Chapter 332: Fog of History

Back in the store, Wang Qian and Li Kun were diligent and had finished cleaning. Zhang Zian asked them to go back to school earlier. After they left, the shop became quiet. Zhang Zian saw that it was getting late, so he simply pulled down the shutter door and locked it.

He walked to the cat god statue in the corner, knelt down and took a closer look. The section of the nose ring that was split in half glistened in the light.

Fina opened her eyes, and jumped off the cat climbing frame without making a sound. Because its movements were too light, the snow lion with its eyes closed and infatuated did not notice that the tail in front of it had disappeared...

Lao Cha also walked over with steady steps, staring at the statue solemnly.

Zhang Zian stretched out two fingers and flicked the statue, making a solid and dull sound. There was no doubt that the statue was solid, and the shock made his fingernails ache. He only felt that the statue was simple in shape and elegant in posture, but he really didn't understand why it aroused such a big reaction from Fina and Lao Cha.

"Fina, Mr. Cha, what's going on?" He squatted down and asked.

Lao Cha signaled to Fina with his eyes, "Let Her Majesty tell the story, I don't know much about this matter, so I just heard it clearly."

Fina squatted proudly. If you look closely, you will find that its posture is exactly the same as the statue, but its fur is too dazzling, and the statue is too simple, unless it stands side by side like this, it will make people aware of this fact.

"Thousands of years ago, in the black land, besides worshiping the cat god Best, a very small number of people who believed in darkness secretly worshiped another god, an evil god in the image of a cat, which came from the underworld without a name. It has not been recognized, and only those who harbor anger and hatred will worship it as a god." Fina raised a cat's paw and pointed at the statue, "The only difference between it and Best is the nose ring, and Best doesn't wear a nose ring. Ring."

When Zhang Zian thought about it, it was true. Some people believed in the true god and others believed in false gods. Some people believed in Jesus and others believed in Satan. It was nothing more than dissatisfaction with the rulers and society at that time. It was not unusual to use this method to resist. It was there in ancient times, and it is today. There is nothing new under the sun.

He picked up the nose ring that was split in two from the ground, and looked at it carefully under the light, but he couldn't see anything.

"That's what it is?"

Fina nodded seriously, "Don't underestimate this nose ring, it has a history of thousands of years, even before the time of this palace, it is what makes kittens terrified."

Zhang Zian shook his head, "It's not that I don't believe it, it's really a bit confusing. A nose ring from thousands of years ago is still so powerful? Don't tell me that this nose ring is also blessed by the power of faith..."

Fina snorted coldly with disdain, "What does a mere mortal know! This nose ring is not that simple, it has withstood the soaking and baptism of countless livestock's flesh and blood in hundreds of thousands of years of sacrificial activities, and the sacrifices of evil gods have always been like this Bloody, the fear of those livestock before being slaughtered is all dissolved in it. Didn't you notice that the color of this gold nose ring is a little red?"

Hearing that the nose ring was soaked and baptized by flesh and blood, Zhang Zian felt a little disgusted, and almost threw it out, but when another one was actually made of gold, he couldn't bear to throw it away, and instead held it tighter...

"Anyway, this palace knows this too. Today, those worshipers of evil gods have long been wiped out, and even the gods they enshrine are nowhere to be found. They are not worth caring about." After finishing speaking, Fina flicked her tail proudly, He jumped back onto the cat climbing frame again, closed his eyes and began to take a nap.

Old Cha also nodded and said: "The strange things in the West are really interesting. Don't worry about Zi'an. As Her Majesty the Queen said, since ancient times, evil has prevailed. There is no fate of perdition. Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and the way of heaven is reincarnation. If you don’t believe me, look up, who will the sky spare?”

After finishing speaking, Lao Cha also paced back and forth, drinking tea and watching TV on the electric blanket.

Zhang Zian stood up with a smile, put the nose ring into his trouser pocket casually, moved his reclining chair to its original position,

Lie down and start playing with your phone.

Listening to Fina's narration, he always has a feeling that he still has more to say. After all, Fina's time is too early, and there is a gap of two thousand years between today and today, so there are many things that she doesn't understand. And old tea was born in the East and grew up in the East, and we know little about the myths and legends of the West. If you want to hear the story...

