Chapter 1664: Giving a Sacrifice
“Empty?”
Hearing this, everyone moved closer. The baskets in front of them were not significantly different from the previous two, but Huang Jun could easily hold them with just one hand. Lifted it up.
Everyone is very curious about this third backpack, because Elder Sun said that it contains debts from old age and death.
As the black cloth was removed, several black food boxes were revealed in the backpack.
Wu Qiang opened his eyes wide, with a trace of confusion in his muffled voice, "Is this the debt of old age and death? Isn't this just a food box?"
Li Bai explained that this is no problem, and some places will provide The food given to the old people sent to die in the kiln is called Laosi debt, which means that these old people have died long ago, and they are still eating food from home just to collect debts, which are all owed in their previous lives.
But Li Bai’s focus was on the food box itself. Even 6 empty food boxes would not be so light. After a moment, she seemed to have thought of something, and she reached out and grabbed a food box.
"Huh? Is this made of paper?"
The next second, Weng Chenglin was shocked. It wasn't until he picked up a food box and looked at it that he finally confirmed this.
These food boxes are made of paper, but they are so delicately made and painted that you can't even notice them unless you pick them up.
Holding the food box, Huang Jun's face fell, "We just take this paper food box to meet the old people who have been sent to death in the kilns. Is this possible?"
Li Bai Yao and Shun Yu had no choice about this. They focused their attention on the last basket. Elder Sun said that it contained filial sons and virtuous grandsons.
After lifting the black cloth, a strong smell of blood almost knocked Weng Chenglin off his feet. Inside the basket were several tangled filial piety belts, but now the white filial piety belts were all gone. Stained red by dirty blood.
"What is going on?" Weng Chenglin didn't come back to his senses for a long time. This sudden scene shocked him, "Where. Where did so much blood come from?"
Seeing this, Lu Zhangyuan swallowed and stared at the blood filial piety belt nervously, "It is taboo to see red with this blood filial piety belt. I'm afraid something will happen if you take this blood filial piety belt to the death kiln."
This is it. It's nonsense, everyone can tell that something is wrong, but this is a task requirement, and more importantly, this blood filial piety belt is not tied around the waist, but around the neck.
Most of the dirty blood on the blood filial piety belt has dried, and it is tangled and knotted together, like a large rag, which is difficult to untie.
Wu Qiang spent a lot of effort to finally untie the knot of his blood filial piety belt, but as the knot was opened, a small thing wrapped inside fell out.
After squatting down and picking it up, Wu Qiang’s eyes changed little by little, and finally his pupils suddenly shrank, that... that was actually a human finger!
It looks like it should be the little finger, and it is incomplete, with only most of the front knuckle.
The scene in front of me confirmed the fact that these blood mourning belts had been used by others, and all the people who had used them died miserably.
After knowing this, everyone simply tied the blood mourning belt around their necks, as long as it meant that.
As the bloody filial belts hung under his neck, Li Bai couldn't help but take a breath.
“Don’t move!”
Li Bai asked everyone to stand up and walked quickly behind them. The scene in front of her confirmed her guess.
Weng Chenglin was made uncomfortable by Li Bai. The blood mourning belt around his neck was like a sling, "Sister Li, what did you find?"
"I know why there is something in the food box There is no food, because you are the sacrifice tonight!”
As Li Bai said these words, the scene was going crazy. Yao and Shunyu looked behind Huang Jun. He was wearing brand new clothes and a blood filial belt. The piece of cloth behind his back There is a yellow character written crookedly on it. Indeed, this is clearly what a sacrifice looks like.
“We, we are the food of those old people?” Weng Chenglin was about to cry for a moment. He instinctively wanted to take off the blood filial piety belt and throw it as far away as possible, but he didn’t want to Dare, the expression is very tangled.
Li Bai held up the wooden box in his hand, which was specially given to him by Elder Sun. Something will happen to the Jisei kiln tonight, and the key to cracking it lies in this box.
Carefully open the wooden box. Inside is a red cloth bag, which contains a gray-white powder.
“Isn’t this ashes?” Luan Lihui is the better performer among these people and can still think rationally now.
Li Bai pinched a little bit with his hand and moved it toward his face. Weng Chenglin's eyes widened and he felt sick in his stomach. He thought Li Bai would taste it.
But fortunately, Li Bai just put it under his nose and sniffed it gently, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, "It's not ashes, it's incense ashes."
"Incense ash also has the effect of warding off evil spirits. There is a saying that incense ash can communicate with ghosts and gods. The ash left by burning incense can isolate Yin and Yang and draw a boundary between humans and ghosts."
Everyone has heard that incense ash is so useful. Regardless of whether it can be used or not, everyone has shared some to be prepared.
At the bottom of the box, Li Bai also found a piece of paper with some obscure words written on it, which seemed to be some kind of scripture.
Obviously, this is the so-called curse of rebirth.
"This paper is" Yao, Shun Yu's eyes paused, he had just seen similar paper not long ago.
Li Bai put away the paper and carefully put it into his pocket. The paper was a diary. It was the diary of the painting teacher who was abducted by Empress Zhusheng on the first night. She had an impression of it.
At the reminder of Yao, Shun and Yu, Li Bai also put on his own clothes. It was all black, the same clothes as Elder Sun and the others, but fortunately there were no cloth shoes.
The group of people didn’t delay any longer and headed towards the back mountain under the cover of night.
On the way, Li Bai once again emphasized to everyone the taboo of living in a kiln.
Originally they thought that the location of Jisei Kiln was hidden and it would take a lot of effort to find it, but things were much simpler than they thought. There was a cliff in the back mountain, and dozens of cave entrances were loosely arranged under the cliff. , the openings are all of the same size. There is a wall made of bricks outside the opening, with only a few gaps left at the top.
At night, the wind blew through the treetops, making a sound similar to the screams of people.
Weng Chenglin suddenly had the courage to look at the gap. It was dark there and nothing could be seen, but Weng Chenglin felt that there was something inside, a pair of malicious eyes staring at him.
There are words on the entrance of the cave, which are some surnames, which seem to correspond to the belonging of the old man in the cave.
"Everyone goes to find the Jisei kiln that corresponds to his or her surname. Remember what I said before, be careful, and everything will be fine."
Yao, Shun, and Yu no longer hesitated. , all went to search under the rock wall, while Li Bai stayed outside.
After a few people left, she squatted down and took out the diary paper. After a while, a soft chanting sound slowly came out.
The sound of chanting and the sound of wind were intertwined, adding an unsettled tone to the emptiness of the night. (End of this chapter)