Chapter 5: The Secrets of the Chestnut Clan

Butterfly Dance stumbled all the way back to the clan, and when she returned to the clan, all the clansmen surrounded her, and they all looked at Butterfly Dance with a concerned face, "Butterfly Dance, how are you?" Are there any injuries? It's good to come back" Listening to the people's gossip of concern, Butterfly Dance couldn't help but cry loudly. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info "Butterfly Dance is useless, you failed to kill the thief to avenge the sacrificial grandfather, and you didn't get the Immortal Fruit, patriarch, you punish Butterfly Dance!" ”

"Silly boy, how can I blame you! It's all the trouble caused by the thieves who killed that day, and even the sacrifice died at the hands of the thieves, so how can you be the opponent of the thieves. Now that you are back alive, everyone is very happy, and the top priority now is to hide in the depths of the mountains and forests", the patriarch looked into the distance with a worried face.

Butterfly Dance found that everyone was packing up their things and preparing to relocate, "Why do we want to flee to other places where the patriarch lives, live here well, why do you want to leave the place where you are born and raised, Butterfly Dance should not leave here even if she dies" Butterfly Dance looked at the patriarch with tears in her eyes.

"Butterfly Dance, you've always been sensible, why didn't you obey this time?" Seeing that the clansmen who finally agreed to relocate were swaying and discussing, the patriarch was so anxious that he said loudly to Diewu: "Do you think the old man is willing to leave here?" The old man has lived here all his life, all the memories are here, leaving here is like cutting meat and removing bones on the old man's body, this is the old man's home, is my root! The patriarch looked at Butterfly Dance with tears in his eyes, you tell the patriarch, what can you do if you don't leave? Now that the sacrifice is dead, people outside will know sooner or later, and when the time comes, Taishou will definitely take a large group of officers and soldiers up the mountain to exterminate us, you tell the old man, what should you do when you tell the old man? Do you want the old man to watch the people of the clan being killed and the chestnut clan being wiped out," the patriarch yelled at the butterfly dance in grief.

Butterfly Dance was frightened by the patriarch's sudden outburst of anger and desperation in his tone, and it took a while to react and retort in a low voice: "Patriarch Butterfly Dance has always respected you very much, but this time Butterfly Dance does not agree with your idea, the Chestnut Wood Clan and the Great Moon Dynasty have always lived in harmony, the well water does not interfere with the river water, I'm afraid the matter is not as serious as you think, and although the sacrificial grandfather is dead this time, the people of the Chestnut Clan are not vegetarians, and they can all recruit good martial arts, even if the officers and soldiers kill the mountain, we are not easy to bully" Patriarch, just listen to the butterfly dance, let's stay here! The mountains here are high and the roads are dangerous, the mountains are steep, there is a mountain road that is not open for thousands of people, the officers and soldiers will not fight with us, and you don't know those dog officers, they will not do anything that is not beneficial.

Seeing that what Butterfly Dance said was reasonable, all the clansmen looked at the patriarch earnestly, "Patriarch, just listen to Butterfly Dance!" Everyone doesn't want to leave the place of birth and breeding, leave here, the world outside is vast, where is there a place for us! Moreover, as Butterfly Dance said, the terrain here is steep, the mountains and forests are vast, and the officers and soldiers attack it, and we have enough places to escape! Everyone was talking about their thoughts. One by one, it seems that Zhuge Liang has been reincarnated, and there are endless tricks in his heart.

Seeing that everyone didn't want to leave here, the patriarch sighed and shouted, "Death is coming, but I don't know that the sky will destroy me!" The patriarch ran to the wooden house crying and laughing, and closed the door with a "bang", ignoring the people who were standing there.

Everyone looked at each other, and they didn't know how to comfort the patriarch, even if the sacrifice lord died, the patriarch didn't have to make a look like the heavens and the earth were collapsing, even if the enemy fought without the sacrifice, could it be that the men of the Limu clan were vegetarians? In their hearts, the people did not agree with the patriarch's words.

On the question of whether to migrate, everyone reached a consensus and did not move if they were killed.

"It's good that you're back, everyone thinks you're ...... I thought you couldn't come back", Qin Juan, who played the best with Butterfly Dance, said with a happy face, and the two hugged each other tightly, crying and laughing.

"It's a pity that Grandpa Sacrifice will never be able to, and he can't teach us a lesson when we are in trouble, and we can no longer see the kind appearance of Grandpa Sacrificial Grandpa smoking dry tobacco under the banyan tree," Butterfly Dance cried in a low voice. Qin Juan listened to the butterfly dance and carefully counted the bits and pieces of the sacrifice to her grandfather, crying heartbroken.

