The mountain road is winding and the birds are chirping, giving you a southern scenery.

Liu Si felt that he was retracing the young master's mental journey when he recruited the Erlin Division, and felt extremely comfortable.

Wu Kui is a desperate man, and he has long been indifferent to life and death.

The attitude of the two people made Zen Master Yingquan nod repeatedly. If you have great enlightenment, calmness and wisdom, you can enter my Buddhist door...

There was a bamboo whistle sound ahead, which was very similar to the chirping of birds, but it could not be hidden from Liu Si.

So Liu Si stopped, and Zen Master Ying Quan smiled and said, "Young Master seems to know a lot about the rules of the Yi people?"

Liu Si also laughed: "Zen Master, the bird whistle made by my young master is a hundred times better than this one, do you believe it?"

Ying Quanheshi: "Su Tanhua is a great master of harmonious tunes. Naturally, a bird whistle cannot stop him."

A well-dressed man in blue and purple clothes came down from the front, with a few pheasant feathers in his head, wearing pants with big crotches and tight legs, and bare feet. He said in blunt Chinese: "This stranger knows the rules. Zen Master

Here you go, Duke Tianchang invites you."

Lantian Village is a large village with bamboo houses, wooden houses and thatched huts.

Men mostly wear blue and black clothes, have their hair tied up in a bun, are wrapped in red and white cloth, and have a few wild pheasant hairs inserted into them; women's clothes are white with batik blue flowers, embroidery in five colors, and they like silver jewelry.

Of course, this is because Lantian Village is the richest village in Meishan, so it has such a pomp.

Along the way, Liu Si saw some large and small stone tablets written in Chinese.

This is the "stone tablet law", which means that some principles that have been jointly agreed upon by everyone to maintain production and social order are formulated into a number of specific rules, and then the provisions are engraved on stone tablets and erected in public gathering places.

Everyone is required to abide by and maintain it.

Many of them were the original texts in the "Shaman Code" of the southwestern Yi people. Liu Si nodded secretly after reading them, feeling more confident in his heart.

The political system of Meishan barbarians is a relatively systematic "Yao Lao system".

Yao Lao has "Tianchang Gong", "Touchong Gong", "Xiangong Gong", "Burning Incense Gong", "Tianzhang Gong", "Pushing Water Gong" and "Household Chief Gong".

Tianchang Gong is the democratically elected supreme leader, and each of his subordinates is responsible for their own affairs.

Liu Si looked at the people in the village with curious eyes, and the people in the village also looked at the group of three people with curious eyes.

Su Fang, the Grand Duke of Meishan Mantian of this generation, led the elders and waited for their arrival outside the largest thatched house in the village.

Old monk Ying Quan stepped forward and saluted: "Old monk has come to beg for alms again."

Su Fang was a shrewd and capable leader in his prime, with sharp eyes. He nodded to Ying Quan: "Master will always be the most welcome guest in our village. We all love to hear the Dharma you teach."

Old monk Ying Quan smiled and said: "Where is Master Liao of Tianshi Dao?"

Su Fang said: "The Taoist priest and his master went into the mountains to collect medicine. They have treated many diseases together these days, and the Taoist priest's patent medicines are not enough."

Old monk Ying Quan said: "This is also a great merit. By the way, these two are my disciples..."

Su Fang smiled coldly: "Aren't you an official?"

With a raised hand, the guard beside him immediately pointed the crossbow at Liu Si.

Liu Si raised his hands in the air, feeling dissatisfied: "Mr. Tianzhang, you are unfair!"

"Oh?" Su Fang couldn't help but laugh: "Why is it unfair?"

Liu Si shouted: "Why are the crossbows pointing at me?! Brother Wu should also get half!"

Su Fang couldn't help laughing, and stepped forward to hug Wu Kui: "Old Wu! That's the friendship of hunting tigers with us!"

Wu Kui was also happy to see Su Fang. The two of them hugged each other and laughed a little, and then Su Fang said: "By the way, another tiger trace was found in Beishan..."

Wu Kui said: "Brother Su, I am here this time..."

Su Fang said: "I know why you are here, let's go, my good friend is here, open the meat mountain! Let's have a big meal first!"

