Two days later, at the entrance of Sanshui Village, a bus stopped.

The car door opened, and dozens of young men and women full of vigor and vitality got out of the car.

These young men and women are all a little young, and obviously have not yet entered society, and have not been tempered and beaten by society. After getting out of the car, they gathered together in twos and threes, looking at the surrounding mountains and scenery with curiosity, chattering and discussing.

After the young man and woman, two more middle-aged men with glasses got out of the car.

"Quiet, quiet!"

A middle-aged man called out twice, and the young men and women stopped talking excitedly and gathered around the two.

"This extracurricular practice opportunity was won by the school with great difficulty. Everyone must cherish this opportunity, collect solid materials, sort out the god worship system, and have a deeper understanding of human nature worship. I would like to emphasize a few more points for this extracurricular practice.

First, be sure to pay attention to safety. Always be in a group of at least two people during the action, and your phone must be unblocked.

Second, pay attention to ways and means, and pay attention to politeness. Third, don't run around, Mr. Wang and I will stay here and wait for everyone, and contact us immediately if there is any accident.

Fourth, after going back, each person submits an investigation report as this semester's homework, and the score is directly linked to the credits, so everyone must be serious. Fifth, it's ......."

As soon as they heard that there was still homework to write in this extracurricular practice, the students let out a sigh at the same time and looked very frustrated.

The middle-aged teacher's expression changed, and he reprimanded: "Now that there are such good conditions for you to practice, you don't know how to cherish it!" When I was your age, to investigate the early evolution of the belief in the gods, I had to climb the mountains to find the small mountain village on my own! At night, I camped outside, and there was a wolf howling outside, and I was so scared that I didn't dare to sleep! Be content with you. ”

A bold student shouted, "Teacher, did you grab something to barbecue at that time?" ”

"Wow! Camping, barbecue, so romantic! ”

"Teacher, can we camp outside today?"

"Survival in the wilderness! It's not a good idea to do a live broadcast again, and to cheat a wave of rewards. ”

The middle-aged teacher's expression was a little unbearable, so he had to reprimand him a few more times, and the students were probably honest.

After finally repeating the precautions, looking at the group of young male and female students under his command who had already been a little uncontrollable, the middle-aged man finally said the words that they had been waiting for for a long time.

"Okay, the village in the west is the Sanshui Village that our third class was assigned to. Now, let's go! ”

"Yay!"

"Let's go!"

"Don't forget to bring a gift!"

The students entered the village. And because they had already greeted them in advance, the villagers of Sanshui Village were also full of curiosity about these foreign students.

"Hello, we are students of the academy and we would like to ask you to learn about the local deity belief customs. It's a little gift for you to lose time, I hope you don't mind. ”

"This girl is very handsome. Auntie is fine today, I will talk to you well. ”

"Little comrade, I still have work in the field, I really don't have time, why don't you come back in the afternoon?"

"What kind of god, isn't it just a Dong'an god? There is still a statue at the back of the village, brother will take you to take a look? What school is Little Sister? How old is this year? ”

"If you want to say that this believer in God, that is a great thing. First of all, you can't kill a pig under a hundred pounds, and you can't cut down a small tree for no reason......"

……

On the east side of Sanshui Village, on a high-lying road. Zhang Dingshan and He Wei were condescending, watching the group of young students start a conversation with the villagers.

In this regard, He Wei was a little less confident.

"Does this really work?"

Zhang Dingshan said calmly: "It should be useful." ”

Dozens of students were busy in Sanshui Village for a full day. During this day, almost all the villagers who had leisure were not spared by the students. Even when I eat, I mostly eat a little dry food casually.

Those who were forced to keep food by the villagers also paid according to the specifications drawn up in advance, and no one ate and drank in vain.

In the afternoon, when the students were evacuated, each of them had a recorder in their hand and recorded for several hours.

The same is true for several surrounding villages. Every batch of students returned with a full load.

Several buses started again and headed towards the county seat.

When they arrived at the hotel where these students lived, the students went to check in in a noisy manner, and in the lobby, a vice principal who led the team held Zhang Dingshan's hand tightly and refused to let go.

