Regarding Ji Ying's answer, Duanmu was not surprised. He poured a cup of hot tea to moisten his throat and said slowly, "I expected you to go, but I didn't expect it to be so early." However, I have already asked my brothers to inquire about the current situation in the Ji Mansion. In the early years, people thought that Jifu was an ominous place, and no one wanted to buy that mansion, but then it fell into the hands of a person surnamed Jia several times in succession. This Boss Jia may be doing business in other places and has not appeared in the capital for many years, and we have never seen him, let alone live in Jifu. The current Ji Mansion doesn't seem to have changed much. When do you want to go and see, tell me and I'll go with you. ”

No major changes, it's good, it's still a place she used to be familiar with! Ji Ying's heart burst with joy. She unconsciously rubbed the corners of her clothes and said, "Is tomorrow good, I can't wait, I want to go and see." ”

"Okay, tomorrow evening, let's be careful."

Standing in a place that was once familiar, Ji Ying had mixed feelings. There is no plaque of "Ji Fu" here, and there are no people who greet her, but there are lingering memories.

The old Zhumen under the sunset lacks its luster, and can only cast the shadows of passers-by on it, separating the layers of light and dark. The branches inside the door hung down to the outside of the door, rustling with the warm wind.

Back then, Li Xingzhi often led troops to go out on expeditions, and did not go home for several months, so Ji Shu took Li Chengyu, Li Yuhan and her to live in Ji Mansion, firstly, to let the Li family brothers and Ji Shu's only nephew Ji Heng study and practice martial arts, and secondly, Ji Xuanyi, the old lady of the Ji family, loved her the most and always put her on her lips and held her in the palm of her hand.

Ji Ying and Duanmu knocked on the door, but no one answered the door, pushed it, and the door was hidden. Ji Ying declined Duanmu's kindness to go with her and insisted on going in by herself. Duanmu had no choice but to wait for her at the door.

When I entered the gate, I saw the fallen leaves and crazy weeds all over the ground, depressed and desolate, obviously unattended for a long time. Ji Ying shouted a few more times, but there was still no response, so she continued to walk forward.

After the rockery is a winding corridor, on the left side of the corridor is planted a cypress tree, which was planted in the year when his cousin Ji Heng was born, and now it has been embraced; On the right is an acacia tree, which was planted in the year Ji Ying was born, which means harmony and happiness. My grandfather once said that after two years, she was going to enter a private school, so she took the scientific name "Hehuan". It's a pity that the tree is gone, but the people are gone.

Passing through the corridor, you can see a lotus pond, and there is an open space next to the lotus pond, which is the competition ground for the brothers.

There is such a thing.

At that time, Ji Ying was very young, about four years old. Ji Heng is one year younger than Li Chengyu and two years older than Li Yuhan, and he is also a naughty and idle. He likes to compete with Lee Seung-woo in chess and archery, and he must distinguish between winning and losing, and he is extremely persistent.

That morning, Ji Heng pestered Li Chengyu to compete again, and pulled Li Yuhan to be the referee. Chengyu couldn't stand Ji Heng's soft grinding and hard bubbles, so he agreed. Ji Ying was very happy to hear about it, holding a duck pear, watching them fight while fighting.

First of all, try to play chess.

Cheng Yu holds Baizi, Ji Heng Heizi. Chengyu's Go was taught by his father, although he was far from catching up with his father, but it was more than enough to deal with Ji Heng, who had just started to learn Go. At the beginning, Ji Heng could still deal with it, but Chengyu's chess edge suddenly became sharp, and it didn't take long for Ji Heng to parry, he stared at his eyebrows and pinched the chess pieces, obviously in chaos.

Ji Ying couldn't understand Go at that time, so she could only gnaw on the Yali pear on the side and point indiscriminately, trying to make some pattern. Ji Heng was even more irritable in his heart, and taught his cousin: "Watching chess is silent, true gentleman, do you understand!" ”。

Ji Ying forced his words: "I am a little woman, not a true gentleman." You can't compare to Brother Chengyu, and you lose your temper, hum! ”

It didn't take long for Ji Heng to be cornered, so he had to admit defeat. When Yu Han announced that Cheng Yu had won, Ji Ying was very happy, pulling Yu Han to cheer, and the angry Ji Heng slapped the chessboard and screamed. He was not reconciled, and he had to test his archery skills again.

Although the Ji family is a scholarly family, the children of the Ji family are not wasted in martial arts, and Ji Heng's archery skills are excellent, and they are on par with Chengyu.

Both men shot ten arrows, which happened to be ten hearts. After a few more arrows, I still couldn't tell the winner. This is already rare for children of their age, but Ji Heng was originally very competitive, and he was laughed at by Ji Ying just after losing Go, so he was angry. So he came up with a "great idea".

Ji Heng said that the arrow target is fixed, even if he can always shoot the heart, he can't show his ability, it is better to use something moving as the arrow target, and whoever can shoot will win. Seungwoo and Yuhan are in favor.

The question is, what do you use as a target?

