The dispute between Gabi and Akaju ended with the Brahmin elders of the temple of Azara deciding that the disputed land west of the Yellow River belonged to Gabi Ge.

But when Mijra led the slaves back to Gabi, an unexpected turn of events occurred.

Vikramaditya's wife, Princess Aishwarya of Shasi, fled with her guards when Gabi was paying attention to the dispute in Hexi and her husband left home, leaving a letter, as if she did not want to continue this upheaval life, let alone be someone else's domestic servant slave to help take care of the baths.

Of course, the escape of Vikramatia's wife was not widely publicized, but it had already provoked the anger of Mirela, and the reward promised to Vikramatia seemed to have been forgotten.

……

The sky was getting dark, in the earthen house, Lu Ning was thinking about things, Hei Mei timidly walked in, and brought a plate of various seasonings, vegetables and coarse rice mixed with steamed food, in later generations, many regions of India are also this kind of ingredients mixed with a lot of spices to cook or steam or stir-fry the style, but in addition to the curry rice that has been localized, Lu Ning is really respectful of the original food in India, but now this is ten times more difficult to eat than the Indian cuisine in later generations, but it is also eaten with relish, mainly warm in the heart.

Although the old couple in the bathhouse didn't know what was going on, they saw that Lu Ning was alone every day, and he didn't make a fire, so he would make an extra portion when cooking.

Lu Ning eats up the food sent by Heimei every time, in fact, since he came to this world, he is a human being, and he has never been pitied, but now, he has a different feeling.

Even, what kind of dynasty hegemony and the like, it seems that the distance is getting farther and farther away, but it makes people feel comfortable physically and mentally.

But I don't want to, after sending away Aishwarya, my only weakness now, but I feel like I really fit into the life of the locals.

Aishwarya, if she proves her identity and origin, and stays by her side, she will be afraid of things in the future, after all, there are no cronies and elite soldiers who have always protected her, and her identity is impossible to take her with her in everything, if she is arrested and confesses who she is, then her own plan will be in vain.

After eating all the steamed rice in a big gulp, Lu Ning saw the little guy of the black girl coming to collect the food, and said with a smile: "I'll send it over!" ”

The black girl nodded her little head, as if her grandparents had instructed her, although she missed the iron head uncle's wife, Sister Aishwarya, but she didn't dare to ask.

Lu Ning sometimes looked at her pitiful little eyes and could think of how much she missed Aishwarya, after all, maybe for as long as she could remember, Aishwarya was a beautiful woman who was particularly kind to her and had a noble temperament.

Aishwarya, in fact, was reluctant to let her go, the night before she was going to the beast fight, talking about her plan to leave this place, although she just nodded silently, but that night, she chatted with the black girl until midnight and didn't come back.

Think about it, their life encounters and fates are actually arranged by their own preferences, and these girls are quite pitiful.

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Heimei's grandparents are extremely thin, too tired and too pale, and the old man is also smoking, and they all look very short with their waists bent.

Inside the earthen house, the wooden pillars supporting the roof of the grass shed have been crumbling, seeing Lu Ning enter the house, the two old men got up from the tattered straw mats, to Lu Ning, they have always respected Lu Ning, after all, from the color of the skin, Lu Ning is a Kshatriya race.

Seeing that Heimei's grandmother seemed to be wiping away tears, Lu Ning was slightly stunned, Heimei's grandparents have long been numb to the hard life, and their sons have been dead for a long time, and the two of them are like walking corpses many times, as if they have forgotten how sad they will be.

How can you shed tears?

"Old man, what's going on?" Lu Ning called these two old men, which is the pronunciation of "old man" in the Central Plains, and the two old men naturally didn't know what it meant, but gradually they already knew that this strange pronunciation was to address the two of them.

"It's nothing ......," Grandma Hei Mei shook her head slightly.

Grandpa Heimei's face was full of old numbness, and he was even more silent.

