From Chief to Ball

"No! But... But don't I know that you should not be surprised when you encountered a wildfire? I was not surprised that Yuemei was not burned to death, but that someone set it on fire. Also, I brought a lot of people with me at the time!"

"There are not as many people in Xiacheng as I brought, right?"

"Yes, you brought dozens of people, and I did not bring as many people as you."

"Isn't that much? I didn't lie, I just said everything I saw and heard at the time. As for what it all means, it's beyond my ability to comment."

After part of the truth was told, Chen Jian said to the leader of Yueyi: "Xiacheng hopes that Yueyi will get better and better. As for the right and wrong in Yueyi, we will not judge. Yueyi is a relative of Xiacheng, but Only the people of Yueyi can judge the right and wrong of Yueyi. In Yueyi, we will support what the relatives of Yueyi think is right, and oppose what the relatives of Yueyi think is wrong. But the people of Xiacheng are not qualified to judge whether it is right or wrong. .”

After finishing speaking, Chen Jian bowed to everyone and said, "Now is the time for you to judge right and wrong, Xia Cheng will always stand by the right person. Maybe you have heard that Xia Cheng's soldiers can control the power of lightning, But the power is on the side of the right people."

Chen Jian's words dispelled the last doubts of the people below. They had heard a lot of rumors about Xia City, and they were a little afraid of Chen Jian and the strong soldiers around him.

The old leader also secretly heaved a sigh of relief, he didn't need Chen Jian's explicit support, all he needed was no opposition.At this time, Chen Jian clearly told everyone that he would stand on the right side.

What is right?The winner is right.Such a seemingly fair answer is actually unfair.

Knowing that the matter was irreversible, Yuelun shouted at Chen Jian: "Xiacheng people, you are as cunning as a fox. You only told the truth and the truth that you want people to know, but don't you have your own judgment? ? When you speak, can't you touch your own heart and say what you think?"

Chen Jian shook his head and said, "I'm just a person watching from the sidelines. I'm only responsible for telling the truth, not what I thought when I saw and heard everything."

Gritting her teeth, Yuelun clenched her fists, gave up the last bit of cover, and shouted loudly: "Looking at the whole city, the person who wants Yuemei to die the most is me! According to the law, I didn't do anything wrong, at most it was a wrong judgment." According to the law, I should only be exiled from the city. But if I want to kill Yuemei, I will be executed. Chief, do you really let those people with green hips find some herbal medicine? Did you touch your heart and tell everyone, did you say that at the time?"

The leader of Yueyi stood up, nodded to everyone, and said, "I swear to heaven, earth and ancestors that I did indeed send Qingzhi to find herbs that day."

Moon Wheel seemed to be having difficulty breathing, her face was flushed, and the veins on her neck were already bulging. She shouted loudly: "You will be punished for lying in the oath! You lie! There is no such flower that can cure your disease." You are not asleep at all, you have been watching all this in secret! I am a priest, but I can't see the flower that can cure your disease!"

"I'm the only one who doesn't want Yuemei to die among the families in the whole city. They either want Yuemei to die, or they want to marry Yuemei, and some even kill their own wives. All these dirty things, Don't you think I don't know?"

"I have done so much for the city. As you said, if I do a lot and do well, I can be elected as the leader. In the whole city, who has done more than me? The enemy attacked the city ten years ago, if not Me, we will fail in Naizilin! I am in charge of the laws of the city, and I have always followed the laws. Many people hate me, but they don’t hate you who made the laws.”

"You are old, I thought you would elect me as the leader, but what about you? You elected someone else, not me at all. All this, isn't it because those people are not as powerful as me? They dare not be the leader, But they will hate me to the bone in their hearts, because I made them have to give up being elected as the leader."

"You're sick! I've done divination, but I can't see any herbal medicine that can cure your disease. You don't have any disease at all. You have deceived the entire city and everyone!"

