Dihao's civilian life

In the big pottery workshop in Yucheng, there are many potters, but few apprentices. Yu Su is one of the three apprentices in it.There is no room for error in making pottery for Mr. Yu. Only those with good craftsmanship and prudence can help in the big pottery workshop as apprentices.

As soon as Yu Su returned to Da Tao Fang, he heard that there was a batch of painted pottery to be used as a dowry, which would be sent to Yudi in winter.The one who gets married is the eldest daughter of Lord Yu, and the one who is lucky enough to marry this beauty of Yucheng is the son of Lord Yu.Jun Yu marrying a daughter is not like a commoner, who can just talk about a date and get married. The process is complicated. It is no wonder that he only wants to marry a daughter in winter, and he is preparing the dowry at this time.

"I saw her in March and talked to her. She smiled at me, and now I feel like I'm in a dream." Yu Zhong squatted on the ground, hitting clay with a wooden pestle, talking to a kneading clay The potters were talking, both apprentices, doing unimportant things.

"Nonsense, Yu Jun's daughter, you can see it if you want?" Jiang Youhe rolled up his sleeves and kneaded the clay vigorously on the ground. He was busy with his work and did not forget to talk to him.

"That's because you don't know that every adult male of the Yu family will be invited by Lord Yu to attend a party in the palace city. This is an ancient custom." Yu Zhong said triumphantly. His family, Yu, is of the same clan as Lord Yu. There is some blood connection, though that goes back generations.

"Tell me, what does she look like?" Jiang Youhe believed Yu Zhong's words, and immediately became full of reverie about this Yucheng beauty.

"She has a slim figure, neither tall nor short, her hair is as black as charcoal, her skin is as white as snow, and she has two dimples when she smiles..." Yu Zhong said engrossedly, stretched out two dusty fingers, and poked Two dimples appeared on his cheeks, and he smiled like a fool.

Yu Su listened to the conversation between the two and was busy with the work at hand. He carried a basket to fetch clay.The three of them are apprentices together and have a good relationship.Yu Su has seen the beauty Yu Zhong mentioned, her name is Yu Hao, and she is the eldest daughter of Yu Jun.When Yu Su was a child, she played with Jun Yu's youngest daughter, Yu Ruo. In Yu Su's impression, Yu Ruo was more beautiful than Yu Hao. Her appearance was like a white jade carving, without any flaws.

"It's said that she would have been an imperial concubine. When she was a child, she saw a white deer. The great witch of Yucheng said that she would be an imperial concubine, and she didn't want to be married to a small place like Zhudi." Yu Zhong lowered his voice, he was afraid It is disrespectful to be heard by outsiders, after all, talking about Yu Jun's daughter here.

Yu Su accosted: "It's not Yu Hao, it's her sister who saw the white deer."

Back then, five people, Yu Su, sister Yu Yu, Yu Yuan, Yu Ruo and Yu Ruo's maid Yu Zhen, saw the White Deer in Zihu.

"Su, don't interrupt me." Yu Zhong waved his hand in disgust. He didn't know that one of the five people who saw Bailu back then was Yu Su.

"Well, then I won't talk about it." Yu Su also knew that Xidi was not a remote place, where salt was produced and very rich, and it was not easy for Yu Su to argue with others.

Yu Su packed the clay, left the clay workshop, and went to the workshop with the fine clay.In the wooden shed, Yu Zhong continued to tell Jiang Youhe what he had heard. Jiang Youhe was young and naive, and he believed everything others said.

After pouring the clay into the wooden barrel, Yu Su was about to leave with an empty basket, but Uncle Ren called him back: "Xiao Su, you stay and learn to paint." Yu Su immediately responded: "Okay." He rubbed Sweating, standing beside Uncle Ren, watching Uncle Ren holding a fine brush, squinting his eyes, making sketches on a large clay basin.The painted pottery in Yucheng is symmetrical and gorgeous. Before painting, there are several processes to be done, which is very particular.

The pottery produced by the big pottery workshop is all pottery used by the nobles, with superb craftsmanship and gorgeous colors. It not only produces daily utensils, but also many ritual utensils.Yu Su's pottery making ability is still only at the level of making commoner daily utensils.

Yu Su was busy in the big pottery workshop for several days, and his friends saw him in the pottery workshop all day long, and rarely asked him to go out to play.One afternoon, when Yu Su left Taofang, he met Feng Chuan and Yan Zhou when he was crossing the bridge.