"What the hell is going on?" Lu Ning frowned.

Outside, it was the sound of a black girl scrubbing the dishes.

The children of the poor are in charge of the house early, and Heimei has always been very sensible and good at housework.

"Old man, tell me, for what, at your age, are you still crying?" Lu Ning's brows furrowed even tighter.

Grandma Hei Mei finally sighed, "Hei Mei, I'm going to be sent away, in the morning, Master Maya came, and said that Mrs. Mi Yanluo was going to send Hei Mei to the Temple of Azara to be a holy ......"

Speaking of this, she sobbed and wiped away tears.

Grandpa Heimei, his body seemed to be more rickety, and in an instant, he was even more lifeless.

Lu Ning was slightly stunned, it seemed that in secret, Mi Yinluo had already promised many benefits to the two Brahmin elders who had been adjudicated.

However, although Heimei is only eight or nine years old, she is the age when she is sent to the temple to be a saint.

She was born beautiful, a real little southern beauty embryo, and the Brahmin elders must be very satisfied when they see her.

As for age, in fact, child marriage was also common in India in later generations, and it was not uncommon for girls around the age of 10 to marry uncles at the age of 30.

Because the Manu Code states that a twenty-four-year-old man should marry an eight-year-old girl, and a thirty-year-old man should marry a twelve-year-old girl.

Marry before the menstrual event in order to maintain the holiness of the woman, and the menstrual event is a bad thing.

This is still the case in India in later generations, not to mention the present, the more southern it is, the more common child marriage is, as a slave descendant of Mi Jiluo, everything is arranged by Mi Jiluo, if it is a civilian family, Hei Mei has also reached the age of marriage, but a high-caste aristocratic woman, usually marries later.

And what is the so-called saint, Heimei's grandparents, where do you not know?

At a young age, I don't know how many men have been destroyed, and since then, until old age and decay, it is a hellish life, and even many saints have contracted various diseases and died early, but anyone who can raise children, no one is willing to send their daughters to the temple.

But if the slave is a slave, he can't be the master himself.

Lu Ning pondered for a moment and said, "Old man, you don't have to worry, I'll figure out a way." ”

Grandma Heimei just wiped her tears and shook her head.

Obviously, I don't think Lu Ning can do anything.

Lu Ning thought for a while and said, "That's it, Hei Mei is also at the age of getting married, so it's better to marry me." ”

With this little girl, the fate is very deep, if you want to protect her and change her fate, even if the thoughts of others are the most direct, she will still be able to see Aishwarya in the future, and when she really grows up, how she wants to live at that time, she can also help her.

What's more, it's time to remind Mi Yanluo that she doesn't want to spend it like this.

But if Mi Vara had the slightest ambition, she would not fail to be tempted by her own performance in the fight with the Aka Ju.

However, Aishwarya disappeared and forced her to explain to her husband, King Kizeng, much to her annoyance.

After all, the two of them are actually more or less equivalent to being imprisoned, and in the end, no one knows what King Xizeng wants to do, even if he sends the two of them to Wajiri to curry favor with Qi people, it is unknown.

Ordered Aishwarya to flee to Vajiri, and arranged for her to have a Qi lover in Vajiri, except for the last person around her who knew her identity was sent away and would not be caught and interrogated, it made the value of the two of her transactions to others greatly reduced, and the third was to lay the groundwork, and in the future, she got some Qi equipment support, most of which was facilitated by Aishwarya's old love.

In short, it is an arrangement that kills three birds with one stone.

Now, it's time to remind Mi Yanluo, whether to use it or discard it, and it's clear right away.

Although, the life of the past ten days feels good, away from all disputes and resting, but I can't really live an ordinary person's life addicted.

The so-called want to marry a black girl is also counted in one fell swoop.

While pondering, I saw Heimei's grandmother looking at her in shock, and she was surprised as if she had forgotten to shed tears.

