The conflict between Chongchen and Jiuli started with the death of Shao Jiachen. The angel judged that it should also start with the death of Shao Jiachen. Chonghua handed over the jade proverb that Huwa presented to the emperor to everyone and passed it on. The incident
The process is already very clear, and Huwa and Hou Gang are both present at the moment.
Before anyone else could speak, Lu Zhong had already spoken: "My father made it clear before he passed away that Shao Jiachen's death had nothing to do with Lord Fengxian and Lord Hougang. They were just passing by, and it was only because the tribesmen along the way admitted their mistake... My father's death had nothing to do with him.
Jiuli didn't know the inside story yet, but later he thanked Lord Fengxian and Lord Hougang for their testimony, so that he could understand the truth."
Chonghua added: "I also have to thank Mr. Fengxian and Mr. Hougang, otherwise it would be difficult to tell. It was the Benliu villagers who killed Shao Jiachen. How does Mr. Lu Zhong want to pursue it?"
Lu Zhong said expressionlessly: "They are all dead and there is no way to pursue the case. But the matter still needs to be made clear. Please let the Lord Angel decide."
Chonghua nodded: "Now it's the turn of the Guli tribe. After the Benliu villagers killed Shao Jiachen, they were afraid of being held accountable, so they crossed the river after the autumn harvest and arrived at the land of Guli. The Guli tribe
He wanted to open up the southern wilderness and was short of manpower, so he took them in.
The Chongchen tribe discovered that Shao Jiachen was missing and all the Benliu villagers were on the run. They found out the whereabouts of the Benliu villagers and sent envoys to the Guli tribe to retrieve them. The Guli tribe refused to hand them back, which is unreasonable."
Gu Li Tu explained: "Since we have taken them in, we just don't want them to be tortured by Chong Chen again. How can we hand them back?"
Lu Zhong sneered and said: "That sounds nice, but what about them? They all died in your Gu Li tribe's territory, but you don't even know who the murderer is!"
Chonghua coughed and said, "You don't need to argue. The Benliu villagers are the escaped slaves of Master Wu Hui. Master Wu Hui sent envoys to pursue them, and the Guli tribe should hand them over. If you pity their plight and want to take them in and give them shelter, according to the country
In order to comply with the etiquette and law, one should first negotiate with the envoy and offer money and goods to redeem the person."
Now that we have reached the level of the emperor's messenger, we should not have too much personal feelings about certain things, but should first talk about the etiquette of the country. Benliu Village was originally in Wu Hui's private fiefdom, and the identity of its tribesmen
They are also Wu Hui's slaves, which are similar to private property in a sense.
It was common for slaves to escape. Sometimes, if the master could not recover them, it would be fine. However, if an envoy was sent to pursue them, the Guli Ministry should really hand them over. Otherwise, at that time, it would be regarded as an illegal occupation.
If you don’t want to surrender the person, you can use another solution, which is to hand over the property to redeem the person, but this requires negotiation between the two parties and the consent of the Chongchen Ministry.
Shan Lisu said: "In that case, does Lord Angel think Wu Hui will agree?"
If it were another situation, as long as the Gu Li tribe lowered its attitude and symbolically exchanged goods, it might be enough. But the matter involved the death of Shao Jiachen, and the Chongchen tribe had long been prepared to attack Jiuli, even if
No matter how much wealth the Gu Li tribe is willing to hand over, Wu Hui cannot agree to it. Everyone here knows this.
But Chonghua said with a straight face: "Whether Master Wu Hui agrees or not, that is his business; and whether Gu Li did so is Gu Li's responsibility. I want to ask clearly, whether Gu Li proposed to pay the money first
The request to redeem the goods was later rejected by Master Wu Hui, or did he just refuse to hand it over?"
Gu Li Tu whispered: "Why do unnecessary things anymore? Gu Li Zhong directly rejected Wu Hui's request."
Chonghua asked: "Were these done by Gu Li Zhong?"