"We went to Nanhuan, and wanted to exchange an ivory hairpin with the man, but the man said he would only change it if he needed two pieces of black sheepskin." Feng Chuan said helplessly with a roll of fish skin in his arms.

"White sheepskin is easy to find. Where can I find black sheepskin? I just pretended to be a bone. Although it is not ivory, the color is not much different." Zhou Zhou looked annoyed. He lived in Nanhuan when he was a child. When he was a child, ivory rods were not rare at all, but now they are very valuable.

"Why do you want an ivory hairpin?" Yu Su looked confused, but did he want to buy it for Feng Xi?

"If you want to marry Zhu Yun, Zhu Yun's mother said that you must have an ivory stick. Now every family has a married woman, and her daughter must have one too." Zhou Zhou patted Yu Su's head. How did Yu Su know that Feng Chuan came to Zhu Yun's house? Propose marriage, but he has been squatting in the pottery workshop for the past few days and knows nothing about the outside world.

"Xiao Su, do you know Mu Zheng from Jiaoshan?" Feng Chuan knew where to get two black sheepskins immediately.

"I've been to his house, Achuan, are you going to Jiaoshan?" Yu Su couldn't tell whether he was surprised or happy.

"Looks like we have to go." Feng Chuan nodded.

Yu Suxin said happily: "Chuan, I'll go with you!"

If it was said that he wanted to go alone and bring pottery to Jiaoshan to return to the shepherd who took care of him, his mother would say that he was messing around, but if it was to help Feng Chuan and be with Feng Chuan, at least his father would definitely agree.

"Good brother." Feng Chuan was very grateful, and took Xia Yu Su's shoulders.It's a long way to go to Jiaoshan, not to mention that Yu Su just came back from injury last time.

The three of them went back to the settlement in Yucheng together. They were all from Beishe and walked in the same direction.Yu Su and Feng Chuan lived next door, and Yu Zhou's family was near the Beishe community tree. When they walked under the community tree, Yu Zhou waved home, and Yu Su and Feng Chuan were still together.

"Xiao Su, you can ask your mother first, if you can't go, it's fine." Feng Chuan sent Yu Su to the gate of his house, and said to Yu Su in a low voice.Before Yu Su could reply, Yu's mother in the courtyard had already found Feng Chuan, and greeted: "Xiao Chuan, there are steamed noodles, come and eat." Feng Chuan said with a smile: "No, the food is cooked at home."

"Chuan, I will go to your house to find you later." Yu Su whispered to Feng Chuan, Feng Chuan nodded, and the two separated at the courtyard gate.

Mother Yu's cooking skills are really good. There are red bean fillings in the steamed noodles. Mother Yu cuts the steamed noodles with a kitchen knife and divides them into four equal parts. A family of three has one portion for each person, and there is one portion left over.Mother Yu made steamed bread with lotus leaves, stuffed it to Yu Su, and said, "Su Er, take it to Feng's house."

Fengkui's family makes a living by fishing instead of farming, so they seldom eat pasta.Occasionally, Mother Yu would steam noodles, and would ask Yu Su to send Feng Xi home. Of course, Mother Yu was a little cautious, she liked Feng Xi very much.

"Okay." Yu Su took the steamed noodles in his hands, and he didn't leave immediately. He looked at his mother who was busy by the fire pit, and his father who was full of food and drink, drilling holes for a leather belt. He thought it was time to say Talk about going to Jiaoshan.

"Chuan told me that he was going to marry Zhu Yun, and Zhu Yun's mother asked him to bring an ivory rod to marry him." Yu Su started, and when Yu's mother heard it, she immediately replied, "There must be a dowry gift." Although It is said that this ivory stick is not an ordinary item, but Zhu Yun is a good girl well-known in Dongshe, she is beautiful and hardworking, and can also manage the house, Zhu Yun's mother did not think such a high condition.

"When will it start that every family with a daughter will have an ivory stick? If you want me to tell you that you love me, a bamboo stick is enough." In Yu's father's opinion, Feng Chuan is still too honest.

"The person who made the ivory rod in Nanhuan asked Achuan to exchange for two pieces of black sheepskin. Achuan said he was going to Jiaoshan to buy black sheepskin. I want to go there with him." Yu Su looked at his father and said clearly, He didn't dare to look at his mother's expression because he was afraid of being reprimanded.

Although I said that I hurt my leg when I went to Jiaoshan last time, it was due to my own negligence. As long as there are people in Jiaoshan, Jiaoshan is quite safe.

