Uncle Ji looked at the black figure that was gradually going up the mountain road, suddenly thought of something, turned his head, and looked at Qin Ke: "Ah Ke, did you return the silver?"

"Returned. ”

"That's good. Uncle Ji breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, "You wait, the beef noodles will be ready soon." ”

"No need Uncle Ji, I can't eat, I just want to go back to sleep, I guess I can't help you with things today." Qin Ke said.

"This kid, how can you not eat it? We are also Dousheng Xiaomin, even if we are bullied by those officials, let's not take it to heart. Anyway, the past is over, just live your life well. Uncle Ji persuaded, "Sleep when you sleep, you are not an outsider, it is nothing if you don't come for a day, it just so happens that I will catch the second baby who has been outside all day, let him stay for a good day, and do something for the family." ”

Listening to Qin Ke's undoubted voice, Qin Ke didn't know how to explain for a while that he was not being bullied by the black riders, so he could only bow his head and answer softly: "Thank you, Uncle Ji." ”

"Thank you, I'm your uncle, I don't love you, who loves you?" Uncle Ji touched Qin Ke's head with his wide palm, and said kindly, "What's more, if your master hadn't taught Erwa to read and write, Erwa wouldn't have been valued by Lord Sitian, and Uncle Ji has owed your master a love all his life." ”

Qin Ke raised his head and his eyes lit up slightly: "Lord Si Tian has taken a fancy to the second baby?"

"That's right. You said that it was not the ancestral tomb smoking, Lord Si Tian said that the second baby can read and write, although he is not a scholar who reads poetry and books, but he can also make materials, and can help write some documents and calculate the acres of land, and in a few days, the second baby should go to Lord Si Tian to report. Uncle Ji didn't know that his eyes were like bright flames, in such a small village, there were not many people who could read and break words, and now they were valued by the government, even if they weren't even small officials, it was worth him to go out and show off.

Qin Ke looked at Uncle Ji's happy appearance, pursed his lips and smiled: "This is a good thing." Uncle Ji. ”

"Yes. Uncle Ji looked back and found that he was a little too proud, and said, "But no matter how good the second baby is, it is not as good as Ah Ke." ”

"Me?" Qin Ke said dumbfoundedly, "What can I do?"

"Why is there no interest? What is the fur that Erwa learned?" Uncle Ji said, "Who doesn't know, the real scholar in our village has to be you, everyone says that your master is a scholar who travels to study in other countries, and you are his only apprentice, so he can be regarded as a little scholar." According to the rules of the imperial court, as long as the township recommends you, you will have the opportunity to become a big official. ”

Thinking of this, Uncle Ji asked, "Ah Ke, don't you think about thinking about what you will do in the future?"

"What will you do in the future?" Qin Ke looked at the field in the distance, "I don't know, I'm not a suitable material to be an official, and I was unwilling to study when my master asked me to study in the past." ”

said so, but he subconsciously touched his waist, and in his belt, a jade bi was quietly placed, and it seemed that Zhuge Wanling's body temperature was still rippling on it.

"If you want to figure it out, you can come to Jingwu to find me, and I will tell you everything you need to know. He said this, but Qin Ke was inexplicably flustered, if he really went to Jingwu, could he still take care of the bonsai in front of the master's door every day like this, and blow the wind carefree in the fields?

Uncle Ji disagreed with his statement, shook his head, and said, "That's not accurate." If you become an official, you will be able to become an official. Look at Uncle Ji, I'm the one who can't be an official, I can only live in a nest for the rest of my life, the mother-in-law at home said that I am unproductive, hey, I am really unproductive. ”

"Uncle Ji, I'm tired, go back to wash and sleep first. Qin Ke's eyes were a little complicated, in normal times, he would inevitably tease a few words, but now he was very tired and didn't want to continue to talk about it.

"It's time to wash, look at how torn your clothes ......are" Uncle Ji nodded, seemed to remember something, patted him on the shoulder and said, "You wait for me here." After speaking, he ran into the inn with a smoke, and after a while, he came out with a small plate of beef, and the other hand was still holding two nest heads, "See you can't wait, then bring this back, and when you are hungry, you will eat it with beef, it is fragrant!"

Qin Ke lay on the bed, folded his hands behind his head, and quietly looked at the ceiling. He felt very tired for a while, but he couldn't sleep for a while, and after tossing and turning more than a dozen times, he could only open his eyes helplessly and wait quietly.

