Linyuan.

The back house of the Jiang family.

Jiang Ge, who was a little depressed, was lying on the bed, the soft Xiaobai was lying quietly on Jiang Ge's quilt, and the little black buttocks were lying on the carpet in front of the bed against the bed, as if looking at the door, as if he was asleep.

Jiang Ge, who woke up slowly, stretched out his hand and stroked the little white plush head, looked at the curtain on the top of the bed with his eyes open, and kept recalling the battle with the gray-robed Taoist priest in his mind.

Jiang Ge thought to himself, sure enough, impulse is the devil, why did he chase after him at that time, the golden-robed boy didn't stay, his little life was almost gone, and the young master of the Jiang family was killed outside Linyuan City, it was really ironic, too embarrassing.

Thinking about it carefully, the Taoist priest's swordsmanship is not bad, the sword is like electricity, and the speed is indeed not comparable to himself, the other party unfolds, only the ability to barely parry, or was stabbed, if the sword on the cheek is not lucky, it is estimated that he would have died long ago if he rested on his neck.

Fortunately, the Zhenshan Sword brought out from the Phoenix Secret Realm, the seven-style sword move was like the sky pressing the top, even if Jiang Ge used it very bluntly, but the feeling of connecting hearts and minds was really subtle, and each style had a coercion to disperse, otherwise how could the Taoist priest who had the upper hand retreat and had the intention of escaping.

And the sword qi after the seventh style, Jiang Ge felt powerful when he thought about it, although the fist of the Four Elephant Fist could also attack the outside of the body, but it was all tickling, at most, it was to extinguish the candle flame with one punch. How can it be as sharp as this sword qi, so that the enemy can't escape. It also confirms what Lian Shanyang and Lie Shanyuan said, the exercises and skills that come with the weapon are really powerful, and they also require long-term practice to be integrated, and the consumption of mental power is a hard injury that hinders the triggering of skills. It seems that the fallen one-yuan qigong method and the two yi adjustment methods have been practiced more, and the sword skills of the Zhenshan Sword consume too much spiritual power, if you fight against people in the future, you can't kill with one blow, and you must be the one who dies.

Then Jiang Ge thought of the man holding a steel spear beside the golden-robed prince, as well as the mysterious boss, vaguely the combat power of these two people was much higher than that of the gray-robed Taoist, and he was definitely not an opponent. But where did the mysterious boss go during the battle between the gray-robed Taoist priests? Will they stop Lieshanyuan and them? Thinking that the mysterious boss's strength must be strong, and whether the three of Lie Shanyuan would be injured, Jiang Ge was a little anxious, endured the pain of the wound, lifted the quilt and slowly got out of bed, thinking about asking the servant, otherwise he would feel uneasy.

Just when Jiang Ge just walked to the round table at the door, the bedroom door was suddenly pushed open, and Jiang Shan, who was holding the food box, quickly entered the house and put the food box on the table when he saw this, helped Jiang Ge sit down, and complained: "It's injured like this, it's not good to lie down, run around blindly." ”

Jiang Ge said with some embarrassment: "The child is depressed and panicked, and wants to move, and I also inquire about the situation of the three of them, whether they have been attacked." There was always some uneasiness in my heart. ”

Jiang Shanyi said angrily: "I also know that I care about others, act so recklessly, I am deeply trapped in a trap, not to mention dragging others down, you should reflect on yourself, what can you do with the courage of the horseman, and you will be invincible in the world if you know how to do kung fu?" It's a loss. If we hadn't arrived in time, your life would have been lost. If you can, you can recuperate at home with peace of mind in the future, don't run around. ”

The chattering Jiang Shanyi opened the food box and put the exquisite dishes on the table, and continued: "The three cubs followed you to chase, but they were blocked by a white-robed man not far outside the city gate, and the man had a child hostage in his hand, and they didn't dare to go forward to support you, so they confronted each other." Later, when we and the soldiers brought by the defenders came, the man in the white robe let go of the hostages and left quickly, faster than a horse. Immediately afterwards, we also chased after us, for fear that you would be attacked from front to back, but fortunately, the man did not take the official road and fled towards the mountains and forests. By the time we find you, you've already killed that Taoist priest, but it's good to be in time, otherwise any child would have killed you with one stab. ”

Listening to his father's chatter, Jiang Ge's heart was like the warm sun in winter, Jiang Ge liked such a father very much, even if he was scolded, it was good.

Jiang Ge looked at the five or six dishes that his father took out, the aroma was fragrant, and his already deflated stomach was growling, Jiang Ge picked up the chopsticks and stuffed them into his mouth.