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Early in the morning, Si Hao drove the sheep to the pasture, took a stone spear to the stream to spear fish, and prepared the morning food.Si Hao stood in the stream, like a stake, his steady arm held onto the handle of the spear and did not move an inch until a fish slowly swam towards him.Si Hao was satisfied with the size of the fish. Although he didn't know what this fish was called, the meat was delicious and could fill his stomach, so the name didn't matter.Si Hao's eyes were sharp and his hands were quick, the stone spear suddenly pierced downwards. When he lifted it up, a fat herring was already tied to the blade of the spear. It wagged its tail desperately, trying to break free, but Si Hao grabbed its head, pulled it out from the tip of the spear, and threw it to the shore.

One fish is not enough for one person and one dog, so Si Hao continued to wait for the prey in the stream.

Jiaoshan is desolate, there are few people living here, the fish are stupid, they are not very afraid of people, Si Hao waited for his second fat fish, and as usual, he took the spear down and won instantly.

Another fat fish was taken from the spear blade and thrown to the bank.

Fish is easy to obtain, Si Hao seldom uses nets to catch fish, and catches more with nets, and the excess fish can only be put back into the water and cannot be eaten up.He doesn't know how to make dried fish, and he tried to cut it open and expose it to the sun, but it still rotted.

Si Hao picked up the fish on the bank into a bamboo basket, and he carried the bamboo basket and walked along the stream, intending to catch two more fish at another location.At this moment, Si Hao heard Dahei's fierce barking and the ups and downs of the sheep. According to experience, Si Hao realized that something was wrong, and he quickly ran to the grassy slope where the sheep were herded.

As soon as he reached the grassy slope, Si Hao saw Dahei barking a wolf approaching the flock of sheep, and the wolf's sneaky figure was hiding in the grass.Si Hao stepped forward quickly, and threw the spear in his hand at the wolf. The spear drew an arc and stuck obliquely in the grass.

In the past few days, I occasionally saw a wolf wandering in Luoyuqiu, it seems that it has not left, and it is undoubtedly the twenty-odd sheep that let it linger here.Wolves usually come and go in packs, but packs of wolves are rare in the Jiaoshan Ranch. Whenever they come and go, the herdsmen will report to Muzheng, stop the manpower, and kill the wolves.

Si Hao chased towards the grass, and Dahei followed closely behind him, one person and one dog, approaching the grass where wolves had been haunted just now, but no wolf was seen.Si Hao pulled out the spear from the ground, held it in his hand, and glanced around.

The weeds are up to the knees, and the wolf may be lurking in any corner. Si Hao stands in the grass, paying attention, using both eyes and ears. The rustling of the wind is enough to cover the sound of objects moving in the grass. Si Hao has not found the wolf. Sprinting to the side, Si Hao was running like lightning, just as he caught sight of a gray-black figure from the corner of his eye, leaping towards him, the spear in his hand had already been stabbed out.

The spear pierced into the wolf's abdomen, before the warm blood slid down the spear handle, Dahei's angry howl was tainted with fear, Si Hao looked around, and he saw another wolf that was as fast as lightning, coming from Attack from the rear.Si Hao pulled the spear from the dead wolf, turned around to fight back, and the spear pierced the wolf's throat, but it seemed to be unstoppable, and it bit back at Si Hao's arm holding the spear. The spear fell to the ground.When Sihao came back to his senses, Dahei had already bitten with the wolf, and Dahei let out a shrill cry. Although he was tall, he was still immature, and he was fighting with a wolf. When facing the wolf, it loses.

Si Hao didn't care about the pain, he held on to the spear and swung at the big black wolf.The stone blade of the spear had long since disappeared. It should have broken in the wolf's belly when it killed the first wolf.Stone is not as hard as bronze.

The wolf had been on guard against him for a long time, and Si Hao's blow was easily dodged by it. Its cruel eyes met Si Hao's, and the smell of blood made it excited. stuff, didn't kill it.One man and one wolf confront each other, the wolf howls, and leaps towards Si Hao. At this moment, Si Hao pulls out the bronze knife from his waist and stabs the wolf's head...

The wind in the wilderness is rustling, and it is only early in the morning, but it makes people feel the chill and emptiness of the evening.One wolf was lying upright on the ground, with blood dripping from the grass leaves, forming a pool; the other wolf was still alive, with a hole in its neck, and blood was gurgling out.