"You, would you really like to marry her? Would you like to marry her? Grandpa Heimei, who has always been lifeless like a mummy, stared at Lu Ning excitedly with cloudy eyes, and for the first time, he was a little angry.

Naturally, he could not have imagined that there would be Kshatriyas, willing to marry his granddaughter, which was simply impossible.

Lu Ning nodded, "Yes, so, Hei Mei will not be sent to the temple, this is my promise to the two of you." ”

Heimei's grandfather suddenly knelt down, or rather, prostrate on the ground, touched Lu Ning's shoes with his hand, and said in a trembling voice: "Yes, Master Kshatriya, in the future, the right to beat her and scold her is yours!" ”

Heimei's grandmother finally came back to her senses, and she also prostrate on the ground, kissing Lu Ning's upper, excited, and crying loudly.

Lu Ning was a little helpless, in fact, although the black girl has a darker complexion, it is two concepts with the swarthy black man, and in later generations, this cute and beautiful Indian little Lori is on the Internet, and she is absolutely popular and has gained a lot of fans.

But now, what a gift he is.

The world of Kshatriya and Heimei's grandparents are two worlds, they don't know why they appear in this bath, but in their eyes, they are inherently noble, and they can marry Heimei, that is, Heimei doesn't know how much suffering she has experienced in her previous life, and this life is finally bitter.

And since they promised to prevent Hei Mei from being sent to the temple and marrying Hei Mei, they naturally believed it.

As for the defect of the iron hood, they don't know if it can be solved, and they don't care.

After all, although it is called a shunkou marriage for a Kshatriya to marry a low-caste woman, it is strictly forbidden for a low-caste man to marry a high-caste woman, but the children born of a shun-married marriage will be considered lowly.

I don't care, Heimei's grandfather and grandmother, where can I mind the slightest? It's just grateful, and even happy people faint.

After all, the children of the black sister will be Kshatriyas in the future, this kind of identity leap is completely unimaginable for them, a woman with a cheap surname, that is to get the blessing of the gods all over the sky, in order to have such a fate.

Lu Ning pondered and was a little helpless, but when he turned around, he saw the black girl who was secretly looking into the house with her little head stretched out, and immediately retracted her head in fright, Lu Ning couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

Just as he was about to call Hei Mei in and ask her if she was willing, there was a sound of footsteps outside the grass wall, Lu Ning looked out of the window with a curtain, and a person walked in the courtyard, it was Uncle Maya, the housekeeper.

Seeing Lu Ning come out, he grinned, "I'll come to see you, and by the way, Kshatriya said that your bravery has redeemed your free body for you, and from now on, you are free." ”

Lu Ning smiled, it seems that there is no need to urge herself, and Mi Yinluo will not forget herself.

"Come, I'll talk to you about something." Uncle Maya smiled and had a very kind attitude, after all, he had seen the scene where Lu Ning knocked down the warriors selected by the other party in an instant when he was fighting with beasts.

Lu Ning nodded, and entered his earthen house with Maya.

Maya went up and down a large number of Lu Ning, as if he deliberately looked at Lu Ning's iron hood and the closed place of his neck and chin, and he didn't know what he was looking at.

"It doesn't seem to hurt your neck, and it doesn't affect your normal life."

Maya was about to say more, but the black girl said timidly outside: "Old man, do you want to drink water?" ”

Whether it is the etiquette of asking if there is no door to knock before entering the house, or the habit of drinking hot water after boiling, it is what she learned from Aishwarya during this time, of course, she still drinks raw water herself, but she knows that Lu Ning drinks cold and white, of course, if it is not Lu Ning and his wife, she is reluctant to waste firewood to boil water.

