Chapter 28 "Mountain Ghost" Legend

After listening to the old man's words, Xiaoqiong secretly sighed that there are many ethnic minorities in Yunnan, and all ethnic groups have the customs and cultures of various ethnic groups. There are several kinds of Yi people alone. She can't guess which Yi style in this Yi village, which is far away from the crowd and nestled in this deep mountains and old forest, or what it originally existed. The ancient Yi people vaguely felt that their folk customs were not affected by Sinicization at all. At present, in addition to respecting their customs and culture, they had no choice but to follow his words and ask, "Dad, has the Zhaishen given birth to female descendants?"

The old man looked strange and looked a little shocked. He shook his head and nodded for a while. Xiaoqiong didn't understand what Dad meant, so she simply tried out bluntly, "Dad, the village god didn't give birth to a female offspring?"

The old man said nervously, "Girl, you can't talk nonsense outside. It's taboo here!"

Xiaoqiong said with an unnatural face, "Dad, you said half of it and didn't say the latter one. This is causing me to guess!"

The old man stopped talking and didn't know whether he should say it or not. Xiaoqiong replied, "Dad, I'm an outsider. What are you afraid of? I don't know the people in your village. I won't talk nonsense with you!"

The old man swallowed and spit out, "Well, it's rare for such a fairy-like girl to come to this room today, just like a magpie. I'm too happy. Even if the god really blames him, I will admit it!" After saying that, he raised a cup full of water in front of him and drank all the inside. Water, and put the cup on the table.

Then, the old man began to recall and tell: "The new generation of Zhai gods have reached the age of childbirth, but the previous generation of Zhai gods can choose a young man to match into the new Zhai Shenfang and give birth to a female offspring. The young man can glorify the ancestors and sit and enjoy the villagers' worship. At that time, the new generation of Zhai gods were just Just after giving birth, there are unmarried young men in the stockade who have to send them to show their faces in front of the village god. They are taught by her and flattered. I am also very young, but I am lame with a leg, and I am not qualified to think about it.

The door of the village god's house is about to be broken. As long as the old village god sees a slightly better young man, he will give it to her in front of the new village god to choose. You can choose. The new village god doesn't look down on the young men in the village. He is so anxious that the young men in the village come to her door every day------, think about it. One year has passed, two years have passed, and in the third year, the old village god also became anxious and gave the new village god a year to let her choose a young man in the village!

But the new village god is still not in a hurry. When the third year was coming, the new village god disappeared and disappeared. The old village god was eager to look for it everywhere, but he couldn't find it. In the end, the old village god paid a lot of money. Soon a hunter reported to the old village god that there was still a deep gully deep in the two mountains away from the village. I have seen the new village god, but she is playing mountain spring water with a "mountain ghost" who looks like a man and a beast.

Speaking of this mountain ghost, there is a rumor in the stockade. According to the older generation, there is a mysterious ghost valley in the deep mountain, surrounded by mountains. The valley is full of forests, high and low hemp, bamboo is sandwiched in it, the strange rocks are ferocious, and the spring water is embedded under the rock. The strange sound is often towering, the most terrible. There is a ghost hole at the foot of the mountain.

There is a "mountain ghost" living in the ghost cave. It is said that it is a red-haired mountain monster born by a beast and a wild man. The whole body is black hair, the power is infinite, and it can eat people. It is very fierce. That place is the place where the fierce god meets, the place where the wild boar grinds its teeth, the place where the bucks grind its horns, and the stone The slippery place, the pond flooded the place, the people in the stockade exorcise demons and drive away ghosts all rush there, and beat the dogs, kill chickens and cows, and send them to the mountain.

Xiaoqiong was faintly shocked when she heard it, but she didn't want to affect her father's words, so she had to suppress it as hard as she could. She continued to listen to her father's story: "As soon as the old Zhai god heard this news, she was almost fainted---. How can her daughter, the future Zhaishen fall in love with such a "mountain ghost"? In a panic, he organized a group of young men to save him. He looked for it, but the new village god did not find it. Finally, he found a top of the mountain and found signs of living creatures.

The old village god first found two people to explore the way, but the two people did not return. After waiting for a long time, the two people who explored the way came back. According to the two, they had seen the new village god and became the wife of the monster. How could the old village god give up? He divided the people into two teams. One team rode the big black bird, and the other group of people attacked from the ground. The village god also personally rode the big black bird to take the lead in attacking. There were many traps in it. However, there was an old village god who opened the way in the air. When he attacked the woods, he met the mountain ghost.

