In front of the olive oil pool in front of the statue, an altar was set up early. In the middle of the altar, there was a space for one person to lie down. The altar was decorated with wheat grains of various colors. The entire altar was facing the jade statue of Empress Tu.
The priests have begun the pre-sacrifice ceremony. This is the first time in hundreds of years that a sacrifice has been made. All the priests, including the high priest, are extremely solemn and excited.
Wen Yuze held the sleeping Ye Qinghe and walked to the altar amidst the prayers of the priests. He gently placed her in the middle of the altar surrounded by wheat grains. He placed the crystal ball with the demon silk in it.
into Ye Qinghe's hands, and then asked her to close her arms in front of her chest, and the crystal ball pressed on Ye Qinghe's chest.
Outside Wenye Hall, on the steps at the top of the pyramid, Feng Shuhai had been painted blue all over and wore a pointed headdress. In the center of the steps, echoing the altar in the hall where Ye Qinghe was lying, was a
Feng Shuhai lay face up on the raised altar table, which made his chest and abdomen rise, while his head and limbs drooped. Four priests surrounded Feng Shuhai, grabbed his limbs respectively, and pulled his
Straighten your body.
In the bedroom on the second floor of Wenye Palace, Yuan Yizhou was awakened by the noise of gongs and drums downstairs. He opened his eyes and saw Cui Xingmeng lying next to him, sleeping soundly. Yuan Yizhou kissed his lover's forehead lightly and tried to sit up, but failed.
I felt dizzy and fell on the bed again, feeling exhausted.
But the sacrificial activities downstairs were so mind-blowing that Yuan Yizhou struggled and reluctantly got out of bed, went to the balcony on the second floor and looked downstairs. The sight in front of him made the hairs on his body stand up instantly, and his hands, which were already struggling to support his body, stood up.
His legs went limp, and he collapsed on the balcony. Through the holes in the stone railing of the balcony, Yuan Yizhou had a panoramic view of the bloody and cruel scene in front of him.
A body covered in blue has had its chest opened from the left rib. There is a bloody black hole there, which should be the location of the heart. At this time, the heart has disappeared. Because of the angle.
, Yuan Yizhou could not see clearly the whole body of the sacrifice, but he had a very ominous premonition in his heart.
Yuan Yizhou struggled to crawl out of the bedroom, holding on to the wall, and finally moved to the steps downstairs. Standing at the steps, he could have a panoramic view of all the sacrificial activities in front of the statue in the front hall.
The heart that had disappeared from the body was currently being held in the hands of the high priest. Whether it was Yuan Yizhou's illusion, the heart seemed to be still beating.
The high priest wiped the blood from his heart on the smeared statue with his hand, then turned around and dipped his finger in the blood, touching the center of Ye Qinghe's eyebrows and her chest, who were lying unconscious on the altar in front of the statue.
on a crystal ball.
After doing this, the high priest scooped out a large spoonful of olive oil from the olive oil pool and poured it into a dry pot that was being heated next to the altar. As the olive oil was poured into the pot, there was a sizzling sound.
came. The high priest continued to add two spoons of olive oil, and then put the heart in his hand into the dry pot, and there was another sizzling sound.
At this time, the priest's chanting reached a climax. The high priest walked back and forth along the altar, dancing and almost crazy! Then he suddenly froze, and the chanting of the priests around him also stopped abruptly.
I saw the high priest devoutly facing the outside of Wenye Hall with the ruby jade staff in his hand and raising it above his head! Soon, a beam of light shot into the ruby. The high priest knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times before getting up and turning to the sleeping place.
Ye Qinghe, who was on the altar, held a jade staff in his hand, moved the ruby on the top of the staff back and forth between Ye Qinghe's eyebrows and the crystal ball on his chest, and muttered words.
After a while, a beam of light from the ruby was injected into the crystal ball. The flocs in the crystal ball began to stir and slowly disappeared. The light returned from the crystal ball to the ruby. At this time, the crystal ball had no luster and was dark.
Like an iron ball!
The high priest moved the ruby on the jade staff to the center of Ye Qinghe's eyebrows. The light in the ruby appeared again, and finally the beam of light completely injected into the center of Ye Qinghe's eyebrows. At this time, the priests' prayers began again, and they were even louder than before.
Even more, they went crazy around the altar where Ye Qinghe was lying.
The high priest walked out of Wenye Hall and out of Yuan Yizhou's sight. He only heard the chanting of prayers outside the hall that was louder than inside. Then Yuan Yizhou heard a "plop", which seemed to be the sound of an ax chopping meat, and then there seemed to be something.
Something fleshy was kicked off the top of the pyramid and rolled down the steps towards the foot of the pyramid.
Then the high priest returned to the front hall and came to Wen Yuze who was standing in front of the golden statue of King Yu. He knelt down and kowtowed and said, "To the Lord of the River, the evil thread has been continued. May the curse of the animal be solved and the heavenly sacrifice be completed!"
Wen Yuze clasped his hands in front of his chest as a return gift.
"Wen Yuze!! You actually sacrificed Shuhai alive, this is murder!!!" Yuan Yizhou was still weak, holding on to the steps, moving downstairs, and roared towards the front hall!
Yuan Yizhou's roar echoed throughout the front hall, attracting the attention of all those participating in the sacrifice. Wen Yuze just glanced at him lightly, then turned around and faced a blue priest wearing a pointed headdress behind the high priest.
He said, "Go ahead!" He turned around and picked up Ye Qinghe who was on the altar, and walked towards the back hall without looking back.
"Murderer, stop!" Yuan Yizhou's feet felt like they were stepping on cotton, and he still shouted with all his strength, "I will definitely seek justice for Shuhai!"
Seeing that Wen Yuze had disappeared from the front hall, Yuan Yizhou felt anxious. He stepped on the void and was about to fall down the steps. At this time, a blue figure flashed in front of him and helped him. It was
The priest with the pointed headdress.
Yuan Yizhou looked up and was even more surprised, "Shuhai?!!! You're not dead? They didn't sacrifice you alive?!"
Feng Shuhai, who was wearing a priest's attire, had returned to normal expression at this time, and said with a smile and laughter, "Who was sacrificed alive? Isn't it okay for me to be here?! Did you take the wrong medicine? Why are you acting like a soft-footed shrimp?"
Can't even stand still?"
"But just now, I clearly saw on the second floor that they took out your heart and fried it." Although Yuan Yizhou was affected by sleeping hormone and was a little sleepy, he would never have hallucinations.
"The heart that was pulled out was a sacrificial pig, an animal that the high priest recruited from Yaotai. Tonight we have a whole pig feast. After the sacrifice to the sun god, it is said that it can make people live longer and cure diseases.
Eliminate the disaster! "Feng Shuhai has already started to drool, "It's a pity that the pig head has been kicked off the pyramid to complete the heavenly sacrifice, and it is probably rotten. I can't eat my favorite pig brain flower."
"Shuhai, what is going on?" Yuan Yizhou was completely confused by what he saw and what Feng Shuhai said.