Chapter 5: The Rite of Slaughter
"Bell!"
"Retreat!
Yuyou struck the golden gong vigorously to dispel the curious villagers who came to see the excitement.
This golden gong is half a foot long in diameter and three millimeters thick at the thinnest point, and it is made of pure gold.
Gold often exists in the form of elemental substances in nature, with high density, low melting point and soft texture, and is the most easily smelted and utilized by human beings.
It has a high density and is inconvenient to carry, a soft texture that cannot be used to make weapons such as knives and guns, and a low melting point, which makes it not very convenient even if it is used in the kitchen.
In the wilderness, gold is the most useless metal, often used to make ritual utensils.
"Father heard that you were coming. Immediately arrange for people to prepare for the ceremony and acting. There was a shortage of manpower, so I was the only one to greet him, and I asked the gods not to blame him. Yu right said.
Compared to those hunters, the right side of the fish appears to be a little thin and tender, and the face is slightly round. But the body is strong. The tiger's mouth grinds out a thick layer of calluses. Judging by the posture he walks, he should have practiced martial arts.
"Knock knock!"
The sound of gongs and drums sounded, and under the leadership of Yuyou, Ke Mingde came to an altar, also in the middle of the tribe.
The altar is a five-meter-square round mound, on which a pottery tripod is placed, half a person is high, the yellow-brown pottery tripod body has been smoked black by the fire, and the pattern lines on it have become extremely conspicuous, full of simple and mysterious meaning.
The larger the pottery, the more difficult it is to fire. This pottery tripod has exquisite patterns, and there are no cracks on the tripod body, which shows the superb pottery craftsmanship.
Now there is a raging charcoal fire burning under the ding, and the clear water in the ding is sizzling, close to boiling.
Next to the mound, stood a wooden pole, five meters high, and lifted a one-and-a-half-foot-long crossbar, on which hung a yellow cloth, on which a simple fish-shaped figure was drawn with charcoal, fluttering in the wind.
Behind Tao Ding stood a shirtless man, wielding a wooden hammer in his hand and vigorously beating the big drum erected on the wooden frame; beside the big man, an old man sat peacefully on a high wooden bench, with an erhu-shaped musical instrument on his thigh, shaking his head and playing with taste; in addition, there were also people knocking on the bangzi and beating the bamboo board......
When the villagers heard the sound, they surrounded the place, shouting the beat with "hey, hey, hey".
In front of the mound, there was a wooden table, and on the table lay a beast, smaller than a goat, stripped of its fur, and lying there bloodied, except for its head intact and with its fur attached.
An old man stood behind the wooden table, attracting Ke Mingde's attention.
He is 1.8 meters tall, he is short in the fish tribe, with gray hair, a rickety body, a wrinkled face, and a cane of iron and wood in his hand, but his eyes are bright.
His spiritual cultivation is similar to Ke Mingde's, and he is both high-level in gray robes.
"Old decay Yuhan, add as the leader of the tribe, welcome the visit of the gods!"
Yu Han paused for a pause to put on his cane, straightened the hat on his head, grinned, and showed his mutilated gums: "I don't know what the surname of the god man is, and where he comes from?"
In the great wilderness, a stable spouse relationship has been formed, and it is rare to know only the mother but not the father.
The surname is derived from the mother and is used to distinguish the bloodline, and the origin of the family name is relatively broad, which can be the father's surname, the location of residence, the occupation engaged, the reward of the nobility, etc.
In the fish tribe, all people are fish, from their clan land, there are fish.
"My surname Ke, Lei's, Ming, is from the West. ”
Ke Mingde said, the Great Wilderness is precious to a single name, so he hid the word "De" in his name.
"Lei Clan?" Yu Han thought bitterly, he had never heard of anyone with Lei as his clan nearby.
"Crackle!"
Ke Mingde stretched out his hands, and a puff of electric light jumped in his palm, making a buzzing sound.
