularly spectacular.

Many people were swaying back and forth around the altar, not knowing what they were up to.

"That octagonal stone platform is the altar of the village where the big and small sacrifices in our village are held." Meng Yao said as she walked, and when she walked near her house, Qin Lao's voice suddenly came: "Young man, you come over first, and I'll talk to you a few words." ”

I stopped, turned my head and looked towards Meng Yao's house, under the dim light, there was a one-armed old man, this old man was a little vicissitudes, he looked a little old, and I don't know why, I haven't seen him for so long, I feel that Qin Lao seems to be much older.

"That's right, Shen Wang, I'll go down first, in fact, I didn't come to call you as ordered by the patriarch, but grandpa asked me to call you, in order to avoid suspicion, I'll go down first, and then come down after you talk to grandpa." Meng Yao left after saying this.

I nodded, turned around and walked towards Qin Lao, who saw me coming over and also walked into the room.

"Old Qin, thank you, you saved my life again, if you hadn't cut off my finger, maybe I would have become a tribute now." I bowed down and thanked him, this old man's demeanor was no longer as energetic as during the day, and it was a little distressing to look at.

Qin Lao smiled reluctantly and said: "Hehe, I didn't misunderstand the person, you Shen Wang does have something extraordinary, my ability is limited, I can't help you get through the sacrificial ceremony safely, I"

"Old Qin, I" I looked at his helplessness, and I felt a little lonely in my heart, and I couldn't bear to look at it anymore, so I interrupted Qin Lao's words.

Qin Lao smiled, waved his hand and said, "Time is limited, let's make a long story short, you don't ask me questions, I will tell you what I can tell you, and I won't say anything else if you ask me now." ”

I nodded, said no more, and just looked at him calmly.

Qin Lao said: "First of all, you have to believe that there are indeed ghosts in this world, and ghosts are not so terrible, and ghosts also have their own weaknesses. ”

I looked at Qin Lao with some shock, not knowing how to respond.

Qin Lao didn't give me time to digest this fact, he said: "You can understand that I cut your finger to help you avoid being a sacrifice, I am very relieved, Da Bing'er left you in her room, she has her intentions, something should have happened there, you should have also suffered some hardships, the reason why you are okay now is because the jade pendant that your sister gave you saved you." ”

Hearing Qin Lao's words, a lot of doubts popped up in my heart, but these doubts were quickly suppressed by me, and I didn't say a word and continued to look at Qin Lao.

Qin Lao continued: "But Da Bing'er doesn't know about this matter, so you need to pretend that she has succeeded, and in the flat ground, you will not be the first to be killed, only in this way can you have a chance to escape." ”

"Pretending to be?" I asked quickly.

Qin Lao smiled: "This is exactly what I want to say, those people from outside, what are they like, just pretend to be like them." ”

"But their faces are pale and they have heavy dark circles, so what should I do?" I asked again, confused.

Qin Lao shook his head and said, "You can rest assured about this, you will know it after you go down." ”

I nodded, and continued to look at Qin Lao, who knew that Qin Lao did not continue, but gave an eviction order: "You go down now, if you can escape this sacrifice, come to me secretly, and I will tell you how to get out, I have only one condition." ”

"Do you want to take Meng Yao with you?"

"Well, yes, Meng Yao, this kid and I have suffered a lot here, over the years, I have been looking for a reliable person to take him out, this time I met you, maybe it was fate, I know you will not let me down." Qin Lao said seriously.

I nodded, "If I can get out of here, I will definitely take Meng Yao with me, and I will take good care of her." ”

"Well, go ahead." Qin Lao waved his hand, turned around and walked towards the depths of the room.

I also quickly left Qin's hometown and walked towards the light at the foot of the mountain.

On the fifteenth day of July, the bright moonlight scattered, and the thin layer of mist that originally shrouded the indiscriminate village became more hazy under the penetration of the moonlight.

I walked quickly to the flat ground, which was reflected in the torches as a red flat ground, and when I was only seven or eight meters away from the flat ground, I could see the bustle on the flat ground, where men and women were walking slowly and slowly.

When I passed by the old locust tree, I deliberately looked up and saw that the Qiu Wu who had been hanged on it was gone, and it should have been buried.

What puzzled me a little was that the men's faces had returned to normal, and even the thick dark circles on their faces were gone.

But even so, they looked even more depressed than before, because at this moment there was no expression on their faces, and they naturally stretched their arms vertically, looking ahead expressionlessly, unable to see the focus in their eyes, and slowly pacing aimlessly in the flat ground.

Yes, it's like the zombies in American dramas, except that their movements and dresses are not so exaggerated, but their demeanor is exactly the same.

There is no noise in the flat ground, the silence is terrible, and so many people are here but so quiet, which makes people feel a little numb.

Qin Lao had given me some advice, so I also pretended to be in the same state as others, and slowly walked down the steps, with my hands hanging down, my waist slightly bent, and began to pace in the flat ground.

"Come here!" Da Bing'er stood on the altar and shouted, all the women in the village who were originally wandering on the flat ground suddenly gathered together, I also wanted to go over, but seeing that none of the other men passed, I just moved a few steps towards that side, then turned a small corner, and walked wildly near the altar.

These men no longer seem to have any sense of autonomy, and they are slowly wandering like walking corpses, not affected by Da Bing'er's words at all.

I sneaked a glance at Da Bing'er with the peripheral light of my eyes, and Da Bing'er also seemed to be turning her head to look at me, but in just a few seconds, she turned her head and said to the women in the village below: "This Zhongyuan Festival sacrifice huó dòng, everyone has worked hard, although two tributes were killed in accidents, but fortunately, we have prepared three more spare tributes." ”

I paced aimlessly, never going far, but around the altar.

Sure enough, we are all tributes, and she said that two offerings died in an accident, of course, referring to Lin Ling and Qiu Wu.

Da Bing'er continued: "All the concubines and slaves have worked hard for this time, and there is still a quarter of an hour, we are going to offer our living tribute for this year's Midyear Festival for our Lord Hades, this is our honor, and it is also the trust of Lord Hades in us, sisters, are you ready to welcome Lord Hades?" ”

"Yes~" All the women in the village put their palms together on their left waists, bowed slightly, and responded in unison.

Almost all the women in the village have come, as long as I have met, they have all appeared here, even Cao Ruoqi's grandmother has also come, but at this time her grandmother seems to be much younger, the gray hair on her head is wrapped in a black cloth, and the wrinkles on her face seem to have faded a lot.

Lord of the Underworld?

Just after thinking about it, I realized that their sacrifice was not for the gods and ancestors, but for this thing called the Lord of the Underworld.

Then what does this Lord of the Underworld want so many men for? Is it to suck in the yang energy of these men?

(In the second update, there is also a chapter in the evening.) ）

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