Zhang Zian's fingers that swipe the screen stopped, and the balls of his fingers just pressed on Wei Kang's head portrait.

He hesitated for a moment, then clicked on Wei Kang's profile picture, took a photo of the cat god statue and sent it to him, and asked at the same time, "Professor Wei, do you know the origin of this statue?"

It was almost time for dinner, Zhang Zian estimated that Wei Kang would not reply so soon, and was about to go to Taobao's buyer show to find some welfare pictures, but he received a message from Wei Kang in seconds.

Wei Kang: "This is a gayer-andeoncat. The original is in the British Museum. Are you a replica?"

Zhang Zian forgot to ask Xiaoxue just now, and only then did he know the origin of the statue.

He wrote back and said, "Yes, Professor Wei has good eyesight. Sorry to bother you, are you having dinner?"

Wei Kang: "No, I'm still in school."

Zhang Zian looked at his watch, it was already 7:30 in the evening, and this professor was hard enough.

He replied: "Go and eat quickly, your academic research won't run away with long legs, and it won't be worth it if your body breaks down."

Wei Kang: "Well, I will go in a while... Hey, no, what about the statue's nose ring?"

Zhang Zian took out the nose ring that was split in two from his trouser pocket, took a photo and sent it.

Zhang Zian: "Accidentally broke it. Professor Wei, you are very knowledgeable, I want to ask you, does this statue represent the cat god?"

Wei Kang: "Generally they think so, but occasionally there are voices of doubt."

Zhang Zian: "Why do you question?"

Wei Kang: "The reason is very simple. There is only one statue of a cat god in the world with a nose ring, which makes people suspicious. There is another statue of a cat god in the British Museum, which anthropomorphizes the cat god. wearing a gorgeous golden dress and shawl, wearing only earrings and no nose ring. In addition, another statue of the cat god in the Walters Art Museum also has earrings and no nose ring."

Zhang Zian clicked his tongue. Sure enough, a professor is a professor, not just a vain name. All kinds of allusions are at his fingertips, convincing with reason and evidence.

Based on what Fina said, he carefully considered his wording, and wrote cautiously: "Professor Wei, let me state in advance that I am just guessing. If I am wrong, please don't blame me! Is it possible... This statue is actually not serious. The cat god, but some alienated evil god?"

After sending the message, he anxiously held his phone, waiting for a reply.

He thought that Wei Kang would reprimand him, saying that he was whimsical, but Wei Kang quickly replied: "This possibility cannot be completely ruled out. It is not uncommon for cats to be enshrined as evil gods in history, and the most famous one is baphet. The legendary devil is almost second only to Satan in Christianity. It is said that it was secretly enshrined in the image of a cat by the famous Knights Templar. As early as thousands of years ago, the Jews were enslaved by the ancient Egyptians for a long time , and the relationship between the Jews and the Bible, don’t I need to say more?”

Wei Kang's words were a bit cryptic, Zhang Zian didn't understand at first, after staring at the words for several minutes, in his mind, two lines connected several key words.

The first line is: Ancient Egyptians Jewish Christians Knights Templar.

The second line is: the cat demon baphet of the underworld alienated by the cat god bastet.

Zhang Zian suddenly realized, and then thought of the persecution of witches and cats by Christianity in the Middle Ages, which seemed to be inextricably linked, and the fog of history gradually became clearer before his eyes.

Wei Kang seemed to have deliberately left him some time to think, and continued to send messages after a while: "Of course, how many of these things are rumors and how many are facts is unknown, unless people at that time lived Come here, or no one will know what the truth is, including this statue of the cat god."

Zhang Zian wrote back: "I understand, thank you, Professor Wei, it's a wonderful story!"

After that, he turned off the phone screen, looked at the statue of the cat god isolated in the corner again, and sighed softly.

Whether it is a real cat god or a fake cat god, whether it has been worshiped by all people or baptized with blood, it doesn't matter now, the long river of history can bury everything.

As the saying goes: so many things in ancient and modern times are all talked and laughed.

Does this chapter feel a bit like "The Da Vinci Code"?