Chapter 1, Ask for Pink.

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Hearing Qi Younian say that he wanted Houyi, the little school was even more surprised.

"The little master wants Houyi?" Shengong Houyi is from the previous generation of archery masters, that is, He Yong's father He Yao. It was passed from the old master to the little master, and the little master was outside, and he didn't take Hou Yi with him.

Hou Yi came out, and the world was in chaos.

The little master wants Houyi, doesn't that mean ......

Qi Younian was surprised when he saw the little school, and he didn't explain much.

"I said everything I had to say in the letter. You only deliver the letter, and then bring Hou Yi to me. …… When the new bow is ready, you will bring it to me. Qi Younian commanded.

"Yes." The colonel immediately agreed, carefully put away the letter and withdrew.

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Ji Xiaotang sat on the kang with Shen, and inadvertently turned his head to look out the window. Now that the weather is getting hotter day by day, all the courtyards of Mu Mansion have changed their screens.

In Shen's house, the light green screen window was changed, so when you look out, the courtyard outside the window is green, as if it is a window of jasper.

There is a bird cage hanging outside the window, and the bird's call is crisp and graceful.

Ji Xiaotang only wore a homely pink shirt and skirt, holding scissors and colored paper in his hands. They were cutting a large piece of colored paper into squares of equal size and folding them.

Dexterous swallows, or colorful gourds, fluttered down under the hands of the grandparents and grandchildren.

The weather is getting hotter, and the northern geese return to the south, which is near the Dragon Boat Festival. This world, the custom of Ren'an Province. That is, every household should fold swallows and gourds to welcome the return of swallows.

As for the gourd, it is naturally a medicinal gourd. It should be the scene of the Dragon Boat Festival.

Shen is ingenious and is best at these. Ji Xiaotang learned from Mrs. Ji Er since he was a child, and he is in the same vein as the Shen family.

The grandparents and grandchildren were origami while talking affectionately.

"Since your mother got married, I am the only one who folds these. Your aunt is good at everything, but she is very clumsy, and she is impatient to do this. She is filial. Ken accompanies me, but I see that she is uncomfortable, so forget it. Shen spoke. I couldn't help but laugh.

Mu Wanjie ran in from outside at this time.

"Grandmother and Sister Xiaotang fold swallows, why don't you call me?" Mu Wanjie came into the house, and as he spoke, he asked the little girl to take off her shoes. Climbed onto the kang and sat down.

Ji Xiaotang saw that Mu Wanjie's head was full of sweat. I hurriedly took out a sweat towel to wipe it for him.

"What did Xiaojie do?" Ji Xiaotang asked.

"Follow Daddy to lift the stone lock." Mu Wanjie replied, "I will also draw a bow with one stone." ”

"Ambitious." Ji Xiaotang touched the top of Mu Wanjie's brain.

Don't look at Mu Wanjie, he is usually very pampered, but in terms of martial arts, Mu Hong, as well as Mu Jiaying and Zhang's husband and wife, will not spoil him.

Mu Wanjie also has a lot of homework to do every day.

"Why does Xiaojie also fold swallows and gourds?" Ji Xiaotang saw Mu Wanjie holding a good swallow in his hand, so he asked.

Mu Wanjie just laughed.

"What will he do, it's just that he's going to make trouble." Shen smiled.

"It's not a mile." Mu Wanjie didn't follow, "I have a grandmother to help." Sister Xiaotang. ”

Muwanjie said to help. It's just that the folded swallows of the Shen family and Ji Xiaotang were opened, and the gourds that they folded were blown up.

Fold swallows and gourds. Colorful pendants are also added and pasted to the beams and other places. The warm wind blows into the house, and the rows of swallows and colorful gourds sway in the wind, which is very beautiful.

Soon, Mu Hong, Mu Jiaying, Mu Jiahao, Zhang and Ji San also came.

It turned out that the father and son of the Mu family were resting at home today, and these people were all going to the small school to practice kung fu.

When he came into the house and saw the swallows and gourds in this room, Mu Hong was very happy.

Mu Hong discussed the festival with the Shen family. The Dragon Boat Festival will be some more days, and before that.

"Xiaotang came, and he didn't have a good walk around. and her uncle, who is only at home every day, either studying or practicing martial arts with you. Shen said softly, "It's just about to be the Dragon Boat Festival." You see, one day you are all free, our family will go to the Luonu Temple outside the city for a visit, and it just so happens that I will also put incense on the restoration. ”

Mu Hong heard Shen say this, where could he not agree.

"That's good. I think it's the day after tomorrow," Mu Hong thought about it and said, "It just so happens that there is nothing to do in the guard for the past two days, so we will take a day off." …… Also, I just called Ayou together. It was his rest that day. ”

Mu Hong told Ji Xiaotang and Master Ji San about this plan, and the two of them were also very happy.

