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After dark, the bonfire party was grand and grand, and after seeing it with his own eyes and being there, Yang Ke understood why Liu San said that the Qiang Festival was the grandest festival of the Qiang people, and everyone had to follow the meaning of the light. The first www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion is because of the hospitality of the Qiang people. The second is that the wine and food are abundant, which is not only free but also enough. The third is that the scene is really lively.

The Qiang Festival is actually a saying of the Han people, and the Qiang people themselves call it the Rimai Festival. Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a mountain under the sky that was connected to the sky. Those who are on earth can climb up to heaven, and those who are in heaven can run to earth. One day, Mu Jiezhu, the youngest daughter of the legendary Qiang god Mu Bita, ran to the ground to play, and unfortunately encountered a tiger, Mu Jiezhu screamed in fright. At the moment of crisis, An Zhu, who was herding sheep, killed the tiger and saved Mu Jiezhu. After returning to heaven, Mu Jiezhu begged her father to marry her to An Zhu. The gods deliberately made things difficult for Anzhu, saying that only after cutting down the trees on the ninety-nine mountains and planting the corn on the ninety-nine mountains could he marry Mu Jiezhu. With the help of the god of fire, the god of wind, and the god of rain, Anzhu completed the task in three days. The gods could only agree to this family business. When Mu Jiezhu was leaving, her parents gave her tree seeds, grain and livestock as a dowry. After coming to the mortal world, the number of plants planted by Mu Jiezhu and Anzhu suddenly became a forest, with a bumper harvest of grain and herds of livestock. Mu Jiezhu did not forget the kindness of her parents, and after the autumn harvest, she put the grain and fat livestock on the field to congratulate the heavens on her birthday. Since then, the Year of Qiang has become a day for the Qiang people to celebrate a good harvest and thank God. This is the origin of the Rimai Festival.

Liu San's caravan is obviously very familiar with these Qiang people, Liu San was sent to the side of the clan elders, this position is the Venerable Seat at a glance, and Hei Qi told Liu San a long time ago that Yang Ke has traveled all the way, and he should not easily expose his identity, so Liu San did not introduce Yang Ke's identity to the Qiang clan elders. Yang Ke silently lived in a corner at the moment, sitting in an inconspicuous position, beside him were Honggu and Zhang Chang, and Hei Qi, Stuffy Gourd, and the vanguard guards of the pro-soldiers pretending to be caravan mates were scattered on the left and right and nearby.

Looking at the crowd of singing and dancing in the field, Yang Ke looked at Honggu, who had been silent, and said: "Mr. Liu is regarded as a guest here, it turns out that the caravan can bring benefits and benefits to these people, so the best way to stabilize Hexi may not only rely on the army, you see, if Mr. Liu is an official of the imperial court, he alone can be worth 100,000 troops." ”

Honggu snorted: "The officials of the imperial court, how many of them are good officials in the imperial court?" Liu Da Cabinet is grateful for his kindness, loyal, dedicated, selfless and fearless. But if you look at the princes in the court, they are extravagant and selfish, and they don't care about the life or death of the people. ”

Yang Ke was silent, he knew that Honggu hated the government deeply, his deceased brother was framed by the king of the East China Sea until he was killed at a young age, and the people of the Liu clan were forced to live a life of hiding in Tibet, although the main culprit was punished, but the king of the East China Sea was only under house arrest and was not killed, she has been haunted by this: "Honggu, the king of the East China Sea has done a lot of evil, and he is innocent of death, I also want to get rid of him for the people, and also avenge your father and brother." To be honest, sometimes I really envy those heroes who are happy to take revenge, fearless, reckless, and all based on their own hearts. But it can only be envy. ”

Honggu glared at Yang Ke with a pair of black and white eyes: "When we first met, we were on a boat fighting with the bandits, outnumbered, without fear, at that time you were a hero in my eyes, open-minded, but since you returned to the court, it seems to have changed as if you have changed, which one is the real you?" ”

