The autumn vacation has arrived, and the students in the Biyong Pavilion have returned to China, and the entire Biyong Pavilion has quieted down.

The sons of the great powers will soon be able to return to their own countries in their own floating boats. Like Bo Jiang, he and the students from Qi accompanied the prince of Qi to take the floating boat of Qi Hou, even though Youjing is thousands of miles away from Linzi, and it will arrive in one day.

Zhongqi's country is too small, with little land and poor people, and he can't afford to use such a luxurious tool as a floating boat, so it's already good to have a carriage to travel.

Zhong Qi took a small boat and went down the Luoshui River. This summer is rainy, Luoshui is abundant, the water flow is very fast, and it has arrived outside the capital city in half a day. Zhong Qi went to the pavilion in the city and found the car with the Tao Guo flag in it, which was a two-horse carriage. Zhong Qi knew that in this busy farming season, it was already very precious for his father to be able to put together two horses to pick him up.

When Zhong Qi went out in the morning, the sky was already cloudy, and when the car drove out of the pickaxe capital, the rain began to fall in a sparse manner. After walking for a while, the rain became heavier, and Zhong Qi said to Tao Ji, the emperor who was driving: "Sixth uncle, I see that this rain is getting heavier and heavier, why don't you find a place to shelter from the rain before leaving?" ”

Tao Ji didn't care, and said: "Childe, this rain is okay, just take advantage of the cold to hurry." With that, he took out his hat and coat, put on it, and drove slowly through the rain.

After walking for a while, the car suddenly slowed down, Zhong Qi lifted the curtain, and Tao Ji said to him: "Childe, look, the one in front seems to be Qinguo's car." ”

Zhong Qi took a look, and sure enough, he saw a van with the flag of Qinguo parked on the side of the road in front. Tao Ji drove to the side, but he didn't see the emperor in the car, and asked loudly: "Is this the Qinguo car?" Where is the Emperor? ”

Qin Bing, the emperor of Qinguo's car, got out from under the car, saw Tao Ji, but he was familiar with it, and stepped forward to greet him: "Sixth brother, why are you?" ”

Tao Ji saw that it was Qin Bing, and asked, "Third child, what's the matter, it's raining so heavily, what are you doing here?" ”

Qin Bing said helplessly: "I've been in this car for a long time, and when I walked here, the axle broke." ”

Tao Ji said: "Yo, the axle is broken, then it won't be repaired for a while." ”

Qin Bing said: "I have already asked the patrol to go to the front city hall to inform the Yelu clan and ask them to send someone to help repair it." Qin Bing looked at Tao Ji's car and asked, "Sixth brother, are you taking your son-in-law back?" ”

Tao Ji said: "Yes." What about you? ”

"I'm also picking up my daughter-in-law." Qin Bing wiped the rain on his face and discussed with Tao Ji: "Sixth brother, I can't stop this rain for a while, the people of the Yelu clan estimate that it is enough to get there today, and it is not good to let my daughter-in-law spend the night in the wild." Can I let my son-in-law take your car first? ”

Tao Ji said: "I have to ask my son-in-law about this." ”

Zhong Qi heard the two outside talking in the car, and lifted the curtain to show his head. Qin Bing saw Zhong Qi and saluted Zhong Qi, Zhong Qi returned the salute in the car, and said, "Third uncle, don't be so polite between us, please come here." ”

Qin Bing was overjoyed when he heard this, poked his head into the carriage and said for a while, and then used a hat to protect his son and board Tao Guo's car.

Xizi saluted Zhong Qi and Tao Ji in the rain, and then got into the carriage. Tao Ji asked Zhong Qi and his son to sit together in the carriage, but Zhong Qi insisted on refusing, put on a hat and robe, and sat side by side with Tao Ji outside the carriage.

Tao Ji said to Qin Bing: "Third child, will you also go with us?" ”

Qin Bing waved his hand and said, "No, I have to watch the cart and the horse here." You go first, and when my car is repaired, I will rush to look for you. ”

Tao Ji nodded and drove away.

