Chapter 2246 The source of chaos, the madness of life and death
Me?
I don't have a name.
Well, it can't be said that I don't have a name at all, because I was born under the wheel of a Lele car, so I was called "Lele", but everyone knows that this is not completely a "name".
I hope to have a more formal name, such as "Karas" or "Leiter". The former represents courage and the latter represents honesty. Only then can it be considered a name...
"Lele" sounds like the name of a horse, or a cow?
The big boss is meeting with the witch and has driven away those of us who serve the witch.
Thinking about it, there must be something very important.
Something did happen. Although most of us usually live separately from the people in the tribe, we also heard some not-so-good news from those in the tribe.
The big boss has an order not to spread this information in private, so basically when everyone talks to me, they will start like this, "I'm telling you, the big boss said, this can't be spread in private..."
I just nodded.
Then they will say it.
I very much hope that these news are not true and are just rumors spread by these people, but from the seventh sun in March, counting thirty suns, to the rise of the next month, strange deaths appeared in the tribe.
.
To be precise, it appeared in the tent at the southernmost end of the tribe, where the people who managed the "Kadazi" lived. "Kadazi" means bone dregs, which means they were captured prisoners of war.
, considered half an animal, of course someone must be responsible for grazing it.
Although the leader of the tribe tried his best to conceal the matter, he said that the two men were injured and killed while grazing "Kadazi", and then killed all the "Kadazi" there and buried them...
"No random spreading!"
There are new orders.
But as mentioned before, this kind of thing had actually spread long before the ban was issued. Some people said that the two shepherds who died had no external injuries on their bodies at all, and it was not like what the big leader said.
What are you talking about being injured?
Later, I originally thought that this matter would just go away, but on the fifteenth sun, three more people died, the same as the two people before...
The big leader ordered us to leave the pasture and come here.
We all thought that this matter was over and we could live happily again, but we didn't expect that on the twentieth sun, people started to die again. This time, five people died.
Twenty-one suns.
Just the fact that three people died made us happy for a while, thinking that this inexplicable death would soon be over.
But on the twenty-second day of the sun, eight people died.
Twenty-three suns are eighteen people...
Today, there are twenty-four suns, and not long after they have just risen, ten of them are already dead. No, someone came to report just now, so there are eleven people...
I stared at the wooden board in front of me. The sun and little figures painted on it seemed to be shaking on the board, making me a little dizzy.
It is said that some people in the tribe, um, a lot of people, started to cough.
It is said that some of the people who cough are fine, while others will cough non-stop, getting louder and louder, and eventually cough up all the flesh and blood in their bodies, and then...
There's no after that.
The witch prayed for everyone, but...
It seems to be of no use.
Well, I shouldn't think that way, please God in heaven forgive me.
The witch said that this is a warning from God. Anyone who has done bad things must pass this test from God...
Well, it seems to make sense. Anyway, when I was a child, the stupid guy who often came to beat me and take away my food actually had a name like "Karas". He died on the twenty-second day of the sun.
I seem to feel a little happy...
This is wrong and I can't feel happy.
The way "Karas" died was really ugly.
I don't know how to describe it. Anyway, it's smelly and ugly.
All the people in the tribe were so panicked that they didn't even want to live in tents. They said there were devils in the tents, and they would rather build bonfires in the wild.
Fortunately it's not too cold now, otherwise...
"Lele! Lele..." A shout sounded in the distance.
I responded subconsciously, then stood up, only to find that someone was holding a carriage and turning the corner...
I hate this name!
The guy next to me opened his mouth and smiled, showing his yellow and black teeth. It made me want to grab a handful of dirt and throw it into his mouth!
I know this big yellow fang, he is jealous of me, because I know how to count, I know how to count from one to a hundred, but he can only count to twenty, and he has to use his fingers and toes. If his fingers
If there are two or three missing, can we only count to seventeen or eighteen?
It is precisely because of this that I am more valued by the wizard. This piece of wood can only be handed over to me, not to him.
"Lele!"
I stood up suddenly, this time it was true, it was the witch calling me!
I hurriedly grabbed the wooden board and ran towards the place where the witch was.
Maybe the board became heavier, or maybe I ran too fast. I felt dizzy, the ground was shaking a little, and there seemed to be some bugs crawling in my chest and abdomen...
"Ahem, cough, cough..."
I couldn't stand upright, fell to the ground, and started coughing.
I felt like my head was buzzing, like a hammer was hitting my head.
"No...ahem, it's okay..."
I tried to stand up again, but I saw the witch's face twisted...
I have never seen the wizard's face look like this. He shouted something loudly, and then someone rushed up, grabbed my legs, and dragged me away...
