The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 339 Crossing the Miao District

Although Tian Xiuyan is only twenty, she looks much older than Wen Zhang, Zhang Quanyi and other people of the same age. If she puts on a black suit, she looks similar to the old man in black I saw in front of the Young Emperor's Mausoleum , perhaps this is the so-called practitioner.

Tian Xiuyan was also very excited to meet the saint mentioned by the great wizard Jiang Yang. Although he didn't know where the "sage" Tian Jing mentioned was, he believed that his father would never lie to him Yes, after Tian Xiuyan entered the room, he gave me a Miao courtesy and said, "I have met Mr. Huyan."

"You are Tian Xiuyan,"

"Master Hui, that's right,"

"Tian Xiuyan, your father said that you are willing to follow me,"

"Young master, my father said that you are the saint in the words of the great wizard, so you are naturally willing to repair your face."

I looked at Tian Xiuyan and said seriously: "Whether I am a saint or not is actually not important to you. The essence of practice lies in cultivating the mind. In my opinion, the saint Jiang Yang said is in your own heart. "

Tian Xiuyan was taken aback: "In my heart,"

"The way to practice lies in enlightenment, from understanding to comprehension, and finally to great enlightenment. Tian Xiuyan, if you know Chinese well, you will naturally know how to write Wu characters. The left side of the word Wu is heart, and the right side is me. Isn't the ancient man-made characters interesting? Hehe, take your time to realize it," I said with a smile, "Okay, it's almost time, we should start, Tian Xiuyan, do you have any luggage to pack?"

"My lord, you only need a few changes of clothes to repair your face,"

"Okay, see you at the gate of Jieyi Building in a quarter of an hour,"

Along the way, Tian Xiuyan said very little, which seemed extremely inconsistent with her age. Perhaps it was because she followed the great wizard Jiang Yang since she was a child. Until the noon of the third day, when we came to the fork in the official road, Tian Xiuyan took the initiative to say: "My lord, it will be quite a long way from here to Shanchan Mansion via Guangnan West Road. Why don't you go west directly from the original Puning Prefecture (now around Anshun, Guizhou Province)?"

Wen Zhang said: "Brother Tian, ​​the Puli Department of Puning Prefecture has belonged to Mongolia ten years ago, and that road cannot be followed."

"That's right, the Puli Department belongs to Mongolia, but I know another way. We can pass through the Miao family territory in the south of Puning Prefecture, so that we can also directly reach the original Dali border, and there are also places where our Miao people gather along the Dali border. ,"

Wen Zhang asked, "Is it safe?"

"Mr. Wen, the road I'm talking about is basically the residences of my Miao people. If there are not many people, it should be safe,"

I was interested and said: "Cultivate your face, you can save a few days of travel,"

"Go back to son, at least three or four days,"

"What if we have a team of two or 300 people?"

Tian Xiuyan looked around subconsciously, and said, "Young master, two or three hundred people are too many, and the target is too big, which will easily attract the attention of the Mongols or Puli people. If there are less than a hundred people, everyone will replace them with Miao people." People's clothing, I think it should work,"

I thought for a while and said, "Okay, then it's settled."

Yuan Ji persuaded: "My lord, let's think about this matter again."

"It's okay, isn't it more dangerous for us to go to Shanchan? With Xiuyan here, I think the Miao brothers will help,"

"All right,"

I told Yuan Ji alone that Tian Xiuyan is the inheritor chosen by the guardian. Yuan Ji also trusts the person who can be chosen by the guardian. As the successor of the Valley of Kings, Yuan Ji certainly knows the meaning of the guardian. Although he is only a member of the outer court, he also has an almost devout respect for the guardians.

There are many tribes of Miao people, but they have little contact with each other. But the Miao people everywhere have one thing in common, that is, respect for wizards. In addition to presiding over sacrificial activities, wizards among the Miao people usually work part-time as doctors. A learned shaman should also serve as a gentleman in the tribe, teaching children to learn. If he is a great shaman, he will be more respected by the Miao people. Generally, the shamans of the Miao nationality do not set up an altar for the ancestors, do not worship teachers, and are not hereditary. , must hold a god ceremony. This kind of ceremony needs to be hosted by a great wizard to be effective. The higher the cultivation level of the great wizard, the higher the level of the god ceremony. As for the guardian, only the leaders and great wizards of some big tribes know , Therefore, for ordinary Miao people, the guardian is not like a great wizard, who is respected by the entire Miao people.

Among the few great shamans, Jiang Yang is the most famous one. When he was young, Jiang Yang traveled all over the Miao people's residential areas. After becoming a great shaman, he presided over many rituals Therefore, in the hearts of the Miao people, the great wizard Jiang Yang is the chief wizard of the entire Miao nationality.

Since Tian Xiuyan was ten years old, Jiang Yang took his only descendant to practice around. In the past ten years, Tian Xiuyan has been to almost all the Miao villages in various places.

The Miao nationality has a very long history and occupies a very important position in the long history of the Chinese nation, but it has also experienced hardships. The birthplace of the Miao nationality is roughly located in the upper middle of the four rivers of the Yapan River, Minjiang River, Bajiang River, and Jialing River in Sichuan today. The watershed area has undergone five major migrations in thousands of years, from the ancient times to the Yanhuang period, then to the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, and finally to the Song Dynasty, and then gradually settled down. Most of the Miao people have successively moved to fixed living areas. Settlement, this pattern has been continued to later generations.

