CHAPTER XXXV

All of a sudden, the left-behind people of the entire Qiyi fell into a sea of jubilation.

Surprises, cheers, and even roars are endless.

Since their ancestors moved south from Fengdi to Qi nearly a hundred years ago, they have not been free from the invasion of various Rongdi tribes.

Either the dog Rong swept eastward, or the ghost Rong invaded south, or all kinds of small Rong tribes fell silent to fight the autumn wind.

They are the people of Zhouyuan, just want to cultivate in peace and live in peace, for a hundred years, but they have never begged.

Before the time of farming, that is, when they were most worried about the plundering of Rongdi, more than half of the men had to go to the border to prevent Rongdi. The people who work in the fields are mainly old men and women.

Just two days ago, Zhou Gong Jili summoned all his subjects and swore in front of the Ji Clan's Sect Temple, to send troops from the whole country to conquer the Xiluo Ghost Rong and seize the land of their tribe, so that Ji Zhou would never be directly exposed to Rong Di's gaze again.

At that moment, all the people of Ji Zhou, their eyes were full of desire for revenge. All of them were soldiers, and as long as they could keep up with the pace of the army, they all took their weapons and set out to fight.

Clothes and armor are not enough, and simple armor is tied with tree branches overnight, and if there are not enough weapons, agricultural tools can be made, whether it is bronze or wood, as long as it can hurt Rong Di, it can become their weapons.

The day before the departure of the army, the whole city was full of vegetarians, and countless old and weak women and children stood at the gate to see them off.

The plain white clothes told those who went out that if they did not win this battle, the country would be destroyed and the nation would be destroyed.

Fortunately, Ji Zhou won, defeated the Xiluo Ghost Rong, and captured the twelve Zhai kings.

"Quick, let people prepare the temple to sacrifice the three animals, remember, it is the big three animals, not the small three animals, and when the army returns to the division, you must sacrifice the ancestors. ”

Tai Jiang couldn't hide the joy in his heart, and hurriedly asked the people below to prepare the sacrificial things.

The Zhou people sacrificed, because the country was poor and the people were poor, Ji Kang once worshiped the ancestors, and replaced the big three animals with the small three animals.

The so-called small three animals are chickens, ducks and fish, while the big three animals are cattle, sheep and pigs.

It has also been suggested that this will not displease the ancestors. But Ji Yan just replied with a sentence, a word that was passed on to his descendants.

Sacrifice, rather than insufficient respect and more than enough ceremony, is not enough ceremony and more than respect.

Later, the Zhou people sacrificed, unless they had a good year, Rong Di was not disturbed, and the products were abundant, otherwise they all replaced the big three animals with small three animals.

Taijiang couldn't wait, she wanted the ancestors of the Ji family and her deceased husband to know that she had seen a glimmer of light when she regained the ancestral land of Houji and the homeland of Gongliu.

From then on, the Ji clan could conquer Rong Di, retreat could defend according to the danger, and Rong Di wanted to plunder Zhou Yuan, and it was no longer so easy.

Baicao Zhenren smiled, looking at these jubilant Ji Zhou women and children, stroking their long beards, and also happy for them. Although he never thought of himself as the people of Ji Zhou, he was also a descendant of Zhuxia, and he was naturally happy to see Ji Zhou's victory over Rong Di.

Da Zongbo's face was hidden in the mask, and he couldn't see his expression, but looking at his movements when he walked to the witch temple, it seemed that he was still floating, and he was obviously extremely excited.

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Ji Clan Temple, this is a big sacrifice.

Since the temple was erected, there has never been such a big festival.

On this day, the three animals are painted in crimson and placed in the temple before the ancestral shrine.

Although it is said that Yin Shang at this time is the head of the Zhuxia states, but in some sacrifices, not all states are the same as Yin Shang.

For example, the color of the three animals, the Xia Hou clan is still Xuan, the three animals are black, the Yin Shang is still white, the three animals are white, and the Zhou people are still red, and the three animals are red.

