The two of us swam out of the cave, and we thought that Liu Xiang would also flow along the water to the exit of the cave, but we didn't see him at the exit. Outside the exit of this cave is the rice field crops in Peacock Village, at this time it is already the sun in the west, it is already afternoon, and there are a few villagers working in the fields, they are dressed like wild men in the movie, with these gorgeous feathers on their heads, and they are wearing skirts and vests made of bird feathers, and their faces are painted with colorful oil paint, hiding their real faces, and their eyes are full of vigilance when they see us coming.

Lu Zhidao whispered to me: "Don't act rashly, look for a suitable opportunity to find Liu Xiang." ”

The villagers came to ask us, speaking pure Dai dialect, and the two of us explained our intentions with comparisons.

I muttered, "I'll go, it's too much work." ”

Then they blindfolded us and brought us into the village with our hands tied behind our backs. Lu Zhidao didn't take a few steps before calling my name to make sure the two of us weren't separated. Every hundred steps I took I would make a fingernail on my arm, and I felt like I was turning a long path, and after about a few thousand steps, we stopped. Letting go of our hands, the cloth covering our eyes was torn off, our eyes were used to black eyes, and it was a little stinging when a beam of light spilled in. I didn't bother to observe my surroundings, and quickly counted the number on my arm, and the marks I had made at the beginning were already slightly red, and I was about to lose sight. Looking up at the room, it was all made of wood, and in front of us was a wooden desk and a pair of high wooden stools, and there was a painting hanging behind it, blurred, probably a peacock opening the screen, and the other birds were looking up, and there was no other furniture in the house, most of them were feather decorations, there were no windows, and the room looked dark and dull. Standing in front of us was an old woman, with a cane and no oil paint to hide the folds on the woman's face, squinting at us. There were a few villagers on both sides, all looking at us with defensive and curious eyes. The two of us are like prisoners who have been arraigned.

The two of us gestured to them one by one, explaining our general intention: we were here to find an antidote and remove this thing from our bodies, and there was no danger to Peacock Village. Then Lu Zhidao asked me to show my shoulders, I unzipped and pulled down half of my sleeves to expose my shoulders, and the bulging little bag was obvious. The old woman squinted her eyes and muttered a lot. I asked Lu Zhidao, "What do you say they are talking about?" ”

Lu Zhidao said: "They should say that you are hopeless." ”

I wrung him, "I'll take you with me if I'm dead." ”

"Don't, I won't give you martyrdom."

"Who wants you to be martyred, think beautifully." I snickered a little.

"Stop making a fuss and listen to what they have to say."

Me: "How can I understand this?" ”

The old woman was like the head of the tribe, and the young people bowed down to her. I don't know what they said, a girl came over and said to us in broken Yunnan dialect about the meaning: They know your intentions, but they won't help me take it off, they only take the Gu in themselves, and the one on me is not from their tribe's hand.

Lu Zhidao asked, "Then do you have a way to take it off?"

The girl said: "The Gu is far easier than unraveling, the world is so big, there is no Gu that our tribe can't unravel." It's just that the bell must be tied to the bell, so you can find it elsewhere. ”

I put the clothes, and the lady seemed to be attracted by the bracelet in my hand, pointed to it, and said something, and the girl translated, "Grandma Lai asked you where this bracelet came from." ”

I was just about to say when Lu Zhidao coughed, suggesting that I don't say too much, so as not to be exposed. I said, "This is what my parents left me, and I will carry it with me all my life." ”

When the girl had finished translating, the old woman seemed a little angry, said a word, slammed her crutches on the ground, and walked out of the room. The girl said, "Grandma Lai said that you are still not sincere, and those who deceive people will not end well." After saying that, he chased the grandmother away.

Then one took us to a thatched house, presumably for us to live in, and it was nothing, tattered. I said, "It's imperative that we find Liu Xiang as soon as possible." ”

After a short rest and a bite to eat, the sun had reached the foot of the mountain, and the whole village was shrouded in black, which seemed even more mysterious and eerie.

We walked around the village, but we didn't find Liu Xiang, and we didn't meet a single villager.

I said, "Do you think it's strange that this villager seems to believe in birds." The clothes and accessories on the body are all feather decorations. ”

Lu Zhidao: "In ancient times, people maintained an attitude of admiration for the sky and nature, because they could not be touched, so the sky seemed particularly mysterious, and many famous tribes worshipped the phoenix peacock, and also hoped that they could have wings to fly in the sky, unrestrained. ”

I said, "Then they are very contradictory, since they long for wings and desire freedom and shield themselves from the outside world, our current science and technology laws are so developed and perfect, isn't that what they desire?" ”

As he spoke, it was getting dark, and in the darkness, a little light seemed particularly dazzling.

There were no electric lights in the village, and every house had kerosene lamps, which were not visible from the outside, but the west side of the village was bright, and when we looked past, the names of the village were all holding torches around them, and a person was hanging high on a shelf, as if some kind of ritual was being performed.

I'm looking, isn't this Liu Xiang!