From Chief to Ball

After these words, these people knew very well that they were wronged, they lowered their heads in silence, and even envied those groundhogs, who could dig a hole to get in.

They felt that the leaders of the fourteen tribes were all looking at them and laughing at them, and the two eyes of the black and white flag seemed to be staring at them too, at their descendants who had betrayed their oath.

Chen Jian cleared his throat, and continued to shout: "Why did I tell you? Because we are the same ancestor. You have your hair tied up, you are full, and you have clay pots, but when our relatives were slaughtered by other tribes At that time, where were you?"

"You have betrayed your ancestors, and you stand under this banner. Think about your life from the apricot yellow queen, and think about your previous life. If you die in the future and see your ancestors, what should you say? Tell your ancestors to live in other places When the tribe slaughtered your relatives, you ran away? The ancestors did not need such descendants!"

"You can let go of your hair and never recognize your ancestors again, as if your blood has changed. And here is the land protected by the ancestors. You can leave, but you must return the protection of the ancestors to us, smash the clay pots, burn Drop the wicker baskets! Break the bows and arrows! Destroy the fishing hooks... Get out of here and never come back, or we will drive you away with stone spears and stone axes!"

The soldiers behind shouted at the same time, and the Osprey imagined a life without all this, and hurriedly shouted: "No! No! Our blood is the same as yours, and we have always tied our hair in buns. We were like A roe deer was frightened and fled far away. But we will always remember the protection of our ancestors. Jian! If another tribe kills our relatives, we must go, not five, but all of them!"

Chen Jian didn't answer immediately, but kept swallowing saliva to moisten his dry throat. Since ancient times, it has been said that teachers are famous, and their names are justified.

These people had their hair tied up no matter what, but they were a bit cunning and felt that the tribe would not be able to fight, and they might also think that they were good people, and they might only respect their ancestors, because only rain and dew nourished them without the power of thunder.

Osprey didn't wait for Chen Jian's answer, and became even more terrified. She turned her eyes to the fourteen leaders, looking for people she was familiar with, but their faces were full of contempt, which finally made her despair.

The clansmen behind him also cried loudly, they didn't want to migrate, and if they left here, where could they go?What if we actually met our ancestors after death?

In the quiet field, the autumn wind was accompanied by the sound of crying, and it was extremely cold. Just when Osprey's heart sank to the bottom, Chen Jian finally spoke.

"After all, it is the same ancestor. I have discussed with the leaders of the fourteen tribes. Since you still admit that you are the same ancestor, you can stay here and continue to use those pottery bows and arrows."

Osprey couldn't believe all this. Just as he was about to say a few words of thanks, Chen Jian went on to say, "However, you can't stay here anymore. You have to move to the bank of the Caohe River, and use time to prove your loyalty to your ancestors and wash your blood away." Cowardly. Under our eyes, we will see whether you will continue to be a cowardly roe deer or a pack of wolves baring your teeth in the next war with foreigners. We no longer trust your promises, nor your oaths. "

"You can discuss it with your clansmen. You can either leave or move away. There is no third choice. Let us know the result of the discussion before dark."

Chen Jian didn't look at her again, and turned to go back to the team. Just when he took the third step, there were chaotic and nearly identical voices behind him.

"Let's go to the Grass River!"

They don't know how to live in Caohe, but at least there is the protection of their ancestors, and they believe that their ancestors will not watch their descendants perish.

But if you leave here, spread your hair and migrate to other places, your own tribe will only die.Osprey still remembered what his mother had told him about the tragedy of the tribal migration long ago.

She learned cunning from her mother and learned to protect the lives of her people as much as possible, but today she paid the price for this cunning, those old experiences are no longer applicable...

Chen Jian turned around and let the clansman plant the flag on the ground. Osprey and the clansmen gathered around, knelt down to worship the banner of the ancestors, begged the ancestors to forgive their betrayal, and begged the ancestors to continue to protect them.

The fourteen leaders accepted the Osprey again, but their status was different. There was no place for the Osprey and the clansmen in the council.

