"Aunt Lan, I'm sorry for you!" "No trouble, no trouble." Aunt Lan carried the kind of refinement unique to Miao women, and she worked neatly, and quickly cleaned up the room in the corner of the second floor. Sanzo and I put away our luggage, packed up and stayed here.

On weekdays, I went out to see the customs of the town and bought a lot of interesting little things. Ah Sheng would sometimes come to us as a guide, and after a few days, he got to know us very well. That day, I discussed with Sanzang to go to the mountains behind the town to explore, and I have almost visited the town in the past few days. "Brother Shu, Brother Yang, you two must not go to the back mountain, you can't go there." But I didn't want Ah Sheng to jump out when he heard it, with an anxious expression.

Listening to Ah Sheng, the back mountain is basically a forbidden place here. The mountain is quite large, and it is difficult to enter the mountain without being developed. There is a very old Miao village on the mountain, which still adheres to the tradition of many years and does not interact with the outside world. Many of the people in Xi Town are descendants of Houshan Miao Village. Because of intermarriage with people from other villages or tribes, they were expelled from the village, and some settled down at the foot of the mountain, which slowly developed into the current Xizhen.

The traditional Miao village is xenophobic, and there are many poisonous insects outside the village. That is, occasionally the mayor of the town can deal with the people of Houshan Miao Village and change some things. Not to mention the inherent dangers on the mountain, even if you are lucky enough to go up the mountain and meet the people in the village, it will not end well.

promised Ah Sheng not to go to the back mountain, and then he fell clean. When I heard about the traditional Miao Village, my heart was really itchy, and the people in the village must be proficient in Gu arts. But I don't have the courage yet, if I meet one or two Miao people, it's still okay to talk about "academic issues", at least I can protect myself. At this time, a person from the village, think about it, forget it, if you encounter Heimiao Village, you will definitely die a miserable death.

I can't go to the back mountain, and there is nothing fun in Xizhen, so I think about whether to change places. The next day, there were people in the town again. This time, it was not tourists, but some big people. The mayor went out to greet those who came in a private car.

There were quite a few people who came, but the leader was a middle-aged man with a big belly and a young man in his twenties. Even the middle-aged man was faintly very respectful to the young man.

Mixed in the crowd watching the excitement, Ah Sheng whispered in front of his ear: "That middle-aged man with a big belly is County Magistrate Zhang, and he has been here several times before, saying that he wants to develop our town and do some kind of tourism project." The young man hadn't seen it, but the man next to him had been here a few times. ”

Looking at this posture, it is estimated that the young man is the financier of the development project. looked at the expressions of the townspeople around him, and secretly poked Ah Sheng: "Ah Sheng, isn't this a good thing?" After development, you can make a lot of money and your life can improve a lot. Why don't I see that the people in your town are very happy? ”

"After development, can you really make money? There are also willing people, but most of the people in the town are used to the current life, poor is a little poor, but after development, the environment will be destroyed. Now we don't know what this peaceful life will become, and we are afraid of change. Of course, that's not the point, the point is,"

Ah Sheng paused halfway through his words, and pointed his finger at the back mountain, "They won't agree, developing us here will disturb them." Brother Shu, the ability passed down by our Miao ancestors is very great! When he said this, the expression on Ah Sheng's face was full of pride. I nodded in agreement, and it was amazing. There are many theories about the origin of the Miao people. However, the most credible of them is Chi Youzu's statement. Back then, Chiyou and the Yellow Emperor competed for the world, and they were comparable at first, and once had the upper hand. The legendary Chi You was born with eight legs, three heads and six arms, copper head and iron forehead, invulnerability, face like a cow's head, two wings on his back, and amazing witch power. There are many capable people under him, especially his eighty-one brothers, all of whom are amazingly capable.

The Yellow Emperor invited the gods to help him in the battle, and finally defeated Chiyou, but he was not able to kill Chiyou. I had no choice but to divide Chi You's body into six parts, and the limbs, head and torso were suppressed in various places.

Chi You leads the troops well, is brave and good at fighting, and his soldiers are also a weapon of war. Although these legends cannot be fully believed, they also tell us many character traits of the Miao people. In particular, the worship of witchcraft, as well as the worship of ancestors and nature. In the belief of the Miao people, all things are animistic, and the boulders and ancient trees are spiritual, and they need to be worshiped sincerely. They believe that the death of their ancestors does not mean that they have died, and that their ancestors will always be with them. Just like Chiyou Dawu, the Yellow Emperor can't kill him, he can only seal it.

In the past, every Miao village would have the existence of a wizard village. They are responsible for the cultural inheritance of the village, and at the same time they are proficient in the art of witchcraft, and witchcraft is different from white witch and black witch. White witches are used to save lives, and you must know that in the past, witch doctors were not separated. The black witch is used to hurt others and protect himself, and is used to protect the peace of the village.

Later, there were fewer and fewer orthodox Miao villages, and those that were preserved also had two branches: white seedlings and black seedlings. The two have different emphases in their understanding of witchcraft and have different styles of behavior. Bai Miao is relatively gentle, although it is also xenophobic, it will not easily hurt people's lives, and it still has dealings with outsiders. Hei Miao is different, behaves obediently, is seriously xenophobic, does not deal with outsiders, and several Hei Miao villages have their own fixed intermarriage circles. Even some villages implement the marriage system, intermarry with another Miao village, give birth to a girl to raise by themselves, and give birth to a boy will be sent back to the Miao village where the father is located. Such stockades are often more terrifying.

It is preliminarily estimated that the Miao Village in the back mountain of Xizhen is a vein of black Miao, but it should not be the most exclusive wedding village, otherwise where would there be Xizhen.

While I was thinking about it, the mayor of Creek had already walked into the town with the group. Suddenly, a strange aura came from the direction of the back hill and swept towards the young man, and seemed to sweep over me in the process. The breath is fleeting. If I hadn't gotten better over the years, I wouldn't have found out.

I don't know what kind of breath this is, saying that Wu is not like Wu, Houshan Miao Village really has a master, fortunately I didn't run up recklessly. But if I'm not mistaken, this breath is extremely unstable, like a sudden great change and great joy and sorrow that is not controlled for a while.

Looking at the direction of the back mountain, what is the matter? glanced at the young man, could it be that the plan to develop this place had angered those Miao people in the back mountain?

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