Chapter 30: The Ugly Duckling's Grudge
The wide robes dragged on the floor, and it seemed to sweep away all the garbage on the ground. Yang Yuan's equipment at home is like this, although this dress is very heavy, he regards it as a treasure, and he wears a crown dress more often than the emperor.
Du Wenshan stood proudly below, he felt good about himself this time to win over the son of God, and even said that he had made great contributions, and he could raise his head in front of Yang Yuan.
In the wide wooden house, smoke and clouds swirled around the house, and incense filled the house, Yang Yuan paced back and forth, and said, "In your opinion, where can the Son of God run away?" β
Du Wenshan pondered for a moment and said, "The Son of God lives in the clan all the year round, and there are no foreign friends, so there is nowhere to take refuge if he wants to. But in my opinion, if he does not die, he must wander around his tribe and observe the changes in his tribe. β
"That makes sense." Yang Yuan nodded, "I don't think he is a cold-blooded person, he must be thinking about the tribe and often surveying." β
Du Wenshan asked, "Why did the Marquis of Shushan mention this matter?" β
Yang Yuan sat down slowly, his slender fingers lightly tapped on the table, and said slowly: "If you miss the old...... Then his parents were punished, presumably he would not ignore it. β
Du Wenshan hurriedly asked in surprise: "What does the Marquis of Shushan mean to instigate the people of their tribe to kill the parents of the Divine Son, so that the Divine Son will completely cut off contact with them and turn to our tribe?" β
Yang Yuan seemed to be very dissatisfied with Du Wenshan stealing his lines, as if the plan he came up with was plagiarized by him, but his face did not show it, and said: "That's right, this person values love and righteousness, and he will definitely ask us to send troops to avenge his parents...... I've been unhappy with Qiu Luo for a long time, and I just took this opportunity to remove this thorn in his eye! β
The mutual containment of the four major tribes is only superficial, if it really fights, the tribe of Yangyuan can be said to be overwhelming, and at most the Qiang tribe will encounter a small amount of resistance.
Du Wenshan was worried again: "It's just that I asked Mao Qiuluo to kill Taijia's parents...... It may not be easy! β
"Hmph, did you think there were a few fewer people at yesterday's meeting?" Yang Yuan preached.
"Missing someone?" Du Wenshan pondered for a long time, and suddenly clapped his hands, "The Marquis of Shushan said...... Mao Qiuluo's eldest son, Mao Changdi? β
"Since the Di people made paper, the status of Mao Changdi has been declining, and Mao Biya has the possibility of winning the big position! In his eyes, the culprit is naturally the inventor of papermaking...... If you know our good intentions, you will definitely be willing to take action, and it can be regarded as avenging yourself! β
Du Wenshan also said: "And Mao Changdi is simple-minded, as long as it is proposed by an acquaintance, he will definitely accept it!" β
Yang Yuan nodded slightly, his fingers swimming back and forth on the back of his hand, as if there was some conspiracy brewing......
"Old Five!"
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Since Du Wenshan left, Pi Li has held the power of the tribe and no longer needs to look at Du Wenshan's eyes. However, his revenge is not limited to this, his son lost both arms, and the main responsibility is the two foreigners, but Du Wenshan also has more or less problems, and Pi Strike wants to kill the three of them!
However, Pi Zheng is now helpless against the two of them, so they can only clean up Duwen Mountain. You must know that this guy is doing evil all day long, and he is constantly corrupt, and he has a lot of evidence of his crimes in his hands!
Now that the new king has been established for less than two years, he is bound to do some big things, and he is preparing to rectify the dynasty, carry out a major blood change, and replace him with his cronies. If this crime of Du Wen Shan is presented by himself...... The enlightened king must have sent someone to raid him!
"Someone ...... coming"
With a summons, the housekeeper in a robe slowly entered the room and asked, "Patriarch, what's the matter?" β
Pi Strike picked up a dry silk on the table, took out a roll of bamboo slips, wrote a simple sentence and wrapped it and handed it to the butler, saying: "Send a credible person, quickly send this thing to Shudu, and find a person named Tho Fu - he is now a hostage of the Tho Kingdom, and he will be appointed as a minister (a petty official who manages slaves), and let him report this thing to the enlightened king, and there must be no mistake!" β
"No."
