In the early morning of the next day, the Wusun riders, who had been partying all night in Qiuci City, gathered in front of the Qiuci Palace one after another.Some of them were drunk, and dug deep to find all the wine in the city; Some of them were covered with thick silk silks, which they had snatched from the homes of the rich; Some of them had obvious female scratches on their faces, and as for the result of the victim's struggle to resist, Ren Hong didn't want to know.He had seen the ferocious side of the Wusun people last night, like hungry wolves who had been starving for days and were put into the sheepfold, killing and abusing all over the city, and the fires burning in some places had not yet been extinguished.But even so, Ren Hong still has to be with him, because this is the best card in his hand.Ren Hong suddenly remembered that when she and Liu Yaoguang first met, she pointed to the Wusun people on the beacon and said what she said, and she loved and hated these people.Love their simplicity and bravery, hate their savagery and cruelty.Liu Yaoguang was standing at the head of the Qiuzi Palace, his face was unprecedentedly solemn, and General Wusun and Yuan Guimi were also there.The tangled Yuan Guimi is one of the protagonists today, and the one who wants to sing against him is the king of Qiuzi who is bound with his hands tied and kneeling at the head of the city.This is the second time Ren Hong has seen Jiang Bin, he is no longer the elegant prince who can sing and dance, but the embarrassed king of the dead country, the only thing that remains unchanged is the long black hair.It is said that King Guizi bathed with oil and spices every day to make his hair shiny and emit an attractive fragrance that swirls and flutters.It is said that last night, a turtle slave persuaded Jiangbin to cut his hair, pretending to abscond, and it was dark, so he might be able to get away with it.But Jiang Bin refused, and with his conspicuous long hair, he drunk himself with wine, and tied himself up at the bedside of the golden lion's beard."
Ren Jun, what is this going to do?"
Han Dang couldn't help but be surprised when he saw that the Wusun people were gathering more and more, and they were surprisingly quietly sitting cross-legged around and waiting."
There's going to be a ceremony later."
Ren Hong said lightly."
The coming-of-age ceremony of the Wusun people is similar to the crown ceremony of the noble family or Confucianism in the Central Plains."
Who's an adult?"
Han Dangdang was even more curious.Ren Hong pointed to Yuan Guimi above: "Big Prince, Yuan Guimi." ”Although Princess Xie Wu has been with Wusun for more than 20 years, it was not until 19 years ago that she married the fat king, and Yuan Guimi was not even 19 years old.And Yaoguang is also a twenty-eight girl."
See what's on the reins of the Wusun horses?"
Ren Hongchao pouted beside him, and Han Dangdang saw that the horses of several Wusun warriors were tied to the bloody human scalps on the reins."
The way the Wusun people remember their merits is different from that of the Han Dynasty, they do not behead their heads, only cut their scalps, and after processing, they are hung in a conspicuous position with the reins.""
And the rite of passage of the nobles of the Wusun people is similar, in addition to killing people, cutting off their scalps, they also drink the blood of the first enemy he kills, and the higher the status of the person killed, the more respected the adult warrior becomes.""
Drink human blood?"
Even Han Dangdang, who had cut off the heads of many Huns, was terrified when he heard it, but Ren Hong only muttered: "I just don't know if this Yuan Gui is good?"
If he can't do it in front of everyone, he won't be able to support him at all in Wusun Kingdom!
”Jiang Bin was already a lamb to the slaughter, but even so, he tried to talk to Yaoguang."
Princess, do you want to translate?"
The translator asked Yaoguang.She immediately turned her head away: "No need. ”Whether it's spitting, cursing, or begging for mercy, it's pointless.In particular, these words may affect the brother's determination.If you can understand what the sheep is bleating for before killing it, and you can still eat its meat?"
All of this is the fault of King Qiuzi's family, my guards, Ren Jun's robes, can't die in vain."
Princess Yaoguang tried hard to convince herself, but she still felt that the price paid by Qiuzi, especially ordinary people, for King Qiuci's stupid behavior was indeed too great."
The Great Prince!"
