Chapter 10: Taking over as Patriarch
The tent was quiet again, and Mu Ge sat on the bed, full of doubts.
The old patriarch had told him to protect the totem battle flag and the black stone tripod no matter what, but before he could take over as the patriarch, he lost the stone tripod, and his heart was full of guilt.
I took out the wooden box from under the bed and opened it, and I was relieved to see that the totem battle flag and the bone the size of a fingernail were safe and sound.
If these two things are also lost, he can only apologize for his sins with death, and I am afraid that death will not be enough to make up for his sins.
Pick up the bone the size of a fingernail, the gray-white bone instantly turns golden, as if it is made of gold, and the right arm is warm and comfortable.
Before he could feel it carefully, a stinging pain came, and it was as if thousands of ants were biting flesh and blood and devouring the bone marrow in his right arm.
A golden glow shot out of the cuffs.
endured the pain and took off his shirt, only to find that his entire arm was wrapped in a golden pattern, which was extremely similar to the pattern of Shi Dingding's body.
"Could it be that Shi Ding, in my body?" Mu Ge boldly guessed.
Thinking carefully about everything that happened before, after the bone knife cut his finger and touched Shi Ding, the intense pain caused him to lose consciousness and fall to the ground.
And from the coma to the awakening, he has been in the tent, and he also learned from the tiger girl that he was in a coma for only a moment.
In such a short period of time, and in the tribe, outsiders have no chance to take Shi Ding unknowingly, even if it is impossible for the clansmen.
Looking at the golden lines that suddenly appeared on his right arm, which were extremely similar to the patterns on Shi Dingding's body, such a guess was also the only possibility.
Other than that, Mu Ge couldn't think of any other reasonable explanation.
The golden arm bones can be fused with the body, why can't the black stone tripod be fused?
The golden bone is placed back in the wooden box, and all visions dissipate.
The nails-sized bone returned to grayish-white, and the gold pattern that wrapped around the right arm turned black.
Studying the pattern on his right arm carefully, it was chaotic and complicated, and his current ability could not get a glimpse of the mystery.
Put away the wooden box and hide it under the bed, and all afternoon, I was concentrating on studying the patterns on my arms.
Outside the tents, the sky gradually darkened, and the people who had gone out to graze their cattle drove their cattle and sheep back to the tribe.
In the clearing between the tribes, the clansmen set up bonfires, and the blazing flames drove away the darkness that was coming.
The tiger girl walked into the tent with the new animal skin clothes made by her grandmother in her arms, and the excitement was still on her face.
Seeing Mu Ge sitting on the bed, he walked up to him and looked at his right arm and asked, "Brother Mu, when did you get the sashimi?" ”
"Ahh ”
"But what are you stabbing at, it's a mess. ”
"Fooling around, why are you here?"
"When is it, you are still sitting in a daze, the clan knows that you are going to take over as the patriarch, you have prepared everything, and you have killed a few sheep to celebrate?"
"Kill sheep? How can this be?" Hearing Hu Niu say that the clansmen killed sheep, Mu Ge couldn't accept it.
Cattle and sheep are all tributes to the Zuoqiu clan, in exchange for the right to use the territory and hunting area, how can they be killed because they take over as the patriarch to celebrate.
Seeing Mu Ge running out of the tent shirtless, Hu Niu hurriedly grabbed him and said, "The sheep are almost roasted, what's the use of driving them out now, change your clothes quickly." ”
"I..."
"Brother Mutou, today is a big day, don't embarrass the clansmen, I haven't eaten mutton for a long time, I'm drooling when I think about it, dip your light, let me be a nobleman today, okay..."
The tiger girl pulled Mu Ge's arm and was coquettish, shaking his dizziness, and when he heard that the mutton was almost cooked, he could only compromise.
The newly made blue-brown animal skin coat is tough and heavy, and the shoulders and chest are decorated with scale armor, which is not only beautiful, but also plays a protective role.
Unexpectedly, Grandma actually made clothes for him out of the skin of a fierce beast.
Hu Niu personally combed Mu Ge's hair and tied silver hair accessories to his braids.
"Tiger girl, fierce beast, I..." Mu Ge had something in his heart, but it was difficult to speak, the fierce beast was his coming-of-age ceremony, and it was also the dowry for marrying the tiger girl.
"Brother Mutou, in the spring of next year, just take three calves as a dowry, and I will convince my father. ”
Tiger Niu's empathetic comfort made him feel even more uncomfortable.
The tent suddenly became quiet, and both chose to remain silent.
"Comb your hair, let's go out, don't wait too long. ”
"Okay, listen to you. ”
The two of them walked out of the tent one after the other, the silver moon hung high in the sky, and the bonfire burning in the middle of the tribe was like the sun setting here during the day, illuminating the entire tribe.
The tribesmen were dressed in costumes, and the smell of roasted whole sheep wafted throughout the tribe.
The old patriarch sat upright at the door of the main tent, on the right hand was Abba Mufeng, and on the left was Uncle Mushan, whose strength was second only to Abba, and he had been waiting for a long time.
Mu Ge walked to the campfire, and the people who were talking to each other stopped discussing and looked at him.
The old patriarch stood up on crutches and said to all the clansmen: "My clan Mu Ge, although he has just come of age, but his strength is outstanding, he is the first warrior of the Mu clan, the tribe was attacked, he stood up, and his military exploits were outstanding, and he killed the warrior of the Moha clan with his bare hands, and increased the prestige of the Mu clan, so I decided to pass on the position of the patriarch to Mu Ge, and the Mu clan will be stronger under his leadership, and you clansmen, are you willing to accept it?"
"I am willing to accept and recognize Mu Ge as the patriarch. Mu Shan was the first to stand up and support Mu Ge.
"I'm willing to accept..."
"I'm willing to accept..."
All the clansmen expressed their willingness to accept Mu Ge as the patriarch of the Mu clan one after another.
"Mu Ge, take the token. The patriarch took out a token made of metal from his bosom and called Mu Ge to take the order.
This token is the Zuoqiu Decree issued by the Zuoqiu clan, and the area map of the Mu clan's territory and hunting area is engraved on the back, and it is also the identity symbol of the patriarch.
The matter has come to this point, everyone is looking forward to it, Mu Ge has no reason to refuse, he stepped forward and knelt on one knee and took the token with both hands.
The ceremony has been completed, and from this moment on, Mu Ge is the patriarch of the Mu clan.
The clansmen cheered, the nine roasted whole sheep on the shelf next to the bonfire, golden and oily, the fragrance overflowing, and the fragrance of mare's milk wine in the clay pot mixed with the smell of barbecue, which could arouse the appetite of the clansmen.
Although Hu Niu is a guest, because she often comes to the Mu clan, no one treats her as an outsider.
After the ceremony, she ran impatiently to the bonfire, pulled out her dagger, cut off a leg of mutton and presented it to the old patriarch, and then pulled up Mu Ge and danced around the bonfire, eating meat and drinking, happy like a little sparrow.
Tonight, the tiger girl is very happy, the man she fancies has become the patriarch of the Mu clan, and she is proud of it.
The two brothers Muyun and Muyu held the clay pot to find Mu Ge to fight for wine, and they could not refuse.
Other clansmen also came to congratulate them with mare's milk wine.
Mu Ge did not refuse.
At this moment, the celebratory clansmen threw away all their worries, cheered and drank heartily.
The celebration lasted until late at night, and Mu Ge himself didn't know how much wine he drank, but then he couldn't drink it anymore, so Hu Niu continued to drink with him.
Mu Feng was also poured a lot of wine, but he always remained sober, and the safety of the tribe needed to be guarded.