After the feast, tears flowed down his face, which was not about cowardice, but about the unwillingness of the heart after reminiscing. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

At the banquet in Sucheng, Jian Chen didn't cry, and he couldn't cry, but he was dull in his heart. Chen Jian thinks that he is a very rational person, but there are also a lot of paranoid ideals mixed in rationality, and it is inevitable to give up the rationality of reality for those dreams, because reality is too cruel and can only make ideals become dreams.

There were more than half a few people in this feast than before the moon, and after the jade was broken, many people left Sucheng. No matter how sensational Lu Yuan is, it is actually for very realistic interests, which Jian Chen knows very well.

He understands the truth, but he has to be sad for those words.

Some people could see that Jian Chen was sullen, people would probably think that he was moved by Lu Yuan's words, and kept persuading, Yuemei, who was speechless at the banquet, saw Jian Chen's sullen appearance for the first time, thinking about the words that made her angry a few days ago, and thinking in her heart that you also have things you don't want to hear and things you don't want to see. Since you know that this will make you feel depressed, can't you think that your words will make me sad in the first place?

Jian Chen was bored for a while, feeling that this was very boring, these things would happen sooner or later, and the things he didn't want to see wouldn't happen, that was because his heart was over-inflated and he really regarded himself as the god who created the world.

He sighed, took a few sips of wine, and forced a smile: "Don't talk about these things for the time being." Ladies and gentlemen, the other day I was on my way to Onozawa, and I met some people on the way. I thought they were all in the cities and villages, but when they saw me and ran, I felt that something was wrong, and I rushed over to catch them only to find that they had some marks on their faces and hands, they should be slaves who escaped from various cities, right? ”

Several clan leaders near Onozawa hurriedly asked, "What are the marks?" Ji Xia Ke caught them? ”

"Caught it, cut off the head."

"You didn't throw your head yet, did you?"

"Nope."

"The best!"

Jian Chen smiled and asked, "What's the use of this?" ”

"Ji Xia didn't know it, there were a lot of fugitive slaves in Onozawa, and the waterways were vertical and horizontal, making it difficult to enter and suppress, so many dissatisfied slaves fled one after another. If you can catch a few more famous people, such as Ze and Su, who are extremely evil, you can deter those people. It is true that the head cannot be eaten, nor exchanged, but it is of great use. Ji Xia brought it to everyone to see. ”

The warmth in the house was staggered, and the bloody heads should not have appeared here, but these people were used to seeing them, and when the frozen heads were brought in, several leaders approached and smiled: "This mark belongs to our city, but unfortunately there are not many famous people." I don't recognize it, but those slaves who want to move in their hearts will definitely recognize it, I took these heads back, thank you Ji Xia. ”

After dividing his head, Jian Chen bowed to Su Yue again and said, "Leader Su Yue, I encountered some things in Onozawa that day, and some villages are near Ohnozawa. I was worried that they would exchange with fugitive slaves, but I couldn't catch them, so I overstepped my behalf, let those people move away in the coming spring, and asked the leader of Suyue not to be surprised. ”

"It's okay, since they are relatives, Ji Xia is always more noble than them, how can I be surprised if they move away? It's just Ji Xia...... Some of them are as gentle as women, and if they are determined to have exchanged a few with those fugitive slaves, it can also be regarded as a reminder to the rest of the villages near Onozawa. ”

He didn't criticize him either, there were a few things that Jian Chen did that made Su Yue a little incomprehensible, sometimes he seemed to be very hard-hearted, and sometimes he was strangely soft-hearted and sensitive.

He wouldn't believe or think that Jian Chen was secretly in contact with those fugitive slaves, if it was not the fugitive slaves in Onozawa but some other clans, Su Yue would be very vigilant, worried about the expansion of Xia Cheng's power.

But since there are fugitive slaves there, he doesn't have to be afraid, if the rest of the clans can always absorb and divide, but those fugitive slaves are like fire and water with the leaders in this house, and it is related to the interests of the entire slave-owning class, and no one dares to touch it - unless there is a city that says that he does not need slaves, but Su Yue does not believe that there will be such a city, and neither can Xia Cheng.

This is also the reason why he so generously agreed to Xia Cheng to build a city in Onozawa, where the fugitive slaves would bring endless trouble to the city that Chen Jian wanted to build, and Xia Cheng was far away, and when the time came, he would definitely have to ask for Sucheng, and if he had a request, he would need to give up his benefits.

