Gu Lai had a look of disbelief on his face. He looked at the Bone Clan nobles present, hoping that some of them would stand up and tell him that Gu Zhilong had lied. However, none of the Bone Clan nobles present stood up and spoke.
"Then what?" Ma Xiaoquan suddenly interrupted, raising his eyebrows with interest.
Gu Zhilong breathed out: "When I was a proton in the Katie tribe, I met Gu Lai's mother, the love of my life - Haimo. We were in love with each other, and we even made a private commitment for life. But
Later, the Bone Clan and the Katie Clan intermarried and wanted to marry me, Moer, to my brother. How could I accept this?"
Bone Zhilong shook his head helplessly: "With no choice, Mo'er can only marry my brother, but she is no longer perfect, so my brother is naturally angry... As the next leader of the Bone Clan, my brother naturally has to ask for help.
The Katy clan sought an explanation. Under pressure, the Katy clan betrothed their brother to a new woman. However, my Mo'er was locked up in a separate courtyard by his brother and was never allowed to come out... But at this time,
Mo'er is pregnant again..." At this point, Gu Zhilong said helplessly, "I have tried to rescue Mo'er many times and fly away with her, but Mo'er refused. She said that if she and I
If they leave together, the Bone Clan and the Katie Clan will become enemies, so for the sake of harmony between the two clans, Mo'er is willing to sacrifice herself..."
Gu Lai couldn't help it anymore and asked: "Then who is my father?"
Gu Zhilong chuckled: "Your father is naturally my brother. Before your mother married your father, she never had any physical contact with me."
"Then how did my father die?" Gu Lai asked again.
Gu Zhilong did not hide anything, and said simply: "I killed your father. As for your mother, how could I kill her? Your mother was still sick and hesitant, and your father didn't care, so she died of grief and anger.
of."
"Why did you kill him? Is it because of my mother?"
Gu Zhilong looked at Gu Lai and nodded: "That's right, because your father never cared about your mother, even when your mother was seriously ill, he didn't care. I think you should know this better than me.
You were still young at that time, so you probably rarely saw your father, but I think your mother never made you resent him, right?"
Gu Lai closed his eyes, and the scene from his childhood slowly emerged in his mind. After a long time, he opened his eyes and asked: "What do you want?"
Bone Zhilong chuckled, looked at Ma Xiaoquan, and said, "I wonder what your Lord, the Crown Prince, wants from my Bone Clan people?"
Ma Xiaoquan asked: "Do the Bone Clan people really eat people?"
Gu Zhilong was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "We are cannibals, but we eat only our own people."
"What's the meaning?"
Gu Zhilong explained: "Everyone in the Bone Clan has a disease. When they reach a certain age, their whole body will suffer severe pain. They must eat human flesh to relieve it. And the human flesh we eat is the flesh of our own clan. Outside of
Tribesmen, we won’t eat them if they are given to us. Well, here are the bones... I think you should understand the pain you have endured every time you get sick over the years, right..."
There was no gnawing sound on the bones, but judging from his expression, he did have this strange disease.
"The foreigners think that my Bone tribe is crazy, but how can they understand our pain?" Bone Zhilong smiled helplessly, "Human flesh is not delicious. By the way, our tribe, when fighting, treats those who die in battle.
The best way to kill or seriously injured tribesmen who cannot be cured is to eat them to prevent them from dying in the wilderness."
"I see..." Ma Xiaoquan hummed and asked, "Are any of your tribesmen immune to this strange disease?"
Gu Zhilong nodded: "Children born after three consecutive marriages between our tribe and outsiders will generally not have this disease."
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and said: "I understand, the cause of your disease must be caused by intermarriage among relatives, right? Well, in order to ensure pure blood, right?"
"How do you know?"
Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand: "Don't worry about how I know this. If you do this, the child will be fine at first, but then his physical condition will get worse and worse, right?"
"Well, that's right... His Majesty is so clear about it. Is there a good way?"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "It's very simple. From now on, there will be no internal intermarriage. Well, in other words, internal intermarriage will be gradually reduced. This strange disease will gradually disappear."
"How can this be done?" A Bone Clan noble shook his head and asked, "Wouldn't it mean that our Bone Clan cannot guarantee pure bloodline?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled: "The price of pure bloodline is getting worse and worse. Only by ensuring continuous strong genes can the continuation of a clan be guaranteed."
"Genes? What are...genes?"
Ma Xiaoquan snorted, scratched his head and said, "Anyway, if you want to be strong, you must abandon the current outdated concept of intermarriage~"
"There are so many people in our tribe, how easy is it?" Gu Zhilong shook his head helplessly.
"Well, although it's not easy, you still have to do it. Bone Zhilong, I see that you are not too young. You just said that you have never remarried. Well, as the current leader of the Bone Clan, you should set an example.
