With just a wave of his hand, two guards stepped forward, dragged Kusalian out of the felt bag, and waited for the clan leader's announcement.
Everyone in the camp focused their attention on Asher, and everyone wanted to know how this young white wolf Tucker would explain the assassination.
He glared angrily, showing too much emotion in his eyes.
Hatred, self-blame, and helplessness.
If looks could kill, Asher would probably have died a thousand times.
No one expected that the assassination incident that shocked the entire Naji clan was actually committed by Ashil Tucker!
It turned out that the so-called hunting trip was just to create evidence of alibi, and it turned out that the bag dropped in the felt tent was intended to divert trouble!
How long had he been thinking about this?
From this point of view, Tang Jun's temporary arrival gave him an excellent opportunity!
Seeing that the clan leader was so angry, Asher was so frightened that his knees weakened and he knelt down in front of Chief Suta.
"Uncle, I really didn't want to kill Brother Aesop. For God's sake, what I said is the truth."
Chief Suta wanted to give Asher a chance to admit his mistake, but he couldn't help but became furious when he saw that he was still making excuses.
After kicking Asher to the ground, Chief Suta said angrily: "Zhang, I think you are unrepentant. The facts are right in front of you and you still dare to quibble?"
After calming down a little, Chief Suta said loudly: "You and General Li were traveling at the same time when Aesop was assassinated. Why did you find this Han's trousers at the place where the murder was committed? It had been less than two days since the Tang army came to the camp and they were resting.
Do you have the time and energy to carry out the assassination? They have no grudges against us in the past, but do they have any motive for the assassination? After the assassination, the assassin deliberately left evidence on the felt tent. Is it because he was afraid that others would not know? "
After saying so much, Chief Suta was slightly panting. Suppressing the anger in his heart, he continued: "Who can't see such a cover-up? Besides, Kusa is your personal follower.
Right? Even he admitted it, but you still dare to deny it! I never thought that you would do such a thing of fratricide!"
Speaking of this, the anger in Chief Suta's tone had faded a bit, and was replaced by deep disappointment and heartache.
"If you admit your mistake now, maybe I can leave you a way out because of my relationship with my uncle and nephew. If I wait until the evidence is conclusive, there will be nothing I can do."
After finishing his words, Chief Suta left Asher with a silhouette of his back, looking so lonely and desolate.
Unexpectedly, the always kind-hearted Ashil Tucker actually laughed and said: "Since you have already determined that the murderer is me, what else can I say? If you want to cancel my identity as heir, just say so, why do you use
Such despicable means? To be honest, I have never thought about being the leader of the Naji tribe. But when I think of that Han barbarian who will become the chief of the sacred White Wolf tribe, I feel sick! You always use your harsh standards
You asked me once, but did you ask me if I was willing? Since I was a child, you have always cultivated me like a patriarch, but have you ever given me some uncle-like love? Uncle, I just imagine that you are like an ordinary person.
I live happily, but you always use shackles to restrain me until I can’t breathe!”
"What's more, you didn't want to pass on the position of clan leader to me at all. You did it just to show it to the clan. I am just the preparation for that person. Even if there is only a chance, you have to put gold in his face! Just do it!
Take the tough battle with the Qiang people three years ago as an example. At that time, I only led 500 cavalry around the Qiang people's camp. I rushed and killed them without hesitation, completely cutting off the Qiang people's retreat.
This miraculous function will make you, the patriarch, think more highly of me. But who knew..."
Speaking of this, Asher glared at Chief Suta angrily and said hatefully: "That's the man who took away everything from me. He just killed dozens of Qiang people in the front, so why should he be included in the list?"
No. 1 in military merit? Just because he is your only son, you have to suppress everyone who threatens his status, even me? Have you thought about it for your tribe? Have you thought about it for me? You always find all kinds of things.
I have the opportunity to gain popularity and cultivate confidants for him, but I don’t know that my heart is bleeding!”
Without pausing at all, Asher continued: "You said that in the Naji tribe, I am the favorite child, and you have always delegated family affairs to me. But have you ever given me half of the care you gave to that person?
Ever since I was little, you have always praised me for being respectful and polite in front of my clan members, but have you ever given me a real reward? You deliberately trained that person to help you deal with clan affairs, and as long as I mentioned clan affairs, you would
Change of face. From the beginning, you have only used me seriously but not reused me. In the final analysis, it is not because I am not your biological flesh and blood!"
After saying these words, Asher felt that twenty years of grievances had been poured out in an instant, and he felt very relieved.
"What's good about that Han man? He has the blood of a pariah. Letting him inherit the position of patriarch is an insult to Changshengtian! If I kill him, okay, even if I kill him, he should have died long ago.
If he dies, the White Wolf tribe will not be cursed by the Immortal Heaven, and if he dies, the tribe will not be affected by the evil spirit of the Tang Dynasty and Tubo!"
After hearing this, Chief Suta pointed his right index finger at Asher angrily, and the muscles of his arm twitched involuntarily. Suddenly, he was so angry that a column of blood spurted out of his mouth and he passed out.