Si Hao was panting while sitting on the ground. After being highly tense, his mind relaxed, and the pain came over him intensely. He raised his injured arm to examine it, and it was already a bloody arm.The severe pain came from a fang embedded in the flesh and blood. This is a wolf fang. One can imagine how much force the wolf used to bite Si Hao.After all, it was a battle of life and death, no matter for the wolf or for Si Hao.

"Wow..." Dahei stumbled towards Si Hao, his ears were bleeding, and the hair on his body was also stained with blood, it was injured.Biting a wolf nearly twice its size, Dahei was very brave. If Dahei hadn't fought the wolf that attacked Si Hao and helped him resolve a wave of crisis, he would have been injured even more seriously.

"Dahei." Si Haowen called to it, stretched out his movable left hand, stroked Dahei's head, and calmed it down.Dahei lay obediently on the ground, buried his head on his forelegs, and Si Hao checked its wounds.Dahei's ear was scratched by a wolf. Although the injury was painful, it was a flesh wound. What was more serious was that it had a bite wound on its back, which made a bloody hole. The wound was deep, and the blood stained its hair.

Whether it is a human or a dog, the bleeding must be stopped at this time, and before the bleeding can be stopped, Si Hao has to get out the wolf tooth on his arm.

Si Hao used a bronze knife to gouge out the wolf teeth inlaid in the injured arm. The blood flowed along his arm, gathered at the elbow, and dripped on his thigh.There was cold sweat on his face, and he screamed in pain. After several tossings, the wolf tooth was finally dug out and thrown on the ground. At this time, Si Hao's face was not pale, but ashen.

He held his injured arm, put his head against the ground, clenched his fists, and swallowed the wailing brought by the pain.

Si Hao sat up from the ground, Dahei licked his fingers uneasily, the hair on his forehead was wet with sweat, his face was still ugly, but his eyes were bright, and he was very conscious.Si Hao picked herbs, chewed them up and applied them to the wound, then wrapped the herbs with wide and long leaves, and tied the arms with thin rattan for reinforcement.He is alone and can only use both hands and teeth, biting the cane with his teeth and restraining him with one hand.Blood stained his fingers and face, and his movements were calm and calm, without any panic or fear.During the time he lived alone in Jiaoshan, he had been tempered, not only physically, but also mentally.

After binding up his own wound, Si Hao immediately bandaged Dahei, ignoring his own pain.As a dog, Dahei didn't like being tied to his body, but he still listened to Sihao's words and reluctantly wrapped thin rattan sticks around his back and abdomen, and the thin rattan sticks fixed the herbs applied on the wound.

The herbal medicine used to stop the bleeding was the only herbal medicine that Hu Sou taught Si Hao to identify. It obviously had a miraculous effect. After applying it, the blood stopped dripping down his arm, and Si Hao also felt that the pain was relieved.

After resting for a while, basking in the warm sunshine, Si Hao felt much better, and only then did he look at the two wolf corpses on the ground.When he was attacked by wolves, a sentence from Husou flashed in his mind, treat wolves like you treat people, and guess their minds, wolves are very cunning beasts.

This injury, in Si Hao's view, is a lesson. Hu Sou also warned him that if there is a wolf near the sheep, he should be vigilant, there may be more than one wolf.Si Hao still needs to accumulate the experience of living safely in Jiaoshan.

Dahei was lying on the ground, basking in the sun, squinting his eyes. Due to the pain, he was lazy and lacked energy.Si Hao stood up, and Dahei also stood up, and it followed him without falling behind.The herbs tied to Dahei's back were thrown off by Dahei a few times. At this time, Dahei's wound no longer bleeds, but it will take time to heal in the future.

Si Hao carried the bamboo basket with fish back to Luo Yuqiu, and Da Hei, who was hungry, went back with Si Hao.Si Hao was not interested in wolf meat, it was said to be very tasty. The local herdsmen would boil wolf oil to smear the scalds on the skin of wolves, and the wolf meat was discarded.

Back at Luoyu Hill, Si Hao lit up the fire in the fire pond, and lifted the stone slab with one hand, which seemed to be a little difficult.This time, Si Hao put the fish directly on the slate, instead of cutting the fish meat and grilling it piece by piece.Without it, Si Hao's right arm was injured and he couldn't cut anything with one hand.Injured his right arm, which probably means that he may starve until his arm is healed.The right arm is needed to throw a spear, the accuracy of the left arm is not as high as the right arm, the same is true for drawing the bow, and because of the injury, Si Hao cannot go into the water to catch fish and turtles.