At this time, General Wusun Right held the knife in both hands and handed it to Yuan Guimi: "Everyone has gathered, it's time to do it." ”This is the way that the Right General found to establish his prestige with Yuan Guimi, who could guarantee that he would assist Yuan Guimi in a good fight, and connived at the plundering of the Wusun people who participated in it, and returned with a full load, and when they returned, they would boast about the prince's generosity to all the Wusun people.But Yuan Guimi also has things that must be experienced in person: in front of everyone, kill King Qiuzi, cut his scalp, drink his blood, and complete the coming-of-age ceremony!
This incident will become a feat passed down by word of mouth in Wusun, thus helping Yuan Guimi win more people's support in the matter of heirs.But after Yuan Guimi took the knife, his hand trembled slightly.He was educated in two very different ways from an early age: Princess Xie wanted her children not to forget their identity as the grandson of the Han family, so she taught them to read and write, and read the Analects of Filial Piety for them.Under the influence of his ears and eyes, the words benevolence and righteousness have melted into Yuan Guimi's blood, and he hopes that he can become a bandit gentleman in the book.But in addition to receiving the education of Han-style etiquette, he had to accept the hunting and killing tempering of the Wusun people, proud of the greedy wolf, and ashamed of benevolence, but his riding and archery skills couldn't even catch up with Wu's slaughter, let alone his sister Yaoguang.These two completely different lives almost tear Yuan Guimi apart, and he can only cope with it tiredly.For the sake of his mother and family, he worked hard to become a Wusun person, take responsibility, and be the chief general of this war.Along the way, the Wusun people's habitual plundering and slaughtering made Yuan Guimi frown frequently and wanted to stop it, but the right general told him that not only should not be stopped, but should be encouraged and connived."
That's how we can win the hearts of the Wusun people."
Yuan Guimi was helpless, so he could only leave wine every day and make himself numb.He also killed people, and when he was on the road, the right general captured the turtle to Yuan Guimi to practice.But Yuan Guimi often used arrows to solve it remotely, refusing to be stained with blood, and did not dare to look into the eyes of the dead.At this moment, watching Yuan Guimi slowly approaching with a knife, Jiang Bin realized something, raised his head and looked at Yuan Guimi, his eyes full of fear.Standing behind Jiang Bin, Yuan Guimi's hand hung down weakly, and he muttered, "I still can't do it." ”The right general was a little angry, more than ten years ago, he was attracted by the maid Feng Yan who relieved his worries, and despite the opposition of the family, he married her as a wife, and also joined the camp of the lord of Chu with all his heart.And their only hope is Yuan Guimi.He approached Yuan Guimi and forced him: "Big Prince, you have to do it!"
This is the only way to win the admiration of the Wusun people and compete with Nimi for the position of Kunmi in the future.The fat king's health is not as good as before, do you want to watch the Lord of Chu fall into the hands of the Xiongnu princess and her heirs, and let her be humiliated?
”Yaoguang also walked over, as a strong sister, for the first time in her life, she said to Yuan Guimi in a pleading tone: "Brother, we have relied on my mother for more than ten years, but my mother is old, when I combed her hair in Wusun, I saw her have her first gray hair, and when I combed it again the next day, she had secretly plucked it out, and I didn't want to know. ”"Yaoguang and Wannian are going to Chang'an as an alliance to persuade the Han Emperor and Zhu Qing to give his mother more support.Da Le and Su Guang are still young, and you are the only one who can rely on your mother in Wusun!
”"Brother, if possible, I am willing to do this on behalf of my brother, but Yaoguang is a daughter, and this knife must be cut by you!"
The sound of one left and one right made Yuan Guimi's ears buzz, and the concept and reality in his heart fought fiercely, and finally gritted his teeth and stood behind Jiangbin again."
Tell Janbin."
Yuan Guimi still left a trace of love and mercy, and said to the translator: "I must cut his scalp in public, but I can save his life." ”After listening to this, Jiang Bin responded excitedly.When the translator relayed his words to Yuan Guimi, Prince Wusun was stunned."
Jiang Bin said that the eldest prince could take his life, but please keep his hair, according to the rules of Qiuzi, if you don't have your hair, you can't go to see your ancestors.""
Hahaha."
Yuan Guimi smiled and burst into tears.The paranoia of the Turtles about their hair, this morbid etiquette.The Wusun people's enthusiasm for the scalp is fierce to the bone.Together, they form this absurd scene.Yuan Guimi shook his head, took a step forward, grabbed Jiangbin's hair violently, and the blade pierced into his scalp, and in Jiangbin's terrible screams and the fanatical cheers of the Wusun people, the sharp knife cut down little by little!