Yang Ke looked at the wine in the cup, raised his head and drank it all: "Yes, which one is the real self?" ”

In the jubilation of the wine banquet, the stuffy gourd and Hei Qi have always been drunk, and the two of them have developed a habit, as long as Yang Ke is present, the two brothers are absolutely highly tense, always pay attention to vigilance, and protect Yang Ke's safety. Seeing Yang Ke stand up silently from Honggu's side, turn around and walk out of the drinker*** After changing his eyes, the stuffy gourd pasted like a shadow, and followed behind Yang Ke silently. Hei Qi smiled and sat down beside Honggu with a wine jug. Since he and Honggu met, firstly, because they respect each other's skills, the rivers and lakes are full of righteousness. The second is that Hei Qi is a person who is not leaky, sleek and old, and when he is not mad, his personality is very good at making good connections. Therefore, Honggu and him are almost like close friends.

Looking at Hei Qi, who was sitting down, Honggu, who was already a little drunk, sighed faintly: "Brother Qi, I'm not happy in my heart. ”

Hei Qi nodded: "Is it because of one person?" ”

Honggu's eyes were filled with infinite loneliness and emptiness: "I don't know, it's a thousand things." After a while, I saw my dead brother and asked me why I didn't avenge him by stabbing the enemy. When I think of it, he must have his troubles. It's a mess. ”

Hei Qi smashed a sip of wine and said lightly: "The higher a person's position goes, the deeper his mind will be buried, the people who are close to him can't get close, and the people he hates have to be offered high, without his own joys, sorrows, and sorrows, even he no longer belongs to himself." ”

Honggu asked, "Are you talking about that person?" ”

"Who else but him?" Black Seven asked rhetorically.

Looking at the crowd feasting in front of them and the dancing bonfire, Hei Qi and Honggu fell into silence together.

Yang Ke and Liu San surrounded a map, Yang Ke was looking at the map carefully, and Liu San explained to him in detail on the side: "Xia, Shang, Zhou and the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were ancient nomadic activities such as Di, Qiang, Wusun, and Yueshi. Wusun and Yueshi, who were nomadic in Hexi, were forced by the threat of the Xiongnu to migrate westward repeatedly, and finally gave up Hexi, and Hexi became the territory of the Xiongnu. After the Han Dynasty, there were Han, Xianbei, Tuyuhun, Sogdian, Tubo and so on multiplied here. The Han Dynasty obtained Hexi, not only occupied a vast land suitable for cultivation and grazing, strengthened the strength to resist the Xiongnu, but also cut off the connection between the Xiongnu and the Qiang people, so that the Xiongnu lost the huge support of the Qiang people in material resources and manpower, the Xiongnu outflanked the Han Dynasty from the west The grim situation suddenly changed, Jincheng Hexi, west and Nanshan to Yanze, there was no Xiongnu, the Xiongnu waited for the arrival of the Xiongnu from time to time. The Han Dynasty obtained Hexi, which not only ensured the safety of Longyou and Guanzhong, but also opened up the passage connecting the countries of the Western Regions, strengthened itself, weakened the Xiongnu's control over the Western Regions, and was able to fight against the Xiongnu's forces in the Western Regions. In order to further strengthen its rule over this newly occupied area, the Han government implemented measures such as setting up new institutions and immigrating to the real border. "Historical Records: The Biography of the Huns" contains: It was the Houxiong who fled far away, and there was no royal court in the south of the curtain. Handu River from the west of Shuofang to Lingju, often through the canal to the field, the officials died fifty or sixty thousand people, slightly encroached, the land is connected to the north of the Xiongnu. The painstaking management of many generations of the Han people has led to today's business in Hexi. ”

Yang Ke pointed to the long road on the map, and said with a firm gaze: "Because of this, we must keep this trade route and not let the efforts of countless ancestors go to waste." ”