Copernicus wanted the chieftain's wife to go to the capital of Salander.

This decision was puzzling to everyone, even me.

Jill has a perfectly precise balance in her heart, with his ambition at one end and his world at the other. It is impossible for a woman to break this balance.

The chief's wife wanted to protect her children and protect the tribe that her husband had left to them. When Copernicus found her, he made a strange promise to her: if she went to the capital of Salander on her own initiative, he would guarantee that her husband's tribe would return to the steppe, not by stealth, but with the approval of the Kugit tribal alliance.

The Chief's Wife was not unmoved by such an offer. During these years, the stable life lasted only a few short years. The steppe is a cruel place, and when a tribe rises, there must be countless tribes in decline; When a wolf appears, there must be countless sheep with their throats torn apart.

Ukhru and Spencer were the great warriors of the Kujits, who called them 'Tallinn', and the Kujit people further east called them 'Kh'ar', both of which meant warriors. Of course, they were given the title of warriors, not because of their strength, but because of their recognition of the steppes, but more because of their travels in Swadia. The steppe people were born materials for war, and Uhru and Scyuse turned such materials into better weapons. They allowed the Kugit to build towers tens of feet high, and to let the Kugit know the benefits of recruiting an infantry from the settled peoples, and at the same time. It also allowed the Kugit to learn to use more medicine to save wounded soldiers and weak sick babies. Traditional Kugit warriors disliked the two men, calling them sissies, but the priests of the tribe gladly bestowed such a title on them.

These two people had a bright future, but every ten years on the grassland, there will be violent turmoil. Just as the fire regularly burns the decaying trees in the forest, the newly rising heroes of the steppe will continue to send the aging warriors to their graves. In the midst of such conflicts, their tribes were banished and forced into exile.

The tribe's first wandering routes are not easy to trace. The steppe people did not have a precise way to record them, and they recorded the vague routes of their tribe by chanting verses one by one. "Where is the Immortal Heaven? 100 miles eastward. Goat's milk is exhausted, and Changshengtian is not in the East! Where is the Immortal Heaven? Traveling a hundred miles to the west, the forage is exhausted, and the immortal sky is not in the west! Where is the Immortal Heaven? Go south to the sea. The water source is bitter. Immortal Heaven is not in the south! Where is the Immortal Heaven? Travel north to the forest. The snow falls like a seat, and the immortal sky is not in the north! "Most of them are like this, and you can only roughly judge where they have been. But there is no way to know how they passed. However, in the course of their continuous migration, many ethnic vagabonds and adventurers began to join them, which allowed them to gradually have more detailed records. Uhru's tribe appears to have helped the Wikibians in their wars, but was soon betrayed by the Wikibians for unknown reasons. Since then, the tribe has been constantly wandering, raiding and looting along the way to replenish food and forage, and to recruit new members. Now there are more than a quarter of the members who are not Kujits, and these people are either traveling merchants or mercenaries, and a few Salander dervishes are also in the tribe, preaching the immortality and greatness of the Lord of Creation, and of course, the terrible and eternal Hellfire Bed.

Copernicus told me that the Kugit chieftain had been led by the tribe of the Uhru chieftain to accept the Creelian mercenary and have been stationed in the depths of the desert ever since. Copernicus was skeptical of this claim. Because it is widely said among the Kugit that Ukhru had contracted the plague when he arrived at the temple a long time ago, it was actually another warrior --- Spencer who led the tribe. Copernicus suspected that Spencer was of tribal chieftain line, but later found out that he was not, and that he was merely a brotherly associate of Uhru. It seems that these two people were indeed under the influence of Svadia, and even if the steppe tribe handed over the tribe to a coward of their own family, they would not hand it over to an outsider. Well, where did Ukhru go?

Copernicus guessed that he was dead, and Spencer learned the news while leading the tribe. Spencer's disappearance was either wiped out or he led his men to abandon the family left behind by the chief.

Whatever the Chief's Lady had to do with Jill when she was young, it was a thing of the past. Now, as a mother of several children, she must become a she-wolf to protect them. Unfortunately, her sons died one by one, but only her daughter survived. The son of a chieftain needs a tribe to protect himself, while the daughter of a chieftain only needs a strong man to protect her. This made Copernicus nervous, for in such a situation his promise to the chieftain's wife to restore the tribe had become less urgent.

Unexpectedly, while Copernicus was still thinking about how to solve this problem, the chieftain's wife said that she was willing to go to Salander.

Copernicus was puzzled by this.

Copernicus's wife asked him, "Elune agrees to go to the capital of Salander?" What do you say? ”

"I promised her that if he went to the capital of Salander, then she would meet Jill there. I told her a bit of a story. ”

"It's just whimsical. She went to the capital of Salander, how could she restore her tribe? Didn't you guess that his husband died? ”

"That's true." Copernicus's face became a little melancholy, "Actually, she didn't have to understand the significance of her visit to the capital of Salander. It's just my condition, and if she goes, I'll bring three hundred steppe soldiers to her children. ”

His wife laughed and said, "When did you hide from me that you had scraped together such a large sum of gold?" ”

"Where do I have the gold coins," Copernicus replied quietly to his wife, "I only believe in the faith of the Kujites." ”

"What are you talking about," asked Copernicus' wife reproachfully, "you are becoming more and more chattering." Like a fanatic. ”

"Yes." Copernicus smiled wryly, "Probably." He pondered for a moment, "The only thing I don't understand is why Elune agreed to go to Salander's capital instead of going directly to Jill. When I made this suggestion, I was most worried that she would slap me, humiliate me, and say that I was generous to others. ”

As Copernicus said this, his wife's eyes suddenly lit up.

