Mr. Landlord [Comprehensive Yingmei]

When a case was called, the leisure time between Hotch and Wu Cong was wasted. One got up to change clothes and the other started to pack things. It was at this time that Zhao Changle knew that Hotch was an elite agent of the FBI.

It's just too cool!Zhao Changle's eyes were as bright as a [-]-volt light bulb. He lay on the sofa with little Jack in his arms and watched Hotch put the gun into the holster. The shiny certificate made his little heart pound.

A real FBI agent!Mr. Zhao, a little country bumpkin who has grown so long that even the police have never seen him a few times, stared at Hotch with a strange attitude. Seeing Song Yu next to him, he was air-conditioned, and finally he just carried him on his shoulders and returned. upstairs.

Of course, he finally took in the little Jack whose father worked overtime alone, because his human star eye attack was too powerful.

Hotch hurriedly entrusted little Jack to Mrs. Song Shark, and contacted his younger brother Sean to help take care of the child for a few days, and led the BAU team to the crime scene overnight in the snow.

If possible, JJ would not want to disturb everyone's rare rest day. This case is really too difficult, so people have to speed up their actions.

Three mummified corpses were found in the forest, wearing ancient Egyptian-style masks on their heads. During the autopsy, the forensic doctor found dead animals in the heads of the corpses. Snakes, cats, and pigeons were all alive. At that time, it was stuffed into the skull of the corpse, and was starved to death in the narrow skull. The corpse almost rotted into a pot of soup in the skull, mixed with a lot of spices and herbs, giving off a very strange smell.

The most important thing is that the police found several strange symbols and patterns in the place where the corpse was buried. After studying ancient Egypt, the professor identified them as symbols of ancient Egyptian gods.

Usually cases related to the gods are not interesting, especially this kind of case with obvious religious ritual nature. Without even thinking about it, the police contacted BAU for help.

"So..." Morgan looked at the corpse placed with hands folded on the chest and abdomen in the photo, and raised his eyebrows, "Cult?"

"According to the data, the number of cults related to ancient Egypt is very small. The cults with overwhelming data in the United States are basically derived from the misinterpretation and re-fabrication of the teachings. Although there are still no specific cases showing that Satan actually performed live sacrifices. There are believers, but the rumors related to it have never disappeared." Reid reported the data about the cult neatly.

"Cult leaders are generally between 20 and 35 years old, very provocative and charismatic, and suffered extreme abuse in childhood." Emily said.

"It's still not sure if it's a cult." Hotch said in time to bring back the thought that he was about to go directly to a cult. "We can't rule out other possibilities."

It is not the first time they have come into contact with this kind of religion-related cases, but it is also the first time they have come into contact with religions related to ancient Egypt.

Looking at the photo in his hand, Wu Cong suddenly thought of the TV show he was bored watching just now. He remembered that the finished product made in that show seemed to look like this. He frowned. He called Song Yu and asked him to go Take a book in the study.

"I remember seeing this before." Wu Cong explained, "but I don't remember very clearly."

Song Yu quickly turned out the book he asked for, "There are more than a dozen books here, which one do you want?"

"Hmm... the blue cover, the one with a circle with a dot on the spine."

"The circle with a dot in the middle is the symbol of the sun god Ra," Reid explained softly. "He was considered the sun of the day and existed as the supreme god of Egypt for more than 1000 years. The Egyptians believed that all life was born of Ra." Created, He created them by speaking their true names, Men born of the tears and sweat of Ra."

While Reid was talking, Song Yu also found the book, and laughed as soon as he got it: "Where did you get it, such a strong curse."

"You can always find something interesting in the ghost market." Wu Cong replied, "I remember it was at the back, and there was an illustration of Anubis on the previous page."

"Well—I found it." Song Yu said, "I'll read it to you."

This is something similar to a bound book of manuscripts. The source Wu Cong speculates that it should be the tomb of a certain pharaoh, so there is a very strong curse on it, even after translation and transcription, there is no sign of weakening , before Wu Cong got his hands, this book had already killed more than a dozen owners.

The contents of the Handbook are basically close to the combination of diaries and experimental reports. There are not only records about various extravagant life and social interactions, but also various ancient Egyptian religious ceremonies and medical experiments—most of which were imposed on those On the poor slave.

