From Chief to Ball

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He brought back a lot of tools and herbs from the people of Xiacheng that the escaped slaves in Dayeze would not use. Ji Bai knew a thing or two and saved many lives. , although life is hard, it is much better than a few years ago, and it is not too unbearable.

When the sun is shining in summer, the reeds walk through the lotus roots, and the lotus flowers are swaying red water chestnuts. The escaped slaves who have had a good life sing beautiful songs, and occasionally throw them to Ji Bai who is sitting by the lake and basking in the sun. gadgets.

Ze in the distance looked at it for a long time, and finally moved to Ji Bo's side, and stretched out his hand to remove the lotus leaf on his face.

"Why are you so sleepy during the day?"

"A child was sick last night, and her mother felt sorry for the child and choked up with me for half the night. The child was also fatal, but she didn't die. Her mother sent the food in the morning, and I couldn't eat much, so I escaped to sleep. For a while."

Ze smiled and said: "Children are always easy to die. You saved that child. A mother should also be grateful. Just like you Xiacheng people let us go through this difficult winter, we should also be grateful to you. I hope Don’t all of you Xiacheng people be thanked by others like you. Although your leader said that this is just a transaction, I know in my heart that it is different. The same piece of meat is in front of a starving person and a person who has just eaten , how can it be the same?"

After talking for a while, a group of children ran over, yelling for Uncle Bai to tell a story, about how the people of Xiacheng went from the cave to the outside to build the city, and things like the front tooth girl and the nettle, the ancestor Kaitian, black and white, etc. myth.

Ze still had something important to do, so he had to send the children away, and sat silently with Ji Bai for a long time before asking, "What exactly is your leader, Ji Xia, trying to do? Can you tell me?"

"How do I know what Ji Xia wants to do? He only asked me to cook herbs for you and teach you how to weave nets and reeds. I'm not even an official in Xiacheng, let alone the meeting. How can I know so much? "

"Then when will Ji Xia return to Xia City?"

"do not know."

"How do you Xiacheng deal with the escaped slaves?"

"Catch him back and kill him, you don't need to ask, Ji Xia is not the kind of person who will be afraid and soft-hearted when he sees someone killing someone."

Ze is a little confused. He has asked these words many times, but the more he asks, the more questions he has. What will be the fate of people like himself?It was not easy to survive, but he encountered this kind of strangeness that had never been seen before, which had been concealed in his heart for surviving, which made him at a loss.

The people in Onozawa are delighted with this change, they don't think too much, they only know that they have salt to eat and medicine, and they are very grateful to those people called Jixia whom they have never met.As long as he doesn't want to take himself back as a slave, then he has to be grateful for the rest of his life, and it's okay to worship him as a god-they think, maybe that person named Ji Xia just wants to be enshrined and grateful, which is a bad thing for some people More important than food and clothing.

Ze couldn't think so easily, but he couldn't figure out the clue, so he simply found a lotus leaf to shine on his face like Ji Bo, and put his hands behind his head to think about his thoughts.

Many people in Onozawa have children, and the person who fled here first is getting older and older. Even though he can break the neck of a deer and roe deer with both hands, he will die one day.

When I escaped, I only wanted to live. At that time, everyone could be trusted and relied on, and a dozen people could lick salt. However, as more and more people came here, the ones who came here first and the most powerful were different. With this kind of thought, some people have called out to eat salt according to one's ability when the salt is most scarce.

Relying on his prestige and the support of people like him, the salt is still divided equally, because he knows that if he started the idea of ​​eating salt according to his ability, he would divide the land according to his ability and be the master according to his ability...

He thought about a Great Nozawa without slaves, which was his dream after he killed his master and brought many people here to escape.Everyone farms together regardless of high or low, but now it seems that when he dies and the people who stand with him die, Onozawa will eventually be the same as those cities, some of the original slaves will become masters, and others Some are still slaves but the masters have changed.

This is sooner or later, he will die, even if he dies, it is impossible to suppress that group of people, he will either become like that group of people, or be sent to him by that group of people.

Thinking of this, I suddenly sighed, it is still far away, but it is like the sun in the sky: now is the hottest time, and those who have seen the sunset will know that no matter how hot it is at this time, it will fall to the lake after a few hours. Xiehui.

