The entire city of Moontown is in a small circle, roughly symbolizing the moon, and there are several small villages around the castle, standing above the stars that look like they surround the moon. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Chen Jian walked through several cities on the north bank of the river, and their houses had deep foundations, probably because the rivers often flooded, and the silt was left behind and continued to build on the original foundations; Yuecheng is a little far away from the big river, and the structure of the house has also been changed according to local conditions, and the foundation is not high, similar to a bowl buckled on the ground.

Most of the houses were thatched, and the largest building was the sacrificial place, where there was an open space, which was larger than the sacrificial place in Xia City, and the experience accumulated over the years allowed these people to build a large house, and the structure was delicate and would not collapse.

The divide between the rich and the poor in the city was already very large, because they may have lived together from the clan relatively early, but they were still connected by family blood, which was different from Xia Cheng, because Jian Chen had been dividing the clan and family in Xia City.

After entering the city, Chen Jian and the others were arranged to stay and rest, it seems that this is close to the center of civilization, the city and town are more frequent, the reception is well organized, the accommodation houses are also very clean, the loess on the walls is very dry and strong, I don't know what is added to it, it is more delicate than the yellow mud that cracks at every turn in the summer city, and each clan has its own skills.

After apologizing, the moon wheel left first, and soon the sound of horns sounded outside, and looking out through the door, many people walked towards the place of sacrifice, which was about to hold an inter-tribal meeting.

Jian Chen called the people who accompanied him, took out some fun and delicious gadgets from the package, and asked them to go to Yuecheng to find someone to chat casually.

People are curious, especially in this era when most people have never left a hundred miles away in their lives, even if the habits and customs of the people of Xiacheng are the same as them, they will attract many people.

The cities I passed through before used this method to ask a lot of things and deduce the state of the cities, and the truth is often hidden in the details.

The people who accompanied them were already familiar with the road, and they were carrying small kites, small windmills, sugar, cakes, copper knives and other small things, or chatting with people, or pretending to exchange them for the special products of the city, which soon attracted a lot of people.

Chen Jian hid in his house and quietly observed, secretly calculating the cities and villages he passed along the way, which ones could be supported, which ones were indifferent, and which ones were absolutely opposed.

Everything is accumulated little by little, this time is too important, once Xia Cheng can't take this opportunity to rightfully integrate into the cultural circle, it will have to wait for more than ten years.

The people who accompanied him did not understand Chen Jian's purpose, but they would not be ambiguous in their actions, especially after the practice and practice along the way, they were all asking questions when communicating with others.

Before dark, the men went back to the house and told the news they had heard in order.

"The leader of the city is indeed very loved by the clansmen as Yuemei said, especially the few families in charge of affairs in the city support the leader."

"The leader suddenly fell seriously ill a month ago, and has been asleep for the past few days, and the affairs of the city are decided by people like our council for the time being, and the most powerful and largest family is the family of the moon wheel, who is the priest of the city, and at the same time has jurisdiction over those who are responsible for punishing those who violate the law. But he was very accurate in divination, and he was almost defeated by the rest of the clan a few times before, and it was by his divination that he won, so everyone was very convinced of him, and they were a little afraid of him. ”

"The leader of the city is a very fair person, he said a long time ago that he is old and needs to find someone to replace him as the leader of the city, although he still needs to be recommended by everyone, but his assignment is also very important, and he can determine many people's opinions."

"There are many sages in Moon City, that is, those people like us who have elected people who can be officials. Many sages have been approached by their chiefs, believing that they are capable of becoming leaders when he is old, and even helping with the affairs of the city before he is old. ”

"And yet...... The sages of Moon City seemed to be too virtuous, and they all refused...... I don't think it's good for them to do this, since they have the ability to go further with the city, why don't they become leaders? This is not the same as our Xia Cheng, the people here think that the leader is very virtuous, but if he is not elected as an official in Xia City, everyone will think that this person is very bad......"

Jian Chen smiled and listened to these young people evaluate the story of Yuecheng with the three views of Xia Cheng that he had instilled, and he didn't feel ridiculous, on the contrary, he praised them from time to time and let them speak freely.

But after listening to it, Jian Chen felt that something was not right, there seemed to be something wrong, but he couldn't think of what the problem was for a while.

"You've asked so many people, but some people say that their leader recommended the moon wheel to be the next leader of the city?"

A few people shook their heads, and a few nodded.

