Subi Capital, Una Castle.

This is a stone castle built on a high mountain, very similar to the old Gar castle, except that in order to show the status of the little queen under the big queen, the main building of the castle, which is similar to the Japanese-style castle tower in later generations, was only built in the eightfold, but even so, the castle on the high ridge can still have a clear view of the surrounding plains three or four miles away.

On the top floor of the main building, a pair of men and women in their forties stood side by side, different from the leather Tibetan robes worn by ordinary Subians, both of them were dressed in gorgeous silk, gold and silver, if it were not for the attendants and maids behind them wearing Tibetan robes, bowing their heads and standing respectfully, only looking from behind, they would really think that this was a pair of Han nobles.

The face of the Suvi queen Chi Bang Song is painted with yellow oil paint, which is a special custom of the Subi people, both men and women have to paint their faces, sometimes they will change the color several times a day, like a chameleon, and this yellow is the favorite one of the Chi Bang Song, once it is painted, it will only change to another color after a few days.

Chi Bangsong looked at Ji Song, who was standing next to her, with blue paint on his face, and said with a smile: "Ji Song, what are you thinking?" So distracted? ”

Ji Song's eyes are not very large, due to the long-term exposure to direct sunlight, his eyes have been slightly squinted, which makes it difficult for others to see his inner thoughts through his eyes, and it is precisely because of this that the former Queen of Subi, Dajiawu, has never been able to see through his heart, and finally died tragically under his hands.

Ji Song shook his head, his expression was still very strict: "Queen, I don't feel very good, when I got up this morning." No. I think it's been the last few mornings when I woke up. My left eyelid has been jumping, since I was a child, every time my left eyelid jumped, there would be bad luck, and the day before the last time Dajiawu confiscated a third of my territory, my left eyelid also jumped a few times. ”

Chi Bangsong shook his head with a smile, and picked up a few songs' right hand: "What are you thinking about, the current Subi country." It's the world of the two of us, who can resist our will? No one will be able to bring disaster to us! ”

Ji Song's brows were still tightly locked: "Your Majesty, there should be no one in the country who dares to resist us, since the year before last, the die-hard Gar tribe of Dajiawu raised troops to rebel and was suppressed by us, those tribes have been docile like a flock of sheep, but the more calm it is, the more I feel that something is wrong, like Nian." Nong, Wei these three tribes. No matter how much I have invaded their territory and seized their livestock in the past few years, they have no intention of resisting, and they have happily handed over these things. ”

Chi Bangsong smiled: "That's because they know your methods, and they don't dare to resist me, the only queen, this is the expression of their acquaintance." ”

Ji Song let go of Chi Bangsong's hand, and said: "I don't see it that way, these tribes were willing to poison Dajiawu with me, which in itself proves that they are not people who are afraid of things, and they will not take the queen's authority in their eyes, but they are suppressed by me like this, and they don't make any moves, which is too strange." Moreover, at this sacrificial meeting, other tribes came, and even the Gar tribe sent the son of the head man over, but these three tribes did not send anyone over, either that the head man was sick, or that the head man had something important to do and couldn't leave! Hmph, what could be more important than an annual sacrifice?! ”

Chi Bangsong's eyes sparkled, and she also realized that something was wrong, and asked, "They can't really be doing anything, but the ears and eyes of the tribes I sent have no information to send back." ”

Ji Song gritted his teeth, shook his head and said: "I heard that the Han people have a book on the art of war, called "The Art of War", which details the use of spies between countries and the prevention of spies. This spy is what we call eyes and ears. Queen, if these tribes are really determined to betray us, I am afraid that they will find a way to avoid the various eyeliners you have sent. It seems that the last time I poisoned Dajiawu, didn't I also rely on all kinds of deception to deceive the spies she sent to our Nian tribe? ”

Chi Bangsong became a little nervous: "Then what should I do, do you want to gather an army and crusade against them?" ”

Jisong shook his head: "It's not okay now, this sacrificial conference can be regarded as a way to explore, we can see clearly which tribes are loyal to us, which ones are not, the Xia Dynasty, the first dynasty established by the Han people in the Central Plains, the father of their founding monarch Qi, is the famous legendary water control hero Dayu, in order to establish his authority, he once let all the tribes come to participate in the alliance, but there was a chieftain of the Fengfeng clan did not come, Dayu sent troops to destroy the tribe, and killed the chief to sacrifice to the gods, This is how to establish one's own authority as a king. ”

"Now we must first take care of the tribes who participated in the sacrifice this time, especially the Gar tribe, only these tribes will listen to us, and when the time comes, we will take them as the precursor and promise to give them half of the livestock and land of these three tribes, and they will definitely fight happily and desperately!"

Chi Bangsong's yellow face finally stretched his brows: "Ji Song, you are the smartest person in our Subi country, just do what you say." ”

Ji Song smiled and raised Chi Bangsong's hands, which were rough by the standards of Han women, but compared to the skin of the other Subi maids who had become like dead tree bark due to ultraviolet rays all day long, they were already soft and soft. Chi Bangsong's face was slightly red under the yellow oil paint, even the queen was a little embarrassed to give her husband such a pampering in front of these maids, and she was about to give the order to drive these obnoxious slaves away, when suddenly there was a sound on the stairs, and the two of them looked at the staircase in unison, and by the way, put down the four hands that were pulled together.

I saw a barefoot cloaked slave running up (the Suvis all wore leather shoes, and the quality of the shoes showed that the slaves did not wear shoes. In the same way, the slaves wore their hair without braids, while the nobles, both men and women, wore braids, and they were well coiled), Ji Song glanced at the slave and frowned: "Dongzan, is there something wrong?" ”

This slave looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old, thin and small, with bright eyes, but his complexion was much whiter than that of the slaves who stood behind Ji Song and Chi Bang Song, and what was even more strange was that as a slave, he was shirtless, tied only with a wet cowhide tied around his waist, but he still wore two neatly combed braids, like the pigtails of a Han girl, dragging them on both sides of his head, as if to remind others that this was a slave of noble birth. (To be continued......)