The present, the future, Xiacheng, Onozawa, himself, Jixia... All these things made his heart feel so stuffy, as if a mouthful of warm air was stuck in his chest, he jumped up suddenly, grabbed a stone and wanted to Throw it into the water of the lake, breaking the dull surface of the lake that cannot make ripples because of the lack of wind.

The stones made some ripples on the water, and the ripples did not dissipate, but became bigger and bigger. Several pairs of birds were startled in the lotus bushes, and a few reeds were exposed.

The person in front of Wei is Ye, yesterday was the day when the exchange was agreed, Ze rubbed his eyes, and was startled to find a woman standing beside Ye, her eyes were covered with the same mask that Ji Bai had put on when she came. A kind of silk cloth, not too old but not young, stands at the head of the reed.

The woman has her hands behind her back and a piece of fish-shaped jade hanging on her waist. The silk shirt is blowing in the wind, her hair is fluttering lightly, and she comes riding on the waves like a reed.

……

It wasn't just Ze who was surprised. Ji Bai, who had half-closed his eyes, suddenly jumped up, rushed to the lake and exclaimed, "Sister Hongyu, why are you here? Where's Jixia?"

Hong Yu didn't tear off the cloth from his eyes, and said with a smile, "He's here too. It's just outside the Great Yeze."

Ji Bo hastily ran over and stretched out his hand to untie the cloth from the red fish's eyes. He probably remembered the memory of being stung by the snow when he suddenly opened his eyes when he first came, and he lifted up the lotus leaf to cast a shadow on the red fish. .

Hongyu just blinked slightly, stretched out his hand and threw the lotus leaf aside and said, "How can you be so delicate?"

She brushed her hair and asked, "Take me to Jianze, and I have something to tell him."

Ze was on the side, stared blankly, and guessed that this woman was by no means an ordinary person in Xia City, and felt a little relieved in his heart, since that Ji Xia had also come, no matter whether it was good or bad, he didn't have to guess every day. up.

"I am Ze."

"I am Red Fish, the elder of the Xia City Council, the female official of the city, the lord of the Land of Fish, and... Jixia's woman."

This is her usual habit, and she always puts her relationship with Chen Jian last, but here it is actually the last one that is more important.

"Jixia is outside Dayeze right now. I have something to discuss with you. Let me wait for your return here as a pawn. You don't have to worry. Although you are famous on both sides of the river, a head is only worth a thousand acres of land. Tens of thousands of catties of millet, I am in charge of far more property in Xiacheng than this, and I, Xiacheng, don't like this amount of rice and millet."

She spoke in one go, very naturally. After she finished speaking, she stared at Ze for a few times, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, it's getting dark soon. I just have a discussion with your people at night. I'll stay here. If you don’t go, I’ll pick Ji Bo back. Give me an answer when the sun comes out tomorrow, there’s no need to prepare a dinner because there’s not enough food in Da Ye Ze, and I have something to talk to my brother in the clan.”

After finishing speaking, he stopped looking at Ze, walked straight to Ji Bai, took out a small package, took out a jade-made perforated cypress leaf, handed it to him and said, "You've done a good job here, Xia When the city was divided, a piece of land was allocated to you. There are a hundred people in a settlement. Your younger brother and sister are helping to manage it. It's the surname, but you and your brother came from another settlement after all. Ji Xia said you would still use Ji as the surname, and if you want to sacrifice to your ancestors, the Ji surname is Bai. The name of your fief is Bai. They are in their own lineage, but even if they are in their own lineage, remember that people with the same surname are not married.”

Ji Bo stretched out his hand, and took the jade cypress leaf tremblingly. Although he still didn't quite understand the meaning of enfeoffment, he knew that from then on, at least in Ji Xia's heart, he was no longer Song's younger brother, but a man named Ji Bo's, a person who can do great things, has courage and responsibility.

Tremblingly, he took back the piece of jade, groping all over to find a thin string to match the jade with, but he couldn't find it after groping around. When Run penetrated into the jade hole, Ji Bo stood upright as he did when he was a new recruit in the school last year, and asked Red Fish to help him match the jade, trying to feel a little heavy, feeling extremely satisfied.

