Shao Xuan looked at the person on the lotus leaf. He heard the "quack" call just now. He remembered the frogs with long tails that appeared on the shore of the tribe during the rainy season, so he thought of drawing the knife for the first time. .
The person standing on the lotus leaf is the Pu tribe who is in charge of border patrol. He is acquainted with the people of the Yu tribe who often come here to trade, and he is also familiar with Qingyi.
Hearing the other party's words, Qing Yi said helplessly: "This time the trouble is bigger."
In addition to the people from the Yi tribe, there are also people from other tribes participating, but this one did not say it, nor would it be easy to tell others.
Standing on the lotus leaf, the man nodded, and he also received the news that the people who invaded the Mo tribe this time were from the Yi tribe, and the Qing and others needed to rest longer after the war than before, so naturally they would come later. His gaze swept to the team of the Emblem Tribe and stayed on Shao Xuan.
"Who is he?" The characteristics of the people of the Eng tribe are very obvious, and he doesn't need to look much, he can recognize the people in the team who are obviously different from the others.
"The guest of the Empress Tribe is from the Yanjiao Tribe. His name is Shao Xuan." Qing Yi introduced.
The person standing on the lotus leaf squinted slightly, and glanced at Shao Xuan, as if judging the threat of this person and stranger. As for the Yanjiao tribe, it is probably an unknown small tribe. There are too many small tribes in this world, and they don't need to remember them one by one. However, for the guests of the Eng tribe, they still have to give some face. After all, the people of the Eng tribe are very rich, especially after the double moon coincides, it is the harvest season of the Enz tribe, and there are baskets of water moon stones. For such a wealthy trader, the people of their Pu tribe are very welcome.
"Let's go, everyone has been waiting for a long time." The person standing on the lotus leaf jumped a few steps back and reached another lotus leaf. His cheeks were bulged, like a frog, and he made a "guqua" sound.
Shortly after the sound was made, Shao Xuan noticed that something was moving underwater, and his feet standing in the water could feel the fluctuation of the water. At the same time, the front of the tribal trading team was originally full of lotus leaves, and no other scenery could be seen. At this moment, those tall and large lotus leaves were slanted to both sides, revealing a waterway in the middle.
"Go." Qing Yi took the lead in letting the crocodile under his feet move along the waterway.
The rest of the trade team followed suit.
The lotus leaf here is very large. The lotus leaf stem, which is thicker than the thigh, is high above the water surface. The green lotus leaf stem is covered with thorns. If someone forcibly passes through here, the thorns on the lotus leaf stem will kill the flesh on the person. to scrape it off.
Unlike the mud pools of the Mozambique tribe, the river here is clearer, but the water is covered with many duckweeds, making it difficult to see the underwater situation.
When the crocodile swims by, those duckweeds will be pushed away by the water waves. When the water waves fluctuate, Shao Xuan can see many blue frogs hidden in the duckweed under the lotus leaves.
The timid ones would just run away, vigorously kicking the water, and swimming away in a standard frog-style. The bolder ones still stay in place, showing half of their heads, with two round eyes staring at the person passing through the waterway, and the slit-like pupils sideways are not as cold as crocodiles, but make people feel There is a feeling of smiling.
From time to time, a frog croak could be heard around, near or far.
"They are from the Pu tribe. The one who spoke to Qingyi just now is called Pu Ye, who is in charge of patrolling and defending the border of the Pu tribe." Fu Fu said to Shao Xuan.
Pu Ye jumped on the lotus leaf not far in front of him. He was not wearing animal skins on his upper body, revealing the paintings on his body. It was not a totem pattern, but a pattern drawn with special pigments, and it would not be affected by contact with water. wash off. At the same time, when Pu Ye and Qing Yi were talking just now, Shao Xuan also discovered that there were some paintings around Pu Ye's eyes. These were the preferences of the people of the Pu tribe. People with different preferences would draw different patterns around their eyes. It is the custom of the Pu tribe, handed down from their ancestors.
Pu Ye jumped from one lotus leaf to another. Sometimes because of his jumping, the dew that had gathered on the lotus leaf would flow down as the lotus leaf tilted, and it would make a ticking sound when it fell into the water.
Under the water, there are also many soldiers who are responsible for border patrol and defense like Urye. They pull the lotus leaves to both sides to clear a waterway.
Whether it is the people of the Mo tribe or the Pu tribe, the water is excellent.
Following the waterway opened up by the people of the Pu tribe, the trading team moved forward. As they continued to move forward, Shao Xuan could feel the temperature gradually rising. Without the coldness of the mountains, it became warm and humid.
If you stand at a high place, you can see green eyes. Green lotus leaves, green duckweed, and dense green woods on both sides of the river.
The frogs around were screaming more and more frequently, which also proved that there were more and more frogs around. Fortunately, Shao Xuan did not find the huge frogs with long tails in the river.
The totem of the Pu tribe is a frog, which also proves that they have a close relationship with frogs. Here, all those who kill frogs without reason will be punished by the Pu tribe.
