The fat man and I walked out of the headman's house and looked around, the circular stockade, the open space in the middle, and there were many facilities I didn't know.

"I've seen that!" The fat man pulled me and pointed to a very high wooden shelf, "It's been played on TV, what festival does Miao Village celebrate or men's coming-of-age ceremonies or something, climb the knife mountain, do you see that horizontal bar, there is a gap in the middle, and when the time comes, a knife will be placed in it, so that people can climb up with bare feet."

I visually inspected it, and it was about a dozen meters high.

In front of the house where we were staying, there were guys coming in and out, helping with the work and cooking, and some chatting.

When they saw us coming out, they all waved to greet us.

The fat man waved to greet them, and I nodded at them and headed outside.

Continue to walk along the head house, where the cliff is.

Standing on the cliff, there are a few sheep grazing behind him, and the bottom of the cliff is shrouded in clouds and mist, and there is no bottom in sight.

The mountains in the distance are layered on top of each other, virtual and real, very beautiful and spectacular.

"Fatty, do you see the highest mountain ahead?" I asked.

The fat man looked into the distance for a moment, "See!" He took out his phone to take a picture, "I can make a screensaver when I take a picture."

I laughed, "I let you see it to tell you that the mountain is the dragon head of the little dragon vein."

"Huh?" The fat man quickly looked up and blinked for a long time, "Oh!"

I knew he wouldn't look, and I didn't explain much, so I continued, "That's where we're going."

"Huh?" He came to his senses again, "This looks like it's a long way away, you want to walk over it?"

"Prepare for a month or two!" I said.

Who said before that in Yueyazhai is the last stop to enter the mountain, and then enter the mountain, if it goes well, it will take a month or two.

If it doesn't go well, then maybe it won't work.

I can't say that I will go in and return in a few days.

"Then I'm going to call Shi Dan, this kid asks me every day when I'm going back!" The fat man muttered, flipping through his phone number.

"He told you?" I wondered, "Why didn't you tell me?"

The fat man was a little proud, "We two can talk!"

I chuckled and took out the phone to call Aunt Liu.

I've been out for so long, and I have to call back almost every two days to report my safety, and occasionally I will say a few words to the housekeeper.

When I see something good, I will buy a few copies and send them back.

Aunt Liu has obviously adapted to the days when we are away, and the housekeeper will often come over to take care of the store, which is very reassuring.

told them that there would be no phone calls for a month or two in the future, and Aunt Liu didn't worry much, but just told us to be careful.

After the call, my heart warmed, and I cherish this feeling of being at home.

The fat man talked nonsense with the stone egg for a while, and then I pulled him back.

The eyes involuntarily looked towards the courtyard that had not been opened.

The house in the courtyard is similar to the surrounding area, and apart from being very clean, there is no unsettling atmosphere.

And the door has never been opened, I don't know if there is no one inside, or if I don't like to come out.

The head man was very hospitable, and took out rice wine and special dishes that had been stored at home for many years to entertain us.

He smiled and picked up the wine bowl and said, "It's a guest from afar, let's eat first, after eating, the village will be more lively, there have been no young people here for a long time!" Come, drink!"

We all laughed and clinked glasses with him.

"Thank you, Chief!" The fat man is a social cow, especially the set is almost up, almost invincible, and soon chatted with the head.

I also got a lot of information from their chats.

The people of Yueyazhai were the entourage of a prince of the ancient Miao country a long time ago, and the emperor at that time had trouble sleeping and eating this ancient Miao country, and always wanted to get rid of it quickly.

The reason is very simple, that is, the Miao people are good at Gu, which makes people unguardable.

There was a time when the emperor's harem was flowing

Do things that use Miao Gu to harm people.

Therefore, there was a matter of the emperor sending troops to constantly secretly crusade.

When this prince was young, he was secretly taken out of the palace by the people trusted by King Gu Miao at that time and came here.

In order not to arouse the emperor's speculation, the houses built here are all very ordinary houses, just to miss the ancient Miao country's Yueling Palace, it was named Yueling Village, and the scale is also crescent-shaped.

Later, when the prince grew up, he married and had children, and he looked forward to the day when King Gu Miao would come and take them back with his guards.

But day after day, year after year, until the prince fell ill and died, he did not wait for this day.

After that, the prince's descendants and his cronies gradually integrated into the local life, and for a long time, except for hearing some stories about Gu Miao and the prince from the mouths of the elders, they were already the same as ordinary people.

Tang Lian listened to it with relish, and Tang Zuo and the fat man also listened to it again and again.

It's just me, still maintaining my usual calmness, and I've long connected the ancient tomb in the mountains with the prince of the ancient Miao Kingdom in my mind.

I don't know if the tomb we're going to has anything to do with the prince.

I don't know if it is really the ancient tomb of that prince, whether I can find my master or Tang Tiande.

Even if they came, it would be good to leave some traces.

I wasn't sure, so it was even more dull.

Tang Lian touched me with her knee, "Ziwu, what are you thinking?"

I smiled and shook my head, "Gu Miao Kingdom, I have heard that there is one in Hunan Province, called Shangbao Ancient Kingdom, in the southwest of Hunan Province, there are still thousands of kilometers between here and there, I don't know if it has anything to do with this prince."

When the head man heard my words, his eyes lit up, "Housheng, do you know Shangbao?"

I watched his reaction, and I reacted, and maybe I guessed right.

"Shangbao Ancient Kingdom is the Miao Kingdom established by Li Tianbao through the continuous struggle of the Miao people from the first year of Huaguo Ming orthodoxy to the Tianshun period, and now there are palace ruins of Shangbao Ancient Kingdom in Shangbao Village! It's no secret."

The leader nodded again and again, as if he was a little nostalgic and yearning, "I also want to go back and see!"

He used to go back, not go, which once again confirmed my suspicion.

I said quietly, "We are all history students, so we take advantage of this time to come out and play, collect some historical materials by the way, and go back to write our papers!"

This reason is something we have discussed a long time ago, no matter where we go, we will speak in unison with strangers.

After all, we are all young people in our early twenties, and it is okay to say that we are in a road trip group, but we don't say that we are history students to gather information.

Sure enough, after hearing this, the leader nodded again and again, "Good, good! You're all good! There are also many children in our village who study history, but when they go out to school, I don't see anything they can do.

"Don't the young people in the village come back often?" Tang Lian asked.

The leader said, "I still have to come back during the New Year's holidays, and at other times, I don't even have a phone call!"

I couldn't see how much disappointment there was on the leader's face, and I couldn't hear how much regret there was in his tone, just saying something that seemed to be very ordinary.

"What if you don't want to come back during the New Year's holidays?" The fat man asked, "After all, there are so many people in the city, and although this place is beautiful, it is too far away."

"They don't dare not come back!" The head man said lightly, and then he didn't say any more, but picked up the wine bowl and persuaded us to drink. 、

I lowered my eyes and drank, and I had some doubts in my heart.

Don't dare not come back, if you really don't come back, what will happen?