Between the grass clippings and the clods of soil, I saw the big yellow teeth dragging me. He grinned, revealing those yellow and black teeth, like a dog biting the meat, desperately
Dragging.
I wanted to struggle, but for some reason, all my strength seemed to go to my chest and abdomen, and then I escaped from the coughs...
I suddenly realized something, and I struggled to grab the grass that kept passing by in front of me!
I want to stay here!
I'm not sick!
I……
"Ahem, cough, cough..."
……(⊙x⊙;)……
"Are you sure? He is also infected?" The wizard closed his eyes, "Oh...he is one of my favorite children...so don't let him suffer...just send him on his way, God will accept him."
of……"
A guard armed with a knife took the order and left.
The wizard wiped away the non-existent tears and sighed.
"It's very troublesome now..." The big leader stood aside and said, "There are already five tribes suffering from the disease... What I'm worried about now is that the disease will become more and more common..."
The big leader glanced at the magic witch, "And I doubt... whether you can get God's will?"
"You are blaspheming the gods!" The wizard immediately put down his previous expression of pity and stared at the big leader fiercely, "Do you know what you are talking about?!"
"I did not blaspheme! Those who cannot obtain God's will are the real blasphemers!" The big leader was not afraid of the intimidation of the witch at all. "Before, you said that God's will came here, but the people who died here
More! What are you going to say?! Is it God’s will, or have you tampered with it... Or, you don’t get any guidance from God at all..."
"Your idea is very dangerous..." The wizard twitched his face a few times, "Big boss, gods are everywhere, omniscient and omnipotent... You actually doubt the power of gods..."
"For the last time! I didn't doubt the gods! I doubted you!" The big leader glared at the witch, "If you don't get the guidance of the gods today, then you have betrayed the gods! You have lost the favor of the gods! Our tribe's
Everyone, you cannot be implicated because of your actions! I must make the decision for my tribe and for the thousands of Dingling people! If you cannot accept the guidance of the gods, then find another one who can be guided by the gods.
witch!"
The muscles on the wizard's cheek kept beating, "I can receive guidance from the gods!"
"Then tell me what the guidance of the gods is?!" The big boss pressed forward step by step, "Don't say that the gods are telling us to die!"
The witch's expression changed, and then suddenly he seemed very surprised, "What? Did you also receive this message from the gods?"
"What information?" The leader was stunned for a moment.
The wizard closed his eyes, with a look of sorrow on his face, "Actually, the gods gave me the message from the beginning, but I have been unwilling to accept it... The gods reminded me again and again, but I... oh... so the gods just
I remind you again, the big boss..."
The big leader couldn't help but touch his head, feeling a little confused. Could it be that he really received something?
"Ah?" The leader suddenly remembered, "Could it be that..."
The wizard nodded compassionately.
"This is impossible!" the big leader shouted.
The witch closed his eyes and remained unmoved. Having worked in this profession for so long, from youth to old age, the witch knew deeply that gods must be high and unfathomable. If anything can be inferred by mortals,
, then can it still be called a god? The more unbelievable the words are, once they are believed, they become more solid and unbreakable.
"This is impossible! Impossible!" the big leader repeated, shaking his head repeatedly.
The wizard squinted his eyes, "But the gods have already told you...even you said so yourself..."
"What did I say?! I didn't say anything!" the big leader said angrily.
The shaman looked calm, "The gods cannot be deceived..."
"I..." the leader gasped, then frowned and said, "Why?!"
The witch looked at the big leader and said: "The gods also told you... What were you worried about before? What were you confused about? And now, here is the answer..."
The big leader frowned deeply, "Could it be that..."
"That's right..." the wizard said slowly, "Before that incident, we didn't have these problems... and now... isn't this the guidance of the gods?"
"..." The big leader fell silent, and then glanced at the witch.
The shaman is also targeting the big boss.
"Do you think I'm a fool?" The leader whispered, "Do you know what you are talking about?"
The witch also lowered his voice, "I know... when the Huns were still there, they also encountered this problem... The big leader is so smart, he must also know how the Huns solved this problem back then..."
"The Huns..." The big leader fell silent.
The wizard said slowly: "I was hesitant before... But now, boss, look, even the children around me... this is God's warning... if..."
The big boss became more and more silent.
Although what the witch said was ridiculous, what was interesting was that he hit the truth right on target.
Plague is a thing that has accompanied mankind since ancient times.
In other words, before humans existed, these germs, viruses, molds, etc. were already the masters of the earth, and humans...
Compared with the time when human beings were born, these germs and molds are just younger.
The key is that humans themselves still like to seek death.
