There are three more days, and it's time to go out. As Ji Jiu counted the days, he felt a little bit hard. He didn't know when the family would start, and there was a chilling chill in the atmosphere, which was daunting. This kind of coldness came from nowhere, and the servants didn't know when it appeared. However, everyone in the mansion became cautious. Don't even dare to sneeze.
Seeing that the day is coming, Ji Jiu no longer wanders around idly, but stays in the study all day, and even the meals are brought in by the servants.
The servant who went in with the food box found that the master had nothing to do in the house. The master sitting in front of the desk was holding a book in his hand, and when he put the food away, the book didn't even turn a page. The master is in a daze. The servant got this information, exited cautiously, and ran away in a hurry.
Although it's not a big deal to be in a daze, everyone will have a time to be in a daze, but this kind of thing happened to my master, and I always feel it is extraordinarily weird.
You know it's Ji Jiu. People who act decisively and never hesitate, even if they think about something, they are limited to thinking, their faces are motionless, but their eyes are bright. But now, this person is in a daze. Although his posture is reading a book, his eyes are dull and out of focus.
I don't even know when he comes in and out.
The servant then thought that the chill in the mansion these days might have been caused by the master being in a daze. Although he was curious about what it was, he didn't dare to inquire further, and he didn't even dare to tell others about the abnormality he had just discovered. Officials have official rules, these rules are not set by anyone, but formed naturally. No matter who tries to sabotage, the final outcome must be cruel.
Ji Jiu was indeed in a daze.
Holding the book in his hands, he had been sitting in front of the case for three hours. The pages of the book have not been turned, they are held in his hands, and even the wind outside the window can't turn them. His face showed a kind of calm and bewildered.
This daze and sluggishness was quickly broken.
Shen Jue rushed in, ran into his study without any greeting, and said, "Daddy, I'm leaving for a few days to do something."
Ji Jiu regained his composure, shifted his eyes to his face, and said with a sleepwalking expression: "Oh."
Shen Jue got the consent and was about to leave, but was called again.
Turning his face again, Ji Jiu, who was sleepwalking, had disappeared like flying away. In front of him was the general who had a flash of light in his eyes, and said, "I'm leaving tomorrow, but you are leaving now. Is it serious?" He didn't ask him anything matter, just ask him how serious it is. This person has always been right in his words.
Shen Jue replied: "I don't know if it's serious or not, but I don't feel relieved, so I'm going to have a look."
Ji Jiu still didn't ask any more questions, just said: "How many days can I get back?"
"At least five days." Shen Jue estimated the distance, and said: "It may be ten days and a half month, maybe it's not sure."
Ji Jiu calculated the marching speed of the troops, and quickly said: "No matter how many days, go to the border town to meet up. If you arrive early, you will wait. If you arrive late, I will leave someone to send you a message and come find it yourself."
Shen Jue said "hmm", and Ji Jiu said, "You go."
Shen Jue left.
Only then did Ji Jiu see the food on the table. The food was already cold, and he had no appetite at first, and he didn't even want to eat it now. He just drank a few glasses of wine on an empty stomach, and the alcohol quickly spread in his hungry body. After a while, he Feeling warm in his body, his head was a little dizzy. Anyway, there was no one in the room, so he took off his clothes and lay down on the couch, with a sense of laziness all over his body. He closed his eyes again and pulled out the hairpin, his long hair fell loose, he casually put the hairpin and crown aside, pulled the quilt over his body, and fell asleep.
Sleeping into a dream, she suddenly remembered that Shen Jue had no relatives or friends, and the only reason for leaving suddenly was because something happened to Yi Mo.
With this thought flashing in his mind, Ji Jiu suddenly woke up from his dream, and sat up, his heart beating like a drum.
After lying on the table and pouring a pot of cold tea, Ji Jiu calmed down, sat on the stool and thought, what does it have to do with me
After waiting for a while, I thought again, Taoists and monks said that the thousand-year-old demon could not be killed, so what could happen
This thought disappeared in a blink of an eye. He is a man of the world, and he has a deep understanding of human nature. He thought that there are still life-and-death disputes between people, how can there be peace between monsters? If a person can't kill it, it doesn't mean that his kind can't kill him. What if he meets a monster who has been cultivating for thousands of years? Thinking of this, Ji Jiu suddenly thought, why was he so stupid before, and only wanted to find a Taoist monk to surrender him, why didn't he fight demon against demon? Maybe it really dropped him.
