CHAPTER XXVII
As soon as the man ran to Abigail's side and whispered in Abigail's ear for a while, and he didn't know what the man said to him, Abigail stood still, but he seemed to have a look of surprise.
When the man finished speaking, Abigail glanced at us, thought for a while, and said, "I have something urgent to do, so you can stay here for the time being, and I will arrange for a visit to the Great Witch." As he spoke, he gave a shout to the man who had led us here.
When the man heard this, he quickly bowed down and kowtowed to Abigail, got up and made a gesture of invitation to us. I put the fur back on my right arm, and Nagu saluted Abigail again, saying, "Thank you, chief, and take your leave." ”
Without further ado, Abigail turned and walked with the man towards the apse, while we followed the man and a few of the Miro out of the stone hall.
The sky outside the stone hall was even darker. However, the square on the side of the stone hall was still very lively, and we walked up a winding mountain road, only to be away from the lively place for a while. There was the man in front of me leading the way, followed by a few Miro people, and I remained silent as I walked along the mountain path.
Looking up at the sky, the moonlight was sparkling and pouring down, and a gray cloud fluttered in the distance of the night sky. The mountain occupied by the Miro tribe was very high and steep, and now we were only halfway up the mountain, but we could see it at a glance, and the highest of the nearby peaks was only level with the mountainside, and when the wind blew, the leafless trees on the mountain whirred like a strange roar.
From the topography, this is also an easy to defend and difficult to attack important place, one side of the mountain road is a very dangerous slope, from here, the trees on the mountain are sparse, the ridges are scattered, you can rarely see the place of rock climbing, except for the mountain road under our feet is quite flat, I estimate that if people want to climb up from the foot of the mountain, it may not be easy to climb up with both hands and feet.
After walking upwards for a while, the man led us to a cave. The entrance of the cave is carved into a stone wall, and there are two leopard-shaped stone carvings on both sides of the entrance, which cling to the stone wall. The man led us to the entrance of the cave, turned to Nagu and said a few words, and then led the people out of the place.
Seeing that they were far away, I breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sir, what did that man say?"
Nagu smiled and said, "He warned us not to wander around, the mountain is full of their traps. ”
I laughed and said, "This is the territory of their Miro tribe, will they also lay a trap on the mountain?"
Nagu just said: "The trap he said refers to the ghost boys and Gu worms raised by the Miluo clan. He looked up into the cave and walked inside.
The inside of the cave was spacious enough for a dozen of us. There are not many small holes in the surrounding stone walls, probably used for decoration, and there are even some bottles and cans and flowers and plants inside. The furnishings in the cave are simple, with a bonfire in the middle and some hay shops next to the stone wall.
As soon as they entered the cave, the twelve wolf clansmen unloaded all the tools and weapons on their bodies, and a slightly chubby wolf clan took out two skinless boar hind legs from the animal skin bag behind them, and several people spread out and set up a stand by the bonfire.
The boar had been killed by us this morning, and the man had been carrying the leftover two-legged flesh behind him. Nagu and I sat down by the campfire, and Nagu continued, "Bazar is very obsessed with witchcraft, and he is still fond of ghosts, and the ghosts he raises are all highly poisonous, not only to guard the marginal territory, but also to hide many ghosts in this mountain for guarding. ”
I said, "Is it also a python ghost boy guarding the mountain?"
The ancient road: "Who knows, maybe, I heard that Bazar raised five or six kinds of ghost boys, but I have only seen pythons, and that kind of ghost boy is also the most powerful ghost boy in their Miro tribe, when the Miluo tribe expelled us, Zabar was the python ghost boy released, hundreds of pythons rushed over, and no one could stop it." ”
He spoke calmly, but his expression was a little gloomy, probably remembering the battle for the territory that was expelled by the Miro tribe. Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, I can imagine that hundreds of them are also quite large-scale, and with the difficulty and speed of such ghost boys, I am afraid that just a glance will make the people of the Sky Wolf Clan flee without a fight. I interrupted and said with a smile: "Now that you have the strength to fight against the Miluo clan, you can also raise some powerful ghost boys." ”
Na Gu said with a smile: "It's not easy to raise a ghost boy, that is, the Gu worms needed to raise a ghost boy are already difficult to cultivate, if there are no high-quality materials and precious medicines, even if you can raise a ghost boy, it is only the worst goods, and my wolf clan does not have that condition." Besides, now that our tribe has returned to your court, if we raise a ghost boy at this time, I am afraid that Lord Kang will not agree to our move to the Song realm. ”
I said, "What's the big deal, the Great Song Dynasty strictly prohibits witchcraft, aren't there still many people practicing witchcraft in the territory? Not now, just wait until you are familiar with it in Middle-earth, hehe." ”
The laws of the Great Song Dynasty explicitly forbade witchcraft, and those who violated them were punished with capital punishment, and even their families were exiled. The Heavenly Wolf Clan is now facing the consideration of the imperial court, and it is indeed inappropriate to practice witchcraft techniques, but it may not be. Although the imperial court is strictly prohibited, but this kind of order is no different from empty words when it falls below, people who are fascinated by witchcraft do not pay attention to this set of decrees of the imperial court at all, just look at the dark wizard Shanping of the Shang Boyu clan, he is still secretly raising Gu worms, with the weirdness of witchcraft, if the court really investigates it, Shanping only needs to make some tricks to hide the Gu worms, and it is difficult to be found out. If the imperial court could be more strict on the prohibition of witchcraft, Chenzhou City would not have made such a disturbance.
