After Su Tang left, the clansmen of Xia Cheng continued to erect the gallows, several people sat under the gallows to rest, and playfully climbed up and grabbed the rope with both hands and rested on their necks and joked with others, Chen Jian shouted: "Come down, don't scare the people in the city." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info This thing can't be used today, and it will be used tomorrow. You are going to get ready for the evening, and you will have a game of keju and wrestling on this field for the people in the city to see. In a while, if a man from the city comes up to wrestle with you, if I cough, you will lose. ”

Those people played with the noose like monkeys, and said strangely: "Last time when we sacrificed in the three cities of Caohe, Ji Xia said that we wanted to win desperately, why do we have to lose this time?" Does that make the people of this city look down on us? ”

"You won in Summer City, and ten years later you will still be recognized when you go to change tofu in the morning. Even if you win this place, who will remember it? We have already laid down the city, and the people in the city will definitely be dissatisfied if they don't say anything, so give them some face, and you will be indispensable for something. Stop playing, come down and let you guys do something. ”

"Go to the son of the old chieftain and let him take you to the city to find some men. The new chief's family had a lot of land, and he was in charge of some things in the city. Since the family is large, then there will definitely be people who make mistakes, find out, and accuse them on the execution ground tomorrow. ”

Chen Jian looked at the layout of the city, the northeast corner of the capital is some land with more land, and some with surnames, while the southwest corner is some people without surnames and less land, considering the future, Chen Jian instructed: "But when complaining, they must be told about the personal morality of the new leader and their families, and do not involve the question of having a surname or not, the rich and the poor." We will exchange ties with this city in the future, and the people in the northeast corner are the masters of the city. ”

"Remember! Those who make mistakes are only greedy by their own nature, not because they will naturally occupy more good land and so on, and let these poor people who have no surname believe that everything will be fine if they are given decisions by a good leader with high morals, and they must not be made into an accusation from the southwest corner against the northeast corner. If we do that, the real masters of the city will hate us for the rest of our lives. ”

Everyone took the order to leave, Chen Jian exhaled, and after asking people to level the venue, he took a few guards and flute and drummers along the street to publicize one by one, only saying that when the sun sets, there will be a rally in the center of the city, and I hope everyone will not be afraid and go to participate.

Since it is a gathering in the city, it is natural that there must be wine and meat to entertain the people, and the son of the old chief bears everything necessary for this assembly in one bite.

Jian Chen told him that after the trial tomorrow, the new leader and his family's land slaves would be part of the public property of the city, and the other part would be divided among the sons of the old chief to the people to gain their support.

However, this expedition was not invited by this city, and the person who was nominally captured during the expedition still represented the city, so the gunpowder, food, and pensions for the dead and wounded soldiers consumed on this expedition were all borne by the son of the old chief, and the two cities of Xia Su would not take any of the city.

Although there are a lot of them, the son of the old leader doesn't care, as long as he is still the leader, and he has the support of Su Xia and the people of the city who have been divided with money, these things are very little compared to what he gets.

Not only did he bear it, but he also praised Xia Su and the two cities for their uncompromising behavior, and the new leader of his family's wealth and goods did not move at all, plus he had basically determined that he was the new leader, and the people with surnames in the city also supported a lot, brought pigs and sheep to slaughter, and asked the female slaves to prepare meals.

When the sun was about to set, the soldiers of Summer City had already assembled there, and the flute players played the slang songs of the usual days when they hooked up with women in Summer City, and the vulgar and seductive songs were sung under the gallows, temporarily covering up the bloodshed left over from the previous battle.

The fat sheep and pigs were boiled in the pottery wok, and the wheat cakes used as military rations were also put out, but it was a pity that the professional acting women in Xia Cheng were circling around in various cities.

In the midst of singing and laughing, the previous few plundering Sucheng soldiers were tied to the pillar, and at this time, Sutang had not yet said that they were punished like this, and many Sucheng people thought that it was just a slight punishment and did not care, and they complained about Sutang in the south of their hearts.

While shouting all kinds of slogans of kinship friendship, the drummers advertised that the raiders had been arrested, and since they were relatives, looting here was like looting in Sucheng, and Ji Xia Sutang was just and would never let this happen.

The people in the city have probably never seen such propaganda, and after the Xia Cheng army entered the city, there was indeed no looting, and there were some novelties outside that had never been seen before, and those slang songs brought the closely connected daily life closer, and finally someone walked out of the house and came to the center of the city.

As more and more people walked out of their homes, Jian Chen asked someone to quietly identify the relatives of the Chinese who had been killed on the city wall, and secretly noted the children and women with angry or frightened eyes—they may not have come of their own free will.

After the people were almost together, Jian Chen asked someone to pull out the few people who had already confessed, and forced them to repeat some of the things that had been processed by Jian Chen after the previous confession.

One person said that it was not shocking, but when six or seven people were pulled out and said so, the city finally became a sensation.

Chen Jian added a lot of details to his confession, some of which were deliberately used to provoke contradictions, and the effect was different after the similar meaning was expressed in his polished language.

When everyone heard that the previous leader actually laughed and let people burn the Chinese in the city, the voices of anger were endless, especially after some laborers were deliberately insulted and damaged by Chen Jian in his confession, not only this anger was provoked, but all kinds of injustices in the city in the past were suddenly recalled by them.

The people with surnames who live in the northeast corner are uneasy, but they can't blame Chen Jian, because no one knows that Chen Jian added these words to them, and they also point the finger of anger at the new leader's accomplices, and the new leader who now doesn't know whether he is alive or dead—this is true, but don't you say it?

