The thing in front of me was white feathers, mixed with some black stars, as if it was a miniature version of an eagle.

"This thing is Hai Dongqing?" Zhang Meng looked at the emaciated Hai Dongqing in front of him, and asked puzzledly, "Can this still be regarded as an eagle falcon?" Why is it so wilting. ”

"Hehe, if you're hungry for a few months, try it?" After laughing, Laizi turned around and said, "Let's go, let's go up." ”

"This is going up?" Zhang Meng still doesn't trust Hai Dongqing in his son's mouth.

The fat man had been looking at Hai Dongqing in Lai Zi's hand just now, and after confirming that it was correct, he heard Zhang Meng's questioning, and punched him, smashing Zhang Meng's shoulder.

"Dead fatty, what are you smashing me for?"

"Haha, I'll tell you, we can be regarded as finding a treasure this time." The fat man laughed loudly, and looked at Hai Dongqing in Laizi's hand with envy, and kept smacking his lips and said: "The fat man is late, and now this thing is estimated to only listen to Laizi......"

"What do you mean?"

The fat man wanted to respond to Zhang Meng, but when he saw that Lai Zi and Ye Jiu had already gone up, he hurriedly said, "Let's go up and talk about it, it's too bad luck here." ”

Seeing that the fat man deliberately didn't say anything, Zhang Meng couldn't do anything, so he had to follow them back to the main hall of the village temple.

As soon as he climbed out of the black hole, before Zhang Meng could ask questions, he heard a burst of exclamation from everyone in the temple.

"What a beautiful little eagle falcon!" Xiao Lou wanted to touch it but didn't dare to touch it, so he could only say with envy: "Brother Laizi, did you find this little eagle below?" ”

"Hmm." Raiko nodded.

"Tsk." Hearing Lai Zi's confirmation, Zhao San took a few puffs of the cigarette gun with some regret: "You Lai Han is really lucky, you actually got such a baby." ”

After Zhao San finished speaking, the red-haired ghosts Liu Tang and Sai Rengui Guo Sheng beside him also nodded hurriedly, full of envy.

"Third uncle, do you know this big bird?" Hearing Zhao San's words, Zhang Meng hurriedly asked, "What is Hai Dongqing?" ”

"That's a long story...... Zhao San said in a fog.

"If it's long, just take it slowly." The fat man smiled and found some beef jerky from the backpack on the side, smiled and handed it to the Hai Dongqing, and prayed, "Eat!" Eat! As long as you eat the fat man's food, you can't tell who this Hai Dongqing is. ”

"Stop dreaming." Zhao San smiled and said: "You see that although this Hai Dongqing is no longer hungry, if he really eats your jerky like this, can he still be the God of Ten Thousand Eagles?" ”

Hearing Zhao San's words, Lai Zi also smiled and said: "I said fatty, don't go to the doctor with any illness, you don't know what this Hai Dongqing eats?" Can it eat this cooked jerky? And we can't feed it just yet, we need to find a falconer. ”

"The falconer?" Zhang Meng could only stare dryly, listening to the communication between Lai Zi, Zhao San, and the fat man, who told the three of them to ignore themselves at all.

"It's easy to do." Zhao San knocked the cigarette ash and said, "I'll call Fuyu and send someone over overnight." ”

"How?" Hearing Zhao San's words, Lai Zi on the side asked, "Does the Zhang family have people who know how to make falcons and boil eagles?" ”

"Third uncle, why don't I know?" Hearing the conversation between Zhao San and Lai Zi, Zhang Meng hurriedly asked.

"Of course you don't know. You haven't seen much of the twelve. Zhao San smoked a cigarette and explained to Lai Zi: "There will be a pheasant in the twelve families of my Zhang family, and his ancestors are the falconers of Fuyu, and their ancestors were also responsible for falconry and eagle boiling for the emperor Lao'er in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Although in recent years, the mainland has introduced laws to prohibit falconry and falconry, but his craft has not been abolished......

"Since we are descendants of falconers from the Manchu Dynasty, it seems that we have hope of finding a tomb." Lai Zi nodded with a smile on his face, then looked at everyone and said, "By the way, third uncle, where is that pheasant?" ”

"Jilin." Zhao San said.

"Then it looks like we're going to be here for two days."

"I don't need it, if I take a car and travel overnight, I can get there before noon tomorrow." Liu Tang, who is familiar with the distance here, said.

"Okay, then I'll go call him." Zhao San put away the cigarette pouch, turned around and went to call the pheasant among the twelve generals.

Seeing that Lai Zi finished talking to the third uncle, Zhang Meng asked, "Brother Lai Zi, can you tell me what happened to this Hai Dongqing this time, right?" Why are you so sure that we can find the tomb with this big bird alone? ”

"You stupid fork, what a big bird, this is a harrier eagle and falcon!" The fat man was very dissatisfied with Zhang Meng's bite of a big bird: "I can't figure this out, what else can you do?" ”

After speaking, the fat man continued to enlighten: "Think about it yourself, when there were no telephones and telegraphs in ancient times, what did you rely on to communicate? ”

"Someone."

