Wu Cheng, a native of Chu State, said with a smile: "Water contempt, look at the front and back of that house, there is work that you can't finish." ”

Mu Mangzi found that in front of the house and on the side of the house, there are all kinds of bamboo utensils hanging in many places, which can be said to have everything, fish cages, fish roots, abyss, fishing rods, all kinds of baskets, which are practical, as well as all kinds of ornamental, some are not famous, and said with a smile: "Their craftsmanship is above me, and Mr. Nan Guo is here to 'mix' and not go." ”

Wu Cheng said: "Why don't you 'mix' away, you just need to make a fishing rod and cut a piece of bamboo." ”

Mu Mangzi said: "I still don't know how to learn." Hugh looks at a fishing rod, it makes sense. First of all, generally come to pick bamboo in winter, at this time the most fast, and then see whether it is round and 'straight', whether the length of the internodes is symmetrical, and whether the height of the nodes is satisfactory. Third, bend the bamboo and check its toughness. When you are lucky, you can choose eight or nine good products from thousands of bamboos, which is lucky. ”

Wu Cheng said: "The greedy fish is only hooked, where do you have to care so much, you just have a lot of things." ”

The old man who led the way turned around and said: "If you want to be good at your skills, you must first sharpen your tools. We have so many fishing rods here. ”

Wucheng didn't expect that the old man in this remote place would be able to say this and stop talking nonsense.

Walk not far away, there is a big bamboo house, higher than other houses, a big stone dam in front of the house, there are dozens of people on it, men and women 'women', the old people are young and young, all of them are dressed deliciously, some people have bamboo and wood musical instruments in their hands, it is estimated that they are singing and dancing. These people, standing together, looked inside the big bamboo house.

Wu Cheng said: "What is this doing?"

The old man smiled: "I'm getting engaged." I'm afraid that the two of you are tired, so let's go to the guest room to rest first?"

Wu Cheng smiled: "It's better to come early than to come by chance, it's better to see what is strange first." ”

Mu Mangzi said: "This way, there are strange things everywhere, haven't you seen enough? ”

The old man said: "At this time, everyone is busy, and there is no one to greet the two of you for a while, so it is better to take a walk in the village first, and when it is over, I will invite you." ”

When Mu Mangzi saw him say this, he was not reluctant, and said, "There is hard work." ”

"How dare you dare! The two of you are free, I will come as soon as I go. ”

Mu and Wu squeezed into the crowd, and saw that inside a large 'door' of the big bamboo house, a neatly dressed young man was sprinkling salute to a man and a woman, both of whom were about 50 years old, and they couldn't hear what was being said inside.

After a while, an old man dressed like a fairy came out of the door with a bone, and stood at the entrance of the door, and Iwa Iwa sang it, and sometimes other people sang in harmony, and then he danced the bones in his hand, and jumped and danced.

With his roar, everyone present (except for the two guests, of course) roared in unison, and the old wizard said to everyone: "Daji!"

The crowd cheered.

Wu Cheng asked a middle-aged 'woman' next to him, "What did he mention?"

"Women" humanitarian: "'Chicken' bones." ”

"What's so important?"

The 'woman' didn't notice the two behind her at first, and the voices were unfamiliar, so she turned her head to look at the two of them, and said with a smile: "Stranger?"

Wu Cheng said: "It's not difficult to see. ”

"No wonder I don't know. It was the bone of a 'chicken' sent by the future 'daughter' in law, and it was only when the shaman saw that it was good luck, so he agreed to marry the 'daughter'. The wine that was toasted just now is called 'chicken' (auspicious) hexagram wine. ”

The two guests couldn't understand the specific procedure, and wanted to continue watching, standing behind the 'woman' and listening to her explanation.

After a long time, the ceremony was completed, and the people dispersed, each going about his own business.

The two guests left the place and were looking around, only to hear someone say: "Two, the owner of the village is invited." ”

When the two looked back, it was the elder who was called the third uncle by the child just now.

"The two of you have been waiting for a long time. The third uncle came over and said.

Mu Mangzi said: "The village is busy, and we are disturbing." ”

Two guests followed the third uncle through the dam, only to find that not for a long time, the dam has been placed on a dozen sheets, about the busy people only found that there are people into the village, some people stopped their hands to watch.