When the fish was cooked, Si Hao shared one fish with Dahei and ate the other for himself.He gnawed on the grilled fish with his left hand, without showing any worry.During the lonely days and nights in Jiaoshan, his heart seemed to be blown back and forth by the wind, and it became hard and tenacious.

One person and one dog. After eating hot food, Dahei was tired and lay down outside the house to sleep. Sihao boiled water, drank a bowl, and walked down the Yuqiu alone.

The sheep were safe, grazing on the grassy slope, and Si Hao found a shady high ground, lay down to rest, because of blood loss, he was very sleepy, and amidst the bleating of the sheep, Si Hao fell asleep clutching the bronze knife.

This sleep lasted for a long time, and when he woke up, it was already noon. Si Hao went down to the grassy slope, and among the sheep, he found Dahei, who was wounded and performed the duties of a shepherd dog.

After a good night's sleep, Si Hao felt much more comfortable and energetic. He went to visit the two wolf corpses, and he had the idea of ​​skinning them.It's not the hatred for the wolf that hurt him, but the necessities of life, a good wolf fur can make Si Hao go to Gouweitan to exchange for two pieces of pottery.However, given that Si Hao had injured his arm, there was nothing he could do. Skinning was a delicate job, and he couldn't do it with one hand.

Si Hao tied the wolf carcasses with a rope, and tied the other end of the rope around his waist. He dragged the wolf carcasses away from the pasture and threw them away from the pasture.The smell of rotting corpses will attract carrion animals, and the smell is also very unpleasant, so it is natural to throw it away.

Si Hao threw away the wolf carcass and returned to the pasture. It was already dark, the sun was setting, and the sheep were bleating. Their bleating reminded him.Together with Dahei, Si Hao drove the flock back to Yemao.

This was the first time that Si Hao went home in the evening without any food.

At night, Si Hao roasted the candied deer donated by Tai Dong beside the fire pond. He cut the candied deer into pieces with a knife and baked it on a stone board. The meat was fragrant.Si Hao not only eats for himself, but also feeds Dahei, which is regarded as a reward. The reward for defeating two wolves is also the injury for one person and one dog.

Not only did he roast the meat, but Si Hao also cooked wild vegetable soup with pottery saucepans. After he was full, he went back to sleep on the grass mud platform.Si Hao knew that the injury needed recuperation, but he didn't realize that the wolf that bit him was making him sick.

That night, Si Hao had a fever due to the infection of the wound, his whole body was hot, and he was so feverish that he became unconscious and babbled.No one noticed his abnormality, and no one could take care of him, only dogs and sheep were with him.

Struggling in the middle of the night, Si Hao was exhausted, his mouth was parched, his lips were chapped, and he longed for water.Just when he was in a trance, he dreamed that Yu Su was sitting beside him, and said to him with a smile: "Hao, I've boiled the water, get up and drink it."

Yu Su's words were very gentle, and his smile was nostalgic. Si Hao opened his eyes, but all he saw was an empty, dark house, and all he heard was the whistling wind at night, like the mournful whimper of a wild animal.

At this moment, Si Hao felt lonely and helpless.

Si Hao fell into a coma. He dreamed of the palace city of Renyi, his magnificent bedroom, with vermilion doors and windows, blue tile roof, white walls painted with beautiful patterns, and a big wooden couch. There is a painted screen behind the couch.

He lay on the couch countless times, with his back against the screen, looking at the starry sky outside the window, and the tall Tangdi tree in the courtyard.He remembered that his grandfather told him that the Tangdi tree was the builder of Renyi, and it was hand-planted when the city was built. It was the oldest tree in the palace of Renyi.

When Si Hao was a child, he often played under the Tangdi tree, carefree and happy.

The flowers of the Tangdi tree bloom and fall, and the fruits are picked. Year after year, Si Hao gradually grows from a happy child to a serious teenager.When Si Hao was 15 years old, he had accepted his life experience frankly, especially after an attempted assassination.

In the early spring, a group of Jinyi archers sent from Xunqiu, pretending to be Di people, mixed into the ranks of merchants. They brought a beautifully decorated carriage and said they would present it to Ren Junshizi.The gorgeous carriage immediately attracted Ren Ren's attention, and also attracted the attention of Ren Jun in Miyagi.

