Chapter 165: Guanghou
Shao Xuan looked at the people on the lotus leaves, he heard the "quack" just now, he remembered the frogs with long tails that appeared on the shore of the tribe during the rainy season, so he thought about drawing the knife at the first time.
The person standing on the lotus leaf is the Pu tribe in charge of border patrol, and he is familiar with the people of the Yu tribe who often come here to trade, and he is also familiar with Qingyi.
Hearing the other party's words, Qingyi said helplessly: "The trouble I encountered this time is relatively big. ”
In addition to the people of the Yu tribe, there were some people from other tribes involved, but this Qingyi did not say it, and he would not say it lightly to others.
Standing on the lotus leaf, the man nodded, he also received the news, this time the people who invaded the Yu tribe came from the Yu tribe, and Qing Yi and the others needed to recuperate longer than before after the war, so they would naturally come later. His gaze swept into the ranks of the Yu tribe and stayed on Shao Xuan.
"Who is he?" The characteristics of the people of the tribe are very obvious, and he doesn't need to look much to recognize the people in the team who are clearly different from the others.
"A guest from the Yu tribe, from the Yanjiao tribe, his name is Shao Xuan. Seiichi introduced.
The eyes of the person standing on the lotus leaf narrowed slightly, and his gaze swept towards Shao Xuan, as if judging the threat of this stranger. As for the Yanjiao tribe, it is probably an unknown small tribe, there are too many small tribes in this world, they don't need to remember them one by one. However, for the guests of the Yu tribe, they still have to give some face, after all, the people of the Yu tribe are quite rich, especially after the double moon coincides, it is the harvest season of the Yu tribe, and the water moon stone is basket by basket, for such a wealthy trader, the people of their Pu tribe are very welcome.
"Let's go, everyone's been waiting for a long time. The person standing on the lotus leaf jumped back a few steps to another lotus leaf, and his cheeks bulged like a frog, making a "cooing" sound.
Soon after the sound came out, Shao Xuan noticed that something was moving underwater, and his feet standing in the water could feel the fluctuations of the water. At the same time, the front of the trading team of the Yu tribe was originally full of lotus leaves, and no other scenery could be seen, but at this moment, those tall and big lotus leaves were skewed to both sides, revealing a waterway in the middle.
"Let's go. Seiichi took the lead and let the crocodile under his feet move along the waterway.
The rest of the trading team followed.
The lotus leaves here are very large, the lotus stems thicker than the thighs are high above the water, and the green lotus stems are covered with thorns, and if someone forces them to pass here, the thorns on the lotus leaf stems will scrape off the flesh of the person.
Different from the muddy ponds of the Cha tribe, the river water here is clearer, but the water surface is covered with a lot of duckweed, making it difficult for people to see the underwater situation.
When the crocodiles swam by, those duckweed would be pushed away by the water waves, and when the water waves waved, Shao Xuan could see many cyan frogs hiding in the duckweed under the lotus leaves.
The more timid ones will just run away, kicking the surface of the water vigorously and swimming away in a standard frog style. The bolder ones still stayed in place, revealing half of their heads, two round eyes staring at the people passing by the waterway, and the horizontal pupils like thin slits were not as cold as crocodiles, but made people feel like smiling.
Every now and then, a frog cry can be heard around, near or far.
"They are the people of the Pu tribe, and the name of the person who spoke to Qingyi just now is Pu Ye, who is responsible for patrolling and defending the border of the Pu tribe. Fu Xiang said to Shao Xuan.
Pu Ye jumped on the lotus leaf not far in front of him, and he was not wearing animal skin clothes on his upper body, revealing the painting on his body, which was not a totem pattern, but a pattern drawn with a special pigment, and would not be washed off by contact with water. At the same time, when Pu Ye and Qingyi were talking just now, Shao Xuan also found that there were some paintings painted around Pu Ye's eyes, these are the preferences of the Pu tribe people, and people with different preferences will draw different patterns around their eyes, which is the custom of the Pu tribe, passed down from their ancestors.
Pu Ye jumped from one lotus leaf to another, and sometimes because of his beating, the dew that had gathered on the lotus leaf would flow down with the tilt of the lotus leaf, and fall into the water with a ticking sound.
Underwater, there are also many warriors who are in charge of border patrol and defense like Uraha, and they pull the lotus leaves to the sides to make a waterway.
Whether it is the people of the Cha tribe or the Pu tribe, the water nature is excellent.
Following the waterway opened up by the people of the Pu tribe, the trading team moved forward, and as they continued to move forward, Shao Xuan could feel the temperature gradually rising, without the coldness of the mountain range, it became warm and humid.
If you stand on a high place, you can see a lot of green. Green lotus leaves, green duckweed, and dense green forests on both sides of the river.
The frogs around are calling more and more frequently, which also proves that there are more and more frogs around, but fortunately, Shao Xuan did not find the huge frogs with long tails in the big river.
The totem of the Pu tribe is the frog, which also proves that they have a close connection with frogs, and here, all those who slaughter frogs for no reason are punished by the Pu tribe.