The third uncle led the two guests into the big house where the toasting ceremony was held just now, and there were no more key personnel in the toasting ceremony.

The third uncle asked him to wait a while, and he went to report to the owner of the village. With that, he walked through a corridor in the room and went inside.

After a while, a person came out of the corridor, more than fifty years old, who was the person on the seat just now.

The old man introduced that it was the owner of the bamboo village, and the two guests hurriedly gave gifts.

The owner of the village also saluted: "Welcome to the two." Where are you from?"

Wucheng said: "From the country of Yelang." ”

The owner of the village invited two guests to take their seats.

The four of them sat down, and the owner of the village said happily: "Distinguished guest, distinguished guest." I, the head of the bamboo clan and the lord of Yelang, are an old man (ancestor). My name is Takemoto. ”

Mu Mangzi said: "We are not Yelang people, we are just passing by Yelang." ”

The owner of the bamboo village smiled: "This is okay. May I ask the two daimyos?"

Wu Cheng said.

The owner of the village glanced at the scabbard of Wucheng and said, "You are from the Chu State?"

Wu Cheng said with a smile: "The owner of the village, you are wrong, we are from Pakistan, we went to Yelang Country to do things, I heard that from this road back to Hu'an Mountain, I took this road, but I took the wrong road, and disturbed Baozhai by mistake." ”

The third uncle said: "If you go from Yelang to Hu'an Mountain, take this short road, which is closer than taking Danfu Water Beach, but that side is the main road, and it is not easy to walk here." ”

Wu Cheng said: "If you walk once, you will know that this is the case." Oh, the owner of the village is looking at my sword is the long sword of the Chu State. This sword was snatched from the hands of the Chu people. ”

Along the way, there is an experience, that is, to the territory of a large tribe, as long as it is said to be in the mansion of the head of the big tribe under the premise that the language can be understood, whether it is out of respect or fear, there is convenience, few people carefully check, most people have a mentality: no matter what kind of character it is, it is not wrong to greet well, and it is not necessary to greet wrongly, rather than wrongly offend. Therefore, Wu Cheng once again publicized the Chu sword in his hand in the way that the Ba people liked.

Mu Mangzi thought to himself: "He will lie along the way."

Mu Mangzi thought and listened to the owner of the village: "This is similar." The State of Ba and the State of Chu have been at war for many years, and there are often people who kill the Chu people and take the sword home. But my people are good at willow leaf swords, and they are not used to using Chu swords, so except for the best Chu general swords, most of them are dissolved for other purposes. ”

Wu Cheng snorted: "Exactly." ”

The owner of the village said: "You two are definitely not in the Hu'an Palace, the Hu'an Palace Tiger Ben admires the white tiger and the eagle double-headed sword, I expect it to be the mountain master, and there are both long and short sticks." ”

Wucheng neither affirmed nor denied it, and played a "haha", which is a trick to fight the tiger's eye, which can advance or retreat.

The owner of the village said: "As the saying goes: it is better to be in a hurry than to be in a hurry." It doesn't matter where you two are from, you're a guest. Just in time for the great joy of my little 'daughter' getting engaged, it is an honor in my village! If you want to eat and stay here, you should prepare neatly for the two of you. ”

Mu Mangzi has confirmed that this is the hometown of the small leader of the Huben of Hu'an Palace and the famous samurai Zhuwu, and for more convenience, he also made a "haha" and said: "Needless to say, the sword of the 'attendant' guard of Hu'an Palace is well known." However, I am really the tiger ben in the Hu'an Palace, and I am friends with your Zhuwu here. ”

Zhuwu is the pride of this village, and the current Hu'an Mountain Master is a hundred chiefs, but Mu Mangzi doesn't know this situation yet.

I heard that it was Zhuwu's friend, and the owner of Zhuzhai and the third uncle immediately looked at him differently.

The owner of the village asked the third uncle to be fair and let people settle the two guests first, and then set up a wine banquet in the hall, according to the rules of first class.

The two guests listened to the owner of the village say the rules of "one class and one class", so they didn't ask much, and they guessed what kind of rules they were, and they waited and see.