Jinyi archers claimed that this was a gift dedicated to the adulthood of Ren Jia, Ren Jun's son and Si Hao's cousin.This group of people was able to enter Miyagi and accept Ren Jun's reward, and the exquisite carriage was successfully dedicated to Ren Jia, including the driver of the carriage.

After getting Di Ren's carriage, Ren Jia took Si Hao with him and went hunting in the countryside.He didn't know that the driver of the imperial chariot was the archer sent by Jinpeng, and the imperial chariot was leading them to the ambush site agreed with his companions.

This happened in winter, most of the vegetation in the western suburbs of Renyi fell, and the birds and beasts were singing.Prince Ren Jun and his cousin sat in a magnificent carriage, each with a bow, and the carriage was controlled by the imperial husband, galloping in Ren Jun's hunting ground, far away from the walking guards.The two people in the carriage did not know that they were indeed hunting today, but they were the prey.

The carriage drove into an evergreen forest. Suddenly, a bow and arrow flew out of the forest and stuck on the red bow cap.Several Jinyi archers hiding in the forest appeared, and their bows and arrows were all aimed at Si Hao.In the chaotic flying, one of the arrows hit Si Hao's chest very precisely, the position of the heart.Si Hao spat out a mouthful of blood, which splashed on his collar. When Si Hao was still in a daze, he let Ren Jia roar angrily and told Yu Fu to drive away quickly.

Fortunately, there was a copper ornament in Si Hao's clothes, which just blocked the arrow and saved Si Hao's life.This is a copper ornament inlaid with jade, which was originally worn outside the clothes. In the cold winter, in order to go hunting, Si Hao hastily put on a fur coat to cover the copper ornament.

Although his life was tough, he managed to dodge one arrow after firing several arrows, but could not dodge two arrows. Si Hao was shot in the abdomen, blood stained the colorfully embroidered belt, and the blood dripped on the carriage, stained with blood.

The Yu Fu, who should have been flustered when he was attacked, did not care about Ren Jia's warning, and drove straight at the enemy.With life and death at stake, Ren Jia made a decisive decision, drew his dagger and stabbed the imperial husband to death, kicked off the carriage, and fled in the carriage by himself.

Several arrowheads were chasing after them, and two arrows almost passed Si Hao's face. Si Hao endured the pain and drew his bow to fight back, but Ren Jia yelled: "Hao! Get down quickly, they are going to kill you! "

It's you they want to kill, Si Hao.

Only then did Si Hao come to his senses, he just wanted to protect Ren Jia for a moment, he instinctively thought that he must be here to kill Ren Jia, because Ren Jia is the heir of Ren Jun.He never thought that Ren Jia was the heir of Ren Jun and he was Emperor Xiang's son.During the 15 years of growing up in An Ran, Si Hao was well protected, and he always thought that as long as his identity was not known to outsiders, he would live a leisurely life.

Ren Jia desperately drove the carriage to escape, but Si Hao's abdomen was bleeding, and he soon lost strength, and he lay huddled in the carriage.The arrow in Si Hao's chest had been pulled out, only piercing the flesh, and the arrow pierced deeply in his abdomen. When Si Hao broke the arrow, blood seeped out from his abdomen, staining his clothes red.

The carriage galloped away, out of range of the ambusher, and as far as the driver was concerned, he escaped death.

"Hao, hold on, we're going back now!" Ren Jia tightened the reins, and turned to look at Si Hao who was gradually weakening from blood loss in the carriage.Ren Jia stretched out an arm and held Si Hao's hand tightly, tears welled up in his eyes.

Ren Jia was only one year older than Si Hao, and the two grew up together in Miyagi. They were about the same age, and both were only children. They were like brothers, and they loved each other deeply.

Si Hao's consciousness gradually became blurred. He felt chilly. Although the sun was shining brightly, wearing fur clothes, it seemed as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.Si Hao squinted his eyes, feeling extremely tired. His right hand was tightly held by Ren Jia, as if it was holding his life. His left hand covered the wound, and the blood in one hand seemed to be not his own blood, which was so unreal. .

Just like death, so illusory, just like the things others told him about his life experience, so ethereal.Si Hao's consciousness was lax, he closed his eyes, unwilling to open them tiredly.

The guards sensed that something was wrong ahead, they rushed towards the carriage, and met Ren Jia, Ren Jia cried out and told them to search the woods carefully, not to spare any assassins!