"Oh, thank you so much to Sheriff Zhang. If it weren't for Sheriff Zhang, where would the students have such a good opportunity for extracurricular practice? I thank you on behalf of our school. ”

Organizing an extracurricular practice of this scale, transportation, food, accommodation, etc., requires at least hundreds of thousands of dollars. If Zhang Dingshan hadn't sponsored the money, for the students, this kind of extracurricular practice class would not even have to think about it.

The so-called paper is shallow in the end, and you must know that you have to do it. If you want to truly feel the law of evolution and evolution of the gods, and have a deeper understanding of the significance and influence of the gods on the overall development of human beings, it is not enough to read books alone.

A small village like Sanshui Village, because it is relatively closed and has little communication with the outside world, the evolution of the gods has not been disturbed much by the outside world, and it is still in the initial stage of evolution, which can be regarded as original. Experiencing these things is very beneficial for students to deeply understand and grasp the knowledge in the books.

Zhang Dingshan also squeezed out a smile on his face, and made a very enthusiastic look: "I should thank you, Principal Li." You've helped me a lot. ”

"Sergeant Zhang, don't worry. I asked the students to sort out the interview materials overnight, and they could be sorted out tomorrow at the latest, and then I asked the teachers to sort out and summarize, and the final materials will be available to you soon. ”

"Thank you very much."

At this moment, the belief in Dong'an God is still too primitive and too rudimentary. For scholars of the gods, it is probably similar to some primitive cults of human civilization in the era of ignorance.

But even this kind of "primitive worship" has an "idea".

There may not be a clear word. They are more often reflected in everyday life. For example, some codes of conduct, rules of life, some customs and habits, etc.

For example, when sacrificing to the god Dong'an, the body must face the east, the kneeling prayer should be repeated three times, the sacrifice should be mainly cattle, sheep, melons and fruits, and there should be no pigs, or in daily behavior, you can't kill pigs under 100 catties, you can't cut down trees for no reason, especially small trees, and so on.

Because there is no clear document, these can only be collected through large-scale interviews with villagers.

The students began to organize the content of the interview overnight. With the cooperation of the teachers, by the afternoon of the next day, a total of more than 70 articles were summarized to Zhang Dingshan and He Wei.

These clauses were handed over by Zhang Dingshan to another group of specially invited experts in the study of gods and spirits for further processing.

They need to determine one by one which of these terms are the original terms of the primitive worship of the god Dong'an, and which ones are later added after being improved by the previous Dong'an Po.

According to the previous clues, it is very likely that the mother of the previous Dong'an Po has the background of a certain foreign god worship system. Moreover, she passed on the knowledge of the alien god worship organization to her daughter.

It is precisely because of this that the previous Dong'an Po was able to stand out among the many local primitive worships, carry forward the Dong'an God, and become a well-known figure.

You must know that before this Dong'an Po, there were many gods and spirits in Sanshui Village and its surroundings. Some of them have names, and some of them don't even have names, they are all great immortals, great gods, mountain gods in the mountains, foxes, etc., all kinds of messes, and those who believe in them all.

After decades of hard work by Dong'an Po, the belief in Dong'an God basically dominates the rivers and lakes, so that the rest of the beliefs have all lost their followers.

But there is a problem involved.

A primitive worship that can't even be called a system, how can He De have such a status now, and by the way, he will also raise Dong'an Po to such a high position?

The status of Dong'an Po and the worship of Dong'an God complement each other, one is prosperous, and the other is lost. If you want to elevate your status, you must elevate the status of the worship of Dong'an God.

So, how to elevate the status of the primitive worship of Dong'an God?

Quite simply, it was adapted to move it closer to the more advanced form of worship of modern deity worship organizations. Then, there will be a problem in front of Dong Anpo.

How to transform?

Because of her mother, Dong An Po has a background in the more advanced forms of deity organization in the outside world. So, how to transform the primitive worship of Dong'an God, do you still need to think about it? It must be a direct doctrine, just like the cat and the tiger.

