As soon as Zhong Wuregret heard that there were many people coming, he asked the team members to hide on the spot, and then shouted into the dense forest: "We are salt merchants from Chu State, and we want to make a big deal with the chieftains of Ba State. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoI don't know who you are, can you show up, let's talk. ”

Zhong Wuregret knew that Ba used to have a certain subordinate relationship with Chu, but in the territory of Ba, there are many ethnic groups, including Pu, Jia, Tho, Gong, Slave, Badger, Yi, and Shu, among which Pu is widely distributed.

Sometimes they rebelled against Chu, sometimes they attached themselves to Chu. During the reign of King Wen of Chu, there was a war between Ba and Chu. It was not until the second year that the state of Chu defeated Bashi Yujin.

Nowadays, the mediocrity and barbarism and the rate of the hundred Pu show that there are many barbarian and Pu tribes led by them, but they have not really formed a unified force. Therefore, Zhong Wuregret didn't know whether the person who came was pro-Chu or betrayed Chu.

Well salt is produced in the area where the chieftains of Pakistan live, and the upper reaches of the Qingjiang River are called salt water, which is the economic lifeline of Pakistan. Zhong Wuregret had no choice but to lie about being a salt merchant. He had to find a way to find out the identity and position of the other party first.

Hearing Zhong Wuregret say this, a group of people with hunting bows and swords stood up around them, and their faces were painted with tiger-like markings, all of them had beast-like eyes, staring at Zhong Wuregret and his party.

Zhong Wuregret put away his sword and asked them, "Who is the leader among you?" ”

A stout half-naked man stepped forward and said, "I am their leader." This is my divine weapon. He said proudly.

Zhong Wuregret saw that he had two fangs on his mouth, and there were no two front teeth in the middle, which was a bit like a tiger's mouth. Only then did Zhong Wuregret confirm that they were Ba people, and their worship of tigers was their characteristic.

Zhong Wuregret said with a smile: "As soon as I saw that the leader was as brave as a white tiger, I knew that it was a Ba tribe divine soldier. How many tigresses do you have to every day like a boss? ”

When the leader heard this, he grinned and smirked: "You know this, too? I have to three tigresses a day to sleep. His next sentence almost made Zhong Wuregret faint: "One only needs to do it three times." ”

In the case of low productivity and high mortality rate, reproductive reproduction is a major matter related to the survival of the nation, and the custom of genital worship also originates from this, therefore, the strength of sexual ability is also something that tribal warriors are proud of.

At the mention of the matter of the tigress, the leader was extremely excited, and he asked Zhong Wuregret, "How many tigresses do you do a day?" ”

Zhong Wuregret smiled bitterly: "It's a bit of a loss to be one a day." Compared with the leader, you are a tree, and I am a thatch; You're a tiger, I'm a mouse. ”

Zhong Wuregret praised the leader's heart.

"Hahahaha......" the leader laughed and asked, "Are you telling the truth?" ”

"Heaven testifies that there is only one tiger like the leader in Pakistan, and there is no pair in the world. On the battlefield, one of your copper spears is invincible, and the stabbing tigress, one of your meat spears can also be invincible. Saying that, Zhong Wuregret muttered in his heart: "In modern times, you must be a Japanese name, and you wear steel plates every day." ”

At this time, when he saw that the leader was in ecstasy, Yang Yuji stepped forward and said to Zhong Wuregret, "Are we going to hurry?" ”

"Yes, yes, if it weren't for the fact that we were in a hurry, I really wanted to ask the leader for advice, why is the leader so powerful." Zhong Wuregret said with a look of regret.

"Haha, I forgot, you still have something, you guys go, we're going to leave too." The leader said, waving his hand.

"Thank you, I'll be sure to visit the leader another day and ask the tiger for advice. As a sign of my admiration for the leader, I would like to give him a horse and hope that the leader will not dislike him. After Zhong Wuregret finished speaking, he asked the guards to bring a horse.

However, the leader scratched his head and said with some embarrassment: "I don't know how to ride a horse, and in the mountains, I think two big feet can run fast." ”

Zhong Wuregret thought about it for a while, and he immediately said: "Please also ask the leader to tell me the name, when I arrive, I will send a few carts of salt to the leader to show my gratitude, how about it?" ”

"It's great." The leader was overjoyed and said, "Everyone calls me Dagen, because I am very big here, hehe, after you bring the salt, when you ask Dagen, everyone will know." ”

After saying that, the leader immediately let go of the bell and went on their way without regrets.

Zhong Wuregret secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but they didn't go far before they were stopped by the leader. Zhong Wuregret noticed that there was another tall and thin man beside the leader.

That man, like other brute soldiers, wore a leather skirt around his lower body and **** his upper body, but his weakness was different from that of other strong brute soldiers, Zhong Wuregret immediately thought that this person might be the person who gave advice to the leader.

"What's the matter?" Zhong Wuxian asked, and at the same time, he secretly made a gesture to tell the guards to get ready.

The tall and thin brute soldier came to Zhong Wuregret and said, "We were going to do something, but we heard that the lord said that we would do a salt business, and our leader said that we would give you a ride first, so as not to encounter trouble on the road, I don't know what the lord means?" ”

Zhong Wuregret saw that those barbarians had already surrounded him with a fighting posture, so he laughed and said: "That's exactly what I can't ask for, how can I object, let's go together!" ”

Zhong Wuregret walked in front with the leader of the barbarians, Zhong Wuregret chatted with him as he walked, and said, "I said Tiger, why are you like snakes, quietly moving?" In my opinion, like these gods, you should carry the banner on the road, and when the time comes, someone will praise you, a big flag, a gun, our team is strong! ”

"What is a gun?" The brute leader was a little puzzled.