Ren Jia drove the carriage and rushed to Ren Yi like crazy. When the carriage rushed over the wooden bridge on the moat, the guards of the west gate rushed up. They lifted Si Hao up and said something hastily.At this moment, Si Hao could no longer hear the people's words clearly. He saw Ren Jia's approaching face, his terrified cry, and two tears on his face.Si Hao felt that he was afraid that he was going to die, which was very strange, he thought calmly.

When Si Hao was lifted by the guards and sent to the witch doctor's house, he was unconscious and fell into a deep coma.

The witch doctor once said that Si Hao would not survive, saying that she saw a gloomy man with disheveled hair and scorched robes, who had been sitting beside Si Hao.This is a dead soul. Its neck was cut open, and black blood flowed out. It must be an ominous dead soul, and it must have come to take away the sick.

However, the witch doctor didn't know what she saw, nor did she know who the person she was healing was really.

For three days, Si Hao was wandering between life and death, talking nonsense, but on the fourth day, he still woke up.

The witch doctor can only assume that Ji Bing's second son (Si Hao's external identity) has three lives. The first life is broken on a copper ornament; One, the general will not be afraid of swords and arrows, and will not be afraid of curses. Only when his lifespan comes to an end can he be taken away.

Ren Jia felt that this was a good prophecy, and after Si Hao woke up, Ren Jiashou told Si Hao about it before his sick bed.When hearing the ghost described by the witch doctor, Si Hao said in a weak and indifferent voice: "I saw my father when I was in a coma, and he gave me a sword. He didn't say anything, just looked at me."

Is that sword making me resist?Or let me kill myself? 15-year-old Si Hao was lying on a sickbed, thinking calmly.

After waking up from a coma, Si Hao thought about many things, deeply, about himself, about his family (he regarded his uncle's house as his family), and his parents who had died for many years.

While convalescing, Si Hao lay in his bed, looking at the Tangdi tree outside the window day and night, seeing its lush branches and leaves, and listening to the birds chirping on it.

One day, he remembered that when he was a child, when he was about eight years old, he and his grandfather sat under the Tangdi tree.His grandfather told him about the envoys from Diyi who came to Renyi to propose marriage, and what rare and rare treasures were there for the betrothal gifts.Even when Si Hao grows up, he still remembers that his grandfather said there was a big jade disc, which was as white as snow and as warm as suet. Such a jade disc was enough to exchange for a hundred beauties, enough to buy a small town.There are also corals from the sea, red as blood, the most rare thing in the world, they come from the tribe of murlocs, and murlocs have no legs, their lower body is fish, and their upper body is human.

When he was a child, Si Hao didn't know that what he heard was the story of his father marrying his mother. He leaned against his grandfather and was attracted by the rare treasures his grandfather told.He asked his grandfather, "Father, where do the murlocs live?"

Ren Bo stood up, took his nephew's hand, pointed to the east of Renyi, and said in a melodious voice: "In the east, we have to cross a broad river. It is the largest river in the world. The city is several times wider, and we have to pass through the kingdoms of the Nanyi to avoid being shot by poisonous stabs and arrows."

"The place where the murlocs live is even farther away, in the vast sea." Ren Bo looked at the sea of ​​clouds in the sky, and his expression was not reverie, but quiet like a temple.

What the sea leaves to their generation is by no means romance, but fear.The Jin-Yi tribe who also came from the sea, once gave Ren Bo the pain of losing his daughter, and now it is like an arrow stuck in an old wound, reminding him from time to time.

"Father?" Little Sihao didn't understand why his grandfather was suddenly silent, and he wanted to continue listening to the story.

"The mountains and forests of Nanyi are covered with dense bamboos. Nanyi can use bamboo to make boats, weave sails out of bamboo leaves, and row boats in strong winds and waves. Every year, Yi chieftains send [-] large boats to Fishman Island, but only One boat can arrive." The murloc story that Uncle Ren told was an ancient legend, he heard it from his father, told it to his daughter, son, and grandson.No one has ever been to Fishman Island. It is the cliff of the sky and belongs to the legendary area.

Si Hao opened his eyes wide, he felt incredible, it was the first time he heard of such a distant place, he looked at the mountains covered by clouds and mist to the east, he knew that was the place where the sun rose.Si Hao murmured, "It turns out that the murlocs live so far away, but how do they send their corals to Diyi?"

Ren Bo said with a smile: "Because Diyi is the largest city in the world, all the things in the world are transported there."

