When I heard from the old man, "He's your good brother," I was crazy with joy.
I don't know how the old man knew that Linzi and I were good brothers, maybe he had heard Linzi say it, but it didn't matter, the point is, he said that Linzi is missing now.
And I wasn't immediately dragged as a sacrifice, also because Linzi was missing, he must have escaped.
The followers of these mad witches need me and Linzi, both of whom are indispensable, so that they can resurrect the witch on the day they have carefully chosen.
"Don't be too happy, he'll be back."
The old man's words hit me hard like a hammer, but I didn't want to believe it, I just thought he was deliberately trying to scare me.
"Why do you say that?"
He let out two shriveled laughs: "Don't look at him now, but from what I know about him, he just has some personal matters to deal with, and he will come back sooner or later." ” "What do you know about him, do you know Linzi well," I asked rhetorically.
"Of course, he didn't speak to me, but I knew about him."
The old man's eyes seemed to be able to penetrate my body and see through my whole person, I only felt cold on my back, I don't know if it was because of the cool breeze in the cave.
The old man also told me that Linzi originally belonged here, and was destined to be here, just like himself, there was no turning back.
He didn't laugh this time, because he also knew how pathetic he was, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to laugh at all.
"Tell me about Linzi and what happened after he came here."
I'll be serious.
"Okay."
The old man knocked the cigarette pouch pot as he spoke, and then pinched a handful of tobacco leaves from the broken iron box and stuffed them into the tobacco pot, and smoked them with a click.
"Actually, he's been here for a while, maybe a few months, I don't remember exactly, he spent most of his time in this cave, and I watched him change little by little, from strong resistance at the beginning to complete acceptance at the end, and now he knows who he is and what he has to do."
"What have you done to him," I yelled angrily, my body wrangling on the cross, causing the wooden frame to rattle.
"Hmph, I didn't do anything, you have to make it clear, they showed him something.
And then" The old man showed a strange perverted smile and continued: "You know, if you want a person to learn well and become a good person completely, it takes a lot of effort, but if you want a person to fall, it is too simple, you just need to push him gently, and then he is like driving a highway with no exit.
Highway, I didn't mispronounce the word, anyway, I haven't seen that kind of long, smooth road. ” The old man's analogy is very apt, and I probably understand what kind of process Linzi has gone through.
But at this time, I was more concerned about what they showed Linzi and said something, and I asked the old man to make it clear.
He lowered his voice, "It's about his background, it's destined since he was born, he is" Before the old man could finish his sentence, there was a sudden sound of galloping footsteps outside, and the old man immediately closed his mouth and pricked up his ears, and then he came directly to me, leaned into my ear, and said to me in a voice that only the two of us could hear: "In short, your existence is a threat to everyone here, so, so I have to kill you, the lake god will like you as a sacrifice, and at that time, maybe the lake god will be merciful and forgive me, and I can see the light of day again."
He smiled grimly, his mouth full of foul stench that almost stunned me.
"Aren't you different from the people here, and you also believe in the god of the lake?"
"Believe, of course I believe it, I've seen him manifest myself," he said through gritted teeth, as if with a hint of hatred.
"Have you seen the god of the lake, when did he appear and what did he do," I quickly asked him.
But the old man had slowly retreated, looking at me with his head down and rolling his eyes, his eyes full of murderous energy, the kind of resolute look that must kill someone.
He didn't say anything to me about the god of the lake, or the evil witch, and then the wooden fence of the cage was opened, and in came two strong men of great height, their faces expressionless, their faces covered with black and purple veins, and their eyes red without blinking.
The two of them, one left and one right, snorted and lifted me up along with the shelf.
Later I learned about the overall layout of the cave, of course, a long time later.
In fact, after entering the mountain from the stone gate at the entrance, there are three areas, and if you go straight to the tunnel, it is also a place of worship and sacrifice, and if you go to the right, you will be locked in the cage, and on the left is another sacrifice ground.
I was about to be taken to that altar now, my legs dangling, and the ropes around my waist and arms that made me almost breathless.
The closer I got to the entrance of the altar, the more I felt unusually cold, and the cool breeze whistled on my already soaked clothes, and I began to shiver.
I don't know if it was ten minutes or half an hour, although there was only one road, but it was a long way in a zigzag.
For me, this period is like a century, and my mood is getting more and more worried.
Since you are going to take me to the sacrifice ground, does it mean that Linzi has really come back as the old man said?
Finally, when we arrived at the altar, it looked like a natural formation, a circular space, about the size of half a basketball court, and you could see the sky when you looked up.
I felt as if I was standing at the bottom of the crater, through which I could see the sky, and it was night, and the rain had stopped but it was still cloudy, and there was not a single star, and the damp cold wind with the smell of earth poured in directly.
In the middle of the altar, there is a circular stone platform, and around the stone platform are all kinds of tools for sacrificing the living, which I have seen in Linzi's hometown, large iron pots, grills, wooden racks, and meat hooks At the outskirts of the altar, there was a circle of people, black and pressing, I probably looked at it, and there were sixty or seventy people, including men and women, all with short hair, wearing black robes, most of which were already soaked, as if it was not only the three of us who had come here in the rain, but also these people.
In their faces, I saw an almost insane devotion that only those who have been brainwashed by cults, terrifying, more terrifying than any living corpse or ghost.
Looking around, I didn't see the figure of the little boy and the old lady with small feet, nor did I see Xiaoxue and Zheng Ziwen, nor did I see Linzi.
At this moment, a tall man in a black robe suddenly walked out of the crowd, he walked onto the stone platform, and I immediately held my breath.
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