Golden Bamboo Dart
The next morning, we continued our journey. According to Krito, they had only walked forty kilometers yesterday, and it would take them two days to get to Mengsa. He had to walk to his hometown today.
I'm not used to walking long distances. After walking for a whole day yesterday, the soles of my feet hurt a lot, but I endured the pain and didn't make a sound. Zhu 'er humphed non-stop. He was dragging his feet as he walked, no different from a cripple. Even though Kelitu was walking like a fly, Zhao Yijing didn't react abnormally. However, he was held back by Zhu 'er. They walked and stopped, and only walked about ten kilometers when they reached the middle of the road. Seeing a large green tree, Zhu 'er said that she couldn't walk anymore and wanted to take a nap before leaving. Krito frowned when he heard this. "Oh, Manager Zhu, it's not convenient to sleep on the road." Let's go to the old Clito's house and have a good sleep, okay?”
"No! I couldn't sleep last night. If this continued, someone would die. "Sleep is as important as air, fresh water, and food…" As he spoke, he moved under the big green tree and sat down. Everyone could only follow him and rest under the big green tree. Zhu 'er leaned against the tree trunk and closed her eyes, not moving at all. After a while, she began to snore.
"Brother Li, it's our bad luck that this fatty followed us.”Zhao Yijing looked at Zhu 'er and said," He's even a deputy manager. What a burden.”
"There's nothing we can do about it. I can't get anyone out."
"Actually, just you alone is enough. She didn't know why he had to follow her.”
"This is mutual supervision. Only the two of them could explain clearly whether the business had won or lost.”I smiled." It's not like you're the only one making decisions.”
Zhu 'er slept for more than an hour at a time, and Clito said he could not be allowed to sleep any longer. It looked like he might not wake up even if he slept until dark. She shook his shoulder, but he didn't wake up. She could only cover his nose and mouth to wake him up. Everyone set off.
When dusk came, we approached a bamboo forest. This bamboo forest was extremely large, and it emitted waves of sound in the mountain wind.
I walked behind and accidentally turned around, only to discover someone following behind me. He was about fifty meters away from us. When he saw me turn around, he immediately ran into the woods by the roadside.
I found it strange. If they were pedestrians, there was no need to hide from us. "Hey, there's someone following us." I saw him go into the woods.”
Everyone stopped. "Are you seeing things?" Zhu 'er said.”
"What kind of person is she? Is she a man or a woman? What are you wearing?" asked Crimsonbright.
"It's a man dressed in Wa clothing.”
"Are you holding a gun or something?" Cleto asked very carefully.
"He's holding a long saber in his hand."
"Don't worry about him. Everyone, pay attention. After passing through this bamboo forest, you will reach our village. However, there was a type of snake in this bamboo forest. We call them golden bamboo darts. They are very poisonous and can bite people badly. The most powerful thing was that this thing could fly in the bamboo forest and attack people and animals like an arrow. It was said to be able to pierce through a horse's stomach. Therefore, everyone had to move quickly through the bamboo forest and not make any noise. This kind of thing would follow the sound of the wind and grass. If we attract a group of them, it will be terrible."
We were a little nervous. There are many snakes in the rainforest of northern Myanmar. We have seen them a few times along the way. It is said that they are all very poisonous snakes, but Khritol doesn't care at all. This time, it was so serious. It could be seen that this snake was extraordinary.
"Everyone, smoke. That thing is afraid of the smell of smoke.”said Clito. The four of them lit up the Red River Smoke and held it in their mouths.
Kelitu led the way into the bamboo forest, and I brought up the rear. Zhu 'er was also walking very quickly in front of me, limping like a duck being chased. Cleto's words had undoubtedly frightened him.
Cleto suddenly stopped and pointed ahead. "Look," he said softly.
Looking in the direction he was pointing at for a while, he realized that on the golden bamboo branch in front of him, there was a small green snake that was about a foot long. It had a thin fiery tongue in its mouth, and its eyes seemed to be staring at us coldly.
"You all, step back," said Khritow.
Everyone took ten steps back. Cleto slowly bent down to pick up a small stone and threw it at the little snake.
With a muffled sound, the little snake began to squeak and wriggle on the bamboo branch.
"Run!" Khritol dashed forward. We were stunned for a moment and ran after him.
However, Zhu 'er could not run fast and was as clumsy as a blindfolded bear. Ke Li Tuo and Zhao Yi Jing had already run more than thirty meters, but he had only run ten meters. The worst thing was that he blocked my way. I was so anxious that I shouted to run! However, he let out an " ouch " and fell forward. He was used to being a dog snatching poop, and his fat body knocked into the bamboo and swayed.
Suddenly, there was a "chi chi" sound in the bamboo forest. We saw small snakes arching their bodies on the bamboo branches and suddenly jumping to the bamboo branches more than ten meters away. They were like green arrows shooting towards us.
I panicked and pulled Zhu 'er up, shouting,"Run!"
Life was still more important. At the moment of life and death, Zhu 'er displayed an agility that was out of proportion to her body size. She stood up with a whoosh and ran fiercely behind me. However, he immediately let out a miserable cry. I guessed that he had been "shot", but I couldn't care less and ran for my life. Fortunately, there were still footsteps and panting behind him, indicating that he was still running.
Twenty minutes later, we finally ran out of the bamboo forest.
Zhu 'er crawled onto the ground and covered her left butt with her hand."I, I, I was hit! It's, it's on my butt."
"Take off your pants!" Krito shouted and pounced on him, tearing off his pants in no time.
Zhu 'er's butt was fat and white. Looking closely, there were two needle-sized holes on it.
"Whoever has a knife, let them bleed!" said Clito. I quickly took out the dagger on my waist. Without a word, Clito grabbed the dagger and drew a cross on his white butt, sucking it with his mouth. The blood that was absorbed was black at first, and then slowly turned red.
