Chapter 42: Appointment (Part 2)
The holy city of the human race has towering majestic and extremely strong city walls. From the outside, this huge city is like a terrifying giant beast that has never been seen before, lying on the ground of the Great Wilderness, looking down coldly at the surrounding fields.
This holy city itself seems to have a powerful force that can shock people.
From ancient times to the present, even in a powerful era, the people of the Wilderness have never had such a city, because most Wilderness tribes do not have the concept of a city. They like to live in the vast sky and earth, they like to gallop and roam, and they don’t like to be banned in some place, except their tribes.
This may be the biggest difference between the human race and the wild race.
On this day, Ji Hou took Wen Yun to the high wall near the south gate of the holy city. Looking down at the distance, looking at the vast wilderness, he seemed a little dazzled.
Generally speaking, ordinary people cannot come to the high walls. This is the garrison territory of the Four Symbol Army, while the garrison army here at the South Gate is the Xuanwu Guard. The blessing of the black turtle old guard who is usually strictly required and trained, and the guard is very strict here and ordinary people cannot come at all.
However, Ji Yu is not an ordinary person. Not only is he powerful, but in a sense, he is also the backer of Xuanwu Guard and Gui Weichi, so he can naturally come to the high wall and then drive all the soldiers guarding nearby to the distance.
Those who can do this are naturally powerful, but the method of the fish is actually very simple. Calling the black turtle Gui Weichi up, and then everything will be solved.
At this moment, there were only the three of them standing on this large section of the high wall nearby.
Wen Yun and Gui Weichi stood behind Ji Hou and could see the rare look of painstaking thought on his face. It seemed that something had been hesitating in his heart.
After standing for a while, he suddenly asked, "Wen Yun, did the patriarch of the White Horse Tribe come to the Holy City today?"
Wen Yun nodded immediately and said, "Yes, the person who sent the letter also said that they were willing to give generous gifts and promise to pay tribute every year, but they just hoped to surrender and fall under your command of the head of the family."
Ji Hou nodded and said, "Of course it's good, and to show my sincerity, didn't I come here by myself?"
Wen Yun smiled and said, "If you can get an elder like you to personally welcome him, the White Horse Clan leader must be overjoyed and cry out, and his loyalty to our Ji family in the future is expected."
Ji Hou smiled and said, "The White Horse Tribe is rich in horses, especially their war horses are the best in the wasteland. They have always been purchased by the Four Symbol Army and the Four Guards. I should be here to serve the wise and the wise men."
As he said that, his eyes moved away from Wen Yun who was admiring, looked at Gui Weichi, who was expressionless, and said, "What's wrong, Old Turtle, you seem a little unhappy?"
Gui Weichi hummed and said, "I don't like these deserted people, I never like them."
Ji Hou reached out and patted his shoulder, but he wanted to speak but stopped. Finally, he just sighed faintly and said, "You have been dealing with them for so long, so you should relax."
Gui Weichi didn't speak.
A temporary silence fell on the city wall. After a moment, Wen Yun suddenly took a step forward, pointed to the edge of the earth in the distance and said, "Here, come, the White Horse Tribe is here."
Ji Hou looked away and saw a long queue slowly walking towards the edge of the earth. But when they saw clearly that the colorful flags were flying there, the many deserted people were dressed in gorgeous clothes, and even the styles were more like those worn by the people in the Holy City of the Human race, they were stunned.
"What's wrong with these deserted people?" Ji Hou asked in surprise. "I have seen many deserted tribes before, but this is the first time I have seen such a situation."
Gui Weichi frowned and said, "Probably, this White Horse Tribe is very rich, so I want to live a more comfortable life like our human race."
Ji Hou nodded, looking at him as he looked a little funny, but as he looked, his face slowly tensed, and even his brows frowned, as if he had thought of something worried.
Similar emotions have appeared on this elder Ji several times today. Both Wen Yun and Gui Weichi clearly felt them.
