Chapter 659: Grand Ceremony
The high priest had originally planned to pass on the position to his apprentice Lang Kun yesterday, and he would climb the ladder himself. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Zhong Wenhuan suddenly forced Nanban to rebel, so that his plan had to be put on hold.
After breakfast the next day, the girl named Afu came to Zhang Bao'er's residence and invited him to walk around.
Under the enthusiasm, Zhang Baoer had to follow.
"Lord Qincha, our cottage is good, right?" Afu introduced as she walked, and her Chinese spoke very well.
Zhang Baoer nodded: "Yes, I didn't expect the scenery to be really good!" ”
Since the last time I saw this beautiful girl to drive out the corpse, Zhang Baoer always had some weird feelings about her.
"Kincha-sama......"
"You still call me Bao'er!" Zhang Baoer smiled bitterly.
Being called by a young girl and an adult is indeed an uncomfortable thing.
"Okay, I'll call you Bao'er in the future!" Ah Fu suddenly asked, "Bao'er, am I not good-looking?" ”
"No, Miss Afu is as beautiful as a fairy, how can it not be good-looking?" Zhang Baoer couldn't stand her enthusiasm.
"Then why do you keep avoiding me?" Afu stared at Zhang Bao'er and asked.
Hearing this, Zhang Baoer suddenly became two heads, and she didn't know how to answer.
At this moment, Lang Kun suddenly appeared out of nowhere, his face was gloomy, and he pulled Afu and left, saying something in barbarian language as he walked.
Zhang Baoer wiped the sweat from her forehead, and couldn't help but shake her head and smile bitterly
In the evening, Afu came again.
"What welcome ceremony?" After listening to Afu's words, Zhang Bao'er hurriedly said: "The high priest is too polite, this welcome ceremony will be waived!" ”
"Bao'er!" Afu persuaded, "His old man has arranged it, you better go, otherwise he will feel uncomfortable!" ”
In desperation, Zhang Baoer had to agree.
Afu took Zhang Bao'er, Jiang Yuqiao and others out of the "Shendong" and came to a large field in the cottage, where they could see a group of Nanban girls and young men waiting for them from afar. Seeing them coming, the young men blew crisp and melodious reed sheng songs, and the girls greeted them with tea and water and wine with a smile on their faces. In the center of the field stands a wooden pillar with a dragon hovering and two auspicious birds standing at the top. The lads continued to play merry tunes around the pillars, and the girls danced to the rhythm to express their welcome to the guests.
Ah Fu said to Zhang Bao'er: "Bao'er, do you know the origin of the Nanban Reed Dance?" ”
Zhang Bao'er shook her head, and Afu was not polite, so she introduced him: "According to legend, when Pangu opened the world, the land was desolate. At that time, the ancestors of our southern barbarians relied on hunting birds and beasts for food and clothing, in order to solve the difficulty of capturing birds and beasts, a young man with a clever mind cut down trees and bamboos in the forest, made a reed sheng to imitate the chirping and movements of birds and beasts, and blew and jumped to lure all kinds of birds and beasts. Since then, people have caught something every time they go hunting, so the reed sheng dance has become a necessity for our southern barbarian life and has been passed down from generation to generation. ”
After a pause, Afu continued: "After dinner, the high priest also arranged a welcome drink, and there will be a reed sheng dance!" After speaking, Afu winked mischievously at Zhang Bao'er.
The eating habits of Wutouman cottage are very unique, the dishes like to put sour vinegar, there are sour fish, sour meat, sauerkraut beans, sour fungus, sour taro chips, even the bud rice tea is also a little sour, full of sumptuous meals, although Zhang Baoer and others are not used to it, but also taste with relish.
Sure enough, after dinner, a grand welcome wine ceremony began. Bonfires were lit in the four corners and in the middle of the clearing, and the entire cottage was gathered, full of festive atmosphere.
The grand welcome wine is the highest toasting etiquette of the Southern Barbarians, with men blowing cheerful reeds, women in festive costumes dancing, and the most beautiful girls toasting triangular wine. The horn must be made of antelope horns, and the meaning of drinking triangle is: the first horn, welcome to you, you have worked hard all the way, and you will be picked up and dusted; In the second corner, your arrival is a blessing for us, bringing us good fortune, so that our grains are abundant and our animals are prosperous; The third corner, meeting is fate, I wish you all the best.
Girls in costumes come together and immediately transform into a beautiful silver world. It is the nature of barbarian girls to wear silver ornaments, they pull their hair in a bun on the top of their heads, wear a beautifully made silver flower crown, the front of the flower crown is inserted with uneven silver wings, and most of them are made with two dragons playing with pearls, butterflies exploring flowers, Danfeng Chaoyang, birds and phoenixes, swimming fish and other patterns. In addition to inserting silver sheets, some silver crowns are also inserted with silver horns, and the tips of the horns are tied with colorful floats, which is more noble and magnificent. On the lower edge of the silver crown, the silver flower belt is hung in the circle, a row of small silver pendants is sagging, and the silver collar worn on the neck has several layers, which are mostly made of silver pieces and small silver rings. He wears a silver lock and a silver collar on his chest, and a silver cloak on his chest and back, with many small silver bells hanging down. Earrings and bracelets are all made of silver. Only the two sleeves are embroidered in fiery red, but the cuffs are inlaid with a wide circle of silver.
Afu is particularly outstanding among the many girls, and she has the feeling of "flower clothes and silver race fairy".
I saw Afu come to the VIPs, looked at Zhang Baoer with affection, and sang loudly to the tune of Lu Sheng. The song is melodious like a faint moonlight, slowly echoing in everyone's ears, like the song of a lark, she is singing in Nanban language, although Zhang Baoer can't understand it, but she is also fascinated.
After singing, Afu held the mouth of the horn full of wine with her left hand, held the tip of the horn with her right hand, chose the left body posture of squatting with her knees slightly bent, and slowly presented the horn full of wine to Zhang Bao'er from bottom to top.
Zhang Baoer was also polite, took the horn and drank it all.
Afu then toasted in turn.
After saluting the guests, Afu walked up to Zhang Bao'er again, untied a flower belt from her belt, tied it around Zhang Bao'er's waist, and then winked at Zhang Bao'er, turned around and left with a smile on her face.
Seeing Afu's move, the audience was in a roar, although Zhang Baoer didn't know why Afu was like this, but it must have a deep meaning.
When Zhang Bao'er was guessing, not far away, there was a Nanban man staring at him hatefully, his eyes were full of hatred, and his distorted face was even more hideous against the firelight.
This person is none other than Lang Kun.
Lang Kun has been secretly in love with Afu for many years, and everyone in the whole village knows about it, but Afu's actions surprised the people in the cottage. According to the custom of the Nanban, if the Nanban girl is in love with a man, she will tie her carefully woven flower belt as a token of love to the other party's waist. What Afu did just now was clearly to tell everyone: she likes that Tang boy.