It can be said that the publication of this manuscript can definitely rewrite the existence of the entire history of ancient Egyptian research. In fact, many old monsters themselves can rewrite the existence of historical research. Xianjiu, later that young man wrote a poem called "Sleepwalking Tianmu Yin Liu Farewell", Taotie once invited a beggar to eat, and later the beggar led the rebel army to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty and became emperor himself.

All of these are living historical records.

It's a pity that because it is stipulated that they can just chat and talk, those ancient books with curses or other special powers are prohibited from being leaked to ordinary people.

Song Yu was reading such a book, and the last thing recorded was a very strange religious ceremony, which originated from a strange experience——

When the Nile River was flooded, a young man was drowned in the river. However, when the river receded, people were shocked to find that his body had not decomposed, and it had a strange luster like scales. It was originally a human head. Replaced by a huge snake head, he sat up when he saw a living person, and he was able to walk upright, with great strength, and after killing several people, he was exhausted and turned into bones in the sun.

In ancient Egypt, the human body and snake head had a special symbolic meaning. The snake was the goddess Viajet, the patron saint of Lower Egypt, and the holy snake Ullaeus was also the god responsible for rebirth.

Therefore, the young man who died in the Nile and turned into a snake's head after the river receded was said to be the incarnation of a god.

The news spread to the royal palace, which aroused the interest of the priests and pharaohs. They believed that the Nile brought power to human beings, allowing them to become demigods, and thus launched a series of inhumane experiments.

And really found a way to artificially create this situation——

Cut off the head of the corpse, pull out the brain to feed the hungry small animals, then stuff it into the skull, re-sew it up, and bury it in the flooded area of ​​​​the Nile River. , Choose a moonless night to dig out the coffin. At this time, the head of the corpse has completely turned into the shape of the stuffed animal, with incomparable strength and the characteristics of this animal.

But these man-made "incarnations of gods" cannot touch the sun, even if only for a few seconds, they will be instantly turned into a pile of dry bones.

The priests called this change the divine descent, which is the best shortcut for people to approach the gods. The pharaoh readily accepted this technology and used it on the guards and slaves around him, allowing them to become gods after death. way to defend his tomb.

Wu Cong sorted out his thoughts, and explained to the BAU people who were staring at him: "This is a special sacrificial ceremony. The ancient Egyptians believed that through this ceremony, human beings can be transformed into the incarnation of gods, so you see, there is something in your head. The symbol next to the cat's corpse is the symbol of Best (the god of music and joy, the god of war, and the main god of Bubatis in the Nile Delta region). The one with the dove in it—”

"Goddess Nekubet." Reid immediately responded, "She is the patron saint of the kingship in Upper Egypt."

"So our murderer wants to..." Emily's face was very strange, "to create a god?"

"Or get the protection of the gods." Hotch clicked on some photos, and he has supplemented a lot of supernatural culture-related knowledge during this time-in the form of afternoon tea or bedtime conversations, "In addition to the signs of the gods, this The symbol is to ask the gods for protection, and this has a certain oppressive meaning."

And all the gods have the god Ra's logo on them, it seems that they want to use this supreme god to suppress these gods, so that their incarnations can obey orders.

There is nothing wrong with these obscure marks, so BAU infers that the murderer has considerable research on ancient Egyptian culture, especially the direction related to gods and funerals, and has an extremely rich knowledge reserve.

When they were talking, Wu Cong poked Hotch, lowered his voice and whispered: "I'm going to see the corpse."

If he guessed correctly, these corpses may cause serious problems if they are not disposed of in time.

Then where is the incarnation of some kind of god? It is clear that the resentment persisted when he died, and he was buried in a wet compress where the water vapor permeated the feng shui, and an animal from nowhere got into the head of the corpse and was poisoned by the corpse's poison. Poisoned and unable to go out, the souls of humans and beasts are indistinguishable for a long time, the chaotic and incomprehensible zongzi.

In terms of the classification of the Taoist school, this kind of zongzi is called "renzhou (zhou4)", which is very evil and difficult to deal with. Once the corpse is picked up and scratches someone, the corpse poison on the body is no cure. of.

Hotch nodded to indicate that he knew, and quickly assigned the task.

He and Wu Cong went to the forensic doctor, Rossi, Reid and Morgan went to the scene, JJ contacted the media to keep the news blocked, and then asked Emily about the family members of the victim.