Section 10 Large-scale festivals
The evil sorcerer had sacrificed three girls to the river god before, but he still hadn't gotten a drop of rain. When his lie was revealed, the tribesmen knew that they had been deceived, so the tribesmen angrily sacrificed him to the river god.
We were lucky enough to help the tribe ask for rain, and the tribesmen were naturally grateful to us. Hearing that we were going to meet the Yellow Emperor, everyone showed us the way.
With the help of the tribesmen, a raft was soon built.
After bidding farewell to this group of kind tribesmen, we took a raft to the north shore and walked through the mountains and forests!
The world of Hebei is also very vast, and in this strange land, we have met more tribes along the way. The Xuanyuan people are more enthusiastic, and have successively guided us to the location of the Yellow Emperor's tribe.
We crossed mountains and rivers, and finally arrived at the Yellow Emperor's great tribe a month later.
The headquarters of the Xuanyuan clan lives in a large wilderness, and their people are huge, and their houses are scattered in every corner of the wilderness!
In fact, I do not envy the number of their people, but when I see this endless arable land, I am very emotional. If our Lieshan Clan had such a huge piece of cultivated land, then our people would never starve.
At the entrance of the tribe stood two patrolling tribesmen, who were surprised by our arrival and immediately blocked our way.
One of the guards ordered me to say, "Lay down your sword, and bring you for it, who are you!"
After listening to this, my companion felt out a piece of sackcloth, and then held it up with a stick in his hand! On the sackcloth was a sketch of a bull's head in carbon black, which was the totem of our Lieshan clan.
When the guard saw this, he grinned and said, "Oh, it turned out to be someone from the Lieshan Clan Brothers Tribe, what are you doing here?"
The companion replied in a loud voice: "We are ordered by Emperor Yan to come to pay homage to Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor and form an alliance with business to discuss Chiyou!"
As soon as he heard the word "alliance", the guard had no smile on his face, and immediately respectfully stepped aside to make way.
It seems that the name of our Lieshan clan is still quite loud, and this Xuanyuan clan person is also respectful after hearing it, and I feel honored invisibly.
After entering the fence wall of the Xuanyuan tribe, a lively scene appeared in front of you!
I have never seen so many large houses, these houses are all made of wood, sturdy and reliable, sheltered from the wind and rain, I don't know how many times better than the thatched huts of our Lieshan clan. And even the pavement in the tribe is very resonant, it is paved with gravel and there is not a trace of mud.
It's just that we Lieshan people are used to walking on muddy ground, and stepping on this gravel with bare feet, the soles of our feet are very painful. When I sneaked a peek at them, I found that they were wearing strange straw sandals under their feet, which was incredible.
But that's not the most surprising thing, because when we entered their market, we were shocked by what we saw.
The market was crowded with people, and the tribesmen were happy to wander among the crowds, exchanging goods with each other. These exquisite food and utensils are the first time I have seen them in my life, and the prosperity of the Xuanyuan clan is far from what I can imagine.
I was so dazzled that I couldn't help but want to walk over and join in the fun. Then my companion reminded me, "Grain, look at the center of the market, there is a large crowd of people around the platform, as if there is a sorcerer offering sacrifices. ”
Obviously the things of the witch gate attracted me even more, and I hurriedly turned my head to look at the center of the market.
I saw a huge high platform in the crowd in the distance, the whole high platform was made of wood, and a bonfire was placed in each of the four corners! Several tribesmen who looked like guards stood around the high platform, as if guarding this platform. It seems that this should be a large altar in the headquarters of the Xuanyuan clan, which is used for large-scale sacrificial activities.
Suddenly, people's heads trembled, and countless people muttered, "The high priest is coming, go over and take your place, and you won't be able to squeeze in if it's too late." ”
High Priest, isn't he the Grand Wizard of the Xuanyuan Clan?
I was stunned, and hurriedly led two companions to follow the crowd.
There were so many people here that it took me a long time to squeeze to the altar.
Unexpectedly, the guards on the platform said to us: "Don't squeeze, all stand back, the great priest Sima Shang is coming." ”
I'm a loyal and honest man, and when he said that, I wanted to step back. But the people behind me were densely packed, and they were pushing forward vigorously, and I couldn't move at all.
Now I wondered what kind of priest could cause such a sensation in the Xuanyuan clan. My master is also the great wizard of our Lieshan clan, and I don't see our Lieshan clan being so enthusiastic about my master.
