Hearing this voice, Beigong Yan's face turned even redder. Her hand was being pressed on a hard erection by Kemuki, where she had touched it before, and she knew what to do next without saying anything more.

Suddenly, Beigong Yan forcefully withdrew her hand. If it had been before, as long as her hand was grabbed by Kemuki, she would not have been able to break free no matter what. But in tonight's competition, Kemuki's whole body seemed to be exhausted, and she was able to break free easily.

Facing Ke Muji's surprised gaze, Beigong Yan shook his head resolutely.

Komuki was disappointed and asked unwillingly, "Why?" ”

Beigong Yan sighed: "This incident happened too suddenly today, my father doesn't know how to explain the past, if my father knows that we did that thing now, I'm afraid he will never recognize me as a daughter again." ”

Seeing Ke Muji's gloomy face, Beigong Yan comforted him softly: "Anyway, sooner or later, people will be your people, so why rush for a while." Besides, yesterday I wanted to go and thank my wife in person, but today I can't go to bed too late. ”

A strange look flashed in Ke Muji's eyes, and he suddenly said, "I should thank that lady well, or I will accompany you tomorrow." ”

The noise of the night finally dissipated, leaving only a mess. When the first rays of sunlight in the morning rose again, the Taishou Mansion was lively again, and the leaders of the Qiang tribes got up early in the morning. Liu Xin made it very clear last night that today is the day to talk about business, this is a major event that will determine the fate of hundreds of thousands of people in the entire Qiang nationality, and no one dares to slack off.

As the leaders of the two most powerful tribes of the Qiang tribe, Beigong Boyu and Ke Muzhi sat opposite each other, and the expressions on their faces were extremely strange. The two of them have been fighting openly and secretly for so many years, and no one thought that one day, their children would actually come together. Last night, after Ke Muji and Beigong Yan broke up, they both received a scolding from their respective fathers, but this family matter was decided by Liu Xin, and no one dared to dwell too much on this matter, and there was no other way than to accept the facts. However, as for who is the common leader of the Qiang tribes, these two people are still more energetic, and neither of them will give in.

Liu Xin slowly paced out from behind the screen, refreshed and firm, no one could see that he had gone through an all-out competition last night, as if he had inexhaustible strength, and all the leaders present were secretly frightened. Liu Xin sat down, raised his hand, and said, "Yesterday, I thank you for giving Liu a lot of gifts, and Liu is grateful. We Han people have a saying, come and don't be rude, Liu also wants to give you some small gifts, and I hope you don't shirk. ”

Except for Beigong Boyu and Ke Muzhi, the other leaders didn't care whether the Qiang tribes were scattered or monolithic, and when they heard that Liu Xin still had gifts to give to them, they were all full of joy and stretched their necks, wanting to see what kind of good things were.

The people who came in with gifts were all burly guards, each holding three things in their hands, a sword, a silk, and a set of white porcelain wine utensils.

The overlord sword is the standard saber of the Han Legion, and its sharpness is better than the treasure knife that Beigong Boyu wears. Silk, which is as smooth as a baby's skin, was originally the favorite of the Qiang chieftains. And the most eye-opening thing for these leaders was the set of white porcelain wine utensils in a beautiful wooden box.

White porcelain ware is a priceless treasure even in a prosperous area like Jingzhou, except for one or two pieces carried by Jia Xu, Huang Zhong and others in Liangzhou, it is rare to see on the market, even if you have money, you can't buy it. As soon as this set of white porcelain wine utensils arrived, the tribal leaders were amazed and expressed their allegiance to Liu Xin. Only Beigong Boyu and Ke Muzhi's faces were a little ugly.

Liu Xin saw all the expressions of these leaders in his eyes, and already understood that among these people, except for Beigong Boyu and Ke Muzhi, the others were not very interested in whether to pinch the entire Qiang clan together.

In that case, things are much easier.

Liu Xin raised his hand again, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then said: "Ladies and gentlemen, Liu's policy of equality between Han and Qiang and equal treatment has been nearly a year. As far as Liu knows, the Qiang tribes and the Han people are still getting along well, and there are many intermarriages between the Han and Qiang people, and Liu is very pleased with this. I don't know what you think about Liu's policy, you may wish to speak freely. ”

Everyone still didn't understand what Liu Xin's words meant, and no one dared to speak in a hurry. However, the leader of the Le Sister tribe said with a big grin: "The grass people think it's very good, the adult's decree, those who are officials don't dare to bully our Qiang people, and the life of the Qiang people is much better than before." ”

With the start of Ba's order, everyone else echoed it.

Liu Xin laughed and said: "Since everyone thinks it is good, then Liu will continue this policy without any changes?" ”

In Liu Xin's view, whether it is the Han nationality, or the barbarians, the Qiang nationality or the Shanyue in the south of the Yangtze River, there is not much difference in appearance, they should all be of the same origin and belong to the same Chinese sons and daughters. Liu Xin hoped to integrate these ethnic groups with each other through various means, including intermarriage and mixed living, so as to ensure the internal stability of the Han Dynasty, and did not want to be ****.

