At this time, the villagers had already bowed and bowed, chanting something.
"Is this a sacrifice to the gods?"
Chen Jiayan seemed to be talking to herself and asked, but I directly denied it.
The most common sacrifice is "Tailao", which is the three animals of cattle, sheep and pigs.
Things that smell like fish will never be put on the altar.
I raised my hand and pointed at the big hole: "Even if it is a sacrifice to a god, this is not a true god!"
The villagers chanted for a while, then took out a piece of red cloth from their arms and placed it respectfully in front of the mask.
As the red cloth was opened, these people kowtowed heavily.
Obviously, the things in the red cloth are the key to the sacrifice.
"Tsk."
I chewed the flower seeds habitually, feeling slightly sad.
The night wind was a bit cold, and Chen Jiayan shrank her neck: "You want red cloth?"
"Um?"
I looked at her slightly puzzled.
"Don't be surprised." Chen Jiayan pursed her lips and said with a smile: "We have known each other for so long, and we can't even have some tacit understanding?"
I also laughed: "So what if I know?"
"With dozens of people surrounding us, we can't just rush in so arrogantly, right?"
"Wait."
After saying that, Chen Jiayan turned around and opened her backpack and took out a thick wooden strip.
I used to wonder why her backpack was so heavy.
Now when I look at it, I understand everything.
"Ka ka ka..."
With the sound of the various mechanisms, the wooden bar turned into something like a crossbow.
However, compared to ordinary crossbows, there is an additional tripod bracket underneath.
I reached out and touched it, and couldn't help but ask, "What kind of treasure is this?"
"The divine machine bird."
"bird?"
Chen Jiayan pointed to the mouth of the crossbow: "What is fired here is not an arrow, but a thread made of beef tendon mixed with silk."
"This thread retains its toughness and is extremely light. As long as it hits something, it will be entangled immediately."
After saying that, Chen Jiayan looked through the mountain on the crossbow, aimed at the crowd opposite, and murmured.
"We are a few hundred meters away from them, within the launch range. It's dark now, so no one will notice."
I understand this.
But I have never seen anything like this before, so I am inevitably a little worried.
"is that OK?"
A trace of hesitation flashed in Chen Jiayan's eyes: "This is my first time too, so it should be okay, right?"
I thought about it before and after: "Do it!"
At the same time, I suddenly discovered that at some point, I became accustomed to taking risks.
In the long run, this is definitely not a good thing.
"You stand back."
She gently interrupted my introspection, and I quickly shrank down a little.
Chen Jiayan closed one eye and kept adjusting the angle of her hands. I could see the violent ups and downs of her back from the side.
Every breath and every breath was filled with tension.
"Wow!"
The crossbow head let out a weak whistle, and then a crow's cry echoed through the sky.
I didn't even see what flew out!
"bingo!"
Chen Jiayan said softly, unable to conceal her excitement in her words.
"Whoosh!"
The tripod under the crossbow sank suddenly, and the tiles immediately fell apart.
There was a sudden recoil, and Chen Jiayan was almost ejected, half of her body already hanging in the air.
I threw my whole body forward, barely able to grab her hand, but the recoil of the crossbow was greater than I imagined, and I couldn't resist it with just one shoulder.
While I was carrying the power of the crossbow, I didn't dare to relax my arms: "Harder!"
Chen Jiayan pursed her lips, her face turned red, and with a muffled murmur, she climbed up.
Not to mention her, I was breathing heavily even when I was sitting on the roof.
No matter how thin her bones are, she still weighs over a hundred pounds. I'm not Ji Canghai, so it will be much more difficult to pull her up.
Chen Jiayan climbed onto the crossbow machine and pulled off a piece of red cloth in twos and twos.
"Just now, the mechanism inside was operating, which caused such a huge recoil!"
I looked at the red cloth in hand, and then at the crowd in the distance.
The people who had been worshiping devoutly just now were like headless chickens, spinning in circles.
Looking at the almost transparent thread on the red cloth, I understood everything.
This line is so thin that if I didn't put it in front of my eyes, I wouldn't be able to see it clearly.
Just now, the crossbow machine was firing very fast. This group of people would only find that the red cloth was missing, but not any clues.
Luban Shu is so amazing!
"Who is in the room?"
Before I could feel lucky, a voice suddenly came from the eaves.
I stooped and wanted to run, but when I raised my head, I met a man's eyes.
Being caught as a thief is as scary as facing an evil spirit.
At least for a few seconds, time seemed to freeze.
"run!"
I picked up Chen Jiayan's crossbow with one hand, dragged Chen Jiayan with the other, and jumped off the roof.
