Chapter 34 Chapter 34 Miluo Tuo

"In the past, the locals here called the shadows in these stones Miluotuo." Ghost Ying said, "We always thought that they meant that these things in the stones were Miluotus, but after researching ancient books, We found that our understanding was wrong. Miluotuo does not refer to these things, Miluotuo means old grandmother in the language of the Yao people, and what they refer to is the whole mountain here." "Mountain?" I agreed. "The mountain is the old grandmother, and these shadows are the children born of the old grandmother. When we arrived here, the Yao people were not yet fully civilized, and they still attached great importance to the taboo parts of their own culture. When we visited, we found that , some of the best hunters here will have a strange tattoo on their bodies when they grow up. The tattoo pattern is a unicorn-like animal. We made a deep push back on this behavior in the early stage, by tattooing them The evolution of the tattoo and the understanding of some legends, we found that there are two key points in the origin of this tattoo.

"The first point comes from the tattoo masters of the Han nationality. According to the legend of the local old people, their tattoos did not look like this at the beginning. Whether it is the tattoo technique or the shape of the tattoo, they are very simple and primitive. Later, a Han nationality came. The tattoo master here taught slowly, and finally the tattoo became like this. "When did this tattoo master of the Han nationality come to Banai? According to their speculation, it should be during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There is very little information about him, only one legend mentions that he came here to avoid crimes, but it cannot be verified , but this is not important. The first thing we know is that in the past thousand years, this tattoo has been improved by a Han.

"Then, no one knows what the previous tattoos looked like. However, very fortunately, in our subsequent investigation, we obtained some circumstantial information from other Yao villages. "It is said that Banai hunters have limited area to tattoo this tattoo. According to legend, only hunters who hunt in the depths of Yangjiao Mountain need tattoos. In the hearts of Guba Nai people, the place of Yangjiao Mountain and other places seem to be different. "The second point is, what's the point of having this tattoo? "Is it to ward off evil spirits? Our folklore experts denied this statement. Because if it is a pattern of warding off evil spirits, there should be a corresponding cultural heritage in the village, but when I asked the villagers, no one knew the purpose of tattoos, and they only said that they were tattoos. Customs. Moreover, the pattern of evil spirits cannot be changed. If a master of the Han nationality modifies the pattern, it will be a major event that can exterminate the clan. It is good that the master is not skinned and stretched.

"There were a lot of twists and turns in the process of textual research. At that time, the archaeological work of that generation was very powerful. First, the real masters of the previous generation were still alive. If you want to ask, there are always some clues. Second, all kinds of old materials are better than now. was slightly better at retention, so we finally figured out why. "That tattoo is a very precise topographical map, of course not in the current sense, but the safest hunting path in that area that the ancient Yao people have found out after countless attempts on that land. This road is very complicated. In the era without maps and words, the ancient Yao people stabbed it on their bodies.

"The tattoos at that time were simply to record the route. Later, due to various historical reasons such as wars, the original intention of tattooing was forgotten and became a custom without reason. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, a man who fled to Yao The Han people in the village possessed the skills of tattooing, and improved these crude patterns, and finally became the current tattoo." "So, the tattoo on Hunter Banai's body is actually the route of the ancient road of Yao Country." I thought of Poker Ping's tattoo, and I can't think too much about it yet, but I know what this ghost said should be right. We've found this too.

"Later, when we entered the Yangjiao Mountain area, we slowly had a doubt." He said, "Why do you have to tattoo the route on your body? Can't you remember it with your brain? Or, if the mountain road here is so complicated and mysterious Why do you have to go in? If it is said that the place where an iron mine is located is very difficult to get in and out, and mining one kilogram of iron costs one kilogram of gold, then why do you still need to mine?" "Really that complicated?" I can't remember the details of the Poker Bottle tattoo, but I do have the impression that the tattoo is quite complicated.

"It's so complicated that it's impossible for people to remember it with their brains or instincts. If it weren't for the tattooed map on their body, the hunter would give up if he couldn't walk a third of the distance. The road is too difficult." Ghost Shadow Said, "In this world, I am the only one who can walk that road without that tattoo." At that time, they tried to find the end of this ancient road based on this tattoo map, because they found that this ancient road was not worth hunting.Gu Yaomin spent so much energy to open up this ancient road, obviously for something more important.

They were working on the archaeological project of Zhangjia Ancient Building at that time, so they naturally thought of the two in one place.They speculated that the site selection of the Zhang Family Ancient Building here must have some connection with the very important things mapped on this tattoo map. Therefore, the team where Ghost Shadow was located began to explore the ancient road mapped on the tattoo map. But what they didn't expect was that the ancient road has no end, the whole road is a closed loop. "What does this have to do with this mountain?" the fat man asked impatiently.Because of the evaporation of water vapor, the shadow on the wall has gradually faded.

"Don't you understand yet?" Guiying said, stepping on his foot while talking. We bowed our heads, and it took me a while to realize: "Is this the ancient road?" "Yes, this ancient road has always been built close to the rocks. Almost all the ancient road sections are on the edge of the rocks, and all the rocks beside the ancient road are full of such things. The whole ancient road seems to be a very complicated spell. The pattern encloses the entire mountain here. All these miluoduo are only found in this circle. They swim extremely slowly among the rocks, but when they reach the edge of the stone path, they can no longer get out. "

"It's... interesting, let's continue." The fat man seemed to be excited. "This ancient road is like a fence?" "Yes, the ancient Yao people seem to be raising these things." Ghosting said, "This is our conclusion. Some people further speculate that these ancient Yao people's roads are like scratches on rubber trees. They followed these roads and put The surface of the mountain is cut off. These Miradors are very sensitive to heat sources, so setting up a furnace near the mountain can lead them to the surface of the mountain, thereby digging out these monsters. We don’t know why these monsters are produced in the mountain. I don’t know what it’s worth, but there are many signs that the Yao people do this.”

"Could it be possible that all the girls raised are beautiful?" The fat man rubbed his chin, "It's a good feeling, I never thought that people here have such amazing skills." "It's not like you haven't seen these monsters before. They are as green as beer bottles. Even if they are girls, can you let them go?" I couldn't help but laugh. "The ones we saw may not be well-developed yet. When Bai Suzhen was not well-developed, her lower body still had a big tail." The fat man said, "I don't have any taboos on Fat Lord, green is green, anyway, it's not hat green." I shook my head and looked at Ghosting, but there was no change on Ghosting's face. He continued, "The question is, since it is a breeding, what does Miluotuo eat?" The ghost extinguished the torch and walked back, "Wu Sansheng, you know what I want to say."