After standing by the altar for a few minutes, suddenly there was a muffled sound of horns from the left, which should have at least ten horns being sounded at the same time.
I was furious when I heard it, Nima's, he actually used the horn of our bull god as a trumpet, these damn Xuanyuan.
Soon the crowd began to boil, and everyone looked excitedly to the left.
I followed the point where everyone was pointing and saw two columns of tribal women walking slowly towards the altar in a neat procession! They were dressed in straw skirts, and each holding a long linen cloth with some incantations written on it, but I could not understand what it meant.
With a burst of cheers from the Xuanyuan clan, the crowd became frantic and shouted desperately: "High Priest, High Priest!"
I saw a white-skinned young lady appear in the honor guard, she was wearing a delicate deerskin, a colorful stone necklace around her neck, and her head was tied with black and bright coiled hair! On her coiled hair, she wore a crown of chicken feathers, and two bright pheasant feathers stood up behind her.
It's the first time I've seen this kind of wear, and there's no denying that it's exquisite, it's just amazing.
But when I saw her for the first time, I felt as if I had lost my soul, and I was instantly fascinated by this young lady.
Why did she have big eyes that fascinated me, why did her face be so stunningly beautiful! Why did she have a strange feeling, as if we were waiting to meet here.
The appearance of the high priest made the Xuanyuan tribesmen go crazy with themselves! They shouted the high priest, and countless people knelt down desperately, and some even cried excitedly. On such a grand occasion, the high priest seemed very calm! She smiled and walked slowly, nodding to the tribesmen as she slowly walked up to the altar.
Compared to her, I feel so small at this moment, and I will not attract her attention when I am submerged in the sea of people.
But there are some things that are really hard to say, and the more things you dare not imagine, the more miraculous they will happen.
As the High Priest lifted her foot up the last step, she glanced at me in the crowd! Suddenly, she stood still, her face stiffened, and the Sect on the platform could not take a step.
I never thought that the moment this high priest saw me, her eyes were straight! Could it be that she was also like Emperor Yan, who could see that I was different at a glance? She also thought that I was a sage sent down by God? The hexagrams of the world have the same root, I think it is probably because of this!
After a few seconds, the high priest came to his senses and continued to walk lightly up to the altar.
The shrine maidens held the witch flag and formed a circle around her, and the high priest waved his hand to the sky and danced the witch dance directly on the altar.
I was very impressed by the high enthusiasm of the people of the Xuanyuan clan, who kept going back and forth around the altar, and danced together with the high priest on the altar to create a unique sacrificial ceremony of the Xuanyuan clan.
The high priest's body was so tender that he danced like a dragonfly, like a dragonfly walking briskly, and like a rope that went around in circles, and I was dazzled and fascinated by it.
Suddenly, the high priest raised his head and shouted, "The wind is rising!"
After speaking, everyone was silent, as if waiting for something.
A few seconds later, the flagpole on the altar, which had been stationary, was suddenly blown by the wind! The crowd continued to come alive, and everyone's mouth came out with an "Oooo Such a spiritual witch dance, who is she, why is she so powerful, it is said that the wind is really blowing.
The high priest continued to dance her delicate form, and after a few turns, she shouted on her back, "Thunder and lightning!"
As soon as he finished speaking, before the people could calm down, countless thunder and lightning crackled overhead. The crowd's blood was high and boiling to the extreme, and the shouts were mixed with the thunder.
At this moment, in order to break the deceptive tricks of this young lady, I decided to stir up their sacrificial ceremony to pray for rain.
Before the high priest could call for the rain, I was the first to shout, "The rain is coming, come quickly!"
But as soon as I said that, the whole ceremony was stopped, and everyone turned their eyes to me.
At this moment, only the rumbling thunder overhead was silent, but the thunder roared again and again, but not half a drop of rain fell.
After a long time, one of the tribesmen angrily accused me and said, "The high priest has not given the command, how can this rain fall as soon as you say it?" ”
Another tribesman scolded me, "Where did you come from, an ignorant junior, who dares to disrupt our high priest's ritual of praying for rain, are you impatient?"
After saying that, the eyes of all the tribesmen showed a fierce light, and at this moment I became everyone's enemy.
Why is it not raining, is it that the wind, this thunder and lightning, are all controlled by that beautiful young lady? Doesn't she say that the rain is coming, and that there will be only thunder and wind on this day, but no rain?