Chapter 468: Two Grapes Kill Three Elders

"Coronation is extremely sacred and important to all the tribes of our Misty Mountains, and as for which tribal leader to be crowned as the king, the Roland Empire has not decided which one to be crowned king, but has proposed that we Misty Mountains choose by ourselves, and this method has also been approved by all the leaders. ”

Hearing this, Lei Qi suddenly smiled inexplicably, and said lightly: "Kill the third elder." ”

However, Rolf obviously didn't have the opportunity to study "Yanzi Chunqiu", so he listened to it with a confused face, and couldn't help but wonder: "I don't know what Lord Viscount said about 'two grapes killing three elders'?"

"That's a fable I saw in an ancient book, which probably tells the story of three powerful pharaohs under the command of a certain pharaoh during the Old Kingdom of the Amanda dynasty, who made countless achievements, but was so pampered and arrogant that they gradually threatened the rule of the pharaoh. Pharaoh then asked the high priest for advice on how to get rid of the three men. ”

In fact, Rolf had never heard of the Amanda dynasty, the Pharaohs, or anything like that, but this did not prevent him from listening to it with relish, and even suddenly thought: "So the high priest offered two poisonous grapes to the Pharaoh, and thus poisoned the three Pharaohs?"

"How can you poison three people with only two grapes?" Seeing that Retch looked at himself as if he was mentally retarded, Rolf only felt that his cheeks were hot.

"And if the Pharaoh dared to poison his own heroes directly, it would only force all the Pharaohs under his command to rebel! But you guessed one thing, the high priest did offer two grapes to the Pharaoh, two extremely rare grapes, and advised the Pharaoh to give them to the three Pharaohs. ”

"How can two grapes be given to three people?" Hearing this, Rolf couldn't help but wonder again.

"You're right, two grapes can't be given to three. Speaking of this, Reich smiled mysteriously, "So the Pharaoh decided that the three Pharaohs should each expound their exploits, and then give these two grapes to the two people who have the greatest merit!"

"So two of the three pharaohs gave an account of their deeds, and when they had finished speaking, one of them took a grape, and the last pharaoh did not get the grapes, but he thought that he had done more than two of them!

"When the excitement had passed, the pharaoh realized his previous ugliness, and at the same time realized what an unforgivable sin he had committed, so he drew his sword and committed suicide!

Qi Jinggong in "Yanzi Spring and Autumn" has become a pharaoh in the mouth of Lei Qi, the famous minister Yanzi has become a high priest, and even Gongsun Jie, Tian Kaijiang, and Gu Yezi, the three generals of Qi State, have also become three pharaohs...... If these Yanhuang ancestors knew that Lei Qi arranged them like this, I don't know if a thunderbolt would come from the sky and kill this guy who tampered with the classics indiscriminately!

However, if Lawski were here, after listening to this parable, he would probably only express disdain for the three pharaohs in the fable: "What three fools, aren't they just two grapes, and it's just a matter of one mouthful, is it necessary to deserve such a fight of life and death? And I hate grapes!"

But Rolf was not Lawski after all, and after hearing this, he was unconsciously covered with cold sweat, and exclaimed: "Is this the wisdom of this side of the mountain?

Apparently, Rolf had already understood the ditch and the hurdle. And after a while, Rolf said with an ugly face: "Now that I think about it, in that Zhongshan election, there was really a conspiracy similar to what you said about the Viscount!"

"Zhongshan election?" Leech's eyes froze slightly.

"In the Misty Mountains, in addition to the most powerful Nanshan tribe and the Beishan tribe, the next step is the Zhongshan tribe, which has nearly 200,000 Misty Mountain warriors!"

"The current chief of the Zhongshan tribe is Griffos. Grey Jobs has always been a well-known good man in the Misty Mountains, never oppressing the weaker tribes around him, and even often playing the role of a peacemaker between the various conflicting tribes. And because the area where the Zhongshan tribe is active is located between the Beishan tribe and the Nanshan tribe, this makes the Zhongshan tribe a natural bridge to communicate the two strongest tribes, and even Graves has married the daughters of two big tribe leaders, and because of the formation of in-laws, the three tribes are more peaceful, and it also indirectly contributes to the stability of the entire Misty Mountain!"

"Among the merchants and troubadours, Grey Springs, too, has an excellent reputation, and has even been praised by some of the humans on this side of the mountain as 'the only civilized man in the Misty Mountains, a true noble'! But in fact, this is only because Grey Heads never robs them, and even provides them with shelter!" said Rolfo, a mocking smile on his face, "To put it mildly, those merchants who have taken great risks to sneak into the Misty Mountains are nothing more than two-legged fat sheep in the eyes of most leaders!" Once they are targeted by a tribal leader, most of them will end up with their pants stripped off!"

"But few people will really hurt the lives of these merchants, after all, killing can only bring short-term pleasure, but keeping these people's lives may bring us more goods, and it is free!" said Rolf, a slight smug look on his face, and it was obvious that the tribe he belonged to must have done the same before.

