The people in this village are all descendants of the Jiuli tribe, and the ancient leader of the Jiuli tribe is the Chiyou who was called the master of the soldiers by later generations.

And the origin of Li Min is also related to Chi You, the battle of the deer Chi You was defeated by the Yellow Emperor and was finally beheaded, the powerful Jiuli group of dragons without a leader was defeated and fell, and those captured Jiuli people became slaves, which is the origin of Li Min.

"The Miao people's belief in ghosts and gods originated from the Jiuli tribe, and in the minds of the Li people, Chiyou is their ancestor, and his status is the same as that of a god." Ye Zhiqiu said to us excitedly. "Moreover, the shape and ornamentation on the bronze mask show that it was worn during the war, and there are descriptions of this in some classics, pointing out that Chiyou has two horns on his head, and the head of the beast has a copper head and an iron forehead, presumably because of the image after wearing the mask."

"Zhiqiu's inference is reasonable, and the age of the bronze mask roughly coincides with the period when the Jiuli clan was strong." Wen Ru nodded.

I still know about Chiyou, not to mention that we have also been to Kunlun Jinque, and on the ice carving murals in the Ice Tomb of the Yellow Emperor, we clearly reproduce the protracted and earth-shattering battle of the year.

Even the Yellow Emperor, who won in the end, has all respect for the portrayal of Chi You in the ice sculpture, and I still remember that Chi You in the picture is brave and brave, seven feet tall and like a bull's head, with a copper head and an iron forehead that is invulnerable.

This is not much different from what was recorded in later documents, but the description of Chi You is exaggerated, and a mythical image that is different from ordinary people is fabricated, and it is rumored that Chi You has eight legs, three heads and six arms, and is extremely brave.

Those ice sculptures are enough to confirm that Chiyou was eventually killed by the Yellow Emperor, and after the defeat of Chiyou, the people were dispersed and evolved into different ethnic groups, but the original real Jiuli tribe disappeared.

I secretly took a deep breath in my heart, the bronze mask brought back by Liao Kai's father should be related to Chiyou, but the three-eyed unicorn pattern on it is a sign of the eye of the earth, Ye Jiuqing said that no one has ever known when the eye of the earth began to exist, according to the clues we have now, this result makes me completely unbelievable, I really can't figure out what the relationship between the ancient Chiyou and the eye of the earth is before.

"Do you remember that when we went to see the delirious old man before, he suddenly woke up because of this bronze mask, and the last thing he said before he died was not to go to Kabo Yaroyi, which translates to say, don't go to the temple of the ancestral god of Chiyou......" The palace lord looked up at us coldly. Forty years ago it was impossible for a man to know the language of the priesthood, the only explanation ......"

"They've seen the Temple of the Ancestral God!" Tian Ji also reacted.

"This makes sense, those people went to the mountains with treasures to hide, and they should have discovered the ancestral temple of Chiyou by accident, so ......" The general said halfway through the sentence, rolling up the leaf smoke in his hand. That's not right, don't you just find a mausoleum, how can more than 100 people put their lives into it, and the person who picks up a life can be scared like that. ”

Chiyou is the ancestral god in the minds of the Jiuli people, and the general is right, it should be Liao Gaogu and others who accidentally discovered Chiyou's mausoleum in the process of burying the treasure.

"If you want to say that accidentally touching the mausoleum mechanism has caused countless deaths and injuries, it will not directly scare people crazy." I shook my head hesitantly, frowning.

"It's finally a reward, and if we just find a way to find Chiyou's tomb, we may be able to find those missing people and that huge treasure." Liao Kai said excitedly.

"To put it simply, who knows where Chiyou's mausoleum will be." Speaking of the mausoleum, the general came to the spirit, lit the leaf cigarette, took a deep breath and shook his head.

The general told us that the well-known Chiyou Mausoleum consists of four places, one was built in Kaili, Guizhou, and three other places are all in Shandong, one is buried with Chiyou's head, one is buried with Chiyou's body, and one is buried with Chiyou's weapons and armor.

It is said that Chiyou is brave and incomparable, and the Yellow Emperor is worried about its resurrection, so he buries Chiyou's body and head and armor separately, but these places are probably clothed mounds, and it is rumored that Chiyou was killed and buried in the blood maple forest, but I have never heard of the saying about Chiyou's mausoleum in the southwest.

"There are indeed some contradictions, according to the records of literature and history, Chiyou was killed in the battle of Zhulu defeated by the Yellow Emperor, Zhulu is the name of the place in today's Hebei, which is quite far away, if Chiyou really exists, it will not be buried here." Ye Zhiqiu pursed his lips and nodded.

The man next to the priest never stopped, he was translating what we were saying to the priest, and in the dim light of the fire, the priest shook the brass bell in his hand, and the crisp sound of the bell interrupted the conversation between us.

The priest shook the brass bell and muttered something we didn't understand.

After hearing this, Ye Zhiqiu turned around and told us that the priest was saying that Chiyou has a copper head and an iron forehead, three heads and six arms, and will never die if he does not die.

These are myths and legends, the priests believe in the ancestral god of Chiyou, of course, bow and worship, in the minds of the Li people, Chiyou is immortal even if he is defeated, and the Jiuli people have primitive ancestor worship, which is reasonable.

