Chapter Eighty-Nine: White Miao
Editor's note: I'm afraid that the officials won't understand it, so let's explain. Geshe is a surname of the Miao people, and it is a dragon in Sinicization. Long Xueling is the name of the Chinese language, and it should be Ouyi Geshe in Miao language, but here I will only use the name of Long Xueling, in addition, all the author's statements about the Miao family's witch Gu are compiled by the author, if it violates reality, please forgive me.
"Where are we going?" Li Shan's body is very weak now, and the bumpy carriage makes Li Shan even more uncomfortable, and he has to rest for a while every time he says a word.
"Luzhou." Long Xueling drove the carriage and spit out two words lightly, although Li Shan has woken up, it does not mean that you Shan can survive.
If it weren't for Long Xueling using his natal Gu worm to help Li Shan take a breath, Li Shan would have been a dead man by now. But Long Xueling's natal Gu worm can't cure Li Shan, at most, it guarantees that Li Shan won't die for the time being, but Li Shan can't last long if it drags on like this, Long Xueling wants to bring Li Shan back to her hometown, she believes that Granny Miao can cure Li Shan.
Li Shan stopped talking, he was now sleeping basically all day long, and he rarely woke up.
A few days later, Long Xueling finally took Li Shan to Luzhou and came to her hometown. Li Shan was already in a semi-comatose state, and the continuous rush consumed his body very much.
The beautiful Miao cottage is hidden in the mountains. Along the way, the green mountains and green waters, the hard-working Miao people are working in the terraced fields on the mountainside, and the wooden stilted buildings loom among the trees.
"Xue Ling, you're finally back! Uncle Igsy is dying of what you're looking for. I'm going to tell Uncle Eggsey. A Miao man ran over in surprise when he saw Long Xueling.
(Answer, answer is the honorific title of Miao men and women to each other.) )
"Dangan, don't go. I'll get home on my own. Long Xueling was very scared in her heart, she didn't know how her parents would react when they found out about her situation, and she didn't know if Granny Miao Wu could save Li Shan. She looked back at Li Shan, who was still asleep, and her heart was mixed. "I'm going to Granny Miao now."
Walking up the hill, the stilted buildings gradually thinned, and finally only a lonely one remained, which was more arrogant and cold than any of them.
"Granny Miao, Granny Miao. Snow Spirit, please save him. "Long Xueling finally came to Granny Miao's house.
An old woman dressed in traditional Miao costume and looking a little old slowly walked down from the stilted building. I was very happy to see Long Xueling: "Oh, my Xueling, you're back." Where have you been these days? Don't cry, don't cry, just come back, just come back. ”
Long Xueling knelt directly in front of Granny Miao and said, "Granny Miao, you must save him." As long as you save him, I am willing to do whatever you ask me to do. ”
Granny Miao Wu approached the carriage and looked at Li Shan, and said, "Dangan, hurry up and carry him in, it should be light, his injuries are too serious." ”
Putting Li Shan on the bed, Granny Miao looked at Li Shan carefully, and suddenly her expression changed greatly, and she turned her head and pointed at Long Xueling, and said sharply: "You, what did you do?" The sound was violent, and Dan Gandong next to him was taken aback.
Long Xueling also trembled, and said in a trembling voice: "I, I ......"
Granny Miao interrupted Long Xueling and said, "Don't say it, Dangan, you go out first." Dan Gan didn't dare to disobey, glanced at Long Xueling worriedly, and hurriedly went out.
"You actually gave the natal Gu worm to this person, who do you say he is? Why the hell are you doing this? Granny Miao said bitterly, "Are you worthy of Butterfly Niangniang like this?" Is it worthy of our Bai Miao ancestors? ”
Long Xueling also couldn't cry, and pleaded: "Granny Miao, I know it's wrong. I beg you, save him, as long as you save him, I am willing to protect the butterfly lady for the rest of my life. ”
"Could it be that this is the fate of our Bai Miao?" Granny Miao felt a lot older in an instant, "You go, I won't save him." Long Xueling knelt down and crawled to Granny Miao and said, "Granny Miao, I beg you, you help me." He can't die. If you don't save him, I'll be on my knees all the time. ”
Granny Miao snorted, turned around and went upstairs, completely ignoring Long Xueling's cries and pleadings.
"Xue Ling, how can you go home to see your father and mother when you come back. Do you know how worried your mother is about you? "Long Xueling's father, Uncle Yigexi, learned that Xueling had returned, and hurriedly ran to Granny Miao's stilted building." Xue Ling, why are you kneeling here? Didn't Granny Miao punish you? You deserve it, see if you dare to run around. ”
Uncle Yigexi didn't know what was going on, and when he saw his daughter crying heartbroken, he relented and said, "Okay, it's good to know that it's wrong, I'll go and beg Granny Miao." So saying, he went upstairs.
After a while, Uncle Yigexi ran downstairs angrily, and raised his hand to hit Long Xueling, but the raised hand still did not let go, and finally sighed heavily, and sat there without speaking.