"Thunder supernatural powers, amazing!" Yu Han brushed his sparse beard: "Young ambition, old man admires!"
In the Great Wilderness, if he has supernatural powers, he can use his supernatural powers as his clan, such as Yu Han, and if he wants, he can use words such as "cold", "cold", and "frost" as his clan.
It is easy to create a new clan, but it is difficult to form a clan, and if it is not for great ambitions, few people will build a new clan.
"Cut the fishsword, please!"
Yu Han straightened his chest and announced in a deep voice, the people around him who were playing the instrument stopped one after another, and the villagers also quieted down, solemn and solemn.
A woman walked out of the crowd, tall, half a head taller than Ke Mingde, wrapped her chest and lower body with linen, her neck, arms, lower abdomen, and thighs were exposed, revealing a healthy honey color, her arms were slender, her abdomen was flat, and her thighs were tight and round, making people move their index fingers.
The woman holds a bronze sword in both hands, the handle is no more than half a meter long, the blade is gray in color, painted with patterns, and a piece of red silk cloth is tied at the end.
"Please take the sword of the god Lei Shiming!"
Yu Han shouted, his voice high-pitched and full of majesty.
Ke Mingde hurriedly used his mind reading technique, behind Yu Han's spiritual power, he couldn't read his thoughts, Ke Mingde chose other people around him as targets, and after a while, he knew in his heart.
Rolled up the Nine Xuan Silk Sleeve Robe, exposed his wrists, and took the Fish Cutting Sword with both hands.
"Please salute!"
Yu Han said, took two steps to the side, and gave way to the wooden table where the sacrifice was placed behind him.
He stepped forward and slashed down with a sword, and the beast's head was separated, but no blood flowed out.
This is a barking fox, a social acter, the best at chirping, and even able to imitate human voices, try to imitate children's laughter, luring lonely children in the tribe out of the fence and swarming them, and humans are deeply disgusted by this kind of thing.
Ke Mingde broke open the barking fox's mouth, reached in with the bronze sword, gouged out a tongue, and cut off its tail.
The woman holding the sword brought a wooden plate, Ke Mingde put the beast's head, tongue, and tail on the rest, and the woman walked around the altar three times with the wooden plate, circulating it to everyone.
At this time, Yu Han stepped forward, took the bronze sword from Ke Mingde's hand, and forcibly chopped the fox meat into pieces.
He was old and weak, and after cutting a small half, he was a little panting, and the bronze sword was not sharp enough, so it took a lot of effort to cut all the fox meat.
His son, Yuyou, threw the fox meat into the boiling pot, grabbed a handful of cloudy and yellowish salt, and sprinkled it in.
"Rite over!"
After a few more steps, Yu Han announced the end of the ceremony, and the crowd immediately cheered, and ran away one by one, and after a while, everyone returned to the altar with dishes and chopsticks.
The fish is in the right palm of the spoon, and from the set of dings, one person holds a piece of fox meat.
Ke Mingde also brought a bowl in his hand, and in the bubbling oily broth, it was the fox tongue that he had cut off with his own hands.
The slaughter ceremony is a very noble ritual in the great wilderness, often used to celebrate the birth of a new god, the slaughter ceremony is generally only held when he has just obtained supernatural powers and becomes a god, but I don't know why the fish tribe wants to hold a sacrifice for him in a hurry.
Ke Mingde chewed twice, it was salty and bitter, and the meat was unpalatable, so he simply swallowed it, and in the slaughter ceremony, the fox tongue was only qualified to be eaten by the newborn gods, which represented a noble status.
The fish tribe has less salt, and the broth in the pottery ding, there is a lot of salt, although it is bitter, but it is also a rare delicacy.
Everyone divided the broth in the pottery ding, sang and danced, sang rough ballads, twisted their bodies at will, and the beat of musical instruments, very happy.
Ke Mingde was invited by Yu Han to walk into the entire fish tribe, the most luxurious mansion.