"Nothing but people?" The fat man said: "Pigeons and eagles have been sharp weapons for marching and fighting since ancient times, why do we always win less and lose more wars against the steppe nomads?" Aren't they still having these eagles as guides? ”

"That's antiquity." Zhang Meng hurriedly objected.

"It's the same in modern times." The fat man touched the Haidongqing feathers in front of him lovingly, and said: "You look at the snow-white feathers, and this spot, they are all purebred Haidongqing, Haidongqing!" That's the fucking King of the Eagles. ”

"Is it as evil as you say?" Zhang Meng frowned slightly, not too concerned.

"If this is really a purebred Haidongqing, it is really so evil." Lady, who had been looking at Hai Dongqing, finally spoke: "It's a pity that Hai Dongqing is extinct, and there is no Hai Dongqing in the world." ”

"Huh?"

Seeing Zhang Meng's puzzled expression, Lai Zi smiled and said, "It seems that I really want to tell you the history of this Haidongqing." ”

"Hey, I said Ergou, you really have to let this lack of virtue rise and see. Say, being idle is also idle. The fat man smiled, turned around and looked at Liu Tang and Guo Shengdao: "Is there anything else to eat in the car?" Take it all, I don't believe it fat man, this Hai Dongqing has been hungry for so long and is not moved. ”

"Cheng, anyway, I have nothing to do now, so I should pass the time. This starts with the eagle and the eagle totem. Lai Zi slowly told the story of Hai Dongqing: "Actually, I want to talk about this eagle!" It is also a symbol of shamanism. ”

"The eagle is a symbol of shamanism? Isn't it an enshrined deity? Zhang Meng exclaimed: "Why is this primary and secondary relationship reversed again." ”

"Not upside down, because there are many theories about the origin of shamanism besides the development of witches." Raiko continued: "Especially in the case of Mongolian shamans, they are inseparable from eagles. The Mongolian shaman believed that the eagle was a messenger from heaven, and later married the tribal leader of the steppe, gave birth to a maiden, and passed on the method of communication with the gods to his daughter, and finally became a shaman and witch of the steppe. Come to think of it, this is also why in the dark room of this village temple, there is a Haidongqing! ”

"Brother Laizi, you continue." Zhang Meng was fascinated.

In fact, this statement is not only found in the Mongolian steppe, but also in other steppe peoples in Eurasia. In addition, the eagle is a bird of prey, which was admired and revered in the primitive hunting era of human beings, and later with the development of the hunting industry, the hunters domesticated the eagle as their assistant, and the eagle harrier became their indispensable dependence. Therefore, the soaring eagle harrier and the galloping reindeer can be called the right hand of the hunters. This is the reason why the eagle has become a great god that many peoples generally believe. Almost all people who believe in shamanism have myths and legends about eagles! ”

"Oh."

"Now the spread of Haidongqing is no longer a simple bird species, and has slowly evolved into a totem worship similar to my Chinese phoenix. In addition to being a symbol of shamanism, it is also the highest totem of ancient Su Shen, known as the god of ten thousand eagles and the closest to the god. Lai Zi said: "As for whether the Haidongqing we find now is the Jiufeng produced in the Great Wilderness of the Ancient Su Shen in the records of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", it is unknown. However, this kind of small Haidongqing still has a clear record in the Kangxi period. ”

"What is the record of the Kangxi period?"

Zhao San, who had already finished making the phone call at this time, came back and heard Zhang Meng's question, and immediately interjected: "During the Manchu Qing Dynasty, these stories of Hai Dongqing were more realistic, and it was precisely because they were used that they were not as respectful as before. ”

"Is that what you call a boiled eagle?" Zhang Meng asked.

"You're smart." Although the fat man used all kinds of food to tease the dying Hai Dongqing, he didn't see Hai Dongqing have any intention of eating: "The process of boiling an eagle is very complicated, and a good eagle cannot be trained without stamina." ”

"You know again."

"Of course I know, the fat man is the king of tomb robbers." The fat man patted his stomach and laughed, but then looked at Lai Zi and Zhao San with a sad face and said: "I think that although this Hai Dongqing is very small, it seems that it has been domesticated, if it has really been domesticated, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to borrow its strength." ”

Hearing the fat man's words, Laizi was also a little sad and didn't speak.

Zhao San said: "Although it is difficult, but as soon as the pheasant comes tomorrow, we will know if we can still let this arrogant Haidongqing defect!" ”

"I hope."

"Third uncle, don't talk about it, keep talking." Zhang Meng asked: "What are those falconers doing with Haidongqing?" ”

"What else can you do?" The fat man said, "Didn't I just talk about it? With the speed and altitude of Hai Dongqing's flight, it is most suitable for marching and fighting and spying on the military situation. Do you think that in the era when there was no radio, if there was such a king of eagles to guide you, where would you go? It's as if the enemy is in the light and you are in the dark, and you can sneak up on your enemy at any time if you want. We, the Han people, have not suffered much from these falcons in the past......"

Hearing this, Zhang Meng could be regarded as clearing up the relationship, nodded and said: "That is to say, this Hai Dongqing should be a sacred object of shamanism, and the shaman witch is clear, we just need to follow its footprints to find what we are looking for?" ”

"Hey, you finally get it." The fat man replied: "It's a pity that I'm not a falconer, if I am, tonight, we can continue to set off to find clues." ”