Chapter 982: The Great Sacrifice

The sound of the iron cannon means that the cattle of the Guzangtou family have been cut down, and the cattle cutting ceremony has officially begun, and the uncles of each family have waved the long knives in their hands and slashed them fiercely!

After killing the cow, the family immediately lit firecrackers.

The entire hillside was filled with gunsmoke, the firelight was swaying, the sword light was shining, and the blood light was flying, and Li Junge felt as if he was in a Shura field of blood and fire.

The sound of firecrackers, iron cannons, the cries of buffaloes, the shouts of people, and the shouts mingled.

In just a few minutes, the entire hillside miraculously fell silent again, and all five hundred cows were cut down to the ground, except for the people who were snorting and panting!

The sound of firecrackers still echoed in the valley, and the smoke of gunpowder had gradually dissipated, but the smell of blood was too thick to dissolve.

The soil under his feet became soft, and Li Junge knew that it was ox blood that soaked it.

Coupled with the unknown skylight, people can't help but feel nervous for a while.

Fortunately, there are enough people to be brave.

After the ox was hacked to death, he knelt in front of the maple shelf, and no one could go home, so they lit a bonfire on the spot and sat by the fire and kept watch.

In order to relieve the tension, Li Junge had nothing to say, and asked the high priest about the details of the cattle cut.

It turned out that he had slashed at the maple shelf to inform the creator god that the sacrifice had been offered......

Originally, the use of bamboo sticks to pierce the cow's tongue was to prevent the cow from going to the underworld to sue the cow cutter......

Originally, when the ox was cut down, the blood was smeared on the horns of the ox, which meant that the mud was smeared on the ridge of the field, so that the field would be solid......

It turns out that when cutting a cow, if the cow kneels down instead of falling on its side, it means good luck......

And the cow's direction is also very particular, if the cow is crooked, the body and head are out of one direction, someone has to pull the tail to slow down, and the rest of the people put it right......

As for the number of times the ox should be cut, the high priest said that it should be cut at least three times, and even if the ox was killed with the first cut, two more machetes should be added.

The high priest smiled and said, "Actually, you will find that the sacrifices are all about singular numbers, from the number of catties of rice in a dustpan, the number of catties of sacrificial meat, and the number of bowls of wine......

After speaking, he pointed to the small fish on his head: "Including this, it is all singular." ”

The young people involved in the cattle slaughter are still excited and excited, and the hormone secretion will naturally increase in the scene just now, which is the long-standing hunting instinct of men.

After half an hour, the high priest stood up, made another cut in the cow's neck, and continued to bleed the cow.

The sky gradually brightened, and Li Junge stood up and looked around him.

The dawn temperature in the mountains was very low, and many of the fires had been extinguished, and the bleak white smoke was still emitting.

The light is insufficient, and the colors in people's vision are on the dark side, as if walking in a movie rendered in cool tones.

On the entire slope, beside 500 maple shelves, there are 500 cows kneeling or lying!

People squatted around the bull in twos and threes, talking in low voices and excitedly.

The priests walked by the maple shelves, stopping from time to time to bleed the cows.

The scene is terrifying and mysterious! Pathetic and spectacular! Bloody and shocking!

The high priest stood up and reverently sang deep ancient sacrificial songs.

One by one, the priests also finished their hands and tails, and joined in the chanting.

Songs full of religious overtones echo through the mountains and forests, calming people's restless hearts.

The sound became louder and louder, and finally a chorus of nearly 100 people was formed, resounding and curbing.

The song is not only a sacrifice to the ox, but also a devotion to the gods and ancestors, praying that they can bless their people and enjoy a good season, a prosperous year, and a safe and happy life.

Far away, far away, on the horizon composed of large and small hills, finally, a ray of red sun emerged.

The entire hillside was soon bathed in a red light, sprinkled all around everyone, sprinkled every cent of the land here.

The land was blood-red, and it was impossible to tell whether it was the true color of the soil, the blood of the bulls, or the sunlight outside the sky.

It's dawn......

Li Junge looked at the magnificent scene, indulged in this trance-like night of fantastic experience, and was suddenly awakened by a terrible scream: "Ah-"

When I came back to my senses, I saw the maple shelf on the edge of the forest on the right in the distance, and the crowd began to run towards this side in a panic, and the first person was Uncle Ah Chong, and one of his shoes ran away: "Ma - Ma Tiger is coming-"

Sure enough, two and a half large figures appeared on the edge of the forest, wearing yellow GPS collars around their necks, and pounced towards the nearest maple shelf.

Li Junge came to the most beautiful retrograde, and ran to the edge of the shelf in three steps and two steps: "Get out!

The two overlords were excited when they saw Li Junge's thief, and they pounced on one by one.

Li Junge kicked on one side, and the two cute tigers who were nearly 100 catties kicked over, and then squatted down and hugged the two tigers' heads and rubbed them violently: "Hahaha, why did you come here, boss, and second?

The two cute tigers put their heads on Li Junge, they haven't seen each other for a long time, and they are really happy.

