Following which, she smiled bitterly and said, "But I don't know, these three hundred years, if there are any other changes in the situation in the southern border." Ghost Li silently nodded, subconsciously quickened his steps. Xiao Bai followed behind him, her eyes lingered on him a few times and then looked ahead, those mountain ranges were connected, towering and towering, majestic and precipitous, like a giant, watching over Heaven and Earth. On the ancient path, these few little people... Ghost Li in these ten years, had been to the southern border many times for BiYao, more or less knew about the local customs and practices here. The southern border territory was vast and sparsely populated, other than the ten thousand miles of the ten thousand great mountains in the extreme south, the people living in the southern border border for generations, were roughly divided into five main tribes, respectively: Miao, Tu, Zhuang, Li and Gao Mountain five tribes.
In terms of population, the Zhuang population was the largest, accounting for almost forty percent of the total population of the southern border; in terms of territory, the Miao was the strongest, occupying the most fertile land; in terms of folkways, the Gaoshan tribe with the least population was the most ferocious. These five tribes, generations after generations lived in this southern border border.
The five tribes each had their own language but generally speaking, when they interacted, they used a common language similar to the Central Plains, just that more or less they had some local ethnic 'specialties'. For so many years, naturally there were times when they communicated with each other, joined hands in joy but there was also no lack of scheming against each other, conflicts between each other. Over the long years, it gradually formed a situation where the five tribes each occupied one area but their territories intersected deep and deep. And where the various tribes' territories intersected, often there would be villages and towns where several tribes lived together, at most there were even five tribes living at the same place at the same time, living together. And the TianShui Stockade that Xiao Bai mentioned, was located at the border of Miao, Zhuang, Tu and Gao Mountain tribes, also the southern border land, a rather famous bustling place.
The sky gradually darkened, nearing dusk, Ghost Li, Xiao Bai and Xiao Hui, two humans and one monkey finally walked into TianShui Stockade. Although there was a stockade in the name but it was different from the usual southern border stockades built on the mountain top, TianShui Stockade was built on a spacious flat land, north, south, east and west roads leading out of the stockade, according to Xiao Bai's explanation, this place was originally built by the Tu tribe, the original location was not here but on a mountain not far to the west, because of a clear spring at the top of the mountain, so called TianShui Stockade. Just that after the four tribes joined, the population increased, this place instead became a mixed place.
As the number of merchants gradually increased, if they continued to live in the mountains, firstly, the place was small and inconvenient, secondly, it was difficult to travel. Even though the people of the southern border were generally stronger and healthier than the people of the Central Plains, but no one was willing to climb the mountains every day to exercise their bodies. Gradually, people began to move to live at the foot of the mountain, and the number of people gradually increased. After a long time, all the people in the mountain village gradually moved down. With the prosperity of the trade between the four races, the number of merchants became more frequent, and the scale of the trade expanded.
As for the original stockade at the top of the mountain, it gradually became deserted, only the name TianShui Stockade, was retained. Right now the sky had just turned dark, there were still many people on the streets, coming and going, the surroundings noisy, different languages could be heard, totally different from the desolation on the ancient path.
Xiao Hui, who was sitting on Xiao Bai's shoulder, found it interesting, its monkey head turned here and there, looking around, calling out incessantly. The three-eyed monkey, after all stood out from the masses, very soon it attracted the attention of the people on the streets, there were even a few children dressed in southern border tribal clothing, laughing and laughing, following behind them, making faces at Xiao Hui, teasing it. Xiao Hui was playful by nature, for a moment it became excited, its tail wagging, about to jump down to play, fortunately Ghost Li humphed, dragged it over and caught it.