Jiang Shanyi looked at Jiang Ge's appearance with joy in his heart, and his tone was much softer, and said, "Next, you stay at home and don't go out of Linyuan." Those three cubs have been ordered back to the altar, deep in the mountains and old forests, you are injured again, and you can't bear it for your father. Let you stay in Linyuan for the time being, non-renewable right and wrong. The matter of the trapped dragon village has been decided, not to mention that the golden-robed son is not simple. Stop thinking about heroic heroism and obediently recuperate from your injuries. ”

Jiang Ge also knew the stakes in his heart at this time, and without that courage on his head, he naturally nodded obediently and ate vegetables, feeling that he was at ease and kept to himself, and practiced the method of nourishing qi and harmonizing well.

Jiang Shanyi looked at Jiang Ge's obedient expression at this time, and then said: "You will be nineteen at the end of the year, and you will be crowned in another year." When you grow up, your mind must be calm and steady. As a father, I just want you to live a peaceful and stable life, although the world is in chaos now, and we are not really threatened in a corner. still has the strength to protect himself, as long as he does not provoke right and wrong, it should not be difficult to survive in troubled times. Now the dynasty is unstable, the royal family is in decline, and the north is fragmented and smoky. Let's watch the situation change, don't stay in the middle of things. ”

Speaking of the current situation, Jiang Ge still has remnants of the period when Chang'an City was defended in his mind

The concept, since he came to Linyuan, he didn't know much, but he had constant adventures, except for the affairs of the Wandering Army, Jiang Ge didn't know anything. As soon as Jiang Shanyi said it casually, Jiang Ge became interested. Just about to ask, Jiang Shanyi stopped him, and said in a low voice: "The troubled times have come to pass, and I will go to my study when my injuries are better in a few days, there are secret letters from all over the place, and I have also made detailed marks on the map, and I will tell you in detail when the time comes, and I have a good heart." ”

Jiang Ge knew that now was not the place to talk about current affairs, so he ate the delicacies on the table and chatted with Jiang Shanyi with peace of mind.

The days are leisurely, as a father, Jiang Shanyi will find time to deliver food boxes to Jiang Ge in addition to busy family affairs, or take time to accompany Jiang Ge to bask in the sun and chat for a while, Jiang Ge enjoys these days very much, although the weather is gradually getting colder, but his heart is warm. However, looking at Jiang Shanyi with black and white temples, Jiang Ge felt faintly distressed in his heart, thinking about helping his father share some family affairs in the future.

After many days of recuperation, Jiang Ge continued to practice the One Yuan and Two Rituals method every day, his spirit was obviously much fuller, his thinking was more agile, the sword wounds on his body were basically healed, the wounds after the scabs were slightly itchy, and his limbs were restored as before. It's just that every time I look in the mirror, I look at the shallow scar on my left cheek.

On this day, the sky was gray, the cold wind gusted, Jiang Ge, who was wearing a cotton robe, walked out of the bedroom and shrunk his neck, hugged Xiao Bai, followed by Xiao Hei, and walked quickly towards his father's study. It's winter, and the winter in the south is wet and cold, and I always feel that it's not very neat, and I feel that the clothes on my body are moist after staying outside for a while. It's still comfortable to bake the fire and eat melon seeds.

Jiang Ge quickly entered Jiang Shanyi's study, staring at the cold wind closing the heavy door, the room instantly warmed up, Jiang Shanyi stretched out his hand on the red charcoal fire and slowly felt the temperature emanating. After seeing Jiang Ge come in, he motioned to sit aside and drink a cup of ginger tea first.

Jiang Ge sat on the charcoal fire and took a sip of the hot ginger tea, which was a little spicy, followed by the sweet aftertaste of honey, Jiang Ge smashed his mouth and blew the tea noodles, drank a few more sips, his stomach warmed up a lot, and then there was warmth on his body.

Xiao Bai was still lying lazily on Jiang Ge's lap, and Xiao Hei saw Jiang Shanyi also lying on the soft cotton shoes. Jiang Shanyi rubbed Xiao Hei casually and said: "You Xiao Hei is not cold to you, but close to me, this body hair is well changed, dark and shiny, it is pleasing to the eye, there is not a single miscellaneous hair." It's just that you've been raising it for more than half a year, and I see that I eat a lot every day, so why don't you grow one. And the little white in your arms, the extra golden retriever on the forehead is extravagant when you look at it. ”

Jiang Ge gently rubbed Xiaobai's back and said, "It's not a real cat, have you ever seen them catch mice?" It's always fun to never grow up. ”

Jiang Shanyi hehe, knowing that Jiang Ge lacked companionship in his childhood, and the two pets must be very important to Jiang Ge. Jiang Shanyi didn't talk about these things, got up and walked to the desk behind Jiang Ge and pressed a mechanism, and slowly unfolded a six-foot square map above the desk in front of Jiang Shanyi.