There was chaos in the felt tent. Chen Wenjing stood up angrily and pushed Asher away and ran to Chief Suta's side. She tried to breathe for a while and saw that she was still breathing. Chen Wenjing, who was usually gentle and elegant, actually shouted sharply at Asher:
"What are you waiting for? Go call the priest (Note 1). Do you really want to piss the clan leader to death?"
Only then did Asher react and stumbled out of the tent.
...
After about half a cup of tea, a bare-chested priest wearing rough animal skin trousers strode into the tent with Asher.
I saw that his whole body was covered with the hair of birds and animals, and his face was painted with various sand colors and patterns.
Although Li Kuo scorned such priests, he couldn't say much at the moment and could only wait and see what happened.
The priest held a clay pot filled with water and walked slowly to the side of Chief Suta. He sat half-sitting on the bed and muttered something in his mouth. For a long time, he dipped his fingers into a few drops of "holy water" and sprinkled it on the bones of the body.
On the forehead. Then the priest recited a few more mantras and quickly pulled out a few pieces of yellow rough paper from the animal skin storehouse and pasted them on the spot where the holy water had just been dripped.
After about a cup of tea, the fingers of Chief Suta's right hand trembled slightly. Everyone was overjoyed and gathered around him.
The priest gave a sharp scolding, indicating that the clan leader needed to rest. Everyone had no choice but to retreat.
The priest recited a few more mantras, and Chief Suta slowly opened his eyes.
With a slight wave of his hand, Chief Suta indicated that he was fine. From the sweating on his temples, it could be seen that he was really old. After this fainting spell, all the hidden dangers of years of overwork and illness finally broke out.
Although his life is not in danger, after this incident, he will definitely not be able to do as many things as he did before.
Seeing that his uncle had woken up, Ashiltak crawled to the bedside and cried: "It's all the fault of the child. The child has let the uncle down. The child is allowed to be dealt with by the uncle according to the clan rules, and he will never dare to do anything wrong.
Complain."
When Chief Suta saw that the person coming was Asher, he turned his head towards him and remained silent.
Asher just wanted to express all his thoughts quickly. Little did he know that his words did not consider Chief Suta's feelings at all. He actually treated his uncle as a stranger when talking. How could he?
Can it not chill Chief Suta?
Words are more hurtful than war, and people's hearts are more unpredictable than ghosts and gods!
The atmosphere became quite awkward, and for a while everyone didn't know how to deal with it.
"Abba, Abba, what's wrong with you!" At this moment, Aina had already entered the felt tent and rushed towards the inner tent. She had just learned about the changes in the clan from her close relatives, and she was filled with grief and anger at this moment.
She has lost her closest brother, and she will never allow her father to be hurt in the slightest again!
Opening the curtain made of yellow sheepskin, Aina rushed in quickly.
"Abba!"
As soon as she saw the haggard-looking father on Hu's bed, Aina burst into tears, stepped forward and knelt down beside the bed.
"Aina, you're here." Chief Suta waved his hand, a smile appearing on his wrinkled face.
"Abba, I'm here, I'm here!"
Aina held the hands of Chief Suta tightly and responded repeatedly.
"Your brother, he..." The Suta clan chief choked in his throat and finally swallowed the words that came to his lips.
"I know everything, I know everything!" Aina couldn't bear to make her father sad anymore and hurriedly said it for him.
"You have done evil, you have done evil!" Patriarch Suta beat his thigh and said angrily: "What evil did I, Suta, do in my last life? Changshengtian sent their brothers to kill each other to punish me. Isoko is Shi'er's relative
Cousin, why can’t this child tolerate him?”
Aina let go of her father's calloused hand and glared at Asher: "Sheer, how could you do such a thing? You, are you still a human being?"
Asher had completely collapsed at this moment, curled up in a corner with his head in his hands and laughed.
"Haha, dead, all dead. It's good to die, it's good to die..."
"God's will, God's will. If I had agreed to Aesop's request, he would not have suffered such misfortune." Chief Suta waved his hand and said: "Pull him down, demote him to a slave, and never be allowed to escape."
Note 1: Priest: that is, the wizard of the nomadic tribe. As the wizard who presides over religious sacrifices in the nomadic tribes, in the primitive tribe and clan era, most of them were served by the elders of the clan and the close followers of the tribal leader. It is said that this kind of wizard can not only communicate through
God can also communicate with ghosts and gods. It is said that he can reach the people's will from above and convey the divine decree below. He can predict good and bad luck, eliminate disasters and cure diseases. He can also engage in omens, divination, and perform witchcraft such as summoning souls and exorcising ghosts.
In the eyes of the nomads, they are the bridge and media between humans and gods, and are also regarded as the spokespersons of gods on some occasions. In short, shamans enjoy a very high prestige in the minds of the Tibetan ancestors.
Today, the White Wolf tribe has been completely assimilated into a part of the Tibetan tribe. Tracing back to their origins, there should have been wizards of this type in their tribe at that time.
ps: I was so exhausted that I collapsed while reviewing for the exam... I had to finish a chapter late at night, and I felt resentful...
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