Because those fugitive slaves of Onozawa can only defend themselves and have no ability to attack, Su Yue didn't pay too much attention to this matter, only treated it as a trivial matter, and even calmly told Chen Jian to kill a few people appropriately.

Jian Chen said solemnly at this proposal: "What the leader of Su Yue said is very reasonable. But although you and I have taken different paths, we are going to the same destination. The leader of Awadake killed people to tell them the consequences of violating these rules, and I just gave them no chance to break them. ”

Su Yue laughed and said, "Such a trivial matter, Ji Xia is self-determined. Since I have already said that the ten-mile summer city outside of Onozawa can be built at will, and if the villages within the ten miles are not moved, they can be under the jurisdiction of Ji Xia. ”

Jian Chen shook his head and said, "That's not the case. In the future, even if we build a castle in Onozawa, people from our family can come and go as they please, but if a slave escapes there, I will still return it, and I can do that. I hope that you will inform me of the marks of the slaves in your respective cities in the future, so that I can return them. Slaves belong to you, and Xia doesn't dare to take them for himself. ”

Everyone praised it, and they strongly agreed with what Chen Jian said, slaves are goods that can be exchanged for this point is the most basic, in the past, no city had the spare strength to intercept fugitive slaves in Onozawa, and if Xia Cheng built a city near Onozawa in the future, it would inevitably catch a lot.

Not to mention this, even if Xia Cheng captures the escaped slaves from various cities and takes them for himself, this is a normal thing and no one will blame it, but Chen Jian said this to make these people suddenly enlightened: Now that the oath has been fulfilled, there is really a need for a rule that the clans of the city and the city need to abide by, as the basis for distinguishing right from wrong and dealing with disputes in the future.

At least in dealing with slaves, these opinions put forward by Jian Chen are more acceptable than a few things that have been debated for several days before.

Su Yue thought that Chen Jian was taking this opportunity to propose some rules, but Chen Jian didn't have the topic of continuing the rules, but changed his words: "The fugitive slaves in Onozawa have been on the run for a long time, and even if they are scattered, they can't work safely in the fields even if they are captured, and maybe they will encourage the rest of the slaves to escape." I plead with you chiefs if you build a castle in Onozawa in the future and capture the slaves who escaped before...... The horror cannot be returned to you...... If they are killed, please don't blame them. Or so, when you go back, you put a new mark on the slave, and I can tell whether to give it away or kill it or ......something else."

Su Yue smiled: "Ji Xia's idea is excellent, but everyone is a relative, so why be so polite?" Those slaves are nothing but useless to us, and even if we are caught, we must beware of them causing trouble. If Ji Xia can help kill him, he will be relieved, what's so strange about this? ”

"That's right, the fugitive slaves in Onozawa have nothing to do with us. You deal with it, whether you kill or bury or even capture it and build a city, everything is up to Ji Xia. It's just that I want to remind Ji Xia a few words, these slaves are all barbaric people, they don't want to work hard, and some people even dare to complain about not having enough to eat before they escape, such slaves are useless. When we go back, we will make some marks on the slaves in the city, and Ji Xia only needs to send back this group of new escapees, and those who have lived in Onozawa for a long time will send them back. ”

Slave owners and slaves had no possibility of compromise until the new relations of production appeared, and they naturally did not think that there was any other meaning in Chen Jian's words.

If they compromise and come back without guilt, will the foundation of the entire society collapse? This is different from the peasant revolt in the previous life, that is, after breaking the pyramid, another one was built exactly the same as before, except that the people on the spire were changed.

It sounded like Chen Jian was thinking about himself everywhere, because of the limitations of the times, they didn't think of the traps, they thanked Chen Jian and praised him, and then swore an oath with Chen Jian, which was counted as the first promise between the various cities and Xia City, and Chen Jian, the fugitive slave in Onozawa, was qualified to dispose of it without considering the previous owners of these slaves.

The agreed vocabulary was thought up by Chen Jian, which perfectly avoided the word killing, and changed it to the meaning of carte blanche disposal, bypassing the question of legitimacy from the oath, as for the follow-up rup, these cities still need Xia Cheng in three or five years, and they can always bear it. Three or five years from now, who knows what it will look like.

This is also a huge gain in Chen Jian's trip, in order to relieve the depression in his heart before, after a few more days of delay in Sucheng, leaving some people to stay in Sucheng, he is ready to return to Caohe.

