Chapter 59: Different Cultures in the Watta Mountains
This bowl of porridge was fed, and Pang Tong and Xiangyi also learned some information during their chat. She belonged to a tribe called the Wasai. The so-called tribe itself is different from the clan. This is the result of the gradual annexation and merger of more than a dozen clans in the struggle of hundreds of years, with a total of nearly 28,000 people. In the whole mountainous area, they belong to the larger tribes, and they are the most skilled in medicine, and have a certain prestige in the Watta Mountain. There are five clans and three clans in the entire Mount Watta. They call themselves the aborigines of Shu, or the survivors of the mountains. They gathered together to avoid the coercion of the Han family and gain freedom of decency and dignity. Preserve the culture of the few mountain people, instead of submitting to outsiders one by one like the hundreds of mountain tribes. Although there are fewer and fewer friends around them over the centuries, they still stubbornly maintain their cultural characteristics and are not influenced by the "outside world". With its vast mountainous terrain and treacherous terrain, the Watta Mountains are undoubtedly the best place for mountain people to survive.
These are the conditions in the mountains. However, Xiangyi really knows very little about the situation in the world, and he feels like a closed person to Pang Tong. She is good at patrolling, and from this point, Pang Tong can see that this is not a delicate woman, maybe only in front of her fellow clansmen will show her delicate side, and in front of Pang Tong is even more helpless.
Pang Tong also learned from her that he was carried here by Dian Wei, and used the seven-star sword as a life-saving reward. And Ma Teng's men and horses have also come to look for the surrounding area, but they dare not go deep because they are not familiar with the road. Six days after Pang Tong arrived in the village, they withdrew their men and horses and never came back. Pang Tongxin sighed: "Or the old man of the Ma clan thinks that I am desperate for my life." But if anyone has ever seen that kind of injury, and in such a big mountain, I would think so. ”
He slept for a while in the afternoon, and when he woke up a tall figure sat on one side, the curtain of the window had been hung up. A bowl lamp lit up the hut. The lamp was not far from Pang Tong's right hand, and the silhouette of the figure on the left was so familiar after all.
"Sky Bear."
"Ahh
The strong man who was sitting on his knees had been sleeping with his eyes closed, his body was heavily dyed black, and an ordinary iron halberd was placed on one side. Staying by Pang Tong's side with such a posture shows his sincerity.
Dian Wei said angrily: "My lord is really a blessing to the sky." I went hunting for them at noon, so I was late. ”
Pang Tong said happily: "Yes, my life was saved by them." ”
Dian Wei's face showed bitterness, and he said, "My lord, the seven-star sword ......"
Pang Tong interrupted: "Although that sword is precious and difficult to find in the world, how can it be heavy?" If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be a pangtong, but a wild ghost. ”
Dian Wei blamed himself again: "It's a pity that I didn't arrest that Ma Mengqi!" What a bastard thing. When the adults are well, we will go down the mountain together to find Lord Lu and them. It must be good-looking for Xiliang people. ”
If it weren't for Pang Tong's serious injuries here, Dian Wei would have gone down the mountain alone. Pang Tong choked back tears, but he knew the pain of his husband, he didn't flick his tears, and he was not afraid to bleed.
He choked up: "Sky Bear, you will always be my guard from now on, and you will never leave." There is no more reliable person than you except your family. ”
Dian Wei nodded and said, "I can serve the lord and die without regrets." ”
"I believe it."
Pang Tong said lightly, remembered important things again, and asked, "What is the situation in the world?" ”
Dian Wei shook his head in embarrassment: "In the mountains, the information is too closed, and occasionally I only know the situation of the surrounding tribes. The people in the mountains don't care about the world at all, they only guard every inch of their own land. However, Liu Yan seems to have been coveting this place and wants to subdue the mountain people. ”
Pang Tong said: "Common sense, who doesn't want to expand the territory. It's just that Liu Yan lacks reasonable and righteous means. This kind of Han clan relatives who bully the weak and are afraid of the hard, when they encounter strong enemies, they are afraid of the head, and when they see the weak, they will be tough to the end, ugly human nature. The dark side of human nature is invisible on the surface, and there are very few people in this world who can really be trusted and not suspicious. I have already regretted it, regretting that I didn't behead Li Ru, a big disaster. Arrogant soldiers will be defeated, Sun Tzu's Art of War clearly reminds me, but I am pedantic and fall into self-absorption. This is also the negativity of my human nature, but unfortunately what price did it cost to see this negativity? This is my 'evil', the result of the evil that has been buried deeply. Countless good will not be worth the evil once. When he finished speaking, Dian Wei nodded as he thought about it. Even Pang Tong himself sensed that the remarks just now seemed to go beyond the scope of discussion with Dian Wei. If you talk to Jiang Wan, it may make sense. But it didn't seem like he would carefully consider the good and evil of human nature and dissect the hearts of enemies and other things like that. What happened to him, what pushed him out of the realm of conquest and waved the blade of thought?