Yuelun talked faster and faster, more and more impatient, and more and more dirty things came out in those bullshit power cliques. He knew that he had no way out, and he also knew that he would die, but in death Before now, he wants to destroy all of this!

But when he was accusing the leader of lying, Yue Falcon, who had been silent behind the leader, stood up and said calmly and indifferently: "The old leader did not lie, you can't divination the herbs to cure the leader's illness, It's not because the leader is not sick, but because you no longer receive the favor of your ancestors and heaven and earth..."

"You... are no longer worthy of being the priest of Yueyi."

Yue Falcon said very plainly, as if facing a familiar person under the corner of the wall shrouded in the setting sun, telling that person in a very ordinary tone: "You are old".

And amidst these mediocrities, the last hope of the Moon Wheel is also shattered, because people always like to believe what they want to believe, rather than willing to believe the facts.

Everyone knows that it was Yue Falcon who found the herbal medicine after divination and cured the leader, and the reason why Yuelun couldn't find the herbal medicine was not only because he didn't want the leader to recover from his illness, but also because he lost the favor of the ancestors of heaven and earth, and he no longer became a priest. The ability to divination good or bad luck for a city.

Now that he fell from the altar, everything he said before is meaningless, and people will not think about the dirt behind it.

Yuelun looked palely at the young Yue Falcon, who had been forbearance on weekdays, stood there for a long time, and finally lamented: "So it's you... So it's you!"

No one knows the meaning of his words, even if Chen Jian has been on the sidelines, he didn't understand, but he felt that after taking a closer look at Yue Falcon, Yue Lun seemed to understand something, and gave up all resistance, without even arguing Going to argue again, the whole person seemed to be stupid, and kept mumbling there.

After Yue Falcon finished saying that, she retreated back to the leader consciously, and the leader stood up and said, "Lun, maybe what you said is true, maybe you set the fire that almost burned Yuemei to death. Maybe not, no one knows, if you say no, then it’s not.”

"You have done a lot for the city. When I woke up and knew it all, you knew that I was only sad in my heart. I never thought you would do this. It's not that I didn't think about electing you as leader, but I thought, you After becoming the leader, who can be the priest of the city? Who can be in charge of the laws of the city? I hope someone can replace you, and then I will elect you as the leader of the city. How about applauding?"

"Just when I elected someone else for the last time, Yue Falcon finally grew up. He also received the blessings of his ancestors and heaven and earth, and he could also divination some things. But just when I thought he could succeed you, he could finally elect you as the leader At that time, you...you did such a thing!"

The old leader seemed to be very sorry that he didn't kill them all, more like he couldn't bear to be kind-hearted, even though Yue Lun did so much, he still read Yue Luan well.

Invisibly, the people below recognized the benevolence of the leader a bit, and the seemingly unintentional words gave everyone a reliance: Divination is extremely important to Yueyi. After the moon wheel lost the favor of its ancestors, , the people in the city were very worried, but now the old leader's words made people suddenly think that there is another person who can replace the moon wheel.

That's right, Moon Falcon!It was he who found the herbal medicine after divination and revived the old leader... This person can become the priest of the city, can make the city go further, and can save the city when it is most critical.

Yueyi... was not abandoned by his ancestors and heaven and earth, but the favor was transferred from Yuelun to Yue Falcon.

After quietly listening to all this, Yue Lun didn't say a word, but had a mocking and helpless smile on his face. After laughing for a long time, he suddenly burst into tears and sat on the ground like crazy.

For a moment, he thought of the Naizi forest where the flowers were the most abundant, the battle on the barren mountain land more than ten years ago, the starting point where he jumped from an ordinary person to the leader of Yueyi.

He wanted to say, he wanted to tell everyone that at that time, he really only wanted to make the city better, he only wanted to do his best to make the city more prosperous, and he really never thought about becoming a leader.

really!It really was like that back then.

But he wanted to cry again. At this time, he said, who would listen?Who will write?

