I have to say that Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai are good at picking dates. The day they came to Zuoyuan happened to be the sacrificial day that happens every twelve years.
In Sawuan, the people naturally know about the regular "sacrifice". After all, it has been going on for hundreds of years, and it is impossible to completely hide it from the people; Sahara Masahiro of the "First Festival" had already thought of it, so in the first twelve years, he came up with a set of rhetoric for future generations.
The general content is that the Sahara clan is a clan chosen by the gods, so every twelve years the gods will take a descendant of the Sahara clan to the heaven for "study"; as long as this descendant has a Sahara clan It doesn’t have to be a descendant of the clan, but it must be a boy, and he must be under the age of sixteen, and he must remain “pure”; and the child sent away does not just disappear, he will be a child in the future. Koshiuchi will be reincarnated again and return to the Sahara family, becoming the new generation head of the family.
Seeing this, many readers must have noticed that Masahiro Sahara was very good at using myths, legends or religion to maintain rule in the feudal dynasty.
The rhetoric he came up with, from our modern perspective, in addition to its beautifying effect in external publicity, more importantly, it set several things that are conducive to the continued implementation of this tradition. restrictions.
First of all, why does the age of the sacrifice have to be under sixteen years old?
This should be easy to think of, because children are easier to control, and they have been brainwashed since they were young, saying that they should be " "Sacrifice" is such a sacred and glorious thing, so there is a high probability that he will cooperate obediently when the time comes.
Adults, on the other hand, have more mature thoughts and more complex interpersonal relationships. If they are not protected, they will run away or even resist.
But the age cannot be set too young. For example, if it is set at under eight years old, based on the mortality rate of children at that time, if there is a shortage of children in a certain generation and there are no children in this age group, then That would not be good, so the range from zero to sixteen years old is relatively generous and appropriate. "It does not necessarily have to be from the clan" is also relaxing the conditions.
Secondly, why does it have to be a boy?
If you are worried that the age limit will lead to a lack of employment, wouldn’t it be better to also relax the gender?
But this is obviously not possible
Because girls are more likely to arouse sympathy and pity, especially beautiful girls, they are also likely to attract people who are greedy for their looks; people in that era were exposed to sex at an early age, nearly sixteen years old Girls already have the ability to have children. If before the sacrificial year, a girl who has been decided to be a sacrifice has a lover, or becomes pregnant or even becomes a mother, then things will be complicated.
Sahara Masahiro fully understands human nature. He will not risk letting the "sacrifice" establish some kind of strong emotional bond with others, let alone let the sacrifice leave direct descendants, so he starts from the beginning This reduces this possibility to a very low level, and the latter one of keeping "pure" is undoubtedly for this reason.
This is so, in the past hundreds of years, a certain sacrifice still quietly left an heir. When the child grew up, he learned from his mother what happened to his father, and later he actually tried to sabotage a sacrifice to take revenge. , but ultimately ended in failure.
After that lesson, the descendants of the Sahara family added another rule. Anyone who "defiled" a sacrifice must be executed immediately if found. If there are any descendants left, those descendants will also be regarded as Get rid of the "unclean things" as well.
Finally, there is the line "I will be reincarnated and come back to become the head of the family within a dozen years." This is a typical picture, but it is not completely meaningless.
On the one hand, this statement is also meant to be spoken to the outside world, and it also has the element of beautifying sacrifices; on the other hand, this article can be regarded as a supplement to the previous article "restricted to boys". After all, women were restricted at that time. It is impossible to become a feudal lord.
The above is the essence of what Sahara Masahiro said to the people after careful consideration.
As for how the "sacrifice" works specifically, not to mention the common people, only a few people within the Sawara clan know about it.
Therefore, for the people living in Sawuan, "sacrifice" is not a terrible thing. Anyway, the children who are to be "sent to heaven" are not ordinary people's children. Besides, there is an interval of twelve years. It's not short. How many twelve years can a person's life in those days last?
For those outsiders who travel to Sawara, this is just a local folklore; in ancient times, this kind of local folk custom of using living animals or even human sacrifices can be found all over the world. , to be honest, in an era when human life is not valuable, no one takes it seriously.
The Sahara family would not do anything like "closing the country" before and after the sacrifice, because that would make people feel weird, so they just "loosen on the outside and tighten on the inside". On the surface, they are no different from ordinary days. However, inspections entering and exiting the domain were secretly strengthened.
This is also why Keijiro, who came a few days earlier than Shuangxie, was locked up just because of his "weird description"; the people of the Sahara clan themselves did not intend to do anything to him, just to keep him safe. Just in case, I want to lock him up until the sacrifice is over and then release him.
Of course, Sun and Huang did not know this situation
That night, after the sky darkened, Sun Yixie saw that the security of this cell was quite lax, and the prisoners in the cells next door were not very careful. Everyone fell asleep, and he started to carry out his "stealing" plan as planned.
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As soon as the trident came out, the barred door of this cell was like nothing else. Sun Yixie easily led Keijiro out of the cell door.
The two of them walked out in the dark, passed through the other two rows of cells with little light, and then walked up another flight of stairs until they came to a small room with a little firelight.
This room is regarded as a concierge used by the jailers. Because it is winter, the two jailers on night duty have already dozed off in the corner without any surprise.
If Sun Yihe and Keijiro just want to escape, that’s okay.It was necessary to disturb those two people, but Sun Yixie came here tonight to "sneak into the Zuohara Residence to search for the Dragon Bi", so in order to make the action easier, he and Keijiro subdued the two jailers. He took off their coats and put them on.
Then, Sun Yixie and Keijiro, disguised as two Sahara clan soldiers, came out of the underground cell.
As mentioned in our book, this Sahara family’s residence is not just a few large houses, but a complex of buildings surrounded by city walls.
In the center of the building complex is a small Japanese-style castle, which is in the shape of a flat castle and a tiered tower, with a castle tower on top. Surrounding the castle, there are ordinary bungalows such as armaments depots, grain depots, stables, and military service residences. Or longhouse; and the people's fields, residences, and shops are all outside the city wall of "Sahara Castle".
But the exit of the "dungeon" where Sun Yixie and the others were imprisoned was inside the city wall. Therefore, when Sun Yixie and Keijiro came out from underneath, they didn't have to pass any sentries and carried them. The lantern will lead you to the castle.
Since there was a "sacrifice" tonight, many people in the city were transferred to the "Valley on the Lake", so their actions went surprisingly smoothly, and they didn't encounter many people along the way. Individually, I successfully reached the castle.
Sun Yixie is a very thief. After entering the castle, he didn’t even need to arrest anyone to ask for directions. He only relied on his own experience and intuition to determine that the room where valuables were stored must be on the first floor. The location is relatively high and does not face any of the outer walls of the castle, but there are stairs up and down nearby.
Because this is the only place that will not be affected by rain or wind leakage, nor will it be affected by moisture in any season, nor will it be used for theft by drilling holes in the outer wall or underground. In case of fire, Nearby stairs are also convenient for fighting fires and transporting supplies.
As a result, the two of them followed Brother Sun's idea and found the Sahara family's study ten minutes after sneaking into the castle.
End of this chapter
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