Xiao Hui was helpless, knew it could not escape and could only climb up to Ghost Li's shoulder, called out to the children behind and also made the same faces back, making those children even more excited, their mouths chattering and laughing, most likely they also found it very interesting. Ghost Li frowned slightly, feeling slightly vexed but not because of Xiao Hui's playfulness, but indistinctly thought of some other concerns. He turned his head to the side, saw Xiao Bai with a trace of smile on her lips, excitedly watching that group of children and Xiao Hui frolicking, the coarse hemp clothes but how could it conceal her enchanting beauty.
Not to mention that in this southern border border where wind and frost were severe, most of the women looked ordinary and had dark skin; even in the central plains, with the human form that Xiao Bai had transformed into after thousands of years of cultivation, under that delicate and beautiful appearance, the faint gentleness that was exuded, every frown and every smile had a charm that could make one fall in love with her.
As expected, the next moment, in the midst of the children's frolicking and laughing, more and more people looked over, and those adults' gazes, very naturally and quickly, shifted from the monkey to that girl whose coarse hemp clothes could not conceal her beauty. In an instant, it was as if an invisible sound wave had spread out, causing everyone to raise their eyebrows in surprise. However, under the countless gazes, the woman did not show the slightest bit of shyness. Looking at her smiling face, it was as if she liked this kind of feeling. Ghost Li felt a headache, attracting so much attention was not his intention, he was contemplating if he should remind the girl beside him to quickly find a place to stay and wake up early tomorrow to head to that Seven Mile Cave to settle the official business.
Just that, as if it was destined that his idea would not come true, the character that would inevitably appear in countless of stories, actually also appeared at this moment. The legendary hoodlums, actually in the southern border border, among the ethnic minorities, also existed. Three people walked out from the crowd, all of them looked almost the same, tall, boorish, stocky and stocky, speaking in a half-baked, mixed local language, started to tease Xiao Bai.
Hoodlum A, "Uh, black one... this girl is really beautiful!" Xiao Bai smiled sweetly, using her hand to caress her face, indescribable tenderness, said, "Really?" In that instant, the crowd burst into an uproar. The three hoodlums were overjoyed, hoodlum B opened his clothes, revealing a good figure, "Little sister, follow me! I will let you eat spicy... drink fragrant! " Many in the crowd immediately laughed, Xiao Bai glanced at Ghost Li standing beside, the smile on her face did not diminish.
Hoodlum C laughed at hoodlum B, "Do you know what is called eat spicy and drink fragrant, that is eat spicy and drink fragrant!" After speaking, he turned to Xiao Bai and said, "Little sister, my family has ten thousand mu of fertile land, you follow me, I guarantee you …" He was halfway through his words, for a moment he could not continue. Xiao Bai's smile deepened, as if it was from her heart, her bright eyes were like water, as if it was about to flow out.
Just that, her body, instead took a step back, stood beside Ghost Li, gently said, "I am someone who already has a husband." The surrounding crowd, again burst into an uproar. Xiao Hui who had already climbed up Ghost Li's shoulder, with a sound, fell down from Ghost Li's shoulder, landed on the ground. After a moment, for some reason, Xiao Hui suddenly crouched on the ground, using its paws to beat the ground with all its might, grinned and laughed loudly.
Ghost Li's face was gloomy, silently stood there, feeling the three hoodlums' fierce gazes, full of enmity looking at him. After a moment, the hoodlums rushed up, it seemed like the southern border proverb, after hundreds and thousands of years, it was still full of vitality and was carried out by the southern border people. [Bang! Bang! Bang!] Three sounds, three figures flew out, hit the wall by the roadside and then fell heavily, loudly groaning.
The crowd was dumbstruck, Ghost Li indifferently said, "Let's go find a place to stay, tomorrow morning we will leave." After speaking, he walked forward, Xiao Hui who was crouching on the ground caught up in a few steps, scurried up his shoulder, its mouth laughing non-stop, turned its head and made a face at Xiao Bai. Xiao Bai smiled and followed up, walked to Ghost Li, suddenly quietly said, "You see I have been locked up for three hundred years, so I am not considered old right?" Ghost Li did not say a word, only quickened his steps.
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