The banquet of the city, everyone is happy, unconsciously it has come to the time, the sound of music and singing is not subdued, Ji Huan and Zhu Yan are hiding in the corner of the feast at this time to eat snacks quietly, most of the guests have drunk three rounds, and they have not seen the Miss Xi Fu who has just escaped slipped back.

"Sister Mi, I... I can't eat, hiccups. Ji Huan rubbed her belly.

"It's strange to say, miss, I always feel like something is going to happen tonight." Zhu Cheng rubbed her forehead, her eyelids had been jumping since the beginning, and the hairs on her body stood up for a while.

"I feel the same way... Jiang Run came over, she was one of the back kitchens of the Mansion, she was newly hired by her wife in the past two years, she was well-behaved and clever, she learned everything quickly, and she was rewarded.

"Since the time has passed, I have been a little fried, I think today is not peaceful, but I dare not say this to the old lady, it is not pleasant." Jiang Run rubbed the cup in his hand, frowning, unable to drink.

Suddenly, a majestic voice from the east suddenly burst into my ears:

Xia Youyu is happy, Xia Wei doesn't think about the government, Shang has Daji, and Shang Xun uses it as a cannon brand. Now it is a daughter of the country, three hundred steps a day, and now it should be destroyed in the hands of the little girl with yellow hair!

The sound was deafening, and it really hurt people's brains. The crowd was also stopped by this shout, and they all looked eastward.

An old man in a white robe came slowly with a cane. Crane hair and silver beard, looking like an immortal from a distance, recently born Zhuang Wei, everyone was stunned for a long time, and they didn't know how to deal with it, why did they come up and point the spearhead at the only daughter of the mansion? Do you still compare the enchantress of the previous dynasty?

A person suddenly rushed out of the Concubine's Mansion, it was the head of the Concubine's family, who had not long returned to the hospital, "Shameful apprentice greets the honored teacher." ”

The white-robed old man didn't look at Ji Huan, but just stared at Ji Huan who was shrinking behind Zhu Ming, "Xi Xu, you have to pass on to me, but I don't know how many lives this woman has?" ”

"The shame has never dared to forget what he has learned, the little girl is in Gengxu, the life of the hairpin and the gold, the first day of September in the sea of gold, this day is set to take the position of the East, the disaster of the east leads to the fake in Ronghua, thinking that this is indeed the righteousness of the disaster, although there is this, I have never dared to let the little girl show her head outside, today is an unexpected move, I praise the city of people have people of knowledge, never dare to say half a word to outsiders, shame disciples feel that there should be no big problem."

Ji Qi still lowered her head, her voice trembled a little, "I hope that the master will show the way to the little girl of the Mansion, I am ashamed of my incompetence, I only want to keep my beloved daughter and the country safe." "Say, bring in Huan Huan, "Huan'er knelt down and called Master." ”

Ji Huan was very scared, "Hi... Ji Huan has seen my grandfather... This is the first time she has felt the earthquake, and it is also the first time she has been so frightened, although she is young, but she has also peeked at some books about numerology, and now she has figured out some of the reasons.

The white-robed old man looked at the kneeling father and daughter, and sighed: "Disciple, why did I come here, naturally I already knew that disaster was coming. Even if you can hide it from me, you can't hide it from the Zhou royal family, and what should come will always come. ”

The guests at the banquet looked at each other, they didn't know what to do, and someone came up and pointed to the apprentice's daughter and said that this was a disaster, but this is also a matter of other people, I don't know the details, it is inconvenient to participate too much, and I was silent for a while.

"In this way, I specially brought a Yunhai Stone and put it on for your family Huan'er, so that she can save her life for at least ten years." The white-robed old man said, taking out a cloth bag from his arms. "But I hope you can understand that numerology cannot be violated, and the will of heaven is still like this, and you dare to violate heaven alone?"

With that, the old man was about to leave with his cane.

There was originally silence in the crowd, but someone flashed out, "Dare to ask the seniors, is it Su Qian, the ancestor of Nanhu?" The speaker was a young man dressed in a gray military uniform, about eight feet long, handsome and immature, with a resolute color, and a look of anger on his face.

"It's old age." The white-robed old man turned around and looked at the young man curiously.

"Under He Chongjin, the eldest son of He Xuyan, the head of the talented predecessors pointed directly at my sister, she is only two out of ten years old, how can she say that it will cause trouble?" The young man in military uniform is neither humble nor arrogant, and he has a strong style. "It's just a young woman, can An mislead the country?"

