In the southeast of the Howling Wind Plain, after walking through the four-mile-wide trench, we arrived at the southwest border of Yunmengzhou.

On the border of Yunmengze Linhai, there is a big mountain near the sea, the mountain is hundreds of zhang high, and the west side of the sea is full of cliffs, called Fujixian Mountain. There is a pavilion built on the top of the mountain, called Fujisenkaku. This pavilion is a wooden structure tower-shaped, shaped like a pagoda, is seven layers of thirteen eaves, octagonal double gourd top. The ground floor is divided into four golden pillars, eight eaves columns, and the eaves pillars are surrounded by wooden railings, and the plane is octagonal. It is a painting of flying clouds, which is very magnificent.

Climb to the top of the building with the flag of the three seedling dogs, you can see the Miao village that is hidden under the mountain not far away and loom in the fog in the east, the smoke and rain are thousands of homes, and the west looks at the waves on the sea, which is thousands of miles. When the sky is clear, you can even see the whistling plains in the distance.

This vine immortal pavilion is the southwest pass of the Sanmiao country. There are thousands of Sanmiao elite soldiers stationed in the building, all of whom are brave and good at fighting and proficient in archery. And on each layer there is a bed crossbow that can be loaded with pockets on the string, each pocket can hold dozens of arrows, and can be fired in a salvo at the same time, which is called "jackdaw arrow".

It is not an exaggeration to say that this building is impregnable. Once upon a time, the enemy troops who dared to attack Sanmiao from this place ended up attacking this building for a long time.

Therefore, Sanmiao also called this building the first floor of Yunmeng.

In the early morning of this day, the sea outside the building was clear, and the guards on the roof of the building had just finished changing their guards, and the sentry saw a Mengchong warship appear on the sea to the west of the attic. On the erected mast, the canvas puffs in the wind, and a white pennant hangs on top. On the flag dancing with the wind, a flower that blooms without leaves and leaves does not bloom is embroidered with red thread.

It is not difficult to find that there is a gossip pattern in this stamen.

The sentry had never seen a flag with such a pattern, and he did not dare to pretend to be blind, so he hurriedly called his superior, pointed to the flag fluttering on the mast, and asked, "Lord Hardhand, which flag do you think it is?"

A middle-aged male ghost with a top body and straight feet and pants strode over when he heard this, stood next to the sentry and clubbed his calloused hands on the railing on the side of the building, looked in the direction of the sentry's fingers, and also saw the boat from west to east, towards the edge of the cliff downstairs.

After a hard hand looked at it and saw the pattern on the flag, he exclaimed, "Huh?", and said suspiciously: "What are you doing with the warship of the Nine Shadows Kingdom?"

"The ghost upstairs listens. As soon as his words landed, he saw a slender male ghost slowly standing on the bow of the boat, looking up at the Fuji Immortal Pavilion and shouting, "I am the King of the Nine Shadows, and I have come to pay a visit to you Sanmiao King." ”。

"The King of the Nine Shadows, I'm afraid it's just a disguise?" The hard-handed lord who had never seen the King of the Nine Shadows, for fear that what the male ghost said was false, simply raised his right hand without hesitation, and ordered sharply: "All the bed crossbows are ready, all aimed at Meng Chong, and the warship will immediately move closer and catch all the ghosts on the ship for me." ”。

Xiao Shizhu, who was standing at the bow of the boat, could not get an answer from them, but he clearly saw the crossbow in the middle of the building pointing at their warship, and waved his hand again and again and shouted urgently: "Men are angry? We are very good people; no, we are great ghosts." ”。

As soon as he spoke, he saw several large-winged warships rushing out of a cave under the cliff on the east side one after another, speeding towards Xiao Shizhu's small Mengchong warship.

