A village in Yuanzhou Mansion, not far from Guan Yuezhuang, not far from Fengyun Villa. This is a small village of about 100 households, because the land is remote and there are few people, the villagers have abundant arable land, and the villagers also live comfortably. At this time, the villagers are busy with the end of the private school--- and Mr. is preparing to go home for the New Year.

A woman, dressed in a simple cotton garment, carrying a vegetable basket in one hand and a small wooden stick in the other, was walking out of the village. The woman's cheeks were red from the cold, but her feet were still flying, and the clammy cold of the south did not seem to stop her steps. Although she was dressed plainly, and her hair was a little messy by the north wind, she still couldn't hide the woman's beautiful face, but this beautiful face seemed to be full of anger.

When she came to a tiled house next to the ancestral hall in the village, the woman shouted: "Si'er, Han'er, you come out for me, let you go and invite Mr. to dinner, why have you been invited for so long? Are you playing again? Do you want to be beaten again?"

In a moment, a pair of boys and girls walked out of the tiled house, they lowered their heads and pinched the corners of their clothes, slowly walked to the woman's side and timidly called out to their mothers.

There was a hearty laugh in the room, and an elderly man in a long robe walked out with a gray beard and a smile.

The woman then shouted respectfully, "I'm sorry sir, the peasant woman in the country has frightened him, and if she bumpers with him, please forgive him." I asked Si'er and Han'er to invite my husband to my house for dinner, but I didn't expect these two children to go for so long and snub Mr. ”

The gentleman smiled kindly and said: "Si'er Niang, it's not in the way, Si'er Han'er has been here with the old man, Si'er Niang doesn't have to worry." Shicai received an official post from Xuezheng, and Si'er and I were discussing the matter of next year's Si'er Township Test, so there was a delay, and I asked Si'er Niang not to blame them. ”

Originally, private schools in the countryside generally had a rule that when the New Year was approaching, each family had to invite the husband to have dinner at home before the husband could go home for the New Year. Because people respect Mr., they will bring out the best wine and food in the house when Mr. comes, and the scene can be called the New Year.

The gentleman continued: "Si'er Niang, Si'er is one of my favorite and best students, so I plan to let Si'er take the township exam next year, so I can go to middle school first, what do you think?"

Ordinary people, if they are favored by their husbands and want to send their children to the exam, they are naturally very happy. However, after hearing the words of the husband, the woman was only embarrassed and said, "The gentleman will go home with me for dinner first, and we will talk about the examination later, okay?"

When the gentleman heard this, his face also changed and he was disgusted with the woman: "Si'er Niang, in previous years, you said that Si'er was young and didn't take the exam, but I can still accept it." Si'er is 16 years old this year, it is a good time to take the entrance examination, Si'er Niang, you can't miss the child's future! Humane has learned literature and martial arts, dedicated to the emperor's family, Si'er is talented and intelligent, it is the best time to take the entrance examination, and in the future, the lintel will be glorious, and the wife and son will be sealed, isn't it happy?"

The woman hurriedly smiled embarrassedly and said, "Yes, yes, Mr. educates, Si'er is going to take the exam, but Mr. is in charge, and please go home with me for dinner." ”

The gentleman smiled, raised his eyebrows, and with the support of the two children, he followed the woman back and forth towards the house.

As the gentleman left, the young man looked at the woman and said timidly: "Mother, do you really agree with me to take the entrance examination next year?" The gentleman said that if I take the examination next year, I will definitely be able to pass the examination. ”

The girl was also washing dishes in the kitchen and turned around and said happily: "Yes, mother, I heard my husband say this with my own ears, saying that my brother will definitely be able to pass the exam." ”

When the woman heard this, her face changed and she said sharply: "What is the test, do you think it is so good to be an official?" The most disgusting and filthy thing in the world is to be an official of the imperial court. ”

The woman's expression was stern, and the two children did not dare to squeak for an instant, and the young man lowered his head, as if he was endlessly aggrieved, and said: "That is the case, why did the mother let the children go to study and read in the first place?"

The woman looked at the boy's handsome face, and the shadows of the old man overlapped between her eyebrows. The woman's heart quickly softened, but she still said sharply: "I let you read and write, it is for you to be reasonable, not for you to go to the examination to become an official, you want to go to the examination to become an official, unless I die." ”

After that, a wave of sorrow came over the woman's heart, and she did not want to do so. The woman walked into the inner hall alone and muttered, "Brother Zhen, I don't know if what I did was right, but I just hope that the two of them can grow up, marry a wife and have children, and continue the incense of the Xi family." I can't let him enter the officialdom, do you know that your teacher, Mr. Xizhi, was punished by the Ten Clans? Is it about Lord Huang being punished by the Nine Clans? They are your only blood and blood, and they have inherited your upright and jealous nature, so how can I rest assured that they will enter the officialdom?"

