Chapter 46: The Ritual
"Originally, it was going to be raised for a while, but since these two little things have been noticed, let's hold a ceremony tonight!" Sir Wilson said with a blank face.
"Hmph, don't use the two little cubs to divert the subject, what are you going to do with that little bitch of Diana?" Kayla Wilson looked at her husband with disgust.
"Hehe, dear, since you care so much about Diana's existence, how about having her as a sacrifice for the ceremony?" A false smile appeared on Sir Wilson's face.
"Oh? Are you willing? Kayla asked, surprised.
"Of course, always using those filthy black slaves seems to be a kind of disrespect to the master father." Sir Wilson smiled coldly, with a hint of mockery in his eyes, "It's not enough to just Diana, I think a young white male is needed, I think...... The handsome coachman who came back with you from London was very nice, let me think, what is the name of the lad? Jack, right? ”
"You...... Don't you dare! Hearing her husband's words, Kayla's eyes widened as she was squeezed into gaps by fat, revealing a look of mixed anger.
"As long as it's a sacrifice to the lord's father, why don't I dare, you shameless fat woman, haven't you brought enough shame to the Wilson family?" Sir Wilson grabbed his wife's arm, and yelled with a fierce face almost against her nose.
"You, you've hurt me!" Kayla's fat body shrank in fear like a deflated ball.
"It's okay if you mess around in London, if you bring your concubine into Wilson's Manor next time, I'll sacrifice you to my master." Sir grinned, "Anyway, your father once said that sooner or later we believers will have to serve at the Master's side, and it doesn't seem to make much difference if it's early or late!" ”
"I, I'll change my clothes first, and then I'll go to the ceremony!" Hearing her husband's words, Kayla's pupils dilated significantly, and she burst out with brute force, broke free from Sir Wilson's palm, and ran out of the living room with a panicked expression.
"Hehe~~" Looking at his wife's panicked back, Sir Wilson let out a nervous laugh, and when the laughter stopped, he turned around expressionlessly and looked down at the Harry siblings who were hugging each other.
"Hey, in your eyes, Kayla and I are both demons, right?" Sir Wilson said with a look of confusion on his face, as if to himself, "Of course, I don't blame you, maybe what you see is the truth." Many years ago, when I made a deal with Kayla's father, I was already a demon in human skin! ”
"At that time, I had just retired from the army, and I had arrived in this new land of gold, with only a small amount of savings. I've contracted railroad projects, run a small newspaper, and even worked as a mine supervisor...... But as it turned out, I was not a businessman, and all efforts to revive the family failed......"
Thomas Wilson had an ugly expression on his face that seemed to be smiling rather than smiling, crying rather than crying, "I thought about dying, but at this time, an old businessman found me. He wanted me to marry his only daughter, who was not very pretty, and he needed the dignity of the Wilson family, and I would be able to inherit all the inheritance after his death. ”
"I thought, why not? Kayla isn't really pretty, but it doesn't matter to me. All I want is to revive the glory of the family, and my personal marriage is irrelevant. But in addition to this, the old businessman has some problems. He asked me if I dared to kill people, and if I would like to sell my soul to the devil for the sake of glory and wealth. ”
Sir Wilson suddenly showed a strange expression that looked unremorseful, "I said at the time what is murder, when I was in the service, I sold my soul to the country, and killed many people on the battlefield. Even if it is sold to the devil now, it is nothing more than a change of master. ”
When the old man got my answer, he said only one word, and he said that I should remember what I said, and that I hope I would never resent him in the future. Then he asked me to put one of my pictures in an iron box filled with graveyard dirt and bury it at an intersection. After I did so, he said that I had received the attention of the Father.
I don't need to worry until he dies, all the sinful things are done by him. But when he died, I had to perform a ceremony every three years to honor my father. The ritual requires the killing of at least a pair of boys and girls, and the more people who die, the luckier I will be for the next three years, or everything I have now will be gone from me until I die on the streets. ”
Sir Wilson spoke, as if caught up in a long memory, and fell silent.
"What happened?" Suddenly, a childish voice broke the peace, and Harry looked down to realize that it was Elaine who asked, and quickly covered his sister's mouth.
"Later...... Later, the old guy was killed by a rebellious and didn't even have time to explain what happened. This incident also made me forget what he had warned me for a while, and I did not have a ceremony to honor my father for six years. ”
Sir Wilson glanced at Elaine and said with a miserable laugh, "The first three years are not serious, but many of the industries inherited from the old fellow have suffered accidents, and Kayla and I are in an economic crisis.