The housekeeper responded, took the things and was about to leave, suddenly remembered something, turned his head and said: "Patriarch, I heard that the Di tribe has driven the god son Taijia out of the tribe, this is a good opportunity to kill him!" β
Pi Zheng was stunned for a moment, thinking of his son who was still lying on the bed and refused to get up, his heart was dripping blood, but he realized that the strength of that guy was terrifying, so he had to ask in a deep voice: "This man is carrying a thousand people, who is looking to kill him?" β
"The patriarch is more intelligent than others, why are you confused today?" The housekeeper smiled, "If you want to kill someone, you ...... it."
He whispered a few words in Pi Tap's ear, and Pi Hit was overjoyed when he heard it, and said: "You quickly go to the treasury to get ten catties of gold, and order someone to contact you, don't fail!" If these people can kill the Taijia, I will ask them to kill Biya again! β
"No!"
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Taijia didn't know that there was a series of conspiracies surrounding him now, and he didn't know that Gong Changqiu was furious because of him and banned the tribe's paper-making activities, which made Mao Qiuluo's wallet lose a lot of money.
Ten days later, as soon as the injury had healed, Taijia stepped out of bed and often took Hotaru around to play. Hotaru was afraid of him at first, but learned from the thief that he wanted to be his big brother, so he began to try to contact him. Hotaru is not afraid of life, but she grew up in this kind of contempt, and it is difficult to trust others.
After a few days of contact, Hotaru Moon likes this big brother more and more, it's not that he has anything special, it's just that he sees himself as a family member, which flatters her. Especially his kind smile, which made the closed Firefly open his heart.
Especially after her grandmother's death, he had never seen such a smile.
She decided to accept this big brother.
"Big brother, tell me the story of the ugly duckling again!"
As the thief Tongtian said, she likes to listen to stories, especially stories about small animals, since he heard Taijia say the ugly duckling once, he likes this story very much, and always feels that he is the ugly duckling, and sooner or later he will become a white swan.
Taijia lay on the hillside like a happy one, looking at the ginkgo with trembling branches and leaves, let the firefly shake his shoulders, and chuckled: "Lie down, big brother will tell you!" β
"Uh-huh!"
Hotaru was lying obediently on the hillside, this was his and Taijia's favorite place, and only here would she not be insulted by those moral in the village.
"Beautiful country farmhouse with a mother duck lying lonely in her nest and hatching her own ......"
ββ¦β¦ He felt very embarrassed. He hid his head in his wings, not knowing what to do. He felt so happy, but he was not proud at all, because a good heart will never be proud. He remembered how he had been persecuted and ridiculed, and now he had heard people say that he was the most beautiful of all birds......"
It took a stick of incense to tell the story of the ugly duckling again, and Hotaru squatted on the ground holding her cheeks, listening to it fascinated. Hotaru always felt that this ugly duckling was very similar to herself, she was looked down upon since she was a child, but in the end she became a proud and beautiful white swan, and she would inevitably like it very much.
But as inspirational as the story sounds, if the ugly duckling wasn't born a swan, how could he become a swan? To put it bluntly, a person's birth is the most important thing, otherwise how can an ugly duckling become a swan?
But the Thai armor couldn't bear to pierce it.
"Big brother, do you think I'm going to turn into a swan?" Hotaru asked thoughtfully, holding her head high.
Taijia touched his head and smiled: "You were originally a white swan, but your luck is not very good." β
A ray of light flashed in Firefly's eyes, but it disappeared in an instant: "Big brother, then do you think I will become a thief in the future?" β
Knowing that he had been stimulated by the words of many people in the tribe, Thaica reassured: "No one knows what you will become in the future, and those people are righteous in their words, who knows if they will become robbers in the future?" Today's patriots may become traitors tomorrow; Today's morality may become a crime tomorrow! There will be no definite number. β
"But...... I, Awon, am a thief, and so is Aweng's father...... Although my father didn't let me know, I already knewβhe was a thief, but he was a good thief! The money he stole helped the villagers pay their taxes, and I want to tell them not to scold my father......"