"Luonu Temple, I heard the second sister-in-law say that it is very famous in Fucheng." Master Ji San said.

"When your second sister-in-law was a child, I often took her there." Shen said, speaking of Mrs. Ji, Shen's mood became better and better, so he asked Ji Xiaotang if he had heard Mrs. Ji Er.

"My mother told me. It is said that there are allusions to this snail girl temple. Ji Xiaotang said.

"It's an allusion." Shen nodded, and told Ji Xiaotang about the allusion to the Luonu Temple in a slow voice.

The location of the Luonu Temple is a mountain outside Ren'an City, and the name of the mountain is called Luonu Mountain. Originally, outside Ren'an City, there was no such mountain. Legend has it that this mountain was made by the youngest daughter of the Emperor of Heaven who took pity on the barren place of Ren'an and the hard work of the people. Because it resembles a conch, it is named Luonu Mountain.

Ren An originally had a barren land and a harsh climate, but since he had this Luonu Mountain, Ren An began to have a smooth wind and rain, and the land became fertile.

People say that this is a blessing brought by the little fairy.

In order to commemorate this little fairy, Ren An donated money and built a snail temple on the mountain, which received incense from all directions.

"Your mother also made a wish in the Luonu Temple, if you go, please worship for your mother." Shen said to Ji Xiaotang.

Ji Xiaotang naturally nodded in agreement.

On the second day of the fifth month, the people of the Mu family went out of the city and went to the Luonu Temple.

Mu Hong's father and son, Master Ji San, and Qi Younian were all riding horses, and Ji Xiaotang and Mu Wanjie followed Shen in a carriage. Zhang's took the girls and daughters-in-law to sit in three other carriages, and the little maids rode horses and walked down, all the way around. It was at the foot of Luonu Mountain.

Luonu Mountain is not high, from the foot of the mountain there is an artificial stone street until the front of the Luonu Temple. In order to show piety, people who come to the temple to offer incense walk up the mountain.

Shen is an extremely religious person. Therefore, all the people dismounted and got off the cart at the foot of the mountain. Zhang pulled Mu Wanjie, Ji Xiaotang helped Shen, Mu Hong and others followed back and forth, and everyone went up the stone steps. Come to the front of the Luonu Temple.

The abbot of the temple had already received the news and brought the monk to greet him at the gate of the temple.

Shen took Ji Xiaotang to the main hall first. On the main hall is a statue of a goddess dressed in colorful clothes and dignified eyebrows, which is the legendary little daughter of the Emperor of Heaven.

Shen poured incense and worshiped in front of the statue. And then there's Zhang.

As for Mu Hong and the others, they only talked to the abbot on the side, and did not bow down in front of the statue. It turned out that most of the people who came to worship in this snail temple were female dependents, and most of the men came with them.

When Ji Xiaotang wants to worship. Shen specially instructed her. Pray twice. Once it was Mrs. Ji II.

"Your mother has had your brother for so many years, and I heard you say that she has experienced some hardships. You kowtow for your mother one more time, and the snail girl bless your mother and your brother. Shen said.

Ji Xiaotang naturally agreed.

After worshipping for Mrs. Ji's second wife, the Shen family asked Ji Xiaotang to worship again.

"But what do you want, you only sincerely and secretly tell the snail girl to know. The snail girl can bless you with all your wishes. Shen said this, and there seemed to be a deep meaning in his kind demeanor.

"The eldest sister married her brother-in-law, and she came to worship in the Luo Nu Temple before." Zhang said to Ji Xiaotang with a smile. She lowered her voice. But the glottis is still not small.

Several people on Mu Hong's side looked over one after another.

The corner of Ji Xiaotang's eyes swept over, and he only felt that Qi Younian's gaze was extremely intense.

Worshipped in the great hall. He was accompanied by the abbot to rejoice all around the temple, and then went to the meditation room to eat tea.

"I have a junior brother from the south, and I have seen and heard a lot along the way, so let's call it out to relieve the boredom of the benefactors." After eating a cup of tea, the abbot said.

Mukhon nodded.

The abbot sent the little novice out, and in a short time he brought in a thin monk.

Everyone greeted each other and inquired about each other, and the monk sat down.

The monk was very talkative, and he talked about what he had seen and heard in the south. Perhaps because he saw that Mu Hong was dressed as an officer, the monk talked about what he had seen and heard in Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places.

“…… Thanks to the ability of General Qi in Fujian, the Japanese Committee has stopped a lot in the past two years. ”

Speaking of the Wako, Mu Hong was very interested and asked the monks a lot of questions.

Most of the Japanese invaders went ashore along the coasts of Fujian and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and plundered nearby. Although Ren An is also close to the sea, it rarely suffers from robbers. This is probably because Ren'an is not as rich as Fujian, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and is close to Gyeonggi, and the sea access is not developed.

