The guard's name is Tailuo, and he is also a nobleman in the Baoming Kingdom in terms of identity. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info But the nobles in the Baoming Kingdom are not valuable, almost no different from the commoners, there are too many children of the clan and the children of the in-laws who can get along with the clan, and the entire country is almost equivalent to a big family community with relatives.

Tailuo was sent by the monarch to garrison this place, and has been here for more than twenty years, and Bao Mingjun seems to have forgotten to transfer him back and replace him, and it seems that he will have to die here. When he was young, he was an elite warrior, and his cultivation was almost equivalent to the consummation of the Nine Transformations of the Two Realms, but now he is over fifty years old.

In addition to Tailuo, a steward and guard, there are also three child servants and a maid in the courtyard. The child servants were all children of the servants of the peasant family who farmed the grange for the master of the other courtyard, and they were all only in their teens, helping to do some chores and waiting for the call. The owner of the annex took care of their food and clothing, and occasionally gave them some money.

As for the maid's name is Xiao Xia, she is fourteen years old this year, she is a child of a local village, and she was sent when she was nine years old.

Xiao Jiu, as the head of the courtyard, has a steward and guard to take care of, as well as three child servants and a maid to wait, and three servant peasant families to farm and provide for him, of course, life is much more comfortable than in Baoming Kingdom, and more importantly, it is rare to be comfortable. But compared with his neighbors, he is not a big family at all, let alone the identity of a noble son of a country.

The affairs of the annex and the grange are all taken care of by the old guard Tailuo, and it has not been easy for Tailuo all these years. The land in the grange is limited, and the three farming families who have farmed for generations for the owner of the other courtyard also make a living from it, and they must ensure that the owner of the other courtyard does not lack food and clothing, and they can't lose their identity as the son of Baoming Kingdom too much, and the child servants and maids also have to be fed.

Even if you are frugal, you can't live a broken life, right? So Tailuo made his own initiative and rented out the courtyard of the inn in the city, and got the money to subsidize the use, anyway, the other courtyard was enough to live.

This villa was purchased a long time ago, of course the place chosen is good, many clan children and noble ministers of the Lu Ze Department have also purchased villas in this area, and many neighbors around are either rich or expensive, and the pomp and circumstance on weekdays are not comparable to Xiao Jiu. Of course, there are also many villages and ordinary farmers in this area.

The surrounding nobles knew Xiao Jiu's identity, and although they were a little disdainful in their hearts, they couldn't afford to offend because they had nothing to do, but the children were different, and many people only regarded Xiao Jiu as a wild child of unknown origin. Xiao Jiu learns to read and write with Tailuo on weekdays, and also practices basic kung fu, and he learns martial arts very well. But at such a young age, there is no foundation, but it seems to be gifted and intelligent and healthy.

A year has passed in the blink of an eye, Xiao Jiu is already eight years old, and he is also very familiar with this area, but the wider world still seems to be far away from him, and his usual activities are only other courtyards, granges and surrounding mountains. Children are playful by nature, and he is already familiar with many children in the neighborhood, and of course sometimes he is bullied.

Xiao Jiu didn't go to Tailuo to complain as soon as he was bullied, because he knew very well that his identity was embarrassing, and some things were too difficult to do, and to be honest, most of the time Xiao Jiu didn't suffer, he was very smart and had some kung fu foundation, but he just didn't care.

On this day, in the middle of a mountain field, a teenage child held a jade pendant and shouted: "Xiao Jiu, aren't you the son of Baomingguo? As long as you jump down, I will return this jade pendant to you and admit that you are a noble person of Baomingguo." ”

The child's other hand pointed to a cliff in front of him. This cliff is not high, about two feet from the bottom to the top, but it is probably dangerous for ordinary people to fall, let alone children. But several children around were coaxing, shouting one after another: "Xiao Jiu, do you dare to jump? As long as you jump, we will admit that you have a kind!"

A group of children have gone too far, and it is easy to do such things, and they are not sensible, but it cannot be said that the children who provoke trouble have no malice, but they have not yet clearly realized the harm that this malice may bring. Xiao Jiu's face was very ugly, when they were playing together just now, a group of children were discussing who had not planted it, and the jade pendant he was carrying was snatched away by someone taking advantage of his unpreparedness.

This jade pendant should be the most valuable thing on Xiao Jiu's body, which many other children do not have, and it was given by his father when he was leaving, and it also represents his identity. In later generations, "kind" often referred to bloody and courageous, but at that time, it was not only this meaning, but also the identity of the bloodline. This kind of remark has a very strong sense of insult.

The child who took away the jade pendant was several years older than Xiao Jiu, named Nengping, and was the grandson of the local Pinglu patriarch, and there were several children here who were usually headed by him.

Nengping has always looked at Xiao Jiu a little unpleasantly, Xiao Jiu's life is what he envies, there is no respect for the elders, he lives alone in another courtyard, and he can also call several child servants. On the other hand, Xiao Jiu's life is very shabby, far less rich than the Nengping family, such a person still has a noble status.

This may be the reason why Xiao Jiu is unhappy, but he is not aware of this, he just feels unhappy, and now he is looking for opportunities to bully people.

Xiao Jiu's face became more and more ugly, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time. The surrounding children who had nothing to do with the conflict also began to coax: "Xiao Jiu, do you dare to jump?"

Xiao Jiu finally turned around and shouted, "I don't dare to jump!"

"It's really not planted!", "It's so unproductive!", "Why don't you have the guts at all?" The surrounding children let out a chorus of boos, and the loudest laughter was the loudest.

Xiao Jiu yelled again: "But I dare not jump!"

