Chapter 773: Licking the Door
This way along the villages and villages, it is much more convenient to have Karma to walk with this Han Miao, but Chu Xunyu and the four of them still walked for more than ten days, the mountain road is too rugged, the vast 100,000 mountains in southern Xinjiang are really not in vain, there are constantly fierce beasts and poisonous insects on the way, fortunately, Chu Xunyu is proficient in pharmacology, but it is not troublesome, Katong is too curious about the identity of Chu Xunyu and the three people along the way, and has always thought that they are immortals, always inquiring about this and that, and it took five or six days for Mu Yuan to give him a general explanation. Everyone trekked all the way, and finally arrived at the location that Uncle said, looking at the past from the cliff, there was a dangerous peak opposite, there was snow on the top of the mountain, worthy of being a plateau, Mu Yuan could clearly feel that his breathing was a little uncomfortable, looking up at the sky, it seemed that he was closer to the sky, the atmosphere was peaceful, looking down, a small village was based at the foot of the mountain, in which there was a clearly visible stream passing through it, and took out the stone slab to see, as depicted in the above pattern, it seems that this is the place.
"It's here. Forget the dust waved the slate.
Mu Yuan took it on the side, touched Gu Miaowen on it and sighed: "I really want to know what is written on it, but no one knows it these days." β
"Let's go down. Chu Xunyu shook the reins of the horse.
"I didn't expect Dian Ma to be good at walking mountain roads. Mu Yuan followed behind and patted his horse's neck, "The short ones are like mules, but the endurance is unexpected." β
It took more than two hours for everyone to go down the mountain to the gate of the village with the goods, as always, it was Ka Tong who came forward to talk, and after saying clearly in Miao language, the goods were checked and released, everyone came in, and found that this is a very dilapidated and very old village, but it feels very simple, there are children running around all over the ground, there are many terraced fields on the back mountain, young people work there, but not for a long time, there is an elder who is surrounded by a cluster, and Katong said a few words, translated into Chinese dialect means that although this village is a traditional Miao village, but there is a Katong to bring Han merchants are also very welcome, at present the people in this village are most lacking is silk, hoping to be satisfiedγ
As soon as these words came out, the three of them hurriedly took out all the silk and put it in front of them to exchange for everyone, good guys, Chu Xunyu saw that almost every household had people come out to hold things to exchange, it seems that there are usually no businessmen in this village, but this is also an opportunity, Chu Xunyu had an idea, and hurriedly told everyone loudly that in addition to medicinal materials, the most important thing for his group is to collect antiques, I hope everyone can take some out. Katong didn't understand what "antique" was when he translated the Miao language, so Mu Yuan hurriedly explained: "It's just something that has been passed down for many years, old, old, and many years old." β
Ka Tong nodded clearly, and said it again in Miao language, everyone looked at each other, it seemed that they were a little skeptical, it seemed that it was not possible to move the real thing, Chu Xunyu turned around and took out a piece of Jiangnan silk from the basket like a trick and shouted: "Everyone, the authentic Jiangnan Suzhou and Hangzhou silk, the embroidery and materials are all of the highest quality, and if you are willing to ask for it, you can exchange it for old things." β
As soon as this thing came out, the women in the village were in an uproar, and they all saw that it was extraordinary, and urged the men in the family to rummage through the boxes and cabinets to find some "antiques", and after a while, they saw groups of people carrying all kinds of things out in a mighty way, what broken mirrors, old kettles and even broken plowshares were brought over, Mu Yuan said to Chu Xunyu with a smile: "What kind of mess is this? This is also an antique?"
"There's no way, pick one by one. Chu Xunyu rolled up his cuffs and frowned and replied, "But anything like Gu Miao or the slate pattern will be picked out." β
The three of them looked at the tatters in the hands of the villagers one by one, not to mention, there was really a harvest, there were two in total, and it was also a palm-sized broken stone slab, and the lines on it were indeed similar to the original one, Chu Xunyu hurriedly asked Katong to inquire about the source, but the answers were very disappointing, almost no one remembered where this thing was picked up, fortunately, Chu Xunyu still kept his promise, gave them two pieces of silk, and coaxed the mother-in-law to go back with a smile, who knows, this behavior caused a black-faced man to be very dissatisfied, and pulled his mother-in-law to Katong in Miao language, and also pointed at Chu Xunyu and the three of them, Mu Yuan asked curiously: "What did they say?"
"They weren't convinced. Katong told Mu Yuan, "His mother-in-law said that they also have this thing at home, but it is made of wood, and it is too big to move, so I asked you if you want it?"
"Huh?" Chu Xunyu hurried over to the words, picked up two large pieces of silk and said, "Tell them that if they are willing to change, I am willing to give a very generous return." β
Katong hurriedly told the couple that the mother-in-law happily pulled the black-faced man and pointed at Chu Xunyu and the three to leave, the black-faced man seemed to be a little reluctant, but he couldn't stand the mother-in-law's stalking, so he had to wave his hand and signal Chu Xunyu and the three of them to come together.
Everyone followed the black-faced man to his house, it was a two-story building, it seemed to be a year, but the black-faced man did not go in, but went around to the back of the small building, and there was a hut under the wall, in which some firewood and sundries were placed, etc., and pointed with his finger, Mu Yuan asked strangely: "You mean this pile of rags?"
Through Katong black-faced man explained simply, it turned out that what his mother-in-law was talking about was not the sundries inside, but the right wall of this hut, which was a whole thick wooden plank, Chu Xunyu took a closer look and found that the wall was carved with patterns, but it was a long time, it was full of dust, and he couldn't see what it was.
This time, the things depicted on the picture are completely different, but it is not the original picture of what mountains and rivers have houses on the stone slab in Chu Xunyu's hand, but an extremely strange scene, there is a monster with a snake body and a human head, the body is coiled to the ground like a python, the head seems to be an old woman, her face is full of wrinkles, what is especially special is that she is licking a door with her slender tongue, what is the explanation? There are many ancient Miao records around, but no one understands it, Mu Yuan asked Chu Xunyu: " Nolangzhong, does this painting mean that if we want to go in, we have to go to the mountains and find the door, and then we have to stick out our tongue and lick the door open?"
"Go aside. Chu Xunyu glanced at him, lowered his head and pondered the painting, his mind searched for a lot of alien rumors, but he was still puzzled.
"Do you find that these words seem to be a little too much?" said Wangchen, who was an old Jianghu after all, pointing to the wall, "There are already so many words on this that they seem to be trying to explain something." β
"It should be. Chu Xunyu nodded, "This picture is too peculiar, these words should explain the content, but it's a pity that no one understands this thing now, by the way, Katong, you ask, where did this thing come from?"