The slope of the mountain is not big, the surrounding vegetation has been cleaned up, and it is a rare high platform paved with gravel, with a total of three layers by the trend of the mountain!

From the first floor, there are some young people of the same age as us, and next to each of them are children who are also wearing black folk clothes, and the second layer is a little older, most of them are in their fifties and sixties!

On the last periphery are twenty or eighty old men in their seventies and eighties, who serve the same, but their posture has changed from kneeling to cross-sitting! In addition to these seventy or eighty-year-old men, there are more than a dozen older looking old people in the center of this square, both men and women, who are also sitting cross-legged, but they all have words in their mouths, and their voices are not loud, so they can't really hear it!

But compared to the seriousness of the others, it is obvious that the identity of these old men is unusual! Moreover, looking at their appearance, they are obviously older, but their bodies are still strong, at least there is no common rickety!

And in front of these dozen Venerables, there is a coffin! In front of the coffin was an old woman sobbing!

The whole village is not big, and there are about 100 households along the way, and the battle in front of me is indeed as Yao Shengli said, and the villagers of the entire village should all be present!

A few of us couldn't help but be shocked by the battle in front of us, after all, the old man was okay to say, but there were not a few children in this square, and, in Yao Shengli's words, this situation had lasted for at least four days, but the solemnity that made people dare not speak was still coming, and the five of us even stopped involuntarily! Yao Shengli walked towards the high platform with his backpack, and at the same time, the villagers on the entire high platform also turned their heads and looked at us, and the inexplicable nervousness and hostility made people shudder! Only Zhou Wenwu whispered in my ear:

"Look at the dozen or so old guys in the innermost, they look like they must be 100 years old, right? How can this poor mountain and bad water live for so long? ”

"If you can shut up, you might know!" I squeezed a warning out from between my teeth, and then I saw Yao Shengli walk up to the coffin, pull the sobbing woman up, and say:

"Grandma! Abba is going to enjoy happiness, it is Jing Po's guidance that has arrived, why are you crying? ”

"Victory, why did you bring outsiders here?"

A slightly muffled voice sounded behind the coffin, and then a small old man stood up, looking to be sixty or seventy years old, with a wrinkled face and a deep smile!

Yao Shengli turned his head to look at us, and hurriedly said, "Patriarch, it's Wang Qing, the foreign painter a few days ago!" I brought a few friends with me, and I just happened to meet them, so I brought them back! ”

Seeing this, Wang Qing said,

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also hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "Old patriarch, it's me!" Wang Qing! Excuse me. ”

Seeing this, the old patriarch still had a serious face, and said in a deep voice to Yao Shengli: "Your Abba is buried in water, this is the rule of the village, why do you still bring outsiders here at this time?" ”

"Patriarch, Wang Qing is not...

Yao Shengli didn't finish speaking, but the old patriarch seemed to understand what he meant, turned his head and said to the crowd:

"Ah Kuan! You go and arrange it! ”

A middle-aged man stood up in the crowd, who was also not tall, and was somewhat similar to the old patriarch, he walked directly to him, and said with a solemn expression:

"Brother Wang, I'm sorry, I'm catching up with the water burial these days! You know the rules of the stockade! ”

"Hey, Brother Akuan, I'm really embarrassed, I don't know if it's going to be buried in the water, look at it! It's really bothering to bother! What, the painting I brought back here last time sold for a good price, thanks to our stockade! I specially brought some gifts to the old patriarch, not a tribute! ”

Without waiting for the man to finish speaking, Wang Qing pulled him aside and took out two boxes of cigarettes from his pocket, and there was a wad of banknotes under the cigarettes!

I have to admire Wang Qing's cleverness, and at the same time secretly say that money can make ghosts grind! The middle-aged man quietly pushed the cigarette back, but held the banknote in his hand, and then smiled and said:

"Since they are all here, our village has always welcomed outsiders! It's just that these days are a little special, so why don't you stay at Qingshan's house first! ”

"Good, good! Qingshan's family is good, and it can be regarded as an old acquaintance! ”

"Let's talk about it first, during the water burial, there are a lot of rules and taboos in the village, don't touch the mold!"

