Chapter 63: Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period (2) The Noblewoman of Chu: Mi Wenjing. ...

Ye Mo appeared in the dungeon on her knees.

She quickly scanned the surroundings. It was an antique room, clean and tidy. It was large in size, but very empty. There were only a few bronze objects in the room as decoration.

In the middle was a wooden bed, the whole bed was painted. The bed frame was made of vertical and horizontal wood. The bed was covered with a bamboo mat. In the middle was a low painted wooden table.

The wooden bed was not used for sleeping, but for kneeling. Kneeling was equivalent to sitting. This was the ancient practice of "sitting on the ground".

Ye Mo was kneeling upright on one side of the wooden bed, with her backpack and sword neatly placed in a corner of the bed. On the low wooden table in front of her was today's dinner, which was served at 4:00 p.m.

The staple food was corn.

On the dining table was a cup for syrup, several bronze beans (i.e. bowls) with several kinds of vegetables such as sunflower, leek, radish, shallot, etc., a lacquered plate with mutton, a lacquered plate with venison, and a lacquered plate with bear meat.

This was a very rich lunch during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Ordinary people not only had two meals a day, but they were also lucky to have bean rice and radish soup until they were 70% full. Brown rice was considered a top-grade delicacy, which could only be eaten during the New Year and other festivals.

The better-class petty officials only eat brown rice as their staple food. Only the king of a country can eat rice every day. Compared with staple food, meat is rich in ingredients.

Especially for the upper class, there are venison, horse meat, pork, beef, rabbit meat, bear meat, tiger meat, fish, turtle, etc. Whenever you want to eat, there are fresh ones. Many princes specialize in semi-wild breeding. The

reason why Ye Mo can eat high-quality food and change the two-meal system to the three-meal system is because her surname is Mi, her name is Wenjing, and she is the daughter of the Lord of Yangcheng, the fief of Chuyangcheng in Chu State.

Equivalent to the eldest daughter of a small slave owner.

The surname of the royal family of Chu State was "Mi". All those with the surname Mi had a common ancestor with the monarch. Only the current monarch's heirs could use "Xiong" as their surname. Xiong was the national surname of Chu State.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, King Wu of Chu had a son named Xiong Xia, who served as Mo'ao, below Ling Yin. He granted Xiong Xia the land of Qu and made Qu his place of food and property. He took the land as his surname, and was also called Qu Xia.

This was the first generation of the noble family of Qu in Chu State. Qu was one of the three most powerful clans in the royal family of Chu State. Yangcheng Jun was one of the feudal lords of the royal family of Qu.

Simple popular science:

the surname is for the mother, and the clan name is for the father.

In the matriarchal society before the Shang Dynasty, the mother often did not know the father, and the surnames often had female characters, such as Jiang, Yao, Gui, Ji, Xun, Ying, etc.

After the late Xia and Shang dynasties, the clan name was respected from the Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period.

Ye Mo is now called Mi Wenjing.

Even noble women often do not have a clan name, unless they follow their husband's clan name, they are only entitled to a surname. Even the records on the Chu History Bamboo Slips may only write Chu Mi, the country name + mother's surname, and 'Wenjing' is not even entitled to it. As for men

, the poet of "Li Sao" is called Qu Yuan, not Mi Yuan, and Qin Shihuang's surname is Ying Zhao, and his name is Zhao Zheng. Although

there is no patriotic poet named Qu Yuan in Chu State, and there is no Zhao Zheng in Qin State.

They may not have had time to be born.

It is interesting to have the same surname as the famous patriotic poet Qu Yuan.

...

Ye Mo picked up the chopsticks to pick up the dishes.

No matter how exquisite the tableware is, the dishes don't taste that good. Venison, mutton, and bear meat all have a fishy smell, vegetables have a sour taste, and corn is a bit sticky, but I still eat it bit by bit.

While eating, I think.

Mi Wenjing's adoptive father, Yangcheng Jun, just got up and went to the capital of Chu State. Because of the critical illness of the king, Chu Daowang Xiong Yi, his mother and a half brother also followed him.

The news just came that Chu Daowang died and the new king has not been appointed yet. They may have to attend the funeral before they can come back.

Mi Wenjing's status in the whole family is now the most honorable. Concubines, maids, and stepmothers are not a big deal. There is no need for family fighting. This is an era where even stepmothers can be traded as goods.

According to Mi Wenjing's memory, she was a typical noblewoman who lived in seclusion. Seclusion here means that she seldom went out, was not very close to the outside world, and had been learning how to manage the inner house with her mother.

As for Juzi, Ye Mo searched for the key points from a pile of inner house memories while eating.

Juzi, also known as Juzi, is the leader of each generation of Mohist school. The next generation of Juzi is selected by the previous generation of Juzi, and it is passed down from generation to generation.