Zhu 'er cried out in pain.
"Alright. Wait here for a moment, I'll go find the medicine.”said Clito, hurrying off into the woods. Soon, he returned with a blade of grass. The leaves of this grass looked a little like a purple orchid. The leaves were oval and the stem was red. Ke Li Tuo put the leaf into his mouth and chewed it into a ball. He laid it on Zhu 'er's wound and wrapped it with a towel.
"What medicine is this? Does it work?" Zhu 'er asked," Is my life in danger?”
"You won't die." Cleto said," The doctor managed to find the giant knotweed in time. But his butt was bigger than before. Let's go, Yishui Stronghold is in front.”
"These golden bamboo darts are really powerful. My butt felt like it had been punched, and then it felt like it had been stabbed by a red-hot needle. It was burning and painful. Did I have to go through this bamboo forest to get to your stockade? Why didn't the golden bamboo darts bite them?"
"We have a way. We'll be fine after smoking spicy cigarettes through the forest. They didn't suck or bite the locals.”
"Didn't we smoke cigarettes? Why are we still biting? This hybrid snake is also bullying strangers?" Zhu 'er cursed.
Khritor laughed. Your cigarettes aren't strong enough."
Zhao Yijing and I carried Zhu 'er, and everyone went on the road. Soon, they arrived at Yishui Stronghold.
Yishui Stronghold was located on the edge of a swamp in the north. There were steep mountains on both sides of the east and west. Only the south side could enter the stronghold. The stockade was built with a row of wooden fences that were more than two meters high. There were dense thorny plants and cacti beside the fence. In some areas, there were trenches more than two meters deep. They could only enter from the gate of the stockade.
When he entered the village, the Wa people who saw Ke Li Tuo greeted him in surprise. It could be seen that he was not an ordinary person in the stockade.
Khritor's wooden building was by the swamp behind the stockade. When his wife saw him, she cried and spoke Wa language to him. "I haven't been home for more than three years," he said, smiling at us. She thought I was dead."
In a short while, a few people from the village came to Kelitu's house. Two of them were older, and one of them was holding onto Clito's hand and looking at it carefully. Both of them were very active. The other looked to be in his sixties. He had a red cloth tied around his head and was dressed in black.
"This is my father, the leader of the village. This is Ben Chai." Cleto told us.
It turned out that Khritol was the son of the headman. The other "Ben Chai" was also called Mo Ba, which meant "the person who became a ghost". The Wa people called their religious activities "being a ghost." "Moba is in charge of this kind of thing…" Zhao Yijing explained. According to him, the Wa people believed in natural religion. They believed that mountains, rivers, and phenomena that could not be understood by living creatures had a " soul " and were called " ghosts and gods."
The headman, Moba, and Ke Li Tuo spoke for a while. Ke Li Tuo's expression gradually became solemn. It seemed like something had happened. His expression was sometimes anxious, sometimes anxious, and sometimes excited. There were a few times when he stood up, waved his arms, and spoke loudly.
"Khritol, what happened?”Zhao Yijing asked.
"Brother Zhao, the matter I told you about is not over yet. The people from the Goldwater Stronghold are still looking for me everywhere and want my head.”Ke Li Tuo said," When we passed through the bamboo forest, the person that Brother Li saw was very likely someone from the Golden Water Stronghold. He might have gone to inform them. We can't stay here for too long. We have to leave early tomorrow morning.”
"Ah, it's been more than three years, but they still remember.”Zhao Yijing said.
"What happened?" I asked in surprise," Why do you want to kill Big Brother?
"Brother Li, this is a long story.”Zhao Yijing said," There are often armed fights between Wa people's villages. Every village had one or more enemy villages. The reason for their enmity was not because of the invasion of land or the plundering of people and property, but because of the hunters. Every time before the spring sowing and autumn harvest, they would chop off their heads to sacrifice to ghosts. The heads belonged to people from other villages. Regardless of whether it was the headman or the villagers, they all knew who was the Chou family's stronghold. Their hatred had been deep for generations, and the Chou family had beheaded them, and they had beheaded the Chou family. Their concept of revenge was extremely deep, and their hatred had existed for generations. In this century, this custom gradually changed, and many stockades could no longer bear the headhunting. However, some isolated places were still popular, such as the Wa Mountains where Ke Li Tuo and the others lived. Kritow was the son of the headman and was an outstanding warrior in their stockade. Many years ago, in the armed fight with the Golden Water Stronghold, Kelituo had once chopped off the other party's head, so he was hunted down by the people of the Golden Water Stronghold. Yishui Stronghold was not as big as Jinshui Stronghold, so he could not beat them. He could only hide and wander outside. It had been many years since then, but the enemy stronghold had not forgotten him. If they knew that he had returned, they would definitely come for revenge.”
"Why do you want to chop off people's heads to sacrifice to ghosts? What a strange custom!" Zhu 'er was bitten by a snake. She was in pain and afraid, so she didn't talk much. At this time, she couldn't help but ask," Is there really such a thing?”
"Only by sacrificing a human head to a ghost will the grain be good.”Ke Li Tuo said," A long time ago, there was a Han who married a Wa girl. He taught his wife's brother, Dagelang, to plant grain and hatch chicks, and said that the grain would only grow well if the head was placed in the wooden drum house. Dagelang didn't cut off the head, so he used the snake's head as a sacrifice. The grain also grew well. Later, he used the head as a sacrifice, and the grain grew even better. Therefore, they chopped off their heads to sacrifice the grain.”
"Where is the wooden drum room? Can we go and take a look?" I asked curiously.
"Let's go, I'll lead you there." said Clito.
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