On the second day after the rain, Zhong Qi and his party walked for a long time, but they didn't see Qin Bing chasing after them, presumably because the car was not repaired smoothly. At this time, the wind was beautiful, and Zhong Qi saw that there were not many cars and horses on the road, so he said to Tao Ji: "Sixth uncle, let me drive for a while, right?" ”

Tao Ji shook his hand and said: "No, no, no, how can there be a reason for the lord to drive his courtiers." ”

"We have an imperial class in the Biyong Pavilion, and I am also learning the imperial arts, and there are few people on the road at this time, so it is just right for me to practice. Besides, I'm not driving for you. Zhong Qi pointed to the carriage behind him: "There are still guests sitting in the back." ”

Tao Ji smiled knowingly, handed the reins to Zhong Qi, and asked, "What stage has Childe's imperial art practice reached?" ”

Zhong Qi said: "'Chasing Water Song' is already very proficient, and 'Passing the Jun Table' and 'Dancing Jiaoqu' are being practiced. ”

This five-track circumference road is flat and straight, very open, Zhong Qi drove forward, the car drove fast and steady. Tao Ji praised on the side: "Childe is worthy of learning in the Biyong Pavilion, this imperial art has caught up with my old style of driving for more than ten years." ”

Zhong Qi was modest on his lips, but he was proud in his heart, seeing the sky in the distance and the clouds were light, and the breeze was blowing, and he was relaxed and happy along the way.

Zhong Qi and his entourage went out of Beijing, walked Zhoudao, along Weishui, passed Huayin, and arrived at Puban, the old Shundu, for one and a half days. After crossing the Yellow River from Puban, go north along the Fenshui River, and arrive at Hancheng, the capital of Zhuowei State, one day later. From Hancheng, take the Jin Road to the east for one day to Quwo of the Jin Kingdom, and then half a day to the Yicheng, the capital of the Jin Kingdom. From Yicheng to the north one day to Huoyi, the capital of Huoguo, not far from Huoyi, along the Qinshui line, walked for about half a day, and the mountain was already in sight.

The car travels to a fork in the road, crosses the bridge to the west to lead to Tao Kingdom, and travels along the coast to the east to Qin Kingdom. Zhong Qi asked Tao Ji to drive his son home first, jumped out of the car himself, crossed the bridge on foot, and walked along the road in front of him to his home.

The road is lined with wildflowers, and the breeze blows, and the faint scent of flowers wafts through the air. Looking at the more and more familiar scenery around him, Zhong Qi's footsteps became faster and faster.

Tao is a small country, there is no city, the so-called capital, in fact, is a large village and town formed by the people around the residence of the king. When Zhong Qi walked half a pair, he had already seen the big locust tree at the entrance of the village, and there were two small figures under the big locust tree who were looking at this side of the road. Zhong Qi quickened his pace and saw clearly that the people under the tree were his sister Jingcai and his younger brother and uncle.

Jing Cai and Shu Lai also saw Zhong Qi, and the two of them ran towards him, and Shu Lai shouted as he ran: "Second brother! Second brother! ”

Jing Cai is ten years old this year, and Shulai is seven years old. Uncle came to the front, Zhong Qi picked up his uncle, Jing Cai grabbed Zhong Qi's arm, and the three brothers and sisters were overjoyed to reunite after a long absence.

Zhong Qi said to his uncle: "You are heavy again." He touched the head of the horsetail again, and said to the horsetail: "The horsetail has grown taller again." How long have you been waiting here? ”

"Daddy and mother estimated that you should arrive today, uncle came and we came here to greet you after noon, and we have been waiting for half a day." Jing Cai looked behind Zhong Qi and asked, "What about Uncle Six, didn't he go to pick you up?" ”

Zhong Qi said: "Qinguo's carriage is broken, I asked the sixth uncle to send my son back to Qinguo first." ”

Jing Cai said: "Oh, it turns out that the sixth uncle sent the second sister-in-law." ”

"What nonsense!" Zhong Qi pinched the face of the horsetail vigorously.

Jing Cai stuck out her tongue and said coquettishly to Zhong Qi: "Second brother carries me!" ”

Zhong Qi's arm holding Shulai was also a little sore, so he put down Shulai, leaned down and picked up the jingcai, and Shulai said on the side: "I want to carry it too." ”

Zhong Qi said: "Okay, I will carry you for a while, and you will take turns." ”

Zhong Qi carried the thorn on his back and led his uncle, and the three of them walked happily towards home. Along the way, when they met acquaintances in the village, they all happily greeted Zhong Qi, and the children in the village also gathered around and jumped happily, and the village was full of happy air.

