Volume 1 Chapter 1 A Young Man in the Mountains (I)
I, Jin Chongyin, am the tenth generation descendant of Yu Haijin's family, and I am nineteen years old this year.
I grew up in the countryside, my brain was not very bright, and my sense of the outside world was dull. The third uncle will always tell me heroically after drinking - looking at Dayu country, everyone knows "Yu Haijin's". Yu Haijin is famous for his bow and arrows, "holding the waning moon bow in his hand and hiding plum blossom arrows in his sleeve." Seven days of romance, the end of the bow is hidden", which is the four supreme treasures of our Jin family. According to folk legends, if in times of war, as long as one of the treasures of the gold family is captured, you can be invincible and invincible.
Hearing these words, my blood boiled, and I was not willing to accept the identity of this country boy -- I want to take a treasure, go to the rivers and lakes to do chivalrous righteousness, and fulfill the responsibility of my descendants of the Jin family! However, my father told me, what kind of treasure can be so magical? In the end, the Jin family is the most powerful treasure. Outsiders are fighting for those few things, just to compete for the Jin family. Don't believe you give the plum arrow to a toad to see if it can be a first-class assassin?
I was speechless by my father, so I had to practice the bow and arrow again, and strive not to be a toad. The Jin family, who dominated the country during the war, now lives in the Baiyang Valley in the southern section of Piser Mountain, living a life without fighting with the world. Those treasures are all kept by my third uncle, Jin Shirong. But without my father's order, my third uncle would never dare to touch them.
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In autumn, Piser Mountain ushered in another round of refinement. There are many trees in the mountains, and they are dyed in several colors from top to bottom. There was an autumn rain the day before yesterday, and the rain stopped at dusk, faintly revealing a touch of sunset color from the west, shining on the ethereal fog in the mountains, adding a bit of verdant to the mountains of this layer of forest, and Piser Mountain was really beautiful like a fairyland on earth.
If my brother was still at home, he would definitely recite a lot of famous sentences, but I can't remember a single one, I just think it's good-looking, I just feel like a fairy who cultivates immortals.
Although the scenery was beautiful, I wasn't in a good mood – my dad was sick again, this time sicker than ever. I have to find a way to go to the Tianshan Mountains to find him a snow toad.
My mother often said that an autumn rain and a cold. She doesn't like the change of seasons because every time the season changes, my dad's illness has to have another attack. My mother doesn't like winter even more, it's too cold in winter, and my dad is often too sick to get out of bed, and she feels very sorry for my dad.
Over the years, my mother has not only taken care of our three children, but also worried about my father's condition. My father always felt sorry for her, and often said that if he had died in the first year of Ning'an, she would not have suffered so much.
Whenever this happens, my mother will always cover his mouth and gently tell him, thank you for surviving, only if you are there, our family is complete.
When my father heard this, he would say equally gently, because of you, I can survive.
I, my brother, and Sister Mochizuki grew up in the unscrupulous display of affection between them for many years. My family is very strange, three children with three surnames, my brother and I are brothers of the same father and mother, but my brother and my father's surname are Liang, and my third uncle is surnamed Jin. My father and third uncle are also the same brothers, and their surnames are different.
With my IQ, I can't figure out what this is all about. The third uncle told me that everyone in the world knows that my father's surname is Jin, but in order to repay the kindness of the Liang family, he always insisted on his surname Liang, and let his eldest son be surnamed Liang, so that the Liang family has descendants. Originally, my father also wanted me to have the surname Lianglai, but my grandfather gave me the surname Jin before he died, and my father couldn't disobey, so I became a member of the Jin family.
Besides, Sister Mochizuki, shortly after I was born, my mother hugged her back. When I was a child, we ate and lived together, and we often slept in the same bed, and I always thought we were sisters and brothers. On Sister Mochizuki's sixteenth birthday, her father told her about her background. At that time, I learned that Sister Mochizuki's biological father turned out to be the former prince of Qi State, and she should have been surnamed "Wei Chi".
Sister Mochizuki, who learned of her background, ran out in the middle of the night, but it made us all anxious, and my father was so anxious that he vomited blood. Early the next morning, Sister Mochizuki returned. She looked tired, and there was a sadness in her eyes that I had never seen before, but she continued to practice the piano and martial arts calmly as if nothing had happened. She said that in this life, she was called "Jin Wangyue", and if her mother knew about it, she would be happy about her choice.
It seems that my parents and Sister Mochizuki's biological parents have some grievances, and the Liang family has those kindnesses to my father, which I can't understand. I decided to check out Sydney's Big Written "Assassin's Waning Moon", and maybe I would see some clues.
