Qin Official

Translator Song winked and asked his son Adagu to pull the sad and angry Amozai out of the big house.

Because the "gift" brought by the Qin envoy to Ouyue was actually two heads pickled with lime, which were currently placed in the big house, with their faces not yet corrupted.

Yi Xusong could recognize it. This was the leader of the Gui Kingdom who had a blood alliance with him at that time, Mona, who was Amozai's Tebo (father). There was also a younger person who was Amozai's elder brother. ).

Through the door and wall, Yi Yusong could still hear the child's cry. The Yue people believe that the soul of a person who has been beheaded cannot cross the Rainbow Bridge and return to the ancestors. For them, this is undoubtedly the cruelest way to die.

He moved his eyes away from the dead man's head and looked at the Qin official who was wrapped in fine cloth and had shoes on his feet.

This person was very arrogant when he entered the settlement. He was invited into the big room by the elders to discuss matters. He frowned for a long time and seemed dissatisfied with being received in such a "shabby" building. At this moment, he was looking around, looking at the bare feet and tattoos of the Ouyue people, with contempt on his face, and from time to time he said something in Qin dialect to the short Yue translator.

"What does it mean?"

Translator Song asked the translator, pointing to the two heads, that he was from Yangyue who had come to Ouyue with merchants. Although they were both Yue people, they were not the same ancestors as the twelve Lingnan tribes, but they only shared similar languages.

The translator knew the bravery of the translator Song, but did not dare to be arrogant, and said quickly: "The superior said that the leader of the Gui Kingdom had donated land and people to the Qin Dynasty and established it as Cangwu County, but he betrayed the Qin Dynasty. Now he has been executed, but The remnants of the Gui Kingdom fled to Ouyue, and the governor of Changsha hoped that Ouyue could return them to Daqin, otherwise..."

The Qin official became serious, his lips under his mustache opened and closed, and his words sounded very sharp. The translator could only follow suit and said: "The superior said, otherwise, these two people will end up with Lord Ouyue!"

As soon as this statement came out, several "old men" wearing feather crowns in the big room looked at each other and started talking.

In Ouyue, although the rulers are hereditary, the daily affairs are all managed by Du Lao, because they are not only elders, but also wizards, responsible for communicating with ancestors and gods.

The elders also heard about the powerful Qin Dynasty in the north, and they were a little worried about the threat from Qin officials.

When the Qin official saw this, he started talking again.

The translator continued: "His Majesty, the Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, is like the sun, shining in all directions. Wherever the boat comes, everyone will obey."

"Gui Guo tried to rebel and was exterminated. I hope Ouyue can make the right choice and hand over the fugitives! Otherwise, the next time Ouyue comes to ask for people, it will be the army! They will be like a herd of wild elephants trampling down huts. Destroy Ouyue!"

The threats were loud and the timid elders looked pale. They were unwilling to accept the remnants of the Gui Kingdom in the first place. Now that the Qin Dynasty has come to ask for people, it is better to hand them over to avoid the tribe being implicated.

But at this moment, Yi Xusong, who had been patient for a long time, spoke.

"Why don't you ask the ancestors about such an important matter?"

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"Don't worry, I, Tebo, will definitely protect you."

Adagu comforted the good brother he had just met. The current situation was like a deer running into the cow pen, and the wolf followed its footsteps and wandered outside the pen.

"revenge."

Amozai's eyes were bloodshot: "They killed my Tebo and Brother, I must take revenge!"

Just then, the door of the big house opened!

The big house is a round stilt-style building, where the Ouyue tribe holds discussions. Yi Xusong was the first to walk out. He was barefoot and covered with white ramie cloth. He would only wear this for important ceremonies. The three of them all followed behind, whispering something.

Following closely behind him was the Qin official who looked arrogant as an envoy of a great power with every step he took, and next to him was the translator who nodded and bowed.

The enemies were extremely jealous when they saw each other. A Mo Zai touched the stone knife at his waist and was about to rush forward, but was stopped by the Ou Yue clansmen.

Amozai was so angry that he shouted: "Has the Lord of Ouyue, the bravest warrior of the Twelve Kingdoms, turned into a coward?"

"Tepo, this..."

Adagu punched him and told him to stop screaming. Just as he was about to speak, Yi Xusong was not angry. He just asked his son to come over, stared at the soldiers and merchants brought by the Qin officials, and said this to his ears, and then Then he took Qin officials through the settlement.

The tattooed woman stopped pounding rice and stuck her head out. The hunter who had just returned was shaving the wild boar while looking coldly at the Qin envoy. Naked children were also seen in groups of twos and threes, looking at these uninvited guests with hostility and spitting at them.

The direction that Yi Xusong took them to was the holy land of the Ouyue people, located in the deep valley behind the settlement. Yi Xusong said that they must ask the ancestors for instructions in person and ask Qin officials to watch and wait.

Except for one side of the valley that faces the settlement, the other three sides are either steep cliffs or primeval forests, filled with thousand-year-old trees with twin upside-down roots, long vines that are difficult to break, and slippery green moss.

As soon as the Qin official approached the mouth of the valley, he suddenly saw dozens or hundreds of buffalo skulls hanging up and down the rock wall. Some had completely turned into white bones, and some were still slowly decaying, making strange noises. Stink.

The Qin official pinched his nose and didn't want to go into the valley, but he couldn't help it at this time. The Ouyue people suddenly became rough and pushed him and the translator inside.