It turned out that this woman was Pei Feng, and the two children, a man and a girl, were Xi Wusi and Xi Wuhan.

Hearing the sound of her mother's faint sobbing, Wusi and Wuhan came to the inner hall, Xi Wusi grabbed Pei Feng's hand and said mournfully: "Mother, don't be angry, it's all children who are ignorant, and they make their mothers angry." The child listens to his mother, and he doesn't go to school. ”

Pei Feng turned his head, and suddenly his liver and intestines were broken, and he held thoughtless tears like a spring. After a while, Pei Feng stroked the heads of Wusi and Wuhan, and said softly: "Don't blame your mother for being ruthless, it's just the past, so that your mother has to be like this." Now that you have grown up, it is time for you to let you know about some things, so let you see one thing for your mother. ”

Wu Si and Wu Han were surprised, what does the mother want to show herself? Pei Feng turned around, rummaged through a large box for a long time, and took out a long wooden box. The wooden box is about three feet long, and the box is unpretentious.

Pei Feng opened the box and pulled out a sword from the box with a pout, when the sword was unsheathed, the cold light was shining, and a chill invaded every pore on the human body with the light, and there was a burst of groaning.

Xi Wusi and Xi Wuhan were stunned, but when they saw Pei Feng jumping over, they flew to the open space behind the house, and the brother and sister hurriedly ran out and followed.

I saw Pei Feng holding the sword trick in his left hand, and the sword in his right hand let out a clear groan, and with Pei Feng's wrist shaking, he picked up the sword flowers. Immediately, Pei Feng swept the dead leaves under his feet like a fairy scattering flowers for a while, like a light ape jumping and a stream for a while, and like a tiger roaring and a dragon groaning for a while.

A sword was like a dragon in Pei Feng's hands, and in an instant, only a sword shadow appeared in front of the brother and sister, wrapping his mother and relatives, and it was impenetrable.

The brother and sister were completely stunned, they didn't know what to say Okay, they had never seen or knew that their mother knew martial arts, and even in their eyes, he was still a martial arts master.

After a moment, Pei Feng put away his sword, panted and sighed: "I haven't touched it for more than ten years, I almost forgot about it, if it weren't for you, I really want it to sleep at the bottom of the box like this." Pei Feng stared at the sword in his hand, his thoughts went back to more than ten years ago, the sword in his hand was like his own child, and Pei Feng's eyes also showed a glimmer of light in an instant.

Pei Feng's eyes instantly dimmed again, he put the sword back in the sheath, stroked the scabbard and sighed in a low voice: "Your father was a famous hero back then, and the late Emperor Jianwen had eight friendships with your father. Mr. Xizhi has a good relationship with your father, as well as Huang Zicheng and Lord Huang. ”

"It's been fifteen years, and it's not human to turn the stars and move things, and those closest friends back then have long been dry bones in the grave. Mr. is right, learn to become a martial artist and dedicate it to the emperor's family, but the most ruthless thing in the world is also the emperor's family. My mother asked you to study, so that you could understand the truth of being a man, but not to let you participate in the affairs of the court. ”

"It's good to be an official, but our family has lost too much for the sake of the court, Si'er, I can't let you fall into officialdom too. If this is the case, what face will I have to meet your underground father after I die? I will never let you know about the past of our family, and any literature and martial arts are not as important as a happy life as a family. Si'er, you can be sensible, you can marry a wife and have children, and open up branches and leaves for the Xi family. Han'er, you can find a wishful husband, marry an ordinary family, and live a dull life. This is my mother's greatest wish, and I have been working hard for my mother, do you understand?"

Pei Feng sighed, her thoughts returned to reality from fifteen years ago, she looked at a pair of children, and silently called in her heart: "Sister Qing, your children have grown up, I have lived up to your trust back then, under Jiuquan, I can face you calmly." ”

Xi Wusi thoughtfully, he slowly walked out of the door, in his heart, he never thought that his father would be the big hero of the year. Although he had not met his father, he may have seen but had no memory. But he is still proud to have such a father, he doesn't know if his mother is doing the right thing, but from his mother's point of view, she is the most selfless.

"Mother, my sister and I listen to you, we will never make you sad again, I am the man in the family, and I will definitely take on the responsibility of this family. Xi Wusi suddenly ran back to the house, hugged his mother and said sincerely.

Pei Feng burst into tears, only knowing that he was holding a pair of children, but he didn't know that he couldn't cry anymore.