Chapter I
Panzu opened the sky, Wazu created the world, everything in the ancient world was in the ring, living beings multiplied the Divine Continent, and the barren race migrated from the beginning. As a result, many barren people in the land of Shenzhou gathered in the fertile land of Middle Earth, and after several generations of reproduction, they gradually formed groups of tribes of different sizes, the most prophetic ones were Xiong clan on the bank of the Jishui River, Ganshi Dongli clan, Jiang Shennong clan at the southern foothills, as well as the tiger and leopard tribes on both sides of the Yellow Water River, the eastern Laiyi clan, the southeast Zhurong clan and more than 100 hunting tribes of different sizes. The young master of the Jiang family, Hercules Hou Chiyou, who has been in the past few years, was dissatisfied with the decline of the clan of the same clan, and fled from Ganshi with his siblings and 72 brothers from his own family.
Xiling mountain boundary, dense forest ravine, majestic mountains, streams and rivers gathered, fertile soil is ten thousand acres, overlooking the eight peaks and thirteen mountains, it is the treasure land of Yunhe Shoujiang Tianfu. Here, there is a small tribe, by the mountains and rivers grass and trees to build houses, the sheds are mostly round, the height is only 30 feet, the circle is less than 20 feet, the 100-top sheds are built on both sides of the valley bottom according to the echelons, there is a high platform made of pieces of stone in the middle, a long greenhouse is built on the high platform, the shed is 50 feet long outside, about 20 feet high, the shed is covered with sedge, the top is covered with reeds, and the logs are supported all around, it looks very spectacular. There is a macro stone platform fifty steps away from the left front of the tent, about three zhang high, it is made of square pieces of stone, two bird totems and eagle totems of more than one zhang high stand on both sides of the stone platform, the eyes of the beast are round and hideous. The back side of the stone platform stands on the stone cliff that is more than five zhang high, the center of the stone cliff is carved like a big eagle pattern, the eagle pattern is grandiose, this platform is the sacrificial roof, the people of the Xiling clan call it the Hefu Cliff, the right side of the Hefu Fu Cliff is the martial arts field of the clan academy.
In the shed under the old mulberry tree in the hinterland of the valley, Wang Qi, the second lady of the Xiling clan's leader, was in unbearable pain, and screams came out of the tent nest one after another. In the shed, several women stood around the wooden couch, busy with the delivery of the third husband Wang Qi. Outside the tent, the clan leader wandered with his hands behind his back, and countless clansmen clasped their palms together to pray for God's protection.
Suddenly, dark clouds covered the sky, the wind blew, and then there was a loud thunderclap in the sky, and the cry of a baby was heard in the tent. A woman ran out of the shed and shouted, "Born, born, daughter." The leader held the sky in his hands and looked up at the heavens, and after a while, the wind and rain struck. The clansmen ran to the huts, but only the patriarch staggered to the bottom of the towering mulberry tree, and he knelt on his knees and kowtowed three times.
The thunderstorm rained for three days and three nights, and the stream suddenly rose and discharged, killing several clansmen. She stood on the bank of the stream, holding the sky in her hands and calling for the protection of the gods, but the clouds did not disperse for a long time. The old witch Zhu Bu Zhan walked to the bank of the stream, looked at the sky and said: "The disaster star is coming, and the clan disaster is inevitable." The old witch Zhu Bu Zhan glanced down at the leader of the concubine, sighed and turned away. He knew that his daughter was coming with the thunder and the wind and rain, and the whole person was like a lost soul, and he stood outside the shed with a helpless face.
The eldest lady of the leader, Tang Shi, led her three-year-old son Yu Lang and rushed out of the shed angrily, she pointed to Wang Qi's shed and scolded: "Wang, you are a mourning star, you live well in Dongyaling, what do you say you are running back for?" Yan Lang shook her mother Tang's hand and shouted: "Mother, Erniang is not a mourning star. ”
Concubine Yi was overwhelmed by the eldest lady Tang's scolding, and he picked up the curtain and entered the shed. Inside the shed, the bloody baby cried non-stop, and outside the shed, the sound of the wind tearing down the branches continued, an ominous omen, a great omen for the fate of the heavenly court. Concubine Yi summoned the old witch Zhu Bu Zhan, forcibly snatched the blood fetus girl from Wang Qi's arms and handed it to the old witch Zhu Bu Zhan, and Wang Qi, who was extremely tired, saw that his daughter was taken away, and cried to death with the door of the shed. The old witch Zhu Buzhan held the three-day-old blood baby, and placed the baby girl under the protruding cliff halfway up the mountain in Xiling under the escort of several ethnic groups. At this time, the sky was scattered, the sun burst out of the clouds, and the people all held the sky and bowed.
Under the moonlight, Wang Qi staggered alone on the mountain road, the mountain wind around him howled, and the wild beasts howled in the distance, making this moonlit night look eerie and terrifying. In the distant valley, the screams of desolate dolls were heard, spreading over the mountains one by one. Around the Xiling Clan's Hefu Cliff, hundreds of clansmen clasped their hands and prayed for the heavens' grace to bless Wang Qi's family to return safely, unfortunately, three days have passed, and there is still no trace of the second lady Wang Qi's mother and daughter, did they really feed the mountain beasts?
The leader Yi looked up at the mountains and burst into tears, as the leader, he couldn't be lucky, even if his woman and newborn daughter would never come back, he couldn't bring disaster to the clan, maybe the current is the doom that the concubine is facing.
