The years when I was Captain Jin

Chapter 388 Blue Faced Mandrill
The old patriarch was also very sensible, and he didn't start toasting until we all burped after eating.

We ate the big meal from others, so naturally we all raised our wine glasses in embarrassment, and saluted the old patriarch!
Not to mention, the blood glutinous rice wine brewed by the Baiyue people is really delicious, it is not spicy at all, and it is very greasy in the mouth.

After eating all the dishes on the table, I gave the fat man a wink and signaled him to talk about the tone of the old patriarch.

The fat man pretended to be careless and chatted casually: "Old patriarch, speaking of it, the fat man is not very clear about one thing?"

"Oh?" The old patriarch looked at the fat man with a smile: "What is it?"

The fat man put down his chopsticks and stared at the old patriarch and asked, "Old patriarch, have you ever seen a blue-faced monster? It's a bit bigger than a monkey, with sharp claws, and likes to move around on big trees and cliffs."

"The blue-faced monster?" Hearing what the fat man said, the old patriarch was so frightened that the wine glass fell on the table with a 'slap', and then he stammered, "You...you...meet you?"

"Hey! Not only did we meet, we also had a fight with those blue-faced monsters." The fat man scolded: "Grandma, it's okay if you don't talk about it, I will get angry when you talk about Fat Lord. We didn't provoke those monsters either , They attacked us without any explanation, you always comment, didn't the fat man get shot while lying down?"

"What... it's still fighting." Hearing that the fat man said that we had a bloody battle with those blue-faced monsters, the old patriarch's eyes almost popped out.

Seeing that the old patriarch's expression was a little strange, I immediately asked: "Old patriarch, do you know what it is? We came to Lishan to do research this time, and on the other hand, we want to see if there are any human beings in the mountains that have not yet been discovered. species? The blue-faced monster we encountered is likely to be on this list."

"Young man, that's a blue-faced mandrill, a mountain monster, so don't talk nonsense." The old patriarch explained.

"Blue-faced mandrill?" Hearing this, I froze for a moment, as if I had heard of it somewhere, but I couldn't remember it.Immediately, he turned his head and saw the well-informed elder, and wanted to ask him if he knew about this blue-faced mandrill.

Unexpectedly, the eldest brother ignored you, but climbed down the stilted building to go to the toilet.

As soon as he left his seat, the four old poles he brought followed out one after another with their knives on their backs.

I felt that there was something wrong with Nian Boda, thinking that those old men were discussing some secrets in private, so I looked at Uncle Ming, hoping that Uncle Ming could intervene.

Unexpectedly, Uncle Ming looked pensive. After thinking for a while, he suddenly took a sip of wine and said, "Mandrill? Isn't that the monster mentioned in the ancient classic "Baopuzi"? The book says: The mountain spirit looks like a child , Yexi prisoner, named Mandrill."

"What is "Baopuzi"?" The old patriarch blinked, showing an uneducated embarrassing expression: "I don't know what "Baopuzi" is, but it is true that the blue-faced mandrill is the devil king on Mount Li .”

Hearing this, I realized why I felt familiar just now. As Uncle Ming said, there are indeed many classics in ancient China that described the mandrill as a monster. It is said that the mandrill is as big as a child, looks scary, and likes to catch it at night. Therefore, the villages near the mountains have to arrange fast patrols every night to prevent mandrills from attacking the people.

But I have never seen a blue-faced mandrill with such a high IQ, so let the old patriarch explain it carefully.

Seeing that we were very excited, the old patriarch didn't hide it: "I knew that you would definitely ask about a bunch of weird things that happened in Lishan when you came to investigate this time! I dare not say anything about other strange things, but this I still know a little about blue-faced mandrills. According to legend, when the ancestors of our Baiyue people lived in seclusion in Mount Li, there were already mandrills in the forest. They are naturally powerful and extremely fast. They can't beat them! And they are very vengeful, whoever provokes them will be in big trouble! Once a few hunters went hunting in the mountains and accidentally shot and wounded a cub of a blue-faced mandrill. As a result, the group The mandrill followed Orion's house, and that night when everyone was asleep, he ate up the hearts, livers, intestines and lungs of the Orion's wives and children before leaving. That's why you just said that you fought against them, I I just thought, you guys are finished this time!"

The fat man curled his lips in disdain: "Cut! It's not because he lost his temper after being beaten by the fat man."

I glared at the fat man.

Seeing me staring at the fat man, the old patriarch asked, "By the way, how did you escape from the mandrill?"

I just wanted to find a reason to get around, but unexpectedly, Wang Yuanchao put down his wine glass and asked the old patriarch: "Old patriarch, you said that the blue-faced mandrill is very vengeful and has been multiplying with your ancestors until now. Didn't there have been conflicts?"

I nodded secretly, Wang Yuanchao had hit the point.

How can two ethnic groups living together for generations not have conflicts?
Once a bloody battle broke out between the two sides, according to the old patriarch, the blue-faced mandrill would definitely take revenge on them.

The fat man hurriedly added: "That's right, that's right. We found many mummies in bride's clothes in the mandrill's lair before. Those mummies must be from your village, right?"

I didn't expect Fatty's head to be so active, and he thought of this all at once, and I was going to see the reaction of the old patriarch.

Unexpectedly, when the old patriarch heard Fatty's words, his face suddenly became extremely gloomy, and then asked in a panicked voice: "Have you all seen it?"

"Grandma's, hanging in the cave like salted fish, with red nails and red wedding dress, they look like female ghosts, can you not see them?" The fat man said while staring at the old patriarch: " What's the matter, are these really people from your village?"

I don't know why, when the topic came to this point, the old patriarch, who was still enthusiastic just now, looked terribly ugly.He struggled for a long time before a smile appeared on that ugly face: "That's right, they are all from our village..."

"Hey, let me just say it! You have been neighbors with blue-faced mandrills for generations, it is impossible to have no hatred, those mummy must be blue-faced mandrills
I caught it secretly.But then again, why do you want to dress up a man to look like a bride? " asked the fat man.

"This is the tradition of our Baiyue people from generation to generation." The old patriarch replied.

"Damn it! Dare to love is a tradition in your village. Fatty, I really thought I met a ghost and got married." After finishing speaking, the fat man wanted to ridicule the two old sticks brought by the old man, but found that they were on the stage. Before the toilet came back, he secretly poked my arm: "Ding Dong, these old bastards haven't come back after shitting for so long, they must be messing around again."

I also feel that the time spent in the toilet by the elder brother is a bit long, and I don't know what kind of tricks he is playing?

The old patriarch also seemed to realize that the old man had been out for a long time, so he yelled downstairs, signaling the residents to look for them to prevent them from getting lost in the deep mountains.

I couldn't help being moved by the old patriarch's warmth and thoughtfulness again.

At this time, the old patriarch smiled and asked the fat man: "What is the ghost marriage you just said?"

The fat man repeated the story told by the two old men.

After listening to the fat man's words, the old patriarch couldn't help laughing: "Actually, there is no such thing as a marriage! Our Baiyue people used to follow the path of a matriarchal society, and women were the masters of the house, and marriage was the other way around. Slowly this custom has been handed down. That's why you see men getting married wearing bridal attire and heavy makeup."

(End of this chapter)