"Tudong Town belongs to the three regardless of the boundary, but because most of the Qingshui River, Crotch Fox Mountain, and Laolongkou are in Huayuan County, the county chronicle will mention the woman who went to the cave in the mouth of the old dragon, we have old eyes, and we are not sure what to say, or you let Ah Liang take you to Huahuan County to see, maybe you can know a little more detailed."

After Jin Qinghua finished speaking, Ren Peacock looked at everyone and nodded at everyone: "If you want me to say, I will go to see Gao Azheng tomorrow, and then take a boat to Huayuan County after seeing her situation, how about it?" ”

Gao Azheng must also check if he wants to see the county chronicles, Ren Peacock's idea, everyone agrees, and after discussing these things, a few people go back to the room to rest.

Early the next morning, Yue Guanchao they ate bait slurry water, hurriedly followed Ren Peacock down the stilted building, and when they walked to the Qingshui River arch bridge, it was obvious that they could hear the reverberation of suona, drumming and blowing sheng, the high-pitched and enthusiastic noise, along the river surface mist ethereal coming, into the ears of everyone, with Xiangxi's unique waist drum rattle, it looks mysterious.

"Let's go, it is estimated that the master has already arrived at the bridge!"

Yue Guanchao and their companions were merchants, and they crossed the arch bridge behind Ren Peacock, and when they crossed Jiangxin Island and came to the bridgehead on the opposite bank, they could already see that there was a stilted building on the other side of Jiangxin Island, and the red silk was hung high.

Here is very close to Funiu Mountain, just located at the foot of the river bank, when they go to the place, there have been a lot of awning boats gathered outside the stilted building, most of these awning boats are nearby rural people, a red and white happy event must come to join in the fun, today the flower cave woman redeemed herself, it is also a rare lively thing in ten miles and eight villages.

They walked along the stone road to the front of the Gao family's house, and the outside of the courtyard gate was still like a cloud of colorful silk, and the lanterns were colorful, and even, it was denser than the Wupeng boat river, and there were many villagers who came to see the excitement, and they could squeeze into the crowd to see the old Taoist priest in the crowded crowd.

At this moment, there are eighteen young people in the village divided into two rows, each wearing black coats and black pants, with a colorful embroidered belt wrapped around their waists, and a blue cloth around their heads, and various musical instruments in their hands.

When the old Taoist priest saw them coming, he raised his eyebrows slightly, signaling them to look at the side first, and then, skillfully, he tied up a cross stake, and lifted out a paper piercing man covered with a red cloth, and at the same time, carried the long table to the front of the courtyard gate, and placed red, yellow, green, white and green grain.

The plate closer to it was filled with things such as vegetarian chicken, vegetarian duck, roast meat and bacon unique to Hunan Province, and when the incense burners on both sides lit the long pillar incense, he let the people in the courtyard come out!

The family carried a shrine the size of a water tank to the outside of the courtyard, placed it in front of the offering table according to the old Taoist priest's request, and then the whole family knelt down in front of the table, facing the shrine and praying intently, rubbing their hands and muttering incantations.

Waiting for the shrine to settle, Yue Guanchao looked at the shrine, this shrine is similar to the shrine of the Ren family, they are all wooden niches similar to the size of the water tank, and the four corners are supported by pillars, as if it is a sedan chair for carrying people, carved and etched around, complicated and abnormal, and there are green cloth curtains like curtains tied on both sides.

In the shrine, there is not a statue of a god painted with gold and color, but a strange-looking stone.

This stone looks like a fat man sitting on the ground, and it looks like a cow or sheep with horns on its head, the black and gray appearance is uneven and full of scars, only the position of the eyes is lit with two black holes, and as the cigarette curls on the offering table, there is green smoke constantly being sucked into the black hole, and it looks as if the stone is enjoying the incense.

This scene happened under the eyes of the people, they saw that the stone could absorb the green smoke, they put their hands together and prayed and bowed, the old Taoist priest shook the Sanqing bell homeopathically, and muttered what Sanqing Patriarch, Emperor Priest, God King Arhat, Wild Immortal Listen, Ancestral Spirit Blessing and the like, holding a horn whip in his hand and constantly shaking frequently.

This crackling sound is like a spring thunder, buzzing and shaking in the ears, and in the sound of musical instruments, the old Taoist priest hums in a low voice, which makes him even more capable of channeling the gods, so that the people call them living immortals.

Then, he took out a peachwood sword, drank a sip of soju, sprayed all the peachwood swords, and used the peachwood sword to lift the red hijab.

The moment they saw the paper under the red hijab, everyone exclaimed.

Like, it's too similar, if you throw away the stiff and white facial features, I really think this is the younger sister of the Gao family.

Yue Guanchao looked at the paper man in front of the revealing person, this paper man was completely made according to the proportions of a real person, with a slender body, delicate facial features, fine hair, and vivid bones, as if a living person was tied to a cross stake.

Look carefully, the paper person is wearing a full cardigan on his upper body, a flower and grass pattern embroidered skirt under his body, a pleated skirt tucked into the top, an apron full of embroidered birds and animals, a Yingluo hanging around his neck, a silver collar hanging from his heart, and a silver bell crown with a horn style on his head, which looks complicated and exquisite, and she is a minority woman dressed up.

If you say the most delicate place, it is the paper that pierces the person's face.

