Chapter 21 Playing marbles and losing ancestral learning

"When the coo saw that I was silent, he stepped forward and asked, 'What if you lose?' The child thought that he had nearly ten years of experience in playing marble, how could he lose to a little girl who couldn't play marble?!

Goo put his hands on his waist, his face flushed. Although she has a brutal personality and is only four years old, she is surprisingly reasonable and knows how to pay attention to the rules of the game. She stood on the stool, raised her little tsundere, and said:

If you lose, you will be expelled from the local boundary, how should you be punished?'

The more I thought about it, the more my blood surged, and immediately, I touched it from my body, but unfortunately I only took out a copy of our Ji family's mastery "The True Meaning of the Hades Mantra", which was still in my pocket before my trip Uncle Ji tried to persuade me to defend myself.

With the strength of the wine, the child slapped this thesis on the table, and said to the grandfather and grandson, This is my ancestor's mastery. I thought in my heart that this booklet was just the original principle, and it was not enough to leak my Ji family's absolute learning.

"The child immediately said frankly, 'If this son loses, I will borrow you for an hour. ’

"Goo was dismissive and said, 'Okay, just play.'" This attitude has made me feel a lot more at ease, after all, how can she, a country girl, know the true value of this 'Hades Spell'?!"

Ji Kang'er saw that her father was silent, and her eyes were still tightly closed. So I was relieved and continued to tell the story of that day:

"After setting the rules, the three of us came to the courtyard together. The moon in the depths of the western mountains was larger than the outside, and it shone as bright as day. Taking advantage of the moonlight, I dug a hole in the ground, and the hole was dug by the old man according to the gourd painting scoop.

"I said that the woman came first, but Coo said, 'Whatever you want, I want you first!' So I put the marble on the first joint of my middle finger, and with a skillful thumb stroke, the marble rolled obediently into the hole.

This time, it was Goo's turn, and she really didn't get the hang of it, and although the first one rolled into the hole, it was knocked out of the hole again because of the clumsy force.

The child didn't dare to be complacent too early, so he held his breath and pressed again, and I bounced the remaining four bullets into the hole one after another, haha, I thought to myself, just wait to see how you deal with it, four into the four is not an easy task for beginners. Master Ben wants to take a good look at your cooing skills.

But the child never expected that Gugu accurately flicked her second marble into the hole that Lao Dingtou dug for her, and the marble that had been bounced into the hole was knocked out after entering the bottom of the hole due to the excessive strength of Gugoo. After coming out of the hole, I still didn't stop, like a lightning flash, this bullet actually bounced into my hole again, and the bullet flying out of Googu's hand was extremely powerful, and it shattered three of the four marbles in my hole, oh my God, it was three!

After such a powerful blow to defeat the enemy, Goo Gu turned out to be like a battle-hardened veteran, without pride to underestimate the enemy, she continued to raise her eyebrows, bitter little face, and insisted on her remaining three marbles one by one, carefully bouncing into her hole. Me, it's too late for me to cry!

"As a result, the child lost three marbles, only two of which were still in the hole, and the first one did not go in, and the second one went into my hole, which does not count, and the third, fourth, and fifth all went into her own hole, so good, she narrowly beat me three to two. Hey, the kid actually lost......

"You know, the marbles that the child carries are made of granite, which can break my marbles, and the marbles used for my own attack can remain intact, which is not something that ordinary people can do. It seems that Goo Goo is really unusual.

Thinking of this, the child didn't dare to lend her the "The True Meaning of the Hades Mantra" easily. By this time, Goo Goo was already chasing me for the loot. In a hurry, I hid in the toilet and slipped out of the back door.

As a last resort, the child went into the yard again, and saw Coo-Coo waiting for me to fulfill my promise. In desperation, I thought about it, it would be better to give myself a step down: since the rules of victory and defeat have been agreed, how can the eldest husband not be trustworthy? !

"Even if I was reluctant, the child still handed over the "Essence of the Hades Mantra" to Gugu, and the old man praised me, saying: 'It is really rare for the little brother to know faith and righteousness at a young age. Shall I keep you for a few more days, and then send you out of the village?'

The child thought to himself, having finally entered this mysterious weir river, he must reward his hunger that often cooed. Besides, the good fish soup made by Gu Gu is quite tempting, she must have cooked evil beast meat waiting to treat me......

When Ji Hao heard this, a glimmer of hope silently rose from his heart. He asked, "Ji Kang'er, do you know who the old man you call Lao Dingtou is?"

Ji Kang'er shook his head: "I don't know." On the sixth day, when the child awoke, he found himself lying outside the western mountain. From beginning to end, Lao Ding never revealed his name to me. ”

"I guess he's Geng Ding, a disciple of Sanssouci Gate. Ji Hao said.

"Is he really a disciple of the master of the Sanssouci Cave? Good fellow, is the master really so inconspicuous? In my eyes, he is a homely old man, with a terrible level of fishing and a good level of drinking. Not to mention, this mention of him makes me miss him a lot. ”

"Kang'er, do you remember the way into the Dayan River?"

Ji Kang'er glanced at Ji Hao suspiciously, and asked, "Father is also interested in the Dayan River?"

Ji Hao said quietly: "For my father, I may have to go to the big weir river for a while, and I always have to come." Ji Kang'er, you will draw me the route of the Dayan River in as much detail as possible...... Ji Bo, pen and ink waiting. ”

He knew that his son had a skill that ordinary people could hardly matchβ€”that is, a super memory.