However, this mode of boiling frogs in warm water failed to wake us up. So in the second three years, Kayla's and my children, Harry and Elaine, fell ill and died. It wasn't until then that we remembered what the old guy had said, and it wasn't a joke......"
Sir Wilson slowly lowered his head and said in a low tone, "In the seventh year, we ...... Catch up on that ritual. The effect was clear, the plantations that were on the verge of bankruptcy were immediately reaped, and we closed the financial holes. ”
"But...... The deaths of Harry and Elaine hit us hard! Kayla's otherwise harmonious marriage broke down, we blamed each other, and wrenched in the grief of losing a child, I began to look for a mistress, who used her money to seduce a handsome young man......"
"You deserve it, you will definitely go to hell in the future!"
Sir Wilson looked at Elaine with a look of righteous indignation on his face, the adopted young girl who had made him feel mature beyond his years for the first time.
"Yes, Kayla and I deserve it, but you and your brother are probably going to hell before we do!" The man stretched out his hands expressionlessly, and his strong palms grabbed the necks of the two of them.
"Damn it!" As Harry's consciousness slowly lost, Qin Lun's vision slowly blurred, making him feel irritated. But there was another force that was forcibly suppressing his emotions and preventing him from exploding, lest he withdraw from Harry's consciousness and no longer be able to participate in the plot.
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After a frenzied wait, Harry finally woke up from his coma, and Qin Lun's vision slowly cleared up again.
He found that Harry's body was unharmed, but only tied to a stake, and his sister Elaine was on another stake next to the boy. They were no longer in the living room of the manor, and the surroundings seemed to be the rooftop of the manor.
Although it was still late at night, Qin Lun found that the surroundings were very bright, and even the temperature seemed to be a little abnormal.
Harry's mind soon cleared up, and he began to look around. He and Elaine had a huge six-pointed star circle painted under them, and the strange paint had a strong smell of blood, which seemed to be painted with some kind of blood, but I don't know if it was livestock or humans.
A large group of people were holding torches at this time, standing around the six-pointed star circle. Qin Lun didn't know them, but judging from the fact that these people were armed with fire~ guns and axe blades, they should be the manor overseers mentioned by Thomas Wilson.
On plantations such as Wilson's Manor, which used a lot of black slaves, an overseer was indispensable. The slave riots ~ in this era are no joke, and one improper measure may compensate the entire estate.
Qin Lun found the gloomy and unbearable Parker housekeeper in the crowd, this old man may not have participated in the evil deeds of the Wilsons. However, he had no ability to resist, so he could only endure the condemnation of his conscience and choose to turn a blind eye.
Except for Butler Parker, none of the other servants of the manor appeared. Qin Lun guessed that those ordinary servants, including Tony's personal valets, didn't know about this evil ritual.
Otherwise, Old Parker wouldn't be the only one here. Perhaps the servants were drugged, or temporarily placed under house arrest, in their respective rooms, oblivious to what was happening on the rooftop.
The black slave riot~ is a good excuse, even if more people die tonight, even if the Harry siblings "disappear" for a while, even if those servants guess a little truth, they can't prove what happened that night in front of outsiders.
"Brother, look?" Elaine seemed to wake up, her eyes looking to Harry's side and back.
The boy turned his head with all his might, and found several wooden stakes behind him, several of which were tied to black slaves, both male and female, whose heads were bleeding and covered in blood. There were also two stakes tied to Susan and another handsome young man, presumably the hapless coachman Jack of Sir Wilson's mouth.
"Uncle Kanda, Uncle Hobie...... I'm sorry! Harry looked at the bloodied black slaves and finally let out a cry.
"Hehe, little Harry, ahem, you were also caught, I thought you betrayed us......" Hearing Harry's voice, one of the sturdy black men slowly opened his eyes and laughed while vomiting blood.
"No apologies, boy, we black slaves are not like you two white kids. You escaped from the manor and still lived, and sooner or later we will be caught and hanged. The only thing I regret is that I didn't get to kill a few more white people before I died......
It seems that they are going to burn us alive, or they hope to return to our hometown after they die......" The big black man's eyes were a little confused, "How many years have I forgotten what the grassland in my hometown looks like?" ”
"Here, what is this place, why am I here?" A black female slave next to the big black man suddenly woke up and began to shout in panic.
Hearing her voice, Susan groaned, opened her eyes, and suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "Dinah, is it you, Dinah, I'm Susan, I'm Susan!" ”