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One hundred and thirtieth chapters Badong Village (fifty-ninth)
Xie Jin took out the crumpled pack of cigarettes from his pocket. This pack of cigarettes was still the one when he and Ji Duan first met. After lighting the fire, he held the cigarette butt in a somewhat unfamiliar posture, trying to digest what Wen Liang said.
"You said, He Nian's tongue has been tampered with, so he can't speak." Xie Jin didn't look at Wen Liang, he stared at the gap in the floor, took a puff of cigarette, "So he is artificially dumb?"
"Based on the facts I've seen, it's true." Wen Liang also picked up his tobacco rod, and the two of them puffed and smoked face to face. Fortunately, the window was open to ensure the air flow in the room, so as not to turn the room into a nicotine mess. wonderland.
"If you think about it, what the owner said when we were at the Heavenly River Town Hotel, she said that He Nian appeared in Heavenly River Town inexplicably when he was a swaddling baby, and even driving from Heavenly River Town to Badong Village has to be done. It was almost two hours, so He Nian could only be dumped there."
Wen Liang looked at the branches blown by the wind outside the window, and he let go of the cigarette holder, "I suspected that his parents did it before, but I couldn't find their whereabouts at all in Badong Village. I think this kind of possibility should be Not too big."
Xie Jin didn't let out a long breath until he smoked the whole cigarette desperately. The smell of tar made him feel uncomfortable. The smell in his lungs and throat made him want to vomit. Xie Jin just twisted his nose and exerted force. Blow, this is my question.
"But why do you want to do something cruel to an infant child? And cut off the tongue... I can't understand, who would be in this village
To do such a cruel thing? "
"Do you still remember the organ with a drum that we encountered when we first entered the forest? It was a drum made of human skin." Wen Liang looked at Xie Jin's expression again in a daze, and he could only use a wry smile to cover up the cruelty of reality.
"I even suspected that He Nian had something to do with the human skin drum. Badong Village is not as simple and simple as you imagined. Judging from the original human skin drum and the eight coffins standing at the eight corners of the village, the people here It's not something to mess with."
Wen Liang watched Xie Jin reach out to touch the crumpled pack of cigarettes again. At this time, I am afraid that this is the only way to wake up his brain, so he didn't make a sound to stop him, but watched Xie Jin take another cigarette in his mouth .
"Go ahead."
It was obvious that the corners of Xie Jin's eyes were stained red, and Wen Liang could also tell from his trembling hands that he was trying to hold back to calm himself down.
"At least judging from Zhao Dong's various behaviors, He Nian doesn't seem to be used to make drums. I don't think the holy boy sacrifices recorded in the Zhao family's study are fake." After Wen Liang finished speaking, he raised his eyes to Xie Jin.
Xie Jin's entire body became gloomy to the extent visible to the naked eye, his brow arches were very close to his upper eyelids, and there were fine lines between his brows that were wrinkled and hard to detect.
"Sacred Child Priest...what the hell is it?" Xie Jin took the cigarette out of his mouth, he coughed a few times, and when he was able to speak normally again, he said, "And A Nian still left us on his own initiative, he himself Do you know the existence of this sacrifice?"
"He knows, he knows better than you, me, or anyone else." Wen Liang leaned back, and he heard a crisp sound of his cervical spine hitting the back of the chair, "But it's because of this that I can't figure out why he Will be willing to go."
"We have to get him back. We can't predict what will happen next, and we don't even know if the holy child priest is alive..." Xie Jin threw the burnt cigarette butt into the mineral water bottle, he was emotional At the head, he didn't notice Ji Duan's hand movement behind him.
Wen Liang didn't have any big mood swings. After talking about what he knew, he looked at Xie Jin quietly, "You know, we only have one night tonight."
"The sacrificial ceremony should last about a week. Although most of the villagers gather together during this period and it is easy to move, we don't have enough time at all."
"Besides, I don't think the so-called sacred child sacrifice will be delayed for too long." Wen Liang's gray-blue eyes stared straight at Xie Jin, "Even if he wants to save He Nian, the best time should be tonight."
"It's because of too many uncertain factors." Xie Jin rubbed his face with hands that smelled of tar, he couldn't count the number of times he sighed, "There is no way to confirm the number of people on Zhao Dong's side, Until now, I haven't found the location of He Nian...?"
There was a slight pull on the hem of the clothes behind him. Xie Jin didn't react at first, until the force pulled again, and then he suddenly turned his head to look.
"What's the matter, I'm worried." Although the voice was breathless, it was indeed Ji Duan's voice! Xie Jin was completely unprepared. He saw Ji Duan lying on the bed and looking at him.
As if he lost his language ability in an instant, Xie Jin opened his mouth half-open, but didn't say a word for a long time.
Instead, Ji Duan raised his weak arm and opened his arms towards him, "How long have I been sleeping, Uncle Xie, you...uh."
Without saying too much, Xie Jin turned around and threw himself into that embrace, the warm breath on his neck never made him feel so at ease.
While Ji Duan raised his head, he put his arms around the other's neck, the fragile blood vessels in his eyes were already reddened by repeated emotions, Xie Jin lay on Ji Duan, unwilling to get up again.
Tears welled up in his eyes silently the moment he hugged Ji Duan, Xie Jin seemed to have finally found a place to vent his emotions, almost greedily absorbing the hard-won warmth from the young man.
"What happened?" Ji Duan hugged Xie Jin and couldn't get up, so he could only use his mouth to ask Wen Liang, "How long have I been asleep?"
