After telling this scene, there was a slight silence in the atmosphere in the cabin. I thought it was strange, but Yu Lin Jianguo must have recalled the beginning of the disaster too painfully.
It wasn't until a long time later that the blood boat turned the corner again and walked on the same path again that I asked with some difficulty: "What happened to that snake?"
"How was it? Not so good? It had blood stains on it. It crawled around where the people in our village were standing, then crawled away on its own and disappeared. Doesn't it sound very ordinary? In fact, if you experience After seeing that scene, you would never think so. First of all, the snake's eyes are full of all kinds of emotions that you can't guess, but they are also cold and cold. I didn't dare to look at them after taking one look at them. I always felt that they were not real at all. A snake, like a superior devil, we are lowly existences in the eyes of the devil. Even if I can explain this feeling to you in words, it is not something that people who have seen it can’t understand. In addition, do you still remember that copper A basin? A copper basin filled with the blood of people in the village?" Lin Jianguo asked me.
I nodded slightly to show that I remembered.
"Before the snake crawled out, it swam in the blood in the copper basin. After it came out, it crawled around us. There were streaks of blood on the ground, which looked shocking. I was very surprised at the time, why did it happen? There was so much blood left on the ground. Could it be the snake's own blood? But it didn't look big, so there couldn't be that much blood. Later, it wasn't until the snake disappeared that I discovered that there was only blood in the copper basin. There is only a thin layer left on the ground." Lin Jianguo seemed a little confused as to how to continue.
My mind was racing and I couldn't help but ask: "Actually, it shouldn't be crawling around? What do those blood marks mean?"
"I didn't know it before, but then everyone in our village knew it. It seemed to crawl around in a circle, but in fact it trapped everyone in our village into a certain formation. It should be a formation. I didn’t quite understand, but later, I learned from someone that from the first time he appeared, he had become familiar with the blood of our village through blood, and had used secret techniques to control the people in our village. That was A curse, I don't know." Lin Jianguo smiled bitterly.
However, I feel that the word order of his words does not make sense at all, because what crawled out was obviously a snake, so why did it turn into a human and tell Lin Jianguo what he did when he first appeared? I was confused by this at first, but when I thought about it carefully, I suddenly raised my head in shock and asked with a trembling heart: "Could that be the person you are talking about? Is he your eldest son?"
"I didn't expect you to think of this! Yes, he is my eldest son." Lin Jianguo said sadly, and then said a little tiredly: "After the snake disappeared, the whole village began to dream. Dreaming about a vague figure telling us that he is our god! He will come back in fifteen years and perform great miracles in person, and small miracles will also appear now, so that we can believe in him. ."[
My hands were shaking slightly. I seemed to be able to connect all the things in the Holy Village together, except that I didn't understand why Wu Tian appeared here.
"Isn't it unexpected? I can't tell you that past event. To put it simply, various miracles really happened in our village. This kind of miracle is the same as the miracle that happened in your town. But the so-called Miracles have always come with a price, that is, we must sacrifice living people. At first, the village did not trust the so-called god, but later, people in our village began to use the money in their hands to sell people and sacrifice them just because this miracle was the best This happened to a person, which made the people in the village more and more convinced of that so-called god."
"A person? You mean the village chief who opened the box?"
"That's him. Before telling you this past incident, I forgot to tell you the age of the village chief. He is already in his 70s, and before the tidal flat was dug, he was seriously ill. At that time, he advocated digging a grave. , just wanted to do a big job before he died, so as to leave more wealth for future generations. But just such a person appeared from that god, his serious illness disappeared, and he lived in high spirits, he claimed He is the person who has received the greatest favor from God. He will worship our God forever, and he will live forever! Do you know? He is crazy. It is the kind of madness that begins to corrupt his heart, but everyone in the village is no longer awake. , I thought it was normal for him to be like that. He used to be a person who loved his children and grandchildren, but after living like this for a long time, he felt that he had a long life, so he sacrificed his favorite male grandson to the gods." Lin Jianguo said. During this period, I closed my eyes as if this pain could not be subsided at all. This was necessary to ease my emotions.
"Then, you should be crazy. When a person only has oneself in his eyes, nothing in this world is very important. However, what's the point of living like this? No matter how many people in the world, it has become a world of one person. , That’s very cold.” I couldn’t help but comment.
