"Yang Ming, he is indeed a talent, but he was born in a commoner. You are the county lord of Jiang Country, how can a widow let you marry a commoner? If this spreads, where will the face of the Jiang royal family be?"

King Jiang let out a long sigh and told Xin'er what he was thinking.

Hearing this, Xin'er let go of the little hand holding King Jiang, and immediately puffed up her face, her complexion changed suddenly, and said: "Father, how can you be as vulgar as everyone else, and look at people by your background, I am really disappointed in you." ”

Seeing Xin'er's angry appearance, King Jiang also puffed up his face and said in the same tone: "Why can't the widow see his background? The widow wants to marry his daughter, of course, it depends on the other party's conditions, you are the pearl of the widow's palm, the county lord of Jiang Country, if he is not a prince and general, why should he want the widow to marry his daughter to him?"

Seeing that King Jiang did not back down at all, Xin'er rolled her eyes, and then said coquettishly: "Father, my good father, this is not a matter of your words?

"Nonsense! How can this general be casually sealed! Either the ancestors are favored, or they have made great military achievements on the battlefield, and this can be convincing. King Jiang's face turned cold, and he immediately rejected Xin'er's nonsensical request.

"Father, my daughter didn't say that you should make him a general now. Yang Ming is a rare talent, he will make a difference in the future, his daughter believes in him, one day, on the battlefield, he will definitely be able to make great contributions to Jiang Guoguo and become a general of the country. Xin'er swore to King Jiang and said.

Seeing Xin'er speak like this for Yang Ming, it can be seen that the girl really loves Yang Ming, if she doesn't love him, how can she believe in him so much.

Looking at Xin'er's sincere eyes, Jiang Wang still said with some worry: "Yang Ming was born in a commoner, as a civilian, if he wants to become a general, how easy is it? I don't know how long it will take, in case, it took him ten or twenty years to become a general, do you have to wait for him ten or twenty years?"

Hearing this, Xin'er suddenly stood up from the side of the bed, and then knelt in front of King Jiang, with a small face very serious, looked at King Jiang, and pleaded: "Father, do you believe in your daughter? My daughter is 12 years old this year, and there are still six years to go until my daughter is 18 years old. The daughter made a bet with her father, and within six years, Yang Ming would definitely become the general of Jiang Guo. If Yang Ming can't do it by then, then the daughter will obey her father's arrangement and have no complaints. ”

"Six years!" King Jiang pondered a little in his heart, but seeing that Xin'er was so resolute, he had to relax and respond: "Okay, the widow will agree to the county lord's gambling contract, if within six years, Yang Ming really makes great contributions to Jiang Guoguo and worships him as a general, and the widow will marry the county lord to him." ”

"Okay, you don't have any jokes. As he spoke, Xin'er raised his right hand, and seeing this, King Jiang also raised his hand.

Syllable!

Father and daughter high-five and make a covenant.

The sound falls, and the bet is made!

After making an agreement, Xin'er suddenly seemed to remember something important, and didn't bother to say goodbye to King Jiang goodnight, so she hurriedly stood up and rushed out of the dormitory.

Xin'er ran all the way, asked the guards for a fast horse, and then hurriedly mounted the horse and drove out of the palace overnight.

......

Yang Ming sat in the carriage, looking through the curtains, looking at the night sky overhead, the full moon hung high, the stars were dotted, and the night wind blew on his cheeks, making him wake up a lot.

The carriage walked slowly down the street, as if it didn't want to disturb the peace of the night, so as not to disturb people's dreams.

At this time, the sound of galloping horses' hooves suddenly sounded in the distance of the street, and the sound stepped on the bluestone on the street, noisily driving towards Yang Ming's carriage.

Hearing the voice from behind, Yang Ming immediately poked his head out and looked back, only to see that under the quiet moonlight, a young girl was riding a fast horse and rushing towards him.

rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and then opened his eyes to take a closer look, Yang Ming confirmed that the girl who came on horseback was Xin'er.

"Xin'er, why did you come here on horseback, what happened?" When Xin'er approached on horseback, Yang Ming hurriedly asked eagerly.

Xin'er reined in the horse and said to Yang Ming: "But something big happened." Yang Ming, hurry up and get on the horse. ”

Hearing this, Yang Ming's face was shocked, but seeing Xin'er's nervous look, it was obvious that something big had happened, the young man didn't bother to ask more, and immediately rushed out of the carriage, and then turned over and jumped, jumping behind Xin'er.

After Yang Ming got on the horse, Xin'er kicked off the horse's belly, drove the horse, and ran towards the night in the distance.

Everything happened in a hurry, and suddenly! In the carriage, Cai Yin, Weng Lao, and Wu Jian were all at a loss, and the three of them looked at each other, all of them did not know why.

"The person who picked up Yang Ming just now is the county lord of Xin'er, right?

"It's Xin'er. Cai Yin said, and then she poked out her cerebellum, looked back, and looked at the back of the two of them riding away in the night, and an inexplicable anger suddenly surged into the girl's heart, and the joy and happiness of this night suddenly disappeared.

