Traveling south along the west foot of Liangshan, it soon entered the scope of Dali country. In fact, there is no very clear boundary line between the Great Song Dynasty and Dali, and the ethnic minority tribes and people in the border areas do not have the concept of a state, and they will neither consider themselves Song nor Dali people.

As soon as they walked out of a mountain, there was a new mountain behind them, and the people of all ethnic groups living in this mountain have lived in this mountain for thousands of years according to the division of tribes.

Only when you go to the county seat or town where the population is concentrated, can you know from the official clothes of the government that this is the territory of Dali.

And Dali, like the Great Song Dynasty, has always maintained a three-way strategy for the tribal rule living in the mountains, perhaps because of limited ability, or because of the unwillingness to meddle in the complex relationship between the tribes from the bottom of his heart.

When Yang Huairen arrived in Dali Kingdom, the guards refused to let the five of them act alone, after all, it was not their own place, and the forbidden army could only be stationed on the border and could not cross the border, so the guards would always be afraid that he would make a mistake if he was nosy.

Yang Huairen felt that even if he was a county magistrate, he couldn't act arbitrarily, since what his subordinates said was reasonable, and it was all for his safety, it was better to listen to the opinions of the guards.

So he selected thirty-four of the elite of the guards from one hundred guards, bought some local mules and horses, and disguised themselves as merchants who came to Dali to buy goods, while the others continued to act in secret, or walked in front of the front to fight the front station, or fell behind the caravan as backup.

The government of Dali is still very welcoming to the merchants of the Han people, especially such a large caravan, which will bring a lot of wealth to the people of their country.

Therefore, the caravan walked down this way, it seems to be a lot smoother, through Jianchang Mansion, Huichuan Mansion, across the Jinsha River, and soon entered the territory of Dali Lane Dong Mansion, and here, it is only three hundred miles away from Dali City, the capital of Dali State.

It's just that not long after crossing the river, the mules and horses seem to have become a little uneasy, and a few of them even lost their temper directly, refusing to even pull the belt, and Yang Huairen could only find a gentle slope on the side of the mountain road to rest temporarily, waiting for the next day to hurry.

In the early morning of the second day, when the sky was not yet bright, Yang Huairen seemed to vaguely hear the sound of a group of pigs barking, and was woken up like this, which made Yang Huairen curse in his heart, where did the wild boars in this mountain come from in the early morning to disturb people's dreams?

But when he turned over, wrapped himself in the quilt and wanted to cover his head and continue to sleep, he heard the strange cry of Tianba's younger brother outside the simple tent, "Brother Ren, Brother Ren, get up and look good, a group of walking pigs are coming, and they are all walking sows, haha!" It's so much fun! ”

Yang Huairen covered his face and couldn't cry or laugh a little, and said in his heart that his younger brother Tianba would be a demon, and he said so imaginatively in his dreams, he had seen walking dogs, horses, and cats, but who had ever seen a pig walking early in the morning? And also specifically for walking sows?

I wanted to cover my ears and continue to sleep, but a big head had already poked into the tent, and the younger brother of Tianba looked surprised, and said with a smile, "Brother, get up and see, a rare interesting story in a hundred years, a group of people walking sows, one person walks one head, and walks ......like a baby."

"What?"

Yang Huairen rubbed his sleepy eyes with both hands and yawned, "Are you telling the truth?" ”

Brother Tianba seemed to be really happy, and nodded his head a few times, "Really, really, why did you lie to you?" Get up and see, if you miss it, you won't be able to see Ang! ”

Yang Huairen didn't think about what the situation was for a while, and with a puzzled face, he forcibly endured sleepiness and got out of bed, put on his shoes three or five times, and stepped out of the tent with his coat on.

By the slight light of the sky, I saw about 20 men dressed in all black clothes common to the tribes in the mountains, leading a pig from a distance towards the place where they were staying overnight.

As Tianba's younger brother said in his excited narration, judging from the bellies of those big fat pigs, they are all big sows.

As for Tianba's younger brother who used the word "walking" instead of the word "driving", Yang Huairen can only say that this kid uses words very accurately, and everyone may have seen driving pigs, and it is no different from driving sheep and cattle.

But the sows were tied to their necks like dogs, and each of them was like this, and the other end of the rope was in the hands of the men in black, and everyone walked one head like this, and it was definitely not a rush.

At this time, many people were also woken up by the sound of pigs screaming and the sound of Tianba's younger brother laughing, and they all poked their heads out of the tent to look out, and when everyone saw the scene of dozens of people walking sows in the early morning of winter, they all opened their mouths in surprise, and they were all stunned.

Yang Huairen's first reaction was that he was dreaming. After all, at this time, this scene was so strange, it was a little weird, he had to close his eyes again, and silently said to himself, "It's a dream, everything is a dream......

I finally calmed down and opened my eyes again, but the group of men walking the pigs got closer and closer, and walked from a distance to the front of the camp where they were stationed.

An old man who took the lead led his sow to the front, respectfully put his hand on his chest and bowed, and asked in the inaccurate Chinese dialect, "Are you a merchant from the Han family who has come to do business?" ”

Tianba's younger brother smiled and pointed at Yang Huairen, meaning that this is the one who is in charge.

Yang Huairen looked at the old man, dressed in the clothes of the ethnic minorities in the mountains, and then looked at the big sow, who was very healthy with a fat head and big ears, and also stared at him, and hummed in his mouth as if he wanted to greet him.

Yang Huairen had no choice but to stand up and reply politely, "Hello this old man." Yes, we are a caravan of Han people, and when we came to Dali, we just wanted to purchase some special products of Dali and return to our Song Dynasty to sell. ”

Yang Huairen wanted to ask questions about the strange scene of these people walking pigs in front of him, but after thinking about it, he felt that although this matter was very strange, it might be a special habit and custom of a certain tribe in the mountains, or someone was carrying out a rare religious ceremony.

Unexpectedly, the old man who took the lead had already guessed something from their surprised expressions, and said with a smile, "A few guests must think it is strange, right?" Actually, we are all hunters in the mountains. ”

"Oh, oh......"

Yang Huairen nodded subconsciously and replied, but he was even more puzzled in his heart. Hunters in the mountains? So why not walk the hounds but the pigs? Don't...... Are these pigs pig hunting or not?