He didn't know whether he was waiting for his sleepiness to come back up, or if he was waiting for the things in his heart to come sooner rather than later, like cow dung being shoveled between the ridges of the fields and thrown into the dung tank early, trying to find someone to talk to, but he felt that there was no one to talk to.

He slowly took out the warm jade from under the pillow and held it up high, a ring no more than three inches long, verdant and dripping. The hole in the middle was pierced by a braided red rope, and there was a row of beautiful tassels underneath it, which fell to the tip of his nose, making him tickle a little.

In such a small village, jade is a very rare thing, and a few years ago, his grandfather showed him a piece, saying that it was something that had been passed down from his family for several generations, and that there would be ancestral souls lodged in it to bless future generations.

"But there is no green. Qin Ke turned over, found a book in the row of books in his room that was enough to be amazing, pointed to the words on it and read it, "Fei...... Jadeite, right? ”

"Good ...... Just such a small piece can be exchanged for 100 gold?" Qin Ke was so careless that he almost dropped the jade pendant to the ground, all thanks to his agility, he could still reach out and catch the jade before it hit the ground.

The biggest money he had ever seen in his life was just a silver ingot that Wang Xuanwei threw at him before, which was ten taels, but it was already the harvest of their farmers for two or even three years, and it had to be a good year every year.

And the number of 100 gold, even if it is placed in front of those county officials, it will stare down your eyes, right?

But Qin Ke was not very happy, and after he once again deeply understood how big the gap between himself and Zhuge Wanling and those people was, he became more and more depressed.

Quietly putting the jade bi back under the pillow again, Qin Ke jumped on the bed like a leper dog and closed his eyes as best he could.

He had a dream. In his dreams, it was as if he was climbing a mountain that never ended, trees and grass obscured his vision, and gravel cut his ankle, and he was in pain, but he couldn't stop for some reason.

Gradually, he felt like a tattered bellows in his chest, and the pounding of his heart made him feel the bones on the top of his head and on the tips of his toes tremble. His strength was draining in the wind, and he felt a chill attacking.

He threw himself on the ground weakly, curled up and shivering, but he couldn't warm himself up.

The sound of a goshawk was heard in the air, and he looked up and found that the top of his head was no longer covered by the grass and trees, but a pure blue sky, surrounded by snow, endless, almost dyeing the whole world pure white.

And the sun fell on his shoulders, like a pair of warm hands, surrounding him. He gradually stood up, and found that he no longer knew when he was standing on the top of the snow-capped mountain, and his eyes were open.

Mountains and rivers hug and kiss like countless sleeping giants, and the great river stretches to the end of the horizon, and the land is full of flowers.

He had never seen such a beautiful view, the pure and cold air penetrated his body, re-energizing his body, and the wounds on his body did not know when they would heal, and he stood on the top of the mountain, wanting to cry out with joy.

However, a fire suddenly spread on the snowy mountain!

The snow melted in just a gust of wind, and the pure spring water that poured down from the snow-capped mountains turned into hot, bubbling lava. It poured down from Shang and soon covered everything in sight. The mountains and rivers were scorched black in the flames, the rivers dried up and cracked, and all the breath of life seemed to be extinguished in an instant, and all that came into sight was death.

The mountains and rivers died. The river died.

And the sky, as if pulled by some force, gradually swelled.

It was a large, hollow, faceless face, the clouds were his cheeks, the sun and the moon were his eyes, and when he opened his mouth, he exhaled a hurricane that swept the heavens and the earth.

He spoke.

"Come on. It seemed that only this voice was left between heaven and earth.

"Come on. He said a second time.

Qin Ke knelt down with his head covered in pain, he seemed to hear the violent sound of horses' hooves, this sound of horses' hooves was like the heaviness of Wang Xuanwei when he came with a black horse, every step was like thunder, but the difference was that Wang Xuanwei was just carrying more than 20 horses, and this sound of horses' hooves was like a thousand horses!

"Come on. The voice said a third time.

So the mountains and rivers crumbled, the riverbeds cracked, and the stars fell.

Heaven and earth turned into a dark void, and countless huge spheres flashed before his eyes, as if they were alive, walking, following a rule that seemed to exist when heaven and earth had existed since birth, constantly changing positions.

Qin Ke floated in the void, he couldn't describe this scene at all, he felt an unprecedented fear that had filled his chest.

"Come on. The voice said again.