There is a Luoxiao mountain range in the west of Xiangzhou in the Northern Zhou Empire, the mountains are undulating and endless, there is an inconspicuous small mountain village called Shijia Village at the foot of a mountain in the south of the mountain range, Shijia Village is only one hundred and ten households, but almost every household has spears, bows and arrows and the like.

The Northern Zhou Dynasty and the barbarians and the Southern Dynasties often fought on a small scale, bandits and bandits were endless, the people practiced martial arts, and the people had spears, bows and arrows, short knives and daggers, and common weapons in addition to bows and crossbows were controlled, others such as big knives and simple knives as long as you could get them, and the government would not care about you.

There is a small stream originating from the westernmost part of Luoxiao Mountain, after hundreds of miles of meandering, coupled with various water flows, flowing through Shijia Village is already a river about dozens of zhang wide, this river is called Mianshui River.

The small Shijia Village can be regarded as one of the poorest villages in the country, but sometimes it is full of confidence, whenever there is a conflict with other villages, when the other party ridicules and despises, the villagers will proudly say that we are the people who are blessed by the dragon god, be careful that the dragon god eats you.

The other party laughed, saying that you have the dragon god and we also have the snake god and the cat god, hurry up and eat me, being laughed at like this, the villagers of Shijia Village suddenly became shorter, none of them have ever seen the real dragon god, anyway, it is the grandfather of the grandfather who traces the origin of the mountain for hundreds of years, and it has been passed down from generation to generation.

And the legend of the dragon god originated from the dragon temple in a small valley not far from Shijia Village, which was a very small temple, and the strange thing is that the temple was not dedicated to the dragon but to the humanoid clay statue, which was known by the other party, and it was a mockery.

Despite this, the villagers initially repaired the small temple every once in a while to prevent the idol from leaking rain.

But the dragon god never appeared, and over time, the villagers did not mention this stubble, saving themselves from being laughed at, and slowly stopped caring about this temple, so that future generations did not know this legend.

In this way, many years have passed, and the Mianshui River is still flowing for a long time, and the mountains are majestic.

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Shi Keqi has only one relative in the family, and he and his grandfather Shi Tian depend on each other, and the grandfather and grandson live in a dilapidated two-story small earthen house in the north of Shijia Village.

Grandpa Shi Tianneng Wen Nengwu, the degree of martial arts is not accurate to the villagers, the literary talent is in the show, a few decades ago was a sensational event in the village, the elderly can remember it clearly, but why not go further, I heard that it was a barbarian invasion from Rong.

Shi Tian taught some children in the village to read and write, and even taught Shi Keqi a lot of things behind closed doors. Over the years, it is almost hopeless for him to take the imperial examination at his current level, but he can still be competent if he gives some time to adapt to a job such as a clerical work.

Time goes back in time to before Scoki went to the ancient temple.

The summer morning air is fresh and the temperature is cool, and after a whole night of cooling and moistening the morning dew, the wilted grass leaves that were exposed to the scorching sun yesterday have become verdant again.

Birds chirp from one tree to another, and a few butterflies dance around the wildflowers.

The sun hasn't come out yet, but the sky is ready for the bright light to bloom.

There were a few swaying cattle on the mountain path, and behind the cows were two smiling and struggling teenagers, one was handsome, the other was dark and stout, this was Shi Keqi and Fa Xiao Shi Dazhuang.

Because Shijia Village is in a remote mountain and has a backward economy, it can't afford to run a private school at all, let alone think about studying and taking a reputation test.

In villages with better conditions, most of the clans will invite a child or a down-and-out talent to find a room in the ancestral hall and teach part-time in a walking manner, and the teaching time is to avoid the busy autumn harvest of the farm, and they can't teach for a few months in a year, but it is already one of the benefits in the village.

The children in the village who are willing to come to school symbolically bring some firewood and rice, and the children of poor families often know a few words, and after knowing that they write their names, they will not come again, and they are not allowed to come, and the adults will ask the children to do what they can to support themselves, in the final analysis, they are poor.

A very small number of children who have a talent for reading, or who can pay for it through gritted teeth, will be recommended to continue their education at a private school in the town, but of course this number of places is also limited.

The teenage boys in the mountains are already half the pillars of the family, and they are good at farming and herding cattle.

Herding cattle is an easy job, just drive the cow to a place where there is grass and let it eat on its own, and someone needs to watch it so that it doesn't get lost.

The two of them sat on the grass, Shi Keqi slapped Da Zhuang and said: "Fatty, what kind of person do you want to be in the future, it's really boring to herd cattle and grass to feed pigs and farm every day." ”

"What else can I do, farm, marry a daughter-in-law, and have a baby. ”

"If you don't have a chance, you can't do something else, such as being an official?"

