SWDnovel Chapter 313: Excuse
Chapter 313: Excuse
Chapter 313: Excuse
Zuo Qing turned to Chen Qiang, “Sister Drum?”
“Yes.” Chen Qiang’s attention was on the painting, so he didn’t mind Zuo Qing’s gaze on him. “According to legends, it is a cruel ancient Tibetan culture. To create the purest rhythm to worship God, they chose to sacrifice young girls. Their skins were removed to be made into drums called Sister Drums.@@@@
“Apparently, these kinds of drums can create the most ethereal sound. Whenever something serious happened, the Sister Drums would be played to communicate with God.
“Furthermore, the sacrifices were voluntary. For the girls and the tribespeople, this was a great honour. Only the purest females could have their skins made into drums. In their eyes, death was not scary. Death was a return to nature. As a part of reincarnation, life and death were equals. Only happiness and bliss mattered.” Chen Qiang added, “Perhaps in their eyes, this was not cruel.” Then, he added hesitantly, “Of course, before seeing this drum, I thought that was just a rumour.”
At that moment, an annoyed voice said, “That is such bullshit. That is merely a story used by the rich and powerful to trick the common people. It is an excuse they use to justify their depravity. How come I’ve never heard of any rich and powerful families sacrificing their daughters to be made into drums?” Jiang Cheng scoffed with derision, “Were their daughters not pure?”
Chen Qiang was startled. That was not his intention. He merely relayed some historical records. He didn’t know he’d offend Jiang Cheng. However, he didn’t argue with Jiang Cheng. He merely nodded and said gently, “You’re right.”
Jiang Cheng harrumphed impolitely. Xia Meng was irked. She couldn’t wait for the mission to be over. Then, she’d string Jiang Cheng up in her courtyard to be used as a pinata.
After that, the focus of the discussion was on Sister Drum and Elder Huang. Through some unknown channels, An Xuan had already guessed that Young Master Huang was Elder Huang in disguise. He said he found this clue on the boat the night before. As for what kind of clue it was, he didn’t say.
“It’s you!” Fatty was overjoyed. “Come!” he took out the steamed buns from his pocket and waved them at the little beggar. Those were Fatty’s breakfast. He didn’t eat them. He wanted to save them for the kid because he had saved his life even though he was too dumb to understand the clues.
The beggar leapt onto the wall, but he didn’t jump down. His wary eyes fixated on Jiang Cheng.
“Brother, he is a good man.” Fatty explained, “He is the reason why you can still see me now.” The little beggar slid down the wall. He walked around Jiang Cheng and came to Fatty. He didn’t waste time and shoved the bun into his mouth.
“Slow down.” Fatty smiled, “I’ll save the meal in the afternoon for you. Remember to come and take it later.” Then, he added with caution, “Be careful when you do that.”
Tired from standing around, the beggar sat down across from Fatty. Fatty knelt down and smiled at him.
Suddenly, Jiang Cheng thought of something. At the same time, Fatty moved and shielded the child behind him. “Doctor, you promised that you wouldn’t capture him.”
Jiang Cheng ignored him. He pointed at the boy’s waist, “What happened to your pouch?”
Fatty was confused before turning to look at the little beggar. The latter huffed indignantly. He grabbed a branch and started to draw on the ground. Slowly, a person’s features appeared. Fatty thought he looked familiar. Eventually, his pupils shook and gasped audibly, “It’s him?!”