From Chief to Ball

Chen Jian laughed twice, and asked someone to tie the group of people to the sledge, and headed towards the distant village.

In the village, more than a dozen horses had already made the dog's noise ceaseless. After Chen Jian and others arrived, the village became even more nervous.

Although I don't know the origin of this group of people, the wisdom of the years still tells the old man that this group of people must be unusual. It is time for the alliance between the cities, and it is uncertain which city the leader is. Greeted out, looked up and saw the tied up He and the others, felt very uneasy, suppressed the pounding heart, squeezed out a smile and said: "Where is the guest? The snow is strong and the wind is tight, please enter the room to warm up. Drink some hot water."

"No need, I'm the leader of Xiacheng, a relative of Sucheng, and I met some escaped slaves in Dayeze on the road, so I want to ask you something."

He just wanted to yell at the back, but several people rushed over and strangled him with a rope. The old man asked in a panic, "I don't know... I don't know what it is?"

Chen Jian grabbed a handful of salt from a jar and asked, "Where did this come from?"

"do not know."

"This is strange. Why did I hear that person said that they were exchanged from your village? These fugitive slaves are all heinous. If you exchange salt with them, does the leader of Suyue know what will happen?"

The old man took a look and believed that this man would never betray himself. Out of this trust, he raised his head and said, "This matter may not have anything to do with us. Once when my son went hunting, he saw many salt jars in the valley. Maybe someone secretly went there to exchange, it’s unknown.”

Chen Jian clicked his tongue, and several strong men in the village had been restrained, and the rest did not dare to speak. Only the infant child was crying loudly, not knowing what happened.

Chen Jian pointed to a few women holding children and some half-grown children in the crowd, and said, "Catch them, lock them in the room, and ask them one by one. I already know it, and I just want to hear the truth. If you know your mistakes, you can correct them." , can still be saved. If you know your mistakes and cover them up, then you will not be saved. Anyway, your crimes will be hanged in Sucheng, so you might as well kill them here."

In an instant, the crying was in a panic. It was very easy for organized soldiers to deal with these unorganized villagers, and the crying echoed throughout the village.

Yue Mei, who had been watching Chen Jian doing these things, was a little soft-hearted, and asked timidly: "Are you joking? You won't kill them, right?"

Chen Jian spread his hands and smiled, "That's not necessarily the case."

Yue Mei's face suddenly turned pale, and she stared at Chen Jian as if she didn't know Chen Jian. Chen Jian had already figured it out, he was strong without desire, he was fearless and extremely calm.Yuemei looked at it for a while, heard the crying, grabbed her clothes with both hands, sighed and couldn't bear to look.

After a while, several people came out laughing and said, "They all told the truth."

Yue Mei also breathed a sigh of relief, and said happily, "That's all right!"

Unexpectedly, the old man on the side screamed and almost fainted. Several farmers were eager to get their bows and arrows, but someone had already dispersed them and separated them one by one.

Chen Jian shook his head and said: "There is no other way. The people in Da Ye Ze are extremely vicious. They were trapped without salt and would sooner or later be exhausted. No wonder many times of encirclement and suppression failed. I am afraid that you will not only give salt, but also kill the army. Did you tell them?"

Chapter 34 Only fires are allowed, no lamps allowed

Hearing this, the old man was so frightened that he suppressed his chest pain from fainting and shouted: "No, no! Really, I just exchanged salt with them for some goods, and I didn't say anything else. I haven't exchanged many times. The skin of the prey that was exchanged is still there, so I ask this leader to take it away, and we will not do it again in the future!"

Chen Jian shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it won't work. If you keep wolves in sheepfolds and monkeys in peach gardens, even wolves who don't eat sheep and monkeys who don't eat peaches will make mistakes. So the mistakes are made by wolves themselves." Is it because of the sheep breeder? You live near Onozawa. If you don’t change it this time, you will have to change it sooner or later. I don’t know, but if I know it, how can I let you make such a mistake again? Besides, such a Fault, according to the laws of Sucheng, you will either be killed or demoted to slaves by the whole clan..."