After hearing my words, Lin Jianguo suddenly opened his eyes and said: "You are right, this is the feeling! This is really the feeling. In the past, the things done in our village were not bright, but because It is a place that is almost isolated from the world. Everyone in the village is always very warm. I never think that they are bad people. Just like when I was a child, my parents would go out and eat hundreds of meals. It was a matter of course. I could feel the faint warmth of relatives in the village, but after that, everything changed, everything changed! Everyone is concerned about how much divine grace they can get, because God, husband and wife are not like husband and wife, Brothers are not like brothers, and even mother and son are not like mother and son. The selfishness of human nature is brought to the extreme in this village! What's the point of human trafficking? God's favorite thing is children under the age of fifteen, and he has certain requirements. He said he likes strong vitality!"
Exuberant vitality? Oh, I think I should have seen through the essence, because it is not an existence that belongs to this world in the first place, but it uses the vitality of innocent people in this world to 'live', and the residue left at the corner of its mouth has cultivated a group of cold-blooded people. People who are about to lose their humanity.
This is the nature of this village.
My heart began to feel bored. I was bored with people's lack of firmness. Whenever there was temptation, I unconsciously veered towards the evil end. But what about myself? A gentleman should examine himself three times a day. I suddenly found this sentence extremely painful, because examining oneself is inherently a sad thing.
I just found myself, if it comes to the things I care about, maybe I will lose some principles. No wonder the saint always cuts off the seven emotions and six desires, and finally cuts to his own "three corpses" (selfish desires, appetite, sexual desires), Cleanse yourself thoroughly, leaving only the clean original mind, and finally achieve enlightenment and return to the way of heaven.
However, if this is the case, is there really no hope for people? Maybe not, because God has given people one more thing, and that is the power of restraint. If you can't stop cutting, then exercise restraint and use restraint to temper yourself. After the pain, your heart will be clean.
My thoughts were messy because I was shocked by the madness of this village. What else could be shocking? Didn’t that town show me something? The difference is that that town still has a group of people with important guardians, but this village seems to be completely crazy.
After calming down for a while, I asked: "What happened after that? What else happened after that?"
"After? After this, it was already fifteen years later. I was already twenty-eight years old at that time. I forgot to tell you that I was married at that time, and my wife was the kindest girl in the village. , I had a son at that time, and I never thought that the return of that god would be related to my son." At this point, Lin Jianguo felt even more painful, and couldn't help but rub his face, and then said : "Do you think I am a sober person? In fact, I was not in the beginning. I did not receive the so-called divine grace, but I did not resist it either. I just thought that when I get old, I will always offer sacrifices to God. , and then exchange for the life I want, and continue to live. I just haven’t thought about the method of sacrifice.”
"What do you mean?" I couldn't help but ask. [
"It means that the people in the village are like animals, being 'raised' by the gods. While selling people from outside, they work hard to give birth to children to be used as sacrifices, because young people under the age of fifteen are the best sacrifice, understand? Although God has given us a long life, there is one thing you must know. The number of children a person can have is limited. No matter whether you give birth to him or her, but you You are destined to have a few children in your life! Before I got married, I had dark thoughts, hoping that my children and grandchildren would be prosperous, so that I could live longer." When Lin Jianguo talked about this, there was a trace of ridicule on the corner of his mouth smile, he was mocking himself.
"Why did you change your mind? Or even escape from this village?" I couldn't help but ask. In fact, I don't think Lin Jianguo is despicable and scary now, just because it is rare for him to struggle and wake up in the mud.
"Have you forgotten? I said that I have the kindest wife. My wife is an orphan in the village. Her parents died in a certain incident. Naturally, the people in our village will not have any honor. To be precise, she died in a tomb robbery. She grew up eating the food of hundreds of families. You remember what I said before, before God appeared, the village was always warm. Like things have two sides, there is evil. There must be goodness. If it develops to an extreme, it will either sublimate or go to the extreme. My wife grew up under everyone's care, so she is extremely grateful and kind. After we got married, I I can appreciate her quality and it has infected me. She has said many things to me, including missing the old village and hoping that we will not take the road of sacrifice in the future. Isn’t it a way to live a stable and happy life? ? Under her influence, she and I actually became 'heretics', silently existing 'heretics' in this village. Do you understand?" Lin Jianguo looked at me, his eyes flashing with memories.
"I understand." I was also touched in my heart. It turns out that kindness will always exist everywhere, even if it is the source of evil.
"We lived happily, and my heart gradually became clearer. We had our first son, and then our second son. The little daughter was also pregnant in my wife's belly." Speaking of this, Lin Jianguo A happy smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He was immersed in this memory and refused to return to his senses for a long time.
I couldn't bear to interrupt him. After all, happiness is so precious. Why should I remind him cruelly to bring him back to his senses? Although I'd love to know the answer.
"However, returning fifteen years ago is like a nightmare. I never imagined that it would happen to my eldest son! My wife is so kind, she shouldn't be like this at all!" Lin Jianguo came to his senses on his own. Yes, when he said this, he held his head in pain.