Taijia was stunned, and he now knew that all the things stolen by the thief had been taxed!
Each tribe and village has the custom of the patriarch and village chief to help pay taxes, but because the big tribes have money, it is not a problem to pay taxes; And a small village like a thief, where did he get the money?
So I had to steal.
And the reason why these people hold on to the moon is that the thief is his father and his grandfather are also thieves! So they take it for granted that Hotaru is also a thief.
Maybe the reason why thieves become thieves is that these moral don't have a backache when they stand and talk, and the thieves who harm public opinion are cornered and fall into the grass.
Thinking of the attitude of the common people in the village, Taijia couldn't help but sympathize with the father and daughter, obviously helping them, but they have been scolded as thieves......
He really made the right choice, if Hotaru gets used to this environment, he may really become a thief in the future - he wants to break this certainty!
Taijia sighed again, the little girl is too naΓ―ve, this thief is all over the world, and he is just himself, these people have been in the same village with him all the year round, how can they not count in their hearts? But they only look at this matter one-sidedly, and simply think that he is a thief, after all, the money has not reached them, why do they believe that the thief is through the sky?
"Don't tell them about this kind of thing, they'll just think you're putting gold on your face......" Thaika muttered.
"No...... Is it? Hotaru whimpered, tears slowly flowing out.
Taijia smiled, pinched her pink smiling face, and waited for her to turn away from her dissatisfaction, before saying: "Little sister, the eldest brother understands you, so I would rather take the risk of being scolded by others, and I am willing to be your eldest brother." But the big brother understands, it doesn't mean that everyone will understand......"
Hotaru lowered her head sullenly and muttered, "But they're going to scold me......"
"In the future, they will scold you, big brother will help you, see if they dare to scold?"
"Big brother, you're going to hit someone?" Hotaru Yue hurriedly waved her hand, "Don't! Father said that it is not good to beat people! β
"Who said to hit someone?" Taijia couldn't cry or laugh for a while, "You scold them!" They scolded you, why can't you scold back? It's so bullying yourself! β
"But my father said that it's not good to scold...... Hotaru said again.
Taijia smiled bitterly and touched her head: "There is a wise man named Kong Qiu in the Central Plains, and someone asked him: 'I want to repay my grievances with virtue, how about it?' Confucius said: "How can you repay virtue if you repay your grievances with virtue?" Repay grievances with straightforwardness, repay virtue with virtue'. If others scold you, and you don't fight back at them, they will only think you are cowardly, and then insult you even more! In that case, why repay grievances with virtue? β
Although Hotaru didn't know who the person named Kong Qiu was, what she said seemed to make sense.
After a long time, she muttered, "Actually, I wanted to fight back several times, but they are all elders, and I ...... I'm not going to curse. β
"They are relying on the old and selling the old, and they are disrespectful to the elders! Don't be afraid, go back and scold you! β
Hotaru timidly grabbed the corner of Taijia's clothes, but couldn't help nodding vigorously.
"Let's go back." Taijia stood up and played with Firefly's hair lovingly, "They scolded me these days, and I ignored them; If they scold again this time, see how the eldest brother cleans them up! β
Taijia squatted down as he spoke, and Hotaru understood and jumped on his shoulder with a small jump. He especially likes to ride a big horse, the thief Tongtian is relatively thin and can't bear it, and now the Thai armor is here, and he basically rides a big horse when he is in a hurry.
"General, where are we going?" Tygar got up and laughed.
Hotaru Yue, who was riding on the shoulders of the Thai armor, instantly judged the two of them, and shouted: "Go home!" β
"Obey!"
Taijia Fei also ran, and Hotaru giggled on her back, her heart full of happiness......