Looking at the drum at the end of the stairs, the master said: "That is the guest drum. There is mysterious witchcraft on the drum. The guest drum is played here, and the guest drum is on the other side of the village. It will also vibrate, and people in the village will naturally come to Yingkeping to pick us up."
"Haha, I'm not afraid of picking up the wrong person." I said casually, but I still sighed at the magic of witchcraft. Could this be the 'high technology' of that era? It has almost caught up with today's communication technology. Taoism actually also has this kind of magic. Contact information, but the details have been lost.
"You won't pick up the wrong person. If you are not a guest of this village, you won't know how to walk this soul-breaking ladder. And the walking method of this soul-breaking ladder changes every twenty years. Do you think you will pick up the wrong person? And it's just like Taoism. A fate is the same. If someone accidentally walks out of the Soul-Destroying Staircase, this village will recognize it and come to pick it up. If someone breaks the Soul-Destroying Staircase by force, they will naturally have a way to know and respond. It can be said that this soul-breaking ladder is the first defense of this village." The master said with emotion.
I can understand this feeling of emotion. Master is actually feeling that although this village is hidden from the world, it has a good inheritance and has various foundations equivalent to a sect. However, my lineage, Lao Li, has very few people, even Wu Tian' The descendants of Disdain also have their own organizations. Although not all of them are from the lineage of Lao Wu, and they are now excluded from power, at least they were among the top forces in their glory days.
As for our lineage of Lao Li, after all, I once had such a fantasy. Our lineage of Lao Li can develop and develop. If we can also become a sect force, and then live in seclusion, how great would it be?
"It's just that the reason why fantasy is called fantasy is that it cannot become reality. We, Lao Li, are destined to be "working hard". Even if the population is prosperous, it may still be this fate, right?
For a moment, Master and I were silent. Originally, I wanted to ask Master how he knew so clearly about Qiangzi. After all, Qiangzi told me that he was spotted by a big wizard in the department and then went to study. , and it has nothing to do with the master, but because I was thinking about my own lineage, my mind was heavy, and I was not in the mood to ask.
The master and I were silent for a while, and then we took turns falling asleep. This was a habit we had developed during our previous years of fleeing in the mountains.
I had been in a coma for a long time, so I asked Master to sleep first. I guessed that it would be dawn before we could see people from the so-called village come to pick us up. However, I didn’t expect that after I stayed vigil for more than two hours, I heard someone coming from the village. There were sounds of horse hooves coming from the deep mountains over there.
Naturally, my first reaction was to be nervous. After all, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the two of me and my master were chased as 'lost dogs' when we were in the mountains. But when I thought about what my master had told me about the guest drum on the Soul-Destroying Ladder, my thoughts started to change. After relaxing a little, I guessed that someone from the mysterious village was here.
However, riding a horse in the mountains is a new thing.
Thinking like this, I still woke up Master. Master rubbed his sleepy eyes and said to me in a daze: "You were unconscious for a few hours, and we waited for a few more hours, which is not a short time. However, , this time it came faster than the previous times, maybe something happened."
Of course there is something going on. The town below is so noisy. Can the village in this mountain just sit idly by and ignore it?
But now the sound of horse hooves has become more and more clear. If the visitor is really from the hidden village, it is not good for us to discuss it like this. We can't leave such an impression on people at the first meeting, so I put this The words were just buried in my heart.
A few minutes later, under the starlight in the sky, my master and I saw several figures riding horses. There was a fire in our place. They must have seen us early, so they rode directly towards us. .
This horse may have been walking on the mountain road for a long time, so the speed was not slow. After more than a minute, a group of four people came to me and the master.
At this time, I felt relieved. Judging from the clothes, the visitors were typical Miao men, and they did not have any hostility towards us. As soon as they stopped, they dismounted one after another. This was an attitude of respect. , it would be somewhat condescending to talk to us directly right away.
"But did you beat the guest drum?" After dismounting, the leader of the group smiled at us and started asking directly in somewhat jerky Chinese. Compared with the Han people, the Miao people are so direct, so the Miao people Only women dare to love and hate. Perhaps in their view, nonsense greetings are not necessary, as long as they are friendly.
