Lao Ben has been very unhappy and helpless these past two days. Forget it, let’s not talk about it for now. Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. I don’t want to cause trouble for book friends————————The castle guards on the other side Watching this rapid scene with worry, they couldn't understand why these people slept on the floor faster than the entire team like themselves?
Those who should sleep have gone to sleep, but some people can't sleep yet. The bright sentry, dark sentry, and mobile sentry have begun to go on duty. At this time, the castle guards standing stupidly under the iodine tungsten lamp seem to be in the way.
"Elder Muba, let the guards go back! Let them have a good rest tonight. My people are guests from afar, and they will be on duty tonight. Also, please tell me the location of the toilet in the yard so that I can explain, otherwise they will But it’s very unruly, and it won’t be good if it makes the yard dirty.” Zhou Jiping said to Elder Muba with a smile, and he took over the castle defense task carelessly.
There is no need to give in at this time. Instead of both sides not trusting each other and being wary of each other, it is better for our side to take the lead. Anyway, with our own strength, the Bushmen do not have to worry about being disadvantageous to their chief.
Elder Muba looked enviously at the Damon soldiers who had already slept in the dark, and then looked at the castle guards who were still carrying large and small luggage and standing under the lamp waiting for a long time. The old man nodded helplessly, He waved to the guard leader who was waiting for his order, and dismissed the group of men who had not yet formed a team.
Maybe they were dwarfed by them, or maybe they were ashamed of themselves. Anyway, the next actions of the castle guards were very gentle, as if they were afraid of disturbing the Damon soldiers who had already fallen asleep.
"There are just some things I want to talk to the chief. If the chief still has time..." Elder Muba looked at Zhou Jiping apologetically.
"Oh, okay, where to go?" Zhou Jiping knew that the old man had something to say.
"That's right there!" Elder Muba said, pointing to the lighted guard room at the door.
Duka stood behind Zhou Jiping, hesitating whether to follow Zhou Jiping or go to bed. Zhou Jiping took two steps towards the guard room, looked back and saw Duka, and asked with a smile: "Duka, are you tired?"
Out of the habit he had developed during these days of training, Duka replied: "I'm not tired!"
Zhou Jiping tilted his head slightly and motioned for Duka to follow him.
"Please forgive Chief Lila for his inappropriate words just now." As soon as he sat down, Elder Muba said what he had been holding back for a long time.
"Haha," Zhou Jiping said with an indifferent smile: "It's okay, we are in a cooperative relationship now, this matter is nothing, I just hope that he will not go in the wrong direction on major matters in the future and cause irreparable mistakes."
In one sentence, he neither refutes Elder Muba's face nor warns Elder Muba. The implication of Zhou Jiping's words is: let him take good care of this slightly neurotic boy. If something happens in the future, it will be reasonable for Zhou Jiping to take any action. According to
Elder Muba sighed helplessly and said: "Back then, after the death of Chief Bomacho, Ngro Mountain fell into chaos. Some military officers wanted to usurp the throne. Wana was one of them. Now it seems that Bomacho was He had planned the death of the great chief for a long time."
Zhou Jiping couldn't help feeling sad for Wana, thinking that Wana had been blamed for it. But then he thought about it again and felt something was wrong: With Elder Muba being such a smart person, how could he really believe that he had the guts to kill the chief? How could people fail to identify the opportunity to successfully usurp the throne? This is illogical.
Thinking like this, Zhou Jiping's eyes turned to Elder Muba who had a calm gaze - calm, wise, and even scheming... The look in Elder Muba's eyes made Zhou Jiping's heart move, and he quickly denied the previous statement.
hypothesis
From the meaningful look in Elder Muba's eyes, Zhou Jiping could tell that Elder Muba had probably already guessed who was the culprit behind Bomaqiao's death. But the old man obviously saw further, and he was unwilling to reveal this seemingly innocent person.
It is a rigorous scam, just to allow the Damon and Bushman tribes to reach an understanding on the basis of this scam; to allow Engro to prosper through cooperation with Damon in the environment created by this scam.
——Elder Muba has really good intentions. Thinking of this, Zhou Jiping couldn't help but respect Elder Muba.
They could just forget about Damon's killing of their chief, so why should he bother Lila with saying a few wrong words? Thinking of this, the expression on Zhou Jiping's face suddenly relaxed.
Seeing Zhou Jiping's performance, a smile appeared on Elder Muba's somewhat old face. He continued the topic: "Later, in order to let Lila succeed me, I pretended to appease these officers, and then provoked them
When they fought with each other and lost a lot of strength, I had already brought Lila back from France. In this way, Lila was able to ascend to the position of chief. However, the military strength of Mount Engro was also reduced due to this.
"Big loss"
Elder Muba paused for a moment, and then sighed leisurely: "Lila is Bomaqiao's eldest son, and I watched him grow up when he was young. He was smart, kind, and studious. I was very optimistic about him back then.
After he came back to take over as the chief, I discovered that Lila was completely different from the simple and energetic successor of the chief when he was a child. He became a little nervous, a little irritable, and sometimes behaved very unconfidently.
He feels like he can do anything and I don’t understand what makes him like this?”
"Later I found out that it was the environment!" Elder Muba saw that Zhou Jiping was listening to him carefully, so he continued: "Lila has been trained as the successor of the chief since he was a child, so he is a little complacent and thinks that he
He was born a king. But when he went abroad and saw the outside world, he realized that he was just a poor boy from a barbaric tribe. At this time, his self-confidence was completely destroyed. He began to feel ashamed of himself. He thought that he was a member of an inferior race.
Ashamed, he envied those with noble ancestry and began to imitate their lifestyle and speaking style, even speaking in French..."
Speaking of this, Elder Muba shook his head helplessly.
It turned out to be because of this! No wonder Zhou Jiping, who had always thought Lila was weird, frowned helplessly and regretted Lila's fragile mental endurance. But why did Elder Muba tell him this?
"There's another thing I couldn't think of. Lila fell in love with a white girl when he was in France. Later, when I forcibly brought him back to succeed him as chief, he cut off contact with the girl and waited for his position as chief to be stable.
When he sent people back to find the girl, the girl was already married to a rich white man..."