Although my parents befriended some big people, I was really just a country boy. In the poplar valley near Yuhai Town, my father and mother built a "Bang Bow Villa", I didn't think there was anything special when I was a child, and then I followed the third uncle to the rivers and lakes a few times, only to find that my family's manor is simply incomparably beautiful, after all, my family's stone walls are planted with all kinds of flowers. Every house in my family is made of logs, and although there are no nails or mud, it is stronger than any house. The floors are all paved with bamboo, smooth and delicate, and when we were children, the three of us often ran around barefoot, and when we were tired, we would lie on the floor and sleep, and we didn't even have to sleep on the couch.
In the midst of this crazy play, we grew up unconsciously and separated. Two years ago, a secret report came from the palace, saying that Empress Dowager Lin missed our family and wanted a nephew to accompany her so that her later life would not be so lonely. After my father received the letter, he packed my brother's luggage overnight and asked him to go to the Empress Dowager Lin to fulfill his filial piety. So my brother went to the capital, and the house was a lot empty. So, now that my dad is sick, I don't know who to talk to.
I heard my mother say that Empress Dowager Lin and her father are not sisters and brothers, but they are better than sisters and brothers. If it weren't for Empress Dowager Lin's rescue again and again, my father would have died a long time ago, and my brother's life was also saved by Empress Dowager Lin. During the years of separation, Empress Dowager Lin sent people to send medicine from time to time, and she remembered that my father loved sweets and sent flowers and cakes every season.
Every time she sent someone over, my father would sit alone in the yard, looking at the moon in the sky in a daze, and I could even see the tears in his eyes. I know that he wants to go to the capital to see his sister, but now he has to rest for several days to recover even when he goes to Yuhai Town. The capital is thousands of miles away, how can my father go?
When I can't sleep, I will stare at the ceiling and think crankily - my father is just a middle-aged uncle with crippled hands and a lame foot, and even has a very serious lung disease, how can he associate with such a powerful person? Needless to say, the Queen Mother will send people to send some rare things when other countries pay tribute, and sometimes she will ask people, is there only one? Is there no pair? Over time, those envoys all knew that the Empress Dowager Lin of the Dayu Kingdom was "in pairs" There is a kind of infatuation, and the things sent will come in pairs, and those treasures will naturally belong to me and my brother; when I was one year old, I received a gold-inlaid jade double dragon lock, which was secretly sent by the emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty; on my tenth birthday, I received a star-catching sword with iron like clay, which was personally sent by Zhang Yu, the commander of the forbidden army...... Wait a minute.
I often wonder if my father bullied me for being a young man in the mountains, so he hired some people from the bottom of the mountain, and then called those scrap copper and rotten iron rare treasures, so that I could admire him so much?
I once carefully told my brother about my doubts, and he laughed, patted me on the head and said two words: "Idiot!"
When I grew up, I learned from Aunt Xiao Tao that my father was once the marshal of the Western Expedition, and if he continued to assist the faint king, it would only be a matter of time before he became the king. But he didn't choose glory and wealth, but supported others to become emperors, and as a result, he was almost ruined and unjustly died in prison. When Aunt Xiao Tao said this, she still couldn't help but tremble, it seemed that the bloody wind and rain back then still made her heart palpitate.
Aunt Xiao Tao also told me that in fact, my mother is the only princess of Dayu Kingdom, and she is my mother's personal maid. I was even more shocked - my mother, who worked hard day and night, turned out to be a noble princess? Aunt Xiao Tao asked me to keep quiet, she said, my parents don't want to mention the past of the capital again, let them live a peaceful ordinary life!
Although my brain is very stupid, but I am still quite righteous, Aunt Xiao Tao asked me not to say anything, so I kept silent, I still practiced martial arts and studied every day, sometimes my father gave me a holiday, I went to Yuhai Town to find the third uncle. The third uncle is the head of the bow pulling faction, and he is very majestic in the rivers and lakes. But in front of my father, he could only lower his eyebrows and eyes, and did not dare to speak loudly.
Occasionally, my father would go to Yuhai Town to see the disciples of the Bow Sect, and as soon as he opened his mouth, everyone from the third uncle to the lowest-ranking disciple nodded busily; if he didn't say a word, turned around and left, the third uncle felt that he had made a big mistake, and scolded the disciples angrily, hating them for not doing anything. After a few days of hard practice, he respectfully invited his father back to see the results of these few days of bow practice.