Ji Heng proposed to use the little white rabbit that Yu Han bought from the market yesterday as a target, but of course Yu Han disagreed, and replied that he didn't use the beagle he raised as an arrow target. Ji Heng stiffened his neck and said, "My hound is for hunting, if it is frightened, how can it be obtained?" Your rabbit can't hunt, so should it be fattened and roasted? ”

Yuhan is still firmly opposed.

Ji Heng had no choice, he scanned everything around him, and finally his eyes fell on Ji Ying, who was guarding a plate of grapes.

"You...... You don't want to use your sister as an arrow target, do you? Seungwoo asked incredulously,

Ji Heng raised his eyebrows.

"Huh?" Yu Han had an expression of meeting a monster, "You're too ruthless, aren't you?" ”

"Don't worry," Ji Heng poured out all the arrow feathers in the quiver, removed the arrows, and instructed Yu Han to say, "You go to the backyard to get some more cotton cloth covers, take some ink, I have my own magic use." ”

Yu Han looked at the eldest brother, who didn't say anything. Yuhan had no choice but to twist his fat body and go to the backyard.

After a while, everything was ready. Ji Heng covered the top of the arrow shaft with a cotton sleeve, dipped it in ink, and made a gesture, the weight was appropriate, and he was very satisfied. He called Ji Ying over and asked her to stand at the target.

As early as when Ji Heng was making "arrows", Ji Ying sensed the meaning of being unkind, and when she was forced to stand in the middle of the arrow target, she completely understood that she had replaced the little white rabbit and the beagle and became a tool for her brothers to compete.

Of course she disagrees, no matter who wins, it must be her who is unlucky. She had even imagined the pain and embarrassment it would bring when the shaft of the arrow hit her face with fresh ink, "I don't want to be a target!" ”

"You don't want your brother Chengyu to win?" Ji Heng said.

"Yes!"

"Then you're going to have to stand there honestly. I'll shoot an arrow with your brother Chengyu, whoever shoots you in the nose first wins, how about it? ”

Ji Ying covered her nose and shouted, "No! My face will turn black and ugly! I don't want it! ”

"You stand there and don't move, I promise that an arrow will hit your nose and won't stain your face."

"But...... But I'm scared, I'll move. ”

Ji Heng was impatient: "Whoever moves is a puppy, you have to learn to bark!" ”

"I'm not a puppy!"

"Then don't move!" Ji Heng drew his bow and gestured in the direction of Ji Ying's nose. Although Chengyu felt that it was inappropriate, he thought that such an arrow would not hurt anyone, let alone that he could not show cowardice in front of Ji Heng, so he followed him and drew a full bow.

The fingers of the two children's right hands were easily opened, and two modified arrows flew out with a gentle wind, impartially, and hit Ji Ying's nose, but one on the left and one on the right. Ji Ying's face immediately bloomed with two black peony flowers.

Ji Ying touched a sore nose, her hands were full of ink, and the tears that were originally rolling in her eyes finally couldn't be controlled, and the bead curtains fell down in strings, and the black peonies were immediately struck, and the little faces were crisscrossed, and the cries were higher and higher.

The piercing cry attracted Ji Xuanyi and Ji Kefei, who was recuperating at home because of injuries in the military camp. When the two hurried over accompanied by the attendants, they saw such a scene: Ji Heng was standing in the distance with a small bow in a daze, and the two brothers Li Chengyu and Li Yuhan were coaxing Ji Ying like a forgiveness, and Ji Ying's face was dark, so not spectacular.

Old Man Ji's anger came up immediately. He shook off Ji Kefei's support, leaned on crutches, blew his white beard high, walked three steps and two steps, came to Ji Ying's side, drove the three boys aside, and hugged his granddaughter: "Chang'er, what's wrong?" What are you crying about? Who bullied you? ”

Yan'er hugged her grandfather and cried and said, "Brother...... My brothers shoot me with arrows...... Also said...... And said I was a puppy......"

Ji Xuanyi turned around and slapped the knife in the eye, which made the three children shiver, and then shouted at the people below: "That slave is on duty today? Look at what our sister-in-law has been bullied by this group of stinky boys, are they all blind? Come over to me and coax my sister-in-law! ”

The old lady had never been so angry, and the servants were frightened, and they came over in a swarm, hugging Ji Ying to wash and change clothes. Ji Xuanyi came back to see the three wilting naughty ghosts, and asked what happened, and he was even more furious, holding his highest voice to count them down, and threatening to move the family law.

The three children were scared, and hurriedly knelt down together to admit their mistakes, and Li Yuhan was scared and cried.

Ji Kefei, who had been silent on the side, walked over. He straightened out the anger of the old man and took the initiative to ask Ying to deal with this matter. After Ji Xuanyi calmed down, she felt that such a trivial matter was really not worth moving the family method, and besides, the Li family brothers were not of the Ji family's bloodline, so it was not easy to punish them casually, so they simply handed it over to Ji Kefei, and emphasized when they left that they must not be soft.

How did Ji Kefei punish the three elder brothers at that time? Ji Ying laughed out loud as she thought about it.