Ten years ago.

Xia Gui was stunned.

I should have been six or seven years old at that time. Although he is still young, he is also old enough to remember.

can search from his memory, and he doesn't remember seeing Ji Chang.

"Your mother didn't recognize me, and of course you didn't, you're just a yellow-haired child. That time, I pretended to be an old grandfather who sold sugar gourds, do you still have any impression?" Ji Chang said with a smile.

The old man who sells sugar gourds.

The vague residual memory in Xia Gui's mind suddenly flickered. Then an incident that impressed him came to the surface.

It was a summer ten years ago, and Xia Gui went to play in a nearby town with his mother Ji Chan. At that time, he was young and playful, and he took his mother into a bustling small neighborhood, because there were many delicious and interesting things there, which were much more interesting than the palace.

Xia Gui spread his feet and ran out, and soon came to a sugar gourd stall.

He saw an old grandfather, who was making a strangely shaped sugar gourd, and there was a circle of children around him, staring at the sugar gourd with salivation. The sugar gourd is so delicious, not all made of hawthorn, but also made of kumquat and strawberry, and the children pull their mother's sleeves and want to buy a bunch.

Sugar gourds are very expensive, but for Xia Gui, the prince of the Southern Wilderness Kingdom, it is nothing. He took out a gold leaf from his arms and rewarded the old man directly.

The old man smiled and handed Xia Gui a sugar gourd, and Xia Gui bit it down with anticipation......

I haven't forgotten that taste until now.

Although the sugar coating on the outside is sweet and greasy, the sugar gourd heart wrapped inside is bitter and spicy, and it smells a little stinky. The gourd heart didn't know what it was, it broke as soon as he bit it, and the spicy and bitter taste actually flowed into Xia Gui's stomach, and he couldn't spit it out.

Mother Ji Chan quickly rushed over and found her son standing in front of the sugar gourd stall with a strange face. She held Xia Gui's hand very vigilantly, and pulled Xia Gui away in three steps and two steps.

Xia Gui vaguely remembered that on the way back, Ji Chan put her hands on Xia Gui's chest, as if she was feeling something. Her slightly furrowed eyebrows spread slightly, as if she was sure that what Xia Gui ate was harmless. But when Ji Chan asked Xia Gui who the old man was, Xia Gui couldn't say why.

At this moment, Ji Chang, who was standing in the middle of the tent, pulled back Xia Gui's memory in one sentence, and he asked with a smile: "What does the sugar gourd taste like?"

Xia Gui stared at Ji Chang like a ghost, the image of the old man selling sugar gourds was already very blurry, but when he saw Ji Chang, the two figures were strangely fused together.

He vaguely remembered the old man's smile, amiable, just like this Xibohou.

"It's spicy and bitter. Xia Gui replied in a daze.

"Did you bite it off and go straight into your stomach?" Ji Chang asked again.

Looking at the fearless look on Ji Chang's face, Xia Gui was finally convinced in his heart. He nodded and said softly, "Yes." The question that puzzled him throughout his childhood—why sugar gourds were so spicy and bitter—finally got an answer.

"What's in there?" Xia Gui asked.

Ji Chang said: "It's just some body-strengthening pills. Although the taste is not very good, it can help you lay a good foundation for cultivation. ”

Xia Gui finally suddenly realized, no wonder Ji Chan showed a relieved look on her face after making sure that the sugar gourd that Xia Gui took was not harmful. Later, Ji Chan wanted to go back to find the traces of the old man, but unfortunately, the old man returned to Xiqi after seeing his daughter and grandson.

Xia Gui didn't tell anyone about this past, including his father.

Therefore, it is impossible for Ji Chang to know about this.

Unless, Ji Chang is the old man who sold sugar gourds that day.

"Now you believe it, right?" Ji Chang looked at Xia Gui, his face full of love.

"Mother never told me about you. Xia Gui said again.

Ji Chang said: "Your mother escaped and cut off all contact with Xiqi, so naturally she won't tell you this." And I went to Nanhuang to visit you that day, and when I saw that you were well, I was relieved to return to Xiqi. Who knew that ten years later, such a catastrophe would happen......"

The expression on Ji Chang's face was very sad. When the news of the siege of the Southern Wilderness Kingdom reached Xiqi, the Southern Wilderness Kingdom had already been shattered. Although Ji Fa sent troops to the Southern Wilderness afterwards, what he saw was wailing all over the wilderness and full of messes. Xiqi didn't help in any way, and he did feel guilty in his heart.

Ji Fa said: "Father, you were being imprisoned in Chaoge at the time, and your brother had just been killed. You can't blame you for this. ”

Ji Chang shook his head, "My eldest son died tragically at the hands of Di Xin, and my youngest daughter also suffered the disaster of destroying the country, and her life and death are unknown. Emperor Xin is so perverse and loses his conscience, I, Ji Chang, am bound to conspire with the princes of the world to conspire with the princes of the world, and lead the army commander to drive straight in, so that the song will be completely destroyed. ”

Although Ji Chang was old, when he said this, there was a trace of murderous aura on his face that was no less than that of a ruthless middle-aged man.

It's hard to imagine that this old man, who is usually kind and smiling, has such a murderous side.

"Father, although we don't know Lan'er's whereabouts, you are still reunited with your little grandson, which can be regarded as a blessing. Ji Fa said.

Lan'er is Ji Chan's nickname, Ji Chang and Ji Fa have always called her that, I'm afraid even Xia Zisheng doesn't know.

"I hope that my blessings can be truly inflicted on you, repel Di Xin, and restore peace to the world. Ji Chang said.

Ji Fa bowed and said, "Father, you are old, and the matter of leading the army commander to drive straight into the court song will be handed over to Zhongfa." ”

"Di Xin has gotten rid of your eldest brother, but his eagle eyes are still on us, and you have to learn to keep your eyes on us. Ji Chang said.

Ji Fa nodded and said, "Father doesn't need to worry, I have been reining in strength in the past few years, and Di Xin has not regarded me as a hidden danger." ”

"The reason why Di Xin didn't pay attention to you is because he has been busy with the Eastern Crusade over the years, and his actions against Xiqi have decreased a lot. Ji Chang said.

Xia Gui didn't know whether to do it or not, and told Ji Chang and Ji Fa about his mother fleeing with his father.

It stands to reason that these two people are their grandfather and uncle, and it doesn't hurt to tell them.

It's just that...... Xia Gui was already a little wary, if these two people were working together to deceive themselves? For example, if they wanted to find out the whereabouts of their parents from their mouths, then they were not dumbfounded.

Therefore, Xia Gui chose not to say anything.

"It's really gratifying that Gui'er has grown so tall. Ji Fa looked at this little nephew, who was half a head taller than himself, and his eyes showed love.

It's all very affectionate between the uncle and the nephew, and that's true.

An invisible blood connection connected the three people in the tent, Xia Gui looked at Ji Chang's father and son, and he also felt a sense of closeness in his heart.

However, Xia Gui is a cautious person, and he still maintains a strong vigilance and sobriety.