Only then did I believe that perhaps many years ago, my father was indeed a hero of martial arts! Also, a few Chinese New Year's Eve, Qin came to attack, and Uncle Zhang Yu came to ask his father for advice on how to break the enemy. They discussed in their father's study for a long time, and finally Uncle Zhang left with a smile. After a while, the news of Yu's victory came.
My father is not only good at martial arts, but he also writes well. It was Aunt Xiao Tao who told me that when my father wrote a picture, it could make the powerful in the capital flock to it. Later, when his hands were crippled and his fingers could not be bent, he held the barrel of the pen between his thumbs and practiced almost from scratch. Over time, a thick callus developed between my father's thumb and ring finger, but his handwriting was even better than before. In his mother's words, his father is a person who does not believe in fate, and even the king of Hades has to give him three points, and the little thing of being crippled will not be difficult for him at all.
Influenced by my father, my brother and I practiced calligraphy since childhood. My brother is very talented, and he can write well after a few copies, and I can't even hold the pen steadily. It seems that I was still ten years old, my brother has been writing for several years, and I am still struggling to describe "Duobao Pagoda Tablet". I've written it many times, but it's still crooked, and there is no beauty of "silkworm head swallowtail".
My father probably had a collapse in teaching, so he turned his head and asked the crazy uncle who was playing with a slingshot on the side, "Senior brother, am I not teaching well?"
The crazy uncle doesn't speak, only giggles. Dad sighed and said, "I don't want this stupid son, I will sell it to you for ten cents, do you want it?"
Crazy Uncle was still smiling, but I burst into tears. My mother blamed my father for a few words, and hurriedly coaxed me with a few pieces of snacks. But I fell into the devil, for fear that my father would sell me for ten cents. Although I like Crazy Uncle very much, my favorite is my father!
I was restless for a few days, I couldn't sleep well, I couldn't eat. Later, my father drank too much, hugged me and said, Chongyin, your mother experienced so many dangers when she was pregnant with you, and she had a difficult birth when she gave birth to you, even if it was difficult, you still came to us. After you were born, Dad felt that there was no treasure in this world that could be more precious than you. Don't worry, Dad is reluctant to sell you.
After listening to my father's words, I fell asleep peacefully. In fact, my father was a very gentle man, and he was extremely strict with my brother and me, but he never reprimanded me harshly. Although he is very good to me and my brother, he is really spoiled by Sister Mochizuki and Sister Fengyu of the third uncle's family.
Of course, it was Aunt Xiao Tao who told me that her father and third uncle had a younger sister, but that sister unfortunately died early, which was an indelible pain in the hearts of the two brothers. That's why they will desperately be good to Mochizuki and Feng Yu. Sister Mochizuki has a cold temperament, but she really feels sorry for me, she likes to travel to the rivers and lakes, and every time she goes home, she will bring me a lot of gifts.
Why don't I go out and travel, you ask?
Oh, I'm so stupid that I can't even practice the first five styles in "The Twelve Styles of the Bow". The third uncle said, as soon as I step into the rivers and lakes now, I will be chopped into meat sauce.
If I were hacked to death, my father and mother would die of grief. So, I'd better practice the bow in a proper manner!
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This year is the nineteenth year of Ning'an, and I am nineteen years old. My father's health is not as good as every year, and although different people will bring him famous medicine every season, he is still gradually weakening. My mother once told me that my father was hanging on to his life in the next life, and it was not easy to live until now, if it weren't for his strong willpower, he would have died as early as the seventeenth year of Jingxuan, that is, the first year of Ning'an.
This time at the turn of autumn and winter, my dad fell ill again. His high fever did not go down for several days, and in a coma, he did not forget to call the third uncle to the bed, and carefully advised: "Shirong, in recent years, the whereabouts of the Jin family really can't be hidden. Those treasures of the Jin family, you must take a good look at them. ”
"Second brother, don't worry! I just risk my life, and I won't insult the ancestral treasure. ”
My dad opened his lips and stopped talking. My mother lamented, I'm afraid your father is really bad this time, and now he can't even drink half a bowl of porridge. My mother has always been very powerful, and she can even judge her father's illness by eating without Dr. Xiao's help.
I'm scared that my dad will die. Dr. Xiao said that the Tianshan snow toad had a miraculous effect on my father's illness, but unfortunately since the whereabouts of a girl in white were unknown, no one sent snow toads to my father.
I secretly made up my mind that even if my mother didn't agree, I would go down the mountain and find the Tianshan Snow Toad for my father.