Xiao Shizhu squinted his eyes, and couldn't help but sigh again and again in his heart: "Sanmiao attacked so quickly, it seems that his combat effectiveness and combat experience are also very rich. ”。

Rushing out of the cabin, Xiao Si and Xiao Fuling stood behind Xiao Shizhu, looked around and saw Sanmiao's warship menacing, Xiao Si said softly: "The one who came is not good." ”。

"Senior sister, don't panic. Xiao Fuling was calm, looked at her father's back, and said without fear: "With my father here, don't be afraid of anything." ”。

Before her words landed, the three large-winged warships had sailed into the left and right of Meng Chong and the front respectively. After the ship docked with each other, most of the three Miao warriors in leather armor on the boat jumped up to Meng Chong, raising the Miao knife in their hands and pointing directly at Xiao Shizhu and their various vital points.

The rest stood on the boat, their bows stretched like a full moon, and the beast bones and long arrows were aimed at Xiao Shizhu and them.

"The King of the Nine Shadows, offended. The strong man in the left shirt stood opposite Xiao Shizhu, and with a wave of his hand, dozens of Sanmiao warriors rushed into the cabin, and then said in a deep voice: "We have not seen the real Nine Shadow King, for the safety of our people, we can only tie you up first." ”。

As he spoke, a few more Sanmiao warriors surrounded him with hemp ropes in their hands.

Xiao Shizhu smiled indifferently, turned around and glanced at Xiao Si and Xiao Fuling, and after signaling them not to resist, he stretched out his combined hands to the Sanmiao warrior at the head, and said, "Understand, come on." ”。

The strong man was not surprised when he saw him, a trace of admiration flashed in his eyes, he temporarily changed his mind, waved his hand to his subordinates, and said, "Just tie your hands." ”。

After a while, Xiao Shizhu and Xiao Poria, Xiao Si, and more than a dozen sailors from the Nine Shadows Kingdom were all tied up and brought on the big wing warship of Sanmiao. Including the tengu Daihua who followed Xiao Fuling, he was also put on a rope and led to the boat.

The Winged warships turned around one after another, headed for the way they came, and after a few moments, they entered the cave under the cliff.

I saw the sea water pouring into the wider and wider hole, spreading the bottom of the cave to form a dark water hole, and the sea water flooded the stalagmites and stone pillars in the belly of the mountain, so that only a sharp corner exposed on the surface of the water could be seen.

On the smooth stone walls on both sides, you can sometimes see a waterfall erupting from the stones near the top of the cave, and the water curtain hangs upside down and slides into the hole, splashing up the long-lasting water droplets, bringing bursts of reminiscence.

By the light of the fire in the hands of the warriors, Xiao Fuling, who was not afraid at all, looked around with great interest, and when she saw that the sea water under the boat was clear, and many eyeless fish were swimming happily in the water, she was so happy that she shouted to her father for magic.

Xiao Shizhu, who was recuperating with his eyes closed, turned his head when he heard this, glanced at the water outside the boat, and after seeing that those fish did not have eyes, he said, "Could it be a blind fish?"

"The Nine Shadows King is really knowledgeable. The strong man came over, and his tone was much more polite than before, and he spoke to them eloquently: "This fish has lived in a dark cave for a long time, and its eyes have long been gone. So they couldn't escape, but instead became a specialty of Yunmengzhou. ”。

As soon as he finished speaking, the big wing warship had already rushed out of the cave, and the land in front of him was flat and suddenly bright.

Behind the wharf not far ahead, an ancient and beautiful Miao village surrounded by mountains emerges in front of you.

The thin mountain mist surrounds the surroundings, making it difficult for the green mountains on the Miao Village to see the true face of the mountain top. Under the light and soft mist covering, the whole simple and solemn Miao Village is also looming, which seems to be both illusory and real.

Faintly visible in the ring of the wooden wall outside the edge of the Miao village, there are a lot of tall and leafy towering banyan trees, in the village with bamboo as the grass as the top, three bays with a front porch, the scale of persimmon on the roof of the branch stretched out a huge canopy, the giant roots are intertwined with each other and exposed on the ground.

Outside the wall, there are many kinds of vegetables, fruits and tea trees. Between the green mountains and green waters, it is embellished with a beautiful scenery of the houses inside the wall and the wide fields outside the wall.

