【Lotus Cake】Brother, please respect yourself

In March, the east wind blows, and the army marches forward.

Although the mountains and the sea are always mentioned in parallel in the poems, Ao Bing has never seen the sea. Outside Jiangdu County is the East China Sea, and the winding coast along the East China Sea is the site of the Ao family. You can see the dragon head of the Ao family shipyard everywhere. Although the dragon is the son of heaven, the folks have gradually changed to a set of dragon standards in terms of reducing the dragon's horns and claws.

It was the first time for Ao Bing to see the big boat of the Ao family since he knew his birth. It has to be said that the other party started out as a shipbuilder and won the title of Dragon King of the East China Sea.

In fact, the most difficult thing in the shipbuilding industry since ancient times is to build a large ship. The keel needs to have century-old trees as branches, and there are countless tricks in how to stack it and how to prevent waves.

Things like salt and iron metallurgy have been in the hands of the emperor as early as the early days, but the shipbuilding technology of the Ao family for a hundred years has always belonged to them alone, and has never been seized. Yang Jian also thought about taking it back to the Ao family in the early days of his country. No wonder Yang Guang wanted to use this opportunity to make great contributions.

Boarding the boat from Jiangdu, sailing along the east wind, the turbulence along the way was much less than that of riding a horse. Looking at the big current breaking up the bow of the boat, Ao Bing closed his eyes and smelled it, and the salty sea breeze made him feel strange. Familiarity.

"My senior brother was already 14 years old when Yang Jian came to the throne. The Ao family has gone through six generations of emperors, but they have been able to protect the foundation of the family. What is the suspense in it? Can you tell me, uncle?"

After two months of double cultivation, Nezha has digested the aftertaste of internal energy left behind when he fought with Qiu and his party, and the internal energy in Ao Bing's body has also improved. Although it is not one-tenth of what he was when he was completely victorious, it is still possible Alleviate Nezha's inner guilt.

"Actually, the Ao family's fame has always been mysterious." When Jiang Ziya left the mountain, the Ao family was already well-known. Of course, there are many ghosts and snake gods in this reputation.

"The Ao family's shipbuilding is actually a division of labor. After all, the Ao family does not have many descendants, and there is no so-called separation of the main family. Each craftsman in the subordinate dockyard can only learn part of the technology. Finally, this person can learn ship assembly, painting and launching. All people will be controlled by the head of the Ao family."

"Based on this alone, it shouldn't be possible for even the emperor to refuse to follow the Ao family's shipbuilding plan?"

Facing the sea breeze blowing away the sadness of parting, Ao Bing's mood for going home this time has been exhausted in the ups and downs. The purpose of this trip is more to fulfill Shen Gongbao's request, but Ao Bing is completely I don't know what I can change when I go back.

"The next place will be fantasy." Jiang Ziya smiled while supporting his beard: "Since the Ao family established Donglai, every monarch in charge of the East China Sea has asked for the Ao family's shipbuilding plan. The Ao family has never resisted, obediently Turn it over, but if someone builds a ship according to this shipbuilding plan, it will inevitably sink when it goes to sea. After this incident, of course, some people suspected that the Ao family actually handed over the fake shipbuilding plan, but the way they prove their innocence is that they also follow the shipbuilding plan. Build it according to the blueprint, and then the big ship will surely go to sea safely."

Knocking on the fishing rod, he smiled playfully. Jiang Ziya doesn’t believe in gods, Buddhas, or ghosts. The Ao family has experienced six generations of emperors and has been prosperous for a long time, but their children are difficult. Some people say that this is the punishment left by them for touching the secrets of heaven, but Jiang Ziya thinks otherwise .

"So, does Master think that I can change something?" Can an eldest son who has not been in the Ao family for 30 years really reverse the miracles of the Ao family for many years?Ao Bing would not think too highly of himself.

"How did he tell you?" Nezha has always wanted to know about the catastrophe of Ao Bing's birth. Since the Ao family valued their offspring so much, they would not let Ao Bing live outside for many years, although Mrs. Ao later gave birth to another child. There is a son and a daughter, but the difference between the second son and Ao Bing is nearly ten years. With this age difference, it doesn't look like he will give up on Ao Bing.

"The master said that when the floods were urgent and the national strength was declining, Goguryeo had the idea of ​​​​invading the Central Plains, but there were too many passes between Goguryeo and the Central Plains, and the battle line was too long along the way, and the food and grass were not enough, so they wanted to cross the Bohai Sea and take Dongnai. As a stronghold, you can retreat to the sea, and enter Luoyang directly from Beihai and Dongping. However, the Ao family occupies Donglai, and the shipbuilding technology has been passed on miraculously. King Goguryeo was worried that his plan would fail, so he built it 30 years ago. A big fire."

