Serpent

Early the next morning, Ao Jia, who had no power to resist, was tied up and stuffed in a sedan chair. A group of people marched along a narrow path, kneeling step by step, towards the snake cave on the top of the mountain.

Ao Jia looked at those people from the black and gold sedan chair.The path is very small and narrow, as if it was specially designed to test the piety of believers. The rugged road is full of sharp stones.Those attendants in gorgeous gold and black robes knelt step by step, not knowing whether it was the power of faith or the numbness of personality, as if they hadn't seen those stones at all, step by step, even if they knelt and smashed their knees and smashed their heads, Still without hesitation, he knelt down fiercely.

Ao Jia looked at their bloody legs, frowned and closed her eyes.It was obviously a very grand sacrificial ceremony, but there was no music at all, the sound of knocking heads and knees filled the ears, and the silence was like death, like a ghost marrying someone in the middle of the night.

Walking like this, of course, the speed can't be fast.It was already dark when they reached the top of the mountain.Ao Jia was pushed down from the car.By the light of the fire, he discovered that the so-called altar was actually a deep snake cave. There was a large open space in the middle of the cave. 240 candles faintly illuminated a hexagonal platform with a shrine on it, which has been filled up now. cattle and sheep.

Ao Jia stood at the entrance of the cave, looked in with a sneer, he wanted to see what tricks the high priest would play.The Snake Cave looked a little weird at a glance, Ao Jia was wearing very little clothes, he just stood at the entrance of the cave for a while, just looking at it, an unstoppable chill ran up his spine, and his back The field is cold.

"Sacrifice!" The high priest, dressed in gold and black clothes, yelled two words majestically.Before Ao Jia could react, a pair of strong hands pushed him hard behind his back and staggered.

"Hmm!" Ao Jia was pushed half-kneeling on the ground, only to feel a burst of cold breath coming towards him, and after looking closely, he found that a hexagonal ditch had been dug on the edge of the altar, and the ditch was green and green. In vain, there are many snakes wriggling.

Could it be that the so-called sacrifice means pushing oneself into the snake pit?Could it be that the so-called trial is to see if he will die if he is bitten by a poisonous snake?What's the difference between this and death?

Ao Jia stared at the snake pit in a daze. Two attendants came over, supported him steadily, and slowly carried him up to the altar. People around him began to kneel and bow to the snake statue in the middle. The ancient music of Wu Zongguo Only then did it sound slowly, the clear ancient music and the coldness of the Snake Cave were not in harmony, but there was a strange sense of fit.

Two attendants laid Ao Jia horizontally on the altar, and handcuffed his neck, waist and limbs to the six corners of the hexagon with long bronze chains.

"Honorable Lord Snake Ancestor, please accept the humble gift from your people, and keep our Wu Zong Kingdom in good order..." The high priest knelt devoutly in front of the snake statue and began to recite the sacrificial speech.Under Ao Jia's surprised eyes, six young women stood solemnly on the six corners of the altar, and cut their wrists deeply with a silver machete.

"You!! What are you doing?!" The blood flowed down from the woman's white wrist like a stream, and the air was instantly filled with the smell of blood.Ao Jia was startled and couldn't help crying out.But those women seemed to be deaf, letting blood stain their plain white dresses, not only didn't care about Ao Jia's words, but danced on the spot.

Fresh life flowed out with pools of bright red blood, and the blood that flowed out was thrown out by their movements, drawing bloody rings on the ground, enveloping the woman in the center like rose petals.The poisonous snake in the snake pit was stimulated by the blood and began to writhe crazily. There was a terrible hissing sound throughout the cave.

"Flesh and blood are the most pious sacrifices. We voluntarily sacrifice our lives for Lord Snake Ancestor." The priest walked up slowly with his hawk-like eyes flashing. He said something, and the girls followed suit. , like six puppets.

Ao Jia stared at the high priest, squinted her eyes and smiled, "According to what you said, why don't you yourself dedicate your flesh and blood to Master Snake Zu like them? I believe Master Snake Zu values ​​your pious Heart, I won't dislike you as an old skin..."

"Hmm!" Before Ao Jia finished speaking, the high priest punched him in the lower abdomen, causing a sharp pain in his lower abdomen. Ao Jia subconsciously wanted to curl up his body, but the six chains pulled him to death. Damn, I can't do it anyway.

"Shut up!" the high priest shouted in a gloomy voice, "If it weren't for the fact that you are a sacrifice, I would kill you right now!"

Ao Jia gritted her teeth and suppressed a painful smile, but there was no smile in her clear eyes: "Unfortunately, I happen to be that sacrifice, so you can't kill me."

"Hmph!" The high priest straightened up, took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands carefully, as if he had touched something filthy, "Don't be complacent, someone will clean you up. I started from the first I don't like you just by seeing you! I've never been hated so much by anyone in all these years. Goodbye, bastard. I'm looking forward to seeing your mutilated body tomorrow. See you tomorrow."

"Me too!" Ao Jia's smile gradually subsided.

After such a small episode, the sacrifice continued.With the disappearance of the fresh lives of the six girls, the sacrificial ceremony finally came to an end.The debauched ancient music faded away little by little, and people left one after another. In the end, only Ao Jia and six cold corpses were left in the snake cave.

Without the nourishment of blood, the snake in the snake pit returned to peace.The cave was so quiet that the sound of water dripping could be heard.

The snake cave was very cold, Ao Jia wore very little clothes, and the cold air invaded his body directly from the altar.He hadn't eaten for two days, tired, cold and hungry, Ao Jia shook his head, his tense nerves gradually relaxed, and in the dim candlelight, he closed his eyes exhausted.

He didn't know what would happen here, why each sacrifice would die so tragically, what happened to them in just a few hours, he didn't have the energy to think about it now, he just wanted to be safe now Sleep peacefully, wake up tomorrow and think about how to escape - if he is still alive at that time.

The moment Ao Jia closed his eyes, a gust of wind blew out the 240 candles in an instant.

Ao Jia felt cold and opened his eyes suddenly.

"Da... da... da..." There was a sound of heavy footsteps coming from the depths of the snake cave, from vague to clear, from far to near, walking towards him step by step, getting closer... Getting closer... Just when Ao Jia's nerves were at its most tense, the sound of footsteps suddenly disappeared.

"?" Ao Jia's heart started beating wildly.But that voice never appeared again.

"What are you doing..." Ao Jia breathed out lightly, but before he could catch his breath, a cold hand touched his waist.