Chapter 12: The Caged Bird

The beginning of many sad or happy stories is often because of fun or gratitude, which is exactly how Yuemei feels about Jian Chen at this time. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Even if he said the same words and combed the same hair, Chen Jian from Xia Cheng came from a strange place in Yuemei after all. Because it's strange, it's always a lot of girls' fantasies.,All the beauty and goodness are associated with the strange city that I've never seen.,Even the man with that strange place is more lovely than the man in the moon.。

When she heard her father say that she wanted to go with Jian Chen, she was a little happy in her heart, and now that her worst worries in Yueyi have been solved, she finally doesn't have to fall into the darkness and blood that Jian Chen told her, and the world has become fresh again.

His heart was pounding, he secretly peeked at Jian Chen, and hurriedly lowered his head to look at his toes, not knowing that he was excited because of the upcoming journey, but because the companion of the trip was the person in front of him.

But then she frowned, because she quietly swept her gaze and found that Jian Chen didn't seem to be very happy, and the conversation that followed confirmed her judgment.

"The leader of Yueyi, this clan gathering is a big event. Eyue's wife, Shu Jiu, once told me that there is a drought and flood on both sides of the river every seven or eight years, and many tribes live on both sides of the river. Now the Dongyi tribe is united again and continues to attack us...... With so many things, how can such a young child discuss with others? ”

What Jian Chen thought in his heart was not necessarily as tall as he said, not necessarily the fate of the tribes on both sides of the river, but felt that Yuemei was too young, even if she had the bonus of blood, but when it came to mention Xia Cheng's entry into the alliance, those leaders were afraid that they would not care too much.

When Yuemei heard this, her heart was stunned, after being rescued by Chen Jian from the fire in the valley, she felt that this was an encounter arranged by heaven and earth, and each other seemed to be different.

But after listening to Jian Chen's words at this time, she felt that she felt that Jian Chen was different, but Jian Chen looked at her like looking at a piece of wood, even if it wasn't him when he was in the valley, he would help.

Originally, this was the case, but when girls begin to fantasize, they will always break free from rational thinking, and when all this is shown nakedly, it is inevitable that they will be lost.

She is a person who likes sad autumn and sad spring, but it seems that Chen Jian is not. On the contrary, that person is not a spring flower and autumn fruit, but more like a hard and merciless stone.

For the first time in her heart, she felt like a toad being trampled on by the river in autumn, and the person who stepped on it didn't even notice.

With reluctance, she asked in a whisper, "How old is Ji Xia?" Haven't you just grown up? ”

Jian Chen smiled helplessly, not wanting to answer the girl's strange question, waiting for the answer from the leader of Yueyi.

The leader of Yueyi seemed to understand what Jian Chen meant, and said, "Ji Xia doesn't have to worry. Yueyi is not close to the barbarians, and is extremely supportive of the clan alliance, because we don't want to fight with the surrounding clans anymore. Yuemei's age is indeed very young, but she can carry the jade of her relatives when she swore in Huacheng, and Ji Xia must have seen it. Echeng is a moth, Acropolis is a jade mountain, and Yueyi certainly has it. Mei may not be very old, but the jade ornaments of Yueyi are enough to make people pay attention to it, except for the matter of recommending Xia Cheng to join the alliance, the rest of the things follow Ji Xia's meaning. ”

Jian Chen nodded with satisfaction, if he could really bring the jade ornament from the original oath, what he said would have some weight.

"If this is the case, then I will escort Yuemei with me. I will take care of her on the way. ”

"Okay, I'll go back and make arrangements, and I'll leave tomorrow."

Chen Jian left with joy, returned to his residence, made an exception and drank half a gourd's wine, at least the most difficult first step has been taken, and the rest is up to himself to fight for or exchange interests.

The four cities in the Caohe area will be supported, and there will be four more cities along the way, plus Yueyi, and it will be necessary to enlist the support of more than twenty city leaders after arriving in Sucheng.

When the alcohol was rising, Jian Chen still maintained his last sobriety, reminding himself over and over again.

"Don't try to be a good old man, don't try to get all the leaders to support you. Take advantage of contradictions, sow discord, support the superior side in the early stage, and there will be no friends without enemies. Don't be afraid to offend the rest of the clan, dare to be hated in order to be liked......"

There is no direct connection between dislike and liking, and it is the interests of the city that link these two unrelated emotions, and it is very inappropriate to use them on people.

For example, Yuemei, the things or people she likes are not because the rest of the people hate them.

When Jian Chen was asleep after drinking, Yuemei hadn't slept yet, and she was still excited about the journey that would start tomorrow.

She has never left the city since she was a child, so she is full of curiosity about the outside world.

There was no spinning wheel, no twine, no farm tools in her house, only what she thought was beautiful and good that she had imprisoned.

Red maple leaves, green artemisia grass, fragrant roses, green turquoise...... These things she liked adorned her house, as well as a pottery xun, half a square silk string.

