"Zijian, don't blame Zimo, Tengchong is the biggest here, if this happens, it must be Tengchong's fault." Brother Xiang stepped forward and stopped Zijian, "Besides, the children have come back safely, this ice and snow have been frozen for so long, let the children go home and warm up first." While pushing and pulling and persuading, he finally pulled Zijian back home.

When he returned home, looking at his mother's anxious gaze, Zimo was very ashamed in his heart, lowered his head and knelt on the ground: "Mother, Mo'er is unfilial, which makes you worried." ”

Xiren stepped forward and pulled up Zimo: "It's good to come back, you are not allowed to go up the mountain without permission in the future, although you have learned a few skills, but the beasts on the mountain are infested, how can you be a child and a child." ”

Zimo nodded.

"Tell my mother about the way you went up and down the mountain, but are there any dangers?" Hee asked again.

Zimo looked at Zi Jian and wanted to stop.

"Huh? Is there something I can't listen to what? When Zijian saw Zimo's appearance, she couldn't help but get angry again.

"Don't dare, father." Zimo replied weakly, and then recounted the entire up and down the mountain in a low voice.

When he heard Zimo talk about judging the fall of the big tree, Zijian couldn't help but look up at Zimo, there was no stern look in his eyes, when he heard Zimo's method of subduing the wolf, his eyes were already a look of relief, and then when he heard that he cured the wolf's waist and returned to the mountains, he told the truth to the children, Zijian couldn't help but nod his beard, and thought in his heart, he had judgment, courage, open-mindedness, and the common people, worthy of being the heir of the Zi family, and the wind of the ancestors.

After listening to Zimo's narration, he couldn't help but stepped forward and gently stroked Zimo's head, pulled Zimo over, and let him sit beside him: "I am very pleased that you have such thoughts in case of trouble, but you are still young now, this time you have encountered a wolf, you still have the strength to deal with it, in case it is a pack of wolves, how will you deal with it?" Won't your little friends fall into the wolf's mouth? Even if it's a wild boar or a cheetah, how can you deal with it? And what if you get lost and fall into a snow pit? Therefore, there are certain things that should be taken into consideration and not acted recklessly. Know and act carefully, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, do you understand? ”

Zimo nodded: "Mo'er remembers, father." ”

A family discipline. It's late at night, so simply clean up and fall asleep.

The next day, the golden rooster crowed, and Zimo began to repeat the daily lesson again.

In his spare time, Zimo used his dexterous hands to make five wooden long knives for his friends, which were shaped like the long knives he used, which could be held in one or both hands and wielded, which made him feel like a battlefield battle. Occasionally, some knife techniques were taught, and every day, these partners gathered together to practice knife techniques and catch each other.

Three years have passed in a hurry, and under the careful training of Chi Songzi, Zimo has made great progress in his skills, and before that, he has stepped into the medicine festival in cultivation. After stepping into the medicine, an obvious ability can release a certain amount of strength, swing the knife to cut the ground, can open a trench, two fingers to fight, can break copper coins.

On this day, Zimo got up early as usual and came to the master's thatched house before sunrise to listen to the master's teachings. But I saw that the red pine nut came out of the house after a while, carrying a long object wrapped in cloth in his hand, and said to Zimo: "Today, we will not practice here, and say hello to your parents, and go out for a few days with our teacher." ”

As soon as he heard that the master was going to take him out, Zimo was very happy, nodded yes, and hurriedly turned around and ran home to inform Zijian and Xiren of the matter.

This Zimo didn't make any other preparations, only carried his iron knife and wooden long knife in his hand, turned around and returned to his master. Chi Songzi, who was meditating on the stone bench, saw Zimo returning, glanced at the long wooden knife in his hand, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he didn't speak, picked up the object on the stone table and got up and walked out, followed by Zimo.

"Master, what is this package you are holding, I will hold it for you."

Chi Songzi looked at Zimo and said with a smile, "It's okay, this is a gift for you, since you want to take it now, you can take it." With that, he handed the package to Zimo.