Chirp did not enter the territory of the Pu tribe, but wandered around the outer border, without the permission of the Pu tribe, and could only be attacked as an invader if he entered rashly.
The people of the Pu tribe are good at poisoning.
After walking along the waterway for a while, Shao Xuan heard the cheers of people.
"They're coming!"
"Hurry, the people of the tribe are coming!"
"Daddy, the trading team is here, quickly put things out!!"
Some sounds come from the shore, while others come from the lotus leaves above.
Looking over from the water, you can see moving shadows on the lotus leaves like large umbrellas.
"You're still very popular. Shao Xuan said to Fu Xiang.
"Of course, I don't come to trade with them often, we all know each other, and we have a good relationship, haha!" Fu Xiang was very happy to hear people say that the people of his tribe were popular.
Only Qing Yi and a few others have smoked, of course they are popular, they are important customers of the Pu tribe, if there is no Yu tribe, most of the people of the Pu tribe will immediately live in poverty.
Along the opened waterway, the team turned a corner, and in front of it was the riverbank, and on the bank, there were already many people from the Pu tribe, big and small, young and old, laughing one by one...... The mouth is cracked.
Different from the fierce "bloody mouth" of the Pu tribe, although the mouths of the Pu tribe are also a little bigger, the corners of many of their mouths are slightly upturned, coupled with the shape of their jaws, they don't look as stiff as the people of the Pu tribe, giving people a much more enthusiastic feeling.
In addition to the mouth, the people of the Pu tribe generally have very large eyes, coupled with their peculiar customs, everyone has a pattern around their eyes.
Listening to some of the warriors of the Yu tribe who often come out to trade, they can judge the character of the Pu tribe according to those patterns. And the experienced veterans gave Shao Xuan's advice: stay away from those who are very gorgeously painted, those people are very dangerous.
Like some brightly colored frogs, the brighter they are, the more likely they are to be poisonous.
"Ha, you're finally here!" a middle-aged man took a few steps forward, greeted him, and said to Qing Yi and the others.
"Are you ready?" Qingyi stepped ashore and walked with the man to the Pu tribe.
"Good morning, I've been waiting for two days. ”
Shao Xuan followed Fu Xiang and a few people to the shore, as for the crocodiles used in the boat, they would rest in the surrounding rivers, and the people of the Pu tribe would take care of them.
An aunt in an animal skin coat with a large wooden plate came over with a smile, welcome to the Pu tribe!
Shao Xuan looked at it, a large plate of roasted insects, each one of them was dead, and his eyes were still open when they were scorched.
Shao Xuan: "......" is really enthusiastic.
Fu Xiang and the others had already gotten used to it, so they reached out and grabbed something in the wooden basin and took it to eat.
Seeing that Shao Xuan didn't move, Fu Xiang and a few people also recommended: "Shao Xuan, these things baked by the Pu tribe taste good, you can try them, and it will be difficult to eat them when you leave later." ”
Shao Xuan stared at those "dead" insects for a few seconds, and was about to grab a piece from the wooden plate that looked like he was still in good limb, but he didn't expect the aunt to be too enthusiastic, so she directly grabbed a large handful with her big palm and stuffed it into Shao Xuan's hand.
Shao Xuan: "...... Thank you. ”
Although it looks terrifying, the taste is indeed the same as what Fu Xiang said, and it tastes very good, if you ignore the appearance.
In the villages of the Pu tribe, many of the houses in the residential area are not large, surrounded by branches and leaves, some are oval-shaped and have an opening on the side, and some are large and triangular, and there is no fixed form. It looks quite artistic. It's not that they don't have the ability to build bigger and stronger houses, it's just that habits and preferences make them prefer this style of architecture.
At noon, the sun was too strong, and some people folded lotus leaves and put them there as parasols.
Because there was still something chattering, Qing Yi asked the others to trade first, and he took Shao Xuan to the leader of the Pu tribe.
The witch of the Pu tribe often stays in his stone cave, rarely comes out, and every time the people of the Pu tribe come to the Pu tribe, they see the leader of the Pu tribe "Guanghou".
The place where Guanghou lived was in the center of the Pu tribe, and because the people here lived relatively densely, he didn't go too far to reach Guanghou's house.
The wooden houses with steeple roofs are made of grass and leaves, etc., and the gate is open, and the people at the door signal that they can enter.
After entering the house, the first thing Shao Xuan saw was a lump of meat sitting at the front - that was the leader of the Pu tribe, Guanghou.
Guanghou's eyebrow bones are prominent, like two horns, and some yellow-green and black markings are painted around his eyes.
At this moment, Guanghou was sitting there, holding an animal that he didn't know what kind of animal was eating, seeing Shao Xuan who came in, Guanghou's eyes narrowed, looking at Shao Xuan, and his mouth clicked and bit the food without stopping.
"Are you from the Yanjiao Tribe?" asked Guanghou.
"That's true. ”
"Flamehorn tribe, I seem to have heard of it. Guanghou said. R1152