Wen Liang gave him a comparison: "I have slept for two days since you fainted. During this period, a lot of things happened. Do you want to hear the good or the bad first?"
"...Let's talk about the bad first." Ji Duan hardly hesitated. He patted Xie Jin's back with one hand, and turned his head to look at Wen Liang with some effort. "What happened in the past two days?"
"You almost died, do you know that it was me and you Uncle Xie who gave you a stomach tube to fill you with decoction to barely maintain your life." Wen Liang couldn't bear it any longer, he stepped forward and patted Xie Jin, "Let go first. Well, not long after people wake up, they will suffocate again if they are restrained."
Xie Jin nodded and got up and left from Ji Duan. His red eyes and red blood startled the other two. After repeatedly confirming that Xie Jin was all right, Wen Liang simply relayed the story of He Nian to Ji Duan.
"What's the good thing?" Ji Duan frowned after hearing this. He Nian's departure was something he didn't expect, and Wen Liang said that it was difficult for them to find it, so there must be something hidden in it.
Wen Liang handed Xie Jin a wet tissue, and when he heard Ji Duan's question, he was silent for a moment, "Well... Zhao Guangsheng with the word Zhao Li used an excuse to advance the sacrificial ceremony to tomorrow, you are awake now, if you can pass it smoothly, please ask God to crack it. Damn, that's a good thing of course."
"Is it still possible that it didn't go well?" Ji Duan sat up from the bed, moving his stiff upper body and moving his legs to the side of the bed.
"You still lack a soul as a living soul. Droktada's grandmother said that the shaman may not accept a petition from a person whose soul is incomplete."
Wen Liang suddenly thought of something, he took a step back, and grinned harmlessly towards Ji Duan, "Ah, also, he accidentally found out what you told me to hide before."
"What?" Ji Duan looked at Wen Liang's smiling face, pondered for a long time before realizing what he was referring to, so he hurriedly turned his head to explain to Xie Jin, "Uncle Xie, that I didn't mean to hide you, I don't want you so worried..."
Xie Jin's eyes were not as exaggeratedly red as before because they had been compressed with cold water. He shook his head, "It's good to wake up, and I'll talk about those things when I regain my memory."
Without the expected violent reaction, Ji Duan scratched his back ear a little embarrassedly. Maybe Xie Jin has experienced too much in the past two days, so he will no longer pursue the fact that he and Wen Liang have united to hide him.
Xie Jin took a deep breath to calm himself down. He sat back next to Ji Duan again and said sternly, "I want to discuss something with you. I have already told Wen Liang about it in advance, and he agrees."
"What? Why are you so serious all of a sudden." Ji Duan hadn't been able to adapt to Xie Jin's sudden change in attitude. He had only fainted for two days, and he always felt that Xie Jin had changed in some ways.
There is also a clear smell of smoke on his body. Ji Duan clearly remembers that men only smoke when they are extremely anxious, so what happened just now?
Uneasy in his heart, Ji Duan subconsciously grabbed Xie Jin's hand, afraid of hearing some bad decisions from his mouth.
"I discussed with Wen Liang. If the process of offering sacrifices to the gods is unsuccessful because of your soul, I will go to the Celebration State amusement park alone. Wen Liang will stay in the village to accompany you."
Ji Duan watched Xie Jin's lips humming up and down, and his heart "squeaked" all of a sudden, his premonition became a reality, and he went to that place alone again.
"No, don't go." Subconsciously tightening the hand that grabbed Xie Jin, Ji Duan insisted on objecting, "I can't let you go there alone, it's too dangerous."
Xie Jin just frowned at the tingling from his wrist. Instead of breaking free from Ji Duan's restraint, he raised his other hand and stroked the back of the young man's hand.
"I can't let you stay in this village alone. If the sacrifice is unsuccessful, you will fall into a coma again. If we all leave at that time, no one can guarantee your personal safety."
"That's not possible! You have also been to the abandoned paradise in Celebration State, you know how dangerous it is!" Ji Duan suddenly became confused, he wanted to beg Xie Jin not to go, and was also annoyed that his uselessness led to this incident It will eventually go unsatisfactory.
But when he saw the firmness on the man's face, all these emotions turned into a whimper and returned to his body again down his throat.
"Please, it's really dangerous there, don't go there."
Ji Duan tried to make a final struggle. Even when he lost most of his memory at the beginning, the blank brain madly stored everything he saw in the abandoned paradise, and he knew better than anyone how dangerous it was there.
Without speaking, Xie Jin answered Ji Duan's request with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.
He must go. If he goes, there may be a glimmer of hope. If he doesn't go, the young man in front of him who has finally come to his senses will eventually die faster than any of them.
"Discuss what to do tonight." Xie Jin raised the back of his hand and rubbed his itchy and dry eyes, "We also have to save He Nian, he is still waiting for us, don't waste time."
"Forget about Old Ji, those who have just regained their mobility can stay here honestly." Seeing Ji Duan, who was sitting weakly by the bed, Wen Liang began to assign tasks to himself and Xie Jin.
"Although it would be more efficient to act separately, it's not the juniors like Zhao Guangsheng and Gao Quan that we are facing tonight, but the smooth old guys."
Wen Liang winked at Xie Jin, signaling him to take out his mobile phone and prepare to send someone a message, "Plus, we have never been to any other family except the Zhao family. I'm afraid Li Yougui will need to help with this matter tonight."
Ji Duan: What?What did you say you did to me while I was in a coma?
Wen Liang: Stomach tube, isn't the tube still there?(points to the ridiculously long tube on the table)
Ji Duan: Uh... why do suddenly feel nauseous