Chapter 10: Strange Times (2)

In just 20 words of disciple rules, Mr. Ram broke it open, crushed it, and taught it to Zhao Yin and Zhao Yu in the most popular way, and even alluded to it, not to mention Zhao Yin and Zhao Yu, even Jingnu heard it clearly.

Half an hour later, when Mr. Ram stopped to rest, the discerning Jing Nu immediately held the tea that had been poured in advance in front of the old gentleman, and respectfully called: "Mr. Ram, please use tea." ”

Clearing his slightly hoarse throat, Mr. Ram nodded at Jingnu, as if he was full of affection for Jingnu.

"Uhh

After taking a sip of warm tea, Mr. Ram slowly exhaled.

At this time, he turned his head to look at Zhao Yu, and after a little thought, asked, "Shicai, the second prince said that he is interested in his own country?" ”

"Yes, sir."

Zhao Yu suddenly came to his senses, nodded and said: "Sir, I know that the country where I am waiting is called 'Jin', and the Son of Heaven is surnamed Li, and my mother has already told me...... What the kid is curious about is, is my Jin Kingdom the only country in this world? ”

Mr. Ram glanced at Zhao Yu with some confusion, as if he felt that Zhao Yu's question was a little strange.

But he didn't care too much, and after brushing his beard, he explained: "My Great Jin can only say that I am the only country of the Central Plains and the country of civilization, but in the neighbors of my Great Jin, there are still some barbarians, and some of these barbarians also follow the example of the Central Plains to establish city-states. Speaking of this, he took another sip of the tea bowl, and mocked lightly but contemptuously: "However, those barbarians do not follow the royal way, do not practice education, and are no different from savages, although they are a scourge to the country for a while, but they will not last long, even if they follow the example of the Central Plains to establish a city-state, they are just a monkey and a crown, which makes people laugh in vain." ”

The literati looked down on the uneducated the most, and Zhao Yu was not surprised by Mr. Ram's prejudice against those foreigners, he pretended to be curious and asked: "What did Mr. say barbarian, I don't know what they are?" ”

This question seemed to have been asked by Mr. Ram, and the old gentleman stroked his beard and thought for a long time, and finally said vaguely: "The Central Plains has never made a detailed distinction between barbarians, and if they are in the east, they will be called Dongyi; In the west, it is the Western Barbarian. …… And so on. ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhao Yu knew that this Mr. Ram was not very clear about this, and he was inevitably a little disappointed in his heart.

He thought for a moment and asked, "Sir, in the land of my Central Plains that you are talking about, is our Jin Kingdom the only country for thousands of years?" Or was there another country before that? ”

Mr. Ram glanced at Zhao Yu quite strangely, and seemed to be a little puzzled by Zhao Yu's question, but he still explained: "That's not it, in my Central Plains, there have been other dynasties, such as Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, ......."

『……』

Zhao Yu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and his hands hanging down his sleeves unconsciously clenched his fists slightly, because he found that the order of these dynasties told by Mr. Ram was very consistent with the order of dynasties in his memory.

He couldn't help but ask, "Then what country was it before I entered the country?" ”

However, this question once again stumped Mr. Ram.

"Well...... old man stroked his beard, his eyebrows furrowed, and after thinking for a long time, he finally shook his head and said, "The old man doesn't dare to assert this." ”

"Why?" Zhao Yu looked stunned.

Mr. Ram then explained: "According to legend, in the last years of the Han Kingdom, the Central Plains was weak and the foreign races were strong, and the foreign tribes from all over the world drove straight into the Central Plains, causing chaos in the Central Plains, causing our Central Plains to be in chaos for hundreds of years, until the Li clan expelled Zhuyi and established the Jin Kingdom, and our Central Plains was peaceful......"

Hearing Mr. Ram's story, Zhao Yu opened his mouth slightly, almost unable to hide the shock in his heart.

Through Mr. Ram's narration, Zhao Yu gradually realized that he was in this era, which was obviously different from the historical process in his previous life, in his previous life, the most serious period of foreign disasters in the Central Plains was when the Jin State established by the Sima clan was at the end of the period, when there were five disasters in China, resulting in the catastrophe of the Central Plains, and then after hundreds of years of confrontation and turmoil, the Yang clan established the Sui State, unified the world, and then completely ended the catastrophe.

But here, it seems that the one who put an end to this catastrophe was a completely unfamiliar surname Li, and after expelling the foreign Yi and unifying the world, the Li family established a country that was completely unfamiliar to Zhao Yu, that is, the Jin State.

It is undeniable that in Zhao Yu's memory, the Han Dynasty was indeed followed by the Jin Dynasty, but he had never heard of the tragedy of foreign clans entering the Central Plains for hundreds of years between the Han and Jin dynasties, not to mention that the royal family that established this Jin State was not the Sima clan who stole Cao Wei's power, but a completely unfamiliar Li clan.

Based on this, Zhao Yu really doesn't understand what era he is in.

After thinking about it, Zhao Yu could only reluctantly accept the facts: the world he lived in was different from the historical process in his previous life, and it may be a parallel world, just because in the evolution of history, one or some subtle deviations caused the course of history to deviate.