Qin Juan hugged Die Dance and said with tears streaming down her face: "Die Dance, you have to look away, people can't be resurrected after death, Qin Juan thinks that even if you sacrifice grandpa in the spirit of the sky, the spirit of the sky doesn't want you to be so sad and sad, the most important thing for you now is to work hard to cheer up, practice martial arts, and find out the murderer who killed the sacrificial grandpa, so that you can be worthy of the sacrificial grandpa's concern for you on weekdays, and the spirit of the sky can be at ease" Qin Juan patted Diewu's back softly and comforted.

"Well, Butterfly Dance will definitely cheer up, find the murderer of the sacrificial grandfather, and use his head to pay tribute...... Worship grandpa's spirit in the sky", Diewu said firmly when she heard Qin Juan's comfort.

Seeing that Butterfly Dance's expression was sluggish, but it was much better, Qin Juan took Butterfly Dance's hand and said, "Butterfly Dance, let's go see the patriarch!" The patriarch was so angry just now, no matter what, we have to comfort and comfort the patriarch."

"Well, Qinjuan, what you said is reasonable, let's go! I just refuted the patriarch in front of the clansmen, so that the patriarch couldn't get off the stage, so I should make amends", seeing that Diewu figured it out, the two walked hand in hand to the patriarch's house together.

The desolate sound of the strings wafted over the wooden house, and the sound of the lingering strings was as miserable as wind and rain, which made people listen to it inexplicably melancholy. The patriarch's hut was hidden in the shade of a tree in the sun, it was extremely cold and out of place with the surroundings, and the sun between heaven and earth could not shine into the patriarch's small hut, and all the warmth was cut off.

A rhythmic knock on the door sounded.

"Come in," the patriarch's hoarse and deep voice came from inside the room.

"Patriarch, it's me, Butterfly Dance".

"Come in! Butterfly Dance, the door is not tethered," the hoarse voice of the patriarch came into Butterfly Dance's ears, and the sound was like a sharp weapon cutting across the hard stone, which was harsh and unbearable. Butterfly Dance stiffened her head and gently pushed open the door, and the old wooden door made a "creaking and swaying sound", and the sudden sound was extremely loud in this deathly silent space, startling the two of them. The light from outside the door drifted into the gloomy room, and the dust in the room flew under the light, and the room was cold and unpopular.

"Butterfly Dance, why are you here", looking at the nervous Butterfly Dance and Qin Juan, the patriarch asked in a flat tone, just wondering if they were coming, as if they were not curious at all.

"Patriarch, Butterfly Dance is sorry for you, I shouldn't have refuted you in front of the public and embarrassed you" Butterfly Dance suddenly knelt on the ground, her eyes were hazy, and her tone was guilty.

"Haha...... Ha, I thought it was a big deal, the patriarch had forgotten about it, you don't have to take it to heart. The patriarch is an old bone buried in the soil with half of his body, and he is afraid of losing his old face. The old man is just worried about the future of my chestnut clan.

Butterfly Dance If you think that the patriarch has come to make amends to the old man because of his disgrace, you better go back quickly! The old man doesn't want to waste his lips in vain" The patriarch looked at Diewu with an angry face, with a look of send-off.

"Patriarch, Butterfly Dance is not as young as you have experienced many storms, but Butterfly Dance knows that in the past few thousand years, no matter how difficult our Chestnut Clan has experienced, the Clansmen have stuck to this land, and now although the sacrifice grandfather is dead, but the warriors of our Chestnut Clan are still alive, and the people outside have not offended the Chestnut Clan, why do you have to be obsessed with the matter of migration, the Chestnut Clan has not reached the end of the mountains and rivers, and you have always refused to say the reason, In this way, how can you let the clansmen leave this fertile land willingly for no reason, and give up their homeland to others," Butterfly said in an excited tone, full of puzzlement about the patriarch's thoughts.

"Alas, this matter is a matter of the secret of the life and death of the Limu clan, what do you let the old man say?" The patriarch sighed and looked at the two kneeling on the ground with a complicated expression.

Diewu and Qinjuan knelt on the ground silently, looking at the two who were kneeling on the ground without saying a word, the patriarch turned around, put his hands behind his back, looked intently at the painting on the wall, fell into deep thought, and after a long time, the two thought that the patriarch would not say anything more.

"Do you know why our Limu clan, with only a few thousand people, can hold on to the fertile land of Lufeng Mountain for thousands of years?" The patriarch's ethereal voice reached the ears of the two.

