Chapter 272: Something Important
The ancestors of the tribe, why do they put so many chests here? It's not just a day or two away from the tribe. If there were no dangers in the mountains and forests, it would not be a long distance, but how many dangers in the mountains and forests were separated by this, Shao Xuan certainly knew all the way, even if it was a thousand years ago, it would not be too different.
Shao Xuan walked over with torches, and the boxes were tied with some straw ropes, probably so that the lid would not fall off when transporting. However, if you look closely, it can be clearly seen that the binding techniques used in several of the boxes are more complicated, and even the straw ropes used for binding are different, and the tied straw ropes are also tied into knots, which have been painted with different pigments one by one, and the knots in the middle are the signs of witches.
As for others, the straw ropes used are relatively ordinary, but it cannot be said that the contents of these boxes are necessarily unimportant, and those that can be carried here by the ancestors must have important preservation value.
Shao Xuan planned to take a look at those special boxes with knots first. However, he found that the knots were difficult to untie, and the ropes were very strong, not as if they had been left for a long time, and the toughness was still there.
Chop, burn off?
Forget it, if you let the tribesmen know, there will definitely be opinions that he is disrespectful to the ancestors.
Putting aside the boxes with complex knots, Shao Xuan turned to look at the other bindings that were more ordinary. raised his hand to untie the knot, but Shao Xuan just touched it with his hand, and the straw ropes that bound the box broke, and the break broke into powder.
No matter how much time you pinch the straw ropes, these straw ropes have lost their original toughness and are no longer strong.
The previous ones are highly confidential. The ropes used are also different, and now that the secrecy is low, Shao Xuan has no pressure to look at the contents of the box.
Opening the box, Shao Xuan saw many animal skin rolls neatly placed inside.
Shao Xuan picked up one casually, spread it out and looked at it. This record is about certain events that happened in the Yanjiao tribe in a certain year, such as harvests, strife, etc.
Pick up another one. It records the various large and small wars between the Yanjiao tribe and other tribes in a certain year, which also involves several tribes that Shao Xuan is familiar with, such as the Thousand Faces Tribe, the Weiba Tribe, etc., and the several large tribes in the central part that Shao Xuan knows are basically recorded.
In the past, the Flamehorn Tribe attracted so much hatred?
But soon, after looking through the other animal skin scrolls, Shao Xuan found that his guess was wrong, it was not the anger horn that attracted hatred points, but the era. Everyone is particularly prone to hatred. According to these skin scrolls, the tribes were not as peaceful as they are now.
Perhaps for the tourists, life outside is already very difficult now, especially the resting places around the bazaars, where the traveling teams of various tribes fight every day, and then the fish in the pond.
However, it really doesn't mean much compared to these on the skin rolls. Now it is at best a contradiction between the teams of the far-travelers. But what is recorded in the animal skin scroll is a large-scale conflict between tribes. A small dozen in three days. Ten days a big dozen, like eating.
Don't like it?
Fancy a person? grab!
What good things do you see?
A qiē is based on strength, if you can beat it, you can grab it directly, if you can't beat it, you can steal it, and if you can't grab it secretly, you can only give up. Not giving up is the consequence of being beaten and killed.
It can be said that in the past, the survival of small tribes was extremely difficult, and according to the above records, many small tribes were wiped out.
The central ones are even more chaotic. Because there are many large tribes. Three days and two wars, today you raid one of my troops, tomorrow I will destroy your entire army of warriors!
Even the Mang tribe and the Weiba tribe, which Shao Xuan had always thought were good neighbors and close partners with each other, were like enemies before. Not to mention that a bamboo of the Mang tribe appears on the border of the Weiba tribe, even if there is a green onion that does not belong to their own tribe, the people of Weiba must be uprooted.
And all the spiders and other things that the Weiba tribe entered the Mang tribe, as long as they were found and were not released again, they were either slaughtered or eaten. Spiders don't taste good, it's okay, as long as they don't feel good when they look at the people who are not happy, they will eat happily!
Among them, there is a volume of I don't know which witch's own handwriting, not so solemn, there are a lot of bad tastes, and there are a lot of ugly things about other tribes, such as whose corner was dug up, who was cuckolded, and who was squeezed out of the position of leader by his own brother...... The text is slightly exaggerated, revealing gossip and excitement. Wu is not as serious as the old man now.
The feud of one household can easily become the feud of the tribe. For those times, war came too easily. And the physique and dominant strength value of the Yanjiao people make many people grit their teeth with anger, and give others the impression that they are also all kinds of rough and arrogant. However, Shao Xuan can see the pride and pride of the people who record from these recorded words, no matter which one records it, most of them are so. As one of the former powerhouses, Yanjiao does have the capital of pride and arrogance.
It is hard to imagine that the chaotic environment has become much more stable now, and although it still looks like it is still full of all kinds of savage violence and killing, it is really different from what is recorded in these animal skin scrolls.