Jiang Ge followed the voice and turned his head to look, an incomparably detailed administrative map was displayed, Jiang Ge put Xiaobai in his hand on the chair, walked towards the map, and looked at it carefully.

After the map was all opened, Jiang Shanyi continued to sit back on the seat by the carbon fire, grabbed a few peanuts from the low table on the side, pressed his index finger and thumb to reveal the peanut kernels in red, and some rough fingers randomly pinched out the peanut kernels from the peanut shell and put them in his mouth, rattling.

After eating two peanuts, Jiang Shan introduced at first; "From the time Luoyang City fell to his father and was coerced by the king of the East China Sea to flee eastward, to the time you fled from Chang'an to cross the river and return to Linyuan, the period was more than a year. The previous dynasty was also completely defeated during this time. The two emperors surrendered one after another, and died after being humiliated. Tens of millions of people fled south, and the mountains and rivers in the north were shattered ever since. The Central Plains clan, including the five princes, moved south, retained most of their strength, and occupied an orthodox position in Stone City, that is, Jinling, and Rui was elected as the king of Jin and led Jiangnan. Then the city of Chang'an was broken, the bad news of the first emperor came, and the new dynasty was established with the joint efforts of the northern and southern clans, and the prince of Rui ascended to the great treasure, which is now the Yuan Emperor. You should know all this, but let me tell you about the real situation that most people don't know until now. ”

What Jiang Shanyi just said Jiang Ge is clear, it should be clear to most people as long as they care about current affairs. So Jiang Ge didn't have any doubts, just quietly looked at the annotations and area divisions on the map.

Jiang Shanyi continued: "The remaining stronghold of my Jiang family in the north has been intermittently passed on many secret letters in the past two years, and this map has been drawn for my father based on these secret letters. Not even the royal family or any other clan has such a detailed map. ”

Jiang Shanyi, who took a sip of ginger tea, continued: "Since the Xiongnu Liu Yao broke through Luoyang Chang'an, he has not had time to consolidate his power, and his generals have been mercenaries to respect themselves.

So at the same time, Duan Ye of the Huns dominated Xiliang and was called the King of Liang.

Qinzhou and Yongzhou were divided by the Xiongnu Helian tribe, and its patriarch Helian Bobo occupied the founding of Qin Yongguo Xia and proclaimed himself the king of Xia.

Liangzhou and Yizhou were slaughtered by the rising Qiang forces in Chengdu, and the leader Yao Chang established the state of Qin and proclaimed himself the king of Qin.

Tuyuhun led his people south to Ningzhou from the lonely cold land of the plateau, although he did not establish a country, but he took root in Ningzhou with fierce ruling methods, and there were signs of marching to Jiaozhou.

Bingzhou, Youzhou, Jizhou, and Sizhou were occupied by the Xianbei people.

Siege and plundering are invincible. Founded the country of Wei, claiming to be the king of Wei.

Pingzhou was seized by the Xianbei Gao Yun uprising, founded the Northern Yan, and proclaimed himself the king of Yan.

Interestingly, Murong Nande, who was also a Xianbei person, crossed the sea and captured Qingzhou, and then founded the country of Nanyan, and also called himself the king of Yan.

The most ferocious and barbaric Shile occupied two places in Xuzhou and Yuzhou, including Yangzhou and Jiangbei, and founded Zhao, known as the king of Zhao. This person is extremely cruel and ruthless, and there is almost no trace of the Han people in Xu and Yu.

The rest are Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River that existed in name only under the rule of the new dynasty, Jingzhou where the exiled army was wanton, Guangzhou where Baiyue was rampant, and Jiaozhou which was basically uncontrollable.

The steward who had been sent to the steppe also passed back the news, and the Rouran tribe rose up and almost annexed the major tribes, and the Great Khan appointed by the high priest was called an editorial.

The Khitan tribe in Liaodong north of Northern Yan was also on the rise, and a pair of brothers named Yelu Baima and Yelu Qingniu recovered the tribes, apparently to establish a Khitan regime.

In the entire range of strength, the area north of Jingzhou, that is, the route you can't escape, is still blank, and has become a battlefield for their own conquest.

