Chapter 66: Sacrifice to the River God
Qin Mu was puzzled, how could he be unlucky when he touched the sweat towel, and he would be unlucky for three years?
However, this "sweat towel" has a soft texture, is very lubricated to the touch, naturally has a fragrance, and it is really good to wipe sweat, it should be woven from different kinds of silk, which is very valuable, and it is difficult to see such a high-quality fabric in the ruins.
Qin Mu stuffed the sweat towel into his arms and played with Shaobao's sword and scabbard, and was very happy in his heart.
The upper half of the scabbard of the Shaobao sword is golden, embellished with jade and beads, and the sheath is carved to swallow the mouth of the fish dragon, and the place where the fish dragon opens its mouth is the place where the sword is unsheathed.
The lower half of the scabbard is silver-gray without any decoration or carving, while the sheath tail is a carved ichthyosaurus tail, which is also golden.
Bite.
Qin Mu returned the sword back to the sheath, his vitality poured into the scabbard, Shaobao's sword was unsheathed again, and when it was unsheathed, he saw a huge ichthyosaurus emerge from the scabbard, jumped to the top of his head, and opened his mouth to spit out the sword.
Qin Mu raised his hand and drew his sword from the fish's mouth, feeling comfortable in his heart.
"This scabbard is really a good thing, it can manifest an ichthyosaurus!"
He returned the sword back to its sheath, and the fish dragon swallowed Shaobao's sword and disappeared into the scabbard.
Qin Mu's heart was full of joy, and then the vitality poured into the scabbard again, the ichthyosaurus reappeared, spit out the Shaobao sword, he drew the sword and inserted the Shaobao sword into the fish's mouth, and the ichthyosaurus fused with the scabbard again.
He played over and over again, and the blind man on the side couldn't help but say, "Mu'er, stop playing, your mother-in-law has brought a few more animals and asked you to go and herd the cattle." These cows, in order to catch Ming'er, will be taken to Mosaic City to be sold. ”
Qin Mu responded, hurriedly returned to the village, and took six bullocks out of the village to graze, wondering in his heart: "Some time ago, my mother-in-law has sold the livestock in the village, why are there six more cows now? Where do these cattle come from?"
When he walked out of the village, he saw the village chief, the medicine man, the mute and others gathered together, discussing something. The lame man sat aside, dismantled a black flag, threw the banner to Ma Ye to make the curtain of the carpenter's shop, and threw the pole of the black flag to Granny Si to use to catch chickens.
The next day, Qin Mu set up the ox cart, and Granny Si smiled and said, "Mu'er, you will also come with you when you enter the city this time." ”
Qin Mu was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly put on the Shaobao sword on his back, brought a pig-killing knife, a bamboo cane, a hammer and other things, jumped on the ox cart, and the blind man walked unhurriedly behind him, and sat on the ox cart with Granny Si left and right.
The cart was loaded with some iron tools made of mutes, as well as several stacks of exotic animal skins and furs obtained by Ma Ye, Cripple and Qin Mu from hunting, and two sheep were tied to their hooves and placed in the cargo.
There are three big oxen in front of the ox cart, which are very powerful, and there are three leashes in the back of the cart.
The boy waved his whip, and the big scalper blinked innocently and walked out of the village.
This was the first time he had entered the city, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart, so excited that his body seemed to be about to fly, and he didn't notice the innocent eyes of the big scalpers and goats.
The dragon city is far away from the old remnant village, thousands of miles away, so entering the city is a big deal. However, the ruins are desolate, and the land route is not easy to walk, so you must first take the water route, and then walk more than ten miles by land to come to the Dragon City.
Qin Mu drove to the Yongjiang River, only to see the lame man set up a big bamboo raft by the river, he carefully drove the ox cart to the bamboo raft, the lame untied the cable, and the bamboo raft drifted down the river, the speed became faster and faster.
Even at this speed, it would take four or five days to reach the Dragon City.
After drifting for more than 40 miles, the blind man tapped the water with a bamboo cane, and the bamboo raft suddenly floated to the shore.
Qin Mu was puzzled, and looked up at the shore, but saw that it was the direction of the grandmother's temple, and many people from various villages had gathered on the shore, and most of them were waiting by the river with ox carts and carriages.
The Yongjiang River is treacherous, the water is turbulent, and there are many water monsters and fierce big fish in the river, so the villagers of each village often choose to go to the dragon city together on the same day, and it is convenient for many people to take care of each other.
The river was full of bamboo rafts, and there were also bamboo rafts in the distance, and after a while, a hundred and ten bamboo rafts gathered here.
The blind man took out a few sticks of incense, lit them in the wind, and inserted them by the river, and other villagers stepped forward one after another, and inserted a stick of incense sticks by the river, and the incense mist on the riverside drifted to the center of the river with the breeze.
Suddenly, someone shouted a loud trumpet, and then more people sang loudly by the river, this is a river song, singing to worship the god of the river.
"Swim with women in the nine rivers, rushing to the wind and raising the water;
"Take a waterwheel and a lotus, and drive two dragons;
"Ascending Kunlun and looking around, the heart is soaring;
"The sun will be twilight and forgetful, but the extreme is full of nostalgia;
......”
The ancient tone swirled in the nose and throat, and many villagers sang together, the voice was melodious and magnificent, and there was a kind of inexplicable emotion in this scene that made Qin Mu inexplicable.