In my heart, I hope that Nagu will continue to study witchcraft, not that I have any good feelings about witchcraft now, but that the witchcraft practiced by Nagu is the way of the witch doctor, which is used to cure diseases and save people, not to use witchcraft to harm the world. Maybe in the future, their Heavenly Wolf Clan will move to the Great Song Dynasty, and maybe Nagu will be like Shanping, and have the opportunity to study witchcraft again.
Na Gu smiled undeniably and said, "I hope that although the things left by my ancestors are not the ultimate witchcraft sects, I don't want to throw them away easily." By the way, Gu Youren, do you think it's a little strange?"
At this time, the few people of the Heavenly Wolf Clan had skewered the meat of the hind legs of the two wild boars on the bonfire, and they were roasted by the flames, and the fragrant oil and water soon flowed from the meat, and the oil drips on the fire. I was a little dazed and said, "Sir, what's wrong?"
Nagu shook his head lightly and said meaningfully: "Their Miluo tribe is not good for friendship with Middle Earth, and the great witches in the clan regard the Central Plains people as sores, but when Abigail met us just now, what he said was the words of the Great Song Dynasty. ”
I said, "Yes, it turns out that Mr. is also strange about this. ”
Na Gu raised his eyebrows and said, "You think so too?"
I said: "I'm just wondering if it will be the language and culture of the Central Plains that has spread here, and the Miluo people have learned some Central Plains languages on a whim." ”
When Nagu heard me say this, he smiled and said, "No." He added a stick of wood to the campfire, and when he picked it up, the fire burned a little hotter, and a spark rose. He looked at the bonfire and said, "Where is it so simple, the barren land has its own uncivilized and uncivilized people, and the only one who can take care of it is himself." Our people here were born and raised here, and the culture they advocate is the language and history of their own tribe, and even think highly of it, and they are either friendly or hostile to each other, and they will not easily come into contact with the customs and languages of foreign tribes, unless they are weak tribes like our wolf tribe who bow down to them, they will accept a stronger tribal culture. On the other hand, they also have sorcerers such as Zabal in their clan, so it can be said that they are already a tribe to be reckoned with in the Western Regions, so how can they be happy to learn the language of others? Let alone accept the customs and culture of the Great Song Dynasty. ”
He said a bunch of things at once, and I heard my brain a little confused, and said, "What does Sir mean that Abigail intends to befriend Da Song?"
Nagu seemed a little proud, and said, "If I'm not mistaken, then Abigail is very likely to mean this." ”
I was surprised: "But just now Abigail made sarcastic words, and his words seemed to be extremely dissatisfied with the Great Song Dynasty, how could he have the will to submit to the Great Song Dynasty?"
"Then he could have turned us away before, why did he have to meet us again, and also learn the Great Song language?"
I was stunned, and I couldn't speak. Moreover, if Abigail really resisted the Great Song Dynasty, how could he let us enter the territory of the Miluo tribe, I am afraid that he would drive us away in the forest.
Nagu patted me on the shoulder and smiled: "Of course, it's too early to say at this time, it's hard to say whether Abigail really has this intention, but fortunately, he can accept the Central Plains language, which is also a good start for our visit, and he seems to be quite interested in the venom of the Death Swamp monster, maybe he will keep me here for a few more days, so that their great witch can concentrate on treating you, and with these times, I will go and probe his tone, maybe I can find out his true thoughts." ”
He seemed to be in a much better mood now than before, and I couldn't help but laugh and said, "Then it depends on whether their great witch is willing to see me." ”
The ancient said: "Abigail has said yes, and Bazar will definitely see you." Come, Gu friend, eat a piece of meat. ”
He took the knife handed to him by a Celestial Wolf Clansman, cut off a large piece of the meat of one of the legs that was being roasted on the campfire, and handed it to me. As we spoke, the two pork legs on the shelf had already been roasted yellow, and the knives were all open, and the oil and water in them flowed straight down.
Their wolf clan's barbecue technique is very unique, the meat is sprinkled with condiments by those clansmen, the condiments not only contain the ordinary ingredients used in the Central Plains for cooking, but also mixed with the ingredients of their wolf clan, this condiment can penetrate deep into the bones of the meat, the meat is grilled by the fire, and the fragrance is splashing, just smelling it makes people drool.
I hadn't eaten for a long time, and I was already hungry, so I didn't think much about it, so I casually wiped my hands on the animal skin clothes on my body twice, took the meat and ate it.