A few days later, the old witch of the Xiling clan wished Bu Zhan to gather the people to pay tribute to the mother and daughter of the second lady Wang Qi, curling the smoke of wormwood, mourning and dancing, and making people cry. Worshipping the dead is a ritual inherited from generation to generation in Xiling, life and death in the world are like smoke, that is, the life of life, that is, the death of life, after all, it will turn into a wisp of green smoke and go away with the wind.
Just as the ceremonial ceremony was burning the straw skirt worn by the deceased, someone suddenly pointed to the mountainside and screamed. Everyone looked up and was shocked, only to see the second lady Wang Qi staggering on the mountainside path, mixed with flesh and blood, very frightened. Everyone got up to meet them, but they were stopped by the leader's order. The old witch Zhu Buzhan was holding a bone staff in his left hand and a bone string in his right hand, with a bit of fear in his eyes, and his face was trembling from time to time. The leader Yi turned his head to look at the appearance of the old witch Zhu Bu Zhan, pointed to the second lady Wang Qi on the mountainside and shouted: "The calamity star cannot return to the clan, where did you come from, go back to where you came from." Wang Qi's face was haggard, and he hugged his daughter and shouted resolutely: "My daughter is not a disaster star, she is a treasure given to me by God, I will not abandon her!" ”
Fei Yi lowered her head and was silent, looking at the embarrassed appearance of the people of the tribe and not squeaking, she Yi knew in her heart that her daughter had not entered the mouth of the beast for three days and three nights, and she would be protected by the gods, and such a miracle was the first time in a hundred years. The leader wants someone to come forward and intercede on behalf of his poor woman and daughter, and perhaps save her mother and daughter's lives. There was silence behind him, dead silence. She looked up at the sky, closed her eyes, and turned to walk towards the clan. The clansmen looked at the Wang Qi clan who was able to squeak on the mountainside, and then turned their heads to look at the leader Yi who resolutely turned away, even if they had palpitations, who dared to squeak, they could only turn their heads and look at the old witch Zhu Bu Zhan.
Just as he was walking to the door of the shed in grief, he suddenly heard the old witch Zhu Bu Zhan shouting: "The clansmen kneel, thank the gods of heaven for bless the birth of a baby girl in the Xiling clan!" The leader was stunned when he heard this, he wiped the tears on his face, and slowly turned to look at the clansmen holding the sky, he closed his eyes excitedly, and shed tears in his hands.
The second lady Wang Qi, who was on the mountainside, knelt on the mountain road with her daughter in her arms and cried: "Old Wu Zhu, thank you, thank you." The old witch Zhu Bu Zhan raised his head, looked at Wang Qi on the mountain road seriously, and exclaimed: "The Xiling clan has settled in Xiling Mountain for nearly ten generations, and it is the first time that the Xiling clan has suffered such a catastrophe. ”
After the old witch Zhu Bu Zhan finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the leader Yi Yi shook his head and left, and then the people gathered around the mountainside to look at the baby girl who was already able to open her eyes to see the world, Wang Qi kissed her daughter's forehead and sobbed non-stop. Ji Shan, the head of the clan, said: "Chief, give the doll a name, right?" With a smile on his face, he put his left hand on his waist, scratched his head with his right hand and said: "My daughter was born when the thunder and lightning and the wind were blowing, and the people could not be calmed for a few days, and maybe they would even affect the ancestors, so simply call her (tired) ancestors!" The clansmen began to talk about the name of the ancestor.
At this time, the eldest lady Tang jumped out and shouted: "What are you happy about, what are you happy about? Is it worth such joy for a demon woman to give birth to a demon girl? He walked up to the patriarch with a resentful face and said: "I said husband, you must not let the Wang family nest in the village, now that the demon woman has also given birth, it is better to send her mother and daughter back to the east cliff slope as soon as possible, what if disaster strikes again?" After hearing this, he looked displeased, he turned to Tang and shouted: "Since Erniang has returned to the village, how can she send her mother and daughter to Dongyapo?" ”
Tang said angrily: "No, how can you regret what you said was good, and send her to Dongyapo quickly, otherwise, today there is no me and she has no me?" Frightened, the concubine next to him cried incessantly.
He looked at the crying concubine beside Tang, sighed and walked in front of Wang Qi and said helplessly: "Let's go, go back to Dongyapo." Wang Qi begged several times, but in the end he couldn't stay. Wang Qi's left hand hugged the ancestor, and the right hand dragged the four-year-old righteous daughter Ahua, who was already in tears, and staggered away to the east cliff slope step by step, and the clansmen looked at the tragic scene of Wang Qi's family, and then looked at the patriarch Yi, looking very helpless.
In the spring of March, Qiao's woman, named Concubine Jin, was born a few days after the birth of the concubine neither crying nor making a fuss, let alone opening her eyes, which made the couple at a loss. To say that the concubine family in the Xiling clan is not a big family, the two brothers, the eldest concubine Ci nearly forty years old three gave birth to a daughter concubine Jin, the second concubine Yi is also nearly forty years old to have a concubine Lang and the ancestor, incense reproduction is still considered to be a prosperous person, originally a great joy of the concubine family, who would have thought that since the day the concubine brocade was born, it will be like an evil spirit, the eldest concubine and his wife will be so big than the mother and daughter of the East Cliff Slope Wang Qi.
Qiao Shi pointed to the halfway up the mountain and scolded: "Wang Qi, you calamity star, you gave birth to a demon girl, but it caused my daughter not to wake up, if you have a face, hurry up and hold your demon girl and die together, so as not to harm the clansmen again." ”