According to the old hunter, he saw the monster with the new village god. At the order of the old village god, the young men in the village were full of energy and wanted to catch the monster. Fortunately, they turned over in front of the old village god and went to fight with the delicate monster one by one, but no one was the opponent of the monster, so they had to all He went forward to fight with him, but the monster also had a group of beasts, either wolves, pythons, bears and so on. It is said that there is also a demon fox that will turn into a human form, and the human form is as beautiful as a fairy. The villagers in the stockade have never seen this situation. They were so scared that they escaped down the mountain, and the timid urine flowed out. From now on, I dare not go to that deep mountain forest again, and no one dares to mention this matter!"

Xiaoqiong was shocked to hear this and wondered if the monster would be Erhei's father. However, on the surface, she asked at all, "Dad, do you see that mountain ghost?"

The old man sighed and said, "Oh, girl, my feet are like this. How can I go to the deep ravine? However, it is said that the monster is tall, human-shaped, black, big feet, with golden red hair all over his body, and runs very fast------!"

Hearing what the old man said, Xiaoqiong said that most of the scenes were against Erhei's father. Erhei is almost the same now, but Erhei and his father did not have so much hair on their faces as described by their father, and their hair is also black and brown, not red hair, let alone red-haired mountain ghosts, top Most of them are a mountain king, and Erhei is still his beloved husband------

Xiaoqiong was inexplicably angry when she thought about it. This was simply a misinformation. Erhei was so kind to him and very friendly to the animals in the forest. How could he be like that, and Erhei's father was also a good person.

The old man didn't know what Xiaoqiong was thinking. He sighed to himself, habitually picked up the shell and poured water into the cup. Then he remembered that there was no water in the shell. Xiaoqiong quickly took out a bottle of water from his backpack and tied it up for the old man, but Erhei was next to him. He looked at the room, and the room looked at the most ordinary. Everything was looked left and right, as if looking at the Western mirror. After a while, he picked up his father's mask and put it on his face, showed his eyes, and giggled at Xiaoqiong.

Xiaoqiong originally wanted him not to touch other people's things. This was polite, but for a moment, she felt that Erhei was also pitiful. From childhood to age, he was locked in the underground palace by his mother. At this time, he was naturally happy to see so many things. However, the old man's attention I couldn't help turning this way again. I stopped talking, and finally couldn't help asking, "Girl, your - this companion - who are you?"

Xiaoqiong told him before that it was her husband, but the old man didn't understand and asked who Erhei was. He simply followed the previous words and replied, "Dad, he is one of my companions. Don't worry, he won't cause you trouble, but I have never seen your craftsmanship so good. If you take it out and sell it, maybe you can also sell it. It's a good price!"

The old man said, "Auntie, you're laughing. I'm such an old man. I'm afraid of causing trouble. He likes it. Just take some when you leave. What's the money to sell? Besides, there's still a hundred kilometers from here to the foot of the mountain. I'm a cripple, and I can't get the foot of the mountain!"

Xiaoqiong said again, "Then can you take it to the village and sell it?"

The old man replied, "People in the stockade can make these things up. Who cares about this!"

Seeing that Xiaoqiong was far away again, she couldn't help but pull it back and said, "Dad, you drink water and continue to tell me what happened to the new village god?"

The old man took a sip of water, squeezed it, and couldn't help saying, "Sweet, delicious!" Then he looked at the water, as if he thought of something, and suddenly said, "Girl, the water you brought is much different from the well in our yard. It's like mountain spring water!" Xiaoqiong nodded, and the old man paused and was embarrassed. He said, "Girl, I'm really sorry. You came in and took a sip of water, not only did you not drink it, but also asked you to take it out!"

Xiaoqiong said quickly again, "Dad, it's okay. Drink slowly. I still have a bottle here. I just want to hear about the matter in the village. I'm afraid you're annoyed and won't tell me!"

The old man quickly shook his head and said, "What's the girl talking about? It's my blessing that you can come to my house!"

Xiaoqiong stamped her feet. The old man was really old. He said polite words for half a day, but he couldn't get to the point. He asked directly, "Dad, what happened to the new Zhai God?"

The old man came to his senses and asked, "I'm old, where did I just say?"

Xiaoqiong had to answer, "The people in the village can't beat the monster. They all fled down the mountain. From then on, no one dared to enter the deep forest. What happened to the old village owner later? Did the new village god come back?"