Chapter 37: Pines and Cypresses
"You don't have to say no in a hurry. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Onozawa is boundless, so you thousands of people won't be able to stand it, right? Blindfolded when I go, if I do something against you, I can kill him, this is called cross-examination. ”
He sneered and said, "This is the disgusting thing about you flesh-eaters. If two people are sincere in their vows, why do they need to be crossed? If it is not sincere, can the pledge stop you from breaking your oath? Besides, we have no one to hand over to you. ”
He didn't say no outright, a witch doctor who could see a doctor was extremely important to Onozawa's companions. Whether it is a witch doctor or a herb doctor, after the advent of private ownership, it is a family inheritance, and knowledge as a thing that can be passed on by blood, like those military aristocrats, the most difficult thing to tolerate is the spread of military technology and means of warfare, and they are the same, monopolizing knowledge to maintain their special status in the city clan.
There were no doctors among the slaves, it was inevitable. Perhaps in a few decades there will be one in Onozawa, but the experience that has been accumulated at the cost of hundreds of lives is certainly not available now.
It's just that he is a good hunter, so he understands that the easiest food to get is definitely the closest to the trap. Chen Jian wanted to exchange and give them the witch doctor, which was obviously a gift from a hungry wolf to a sheep, and he didn't have any good intentions. But when you think about it, those animals fall into the trap because they are stupid and don't know the trap behind the tempting food, but they are not animals and are smart people, and they can eat the food and jump over the trap.
Besides, the food looks delicious.
In hesitation, Jian Chen took out a ball of cloth and shook it and said, "You can try, if you are blindfolded, you will be like the night when the clouds cover the sky, you can't see anything." Thou art so strong, that thou hast carried him on thy back. If I really want to do you a disadvantage, I will move all the surrounding villages and cut off your salt and herbs, and even if you don't die of hunger, you will not have the strength to do so, so you don't have to bother. ”
stated the pros and cons one by one, especially Jian Chen used empathy to think of a lot of details for him that he didn't expect, and finally agreed.
"I accept your kindness. It's just that...... Who's coming? ”
The people on Xia Cheng's side were cold for a while, Chen Jian didn't tell them about this matter at all the day before, not that Chen Jian didn't expect it, but that Chen Jian didn't want to say it in advance.
After a short period of coldness, Jian Chen turned around and asked, "Who is going?" It's important to me, but it's also dangerous, and you can die or never come back. ”
The scales in the hearts of the few people who knew some herbal knowledge began to shake violently, since this matter was important to Ji Xia, then this matter was very important to his future. Regardless of Xia Cheng, this new city that is about to be built did not elect this statement, it must have been assigned by Ji Xia.
But this matter is also very dangerous, now no one knows what Ji Xia is going to do, in case he goes to Ohno Ze Ji Xia has any other thoughts, even if there is an accident, he will definitely die. What's the use of those good impressions when they're dead?
Just as he was about to mock these people for their lack of guts, a firm and suppressed trembling voice came.
"I'll go. I am Song's younger brother, and my brother knows a lot of herbs, and I have learned a lot. I don't have any women or children, and my brother won't allow us to live separately, so I have nothing to worry about. So it's best for me to go, and I hope Ji Xia can allow it. ”
Pine leaves are like needles, cypress leaves are like scales, a sharp edge faintly pierces the sky, just to the sky regardless of the wind and snow; A person who spreads out like an umbrella and is willing to listen to the praise of a person who shelters from the rain under the tree. But even though there are differences, they are all evergreen in all seasons and are not afraid of the cold, and they are naturally brothers.
Jian Chen didn't have a very deep impression of Ji Bai, because he had a very dazzling brother, so when he saw him, he would always think of his brother, and even if it was common for a long time, he would always think that this was Ji Song's younger brother. Recently, the only impression I had was that when I was in Yueyi, I was full of worries about poor Yuemei and wanted to help the girl, but he reprimanded her.
Before, Jian Chen didn't understand that he took Bai with him, was it because of his own efforts? Or is it because of the good impression left by his brother?
At this time, when he stood up, Jian Chen smiled, this person had become a famous Ji Bai in his heart, not Ji Song's younger brother.