Because the main terrain is hills and plains, the Qin state of the Qiang people cannot control it, the Shile people of the Xia people have the intention of annexation, Helian Bobo of the Xia State also wants to take advantage of it, and the Tuoba of the Wei State is even more pressing forward step by step. Jingzhou Jiangbei lives are devastated, and there is no longer peace in the past, sad and sad. ”

Jiang Shan was like a few family treasures, but after finishing speaking, he sighed bitterly and said: "The way of heaven has fallen, the world is broken, the north has become purgatory, and the south is still scattered. The new dynasty was established, the foundation was unstable, the royal family was left and right but the real power was falling, the Langya Wang clan was in charge of the dynasty inside, and the military power was outside, and the royal family was in decline. The southern scholars also joined forces to maintain the foundation of the two Huai, and others were indifferent. The more and more the displaced people are raging, it is really an internal and external trouble. ”

Jiang Ge looked at the distribution of forces on the entire map, and after listening to his father's introduction, he also heard a deep sense of helplessness and sadness. The Jiang family has always had the trend of national righteousness first, the country first and the family first. Now under the general trend, the Jiang family has also lost more than half, so they can only live in Wuling and try to protect themselves. It is not easy to survive in this troubled world, and it is not easy to talk about the righteousness of the family and the country.

Jiang Ge also sighed when he thought about this, and felt even more sad in his heart for those northern Han people who had died and were still suffering. The world has collapsed to such a point, and the dynasty is still so chaotic.

Jiang Shanyi frowned and said: "Now we can't think about it, let alone think about it, since you have understood this turbulent world, you should stay in peace, these years, it is difficult to live, we can still survive by relying on the deep mountains and ancestral land." As a father, I don't want to have any opportunities now, and heroes are born in troubled times, which is a thing that will succeed and dry bones. Fathers won't do it, and you shouldn't think about it. In the past, the thoughts of the clan elders were a bit of a fool's dream. The Jiang family is in danger and can't stand the toss. ”

Jiang Ge said with a serious face: "The child understands that living a stable life is the first priority. Under the torrent of history, only by conforming to it can we have a chance to live, and those who go against the trend will surely perish. As a child, he practiced hard every day, learned more about family affairs, and shared his father's worries. No more trouble. ”

Jiang Shan was very relieved to see Jiang Ge like this, beckoned Jiang Ge to sit down, raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you remember that girl from the Bai family?" ”

Jiang Ge was full of thoughts about the distribution of power, and suddenly heard his father ask, he was stunned at first, and after coming back to his senses, his face suddenly flushed, as a father, Jiang Shanyi was the first to care about his children so directly in person.

Jiang Ge said a little embarrassed: "Ah, that, I haven't seen you for a long time, I haven't seen Tianmen Peak since I said goodbye last time, I haven't heard any news, but her brother Bai Yu said that they were in Jinling when she crossed to the south." ”

Jiang Shan looked at the shy Jiang Ge and smiled: "Brother Bai wrote a few days ago to mention the matter of the two of you, I estimated the time, you will be nineteen after the New Year, and after another year and the crown, according to the agreement, the two of you will have to do it." People are also famous families, and of course they won't let you see them. ”

Jiang Ge smiled and said, "That's the case, hehe." ”

Jiang Shanyi: "If you think there is nothing wrong, I will reply in the future and set the date." If there is no objection from Brother Bai's side at that time, you will go to visit your future father-in-law with a gift first. Later, according to our customs, the media is marrying, and the young master of the Jiang family is married in a beautiful manner. You should calm down and take care of the affairs of the clan, and if you have a big fat boy, I can take care of my grandchildren with peace of mind. ”

Jiang Ge's mind kept flashing about the porcelain doll sitting on the wall in a white dress, as well as the slim girl from Tianmen Peak, with big eyes and two pear vortices at the corners of her mouth. Every time I think of Jiang Ge, my heart will be as sweet as eating honey. The girl's smile, her long eyelashes, and the phrase "fool", although there is very little time to get along, for Jiang Ge, the girl in white who has long been deeply imprinted in her heart is irreplaceable.

After listening to Jiang Shanyi's words, Jiang Ge was happy in his heart and said happily: "Listen to your father, the child has no opinion." ”

Jiang Shanyi patted Jiang Ge's head, got up and walked to the desk to collect the map, and said to Jiang Ge: "I have to be busy, the New Year is approaching, and there are too many things for the homeless to spend the winter." You're feeling better, go help your uncle and strengthen the border defense and patrol. Don't go out of the trapped dragon village again. As for Fuber's side, you don't have to worry about it, you have your own arrangements for the father. ”

After saying that, as soon as Jiang Shan came out of the study, Jiang Ge was still sitting by the fire, and there was no general trend in the world in his heart, and there was only the girl in white who called Jiang Ge a fool.