It happened that the floods were serious that year, and the Ao family was thrown into chaos by Goguryeo killers. The wife of the head of the Ao family had just given birth and was weak. The young Ao Bing became the target of the Goguryeo killers. , Ao Guang was overwhelmed, so he asked his subordinates to leave overnight with Ao Bing and the nanny, but the Goguryeo killers harvested all the lives, and in the end only Ao Bing's nanny was left. They happened to arrive in Donghai County at this time, where there were many refugees, and the nanny mixed in. , After hiding nothing to hide, he hid Ao Bing in the dry well, and ran away holding a stone by himself.

"When I first heard this, I found it incredible, but Master said that my nanny was not dead, and she returned to Ao's house. But at that time, wars broke out, and the Turks, Goryeo, Khitan, and the kings of the Central Plains fought against each other. The entire Central Plains' war situation Anxious, news transmission is too difficult, and Kunshan can't escape the world, until after Yang Jian succeeded to the throne, he sent Jin Wang Yang Guang to the Ao family to ask for the shipbuilding plan. Yang Guang did some research beforehand and found out that the Ao family had lost it a child."

When Shen Gongbao also joined Yang Guang's command, Ao Bing's birth was linked step by step.

"The Ao family has a secret. No one knows this secret. That's why Shen Gongbao took a fancy to Ao Bing's identity and must send him back to the Ao family alive."

Nezha turned over a clean cup, reached out and tapped it twice. In the whole plan, Ao Bing's only role was his blood. As for him being forced to jump off a cliff by Shen Gongbao, it was probably related to Yang Guang's plan itself.

"Master, can that secret guarantee that the ship will not sink in the sea?"

With the same blueprint, others will sink the ship if they want to, but the one made by the Ao family will not. No matter how you think about it, there is a weird feeling of the dragon king.

"We'll have to wait until Ao's family to find out about this." He let out a long breath while holding his cheek, Nezha understood why Shen Gongbao was not in a hurry, because there was only one thing he wanted to know, if Ao Bing's existence If it can affect the Ao family, then the situation of Ao Twin and Ao Yan will be in danger.

In order to achieve his goal, Shen Gongbao will definitely kill Ao Bing's younger siblings to ensure the other party's unique status. In addition, Yang Guang is determined to replace Yang Yong's position. Now the crown prince is mediocre, and the rumors of King Jin's ability are already rampant. If this continues , after a hundred years from Dugu Jialuo, the Li family may end up in the end of ransacking the family.

"So everything on this trip is to take one step at a time."

Yuanshi Tianzun let Jiang Ziya come because he was too familiar with Ao Bing's temper. Using this as a threat, there is no guarantee that Ao Bing will not submit.

"So I still broke your plan, senior brother."

At the beginning, Ao Bing wanted to leave Shen Gongbao and stay away from Donglai County, just to protect Nezha, Ao Shuang and Ao Yan, but in order to save Ao Bing, Nezha still provoked Shen Gongbao, and now he can escape as far as possible. It’s not impossible, but Nezha has already offended the Shitian Gang severely because of Ao Bing. If they leave and Shen Gongbao discloses the news, then the three major sects along the way will block up endlessly. This place is no longer Mobei, the forces of the Demon Sect It was beyond his reach, but in the end, Nezha still became the weakness that Ao Bing was threatened.

"Whether it is broken or not, we can't go. Why don't we go back and have a look, maybe there is a way out, isn't it?"

Yang Guang mentioned three things in the letter he wrote to Shen Gongbao: first, Yang Yong had discovered his ambition recently, and now Yang Jian was firm on the matter of the Eastern Expedition, but he was not yet completely disappointed with the crown prince, so if this war In the beginning, he asked Shen Gongbao to guarantee that the person Yang Yong chose would be defeated, and he would fail miserably.

Second, since the blood of the Ao family has been found, Ao Shuang and Ao Yan are useless, and they can be removed if necessary.

The third is that the Li family is still supporting Yang Yong, and with the relationship between Li Yuan and Empress Dugu, he can't move him for the time being, but it can't be moved in the court, but not necessarily in the world.

In just one letter, the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, Ao Shuang, Ao Yan, and Nezha of the Eastern Expedition were all taken lightly by the other party.

Before going down the mountain, Ao Bing had never seen such a cruel and ruthless person. After Shen Gongbao found him, he changed hands and burned the letter, but Ao Bing couldn't face his father and younger siblings whom he hadn't seen for decades. After realizing that he could not escape, he simply jumped off the cliff behind the villa.