The first time he left Xiacheng for so long, he felt a little anxious about it, Su Yue repeatedly kept Chen Jian or insisted on leaving, only saying that he would come again at the turn of spring and summer next year, the road was far away, so he didn't bring many gifts, and only grabbed a handful of loess silt along the big river, and deduced that this was to worship the ancestors to tell their children and grandchildren that they had finally returned to their homeland.

Change what can be changed, accept what can't be changed, the contrast between ideal and reality made Chen Jian really let go of the last illusion, even if the result was not perfect after the stuffiness, but at least let him wake up from the so-called racial fanaticism, which is also a blessing.

When he embarked on the road home, he let go of the burden in his heart, and did not forget to escort Yuemei, who had ignored him, back, which was what he promised the leader of Yueyi, and had nothing to do with the child's temperament.

Originally, Yuemei wanted to object a few times to Chen Jian escorting her back to show her attitude, but after hearing Chen Jian explain very bluntly that she was just worried that something would happen to her on the road and the two cities would become evil, Yuemei felt a pain in her heart, but she did not refuse, she was very polite and polite, and she didn't have the heart to see the scenery along the way, but she forced herself to look outside, trying not to think about those troublesome things.

However, there will always be an extra figure in the scenery you see, even if you don't look out, listen to the cold wind outside, and guard the warm brazier, you still can't help but think of the igloo you are riding in, or that person made it.

What's more, she has heard too many stories, too many strange and beautiful things that she can't think of.

Birds have the story of a frightened bow, a fish has the wisdom of a bear's paw, a tree has the magic of annual rings, and ice has the rotation of a spinning top...... How can you forget these things that you will remember when you see them?

As for the future of the city, that was not something that Yuemei wanted to think about, and it could not even compare to the reverie given to her by a colorful pheasant that occasionally startled in the sun.

The wild pheasant is a bird, so it is natural to think of the words of the caged bird, the previous anger has long passed, and the rest is only depressed.

"Yes, I'm a caged bird, and what you say is right, and it makes sense. But I've been in the cage for a long time, and my wings can't fly. You are a goshawk and can't look down on this caged bird, could it be that you didn't put a cage in it to keep your woman inside? ”

"What are you proud of? You think you're good, huh? The story you tell is good, but you speak with a strange accent; You make good gadgets, but you have less novelty and surprise than I do; You're strong and good-looking, but you don't know how to dress, and your face is always oily......"

She whispered for a long time, but finally hugged her knees and cried: "But those are ...... I don't care, what should I do? What I want to see is the scenery, who cares about the wind and snow in the scenery...... Your eyes have seen so deeply, you already know what kind of person I am, in that case, why are you trying to provoke me? Before I elected Xia Cheng to join the alliance at the clan conference, you were always very good, talking and laughing, but then you said that about me, what am I? A rag to wipe the dishes and chopsticks? A pair of winter grass shoes that you throw away on a cold spring day? ”

She suddenly thought of these things in her heart, thinking that she could hate it, but then she remembered that she saw the black world with black eyes, which was also what he taught herself. Months ago, she wouldn't have thought of any of this.

"Do you even want to hate you in the way you taught me?"

The crying was unstoppable by the layer of ice and snow, or maybe she was crying louder on purpose, hoping that Jian Chen would be able to lift the curtain and ask a question, and even when she was crying, she was already entangled in whether she would directly scold him to leave when he opened the curtain? Or do you keep silent and give him a chance to comfort yourself?

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Seven or eight days later, around the campfire in the snow, the aroma of roasted game wafted around, and the entanglement that Yuemei imagined did not give her a chance to choose, and there was a hatred in her heart, feeling that this was a good thing and she could finally eat.

In the cold wind, Chen Jian was telling a story to the group of people, and there was a sound of horses' hooves trampling in the distance, and a pottery whistle blew in the distance, which was one of Chen Jian's riders left in Sucheng.

The rider didn't care about resting after getting off the horse, and only said a few words to Jian Chen.

"The old leader of Dongyi died of illness...... The old leader of Dongyi, who was the same age as Hua, died of illness, and Dongyi was in chaos. ”

"When?"

"At least more than a month ago. The news has just spread. ”

Just because the news has just spread doesn't mean that the news has just been known.

Jian Chen shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I see." (To be continued.) )