Chapter 42: Tusi Cave (3)
"You're just a foodie, you don't study well, don't you eat all the toast? This Tusi is an official position from the Song Dynasty, which refers to some relatively large clans of ethnic minorities in Guangxi that were organized by the government to let their leaders do Tusi to lead the local people. ”
However, after the Qing Dynasty, the land was changed and the Tusi system disappeared. Later, some Tusi who did not want to submit to the Qing Dynasty rebelled, but they were also put down, and it is said that some Tusi took their people to live in seclusion in the mountains, and I think these people may be the descendants of those Tusi. The person they call Toast should be the toast of this generation, that is, the head of this place, but I didn't expect that there would be such a place because they had long since disappeared. Let's rest for a while, the old man said just now that he wanted to invite us to dinner. ”
It's still important for me to take a break now, and when I look at the house, it's still clean, and I've just been lying down for a while, and Pan Monni is calling us again.
"Everyone, we have invited you to the banquet, come with me." We followed Panmoni to the central part of the cave, and it was then that I realized that there was a huge cave on top of the mountain, which looked like a volcanic crater. By this time it was already completely dark outside, and a faint moonlight was shining through the mountain pass. We came to the center of the cave, where a large bonfire was lit, which looked like a blooming fire tree, and there were about a few hundred people singing and dancing around the bonfire, and there were many tables around it, and the food on it looked delicious, and then the old toast himself came out to greet us.
"Guys, you had a good rest just now, and today you can just watch the battle ceremony of our Tusi Cave. Everyone, come and sit down. "We were brought to two tables with all kinds of game and many kinds of fine side dishes, and we didn't think it would be easy to do this in such a place. We were so hungry that we ate in large gulps. At this time, Qiuqiu ran out of my arms. Wangwang, who shook his head and tail, shouted, this is asking me to eat. Something good for you, let's have a piece of ribs, I like it the most, Qiuqiu took the ribs away in one bite, and after a while, it ran back with a mouth full of oil. It looks like I haven't eaten enough. This time I let it mix and eat on its own. It's not polite, it dragged a fish bigger than itself and ran away, hey, I'm not afraid of the rest of my strength is insufficient. At this time, the old toast came again.
"Everyone, let's take a look at our war dance, maybe you won't be able to see it in the future." Old Toast looked a little sad when he spoke. By the way, when they entered this Tusi Cave, they said that the mandrill would attack here in two days, and this was a bonfire party and a war dance, so it seems that there is really going to be a war here.
When we arrived at the campfire, suddenly more than twenty men in national costumes jumped out from both sides, and at this time, the sound of drums and trumpets sounded at the same time. The music sounded majestic, but also a little sad. The twenty young men were jumping around the bonfire, dancing with such momentum. These men danced their strong muscles, really sweating like rain, and at this time, a group of women next to them joined in, and the mixed dance of men and women made this war dance a little more feminine. This is Pan Mengni, and the man next to him should be his man. Heroes and beauties complement each other.
After this dance, Pan Mengni suddenly hugged his man and cried, what is the matter.
"Ah, this Grandpa Toast, what's wrong with them, why are they crying, is there any difficulty."
"Hey, kid, you're right, two days later will be the night of the full moon, and those man-eating mandrills will enter the strengthening period once every twenty years, and they will definitely rush into this toast cave this time and snatch their holy relics back, and the consequences will be unimaginable. This time, these soldiers can only defend this Tusi Cave desperately, and when the time comes, everyone can only fish and die and the net will be broken, do you think they can not cry. This time, it is estimated that we will not be able to keep our hundreds of years of inheritance here, hey. "Looking at the old Tusi eyes, I seem to be a little unbearable, I really want to beg my uncle to help them, if we help, maybe we can protect this Tusi Cave and the people inside.
At this time, my uncle also began to speak. "Lord Toast, can you take us to see the things you are protecting? Maybe we can help. "As soon as my uncle's words fell, the old toast agreed, it seems that he has always wanted us to help him, but it has been difficult to speak, and now since there is such a possibility, the old toast is also unable to ask for it. The old toast called Pan Monni's husband, gave him a few rounds, and then led us to the other side of the cave. When we reached the other side of the cave, we suddenly found a large iron door, and there were two soldiers standing guard in the doorway with old 56 semi-automatics, and it seemed that this rifle was already their best weapon. After opening the iron gate, we entered a passageway. The passage was lit by electric lights, but it was still gloomy. We had walked for a while and suddenly came to an empty space.
"Everyone, this is our arsenal, everyone can take some of them if they have wood and hands." I saw that there were only a dozen or so old rifles in it, but they were still kept like treasures, and the rest were cold weapons. I have daggers, but I don't have much interest in them. However, Qin Wu seemed to have found something. It turned out to be a scabbard, and Qin Wu put his big knife in it to try it, but it was a little shorter.
"This strong man, I can ask the craftsman to change it for you in a while, and then give it to the strong man as a gift." Qin Wu nodded and picked up the scabbard. We stopped for a moment, then continued on until suddenly we reached a thicker gate. Looks like there's something better here. Old Toast took a pistol at this time. The door was opened. When the door opened, a disgusting smell came over me. I can't stand the smell of this.
Fortunately, at this time, my uncle took out a few small pills and distributed them to us, and after eating them, the old man felt less disgusting. After entering the dark room, the old toast suddenly turned on a light, and at this time, a disgusting strange self appeared in front of us. What the hell is this, I can't describe it as disgusting or horrible.
The monster in front of him was drenched in blood, and he didn't know whether it was pus or plasma. I can't see where his nose and eyes are, but I can see that there seems to be this ball on it, which is a head. That's when I suddenly noticed that something seemed to be dripping from the monster's head. The water fell on the monster, and a trace of white gas came out, and the monster shook with it. This thing seems to be corrupting this monster, and it is only then that the monster has become this virtue. The monster seems to have noticed that someone had arrived, and lifted up the head that was not the head, and it was supposed to be looking at us.
At this time, the short sword at my waist trembled, and the ball in my arms began to scream. The monster seemed to be frightened when the ball screamed, and stepped back a bit. It seems that I can't let the ball get out of my side in the future, so I have to keep it for myself. "Uncle, what is this, it looks weird and scary."
"Why do you think I'm 100,000, and besides, this thing has become like this, you can tell what it is, so let's ask someone who understands." At this time, my uncle looked at the old toast, and it seemed that only he knew what it was.
"Guys, this is the mandrill. But this one is its mutated variety, the Bloody. We've been using herbal juices for hundreds of years to corrupt its body so that it can't continue to evolve, but this guy reaches the maximum of his strength every year and calls out to his ordinary kind to save it, so every twenty years we are attacked by mandrills. In the beginning, we were able to defend, but over the years these things have become more and more powerful, and now we can only fight to the death. ”
"Old Toast, wouldn't it be a hundred if you killed it directly? It's not simple. ”
"Hey, kid, you're watching."