When I arrived at home, only my mother was at home, and my father was still leading people in the fields to do farm work, and my mother was overjoyed to see her son come home.

Tao Guoguo is small and poor, and the monarch's family is the same as ordinary Chinese, only eating two meals a day and two nights, and when Zhongqi returns home, he can't eat three meals a day like in the Biyong Pavilion. However, the food at home is much more delicious than the chef in the museum. Morning food is the main meal of the day, generally speaking, the evening food is just to eat some leftover meals from the morning food, today the son came back, the mother specially added a meal to the evening food, and made minced meat and millet rice that can only be eaten on festivals. The fragrant venison minced meat is mixed in the slimy millet rice, a spoonful of the entrance, the fat and aroma of the venison is mixed with the millet aroma, which is so fragrant that Zhong Qi's whole body is comfortable, swallowing this mouthful of millet millet , Zhong Qi let out a long "um", only feeling that the past few days have been in a hurry, just for this mouthful of millet is worth it. Mother took out the family's treasured wine, and Zhong Qi could accompany his father to drink a few glasses. This meal, the family ate happily.

In the middle of the moon, Zhong Qi went to bed under the quilt, the mattress under his body was soft and comfortable, and the quilt on his body exuded the smell of the sun, which should have been dried for a long time. It's better to be at home! Zhong Qi fell asleep with a satisfied face.

On the second day, Zhong Qi first went to the shrine to worship the gods, then went to the temple to worship the ancestors, and then came to the Guozhong Cemetery to sweep the ancestors' graves. In front of his brother's tomb, Zhong Qi stood for a long time.

Before noon, Zhong Qi crossed the Qinshui by boat, came to the cemetery of Qinguo, and placed a bouquet of picked wildflowers in front of his aunt's tomb. Zhong Qi's impression of his aunt has been blurred because of the long time, and he only vaguely remembers that his aunt is a gentle person who will hug himself and comfort him softly when he cries. There have been too many things that have happened recently, and complicated thoughts are entangled in Zhong Qi's mind, but he can't tell others, Zhong Qi can only talk silently in front of the graves of his brother and aunt, hoping that the deceased can give him some comfort. My father once said that my aunt was the best dancer in their generation. Zhong Qi thought about his aunt's heroic dancing in front of his aunt's tomb, and unconsciously, his hands were knocked on his waist, and he followed the rhythm in his heart and danced Tao Guo's sacrificial dance in front of the tomb.

After the dance, Zhong Qi only felt a lot more relaxed in his chest. turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly found that the son was standing at the place where he came with a sweeping tool. Zhong Qi was stunned for a while, I don't know how long my son has been behind her, whether she has seen her dancing, dancing in a cemetery in someone else's country is always a bad thing.

Zhong Qi and Xizi walked in the opposite direction, exchanged a salute, and then walked separately. Zhong Qi walked out of a distance, looked back, and saw the small figure of his son sweeping in the tomb, he only then saved, in the tomb of his aunt, there was also a burial of his uncle, this husband and wife, it was the sacrifice of the last big sacrifice.

At this time, it was the busy season of farming, needless to say, the young and strong laborers in the country, even the old people with a little strength and older children like Jing Cai, also went to help with the autumn harvest, Zhong Qi wanted to work in the fields with his father several times, but his father was sternly stopped, and his father had only one requirement for him - to practice the sacrificial dance. Next year is the year of the great sacrifice of the two countries of Taoqin, as the eldest son of the clan, Zhong Qi will take over the position of the sacrifice at the time of the big festival, and dance with the sacrifice of the Qin country to sacrifice to the gods.

Seeing that the people in the country were busy with farming, but they couldn't help, Zhong Qi was not too embarrassed to wander around the village while practicing the sacrificial dance, and wanted to find some old friends to catch up, but he could only wait for the autumn harvest to end. In his spare time, Zhong Qi had to stay at home, and after a long time, he was a little bored.

