The heavens begin from practicing swords in the palace

The mountains in southern Xinjiang are completely different from the mountains in the Central Plains. They are less beautiful and quiet, and more majestic and steep.

Under the night, the rolling mountains stand majestically, criss-crossing, looking from afar, they reveal a sense of chilling.

The night was dark, the moon hung high, and there were still a few shimmering stars in the sky.

Zhao Qiu flew in the sky like an elf in the dark.

When the sky turned white, he arrived at a place.

"Here, it should be Tianshui Village!"

Previously, in the vast and sparsely populated southern border, he asked dozens of people in succession before he found the way to Qili Cave.

To go to Qilidong, you must first pass through Tianshui Village.

Tianshui Village is a lively place where various ethnic groups live together. From here, there is a treacherous path to the south, which is the road leading to Qilidong of the Miao people.

This southern border is vast in size and sparsely populated. Except for the barbaric alien races in the [-]-mile-long mountain in the extreme south, the people living in the borderlands of the southern border for generations roughly have five main tribes, namely: Miao, Tu Five ethnic groups, Zhuang, Li, and Gaoshan.

In terms of population size, the Zhuang tribe has the largest population, accounting for almost [-]% of the total population in southern Xinjiang; in terms of territory, the Miao tribe is the most powerful and occupies the most fertile land; The Gaoshan clan with the smallest population is the most aggressive.

These five major tribes have lived in this southern frontier for generations.Each of the five tribes has its own language, but generally speaking, when communicating with each other, they use a common language similar to that of Middle Earth.

Over the years, there have naturally been moments of mutual communication and mutual joy, but there have also been conflicts of intrigue and feuding with each other.Over the long years, a situation has gradually formed in which the five major tribes occupy one side, but their territories are intertwined with each other.

And where the territories of various tribes are connected, there are often villages and towns where people of several ethnic groups live together. At most, there are even five tribes living in one place at the same time, intermingling with each other.

Originally, Zhao Qiu could have flown over Tianshui Village and arrived at Qilidong directly.

But since it's here, it's exotic, so you have to take a look at it anyway.

After all, Tianshui village is located at the junction of Miao, Zhuang, Tu, and Gaoshan ethnic groups, and it is also a famous and lively place on the border of southern Xinjiang.

Although the name of this place has the word Zhai, it is completely different from the usual mountain villages in southern Xinjiang. Tianshui Village is built on a spacious flat land, and there is a road leading out from the village in the southeast and northwest. The original site is not here, but on a mountain not far to the west. Because of a clear spring on the top of the mountain, it is called Tianshui Village.

Later, the four ethnic groups bordered each other and the population increased, and this place became a place where the population lived together instead.

There are more and more business travelers coming and going, and living on the mountain, firstly, the place is small and inconvenient to live in, and secondly, it is quite difficult to come and go. Even though the people here in southern Xinjiang are generally stronger and stronger than the people in Zhongtu, no one is willing to do so. Climbing mountains every day to exercise.

As a result, some people gradually began to move to live at the foot of the mountain, and the number changed from small to large. After a long time, the people in the entire cottage gradually migrated down. With the prosperity of trade among the four clans, business trips became more frequent and the scale gradually expanded.As for the cottage on the top of the hill, it gradually fell into disrepair, and only the name Tianshui Village has been kept.

The customs of the southern frontier are very different from those of the Middle-earth. It's just that after so many years, although it is located in a remote place, there is still communication with the Middle-earth.And the special products such as fur and ore produced in southern Xinjiang have always had an excellent reputation in the Central Plains, attracting many middle-earth businessmen to trade.

Over time, under the influence of middle-earth merchants, inns that did not exist in southern Xinjiang appeared in the busiest towns.

Not long after, Zhao Qiu came to Tianshui Inn.

Entering the inn, it is obvious that the tables and chairs are decorated with the influence of Chinese culture, but the boss and the staff are all from the local Zhuang tribe.Among the southern Xinjiang, the Zhuang tribe has the largest population and relatively affluent life. They have been most influenced by the Central Plains. Compared with other tribes that still insist on hunting, the Zhuang tribe has gradually started farming and doing business.

However, despite this, the folk customs of the Zhuang tribe are relatively peaceful, and most of them lack that fierceness, so they are not as powerful as the Miao tribe, which has a smaller population than them.

Immediately, Zhao Qiu called the waiter and ordered the best food and drink in the inn.

After a while, the roasted bear tail, black heart fruit, earthy oriole, etc. were brought out.

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The road to Qilidong is a narrow mountain road with twists and turns. On the hard stone walls on both sides, abrupt rocks protrude from time to time. If you are not careful, you may hit your head on it.

Looking around the stone wall, there are still drops of water dripping in many places, and the most places converge into a small pool.Up and down the stone walls, in the dark places, there was a lot of green stone moss, which filled the air with a microstriped moist and cool smell.

Zhao Qiu made many twists and turns before and after, and managed to turn out of this mountain road that has been around for an unknown number of years, and saw the sun again.

Walking out of the dark mountain road, under the sunshine, it makes people feel comfortable.

After a while, after the eyes got used to it, the sound of bustling people in the distance gradually came.

Zhao Qiu looked forward, and saw a bright and bright view in front of him. Surrounded by mountains, there was a fertile, flat and open land in front of him.

Houses with a strong Miao flavor have been erected one by one, or built along the mountains, or closely connected.There is also a small clear stream, originating from the deep mountains ahead, winding through this paradise-like land.Many Miao people's houses are built on both sides of the stream.

On the surface of the water, from a distance, the Miao people built three bridges, but they were all different. One was a wooden bridge, which was the simplest. It's a bridge.

As for the other two, both are stone bridges, but they are also more flavorful.A large stone, rough and solid, lay flat on the stream with a narrow water surface, and then built a bridge with thick stone slabs, which is a simple and practical bridge-building method here in southern Xinjiang.

But the last stone bridge is made of small stones, and it has no piers. It is an arch bridge, and every stone is closely connected, passing across the sky and flying over the stream. It looks like a bridge in the middle-earth. It's really strange to appear here.

Zhao Qiu continued to walk forward, and the crowd became more and more lively.Most of the people around were talking in the native language of the Hmong people, and I could only hear it in my ears, and I couldn't understand a word for a long time.

At first glance, the houses of the Miao people are mostly made of wood, and the style is completely different from that of the Middle Earth. It is common. I think it is mostly a Miao custom to show the bravery of the owner of the house.

There are Miao people selling stalls on both sides of the road, but most of the things sold are wild animal skins and raw meat. After walking a few steps, I saw one or two stalls selling small jewelry, jade and other playthings.