"Master's gift to me, it must be a good thing." Zimo was very happy and stepped forward to take it. watched the master carry the light fluttering, but this time, it sank down sharply, and almost didn't fall to the ground. "It's so heavy!" Zimo screamed in his heart, and quickly grabbed it with his fingers. Carefully open the package, into the eye is a long knife, its color is golden, the sun shines, the sun shines, the shape is a straight knife shape, the blade is one hundred and twenty centimeters long, six .5 centimeters wide, the back of the knife is nearly one centimeter, the handle is thirty centimeters long, the crocodile skin is pinned into a strip of winding, at this time Zimo has a height of one hundred and sixty centimeters, the length of the whole knife is close to Zimo's height, with a flick of the blade, "Zheng..." shocked the fingers painfully.

"Good knives! Good knives! Thank you, Master! Zimo turned over and knelt down to kowtow to the master and thanked him.

"Get up." Chi Songzi said, "I gave you this knife for the teacher, named after you, called 'ink knife', it also depends on your liking this kind of weapon, so it was made, the knife weighed sixty-nine catties (referring to the conversion of one catty to 251 grams at that time, which is equivalent to about 17 catties now), it is a method of six qi to configure materials, forged, before you enter the heavenly immortals, that is, before practicing the gods and returning to the virtual realm, you can use it, and you can withstand your mana." However, there are a few things you should keep in mind! ”

Hearing this, Zimo immediately stood up and listened carefully to his master's lecture.

"First, before you enter the Yudan, you can only practice but not use, so as to avoid you being unable to control the sword momentum; Second, the sword soldier is a murder weapon, and it should be used sparingly, God has the virtue of a good life, and it is used to deter when used; Third, it is not evil, good and evil are sometimes difficult to judge, so before using the knife, measure more; Fourth, when you cultivate more sophisticatedly, you must control the use, otherwise, if you cut out with a knife and cut the ground, you will definitely lose your lives and create a great fate. Is it possible to adhere to the above four points? ”

"The disciples will respect the teacher's teachings and strictly abide by them." Zimo replied respectfully and repeated the four points again.

Chi Songzi nodded: "I also know that your current mind will not be used indiscriminately, but when people are growing, power and desire often make people lose their nature, so once you have power in your hands, before you make a decision, you must carefully recall these four points, which is also very beneficial for your future cultivation." ”

Zimo nodded yes.

"In addition, the reason why this knife is so long is also convenient for real battlefield fighting, on the battlefield, thousands of times duel, spears and spears are facing each other, and the weapon is longer and has a certain advantage, one inch long and one inch stronger. But there are advantages and disadvantages in everything, the long soldier is not conducive to turning, the long knife is not easy to guard, once someone holds a short sword close, it will not be conducive to the long knife to play, but I watch you use a homemade wooden knife to practice the knife technique, it seems that you also notice this, when you perform, you have your own set of routines, but it is good. ”

After giving the knife and giving the lecture, Zi Mofu wrapped the knife in cloth again, resisted on his shoulder, and the master and apprentice left Huishan.

In the early summer of 469 BC, at the age of twelve, Zimo was given the treasure knife 'ink knife', and since then the ink knife has also become a symbol of the Mo family.

"Master, where are we going this time?" On the way, Zimo couldn't help but ask.

"You have been a teacher for three years, many times you are alone to learn and practice, lack of practical experience, this time I will take you to a real battle, by the way out of Huishan, let you see the outside world."

The master and apprentice traveled all the way to the northwest, and along the way, Chi Songzi also told Zimo about some precautions for walking the rivers and lakes, and Zimo remembered them one by one.