Baskets of acorns, dried fish, and clay pots were moved out of the cave, and terrified children sat on the grass sledge. The clansmen carried all this on their backs, and looked back at the place where they were born and raised, which was surrounded by flames. The persimmon tree at the entrance of the cave was also reduced to ashes.

These people have embarked on a road that does not know the future, and their hearts are full of apprehension.The only thing to be thankful for is that I am still a descendant of my ancestors, maybe after I have paid off my sins, my ancestors will protect me again...

"Most definitely."

Osprey thought secretly, glanced at the flag, carried a whole basket of acorns on his back, moved his heavy legs, and embarked on this road of redemption that would take him an unknown amount of time.

Chapter 27 Scalp

In the face of absolute superiority, resistance is meaningless.

After these leaders are elected, the most important thing is to ensure the survival of the tribe. They can easily make a choice between being driven out and moving out of the mountains.

The only worry is that it will snow soon, where will I and my family keep warm?

They asked each other, but they didn't get any answers. They could only hope that Chen Jian would give them an answer.

A few days later, the team expanded more and more. The four tribes who had betrayed the oath and the three tribes who hadn't come back since they got the bows and arrows, fishing, and clay pots were all taken away by Chen Jian with various excuses.

The team of more than 800 people moved slowly on the autumn wasteland. Chen Jian looked ahead, and there was the residence of the last tribe.

This place is already far to the north, and Chen Jian estimates that it is about 150 miles away from the village.He rode on the horned deer and waited for the scouts to return, this time the wait was much longer than before.

Just when he was about to send out the second batch of scouts, Wolf Pi rushed over from the front without talking to anyone else, and came directly in front of Chen Jian with something in his hand.

The face of the wolf skin was a little dignified, and after Chen Jian took the thing, his brows also frowned.

It was a scalp, a human scalp.

Judging from the irregular cuts on the edges, it should be cut with a sharp stone flake. A circle was cut on the skull, and the entire scalp was torn off.

The scalp was dry, and there was a gap on it. This scalp should have been broken when it was torn, so it was thrown there.

"Nobody left?"

"No. I let a few people go on."

"Where's the corpse?"

"It should have been eaten up or taken away by wild animals."

Chen Jian turned around to alert the team, and brought a few people and the wolf skin to the front to check.

There was no smoke at the entrance of the cave that was blackened by smoke, exuding an indescribable eerie tranquility, leaving traces to see that no one had lived here for many days.

Apart from the pile of plant ash in the cave, there were only a few small bows and arrows played by children. After careful searching, one thing was finally found.

A round piece of leather looks like a drum skin. The drum skin may have been broken by the person who beat the drum too hard, so it was thrown here.

The drum skin wasn't too big, it was about the size of a bowl, but Chen Jian felt uncomfortable no matter how he looked at it, it didn't seem like animal skin, it was very smooth.

There was nothing else to be found, so he walked out of the cave with these two skins, and several scouts in the distance also returned.

"Jian, there are a lot of hoof prints of animals in front, very big hoof prints, bigger than those of horned deer."

When Chen Jian arrived, several clansmen were already standing in the mud and observing these strange hoof prints curiously. They had never seen this kind of animal before, but they knew that this kind of animal must be very big.

It will not be predators such as tigers, because there are many footprints, if so many predators gather together, they will starve to death.

Chen Jian squatted on the ground and took a look, trying his best to suppress the shock in his heart, trying not to let his tribe see it.

These hoof prints in the mud are slightly notched ovals, obviously horses, and there are a lot of them, and there are some human footprints beside them.

"A tribe with horses!"

He was secretly startled, his tribe had never seen a horse so far, judging from the number of these hoof prints, there were more than a hundred horses at least.

There was a thick log next to it, and the traces were also cut down not long ago. These people should stand on the log to facilitate their horses.

After careful identification, there are no traces of ruts except for the horseshoe marks. It seems that it is still a primitive riding method, and there is not even a noose for easy mounting.

The tribe next to him asked Chen Jian, but Chen Jian shook his head and said, "I don't know what it is, maybe it's also a rideable animal?"

"Really? This animal must be bigger than the horned deer? Let's go further and catch up with them."

Wolfpi was a little excited, he was wondering what kind of animal it was and what it would look like.