"Sickness? Accident?" Zhou Wensheng vaguely felt that there was something hidden in the death of Lu Xiaohan's grandmother.
"If I say it's fate, does Officer Zhou believe it?" Lu Xiaohan tilted his head and looked at Zhou Wensheng.
Life?
Zhou Wensheng only felt that one was as big as two.
He now wanted to open the heads of brother and sister Gu Nanfeng and Lu Xiaohan to see what was inside.
Gu Nanfeng told him that there is a god in the world, and Lu Xiaohan asked him to believe in fate.
Zhou Wensheng suddenly felt that these two people were becoming more and more like two magic sticks with the power to confuse people's hearts.
"I know you won't believe it." Seeing that Zhou Wensheng didn't answer, Lu Xiaohan already knew the answer.
"If I were you, I wouldn't believe it." Lu Xiaohan didn't wait for Zhou Wensheng's response, smiled to himself and continued, "But fate is like this, which cannot be doubted or changed. Officer Zhou, do you know? My mother , also died on my third birthday.”
"Then you..." Zhou Wensheng seemed to understand what Lu Xiaohan meant.
"I will also die on my child's third birthday." Lu Xiaohan said calmly.
The calm look made Zhou Wensheng feel that she was not talking about him.
"This is our fate." Lu Xiaohan looked at Zhou Wensheng's surprised eyes and added.
"Back then, my grandmother was a sacrifice, but she was rescued by my grandfather during the sacrifice. He destroyed the sacrifice and angered Somo. Somo put a curse on her. If her child did not return before she was three years old, After completing the sacrifice in the holy lake, we will face two choices. First, completely betray Soma and never be protected by Soma. Then both she and my mother can survive, but her parents, brothers and sisters will all suffer because of her. Choose and die.”
"What kind of gangster logic is this! If she doesn't die, her family will die?" Zhou Wensheng really couldn't accept such a thing.
"This is the life of a sacrifice." Lu Xiaohan looked at Zhou Wensheng and said calmly.
"What about the other option?" Zhou Wensheng couldn't fully understand and accept what Lu Xiaohan said for a while. He had to suppress his emotions first and continue to ask.
"The other option is to give up your own life on the child's third birthday and pass on the mission to your child."
"So, your grandmother passed on the mission of offering sacrifices to your mother, and your mother passed it on to you?" Zhou Wensheng's jaw dropped.
For someone who was born in New China, grew up in the spring breeze, and was indoctrinated in materialism since childhood, what Lu Xiaohan said was no different from the stories in Arabian Nights.
"Yes." Lu Xiaohan nodded.
"So? The rest of your life is to find someone to get married, have children, and then die?" Zhou Wensheng no longer cared about choosing his words.
"Yes. This is what I planned after I learned all this from my mother's relics." Lu Xiaohan nodded, "Ximin believes in the moon god Soma, and sacrificing sacrifices is a daily operation. Although we as humans have normal thinking and independence, The personality of the sacrifice will be fearful, resistant, and even run away, but the fate of the sacrifice cannot be changed."
"But what I want to do is different from what you said." Lu Xiaohan paused and continued, "I want to find the holy lake, complete the sacrifice before the child is three years old, and return freedom to my child."
"So, what does what you said have to do with the case we are investigating?" Zhou Wensheng's patience has reached its limit.
"It's because of these cases that my plans were disrupted." Lu Xiaohan felt helpless.
"Does Officer Zhou know what the reverse pentagrams and candles that frequently appear at crime scenes are used for?" Lu Xiaohan paused, looked at Zhou Wensheng's frown, and said almost word by word, "That's Ximin performs the ritual of soul sacrifice."
"Soul sacrifice?" Zhou Wensheng felt that this interrogation might be the most brain-consuming interrogation he had ever conducted in his lifetime.
He understood every word that came out of Lu Xiaohan's mouth, but he didn't seem to understand anything.
"Yes, soul sacrifice. This is a kind of sacrifice strictly prohibited by Xi Min. It is said that if the soul sacrifice is completed at a specific time, the evil god will come to the world."
"What will happen if the evil god comes to this world?" Although Zhou Wensheng didn't understand it very well, he could vaguely feel that this was not a good thing.
"Within a radius of hundreds of miles, all life has been reduced to ashes, and the world has become a hell."
"Then why do people still perform such sacrifices?"
“For whoever leads this sacrifice will receive endless wealth and eternal life.”
Zhou Wensheng was silent.
If it is true as Lu Xiaohan said, then this matter is no longer an ordinary criminal case.
"Who is it?" Zhou Wensheng's voice was low and serious, "Who is leading this soul sacrifice?"
"I don't know." Lu Xiaohan shook his head, "This is also the answer I'm looking for."
"Is there any way to stop it?" Zhou Wensheng asked after thinking for a moment.
Since you can't find a leader for a while, it's a good choice to find a way to stop it.
"Yes." Lu Xiaohan nodded.
"What?"
"Find the evil god chosen by the leader, then kill him and imprison his soul."
Lu Xiaohan's words made the three people behind the interrogation table feel horrified.
"Who? Who will be the leader of the evil god?" Zhou Wensheng's voice was trembling.
"I don't know." Lu Xiaohan shook his head gently.
Zhou Wensheng and Su Xiaoqing looked at each other and fell into silence.
"I probably understand the inverse pentagram that appeared at the crime scene, but can you explain the missing eyeball at the scene and what it means?" After a long time, Zhou Wensheng asked again.
"The eyes are regarded by Ximin as the place where the soul lives. After Ximin completes the coming-of-age ceremony, those whose eyes do not shine will be judged as the chosen sacrifice. Just like my grandmother." Lu Xiaohan glanced at Zhou Wensheng, After making sure that he was trying to understand what she said, she continued, "Gouging out the eyeballs at the scene of death, in Ximin's eyes, takes away the person's soul. So the person who gouged out the eyeballs, even if he is not the leader, He is also the messenger of this sacrifice."
Zhou Wensheng nodded, this time he barely understood.
As long as he can catch the person who stole the eyeballs, he will be one step closer to catching the damn leader.
Thinking of this, Zhou Wensheng felt a sense of relief as if he could see the sun through the clouds.
"There is one more question." Zhou Wensheng's frown relaxed slightly, and his tone was no longer gloomy, "Are Somo and the Evil God the same god?"
"No." Lu Xiaohan shook his head, "Lord Sumo is the god who protects Ximin. Without Lord Sumo, Ximin would not be able to survive." At this point, Lu Xiaohan's eyes showed a strong sense of awe.
"And the evil god," Lu Xiaohan paused, a look of fear appeared in his eyes, "is equivalent to the Satan and the God of Death you know..."
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Lu Xiaohan's words were interrupted by a violent banging on the door.