On this day, Zhong Qi looked through the family tree at home, closed the parchment scroll and said to himself: "It would be nice if I could also look at the genealogy of Qinguo." As soon as he turned his head, he saw a small head peeking out by the door, so he asked, "Uncle, what are you doing there?" ”

Uncle Lai ran in, saw the parchment roll in Zhong Qi's hand, and asked, "Second brother, what are you looking at?" ”

Zhong Qi said: "I'm looking at our Tao family tree. ”

Shulai stared at the big eyes and asked, "Isn't the family tree placed in the temple?" ”

"I'm idle and bored, so I'll take a look." Zhong Qi said: "You came to me, is there anything wrong?" ”

Uncle Lai said: "Second brother, there are a few places where I feel awkward when I practice the sacrificial dance, maybe the dance is wrong, my father is too busy, you can help me give me some advice." ”

"Okay." Zhong Qi put down the genealogy and said, "You jump to me to see." ”

Shulai tied a small drum around his waist, shook his fleshy little arms, and danced while beating. Zhong Qi watched his younger brother seriously dance clumsy and immature dance steps, and remembered how he looked when he first practiced the sacrificial dance when he was a child, a little funny, and a little embarrassed.

Uncle came from time to time to stop and ask Zhong Qi what he felt was wrong, Zhong Qi waited for Uncle to finish all the dances, and said to him: "These places you think are awkward, when I just practiced, I also felt that it was wrong like you, but I couldn't say what was wrong, and when I practiced a lot in the future, I slowly got used to it." You, it's better to practice less, just practice more. As he spoke, he demonstrated the awkward places, and sure enough, he jumped smoothly and without suffocation.

Shulai nodded and said, "Thank you, second brother, for your advice." He looked up and thought about it, and then asked, "Second brother, why do I still practice your sacrificial dance so well?" ”

"All of us have to practice. If something happens to me, ...... like my eldest brother" Zhong Qi's expression darkened: "Then you will take over the burden of the sacrifice and dance at the big sacrifice." ”

"And what if something happens to me too? What to do? ”

"That's the second uncle's child doing the sacrifice."

"They've all had an accident, right?"

"That's the closest person in the clan. If necessary, the herb can also be used as a sacrifice, but it is necessary to change the sacrifice on the Qin side to a man. Zhong Qi said solemnly to Shulai: "In short, the sacrifice of our clan has lasted for thousands of years, and it is absolutely unbreakable. ”

"Oh, I see." Uncle came and said: "However, it's best not to have an accident." ”

"That's nature." Zhong Qi said: "Your second brother is now a master of martial arts, and it is not so easy to let me have an accident!" ”

Uncle Lai said: "I am also a martial artist, and I will not have an accident." ”

"Really?" Zhong Qi looked Shulai up and down: "How are you practicing the Horn Counter Technique?" ”

"I've beaten all over the country!"

"So powerful? Let's let the second brother see and understand. ”

"Come on!"

The two brothers walked to the courtyard and put on a posture, the uncle shouted and rushed at Zhong Qi, who was small and short, so he could only hug Zhong Qi's waist and struggle to knock him down. But no matter how good Shulai's skills are, how can a seven-year-old child be the opponent of a fifteen-year-old boy. Zhong Qi stood in place, and Uncle Ren didn't move how to exert his strength. After Uncle Lai had exerted some strength and was gasping for breath, Zhong Qi leaned over and grabbed Uncle Lai's two legs and lifted him upside down. Uncle Lai was on his head and feet, and his hands and feet were waving wildly in the air. Uncle came to shout loudly, and Zhong Qi laughed.

"I finally experienced the feeling of Ji Bohu beating us......" Zhong Qi thought to himself.

It was past noon, and the heat of the autumn tiger swept in again, and the autumn cicadas were also screaming desperately outside the house, making people irritable. Fortunately, there is no need to wear too much student uniforms at home, and Zhong Qi only wears a sleeveless linen light shirt on his upper body, which can cool down.

Zhong Qi was leaning against the door and looking at the sky boredly, when Shulai ran in from outside, grabbed him and said, "Second brother, come with me." ”

Zhong Qi asked, "Why are you going?" ”

Uncle Lai said: "Don't you want to see the genealogy of Qinguo, I made an appointment with the people of Qinguo to fight, and if they lose, they will steal their genealogy and show it to you." ”

Zhong Qi couldn't cry or laugh: "Aren't you messing around, who said I want to see the genealogy of the Qin Kingdom?" Besides, I just want to watch, I will also go to Qinguo to borrow from them myself, and I can use your little hairy head to find someone to steal? ”

Uncle came and said: "Do you like to watch it or not, anyway, I have already made an appointment with the people of Qinguo to start a war, you have to come and be our 'handsome'." ”

Zhong Qi turned over lazily and said, "No, no, no." ”

"No, no!" Shu Lai crossed his waist and stared at Zhong Qi angrily.