Although Ren An did not have a Japanese robber, Mu Hong's father and son and Qi Younian had all fought with the Japanese invaders.

When the Japanese were rampant in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there was a habit of mobilizing troops from the garrison in Ren'an and other places to reinforce them. Many of the military exploits of several of them were caused by fighting the Japanese invaders.

It is said that the Japanese have stopped a lot, and this is indeed the truth. However, there was a hint of worry in the monk's tone.

"From the south all the way to the north, passing through several places along the coast, although there have not been any Japanese invaders, but there are traces of Japanese ronin." The monk said.

"This year, the coastal defense in the south has been strengthened, and it will not give the Japanese a chance to take advantage of it. Although those ronins are hateful, they should not be able to turn up any storms. Mukhon said.

Ji Xiaotang was drinking tea, and when he heard the widows and ronins, he was a little distracted for a while.

Something suddenly occurred to her.

Ren An's status has always been undisturbed by the Japanese invaders, that is, Mu Hong and these people are familiar with the Japanese invaders, and as for the people, there are still many people who do not know what the Japanese are.

However, in the sixth year of Long An, there were Japanese robbers who came to attack Ren An.

It was precisely because of the tight precautions in the south that the Japanese had no opportunity to take advantage of, so they took a risk, hid along the coast and went north, using the identity of the ronin as a cover, and plundered several rich towns along the coast of Ren'an.

Qingyuan County was not disturbed, so it was not until this moment that the monks mentioned the ronin and the widows, and Ji Xiaotang suddenly remembered this matter.

Ji Xiaotang frowned slightly and thought carefully.

At that time, a total of six villages and towns were plundered by the Japanese bandits, who plundered a total of 200,000 taels of gold and silver property, killed a total of 1,563 people, and injured countless people.

Ji Xiaotang still saw these figures in the newspaper sent by Xie Zhixian to Ji Er.

It's okay when I didn't think about it, but once I think about it, Ji Xiaotang can't help but feel sad.

The Japanese are greedy, not only plundering property, but also refusing to let go of a copper plate, and treating human life like a mustard. At that time, there were rich villages that were looted overnight. After the raids, they set a fire. None of the men, women, and children of the entire village survived, and all of them died at the hands of the Wakos.

In this life, since she remembered this incident in advance, she couldn't let the tragedy happen again.

However, how to prevent the tragedy from happening still needs to be carefully considered.

Ji Xiaotang frowned and pondered, the key to the matter was the rich village.

The name of that village is Wanjia Village. Ji Xiaotang heard Xie Zhixian tell Second Master Ji that there was a small reason why the Japanese killed all the people in the village.

If the Japanese raid the place, they will definitely send people to explore the way first.

Among them, there is a widow who dressed up as a ronin and explored the way to Wanjia Village. This ronin is not only greedy for money, but also very lustful. He met a young and beautiful woman in Wanjia Village, and when he saw that there was no one left and right, he stepped forward to tease.

However, the woman surnamed Wan was a strong woman who refused to be humiliated. She stabbed the ronin and ran away desperately, calling the people of the village.

The ronin was wounded by the villagers and fled back to the hiding place of the pirates.

The leader of the widows, but it was the brother of the ronin, who swore to avenge the ronin, so there was the tragedy in Wanjia Village.

After plundering Wanjia Village, the Japanese invaders went all the way to the coast and plundered the remaining five villages and towns before escaping by sea.

Ren Anfu couldn't react in time, and when the pursuers arrived, the Japanese were already at sea. Ren An did not have enough troops on the water, so he could only let the Japanese escape.

Later, those Japanese robbers walked to the southeast coast and encountered an ambush by the southeast navy, and most of them were killed and wounded.

Because of this victory, the military prestige of the Southeast Navy Army was greatly enhanced, and many officers and soldiers in the army were promoted to knighthood.

The ronin explored the road to Wanjia Village, which should be the first day of the fifth month. The night attack on Wanjia Village was on the fifth day of the fifth month of May. They deliberately chose the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, just because they fancied this day for everyone to celebrate the festival, and they were even more defenseless.

Today is the second day of the fifth month, and if the events of the previous life are still going to happen, then the ronin has already arrived in Wanjia Village, and escaped with injuries.

By the fifth day of the fifth month of May, there was still time.

It's just, how do you tell everyone about this matter? The monk obviously didn't know about Wanjia Village.

For the sake of the present, there is only so and so.

Ji Xiaotang thought for a while, whispered a few words in Shen's ear, then stood up and quietly walked out of the quiet room. She said that she went to the back mountain to walk and didn't want anyone to accompany her, but Shen still sent Zhang and a group of girls to follow her.

It is not difficult to get the Zhang family and the girls together for a while. (To be continued......)