This is a not very large tribe, built on many mountain peaks, and it is not like Ji Zhou, Bi Fang, and Cheng Fang, who have formed Cheng Yi and the country.

Looking down from the air, Ji Kao noticed that the tribe was still mainly based on fishing and hunting, and did not carry out systematic farming.

Next to the tribe, there are also some corn planting, maybe they don't know how to cultivate, or maybe they don't care about it, and the growth is not very good.

Fu Shuo and Ji Kao strode to the outside of this clan, but after coming over, they found that the atmosphere of this clan was particularly weird. There was a team with weapons on patrol, and the leader turned out to be a witch.

"Who are you, what are you doing in my Lishan clan?"

This is a witch in animal skin, and in his hand, he holds a beast stick. This kind of dress, Ji Kao saw it for the first time, he traveled all the way, and the country he passed through was Rong Di, and he rarely dressed up like this.

The people of Rong Di may still have clothes and animal skins, but they have no bones as weapons.

"I am under Qishan, a person from the Zhou Yuan Ji clan, going east to Qiyi, meeting Emperor Shang, passing by the foot of Lishan Mountain, and wanting to exchange a big ship from you. ”

"No, no, you go quickly. ”

Wu Zhu, who took the lead, didn't say much, and asked Ji Kao and Fu Shuo to leave quickly.

"There's no need to be so repulsive to people thousands of miles away, we don't want your big ship for nothing, I can take out something to exchange with you. ”

Ji Kao said calmly, without the slightest look of displeasure.

"No need, we Rong Di also, there is nothing to trade with your Zhuxia tribe. ”

Eh, the other party's sentence made Ji Kaolei not know how to answer. A good sentence about our Rong Di also made him think that hundreds of years later, did the king of Jing Chu also think the same way?

Ji Kao wanted to say more, but Fu Shuo pulled him and said, "Let's go." ”

Without waiting for Ji Kao to speak, he pulled him up, rode the wind, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

This change surprised the people who patrolled the Lishan clan.

"Leader, these two people, could they be ······?"

"No, they definitely aren't. ”

Wu Zhu, who was wearing animal skins, shook his head and said to the people behind him: "You continue to patrol, and if there is any problem, notify it immediately, and I will go and talk to the Great Elder about the situation." ”

This Wu Zhu hurriedly went to the tribe, strode meteors, and soon came to Lishan, that is, at the foot of their ancestral mountain.

"Liye, what are you doing here?"

On the top of the mountain, an old voice came.

"Tell the High Priest that just now outside the tribe, two people from Zhuxia came and were driven away by us. They're able to control the sky, and I'm a little worried, so I've come over to let you know. ”

Dressed in animal skins, Rino said loudly towards the mountain.

"Okay, I already know, you can continue to take your people on patrol. Notify you immediately of any changes. ”

"Yes. ”

Liye carried the bone stick and strode away, not daring to delay at all.

In a cave above Mount Li, darkness seemed to fill everything, and silence was incomparable.

"You two, since you're here, why don't you show up?"

After he said this, the sound of footsteps suddenly came from the quiet cave.

"The high priest has good ears. ”

Fu Shuo's voice suddenly came out and said to the high priest.

The high priest said lightly: "You two, you are the Xia people that Liye said, what are you doing here?"

Fu Shuo smiled faintly: "I am a businessman, and the little friend next to me is a Zhou person." The Xia Hou clan has been destroyed for hundreds of years, and even if the high priest has been staying in the cave, this news must have been known. ”

The high priest snorted: "Hehe, merchants, Zhou people, the kindness of King Yu has been forgotten by you." ”

Fu said: "King Yu, we never dare to forget. However, the Xia Hou clan has been in charge of the Mandate of Heaven for hundreds of years, and Xia Wei is abusive and fornicatory, and this summer is full of crimes, and the Mandate of Heaven is dead. The first emperor Cheng Tang was afraid of God's order, did not dare to be unjust, and led the army of ten thousand parties to seize the mandate of the Xia Hou clan. As for the temple of the Xia Hou clan and King Yu, they have their own descendants to worship. ”

"Hmph, Destiny, God, what do we have to do? Whether you Xia people or merchant Zhou people, please leave, we Lirong tribe, do not welcome the people of Zhuxia. ”

It's really the same rhetoric, calling himself Lirong, and he is outside of Zhuxia.

"Eh, hello High Priest, this is the birthplace of Emperor Wa, do we need to ask you for instructions when we come to worship Emperor Wa?"

Ji Kao suddenly spoke, although in the dark, it was difficult to hide his dissatisfaction.

"Huh. ”

In the darkness, two green rays suddenly shot out, looking at where Ji Kao and Fu Shuo were.

"You actually know that this is the birthplace of Emperor Wa?"

In the voice, doubts and surprises coexisted.

"Yes, I once read in a classical book that after Emperor Wa made up for the sky, he stayed in Lishan, and some tribes worshiped Emperor Wa for this reason, called Lishan clan. ”

Fu said on the side, and when he heard Ji Kao's words, he was also shocked. The name of Emperor Wa, he has also heard of it, is an ancient goddess.

