To be precise, the Li people are not an individual tribe, but an alliance of nine large tribes. Therefore, the Li people are also called Jiuli.

According to limited information today, the Jiuli Tribal Alliance has been active in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River Basin for a long time. At that time, large areas of land such as the Yellow River, the Yangtze River, and the Han River all belonged to the "Li Realm". It is no exaggeration to say that Jiuli is one of the oldest clans. Of course, it is inappropriate to call it a clan, because "Jiuli" was a tribal alliance at that time, composed of nine large tribes and eighty-one tribal clans. Chiyou, who is regarded as a negative character in many myths, is the chief of this tribal alliance.

In the subsequent legend, the Huangdi tribe migrated from the Sanqin land to the vicinity of Xuanyuangang (southwest direction of Songshan) due to the drought. During the development of civilization and the expansion of territory, it inevitably clashed with another ancient nation of the Jiuli Tribe Alliance.

At this time, the Yan Emperor Shennong, who also lived in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River (maybe he did not want to surrender to Jiuli), was driven to Zhulu by Chiyou and turned to the Emperor Xuanyuan. The two quickly formed an alliance and launched a counterattack against Chiyou's Jiuli tribe. (Xiao Leiyu, who had just upgraded to become a father: It is hard to imagine that Fuxi, Nuwa, Houyi, Di Jun, and Xihe were all from Jiuli forces. Another complaint, Shennong was called Yan Emperor, and there was no doubt that the first person to know how to use fire, but why is it rumored that the Jiuli Tribe Alliance could already use copper to make weapons at that time?)

But although the Huangdi Xuanyuan clan and the Yandi Shennong clan reached an alliance, facing Chiyou's Jiuli, the two most powerful tribal alliances at that time were still in a long-lasting fierce battle. According to reports, "Chiyou resisted tenaciously" and "Huangdi could not win the Nine Battles". After several difficult battles such as the Battle Lu and Hulu, the Yanhuang Tribal Alliance finally defeated the Jiuli Tribal Alliance.

The defeated Jiuli tribes were roughly divided into three groups, and some were driven to the north and established the Li Kingdom locally. Later, they were destroyed by the Zhou Dynasty; some retreated to the Jianghan Basin in the south and established the Sanmiao Tribal Alliance, which was later the Miao people; some also surrendered to join the Yanhuang Tribal Alliance, called the Li people.

(Xiao Leiyan, who is quarreled by children every day: the meaning of the people and the people at that time was different. As the name suggests, the people refer to the tribes of many people from foreign tribes that were gradually flooded with Huangdi as he constantly absorbed allies to defeat powerful enemies; while the people refer to the defeated people of the Jiuli tribe, which was similar to the reason for the word "merchant" later. Therefore, it is not difficult to guess that at that time, the people were equivalent to citizens, civilians, people, and the people were probably defeated with similar status as slaves. However, with the evolution of history, the differences between the people and the people became less and less. In this way, a terrible conclusion was suddenly drawn: We, who have always claimed to be descendants of Yan and Huang, actually the blood of the Jiuli tribe is also flowing in the blood vessels?)

In addition to those three groups, a small number of people from the Jiuli tribe fled to the vicinity of Juluze and thus became secluded.

(Xiao Lei, who felt that children were not very annoying, was considerate and thoughtful: Juluze was actually a vast ocean. Due to changes in the crust, the entire North China Plain was broken and sunken. It turned into a vast ocean connected to the ocean. Then Dayu controlled the flood and dug a channel to introduce the often-exploded Yellow River water through the Taihang Mountains and Juluze, and introduced the sea. Later, the Yellow River mud and sand gradually filled the sinking North China Plain, turning it into a depression. During this period, Juluze and many shallow moors coexisted. By the way, if a large amount of upstream forests were cut down and caused the Yellow River mud and sand to wash away the middle and lower reaches, it seemed that the Yellow Emperor tribe was originally a nation living near the upper reaches of the Yellow River, uh. No...)

However, when history developed to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in fact, the Li people living in seclusion in Juluze and their ancestors of the Jiuli tribe also had earth-shaking changes, which was also the reason why Zhang Huang called them Li tribes, not the remnants of the Jiuli tribe.

"It's me, it's me." Zhang Huang whispered to the Black Feather Crows not to show hostility, while raising his hands to shout at the Li barbarians who had jumped out of the tree and surrounded them.

Li Tong glanced at Zhang Huang strangely, muttering in his heart whether these barbarians could understand what Zhang Huang said.

But to everyone's surprise, a strong Li barbarian pushed away and walked out, and the first sentence he said made the Black Feather Crows and Cai Yan stunned.

"I know it's you, Huang, otherwise we'll have already started."

It is hard to imagine that what the Li barbarian said in his mouth was not the foreign dialect that Li Tong and others had expected, but was a local dialect with a little bit of Julu dialect.

"Hehe." Zhang Huang laughed dryly.

At this time, the Li barbarian looked up and down at Zhang Huang and frowned, and said in confusion, "Huang, your wildness has weakened. Before, we have followed you for a while..."

Zhang Huang smiled bitterly when he heard this. He had dealt with these Li people, so he naturally understood that what the other party said was wildness, which actually refers to human intuition. Looking back now, when Zhang Huang noticed these Li people, the other party had actually followed them quietly. If he hadn't recognized Zhang Huang, he would have been killed long ago.

"I feel a little uncomfortable recently..." Zhang Huang reluctantly explained.

