Chapter 5 Hair-tying Day

　　In the face of Zhou Fan's deliberate inquiry, the thin monkey scratched his cackle, he cocked his head and thought for a while and said, "Ah Fan, your question is a little deep, I don't know the name of our country ...... Huh, it's not right, I seem to have heard my father say it." 　　Zhou Fan quickly said, "Really, then you think about it." 　　This was important to Zhou Fan, even though he had run into so many weird things yesterday, but what if this really was some dynasty in China? 　　The skinny monkey frowned and thought hard, his eyebrows didn't have much meat on them, this frown made his brow bones rumble, this was so skinny that it was really skin and bones. 　　Zhou Fan just watched with his eyes, the skinny monkey suddenly clapped his hands and said, "Ah Fan, I remembered, it seems to be called Wei." 　　"Wei?" 　　Zhou Fan nodded, his poor historical knowledge remembered that there had been three countries called Wei in history, the first one was Wei during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the second one was the regime established by Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms Period of the Eastern River also called Wei, as for the third one, it was the Northern Wei during the Northern and Southern Dynasties Period, and that one appeared to be an ethnic minority regime. 　　As for the others there is no Zhou Fan is not known, he is also not sure that this Wei State is not one of these three he thought, or have to ask again. 　　"Skinny Monkey ......" 　　Zhou Fan just wanted to ask some more details, the thin monkey is looking at the round altar suddenly changed the topic: "Fan, hair binding ceremony is going to start, are you afraid?" 　　Zhou Fan froze for a moment and asked, "It's just a hair binding ceremony, why should I be afraid?" 　　The skin and bones on the skinny monkey's face shook as he forced himself to smile, "Ah Fan is right, it's just a hair binding, I'm not afraid." 　　Zhou Fan could see the thin monkey's nervousness at a glance, and the doubt in his heart increased, from last night, his parents' tone towards this hair binding ceremony was strange, and now the thin monkey's words, could there be something strange about this hair binding? 　　Dang! Dang! Dang! 　　The sound of a leather drum beating came. 　　The skinny monkey said in an urgent voice: "It's going to start, Ah Fan, there's something we'll talk about after we tie our hair, I'll go back to my parents first, you go find Uncle Yimu and the others quickly, good luck." 　　After the skinny monkey finished speaking, he quickly stepped into the crowd. 　　Zhou Fan a voice words completely blocked, he also can not ask again, thinking why wish yourself good luck? 　　Zhou Fan didn't continue to think more about it, what exactly was unique about this bundle of hair, he would soon find out and there was no need to rush. 　　Zhou Fan looked around and walked back to the place where he was just now, and saw that the two of them, Zhou Yi Mu, were standing in the same place waiting for him. 　　Gui Feng waved at Zhou Fan and said, "Luckily you came back, if you hadn't come back, I would have to go look for you." 　　Zhou Yi Mu saw that Zhou Fan had returned and said, "Since you're back, we're going to head forward." 　　The crowd gathered around the round altar, but by this time the yelling of talking had basically stopped and there were only rustling whispers. 　　When the villagers saw Zhou Fan's trio, they all consciously made way. 　　Zhou Fan's trio quickly walked to the edge of the round altar, Zhou Fan looked around and realized that next to them were some parents leading their own children, all of these people were the same age as Zhou Fan at fifteen years old, and were obviously all ready to bind their hair. 　　These people of the same age were both male and female, but all of their faces showed a look of nervousness. 　　Said hair binding ceremony, in fact, there will also be girls to participate, the girl fifteen years old is not called hair binding called maturity, just the ancient male superiority of women, this world is no exception, so it will be collectively called hair binding ceremony. 　　Zhou Fan saw the thin monkey not far away. 　　The skinny monkey stood beside his parents, and those legs were actually trembling slightly. 　　And the parents of the child who was preparing to bind his hair looked grave in their faces. 　　Here, I'm afraid that only the uninformed Zhou Fan appeared much more calm. 　　