Chapter 35 The Elephant Kingdom of Yunnan and Vietnam
If you want to talk about the life experience of the Ah Zi family, it is also a legend that has been passed down for many years. According to his uncle's description, Ah Zi's paternal family has thousands of years of royal blood, and it can be traced back to the Mengmao Kingdom more than 2,000 years ago.
And Ah Zi's mother's family is also the descendants of King Tusi in Xishuangbanna.
Ah Zi is the youngest child in the family, and there are more than ten older brothers in the family, they live in a river valley in Ruili City, Dehong, where the village is surrounded by mountains, abundant water, and the natural barrier of primeval forests, so few outsiders have entered for thousands of years, even in the most fierce years of Japanese invasion, it is still safe and sound, and it has not even been discovered.
And in such a peaceful environment, as one of the bloodlines of the Mengmao Kingdom, it has been passed down from generation to generation and has never been interrupted.
Ah Zi's mother was originally the daughter of the Tusi King in the Banna region, named Hanyu Shanna, and because she was born smart and beautiful, her reputation drifted all the way to the Dehong area.
In the end, as a political marriage, her mother was married to Dehong and became Ah Zi's mother. And Han Yuxiangna, who was far away from her parents, was homesick, so she took the youngest brother in the family to Dehong with her, and this younger brother was Ah Zi's uncle.
Ah Zi's patrilineal family still follows the most primitive tribal system in their river valley, although there have been countless changes of dynasty outside, and as the most solid supporters of the Mengmao Kingdom, all the villagers only identify their ruler as Ah Zi's father, the King of Daoyan, with pure blood.
The local government was also relatively relaxed in its system of ethnic management, and the mountains and roads were far and inaccessible, so they were allowed to thrive in the river valleys, and as long as they did not do anything excessive, they did not interfere in their internal affairs.
Speaking of which, I remembered that there was a record in the "Historical Records" before, "I heard that there is a country called Yunnan and Yue more than 1,000 miles to the west." It is rumored that when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions, the "Yunnan Yue Chengxiang Kingdom" he inquired about was actually the Mengmao Kingdom.
I asked my uncle, "Is the country of the elephant recorded in this ancient book the kingdom ruled by Ah Zi's father's ancestors?" ”
Uncle shook his head and said, "I don't know what you Han people call us, but there are indeed a lot of wild elephants in our villages, and most of our transportation and farming operations between villages depend on elephants. If you say what it's called, I think it's there. ”
Jin Facai was a little foggy when he heard it, so he kept urging: "What's so terrifying?" Let's talk about how those people disappeared. ”
Uncle nodded and continued to remember......
If you want to say when this thing began to show signs, it has to be said to the day when Ah Zi was born more than 20 years ago. Not long after Ah Zi was born that day, a thin and swarthy old woman suddenly came to the village, and the old woman didn't know where the news came from, and she didn't know what her ability was, so she escaped many defenses and entered the palace located in the center of the village - it is said to be the palace, but in fact it is a relatively large building complex - and the family of Daoyan Wang lived here, managing more than a dozen tribes up and down the entire river valley, with a population of several thousand.
The old woman was not even discovered by the guards guarding the door, she went straight to the house of the King of Daoyan, and said to him, "This daughter you have born today is a goblin, and she will harm you in the future, I will come to save you today, let me take her away." ”
King Daoyan had more than a dozen children before, but all of them were sons, this was his only daughter, and it was like a pearl, how could he tolerate such a filthy old woman who insulted her princess like this. In a fit of rage, he drew his saber and ordered the guards to come in and blow the uninvited guest away, or else to cut off her legs.
Perhaps afraid of the royal treasure knife with ancient majesty on the waist of the Daoyan King, the old woman took a few steps back, laughed a few times, and said: "Don't blame me for not reminding me, if you want to blame your daughter's birth time, our master wants to take her as a goddaughter, if you don't want to, then wait for bad luck!" ”
After saying that, the old woman left on her own, and the King of Daoyan sent a few cronies to follow him out, including a young uncle. They secretly followed the old woman with long knives in their hands, to see where she came from.
But a few people only followed her to the edge of the waterfall in the valley, but they saw her leap into the deep pool, and then disappeared.
Several people were shocked, and immediately went back to report to the King of Daoyan, and everyone gathered several of the most knowledgeable elders of the tribe to discuss together, some said that maybe it was the vine spirit tree monster in the mountain, some said that it might be a spy sent by the village outside, and some people said that it might be a foreigner who trafficked children.
But this bizarre incident has always made the Daoyan King's family angry, but fortunately, time has passed year after year, and there were no accidents until Ah Zi became an adult, and everyone forgot about it.
Ah Zi got the true inheritance of her mother Han Yu Xiangna, and since she was a child, she has an amazing understanding of singing and dancing, and her parents invited her teachers from the provincial capital to teach Han culture courses, and in addition to her daily study, she likes to play and play with a group of peacocks in her yard.
When she reached the age of 16, Ah Zi had become a well-known beauty in the entire river valley, and everyone gave her a nickname - "Peacock Princess".
