Chapter Eighty-Five: Brother and Sister

The Linchang Chi family, although not a well-known wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River, is also a long-term household that has been passed down from generation to generation, and before being annexed by the powerful who migrated from the north, it also had more or less connections with the history of the replacement of eunuchs in Jiangdong for hundreds of years. Therefore, the Chi family had such a nephew who was appointed by the imperial court as an official in the previous dynasty, and moved to the place where he served with his family, and for decades, he became a side of the Linchang Chi family, and also became a distant relative of Chi Tang, who was still young at that time.

The customs of the family are inherently divided between distant and close relatives, but the concept of family unity is deep-rooted, Chi Tang still remembers that as long as the Chinese New Year is going to be celebrated every year, the distant relatives who are far away in the land of Qingxu always have to bring their family members to Linchang's hometown to get together, and the distant relatives always affectionately call Chi Tang's father as: "Brother." Chi Tang himself called him as: "Uncle." This is a title with a Jiangnan Tubai accent, and the words are very cordial, it seems that the distant uncle has not changed his native pronunciation because the clan has lived in a different place for many years, although he is the grandchild of the Chi family's nephew who was the first to be released as an official.

And every time I come with my distant relative, Uncle Ao, there is always a little girl with big eyes and ice and snow, she is Uncle A's young daughter, and in terms of generation, she is Chitang's distant cousin. This girl who looks delicate and weak is unusually naughty, she doesn't like to play with female dolls of the same age in other clans, but sticks to Chi Tang like a fart, Chi Tang has started to learn swords at that time, although she is very young, she is already a martial arts wizard in the famous township, and those big children who are obviously half a head taller than Chi Tang are always obedient in front of him, and the little girl follows him, naturally she is also very happy, and sometimes even follows Chi Tang together, and those boys fight and fight, even if the little face is inadvertently beaten by the other party is red and swollen, but it is still Gege laughing and enjoying it。

Chi Tang is very protective of this distant cousin, and this distant cousin also admires her brother, in short, it is a temperament when she was a child, and the friendship between children always progresses rapidly, not only the blood influence of brother and sister. The distant cousin always called Chitang: "Brother Begonia." This title is not extraordinary, purely because after hearing the name of Chi Tang, she naturally thought of the begonia flower, so it is easy to remember, and Chi Tang often called her: "Little Orange", because she likes to eat southern oranges very much, even when she goes out to play, she often holds the leftover orange in her hand.

Children's hearts, of course, Brother Begonia and Little Orange have also had disputes, and they are all frolicking and playing, most of them are climbing the mountain Little Orange dragged Brother Begonia's hind legs, or the little orange made the filthy mistakes are pushed to Brother Begonia in front of the elders, etc., and when Brother Begonia picked up his brother's posture and wanted to teach Little Orange a lesson, Little Orange was angry and aggrieved, and he was pitiful and cute, every time he saw this situation, Brother Begonia first softened his heart, but asked him to apologize and make a joke, and coaxed the little orange to be happy, and then, the mustard disappeared, and the brother and sister played happily in one place。

Time is like the rivers and rivers that go east, and the years are like blowing dusk leaves drifting by, and the days pass year by year, and the children are growing up day by day. The annexation of the Jiangnan family by the northern wealthy clan has gradually reduced the contact between the distant relative uncle and his father, which is not the snobbery of the uncle who seeks advantage and avoids disadvantage, but after all, the uncle is a military petty official in the Qingxu area, and his father is worried that the changes in the clan will bring him unnecessary trouble, so he advises him to protect his life.

Brother Begonia and Little Orange saw the last side when Chitang was eighteen years old, Brother Begonia grew into a young swordsman, and Little Orange also became a slim and pretty girl, the chill of spring still did not disappear, but Little Orange could only lower his head and call softly: "Brother Begonia ......" With her father and family, she reluctantly left the courtyard of the Linchang Chi family. And the last contact with this uncle's family was at the time of Chi Tang's twenty-year-old crown ceremony, after all, Uncle was a military attaché, and there were some clever craftsmen under him, so the gift that Chi Tang received was --- Qingfeng Sword, which was asked by his father to find a craftsman to build, when Chi Tang happily took over this exquisitely crafted sword, but there was also a faint melancholy, he remembered the little orange, I haven't seen him for a few years, I don't know what the situation is? In the future, she is only five years younger than herself, so shouldn't this year be her prime year? What I remember is often that she was wronged at that time and pouted, pitiful and cute......