In today's world where the nobles are in power, the Mohist team is the most famous among the folk groups. With the core idea of ​​"universal love and altruism, love people with Mo", it has attracted a group of people with lofty ideals. It is also famous for its strictness and benevolence, and exerts a strong team force.

The current leader of Mohism, Meng Sheng, is a good friend and retainer of his father, Lord Yangcheng, and is currently in Chuyang City.

"..."

Let's not talk about Meng Sheng's life span.

How can he be the leader of a male-dominated group in a patriarchal society, when the group already has a leader who is under 60 and in good health. No

one lives in the world without accepting social rules.

Even though Ye Mo is Lord Yangcheng's only daughter, she still needs to abide by the rules of this ancient society, otherwise her behavior may appear as a negative example in history books.

Forced orders will not work.

A gentleman can be killed, but not humiliated. It's

true that Meng Sheng is a subordinate of Mi Wenjing's father, but the Mohist group is full of people with backbone. They will never recognize a leader at random, even if the king of Chu or even the current mascot King Dong Zhou orders them to do so.

"..."

The difficulty of the main quest of this copy is that there are no monsters or zombies in front of you, and you can't find a clear and direct plan, and you can't even catch an enemy. There is

also an important question

-do other survivors have the task of Juzi? There is only one Juzi, will there be a battle for it among the survivors?

Sure enough, it was right not to speak out the main task in the space, and to communicate through writing!

...

Continue to have lunch.

Ye Mo's eating etiquette was a bit rigid at first, so he could only slow down as much as possible, and by the end, his meal was almost smooth. He

then rinsed his mouth with pulp.

Several maids came forward to clean up in an orderly manner, keeping their heads down, and the rules of respect and inferiority were engraved in their souls.

This was the late Spring and Autumn Period and early Warring States Period in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The hierarchical system promulgated by the Western Zhou emperor was deeply rooted in people's hearts, and the idea of ​​"kings, princes, generals and ministers are born with different species" had not yet emerged.

999 out of a thousand people were born nobles, born slave owners, or born common people.

Class thinking cannot be changed.

Confucianism, Mohism, Legalism and other schools of thought could not change it. They took saving the common people as their mission, and their thoughts were explored and revised step by step in the fog. Because of this, they are precious.

It was neither early nor late at this time, and it was unreasonable to go out.

Ye Mo planned to take a walk around his house first, so as not to be confused about the courtyard and rooms of his own house.

"Please, young lady."

The maids mostly spoke the ancient language of Chu, which was despised by other countries as the "southern barbarian language". Ye Mo learned Zhouyin, or elegant language, from his father since he was a child.

Zhouyin was the language used when the Zhou emperor ruled.

The language at that time was so different from modern Mandarin that you might not be able to speak straight if you speak too much.

Ye Mo strolled around while practicing short phrases silently.

Yangcheng Jun was a noble family of Chu. The Qu residence was undoubtedly the best in Chuyangcheng. It was large enough, but its sophistication was definitely not as good as the later unified pure feudal society, such as the Yihe Garden in Beijing.

The whole house was divided into three blocks.

The front yard is the entrance, and the main hall is the reception hall in the middle. The east and west rooms are on the left and right of the main hall, where the guests stay. Behind the main hall is the private area of ​​the owner's backyard, bedroom, study, etc.

Of course, this is only the residence of Lord Yangcheng. The entire Chuyang City is his fiefdom. The positions, houses, benefits, and salaries of the petty officials in the fiefdom are basically determined by him alone.

Ye Mo left the room, and all the servants he met on the way saluted respectfully. The strict rules and free speech of the masters made the house too quiet when they were out.

Therefore, when there was a discordant scene, a small disturbance was very obvious.

Ye Mo frowned: "Who is causing trouble?"

After the maid bowed, she immediately asked the person in charge. Soon, a clerk entered the backyard, first kowtowed on the ground, and then lowered his head to continue reporting.

"Young lady, there may be a spy among the female musicians in the lower courtyard."

Ye Mo immediately recalled that there were two women in long robes that dragged on the ground in the space. They were now female musicians, that is, women who were kept in the house to sing and dance.

"Go and have a look."

Before the clerk could make a suggestion, Ye Mo had already walked to the next courtyard. He could only follow the young lady, but he also gave instructions to let more than ten guards protect the young lady closely.

"..."

In this situation, it was not easy to have any danger.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, the figure of a guard who could fly over the eaves and walls first appeared in front of him.

Ye Mo also figured out what was going on.

...

Two survivors were transformed into female musicians, that is, music and dance slaves, professional singing and dancing artists who succeeded the witches.

The female musicians have never received formal education since childhood, their thoughts are somewhat rigid, they are illiterate, and their lives are like frogs in a well. The survivors who have traveled through time have limited memories.