In the past, whether it was Beigong Boyu or Ke Muzhi, the reason why they were able to integrate the various Qiang tribes together was because the Han people, especially those Han officials and scholars, oppressed and exploited the Qiang people, and gave the ambitious Qiang leaders a chance. Now that Liu Xin's policy has come out, the life of the Qiang people is getting better day by day, who is willing to rise up and rebel?

Hearing that Liu Xin didn't mention the promise he made to himself that day, Beigong Boyu was anxious first, and hurriedly got up and said, "Lord Qiqi, the grass people have something to say. ”

Although only one of the two women he gave to Liu Xin came back, Beigong Boyu did not have much expectations for Beigong Qian. After Beigong Yan came back, he didn't tell Beigong Boyu what had happened to him by Liu Xin's side in the past few days, and Beigong Boyu was angry about Ke Muji's matter, so he didn't ask. Of course, in Beigong Boyu's opinion, how can a high-ranking Han official like Liu Xin care about a woman, maybe he was tired of playing Beigong Yan, and in order to win over Ke Muji, he acted in this play. His only hope now is to seize Liu Xin's promise that day.

Liu Xin let out an "oh" and said, "Beigong Patriarch has something to say, please speak." ”

Beigong Boyu arched his hand and said: "The grass people think that after all, the Han and Qiang are different, and the tribes are independent, so it is difficult to implement the laws of the adults to the end. Therefore, the grass people proposed that a person should be appointed to be in charge of the affairs of the Qiang tribes, so as to better implement the decrees issued by the adults. ”

As soon as these words came out, except for Ke Muzhi, the other leaders all changed color, and they were now directly dealing with the county and county governments, but they didn't want to have another layer of control. And Jia Xu, who was sitting beside Liu Xin, had already sunk his face and coughed dryly.

Liu Xin bowed his head and said: "The idea of the patriarch of Beigong is not bad, but I don't know who can take on this important task in your opinion?" ”

Beigong Boyu's mouth was open, and he was almost about to come to recommend himself, but suddenly saw Ke Muzhi's sneer on the corner of his mouth, and quickly changed his words: "Such a big matter, naturally let the adults decide." ”

Jia Xu snorted coldly, and arched his hand and said: "The patriarch of Beigong is reasonable, since it is based on the ruling of my lord of the family, according to Jia's humble opinion, it is up to the lord of my family to select talented people from among the officials of various counties and counties to take on this important task." ”

When the other leaders heard this, they didn't react at all, but Beigong Boyu and Ke Muzhi couldn't sit still, and stood up together, but they couldn't refute it.

Liu Xin waved his hand and said with a smile: "The text is not the same as this. This is an internal affair of the Qiang people, of course, it is up to the Qiang people themselves to decide, how can Liu go beyond the bounds? I think it's up to the leaders here to make a referendum. Whether to choose a common leader and who to choose as the common leader is up to everyone present, and Liu absolutely respects everyone's opinions. ”

The leaders looked at each other, and some of the guards had already brought in a thick stack of papers, and each of them gave one out. There are only a few lines on the paper, and the leaders only need to choose yes or no, and the person who chooses yes writes the name of the person they want to choose at the end. Beigong Boyu and Ke Muzhi knew that Liu Xin came prepared today.

There was no suspense in the result, only four people chose yes, and the remaining more than 20 pieces of paper all chose no, no matter who these four people chosen, it doesn't matter anymore.

Liu Xin had expected this result, but he pretended to be helpless, and said to Beigong Boyu: "Patriarch of Beigong, you used to be the co-leader of the Qiang tribe, and you are highly respected. However, who can rest assured, if anyone dares to deliberately embarrass the Qiang people in the future, Liu will not let him go! ”

Beigong Boyu opened his mouth, but he only ate Coptis chinensis dumbly, and he couldn't say anything about his suffering. Liu Xin promised to help him that day, and Liu Xin's words had already blocked his mouth. You see, I thought you were the co-leader of the Qiang tribe, and everyone would definitely choose you, but you see, the hearts of your Qiang tribes are not aligned at all, and everyone doesn't want this co-master, so what can I Liu Xin do?

If the Qiang tribes formed an alliance, it would obviously be detrimental to the consolidation of the entire Han rule. Jia Xu had always been worried that Liu Xin didn't see this clearly, but unexpectedly, Liu Xin had already calculated Beigong Boyu in it, and couldn't help but respect Liu Xin even more.

Ke Muzhi secretly scolded Beigong Boyu for being a "fool", but he still couldn't help standing up and said, "Lord Liu's move is unfair. ”

Liu Xin frowned, a murderous intent loomed in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "What does Patriarch Ke mean by this?" ”

Ke Muzhi didn't expect Liu Xin's face to change, but he had already stood up, and there was no reason to reduce the tortoise, so he had to bite the bullet and said: "Lord Liu has already agreed with Brother Beigong's proposal to appoint a person to be in charge of the affairs of the Qiang tribe, why do you want everyone to choose yes or no, your lord is doing this, it is clearly ......."

Before he could finish his words, a guard broke in from outside the door and said loudly: "Lord Qiqi, the big thing is not good! Kemuki kidnapped the Seventh Lady! ”