The tense and heavy atmosphere spread in the field, making Zhou Fan also a little apprehensive. 　　Right at this moment, the field suddenly became completely quiet. 　　Those behind Zhou Fan knelt down at about the same time, and the person standing at the very front glanced back and followed suit. 　　After Zhou Fan noticed it, he wanted to turn his head to look, but he was tugged by Gui Feng on his hand. 　　"Quickly kneel down." Gui Feng whispered. 　　Zhou Fan hurriedly followed suit and knelt down like Mr. and Mrs. Zhou Yi Mu. 　　However, even after kneeling down, Zhou Fan still lifted his sight slightly and looked to the side. 　　He soon saw three people walking towards this side of the round altar. 　　The middle-aged man at the front had a long black beard and was short and fat, and he was guiding the way for the two people behind him with a flattering smile on his face. 　　And behind them were two old men with white hair, these two old men were a little shorter and a little taller, and their appearance was ordinary. 　　The three quickly walked up the stone steps to the round altar, looking down at the kneeling crowd. 　　One of the two old men slowly said, "Let them all get up, the ceremony will begin soon, don't delay." 　　The middle-aged man gently nodded his head as he shouted at the top of his voice, "All rise, the hair binding ceremony will now begin." 　　The middle-aged man's voice of course couldn't be heard by everyone, but when the people in front heard and stood up, those in the back who couldn't hear would naturally follow. 　　Even though they all stood up, no one dared to speak loudly, but waited patiently. 　　Zhou Fan's position was further forward, and he saw the middle-aged man bending down towards the two old men and said, "The two oldest people, I'm counting on you for this ceremony." 　　The two old men nodded with wooden faces and did not speak. 　　The middle-aged man smiled and then walked down the stone steps from the circular altar. 　　When Zhou Fan saw this, he asked Gui Feng, who was beside him, softly, "Mother, who are the three people on the stage?" 　　Gui Feng glanced around and replied in a low, whispered voice, "Fan, the one who is walking down is Luo Cetian, the village head of our village, and those two oldest men are the village's talisman masters." 　　Zhou Fan blinked as he listened, the village headman he somewhat understood, similar to the village headman in the rural areas of the modern society, but what was the Rune Master Senior? 　　Zhou Fan just wanted to ask in more detail, Zhou Yi Mu looked back at Zhou Fan and said in a deep voice, "Don't speak, watch well." 　　Zhou Fan didn't dare to ask again and looked up. 　　At this time, the two old men on the round altar had separated, one standing on the easternmost side of the round altar, and one on the westernmost side of the round altar. 　　The old man looked down at Luo Cetian, the village chief, and said, "Have someone carry the things up." 　　Luo Cetian hurriedly nodded his head as he waved his hand towards the back and shouted, "Carry the things up." 　　The crowd behind Luo Cetian made way for an avenue, and four tall men cross-picked a large vat with two flat stretches toward the round altar. 　　Tied to the cross of the flat stretcher by the thick net of ropes that bound the black and gray vat, the two flat stretcher made a creaking sound as if they were about to be crushed. 　　The four hans had gnarled muscles on their bodies, their brassy skin was covered in sweat, they were gasping for breath as they advanced, it was obvious that the stuff was heavy, otherwise there would be no need for four people to carry it together. 　　The large black tile cylinder was half a person high, and the mouth of the cylinder was sealed with animal skin. 　　Zhou Fan also noticed that there was a yellow talisman affixed to the surface of the tile vat, as to whether there was a yellow talisman affixed to the other side, due to the angle of view, Zhou Fan would not be able to see it. 　　If it wasn't for last night's incident, Zhou Fan would definitely be unconcerned about the yellow talisman, but after seeing the somewhat strange little light talisman last night, he was cautious about this yellow paper talisman. 　　Zhou Fan didn't dare to stare dead at the yellow paper talisman on the surface of the tank, after all, he didn't know if anything strange would happen. 　　With a clanging sound on the ground, the large tile cylinder was placed in the center of the round altar.