It is a ritual to burn offerings by setting up firewood on the altar of the temple, digging a pit under the altar to bury the offerings, and lighting a fire outside the temple is a ritual to worship ancestors.

This time the sacrifice, the sacrifice to the heaven and the earth and the ancestor sacrifice were carried out at the same time, the scene was quite heavy, and even Ji Jili violated the tradition, so that the people of Zhou Yuan could watch the ceremony from the sidelines.

The people of Zhou Yuan were all excited, watching this sacrifice and watching the twelve Zhai kings who knelt down at the gate of the Ji family's temple.

The twelve Zhai kings worship the temple of the Ji clan.

When I saw these twelve Zhai kings, they were like animals, tied to the gate of the temple.

They were like mourning and didn't dare to say much, which made the hearts of Zhou people full of pride.

Rong Di is not invincible, and King Rong can also become a prisoner of the Zhou people.

After a hundred years of being oppressed by Rong Di, this battle was swept away.

"According to its position in Beijing, it invaded from Ruanjiang. I am Gaogang, and there is no arrow in my tomb. I have no drink in my spring, but I have a spring in my pool. Degree its fresh plain, the sun of Juqi, in the Wei general. The fang of all nations, the king of the people. ”

This is a poem written by Zhou Gong Jili himself on the wine banquet after the sacrifice. It not only expresses Ji Jili's danger to the Quartet of Zhou Yuan now, and if Rong Di wants to plunder, it is not as easy as before, but also expresses his gratitude to Shang Emperor Wuyi.

At this time, no one could have imagined that in the future, the last sentence "the party of all nations, the king of the people" would become a description of the king of Zhou.

"Ranked, thanks to the ancestors of the kings, thanks to the help of Emperor Shang, now my Ji Zhou broke through the Xiluo Ghost Rong and captured the twelve Zhai kings. Now I have decided to order my eldest grandson Ji Kao, as my envoy of Ji Zhou, to escort the twelve Zhai kings into the Yin capital and present them to Emperor Shang. ”

As soon as Ji Jili's words came out, all the important ministers of Zhou Yuan nodded with a smile, it should be so.

Except for Xia Taijiang, Ji Jili, Ji Shujun and Ji Chang, no one knows that Ji Kao entered Yindu Yiyi this time, or was summoned by Emperor Wu Yi of Shang.

Ji Kao walked out and bowed his hand: "The test will not disgrace the mission, and tomorrow morning, I will set off to the east." ”

Ji Jili said with a smile: "Okay, your great-grandfather often praises your father, and I should be a prosperous person in my life, and he is in Changhu." Now, I can also declare in front of all the ministers that I should be a prosperous person in my world, and he is in the test. ”

Ji Kao smiled and didn't speak, looking at the second brother Ji Fa and the fourth brother Ji Dan who was still in Ji Chang's arms, with deep meaning in their eyes.

"If you go east this time, if you meet someone from Rong Di, you should avoid one side and not face it directly; if you meet the country of my Zhuxia, you can express your intention and declare the name of my Ji clan. ”

Actually, Ji Jili was not very worried about Ji Kao's safety, after all, Fu said to go with him. However, what should be explained still has to be explained.

In particular, the Ji clan is now expelling Rong Di and capturing King Rong, which is rare to have a slight reputation, and must let the major states along the road remember Ji Zhou's name.

The first is to expel Rong Di to show his prestige, and the second is to spread the voice of Zhuxia to show his name, and the prestige is great, which is the prosperity of Zhou.

Ji Kao bowed again: "Kao remember my grandfather's teachings. ”

"Okay, go and say goodbye to your great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother one by one, and don't miss the hour. ”

Fu said that a few people did not participate in this banquet, but Fu said that he had made an appointment with Ji Jili for departure, and he couldn't let Ji Kao miss the appointment.

After he said this, Ji Kao took his leave and went to the mansion of Duke Zhou, in the courtyard where his great-grandmother Tai Jiang lived.