I thought I had just come to ancient times, but I never thought that it was a completely unfamiliar ancient time, this discovery shocked Zhao Yu, but also bred all kinds of confusion and troubles, so that when Mr. Ram continued to teach in the afternoon, he still did not get rid of the shock.

In the evening, when Zhao Yu and Jingnu were having dinner in the North Mansion, his mother Zhou learned that Zhao Yu was honestly studying at Mr. Ram's side today, and deliberately mentioned the matter in front of the Luyang Township, obviously intending to let the Luyang Xianghou boast about his young son.

At that time, the townsman of Luyang was drinking soup, and after hearing it, he wiped his mouth with a cloth, glanced at Zhao Yu lightly, and immediately said lightly: "Let's talk about it if you can stick to it." ”

Although the reaction was cold, Zhou could still see a little relief in her husband's eyes.

After dinner, his brother Zhao Yin and his father Luyang Xianghou left one after another, and Zhou deliberately left his youngest son Zhao Yu behind.

She rubbed her youngest son's hair and said comfortingly: "Yu'er, don't be depressed, don't look at your father's cold expression when you have just eaten, he is like this...... Knowing that you have learned well, although he doesn't say anything, he doesn't know how happy he is behind his back. ”

Zhao Yu nodded in response.

In fact, he was not depressed because of the cold reaction of the Luyang townsman, he was just confused and panicked because of what Mr. Ram said, after all, he had realized that he had come to a time and space completely different from his previous life, and the so-called advantages of some prophets did not exist, which made Zhao Yu suddenly think of the loneliness and panic of going to the big city alone in his previous life - and now, this emotion is particularly strong.

The only thing worth thanking me for is probably the affection of his family, especially Zhou's doting on him.

No, it seemed that he had noticed that something was wrong with his young son, Zhou reached out and touched Zhao Yu's forehead with concern, and asked, "What's wrong with my son, his face is not very good......

"It's okay, mother, the child is just a little tired, after all, I studied all day at Mr. Ram's today."

Hearing the young son's explanation, Zhou's face faded from worry, and he smiled and teased: "I can't stand it at this level?" Your brother is like this every day. ”

As she spoke, she felt that she had noticed something, approached her son and sniffed slightly, and then frowned and asked with a strange expression, "How many days has my son not bathed?" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu was also stunned, and got rid of his mother's embrace with some embarrassment, lowered his head and sniffed, and then his face was a little embarrassed.

Although he couldn't smell any strange smell on his body, if he thought about it, he really hadn't taken a bath since he came to this house the day before yesterday.

Noticing the embarrassed look on his son's face, Zhou smiled and urged, "Go and wash up, and then sleep well." Quiet girl, wait for Yu'er to bathe herself. ”

"Yes, ma'am." Jingnu replied with a slightly red face.

About a quarter of an hour later, Zhao Yu and Jing Nu returned to the house in the east courtyard, and then Jing Nu instructed the two servants of the east courtyard to move a half-man-high Mu bucket to Zhao Yu's house, and ordered someone to fill the bucket with hot water.

After making all the preparations, she said to Zhao Yu, who was sitting beside the couch in a daze, with a shyness: "Young master, the slave is waiting for you to bathe......"

Zhao Yu was thinking about his thoughts, but was awakened by Jingnu's words, and then showed a little embarrassment and discomfort on his face.

To be honest, his mother designated Jingnu as his concubine in the future, but in fact, Zhao Yu did not reject it.

After all, it's a sister given by her mother for nothing, and Jingnu is so cute, but after all, she is still a little younger, right? He's not a pervert.

"This ...... I'll do it myself, Shizune. ”

Seeing that Jingnu stretched out her hand to prepare to widen her clothes for herself, Zhao Yu grabbed her hand and stopped her with some embarrassment.

There is a saying that Jingnu's hands are indeed quite tender, after all, the age is there.

By the way, Zhao Yu originally thought that Jingnu was still in the age of ignorance, but when he saw Jingnu who was blushing with shame after being grabbed by him, he suddenly realized that the little girl in this era may be more precocious than he imagined, especially like Jingnu, who was raised by the Zhou family as an adoptive daughter-in-law.

"Ahem."

With a light cough, Zhao Yu let go of the words that were holding Jing Nu, and pretended to be calm and ordered: "I'll just come by myself about bathing, Jing Nu, you can find a change of clothes for me." ”

"This ...... Yes, young master. ”

Jing Nu lowered her head and answered, and when she turned around, Zhao Yu vaguely heard a relieved exhalation.

Obviously, a little girl of this age has already learned to be shy.

Taking advantage of the gap between Jing Nu and looking for clothes for herself in the cabinet, Zhao Yu hurried to take off her clothes and soaked her whole body in the bucket.

He leaned his back against the wall of the bucket, thinking about the future.

At this moment, the biggest panic and uneasiness in his heart stemmed from his ignorance and strangeness to this era, but fortunately, the family atmosphere in this family was slightly diluted.

"What will happen in the future?"

Lying in the bucket, Zhao Yu thought with his eyes closed.