Ji Bai still wanted to say something, but Jian Chen waved his hand to signal not to say more, and asked Yaoyao and said, "I have a few words to tell him." ”
Turning his head, he took the released partners who escaped death and took more than a hundred steps back, Chen Jian walked over and patted Ji Bai on the shoulder and said, "In addition to the reason you said, what else is the reason?" ”
"Because I know that Ji Xia will definitely remember this. I want a lot of people to remember me, and if I want a lot of people to remember me and praise me, I have to do something big. But if you want to do something big now, you need Ji Xia's approval. That's it, I don't think there's anything to be ashamed of thinking so. In addition, I also want Ji Xia to remember that I am not a small grass under the protection of my brother, I am a tall but different tree like my brother. ”
Bai's face was a little red, and he said slowly: "Ji Xia Yizhu and I have spoken alone fourteen times, and every time I have spoken with my brother, even if I have fallen poor Yuemei last time, I have also mocked my brother." Actually, I have a name, my name is Kashiwa, not just Ji Song's younger brother. I think Ji Xia will definitely remember my name this time, because Ji Xia said that this matter is very important to you, and once I die, Ji Xia will definitely prepare a tombstone for me, so you will definitely remember my name. ”
"When I lived in the cave, I only thought about being fed; After coming out of the cave, I thought about revenge; After revenge, I ate enough and dressed warmly, and I thought that I would be famous and remembered and praised. I want Ji Xia to remember that my brother was praised because he did something, and I did things because I wanted to be praised. ”
Jian Chen nodded and said, "I remember." Cypress. This matter can be dangerous, it's hard to say what exactly is like in Onozawa, and it's also dangerous to heal the disease, and if you eat the wrong herb and die, they may kill you too. Since you're going, might as well think about what you want? ”
Bai raised his head, thought for a moment, and said, "No." ”
"None? Your mother is dead, but you still have your brother and your younger siblings. Do you only think about yourself and not about them? ”
"It's not that I don't want to. People are close to each other, there are so many people in Xia City, one is that I don't have the ability to worry, and the other is that I don't actually care about them, but I only care about my own blood relatives, except for my younger brothers and sisters are my brothers, how can I not worry? ”
"Many people have seen my brother fall from his position as a priest and be sent to some remote tribal villages to spread cultivation and the like, or to follow the chariot and sail to the rest of the cities to distribute herbs, and they always feel that they have been left out and exiled, and I have taken this opportunity to ask Ji Xia to let my brother return to the city. But...... Fish don't know how easy it is to fly, how do birds know how happy they are to swim in the water, and how do they know their joy if they are not fish? ”
"My brother saw the dying survive, the savage villages learned to plant, just as I knew that my name was recited and became a story in the city, and like some people built their own huts, married their own women, and had their own children. Before you eat enough, everyone wants the same thing; When you're full, you don't want the same. I'm his brother, and I know that's what my brother wants, so why make such a request? ”
"My younger siblings are still young and haven't grown up. If I live, Ji Xia will remember me, and I will have a lot of slave land in the future, and I will naturally live well with them. If I die, Ji Xia will definitely take care of them. Why worry about them? ”
Just as Ji Xia commented on the number nine, saying that she was willing to send her son Ehuang to Xia Cheng as a hostage, she was really thinking about her son; It's the same for the elder brother, who makes meritorious deeds and harvests the land, and slaves really think about the long-term for their younger brothers and sisters, rather than staying by their side for a meal. ”
He said a lot in one breath, secretly expecting that Jian Chen would not treat him as a cold-blooded person who didn't care about his blood relatives, and when he saw Jian Chen nodding approvingly, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Then what am I going to do when I get to Onozawa?" ”
"Except for some simple herbs for ailments, it is to teach them to grow. In my spare time, I will tell you the story of Summer City. The rest is just waiting. ”
"That's all? Don't need to figure out how to get there? ”
"No, you don't. Don't try to do that, either. ”
"I'll do it."
"So be it, you can go. Maybe a few months, maybe a few years, I hope you can hold on. ”
"If you want to eat red fruit, you have to put up with spikes."
"It's easier said than done. Do it well and come back in the future, and I will give you what you want. ”
Bai thanked him, took out a cloth and blindfolded his eyes, smiled at everyone, and listened to the sound of the people in front of him squeaking on the snow slowly moving forward, and a fire in his heart had already burned.
I heard Jian Chen shouting loudly in my ears, and then I heard Mi's response.
"After discussing it for so long, I feel more and more that we may not like what you want to do, Ji Xia."
Jian Chen smiled: "At least I haven't done it yet." You can take him back, and even have a lot of people watching him or tie him up with ropes just to prevent him from knowing the way to you. ”
"We'll do it. And I won't stop you from doing it for fear of your ridicule. We don't trust people like you, just as you don't trust us. You may be a little weird, but you're like a white crow, just odd but still a crow, and I don't believe you're like them. ”
Chen Jian thought for a moment about the secrets that could smelt iron in the mountains and forests where the ploughing ox ploughshares and bronze and the unexplored meteorite tribes lived, and he couldn't do it on both sides of the entire river, but it should be possible to change something in a small model city, so he replied confidently: "I can really be different from them. ”
"Why? Can't you eat what you eat without being a slave? ”
"Maybe."
"Hahahaha......"
He laughed loudly, shaking the snow on the trees in the distance, and did not say a word to Jian Chen, because he felt that such a lie was more like a joke, so he found two mountain pepper vines to carry Ji Bai on his body, and asked the released partner to carry the salt goods and twist around. (To be continued.) )