The general was silent for a moment, then changed the topic and said, "We have been walking for three days now, how far is it from the "Qili Mountain" you said?"

Yamamoto Mingyue looked at him, his eyes crossed his face like water, and said: "Qilitong is the largest gathering place of the Miao people in southern Xinjiang, according to my impression, this place has been a lively place where various ethnic groups live together in the past twenty miles, called "Tianshui Village", from there there is a treacherous path to the south, which is the road to the Miao people's Qilitong. Then, she smiled lightly and said, "But I don't know if there have been any other changes in the situation here in southern Xinjiang in the past three hundred years. ”

The general nodded silently and subconsciously quickened his pace.

Yamamoto Mingyue followed behind him, his eyes lingered on him a few times, and then looked ahead, the mountains were connected, towering, majestic and precipitous, as if they were giants, staring at the heaven and earth, on the ancient road, these little people......

In the past ten years, the generals have studied southern Xinjiang for Ling'er, and they know a little about the customs here.

In addition to the wild alien races in the 100,000 mountains that stretch for thousands of miles in the extreme south, the people who have lived in the border areas of southern Xinjiang for generations have roughly five main tribes, namely: Miao, Tu, Zhuang, Li, and Gaoshan.

In terms of population, the Zhuang nationality has the largest number, accounting for almost 40 percent of the total population in southern Xinjiang; in terms of territory, the Miao nationality is the most powerful and occupies the most fertile land; and in terms of folk customs, the mountain ethnic group with the smallest population is the most fierce.

These five major tribes have lived in this southern frontier for generations. Each of the five ethnic groups has its own language, but in general, when communicating with each other, they use a common language similar to the hinterland of the Great Wilderness Country, but they all have some local ethnic "characteristics".

For many years, there have naturally been times when they communicate with each other and enjoy each other, but there are also contradictions that intrigue and fight with each other. Over the years, a situation has gradually formed in which the five major tribes have their own territory, but their territories are intertwined with each other.

In places where the territories of various tribes meet, there are often villages and towns where people of several tribes live together, and at most there are even five tribes living in the same place at the same time, living together with each other.

The Tianshui Village in the mouth of Yamamoto Mingyue is located in the border of the Miao, Zhuang, Tu and Gaoshan tribes, and it is also a famous and lively place on the border of southern Xinjiang.

When the sky gradually darkened and approached dusk, the generals, Yamamoto Mingyue, and the two finally walked into Tianshui Village.

Although there is a village word in the name of this place, it is fundamentally different from the cottage that is usually built on the top of the mountain in southern Xinjiang, Tianshui Village is built on a spacious flat land, there is a road out of the village in the southeast and northwest, according to the explanation of the mountain Ben Mingyue Road, this place was originally built by the Tu people, and the original site is not here, but on a mountain not far from the west, because of a clear spring at the head of the mountain, so it is called Tianshui Village.

It was only later that the four tribes bordered each other and the population grew, and the place became a place where the population was mixed.

And the business travel is gradually increasing, and then living in the mountains, one is a small place, inconvenient to live, and the other is quite difficult, even though the people here in southern Xinjiang are generally stronger and healthier than the people in the hinterland of the Great Wilderness Country, but no one is willing to climb the mountain every day to exercise.

As a result, some people began to move to live at the foot of the mountain, from less to more, and after a long time, the people in the whole cottage gradually migrated down, and with the prosperity of the trade of the four tribes, the business travel became more frequent, and the scale also expanded. As for the cottage on the original mountain, it is gradually abandoned, and only the name Tianshui Village has been retained.

At this moment, the sky has just darkened, and there are still many pedestrians on the street, coming and going, the surroundings are noisy, and the languages of various ethnic groups are sounding from time to time, which is completely different from the desertion on the ancient road just now.

The general's brows furrowed slightly, and he was slightly annoyed in his heart, but faintly thought of some other concerns.

He turned his head to look to the side quietly, only to see a smile on the corner of Yamamoto Mingyue's mouth, looking at the group of children frolicking with great interest, coarse linen shirts, but where could she hide her soft and charming beauty.

Not to mention that in this southern frontier, the wind and frost are severe, and most of the women are ordinary-looking and dark-skinned; it is to go to the hinterland of the Great Wilderness Country, and turn into a human form with Yamamoto Mingyue's thousands of years of practice, and the soft and charming meaning that is faintly exuded under the delicate and beautiful appearance, with a smile and a smile, all have the charm of making people intoxicated.

Sure enough, a moment later, in the midst of children's playful laughter and scolding, more and more people looked over, and the eyes of those adults naturally and quickly moved from the child's body to the woman who could hardly hide the beauty of the coarse linen clothes.

In an instant, it seemed that the invisible sound wave spread, and everyone was amazed, but the woman under the gaze of countless eyes did not have the slightest shyness, looking at the way she kept smiling, it seemed that she liked this feeling.

The general had a big headache, it was so eye-catching, it was definitely not his intention, and he was thinking about whether to remind the woman next to him, quickly find a place to live, get up early tomorrow, and go to that Qilitong to do business.

It's just that it seems that his idea is destined to be unrealizable, and the characters who will inevitably appear in countless stories that have been passed down in the world have also appeared at this moment.

The legendary hooligans originally existed in the border areas of southern Xinjiang and among the ethnic minorities.

The three people who walked out of the crowd were almost the same men, tall, rude, tiger-backed, speaking a half-baked common language mixed with local characteristics, and began to tease Yamamoto Mingyue.