Of course, the most indispensable thing is the handkerchief that wipes the tears when the leaves are falling and the Tao Jian who smiles at the shadow when the flowers bloom and the leaves are green.

She is very good-looking, and she is different from the red fish in Xia Cheng, but she and the red fish are completely different people.

When she saw the slaves toiling tiredly without enough to eat, she felt pity in her heart, and perhaps gave them a piece of corn, thinking that the slave owners should treat the slaves well. But if the slaves rebelled and tried to kill the slave owners, she would pity the slave owners, thinking that they did not deserve to die, and that the slaves were doing too much. She thought that the slave owners would treat the slaves well, and that the slaves would work hard so that it would be best and that no one would shed blood.

In the spring, she sings in the white flowers, and in the autumn solstice, she fishes in the red maple and blue sky, fantasizes about flying to the sky, touching the sun, moon and stars, and it is best to have a man stepping on the rainbow and sitting on the crescent moon with her blowing Tao Xun.

Outward manifestations of this spiritual difference are everywhere. For example, the spinning wheel and the maple leaf, the bone needle and the pottery xun, the resistance that dares to be whipped and the mercy that is afraid of bloodshed.

The tribesmen had given her a bird in a wooden cage, and she felt sorry for the bird, so she let it go, saying that she did not want anything unfree, but she did not know that she was the largest caged bird in the whole city.

The caged bird likes to dream, especially tonight the moon is very round, the moonlight is cast into the room through the crescent-shaped window lattice, she drags her cheeks, hums a song of the moon, squints her eyes and looks at the moon hanging high in the sky, and in the haze she seems to see two people sitting there blowing the horn, as if one is exactly herself.

The fantasy was finally interrupted by a sound of footsteps, Yuemei stood up and opened the door, saw that it was her father, and invited him in.

"Mei, do you remember what I told you before?"

"Remembered. After going to Sucheng, I first went to meet some of the leaders, and then told the leaders that their father had just recovered from illness and could not come. Support the clan alliance, support Xia Cheng to join the alliance, and if there is something you don't know what to do, ask Ji Xia. ”

"Well, he'll tell you. You've met him many times, what do you think of him as a person? ”

Yuemei thought of the bloody words that Jian Chen said that day, she was a little unhappy, and shook her head: "He, I can't see it." Or maybe it's a little different than I thought. What kind of person is he? ”

The leader of Yueyi thought for a moment and said very clearly: "Of course he is a good person. If he wasn't a good man, how could he be on our side and help us defeat the troubled Moon Ring? You must know that although the people in Xia City are not many in number, they are very powerful. If I had been on the other side of the moon wheel, I think I would have either died or been asleep at this time. So, of course he's a good guy. ”

Yuemei smiled noncommittally, the answer she wanted was not this, but a pure good and bad, and it seemed that her father could not answer this question, so she stopped asking.

"Father, this time we went to Sucheng, don't we have anything to say at the meeting of the leaders?"

"Except for Xia Cheng's entry into the alliance, there is nothing to say, you can ask Ji Xia for the rest."

He replied very simply, and he was not worried that Jian Chen would do something unfavorable to Yueyi.

In addition, there are no strong enemies around Yueyi, and it is not a city that has the strength to occupy power among many tribes. In his heart, Jian Chen has no good or bad in the pure sense, but he knows that Jian Chen will definitely stand on the side with the greatest interests, and he can't go in person, the easiest way is to follow Jian Chen's decision closely, and it is also convenient to gain favor and trust from Jian Chen.

As for the clan alliance itself, the only reason he supports it is that once the clan alliance is formed, the leader of the alliance still needs to be elected by each clan, but the leader of the clan itself will definitely tend to be hereditary by blood, which was confirmed twenty years ago.

Each leader who participates in the oath will consider his own bloodline, and many leaders will gather together to discuss such matters in private, to ensure that their bloodline can inherit their position in the clan, and use the form of family alliances to help each other and form a circle that is above the clan.

The inside and outside of the circle will be separated, and everyone is afraid that new people will squeeze into the circle, because every new family squeezing into the circle means that an old family will leave the circle, and no one dares to guarantee that the family that leaves the circle will not be their own family.

Therefore, intermarriage, kinship, alliances and the like will be inevitable within the circle, and even send troops to each other to help deter and suppress the power struggle within the rest of the clan to ensure the transfer of power within the circle.

The leader of Yueyi has seen more of this kind of thing, and he has thought about it more.

Seeing that her father was so firm, Yuemei naturally didn't think of it, but believed what Jian Chen said in front of everyone about brothers and relatives, and believed it.

After sending her father away, she silently thought, "This is good, there will be no more fighting and bloodshed between clans." Approximately...... That's why he supported the Clan Alliance. Well...... Definitely, yes. Although he said as if the heavens and the earth were bloody, he was actually a person who was afraid of bloodshed in his heart...... Same with me. ”

She had hoped for this outcome, but she couldn't find an excuse to believe, and now she finally found this excuse that had gone far away, and she was very happy. (To be continued.) )