"The patriarch I know that Saucer Dance said, that's because our Limu men are all big husbands who stand up to the sky, can fight well, and are not afraid of life and death, and the Lufeng Mountain Range is vast, I don't know how big, the mountains are steep, and the officers and soldiers are not as flexible as us in the mountains."

The patriarch snorted and smiled bitterly, "Butterfly Dance, what you said makes a lot of sense, but it's not the key reason." The patriarch stroked his long beard and sold the guanzi.

"Qinjuan, can you tell me why?" The patriarch looked at Qin Juan, who did not speak, encouragingly.

"Patriarch, Qin Juan is ignorant, I don't know why, but Qin Juan thinks what Butterfly Dance said is very reasonable" Qin Juan looked at Die Dance next to her, and said with a proud face.

"Butterfly Dance is only a part, there is also a certain truth, this secret has been passed down for thousands of years, for thousands of years, only the patriarch and the priest know this secret, Butterfly Dance you and Qin Juan are the next priest and patriarch of the clan, now the old man feels that he is not far from the deadline, this secret is also time to tell you, and the task of guarding the clan will be taught to you young people in the future" The patriarch sighed, but his face was relieved.

"Patriarch, don't say that, we don't have the ability to take on this burden, the Chestnut Clan needs you, you must not abandon the clansmen! The people of the Limu clan are all a family, and no one will be complete without them, and they just left us after sacrificing their grandfather, do you want to cruelly abandon us? Butterfly Dance choked up and questioned the patriarch with a painful expression.

Butterfly Dance can not be rude to the patriarch, every decision of the patriarch is made after careful consideration, these years under the leadership of the patriarch, the Limu clan has flourished, the clan has lived a life of peace and contentment, we young people have no right to blame him for the old man.

Qin Juan don't say it, what Diewu said makes sense, the patriarch has no blood when he was young, he lacks the courage of his youth, and he is afraid to do things, he is no longer the patriarch who deserves your respect, the patriarch said in a self-disgusting tone

Patriarch, don't say that, you have always been so admirable in Qin Juan's heart, Qin Juan looked at the patriarch with a sincere face in tears

The patriarch touched the top of Qin Juan's head and said: "Silly boy, how can the patriarch be willing to leave you, you are all my family, it's just that birth, old age, sickness and death in the world are natural reincarnation, this is what we must experience as human beings, why be sad."

Okay, don't be sad, the patriarch has lived a lifetime, life and death have long been seen, you have to be happy for the patriarch, the patriarch finally has to see those long-lost old friends, and the lover who once lived down. ”

"Patriarch," the two shouted in unison.

You don't need to say much, the next words are about the secret of the survival of the Limu clan for thousands of years, you have to keep it secret for the rest of your life after hearing it, no one can say it, even if it is your closest relatives and close husbands, if you break your promise, you will suffer from the curse of the immortal god for life, a lifetime of loneliness, will go through the sufferings of this world, birth, old age, sickness and death, resentment, love and parting, and can't be liberated until death" The patriarch read all kinds of curses, and his old face was wrinkled and squeezed, like a terrifying ghost.

Butterfly Dance and Qin Juan, two young girls, who had never seen such a vicious curse, were so frightened that they hugged each other and trembled, and the kindness of the former patriarch turned into gloomy horror. The two of them wanted to run out of this suffocating wooden house, but their legs couldn't take a step, and they stayed where they were.

"Remember the curse I said, once any of you breaks her promise and tells this secret to outsiders, she will suffer the curse of the immortal god for the rest of her life, hear clearly", the patriarch looked at the two trembling with a serious face.

"Hear me clearly," the two nodded repeatedly.

Seeing the attitude of the two, the patriarch nodded with satisfaction and said: "The reason why our Limu clan has been able to protect this land is because of the longevity fruit, after each sacrifice takes the longevity fruit, he has a ability to call the wind and rain, can communicate with nature, communicate with the animals in this mountain, and after taking the longevity fruit, he can successfully cultivate the supreme treasure of the Limu clan, "Ti Ji Bi Yao", and those who have achieved cultivation can even live for hundreds of years. The power possessed by the priest is the secret that keeps the Kuroki clan safe and sound.

I remember fifty years ago, when the patriarch was just a child, I ignorantly remember that the clansmen resisted foreign enemies together, when the Duanmu Emperor of the Dayue Dynasty sent hundreds of thousands of troops to exterminate our Limu tribe, the army under the mountain lit torches, illuminating the mountains and forests as bright as day, and the music of blowing pipes and drums in the barracks reached the ears of the clansmen, making people unable to rest day and night. In this bad situation, our Limu clan could not hold out, relying on the miraculous means of sacrificing to the adults, setting up many obstacles in the mountains, and the clansmen took the opportunity to kill the army in the mountains and forests, and the Limu tribe and the enemy army were in a stalemate for two whole months, and the logistics of the Great Moon Dynasty could not support such a large military supply, so they had to withdraw the army. Although the Limu clan has been maintaining a balance with the Great Moon Dynasty over the years, the Great Moon Dynasty has always been eyeing us, and now that this situation has been broken, I believe that the officers and soldiers under the mountain will not let go of this opportunity.