Gu Li Tu: "Yes."
Chonghua glanced at the other four great witch masters again, and those four people also nodded. Chonghua said sharply: "Gu Li Zhong kept privately the slaves that Lord Wu Hui fled to, but he refused to hand them over when someone came to ask for them.
, nor did they provide property to redeem the person. Moreover, it involved the death of Shao Jiachen, and he did not hand over the criminal to let Chongchen's department find out. When Wu Hui arrived with his army, he instead placed the corpses of all the tribesmen in Benliu Village in front of the battle array to provoke him.
If it is said that Gu Li Zhong took pity on the innocent people of Benliu Village and had the intention to protect them, this argument cannot be accepted in the final judgment! Because he did not save the lives of the Benliu Village people and insulted their bodies afterwards. Gu Li Zhong acted rudely and deliberately.
Those who provoke a war between the two tribes shall be severely punished and shall be taken to the imperial capital to be judged for their crimes and punished by the order of the emperor."
Everyone present was a little stunned. When Chonghua made the decision, the first blow actually fell on Gu Lizhong. But after thinking about it carefully and analyzing the matter layer by layer, Chonghua’s decision was not biased. First, we must fight for the victory between the two departments.
The person responsible was Gu Li Zhong, and none of the five great witch masters of Jiuli present made any rebuttal.
Deputy envoy Hougang spoke at the right time: "Gu Li Zhong is dead, and there are no bones left. He cannot be taken to the imperial capital for punishment." This is the crux of the problem. Anyway, it doesn't matter how Gu Li Zhong is punished, so why should the five great wizards care about it anymore?
What?
Chonghua: "No matter whether the person can still be punished, his crime must be made clear first. The person is dead, some things can no longer be investigated, but other punishments are still allowed. As Gu Li Zhong is the uncle of Gu Li,
He secretly robbed someone else's slave, but when Master Wu Hui came to look for it, what he saw was a corpse. He also has the responsibility to hand over the murderer."
Hou Gang: "Gu Li himself can't hand over the murderer."
Chonghua: "But he still has to pay compensation with property. This is the responsibility of the entire tribe. Even if Gu Li Zhong dies, the property will have to be paid by the Gu Li tribe. Today I will preside over the arbitral tribunal, and I will ask the Chongchen tribe
Negotiate face to face with the Gu Li Department, how much compensation will you have to pay?"
Although Gu Li Zhongren died, the accounts still had to be settled. He was doing things on behalf of the Gu Li Department as the leader of the monarch, so the money had to be paid by the Gu Li Department. The leader of the Gong Gong Department, Emperor Jiang Ren, could not help but
Zhu asked: "Wu Hui led his army to invade Jiuli because of his own personal grudges, and killed countless people in Li. How can we settle this account?"
Di Jiang said such words at this time, obviously trying to win over Jiuli. Chonghua glanced at him and said: "Accounts must be settled one by one, and matters must be settled one by one. Settle this matter first, and then
Let’s talk about the next thing...Lord Lu Zhong, how much wealth do you want? Lord Gu Litu, how much wealth do you want? We will discuss the number on the spot at this moment. If there is any disagreement and it is difficult to resolve, it will be decided by this envoy."
Lu Zhong said coldly: "What I want, they can't afford to pay for it!"
At this time, Huwa suddenly said: "Lord Angel, according to your judgment, are the Benliu Village clan still slaves of Wu Hui?"
Chonghua: "Now they are the slaves of Lord Lu Zhong, even though they are dead."
Huwa stood up and came to Lu Zhong and bowed: "Your Majesty, can you agree to my request? I will pay to redeem them from your hands."
Lu finally glanced at Huwa and said meaningfully: "For the sake of my father, I will agree to Fengxianjun's request. As for redemption, the person is not yours to keep privately. I can sell it to you directly.
How much wealth you want!"