Hooligan A: "Uh, black one...... This woman is so beautiful!"

Yamamoto Mingyue smiled, brushed his face with his hand, indescribably soft, and said, "Really?"

In an instant, the crowd of onlookers was in an uproar.

The three hooligans were overjoyed, and Hooligan B opened his clothes, revealing a good figure: "Little sister, follow me! I'll let you eat spicy ...... Drink deliciously!"

Many of the onlookers burst out laughing, and Yamamoto Akizuki glanced at the generals standing next to him, with a smile on his face.

Hooligan C laughed at Hooligan B and said: "Do you know what it means to eat spicy and drink fragrant, that is to eat and drink spicy!" After that, he turned his head to Yamamoto Mingyue and said: "Little sister, my family has 10,000 acres of fertile land, you follow me, and you ......"

He was halfway through his words, but he couldn't speak for a while, only to see a stronger smile on Yamamoto Mingyue's face, as if it was a flattery emanating from his heart, and his eyes were like water in a pair of bright eyes, as if they were about to flow out.

It's just that her body took a step back, stood beside the general, and said softly: "I'm a good person." ”

The surrounding crowd was in an uproar again.

The general's face was gloomy, and he stood there silently, feeling the six fierce eyes of the three hooligans in front of him, full of hostility to him.

After a while, the hooligans rushed up, and it seemed that the southern Xinjiang proverb that came out of the fist was still vibrant and practiced by the people of southern Xinjiang for thousands of years.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

With three sounds, three figures flew out, slammed into the roadside wall, and then fell heavily, moaning loudly.

The onlookers were dumbfounded, and the general said lightly: "Let's go find a place to stay, and we'll leave early tomorrow morning." After saying that, he walked forward, and the little gray lying on the ground caught up with him two or three times, jumped on his shoulder, squeaked and laughed non-stop, and turned his head and made a grimace at Yamamoto Mingyue.

Yamamoto Mingyue smiled slightly, followed, walked to the general's side, and suddenly whispered: "You see that I have been imprisoned for three hundred years, so I am not old, right?"

The general didn't say a word, but just quickened his pace.

The southern frontier is very different from the customs of the hinterland of the Great Wilderness Country, but after many years, although it is located in a remote area, after all, there are exchanges with the hinterland of the Great Wilderness Country. The furs, ores and other specialties produced in southern Xinjiang have always had an excellent reputation in the Central Plains, attracting many merchants to trade.

Over time, the inns that did not exist at all in southern Xinjiang also appeared in the most lively towns under the influence of merchants in the hinterland of the Great Wilderness Country.

The general and Yamamoto Mingyue are now in such an inn, and the name is directly with the local name, "Tianshui Inn".

Entering the inn, it is obvious that the tables and chairs are furnished, which is very influenced by the hinterland culture of the Great Wilderness Country, but the boss and the guys are all local Zhuang people. The Zhuang people in the southern Xinjiang, the population is the largest, the relative life is also relatively rich, by the hinterland of the Great Wilderness country is the deepest, no other ethnic groups still adhere to the hunt-based life, the Zhuang people have gradually begun to farm and do business.

However, despite this, the Zhuang people are relatively peaceful, and most of the people have less of that fierceness, so they are not as strong as the Miao people with a population less than them.

The general and Yamamoto Mingyue sat down, and a man had already come to receive him, but at this time the world was getting dark, but there were not many guests in the inn. This guy looks like a costume, and he is also a member of the Zhuang clan in southern Xinjiang, but most of them have been working here for some time, and he actually speaks quite fluently.

"Two guest officers, do you want to eat something, there are clean rooms here in our store, the price is the most fair, and it is famous far and wide. ”

The general nodded and said, "Leave us two clean houses, and we'll stay for one night." ”

The guy smiled and nodded, and then said, "Two guest officers, you shouldn't have eaten yet, can you order some food?"

The general was not hungry, but after looking at Yamamoto Mingyue, he still decided to ask for something to eat, and said, "Well, you can bring us two bowls of rice and a few more ......."

"Uh!" Yamamoto Mingyue, who was sitting on the side, suddenly spoke, smiling, and said, "Do you have a "stuffy yellow sparrow" here?"

The general was stunned for a moment, and looked at Yamamoto Mingyue, the guy was also stunned, and couldn't help but glance at Yamamoto Mingyue, and said: "Girl, haven't you come to our southern Xinjiang, we naturally have this signature dish." ”

Yamamoto Mingyue had a stronger smile on his face, his eyes flashed, as if he was recalling something, and said slowly: "Well, by the way, there are also "three snake intestines", "roasted bear tail", "roasted autumn leaves", "five small insects", "

Blackheart Fruit "......"

Her eyes flickered, and she thought as she spoke, at first the speed was relatively slow, and she said the name of the dish one by one, but later she said it faster and faster, and the name of the dish was even more bizarre.

The general was stunned, and not only did the smile on the face of the guy in the shop turn into an embarrassed expression with his mouth wide open and couldn't close it, but even the shopkeeper who was settling accounts in the distance couldn't help but come over.

Yamamoto Mingyue probably said nearly thirty dishes in one breath, then he stopped and rested, turned his head and smiled at the boss and his buddy: "Do you have these dishes here?"

The boss and the guy looked at each other, and after a while, the boss laughed dryly, and said: "Girl, you are really well-informed, the many dishes you just said, all of them are famous dishes that are special products of southern Xinjiang, but there are many ingredients that are not easy to find. Sorry. ”