The world is always changing, and the Han Dynasty is no exception.

The great man is changing, so these people among the great man are also feeling the changes.

『Sister Zhen,』 Xin Xianying jumped toward Zhen Mi, and then hugged Zhen Mi's arm,『Why has Sister Zhen not come to play with us recently? I miss you so much!"

Zhen Mi smiled and said, "Isn't this just coming to find you? Oh, you've grown a lot!"

What the half-aged child likes to hear is that others praise her for growing up. Xin Xianying coughed gently, then straightened her waist and neck, "Really? I think she seems to be shorter than you..."

"Well, I mean this place has become bigger..." Zhen Mi reached out and poked it lightly.

"Ah!" Xin Xianying let go of her hand and hugged her chest, "You, you, me, me..."

"Okay, let's talk about serious business." Wang Yan said with a smile beside him, "Miss Zhen asked us to come, maybe there was something wrong?"

Zhen Mi nodded slightly to Wang Yan. She saw that Wang Yan's skin was obviously much darker than before, and it can even be said to be different from her previous appearance. The sunshine and wind and rain eroded Wang Yan's skin, making her look healthier, especially her hands, which looked particularly rough because of the contact with the soil and Zhuang He. It also made her look less like a pampered woman, but more like a hardworking peasant woman.

When Zhen Mi first arrived in Chang'an, she was like a bird showing all her bright feathers. When she attracted everyone's attention, she also "protected" herself.

Those who are at high levels are basically politically savvy, while those who are at low levels are at most secretly thinking deep down in their hearts. If they really want to do something, they may not be able to have that strength, and secondly, Zhen Mi himself also has some thorns.

In the feudal dynasty, the class was very strict. Except for those guys who were lustful and even ignored their own lives, the rest of the people even had to look at the face of his superiors when they saw Zhen Mi's beauty and wanted to get involved in the invasion. Only when Fei Qian clearly stated that he didn't need it, or threw Zhen Mi out and rewarded someone would she become like a piece of meat and be swallowed in one bite.

But now Zhen Mi has removed all the original gorgeous outfits on her body, because she no longer needs to use those gorgeous decorations to protect herself...

Just like Wang Yan.

The so-called "talented man and beautiful woman" is actually a "poison" that has been passed down for thousands of years and is wrapped in a layer of honey. When a woman only has her appearance, it is equivalent to a shelf life of only a few years.

Zhen Mi and Wang Feng abandoned their blind pursuit of their own appearance, and now they gained more.

If you are reluctant to give up, where can you get? If you just think about getting, or if you want to give up, you often have nothing in the end. It’s like not working hard, how can you get a harvest of rice seeds?

Zhen Mi looked at Wang Yin deeply, as if she could see her own shadow from the other party, then smiled and nodded, and invited everyone to sit together. "Today, we invited the two of you to come, not for the outings or for the literary meeting, but for... the Wang family girl, or you just say...

Wang Ying sat in the innermost part. Although it had been a while, she was still a little shy to talk about this matter. She took a breath and then told the matter a little intermittently.

"Marrying into a marriage?" Xin Xianying thought for a moment, then said to Wang Ying, "Although this matter... feels a bit hasty, it seems...it's not a good thing. My sister can marry her with a title. Your family will definitely not..."

Wang Ying's face turned red, and from the root of her ears to her neck.

Zhen Mi on the side didn't say anything. On the one hand, she had heard Wang Ying talk about this before, and on the other hand, she was also giving tea to others and had no time to speak.

After hearing this, Wang Ying frowned and didn't say anything for a long time.

Xin Xianying turned around and looked at Wang Ying, then looked at Zhen Mi, then blinked, "Well... are there anything wrong with this? Isn't my sister a bigger sister? No matter who is marrying into the family, I have to listen to my sister. Isn't this... Well, what's the problem?"

"The Qin customs are defeated every day, so the Qin family will be rich and strong, and the Qin family will be rich and strong, and the family will be rich." Wang Yan said slowly, "The beginning of this sentence has already explained some problems... I think this matter is not that simple..."

Marriage originates from property mortgage.

The rich family has a strong son and they all have their own business. When the poor family grows up, they sell it for money and marry into their parents.

Since it is a collateral, it naturally does not need to have any status. This kind of son-in-law who marrys into a marriage partner is mostly a free laborer at the father-in-law's family, and is even lower than the concubine bought by men, just like a piece of goods.

『Not only that, during the reign of Emperor Xiaowen, there was a clear order, "Negotiable, corrupt, and those who are entrusted with corruption, are imprisoned and those who are in charge of stolen goods shall not be imprisoned as officials." Zhen Mi held up the tea bowl and said slowly, "Although he imprisoned the person on the surface, he actually...

From Qin to Han, and from Han to Tang, the status of the son-in-law has gradually improved. The reason for the improvement is not that the son-in-law is capable, but because of the economic development and the large amount of wealth is concentrated in the upper class. The richer and more powerful ones are, the more they want to be stable in class and are not willing to easily divide the money. Therefore, for those rich families, choosing to find a son-in-law when political marriage fails, it becomes a relatively "economic and affordable" thing.