Chen Jian waited until everyone was angry to a certain extent, but it was too late to explode, he stood up and asked everyone to be quiet, and said, "Even if I am not from this city, I can't contain my anger when I hear these words. The princes whom you have chosen have laughed and killed those who chose him, and those who fought for him. His heart is as dirty as mud, as cruel as a hungry wolf, is this what you want? He deceived you and deceived you, but now it is different! You can choose a fair leader who is truly trusted by all, and I am confident that everything will be fine and that this will never happen again. ”

The people on the side of the son of the old leader, who had prepared in advance, shouted in the crowd: "Thank you Ji Xia for letting us recognize this beast with a beast face and a beast heart!" If it weren't for you, we don't know how long we would have been deceived by him! If he really succeeds, when the time comes, let us go to Dongyi because of anger, how will we have the face to see our ancestors in the future? You are the hero of the city! You say don't you? ”

The people below listened to Jian Chen's angry and choked words before, coupled with the deliberate incitement of someone, and shouted one after another: "Yes! Ji Xia is the hero of the city. ”

Jian Chen sighed, shook his head, strode down the wooden platform, untied the big hat that he had deliberately draped on his body before, deliberately widened the distance between him and his personal guards, and walked to the side of a child of a Chinese who died defending the city in his heart, and after attracting enough attention, he draped the big coat that symbolized the heroic meaning on the frightened and angry orphan.

He stretched out his hand and picked up the child, held it high, and said loudly, "I am not a hero, his father is, and everyone in the city is." Whether you are at war with us, or now angry at the punishment of the new chief, are you not all for the better of the city? ”

"Why have you been deceived? Isn't it because it's for the city? The child's father was not a relative of the previous chieftain, and he was not given half a land slave because of the new chief, but he still stood on the city wall. ”

"Why? Because he heard that it was the people of Xiacheng who burned to death the people in the city, and burned to death the neighbors who usually farmed and herded together on weekdays, he might be afraid of death, and the feather arrow was in danger of being shot on the city wall without eyes, but he still stood up and did not burn more people in the city to death by the people of Xiacheng! He's the hero! What am I, Ji Xia? ”

"Now you also know that the fire was not lit by the people of Xiacheng, because the soldiers of Xiacheng didn't need to light that fire if they wanted to break through the city."

"In war, people will die, and now more than thirty people have died, so that three hundred and three thousand will not die in the future. Let's ask, if you are really deceived by that person, how many people will die if you have a blood feud with us or defect to Dongyi in the future? ”

"These people died at the hands of the people of Xiacheng, but it's like someone tricked you into provoking the tiger and was eaten by the tiger, will you hate the tiger? Or do you hate the person who deceived you? Who is the real enemy? ”

He picked up the child, asked the guards to help the woman next to him to the wooden platform, untied his other bronze sword, handed it to the child, and said, "Son, I want you to know that your father was a hero and a brave man. I hope that you will leave this sword, be as brave as your father, and become a hero of the city in the future. ”

After he finished shouting, the soldiers behind him took off their swords as he had said, a total of thirty-two, just enough for the number of people killed in battle.

Chen Jian held the bronze sword and said: "These bronze swords are not only given to this child, but also to the heirs of everyone who died in battle." The people of Xiacheng respect heroes, and your fathers have left glory for this line of bloodline, and these bronze swords will be given to you and passed down from generation to generation. As long as my Xia Cheng is still here, you will always be the most honored guest when you go to Xia Cheng; If you go to Xia City in the future, you will have land and property to earn a living from future generations. ”

"I, Ji Xia, swear to the ancestors of heaven and earth, eternal and unchanging, this bronze sword is a token, and I will also inform my descendants."

He sighed, turned around and picked up the widow who was still crying, came to the bound people, took the woman in one hand, pointed to one of them and asked, "If it weren't for your deception, this woman's man would have come here with her at this time, sitting by the fire and drinking mash and eating fat sheep, singing a few songs that made her blush, watching the child grow up day by day, counting where the child looks like her and what looks like him." ”

"Women don't want their men to be heroes, they just want their men to be by their side. But because of your deception, there is nothing. He will not see his children grow up, and he will no longer tell women on the kang that his crops are growing well, and he will no longer be reluctant to drink some of the lightest wine just to save food and exchange a comb with a woman...... Why is all this? Why are you lying to them? Just to be a leader? You don't have to fight! ”

When the woman listened to the first few scenes that seemed to be in front of her, she couldn't cry silently, and when she heard the last question, she also heard the sound of the bronze sword that Chen Jian pretended to kick unintentionally, and the weak woman who wanted to break her heart suddenly grabbed the copper sword, shouted madly, and stabbed the copper sword into the lower abdomen of a person tied to the pillar.

The sound of the piercing in the abdomen reached the woman's somewhat confused mind, and the woman, who no longer knew what she was doing, pulled out her bronze sword and stabbed it again, asking frantically: "Why did you lie to him!" Why lie to him! What does it have to do with us who is the leader? said that the people of Xia Cheng would enter the city tomorrow to discuss, and there was no need to fight, so why did they have to make these things happen? Why? ”

Jian Chen led someone to pull the woman away, her hands were covered with blood, slimy, and stained her hands blood-red.

These bloods washed away the blood feud between Xia Cheng and the city, and washed Chen Jian's hands extremely clean.

He shook his hand that was still dripping blood, twisted his thumb and index finger curiously and playfully, felt the tension and stickiness of the blood, and wiped it on the pillar casually, leaving a few bright red bloody handprints. (To be continued.) )