I made arrangements: "Sir, you are responsible for selecting the candidates who will walk through the Miao area with us, and the rest will go through Guangnan to Wuhezhai, where the Miao people gather on the border of Dali, and wait. Waiting outside the temple, "

"Yes, sir,"

"Repair your face, you are in charge of your clothes,"

"Young master, Xiuyan understands that there is a medium-sized Miao tribe twenty miles to the west. That tribe is called Ma Jinsheng. The ritual of setting up a god in Mumbai, a wizard in the clan, was presided over by great wizard Jiang Yang, so I and the wizard of Mumbai He is also quite familiar with the leaders of the village, "

"Ma Jinsheng Tribe, the name is quite interesting, okay, let's go there, sir, you let Zhang Zijian, Yun Zhongfei and the others gather outside the Ma Jinsheng Tribe,"

The Majinsheng tribe mentioned by Tian Xiuyan is located on the slope of the valley on the northeast side of the Baishui River. The origin of the Baishui River is that the riverbed is composed of deposited limestone fragments, which is grayish white. The clear spring flows through it, which looks like a white river. .

Twenty miles is just a piece of cake for our royal horse.

Turning around a mountain peak, looking from a distance, you can see hundreds of unique stilted buildings following the ups and downs of the terrain, with overlapping peaks and row upon row, which is spectacular. Maple forests are planted on the slopes of the village. Planting maple trees is called the village-protecting tree by the Miao people, and it is also one of the customs of most Miao villages.

"My lord, there is still a legend about the name Ma Jinsheng."

Fang Ling on the side hurriedly said: "Young Master Tian, ​​let's hear it."

"Well, this is what the Mumbai wizard told me. The reason why it is called Ma Jinsheng is because the Miao village here is the birthplace of the Miao Lusheng and the Golden Pheasant Dance. The Lusheng is a Miao musical instrument that is popular among black Miao. The reeds produced by Sheng Miao Village are the most famous, and the golden pheasant dance is an indispensable part of the Miao family's sacrifices and festivals. The golden pheasant is one of the totems of the Miao people. It is said that in ancient times, God sent a The divine bird came to the gathering place of the Miao people and taught the ancestors of the Miao family how to weave. In order to worship this divine bird sent from heaven, the clever Miao girl weaved strips of flowers as beautiful as golden pheasant feathers with skillful hands. Imitate the long tail of the golden pheasant, wrap the flower belts around the waist one by one, put silver ornaments on the head, and dance like the golden pheasant, just like this, year after year, generation after generation, the wonderful golden pheasant dance Miao Township gradually spread, "

I have also heard of the golden pheasant dance. In later generations, when this dance was performed abroad, it was praised by foreigners as "the divine bird of the East, the most original ballet,"

Fang Ling asked: "Ah, it turned out to be a divine bird, can we see this kind of dance?"

"Ms. Fang, this possibility is unlikely. The Miao Village will only perform at certain times,"

"Oh, that's all we have to do,"

"Xiuyan, I never knew the difference between the black seedlings and the white seedlings,"

Tian Xiuyan said: "Master Hui, generally speaking, there is not much difference between black and white Miao. My Miao nationality has 72 major tribes, which are divided into black, white, red, green, and long-horned. The customs and culture of the tribe are basically the same, but because of the difference in clothing, they are called different names. Hei Miao is called Hei Miao because the clothes and headscarves on his body are mainly black. It was because the ancestors of Hei Miao, that is, the ancestors of the tribe who followed God Chi You, wore black clothes, and the descendants of the tribe in white clothes were Bai Miao. The two most powerful tribes have been passed down to the present, and the Miao family is also dominated by the Black Miao and the White Miao. In addition, there is a small difference in terms of names between the two. The wizards you know well are called wizards among the Black Miao, But in Baimiao, they are called priests, and there is not much difference in other aspects."

"I see,"

As for the understanding of black and white Miao, I just come from a game "Legend of Sword and Fairy" played by later generations. Due to several major migrations of Miao people, the defects of their own writing system were caused. Before liberation, the Miao and Han people There have been very few exchanges, so in the eyes of the Han people, the Miao nationality is quite mysterious. In addition, the information exchange was extremely inconvenient in the past. Over time, the misunderstanding of the white Miao and the black Miao people has become more and more misunderstanding among the Han people.

In the Majinsheng Miao Village, we were warmly received by Chi Feng, a Mumbai wizard and village leader.

After drinking for three rounds, after Tian Xiuyan, Mumbai and others finished talking about the past, they explained their intentions to Mumbai: "The wizard of Mumbai, the head of Chifeng, Xiuyan was entrusted by the great wizard Jiang Yang to escort this Mr. Huyan to Uwu in Dali. He Miaozhai visited the Great Wizard of Fortune, and because of the strong wind after going out, all his clothes and luggage were blown off, so he came here specially to ask the wizard of Mumbai to help provide a hundred sets of costumes."

Chi Feng smiled and said: "It's simple, I just ask every household in my village to come up with a set, but our Majinsheng cottage is not rich, so the clothes are simple and simple, I don't know if there is any problem,"

"Headman Chifeng is very polite. I will wait for those who travel far away, as long as they can shelter from the wind and rain."

Mumbai said: "That's good, Xiuyan, you sit down first, and talk to Chifeng chief, I'll go and explain, and I'll be back in a while."

"Trouble Bombay Wizard,"

Chi Feng said: "Xiuyan, you go to Wuhe Village, the journey is far away, and the world is not peaceful, so be careful."

"Don't worry, the leader, this road is basically my Miao family's cottage, it should be safe,"

"Well, it's just that Wuhe Village is now the territory of the Mongols. A while ago, I heard that the rebels who started the riot fled to the area of ​​Wuhe Village. You should be more careful,"

I said in surprise: "Sariwei,"