Chu Xunyu and the three had to stay in the town for Chinese New Year's Eve, and when they were drinking tea, they were interrupted by the Miao people, Mu Yuan looked back, and was suddenly shocked, and said in a low voice: "Not good, will we do anything to us?"

Chu Xunyu replied angrily: "Not every Miao person will take a cup, besides, you haven't messed with others, why should your family attack you? ”

But I didn't expect the old shopkeeper who heard the voice to greet them very warmly after coming out, it seemed that they were regular customers, Mu Yuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, only to hear the old shopkeeper ask: "Why are you here today?"

A young Miao man put the things in his hand on the table and said: "Shopkeeper, we are different from you Han people, the time of the New Year is different, yesterday a few of us came to exchange goods, but forgot that today is the Han New Year, and we can't go back for the time being, so I will come to live with you for a few days, and when the time comes, we will go back." ”

"Haha. The shopkeeper smiled, "It's just right, we are cooking, and everyone eats together in the evening, which is lively." After speaking, he also beckoned to Chu Xunyu and the three of them.

The Miao people also waved to Chu Xunyu and the three of them, and the young Miao people shouted: "Han friends, let's have a meal together." ”

Mu Yuan could still understand this sentence, turned his head and shook his head at Chu Xunyu and said, "Forget it, let's not have a 'second meal' with them, in case something happens to the 'second', it will really be too much." ”

"Look at your cowardice. Chu Xunyu pursed his lips and looked at him disdainfully, "You are still a disciple of the Buddhist family, and you have forgotten all the methods of overcoming the hundred evils, let's eat together today, so that you can also accept the Miao family style in advance." ”

After saying that, he waved his hand and shouted to them, "Then share the table." ”

Everyone put the table together, and after sitting down, everyone saw clearly, there were four people on the Miao side, among them was an elderly man, two young people were his sons, and another middle-aged man was his younger brother, it seemed that he was the highest, and the two sides introduced themselves after the ceremony, but the Miao people reported a bunch of grunting names, I really couldn't understand them, the young Miao people laughed, and said in Chinese: " We have Han names, our family name is Li, my name is Li Bao, my brother is called Li Li, my uncle is called Li Zhong, and my father is called Li Hong. ”

"It turned out to be Han Miao. "Chu Xunyu arched his hand," Chu Xunyu said. ”

"Li Yuan. ”

"Wang Chen. ”

Everyone exchanged names and knew each other, the Han family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner always opened very early, and after a while, the old treasurer and his wife brought various dishes of all sizes and put them on the table, and everyone drank a glass of open table wine even if it was an opening table, at this time firecrackers outside the door were loud, and this Chinese New Year's Eve was opened like this.

After some chatting, I learned that the Li family and his party also came to trade, and every time they came here, they lived on the side of the old shopkeeper, and they came and went, and the two sides were familiar with each other, and their maiden family was Han, this is the Han Miao that Chu Xunyu had been expecting, no wonder the Han official words can, generally speaking, the normal change of things is the juniors, this old man named Li Hong will not come forward, but this time it is different, he is waiting here to pick up his mother's family, and he has not come here for several years, so his old man himself came to see it in person, and it can be regarded as going out to relax。

After getting acquainted with it, Mu Yuan also let go of his courage and asked with a big grin: "Brothers, I heard that your cup master and head lowering master over there are particularly powerful, will you?"

Brother Li Li laughed when he heard this: "I said little brother, not every fierce man knows this kind of spell, our family is an ordinary family, where do you know this kind of thing." "The Miao people also call themselves fierce families.

They are not the cup master is also within Chu Xunyu's expectations, what Chu Xunyu needs is this old man, he toasted a glass of wine with the old man on the spot, and asked, "The old man is in good health." ”

The old man twitched his eyes and nodded with a smile: "All sixty people, the body is quite tough." ”

Chu Xunyuqi asked: "The old man's Chinese language is okay, he came to the Central Plains when he was young?"