"I heard that there is none, but some people say that there is, saying that the leader secretly found the moon wheel but was rejected by the moon wheel or something, I think it is unlikely, because the promotion of others is in front of everyone, why should the moon wheel be quiet? Besides, how do these people know? ”

Jian Chen smiled: "What you said is very reasonable, this kind of quiet words spread outside, either it is fake, or the quiet people don't want to be quiet at all." Why do you say that all the people recommended by the chief have refused? ”

Ji Song's younger brother scratched his head and said, "I think, this is the difference between what Ji Xia said is that people think about things." It's like the difference between eating brains and respecting corpses, and they might think it's a good thing to push? Then the problem is obvious, it must be that Yuelun felt that the old leader did not elect him, and then took advantage of the old leader's serious illness to kill Yuemei, so ......"

Speaking of this, he also seemed to sense that something was wrong, Chen Jian laughed and said, "What you can think of, people can't think of?" If that's the case, the people in the city will guess that it was Yuemei who was killed by the moon ring, will he still be convinced by everyone? ”

Ji Song's younger brother scratched his head, he also had the same doubt, Chen Jian sighed, called everyone together, and sent a few people to guard outside.

"Let's not worry about the affairs of Moon City, but we don't care about it, we have to learn something. You say that those people are all resigned to be leaders, but I think it's not just that they think it's very good and good. Aren't the people who succeeded the leaders of the old leader the largest families in the city? ”

"Well, no, they're all young people, and their families aren't very rich, but they can do their own thing. There is a person who has only himself in the family, his parents are dead, he was originally a pinched pottery, and later burned a different pottery, which is said to be better than the black pottery in Echeng; There is also a child who has no father, and it is said that his mother was born with a wild man when he was young, but his mother said that she dreamed that she became pregnant after eating a bird, which I don't believe. ”

Jian Chen smiled: "You see, if these people are elected as leaders, can they really become leaders?" As soon as the old leader dies, will these powerful families identify with this leader? If they don't agree, they can't do well, and if they don't do well, they may be pushed down by everyone, and they may even be exiled from the city, so of course they don't want to be the leader. It's like when we go hunting, the first bird to fly is always the easiest target for feather arrows, I don't think they are necessarily better than our Xiacheng people, but they have to be virtuous. ”

A few people seemed to understand, and secretly felt a little cold on their bodies, as if they understood why Ji Song became disheartened after returning from outside, and rarely mentioned that the unity between the clans was the same as at the beginning.

There are also a few people who think: "Ji Xia shouldn't tell us these things, I won't do this, but someone will always do this, he said this, will Xia Cheng do the same in the future?" It can be seen that Ji Xia is still a fair person, he could have not said these words, and secretly taught them to his future children or relatives, these things should not be known to everyone......"

But Jian Chen still said it, and after finishing speaking, he said: "It can be seen that this leader is not a really good leader, otherwise he only needs to recommend the position of the leader to the moon wheel, where would there be such a thing?" ”

After shaking his head for a long time, Jian Chen sighed and said: "This kind of thing will also appear in Xia City sooner or later, I hope you all keep your eyes open and see a person clearly." The good and bad of Xia Cheng are mostly the good and bad of the rest of the clans, but the difficult thing is to distinguish the good from the bad. ”

Ji Song's younger brother had doubts in his heart again, and asked: "Ji Xia, but you said that even if a person is a bad person, but he pretends to be a good person all his life, then he will be a good person when he is dying." Just like the wolf cubs we raise, some of them don't eat meat anymore and won't bite the ducks and geese we raise, whether they are scared or forgotten to be beaten, the result is the same, so do you say it's a wolf or not? ”

This time, it was Jian Chen's turn to be helpless, and he thought for a long time and said, "I said this? ”

Everyone nodded to prove that he had indeed said it, and for a long time Chen Jian said, "People are different from wolves." If the wolf is afraid, it is afraid, if I am a wolf, I can pretend to be afraid, and then you tell me to watch the geese and geese not be eaten by the weasels, and then I will open my mouth again. That's the difference, it's easy to draw people with charcoal, but it's hard to draw what people are thinking. In short, keep your eyes open, see more and learn more, and recognize people clearly in the future. We don't care about the affairs of Yuecheng, and we are not allowed to spread these words, otherwise we will ......"

"We will not pass it on, we swore an oath before our ancestors, and we will pass it on to be taken back as slaves."

After discussing for a while, Jian Chen asked everyone to rest, they should go out to feed the horses, and he pondered these things in Yuecheng, what did the leader do this for?

After thinking about it for a long time, I still didn't understand the motive.

"Could it be that I think of people too red?"

I thought about it a little self-deprecatingly, and at noon the next day, Yuelun sent someone to invite Jian Chen.

"Ji Xia, everyone is invited, as the leader of Xia City, I hope you will go and decide some right and wrong with the elders in the city." (To be continued.) )