Get married first!"
"How can this be done?" Before Bone Zhilong could speak, a Bone Clan noble said, "How can we say that the marriage of the clan leader is possible? Even if it is possible, we must first arrange for the marriage of a woman in my clan. The clan leader, my daughter has already
Adulthood, you see......"
"Bang~" Before the noble finished speaking, Ma Xiaoquan dropped the teacup on the ground and looked at the noble, "The Bone Clan has surrendered. I guess you don't have to worry about what to do, right?"
"Surrender?" The noble was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily, "Who said that our Bone Clan surrendered? We are here to negotiate."
"Haha~~" Ma Xiaoquan stood up and stretched out his right hand. A red flame burst out from the palm of his hand. When the Bone Tribe noble saw it, he immediately shrank his neck and hid in fear.
"If the Bone Clan wants to fight again, I'll be happy to accompany you~"
"Your Majesty the Crown Prince~" Gu Zhilong rolled his eyes at the nobleman, stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Since the inner city gate has been opened, we naturally don't need to fight anymore. If we continue to fight, it will actually be neither good for you nor me~"
"Hoo~" Ma Xiaoquan blew out the flames and said with a smile, "You are right to say that. I really don't want to fight you anymore. After all, this is Hongzhou that I want. You are a bone clan, and I don't want to fight with you anymore."
Not interested, of course, since Hongzhou is the inherent territory of Heiqing Kingdom, what I hope is that you all agree with this concept instead of working independently, do you understand?"
"Of course..." Gu Zhilong was the first to express his stance.
"I need some soldiers from the Bone Clan to join our coalition~" Ma Xiaoquan put forward a condition, "In addition, half of the current supplies in the inner city must be given to me."
"What?" Gu Zhilong was a little reluctant, "Your Majesty, I have no objection to my people, but the supplies in the inner city... I'm afraid this is inappropriate~"
"Yeah, I've given it to you, what else do we have to eat? What's more, there are only two of you in the inner city right now. We can order people to surround you and kill you. There will be no dragons...ah~~"
Before the interfering Bone Tribe noble could finish his words, Ma Xiaoquan burned him with a burst of red lotus fire. In the blink of an eye, the noble was burned to the point of being vaporized, leaving not even ashes left.
"Who else has any opinions?" Ma Xiaoquan clapped his hands.
In the hall, some nobles were originally eager to give it a try, but they were frightened when they saw Ma Xiaoquan's thunderous methods. Anyway, even if the supplies in the inner city were reduced by half, they could still eat well.
There was silence.
"Very good~" Ma Xiaoquan smiled with satisfaction and said to Gu Zhilong, "You have been the leader of the Bone Clan for so long, and you are familiar with it. Gu Lai is not the material to be the leader. The grievances between you two,
Actually, I don’t think Gu Lai would mind too much, right, Gu Lai?”
Gu Lai nodded and said: "I don't have much affection for my father. I even hate him for neglecting my mother. So for his death, I will not seek revenge from you, but my mother's death may be more..."
It may have something to do with you, so I won’t forgive you, Bone Zhilong~"
Gu Zhilong sighed: "Okay, since you think so, then I accept it~"
...
After leaving the inner city, Gu Lai asked Ma Xiaoquan thoughtfully, what should we do next?
Ma Xiaoquan turned his head and glanced at the inner city, and said with a smile: "Notify us and prepare to take over the Bone Clan."
"What? Didn't you say you won't fight?"
Ma Xiaoquan sneered: "I definitely won't fight, but didn't you see that Gu Zhilong actually wants to discuss some other issues with me."
"What's the problem?"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "This strange disease of the Bone Clan is caused by intermarriage between blood relatives in the clan. It takes less than a day to freeze three feet. If you want to get rid of this problem, you can only..." At this point, Ma Xiaoquan stretched out his hand.
Made a killing motion.
"Ah? This..." Although Gu Lai left the Bone Clan at a very young age, he is still a member of the Bone Clan after all.
"Gu Lai, you are still too young and you don't understand many things. After the Bone Clan's affairs are settled, I'll leave you here to learn from your uncle."
"Hmm~~" Gu Lai didn't refuse.
"I do this, firstly, because of your true identity, and secondly, because you are a member of the Bone Clan."
Gu Lai was stunned for a moment, how did Prince Xindao know that I was from Tianji Hall?
In fact, Ma Xiaoquan did not know that the true identity of Gu Lai he mentioned was that he was a high-ranking noble of the Bone Clan, but Gu Lai understood it to mean that Ma Xiaoquan knew that he was a member of Tianji Hall.
Gu Lai sighed in his heart: It is really too dangerous to follow this person. It is a good choice for him to let me stay. At least I can report directly to the king.
...
Late at night, Ma Xiaoquan meditated alone in the tent. (To be continued)
