Hu Yanlie led the Xiongnu army back to Touman City to return to King Zuoxian, while Chu Jinmo stayed in Baishui City on the grounds of his mother's funeral.

After this catastrophe, the country of Yuexi is riddled with holes and is in ruins. After the mourning period of the Empress Dowager Yaotian passed, Chu Jinmo succeeded to the throne and became the lord of Yuexi.

This attack on Yuexi made me understand the importance of the small tribes under Yuexi, and I had the intention to win them over, so I took the initiative to contact the small tribes under Yuexi.

Because I have been active in the Vietzei tribe all day long and have been very kind to them, the people of these small tribes have a lot of respect for me.

Most of these small tribes were primitive tribes, with low production capacity and no iron tools. They were arrows made of stone and bone, and they were wrapped in animal skins. If the west is strong, it will be attached to the west, and if the Xiongnu is strong, it will take refuge in the Xiongnu. It's just a wall-to-wall grass, and you have to be their leader psychologically to control them absolutely.

On this day, a little king of the tribe came to see me in Whitewater City, and after seeing me, he saluted and said, "Our tribe often fights with other tribes, and every time we fight, we have casualties. Moreover, our tribe has a very bad habit that once a person in the tribe is killed, all the tribesmen will take revenge. ”

I wondered, "Isn't it not the business of one family that dies, but the whole family?" ”

Xiao Wang nodded and said: "We call this blood revenge, if one person dies, the entire tribe will have to fight with other tribes." If they kill one of us, we will kill both of them. The other tribe is like this, if we kill two people, we must kill four of us. So the vendetta is endless, and we are tired of killing like this, not to mention that there are not many people in our tribe in total. ”

It is true in my heart that the total population of a small tribe and a tribe together may not be as large as the population of a village in modern society.

Xiao Wang said: "It's not a way to kill like this, but we can't come up with a strategy to solve it." The rules left by the ancestors are like this, can you please ask everyone to stop the vendetta? ”

I said, "How do you want me to help?" ”

Xiao Wang said: "Miss Lan, you happen to be an outsider, and your civilization is more developed than ours, can you mediate for us and let us stop the vendetta?" If you help us to make the clans peaceful, all of our clans will honor Whitewater. ”

I muttered slightly: "This matter is easy to do, you go back first, wait for my news!" ”

Xiao Wang left happily. After he left, I told Chu Jinmo about the matter, and he also had a headache, "These tribes are barbaric and strong, and they are difficult to manage. On weekdays, they know that in order to grab territory, they fight and kill, and you want them to stop the vendetta, how easy is it? ”

I smiled lightly, "They killed because there was no law binding them." As long as you give an order to the tribes, kill only one of the rebels, and whoever kills will kill whoever kills to pay for his life, and then compensate the tribe for the loss with money and goods. In this way, not only will no one die, but also benefit, and naturally there will be no vendettas. ”

Chu Jinmo's eyes flashed with a strange brilliance, "This method is really good!" ”

In fact, this method is just evolved from the civil compensation in modern society, but these small tribes under Yuexi are all in a primitive social state, and they are in a vendetta, so they naturally can't think of a solution.

I discussed the specific compensation method with Chu Jinmo carefully, and finally formulated the following: the murderer will be compensated with six gold gold, ten cattle, ten horses, and one hostage.

Chu Jinmo said: "Why do you want to send hostages, aren't you afraid that others will take revenge and kill the hostages?" ”

I said, "Don't worry, it's absolutely safe to be a hostage." Because someone else's family has died, there is no labor force for the son, and now he will send a labor force to the door, and he will definitely not kill the hostage. ”

After this rule was settled, it was equivalent to the earliest customary law in Yuexi, and the tribal vendetta never happened again. These small tribes under Yuexi were even more supportive of Chu Jinmo's rule.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and it didn't take long for Hu Yanlie to go and return, saying that King Zuo Xian appointed Chu Jinmo as the big boss and asked him to immediately return to Manchester City to take office.

How can Chu Jinmo be willing to go to Manchester City to be a petty official? His ambition is to unify the west and be the lord of the west. But now Yuexi is still too weak, and there is no way to confront the Xiongnu, so Chu Jinmo is quite entangled in this matter.

On this day, Chu Jinmo and I were discussing matters, and Hu Yanlie asked to see him, so he sent Hu Yanlie to the hall to speak.

Hu Yanlie said: "Chu Envoy Jun, now that Yuexi has been pacified, it is better for you to go back as soon as possible and return to King Zuoxian!" ”

Chu Jinmo said: "King Zuo Xian treats me like a mountain, of course I want to go back as soon as possible." But..."Speaking of this, Chu Jinmo shook his head again and again.

Huyan Lieqi said: "What are your difficulties? ”

Before Chu Jinmo could answer, General Qinnan crashed into the main hall, "King, it's not good, many subordinates say that if you go back to the Xiongnu, everyone will kill you!" ”

I laughed in my heart, this play was discussed with Qin Nan in advance, just to show it to Hu Yanlie, Chu Jinmo was not unwilling to return to King Zuoxian, but his people were disobedient, he was leaving, and the Yuexi people were going to kill him.

Chu Jinmo pretended to be very surprised: "What! Is there such a thing? ”

I looked at Konan quietly and hinted at him to continue.