Hearing this, the corners of Leqi's mouth raised a faint disdain and said: "You are just clever, or even smart." ”

Seeing that although Rolf was silent, his eyes were obviously unconvinced, Leqi said lightly: "I don't know if you have ever heard the ancient kara word 'fishing with all your might', which roughly means draining the water in the pool and catching all the fish in the pool;

"And what is the difference between what you do to the merchants and what you do to the fish? Although you have spared their lives, but there is no hope of profit, do you think they will take great risks and pass through those 'dangerous' territories again and again?"

"On the contrary, the Zhongshan tribe that can provide shelter is undoubtedly the first choice for those merchants to enter the Misty Mountains! Especially since these merchants not only bring goods from outside the mountains, but also transport the products from the mountains to the outside! If I guess correctly, the Zhongshan tribe is probably the most commercially developed and the most prosperous tribe in your Misty Mountains, right?"

"So you still think that Grey Heads is just a 'good old man,' or are you short-sighted?"

"Do you want to fish?" Rolf's eyes were shocked, but more bitter, "It seems that it is really us who are really stupid, Lord Viscount, you are right, in our Misty Mountains, the most prosperous is indeed the Zhongshan tribe! I always thought that it was only because the Zhongshan tribe occupied the rich mountain range, but now it seems that those merchants also play an extremely important role!"

Who knows, then Leitch said mockingly: "Fishing is just a trivial matter, after all, if you don't eat fish, you won't starve to death, and the real sad thing is that you are digging a big pit for yourselves, until one day you bury your entire Misty Mountain in it, but you don't know it!"

At the beginning, Rolf would have scoffed at Leitch's 'alarmism', but after a series of conversations with Leitch, Leitch's erudition and wisdom were deeply impressed - in fact, in Rolf's heart, for a superior person, wisdom is far more important than personal force!

So Rolf immediately couldn't help but ask nervously: "Dare to ask Lord Viscount, how did we dig a big hole for ourselves?"

"Greed and self-righteousness are the biggest pit you have prepared for yourselves. Lei Qi said lightly, "If I am the ruler of the Roland Empire or the Kampra Empire, your thousands of years of indulgence towards those 'two-legged fat sheep' are long enough for me to explore the terrain of most of the Misty Mountains, and even down to the strength and strength of your various tribes!"

"Viscount, do you mean that there is a high probability that there are spies from the Roland Empire or the Kampra Empire in those traders?"

"Isn't that weird?" Leitch looked at Rolf playfully, "knowing that your tribes will only plunder goods, but will not harm the lives of the merchants, so why can't you let the spies disguise themselves as merchants and enter the Misty Mountains openly? The stupid 'merchants' crashed headlong into your tribe's lands, and then were stripped of all their goods and thrown out of the Misty Mountains like a meat worm to the sound of your triumphant laughter!"

"Maybe your warriors in the Misty Mountains are indeed very brave, but for your old enemy, the Roland Empire, which has tens of millions of awakened people and millions of knights, as long as you find out the terrain of your Misty Mountain, if you really want to step on your scattered sand, you will be in the palm of your hand!"

Leech's flat voice was like a thunderbolt striking Rolf's heart, making him feel that his brain was blank, and the blood in his body seemed to have stopped flowing because of the bone-chilling cold! It wasn't until a long time later that Rolf eased up slightly, and said with a hint of hope: "I admit that what the Viscount said is indeed very reasonable, but at present, our Misty Mountain is still strong, does this prove that the previous Emperors of Roland have not had similar thoughts?"

But then, Reich bland shattered Rolf's last hope: "I don't think that all the Emperors of Roland were fools, at least in my opinion, Saint-PePaul. ”

"Then why did all the previous Emperors of Roland send large armies to conquer our Misty Mountains, but none of them made any real progress? If they had completely controlled the terrain of the Misty Mountains, it would never have been possible!" Rolf asked, puzzled, his eyes revealing fragile hope and struggle.

"To put it mildly, I think that in the eyes of the successive Roland Emperors, your Misty Mountain is just an insignificant piece of psoriasis, disgusting to look at, but in fact it will never cause fatal damage, and with the completion of the Great Wall, your Misty Mountain is not even psoriasis. ”

His race was directly described as 'psoriasis', and he believed that no matter who it happened to, he would be indignant, and Rolf's face was also red with excitement at the moment, but he also knew in his heart that Leitch's statement was not an exaggeration, and he had something more concerned about now!

"What are the successive Emperors of Roland thinking?" Rolf took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

"The real enemy of the Roland royal family has always been only one - the Inquisition! Look, now that the Knights of the Holy Light have fallen, 100,000 Heavenly Knights and 100,000 Roland Royal Infantry have disappeared out of thin air, and St. PePaul's is nowhere to be found...... I believe that the South will soon be opened!" Leitch said leisurely, looking south.

(End of chapter)