In the Song Dynasty, because everything was about money, the number of people who chose to marry in was greatly increased.

If there are too many such things, they will naturally be accepted.

Just like many unreasonable matters in later generations, not those things are correct, but because they have seen too many things, there is nothing to be curious about. Otherwise, do you think that only those cousins, the housewife, the family, and the family? What was exposed was either the second and third generations of the brain-dead second and third generations in their family posted on WeChat Moments, or the news was released because of a political enemy who deliberately caused trouble...

Wang Yan clapped his hands, "By the way, that's it, this is a chain plan... Well, how do you say it? Tsk, I probably can think of it, but if I want to say it, it's better for Mrs. Zhen to say it."

Zhen Mi smiled, glanced at Wang Ying, without shyness and refusal, and said, "This plan is generally good on the surface. After all, marriage matters, when you are old, you need to consider... Marrying into a marriage is also good, but Madam Wang is different... Where is the difference? Madam Wang's family...

Xin Xianying immediately slapped her forehead and saluted Wang Ying with apologetic expression, "Ah, yes, I think badly! It's my fault! I'm sorry!"

Wang Ying quickly returned the gift, but he had not yet turned around in his head.

"Yes, if you marry into a marriage, you should be stronger than the woman's family... But here, there is no one except for a title to protect you, and no one is required to have power. If you really choose someone and find a son-in-law, where can you be stronger?" Zhen Mi said slowly, "If you want to be stronger at that time, do you have to rely on other Wang people? This is a plan."

"The second thing," Zhen Mi looked at Wang Ying, who was gradually retreating, "I have to hire a son-in-law, and I want to have a child... And this is a matter of life and death... If I am not careful..."

『Well... Actually, this is a vicious plan!" Wang Yan sighed, 『Even if you escaped the plot of ten months of pregnancy and gave birth to a child successfully, if you are a man, it will still be a difficult time whether you can grow up. If you are a woman... Haha, I'm afraid that it's a girl, you must be careful every day... As long as you die, this title will be natural...』

Wang Ying's face turned pale when she heard this, and her hands tightly grasped the corner of her clothes.

Zhen Mi smiled, "Of course, it is also possible that we think too badly about others...but, is it better to grasp the matter of life and death, or is it that we should rely on others' kindness to survive?"

Wang Ying was silent, and there was some panic and fear in his eyes...

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life and death.

It's always a big deal.

In the desert, the most tragic, dark and cold period was finally over. The season of plump water and grass was about to come. The black and gray land was gradually covered by dark green and light green. The cattle and sheep were running happily on it, gnawing on this side, and then took two more steps, gnawing on the other side.

All the grass is so delicious that it makes it difficult for cattle and sheep to make a choice.

Countless tents were set up, and the Jiankun people celebrated, celebrating their arrival in the new year.

After a long journey, the Jiankun people who moved south from the northern tip of the desert finally stopped. The wind and snow did not stop them from moving forward, but their suspicion of the future and uncertainty about the Han Dynasty successfully prevented them from taking the last step forward.

This is the pasture of the Tuoba Xianbei in the past. After being repeatedly attacked by Fei Qian, he died and fled. From then on, there was no name for Tuoba in the desert. It is not clear whether it would have any special impact on later generations. However, for the current Jiankun people, such a lush pasture is undoubtedly as beautiful as heaven.

Not long ago, the tribe women, children, young and old who had been in the rear of the Jiankun people who had been in the slow migration speed finally arrived in this new home. The number of people who successfully arrived far exceeded the expectations of the Jiankun people when they decided to migrate south in advance, which surprised all Jiankun people.

In the grassland tent, relatives meet again and set up their own homes, familiar with the beautiful and strange new life. The fragrance of mutton soup in the pot and the odor of burning dry feces is mixed with the strange smell when the dry feces are burned. After mixing together, it has a unique smell.

Perhaps, in the minds of Jiankun people, this can be regarded as a taste of happiness.

After the arrival of the old and young people, a grand carnival was held spontaneously. Everyone took out the remaining food and shared it with people they knew and didn't know. The carnival lasted from the first night to the next evening. Drinking and singing and dancing sootheed the uneasiness and hardships during this period. Then the Jiankun people missed their relatives and friends who died on the road with a little sadness, and then hugged and watched their family members guarding them, and finally fell asleep with a happy smile.

The northwest of the grassland is also simple in appearance, but it is obviously much larger than the tent, but it is brightly lit, and several braziers are hanging in the air half a person high, illuminating the tent incredibly bright.

The tribal leaders of the Kenkun people and the most powerful warrior leaders had a day of fun in celebrating the new year and life, but then they fell into contemplation and silence because the Ashi Kawamoto-sun mentioned a certain topic.

"I said, what's scary about the Han people?"

A young Jiankun leader, who was as strong as a bear, looked at the elders around him who were obviously older than him, and said in a deep voice, "We are all natural soldiers. Although moving south makes our soldiers a little tired, as long as we rest in this pasture for half a year, who else can be our opponent in the world?"