Suddenly, the water in front of them parted, and behemoths peeked out from the bottom of the water.
From the bottom of the water emerged a giant beast of the water, with a blue back, with four huge webbed, like fish fins, their heads resembled those of a fish, but with a long snout, like a spear.
The head of a giant beast in the water was raised, like a small hill, and its nose came to the incense on the bank of the river, and when he inhaled it hard, a stick of incense on the bank burned rapidly, and the smoke entered the nose of the giant beast.
The beasts closed their eyes, and after a moment opened their mouths and spat out a large smoke ring, as if enjoying themselves.
The villagers on the shore took the opportunity to drive the ox cart to the long green back of the giant beast, Qin Mu saw this, and hurriedly drove to the back of a giant beast, Granny Si took out a large piece of meat that had been prepared long ago and threw it into the water, the giant beast ate the piece of meat, let out a long "boom" sound, and then swam on all four flippers, carrying the ox cart and the three people on the cart downstream.
Behind them, a long, blue-backed beast let out a long chirp, and the cries in the river came and went, accompanied by the villagers' high and low chantings, and the giant beasts carried them upstream.
"This is a unique beast in the Yongjiang River, called the Negative River. ”
Granny Si said: "The negative river is the river god in the hearts of the villagers living along the river, I like the smoke of incense, I also like to eat beef, and my favorite is to listen to songs and praise them." The people who live by the river only need to light a few sticks of incense to attract them, and offer beef to let the negative river take us upstream. If the river is hungry on the way, we must throw in some beef, otherwise they will not dry up and throw us into the water. ”
Qin Mu was amazed.
The Negative River Behemoth swam very fast, coupled with the fact that it went down the river, breaking through the waves all the way, and the strong wind was blowing in its face, even faster than the horses on the shore.
Qin Mu calculated, with the speed of the Negative River Beast, he was afraid that he would be able to come to the Dragon City thousands of miles away before dark!
In the Yongjiang River, the cry of the giant beast of the negative river rises and falls, the green hills on both sides of the river also rise and fall, the sun shines from the face, the river surface is sparkling, and the golden snake dances.
Qin Mu looked at it from afar, and suddenly felt that his body and mind were incomparably broad, as if this Jinjiang Green Mountain and Blue Sky Canyon were all hidden in his chest.
This is a magical land, magical people, magical river beasts, although for the people outside the ruins, there are poor mountains and bad water shrews everywhere, but for Qin Mu, this is his hometown!
In the evening, when the sun was setting, Qin Mu saw a small dock appear on the bank of the river, and a beast with a negative river gradually slowed down and swam towards the dock.
Granny Si got up and said with a smile: "Mosaic Dragon City is almost here, Mu'er, drive down, let's enter the city as soon as possible." ”
Qin Mu parked the bamboo raft, drove ashore, and looked back, only to see that other negative river beasts had also docked, and people from other villages in the ruins also drove off the ox carts and carriages and walked in one direction.
The ox cart traveled two or three miles, climbed up a small hill, and in front of it was a downhill road, Qin Mu jumped off the ox cart and planned to hold the big yellow ox so as not to slip, but suddenly his heart shook slightly, and he looked ahead blankly.
At the foot of this hillside, an avenue paved straight ahead, there is a simple and majestic city, the four corners of the city wall have a thick and more than 30 zhang high stone pillars of about 1670 zhang, each stone pillar has a golden dragon coiled, should be carved, is inlaid with gold leaf, so the golden light is brilliant!
And the city tower of this city is also made into the shape of a dragon's head, the city gate is the dragon's mouth, and the eaves of the city tower are like dragon horns, which is both hideous and domineering!
Mosaic Dragon City.
One of the few prosperous places in Daxu.
The resources in the ruins are scarce, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar are all precious things, which need to be purchased from the outside world, and not everyone can go to the outside world, only in a prosperous place like the dragon city, there are outside businessmen to come and bring goods from the outside world, and at the same time, the rare things of the ruins are bought and sold to the outside world.
"The dragon pillars here are much larger than the stone statues in our village. ”
Qin Mu sincerely admired: "If you can grab it, it will definitely be majestic at the entrance of our village!"
Granny Si glanced at him: "If you can snatch it, your mother-in-law will have snatched it a long time ago, unless you can get all the old guys in the village to go out, it is possible to snatch it! Hurry up, it's getting dark, enter the city early!"
The wheels were spinning, Qin Mu drove the ox cart into the city, looking around curiously, everything in the dragon city made him feel fresh.
The city was full of traffic, full of people, and he had not seen so many people since he was born.
And there are many girls, dressed up in fancy clothes, standing on the buildings very enthusiastically, pushing open the window lattices and waving at him, constantly calling him to come up and play.
"The people in the city are so welcoming. ”
Qin Mu was very excited, waved at those girls, and said loudly: "When I finish selling things, I will play with my sisters!"
The blind man couldn't cry or laugh: "Mu'er, the girls upstairs are all stumbling girls, and they don't really want to play with you." If you go up, you'll be knocked out of your bones, and even your bone marrow will be sucked out!"
Qin Mu was taken aback: "Blind grandfather, they all stood firmly, and they didn't look like they had stumbled." Are they all goblins like Wu Nu? Wu Nu said that she wanted to play some shameful things with me, but I didn't agree. ”