From Chief to Ball

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became solemn. Chen Jian filled the gourd with wine again, held it up and said to everyone: "This piece of gourd is separate, and the other half belongs to someone, but these two halves come from the same vine. No one can change it. Everyone please."

When he said those words, he had already given these people the answer of rejection. He took the gourd and drank the light sweet wine, bowed to everyone and left, leaving a whole room of people facing the open area. The gourd was dazed in a daze, and sighed.

……

Two days later, there was no snow and it was sunny.

But the haze shrouded in Sucheng became even heavier. All the leaders knew the news that Chen Jian and the Three Cities Alliance along the Caohe River chose to side with Suyue, and gave up the four-member alliance given by the other side. Invitation, willing to follow behind Su Cheng.

For some unknown reason, those clan leaders who opposed Auyue did not leave, and they were not afraid of any despicable means that Auyue would use, because the moral values ​​of this era did not allow it. The people turned their backs.This is an era in which morality demands leadership.

If they didn't leave, Su Yue naturally wouldn't drive them away, but instead invited them to sacrifice to their ancestors to inform them of the return of the Xiacheng surnames.

Su Yue knew that the news of Chen Jian's choice had already spread, and he hoped that those leaders would not come to participate, so that Chen Jian would be even more alienated from them.

However, it didn't come true. The leaders of the other clans came that day. This was perhaps the weirdest sacrifice these leaders participated in. Everything came according to the process, without any extra expenses. It was solemn and solemn, but the atmosphere was absolutely Not enthusiastic.

After some blessings, several of the longest-lived old people took out the jade with the canes of the elders.

Just when Chen Jian was about to accept, Lu Yuan suddenly spoke up.

"Ji Xia, you once said that your ancestors hoped that you would teach your relatives what you knew. I believed in you. But you built the city in Onozawa. Even if you agreed, how can we exchange? Just like you said You don’t kill people, but you set fire to the house and burn the people in the house to death, and after you burn it, you say you just lit the firewood and didn’t kill anyone, what’s the difference from what you did?”

He stared at Chen Jian, turned around and asked Su Yue: "Su Yue, the clan cities around Onozawa are all headed by Sucheng, I just ask, if we come to Onozawa to exchange, can you really let us pass? "

Su Yue solemnly said: "Naturally! As long as you don't do anything against your family, why should I care? Can I change what I discussed with you a few days ago? But now my old friend's bones are not cold, and his soul is restless. Who did it?" I always want to find out! If some clan did it, they would slaughter their relatives in order to oppose me, Suyue, and such a brother chopped the ax on top of my head, would I still stick out my neck?"

"Jixia's things are for relatives, not for enemies."

Lu Yuan laughed loudly and said: "Whether it is a relative or not, who will decide? Can you decide clearly if you have made a mistake? When Hua was dealing with clan disputes, it was difficult to decide, so what are you? Do you think you are more powerful than Hua?" For wisdom? Whoever swears to you is right; whoever does not swear to you is wrong?"

After he yelled, he looked into Chen Jian's eyes and asked, "Ji Xia, you once said that there is no vow between brothers without words. When I heard this from others, I really praised you." Fan. After hearing the story of you sending troops to rescue the Acropolis, I drank with my fellow clansmen all night, drinking with this story was actually more delicious than the fresh fish with sauce."

"Even if you don't have this jade, just based on your words, we will still regard Xia Cheng as a brother and relative."

"Now that you have jade and vows of words, what you want to do is not as good as when you didn't have jade. I talk about brothers, ancestors, kinship and so on every day. Now I ask you again, brother, is it from blood? ? Or from that ridiculous oath?"

This time, without waiting for Chen Jian's answer, he directly took out from his bosom a jade horned deer that was granted to their clan that year. The vivid emerald color is particularly bright in winter.

"If brothers come from blood, what use is this jade head? If brothers come from an oath, the oath can be violated! If brothers come from this jade, the jade will shatter!"

He laughed a few times, as if he was questioning the sky, then he raised the jade high and fell heavily on the stone of the altar.

Ding……

The most beautiful sound is nothing like broken jade.The saddest sound is nothing like broken jade.

Countless emerald colors splashed in the snow, and then the leaders who opposed Suyue took out their own clan's jade heads, which shattered heavily just like Luyuan.

In the snowstorm, Chen Jian stood in front of the sacrificial hall, the jade he wanted was right in front of him, but he didn't wait for the blessings of his brothers and relatives.

The jade of that year was broken.

I swore back then, and I broke it.

But the blood from that year is still flowing in each other's bodies...

Chapter 41 So it was

After the feast, tears flowed down my face. This is not about cowardice, but the unwillingness of the heart after reminiscing.

At the banquet in Sucheng, Chen Jian didn't cry, and he couldn't cry, he was just in a dull panic.Those who have a tiger in their hearts may not know how to sniff roses. Chen Jian thinks he is a very rational person, but there are many paranoid ideals mixed in his rationality. It is inevitable to give up the rationality of reality for those dreams, because the reality is too much. Cruelty can only turn ideals into dreams.

The feast was less than half the number of people a month ago. After the jade was broken, many people left Sucheng.No matter how sensational Lu Yuan said, it was actually for the very real benefit, which Chen Jian knew very well.

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

Some people could see that Chen Jian was depressed, and people probably felt that he was moved by Lu Yuan's words and kept persuading him. Yuemei, who was silent at the banquet, saw Chen Jian depressed for the first time, thinking Those words that made her angry a few days ago, I thought in my 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, couldn't you think that your words would make me sad?

