Chapter 1: Birth
Flame Empire, General's Palace.
Today was a day of great significance for Ling Tian, even more exciting than when he asked the king of the Fire Empire to confer the honor of "Great General Protector", and before that, he had already experienced two such moments, the first time was the day the eldest son Ling Fei was born, the second time was the birth of the second son Ling Yun, and this time it was the birth of the younger son.
As soon as he received the news, Ling Tian rushed back from the barracks, and couldn't wait to see his youngest son, on the way back from the barracks to his home, Ling Tian even named his youngest son.
"The general is back!"
Before Ling Tian's feet stepped into the door, the guards at the door had already turned around and went back to report it. Where else did Ling Tian see in his eyes now, he only had his newborn son, and he took three steps and two steps straight to the room where there were bursts of crying.
"Mei Niang, I'm back!"
As soon as Ling Tian pushed the door open, everyone in the room was shocked.
"It's not quiet to enter the door. ”
A beautiful female voice came from the bed, and Ling Fei raised his eyes to meet Mei Niang's disgusted eyes. Several maids in the room consciously withdrew.
"I'm not in a hurry to see our son!"
Ling Tian tried his best to suppress his voice, so that his voice trembled slightly, and his face was a little flushed.
"Look at your stupidity, and you're not afraid of people seeing jokes. ”
Mei Niang looked at the man in front of her, and her heart swelled with sweetness, if you want to blame her stomach for being too competitive, she gave birth to three sons in a row, which can be said to be blessed by the gods.
But now, where would Ling Tian pay attention to this, all his thoughts were on the little son crying in Mei Niang's arms.
"Come and let Daddy hug you!"
Ling Tian hugged the little guy out of Mei Niang's arms with a smile on his face.
It stands to reason that a newborn child will not open his eyes, but Ling Tiangang raised his youngest son in front of him, but saw his youngest son's big sparkling eyes, which were like two black gems.
Ling Fei was shocked and delighted, and was about to tell Mei Niang, but found that he was no longer able to move, and he couldn't even take his eyes off his little son's eyes.
The pupils of Ling Tian's eyes suddenly dilated, and he had to mobilize his spiritual power to get rid of the little guy's control, all of this happened in milliseconds, and Mei Niang on the bed didn't notice it.
The expression on Ling Tian's face couldn't tell whether it was joy or uneasiness, and gently put the little son back into Mei Niang's arms, the little guy didn't cry anymore, his eyes were closed and he drilled into Mei Niang's arms.
"What's wrong with you?"
Mei Niang didn't understand why her husband, who was still full of joy, suddenly became solemn.
"Don't you think there's anything strange about this little guy?"
Ling Tian said with a wry smile.
"No, it's no different. ”
Mei Niang is a little strange, she has never seen her husband like this when she gave birth to the eldest and second son, could it be that there is anything unusual about this little son?
"This little guy may be an innate spiritual power, very strange attributes, I can't find out. ”
Ling Tian smiled a little unnaturally.
"Isn't that good? The eldest and the second are not innate spirits, haven't you been lost for a while? Why are you unhappy now?"
Mei Niang is really a little unpredictable about her husband.
"Don't leak this news yet, remember not to tell anyone, including my teacher!"
Ling Tian said with a solemn face, his tone was somewhat unquestionable.
"Okay, I know, you still have a general's score with me at home? I really don't understand you. ”
Mei Niang said with disgust.
"Okay, it's my fault, I'll hold a banquet tomorrow, and when the time comes, invite all the wealthy families in Kyoto, give our general's mansion a long face, and let them see how capable my Ling Tian's wife is!"
Ling Tian waved his hand and said arrogantly.
"What nonsense, your face is not big enough. ”
Although Mei Niang looks disgusted on the surface, but her heart is still happy, saying that the wealthy Mrs. Kuo here in Kyoto, there are very few who can add three men to the family, thinking of this, Mei Niang naturally has a little sense of pride.
After staying warm in the room with his wife for a while, Ling Tian walked out of the room without even looking at his son a few more times.
His mind is in a mess now, because he won't forget his other identity: the inheritor of the fire spirit, the only disciple of the dove.
As early as three months ago, Ling Tian received an order from his teacher, and immediately led people to search the Flame Empire, but he did not find the legendary "container" that came into the world with the Holy Spirit, even the innate spiritual power was only a hundred, and there was no "Holy Spirit" among them as the teacher said, and now they are waiting for news from the other three empires.
But now, what he didn't expect was that his youngest son would be an innate spiritual power, if the fire spirit hadn't issued that order, no matter what kind of spiritual power this little son had, Ling Tian should have been very excited, but he clearly felt that his youngest son's spiritual power was unusual, no matter how strong his spiritual power was, it was impossible to control himself in an instant.
Ling Tian's strength was already very close to the "Spirit", but even so, he was still suppressed, and he was still suppressed by his youngest son who had just been born for a few hours.