Kawa Yuanshen couldn't help but cover his head. He didn't want to talk to this guy whose brain was probably filled with muscles. He had such people at all times, just like the weeds in the desert in spring.

Elder Jiankun, who was sitting on the side of the tent, looked at the guy with dissatisfaction on his face calmly, and after a moment of silence, he said: "No matter how powerful a warrior is, once he is proud, he will become weak."

Criticized by the respected elder, the strong young Jiankun tribe leader showed a panic expression on his face and quickly lowered his head to apologize, but from his eyes, it was clear that he still did not understand his fear of his elders.

"This grassland was originally the hometown of our Jiankun people. We used to grazing our cattle and sheep here and watch our children grow up, but why were our previous ancestors forced to leave this plump grassland and go to the cold northern region to survive hard?" The elder looked around the people in the tent and said expressionlessly, "Because the Xianbei people defeated us. Then, now, the Han people defeated the Xianbei people."

After a long period of silence, the Great Elder continued to say: "Let you remember the reason why the ancestors were forced to leave the grassland is not to ask you to take revenge, but to remind you how powerful that country called Han is. I once thought that it would weaken, just like the withered grass on the grassland, rotting and disappearing, but what I didn't expect was that they would grow up like this grass..."

"Hundreds of years ago, we swept the desert and no one dared to resist. Even the Han Dynasty initially only wanted to defend and did not dare to attack. Until the Emperor of the Han Dynasty launched a war against us, and then we were defeated again and again. Later, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty died, so we had some room for relief. However... not long after, the Xianbei people came, and we could only retreat into the cold domain of the northern desert to retain some fire..."

The Great Elder's slow voice tells the story passed down from generation to generation by the Jiankun people, and the tent is as quiet as silent.

"At that time, our ancestors had a hundred times the territory of our descendants, and their population was also a hundred times the population of our descendants. The strong and warriors were as numerous as stars and countless, so they almost died at the hands of the Han people. Now that we have been traveling a long distance, all the young and old are only 100,000 people, how can we compare with our ancestors? Why should we despise the Han people?"

The young tribal warrior leader lowered his head.

Is it a joyful soul, but not all of them stupid.

"The question we need to care about now is how to choose between the East and the Han people." The Great Elder said slowly, "Our ancestors chose the Huns before, so we became what we are now. Now, there is another chance in front of us. If we choose to go there, it may determine the appearance of our future descendants. After that, we will talk about your thoughts."

There were some sounds in the tent.

"We should not participate in the war between the Han people. We only need our pastures. We will stay here. Even if the Han people fight to the east and west, what does it have to do with us?"

"It makes no sense for you to say this. We used to rely on the Han people in the west to move south and migrate here smoothly. Then you now open your mouth and say that it has nothing to do with the Han people. Then, then the Han people in the west will take advantage of this to attack. Could it be that you can resist it?"

"Is the truth just talking about it? Or is it a fist? It's not wrong for the Han people in the west to help us, but we also gave them cattle, sheep, fur, as well as the captured population and slaves. This is equivalent to giving them some, at least a large part of it first. So, that's right? And now we have to decide not this business, but our future. We can't just put our future in for the sake of business?"

"But the problem is that the Han people in the east do not seem to be as strong as the Han people in the west."

"The Han people in the east are the royal court of the Han people! The Han people's Shanyu, the emperor is in the east! If the Han people in the west are really stronger, why don't you fight over it, or just become the new Han people's great Shanyu?"

"The Han people are not very similar to us..."

"What's the difference? Aren't it all two eyes open and one mouth? Could you still find the Han people with three eyes?"

"I don't mean that..."

"Okay." Oshi Kamotosu stretched out a hand to stop the aimless and casual discussion. "The meaningless argument cannot solve the problem, but can only bring anger. First of all, we must live. With our tribe, our wives and parents, no matter how difficult it is, we must live together. Is there any problem with this?"

"no problem!"

"Yes, that's it! Live!"

"It is true to make sure you survive first, everything else is secondary!"

Poshi Heyuan nodded, then looked at the elder, and then continued: "We have the blood of Shiwei and the blood of Han people. Back then, our ancestors were forced to live in a difficult situation by the Han people and Xianbei. Now we have received help from the Han people in the west and returned here. This is the kindness of the Han people in the west to us. We are not ungrateful people, so we should continue to maintain transactions and exchanges with the Han people in the west..."

"But the Han people in the west and the Han people in the east," Poshi He Yuanshen's eyes lowered, "Trades are OK, but we should live first. In the face of death, there is no meaning in any agreement or covenant."

Then he raised his head, looked at the most important leaders of the Jiankun tribe in the tent, and said in a deep voice, "So, we should refuse the employment of the Han people in the east, which will cause us to fall into a war between the Han people in the east. I think the Han people in the east want war horses, and I think it can be sold. However, if the Han people in the west know and come to negotiate, we must deal with it carefully and not act rashly."

Everyone in the tent replied in unison.
Chapter completed!