Ji Jiu snorted lightly and shook his head. Ever since meeting this demon, his world has been completely overturned, and now such absurd thoughts have popped up. Doesn't he know that a monster is so difficult to deal with, and if he goes looking for another one, he thinks his life is not chaotic enough? Besides, where can I meet a monster who has practiced for thousands of years? Thought it was a wild dog on the street, you can see it everywhere
Ji Jiu supported his forehead and rubbed it, but his heart became disturbed, why should he come to him instead of cultivating hard, wouldn't it be great to become an immortal in the future? So what about lovers in previous lives? That person is dead, dead is dead, and unless he is resurrected from death, that person cannot exist anymore. Even if he was reincarnated, how could he be exactly the same as that disabled and lonely person since he was a child? That is impossible. Ji Jiu thought.
Ji Jiu thinks very clearly that the past life is the past life, so he can ignore the infamy, don't shy away from ethics, and do whatever he wants. In fact, what about getting along well with demons? What about men? Ji Jiu didn't care. Looking at it from a spectator's perspective, he admired it very much, and felt that he was considered a hero in the world.
However, that does not mean that he will live like that in this life. He can't live like that either.
He has no path to choose. In the past twenty-seven years, his road has gone from countless forks to today's road, and there is only one road left to go. Those corners and alleys that still existed in his youth have been left far behind by him. , it is impossible to turn around and go another way. Because there is no way out. He can only go forward, climbing mountains and wading straight ahead. Get to the top, then jump off. This is his only way.
Besides, Yi Mo is Shen Qingxuan's widow. Not Ji Jiu's.
He has a wife, a child, and a daughter, who is still young and innocent and lovely. When he dies in the future, the only one who can claim to be a survivor is his wife, Ji Liushi.
That was the woman he was marrying in the media. Eight large sedan chairs were carried, decorated with hydrangea tassels to welcome them into the house. They had worshiped heaven and earth, knelt down to their ancestors, and recorded them in the genealogy. Next to Ji Jiu's name in the genealogy, there is only Ji Liu's, which is not blank, nor is that person's name. This is a fact that cannot be changed.
Ji Jiu rubbed his forehead again, feeling pain there.
On the second day and night, when leading the army out, Ji Jiu jumped on his horse and left the city first. When he left the city gate, he looked back and let out a long sigh of relief, he didn't have much sorrow for parting.
The imperial city is a place full of spies and thorns everywhere. The cruelty and viciousness here far exceeds the frank life and death on the battlefield. As for family matters, he doesn't need to worry, everything is fine, whether he is there or not. As long as the emperor still wants the Ji family to exist, even if he dies, the family will continue to operate as usual. Sadness is another matter.
The battlefield has made his sensibility weaker and weaker, and it is not an exaggeration to call him ruthless. Ji Jiu has already noticed this, but he doesn't take it to heart.
What should be done, he will do. Home is a place that should be protected, he will protect it, and it is enough to do his duty.
His life gradually took shape within the planned frame, and the closer the end was, the sharper the lines, the more concise the pen and ink, showing a fierce and fierce aura. And those tender feelings, intentionally or unintentionally, have been deeply hidden. Hidden in a place, he is not very willing to find it.
Fetters are a kind of weakness, and perhaps the last thing a general on the battlefield needs is weakness.
For example, for so many years, the emperor used his family as a hostage and detained him in the royal city, not allowing his family to accompany him in the army.
Ji Jiu calmly left his family behind.
Because only by cutting off all worries, can he go to death calmly.
Only when he dies can his family be truly safe. No matter where you live, you are safe.
Ji Jiu raised his whip, whipped it lightly, and the horse that had been with him for many years neighed, and immediately started running, carrying the general with him, and quickly disappeared into the night with the joy of finally being able to run.
The horse team behind also kicked and stomped to keep up, galloping their horses. Under the cover of night, this team of sons who were going to investigate in foreign lands disappeared behind the city gate like the wind.
After leaving the imperial city, they ran until dawn, Ji Jiu ordered the troops to stop, changed their costumes in the previously prepared Zhuangzi, pretended to be traveling merchants, and loaded the horses with goods, and ordered 500 people to divide into five teams. Different routes to border towns. He didn't want to appear too abruptly, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the spies.
He had already prepared for these things, and quickly took care of everything, and ordered people to disperse.
Another half a month to the frontier fortress. The two teams that arrived first had already received his orders, and after entering the city, they scattered around, selling and receiving goods everywhere, just like ordinary business travelers.
When Ji Jiu's team came, they also dispersed, and Ji Jiu, who had only five people with him, saw Shen Jue in the city.