On this day, the line out of the Huishan 100-mile lot, came to a city called Kangfu (now Jining Chengnan), the day is dry, it is the time for lunch, the master and apprentice found a tavern, find a seat to sit down, the shopkeeper's eyes are sharp, when I see a guest to hurriedly carry a pot of hot tea, shoulder towel smile came over, greeted, "Two guest officers, what do you want to eat?" ”

Zimo was stunned for a moment, and he didn't relax for a long time. Looking at Master, he asked suspiciously, "Master, do you understand what he said?" ”

Chi Songzi laughed: "Zimo, this is the first lesson when you go out." On weekdays, you stay in your hometown, you can understand the speech of ten miles and eight villages, and communicate freely, but the world is big, far from being comparable to a village, this region is different, and there are language differences, and there are few explanations of this in the book, so you can't learn from the book. ”

"How's that to be? Master, can you understand? ”

"The world is so big, how can you go all over as a teacher, it doesn't matter if you don't understand it, you can learn it. This is still not far from your hometown, and the language is not much different, if you go to the land of Wu Yue, the deviation completely subverts your imagination. How do different languages communicate? First of all, many things are interconnected, for example, this shopkeeper, when he sees us coming in, the words he asks are related to eating, you just need to listen carefully. After speaking, he looked at the shopkeeper, "This shopkeeper, please repeat what you just said, my apprentice is going out for the first time, and he is more curious." These words, Chi Songzi told them in words close to the shopkeeper's accent.

When the shopkeeper heard it, he was also very happy, and said the words just now, and sure enough, this time Zimo captured some information points, and muttered to learn the shopkeeper's words.

"It's really interesting, Uncle Shopkeeper, did you just ask, 'What do you want to eat?' Zimo savored the shopkeeper's words and asked.

The shopkeeper was well-informed, and it was easy to understand Zimo's question, and he said with a smile: "This little brother, what you said is good, that's exactly what you mean." ”

This time, Zimo listened carefully to the shopkeeper's words, repeated them several times in his mouth, and said with a smile: "Uncle shopkeeper, you are really powerful, you can understand what I said." Again, did you just reply, 'That's what you said, that's what you mean'? ”

"You little brother, it's really not simple, you can understand it so quickly. I can't compare with you, I am a tavern, a guest from the north and south, I have seen a lot, I have heard a lot, and I can understand it a little bit, which is like you, I will understand it after listening to it and pondering it. ”

After chatting a few more words, Chi Songzi ordered two dishes, asked for a few steamed buns, and served hot tea, and the master and apprentice had a full meal.

After eating and drinking, the master and apprentice sat down and rested for a while.

Zimo suddenly thought of something, and asked with a smile, "Master, I suddenly remembered something." ”

"Oh? What is it? ”

"I heard that the Taoist Lao Tzu once served in the Zhou capital, and then traveled westward, to Hangu Pass, met Guan Yinzi, this Guan Yinzi asked Lao Tzu to leave a book, Lao Tzu left the "Tao Te Ching" from the west. However, Lao Tzu is a native of Chen Guoku County (now Luyi County, Henan Province), but Guan Yinzi is a native of Guiyu County, Qin State (today's Shuishi), which is thousands of miles apart, and the language must be extremely different. It's really strange, could it be that Lao Tzu said Kuxian dialect, and Guan Yinzi said Guiyu County dialect, do they each understand? ”

"Huh?" Chi Songzi was full of black lines in his head, and he knocked the ink with his hand, "You have been thinking about melon seeds all day long, didn't you just say it, if you have seen more, there will naturally be no such problem." ”

"Hehe, it's just fun to think about it. This is not like the exchange between the two countries, you can find a person who is proficient in the two countries to be the language transmitter, this is purely a personal exchange, you can't learn each other's language before communicating, then I don't know what year and month it will take, and it is not realistic to ask a middleman. Zimo muttered to himself, the more he thought about it, the more interesting it became, and he couldn't help but be happy.

The red pine son listened to Zimo's nonsense, and after thinking about it, it was true, and he couldn't help laughing. In the end, he couldn't help but say: "Don't think nonsense anymore, throughout the ages, most of the famous scholars have traveled all over the world, one of which is to promote their academic ideas; Second, it is also to see the customs of various places, and improve the academic according to the customs of people in different regions; Thirdly, in order to learn the language of different fields, language is a direct tool to transmit ideas, and only by being familiar with the language of a region can you spread your thoughts. ”