It's not that Yue Mei has never heard of words such as exterminating the clan and killing the whole family, but it's one thing to hear it from other people's mouths, and it's one thing to see those crying children and scared women crying before her eyes. It's the same thing, I really couldn't bear it, couldn't help but took Chen Jian's hand and said: "Killing is not good, can't you think of a way? I can't bear to see so many children and women die, you must have a way... "

At this time, a few old people suddenly emerged from the crowd, and they prostrated themselves on the ground and shouted: "This leader, we are the ones who changed the salt, and the rest of the people don't know about it. But please cut off the heads of some of us." The head was sent to Sucheng, as a warning to everyone. If you are afraid that someone will make mistakes like us, the remaining people will move to a place three to five days away in the morning of next spring..."

After these old people finished speaking, they turned their heads and took a last look at their family members. They grabbed their hair with both hands and exposed their necks. They reached under the daggers of the soldiers and lay motionless in the snow.

Shiyu Haoshou has the same face as Xue, but he is afraid that the ground will be covered with blood after a while, Chen Jian said with a smile: "This is a good way, no matter what, I will follow you."

The ten or so old people all thanked and said: "Thank you, Chief. Before I die, I wish the chief's city and granaries a good harvest, and the chief will not be sick for a hundred years."

When Yuemei heard this, she was so scared that she covered her eyes and dared not look at those white heads and necks, and said in a crying voice: "Xia, can't you think of a way? These people may not necessarily die... Can you save them?" good?"

Chen Jian pretended to frown and said: "Since you are begging for mercy, I can't bear to kill these old people. Well, I won't pursue this matter this time. You have to move out tomorrow, seven days away, because I might be there tomorrow." I want to leave... I'm afraid that you won't leave tomorrow, and when I leave you will all escape into the Great Yeze..."

When the old man heard this, he said impatiently: "The leader is so wise, how can he listen to that woman's words? What does she know as a girl? Please behead the leader quickly, and stop talking about that woman! We made a mistake, we have to deal with it ourselves Sin, you don’t need to beg for mercy!”

Yuemei has never heard someone talk to her like this, and she thought that she was being said so out of good intentions. At that time, many grievances flooded her heart, she blushed, wiped her tears and said: "Why don't you know so much?" Anyway? I don't care about it... Xia, if you want to kill, kill so many people. I don't want you to kill so many people. I pity them, but because of you, it's inauspicious to kill people... I'm afraid that something will happen to you... Wuwu...you can just let them move out tomorrow...wuwuwu...I don't care..."

A girl's cry is a deadly weapon to a youthful young man, but it is not the case to those old people. The old man was even afraid that Chen Jian would change his mind, so he shouted: "Who wants you to do it? I beg you, don't do it... "

Where did Yuemei suffer from such grievances? She cried and asked, "What did I do wrong? Why do you say that about me?"

I thought that when I cried, at least Chen Jian would be able to comfort me, so I deliberately turned around and ran away, only hoping to hold myself with my hands, at least wipe away the tears on my face, and say a word of advice: crying in this weather makes your face chapped easily. It's okay if it's not beautiful anymore.

But after slowly running with his back for a while, he heard Chen Jian laughing from behind and said: "Okay, don't cry. Cut off their heads, the children will still be alive, and they have to thank me. Tomorrow as you said If you move away, you won’t die today, but if you get sick on the road, your child will die. If you can’t take your things away, you will be hungry in spring. The land will not be plowed and you will cry in autumn. Looking at the bleeding, you don’t feel sad when people die where you can’t see it? Or do you have servants lighting fires and fox furs to fight the wind all day long, but you don’t know that people will die when migrating in winter, the land will be burned, and people will die? Want a house?"

Chen Jian's rather vicious words made Yue Mei feel as if struck by lightning, her mind went blank for a moment, her feet staggered a little, the original pink dream was as cruel as the white snow for a moment.

"He said that about me? He said that about me?"

It was just like that in my heart, and I couldn't help crying anymore, shouting: "I don't want to see you again! I want to go back! I want to go back!"