Huwa: "How can I be free on the occasion of the Chinese angel's decision? Please accept this gold!" He took out a golden head from somewhere and handed the piece of gold the size of a human head to Lu Zhong with both hands.
The gold head is very heavy, and most people cannot lift it. Huwa has always carried a lot of gold with him. He once used the gold head to "buy" the head of the Xuanyi Iron Guard, but the gold was not used up yet, so he took out another one at this moment.
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Lu Zhong took the gold and said: "Fengxian Lord is so generous. The people of Benliu Village never dreamed that they would be so valuable, right?"
Chonghua saw that Lu Zhong had put away the gold, and then said: "Lord Lu Zhong's slave has become the slave of Fengxian Lord, whether dead or alive. In this case, it is the Guli Department who should compensate Fengxian Lord."
Huwa waved his hand and said: "I have old friendships with many members of the Guli tribe, and I have also accepted their hospitality. The reason why I bought the slaves from Master Lu Zhong is to avoid the Guli tribe's responsibility for compensation." Again.
Everyone in the stock exchange account said, "Since the Benliu Village family is my slave, I will pursue their murderer. That gold head is actually the head of the murderer."
Chonghua: "Putting aside Fengxianjun's personal affairs for the time being, we will arbitrarily decide on the invasion of Jiuli by Chongchen's army."
Deputy envoy Hou Gang suddenly said: "Sir Chonghua, please wait. When did Chongchen's troops invade Jiuli?"
Shan Li Suan, Mu Li Gan, and Gu Li Tu all had angry faces on their faces and said, "Master Hougang, why do you ask even though you know this?"
Hougang said calmly: "What I said may make you Jiuli uncles dissatisfied, but on this occasion, we must ask clearly which territory Lord Wu Hui led his army to invade?" As he spoke,
With a wave of his hand, a map painted on silk flew up and hung in the middle of the back of the tent.
The map not only marked the territories of Chongchen and Gonggong, but also marked the locations of the villages of Jiuli tribes, including the distribution of mountains, rivers, roads, etc. It also used eye-catching colors to draw the march route of Wu Hui, as well as the locations of Chongchen and Gonggong.
The battlefield where the Jiuli army fought.
Hougang explained: "This map was drawn by Lord Chonghua himself. The distribution of villages in Jiuli is based on the atlas submitted by the five great wizards of Jiuli when the emperor Danzhu visited the south.
It marks the places where all kinds of evil spirits once occupied.
I once accompanied Lord Fengxian on a long journey, from the west bank of Yunmeng Juze to the land of Guli. The whole journey was an uninhabited wilderness. After crossing the river, I walked a long way to reach Jiuli Village. So I want to ask clearly, Wu Hui
After all, the army invaded the territory of a tribe, and where was the battle between the two sides?"
Everyone in the tent was a little dumbfounded. The five great wizards all blushed but were speechless. Di Jiang hesitated to speak, as if he was secretly stopped by Rain Master Ji Meng. Ji Meng narrowed his eyes and said meaningfully.
Look at Hou Gang.
It is clearly marked on the map that the place where the Wuhui army landed, camped, and fought with the Jiuli army was not in the territory of the Guli tribe at all. The nearest village of the Guli tribe was eighty miles away. That area*
*****It turned out to be the territory occupied by Xiu She!
Not to mention after Jiuli moved south, even before Xuanyuan defeated Chi You, Xiu Snake had already been entrenched in that area. The place where Xiu Snake was entrenched was originally uninhabitable. After a great battle between Bo Yi and Xiu Snake, the trees were destroyed and the mountains collapsed.
Only then did a large area of land get leveled.
After Bo Yi killed all the evil spirits in the Southern Wilderness, the Jiuli tribes could take advantage of the opportunity to expand their territory, but their numbers were limited and they could not set foot in too many places in a short period of time. Of course, Wu Hui's surprise attack required surprise. The route he chose to land and march,
It is an area where there are no civilian activities. No matter how you calculate it, it is an unowned land before the war begins. (To be continued.)