Everyone dared not speak, but this young man... looks like he is only 2829 years old, but he dares to stand up and speak out on such an occasion. The old man didn't get angry, but admired it. "Boy, haven't you heard that Yu Disciple Sun has this other brother?"

He Chongjin was a little ashamed, and his face turned red, "The He family and the Baoguo Mansion have been neighbors for many years, and Yu's father and the viscount have known each other for many years, and I and Ji Huan have been brothers and sisters with different surnames since childhood, and they are childhood sweethearts. ”

Ji Xuan whispered: "Enough Jin'er, the origin is too deep during this period, you are still young, and you are not easy to understand, so naturally you don't know the depths." ”

Chongjin was a little overwhelmed when he heard this. Although Sister Huan is usually a little naughty, she is kind-hearted and smart, this old man is in a good city regardless of the occasion, and suddenly came over and said that she was going to destroy the Zhou Dynasty, what are you kidding?

The old man's eyes were like torches, as if he had seen through his heart, and waved his hand, "The time has not yet come, but it will not be a year, and you will understand by then." Boy, there are some things that can't be changed by human beings. With that, he walked slowly with his cane and gradually disappeared from sight.

After a long time, everyone came back to their senses, and they didn't know what to do with this trouble. Ji Xuan pulled her daughter to stand up, looking thoughtfully at the direction the old man was leaving.

Suddenly, a red glow appeared from the northeast, and the strong spot illuminated the faces of the banquet guests. The rumbling sound is endless, as if the sky is falling apart. The earthquake struck, the gravel under his feet trembled, and under the shock, no one ran in a panic.

After a few moments, the tremor was felt less, but the red glow did not disappear. A rider came with dust to report, "Yu Guogong, Feng Hao Erjing has an earthquake, according to the fire number, the shock should be not small." ”

Ji Xuan waved her hand, "Distinguished guests, please don't spread today's words, thank you here." This is the end of the feast, so please go home and rest in peace. Then the crowd dispersed.

In the study room, Xi Xuan sat on a rest chair, holding her forehead, and the book in her hand was thrown casually next to the desk, as if she was thinking and distressed.

A small figure flickered outside the window, and Xi Xi sighed, "Come in, Huan'er." ”

Ji Huan was a little cramped, pinching the corner of his clothes and walking in, "Daddy, am I a disaster?" ”

"You're my daughter." Ji Huan beckoned and asked Ji Huan to come over.

"Huan'er, my father is a prince in Baoguo, and I have old friends and relatives with your uncle Baojue, so naturally no one in Baoguo dares to raise eyebrows at you. But do you know how big the imperial court is? ”

Ji Huan replied, "Naturally, we know that our country has gone through three dynasties, and now it is a state of Zhou Ting, a land of sects, and there are tributes every year. ”

Ji Xuan nodded, "But do you know that Daddy is only a viscount in the shadow of the Son of Heaven, and he has no right to speak?" Don't mention the three dukes, even if the six kings are here, they are still honored with national gifts, and their facial features dare to sit on an equal footing with their fathers. ”

"I don't know, but here, daddy is always heaven. Feng Ho is still 450 miles away, why are you bothering us when you are full? Ji Huan was very unconvinced, how could the Zhou royal family, which had been declining over the years, stretch out its claws to the people of the vassal countries.

"The son of Yu has a Bao family, the water control has a meritorious seal of its praise land, Yu Xia Yin Shang so far Zhou Tianzi, has been 1,369 years, in the sense, we are still the state of the imperial court, two hundred and fifty years, the world serves the king. Although it has been in decline for a long time, it should defend the royal family, if the rise has been seen, then under the nest, there are eggs? She touched her daughter's head. Bao Guo has had a good relationship with the imperial court for generations, but your uncle Bao Jue has no daughters under his knees, has an eldest son, and the second son is young, so he can't get married. But you, who are named on the genealogy of your mother's side, are the descendants of Queen Yu and the daughter of the monarch of the Bao Kingdom, do you know what this means? ”

Ji Huan was very reluctant and lowered his head, "I know, but my parents are here, not far away, I don't want to leave my father and mother, and I don't want to leave the country of Bao, this is the land where I was born and raised, I am not rare in any glory and wealth, and I am even more disgusted with Zhou Tianzi." ”

Ji Qi's head hurt even more, and she stretched out her right hand to hold her forehead. "Dad doesn't want you to go to the land of tigers and wolves, this is disrespectful to the court, but Dad has been involved in court affairs, so he naturally knows how big a pit is, and it is said that the son of heaven is young now, ignoring court affairs, and now Yu Shi's father is in charge. This person was a traitor and speculative, and he was known to be a person when he was in the same dynasty, and now he is afraid that it is even worse. Although there used to be thin friends, now I am afraid that it is easy to make extraneous branches. ”