The problems encountered by the Xiongnu back then were actually similar to those encountered by the Ding Ling people.
In fact, it sounds very mysterious and complicated. In fact, the answer is very simple, but it cannot be solved according to the current understanding and medical technology level of Dingling people.
Isolate and inspect all people and livestock, isolate sick people and livestock, and then treat them while eliminating all intermediate hosts to prevent secondary infection of pollutants. These are very common and common disease prevention methods in later generations, even in large-scale epidemics.
The United States cannot do this, allowing the virus to spread freely in the sewers at the center of its empire, let alone the Ding Ling tribe of the Han Dynasty.
Most of the plagues are caused by germs and viruses, and these germs and viruses often have a community nature, that is, people in this group of tribes may carry them, but they will not get sick, and then they will spread to another tribe.
People in a tribe don't have the ability to be immune to this kind of germ, so they develop it.
In particular, the original Ding Ling people lived a relatively simple life at the beginning, and there were no major changes. Then due to the sudden decline of Xianbei, the Ding Ling people expanded crazily, and many people left the land where they originally lived.
They also accepted a lot of people from other tribes, and they didn’t have any hygiene habits...
Because of the temperature, it's okay in winter, the germs don't multiply too much, and the contagion isn't that strong, so even if someone got sick at the beginning, it wasn't taken seriously. But now that spring is here, the temperature is rising.
When the temperature is high, the infectivity of germs is no longer limited by temperature and begins to attack.
And now it happens that these Dingling people, who were originally scattered tribes due to Yuyang, are now clustered, and they do not pay attention to camp hygiene like the Hussar Generals. Human excrement plus animal excrement,
Then in the spring, mosquitoes breed, and then humans and animals infect each other, spreading in all directions, and eventually the outbreak is out of control.
To solve such a problem, according to the current medical level of Ding Ling people, it is impossible to solve it, so there is only one way left...
Let these sick people die, and the natural plague will disappear.
"I summoned all the leaders..." the big leader finally said, "This matter... when the time comes, you have to know what to do..."
"It is my duty to convey the will of the gods..." The magic witch returned to his original enigmatic expression, "Please don't worry, big boss..."
There is a special coolness in the desert night.
The wind blowing from the north seems to carry a cold breath, like the smell of death.
On the mound, the big leader stood in the middle, surrounded by the gathered tribal leaders.
"These days... everyone has gotten a lot of good things..." the big leader said slowly, "They are all good things... right? Cattle and sheep, women and children, countless furs and blankets, and...
There are war horses...all good things..."
"But the good things on the surface are not necessarily good things inside..." The big leader slowly looked around, "What happened in the past few days... I don't need to say more? Our witch said that it is because of these
There is a curse from the damn Xianbei kid inside the thing!』
The crowd was in an uproar and started whispering among themselves.
"That's it! Now I understand!"
"I told you! These Xianbei dogs have no good intentions!"
"It's just as I expected! Xianbei dogs have very vicious hearts!"
"That's right..."
The big boss waited for a moment, and after the surrounding voices became quieter, he said again, "There is a way to break this curse, and it is the only way... Someone come! Raise fire!"
Following the big leader's order, the fire at the back of the hill was lit. The shaman, wearing a colorful divine robe, held up a sacred staff wrapped in colorful silk. Under the light of the fire, his whole body trembled.
It was as if all the joints of the hands and feet were twisted, dancing inexplicably and strangely, and making sounds that were high and low, sometimes sharp and sometimes deep...
In front of the fire, there were some tied people twisting on the wooden stakes, like insects, or like sheep with their hands and feet trapped.
The witch jumped more and more, moving more and faster, and his voice became louder and louder. With the witch's last roar, several Dingling people with colorful patterns on their bodies came forward, and then
The person on the stake was disemboweled, then the bloody heart was pulled out from the chest and abdomen alive, and thrown into the blazing fire...
A smell like accidentally dropping chicken hearts into the blazing charcoal fire while grilling spreads in the air...
The heat wave was rolling, distorting the air above the campfire. It seemed that something was jumping in it, but it seemed like there was nothing...
A strong wind blew.
The flags, robes, and even the grass and leaves all made a rustling sound.
"Listen!" The witch's voice seemed to be filled with an irresistible tone, "God is speaking!"
"Close your eyes! Listen to this sound..."
"God, God is saying..."
"Blood!"
"More blood!"
"More blood is needed to break this curse!" The witch opened his arms and shouted crazily, "Either it is ours or the enemy's! Blood! More blood!"
"Ding Ling is victorious -" The big leader drew out his sword, stood on the hillock and raised it high, roaring across the night sky, "We want the enemy's blood! The enemy's blood will break the curse! I
