With a "bang", a half-spherical object was thrown in front of them, and the women in Shi Tian's family were startled, and they fixed their eyes on it, it was the head of half a monster, and some flesh-like things were scattered.

Because Shi Keqi didn't have enough accuracy to cast the big bluestone, and only flattened half of the mandrill's head, Shi Keqi thought about it, and still cut off its head, not feeling afraid, like cutting a chicken's head. As soon as they got home, they heard them say that their grandfather was not, so he smashed the head of half of the mandrill in front of them.

"Ahhh

Grandpa looked at him seriously, and Shi Keqi sighed helplessly and said, "I originally wanted to say that I avenged your man, and I took my head back here." ”

"Naughty. ”

"This is not naughty, grandpa, if it is unreasonable to you, I will care about his men and women, and then talk about it; grandpa is working hard for a village, and she is also in charge, everyone lives according to their ability, why should they be blamed!"

"Wrap your head, go to her house and ask if you want it, and have a better attitude, after all, her man is dead. "Sometimes there is not so much truth to say, you are alive, he is dead, and the living seem to be at a loss in the eyes of the lost family. The life of the family that lost the man was very difficult, and Shi Tian didn't pay attention to the few complaints of the woman's family, and when she got better, she would call a meeting of the villagers and share the work on her land with everyone.

Shi Keqi went for a while and came back to say that her father-in-law was trembling and his hands were shaking to ask for it.

Shi Tian's face gradually sank, Shi Keqi salivated and rubbed his face to the side of the bed, pulled his sleeve and said, "Grandpa, I did as you said." ”

"I'm not talking about this, but something you promised me before. ”

"What's the matter?" In fact, Shi Keqi had been worried that his grandfather would ask about this, and he pretended to not know what was going on at all, and looked at his grandfather innocently.

"When I'm ready, the two of you will go to find the mandrill together!" Shi Tian said angrily when he saw through his thoughts.

"This, this...... Wow, grandpa, you're in much better spirits, and the weather is fine today. ”

“......”

Shi Tian suddenly smiled, the corners of his mouth pulled slightly into an arc, perhaps because he didn't laugh often, his laughing action was smaller and more hidden than ordinary people. Shi Keqi keenly caught it, oops, scared to death, this time to pass the level.

Next, Shi Tian asked about the process of killing the mandrill, and after a moment of silence, he said: "I'm just worried about your safety, but this worry is often superfluous, and the growth of a man has to face the sinister environment or things alone. There is a saying that I don't know if I should tell you or not, you are really like your father, and the way you do things is also the same, such as this time. ”

Shi Keqi was stunned, when he was very young, he was ridiculed by his friends many times as a wild child, and no one wanted to pick it up, after he persuaded his friends with his fists, everyone didn't mention that he didn't have a father. It's just that everyone has a father, he must have a father, and if he doesn't have a father, he is destined to be ridiculed by others?

In private, he was still a little sad, not too much, after all, Daddy didn't have an impression in his mind. But he knows very well that in his heart, his father is definitely not as important as his grandfather, and grandpa is his heaven and earth, all he has.

"Who's my daddy?"

"When you turn 18, I'll tell you what happened and what happened to you, and what to do with it, it's up to you to decide. ”

"Still alive?"

"Dead. ”

Oh, Shi Keqi was instantly depressed and a little sad.

Shi Tian added: "I am your father's general, I should call you young master or son, I was desperate to save you back then, and I picked it up from the people in the village, if you don't say so, it is likely to leak the news and attract a killer." ”

Shi Keqi said categorically: "You are my grandfather." I've never been a young master. ”

Shi Tian patted Shi Keqi's hand and said: "Now that you have the fireball technique, it can be regarded as a spell or something, and there may be some achievements in the future, if you become famous one day, if you are summoned by the imperial court, you must be careful of the big men of the imperial court." Heaven and earth have not owed you, and you have never owed heaven and earth, and whoever wants to harm you will fight back against him in the most violent way.

Of course, it's still early to say this, first, you are still young, although I have taught you a lot of things, but I have not practiced much, and there is not much that you can bear in your heart now; second, your fireball technique is so small, much weaker than the ordinary mages I have seen at the beginning, and there is no need to be complacent. ”

"But as a compliment, you kill a mandrill, and although it is dying, your courage is invincible. ”

"Son, I'm so proud of you!"

The next day, Shi Keqi went out in the dark to catch the carriage in the town, he went to the city to buy medicine for his grandfather, and his grandfather's self-prepared wound medicine ran out. Shi Keqi followed his grandfather to the county seat several times, starting from the village to walk more than 20 miles of mountain roads to the town, and then take a carriage from the town to the county seat.

There were two states in the Northern Zhou Dynasty with vast plains and abundant horses, and inferior horses that were not suitable for war horses were usually used to pull carts and people, unlike the Southern Dynasties, where horses were strained.

Horses are faster than cattle and donkeys and other livestock, it is the first choice in transportation, there are several kinds of carriages of people in the Northern Zhou, the more people are pulled, the number of horses will increase accordingly, for example, one horse can be used under four people, two horses for four to eight people, and four horses for more than ten people, but it is limited by the carriage technology, and at most twelve people are pulled to the limit. Of course, it is common for the elite to travel in a luxurious and comfortable version of the carriage, often a two-seater car drawn by a few horses.

It is not uncommon for the poor to travel by way of taking ox carts, riding their own donkeys, etc., and even on foot, while most of those close to the waterway take a boat.

There was an eight-person carriage leading to the county seat in the town, which only traveled once a day and cost forty wen, which was very expensive for the poor, but almost unprofitable for the carriage dealers; the wear and tear of the vehicles, plus the food of the coaches and horses, were very large, and if it were not for the mandatory requirements of the government and some forage subsidies, I am afraid that there would be no car dealers willing to be public carriages for the transportation of the people.

There are still fifty miles from the town to the county seat, and the carriage needs to walk for more than two hours, plus one and a half hours to walk the mountain road, a total of nearly four hours.

Shijia Village also welcomed the people of the county government on this morning, because the village had reported a major death case before, and the county finally sent a crooked-mouthed and squinted arrester to Shijia Village to investigate the case. He was very spirited, showing off his might, directing this, investigating that.

Another day, when the deceased was buried, the father of the deceased filled a wooden box with a lime-soaked mandrill and prepared to burn it when it was buried in the earth to comfort the deceased. Caught quickly asked about something, and when he understood what was in the wooden box, he almost laughed out loud: how could these little knowledgeable villagers, most of whom regarded monkeys as mandrills, such a thing.

He must open the box and ignore the dissuasion of others. When he saw half of the mandrill, the whole person was not good, and it didn't take long to find an excuse to go back to the city, and I don't know how he reported it.