Li Junge thought about it, now is the season for the beasts of Shushan to move back, these two goods are already one year old, and it seems that they have begun to live independently.

I didn't know that the sky and the earth of human society were thick, and they actually ran down to block the beast road, and then they were attracted by the strong bloody gas.

The group of Miao people on the side were frightened at first, and now they were shocked inexplicably.

The rumors are true, Ayin's husband is really the god of the mountain!

This scene at the Drum Tibetan Festival is definitely the will of the mountain gods!

Since he caught these two goods, Li Junge was unceremonious and directly started the daily examination - claws, body, ears, eyes, teeth......

went through it next to each other, patting the buttocks of the two goods: "I want to pick up the cheap when I'm so healthy!"

Of course, the two of them refused, and Lai rolled around Li Junge.

The high priest walked forward tremblingly, holding two freshly peeled cowhides in his hands, and came to a place two meters away from Li Junge's body, he really didn't dare to move forward, so he knelt down with a puff, and spread the cowhide on the ground, and there were two large pieces of beef liver inside.

He bowed respectfully to the two overlords, then stood up and stepped back with low eyebrows.

At this moment, two tiger roars came from the forest behind, and two bigger overlord cranes walked out, it was Heiwa and Heiniu.

The shocking aura and deterrence of the adult purple tiger made a group of Miao people suddenly withdraw again, and the high priest could no longer care about his respectful posture, so he turned around and ran, which was faster than Uncle Ah Chong.

Li Junge smiled and rubbed the eldest and second child again: "I really thought you two could live independently, it turned out that you were still gnawing at the old clan!"

Heiwa and Hei Niu came to Li Junge's side and rubbed him affectionately with their heads and bodies.

Li Junge cut the beef liver and fed it to a few overlords: "Just taste it! There are so many wild things in the mountains, you are not allowed to steal this from other people's families, it is not easy for people in the mountains to raise cattle!"

A few overlord flies ate with relish, and they didn't know if they understood or not.

After the overlord finished eating the beef liver, Li Junge wiped the insert with the cowhide, threw it casually, stood up and said, "Let's go, I'll send you back, you are all here to delay everyone to continue the ceremony." ”

After speaking, he turned around and walked towards Shu Mountain with the overlord Yao, leaving the Miao people with a god-like figure and countless legends destined for the future.

He had been sending the overlord over the maple forest, and Li Junge hurriedly came back.

It was a very different place, and the vast majority of the people had come from the stockade, carrying bundles of branches, all of the leafy kind, to lay in the ground, and were busy untying the cattle.

The work of untying the cow is also done by the uncle's family, and the owner's family does not interfere.

Seeing Li Junge coming, the Miao people who were working quickly stopped what they were doing and got up, rubbing their hands nervously, with a hint of awe in their smiles, even ...... Flattering.

Li Junge knew that it was the effect brought about by the black girl's family, and he couldn't explain anything, so he just waved his hand casually and said hello, and hurried back to his two cows.

Dissecting a cow is not as complicated and stressful as cutting a cow, and there is no longer any elaboration, just three or four people.

The solemn and sacred atmosphere of the sacrifice has now turned into a festive carnival, and after the gods have enjoyed the rich sacrifices, it is time for the turn of the people.

First, the neck of the ox was cut off with a machete, leaving the head on the wooden frame and the body of the ox on the prepared branches.

Then it is disemboweled, and the internal organs are sent to be washed and processed as soon as possible.

It is a small number of people who work, and many more are partying around.

The singing is loud, the sheng sound enters the clouds, the double drum emits a low and majestic sound, even the old man is holding the long cigarette stick and dancing, men, women and children are singing and dancing wildly, this carnival is also called "stepping on the cow hall", or "stepping on the drum".

Next, the beef was carried back, as were the maple shelves and cow heads, and soon every house in the village had a shelf and one or two cow heads on the open dam in front of their doors.

All kinds of beef offal dishes were laid out, and then the families began to eat, and after the meal, the guests had to go home one after another.

This is called "individual travel".

The hospitality of the Miao family was vividly reflected at this time, all the beef was distributed to the guests who came from afar, and the offal was also eaten in the lunch of individual guests.

A big bull, and the owner left only one cow head.

The next time the Drum Tibetan Festival will have to put it outside the threshold to intercept the new bull soul.

Because this meal is all the gunna of the ox, it seems reasonable for many people to understand this festival as "the festival of the gu".

But the Miao family must still like their own name - "Trick".

The whole village is lively, and every family is dividing meat, eating and drinking, and sending off guests.

The guests have left first, and they have been out for several days, and they are in a hurry to go back, because there is a preservation problem with the beef, but the close ones are not in a hurry.

The host does not keep it, in short, depending on the importance of the gift, send some beef and pork as a return gift.

The uncle's family must be the most generous gift, and it is also the most generous gift, usually a big cow leg of dozens of catties.

The priest's gifts were also rich, and no matter how many oxen were killed in the family, each ox had three ribs on it.

A priest was in charge of the sacrifices of three or four families, so a dozen or so ribs of cattle were indispensable.