More advanced forms of organization, more rituals, worship rituals that allow believers to have a sense of belonging, more participation in daily life, and so on.

And this is bound to lead to a problem. In other words, the worship of the god of Dong'an will inevitably be stained with some traces of the worship of the gods of the outside world.

Now, what Zhang Dingshan has to do is to strip away the traces of the part of the foreign god worship organization in the worship of Dong'an God.

And these traces are reflected in these clauses.

"The ritual of worshipping the god Dong'an, facing the east, kneeling three times, and so on, should be the original characteristics of this primitive worship. However, the item 'Spirit Dance' should be added by Dong An Po later. For such a small and closed mountain village, it is hard to imagine that they would independently develop such a thing as 'Spirit Dance'. ”

There are some primitive cults that also have elements such as dance, such as dancing gods. But there is no spiritual dance similar to the worship of Dong'an God, which has a clear standard and is like a modern dance.

According to the interview, an old man recalled that Dong'an Po claimed to have obtained the dance method of the spirit dance from Dong'an God, claiming that after dancing the spirit dance, the connection with Dong'an God would be deeper. But I think that this is just a means for Dong An Po to strengthen the sense of ritual of sacrifice, and at the same time to strengthen the divine power in her hands. ”

The reason is very simple, the spirit dance is more complicated, if it is not taught by Dong'an Po, basically no one can learn it. In this way, this set of spirit dance has become the "core technology" of Dong Anpo, and her position is unshakable.

So, where did Dong Anpo learn the spirit dance, or know the concept of spirit dance?

It could only be her mother. Where did her mother know? That could only be the god-worshipping organization that was hiding behind the scenes.

In this way, after a large number of follow-up in-depth analysis and reflection by the experts in the study of gods and spirits in combination with the local reality, a total of six clauses with the characteristics of foreign god worship organizations were separated from the original Dong'an god worship.

The next thing to do is simple. It is nothing more than a one-to-one comparison with the existing god worship organizations in the world today to see which organization also has these characteristics.

This includes both legal and illegal ones.

Video conference room. The four members of the second team of action gathered again.

"The disposition department of the illegal god worship organization replied, and the results of the comparison have come out."

Lu Qingliang reported the news: "Of the six characteristics analyzed by the divine spirit experts, none of them hit. However, there are two illegal god worship organizations that hit four. An illegal deity worship group hit five. The number of hits one, two, or three is relatively large, but they are less suspicious and are basically excluded. ”

Lu Ming nodded slowly: "The knowledge of the gods and spirits inherited by Dong Anpo originated from more than seventy years ago or even longer. Over such a long period of time, it is reasonable that there have been some changes in the content of the deity worship organization. ”

"These three illegal god worship organizations have key suspicions."

"Destiny Organization, Sleep Organization, Immortal Spirit Organization......"

Lu Ming looked at the names of these three illegal god worship organizations with key suspicions, and thought silently.

He Wei pursed her lips: "What is the name of this, it is not a serious thing at first glance." ”

Despite their names, these three illegal deity worship organizations have been around for hundreds of years. In the past 100 years, it has suffered many blows, and its core figures have been repeatedly arrested, but until now, it has not been completely eradicated.

Among them, the Destiny Organization once planned the suicide of many people at the same time, and even organized thousands of people to watch the ceremony at the same time. The leader of the Sleeping Organization defrauded hundreds of millions of dollars, ruining the families of countless believers, and there were even wives who would rather kill their husbands and children than give their money to the leader of the Sleeping Organization. As for the Eternal Souls, they are even more evil, they have even planned large-scale terrorist attacks, resulting in the tragic deaths of dozens of innocent people.

Every illegal deity worship organization is full of sins, and it is difficult to write about it.

"What's next in the investigation?"

Lu Ming looked at Zhang Dingshan.

Zhang Dingshan said calmly: "These three organizations ...... It's time to uproot. ”

"Lu Ming, you are in charge of the Destiny Organization. He Wei, you are in charge of the Sleep Organization. I am in charge of the Eternal Soul Organization. Which one killed Dong'an Po, sacrificed Lin Shen, and arrested people, and the trial will be known. ”