Since then, several groups of people have come from neighboring villages, and even as far as Burmese tribal leaders have come to woo their sons. But King Daoyan was reluctant to let his daughter leave his side so early, so he politely declined on the grounds that he was too young.
Jin Facai began to think of himself as smart again: "Did you offend some powerful courtship, so you came to retaliate, and finally killed the whole village?" ”
Uncle shook his head: "If you want to say that you have been rejected, there must be people who are unhappy in your heart, but with the prestige and power of the Sword Rock King, who would dare to come and retaliate so boldly?" Don't say that they are the descendants of several old Tusi kings in the neighborhood, even if they are officials in the provincial capital, they are also polite to us, after all, the unity of all ethnic groups is the first thing. ”
"Ah, I'm really anxious, then you just get straight to the point, why are there thousands of people gone?" Kim Fa Cai urged.
Uncle lowered his head and smoked two puffs of hookah, calmed himself down again, and talked about the spring when Ah Zi was eighteen years old......
On that day, my uncle, who had been a soldier for many years, returned to his hometown as a retired soldier. In order to welcome the return of the brother-in-law, and at the time of the Dai people's "Songkran Festival", the king of Daoyan set up a banquet in the village for three days and three nights, and the leaders and wizards of each village also came to celebrate, the Songkran Festival is the New Year of the Dai people, all young men and women sing and dance, and the new couples who fall in love with embroidered bags can be seen everywhere.
On the last night of the event, it was also the second day of the Songkran Festival, the "Empty Day" - according to the customs of the Dai people, the empty day did not belong to the old year or the new year, but was a day vacated between the old and the new year. All the leaders gathered around the bonfire to drink wine and eat meat, and watched the villagers around the nearby campfire sing and dance in clusters to welcome the arrival of the new year.
At this time, a leader said to the King of Daoyan: "I heard that the daughter of the great king's family can sing and dance, and she is a famous peacock princess, and now she is not young, when are you going to get married?" ”
Daoyan King said: "You don't know, this doll's heart is not here, she has been educated by the Han culture of the provincial teacher, and she is full of curiosity about the outside world, and she has been saying that she wants to be admitted to an outside university, and I am also worried about this matter." ”
The chief asked, why bother, since she has great ideals, then send her there, we have never had a college student here, and now the princess is a great thing for the whole clan to go to college.
At this time, Ah Zi came out of the house, wearing a beautiful dress and several young people of the same age were chasing and frolicking.
The chief asked the King of Daoyan, "How old is the princess?" ”
King Daoyan replied, "I just celebrated my birthday last month, and I'm eighteen years old now. ”
At this time, my uncle also interjected on the side and said: "My comrade-in-arms in the army is my good brother, and he is from Shencheng, if Ah Zi wants to go to college, I can ask him if there is a suitable school for her." ”
Daoyan King said: "Let's talk about this later, let's drink wine and eat meat today, and we will talk about the future after the New Year~"
Everyone drank a little too much that night, until midnight, when a cool breeze blew, and Uncle woke up from his drunkenness, and saw everyone staggering against the campfire, some snoring, some half-asleep and half-awake talking.
Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed in front of his eyes, and he saw the man walking around the crowd, looking at the man for a while, and turning over the man for a while, it was obvious that the shadow was looking for someone, and only for women.
At first, Uncle thought that it might be a certain clan member looking for his drunk family member, but his intuition told him: impossible, if he is looking for a family member, he will definitely shout loudly according to the personality of the clan, so why bother rummaging through them one by one? Could it be...... A pervert with bad intentions?!
Uncle suddenly woke up more than half of the wine, grabbed the torch with one hand, clenched the short knife at his waist with the other, and shouted loudly: "Who is there and what are you doing!?" ”
The black shadow was startled, turned to look, and was illuminated by Uncle's torch and saw his face clearly.
Uncle was suddenly frightened and took a few steps back, which ...... Isn't this the old woman who jumped into the deep pool of the waterfall that year?! She...... She's still alive!?
I saw that the old woman's eyes released a dark blue fierce light, and said with a gloomy smile: "Get out, it's none of your business here, don't ask for trouble!" ”
Uncle has been a special soldier for many years, where would he be afraid of the threat of this old woman, raised his long knife and rushed over, ready to subdue her. But I didn't want the old woman to be agile, and the figure flashed, and she was already more than ten meters away from the place.
Uncle didn't dare to slack off, and shouted loudly for the drunk people to get up and catch the old woman.
At this time, the Daoyan King and the others also woke up, and dozens of strong men formed a circle, surrounding the old woman, and slowly approached her with silver knives in their hands. The women, on the other hand, were all protecting their children, and the old people gathered around the fire, not daring to make a sound.
And the King of Dao Rock also pulled out the ancient treasure knife that was close to him, and walked towards the old woman step by step.
As soon as the old woman saw that the situation was not good, she had no intention of fighting, and said directly to the King of Daoyan: "Before dawn, hand over your daughter, otherwise don't blame us for being polite." After saying that, he saw a blue fire flashing, and the old woman disappeared into the night.
Everyone saw this scene, and everyone was shocked. Even the wizard standing on the side trembled with fright, and said, "Oh no! Oh no! Mountain ghosts! It's a mountain ghost! ”
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