Chapter 30: The Hidden Tribe
It was a peculiar village that I had never seen before, full of conical houses made of wood and animal skins, and the fields were still toiled by a few people, men and women, old and young, who stood there and looked out when they saw us return.
It seems that this is a secluded village, but I don't know if this is one of the 64 tuns in Jiangdong, or if this is an independent hermit tribe, judging by their clothing and equipment, it seems that it has been out of this era for at least nearly a hundred years.
We entered the village together, and someone came up to meet us, and took the reindeer, and the one named Su He shouted, and everyone jumped down together, and Pan Haigen and I immediately came down, and immediately several people surrounded us, or escorted us, to a taller house in the village.
Su He showed a little excitement on his face, walked in front of us, and shouted at the two people standing in front of the room, "Is the Great Elder here?" β
The two replied, "The Great Elder is in the back, leading someone to deal with the ...... brought back this morning."
Su He waved his hand and said, "I know, what about Brother An?" β
"He's also with the Great Elder?"
Su He nodded, beckoned at us, and shouted, "Let's go, go and see the Great Elder in the back." β
A few of us glanced at each other, and there was some confusion in our eyes, I thought to myself, what did this Su He want to do when he brought us back?
But we could only go with it, and our group went around the village, and on the side of the valley behind, there was a huge crack several meters long, which looked as if a gap had been cut between the valleys, which was shocking.
After we walked in, we saw that inside this crack was a small square, in which many people gathered, Su He walked in front, quickly came to the back of an old man, whispered, the old man looked back at us, said a few words to Su He, and then turned his head.
These people are a little mysterious, I was wondering, Da Kui's eyes suddenly widened next to him, and he whispered in surprise: "My good girl, they ...... The serpent ......"
"What did you say?" I looked up and asked, Da Kui's face had changed a little, and he whispered, "The big snake we killed on the road is here, ...... here."
Da Kui said this, but I couldn't see anything, and at this moment, a person ran in front of us, stopped us and continued to advance, waving his hand: "The Great Elder said, take these people to rest first." β
I couldn't help but be stunned, why did this suddenly let us go to rest?
The Batu ran and led us back to the village, but at that moment suddenly a fire rose into the valley square, and smoke billowed from the sky, and when I looked back, the men had all retreated, and soon a foul smell of burnt air wafted in the air.
At this time, someone urged us to go quickly, not to look back, I glanced at Pan Haigen, he nodded slightly, did not speak, but there was obviously a clear understanding in his eyes.
We followed the men back to the village, where we were placed in a dome of wooden buildings, which was empty underneath, supported by a few thick wooden pillars, and guarded by a few men outside, apparently a place that resembled a prison.
The interior furnishings in this wooden building are also very simple, the ground is covered with wood, and the wood is padded with hay and bark, which is probably used as a bed, and after a few of us entered, the door was closed outside, and a few guards stood at the door, and we were imprisoned.
I looked at this simple wooden building, and I couldn't say anything in my heart, but Da Kui didn't care so much, sat down, gasped and said: "Finally I can rest for a while, his grandmother's, the deer just now was too thin, Lao Tzu was tired of riding, and he was ...... ass."
Zhang Ye scolded: "You fucking it's too heavy, and the deer are overwhelmed." I think it's pretty much ...... if you run with that deer on your back."
Da Kui grinned: "I'm not stupid, I'm a fart with it on my back, oops, but I'm tired to death......"
The two of them talked without a match, but Pan Haigen and Ah Sheng didn't say anything, and then sat on the simple bunk, but Zhang Ye walked to the window and looked outside.
I wondered and asked, "Da Kui, did you see that big snake just now?" β
Da Kui said: "Well, it's true, they set up a fire to burn the body of the snake, I said Pan Ye, they don't want to eat that big guy, right?" β
Pan Haigen shook his head and said, "It doesn't feel like it, but it's hard to say." However, I am more interested in how they managed to get such a big snake here, and how did they find that snake when we killed it, and how did they find it, depending on their habits, if they didn't get too far out of the valley? β
Ah Sheng also said: "That's right, besides, the snake died last night, and we have already found that the snake's body is missing this morning, that is, their action time should have been last night, which seems even more illogical." β
I thought about it for a while, and then asked Da Kui, "Are you sure you see clearly?" Is that really the python from last night? β
"Nonsense, if I don't see it clearly, you can't see it clearly, that big python's head is blown up, can I be wrong?"