The three old men wanted to stop him, but were stopped by the hunters who only listened to the translator's Song dialect.

"Yi Xu Song, you will bring disaster to Ou Yue!"

The old men shouted at the mouth of the valley.

Yi Xusong turned around and his face became serious.

"Yi Xusong will never betray his friends, let alone make his people slaves."

He showed a cruel smile: "And I think the ancestral spirits will like this new sacrifice!"

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After entering the valley, skulls were still nailed to the wooden piles on both sides, but they were no longer bull heads, but... human heads! Looking all the way, there are hundreds of white trees!

The Qin official tried his best to calm down, but the Yue translator was trembling with fear. Although he was from Yangyue in the north of Lingbei, he had also heard of the customs in the south of the Lingnan.

The further south you go, the more barbaric it gets.

"The South Vietnamese believe that through headhunting, the strength and courage of the deceased will be absorbed into their bodies, making them more powerful. Although Ouyue is not as keen on blood sacrifices as South Vietnam, it will also headhunt from time to time to offer sacrifices to the gods."

When the place arrived, Yi Xusong touched the stone knife on his waist and stared at the rough mural of Ouyue warriors headhunting and offering sacrifices on the stone wall, his words were cold.

He is also a warrior who has been stained with blood and hunted heads. The time for headhunting in Ouyue is usually during the annual grain sowing or harvesting season, or when the crops fail, to chop off the heads of hostile tribes, or those who do not seek permission. The head of an outsider who broke into the hunting ground.

Before planting, take the seeds to the place where human heads are sacrificed and mix them with some ashes from human heads. It is believed that this will protect the millet from growing well. After the head is hunted back, it is often stuck on a bamboo pole outside the house. A basket of charcoal is placed under the head, and the blood from the head is dripped on the charcoal. The charcoal ash is then distributed to every household in the village and spread in the fields.

After the sowing season, the heads will be brought here and placed on the top of the wooden pillars as offerings to the ancestral spirits.

"Ouyue sacrificed hundreds of human heads to the ancestral spirits. Now, you want to scare me with two heads?"

Yi Xusong showed a contemptuous smile and raised his hands.

"The ancestor spirit, the frog god, this Qin man broke into the Ou people's settlement without permission, and in front of me, he wanted to take away the guests who had eaten my rice and salt. Finally, he threatened slavery and death. Ou people!"

"The dry season is about to end, frogs are about to lay eggs, trees are about to sprout, and the day of planting millet is coming! He is the best sacrifice!"

The tribesmen held down the Qin official, tore off his crown and belt, exposing the fair skin on his neck, and pressed him to the ground, while Yi Xusong drew out his bronze sword and approached step by step.

The Qin official was not frightened and kept talking.

Translator Song asked translator Yang Yue, who was trembling against the rock wall, "Is he begging for mercy?"

"Not begging for mercy..."

The translator stammered: "He said that the territory of the Qin Dynasty is larger than a hundred Ouyue combined. The Qin army has many generals. Wherever the army goes, the earth shakes and the mountains shake. They are so huge that they can drink. All the rivers in Ouyue. Even if he is killed, His Majesty the Emperor and the county governor will avenge him, flatten Ouyue, destroy your ancestor worship place, chop off your and your son’s heads, and turn everyone into Cheng Lichen’s concubine..."

Translation Song's sword point stopped at the top of Qin Li's neck. He seemed to be hesitating.

The Yue translator said in a pleading tone: "Jun Xiou, the Qin people cannot kill you. You will bring disaster to Xiou and all the Yue people in Lingnan!"

"The buffalo dare not challenge the tiger, so the tiger won't eat the cow?"

"Can a buffalo keep its life safe by sacrificing its comrades to a tiger to satisfy its hunger?"

The war is at the doorstep, and it will break out sooner or later. Instead of groveling, it is better to prepare early and let the Vietnamese people make up their minds early.

Yi Xusong asked two questions in succession, and then raised his sword high.

His voice made the blood of Adagu and Amozai, who came carrying the heads of Qin soldiers, boil with excitement.

"Even if the soldiers of the Qin people are denser than the leaves of the forest! They are more numerous than the stones in the Li River! But my determination to resist is stronger than a hundred thousand mountains!!"

Yi Xusong's sword slashed hard!

…

In the thirty-third year of Qin Shihuang's reign, in the second month of February, after returning to the palace from his personal inspection of "Agriculture", Qin Shihuang received an urgent report from Changsha County!

This is the third memorial in the past two months.

The earliest memorial was that the Yue tribe in Cangwu County was instigated by Xiou and rebelled.

But Tu Sui still had some skills, and the rebellion was put down quickly. The second memorial became "The rebellion has been established, and the rebel chief and the leader are the leaders." The only fly in the ointment is that a small number of his troops fled to Xi'ou. Tu Sui had already sent suitable candidates, and he used force and intimidation to gain advantage, trying to get Xi'ou to return the fugitives. This third memorial should be said. of this matter.

But after Qin Shihuang finished studying in Kaifeng, he discovered that this was indeed the case, but it was not a good thing.

"The Lord of Xi'ou refused to return the rebels and actually killed five people, Qin Xingren and soldiers, and beheaded them. He only released the translator and merchants and returned with their corpses!"

With a click, the memorial was closed, and His Majesty the Emperor's eyes narrowed, anger flowing in them.

"How dare a little Man Yue disrespect a big country? Since the Yue people want war, then I will give them war!"