The barbarian of Li tribe looked at the strange redness of Zhang Huang's skin and nodded slightly. Then, he seemed to have thought of something. After looking at Li Tong and others, he said to Zhang Huang, "Huang, you know the rules, outsiders cannot enter the tribe... You, we won't stop you, but these people..."

"Can you be more comfortable?"

"The clan rules are clan rules." The barbarian of Li tribe shook his head.

Zhang Huang knew that there was nothing to discuss with these stubborn people, so he said helplessly, "Let's do this, you lead us to see the great witch first. If the great witch allows us, we will go up the mountain."

The barbarians of Li nodded after hearing this.

Seeing this, Zhang Huang turned around and looked dumbfounded in the black feather crow and Cai Yan and others patted the arm of the Li barbarian and introduced with a smile, "I will introduce you to Tuyu, the number one warrior in the clan, and the son of the great witch."

Li Tong and others were puzzled why a burly and strong man took the weak word "fish" as his name, but he did not dare to ask. Only after everyone set out together did they learn the reason from Zhang Huang.

It turns out that in their eyes, it is a relatively weak "fish", but in the eyes of the Li tribe, it is a blessing. The big problem is that the children who hope to get this name will be as flexible as fish when they grow up. After all, the area near Juluze is generally dominated by water, and water is an indispensable course for the Li tribe.

"The one that is more powerful in the water... shouldn't it be a snake or a turtle?" Taishici asked in a low voice in confusion.

Zhang Huang smiled and explained his confusion, "Because the Li people believe that snakes and dragons are one of the same genus, while the turtle is the incarnation of Xuanwu... The Li people believe in witchcraft and worship ghosts and gods, and dare not get too arrogant, for fear that the newborn baby will die early in life by being suppressed by the name."

After hearing this, the Black Feather Crows suddenly realized that after all, the views of the Li people and the Han people are quite consistent in this regard. As the saying goes, it is easy to support the bad names. Most people will give birth to babies, and even use very vulgar names as the nicknames of babies. They believe that in this way, the King of Hell will "disdain" them and will not allow the newborn babies to be summoned early. This is the case with the Han people, let alone the Li people who believe in witchcraft and ghosts.

Led by Tuyu and several other Li men, Zhang Huang, Cai Yan, Li Tong and others came to the tribe where the Li people lived. Although Cai Yan and the Black Feather Crow did not have the opportunity to carefully observe the whole tribe due to their untrustworthy relationship, they still noticed that from time to time, older elderly people in the tribe patiently taught the knowledge of children in the tribe. Excluding some strange and incomprehensible Li culture, they were surprised to find that the elderly people in the tribe could actually teach Han culture, although it was just some of the most basic words, such as fish, sword, fire, etc.

Seeing Cai Yan and the Black Feather Crows' shocked expressions, Zhang Huang smiled slightly in his heart, remembering that he was also surprised at first.

Unlike the Min tribe in Damin Mountain on the south side of Guangling County, although this Li people lived in seclusion in Juluze for a long time, they were not like the foreign barbarians who had been closed to the outside world for a long time. They were gradually absorbing advanced Han culture. However, most of them were just to get familiar with the "neighbors" or not to fall behind too many "neighbors". In the true sense, the Li people were still reluctant to destroy the inheritance of their ancestors in the hands of this generation. One more thing is that the stubbornness of the Li people made them unable to accept Han culture calmly. For example, wearing clothes and boots like the Han people, they were still accustomed to stepping on the muddy ground with barefoot, because they felt that only in this way could they become one with the land that gave birth to them, with the spirit of the ancestors who were celebrating, and achieve a kind of communication with the "spirits" in the world that even Zhang Huang could not understand.

Finally, Zhang Huang and others brought Tuyu to a broken thatched house deep in the tribe. In front of this broken thatched house, an old man over 60 years old and covered with an animal fur was sitting on the wooden pier with his bone stick made of a skull of a wild beast, squinted his eyes and basking in the sun.

When Zhang Huang and others approached, the old man slowly opened his eyes and looked at Zhang Huang with his slightly cloudy eyes.

"Witch, these people..."

Tuyu walked to the old man and said half respectfully, he was interrupted by the old man waved his hand.

The old man is not called "witch", which refers to his status in the tribe, that is, a wizard. Even during the Jiuli period, he was the person with the highest status of chiefs in the tribe, and sometimes his prestige among the tribe even surpassed that among the tribe. Basically, the chief of the tribe assumed the responsibility of the leader of the entire tribe, and was fully responsible for the big and small things in the tribe. The wizard is specifically responsible for teaching the next generation, or communicating with the world, ghosts and gods, and playing a prophet-type character with incredible power and able to guide the tribe's people.

However, with the evolution of history, after the Jiuli tribe suffered a catastrophe, the tribe gradually faded the existence of the chief, and the wisest one in the tribe, that is, the wizards, guide all tribesmen. It can be said that today, the great wizards in tribes like the Li tribe are generally the only voice, the only direction to move forward, and the only leader. Of course, it is not ruled out that in other places, some local tribes still use the system of coexistence between chiefs and wizards.

"You are here, that is to say, my clan finally has to leave here..."

After looking at Zhang Huang deeply for a long time, the old wizard sighed long, and his wrinkled old face was full of reluctance to give up on this land and the helplessness of having to make a choice.

"..." Zhang Huang was stunned for a moment, looking at Cai Yan and the Black Feather Crows. They didn't understand why the old wizard had this statement. (To be continued, please search Piao Tianwen, the novel is better and faster!

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