Ao Bing made an understatement, but he almost strangled Nezha on the road. Thinking about the time when he parted with Ao Bing after he lost his memory, it was really a torment every day. If he was one step later, he might not see him again. Ao Bing.

"However, you don't have to think too hard about things. It's up to people to make things happen, and the sky is not necessarily standing in front of anyone."

Jiang Ziya, who had to drink a pot of tea in front of Nezha every day, was already full, stood up and took his fishing rod, and went to the stern for a stroll.Now they and Shen Gongbao are both on the same boat, but they will not avoid each other when discussing matters. The peace between the two sides is turbulent under the waves, but no one can break it.

"Actually, Master, you don't have to be too pessimistic. It turns out that you are only one person. Now you have my Master, Junior Master, and Master Jiang. Even if the Ao family is a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, this time, you will definitely be able to caress a tiger's beard and then go back to the house." come out."

Although Li Li is young, he can be regarded as a child who has seen big wind and waves. Although Shen Gongbao is now holding the fate of his master to make the other party obey him, Master Jiang said that this trip will be very prosperous, and his martial arts are getting better and better. The better, on the other side of Mobei, everyone speaks by looking at their fists, and whoever has a hard fist will listen to them.

"It's fine with the tiger's whiskers. I just don't know if I still want to see those relatives who are connected by blood."

When Ao Bing was young, he longed for his parents. Many vacancies in his character development were filled by his masters, uncles, and uncles. It is impossible to say how much he wanted to see his father and younger siblings. As for, being born in this world, knowing that the other party is still alive, after so many years, there are always some lumps in my heart.

Compared with the hesitant Ao Bing, Nezha feels that there is nothing wrong with this trip. A large part of Ao Bing's weakness in character comes from the memory of being abandoned when he was young. Precious, he needs to be affirmed, but if this affirmation comes from someone close to him, Ao Bing will be suspicious, thinking that Master and Nezha are trying to make him happy.

After thinking about it, the most suitable candidate fell on Ao Bing's father. Although he was related to Ao Bing by blood, he hadn't seen each other for 30 years, and the separation was very tragic. This person is a relative to Ao Bing He is also an outsider, as long as the other party affirms the existence of Ao Bing, then the knots in his heart for many years should be solved easily.

"Master, it's always good to see each other, because when we can't see each other, it will be too late."

He lowered his head and tugged at the hem of his clothes. Li Li hadn't dreamed of his sister for a long, long time. In fact, when he was young, he and his sister weren't really in love. It was just that after his parents left, they were the only relatives he left in the world. , so Li Li was able to fight the humiliation and join the Demon Sect, and became Zuoqiu Gongyang's child prostitute.

People always say that a son wants to support but does not want to be loved, but for him it is far more than that.

"Okay, besides, you're going to cry. Did you learn the moves I taught you yesterday? Type it up and show me?"

Rubbing Li Liruan's sprawling hair, Ao Bing pulled him up and walked out. He couldn't think too much at this moment. At this point, he had no possibility to retreat except to move forward.

Facing Ao Bing, he practiced a set of boxing techniques and a set of sword moves. His arms and legs were whipped more than a dozen times before he finished punching crookedly. Nezha stood aside with his arms folded, deeply doubting his apprentice's talent. The guy will ruin his Li family's style.

"Would it be too late for me to ask Li Li to worship you as my teacher now?"

Looking at Yang Jian standing aside admiringly with folded arms, Nezha's heart skipped a beat, but he suddenly had the idea of ​​sending his apprentice off.

"do not."

Raising his palm to block Nezha, Yang Jian knew his junior brother's temper too well. This guy probably felt that Li Li was in the way. He used to take pleasure in seeing Li Li being beaten, but now seeing Li Li being beaten was taking up time. Sure enough. After having a sweetheart, any guy will become a mother-in-law and sensual, even Li Nezha is no exception, this guy is like falling into a honeypot.

"Be careful that Li Li cries for you."

"It's not as safe for him to follow me as to follow you."

"Whether it's safe for him to follow you or not, but if he follows me, you will definitely not be safe."

"What do you mean?"

Turning his head and looking at Nezha grinning, Yang Jian raised his eyebrows with a hint of cunning. He felt that Li Nezha would not shed tears even when he saw the coffin. , even without Li Li, he would not be able to fall in love with Nezha every day, so what should he do with the extra time?Naturally, it was to train the disobedient Li Mozun.

"Why don't you try it?"

