Chapter 405: Welcome Dinner
"You come with me. After listening to Zheng Fang's words, Lingling turned around and walked into the distance, and lightly threw a word to Zheng Fang.
Watching Lingling's back gradually disappear, Zheng Fang breathed a sigh of relief, followed her not far away, and unconsciously left the place where the tribe lived, and soon a figure appeared on the bank of the river, it was Seth, he looked at the back of Lingling and Zheng Fang going away, his expression was complicated, and he wanted to chase after him several times, but finally he just stood there, watching the two of them go away.
Seth's movements, Zheng Fang naturally grasped in his heart, he did not chase Seth to obstruct, and also had his own judgment, but he also had no time to care about these trivial matters, unconsciously, the cone-shaped thatched hut behind him had disappeared, and there was a green onion in front of him, and he did come to an endless bamboo forest, Zheng Fang finally determined that the bamboo of the Diyuan tribe was probably cut here.
As the two of them moved away from the tribe, Lingling seemed to relax a lot, and her speed slowed down, waiting for Zheng Fang to get closer, and walked into the bamboo forest with him. At this time, the sky had already darkened, and the afterglow of the setting sun was sprinkled all over the bamboo forest one by one.
"Be careful, there are many snakes in this forest, and they are very venomous. Lingling reminded Zheng Fang as she walked.
"Out of the way. Zheng Fang smiled slightly, and said in his heart that although this wood carving girl looked cold, her heart was not bad.
"I'm afraid you'll be bitten by a snake and won't be able to save people. Who knew that Zheng Fangzheng was thinking so, but Lingling added again.
"Ahem......" Zheng Fang had to cough a few times to hide his embarrassment.
"The sick people were in front, and the Tutu priest was afraid that they would infect the villagers, so he placed them here. Lingling suddenly stopped, and pointed to a shack made of bamboo in the depths of the bamboo forest.
"Arranged here, then they are dead, and the tribe can't know about it?" Zheng Fang was puzzled.
"The chief will come to deliver food once in a while, and the chief has deep mana and is not afraid of infection. If someone dies, the chief will find out. These people ...... These people are all alternate priests, and there are a few people whose mana is much stronger than mine, and they are the most likely to inherit Tutu, please ...... Please do your best to save them. Lingling bit her lower lip and said.
"This Lingling seems to be a little unhappy about inheriting Tutu. Zheng Fang secretly thought in his heart, and felt that the chief personally came to deliver food, but insisted on not letting himself come, which was very incomprehensible.
"You wait here, I'll go and see. Zheng Fang's spiritual power covered the bamboo shack far away, feeling a little surprised, he made a gesture to Lingling, telling her to stay where she was, and walked straight to the shack.
When he arrived near the shack, Zheng Fang went directly into it, and after a while, he got out again, stood there in the shack, beckoned to Lingling, and motioned for her to come over.
Looking at Zheng Fang's gesture, Lingling hesitated, seemed to be a little scared, but then, she bit her lower lip, her body floated, shuttled in the bamboo forest, and came to Zheng Fang in an instant, at this time it was already dark, but she could still see the other party's facial features, Lingling only felt that in the night, Zheng Fang's eyes were crystal clear.
"There was no one inside. Zheng Fang said lightly.
"What? impossible?" Lingling was taken aback, and then went into the shack, and after a short time, she also got out, looking at Zheng Fang contradictoryly, and stopped talking.
"Don't say anything when you go back, it's the same as before. Can you do it?" asked Zheng Fang. Lingling nodded heavily.
"Then let's go back now, and be careful, don't say a word about the things here. Zheng Fang reminded again, and took the lead in shuttling through the bamboo forest, hurrying back in the direction of the tribe.
Zheng Fang had just returned to the tribe on his front foot when he heard Seth's anxious cry.
"Commissioner Zheng, where have you been? The chief is looking for you?" Seth appeared in front of Zheng Fang almost with a shout.
Although Zheng Fang knew that Seth had been paying attention to his actions, he still pretended to be suddenly enlightened.
"What's the matter with the chief? I'm sorry, I just went out for a walk, and I walked a little far. Zheng Fang replied.
"My father prepared a grand dinner party for Commissioner Zheng Fang, and the dinner was about to start, in the square in front of my father's hut. Seth said anxiously.
"So, let's go over together, shall we?" Zheng Fang said, inviting Seth to join him to the dinner.
"I'll wait a minute, you hurry over, you are the guest of honor at the banquet, and my father is looking for you in a hurry. Seth said.
Smiling slightly, Zheng Fang naturally knew who Seth was waiting for, and he didn't talk nonsense at the moment, and walked quickly towards Saidi's conical thatched hut.
"Commissioner Zheng Fang, where have you been? We've been waiting for you for a long time!" Before Zheng Fang arrived, Sadie's loud call came from the darkness. I saw that a large bonfire had been lit in the square in front of Sadie's hut, and the flames burst out more than two people high.