"I'll take you to the hammer. As the strong man spoke, he took Xiao Shizhu and the others off the warship: "When you see the hammer, you can explain your intentions, and then the hammer will decide where to go." ”。

"I'm tired. Xiao Shizhu did not object, nodded and opened his legs, and calmly followed.

After walking out of more than ten zhang, after passing the tall and solid road in the west of Miao Village, and the door is full of all kinds of animal bones, it will enter the peaceful and quiet village.

Walking on the bluestone pavement, heading towards the middle of the village, you can see everywhere wearing narrow sleeves, large collar cardigans, pleated skirts, walking graceful and graceful, graceful and graceful female ghosts, grinding in front of the stone mill next to their houses, or spinning and weaving in front of the old wooden looms, and the maidens use indigo from the mountains to dye the homespun cloth and start embroidering on it. And the male ghosts hurriedly went back and forth between the inside and outside of the village, carrying back large shelves of firewood, or fresh fruits and vegetables that had just been picked.

The faces of the ghosts are kind, and there is no legendary savagery and bloodthirstiness.

Xiao Fuling looked left and right curiously, and was interested in everything. The strong man didn't urge, but patiently explained to her what monochrome embroidery and color embroidery were, as well as batik.

However, after a distance of several hundred zhang and nearly a cup of tea, they came to the middle of the village.

But I saw that there was a circular square with a radius of one mile, and on all sides, there was a three-zhang high stone pillar that could only be held by three ghosts, covered with countless strips of colorful cloth, and a hideous cow skull was placed on the top.

Many old ghosts of Sanmiao sat on the edge of the square in pairs of threes and twos, playing reeds and mango tubes, and whispering the "Creation Song" and "Ancestor Song" that Sanmiao has passed down from generation to generation in the ancient Miao language.

In the middle of the square, there stands a drum tower with a square lower floor, a triple eaves and a roof on the top of the mountain, and a small green tile on the top.

The whole ancient building is supported by the sorghum, fang, melon pillar and eaves pillar that is adducted layer by layer. There is no nail or rivet, all of them are crossed and obliquely inserted, and the connection is tight and firm. Its materials are coarse, the structure is rigorous and the craftsmanship is exquisite, even after thousands of years of wind and rain, it is still majestic.

The strong man of the three seedlings led them into the building through the passage with four large plaques on the south door, "Wind and Rain", and stood still in the building. But I saw that there were two thick and straight cedar trees on the top of the head, which were built into a cross to support the roof. In the middle of the beam, there is a circular fire pit with a diameter of five feet, surrounded by sixteen gold eaves pillars with an outer ring, between which four long benches are placed around the edge of the fire pit.

Through the flickering light of the fire, you can see that deep in the north of the building, there is a large animal skin drum the size of a millstone, and the surrounding golden pillars are covered with countless horns of different lengths and sizes.

Sitting on the bench to the north was a middle-aged man with bronze skin, seven feet long, with his hair in a bun on his head, wearing a home-woven collarless right cardigan and straight-leg bright trousers. In addition to the horn and wine gourd, there was also a bent knife in the sheath of animal skin.

Below him, on the left and right, sat a male ghost, one of whom was thin and thin, but he was capable and shrewd, with a pair of copper bells on his face and big eyes, and he couldn't stop looking at Xiao Shizhu.

The other was a little hunchbacked, dressed in bright red, with a face painted with bells and whistles, and a wooden staff covered with green vines and twisted in his hand.

It should be the high priest of Miao Wu in this Miao village.

"Back to the hammer. The three strong men faced the middle-aged soul sitting in the north, knelt down on one knee and lowered his head: "The Nine Shadows King brings it." ”。

[Creation song: It is a very ancient mythological story song, which mainly narrates the origin of heaven, earth, sun and moon, and the generation of all things. 】

[Ancestral Song: It mainly describes the production of the three seedlings, the origin and migration of the nation. 】