"Just these few words, why did the priest babble for so long, what else is he still talking about?" Tian Ji asked Ye Zhiqiu.

The copper bell in the priest's hand and his words never stopped, I suddenly found Wen Ru's calm face, gradually full of shock and doubt, I asked Ye Zhiqiu what else the priest said, she pushed my hand away and asked me not to interrupt, her expression was as indescribable surprise as Wen Ru.

When the priest's mouth was closed and the brass bell in the room stopped, Ye Zhiqiu was stunned and stunned in place, and we urged for a long time before she came back to her senses.

He ...... He said...... Chiyou is immortal. ”

"It's too primitive here, you see this sacrificial god chattering, why should you take his words seriously, who can live forever, not to mention that they have been dismantled by the Yellow Emperor, if they don't die, then there will be ghosts." Tian Ji lowered his voice and whispered in Ye Zhiqiu's ear.

"No, the priest said that we misunderstood the meaning of the phrase Kabo Yaroyi, Kabo refers to Chiyu, and Yaroyi refers to the temple of the ancestral god, but ......" Ye Zhiqiu looked up at us with a blank look of shock. But it doesn't refer to Chiyou's mausoleum. ”

"Isn't Chi You the ancestral god of Jiuli, and the temple of the ancestral god is not Chi You's, so who else can it be?" I asked, surprised.

"The real meaning of that sentence is the Temple of the Ancestral God guarded by Chiyou!" Wen Ru said to us with a surprised expression. "It's not Chiyou's mausoleum, Chiyou is just a guardian, to be precise, Chiyou is the mausoleum keeper of the ancestral god."

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All of us froze in place with our mouths open, in our cognition, Chiyou is the recognized ancestor of the Jiuli tribe, and until now the people who evolved from the Jiuli tribe still maintain the sacrifice to Chiyou, but now the priest's words have completely subverted everything.

Chi You, who was regarded as the master of the soldiers by later generations, turned out to be just a mausoleum keeper, and the ancestral god of the Jiuli clan was someone else, and it was obvious that this ancestral god was completely above Chi You.

"The ancestor of the Jiuli clan...... Who is the ancestral god? I looked at Ye Zhiqiu, she knew more about these theoretical knowledge related to history than me.

"No...... I don't know. Ye Zhiqiu shook his head blankly, looking at Wen Ru, probably hoping that the well-informed Wen Ru would answer.

Wen Ru also shook his head, there are many people who have been mythologized about the Jiuli tribe, but he, like us, is the well-known Jiuli Ancestral God.

"Don't you think there is some contradiction in this matter, Chiyou was defeated and killed in the battle of the deer, how can a dead person protect the temple of the ancestral god." The palace lord was puzzled.

Ye Zhiqiu was reminded, and hurriedly talked to the priest in blunt language, we saw the priest slowly shaking his head, his twilight voice was full of pride, Ye Zhiqiu and Wen Ru's expressions became more and more confused with the priest's words.

"What did he babble about?" Tian Ji asked.

Ye Zhiqiu covered her forehead, as if her thoughts were a little confused, and it took a long time to frown and tell us that the priest told her that Chi You's defeat was not a rumor, and the priest was responsible for inheriting the culture and history of Jiuli, which was real, and Chi You was indeed killed by the Yellow Emperor.

However, Chiyou is immortal, not long after being killed, Chiyou was resurrected, and the reborn Chiyou was more brave and taller, wearing bronze armor and masks, leading the remaining Jiuli people to leave the Central Plains and go deep into the mountains in the southwest.

These Jiuli ancestors who followed Chiyou migrated built a huge ancestral temple in a hidden place to worship the rest of the ancestral god of Jiuli, and Chiyou guarded the temple of the ancestral god, and waited for the awakening of the ancestral god with the Jiuli people.

We were dumbfounded, no wonder the descendants of Jiuli here are so proud, they are waiting for the awakening of their ancestral gods, but in my opinion, it is just wishful thinking, after all, the once powerful tribe has been expelled to the barren mountains and mountains, and these descendants still hope that one day they will regain their former glory.

"This imagination is too rich, and the people who have been dismantled have been brought to life by myths." Ye Zhiqiu studied archaeology, and she has always been obsessed with it, but even she can't accept such a bizarre statement. "I estimate that the Jiuli army was defeated at that time, in order to keep the clansmen away from the trouble, so I made up a mythical Chiyou, and used it to unite the clansmen, after all, the priests were also given priesthood in the Jiuli tribe, I guess these were all made up by the priests at that time."

"No!" Wen Ru looked behind us and slowly took a step forward. "If it was made up, any myth would have a prototype to be processed, but the carved ornamentation used on this stake is the same as the bronze mask, dating back thousands of years, you can look at the carved patterns on it."

We turned our heads, and we only saw the fierce ghosts and gods on the wooden stakes, and when we approached, everyone was stunned in the firelight, and there was a tall giant on it, covered in armor and a mask, striding towards the depths of the jungle like a meteor catching the moon, followed by countless people wearing Jiuli costumes.

That should be what the priest mentioned, the reborn Chi You, the pattern on the stake confirmed the priest's words, and at the same time, Liao Kai took out the bronze mask and slowly lifted it, we clearly recognized that the pattern on the mask worn by the giant's Chi You was exactly the same as the bronze mask in Liao Kai's hand.