Almost all the men and women, old and young of the tribe gathered, and everyone sat in three circles around the bonfire, the first circle was the old people of the tribe and the strong middle-aged men, behind them sat a woman with oil paint on her face, and at a glance it was clear that the man in the front row was husband and wife, the young man stood in the last row, and the children drilled back and forth between the three rows, playing and playing.
"Commissioner Zheng Fang, come here, come to me!" Sadie saw Zheng Fang approaching, stood up and waved to Zheng Fang, Zheng Fang agreed, walked through the crowd of people, came to Sadie's side, he saw that the woman upstairs of his hut, her face was also painted with white oil paint, and she drew a circle on each of her eyes, drawing an arc from both sides of her nose through her cheekbones and finally closing on her forehead.
Greeting Sadie, Zheng Fang sat down in front of the woman without a trace, Sadie saw Zheng Fang sit down, and he sat down with him, behind him a young woman with red oil paint on her face, stretching out her hands and kneading the back of his shoulders.
"Don't like this girl, can I ask Seth to find a place for you?" Sadie asked Zheng Fang quietly.
"No, no, I like it......" Zheng Fang hurriedly said politely to Sadie, if he had regarded Sadie's arrangement of women for him as hospitable, since he checked the shack in the bamboo forest, he had become suspicious of Sadie's intentions, and he had the heart to see the next development, so he was naturally not in a hurry to push out of this woman.
"In that case, I will hurry up with her tonight, and her face will be white, so that the men in the tribe will look down on you. Hearing him say this, Sadie immediately suggested to Zheng Fang with a big grin. Zheng Fang only understood at this time, he glanced around at the woman in the second circle, although the night was thick and the bonfire was blazing, but his eyesight was excellent, and he could see the clue at a glance.
In addition to the woman behind him, sure enough, the other women in the second circle had red and black oil paint painted on their faces, so that the woman behind him was unconsciously conspicuous. Only a few of the young people in the third circle still painted white oil, but the number was not too many.
"I'll go! There are still such ways in this tribe. Zheng Fang secretly thought in his heart, he planned to go back and do the work, and let the woman behind him also wear red makeup, but he didn't know what the black oil paint meant, so he had to ask when he turned around.
"Did you see Priestess Lingling?" Sadie asked suddenly.
"No, what's wrong?" Zheng Fang's heart moved, and he asked pretending to be puzzled.
"The feast must be blessed by the priest before it can begin. I haven't found her yet, so I'm really anxious. Sadie explained.
As he was talking, a sudden shout came from the distance, "The priest is coming, the priest is coming!" Zheng Fang looked from afar, and saw Lingling wearing a white robe with many black circles painted on it, and walking towards this side surrounded by many people.
"It's good to come, prepare for the sacrifice of the cow!" Sadie saw Lingling appear, and immediately shouted, only to see the two tribesmen leading a tall buffalo into the pen and standing by the campfire.
When the priest Lingling also walked into the circle, the two strong men handed the reins of the morning glory to Lingling, and quietly stepped aside, and then, a rapid drum beat suddenly sounded all around, and the majestic male voice began to hum a melody without lyrics.
When Lingling led the buffalo around the bonfire and began to dance, including the woman behind Zheng Fang, all the women of the tribe also sang, the tune was tactful and soft, but it was one with the majestic male voice, which was touching.
As the drumbeat became more and more dense, the singing became more and more high-pitched, and finally it was almost like a shout, Zheng Fang only felt that his blood had rushed to his head, and Lingling's dance by the bonfire became more and more intense, and the robe with black flowers on the white ground almost flew up, revealing the dark and toned skin under the robe, and under the reflection of the bonfire, it seemed that he could see beads of sweat spilling.
The drums are getting louder and denser, the shouts are getting louder and more fanatical, there are no words in it, just "ah!ah...... but it has the power to shake people's hearts. When Lingling led the buffalo to dance around the bonfire, the drums and shouts had already arrived, and Lingling suddenly rose into the air.
At this moment, the drums and shouts suddenly stopped, and suddenly in the quiet night sky, Lingling was like a fairy soaring in the nine heavens, she fell slowly, and slapped the head of the buffalo with a palm without a trace, and the buffalo "banged" and fell to the ground.
Seeing the buffalo falling, a shocking roar erupted inside and outside the circle, Zheng Fang looked at Seth who was sitting on the other side of Sadie, only to see that his eyes were staring at Lingling in the field, and the love in his eyes was so strong that he couldn't dissolve. Zheng Fang noticed that there was no woman sitting behind him, leaving a dark space, which was inconspicuous in the dark night, but shocking.
Lingling slowly withdrew from the circle, and the two tribes returned to the stage, brandishing stone knives and dissecting the dead buffalo in public, and smearing the cow's blood on their faces and bodies as they dissected it.