Jin Chen sighed and said: "I originally thought that Yinyue, who grew up with me since childhood, would have the same thoughts as me. But when I came back this time, I suddenly realized." Jin Chen gave a bitter smile and did not continue.
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Li Mu frowned slightly. He keenly discovered the loopholes in Jin Chen's words and said: "Are you lying? I heard someone said that women are in charge of your Camel Valley. You, the leader, are a woman, and that high priest is a woman."
She’s also a woman, so why is Yin Yue’s father the clan leader? Ha, the secret is revealed!”
Jin Chen smiled and said: "Master Hou, the name here is different from that in the Central Plains. Our father is what the Central Plains calls mother."
"Oh." Li Mu asked jokingly with a tone of "I believe it": "What about your 'mother'?"
"No."
"No?" Li Mu got angry and said, "You are so perfunctory with me, and you still expect me to help?"
"Really not." Jin Chen explained: "We all only have a 'father' and no mother. When our people are of the right age to have children, they will go to the bonfire beside the sacred spring at night. If they see the person they like,
," Jin Chen paused and continued: "...until the pregnancy, so we don't know who the 'father' is."
Li Mu was stunned. This custom was quite fierce! The so-called free love in later generations was not so free. He subconsciously asked: "Then you..."
Jin Chen had stayed in Chang'an for so long, so he naturally understood the difference between the customs of the Central Plains and the Yin people. He could understand what Li Mu meant, and said angrily: "I don't want to have children, so why would I go to Shenquan at night?
Lord Marquis, aren't you mocking me?"
"I'm not that boring," Li Mu curled his lips and said.
Jin Chen lowered his head and looked at him. Seeing that he was silent again, he continued his topic: "Master Hou, aren't you curious as to why I tried every possible means to deceive you?"
"I'm not curious." Li Mu choked back and said, "I'd like to reiterate, you not only lied to me, but you also kidnapped me. Taken together, I will never forgive you, so no matter you
I don’t care what you say to me.”
Jin Chen gave a bitter smile and said: "Yes, if you hate me so much, how can you help me... But I still want to say, listen to what I have to say, and I will let you go."
"Really?" Li Mu said suspiciously: "You will let me go? I am not a generous person. If you let me go, aren't you afraid of my revenge? Even though you are far away from the Tang Dynasty, if I want
To take revenge, it is not difficult to call in tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to level this place!"
Jin Chen sighed heavily: "I'm afraid I'll be dead when the Marquis mobilizes his troops... Gaochang colludes with the Western Turks and wants to be the vanguard of the Western Turks' eastward advance. Going to Chang'an for an audience is actually to find out what's true. I'll take you with me.
Here, your sworn brother mistakenly thought that Gaochang sent us to kidnap you, and mobilized the garrison of Dingxiang to attack Gaochang City. Ju Wentai, the leader of Gaochang Kingdom, thought that the matter was exposed, and was determined to completely switch to the Western Turks and go to the Western Turks.
The messenger just left yesterday. Calculating the schedule, it will only take three to five days at most before the Western Turkic forward will arrive."
Li Mu's eyes widened and he said: "Is this true? So you are also leaning towards the Western Turks?"
Jin Chen shook his head and said: "No, at least our Jin clan doesn't. But it is undeniable that some people in the clan think this way. After all, we are closer to the Western Turks, but too far from Chang'an. The Western Turks' cavalry is here
The Western Region is unrivaled, and all of our clansmen together are less than 10,000, so how can we resist?"
"According to your statement, you should defect to the Western Turks. Why are you unwilling?"
"The Turks live a nomadic life and are cruel by nature. Our tribe has a small number of people, and most of them are women. If we turn to the Western Turks, won't we all become slaves of the Western Turks? How can our tribe continue?"
Li Mu thought about it carefully. The Turks valued force. Women without status were like livestock in the Turks' world and could be traded. There was no way they would allow a matriarchal tribe to exist among them.
But after thinking about it, he still felt wrong and said: "The Western Turks can't tolerate you, but the Tang Dynasty can accommodate you? It's not necessarily true. Women are respected and families are not established. This is very different from the customs of the Central Plains!"
"But didn't the emperor of the Central Plains say, 'Since ancient times, China has always been valued and despised by barbarians, and I love them all the same'? We don't want to disturb others, we just want a place to live and settle down. The emperor of the Tang Dynasty has a mind as big as the sea, so he should be able to tolerate it."
Ours?"
"" Li Mu was dumbfounded. He now understood what the saying 'women are made of water' meant. The woman in front of him was not only made of water, but her brain was probably also made of water.
This kind of statement is obviously just a joke. Li Shimin was the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. How could he love the Turks as much as the people of the Tang Dynasty? Can this be believed?
However, if it is the current Tang Dynasty, it seems possible. After all, so many people died in the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and the Central Plains is in urgent need of population replacement. Although more than 10,000 people are not many, they are still human beings. It is just the rules of this matriarchal clan. It is estimated that
No one can accept it. But if they are willing to give up and live like the Central Plains people, Li Shimin will accept them.
On one side are the Western Turks who do not treat women as human beings, and on the other side there is the Tang Dynasty which treats women as human beings. Comparing the two, it seems that the Tang Dynasty is better.
Li Mu can somewhat understand Jin Chen's thoughts. She may not necessarily believe in the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but after seeing the life of the people in Chang'an City, compared with the customs of the Western Turks, it is just a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils.
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"So you brought me here because you wanted me to take your people to the Tang Dynasty?"
Jin Chen nodded fiercely and said: "Master Hou, is it okay? I know you are very rich. Our ancestors have been operating here and have saved a lot of gold and silver. It should be enough for our expenses. Can you help us buy it?"
Give us a place to live, and we will definitely not harass anyone or give you any trouble. We are willing to pay any taxes, okay?"
Li Mu secretly curled his lips, would I believe your evil deeds? When asking for help, you always say it in a nice way. But when it comes to the real chapter, haven't you kidnapped me? But now that I am under the roof, I have no choice.
To escape, it's better to agree to it first and get out of this dungeon before making any fuss.
Li Mu cleared his throat and said: "This matter needs to be carefully planned and studied. It cannot be decided as soon as I say it and you hear it. How about this, I will think about it and you let me out first."
"Okay!" Jin Chen did not doubt that he was there, took out the key from his arms, opened the lock of the skylight, lowered the ladder and let Li Mu out.
Li Mu raised his head and waited, clenching his fists, planning to wait for the ladder to be lowered, and the moment he climbed up, he would punch Jin Chen and knock her out, and then take the opportunity to escape.