"You guys have grown up, and our surname Ji will spread out in the future, and we will no longer be children. This jade is not owned by everyone. No one here recognizes it. When we go back, we will inevitably be raped by girls." Envy, I want to tell you that even though you and your brother are from another clan, you have made an oath, and you know in your heart that the rules must not be messed up. You must have messed up the rules. Go ahead and tidy up, I'm tired too, give me a place to live."

Ji Bo repeatedly agreed, and followed Ji Song to Xiacheng, which was not yet a city. Several times, although the age difference is not much, but Ji Bo has a kind of respect and obedience to Red Fish in his heart.

Asking about enfeoffment along the way, he said a little coyly: "I... I seem to have a child, and I will be born next spring, and the fiefdom will be..."

Hong Yu tutted: "It's not a small skill. It's a rule that non-Hunli's sons can't inherit the fiefdom. Just ask, if a woman is willing to go with you, she will bring her back to Xia City. This year's Pregnancy Festival, the people in the lower reaches of the Cao River It's a good thing that the wild people have dozens of girls who have gone to the city on their stomachs... Well, let me go and see those girls, and I'll talk to them, your mother It’s gone, I’m the only one to take care of this.”

The two chatted and left, one respectful and the other generous, watching Ze behind was amazed and shook his head again and again.

"It's really rare for a woman in Xiacheng to do the same. You can tell what kind of person Ji Xia is when you see this woman. A male cat can't climb on a tiger's back."

He sighed from the side: "Where is he a male cat? We don't even know what he wants to do until now. If he is a male cat, we are that mouse. Ze, will you go tomorrow? This woman seems to be Ji Xia's woman." , is also very famous in Xia City, it seems that Ji Xia has no other women."

"You can tell. This Jixia will explain everything to you clearly, and she doesn't bother to use tricks. It's straight and sharp like a pine tree on a mountain. Although it pierces people, it makes people believe it. I don't have anything to worry about, just like this As the woman said, my head is nothing more than that in their eyes. Did you see Ji Xia today?"

"I see, there are still a lot of people, all of whom are about the same skill as the group who chased me last time. The scary thing is that they stood there for a long time, but no one moved. There are about a hundred people, with copper swords and spears, and fish skins. A. When he saw me, he said hello first, and then directly said that he sent a hostage and asked you to go and talk to him tomorrow."

Ze Da laughed and said: "Let's talk about it. I will bring that woman and Ji Bo with me tomorrow. I am not the kind of person who is afraid of death, lest they look down upon me. My head is not worth his troubles. Then the rest These are the people on our island. Let’s see what he has to say tomorrow. If he wants us to be his slaves, then we will come back and return the leather goods, fish and shrimps that we owe him, and bring some clam beads to thank him for sending us. Ji Bo has saved many people's lives when he came, so let's not communicate with him anymore."

"I'd like to see what he wants to do. Let's go, let's tidy up, and after a while you can ask those women who are pregnant, and let them go with Ji Bo if they don't fall out. After all, they are people. If they fall out, let them stay, what will they do if they leave? Aren’t livestock that can give birth to children slaves? Hey.”

Having made up his mind, Ze stood on the surface of the lake without moving for a long time, until the night dew wind came and the fire flickered, he didn't know what he was thinking.

Chapter 51 Men and Slaves

Two days later, in the valley outside Dayeze, Chen Jian was kneeling on the grass, food and drink were placed on the simple wood, the bronze utensils and wooden dinner plates had been placed, and Yu Qianer knelt down as Xiacheng's cargo Sitting at the bottom, waiting for the guests with my brother.

It was already noon when Ze entered the valley. He had seen this kind of scene when he was a slave. He didn't like this kind of scene in Ono Ze, but he liked it very much at this time, because at least the other party regarded him as a human being.

After saluting, he praised a few words and knelt down on the ground. Someone had already warmed up the wine and filled the copper cup.

"I often hear that Jixia is young, and today I see it. There is no alcohol in the Great Yeze, so here is a drink from Xiacheng to offer Jixia a thank you for letting thousands of people in the Great Yeze through the cold winter."

Chen Jian drank it with a smile, and said with a smile: "Before you came, you must have guessed what I want to do. I'm afraid you are guessing now, right?"

"Yes, that's it."