"Don't drink, you go!" Maya Yue replied on his behalf, and continued to smile and said to Lu Ning: "Brother Vikramatia, since you have regained your free body, I can't help but think about your life, you have suffered a lot, but there is no one around you who knows warmth and heat, how can this be?" My younger sister Jamiro is a well-known beauty, she is my little sister, she is not yet twenty years old, her husband died last year......" Speaking of this, Maya was somewhat uncomfortable, and then said enthusiastically: "My brother, she is really beautiful, I hope you can marry her......" probably felt a little cheeky, and said: "If you marry her, I will help you if you encounter any difficulties in the future." ”

After all, although the Gabi Gyal, unlike the Akaja, did not have the tradition of having to burn the widow alive for burial, it was all voluntary, but the widow was regarded as a bad thing, a law that does not distinguish between many schools of Hinduism.

However, Lu Ning also knew that if it weren't for this, Maya would not have the idea of marrying his sister to him, first, he was a strange person wearing an iron hood; Second, he naturally understood that although he was valuable to King Xizeng and Mi Yanluo, he could also be precarious and be used and betrayed by them at any time.

"However, I have already agreed to marry Heimei, and I originally wanted to ask Brother Maya to intercede for me." Lu Ning said with a smile, of course, others can't see the smile on his face.

Maya was stunned and asked, "Who is the black girl?" ”

Lu Ning pointed in the direction of Heimei's grandparents earthen house.

Maya immediately understood, it seems that Heimei is not sent to the temple, and he doesn't know how many Indian monsters this Gabi is targeting, otherwise, Maya will not immediately know who he is talking about.

After all, after the age of eight, it is suitable for marriage, and even Kshatriya can snatch marriage, in the "Manu Code", it is called Rakshasa marriage, which is one of the eight marriage methods in the code, which means that the unmarried woman that Kshatriya men fancy can be snatched home directly.

Maya stayed for a while and said, "If Lady Mijro agrees, you can marry her and my sister at the same time, I, I'll go talk about ......"

But it seems that there is a lack of confidence.

Lu Ning bowed slightly, "Then thank you Brother Maya." ”

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The next day, Lu Ning found out why Maya came to marry his sister to him, an iron-headed monster who was actually in danger, even if his sister was a widow.

However, Mi Yanluo not only gave 200 acres of cultivated land as his private property, but also handed over all the land and mountains and forests east of the Yellow River to his own management, from which he could extract 10% of the harvest.

Obviously, although the Brahmin elders ruled that the land and the mountains and forests belonged to Mija, the Akaju people, where would they give up, it was destined to be a hot potato and troubled place, so they left it to themselves to manage, and used it to deal with possible provocations of the Akaju people.

To the east of the Yellow River, there are more than 1,000 acres of fertile land.

Of course, it is said that it is good land, but Mo said that compared with the fertile land of Middle Earth, it is better than the fertile land in the Ganges River valley in the southern region province, and I am afraid that the harvest is less than one-third of it.

After all, this is already the Deccan Plateau, most of the land is barren, although the farmland in this area of Gabi is better, but the output is also limited, and the barren land in the former dynasties of the Central Plains is about the same, about nearly ten acres of land, in order to feed a person, that is, for example, a family of five, it takes 50 acres of land to feed, if the field rent is paid half, nearly 100 acres of land, in order to feed a family of five.

Of course, if you don't want to keep your savings, you can support about 20 people, and these 20 or so people should have to have a relatively small amount of food, women and children, not more than 20 young adults.

It is 1,800 acres of land in the entire east of the river, not counting any rent, and the population supported by the limit is only about 200 people, in fact, it is probably more than 20 families to cultivate these lands, so you can imagine how tired the tenant farmers and serfs are now?

In fact, the more important thing in Hexi is the mountain forest, the dense forests of the mountains, the meat produced by the hunters, is extremely important to the Gabi Clan, and the Honey Jara often distributes some to buy people's hearts, from the nutritional point of view, without the meat output of the Hexi Mountains, the food consumed by the Gabi Tak will be a lot more out of thin air.

Therefore, on the first day Lu Ning arrived in Hexi, he went around the mountains and forests, and traveled vertically and horizontally for several hours, feeling the terrain clearly.