Ji Kang'er was very unreasonable and knew that he should be punished, so although he was reluctant, he still took out the map he had drawn on the parchment scroll from his memory and handed it to his father.

I really admire myself so much, Ji Kang'er is secretly happy in her heart. If it weren't for the fact that he knew each other very well, he would have moved the world when he was talking, how could he have made his father spare him, not only was he scolded and beaten, but he also made a meritorious contribution here.

Ji Hao took the sheepskin map and only glanced at it, then handed it to Ji Bo. He got up, let out a long sigh of relief, and slowly opened his eyes wide. This is the first time Ji Kang'er has seen her father's eyes open so wide since she can remember, and his eyes are burning like he is on the battlefield......

For some reason, Ji Kang'er suddenly had an ominous premonition, which felt like a sheep faintly feeling the breath of a wolf......

Yes, the father-son battle has officially begun.

"Kang'er, how old are you this year?"

"Father, Kang'er is about to turn fourteen. "Ji Kang'er has rules and answers.

"When your eldest brother left home to guard the Great Wall, he was two years younger than you......

Ji Hao seems to have a feeling, but it makes people feel that there are words in the words.

Ji Kang'er replied uneasily:

"Big brother, he, by all, will come back one day. ”

Since she was a child, Ji Kang'er has often seen her mother crying, thinking of her eldest brother who went to the Battle of the Great Wall and never returned.

Ji Hao ignored Ji Kang'er, and wrote down the words "Received by the Great Wall Garrison Army".

In the tent, Ji Hao, Ji Bo, and Ji Kang'er didn't make a sound, and even the air froze...... But, faintly, something seems to be happening ironclad......

Suddenly, Ji Kang'er woke up, and he suddenly realized that at this moment, he was finally angered by his father's long-term ignorance and power over him, and he guessed it......

Ignoring etiquette, Ji Kang'er asked:

"Dad, what do you want to do?! Could it be that you want to send me to that ghost place?! Back then, my mother begged you bitterly, don't send away the eldest brother, don't send the eldest brother away...... As a result, the eldest brother never came back. Our Ji family, isn't it enough to lose one of my eldest brothers?!"

"Bastard!"

A slap was slapped on Ji Kang'er's face, but it hurt in Ji Hao's heart.

Ji Hao said solemnly: "Don't mention your eldest brother again!" Then, he ignored Ji Kang.

Ji Hao ordered: "Ji Bo, send the black crow to deliver this letter to the Great Wall, and pick up the fourth child...... Prepare horses for me, and at night, you and I will go to the king in the clouds. ”

Ji Hao added another sentence and said, "By the way, Ji Kang'er, since you will leave for the north today, don't go to your mother to say goodbye, so as not to make her sad." ”

Ji Hao patted Ji Kang'er on the shoulder hard. Ji Kang'er, who had been silent for a long time, felt hot in her heart, and her father actually treated herself as an adult for the first time.

Although her heart was moved, there was frost on her face, Ji Kang'er refused to pay attention to her father and twisted her head to the side.

"Okay, save your effort, use it on the way to the Great Wall! Your second brother is guarding the base camp of Daidi, the third brother is guarding the southern Xinjiang, and there has always been a shortage of Ji Jiajun's children in the north. The king has urged my Ji family to fill in the house several times. Because I have always thought that you were young and inexperienced, I saw today that you are an adult. Son, be a qualified night watchman, and don't be born in the House of Iron Blood. ”

Ji Hao thought that these words could comfort his son who was about to be sent to the extreme north of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but he didn't want his son to express his strong dissatisfaction with his father with silence again.

Inside the tent, the Father and the Son fell into an awkward silence.

Ji Bo quietly sent a letter and sent someone to tell Ji Kang'er's mother, Wang, hoping that Wang could ask for a favor for the fourth young master.

Although the fourth young master has been arrogant and willful since he was a child, among Ji Hao's children, Ji Kang'er is the closest to the elder Ji Bo. Over the years, Ji Bo has also been like a loving father, and I don't know how many stubborn troubles he has hidden for him.

On the same day, the Wang family went to the nunnery outside the city to ask for a signature. Seeing that it was about to get dark, Ji Bo saw that the servants sent to invite the Wang family had not returned, so in desperation, he had to report to the general that the horses and equipment were ready to stop. Ji Hao immediately ordered the three of them to set off immediately.

After leaving the barracks, the three of them said goodbye and divided into two paths. Ji Hao and Ji Bo want to go south to Yunzhong, the capital of the Great Zhou, and Ji Kang'er needs to go straight north alone, straight into the extremely cold place - the Great Wall of the North of the Great Zhou.

Ji Kang rode north silently without looking back, he walked very slowly, not because he longed for his father to take back his life, but because he was a little scared in his heart, he heard too many ghost stories told by his nurse, and he was afraid that he would meet the heroic soul of his eldest brother on the road.

Ji Haoyuan looked at the back of his fourth son, who was getting smaller, and he hoped that his son would look back at him, so that he might feel better......

When Wang returned to the barracks, he learned that his husband had rushed to the capital, and his fourth son had been punished by him to the far north.

Hearing the news, she fainted on the spot and woke up, only to feel empty in her heart.

Originally, Wang's entered the temple today to offer incense, and hoped that the Bodhisattva would bless him and add a caring little padded jacket to General Ji, but he didn't expect his husband to be so arbitrary, taking advantage of his absence in the barracks, and sending the fourth son to his own way again after the eldest son disappeared in the North Great Wall for many years, completely ignoring the feelings of the child's mother, which made Wang angrily pack the package and return to his parents' house that night.