"Opening the meat mountain" is a banquet when Meishan people entertain important guests. The meat mountain is generally composed of nine layers of dishes. The bottom layer consists of bamboo shoots, mushrooms, vegetables, pig intestines, pork, etc.; the second and fourth layers are lean meat, pork, etc.

Each piece of liver, pork belly, etc. is as big as a palm; the third and fifth layers are fat slices; the top layer is covered with a piece of fat weighing about two kilograms.

The entire "meat mountain" weighs nearly thirty kilograms and is packed in a large dustpan. Guests sit around the "meat mountain" and take what they need.

Meishan Man also raises pigs, but they are raised extensively and the taste is a bit tangy.

So Liu Si had no choice but to get up, and when he went out, he saw a little girl aged 14 or 15 looking inside: "Little lady, is there any garlic in the village?"

The little sister looked at him with big eyes, looked up and down for a while, and after satisfying her curiosity, she nodded and said: "Yes."

Then the little sister took Liu Si to a straw shed that looked like a kitchen and pulled out a basket of garlic.

While Liu Si was tinkering with the seasoning for minced garlic and white meat, he said to his little sister, "I haven't grown up with the young master, but I've learned to be tricky. I'll make a dipping sauce."

The little girl watched in amazement as Liu Si conjured various things from his bag and added to the garlic basin without listening: "Who is your young master? Is he the great villain Song Guan at the foot of the mountain?"

Liu Si said: "No, my young master...well, I don't know if you have heard of it, Su Mingrun is very famous in the Kuimen area."

The little sister nodded: "Yes, the guests from the north said that he was descended from the stars, could kill evil dragons, turn stones into gold, and lead everyone to live a good life; the guests from the south also said that he had a green face and fangs, and was extremely ferocious.

There is a magic mirror in your hand. Regardless of whether it is a person or a god, as long as it shines on you, you will lose all your power and become weak, and you will eventually be captured."

Uh... It seems that when Nong Zhigao was captured, the young master did use a brass protractor on the top of the tower to reflect the sunlight and send a signal to the Dali army...

The legends on both sides are well-founded.

Liu Si smiled: "Whether it is north or south, the legend is wrong. The young master is just an ordinary person...well, a little smarter, a little more capable, a little more knowledgeable...and a little greedy."

The younger sister's eyes widened again, and she obviously felt that her elder brother was lying.

Liu Si sprinkled chopped green onion into the seasoning basin and gave half of it to his sister: "You can mix this seasoning with cold vegetables and eat it. It will taste better. I'll go in first."

Mei Zai looked at Liu Si carrying the basin and walking out: "What's your name?"

Liu Si said: "My name is Liu Si, and my courtesy name is Jiyuan."

The little sister looked at Liu Si: "My name is Ajiu, and I will come to play with you after dinner!"

Returning to the main house, Su Fang glanced at Liu Si: "Don't walk around in the village."

Liu Si said: "Yes, I went to the kitchen and added some seasonings for everyone. Come on, let's share some."

Several village elders dipped the fat meat into the seasoning in the bowl and tasted it. Their eyes suddenly lit up and they nodded repeatedly.

Su Fang looked outside the house, but still didn't touch it, and asked Liu Si: "Just chatting, I heard that you are also the brother of the great witch of Southwest Yi?"

Liu Si quickly waved his hand: "Don't dare, don't dare, the young master took us in, but he is actually younger than us."

"You call us brother because the young master is gentle and approachable. In fact, he is both our benefactor and our teacher."

Su Fang asked, "Why didn't he come this time? I guess if he came, none of these things would happen."

Liu Si said: "The young master is now in the northwest dealing with the Xia people and cannot escape... But he sent me a letter, saying that it was Brother Zhang's inhumane tactics that led to the Meishan conflict."

"He felt very sorry and asked me to find a prestigious local person to speak on his behalf and explain the original intention of the court to Duke Tian. That's when I asked Zen Master Yingquan."

After speaking, he opened a box next to him and took out a few books: "Tianzhang Gong, this is a gift from the young master to you."
Chapter completed!