The two of them looked at each other. After a while, they heard Gui Weichi coughing, stood beside Ji Jun and said, "Elder Ji Jun, are you having any worries today? I haven't seen you like this for a long time."
Ji Hou was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly, hesitated for a moment, and simply said: "There is indeed something that is difficult to do. You must keep your mouth shut and help me think about what to do."
Gui Weichi also became serious and said, "You said."
"I need 350 strong and powerful people, living," Ji Hou said.
"Ah?" Wen Yun, who was standing beside him, was stunned for a moment and opened his mouth wide.
Gui Weichi also frowned, obviously he didn't expect Ji Hou to suddenly say this.
Ji Hou did not hide the two of their closest confidants. He immediately repeated the words of the high priest in the Great Pyramid Temple that day, and then smiled bitterly: "This is not easy to deal with. The three of us originally wanted to persuade the high priest together, but he directly asked an oracle, and the three of us had nothing to say, so we had to take on this task."
"Turn away the deserters into the inner ring to build roads?" Wen Yun murmured, unable to speak for a long time, "It's very difficult."
Ji Hou nodded and said, "I know that the rule passed down from generation to generation by the ancestors of the Wild People is to prevent them from approaching the sacred mountain. It is indeed difficult for the Wild People to admire their ancestors."
Gui Weichi suddenly spoke, "The high priest gave you one thousand orders?"
Ji Hou coughed and then said seriously: "It's not the high priest, it's the god, it's the miracle that the gods descended. The high priest just conveys it."
Gui Weichi was silent for a moment and suddenly said, "This is not difficult, it is easy to deal with."
Ji Hou and Wen Yun were both surprised and looked at Gui Weichi and said, "How do you say this?"
Gui Weichi put one hand on the city wall, and while watching the team of the white horse tribe gradually approaching, he suddenly sneered and said, "When you look at the people of this white horse tribe, do you feel that they look like us?"
Ji Hou nodded slightly.
Gui Weichi said, "Not surprising, because they learned from us on purpose."
"I learned it on purpose?" Ji Hou and Wen Yun exclaimed in unison.
Gui Weichi sighed and said, "You two are almost in the holy city on weekdays and have few opportunities to contact these deserted tribes, but my Xuanwu Guard is here. They will send people out to patrol from time to time on weekdays. They will naturally know more than you."
He pointed to the team of the White Horse Tribe, and suddenly felt a hint of mocking on his face, saying, "The Huang people are the enemy of our human race. It has been since ancient times and the present, and it has not been silent for more than a hundred years. There are many unruly things in the Huang people, but as they come into contact with us, the gap between the different rich and the poor in the tribe is getting bigger and bigger, and naturally there will be different situations."
"These tribe leaders have long lost the ambition and arrogance that they had once circulated across the Great Wilderness. They have obtained too much money and enjoyed far more things than before, so their bones have become softer, and over time, their whole bodies have become softer."
Gui Weichi looked at Ji Hou with a sarcastic expression and said, "Do you think it's difficult to get hundreds of wasteland slaves in front of you? No, you just need to prepare enough money and take out enough enjoyment and entertainment to give it to these rich patriarchs. As long as they like it, you can buy it from them."
Wen Yun couldn't help asking, "What to buy?"
"Buy people." Gui Weichi said lightly, "Although these patriarchs are in high positions, they are actually corrupt and degenerate inner demons of our human race. As long as you pay enough money, they can help you get everything you want, including people."
Ji Hou suddenly laughed and said, "Do they even arrest their own people and sell them like animals?"
Gui Weichi nodded and said, "Yes. You don't have to participate in everything. You can save a good reputation and just pay secretly. Then, the courageous nobles will break their conscience and try every means to find excuses to capture their own tribe and send them over to you to do whatever you want."
The old man smiled, but his smile seemed a little cold, and said, "Look, sometimes they look at their shamelessness and cruelty, but they are actually similar to our human race, right?"
Wen Yun dared not speak.
But Ji Hou laughed, then nodded and said, "It's right."
Chapter completed!