"Yes, we have beaten the guest drum." Master walked up to me in one step, and after holding a Taoist ceremony, he was also very straightforward.?’s the answer.
"Then please tell me your names. After all, our Leishan Miao Village is a Miao Village. We don't have many friends, but we must remember them all. If the guests tell us their names, we can also treat them as friends." Although the leader It is said that his personality is Miao upright, but his words are still a bit tactful. These words are polite, and on the surface they are to entertain friends, but in fact they are full of defensiveness.
This is completely different from what Master just said. Didn’t you say that you will welcome guests after boarding the Soul-Destroying Staircase? But if I think about it carefully, this has nothing to do with what happened in the town. Maybe those weird old men in the town have been waiting for Master and me for a long time. Maybe they thought that Master and I were unreliable, so they notified the village in a special way. What about the people?
I was making random guesses, but Master didn't express any emotion on his face. When faced with the question from the visitor, he answered directly: "I, Jiang Lizhun, this is my disciple Chen Chengyi."
"Jiang Lichun? Chen Chengyi? Do you have proof?" As soon as he heard my and master's names, the Miao man's face suddenly became solemn and serious, and he asked worriedly.
"We can't prove it, but if the Daxing shaman in your village was here, he would definitely be able to recognize me at a glance." The master replied calmly.
"Da Xing Great Wizard? Do you know his name? By the way, if you know the name of Da Xing Great Wizard, it must be Daochang Jiang. A Mao Dou is rude." When the Miao man named A Mao Dou heard my master mention it, After hearing the name of the Daxing shaman, his attitude immediately became respectful, and he bowed and saluted my master. Several Miao people behind him also quickly followed suit.
"I am sure many people will think, is a taboo like this? In my opinion, if it is a village with witchcraft as its heritage, it is indeed a big deal for outsiders to know the real name.
Thinking of this, I felt a little dazed, and my thoughts drifted back to our favorite hillside many years ago when Ruxue was lingering for half a year. I slept on Ruxue's legs in the lazy sun, and she used her hands to Holding her chin and looking into the distance, we chatted casually in a quiet manner, and she told me some things about the Miao ethnic group.
Among them, it was mentioned that because there is a powerful curse in the inheritance of witchcraft, if you let others know your real name easily, you are afraid of being cursed, so the Shengmiao Village where witchcraft is the inheritance is very taboo about telling your real name to the village. It doesn’t work with strangers outside the country, even if they are Miao people.
Ruxue’s words were naturally deeply engraved in my mind. Now that I think of them again, these words are nothing more.
But the sunshine of that year, the smell of the grass, the smell of her hair, and the warmth of dependence came to mind again, as if a hundred or ten thousand years had passed, so long that when I didn’t touch it, I I almost forgot that we were once so close, wildly in love, and stayed together.
I have almost forgotten that I am still so in love with a woman. Isn’t it true that many times, I don’t forget someone at all, nor do I not love someone at all? But time has sealed the feelings? The reason is as simple as one sentence. You can no longer pick it up or touch it. So what if you don't seal it? You can't live every second with heartache. If you are a person, you will subconsciously protect yourself!
I was in a daze, because just by sealing it up and touching it, the breath of love would still permeate my heart, and my soul began to ache again. The pain was so painful that I could hardly breathe at once. I couldn't help but tilt my body and grab it. He stayed on Master's shoulder.
And my consciousness began to blur again. Countless scenes passed by green mountains, green water, waterfalls, deep pools, and rivers. In countless scenes, I saw the figure of a woman, with bright eyes and a smile that narrowed, like a crescent moon. Son
"Hey, Shitou, can you stop leaving me talking to myself all the time?"
"Hey, Shitou, can you reply to me with a few more words? Don't always be so perfunctory with um, ah, yes?"
"Hey, Shitou, can you stop being so stingy? You always make me guess whatever I ask you. I guessed it. If I want to know, can I ask you?"
"Hey, Stone, I am Wei Chaoyu, remember, I am Wei Chaoyu"
The name "Wei Chaoyu" resounded in my mind. Even though my soul was so painful that I wanted to scream, I couldn't help but read the name.
Who is she? The pain made me sweat profusely and I fell to my knees.