Yang Jian made a gesture of invitation, the smile on his face remained undiminished and he was even a little embarrassed. Nezha was so hairy, and finally chose to give up. Thinking about the time when the senior brother lost his internal strength, he was in the devil. The door didn't seem to be doing too well.

Although there is a boat between the open sea and the inland river, the wind and waves are very different. During the day, Nezha is very excited to do something. When the sea is windy and rainy at night, the swaying cabin immediately knocks him back to his original shape.

Lying on the bed and panting listlessly, the feeling of dizziness almost didn't kill him on the spot. Ao Bing peeled a green orange for Nezha, and Li Mozun, whose face was wrinkled by sourness, came here. Hui did not forget the matter of double cultivation.

When pulling Ao Bing to take off his clothes, Nezha closed his eyes and said that he didn't have to move by himself.

As soon as the words came out, Ao Bing slapped him. Li Mozun took a breath and rushed forward, but before he could tear off Ao Bing's pants, he died in seasickness.

Li Li, who has lived in Mobei for a long time, will also be a little seasick, but he is not as troubled as his master, and he has to find something to do when he is not feeling well. Then he spent three days nestling in the cabin before recovering.

There are hidden reefs along the coast from Jiangdu to Langya, and it is not easy to sail too fast. During this period, it gave Ao Bing a period of time to consolidate his inner strength. In fact, according to the current speed, his one-month results have caught up with others for two or three years. However, compared with the general environment, this ability is still negligible.

In April, Ao Bing’s ship stopped near Donghai County because of the transportation of grain and grass by sea. In this Eastern Expedition, the land cavalry had to pass through Yan County near Bailangshui. The line is long and dangerous. When Goguryeo and Mohe attacked Liaoxi Daying before, they used Khitan as a route, so the biggest problem in this battle-one is the supply line is too long, and the other is the unpredictable weather at sea. .

Because the line was blocked, Ao Bing simply pulled the seasick Nezha off the boat, and when the other party hit the ground with both feet, he immediately resurrected on the spot. I heard that this is Donghai County, and Nezha was still very interested to see how Ao Bing was found. dry well.

"I don't know about that." Ao Bing was only a little old at that time, so how could he remember where he was thrown? Fortunately, Shen Gongbao was there to pick people up. Even after 30 years, many places have been recultivated. I circled an area with the map, and asked the two of them to look for it. It's not certain whether they can find it or not.

Nezha wanted to see the dry well where Ao Bing was thrown away when he was a child. Shen Gongbao detained Yang Jian and Li Li and asked them to go back and forth within seven days. After all, the sea transportation will not be blocked for too long. If flammable objects are placed, it may cause a catastrophe.

Before leaving, Ao Bing told the excited Li Li that he had already agreed on the daily essentials with Yang Jian. Although he was gone, the little master would still watch him practice martial arts.

After hearing this, Li Li's smiling face instantly collapsed. If he wanted to be a master, he must not only have talent, but also work hard enough.

After ardently saying goodbye to his master and uncle, Li Li turned his head and saw Yang Jian coming out with a chessboard. His junior uncle had always talked very little, and when he made a move, he only fought against Nezha. I still don't know how powerful Yang Jian is.

"Little uncle, does my master want to throw me away?"

"You see it?"

Smiling wryly at the outspoken Yang Jian, Li Li really felt that something was wrong, and Nezha would leave him and run away alone.

"Then do you think I can stay?"

"One cry, two troubles, three hanged."

"Huh?! Then the master kicked me out of the sect when I was still making trouble."

"Go and beg your uncle, if he speaks, your master will not drive you away."

"But Master will definitely be unhappy, he will discipline Master, if Master is disciplined, will I still have a good life?!"

Squinting his eyes and looking at you in trouble, Yang Jian scratched his head, and finally sighed: "Why don't you change your mouth."

"Change your mouth?"

"Don't call me uncle anymore."

"What's that called?"

"Call... Mistress."

When he arrived at the station, Ao Bing, who was selecting horses, sneezed against the sky, and Nezha, who was traveling with him, always felt his ears burning, which was a strange feeling.

It takes three days to ride a horse back and forth from the port to the dry well. All the way, the traces of the floods have been covered by farming and animal husbandry. Ao Bing looked along the way, and the horseshoes were covered with moss, but it was a leisurely pastoral. When crossing the mountain road, he dismounted and led After walking for a while, spring swallows came and went on the tree trunks with sprouts by the roadside, but they were pecking at clay nests. He looked down at the mud on the soles of his shoes, and there was always a heavy feeling pulling him back.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Catch up from behind, stretch out his hand to hold Ao Bing's fingertips, Nezha leads the horse and walks with him in the mountains, his eyes are full of flowers, but it is not as bright as when Ao Bing bowed his head and looked back.