They are even less clear about the direction of the copy than Ye Mo, and they don’t know what the mission is. They can’t tell the enemy from the friend. They plan to escape from this "prison cage" together and find a way to complete the mission. They

thought this matter was simple, but they underestimated this copy.

The servants of Lord Yangcheng were all strong. One, two, or three could barely handle them. More than a dozen guards attacked at the same time, and in less than 10 minutes, they pinned them to the ground.

"..."

The martial arts in this world are not very scientific.

According to memory, the guards have been practicing Lord Yangcheng's internal and external skills. When the internal skills are practiced to a certain level, energy can be cultivated in the body. Is it internal force? External skills

are not only boxing and kicking, but also swordsmanship, knife skills, light skills, etc. Is the legendary Chinese Kung Fu real?

This is the scene Ye Mo saw when he came. Not only were the two dancers pinned to the ground, but the tendons of their hands and feet were broken, and blood stained their clothes red and even flowed on the ground.

One was dying, and the other was dead. In other words, she was dead before the dungeon even started.

Yes, she was beaten to death.

Others didn't think there was anything wrong with it. The lives of slaves were worthless in this era.

The danger of this dungeon world lies in this - the cannibalistic social structure may be more terrifying than the zombie apocalypse beta test. Even the survivors who passed two scripts turned over.

"Stop!" Seeing that the other survivor was about to die, Ye Mo spoke out in time to stop him and asked the routine questions: "Who are you? What is your purpose in hiding in Chuyang City? Who sent you here?"

The survivor who was left with a breath recognized Ye Mo, as if she had seen a savior. Fear made her learn a few rules. She was pressed to the ground by the guards and kept begging for mercy.

"Please spare my life, young lady, please spare my life, I am just a female musician, really just a dancer, I am not a female musician, mother, I don't want to go home here, ah ah ah ah..."

Ancient Chu language mixed with modern Mandarin, and a little southern dialect, and even the content was incoherent in the end.

No wonder she was considered a spy. It is understandable that she was desperate in the face of death, but how did she get through the first two copies?

Compared with the dozens of survivors in the Irish copy, their performance was much worse.

Ye Mo quickly gave orders: "Take her away first, ask the witch doctor to treat her as much as possible, don't let her die, wait until she wakes up and then investigate this matter, I want to see where the spy is."

"Yes, young lady."

The problem of a survivor was solved, and Ye Mo looked at the remaining dozen or so female musicians who were implicated by the survivors: "Do you have anything to say?"

Among a group of panicked and mad women, a beautiful woman with deep eyes and a high nose who was obviously not from the Central Plains Hu people knelt forward a little half a step.

"Replying to the young lady, I have lived in Yangcheng since I was a child, and I can live a stable life thanks to the protection of the Lord of Yangcheng. Gu Xing and Gu Tao were gifts from the Lord of Xiongcheng to the Lord of Yangcheng a year ago. I am not familiar with them, and I know nothing about their true identities."

Clear and organized.

Gu Tao is dead, and Gu Xing is the name of the survivor who just had one breath left and collapsed on the brink of life and death.

"Same for Nu."

"Me too."

"..."

The other female musicians answered in accordance with the woman's words, and kowtowed one after another, crying freely, fearing that they would be executed.

"Stop." Ye Mo stopped them and asked the beautiful woman with deep eyes and high nose in the front: "What's your name?"

"My lady, my name is Qiong, and I don't have my mother's surname. I am an orphan rescued by your kindness ten years ago. I have no second thoughts about Chuyang City."

"Qiong? Meiyu, a nice name."

Ye Mo paused, and then said, "My father has always ruled the city with benevolence, and I am not a murderer. If it is found that this matter has nothing to do with you, I will naturally not punish you. But before finding out the truth, you must stay in the yard for a while."

"Thank you, my lady, for your kindness."

Including the beautiful woman with deep eyes and high nose named Qiong, the female musicians cried with joy and kowtowed to the ground one after another, making the ground rumble so loudly that it hurt to hear the sound.

As if they had received some great favor, in fact, they were all innocent victims of the survivors' misfortune.

"..." Not used to others kneeling and kowtowing to him, Ye Mo cleared his throat and added, "Qiong and the others are the favorite female musicians of the emperor and father. There is no evidence to prove that they are related to this matter. Apart from the restrictions on their whereabouts, their food and clothing remain the same."

"Yes, young lady."

The guards knew what to do. With the Yangcheng Lord and his wife away, Ye Mo would definitely be the leader of the inner house affairs.

"Young lady, you are very kind and righteous."

The female musicians kowtowed excitedly again, and their foreheads were all red.

Among them, Qiong was the most special. Even when she knelt or kowtowed, her back was straight, standing out from the crowd of dancers.

Ye Mo glanced at her, turned around and left the lower courtyard. Even after he stepped out of the courtyard, he could still hear the banging sounds in the courtyard.

"..."