Long Xueling cried and fainted before she knew it. When Uncle Yigexi saw it, he was startled and hurriedly came over to hug Long Xueling, and shouted loudly: "Granny Miao, come and see, Xue Ling has fainted." ”
Long Xueling used his natal Gu worm to save Li Shan, and he himself had damage to his body, coupled with the fact that he had been traveling day and night in the past few days, and now in the face of the double pressure of Granny Miao and his father, he finally couldn't bear it and fainted.
"Li Shan, Li Shan." Long Xueling dreamed of Li Shan's tragic death in her sleep and woke up in shock. only to find herself lying on her own bed, and her mother was boiling medicine for her next to her. Seeing that Long Xueling woke up, her mother didn't speak, obviously angry with her.
"Mother, mother. I'm sorry, it's Xue Ling's fault. Long Xueling struggled to sit up, but her body was so weak that she almost didn't roll off the bed.
Aunt Igsey hurriedly came over and helped her to lie down, and tears flowed down her eyes, and she said sadly, "Silly boy, why are you so troubled? It is said that the Han people do not have a good thing, which is really true, they are all sick like this, and it has affected our family Xueling. I'm really sorry for you. ”
Xue Ling was also full of grievances, but still explained: "It's not Li Shan's fault, he became like this to save me." Mother, you help me beg Granny Miao and let her save Li Shan. ”
The great god of Yigexi had no good impression of Li Shan at all, and said angrily: "A guy like this kind of harm should die, why save him!" ”
Long Xueling said in horror when she heard this: "No, you must save him." As he spoke, he struggled to get up.
Aunt Igsey hurriedly held her down and said, "Okay, okay, don't move." Granny Miao will save him. He has the incarnation of a butterfly lady on his body, and Granny Miao will let that kid live for it. ”
Long Xueling was relieved when she heard this, and her highly tense nerves finally relaxed, and she fell asleep in a blink of an eye. She was really physically and mentally exhausted.
In the ancestral hall of the Bai Miao tribe, the atmosphere was very warm at this time, the patriarch of the Bai Miao, the nine leaders of the Bai Miao tribe, (that is, the nine leaders of the drum head, the song head, the table head, the salute head, the martial head, the living road head, the head guard, the captain, the grain head, etc.) and the Miao witch were discussing fiercely.
Bai Miao's martial head Yang Erduo said angrily: "Finally, our Bai Miao came up with the incarnation of a butterfly girl, and was ruined by that Han boy, in my opinion, I can't be angry when I chop that kid." Save him, I'll be the first to refuse. ”
Ildo's words spoke to the hearts of the majority, and some people immediately echoed them, and one or two objections were quickly drowned out in the shouting.
Uncle Yi Gexi is Bai Miao's food head, and he is naturally among the meetings, but he is in a dilemma now, he knows that his daughter wants to save Li Shan, but when he thinks that the incarnation of the butterfly lady is so bad, he also hates the root of his teeth.
"Alright, don't make any noise." A fine old man with white temples and a somewhat rickety body pestle the floor with a cane, signaling everyone to be quiet, he is now the patriarch of the Bai Miao clan, Uncle Agong, "Although the incarnation of Butterfly Niangniang was eaten by this kid, but after all, this is the gift of Butterfly Niangniang, maybe this is what Butterfly Niangniang means, to save this person." If we let him die, wouldn't it be against the Butterfly Lady's intentions? Therefore, I feel that the people still have to be saved. ”
The prestige of Uncle Agong, the patriarch of Bai Miao, was still very high, and as soon as he spoke, everyone else quieted down, and then he glanced at Granny Miao Wu, who had not spoken, and said, "Granny Miao Wu, what do you think?" ”
Granny Miao pondered for a while and said, "I agree with the patriarch's words, but that kid's injury is very serious, and it is not so easy to cure him. I'll do my best, old woman. ”
Wutou Yang Erduo was obviously not convinced, stood up and said loudly: "The Han people don't have a good thing, why should we save him?" Uncle Agung said sharply: "Yangerdo, don't you think things are messy enough?" Don't make any more noise. This matter was decided. In addition, don't make a noise about this matter, only those of us know about it, and others can't reveal it at all, understand? ”
The Miao family raises Gu, but the Gu worms raised are all harmful to people, and they are called poisonous Gu. And there is a kind of person who can use his body as a vessel to raise Gu, this Gu grows up with the Gu master and has a gentle temperament, and can absorb the medicinal properties of herbs, which is called medicine Gu. Because there are very few people who can use themselves as utensils to raise Gu, almost not one in a hundred years, so they are also called the incarnation of Butterfly Niangniang, and the Gu she has raised since she was a child is called the blessing of Butterfly Niangniang.
With this Gu, she can prepare more Gu medicines to cure diseases and save people, but this Gu can only be cultivated when she is a child, and she can only cultivate it once in her life, so this Gu is also called her natal Gu. Sending the natal Gu out means that the incarnation of the butterfly lady has disappeared.
The entire Miao people believe that Butterfly Niangniang is their ancestor and has a high degree of reverence for Butterfly Niangniang, so the woman who is called the incarnation of Butterfly Niangniang has an important position in the Miao people, even more than the patriarchs of more than a dozen tribes such as white seedlings, black seedlings, flower seedlings, green seedlings, etc. The significance of Long Xueling's move is really extraordinary.
At this time, Li Shan was still lying quietly in the stilted building of Granny Miao, quietly waiting for the arrangement of fate.