Mid-spring (February), the end.

The procession loaded with many tributes, including brocade, rice, bamboo shoots, stone mills, waterwheels and other novelties, led by Liu He's eldest son, second son, and Sun Boji, a group of nearly 1,000 people set off to the national capital Lulong City.

The next day, Yin Hui's Anche was light and simple, with only a few dozen people, and quietly drove in the direction of Fanjun.

Compared with the grand procession to Lulong City, Yin Aunt's trip was very low-key. was so low-key that she was gone for five or six days, and people up and down in Annan County thought she was still there.

After all, the princess is usually elusive, and it is usually difficult to see her.

But her whereabouts can't be hidden from those who have a heart.

"Lord Qiqi Water God, I think that the princess has indeed left Annan County." A person who looked like an official of the Zhao Kingdom was standing respectfully in front of the crocodile at this time, and said cautiously.

The crocodile will still be skeptical: "Are you sure? ”

"The princess's two closest female officials, the Sun family, have gone to the national capital, and the Biao family has disappeared recently. In addition, General Rong, who was responsible for guarding the princess, was also 'sick' for several days, and even the close deputy general disappeared. The official weighed his words and replied to the crocodile.

Knowing that the crocodile did not know this, this person immediately explained: "According to the laws of Zhaoguo, female officials and generals are not allowed to leave their original place without an edict, and since they are not in Annan County, they must have received an edict from the king." ”

This is the severity of the Zhaoguo system.

Officials from top to bottom of the whole country, except for the edict stamped with the king's seal, will not accept any other orders, even if they are conveyed by people close to the king, they will not accept it, let alone carry it out.

Only edicts that are properly stamped and kept on file in the Taishi Bureau have real effect. If an official acts without an edict, it will be a serious crime to kill his head if he is caught, and he will lose his life alone, or he will be exterminated by raiding his family.

The crocodile understood.

I saw it shake its head and said strangely: "You human beings have a short lifespan, and it is really incomprehensible to waste your life on how to make rules and take the lives of your fellow people. ”

For the immortal species, there is only one reason for taking the life of the same clan, that is, the rivers and rivers converge and the earth's veins converge. The short-handed immortals had no choice but to live between the two.

This is an existential battle, and it will be so fierce.

It's the same with animals, if it weren't for survival, they wouldn't kill their own kind and eat each other's carcasses.

But in either case, there is no choice in a desperate situation.

As for human beings......

The crocodile looked at this "official" among the human beings, and also felt incredible.

It couldn't understand why humans would make a series of rules just to find a reason to take the lives of their own kind—not in an existential crisis, just because they wanted to.

It couldn't even understand why humans would take the initiative to betray their kindred, just for greater power, for a longer lifespan, not even for that, but only out of hatred. And they actually think that the crocodile also has a grudge against Yin Hui?

How can it be!

The reason why the crocodile wanted to do something to Annan County was not to take revenge on Yin Ji.

In fact, it has no negative emotions towards Yin Ji at all, only admiration for the strong.

In the world of the Immortal Seed, how normal it is to fight enemies, fail, lose their strength and even lose their lives!

The loser has no right to hate the winner, only his weakness and incompetence; Nor do the winners play with the losers, because for the winners, their eyes are always on the next target.

It wants to take action against Annan County, just because the construction of the Yulei embankment will divert the Qiang water and weaken its strength, so it will destroy the Yulei embankment.

And as long as Annan County exists, the Yulei Dike can be rebuilt even if it is destroyed, so it will completely destroy this land so that humans will no longer be able to set foot on it, it's as simple as that.

But the crocodile didn't understand, why when it bewitched humans and asked for information, this human was obviously sober, and even found out that something was wrong, but took the initiative to take refuge in it?

When the official heard the crocodile's words, instead of denying it, he echoed: "You are right, human nature is so selfish. ”

The crocodile sneered, not caring about this person's face at all, or rather, in its world, there is no concept of "face" at all: "Although I don't understand the thoughts of you humans, but a strong person like Yin Hui, you dare to betray, which is enough to prove the ambition and greed of human beings." ”

It listened to this person's voice and knew that this person joined forces with it to deal with Annan County in order to deal with Yin Ji.

This is incredible.

In the crocodile's cognition, Yin Ji wanted to take this person's life, as simple as breathing.

The official smiled awkwardly and did not speak.

His strength is low, and he has no power to resist in front of this monster, no matter whether the other party wants to manipulate his consciousness or force him to say what is in his heart, he can only do it as it is.

The darkest side of his heart is known by the monster, and he is not not angry in his heart, but more importantly, he hates Yin Ji.

Why did the princess come to Minjun?

You must know that before the princess came to Minjun, although Liuhe was a good official, just controlling the water and maintaining the stability of Annan County, including the whole Minjun, was enough to involve all the spirit of Liuhe.

In this case, how many women and slaves died in Minjun, where would Liu He know?

For Liu He, the benefits of the slave trade are of course insignificant, on the one hand, because Liu He himself was born in a family, and his family was rich and could not look down on this money; On the other hand, Liu He has political pursuits, hoping to repair the Yulei embankment, not only to be ranked as the minister of the DPRK and China, but also to leave a name in history.

Therefore, Liu He will never do things like private slave trading, he only hopes to repair the Yulei embankment, saving the construction period from repeated delays, if King Zhao is dissatisfied, Liu He may have to lose his head!

But for other officials in Minjun, especially the local families, the slave trade is simply a lucrative way to make money!

The climate in Minjun is not good, and once you get sick, it is difficult for people to survive; The construction of the Yulei embankment is extremely hard, and it is easier to die; Women are in danger here, and they want to run outside.

As a county guard, of course, it is impossible for Liu He to know all this, and for the people below, isn't it okay to report a few more people to "violent illness"?

Of course, this is also done in places like Minjun, where there are not enough people and the Zhaoguo bureaucracy is not deep enough. If it is in other counties of Zhaoguo, even if a person dies, there must be an official to check it, check the teeth, etc., and confirm that it is correct before it can be reported.

Otherwise, slaves, women, and children are all money, and you say that if you die, you will die? Can a greedy official sell people in a year, believe it or not?

But as soon as the princess came, the local family in Minjun couldn't continue to play like this, so how could they not hate?

Even if the princess really does good things for Minjun, as long as it hinders the way of this group of people to make money, naturally some people want her to die and put it into practice.