Chacha did not enter the territory of the Pu tribe, but wandered around the outer border. Without the permission of the Pu tribe, he could only be attacked as an intruder if he entered rashly.
There are people in the Pu tribe who are good at using poison.
After walking along the waterway for a while, Shao Xuan heard people cheering.
"They're coming!"
"Hurry up! The people from the Enlightenment Tribe are here!"
"Father, the trading team is here, quickly lay out the things!!"
Some sounds come from the shore, others from the lotus leaves above.
Looking over there from the water, on the umbrella-like lotus leaves, you can see moving shadows one by one.
"You are still very popular." Shao Xuan said to Fu Yu.
"Of course, we often come to trade with them, we all know each other, and we have a good relationship, haha!" Fu Fu rarely heard that people from his tribe were popular and felt very happy.
Only Qingyi and the others took a swipe at them. Of course, they were popular. They were important customers of the Pu tribe. If there was no Pu tribe, most of the people of the Pu tribe would be in short supply immediately.
Along the opened water channel, the team turned a corner, and the river bank was in front. On the bank, there were already many people from the Pu tribe, big and small, young and old, all laughing... their mouths were cracked.
Different from the fierce "Xuepen Dakou" of the Pu tribe, although the mouths of the Pu tribe are a bit larger, the corners of many of their mouths are slightly upturned, and coupled with the shape of their jaws, they don't look like they have a mouth. The people of the tribe are so rigid, they feel a lot warmer.
In addition to the mouth, the people of the Pu tribe generally have very large eyes. Coupled with their peculiar customs, everyone has patterns around their eyes.
I heard from some of the soldiers of the Pu tribe who often traded, and they can judge the character of the people of the Pu tribe based on those patterns. And experienced veterans gave Shao Xuan advice: stay away from those with very colorful patterns, those people are very dangerous.
Like some brightly colored frogs, the brighter it is, the more likely it is to be poisonous.
"Ha, you are finally here!" A middle-aged man took a few steps forward, greeted him, and said to Qingyi.
"Is everything ready?" Qing Yi stepped ashore and walked to the Pu tribe with the man.
"Good morning, it's been two days."
Shao Xuan followed Fu Fu and a few people ashore. As for the crocodiles used as boats, they would rest in the surrounding river, and the people of the Pu tribe would take care of them.
An old lady who was wearing a fur coat diagonally, carrying a large wooden plate, walked over with a smile: "Welcome to the Pu tribe! Here, fresh, just baked!"
Shao Xuan looked at it. There was a large plate of roasted various insects, each of which was dead and had its eyes open.
Shao Xuan: "..." Really enthusiastic.
Fu Nan and the others were already used to it, they reached out and grabbed a handful of things in the wooden basin to eat.
Seeing that Shao Xuan didn't move, a few people in Fu Yu also recommended: "Shao Xuan, these things baked by the Pu tribe taste good, you can try it, it will be difficult to eat after you leave."
Shao Xuan stared at the "dead and restless" insects for a few seconds. He stretched out his hand and was about to grab one that looked healthy from the wooden plate. , stuffed it into Shao Xuan's hands.
Shao Xuan: "...Thank you."
Although it looks quite scary, the taste is exactly as Fu Yu said, and it tastes good, if you ignore the appearance.
In the villages of the Pu tribe, many of the houses in the residential area are not very large. They are surrounded by branches and leaves. Some are oval in shape with an opening on the edge, while others are large in the shape of a triangle, which is not fixed. form. It looks quite artistic. It's not that they don't have the ability to build bigger and stronger houses, it's just habits and preferences that make them more inclined to this architectural style.
At noon, the sun was too strong, and some people folded lotus leaves and put them there as umbrellas.
Because there was still the matter of Chacha, Qingyi asked the others to trade first, and he took Shao Xuan to the leader of the Pu tribe.
The witch of the Pu tribe often stays in his cave and rarely comes out. Every time the people of the Pu tribe come to the Pu tribe, they see the leader of the Pu tribe, "Guanghou".
The place where Guanghou lived was in the center of the Pu tribe. Since the people here were densely populated, they did not go too far and came to Guanghou's house.
The spire of the wooden house, the roof is made of grass and leaves, the door is open, and the people at the door signal that they can go in.
After entering the house, the first thing Shao Xuan saw was a lump of meat sitting in the front—that was the leader of the Pu tribe, Guanghou.
Guanghou's brow bones are prominent, like two horns, and there are some yellow-green and black stripes around his eyes. Compared with other members of the Yanjiao tribe, Guanghou's appearance is quite grim, because his body is slightly larger. It looks like a meat dumpling, very oppressive.
At this moment, Guanghou was sitting there, holding an animal that he didn't know was eating in his big fat hand. When he saw Shao Xuan coming in, Guanghou narrowed his eyes, looked at Shao Xuan, and bit his mouth. The food didn't stop.
"You are from the Yanjiao tribe?" Guanghou asked.
"Indeed."
"Flaming Horn Tribe, I seem to have heard of it." Guanghou said.