Like a leaf, it goes down lightly, but the broken ones are flesh and blood, these words are infiltrating, Tang Sancheng shuddered, Xiao Ning beside him also looked at Yu Wei who was driving with strange eyes the back of the head.

Yu Wei smiled and said: "Don't think I'm scaring you. This is a saying that has been circulated in the Atayal family for many years. There must be some people who don't believe it, but these people are already dead. Of course, they may not be dead. They just look for If you don't get the body, you don't know whether you are dead or not."

Nonsense, he must be dead, Lei Zi swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "It sounds a bit evil."

"This is not the only thing about evil spirits. When you go into the mountains, you will definitely meet local people. There is one thing to pay attention to." Yu Wei's tone was very serious: "Do you know about facial tattoos?"

"We know this." Bai Yi said hastily: "Among the nine ethnic groups in Taiwan's Gaoshan, except for the Saisiyat, which is adjacent to the Atayal, and may be affected by it, and have a slightly tattooed custom, the rest of the ethnic groups do not have this cultural characteristic. , so face tattoos are considered to be the most important ethnic identification mark of the Atayal people.”

"That's right. Although the process of facial tattooing has to endure the pain of needles piercing the flesh and blood, and even risk the wound infection, the Atayal people regard it as a test of adulthood and take it bravely. The Atayal people believe that if a person has a lack of virtue, You will be punished for failing to get a facial tattoo, and you will show others an ugly face for the rest of your life, so before tattooing someone's face, the tattoo master must warn you again and again." Yu Wei said: "When you see the tattooed clansmen, you must not be surprised. Or the look of fear, which is disrespectful to them, which is a symbol of their pride."

Everyone kept this point in mind, and it was also mentioned in the materials that the Atayal custom of getting facial tattoos before marriage is said to be a legacy of face painting.Face tattooing has the meaning of a coming-of-age ceremony in the Atayal tradition, and it is also a symbol of the glory of life.The Atayal people are known for their brave men and women who are good at weaving. The custom of facial tattooing is closely related to these two characteristics.Atayal teenagers have to go through the baptism of the head of the head and prove that they are brave and strong before they can get "Yi Wen" tattooed on their chins; while Atayal girls have to learn weaving skills, and only when they are virgins can they get tattoos on their mouths and ears. The "cheek lines" are stabbed in the middle.Atayal men and women who have undergone complete facial tattoos are eligible for marriage. They are recognized and respected by the tribe when they are alive. After death, they can pass the "Rainbow Bridge" smoothly and reach the resting place promised by the ancestors.

But this is not the part that Yu Wei wants to focus on: "There is one more thing to pay special attention to. I don't think it will be mentioned in the information you received. Atayal people are martial, and the tattoos on them are weapon designs. You must be careful, they are the most skilled and aggressive among the clansmen. You are going to the restricted area, which is a place they want to protect from outsiders. Once they find out, a battle will begin It's inevitable, but you can't kill each other."

"Why?" Lei Zi asked excitedly, "Do you want to be exploited by them?"

"Don't forget, what is this place!" Yu Wei said sharply: "If you make things big, I can't help you."

Lei Zi realized his impulse, he bit his lip: "I understand."

Bai Yi sighed, he knew the key point in the middle, no matter how powerful the chief is, he can't reach the other side, if something happened to them here, they would definitely be six outcasts, just let it go, it's for your own sake For the sake of "once and for all" in the future, we must quietly complete the task and go back with the exchange group.

Yu Wei said: "If you have to kill someone, you have to deal with it. Before you leave, no one can find the body. This is the biggest limit."

"I understand." Bai Yi said in his heart, Beifeng, the clansman with tattooed weapons...

The car has been flying for a long time. Judging from Yu Wei's familiarity with the location, he has scouted countless times. When he was about to enter the mountain, Yu Wei threw a map over, and it happened to fall into Bai Yi's arms. His aim is very good, it is a test of wrist strength to be able to throw the fluffy characters so accurately.

Bai Yi opened it, and the exact route up the mountain was drawn on it, "This route is the most hidden, and I discovered it recently." Yu Wei said: "But it is much more steep, you can choose the previous route , you can also choose this one. Everything depends on it.”

"Understood." Bai Yi put the road map into his close pocket. The road is a bit narrow. The Atayal people here live together in units of ten households. These ten households are a clan, that is, It is said that there are quite a few clans here who just live separately, and they are about to reach the first clan, but Yu Wei's car turned around and stopped in a secret place: "I can only take you here, pick you up." Come down and you have to go up by yourself."

Everyone jumped out of the car, opened the trunk of the car, checked the equipment, clothes and food prepared by Yu Wei, and took a rough inventory. Without missing anything, Bai Yi gave Yu Wei a thumbs up: "Thank you very much."

"This is a mission." Yu Wei smiled, showing a few white teeth: "I wish you good luck, I can come to pick you up, and I hope that when you leave, I will also send you off."

"Definitely." Bai Yi smiled.

Everyone watched Yu Wei's car drive away from here, and then they devoted themselves to the task. The Dabajian Mountain is in front of them. It is also taboo to climb to the top here. In fact, this taboo has a lot to do with the forbidden place, because outsiders are not allowed to reach it. The forbidden area is naturally sealed off to prevent people from climbing to the top of Dabajian Mountain. Now they want to avoid the eyes and ears of the nearest ethnic group and climb up the mountain quietly.

The problem is, it's getting dark now, and it's very conspicuous to act here at night. They need to find a place to stay first, and it's impossible to spend a comfortable night in the tribe. Bai Yi remembered the terrain here very well in advance. Profound: "I know there is a place suitable for staying overnight, let's go."

Taking advantage of the last light, everyone headed towards the cave under the leadership of Bai Yi. This is an undeveloped mountain, with some mountain paths, and a bottomless cliff on one side. If you grab a place that you can hold on to, when you move your feet, small stones will roll down immediately, and they will disappear immediately, and there will be no sound.

Xiao Shan is like a fish in water, he looks very comfortable on the mountain road, Tang Sancheng is the most difficult, fortunately there is Qixie to take care of him, he can barely cope, Xiao Ning's skills are always flexible, and with the help of Lei Zi, he is also very light , everyone headed carefully towards their destination under the leadership of Bai Yi. After a lot of tossing, they finally arrived at the place that Bai Yi said was suitable for rest.

It was a small cave, the entrance of the cave was only for one person to enter, but there was another cave inside, very spacious, Lei Zi went in last, his nose twitched as soon as he went in: "Mother, why does it smell like wine?"

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