Why do the tribes who were not accustomed to each other at the beginning now coexist peacefully? Shao Xuan also inquired when he followed the long-distance team, and he didn't know for a longer time, anyway, in the past two or three hundred years, there have been no major wars, except for the Wanshi tribe that always harassed those small tribes, none of the other big tribes in the central part really went to war with each other.
Speaking of the Wanshi tribe, turning to the present, Shao Xuan has only seen the name of the Wanshi tribe on two animal skin scrolls, and the recorded witch predicted that his tribe would disappear within five hundred years, but in fact, this tribe, which is more arrogant and unreasonable than the former Yanjiao tribe and acts brutally and aggressively, has survived to this day and has become one of the major tribes in central China.
Between the major tribes, abandon the previous suspicions, let go of hatred, not to mention peaceful coexistence, at least it seems that there seems to be a cooperative relationship, which can make them change like this, Shao Xuan only thought of the most likely answer - they have a common enemy, this enemy makes them afraid, one or two tribes alone is not enough, they have to hold together.
The Flamehorn Tribe? Even if the Yanjiao tribe was indeed strong in the past, it was not so strong that these tribes were afraid of Cheng Dù, who had been hugging each other for so long.
Another thing that makes Shao Xuan strange is that there is no record of slave owners in it. At that time, there were also captives, and those who were defeated would also be dragged back to do their work, but there is no record of slave owners. Not a single one.
In addition to these, Shao Xuan rummaged through several other boxes with unstrong straw ropes, and learned a lot of information, not exactly a war between tribes, but covering various aspects, such as records related to farming and animal husbandry.
Thousands of years ago, the Yanjiao tribe was also mainly hunting, after all, it was close to the mountains and forests, and most of the food was taken directly from the mountains and forests. But there is also planting, just like the murals that Shao Xuan saw at the beginning, there are planting, breeding, and picking...... These records are all on this, and there may be some of them in the hands of the tribe's witches now, but. Shao Xuan believes that the record here. Much more detailed than those in the witch's hands.
Thinking about it, when the ancestors of Yanjiao left their hometown, it was mainly to escape, and there were naturally not many records of planting and breeding with them, maybe they didn't bring them at all when they left, because when the ancestors left. I didn't expect to be away for so long. The records in the witch's hands may have been written by those who left later based on their own experiences.
There were too many animal skin rolls in the box, and it was inconvenient for Shao Xuan to hold the torches inside, and he was worried that the torches would damage these animal skin rolls, so he moved the box to the entrance of the cave. Then the light at the entrance of the cave opened one by one.
Shao Xuan does not doubt the authenticity of these, those who record these are witches, on some animal skin scrolls that record important things, there are some seemingly meaningless words at the beginning, these are actually the language of witches, whether some things need to be recorded, if there is a contradiction within the tribe, the decision will be given to the fire and totem. These seemingly meaningless words are actually a more solemn tone of voice, indicating that these are decided by everyone or sacrificed, and there is no falsification.
In addition to farming, fishing and hunting, and animal husbandry, there are also handicrafts, celestial phenomena, architecture, medicine, warfare, political life, and daily life. Although many of the records are vague and not detailed, it can be seen that the tribe was not proficient in this at that time, for example, there are many limited records in celestial phenomena and handicrafts, which can only be regarded as immature, but seeing so many records still shocked Shao Xuan.
What is important to the Flamehorn Tribe?
Fire crystals, various spar shells, or other precious stones?
No, it's neither! Seriously, all of these have to come back in line.
The more he knew, the more Shao Xuan knew what was important to the witches of this tribe.
Among the tribes, the first thing is to find out their own clan members, origins, totems, etc., and the second thing should also include customizing clan rules, important weddings and funerals, supporting leaders, deliberations and other systems. Major events are production, war, sacrifice and other activities, which are undoubtedly the contents that witches need to record and pass on to future generations.
And these contents, in layman's terms, are what people call "history"!
In Wu's values, the longer the "history" and the longer the tribe exists, the more it proves the strength of the tribe. As for why the "history" of Yanjiao is preserved here, perhaps, because it couldn't be taken away back then, and it was worried about suffering in the old place, so people brought it here to hide, after all, few other tribes dared to rush directly into the fierce beast mountain forest.
The people in the cave have been dead for a long time, and the only thing left is the kind of power that Shao Xuan felt before. For the invaders, it is the power to destroy the nature, but for this cave, it is like a guardian, unchanged for thousands of years, quietly guarding here, guarding the "history" of Yanjiao, waiting for future generations to return.
It's just that Shao Xuan regrets that there is no detailed record of the fire in the ones he has seen, and perhaps, the things that are even older are sealed in the boxes that have not been opened.
Forget it, when the time comes, bring it back, let Wu open it and go to grind with Wu, as long as it's not a shady secret, Wu should let him see it.
Shao Xuan thought about whether to bring these boxes and the seven ancestors back now, and then said to the people of the tribe: Look, I have found the ancestors again. (To be continued......)