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After talking about the story of obsidian:

When the people heard that the beggar had regained his light because of the apostle's gift of precious stones, the miracle spread far and wide.

But when an ungodly, greedy wicked person tries to snatch the gem from his hand, the power of the gods will rob them of their arms and sight.

In this way, the beggar admired the splendid world created by the Creator with the eyes of the apostles, and wandered to a pagan city. The lord of the castle heard the story and asked to buy the gem in his hand, but the beggar refused. The lord of the city took the beggar to his castle, where he saw gold coins and precious stones covered the ground, and the golden light made it impossible to distinguish between the upper and lower and the left and the right with the eyes of the two eyes.

The lord of the city said that if he handed over the gems in his hand, he would give half of the treasure in this room in exchange.

Bewitched by the treasure, the beggar let go of his right hand and revealed the jewel.

He lost his sight again, and the lord drew his knife and cut off his head.

God thus knew that this was a sinful city.

He said to the leader of the snowwalkers:

"I will take back the land of the wicked and give it to the devout believers. Go and storm that city, and kill all the adult males, and it will be yours. ”

So the snowwalkers obeyed the command of the Lord of the Empty Wheels and crossed the Langshun River to the south, and with the blessing of the gods, they won in one fell swoop, and killed all the adult men in the city, and hung the lord's head on the high wall.

The Lord of the Empty Wheel appreciated the Snowwalker's piety, and on the day of the siege, all the wounded members of the Doghead Clan were regained.

That day was later known as the Changmao Festival.

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Of course, as a scholar of history and sociology, Moser did not learn about the solemn festivals of snowwalkers through the Holy Texts alone.

Obviously, the Changmao Festival must have a long history, originating from prayers for a good harvest.

Autumn is the season of abundant fruits and fertile animals, and it is better for snowwalkers to start preparing for the winter food than to go to war.

Even in the Intramus, the significance of the festival itself can still be glimpsed.

One of the most important activities of the Changmao Festival is the "first hunting".

The astrologer divined the king's choice of a hunting ground outside the city, and then held a pre-autumn hunt. The rule was that all participants were allowed to hunt only one animal, which was used as a symbol and sacrificed to God on the altar.

The "first hunt" generally lasts three days and is generally limited to a large plain or an entire hill. Armed with bows and arrows and long knives, the young nobles took pride in capturing powerful and ferocious prey.

Shevin was too young to be allowed to move around the camp. He didn't mind. He was not a "brave" child, he did not like the carcasses of animals. When the first hunters returned with their prey, the king was so displeased with his fear that he was ridiculed by his brother.

So the fear of the dead animal turned into tears of shame.

Mo Shi also disliked the bloody corpses of animals, but he put aside his instinctive physiological discomfort, and walked to the altar with Xiwen, who was pale and red-eyed, to identify the breeds of the animals, guess their respective genders, ages, and so on. This quickly piqued Xiwen's interest, and he regained his spirits and became a little more active.

Later in the day, when the king inspected the results of the first day's hunt, Sven took the initiative to follow his father and recognized a rare bird.

His generous performance won back the praise of some kings. Of course, it also won a little bit of gratitude for Mo Shi.

However, the mood of the two princes is not something that Mo Shi cares about at this moment.

Moshi's real concern is still in the firesparrow.

This year's Changmao Festival is a major festival every five years, and Diffonor Firesparrow also came to the center before the start of the "first hunt" to present gifts to the king and participate in the "first hunt".

The arrival of the heir of the firesparrow certainly attracted a lot of attention in the court. And everyone knows that he came to officially marry Princess Terina.

For Moshi, it meant finally having the opportunity to discuss his future plans with Diffindor and Sheka Hawthorn.

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In the early part of the tenth month of the Great God Month, the king agreed to Duke Goldmane's proposal and decided to gather his army and go north.

For this, Duke Goldmane lost a bag of gold coins.

Of course, there were all sorts of complicated negotiations, but in November the army was set out from the royal city. It was a force of more than 10,000 men. Unlike what was said at the beginning, in the end, the golden mane came out with 3,000 people, the Central Wangcheng army with 3,000 people, the Fire Sparrow and the Autumn Crow combined with 2,000 people, and the reinforcements from various minor nobles near the center with 2,000 people.

Heavy snow fell in November.

The young Dino Firebird once again led the army into battle, this time as the titular lieutenant of the Northern Expeditionary Force (the "leader" was of course Duke Goldmane). Mo Shi could see that Duke Goldmane was in high spirits, while Dino was really just to fulfill his duties and add luster to his surname, and completely regarded conquest as an obligation.

At the same time that this army was heading north, Diffonor Firesparrow and the elite knights of the Firebird family also headed directly to the southeast. Bypass the high slope on the north side of Luoxing Mountain and drive straight into it from the plain on the west side.

The end of December is the Spring Festival of Xiaonuo.

All of the minor lords under Goldmane are in Chipslash City.

There was no organized army, no guards from the Goldmane family, and when the soldiers approached the city, they all chose to surrender to the Firesparrow army immediately, and opened the city to meet them without resistance.

Armed with the King's warrant, Diffonor Firesparrow sealed the Silvercastle and arrested all the Goldmane retainers in the castle, including an earl and two viscounts of the Scales, and found the illegal metallurgical coinage factory in the corner of the castle's north wing.

Diffindor knew far better than the young Dino how to be a great lord of Hyar, he was the expected Efaya, and he would never procrastinate.

After he took control of the bluestone fort, he ruthlessly tortured him to extract a confession.

Duke Goldmane was far away in the Northlands, and the Firesparrow's army was occupying a house in the Chipping City, and the young Firefinch, who had already possessed his father's cold and arrogant manner, had directly obeyed the king's orders and represented the king's attitude, and he was here to behave in such a cold and hard way that he did not even give anyone in the Goldmane family a good face - so they knew that everyone in this bluestone castle would now be an outcast or simply a waste.

Under severe torture, the retainers of Goldmane and Scales quickly confessed:

The gold mine was discovered ten years ago.

Ten years ago, during the rainy season, a landslide exposed the gold mines, and the gold sand was washed down the river by the sediment. The Scales and Goldmane families discovered gold at about the same time and swore sovereignty by each. At first, there were a few clashes between the two, but then they entered the negotiation phase.

They both had the greed to monopolize the gold mines, and did not want each other to report to the central government, and based on this common ground, cooperation was soon reached.

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At the same time, Duke Goldmane, who was heading to the Northland, had only enjoyed the title of general for less than two months.

It didn't take long for the ravens to send messages back and forth after the retainers of Chipwood City confessed—and soon Duke Goldmane was being detained by the royal army and Dino Firesparrow in the barracks, and he didn't even have time to see the rebels from the north in person.

The army belonging to Goldmane was no more than 3,000 men, and under the siege of the Central Army and the Fire Sparrow Army, which had already known the situation, the resistance was only a small spark that could be extinguished. After Duke Goldmane had his hair cut off and escorted back to the royal city, the rest of the army continued north to participate in the suppression of the north.

As for the Duke of Scales, who was in the center, he was beheaded on the spot on the day the king received the news from the raven.

- There is no room for intervention for the White Lizard family.

The Scarlet Feet family also chose to remain silent.

In this round, the king undoubtedly won. As for the degree of strife that will follow, to a certain extent, it is just a small tassel at the hem of the curtain of history.

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