Si Hao nodded half-understood. As a young boy, he felt that Diyi must be very lively, and the king who lived in Diyi must be very fierce, so even Nanyi was afraid of him, so he had to go to the fishman's side with great difficulty. The obtained corals were paid tribute to Emperor Yi.

"Ahao, Hua and I came to see you!"

A crisp female voice sounded at Si Hao's door, and Si Hao withdrew his gaze from the Tangli tree outside the window, and stripped his thoughts from his memories.Si Hao looked towards the door and saw Ji Fang and her twin brother Ji Hua.These two are Ji Bing's children, and they are also Si Hao's childhood playmates and close friends.

"I just came back from my mission, and I heard that you were attacked, do you know who ordered it?" Ji Hua sat in front of the wooden couch, holding Si Hao's hand, his face full of worry.The two grew up as "biological brothers". Although they knew each other since childhood, they were not related by blood, but they were very close.

Si Hao nodded to Ji Fang, turned his gaze back to Ji Hua, and said calmly, "Three of them were caught and executed." Si Hao lowered his voice, whispering, "Their orders came from Di Yi. "

Ji Hua held Si Hao tightly with his fingers, showing a terrified expression, and he knew what it meant.

This is a terrible thing. Jinpeng already knew that Emperor Xiang had an heir, and he lived in Renyi, beside Renjun.

"How many people are still not caught?" Ji Hua calmed down and asked in a low voice, not forgetting to go to see his sister.Ji Fang was worried, and looked outside the door, not paying attention to the content of the conversation between her younger brother and Si Hao.

"Two people." Si Hao said softly, this was learned from the confession of their accomplice through torture.

"Where is the man who shot through the bronze ornaments?" Ji Hua heard about Si Hao when he came to Renyi, and also knew about the bronze ornaments blocking arrows and the witch doctor's prophecy.

"Among those two." Si Hao knew very well why Ji Hua cared about this person. This assassin undoubtedly possessed superb archery skills. Failure to capture him would be a great hidden danger.

Ji Hua was silent, he looked at Si Hao with worry in his eyes.

Before his death, Si Hao's grandfather told Si Hao his life experience when he was 13 years old.Both Ren Jia and Ji Hua knew Si Hao's identity from their respective fathers when they were 16 years old.

It's like a kind of entrustment from the elders, passing on a secret to the next generation.At this time, Jihua deeply realized that his father's prudence back then and this friend were at stake.

The worry that Si Hao saw in Ji Hua's eyes was almost as heavy as that of Ren Jia.They all know that Jinyi is powerful and terrifying, and they will be crushed by a huge rock in their hearts from now on, and they are always worried about Jinyi's actions that are not good for Ren Fang.

Through Ji Hua's shoulder, Si Hao looked at the distraught Ji Fang. Ji Hua turned around and called her sister: "Fang, don't you have something for Hao?"

When Jifang heard her younger brother calling, she immediately stepped forward with a smile on her face, handed a small jar of honey in her arms to Si Hao, and said, "It's pitiful for Dai Jia to be injured. I'll give you the first jar of new honey this year."

Jifang's temperament is like a boy's, carefree, she has a heroic spirit that is rarely seen in women.She used to play with her younger brother, Si Hao, and Ren Jia, but now that she has grown up, they seldom get together.

Outsiders thought that Si Hao was injured on behalf of Ren Jia, and the news released by Ren Jun was: the people from Qiong pretended to come to offer a car, but in fact came to kill Ren Jia.Ji Fang didn't know Si Hao's identity, so she couldn't guess the truth.

Recently, Qiong Fang has been provoking non-stop on the border of either side, deliberately provoking war.In a long time ago, the monarchs of the Fang Kingdom made an oath in the imperial city not to attack each other, but now no one keeps it.

"Huh?" Si Hao raised his eyebrows as he received the honey.

"Then let's go. Hua just came back and ran to you without changing his clothes. Sleep well, and we will come to see you tomorrow." Ji Fang pulled Ji Hua, she seemed to be in a hurry to leave, afraid of meeting anyone Chia.Ren Jia has been pursuing Ji Fang recently, and even plans to hire Ji Fang, but Ji Fang is very embarrassed, she feels that she is too familiar, and has always been only Ren Jia's younger brother.

"Ahao, Fang and I bid farewell." Ji Hua bowed to Si Hao, he is a man of etiquette.

Si Hao nodded and watched the Ji family siblings leave. He was in a very good mood.