The children around were stunned, what do you mean by this? Taking advantage of this, Xiao Jiu suddenly kicked the ground and rushed forward, and in a few big steps, he went up the hill to Nengping and struck straight out. Neng Ping was caught off guard and was beaten to the nosebleed, his head was dizzy and fell back to the ground, Xiao Jiu had already taken the jade pendant back and put it in his arms.

Several children of the same clan as Nengping saw that their young master was beaten, and they all rushed over, Xiao Jiu swung his fist and swept his legs in a chaotic fight, and the other children around him were also a little confused. In the chaos, I don't know who was punched by whom, who was hit by whom's kick, Xiao Jiu knocked down several of them, and then another child shouted: "Nengping was killed!" The onlookers dispersed in a hurry, and the scuffle ended.

Of course, Nengping was not killed, but his nosebleeds spurted out and his face flowed, and his head was a little dizzy and he fell to the ground on his back, which scared the other children. Xiao Jiu practiced kung fu well, and he was very disciplined with one punch and kick, but after all, he was a child, and he was also beaten with a blue nose and swollen face, his clothes were torn in several places, and there were many bruises on his body.

The other children ran away, and Nohei also got up with the help of his four companions. Looking at Xiao Jiu's dirty body, and there are blood stains on his face and clothes, it should be able to flat. He took the jade pendant out of his arms, tied the torn rope again, looked at Nengping and said, "Who do you say doesn't plant, who doesn't have the guts, who doesn't have the courage?"

Neng showed a frightened look, and hurriedly left with his companions, and at this time he heard someone applauding: "Not bad, Xiao Jiu, you did a good job today!"

When did someone else come here, Xiao Jiuyi turned around, and saw a man standing on the side of the cliff, looking at the age of about eighteen or nineteen years old, his skin was as moist as jade, his figure was strong and straight, and he was wearing a very ordinary kudzu cloth shirt and white straw shoes. Xiao Jiu wondered, "Who are you?"

The man replied, "I'm just a passerby, and I've seen everything just now." As he spoke, he flicked his fingers like an invisible rain of rain.

Although the fight just now was not long, Xiao Jiu was also tired enough, but at this moment, he inexplicably felt that his physical strength and spirit had recovered, and the bruises and pains all over his body had disappeared. He was not an uninformed child, he had long heard that there were otherworldly monks in the world who could perform all kinds of magical powers, and today he had obviously encountered such a person.

Xiao Jiu hurriedly saluted and said, "It turns out that Mr. is a master, thank you!"

The man waved his hand and said, "It's just a gesture, don't thank me." I'm very interested in what happened just now, and I want to ask you a few words, do you really dare not jump?"

Xiao Jiu thought for a while and replied, "I really don't dare." ”

The man asked, "I saw that you were good at the time of the fight, and this cliff is not too high, so I should not be able to kill you." ”

For some reason, there was an affinity in the person's expression and tone, which made people willing to communicate with him, Xiao Jiu said honestly: "Although I have practiced some kung fu, I have never jumped such a high cliff, and I am not sure whether I can avoid being injured." Besides, even if I can't fall to my death, I can't jump, that doesn't make sense. ”

The man nodded slightly and said, "Very good, so what do you think about today's events?"

Xiao Jiu: "I didn't think about it that much. ”

The man said in a guiding tone, "You can think now. ”

This matter is very simple, but the truth is not so simple, for a child less than ten years old, and it is very impulsive emotions, it is almost impossible to figure it all out. And that person obviously just wanted to see what Xiao Jiu could say after calming down?

In front of this inexplicable master, Xiao Jiu thought for a long time before replying: "If I really jump, I'm not sure that I won't get hurt, and besides, I can't prove that I have a kind in this way, it just proves that I'm a fool." They are obviously bullying me, should I still bully myself? If they do what they want, they are their accomplices, and there is no reason to help the people who bully me to bully themselves. ”

Then the man asked, "It is not good that a man deceives himself, but does not deceive himself." Actually, what I want to ask is, why do you shout that sentence I dare not dance?"

Xiao Jiu frowned, and said with some hesitation: "It's just a feeling, I can't describe it, I roared like that at that time." ”

The man smiled: "People in the world often don't understand the way of strength and weakness, and they are strong at ease, but they seem to be weak. The so-called brave people have the courage to dare, and there are those who dare not dare, and it is often more difficult to dare not dare. It's not easy to understand this truth, and it's not easy for you to shout that sentence.

Don't say that you can jump or beat them if you have kung fu, but if you don't have kung fu and can't beat them, you can't jump. Because you shouldn't do this at all, you can't do it, even if you are insulted and ridiculed, you can not jump, it is bravery. ”

Xiao Jiu wondered: "Is there still so much exquisiteness?"

The man laughed: "Of course there is, everything is in the Great Dao." If the action is natural, there is no need to deliberately talk about it. ”

Xiao Jiu raised his fist and said, "But I won!"

The man looked into his eyes and said, "You have learned kung fu, it is normal to be able to beat a few of them, anyway, you were beaten up a lot." The next thing is that children are fighting, and I don't have much to say, except to praise your decision in front of the cliff.

The truth of this matter, whether you win the battle is like this, and whether you win or not has nothing to do with whether you have the courage, whether you have the courage, and whether you have the kind of thing. Let me ask you one more question, if your kung fu is higher, then you can kill him with a head-on punch, do you dare to beat him to death?"

Xiao Jiu: "Think about it carefully, don't dare." ”

The man in Ge Yi asked again: "What if others don't want you to think too much, and repeatedly clamor and instigate, or even humiliate each other?"

Xiao Jiu said thoughtfully: "I seem to understand a little, this is my own fist, I shouldn't kill him, I dare not kill him!" Ge Yiren nodded when he heard this, and his face showed approval.