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Wu Erbai made a fool of himself on purpose not to say anything, and looked at us with a smug look on his face. When he finally got enough emotions and was about to speak, he heard his brother say, "It's not a pig, it's a turtle."

He shook the photo in his hand, pointed to the two big eyes and said, "Only the eyes of the tortoise are so round." The blind man immediately replied, "I said yes, the pig's head is too heavy, isn't it?" He pushed I.

I shrugged my shoulders and said, "There's nothing wrong with saying it's a pig. It's said that the porpoise is the god of the Big Dipper, and it's normal to use it for sacrifices. Even now... anyway, I've only seen pigs placed on the altar. Pig-headed ones, I’ve never seen them…” I realized something was wrong when I said this, and I almost blurted out the last two words, and swallowed them again, but the blind man had already laughed.

Wu Erbai coughed: "You two, be more serious, how could such a serious matter get to you two..." He didn't continue, but also laughed.Only the little brother stood still, staring at the photo like a bell.Wu Erbai smiled enough and said, "Of course I also think it's a turtle. Turtles were used for divination in ancient times. It's definitely not random. The turtle's back is round and its belly is flat, which corresponds to the ancient people's imagination of a round sky and a place. The legs are like four pillars supporting the body, just like the four poles supporting the heaven and the earth in ancient mythology..."

"It's also possible that the four stone pillars supporting the sky and the earth are only thought of after seeing the tortoise's legs?" I said.

"Then it's untestable," Wu Erbai said, "and you should remember that the Luoshu jade plate was unearthed in the tortoise shell. Now if you look at the image on the jade cong, the meaning is obvious. This wearing The one holding the tortoise shell in the pointed hat is the god of heaven. The sky is born with water, the North Star Taiyi lives with the water, the basalt is like a turtle, like a snake, and also lives with the water, and the snake-browed copper fish is like a fish like a snake. They come from the same source, expressing the same. A meaning.

The God of Heaven, located in the center of the Tiangai, holds a tortoise that represents the earth in all directions and is located in the center, looking up to the sky, and offering sacrifices to the heaven and the earth.Only it has this qualification. "

There was too much information, no one spoke for a long time, only the fat man's loud snoring was heard in the room, the blind man threw something from his hand, the fat man sat up startled in his dream, opened his eyes and looked at us blankly, and left without saying a word. Fall back to sleep.

The blind man copied his hands and said, "But what does this have to do with the Miao Village?"

Wu Erbai waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I'll talk about it soon."

"I went to Guangxi to research this snake-browed copper fish. Of course, when I arrived, the tomb had already been excavated and backfilled, and all the cultural relics were in the city. After seeing the jade cong at the Institute of Archeology, I still thought Go to the local area and have a look, your third uncle found me a guide, a native of Banai, named Panma..."

"What's wrong with this guy?" I asked.

"There is nothing wrong with this person, but one day, I saw his tattoo. From his right shoulder to his chest, he has a tattoo of a unicorn."

The younger brother raised his head and repeated, "Kirin?"

Wu Erbai said: "Yes, it's a unicorn. Yao people don't have tattoos, so such a large area is rare, and this unicorn has an ancient pattern, but it looks more like a deer. You know, in the early concept of yin and yang, Qilin is the evolution of deer, and it is considered to be a spiritual creature with the ability of yin and yang to regenerate. The God of God is the God of Heaven."

He paused, then continued: "So I asked him about the origin of the tattoo, and he told him that he had rescued a passing Miao man ten years ago, and that man tattooed him with this pattern in return, saying that it was based on this picture in the tattoo. The Miao village can travel unimpeded, so I immediately changed my plan and promised him a lot of money to take me to this tattoo master. He said that he hadn’t heard from him for ten years, but he could take me to the Miao village.

That’s how I diverted to Guizhou, and found the Miao village in the deep mountains. Sure enough, tattoos are easy to use. The Miao people are hospitable, and the wine is delicious. In the first few days, I was almost drunk. At first, I was embarrassed to talk to the girl. Fortunately, women with children on their backs didn't avoid me, so I teased their children to amuse them. It was only later that I noticed that the patterns embroidered on the cloth bags they carried were very familiar. "

As he spoke, he picked out a few photos from the pile of photos spread out on the table and handed them to us. The children photographed on them were different, and the cloth pockets were also colorful, but what stood out was the octagonal shape spelled out by a piece of black cloth in the middle. , exceptionally clear.

We have been looking at this pattern every day for the past few days, and we are already familiar with it. Isn't it the eight-pointed star map in the jade version of Luoshu? !