"Strange to say, the closer I am to Donglai, the more I will dream about something."

Pursing his lips and sneering, Ao Bing also knew that his mood was incomprehensible, but he was so anxious that it was so obvious that he was discovered.

"Is it some ulterior dream?"

"No, it's just that I feel like I remember it. I remember the heat when the house was on fire, the coldness of the wind blowing outside the swaddle, the sound of swords entering my body, and someone crying. I was hugged very tightly."

Shen Gongbao didn't say how many people there were in that team, but after going all the way, only a nanny died in the end. Ao Bing would often think that it was because he was too important that he killed those people, or that he himself Father's order is so inviolable.

"They kept flashing back before my eyes. I saw them when I opened my eyes, and I saw them when I closed them, but I was not even a year old at that time, so how could I remember it?"

Lowering his head and smiling bitterly, Ao Bing really doesn't like this sentimental self, but there are some things he can't forget, and some things he can't think about.

"Didn't Eunuch Shen say that your nanny is still alive? If you want to know, you can just ask her when you get to Ao's house."

Because he had never gotten it before, he was worried about gains and losses when he appeared suddenly. Nezha felt that Ao Bing at this meeting was real and cute. Seeing that there was no one on both sides of the mountain road, he boldly stepped forward and kissed the corner of the other party's mouth. Just as Ao Bing frowned, Nezha slapped him on the buttocks.

"Actually, I'm thinking about something very meng lang."

"Don't tell me, I don't want to hear it."

"I think after I say it, brother, you must not be able to think about anything else."

"Thank you for your kindness, but I really don't want to know."

"Listen to it and you won't lose a piece of meat."

"I'm afraid I won't be able to resist hitting you after hearing this."

"Will not."

"Really?"

Ao Bing was deeply suspicious.

"real."

Nezha nodded and smiled.

"Then go ahead, you will be punished if you speak badly."

"Brother, look at this mountain road, is it full of potholes?"

Frowning for a while, he didn't know what Nezha wanted to express, but Ao Bing nodded in agreement.

"You said that if the two of us rode together and reunited on the horse, wouldn't the bumpy road and the horse's hooves be okay..."

"Li! What! Zha!"

Raising the whip with a red face, Ao Bing knew that this guy would not say anything good, and with the rein he was holding in his hand, when he looked back, he couldn't help but imagine the picture.

A gust of hot air flew from the soles of his feet straight into Tianling, Ao Bing clutched his hot cheeks, and suddenly couldn't think of anything except Nezha.

"Look, senior brother, don't you only have me in your eyes and heart now?"

Smiling, he got on his horse, and Nezha lashed hard with his whip. When the horse ran away, Ao Bing clenched his fists so as not to throw the whip in Nezha's face.

The two went back and forth for five days, and took a rest in the middle. The dry well that Ao Bing was left behind was filled with soil many years ago because there was no water flow. untie.

After returning the horse and boarding the boat, when he saw Shen Gongbao standing on the bow again, Ao Bing paused, the clouds and mist cleared in front of his eyes, and a drop of water fell from the sky. He blinked, feeling that something had faded, and then Something emerged, he sniffed the sea breeze carefully, and suddenly felt a kind of refreshing feeling.

The well from back then is gone, and the kindness from back then has been repaid. After this trip, the relationship between him and Shen Gongbao should be broken.

Holding Nezha's fingertips tightly with his hands, Ao Bing's eyes turned red but he didn't shed tears. He knew that he had been irrational all along and had expected too much from Shen Gongbao, so he let others down. It shouldn't be.

After getting on the boat, he clasped his fists at Shen Gongbao, and when Ao Bing opened his mouth to call out Elder Shen, not only Nezha but also Shen Gongbao himself were taken aback for a moment. He looked back at the other side, only to find that the child's eyes were as clear as a mirror. Loaded things, no longer his figure.

"fair enough."

He lowered his eyes and gave Ao Bing a nod. After the other party took Nezha back to the cabin, Shen Gongbao silently twitched his mouth at Taotao Jiangliu.

--fair enough.

Since he knew that he would turn against each other in the future, it is better to let it go quickly. He is doomed to be widowed and lonely, with no children and no apprentices, and he will not take it to heart.

The Haiban grain road was blocked for half a month. After the ban was lifted, Ao Bing and his party continued to advance to Donglai, and they did not arrive until May.

——To be continued——

Nezha wants to see his father-in-law! ! !