"Oh, it's a weapon to fight tigresses. Aren't all your soldiers male? Zhong Wuregret said.

"Yes, yes, however, we are all used to quiet movements, we often hunt, and when you make trouble, the prey will run away, so we won't do what the adults say." The brute leader said honestly.

"The soldiers of Yongguo are also like you, are they so capable of fighting?" Zhong Wuregret asked nonchalantly.

The leader of the barbarians nodded and said, "Yes, but their swords are stronger than ours. Moreover, they also smeared the venom mixed with snake venom and toad venom on the arrows of bows and arrows, and it was difficult for ordinary people who were hit by arrows to survive. ”

"If the tigers' soldiers meet the soldiers of the Yongguo, will they be able to defeat them?" Zhong Wuregret asked without pretending not to know.

"Fight to win!" The leader of the brute said confidently.

Zhong Wuregret pretended to be very curious and asked, "How can you beat them?" Their poisoned arrows all sound terrifying. Aren't the tigers and your soldiers afraid of poison? Zhong Wuregret pointed to the brute soldier on the upper body **** and said: "If it is really like what the tiger said, they will die if they are cut by an arrow,"

The leader of the barbarians smiled proudly and said, "When we fight them, we will wear rattan armor soaked in oil, the kind of rattan armor that is not afraid of their arrows, and we have an antidote even if we are poisoned." ”

"There will be an antidote to something so poisonous? The Tiger is amazing. Some people say that King Wen of Zhou knows astronomy and geography, and I think the leader is more powerful than King Wen. Zhong Wuregret said.

The leader of the barbarian soldiers smiled and narrowed his eyes, and said, "The antidote is actually very simple, it is ......"

Zhong Wuregret was listening with his ears open, when suddenly, the thin and tall brute interrupted the leader's words: "I'm tired from walking for so long, please give the leader an order to let everyone rest." ”

"What? It's only been a little bit ......" The leader of the barbarians was about to lose his temper, when he saw the tall and thin brute look at him, and he immediately said, "Okay, okay, let's take a rest." ”

Zhong Wuregret returned to his team, and at this time, Yang Youji whispered to Zhong Wuregret with a nervous expression: "The leader said to take us to the capital of Pakistan, but they are going in the wrong direction. Whether it has other intentions, adults should pay more attention. ”

"I've seen it for a long time, but this is exactly the direction we're going to take, so we need everyone to be more careful, I guess even if they want to join the rebel team, they won't do anything to us halfway." Zhong Wuregret looked at the sky and said, "Let's find a way to get rid of them tonight." ”

Yang Yuki answered, returned to the guards, and quietly gave them Zhong Wuregret's order.

Since the rest, the leader of the barbarians has not chatted with Zhong Wuregret again, but has been staying with the tall and thin brute.

After a day's journey, it was already dark. The people lit torches and continued on their way. When they came to a small col, everyone suddenly heard the rumbling sound of a cowhide drum, and the rumbling drum sound spread far away in the silent col, and the drums sounded together, and there were echoes of the drums, as if the surrounding mountains and valleys were responding.

"I can't leave today." A guard came to Zhong Wuregret and whispered.

"What's going on?" Zhong Wuregret asked.

The guard who reported to Zhong Wuregret was called Xiang San, he was a native of Pakistan, and was sold as a slave because of his defeat, but he was later bought by Zhong Wuregret and became a guard, which gave him back his freedom.

"There are old people dead in the place where the drums are sounding, and they are dancing for funeral." The guard said Xiangsan.

Zhong Wuregret listened to the drum beats cheerfully, almost all of them were the most danceable 3/4 or 6/8 beats in modern times, and he asked suspiciously: "Is it really a dead person?" ”

Xiang Sanshu nodded, and said affirmatively: "Yes, we Ba people pay attention to 'drinking and singing when we are alive', we are not like those people in the capital or princes and nobles, who mourn and cry so sadly, our habit is to accompany the dead and celebrate the funeral." ”

While talking and walking, I didn't realize that I had turned the mountain road, and I saw that there were torches around the house in front of a house, and there were many people in the house.

"We're not leaving today, we're going to stay here until dawn. Our country of Pakistan is not like your country of Chu and only cares about ourselves, we are people who are dead and people are mourning, and when we hear the sound of mourning drums, our feet are itching. You see, my soldiers can't bear it anymore, and this singing is all night. The leader of the barbarians said to Zhong Wuregret.

When I came to the front, I saw the coffin of the deceased parked in the middle of the hall, with bamboo flowers in front of the coffin, a large self-made cowhide drum in front of the left, and the drum was set on a large log basin, and an old singer who was blind with one eye was open to the drum and was beating the drum surface. ”

When the singer sang, the people around him sang in unison, and the atmosphere was very warm.

"This old man died after he was sixty years old." The guard Xiangsan approached Zhong Wuxian and whispered.

"How do you know?" Zhong Wuregret felt very strange.

"Do you see a bamboo flower in front of the coffin? This represents the age of the deceased, one year old, made of bamboo skewers and flowers picked from outside. The third guard told Zhong Wuregret.

Zhong Wuxian quietly observed the surroundings, and he found that after they came to the place of the funeral, the barbarian soldiers' surveillance of them had not relaxed, which was not a good sign. (To be continued.) )