Chapter 4: Sacrifice

When night fell, there were no stars in the sky, and dark clouds obscured the moon, so that the last glimmer of light between heaven and earth disappeared.

In a hotel at the foot of Mount Taishan, Shaolong and his old men were playing landlord in the room, and at this time, there was a knock on the door of the room. Shaolong put down the poker in his hand and walked towards the door. The "squeak" door opened, and I looked at the delicate and familiar face in front of me. Shaolong smiled: "Li Ziyi, why haven't you rested yet?" "Hmm", "There will be a sacrifice here in Mount Tai tonight, and the people here will sacrifice to the Queen Mother in the sky, so a few of you will prepare, and you will go to see it with me and Wang Ya later." Li Ziyi said with a smile. "Then would you like to come in and sit down?" asked Shaolong. Li Ziyi glanced at him and said mischievously: "The room is full of you perverts, how dare I go in myself." Hearing Li Ziyi's answer, Shaolong paused. Looking at Shaolong's stupid appearance, Li Ziyi was very happy in her heart, "Okay, I'll go first, I'll see you later." After speaking, Li Ziyi turned around and left.

Sacrifice is a custom handed down from ancient times, in the ancient Yan Huang Chiyou period, there were many tribes, each tribe used cattle and sheep as sacrifices, dedicated to the tribe's totem beast. Many small tribes use a variety of fierce beasts, such as eagles and wolves, as a tribal totem, a tribal belief. There are also some large tribes with millions of people who are qualified to take the ancient unicorn, the four-way divine beast, as the totem and belief of their tribe.

The top of Mount Tai, the four sides of the top of the mountain are all full of all kinds of torches, Mount Tai at this time has become the only bright place in the vast dark night, at the time of the night, the people of Shaolong rushed to the top of the mountain, the top of the mountain has already been full of people, there are children, there are also old people. In the center of the mountaintop, I don't know when an altar was built, the altar is made of stone, it is very open, and the altar is surrounded by flowers. I don't know how long it took. An old man in a white robe and holding a scepter walked from the crowd to the altar. The old man stood on the altar, and the noise around him immediately fell silent, and then two young and strong young men carried a large drum and placed it around the altar.

The old man then took the scepter and struck it the drum, and there was a "bang" that shook the sky, and "the sacrifice begins," the old man shouted. All around was immediately filled with countless cheers and shouts. "Queen Mother, please," said the old man again.

I saw a few young men carrying a red sedan chair on their shoulders, and in front of the sedan chair was a statue as white as jade, which was the Queen Mother, and they slowly walked up to the middle of the altar. When the old man saw them placing the palanquin on the altar, he shouted loudly, "Sacrifice." People rushed up one after another, and after a while, the altar was filled with all kinds of offerings, including fruits, chickens and ducks, and a few pigs. "The Queen Mother. After the old man finished speaking, he knelt in front of the idol. Everyone under the altar watched the old man kneel in front of the statue, and they also knelt on the ground, the only one who did not match the environment at this moment was Shaolong and the others, who had been standing all the time. Everyone bowed to the idol three times, and suddenly, at this time, Mount Tai shook, and the worshippers shouted that the Queen Mother had appeared. Until, Mount Tai shook more and more violently, a boulder at the top of the mountain, rolled to the crowd, crushed a man to death, everyone panicked, most of them immediately got up and fled, only some old people knelt on the ground and trembled, not knowing what to whisper in their mouths. The top of the mountain has long been in chaos, there are women's screams, there are also children's cries, many people rushed down the mountain in panic when they fled, and more people fell on the way down the mountain when they fled. In the face of fear, Shaolong and the others also fled down the mountain in panic. The stones are flying, and the stone chips are scattered. A brick-sized stone hit Wang Ya's back, Wang Ya screamed, fell to the ground heavily, and was in pain and weakness on the ground. "Sister," Wang Qin called with red eyes. Hearing Wang Qin's shout, Shaolong and the others stopped and stepped forward to pull Wang Ya up. Looking at Wang Ya's blood-stained shirt behind her, everyone's eyes moistened. At this time, Shaolong stepped forward and picked up Wang Ya and said to everyone, "Let's go quickly, it's too late." Then he turned and ran down the mountain, and the people followed. Halfway up Mount Tai, a large boulder, "boom" smashed down, blocking Shaolong's way down the mountain, looking at this boulder blocking the road, Shaolong and others felt a slight chill in their hearts, Shao Wu cried and said with a sad face: "It's over, it's over, this time it's definitely dead, I still say that I am a virgin, I don't want to die so early." Hearing Shao Wu's words, everyone couldn't help laughing, breaking the tense atmosphere that had been there. "What should I do now?" Wang Qin said. Everyone was silent, and the boulders on the mountain were still falling. At this time, the little overlord spoke: "The road down the mountain is blocked, and the boulders on the mountain are constantly rolling down, and now we have been staying, as long as some of the boulders that fall to roll here, we can't escape, and the only way to survive is to follow the mountain, see if there will be a way down the mountain on the side of the mountain." Hearing the words of the little overlord, everyone was helpless, so they could only hold on to that little hope and climb towards the side of the mountain. Maybe there is no end to it, a little fire appeared in front of everyone, "Hey, you guys come quickly", a man's voice came from the place of the fire. Shaolong and the others immediately cheered up and rushed over. It turned out that the place was a cave, and the cave was dark and there was no end in sight. Entering the cave, a young man in a black short-sleeved shirt was holding a torch. "Hello," what did this friend call him? Shao Wu said politely. "Call me Zhao Hu," said the young man with a torch in the cave casually. "Mount Tai shook so strongly, won't you be afraid of collapsing when you come into this cave?" Shao Wu said to Zhao Hu. Zhao Hu smiled bitterly, "At that time, the situation was so urgent, and I couldn't find the way, there was no way, when I saw this cave, I could only come in and hide, if it collapsed, I would accept my fate, but fortunately, this cave didn't even shake at all." Hearing this, there was no shock at all, Shaolong and the others reacted, the cave in front of them was really like this, and there was a big question mark in their hearts. Without saying a few words, the cave shook slightly, and a large boulder fell at the entrance of the cave, and the road at the entrance of the cave was blocked. "It hurts", a voice came from the cave, it turned out that Wang Ya was accidentally hit by the stone wall just now and had a wound on her back. "Sister, how is it," Wang Qin asked with concern. "It's okay, it's just a little painful. Wang Ya said weakly. Looking at the pale Wang Ya, everyone didn't know what to do. At this time, Zhao Hu stepped forward, took out a bottle of anti-inflammatory medicine from his pants pocket, sprinkled the powder on Wang Ya's wound, took out another piece of gauze, gave it to Li Ziyi, and said to her: "It's inconvenient for me to be a girl, you can bandage her for her." Shao Wu, who was on the side, patted Zhao Hu's shoulder and said, "You can do it, why do you have everything on your body." Zhao Hu smiled and said: "When I go out, it is indispensable to get a little injured, so I am used to always carrying some anti-inflammatory medicine on my body" Shao Wu and Zhao Hu both laughed in unison. "Shaolong, Zhao Hu, you come with me, first try to see if you can push the boulder at the entrance of the cave open," the voice of the little overlord came from the cave.