At this time, Tai Jiang, Tai Ren and Ji Kao's mother Ji Shi were all waiting for him in Tai Jiang's courtyard. Ji Shujun was not there, and the Xiluo Guirong tribe took it, whether it was to wipe out the will of the Guirong captives, or to build a city suitable for Ji Zhou, someone needed to guard there.

And Ji Shujun has never liked all ceremonial banquets, so he stayed in the land of the Ghost Rong tribe.

"Great grandmother, grandmother, mother, come to say goodbye. ”

When Ji Kao came in, the three elders had similar expressions in their eyes, relieved, reluctant, worried, and complicated.

"Our Kao'er has finally grown up. ”

Taijiang stroked Ji Kao's head and said with a smile to his daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law next to him.

Ji Kao smiled, this kind of atmosphere is harmonious, but Ji Kao, who has always regarded himself as an adult, is inevitably a little embarrassed. However, no matter how embarrassing it was, Ji Kao did not refuse these three elders.

Whether it is the great-grandmother Taijiang, or the grandmother Tairen or the mother, they are all respectable elders, and their morality and wisdom are not in the slightest under the grandfather's Ji Li.

It's just a pity that the human world at this time is no longer the matriarchal clan before the Shennong clan, and it is too difficult for women and women to achieve merit in the world.

"Ren's, Ji'er, when Kao'er comes back from Yindu, we will almost have a wedding for him. In the past two years, you have to go to the nearby country, or your mother's family, to inquire if there is a suitable woman. ”

Tai Ren nodded with a smile and asked, "Do you have any thoughts in Kao'er's heart?"

Ji Kao hurriedly shook his head: "The test is still young, so I don't rush to consider this matter." ”

Just kidding, now he is less than eleven years old, although he looks tall, he is no different from fifteen or sixteen-year-old people in later generations, and there is no obstacle to sexual affairs. However, if he wants to find an eleven or twelve-year-old girl to marry, he really can't do it.

Tai Jiang smiled: "It's not small, your father got married at the age of twelve, and your mother conceived you at the age of thirteen." When she had time, her great-grandmother would go back to Jiang's to see if there was a suitable woman among the Jiang. ”

Now that Ji Zhou's country is still thriving, Tai Jiang feels that it will not be long before she can consider going back to her mother family.

When he got married, he was young and vigorous, and made a vow never to ask for help from the Tai family. Because of Ji Zhou's difficulties over the years, she also gave up the heart of the Hui people, so as not to have the risk of asking for help. In the future, she will be able to worship her ancestors openly.

"That's good, grandmother, you are the daughter of the Jiang family, but all the countries are vying for it. If there is a suitable one, be sure to ask for one for Kao'er. ”

Ji Shi hurriedly encouraged on the side, among the many Fang countries, the most famous women of the two countries, one is Zhu Jiang, and the other is Zhu Xi.

The former is the queen of Emperor Yan and is famous for Duanli Shuxian, while the latter is a descendant of the Xia Hou clan and is famous for her beauty.

Of course, the Ji family can't say that the women of their own clan are good, otherwise they are suspected of boasting.

However, when Ji Chang married her at that time, there was also a poem that was famous in the country, which was born.

"Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the river island. My Fair Lady, Gentleman. ”

Ji Chang met Ji Shi on the shore of Weishui, and was shocked by her beauty, and then knew that Ji Shi was benevolent and reasonable, and lived a frugal life, Ji Chang decided to marry Ji Shi. Because there is no bridge in Weishui, Ji Chang decided to build a boat in Weishui as a beam, and the boats are connected to become a pontoon bridge.

"Okay, let's not talk about that, let's just keep an eye on it ourselves. ”

Seeing that his great-grandmother Tai Jiang finally ended this topic, Ji Kao finally breathed a sigh of relief, this matter, it is better to be as late as possible, otherwise, he really can't do it when he welcomes an eleven or twelve-year-old girl.

"Kao'er, you're going to travel far away, great grandmother, here's a gift for you. ”

Tai Jiang's expression suddenly became serious.