A smile crept up the corners of Madame Copernicus's mouth, "I think I understand." ”

"How do you understand?"

"I'm a woman." His wife said. "All women understand."

I don't know how Copernicus convinced Elune. But Elune did begin to pack her packages and prepare to head to the already war-clouded capital of Salander.

In a crowded place like the temple, the news of the death of Elune's last son could not be hidden. Soon. People knew about Elune's plight. Her husband disappeared. The most loyal warriors of her tribe are gone, and the sons are dead, leaving her and a daughter alone. Elune is said to have had other children. But he died long before the plague. Today, Elune's only relative is her daughter, and she is said to have a father in Swadia, but she has not been in touch for many years.

I was very impressed with her daughter, especially when she said, "Do you know what that means? From tomorrow onwards, all the men in the tribe will run away except for the man who wants to sleep with her", in this case, I can't imagine that it will be a woman who says it. She had the blood of the prairie in her veins. There was a strange familiarity to the statement, as if the hostess had said that I had Victor the Valanite living in me.

The chief's daughter was right, and the Kugit began to flee.

The next night, three Kugit soldiers left the temple with a cart full of grain; Then the armory was looted by a group of Kugit men, who had taken all the equipment and left the temple, and the pioneers had organized men to hunt them down; Then two Kugit who had crept to the door of Elune's room were spotted by the temple guards, and the two men were carrying ropes with bad intentions, and the chief's daughter cut off one of their hands and paraded around the temple with their hands around their necks. It was a bad idea, and more Kugits quietly absconded. The chief's daughter rode every day on horseback, watching her father's former men leave her and her mother, and by day she walked around the temple and looked mockingly at the Kugit who had fled, and at night she sat cross-legged at the door of her mother's room, with her father's scimitar and shield by her side.

Since she chopped off the hands of the two Kujits, the safety in the temple has indeed improved a lot, and people think that she is a bloodthirsty female devil, and people enjoy the peace she brings, but they can't control their own slander against her. People have always been harsh on women, and the finger of accusation will always only be pointed at those maverick women, until all the women in this world become what men want them to be. But the irony is that when a woman becomes exactly what a man imagines, a man quickly becomes disgusted with such a personalityless woman.

Spice keg, which I didn't open in the end.

The temptation to open the Spice Pass was as great as the temptation to go to the Frost Castle, but my stomach was stuffed with stones, and I felt irritable and anxious not to bother with such hints.

Suddenly a family member came up and gave me a home, but the fate of the family put me in chains. I love this family. The family is not utilized, the family has no right to trade, and the family does not have hierarchical kinship. I found something worth doing, and I decided to give my all to it. Sometimes, the thirst for revenge is even stronger than the hatred itself.

A king once asked a wise man, "What kind of man is most honorable?" ”

"Vengeful man."

"What kind of revenge is most honorable?"

"Revenge for my father."

"What could be more honorable than that?"

"Revenge for the family."

For me, such a statement had an irresistible appeal. Such a statement will certainly fill my heart with anger and resentment, but it will reduce my outward depression, greatly increase my ability to endure torture, and prevent me from being upset by all kinds of small things. It was from that time that I became completely disgusted with the comfortable life, because I was ashamed of it. If a man can't kill his inner boy, he'll be controlled forever. If a man cannot learn to torture himself, he will never be able to torture his enemies.

Copernicus fell into a long silence when he learned that I had not opened the barrel, and he forgot that I existed and fell into his own thoughts. I could see that he had a plan for himself, he just didn't make up his mind to do it. The more important the decision, the harder it is to make. I didn't mean to disturb him, but went out and rode a horse.

To my surprise, I bumped into the half-race girl on the way.

She stood on the hillside on horseback and changed into women's clothes today. She was not dressed in the clothes of a Kugit girl, but in a Swadia blue gown and a tight blouse, and on the outside of the garment she was draped in delicate armor, and her short hair was blown by the wind and flew towards the back of her head, and she looked into the distance so preoccupied that she did not notice it when I rode close to her.

Standing beside her on horseback, I realized that she saw it as a small convoy.

The convoy consisted of six cavalrymen dressed as Western knights and more than a dozen infantry guards, followed by more than thirty Kugit cavalrymen, escorting the baggage, and in the middle was a large cart with no carriage on it, but a pointed tent with a long lacquered flagpole on it, and the Khan flag of the Kugits floating. This is Elune's convoy.

"My mother," she said to me suddenly, it turned out that she knew that I was around, "all my life I only listened to other people's arrangements." I hate such a cowardly woman. ”

My horse swayed from side to side, just so that I could just do without talking.

I looked up and saw that the small caravan of chariots and horses was very small in the vast sandy field, and the setting sun made the desolation rise to my chest.

Not her mother, but most of the time I was arranged.

Suddenly, something came to mind.

"Why don't you leave with your mother?"

She turned her face around, and the half-race girl's eyes were bloodshot, tears rolling down her cheeks.

"You have taken my mother," she said, "and you are going to give me back the tribe." The bachelor agreed. Of course I won't go! ”

I looked at her and didn't know what to do.

How can such a lie be taken seriously?

She finished her sentence and continued to watch her mother leave. Her mother was lucky, and every time she parted, someone would feel reluctant, and I was only disgusted by people running around.

"What's your name?"

She turned her head to look at me mockingly, "Listen, I'm never going to tell a coward by name." When we first met, you didn't even dare to look me in the eye. ”

"I'll always know."

I twisted my horse's head and rode slowly down the hill. (To be continued.) )