When Ren Hong came to the inner city, he saw Yuan Guimi, whose hands were covered with blood, lying on the ground, spitting out everything in his stomach.Including the whole bowl of human blood he drank, Jiang Bin was still dead, and after Yuan Guimi cut his scalp, he gave him a clean pleasure.It was that knife that made Ren Hong feel that this Yuan Gui seemed to be a little saved.Fortunately, when he was on the city wall, Yuan Guimi managed to withstand the nausea and completed his coming-of-age ceremony under the auspices of the right general, otherwise if the Wusun people saw this scene in front of them, I am afraid that they would become the eternal laughing stock of the Wusun Kingdom.Yuan Guimi didn't dare to look at the scalp with long black hair in the corner, so he only squatted in the corner, looked at Ren Hong who was standing in front of him, and said with a wry smile: "Ren Zhi, I really envy you, you can be born in a big Han." ”"In this way, you don't have to be like me, to do this beastly behavior of hairy and blood-drinking.""
You're wrong, eldest prince, the Great Han wasn't the country of etiquette and music from the beginning."
Ren Hong shook his head: "I heard that before the Duke of Zhou established the etiquette system, King Wu of Zhou also personally cut off the heads of King Zhou and Daji; Before Jing Xiaowu perfected the Han etiquette system, Empress Gao also forced the princes to eat the minced meat made from Peng Yue's corpse. ”"Zhou Hanshang is like this, in this world, how can there be a place where etiquette and music are suddenly flourishing without first barbarism?"
Ren Hong handed over the silk towel and asked Yuan Guimi to wipe the blood and saliva from his mouth, but asked him with a smile: "Does the eldest prince want to change the cruel customs of Wusun?"
Let them no longer be greedy and cruel, but be like you, and have righteousness in their hearts?
”Yuan Guimi raised his head: "Of course I want to, but" "However, you have to become the king first and become the Wusun Kunmi who convinces the Wusun people before you can change." ”Ren Hong patted him on the shoulder: "The eldest prince has taken the first step to become a king today, but you still have a long way to go. ”Yuan Guimi was still reminiscing about Ren Hong's words, and Ren Hong walked slowly towards the city wall.Liu Yaoguang is still on top, she is not a person who is easy to kill, after the killing in the name of revenge, only emptiness was left in her heart, and only then did she hear the conversation between Ren Hong and Yuan Guimi.Then Yaoguang was surprised to find that his brother seemed to cheer up a little, this Ren Hong is indeed very good at persuading people, no wonder his mother said that he is quite a man."
Does Ren Jun also think that Wusun's customs are too cruel and greedy?"
She asked whimfully.Ren Hong smiled: "I secretly thought that being too merciful to the enemy was cruel to the robe. ”"By the way, does the princess know?
The whole body of the peacock is a treasure, the meat can be eaten, the gall can be used as medicine, and the tail feather can be used as a decoration. ”He pulled out his knife and showed his cold-blooded side for the first time in front of Yaoguang: "The same is true of King Qiuzi, everyone is dead, and after all, he has to make the best use of everything, Wusun took Jiangbin's scalp and blood, and what the Han needs is his head." ”He is not good at killing the living, but he is quite good at whipping the dead, Ren Hong walked towards the corpse of Jiangbin and raised the knife in his hand!"
Chang'an Beique, Loulan Wang Angui's head has been hanging for a long time, it's time to take it off and replace it with a new one!"
By the afternoon, the Wusun people had finally ended their slaughter and revelry and left the city one after another.At Ren Hong's suggestion, except for the Bai Li family, most of the nobles in Qiuzi City were taken captive and became slaves of Wusun with their hands tied, while most of the civilians survived, with scars and tears wiping their tears to clean up their dilapidated homes.Ren Hong made Bai Li the lord of the city to maintain order in the city, and Yuan Guimi also regained his spirit and became more active.They planned to let 1,000 men escort slaves and booty back to Wusun first, while the remaining 3,000 horsemen continued to march with Ren Hongdong to relieve the siege of the Han army in Luntai.But before the army could set out, the Wusun captured several Qiuzi messengers who had returned from the city to report the news.And from his mouth, Ren Hong learned a worrying news: "The outer city of Luntai has been captured three days ago!"
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