It's a bit philosophical, though he thinks so himself. It's just that he has always believed that philosophy is something that only great men and thinkers talk about. Why did he think of this, and what was the origin and motivation for thinking about it for himself?
Inside, the lights have gone out. After a period of chatting, Pang Tong ordered Dian Wei to fall asleep on the side. The guard barely left his armor and just lay down on the wooden floor and fell asleep. Pang Tong also noticed one thing in the conversation with him before, for a long time, Dian Wei slept like this at night.
He sighed in his heart: "Loyalty, ......"
The chirping of insects accompanied by the night wind knocked on the curtains of doors and windows. The curtains swayed, and the moonlight leaked into the house from time to time, shimmering. In the black area where the blurry and faint light struck, Pang Tong lying on the mat was at ease. It's just that the devil in his heart pokes out his head from time to time and harass him. He didn't hate Matten, but he hated himself. His recklessness led to the rout of the army and the fall of the soldiers' heads. The chain reaction caused by this big defeat is something he doesn't want to think about.
"Summer wind."
His voice was faint in the silence of the room, as if it were a light breeze, as if it were just a change in the shape of his mouth.
Looking at the ceiling of the black hole, Pang Tong gave up thinking, he felt that his body still needed to rest, although he had only been awake for a long time. In fact, his injuries are still quite serious, and he can't even move his body.
The morning light poured into the house and shone right on Pang Tong's head. This is accompanied by the melodious sound of birds. Pang Tong slowly opened his eyes, and the sunlight was dazzling at first. But after gradually regaining his vision, he felt how lovely the sunshine was. It's like saying "good morning" to him. The sound of the yellow warbler lingered in my ears.
"Morning!"
Hallucinations? Is it a hallucination caused by thinking like this in the heart? No, by no means so, this is the voice of a young teenager. A familiar aroma of vegetable porridge. Shouldn't it be a smell that comes with this smell? How is it a male voice?
The ten-year-old boy sat down in knee-length black pants and wore a black short-sleeved shirt. The hair is cut short and the skin is dark. His face is somewhat similar to Xiangyi, and he looks quite cute, but he has a rough voice and a rough shape.
"Yo, you're really alive!"
He opened his mouth so rudely, Pang Tongyi was surprised. After the boy stirred the spoon and wrote it down, he scooped it up and handed it to Pang Tong's mouth without hesitation. Because of his words just now and his straightforward behavior now, Pang Tong felt like he was feeding pigs. I couldn't help but feel a little angry in my heart.
"You ...... man"
As soon as Pang Tong spoke, the spoon broke into his mouth, and he quickly pulled it back, and the porridge remained in his mouth. Pang Tong frowned, swallowed violently, and said angrily: "Who are you, so unreasonable." ”
"Strange guy, survived and talked so much nonsense."
The boy scooped another spoonful, and Pang Tong pursed his mouth. This time, he will not accept his unreasonable "charity". The boy was annoyed, and said loudly: "There is such a thing, this is food given by the mountain god, and you are not grateful, and you still refuse." As he spoke, he placed the spoon in the bowl and laid it on the floor, folding his hands over his chest.
"If you don't eat and pull down, I see if your stomach is screaming!"
"Unreasonable!"
Pang Tong said angrily: "Where did the hairy boy come from, he has no rules at all." ”
The boy jumped to his feet and crossed his hands on his hips. His angle blocked the window, and the light shot through him. With a look of momentum that looked at the world, he wiped the tip of his nose with his thumb in one hand, and said proudly: "Remember for me, I am Xiangche, the son of the patriarch Shanluck!" I must rule over the tribes of the mountains! ”
Pang Tong showed an embarrassed and helpless expression, and said with a wry smile: "I didn't ask about your lofty ambitions. What about the fragrance? ”
Xiang Che's mouth was bent into a figure of eight, and he said contemptuously: "Sure enough, he is a lustful prodigal fellow, what is the difference between him and Badar, Tuado, etc.!" They are all shameless people who have taken a fancy to my sister's beauty! ”