"So Daddy keeps not letting me go out and show my face?" Ji Huan finally understood why he was so big that he was just in the courtyard, and when he remembered, the farthest distance was limited to the gate of Ji Mansion. I didn't go to school since I was a child.,It's all Mr. door-to-door teaching.,There are more learning piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and songs.,Although naughty,A lot of courses that don't like are learned to be a fur.,When I was seven years old,Brother Chongjin on the neighborhood He Mansion came to visit.,There was the first best playmate.。

Ji Huan thought about it, and suddenly looked up and asked, "That... Why did Daddy let Brother Chongjin teach me martial arts? I'm afraid this is not what a normal woman should learn. ”

Ji Xuan didn't know how to answer for a while.

The door curtain was swept, and Bao Yuan pushed the door in, "Jun Xuan, why don't you sleep yet, but because... Huan'er here? ”

"Mother! Hug! Ji Huan opened his little hand.

"You're going to be coquettish, alas." Bao Yuan doted on Ji Huan.

Seeing this, Ji Xuan spoke: "Yuan Yuan, Huan'er asked me why I asked He Chongjin's child to teach her martial arts... ”

"Huh?" Bao Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, "Huan'er, this is not what Daddy meant, I asked your brother Chongjin to teach you." ”

"Why is that? I heard Chongjin's brother say that he had never seen a girl learn martial arts, so he was not very happy to teach every time, only saying that I was fluent in music and wanted to hear me sing or play the guqin. ”

"Because I'm thinking, if one day my father and I can't protect you, at least you can have a little bit of self-defense, we both think farther and more biased, but in the final analysis, I don't want you to be hurt in any way, otherwise I won't let my baby daughter learn any martial arts, and it's not like a man who fights and kills all day long." Bao Yuan hugged him tighter. "But whether I can martial arts or not, I won't let my baby fly away."

"Isn't Daddy also from the military? Why don't you let him teach me? "Ji Huan is very puzzled, obviously my father will, but he is always hiding and tucking, it is too picky.

"That... That's because your father didn't want you to learn the art of military martial arts, he had fought with King Xuan in the Eighth Division of Chengzhou, and he saw a lot of fighting, so he didn't want you to learn this kind of martial arts, which was only used when fighting with his life on the battlefield. For this topic, Bao Yuan didn't want to say too much, for fear of touching the heartache of his husband.

Seeing this, Ji Xuan stood up and pulled out a map of the territory from the crack in the table.

"Husband, what are you...

Ji Xuan waved her hand, "It's okay, it's been many years, and the old things have long been laughed at by the neighbors today." ”

"Huan'er, look." Ji Huan unfolded the map and pointed to a place, and Xi Huan hurriedly approached to take a look.

"Here, it is Fengdu, when my father set off south with the army from here to conquer Shenrong, Taiyuan Rong, Tiaorong and Benrong. At that time, some people advised that Nansi Rong had invaded the land of Zhou Tian, and these Rong people originally took advantage of the decline of the Zhou Dynasty and once penetrated deep into the hinterland of Zongzhou, forcing the Zhou people who were accustomed to settling down and farming to flee in all directions, and their lives fell into difficulty. Since my father was young, I knew that in the second year of the first king, he conquered Huaiyi and Jingman, and the uncle Fang who came to visit his father in the house before was the commander of the Chu State of Jingman, and the three thousand soldiers and chariots made many military exploits. In the fourth year of the first king, the five brothers of Qin Zhuang attacked Xirong, and at the same time, they also declared war on Xunyu, Kunyi and Li, and expelled the Tani to the far north. The admonitor also said that this was called the rule of the Heavenly Sage Zhongxing, and it was at this time that the first king raised the whole country's troops to march south again, and it was at this time that Daddy began to see the true face of the war. Ji Qi hesitated for a moment, "However, in the four battles of the Southern Expedition, only Shen Rong bowed down, and the rest did not go as the previous king wished. Later, Jiang Rong was cut down, a thousand acres of battle, there was little left of the eight divisions of Chengzhou, and they could only use the division of the southern country to fight for five days and six nights, and finally returned defeated, when you were only two years old and three years old. These few disputes, wins and loses, but everywhere they pass, there must be thousands of miles of scorched earth, countless corpses, no matter which country the people are living in poverty, and my father almost didn't come back. ”

Ji Huan looked at Ji Huan and asked directly, "Huan'er, who do you think is wrong?" ”

"Since... Naturally, there have been, yes and have. Some Yirong came to commit crimes, of course, they can't be let go, and they want to avenge the innocent people... But the Rong people who have not invaded us, why bother to ask for it and make people surrender. For the first time, she was a little nervous when she saw her father talking to her about the battlefield.