"Brother Akuan, don't worry! Then let's get over it! I know the Aoyama family, let's just go by ourselves! ”

After that, Wang Qing immediately motioned for us to leave quickly, but I couldn't help but look back at the coffin with two people hugging each other! There are many customs of ethnic minorities, such as wood burial, cremation, tree burial, hanging coffin burial, and water burial in Yaojiazhai, etc., although it is a little strange, but it also has its own rules, but this water burial in Yaojiazhai is beyond my original expectations!

The so-called water burial is mostly meant to take the good as water, and most of them are close to the water veins, after all, the origin of all civilizations is inseparable from the water source! On closer inspection, it is not difficult to understand! And tree burials, mostly hunters in the forest, or people who are not prosperous in incense, take the vitality of the wood, and the meaning of lush branches and leaves!

The two are unrelated, each has its own rules, but this Yaojiazhai is buried by water, why did it add a coffin?

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I talked about the doubts in my heart, and several people also shook their heads, and finally looked at Wang Qing, who said helplessly: "I don't know, I just stopped here for two days last time!" Find a chance to see the situation of the corpse man, there should be a clue! However, for now, we still have to find a chance to go to the pass of Moon Mountain first! ”

Yaojiazhai's surprise could only be ranked after Wang Dian, and I nodded and asked, "Who was that Ah Kuan just now?" And what about the Aoyama house we went to? I don't think they're very welcoming to outsiders! ”

"Yao Kuan is the son of the patriarch! Poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, and we happen to catch up with people's sacred water burials, and some hostility is inevitable! As for Yao Qingshan, alas! Although he is also a person from Yaojiazhai, he is not treated well! ”

Wang Qing told all the clues that he didn't know much, and I couldn't help but have a deeper understanding of this village in the deep mountains, and the persistence of the villagers of Yaojiazhai on faith far exceeded our imagination, in order to maintain the purity of their customs, they have always maintained the custom of internal intermarriage!

Zhou Wenwu immediately said: "No wonder I don't think those guys' divine talents are high!" But in a village of 100 households, if you marry like this, there are many hidden dangers! But just now I saw a lot of old guys! Especially the top one, you have to be 100 years old, right? ”

Wang Qing nodded and said, "Those dozen or so ancestors are all over 100 years old!" It stands to reason that the marriage of close relatives cannot be passed on to four generations at most, but this Yaojiazhai is an exception, not only has it been passed down for more than 200 years, but this village is still a longevity village! According to Qingshan, seven or eight out of ten people in the village can live to be about 100 years old, and most of the others die by accident, and few are short-lived! I don't know why! And Yao Qingshan is the only villager in the village who has taken a girl from outside in the past 100 years! According to the rules of the village, it was originally to be expelled from the village, but this Yao Qingshan's father was the previous patriarch, and he was one of the few short-lived ghosts who had an accident! In addition, Yao Qingshan is the top hunter in the village! In the mountains, you can't be self-sufficient with berries and livestock alone! So he left him in the stockade, but he was already an outsider! ”

I secretly said that it was so: "Then what happened to his father?" ”

"I don't know! He didn't say anything, and I don't want to ask too much! Whatever, let's find out the situation in Moon Mountain first! ”

Compared with Yaojiazhai's surprise, Wang Qing's mind was naturally on saving his father, and several of us immediately discussed going to the pass to see the situation tonight!

The idea has been decided, Wang Qing also led us to Yao Qingshan's walled house, a slender woman, also dressed in a long black skirt, was carrying a basket full of grass in front of the fence to feed a few flower pigs!

Our arrival caused the local dog to bark wildly, and the woman also turned her head, revealing a face with some vicissitudes, it was Yao Qingshan's mother-in-law - Zhou Xue!

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