The emperors of their Yin Shang are all named after the Tiangan, and the origin of the Tiangan is said to be the intestine of Nuwa.

"There are ten gods, named Nuwa's intestines, turned into gods, in the vast wilderness, and in the crossway. ”

At the time of King Yu, Boyi and others wrote the Book of Mountains and Seas, there was the intestine of Nuwa, and these ten gods were called by the heavenly stem.

It's just that there is a Shang generation, and it is very rare to sacrifice to Emperor Wa, and it is Fu Shuo who has not thought of it for a while.

Da!

In the darkness, there were two sounds of stone knocking.

Then, a flame rose out of the darkness, and the light began to shine into the deep cave.

Only then could Ji Kao see everything in the cave, a skinny old man with a disheveled head, kneeling on the ground with his back to them.

And when I looked up, I saw a huge stone sculpture, towering in front of me.

The stone sculpture is a woman, with a human head and a snake body, graceful and holy. She holds up the sky with one hand, with stars dotted with the other, and touches the earth with the other, and all spirits are born below, and the human race is among them.

"Is this His Majesty Emperor Wa?"

Ji Kao tilted his head and muttered to himself.

"That's right, this is Your Majesty. ”

Ji Kao ignored the words of the high priest, slowly walked to the relief, and then knelt on the ground and performed the sacrificial ceremony.

There are no three-animal sacrifices here, but the way of sacrifice is not in the heart. For this goddess, Ji Kao's heart has always been only admired.

Great benevolence and great mercy, but unexpectedly, in the words of later novelists, it was extremely unbearable.

Because Emperor Shang mentioned poems in the temple, she was the one who wanted to destroy the 600-year-old country of Chengtang;

ordered the nine-tailed fox to cholera the world, but in the end, she ignored the nine-tailed fox when he was caught and killed;

Even the so-called creator of man is the stomach of the demon clan, and she is the one who becomes the ration;

Sitting back and watching the Lich slaughter people, she is the one who ignores it;

······

Maybe the goddess doesn't care about this, but for this goddess, Ji Kao thinks of all this, and he feels a little sad, inexplicable, sudden sadness.

Fu Shuo, who was behind Ji Kao, also worshipped this goddess in accordance with the ritual of sacrifice.

"You Qi Refiners, don't you never sacrifice to the gods?"

The voice of the high priest, all of a sudden, was quite astonished.

Fu Shuo heard this and retorted: "Who said that we Qi Refiners don't worship gods, we just choose to worship. His Majesty the Yellow Emperor has also ascended to heaven as a god, can we not worship them? It's just that there are some gods who have no size and even less strength than us, so why should we worship? His Majesty Emperor Wa is different, who can not sacrifice the work of mending the heavens?"

The high priest didn't say anything, but Ji Kao remembered another question: "Emperor Wa mends the sky, so is it she who created people?"

As far as he knew in the future, it should be, but in this life, it seems that this question has never been raised.

After Ji Kao finished worshipping, he glanced at Fu Shuo and the high priest, but did not ask. The answer to this question may not be completely clear to them, so let's slowly explore it in the future.

He believed that in the age of mythology, humans should not have been transformed from apes, right?

"Alright, now that the worship is over, you should also go. ”

The high priest was driving people away again, Ji Kao suddenly felt that his head was big, he and Fu Shuo glanced at each other, and both sides were unwilling to go.

Here in the Lishan clan, there must be eccentricity, this is the consensus of the two.

"Ji Kao, you want to find a way to let us stay in this Lishan clan for a few more days. ”

Fu Shuo's voice reached Ji Kao's ears.

Ji Kaowan'er smiled, and suddenly said directly to the high priest: "It's impossible to go, even if we go, Fu said that the lord will take me back to the neighborhood." ”

Fu Shuo was stunned for a moment, shook his head and smiled bitterly, is it so simple and rude? He originally thought that Ji Kao would rack his brains, use words, and then persuade the high priest to let them stay for a while.

"What the hell are you trying to do?"

The high priest was furious, if it weren't for looking at the old Qi Refiner, who was too strong, he would have wanted to throw this little child down the mountain.

Well, for the sake of him knowing His Majesty Emperor Wa, I will spare his life.

Ji Kao said helplessly: "We originally traveled east, wanting to go to your tribe and trade a big boat so that we could go by water. ”

"No trading. The high priest waved his hand: "I will let people build the big ship you want, and when it is finished, I will send it to you directly to the water's edge." When the ship is ready, you will go. ”

Ji Kao suddenly laughed loudly: "We can't ask for the boat in vain, so we will naturally give things in exchange." It's just that now, even if I want to leave, the Fu Shuo next to me won't want to leave. Just tell us directly, what difficulties the Lishan clan has, we're really a little curious. ”

"Fu said, you said he was Fu said, the Fu who helped Wu Ding in the first place?"

Hearing this name, the high priest's expression suddenly moved, and he had already heard of the name Fu said.

"It seems that your reputation is really big, and even the relics of Emperor Wa have heard of you. ”

Fu Shuo shook his head and smiled humbly: "Your Excellency, High Priest, is there any big trouble for the Lishan Clan?"