Serpent

Some scalding water rushed from all directions, into his nostrils and into his ears.Ao Jia was so choked that he wanted to cough, but as soon as he opened his mouth, more water choked into his trachea.He wanted to raise his head, but the skinny hands of the high priest were stronger than he imagined, like iron pincers, almost crushing his neck.

Obviously suffering to death, Ao Jia began to think about irrelevant things.He thought of his own experience of eating shrimps. Those green shrimps were put into the boiling water alive, did they feel as uncomfortable as himself in the process of slowly turning red and slowly dying?

Ao Jia's consciousness began to become blurred...

"Well!!"

The hand on the neck finally loosened.Ao Jia instinctively struggled out of the water, leaning on the edge of the pool exhausted, breathing heavily.For a moment he thought he was doomed.

"Hmph!" The high priest shook his wet sleeves, and coldly ordered the maids on both sides: "Tomorrow night is the sacrificial ceremony, you guys watch him! Start fasting now, give him more food to remove stagnation, Take a bath every two hours, and scent your clothes and body, otherwise Master Snake Ancestor will be unhappy! You can’t afford to miss Wu Zongguo’s national fortune!"

Every country has its own patron saints. Those patron saints can be righteous gods, evil gods, or monsters. The people worship them devoutly and they give them blessings.From the snake statues that can be seen everywhere in Wu Zongguo, it can be seen that Wu Zongguo believes in the suspicious, sensitive and jealous snake ancestor. There are countless legends about snakes circulating in this land.

Ao Jia has never believed in legends. In his opinion, blessings and blessings are nothingness. There may not even be any so-called snake ancestors. A person who secretly prodded and profited behind the scenes.For example, the great priest.

"What are you looking at! You have such a bad face, are you dead?! How can you please the Snake Ancestor with such a sad face?" The high priest suddenly turned his spear and began to provoke his thorns.Only then did Ao Jia realize that he had been staring at the high priest for a long time.

Ao Jia lowered her head.It took 500 years for Wu Zongguo's throne to be emptied. For 500 years, every sacrifice could not survive the night of sacrifice. Is it true that these people died because they failed the test of the Snake Ancestor?Or is there another secret?No matter how you look at it, the direct beneficiaries of the vacant throne are the high priests. Could it be that the high priests want to control the government...

"Humph!" Ao Jia was in a daze, when the high priest suddenly snorted coldly, and flicked his sleeves "snap", the wet and cold corners of his sleeves just hit Ao Jia's face heavily.Only then did Ao Jia recover unconsciously, covering her face with her hands.

"Is it because your brain didn't grow well when you were young? Why are you always distracted? Did you hear what I just said?! If it weren't for your good looks, I would have looked for a more obedient sacrifice It's gone." The high priest's gloomy eyes wandered over him, and he said with a strange tone, "I'll tell you one last thing, take care of your temper and think about how to please the Snake Ancestor." After the high priest finished speaking, Taking one last look at Ao Jia, she opened the curtain and walked out.

Staring at the back of the high priest leaving, Ao Jia covered her cheeks bitterly, with a firm gleam in her eyes.He won't just admit defeat like this, if he wants to leave, he must leave.He will never allow himself to be a tool for others to make profits!

He made up his mind to escape, but the reality was obviously not as good as he planned.The order of the high priest was carried out very thoroughly, taking a bath every two hours, taking the medicine that was so unpalatable... Afterwards, Ao Jia was like a rooster waiting to be slaughtered, dragged into the pool without any resistance and washed once. again.What made Ao Jia even more angry was that he couldn't exert any strength after eating that strange thing called Chuzhisan, and his whole body was limp.

"Knock, knock." There was a timid knock on the door.Ao Jia was tortured again and again, and her patience had long been exhausted.Without much strength, he shuddered and slammed a cup on the ground, roaring like a wounded lion: "Get out!"

"Yes... I'm sorry." The door trembled twice, and opened tremblingly, it turned out to be the little maid he had seen before.The little maid timidly stuck her head in, her face turned pale from his fright.

Finding it was her, Ao Jia suppressed her anger, collapsed back on the bed weakly, and said in a muffled voice, "What are you doing here?"

"I...I'll give you this." The little maid looked around, and seeing no one was paying attention, she quietly stepped forward and put a small silver knife in his hand.

Ao Jia weighed the small silver knife in his hand, a little funny, what can such a small silver knife do?

The little maid didn't care about his disdainful expression, but said to him very seriously: "Tomorrow night, they will tie you to the altar, and after performing the sacrificial ceremony, they will not leave anyone to watch you , you can use this knife to untie the rope and escape at that time."

"They won't leave any guards?" Ao Jia was a little surprised.

The little maid nodded solemnly, "I heard grandma talk about sacrifices. Although it's a little unreasonable, she didn't stay guarded in previous years, and she really didn't stay guarded."

Ao Jia silently clutched the silver knife in his hand. This matter confirmed his thoughts even more. There was no snake ancestor at all. Everything was a cover-up created by the high priest. Now he has more reasons to believe that the high priest killed him. These sacrifices who might become the king also declared that they were not selected by the Snake Ancestor, and everything was for their own long-term control of the government.

Ao Jia looked at the knife in her hand.Maybe I can "unlock" Wu Zongguo's century-old secret this time?Yes, he wants to live. Not only does he want to live, but he also wants to reveal the true face of the priest, so that the common people can see what kind of face this highly respected priest has in private.

After making up my mind like this, everything seems to be easier.Ao Jia cooperated with things like cleaning like never before. He was waiting, waiting for the start of the sacrifice, waiting for the start of the battle.

Ao Jia didn't know that some things didn't exist because he didn't believe them.What he was looking forward to was a mistake at the beginning, and in the end it would definitely turn into a bitter fruit that he couldn't bear to swallow.

There were indeed some unusual things in that snake cave.