The Naizi forest is still there, but it has changed from being barren and flowerless to being full of flowers and fruits. Who would believe that it was a barren forest with no flowers and no fruits ten years ago?

Chapter 10 Past, Present, Future

The most difficult thing to break is a person's heart, especially the tenacious heart of someone who once had great ambitions.

When Yuelun squatted on the ground and cried, Chen Jian knew that the dust had really settled this time, and he was on the right team. Although it was only neutral, neutrality was the greatest support for the side with a huge advantage.

At least for now, Xiacheng does not have the strength and prestige to interfere in the internal politics of other cities.

The old leader continued to show his kindness, because there was no evidence that the fire was indeed set by Yuelun, so according to the law of the city, Yuelun was exiled from the city within ten days and could never return.

He can take away his slaves and property other than the land, and he will bear a crime that will never be cleared, and he will never be able to return to the city.

As for who set the fire, it doesn't matter anymore, because people are happy to believe that the murderer they hope is the real murderer of the fire.

There is only one dead end to be expelled from the city. What can the so-called property carry in the age when there is no currency?For a person who aspires to be a leader, prestige and power are the greatest wealth, but he has nothing.

As expected by Chen Jian, Yue Falcon, who had been silent all this time and only let him die when Yuelun counterattacked, became the new priest of Yueyi and took charge of the rights after Yuelun left, because he received a lot of merit this time. slaves and lands, everyone agrees.

Qing Hip died, and Yue Luan was about to leave the city in ten days. The two largest family forces in the small circle except the leader's family were completely finished, but the vacuum of power was quickly filled by Yue Falcon who stood out.

The usual good reputation has reached its peak when he gave way to the leader, but this time his meritorious deeds convinced everyone, and made everyone feel at ease in his divination.

The old leader used his old age and sickness as an excuse, and followed the practice of the most powerful tribe on both sides of the river many years ago, and appointed Yue Falcon as the butcher... This official position, which is conventionally named after a person, is in charge of helping the leader share some things.

Qing Hip's death, Yue Lun's defeat, all these old leaders did not take action personally, and even forgave Yue Lun's death as an expulsion, which is even more convincing.In the past two months, the top three families in the city lost their land and reputation within a few days, and completely faded out of the center of power.

This is what Chen Jian saw on the surface, at least he felt that he understood it. From the initial layout to the current result, the winner has been in control of everything. The two most promising people who became the next leader died. The leader of Rangxian doesn't need to refuse.

But what is the purpose of doing this?At first, Chen Jian thought it was the leader of Yueyi who wanted secular power to defeat the divine power of the priests, but in the end he installed a new priest; another possibility is that the old leader wanted to break up the two most powerful families Let them kill each other, but the result is not to gather all the rights immediately, but to distribute a lot of rights to another person.

Until the last moment, no leader will use the power of the people of the country to let them participate in politics. They will try their best to avoid this kind of thing, because no one is sure to hold this double-edged sword in their hands all the time.

From this point of view, the contradictions before Yueyi had accumulated very deep.The fall of the moon and blue buttocks, and the redistribution of land and slaves quelled the internal conflicts that had accumulated for 20 years. If this cycle can be controlled artificially, it will indeed always be a way to ease the conflicts.

"Could it be that the old man in Yueyi is trying to ease the conflict? This method is okay now, but it will not be controlled by one person after a few hundred years. Even if one person's power remains the same, the entire interest class will become more and more powerful." To grow stronger, if you want to redistribute in this way, there is only one way to do it again. Anyone who wants to solve the problem from the internal system will inevitably get a reputation in the history books as a tyrant...or a small city. OK."

He used the only credible excuse he could think of to convince himself of his doubts. There were many doubts about Yueyi's affairs, but luckily he was just a bystander.

Because of his correct stance as a bystander, three days after this incident, Chen Jian received Yueyi's greatest courtesy, and a grand banquet was waiting for him.