"It's worthy of my daughter, and she already understands some things." Ji Qi smiled and pinched the cramped little face. "Among the court officials at that time, some people believed that the whole world should not be the king's land, and those who did not obey should be killed. Some have strongly exhorted that they should be divided into chapters and volumes, and not generalized. But at that time, the first king was very old, and he relied on the fact that he had rarely lost in the war for many years, so he still insisted on going his own way, and I had seen that there was no male power to plough the fields between the village pavilions, and the women and children were hungry and did not choose to eat. And at that time, among the factions that stood in line to raise troops, there was Yu Shifu. ”

Chongjin was young, and Brother Xu was afraid that he would take a martial arts position on the spur of the moment, so he only taught him some light skills, and also foresaw the wind and rain in the future. Therefore, I asked Chongjin's kid to teach you what he learned, which is naturally much more suitable than Daddy's fighting skills. ”

Ji Qi sighed as she spoke, "Alas, now the young king has been established, fledgling, and greedy for pleasure. Now that Father Shi is in charge of the dynasty, even if the Son of Heaven is really the talent of King Wen, I am afraid that he will not be able to solve these many remaining problems in the country for a while. Father Shi is greedy and well-behaved, and has always thought about the surrounding countries and Rong people, and must want to make a few strokes from it, especially if we praise the country, stabilize for a hundred years, and the land of fish, fat and rice is ripe, I am afraid that we will start harvesting wheat. ”

"So... Daddy just ordered me, implying that I should make peace with the Zhou royal family to seek peace and stability in the country? Ji Huan began to be afraid, tears rolled in her eyes, she didn't want to leave home, she didn't want to leave her father, and she didn't want to become a pawn in the political chessboard.

"Normally, this is true, but the Zhou family has been in decline for a long time and the troops are insufficient, even if your uncle and I really fight against the Son of Heaven, we will keep you safe." Ji Xu's eyes were firm, looking at his daughter, this is the treasure given to him and his wife by heaven, I want him to give his treasure to others as a vase and throw it in the palace for the rest of his life, even if that person is the current Zhou Tianzi, don't even think about it!

"Daddy!" Ji Huan pounced, hugged Ji Huan's thigh and cried.

"I don't know... What happened to my son... Ji Yu touched the little head and thought of her son again, "Your brother Ji Hong, Uncle Bao Jue, and your cousin Bao Yun have been to Donggong since December last year, and they haven't come back for six months, so I'm afraid that something will happen again." ”

In the early morning, the house was noisy.

Huh? How did I fall asleep last night? It's like crying and crying... Why is it so noisy outside and what is going on. Ji Huan rubbed her eyes and found herself being carried to the boudoir. I didn't have time to freshen up, I ran out to see, and saw a person in the front hall rushing into the front hall, and the voice came, "Yu Guogong, Wuli Pavilion comes to report, the beacon fire arrives first, the horse arrives quickly, there was an earthquake yesterday, Fengdu does not know the details, but there is a house collapse in Haojing, the west side of the bridge in the middle of Erjing is broken, and there is a corner of Qishan collapse, the sediment of the Jing and Wei rivers is turbid, and the water flow is gradually smaller, I am afraid that the two rivers will also be extinct." ”

Suddenly, lightning flashed, followed by twelve explosions of thunder in succession.

The sound of booming and rumbling came from the northeast, and it was endless. Ji Huan was startled, and looked east reflexively, only to see that the sky in the entire northeast was covered with dark clouds, and there was no edge in sight, and the black cumulus clouds quickly gathered over Baocheng from all sides along the wind.

Tick, tick... A few drops of rain hit Ji Huan's face, Xi Huan lowered her head, and the gray stone bricks were rendered by large droplets of water, turning into jet black, and gradually spreading. In the blink of an eye, the torrential rain came, and the sky and floor tiles were all dyed black in an instant.

"Huanhuan, why are you here, still wearing bedclothes, hurry up and take you to change your clothes." Zhu Huan didn't care about the rain, and used her body to protect Ji Huan back to the house, Ji Huan was pulled, turned her head to look at the unclosed window in the front hall, and the father inside was sitting on the main chair, his brows were locked, the same as the weather.