Ten years have passed, with the fall of the Linchang Chi family, Chi Tang wandered alone in the rivers and lakes, and never heard the old family letters, occasionally remembered, but it was only the expression of the little orange, he himself did not realize how deep the impact of this scene on his soul was, in the later season when the Divine Power Flame woke up to capture the Lingfeng of Fly Mountain, but it was not precisely because of the similarity between the Lingfeng and the distant cousin's expression, that he let the Lingfeng go?

Yes, the Qingfeng Sword with the sword sheath was built and sent by the distant relative Uncle, so when the homeless woman said this, Chi Tang carefully looked at the woman's face in shock, and when he saw a little orange shadow between his eyebrows, he whispered in disbelief, and immediately got a response from the other party.

Chi Tang turned over and dismounted, and grabbed Miss Jing with great emotion, Miss Jing trembled, staring at Chi Tang's face, but she didn't break free of the hand that was firmly grasped by him. Dong Yao, who didn't know what was going on, couldn't help frowning, looking at Chi Tang's strange behavior, a layer of sourness surged in her heart for no reason: "...... It's Senior Brother Chi's...... Old acquaintances?"

"The sword has fallen, I'm really sorry Uncle, Little Orange, why are you here? Uncle is okay now?" In ten years, this was the first time Chi Tang had seen his relatives in his clan, and his tone of voice trembled with excitement.

Miss Jing still looked at Chi Tang for a while, and the doubts in her eyes gradually dissipated, and her eyes widened in surprise: "Is it really you?

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It was simply too unbelievable to meet the sister of the demon slayer Chi Tang on this battlefield with a fierce killing and a strange atmosphere, and his sister was still the leader of a wandering army, this was simply too unbelievable and ingenious, whether it was Ji Rui Xue Yang, or several swordsmen from the Great Sima Mansion, as well as Shen Jin and his Wu Xingbu Qu soldiers and other sergeants in the vanguard army all showed incredible looks.

However, since it is Mr. Chi's sister-in-law, especially since Mr. Chi is still our main general, the treatment is naturally different immediately. It was Shen Jin who proposed to bury the pot in this valley to make rice immediately, seeing that it was almost noon, it was also time to eat, and this meal was not only to celebrate the great victory of the Yan Kingdom scout cavalry in the morning, but also to congratulate Mr. Chi on the reunion with his relatives in a different place. Of course, since it is a celebration, it is not a violation of military discipline to drink some spirits to cheer up at this moment.

As soon as the aroma of the military meal came out, they sat in a circle, devouring rice balls in one hand and dried meat in the other.

Chi Tang naturally sat with Miss Jing, and now he finally knew the name of the little orange--- Chi Jing, the brother and sister both had too many things to ask, but when they really said it, they didn't know where to start, the two looked at each other, but they both laughed out loud.

"Do you still like to eat oranges as much as you used to?" Chi Tang didn't know that his first question was actually this.

Chi Jing was now enjoying the military rations and meals provided by the forward army, while gnawing on the bone-in dried meat regardless of the image, she chewed the freshly warmed rice balls, and said in her mouth: "Why don't you like it? As long as it is something delicious that can be eaten, I like to eat it now." The big brown dog paced at some point, squatting at Chi Jing's feet very meekly, eating the meat crumbs and rice grains that fell from Chi Jing's mouth.

Chi Tang felt a heartache, seeing Chi Jing eating like this, obviously suffering too much, he stretched out his hand and gently stroked Chi Jing's head with a cupola ponytail, Chi Jing didn't seem to like this kind of behavior of still treating her as a child, and tilted her head silently.

Dong Yao sat beside Chi Tang quite well-behaved at this time, although she knew that this was Chi Tang's sister, not that she was worried about an old lover or something, but the sensitivity of the girl's family still made her very close to Chi Tang intentionally or unintentionally, close to an extremely intimate distance.

"What's wrong with Uncle? How did you get here? And your own people?" Chi Tang didn't pay attention to Dong Yao's small movements, and continued to ask.

