Chapter 22: The Fertility Cult

And the document that really interested Su Lin was the genealogy preserved in the ancestral hall, and he found interesting phenomena in the genealogy.

That is, the genealogy of Wuji Village is very messy, it is not tree-like at all, but one name is written on the family tree, regardless of whether it is up or down, and there is no generational relationship at all.

The genealogy should have only begun to be compiled in modern times, so there was only a linear paper book, not many pages, and Su Lin quickly turned to the last page, and saw the names of Ren Meier and Ren Dazhuang on it.

Oh, interesting.

Su Lin felt that he might have found the secret of this village, but he remained silent on the surface, as if he hadn't found anything abnormal, closed the genealogy, put it back in place, and turned his head to look at Ren Mei'er, "I see that the temple is mentioned in the stone slab, is there still an offering?" ”

"Mr. Su is a scholar, I didn't expect that even these words could be understood, and even the people in our village can't understand these records now."

Ren Mei'er said with a look of adoration, then walked outside the ancestral hall and pointed to the top of the mountain, "The words of the temple are still there, but we have rarely gone to worship in recent years." ”

"Pedantic celestials use to describe me ......"

Su Lin paused, a smile on his face, "It's really appropriate." ”

Bai Bing cast a 'you narcissist' gaze on the side, but she didn't complain, because she knew that Su Lin was doing business.

Regardless of whether Ren Mei'er has ghosts or not, they need the most literate people in the village to take them to understand the history of this place, so that they can investigate the secrets here.

To be honest, despite this thought, the two missing travel company employees and the people from the Patrol Bureau are very pitiful, but most of them are dead, and the most important thing now is not to search and rescue, nor to hunt demons, but to collect intelligence and crack the secrets of this ancient village.

You must know that the Demon Hunting Division will not send an investigation team for any task, and most of the incidents like this when humans are missing and suspected of committing crimes by demons and ghosts are directly assigned to the combat department to push them strongly.

It was determined that there was a need for investigation here, indicating that there was something worth digging into, and perhaps something more useful to the Lingwu Empire could be dug up.

After the investigation is clear, they can retreat, and this ancient village will naturally have a combat department to deal with.

"Let's go, go up and have a look."

Su Lin proposed, and soon he would regret it.

Half an hour later, Su Lin panted and leaned on a tree, "It's so hot." ”

Bai Bing's face was not red or panting on the side, and he glanced at Su Lin, "You are so empty." ”

"Mr. Su drinks water."

Ren Mei'er had fine beads of sweat on her forehead, but she didn't look too tired, so she took off the bamboo tube hanging from her waist, pulled out the wooden stopper and handed it to Su Lin.

After Su Lin took it, his hand paused, and then he drank tons and tons.

In Ren Meier's opinion, she thought that Su Lin would pause because her girlfriend was there, and finally drank her water because she was thirsty.

But in fact, Su Lin paused because he used the identification function of the mountain and sea game to look at the description of the bamboo tube water and confirmed that he didn't add any ingredients before drinking it.

Ren Mei'er took the bamboo tube handed back by Su Lin, "After all, Mr. Su is from the city, and he must usually spend his energy on research and study, and his body is naturally no better than those of us who live in the mountains, so it is normal to feel tired, why don't we rest and leave?" ”

"Isn't it close, I've already seen the temple."

Bai Bing looked up, it was only about six or seven hundred meters, the trees at the top of the mountain were sparse, and the temple was faintly visible.

Ren Mei'er also glanced at Bai Bing, "Sister Bai's health is really good, but you also have to take care of your boyfriend's physical strength, you see that Mr. Su is tired." ”

Su Lin nodded again and again, "Take a break, take a break, every time you go out for archaeology, climbing the mountain is the most painful part." ”

Even if he is tired of becoming a dog, he does not forget his own personality.

Bai Bing listened to Ren Mei'er's words, and there were ten thousand words of little in her heart, but she still had to keep smiling, "Then take a break." ”

After a ten-minute break, they set off again and arrived at the temple in one go.

The scale of the temple is not large, but it is not low, there is a stone pillar in the center, about six meters high, half a meter wide in diameter, the stone pillar is carved with a pattern like a dragon and a python, because it has been weathered for a long time, it is difficult to tell what kind of creature it is, and it is temporarily judged to be a snake.

At both ends of the stone pillar, two black balls, about half a meter in diameter, are tightly attached to the ends of the stone pillar, giving people a strange feeling at a glance.

What kind of obscenity is this!?

The first time Bai Bing saw the temple, she thought of it in her heart, and then thought of what happened last night, she said in her heart that this is a lewd village at all!?

"Oh, ......isn't this the Armstrong Boom Boom Boom That's a high degree of completion. ”

Su Lin said with emotion, it can be regarded as a temptation, but the mountain and sea game did not warn him, indicating that as long as he does not disclose the information of the mountain and sea game, it is no problem for him to say something of unknown meaning.

"Mr. Su recognizes this idol!? Is it mentioned in archaeology? ”

However, Ren Mei'er's reaction was very excited, she grabbed Su Lin's hand, "What is the origin of this statue?" What ethnic group left behind? ”

Seeing that Su Lin didn't answer, Ren Mei'er withdrew her hand and calmed down a little, "I'm sorry, I'm too excited, in fact, I'm also very curious about the origin of this temple sculpture, because this was not built by our villagers." ”

Su Lin glanced at the other party with a smile, "I'm just joking, this name is not the one I just said, but I roughly know the meaning of this thing." ”

"Implications?"

This time, Bai Bing was also curious.

"It is very understandable, judging from the shape of this thing and the relief on it, this represents the fertility worship of ancient people, and the snake is a kind of fertility worship.

Saying that, Su Lin glanced at Ren Mei'er, "If you believe in metaphysics, there is no need for your village to use that way, come here to sacrifice more, maybe people will prosper." ”

This is a lie!

Su Lin just said it casually, in fact, he knew that no matter from the perspective of metaphysics or science, it was impossible for the people of Wuji Village to prosper.

Without waiting for Ren Mei'er to answer and complain to Bai Bing, Su Lin squatted down, touched the two black balls, and tapped them with his knuckles, "Compared to the culture behind this thing, I'm a little curious about its craftsmanship and materials now, judging from the history of your village, this idol may have existed for more than three thousand years, but it is still consistent with the description in the record." ”

He saw a record of this temple on the first stone slab in the ancestral hall, which mentioned this statue, and now the buildings outside the temple have weathered and collapsed under the erosion of time, but this thing is still a pillar of optimus, there is no missing piece, and the two eggs are still round.

"Xiaobai, come and see here, there is also a broken stone tablet, similar in style to the one we saw in the village."

At this time, Bai Bing, who was observing on the ground on the side, said.