"I've been here, I've been here. The old man put down the bags under his eyes and said happily, "When I was young, I went out early, worked as a dart master, and ran as far as Zhejiang, so I know my mother-in-law." ”

"Hahaha......" everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Older people may have heard of the news of the ancient Dian Kingdom, and they can get clues by approaching them, which is called "Tongue Sets" on the rivers and lakes, Chu Xunyu Doesn't this start, after three or two clicks, they are slightly familiar with each other, Chu Xunyu immediately asked: "Old man, before we came, I heard from a friend that there used to be a country here in Southern Xinjiang, called Dian Kingdom, but we don't believe it, because we have never heard of it, and we made a bet, do you know the old man?"

As soon as these words came out, Li Bao immediately shouted: "Little brother, our next meal will be the second meal, how can there be a country that is not a country, if you talk about this kind of thing, it will be terrible if the officials and soldiers hear about it and plot against it." ”

The old man touched his beard very seriously, and said to Chu Xunyu: "Little brother, I'm afraid you will lose this bet." ”

As soon as he heard that there was a door, Mu Yuan immediately leaned up and asked, "So, old man, you really have this country here." ”

The old man nodded slowly, and everyone quieted down and waited to listen to the story: "When I was a child, I heard the old man say, saying that we are here, a long, long time ago, there was a person who said that he had obtained the true legend of Pan Gu, which was very powerful, and built a big golden city, full of jewels, and there were all kinds of demons and monsters living in it, and they specially deceived passers-by to go in to eat human flesh and drink human blood. ”

"It's all a mess. Mu Yuan asked Chu Xunyu in a low voice, "Isn't this golden city established by Zhuang Ji, why else eats human flesh and drinks human blood? True Evil Sect, he said that this kid got the true inheritance of what kind of plate, what is this called plate, is it a demon disciple who slipped to southern Xinjiang?"

"Let go of the ......" Chu Xunyu If he hadn't taken into account the presence of so many outsiders, he would have scolded Mu Yuan for not seeking progress on the spot, and reprimanded in a low voice, "What nonsense are you putting around, it's okay to let you read more books, it's not a shame to say this?" The Pan Gu they said was the creation god in the Miao people's beliefs, a divine dog, and later became a human, similar to the Pangu in our Han beliefs, wandering around with an axe all day long, slashing and chopping and chopping in the west when there was nothing to do, and then heaven and earth were separated. ”

"Why does this sound so familiar?" Mu Yuan said with a smile, "It's similar to what we often say about Pangu opening the world, it seems that the creation gods of all races are idle and have nothing to do with axes, and they can't afford to be cousins." ”

"You ......let it go," Chu Xunyu almost wanted to say foul language again, he really didn't bother to pay attention to him, or did he say that it was important to get down to business, "I guess that when this Zhuang Ji first established the Dian Kingdom, he blindly made up that he got the true inheritance of the creation god Pang, and the Miao people worshiped their ancestors, and used the ignorance and foolishness of the villagers to win people's hearts." ”

Li Bao interjected at this time and asked, "Daddy, why haven't we heard of this?" ”

"It's all in the past. The old man re-lit the cigarette pouch and sang while smoking, "When I was a child, we sang in the mountain song of the Meng's family, deep in the mountains, by the big lake, there is a big golden village, there are a lot of golden lumps in it, and the light emitted has overshadowed the sun, people passing by, you have to be careful, don't be deceived by the gold, the gold in it is spurned by the ancestors, once you go in, you can't see your mother-in-law." ”

"Wow! this song is so ugly......" Mu Yuan twitched the corners of his mouth.

Chu Xunyu stepped on him under the table, and continued to ask with a smile: "Old man, where is this Golden City?"

Li Bao also asked excitedly: "That's it, Daddy, where is it, let's go find some gold, it's much better than now." ”

"I can't do it, I can't do it. The old man hurriedly put down the cigarette pouch and shook his hand, "You young people, you have to be down-to-earth to make money, that golden city is all in the story, no one knows where it is, I have heard that many people are looking for it, but they haven't come back, you don't have to think about it, it's better to be honest." ”

Everyone laughed and laughed, and talked to each other about some other gossip, Mu Yuan complained in a low voice: "This is not said, Ye Langzhong, why is every mysterious place in the deep mountains and by the big lake?"

"Nonsense, otherwise how can you call it a 'mysterious place'? Do you think it's a pancake stand in front of your house? You can find it when you go out?" Chu Xunyu glanced at him, turned around and shouted at the old man again, "Old man, don't we also hear what people say, we are very curious, and we want to go over and have fun." ”

"It's not that I don't say it, I really don't know. The old man took a bite of food and said, "This story has been passed down for thousands of years, and now fewer and fewer people know it, and they all sing it in songs." ”

"What's going on after that song?"