"Daddy is long gone, Qingzhou is lost, he led hundreds of his subordinates to fight with the Hu barbarians for several years, but he didn't survive it, and it was gone five years ago. When Chi Jing talked about her father, her expression flashed a little gloomy, but she quickly cheered up again, and tied the ponytail tied on her head with her hand, which looked heroic, "After my father died in battle, most of the hundreds of subordinates were killed and separated, and there was only one left, his father was the veteran leader of his father's subordinates, and I killed him all the way." Chi Jing pouted at the bald man who was eating happily not far in front of him, "It's him, I call him a post, he has a lot of strength, and he uses a knife neatly, but his brain turns slowly, and he has always been loyal to his father and me." He and I wandered around, but we arrived at this realm, where the war was raging, and there were people who had left their hometowns everywhere. As a result, this is good, they pushed me to be the leader, just like you see, they became my men, I took them to flee everywhere, and when they saw soft persimmons, they pinched them, and finally after a few years, except for a few who starved to death, the casualties were not large. Besides, I have been following my father in the end, and I have also learned some skills in fighting, and in a few years, as long as the team has not dispersed, it will have its own name, and I have also broken out of my own Duo'er, this land of Heluo, who doesn't know that I am a girl in Mingfeng Village?"

It turns out that the uncle is also a Jin warrior who has been insisting on resisting Hu Lu in the Central Plains, but he is lonely and unheard of The original clan has such a great character, Chi Tang felt that he was young at the time, and he had never asked about the uncle's situation, it was too undeserved, sighed lightly, and looked at Chi Jing again, and suddenly found that there was a huge difference between this and the image of the little orange in his mind. However, looking at the current Chi Jing, her facial features have the beautiful and beautiful shadows of the past, but she doesn't seem to have any decoration that cherishes her appearance, her skin is unhealthy, and there are mottled dirt on her face, and the cupola ponytail tied on her head does not increase her heroic spirit, but how can there be a girl who loves beauty with this head shape? And the mouth is full of bandits, where is the cute girl in the ice and snow in the past? She is simply a female thief who has been robbing for years.

"What about you, brother, why did you get this on your face?" Chi Jing took a bite of the rice ball and asked vaguely, since she had grown up, Brother Begonia, who had been affectionate in the past, was embarrassed to say it again, but it was a simple brother but full of affection.

Chi Tang smiled bitterly, touched the wrinkled skin on his face, and thought that this matter was a long story, and when he was thinking about where to start, the bald man who was calling the post over there had already come over with a red face with a blushing face with a bottle of wine.

"I'll just say, where did the military master come from is so damn righteous, it's Miss's brother who has been making trouble for a long time, it's all a family, Miss's brother is the eldest brother of all of us, come, respect the eldest brother. It seems that he has eaten half full of rice balls and dried meat, and has already drunk it with the wine bag in the army.

Chi Tang admired the big man who followed Chi Jing and remained loyal for many years, smiled lightly, touched a wine bag scattered on the ground, unscrewed the sack, and showed the big man: "Please." ”

"The younger brother's name is Jin Ming, isn't there a sentence like that, heroes are scattered all over the world, and the five states gather together to be heroes. The younger brother heard this, so he came up with a nickname called the hero post, the young lady kept calling the little brother post, and the big brother also called the little brother post. It seems that this post is too much to talk about after drinking too much, and after taking a big sip, he is still chattering.

"Post bro, hello. Although Chi Tang had never heard of any heroes scattered all over the world, he still greeted the post very politely.

"Yes, second bite, Miss Jing, ha, congratulations on the reunion of your two brothers and sisters, hehe, Miss, we haven't drunk in years, right?"

Chi Jing was in good spirits at the moment, ate all the dried meat in three or two bites, threw the meat bones into the mouth of the brown-haired big dog at her feet, wiped her greasy hands on her body with a big grin, and then took the wine bag from Chi Tang's hand without care: "Cheng, let's go!" and drank a big sip with a rumbling neck, and then pointed to the post and scolded with a smile: "Are you good boy?"

Chi Tang was dumbfounded, is this the little orange that left such a good impression on his childhood?

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Under the dirt slope, Xue Yang sat on the left, Ji Rui sat on the right, and there was a no-food lying on his stomach in the middle.

"Mother's skin, it's so beautiful......" Wushi suddenly whispered without a head or brain.

"You mean Senior Brother Chi and his sister?" Xue Yang was a little puzzled.

"No, the brown-haired dog next to his sister, I have a hunch that my spring is coming. Wushi said very seriously, and a trace of divine solemnity appeared on his always lazy face.