Guan Zheng said: "Human sacrifices are ancient rituals and rituals. That is, killing people as sacrifices to sacrifice to gods. Located in Handanjian, Shanxian County, Henan Province. It originated in primitive society and was in the barbaric stage at the time. Productivity was low. All captives usually married women as wives. Children may be adopted or killed, while men will be killed in front of the ancestors’ spirits in order to claim victory. The Longshan Culture Killing Pit was found in Jiangou, Handan County, Henan Province. Among them were the skeletons of children aged five to ten years old.
And what I want to talk about is the human sacrifice ceremony. As for the human sacrifice ceremony, the most famous is not left by the Chinese, but a method used by the Maya to worship gods. In order to thank the gods for their contributions to mankind, and to fill the greedy appetites of the demons to delay the arrival of the end of the world, the Maya held ceremonies on a series of special days, offering sacrifices to the gods of all walks of life. The precious offering is human blood.
Speaking of human sacrifices, there are many ways, the most common is to cut the chest and dig the heart. As a sacrifice, they were first painted blue, wearing a pointed headdress, and then died in the square in front of the temple or on the top of the pyramid. He was laid on his back on the ground, with a raised altar ritual under his body, which made his chest and abdomen bulge and his head and limbs drooped to facilitate the "surgery" of an open chest. The four priests grabbed his limbs and straightened him as much as possible.
"The executioner" is the protagonist of the ritual. He accurately cut the knife on the left sternum of the victim, reached in from the wound, grabbed the beating heart and placed it on a plate, and gave it to the high priest who presided over the ceremony.
The latter applied the blood from the heart to the god idols with a skillful technique. The cut parts spread all over the body and vary from person to person. Sometimes it is the forehead, nose, lips, ears, and sometimes the neck, chest, arms, thighs, calves, up to the instep, and even cuts to get blood. "
"This scene is like the square that night..." Zheng Waner felt that this village was very different, at least, there was a primitive tribe in this village.
"So you mean, this donkey was made a sacrifice?"
Guan Zheng nodded and said, "It should be like this. The donkey went into the coal mine and then broke into the ancestral hall. The people in the village found it because they thought that the ancestral hall was violated very ominous, so they arrested the donkey directly. Killed in the ancestral hall and served as a sacrifice."
Xu Jiuyan looked at the man and asked, "Is this true?"
"I don't know, I only know that the coal mine is connected to the ancestral hall by a secret road." Things have changed, the secret of the village has leaked out of the tip of the iceberg, and the man had to answer truthfully.
Xu Jiuyan listened, thought about it for a while, and said: "We may really be going to the coal mine to see it."
Guan Zheng looked at the man and said, "So, I need you to tell me the situation in the mine and the general route."
The man said: "I really don’t know. Although I have been in a mine, the situation in the mine is very complicated. If you are not careful, you will get lost or enter a dead end. It will be very difficult to return to the original main road. It's not that I don't want to help you. I also hope to find the murderer of my friend as soon as possible. But I really can't do anything, but I can enter the coal mine with you." This is already a good result for Guan Zheng.
Early the next morning, eight people entered the coal mine together, and the man stood in front: "There is no one working in the mine. We can go in and out freely, but if we get lost, we may never get out again. , So I hope you will be mentally prepared."
Guan Zheng said: "We are prepared to die in this village a long time ago, not to mention a small coal mine. If we can find a way in the coal mine to let us out of the village together, then we are not in vain. adventure."
No ignition is allowed in the coal mine, so everyone has to use the faint light of the flashlight to shuttle through the lanes in the coal mine. The construction of this mine is as intricate as a labyrinth, with various paths criss-crossed and connected to each other.
The darkened walls dimmed the light of the flashlight. Everyone felt that the air seemed to be getting thinner and thinner, but curiosity still drove everyone to the truth step by step.
The man stopped under a wall and said, "This hidden door connects the two rooms, but no one knows what the other side of the wall is. If you want to go in, you have to find a way to open this door. According to my experience, This door cannot be opened with brute force. There should be mechanisms or other convenient methods."
Guanzheng analysis said: "According to common sense, since someone has brought us here, he must hope that we can discover the truth of the matter. He will definitely leave us clues and let us gradually get closer to the truth. Let us all look for it together. Is there any iconic text or pattern nearby that will definitely help us open this door."
The light from eight flashlights in the coal mine ran around. There was nothing on the black wall. Naturally, there were no clues that Guan Zheng said. When everyone looked at the relevant policies, Guan Zheng suddenly made an exception. Unexpectedly, he lit a thin line on the ground with a match
Xu Jiuyan asked: "How do you dare to talk to you in the coal mine."
Guan Zheng said: "This is not a coal mine. It should be a black man-made mine. Things are what she wants us to see."
The thin line burned quickly, forming a huge symbol on the winding wall pointing to a black brick.
Guan Zheng decisively pressed down on the brick, as if the earth was shaking, and the huge wall slowly lifted up to lift the veil of mystery. Everyone cautiously walked out along the trail, about tens of meters away, they turned to the other side of the mountain, and in the center was a huge lake.
With the naked eye, the lake is at least a few hectares. The man was surprised and panicked and said: "Lormi Lake."
"What happened to Lake Rormie?" Lu Yaochen asked.
Guan Zheng said: "Lake Rormie is known as the "ear of the earth" because it is shaped like a human ear, also known as the "sea of death", also known as Lob Nur. It has been transformed into a "City of Hope". The famous geographical book "Shan Hai Jing" in the pre-Qin period is called "Youze", and it is also called Lize, Yanze, Puchanghai, etc. Luobu Naoer is the Mongolian phonetic translation name, which means more The lake where water converges. In the eastern part of the Tarim Basin, at an altitude of about 780 meters, it is located at the lowest point of the Tarim Basin. The Tarim River, Kongque River, Cheerchen River, and Shule River gather here, making it the second largest saltwater lake in China. Due to climate change and the impact of human water conservancy projects, the upstream inflow of water has decreased, and now there is only a small amount of water.” (End of this chapter)