"Where are Yang Ming and Xin'er going?Why is Yang Ming going with Xin'er?Why do you leave me alone......

Cai Yin muttered to herself sadly, and slowly, the girl's eyes looking at the two of them suddenly had a bleak chill, which was even colder than the cool breeze at night, and it was bitterly cold.

......

"Xin'er, where are you taking me? This seems to be the direction out of the city. On the way, Yang Ming couldn't help but ask Xin'er.

But Xin'er didn't answer, she just smiled slightly, and then said: "You'll know when you get there, it's my favorite place in the whole Jiang country." ”

Yang didn't know why, so he had no choice but to sit quietly behind the horse and let Xin'er lead the way.

The two rode horses and drove out of the city gate, originally at night, the city gate had been closed, but Xin'er was the county lord, the county lord wanted to go out of the city, who would dare to stop him?

In this way, Yang Ming and Xin'er came to the outskirts of the eastern part of the city, and then rode for about half an hour, until they came to a courtyard, and Xin'er stopped the fast horse.

"Here it is. With that, Xin'er and Yang Ming jumped off the horse.

This is a very magnificent, and full of ancient charm of the courtyard, before approaching, Yang Ming felt an inexplicable sense of sacredness, the wind wafted a burst of sandalwood breath, fresh and refined, people can't help but feel refreshed.

Yang Ming walked forward slowly, looked up, and saw that the door plaque was written in big golden characters, "Jiang Nu Temple".

It turned out to be a temple!

glanced at the temple, and then looked back at Xin'er, the young man's confused eyes were clearly asking, "Why do you want to come here?"

Xin'er still didn't answer, she smiled slightly, then stepped forward and slowly pushed open the door of the "Jiang Nu Temple".

After the door opened, Xin'er walked in with light steps, and Yang Ming had no choice but to follow and enter the temple together.

Walking through the courtyard, Xin'er walked straight into the main hall, where the girl had been here many times, and was naturally very familiar.

Pushing open the door of the main hall, you will see a stone statue of a goddess, standing in front of you. The candles in the hall are bright, and the incense is burning, and it is thought that people often come to worship, so the incense will continue.

Yang Ming walked closer, and then saw the statue of the goddess, the goddess was white, the jade carved gauze was wrapped around her waist, her right hand was placed on her chest, and her left hand was raised, facing the sky, as if pointing at something. In the candlelight, her delicate silhouette has a beauty that overwhelms the country and the city, but this beauty is sacred and must not be violated, and even the slightest defiled thought in her heart is unforgivable blasphemy.

She smiled, like a noble lotus flower, blooming in the bright sun, although it is a stone statue, but it will give people an inexplicable warmth. Yang Ming couldn't help but be fascinated, and after looking closely, he felt that this statue of the goddess was somewhat similar to Xin'er.

"Is this the statue of Goddess Jiang?" Yang Ming asked guessingly, thinking of the name of the temple.

Xin'er nodded and said, "That's right, she is Jiang Nu, the legendary savior goddess who saved the mainland and tens of millions of Li people." ”

"There was a legend in Jiang that thousands of years ago, there was a catastrophe in the mainland, the sky cracked a huge hole, ten thousand thunders fell, hurricanes raged, countless lightning was like heavy rain, the continent was shaken, the mountains collapsed and the ground cracked, as if the end of the world was coming. Just when people were desperate, thinking that they were going to perish, Jiang Nu appeared, legend has it that she is a witch with strong witchcraft, Jiang Nu faced the cracked sky, in order to save tens of millions of Li people, she resolutely sacrificed herself, with her own body to block the hole in the sky, this saved the mainland, in order to thank Jiang Nu's sacrifice, the descendants built this Jiang Nu Temple, so that future generations, worship from generation to generation, never forget. ”

Xin'er looked up at the statue of Goddess Jiang reverently, and told Yang Ming the legend of Goddess Jiang in an admiring tone. After speaking, Xin'er folded her hands and saluted to the statue of Goddess Jiang pious and grateful.

After listening to Xin'er's words, Yang Ming blinked his eyes and was stunned for a long time. Yang Ming heard such a miraculous legend and story that Xin'er said, but in the eyes of the teenager, this is obviously impossible, just a story to coax children to joke, just like when he was young, he often heard the old village chief tell him that there are ghosts and gods in this world, there are sun gods, and moon gods, these are just myths made up by people. But he didn't dare to laugh at Xin'er, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

After being silent for a long time, Yang Mingcai slowly spoke: "Ah, a good legend. ”

Listening to the young man's perfunctory tone, Xin'er turned her face a little unhappy, glared at Yang Ming, and then said with confidence: "I know you don't believe it, not only you, but also in Jiang Guo, many people don't believe in this legend either." However, when I was a child, when I walked into the Jiang Nu Temple with my father for the first time, after seeing the statue of the Jiang Goddess for the first time, I was attracted by the Jiang Nu, just like a ghost making a god, and then I heard the legend of the Jiang Nu told me by my father, I don't know why, at that time, I believed it, and I believed it very much. To this day, I still believe in Jiang Nu, she really existed. ”

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