Zhong Qi was dragged by his uncle and dragged to a shoal by the water. The water here is clear, and the sand and fish swimming in the shallow water are clearly visible. When Zhong Qi arrived, he saw that there were more than a dozen people on his Tao country's side, and there were more than a dozen people on the other side of Qinguo, both men and women, all seven or eight years old, who were in a position to prepare for a war, and he was pulled to the "handsome" position by his uncle.

What is the meaning of children playing, Zhong Qi shook his head, and was about to leave, but saw that several children from the opposite Qin country also gathered their "handsome", the person was wearing a light coarse linen shirt and a leather mask on his face, and he turned out to be a child. Zhong Qi was stunned for a moment, and then he also understood, in this busy farming season, there can still be such a leisurely adult in the two countries, who else can there be besides them?

Zhong Qi was about to leave, but when he saw his son coming, he inexplicably didn't want to leave. As soon as he saw Zhong Qi, his first reaction was to leave, but when he saw Zhong Qi standing there and swaying his body, his eyes still glanced at him from time to time, with a look of disdain, and suddenly a breath of anger rose in his heart, and he felt that he could not let the people of Tao despise our Qinguo, so he didn't leave.

The "handsome" on both sides stood in their positions, and the soldiers on both sides shouted, and then rushed together to fight. In this battle, the weapons used by the soldiers are the river under their feet, and the way to fight is to pick up the river and splash it on the opponent. The battle between the warriors of the two countries in Taoqin and Qin on this shoal in Qinshui caused a splash of water, which affected the swimming fish in the shallows, and the fish left the shallows one after another and swam to the depths of the river.

At the beginning, the soldiers rushed to kill in front, and the two coaches, Zhong Qi and Xizi, had to stand awkwardly in place, truly achieving the way of being "dumbfounded". As the battle progressed, the formations of both countries were completely disrupted, and the soldiers scattered in various places to fight separately, and some crossed the line and began to attack the opposing commander. The commanders of both countries were also unambiguous, and when they saw someone attacking, they counterattacked on the spot. After a while, the two coaches also came down in person and fought with the soldiers of both sides.

The cool river water hits the body, dispersing the heat on the body, and only makes people feel refreshed. Fighting, the formation changed, and the coaches of the two sides finally fought in one place. The soldiers on both sides saw the boss in front of him, and shouted and cheered for the boss while fighting, "hehe" here and "haha" there. The two coaches were in the middle of the battle, and they stepped on a pebble under the water, and fell to the opposing coach with an "oops". Zhong Qi saw that the coach on the opposite side pounced, heard her scream, and was afraid that she would fall, so he hurriedly stepped forward to meet her, and received a full embrace. The son threw himself into Zhong Qi's arms, hugged Zhong Qi's waist, and then stabilized his figure, and just raised his head, only to see a pair of panicked eyes from the other party. The two looked at each other, they were both stunned, and the son pushed Zhong Qi away with an "ah", turned around and ran away. Zhong Qi was stunned, looking at his hands, there seemed to be the gentle touch between his fingers, the temperature of the petite body seemed to be still in his arms, and the fragrance of the other party's hair seemed to be still in his nose.

When the soldiers of Qinguo saw the boss fleeing, their morale plummeted, and they also fled with the boss. The warriors of the Tao Kingdom cheered loudly when they saw that the other party had fled and their own side had won a complete victory. Only their boss has become the wooden chicken again, standing still for a long time.

Seeing that the autumn vacation was almost over, Zhong Qi embarked on a trip back to Biyong Pavilion. The sound of horses' hooves sounded on the road in the countryside, Tao Ji saw that his son was a little distraught, thinking that he was about to leave his hometown, so he comforted: "Son, don't be sad, in another half a year, he will come back during the spring break." ”

Zhong Qi nodded, and asked Tao Ji about whether Qin Bing's carriage had been repaired.

"It's fixed." Tao Ji said: "The car of Qinguo had already set off for Hojing the day before yesterday. ”

"I set off the day before yesterday......" Zhong Qi's heart was gloomy for a while.

Along the way, Zhong Qi faintly hoped that he would see Qin Guo's broken car in front of him, but Qin Guo's car had just been repaired after all, and what Zhong Qi was looking forward to did not appear again after all.