Qin Nan understood and continued, "The sergeants below were originally barbaric and undisciplined, and now that I heard that the king was leaving, I thought that no one would be able to restrain the Yuexi people in the future, so it was better to kill you, lest you go!" ”

Chu Jinmo shook his head and said to Hu Yanlie, "How is this good, Captain Dudu?" ”

Hu Yanlie sneered and said: "You are the person that King Zuo Xian values, if you are forced to go back, the people of Yuexi will rebel and kill you, and I will not be able to explain to King Zuo Xian when I go back." In that case, you stay here, and I'll go back and talk to King Zuo Xian first. ”

I placed Helian Rui next to Hu Yanlie and let him be my dark line. I thought that this matter had been resolved, but I didn't expect Helian Rui to secretly send a secret report to me, saying, "Hu Yanlie is very jealous of Chu Jinmo, and often speaks ill of King Chu in front of King Zuoxian, I'm afraid that King Zuo Xian will use troops against Yuexi." ”

After receiving Helian Rui's secret report, I was uneasy, now Yuexi is too weak to defeat the Xiongnu at all. For today's plan, only with the back of the Huns, it is good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, and then slowly develop their own potential. I thought in my heart that I must find a way to get rid of this Hu Yanlie who plucked King Zuoxian.

As I was thinking about it, I unconsciously opened the window of the bedroom on the second floor, and it was already night, and the moon in the sky was shining softly on the ground. I looked at it, there was a person standing under the window, and Chu Jinmo didn't expect that I would suddenly open the window and look at me from a distance downstairs.

For a while, I didn't know what to say, so I quickly closed the window again. Since the death of the Empress Dowager Yaotian, I have deliberately kept a distance from Chu Jinmo, although I often give him advice for Yuexi, but we both abide by the difference between men and women, and do not meet at night.

I closed the window, I leaned my back against the window, I don't know why he was still standing under my window in a daze so late, I couldn't bear it for a while, and opened the window again.

Chu Jinmo was still standing there looking at me, and his originally cold face suddenly showed a smile, like melting ice and snow at the end of winter, "Mulan, you come down." ”

I walked out of the dormitory and went downstairs, Chu Jinmo said to me; "I'll take you to see something."

"What is it?"

"You'll know when you get there!"

Chu Jinmo took me into the garden, and along the way, I met the palace people who saluted us one after another. When he arrived at a forest, Chu Jinmo stopped, "It's here." ”

I looked into the forest, and it was a plum forest, and the season was not yet time for the plum blossoms. The plum trees in this forest looked quite young, and the soil was new, and it was obvious that they had just been planted.

Chu Jinmo said to me: "Look, this is the plum forest I planted for you, and when it comes to winter, we can enjoy the plum blossoms together." I saw you planting plum trees in Manchester City that day, and I thought I would have to enjoy the flowers with you in the future. ”

Looking at this piece of plum tree, he couldn't see the edge at a glance, and it was obvious that Chu Jinmo had put a lot of thought into it. I was moved in my heart, but I refused to admit it: "You didn't grow it yourself." ”

Chu Jinmo smiled faintly: "I knew that you would say this, you deliberately left a hand, look over there", he pointed not far away, "This row is all planted by me, but there is no fake hand." ”

I followed the direction he pointed, walked to the rows of plum trees, stretched out my hand and stroked the plum trees, Chu Jin treated my thoughts, I didn't know the way, but... Suddenly, Huo Quai's heroic face flashed in his mind, and he felt a sudden pain in his heart, and he frowned unconsciously.

Chu Jinmo sighed lightly, "I'm right in front of you now, why are you thinking about others?" ”

I turned around and squeezed a smile on my face, "No, we're here to enjoy the flowers in winter." ”

Chu Jinmo looked at me, his eyes shining, "It's decided, I will enjoy the flowers every winter." ”

I kept my head down, "Every winter", do I really stay here for the rest of my life?

Chu Jinmo said: "Now Yuexi is not strong enough, but I will be a wise lord, and I will definitely be able to give Yuexi people a good life, and I will also give you a peaceful and prosperous world." ”

I shook my head, "There's an obstacle right now. ”

Chu Jinmo said, "What hindrance? Didn't Hu Yanlie be sent back by us? ”

I sighed lightly, made up my mind, turned to him and smiled, "You give me Merlin, and I will give you a gift." ”

"Oh? What gift? ”

I restrained my smile and said, "Hu Yanlie's neck!" ”

Hu Yanlie said a lot of bad things about Chu Jinmo in front of King Zuoxian, saying that he refused to return to Manchester City as an official, and said that staying in Yuexi would be a hidden danger sooner or later. Such a calamity shall not be left unfor him. I had already made up my mind that I had to kill him.

Chu Jinmo said movingly: "Mulan! ”

My hands were already covered in blood, and my mind was more thoughtful than before. Always thinking about clearing all the obstacles in front of him and making Chu Jinmo a generation of holy masters. But is this because of the self-exile of losing Huo Quai's disease, or is it a reward for Chu Jinmo? I can't find the answer myself.

Maybe too much killing has made me unable to see the future, and I originally thought that it was my mission to protect Huo Quai. It's a pity that his light is too dazzling, and my little firefly light can't compete with him at all.