I hope I am overthinking it.
For a whole day, Li Ming and Si Si visited the entire village.
Maybe it really was the cash that did the trick.
While wandering around today, Li Ming found that wherever the two of them went, the surrounding villagers greeted them with smiles, which was completely different from yesterday when they surrounded the car when they first arrived.
One day, Li Ming and Si Si watched the houses in the village turn blue little by little.
The next day, all the villagers who had finished their work came to the ancestral hall together.
If we say that the painting of the villagers' houses may be a little rough in some places.
But the ancestral hall was painted extremely carefully. In the evening, looking at the blue village everywhere, Li Ming couldn't help but take out his mobile phone, snap a few photos and send them to his sister.
After a while, I saw my sister replying to the message asking me if this is a new internet celebrity attraction? Li Ming smiled and coaxed her to say yes, and then chatted for a while before putting down his phone and going to sleep.
At night.
Li Ming didn't sleep very well because he was a bit confused.
Listening to the chirping of insects and birds outside, Li Ming slowly fell asleep.
"Move quickly, time is very tight."
"You, you, you, you guys are responsible for that girl, Da Zhuang, you guys are responsible for this boy."
"Tie it tight, don't make any mistakes."
Listening to the voice ringing in his ears, Li Ming originally thought he had had a nightmare.
Hearing more and more footsteps, Li Ming struggled to open his eyes.
But as soon as he narrowed his eyes, he saw that the originally small room was filled with people dressed in blue and wearing various masks.
Are you dreaming?
Seeing this scene, Li Ming thought he was dreaming again.
After all, he had dreamed of a similar scene before, but the people in the dream at that time were all wearing uniform armor and holding bronze weapons in their hands.
"Village Chief, this boy seems to be awake."
After hearing these words, Li Ming finally realized something was wrong.
But just as he was about to struggle, Li Ming felt that his whole body was sore and weak, and he couldn't use any strength.
What's going on? "
Looking at the group of people in front of him, Li Ming's voice struggled to squeeze out from between his teeth.
At this moment, he had lost even the ability to control his facial muscles and open his mouth to speak.
"Haha, don't be afraid, young man, it's okay."
"Didn't I tell you two days ago? There is a big festival going to be held in the village."
"Don't worry, it won't hurt, it will pass soon."
Hearing this, Li Ming's heart skipped a beat.
Great festival.
Haha, I'm afraid that this time I and Na Si Si will be the sacrifices in this big sacrifice.
Soon, Li Ming found himself tied to the iron frame and then stood upright.
Next to him was Si Si who was tied up in the same way.
At this moment, Sisi had also woken up. She was looking at everything in disbelief with her eyes wide open.
She couldn't believe that these villagers, who were so enthusiastic during the day, would treat them like this at night.
After a while, Li Ming and Si Si were carried to the ancestral hall by everyone.
At this moment, a bonfire was lit in the open space in front of the ancestral hall.
Looking at the flames burning in the dark night, Li Ming felt despair for a while.
I'm afraid that I'm really going to die here. The people in this village probably want to roast me and Si Si on the fire alive.
Then, he was placed in the open space in front of the ancestral hall.
The villagers, whose faces could not be seen in masks, seemed to have lost interest in Li Ming and Si Si.
They performed complex worship rituals alone.
Nearly a hundred villagers first prostrated themselves outside the ancestral hall, and then continued to pour into the ancestral hall while dancing with strange steps.
After a while, all the villagers in the small square entered the ancestral hall.
The only ones left in this small square were Li Ming, Si Si and the bonfire.
I do not know how long it has been.
The village chief led a group of people carrying two bronze coffins out of the ancestral hall.
In fact, it is said to be a bronze coffin, but now it can only be regarded as a semi-finished product.
In the frightened eyes of Li Ming and Si Si.
A group of villagers brought two oversized wooden barrels from nowhere.
Then, they stood Li Ming and Si Si in the wooden barrels. Then, one small barrel after another filled the large wooden barrels with the paint that had been applied to every corner of the village in the past two days.
Soon, the paint reached their chests.
Just when I was worried whether I was going to drown like this.
The voice of the village elder reached Li Ming's ears again.
"Okay, let's go here first."
"If they fall any further, they won't be able to survive today. When we arrive at the tomb tomorrow, both of them must be alive."
"Okay, leave them alone! Carve the coffin!"
Hearing this, Li Ming gasped hard while watching the group of masked villagers beating the bronze coffin carried out from the ancestral hall under the light of the bonfire. Patterns were engraved on the surface of the bronze coffin.
This beating lasted all night.
The first ray of sunshine brought by the rising sun made Li Ming, who had not closed his eyes all night, feel extremely uncomfortable.
As the sky grew brighter, Li Ming could really see the two bronze coffins at this moment.
This bronze coffin was almost similar to the one he had seen in the ancient tomb outside Huagu Village, but it was much simpler than that one.
Shan Liming was extremely convinced that the material of this bronze coffin was absolutely the same as what he had seen in the tomb outside Huagu Village.
Li Ming even suspected that these two bronze coffins, which were not originally carved with patterns, were left over two thousand years ago, but for unknown reasons, they had not been used.
In other words, there were more than two such coffins, and the two of them were not the first outsiders to arrive here.
Soon, two masked men walked up to Li Ming and Si Si with two bowls of porridge.
"You two, want something to eat?"
After this night, Li Ming felt that some of his strength had returned. The facial muscles that he could not move last night were now under control again.
"What do you want to do?"
Without moving his mouth to the spoon stretched out to his lips, Li Ming looked at the person in front of him and asked coldly.
Unfortunately, the other party did not speak, but just looked at Li Ming quietly.
Through the two holes for the eyes of the bronze mask, Li Ming saw the other person's eyes full of silence.
Twisting his stiff neck, Li Ming turned his head slightly and saw Si Si drinking porridge in mouthfuls. Li Ming sighed softly, then lowered his head slightly to reach for the spoon.
Just take it one step at a time.
There is no point in wasting your energy by refusing to eat.
After soaking in this liquid all night, he already felt extremely bad. If he didn't eat now, he might not have the strength to escape even if he had a chance.
After feeding the two of them, the villagers began to eat breakfast at the invitation of the village chief.
After a while.
"Okay! Everyone, get ready, let's go into the mountain!"