As a disciple of the dove, Ling Tian should have hoped that his youngest son would be the legendary "Holy Spirit", but as a father, how much he hoped that this little son was not the "container" he had been looking for, whether he should report it or not, Ling Tian was in a dilemma.
At least for now, he decided to hide it.
In the early morning of the next day, the outside of the General's Mansion was already crowded, and it was full of dignitaries and dignitaries who came to congratulate him, and the defense measures of the General's Mansion had risen to the highest level, and it was not an exaggeration to say that it was ten steps to one person, and these guards were not ordinary guards, all of them were spiritual powers, and their combined combat power was enough to match a large army.
Of course, these are only defenses on the surface, and what is even more terrifying is the guards who hide in the shadows, maybe he exists in the crowd who came to congratulate him, if someone reveals the murderous intention, the most likely result is to quietly disappear into a peaceful place.
Guards like this were specially trained by Ling Tian to protect the personal safety of the royal family and nobles, they were called "hidden guards", but they were more like killers.
And now, in order to congratulate his youngest son, Ling Tian directly dispatched more than half of the hidden guards to defend the General's Mansion, in this regard, the royal nobles who were originally protected by the hidden guards were extremely troubled, but they had nothing to say, who let the hidden guards be cultivated by Ling Tian, and the appointment of the hidden guards was only two, one in Ling Tian's own hands, and the other in the hands of the imperial lord, so it can be seen that the relationship between Ling Tian and the imperial lord is not general.
Due to the large number of people who came to congratulate the people, the people who received the congratulatory gifts in front of the main gate fell into an extremely embarrassing situation.
After taking the invitation, he reported the name of the person who came up, and the gift he gave was directly released, as for the congratulatory gift or something, he threw it directly into the carriage that had been prepared without looking at it, which made the person's face twitch slightly, but it quickly returned to normal, and he stepped into the gate of the general's mansion with a happy face. After all, this is the third time, and I'm almost used to it.
The prepared carriage for receiving gifts is not much less than the carriage that comes to give gifts, and it is filled with a carriage that is pulled directly into the house from the back door, and the carriages that come to give gifts are continuous, and the carriages that come to collect gifts are also non-stop, and the scene is so huge that it has reached the point of jaw-dropping.
When all the guests arrived, Ling Tian appeared on the welcome platform, and at the same time, Mei Niang, who was holding her youngest son, and two tiger-headed boys, the older one was Ling Fei, the eldest of the Ling family, and the other was naturally Ling Yun, the second eldest of the Ling family, and the difference between the two was three years old. The name of the youngest son in his arms had already been given, and it was what Ling Tian had thought of on the way back when he came back: Ling Xiao.
Ling Tian insisted on giving this name, Mei Niang did not object, the names of the eldest and second were all taken by Ling Fei, as for this younger son, it was up to him. Mei Niang's attention was not on the guests in the audience, she kept looking at her sleeping son in her arms, with a happy smile on her face.
Ling Fei was already five years old, and at this time, one hand was pulling the corner of his mother's clothes, and the other hand was holding his younger brother, who was just able to walk, looking at the crowded heads in the audience.
Ling Fei had already seen such a scene once when his younger brother was born, and he didn't seem to feel new anymore, but Ling Yun was different, he looked a little shy, his head kept shrinking behind Mei Niang, and he was very cute when he was scared and felt novel.
"Everyone, today is another day of great joy for my Ling family, I won't say much nonsense, I have received your wishes, I believe everyone must be as happy as me, I just want to say, everyone is happy, happy!"
After Ling Tian said this sentence with a big grin, even a gentle person like Mei Niang couldn't hold back a smile, the same thing had already been said for the third time, it was nothing more than that he didn't add "again" when he said it for the first time, and he didn't take care of the feelings of the guests in the audience.
There was no way, Mei Niang could only smile at the guests and follow Ling Fei off the stage.
Ling Yun didn't see what was going on in the audience when he first came up, and he was stupidly pulled away by his brother, and he turned his head from time to time to see that the family walked off the stage and felt a little gray.
As Mei Niang expected, the guests in the audience also had black lines on their faces, and they all looked like they were dumb and couldn't tell if they were suffering from yellow lotus.
"General Ling is really blessed, he gave birth to three sons in a row, and he doesn't know the blessings he has cultivated in several lifetimes. ”
The richly dressed woman among the guests said sourly, and several ladies beside her also went up to join in the fun.
"This General Ling is really a real person, this congratulatory gift is getting more and more expensive, and the receipt is getting more and more accessible, but if you welcome the guests, the dishes on this table are still the same, but this defense measure is getting better and better. ”
Someone couldn't help complaining, the congratulatory gift he had finally prepared was delivered to the recipient with a smile on his face, only to see the goods thrown into the carriage behind him like garbage.
Someone complained about it, and naturally someone responded, and for a while, the entire General's Mansion was boiling, and the banquet was not officially started......
It is estimated that Ling Xiao would never have thought that his birthday banquet would be made so oolong by his father......