Ordinary paper people can see the traces of paper from their faces, but the old Taoist priest's paper people have no stiff lines of paper at all, the eyes, ears, mouth and nose are fine and abnormal, and even the skin lines can be delicate as life, but the complexion obviously has a white color that people do not have.

The old Taoist priest picked up the cinnabar wine in his hand, and picked up the thin wicker, and immediately threw it on the paper piercing man every time he dipped it, muttering a mixture of Hunan and Chinese dialects in his mouth, Yue Guanchao listened to it for a long time before he could clearly understand what he was saying.

"The eyebrows and eyes are sparse, the teeth are falling out, the mouth is crooked and the eyes are slanted, the foot of the slope is broken, the five big and three are rough, the sloppy and dirty building, the voice is hoarse, lazy and unvirtuous, snapping and jealous, I say the east comes to the west, I go to the south and you go to the north, I say you eat and you have diarrhea, I say work you have a stomachache, the east side of the wife comes to the west sister-in-law, gossip is lazy and ghostly, who doesn't dislike who goes, don't add pickles to the cave god, after a hundred years to learn virtuous, and then invite the god into the cave door."

"The cave god is on the top, now there is a cave girl high Zheng not into the climate, not worthy of the cave god as a wife, special paper for people to marry, may the cave god lift a lot, allow women to learn virtue for a hundred years, and then every year to feast on the soul, incense eternal sacrifice ~~~"

After the old Taoist priest finished speaking, he picked up the wicker and patted the paper a hundred times, and when he was sure that his whole body was covered with cinnabar wine, he grabbed a handful of paper money yellow charms and threw them into the brazier to light the flames.

With a snort, the paper money ignited a hot fire, and the old Taoist priest picked up the yellow charm and burned half of it, and the flame was close to the paper man.

The body of this paper piercing man has been soaked in cinnabar wine, and only then did he contact the spark and immediately burst into flames, burning the surrounding clothes quickly falling off, and finally burning all over the body and being swallowed by flames, and when all the dust settled, the old Taoist priest took out the peach wood sword and provoked swordsmanship, and the entire redemption ceremony was finally completed.

When everything died down, he helped all the Gao family up, picked up the pig bone bracelet from his arms, and tied them to the hands of the family one by one: "This thing The old Taoist priest has already cast a spell, you wear it for three days, and if the woman in the family is better, even if the cave god lets her go, this stone I will give you in the future will be worshiped with the ancestors according to the New Year's Festival, understand?" ”

The Gao family was so confused by this trick that they couldn't even say a word, and nodded their heads in thanks.

"Okay, folks, let's disperse, I'll go back to the women's room."

After speaking, the old Taoist priest gave a look, Yue Guanchao and they understood, pretending to be a merchant and began to sell along the street.

Now the villagers gathered, looked at the novel gadgets in the bamboo basket, estimated what sundries they lacked, and they were attracted to the past, and each family picked and chose in front of the stalls, completely forgetting to see the lively things.

As for Song Siyuan and Ren Peacock, they were brought into Gao Azheng boudoir by the old Taoist priest in the name of "persuading the family to stay and marry".

It is the custom of some ethnic minorities in southwest China to persuade their families to stay and marry, which means to persuade people not to be in such a hurry to marry and stay at home to take care of their parents.

This custom is not only popular among the Han people, but also among ethnic minorities.

At that time, the marriage match had not yet formed the custom of the matchmaker of the parents' orders, and most of the men and women could not be married through formal channels, so they could only take risks, first entangled in a group of people to snatch the woman home to marry, and the woman who was snatched away categorically would not be sent home again, and could only be born, old, sick and died in her mother-in-law's house.

Therefore, whenever a man comes to rob a relative, the woman's family often has to do her best to keep her in the family, so as to fight at all costs, with the transition from ancient times to the feudal era, this is the formation of the marriage custom of three media and six hires.

It's just that even if the marriage ceremony system has been formed, the traces of the ancient marriage robbery system have not disappeared, but have formed a style of crying and retaining marriage, which means that women often can't be too happy before getting married, either crying with pear blossoms and rain, or holding on to their family members and not letting go.

In short, persuading the family to stay married, to express the idea that they do not want their daughters to be taken away by the man, because some ethnic minorities still retain the custom of robbing relatives, their persuasion to marry is more strict, and when the three of them entered the boudoir of the stilted building, Gao Azheng's room has gathered a lot of women from their own family, and they are undoubtedly here to persuade them to marry! 33

Song Siyuan and they looked at Gao Azheng, she was sitting alone in front of the dresser, wearing the most gorgeous skirt, dressing herself up brilliantly, coupled with the delirious and confused state of the goddess of the cave, she was even more beautiful and moving, with a charm and affection that ordinary Shao Ai did not have.

Especially those eyes, although delirious, their eyes were shining, as if their eyes were full of spring waves, she sat on the stool and looked at the flower window, who persuaded her to only smile at people, never say a word.

"Ah Hai, Ah Xi, Ah Ping, why did you go to Laolongkou at that time, I remember that Laolongkou is in the southernmost part of the town?"

Visiting immortals around the mountain is only the crotch fox mountain, Funiu Mountain, and crested mountain near the town, and the old dragon's mouth is more than ten miles out of the town, and it is really strange for them to go to that place.

Some people died, but not completely......