"Hehe, I would like to, but the words I know add up to no more than a hundred, and there is no hope. After saying this, Da Zhuang was a little depressed, squinted his eyes at the grazing cow, and asked, "What do you want to be?"

"I want to be a dragon knight!"

Da Zhuang paused for a moment and asked, "What is a dragon knight? Didn't you say you wanted to be a hero before?" ”

"I changed my mind, a few days ago my grandfather told me a story of the dragon knight, after listening to it I gave up the dream of heroism; ”

After speaking, Shi Keqi retold the story of Shi Tian's dragon knight...... Once upon a time, there was a dragon in the distant abyss...... Oh, I forgot a lot in the back, I don't remember much, anyway, it was reduced to a sentence that a man rode a dragon and saved the country, right?

Shi Keqi stared at Da Zhuang with blazing eyes, hoping to see Da Zhuang's shocked expression, anyway, he was shocked when he heard that there was a creature called a dragon in the world for the first time.

After listening to this is about the simplest story in the world, Da Zhuang only had a puzzled expression on his face, and he asked: "Is it a human being or a dragon?" ”

"The dragon is very powerful, and it is estimated that it is about the same as the hero with the highest martial arts. ”

"Is the dragon a fool?"

Shi Keqi went crazy, stretched out his hand and pulled his strong ears hard, and said angrily: "Dead fatty, you explain it to me clearly, why do you say that." ”

Da Zhuang exclaimed in pain, and went to hit Shi Keqi's hand with his backhand, but he couldn't open that hand, and shouted depressedly: "Let go, don't let go, I'm going to monkey steal peaches." ”

This deterrent was so powerful that Scoch let go. The big strong butt moved a few meters away and said loudly: "Such a bullish dragon, but being ridden as a cow and horse, why don't you go and ride against the horse, do you yourself say that this is stupid." Da Zhuang focused on biting out the words "coaxing", and looked at Shi Keqi with slanted eyes, which means that your old man is also bullish and coaxing.

This time it was Shi Keqi's turn to freeze, and he didn't have the heart to fight back against this personal attack without firepower, what the fat man said seemed to have a little truth, so the majestic dragon, it doesn't seem to be ashamed for people to ride it, but I don't know what kind of sour it is for the mountain-like dragon to ride on a small person, and it is pressed into a human meat flatbread?

Seeing that Shi Keqi was dumbfounded, Da Zhuang chased after him: "I want to be a hero for a while, and I want to be a dragon rider for a while, you are a person who is in the twilight." ”

Da Zhuang was elated to use the morning and evening on Shi Keqi. When I first heard this word, I thought it was beautiful, so I asked Shi Keqi what it meant.

The guy said that the morning three scolds three times in the morning, and the twilight four scolds four times in the evening, and the three and twilight scolds seven times a day, which is especially suitable for scolding disobedient animals.

It just so happened that the sows at home were in a mood for a few days, and they always overturned the trough, so Da Zhuang proudly scolded the sows for a few days with the newly learned words: You pestilence pig...... After only saying a few words in total, I scolded the sow seven times, which is amazing.

Once Shi Tian passed by his pigsty and heard it, his always serious old face actually twitched, Da Zhuang knew that something was wrong, and after Shi Tian explained, Da Zhuang blushed and ran away, vowing to take revenge and come back.

"Okay, fat man, I was wrong, you took revenge, let's settle it. ”

Shi Keqi stretched out his hand and patted Da Zhuang, his expression slowly became serious, and said, "Let's talk about business, do you remember the ancient temple in the mountain, I want to go in again." In the past few years, it has always appeared in my dreams, and I dreamed of it last night, which made me restless, and I had to go to see it again to sleep well. ”

Shi Keqi didn't wait for Da Zhuang to speak, and said quickly: "Wait for the cow to eat enough and you rush back, your cow is locked in your cowpen, my family needless to say, explain this bit of, the pig will understand, grandpa asked and said I went hunting in the mountains." ”

"Haven't you been there once or twice, and you're just talking about a broken clay statue, what's so beautiful. Da Zhuang recalled the scene the two had seen before.

"Good brother, please. ”

"Don't think about it. ”

"I'm going to call your sister by name. ”

"Hey, I really don't want to talk about you, someone, go ahead. ”

Da Zhuang's sister is called Shi Zhenxiang, this name is really difficult for Da Zhuang's parents. This is also one of Shi Keqi's killer features, which is only effective for Da Zhuang.

So Shi Keqi was temporarily freed from the great cattle herding business and went to the ancient temple to find out, which led to the previous scene.