"I don't remember either. The old man squinted his eyes and thought for a long time, "There are fewer and fewer people who can sing this song now, after all, it's so long, who will remember?"

Chu Xunyu was taken aback, and asked in surprise: "You always say 'Miao ancient songs'?"

"Hey?" the old man also came to his senses when he heard it, "You little brother is so powerful, the Han family even knows the ancient songs of our Meng family?"

Mu Yuan hurriedly asked Chu Xunyu: "Ye Langzhong, do you know this song, I didn't expect you to be proficient in music, how do you sing it?"

"I can't sing. Chu Xunyu's answer was categorical.

"Then you don't take off your pants and put it ...... Nonsense. Mu Yuan was annoyed.

Forget Chen interjected and asked in a low voice, "What is the origin of this song?"

Chu Xunyu saw that they were chatting with each other, so he explained in a low voice: "This song is called" Miao Ancient Song ", also called "Mengjia Tune", my family book has recorded, this is a strange ballad passed on by mouth among the Miao people in ancient times, the whole article has tens of thousands of lyrics, and there is a day and a half day after singing, and the throat has to smoke, which contains the story of the Miao people's religious beliefs, customs, cups, the origin of the head lowering technique, etc., etc., etc., etc., all-inclusive, it is simply a Miao people's "Historical Records". ”

"Then how to find this "Historical Records"?" Mu Yuan asked anxiously.

"Who knows. Chu Xunyu was also very annoyed, "This ballad has been circulated for tens of millions of years, and now there are fewer and fewer people who can sing it, and you sing a paragraph and I sing a paragraph, just like us Han people, who will be idle and have nothing to do to memorize "Historical Records" to play?"

"Then who is Sima Qian of this "Historical Records"?" Forget Chen is worthy of being an old Jianghu, and he explained the key in one sentence, "Who is his author? Is he dead or alive? Where is he alive and where is he buried when he is dead? ”

"I don't know what to do. Chu Xunyu shook his head helplessly, "The Miao people had a glorious civilization for a period of time in ancient times, and created their own written records, called' Ancient Miao Wen', but later because of the mysterious war and natural disasters migration, their words disappeared, civilization has since declined, and the only written exact proof in history has been lost, leaving only the ancient songs of the Miao people passed down by word of mouth, so these lyrics have no specific detailed records, and the author does not know who it is, they Miao people said that it was given to them by the creator god, and we can't burn incense and pray to find their creator god. ”

"If you find it, you have to slap us Han people to death. Mu Yuan pouted, "Don't say these useless things, leave this matter to me." ”

"Do you have an idea?" Chu Xunyu and Wangchen looked at him curiously.

"That's easy. Mu Yuan said with a smug face, "After two days of opening the customs, we will be able to go to southern Xinjiang, this year the omniscient creator god is difficult to find, the old man is running all over the street, when the time comes, we will find the old man, ask people to sing to us, it is best to bring a Miao person who understands Chinese, and tell us the meaning of Miao to listen to it." ”

"It's useless. Chu Xunyu waved his hand, "This song is too long, do you know which part of our clue is?" Besides, you are looking around with a hammer and a stick in the west, who will sing it to you?"

"Can't I spend money?" Mu Yuan exclaimed, "We spend money to invite the old man to sing, or any silk forging, cloth, salt, it's okay, as long as we can sing this song, we go all the way and sing all the way, sing for ten days and half a month, I don't believe that we can't get a ballad, I want us to go to heaven and earth, can we still be stumped by a song?"

Forget Chen and Chu Xunyu glanced at each other, and Chu Xunyu said: "Bajie, although your method is to plant soybeans while sitting at the head of the bed......"

"What do you mean?"

"Spring (stupid) is home. Mu Yuan was furious when he heard this, and was about to have a seizure, Chu Xunyu hurriedly said, "But it works, then our first goal is set, first go to southern Xinjiang to find the elderly, and it is an old man who can sing, but we have to keep a low profile, we spend money on the streets to invite people to sing, and we will be targeted by the Baizhong Sect in less than three days, so we have to be cautious." ”