Qin Mu was puzzled, how could it be unlucky to touch the sweat towel, and it would be unlucky for three years
However, this "sweat towel" is soft, smooth to the touch, and has a natural fragrance. It is really good for wiping sweat. It should be woven with a different kind of silk, and it is very valuable. It is rare to see such a high-quality fabric in the Great Ruins. .
Qin Mu stuffed the sweat towel into his bosom, and played with the Shaobao sword and scabbard, feeling very happy in his heart.
The upper half of the Shaobao sword's scabbard is golden, embellished with jade and beads, and the mouth of the sheath is carved with the mouth of a fish and dragon swallowing.
The lower half of the scabbard is silver-gray without any decorations or engravings, and the tail of the sheath is carved with a fish-dragon tail, which is also golden.
Ding.
Qin Mu returned the sword back to its sheath, his vitality poured into the scabbard, and the Shaobao sword was unsheathed again. When it was unsheathed, a huge ichthyosaur emerged from the scabbard, jumped on top of his head, and spat out the sword.
Qin Mu raised his hand and drew the sword from Yu's mouth, feeling relieved.
"This scabbard is really a good thing, it can manifest fish and dragons!"
He returned the sword back to its sheath, and the ichthyosaur swallowed Shaobao's sword and disappeared into the scabbard.
Qin Mu was elated, and then his vitality poured into the scabbard again, the ichthyosaur reappeared, and spit out the Shaobao sword. He drew the sword and inserted the Shaobao sword into the mouth of the fish, and the ichthyosaur merged with the scabbard again.
He played over and over again, and the blind man beside him couldn't help saying: "Mu'er, don't play, your mother-in-law brought some more animals and asked you to herd them. These animals will be brought to Xianglong tomorrow." sell the city."
Qin Mu responded, and hurried back to the village, taking six bulls out of the village to graze, wondering: "My mother-in-law sold the livestock in the village some time ago, why are there six more cows now? Where did these cows come from?" here?"
When he walked out of the village, he saw the village chief, the pharmacist, the mute and others gathered together, discussing something. The cripple sat by the side and tore down a black banner, threw the side of the banner to Master Ma to make the door curtain of the carpenter's shop, and threw the pole of the black banner to Granny Si to chase the chickens.
The next day, after Qin Mu harnessed the ox cart, Granny Si smiled and said, "Mu'er, you will come with me when you go to the city this time."
Surprised and delighted, Qin Mu hurriedly carried the Shaobao sword on his back, took the butcher's knife, bamboo stick, hammer, etc., and jumped into the bullock cart. The blind man behind him came slowly and sat down with Granny Si On the bullock cart.
There were some iron objects made by the mute, and several stacks of exotic animal furs obtained from hunting by Ma Ye, Lame and Qin Mu, and two sheep tied to their hooves and placed in the cart.
There are three big yellow oxen in front of the cart, which are very powerful, and three are tied to the back of the cart.
The boy swung his whip, and the big ox blinked innocently, and walked out of the village.
This was the first time he entered the city, so he couldn't help being a little excited, his body seemed to fly, he didn't notice the innocent eyes of the big ox and goats.
Xianglong City is far away from Lao Can Village, thousands of miles away, so entering the city is a big event. However, the Great Ruins is desolate, and the land route is not easy. You have to take the water route first, and then walk more than ten miles by land route to arrive at Xianglong City.
Qin Mu drove to the edge of the Yongjiang River, and saw that the lame man had tied a big bamboo raft by the river. He carefully drove the ox cart to the bamboo raft, and the lame man untied the cable, and the bamboo raft drifted down the river at an increasingly faster speed. .
Even at this speed, it would take four or five days to arrive at Xianglong City.
After drifting for more than forty li along the way, the blind man touched the surface of the water with a bamboo stick, and the bamboo raft immediately floated towards the shore.
Qin Mu didn't understand what he meant, and looked up at the shore, only to see that it was in the direction of Grandma's Temple. Many people from various villages had already gathered on the shore, and most of them were driving ox carts and horse-drawn carts, waiting by the river.
The Yongjiang River is dangerous, the current is fast, and there are many water monsters and fierce big fish in the river. Therefore, villagers from various villages often choose to go to Xianglong City together on the same day, so that there are many people to take care of each other.
The riverside was full of bamboo rafts, and there were still bamboo rafts coming in the distance. After a while, there were hundreds of bamboo rafts gathered here.
The blind man took out a few sticks of incense, lit them against the wind, and stuck them by the river. Other villagers stepped forward one after another and planted a stick of incense by the river.
Suddenly, someone shouted a loud chant, and then more people sang loudly by the river. This is a river song, and it is about offering sacrifices to the river god.
"Swimming with a girl on the Nine Rivers, when the wind rises, the water rises and waves;
"Riding on a waterwheel with a lotus cover, driving two dragons with a scorpion;
"Climb to the Kunlun and look around, the heart is soaring and mighty;
"The sun is turning and the evening is melancholy and forgetting to return, but the extreme is full of joy;
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The ancient tone echoed in the nasal cavity and throat, and many villagers sang together, their voices were melodious and heroic. Qin Mu was inexplicably moved by this scene.
Suddenly the water surface parted in front, and huge monsters emerged from the bottom of the water.