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

He sighed for a long time, drank a few sips of wine, and forced a smile: "Let's not talk about these things for now. Leaders, I went to Onozawa a few days ago, and I met some people on the road. I thought they were all from cities and villages, but They ran away when they saw me, and I felt that something was wrong, and I rushed to catch them and found that there were marks on their faces and hands, they should be slaves who escaped from various cities, right?"

Several clan leaders near Onozawa quickly asked, "What kind of marks are they? Ji Xiake caught them?"

"Caught it, beheaded it."

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

"No."

"most!"

Chen Jian asked with a smile, "What's the use of this end?"

"Jixia doesn't know that there are many escaped slaves in Da Ye Ze, and the waterways are criss-crossed, making it difficult to enter and suppress, so many dissatisfied slaves fled one after another. If you can catch a few more famous ones, such as Ze, He, etc. Heinous characters can deter those people. It is true that the head cannot be eaten or exchanged, but it is of great use. Ji Xia brought it for everyone to see."

The house was warm and warm, and the bloody head should not have appeared here, but these people are used to it. After the frozen head came in, several leaders approached and smiled: "This mark is our city. It's a pity that there aren't many famous people. I don't recognize them, but those slaves who are eager to move will definitely recognize them. I took these heads back, thank you Jixia."

After dividing his head, Chen Jian bowed towards Suyue again and said, "Leader Suyue, something happened in Onozawa that day. Some villages were near Onozawa. I was worried that they would exchange with escaped slaves, but they couldn't catch them." They, Yue Zu, let those people move out in the coming spring, and ask Chief Su Yue not to be offended."

"It doesn't matter, since they are relatives, Ji Xia is always nobler than them, so how can I take offense at letting them move away? It's just that Ji Xia... has acted like a woman. If it is confirmed that they exchanged with those escaped slaves A few, it can also be considered as a reminder to the other villages near Onozawa."

He didn't criticize him too much, Su Yue couldn't see through the few things Chen Jian did, sometimes he seemed hard-hearted, and sometimes he was strangely soft-hearted.

He would never believe or think that Chen Jian was in contact with those fugitive slaves in secret. If there were not fugitive slaves in Da Ye Ze but some other clans, Su Yue would be very vigilant, worried about the expansion of Xia Cheng's power.

But since there are runaway slaves there, he doesn't have to be afraid. If the rest of the clan can always absorb and divide, but those runaway slaves are like fire and water with the leaders in this house, it is related to the interests of the entire slave owner class, and no one dares to Touch—unless there is a city that says it doesn't need slaves, but Suyue doesn't believe there will be such a city, and neither can Xia City.

This is also the reason why he so generously agreed with Xiacheng to build a city in Dayozawa. The fugitive slaves there will bring endless troubles to the city Chen Jian wants to build, and Xiacheng is far away, so he will definitely have to ask for Su at that time. If there is a need for a city, it needs to sell its benefits.

Because those fugitive slaves in Ohnozawa could only defend themselves and never attack from outside, Su Yue didn't take this matter too seriously, he just took it as a trivial matter, and even frankly told Chen Jian to kill a few people appropriately.

Chen Jian said solemnly about this proposal: "The words of Chief Suyue are very reasonable. But although you and I are taking different paths, the destination is the same. Chief Suyue killed people to tell them that they violated these principles. The consequences of the rules, and I'm just giving them no chance to break those rules."

Su Yue laughed loudly and said, "Jixia decides for such trivial matters. Since I have said that the Xia city ten miles away from Onozawa can be built at will, and if the villages within ten miles are not moved, they can be under Jixia's jurisdiction. .”

Chen Jian shook his head and said, "That's not the case. Even if we build a city in Onozawa in the future, relatives can come and go freely, but if there are slaves who escape there, I still have to return them. I can do this. I hope everyone In the future, tell me the marks of the slaves in your respective cities, so that I can return them conveniently. The slaves belong to you, and Xia dare not keep them for himself."

Everyone praised and agreed with what Chen Jian said. The fact that slaves can be exchanged is the most basic. In the past, no city had the power to intercept fugitive slaves in Onozawa. In the future, if Xiacheng is near Onozawa To build a city, it is inevitable to catch a lot.

Regardless of this matter, even if Xia Cheng captured the escaped slaves in various cities and took them as his own, this is a normal thing and no one would criticize them, but when Chen Jian said this, these people suddenly became enlightened: Now the oath has been fulfilled However, there is really a need for a rule that all clans in the city need to abide by, as a basis for distinguishing right from wrong and handling disputes in the future.

At least on the matter of dealing with slaves, these opinions put forward by Chen Jian are easier to accept than the few things that have been debated for a few days before.

Su Yue thought that Chen Jian was taking this opportunity to propose some rules, but Chen Jian didn't want to continue the topic of rules, but changed his mind: "The fugitive slaves in Da Ye Ze have been running away for a long time, and even if their minds are scattered, they can't stay in the field even if they are captured. Work safely, maybe you will encourage the rest of the slaves to escape. I am here to implore all the leaders, if Xia Cheng builds a city in Onozawa in the future, and captures those slaves who escaped before... I am afraid that I will not be able to return you... If it happens, They killed them, please don’t blame them. It can also be done like this, after you go back, you can brand new marks on the slaves, so I can tell whether I should send them away or kill them, or something else..."

Su Yue said with a smile: "Ji Xia's idea is very good, but why should we be so polite because we are all relatives? Those slaves are nothing but useless things to us, even if they are captured, we must guard against them making trouble. If Ji Xia can help kill It’s okay, but I’m relieved, what’s so strange about it?”