And I believed him when he said it, because he was the tallest of us......
But the identification of the big python did not help us much, but only added to the strange Cheng dΓΉ of this mysterious tribe, and I said to Pan Haigen: "Old Pan, what are you going to do, if these people turn back to be unfavorable to us, do you have to fight hard?" β
Pan Haigen smiled and said: "If it is not good for us, it is useless to fight hard, and I have a hunch that if you want to find the black water demon cave, I am afraid you must pass this level. β
Da Kui also snorted and said: "Pan Ye is right, as long as our guys are all on him, no matter how many people there are, Lao Tzu bulleted out with a shuttle, and all of them suddenly burst out ......"
Ah Sheng stabbed him and said, "Just talk, don't shout nonsense, be careful that people come to collect your gun." β
Hearing this, I remembered one thing, and said with some wonder: "It's a little strange to say, why didn't these people search for our things?" They're not afraid ......."
Before I finished speaking, Zhang Ye suddenly turned around by the window and said, "Someone is coming......
We hurried back to the middle of the house and sat down, and there was a sound of footsteps outside, and then the door opened, and it turned out to be a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing sackcloth and trousers, dragging a long braid, and carrying a basin of something in her hand.
I couldn't help but be stunned, the people here are all strong, but this girl has bright eyes and bright teeth, although her skin is not fair and delicate, but she is also full of youth, which is eye-catching.
Seeing this girl walk in, looking at us generously, her eyes were full of curiosity, Da Kui raised her head and said, "What do you see, we are not monsters......"
The girl chuckled, and then walked in, and put the things in her hand on the ground, and when I looked down, it turned out to be a pot of steamed sweet potatoes, and a few corns.
We were stunned together, and the girl smiled at us, and said, "My brother asked me to bring it to you, eat it." He asked me to tell you that the Great Elder has something to do now, and he will see you later, so don't worry. β
A few of us glanced at each other, and we were a little incomprehensible, this treatment didn't seem like treating the enemy, right?
Pan Haigen smiled and nodded: "Thank you girl, thank you brother for us, by the way, is your brother the young man named Su He?" β
The girl smiled and said "um", Pan Haigen lowered his head and picked up a piece of sweet potato, but lowered his eyes and glanced at Da Kui, who immediately understood and shouted: "It's not interesting enough, you guys are obviously roasting snake meat over there, why don't you give us food?" But give us this to eat......"
The girl's face changed slightly, and she said: "Don't talk nonsense, what kind of roasted snake meat, that's the Divine Dragon, Great Elder Moyle, they were just sending the Divine Dragon to ascend to heaven, you talk nonsense, be careful of the Divine Dragon." β
"The Divine Dragon Ascension?"
Pan Haigen repeated, and the few of us looked at each other again, but neither of us spoke.
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little inexplicably tense, and the girl looked at us, with a strange look in her eyes, and stepped back step by step, and suddenly ran out with her feet drawn.
The wooden door slammed, and the girl stumbled so much that it didn't even close the door, as if we had become terrible devils at once, and would tear her apart the next.
The room was quiet for a moment, Pan Haigen stared at the sweet potato in his hand, and suddenly repeated the sentence just now.
"The dragon ascends to heaven? You say, is this because they are ignorant and regard the python as a dragon, or is there something else hidden? β
"I think there will be two possibilities, Master Pan, I don't want to say that the big snake was killed by us, everyone worships it as a dragon, and then he is angry, and he burns us to death for the dragon to be buried, then it will be a disaster." Ah Sheng analyzed, and at the same time, he also picked up a sweet potato, broke it, and a strong fragrance spread in the room.
"Whatever, no one will see it anyway, let's just kill it and don't admit it, Pan Ye, this matter will be handed over to you, I'll pad my stomach first, but I'm starving to death......" Da Kui said and reached out to grab two sweet potatoes and ate them in a big gulp.
This time, we all felt a little hungry, so we took action one after another, and it only took ten minutes to wipe out this pot full of sweet potatoes and corn.
After a while, the sky was already a little dark, Pan Haigen got up and looked outside, frowned, and said: "If it gets dark later, it's not very easy to get it, what kind of great elder, why hasn't ......it appeared yet?"
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly heard someone outside shouting: "Batu, bring those people during the day to the council hall, Grand Elder Moyr wants to see them......"
It's finally here!