"Since the sacrificial lord is so powerful, why would the sacrificial grandfather be killed by an outsider so easily", Butterfly Dance looked incredulous.

What I just said is the sacrificial adult who took the longevity fruit, and the sacrificial adult who took the immortal fruit under normal circumstances is as powerful as the legend, "It's a pity that before the last sacrificial adult, the immortal fruit did not reach the ripening time, and your sacrificial grandfather has never had the opportunity to take the immortal fruit, and does not have the magical ability of the sacrificial adults of the past dynasties, and there is no absolute strength to protect it when picking the immortal fruit this time, which is also the reason why the sacrificial adult was killed by a mysterious person so simply."

Now that the sacrificial lord is dead, the paper can't contain the fire after all, and the great disaster of the Limu clan is coming" The patriarch looked at the two with a sad face.

"Patriarch, don't we have any other choice than the external help of the Immortal Fruit? Butterfly looked at the patriarch with a puzzled expression, feeling at a loss. ”

"Alas" looked at Butterfly Dance and Qin Juan's immature faces, and the patriarch only let out a long sigh. Now that the talents of the Limu clan are scarce, I don't know if the two little girls in front of me can pick up the heavy burden of the Limu clan, and where is the future of the Limu clan? Oh my God, what the hell are you going to do? The patriarch asked the sky speechlessly.

"Patriarch, don't worry too much, there is no way out of the mountains and rivers, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village, Qinjuan believes that with the concerted efforts of the clansmen, they will be able to get through the difficulties, and the inheritance of the Limu clan will be passed on forever, so you can relax!" Yes! Butterfly Dance pretended to be strong and echoed Qin Juan's words, but her tone couldn't even convince herself.

"Silly boy, don't comfort the patriarch, what is destined will come after all, now what we have to do is to conceal the death of the sacrificial adult, and not let the people outside know about the death of the sacrificial adult, so that we can have a little more respite and a little more preparation."

"Go down first! I want to rest for a while" The patriarch looked at the two of them with a tired face, Diewu and Qin Juan said goodbye and left the patriarch's wooden house in a playful manner, and the two stood in the sun and looked at the patriarch's wooden house, shivering, I don't know if it was because of the cold, or because of the confused future, people were afraid.

The two slowly walked away shoulder to shoulder, and the patriarch looked at the two people in the distance through the crack in the door, and sighed with emotion in his heart: "Although young people want things to be simple, they will always have hope in their hearts, no matter how the future changes, they dare to challenge, and they are old after all."

Cease! It's time to let go, let go and let these brave young people face the storms of the outside world, it's time for them to be in charge, and this sky will eventually belong to these young people"

"Butterfly Dance, do you say what the patriarch said is true? I'm so scared, if what the patriarch said is true, in that case, once the war starts, we will have to live and die, and our clansmen will have to face the murderous officers and soldiers" Qin Juan hugged Diewu in fear, with a trill in her tone, trying to say something negative to make her feel at ease, and finally Diewu just silently hugged Qinjuan, gently patting her back and silently comforting, I thought that Sister Qinjuan could bring comfort to herself, but she herself is a little girl who has not experienced wind and rain, and like herself, it is not appropriate to rely on others after all, Diewu hugged Qinjuan and looked at the mountains in the distance and thought silently.

"No matter what the result is, at least I have struggled" This is the attitude that people should have when they live, Butterfly Dance held Qin Juan's head and looked directly at Qin Juan's eyes, Qin Juan looked at Butterfly Dance's black pupils in a daze, she felt that Butterfly Dance was different, but this feeling couldn't be said, the person in front of her was still the partner she knew in the past, but it was strange and terrible. "What do you think? Let's go! It's getting dark, let's get done with things early and rest! Butterfly Dance is arranging what to do next as always", Qin Juan shook her head vigorously: "Damn, what kind of mess are you thinking about, no matter how Butterfly Dance changes, she is her good friend, and this identity will never change" After thinking about it, Qin Juan took the initiative to take Butterfly Dance's hand, smiled and said, "Let's go!" The two of them slowly walked away hand in hand, and their backs gradually disappeared into the depths of the mountain forest.