Appearing from the bottom of the water are monsters in the water, with blue backs and four huge webs, like fish fins. Their heads are like fish heads, but they have long noses like spears.
The heads of giant beasts in the water raised up like small hills, and their noses moved to the incense sticks on the bank of the river. When they inhaled hard, a stick of incense on the bank burned rapidly, and the smoke entered the nostrils of the giant beasts.
These behemoths closed their eyes, and after a while, opened their mouths to spit out a big smoke ring, seeming to enjoy it very much.
The villagers on the shore took the opportunity to drive the ox cart onto the long green back of the giant beast. Seeing this, Qin Mu hurriedly drove to the back of a giant beast. Granny Si took out a large piece of meat that had been prepared long ago and threw it into the water. , the giant beast ate the piece of meat, let out a long cry of "哤", then swam with four fins, carried the ox cart and the three people on the cart and went downstream.
Behind them, giant beasts with green backs uttered long cries, and there was a cry in the river one after another. Accompanied by the ups and downs of the villagers' singing, the giant beasts carried them upstream.
"This is a unique beast in the Yongjiang River, called the Negative River."
Granny Si said: "The negative river is the god of the river in the hearts of the villagers living along the river. They like the smoke of incense and eating beef. What they like most is listening to songs and singing songs praising them. Those who live by the river only need to light a few sticks The incense can attract them, offer beef, and let the negative river take us down the river. If the negative river is hungry on the way, we must throw some more beef, otherwise they will quit and throw us into the water inside."
Qin Mu was amazed.
The Negative River Giant Beast swims very fast, plus it goes down the current, breaking through the waves all the way, with strong wind blowing in its face, even faster than a galloping horse on the shore.
Qin Mu calculated that with the speed of the negative river beast, he might be able to come to Xianglong City thousands of miles away before dark!
In the Yongjiang River, the cries of the giant beasts on the negative river fluctuate up and down, and the green hills on both sides of the river also fluctuate up and down. The sun shines from the front, the golden waves on the river are sparkling, and the golden snakes dance chaotically.
Looking far away, Qin Mu suddenly felt that his body and mind were extremely spacious, as if the Jinjiang, green mountains, blue sky and canyons were all contained in his chest.
This is a magical land, with magical people, and magical river beasts. Although for people outside the Great Ruins, there are poor mountains, bad waters, shrews and thugs everywhere, for Qin Mu, this is his hometown!
In the evening, when the sun was setting, Qin Mu saw a small dock appearing on the bank of the river, and the river beasts gradually slowed down and swam towards the dock.
Granny Si got up and said with a smile, "Xianglong City is almost here, Mu'er, drive down, let's enter the city as soon as possible."
Qin Mu parked the bamboo raft and drove ashore. Looking back, he saw other River-Loading Beasts approaching the shore one after another. People from other villages in the Great Ruins also got off their carts and carts and walked in one direction.
The bullock cart drove for two or three miles, climbed a small hill, and there was a downhill road ahead. Qin Mu jumped out of the bullock cart, intending to hold the big ox in order to prevent it from slipping. Suddenly his heart trembled slightly, and he stared blankly at the front.
At the foot of the hill, there is an avenue straight ahead. There is a simple and majestic city. There are stone pillars at the four corners of the city wall that are more than 30 feet thick and about 1670 feet high. The dragon is coiled, it should be carved, and it is inlaid with gold leaf, so it is golden!
And the towers of this city were also made into the shape of a dragon's head, the gate of the city was the mouth of a dragon, and the eaves of the towers were like dragon horns, both ferocious and domineering!
Inlaid Dragon City.
The few bustling places in the Great Ruins.
Resources are scarce in the Great Ruins. Oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar are precious things that need to be purchased from the outside world, and not everyone can get them from the outside world. Only in a prosperous place like Xianglong City do outside businessmen come and bring The goods from the outside world are also bought and sold to the outside world at the same time as the rare things in Daxu.
"The dragon pillars here are much larger than the stone statues in our village."
Qin Mu praised from the bottom of his heart: "If it can be snatched, it will definitely be majestic if it is placed at the entrance of our village!"
Granny Si gave him a white look: "If you could snatch it, Granny would have snatched it away long ago. Unless you can get all the old fellows in the village to mobilize, then it's possible to snatch it away! Hurry up, it's getting dark, get into the city early!"
As the wheels turned, Qin Mu drove the ox cart into the city, looking around curiously, everything in Xianglong City made him feel fresh.
The city is full of traffic and people are everywhere. He has never seen so many people since he was born.
And there are many girls, all dressed up, standing enthusiastically on the buildings, pushing open the window sills and waving to him, constantly calling him to come up and play.
"The people in the city are really warm."
Qin Mu was very excited, waved at the girls, and said loudly, "I'll find my sisters to play with after I sell all the things!"
The blind man didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Mu'er, the girls upstairs are all girls who have lost their feet, and they don't really want to play with you. If you go up, you will be beaten to the bone, and even the bone marrow will be sucked out of you!"
Qin Mu was taken aback: "Misstep? Blind Grandpa, they are all standing still, and they don't appear to have stumbled. Could it be that they are all fairies like Wu Nu? Wu Nu said that she wanted to play something shameful with me. , I did not agree."