The accompanying people were stunned, and Chen Jian said to the people beside him: "Send her back, I didn't expect to meet these escaped slaves, some of them are better if she doesn't see them."

Seeing Yuemei crying and walking in front, Chen Jian shouted from behind: "Wait!"

Although Yuemei was angry in her heart, she still hoped that Chen Jian could say something nice. Even though she was still walking forward, her pace slowed down, and what she never wanted to hear was: "Only a bird in a cage thinks about the sky and the blue sky." Broad snow and white plum fragrance. A real bird in the vastness thinks that the sky is too cold, the land is too tiring, there are falcons in flight, and there are no insects in the snow. A bird in a cage, how dare you call yourself a bird?"

"Wow……"

The crying was louder, and during the crying, Yuemei took out a Xiacheng clay doll she was carrying and threw it fiercely into the snow, and accompanied the vanilla purse she threw earlier, while crying Shouted: "I don't want to see you again, you actually say that about me, I want you to take care of me!"

Chen Jian clicked his tongue, nodded and motioned for a few people to follow and have a look. After waiting for a long time, he thought he would feel lost, but he didn't.

After waiting for a while, several people came back and said, "The three sent her back."

"Still crying?"

"Yeah. Throw away everything you gave me."

"Did the igloo on the sledge be smashed? I did that too."

"No, just sit inside."

"Hey, there is help."

Chen Jian smiled and shook his head. Unlike before, this time he took another look at the place where the sledge had gone.

After a long time, I turned around and said to the old man who was already watching stupidly waiting to die: "Okay, I won't kill you anymore, but you can't live near Dayeze, after all, it's wrong to exchange with them." What do you think? Although you can get the goods, but your life is gone, it is not a good thing after all. You are all old, so you must understand the truth. Well, let’s have a little more time, live here in winter, and move out in the spring of next year. It’s just to let the clan’s mouth be stricter, don’t tell the outside world, just say that you moved away after being harassed by Onozawa’s escaped slaves..."

The old man never expected this unexpected joy, and said anxiously: "Thank you, leader, we will definitely not dare to do it again. The kindness of the leader is like the sun and the moon. We don't deserve these goods, so I ask the leader to accept them. After the next spring, I will definitely move away, and I will definitely not dare to have any contact with Onozawa."

"That's good. I'll keep a few people here. You can't die, you can't get sick. In the spring of next year, you can move them out and go back. If they die of illness... I will destroy your village."

"Don't worry, leader! If you dare to ask the leader's name, after we move out, we will always celebrate festivals and sacrifices, and dare not forget the great kindness of the leader."

Chen Jian waved his hand and said, "Forget it, if I don't come, you won't have any disasters. I brought disasters and wiped out the disasters. This is considered a kindness? I don't like this kind of gratitude. Remember, take care of your own Mouth, if this news gets out, Sucheng will hang you too."

The old man nodded again and again. Although Chen Jian made it clear, he was still very grateful. He couldn't ask Chen Jian's name, so he only pinched the horses that everyone rode as a pottery elephant. Let's not mention it for now.

Let's say that Chen Jian left three or five people living in the village, and the village only supports them like ancestors. Chen Jian picked some good leather, river beads, etc., and took away the rest, and the villagers were even more grateful. .

Leaving the village, the people of Xiacheng were quite puzzled and asked, "Jixia, what on earth are you thinking? If you really want to tell Suyue about this village for the sake of the cities on both sides of the river. If you I couldn't bear it, so I just pretended that I couldn't see it. But... But we don't understand a little bit by doing this."

Chen Jian laughed and said, "I don't understand? Not to mention anything else, just exchange salt. Such a little salt can be exchanged for so many leather beads. If these villages don't leave, how can we exchange them? Besides, I have other uses. These villages are always an eyesore nearby, so it’s good to move far away. There is no Sucheng village here, and Suyue’s hands and feet can’t reach it. You have all seen that it is the people in the village who begged me to move It’s not that I forced them to move away.”