Go North, Go North!(21)

Ji Ying said: "Brother Fang, have you seen this river? In this winter, not only does it not freeze, but wild flowers can bloom on the grassy slopes on both sides of the river beach, this is a hot spring river." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Xiang Qian smiled dumbly, and said in his heart, the river is steaming, and my brother is not blind, let alone mentally retarded, how can he not know that this is a hot spring river.

Ji Ying looked at the upstream of the river and said firmly: "Brother Qian, I'm leaving, I have to go!"

"Huh?" Xiang Qian was taken aback, "your injuries?"

Ji Ying said: "Now, my injury is no longer serious," smiled slightly, and said: "Besides, you can slowly recuperate on the road." If I don't leave, I'm afraid it'll be too late. ”

As he spoke, his expression suddenly darkened.

Hearing that there must be a reason for this, he asked, "Can I ask the specific reason?"

Ji Ying nodded and said, "Even if you don't ask, I have to make it clear to you, I don't want to be seen by you as a bad girl who has no beginning and no end, is ruthless and willful." ”

The direction stretched out his voice, and said in an old-fashioned manner: "Xiao Ying, you are too worried." Don't think too complicated at a young age, young people, it's better to be a little sunny, if you have something to say, you want to do so much, isn't it?"

Ji Ying ignored him at the moment, and followed his previous topic: "In the upper reaches of this river, there is actually another small tribe of our Wutu tribe. I think that our people who were scattered before will always want to go there as long as they don't die. ”

"It's just that the strength of that small tribe is much weaker than our original tribe after all, and now, now, ......" She paused and said, "Now even our tribe has been destroyed, they, they ......"

After a pause, Ji Ying's expression gradually became firm, and said, "However, if I don't go, they will definitely be difficult to preserve." ”

Xiangqian heard it in a fog, and he didn't know what she was talking about, so he could only look at Ji Ying suspiciously.

Ji Ying looked back at the direction, knowing that he must not know much, and explained: "Hey, what I said about this thing is to start from seven or eight years ago, are you willing to listen?"

"Yes, yes, there are beautiful girls who tell stories, and whoever doesn't listen is a puppy. Xiang Qian teased with a salivating face.

Ji Ying's face was relieved at the beginning of the depression, and he sighed: "In the past, in this prairie, the large and small ethnic groups and tribes combined, I am afraid that there are not five or six hundred, but also three or four hundred. ”

"Our Utu tribe is only an insignificant part of these hundreds of tribes, and can only be regarded as a small tribe. It is also common for various tribes to fight and kill each other for tens of thousands of years. Only occasionally when they are ready to go south in a big way, will they temporarily put aside their unhappiness and feud with each other, and gather around certain clans one by one. ”

Xiang Qian naturally knew that the so-called occasional southward movement in her mouth actually referred to the barbarian invasion of the south once every few years or decades, but every time, she almost couldn't cross Jili City, and she was nailed to Mobei all the time.

Ji Ying naturally knew that the line before the direction was originally from Guannei, so she chose a more peaceful-sounding word like going south.

Ji Ying said: "Although such a day is not as comfortable as your interior, but for us, it is also a smooth life, and even if there is no war for more than ten years, everyone will not be able to adapt to it." ”

"There is only one thing, no matter how fierce the fighting between the tribes is, generally speaking, it will never reach the point of extermination. Ji Ying looked at the direction, as if she had made up her mind, and said, "Because, most tribes have a totem flag that is feared by foreigners. ”

"Generally speaking, totem flags are not easily used. Unless it is a time of life and death, it will be sacrificed by the patriarch. As soon as this flag is released, the clansmen who are blessed by it can double their combat power out of thin air, and the upper limit of its promotion is impossible for outsiders to know. ”

"In this way, it is very difficult to say who will kill the deer. Ji Ying seemed to think of the last battle with the enemy a few days ago, and she couldn't help but feel a little stunned in her heart.

Soon, she recovered her thoughts and continued, "Therefore, unless it is true that two clans sacrifice totem flags at the same time, it is absolutely difficult to completely wipe out the other clan by one clan. ”

"Moreover, as long as the totem flag of one side is still there, even if there is only one person left in the whole clan, as long as this person's recovery heart does not die, as long as it can take time, one day, this person will be able to gather a new tribe again. ”

"Taking a step back, it is really useless for one clan to completely slaughter another clan and snatch the totem flag of another clan over. Because, it is impossible for the same tribe to have two totems at the same time. ”

Because of this, for tens of thousands of years, the extermination of the grassland is certainly not nothing, but it is rarely heard. ”

However, seven years ago, there was the first massacre of extermination on the grassland in more than 10,000 years. After that, there was a series of such terrible things. Ji Ying's expression was slightly frightened, and even more incomparably angry.

"This matter has to start with a meeting of patriarchs. Ji Ying stroked her hair and said, "Originally, every few years, some tribes that had made good friends in the past would take turns to initiate and invite the patriarchs of each tribe to the headquarters to gather, one is convenient for everyone to contact each other, and the other is convenient to get together to discuss some important matters. ”

"Seven years ago, my father received an invitation and immediately set out with his two older brothers to the Hutu tribe. ”

Ji Ying said hatefully: "I didn't expect that this trip would become a farewell." At that time, they had not been gone for a long time, and one night, my eldest brother suddenly fled back with his wounds, and brought back the bad news that no one could believe, my father and second brother, as well as a group of elders who had followed them, had all died in battle. ”

Ji Ying's eyes were red, although this matter had been mentioned for many years, it still made her sad.

"It turned out that one night in the middle of the assembly, the Hutu patriarch set up a banquet to invite my father and his party. After three rounds of drinking, the old thief suddenly said, "Brother Ji, do you feel good drinking today's wine?"

"My father naturally praised a few words casually, but he smiled sideways: "Brother Ji is just afraid that he can't help it, right? Although this wine is good, some small accessories have been added to it, hehehehe, but Brother Ji can rest assured, as long as you promise your brother a small matter, I will have an antidote here to cure this poison." ’”

Ji Ying said: "It turns out that the old thief actually sent someone to put an extremely powerful poison in the wine that night, and used it to blackmail my father to hand over the totem flag. ”

"The old thief said: 'Brother Ji, don't get me wrong, your totem banner of the Wutu tribe, how dare my Hutu tribe ask for it, my brother is just entrusted by someone to speak to Brother Ji for a great power. ’”

Ji Ying said regretfully: "Of course, he never said who the great power who planned all this behind the scenes, but repeatedly emphasized that if that great power deliberately wanted to attack my Wutu clan, then the totem flag would eventually fall into the hands of that powerful person sooner or later." ”

"At that time, the old thief only said that the banquet that night was just a salute before the soldiers, and I hoped that my father would understand the overall situation and practice, and take the initiative to hand over the totem flag. ”