Shen Jue was carrying a large wooden box. The two sides of the huge wooden box were twisted into two ropes with cloth, which was firmly tied to the box and tied to his shoulders. When Ji Jiu saw him, he raised his eyebrows and smiled, and said, "What kind of goods is here, young master? Maybe let me take a look?"
Shen Jue was stunned, subconsciously covering the box with his backhand, and instinctively showed a posture of defense and protection. Obvious rejection.
Ji Jiu was taken aback, after all, this was the first time Shen Jue showed such an expression to his words, and immediately felt strange.
But there was nothing showing on his face, he still smiled lightly, and said: "It seems that the young master is very precious. If there are priceless goods in the market, I can't afford to buy them, so please bother me." As he said, he arched his hands and led the horse gone.
Although he didn't say anything, Shen Jue felt that he was a little displeased. He untied the box on his back and hugged him in front of him. After hugging him firmly, Shen Jue murmured: "He's not a commodity, how can I give you an estimate? ?" Shen Jue followed Ji Jiu's caravan in a little frustration because he made Dad unhappy.
In the evening, Ji Jiu called him to eat, and saw that the man brought the box again, put it on the stool beside him, and kept guarding the box even after eating, so he became even more curious.
Along with him, there were many people who were curious, and they were all soldiers who went on this mission with Ji Jiu, because Shen Jue was Ji Jiu's bodyguard, and the officer was older than them, so it was not easy to speak casually, but he just endured all the time. He couldn't stop glancing at the corners of his eyes, his eyes were mysterious, and occasionally whispering, his posture was actually normal, but in Shen Jue's eyes, it was sneaky.
Finally, when someone tried to reach out to touch the box, Shen Jue's displeasure erupted. He slammed his chopsticks on the table, and said coldly, "If you touch it, I'll chop off your hand. Believe it or not?!"
What he said was really vicious and arrogant, and the sergeant who provoked him was also angry, and immediately replied: "How about touching it? Is it broken?"
Shen Jue lowered his face, "If you're not afraid of death, just touch it."
The words got so excited that he couldn't continue, the man stretched out his hand and wanted to touch it. Shen Jue grabbed his hand and tightened it tightly, the sound of "cracking" of knuckles sounded in the room, and the man hurriedly shouted at Ji Jiu: "My lord!"
At this time, Ji Jiu had been eating with his head down, as if he had never seen anything, until the man called for help, then he raised his face and asked, "Did you call me?"
Cold sweat was streaming down the man's forehead, Shen Jue also looked at him, but didn't let go. The rest of the sergeants also looked at Ji Jiu.
Ji Jiu put down the bowl and chopsticks and wiped his mouth, then said casually: "Is there any adult here?" He asked.
His tone was soft and unusual, as if he was being involved in the murmur of innocent people in the incident, but his eyes were cold, and he swept towards the two of them like a blade, and the knife saw blood.
Shen Jue immediately let go of his hand, as if he had practiced it many times, knelt down, raised his head and raised his chest, and said loudly: "This subordinate is rude, please punish me, General."
His transformation was too fast, the sergeant with a dislocated wrist was stunned for a moment, and after seeing last Ji Jiu's gaze, he shivered and knelt down too.
Ji Jiu looked at them for a while, picked up the bowls and chopsticks again, took two more bites, and then said: "Don't touch anything indecent, haven't your parents taught you that? If you tamper with other people's things, you should be punished." In the army, no matter how big the problem is, you are all brothers in Paoze. How can you fight at every turn? If you encounter an enemy in the future, the only ones who can save you are the companions around you. Don’t think that you can hurt people because you are powerful, you can You can only hurt yourself."
Ji Jiu said, "Do you understand?"
The two kneeling on one knee agreed at the same time: "Understood."
Ji Jiu said, "Fix the bones and eat."
Shen Jue fixed the dislocated bone for the man again, sat back down again, lowered his head obediently and continued to eat. The rest of the people also calmed down and didn't look at the wooden box again. The meal was very quiet.
Ji Jiu is very satisfied.
After dinner, Ji Jiu finished the work at hand and called Shen Jue in. Shen Jue, who was guarding the door, came in with a box on his back and asked, "What's the matter, General?"
Ji Jiu said, "Open that thing."
Shen Jue said without thinking, "No way!"
Ji Jiu said: "No matter what it is, I can be sure that the current caravan can protect it. If you carry it on your back like this every day, you will only attract attention and attract people's attention. Either you open it and let me see it, unless I am sure it is It cannot be put on the back of a camel to be escorted with the cargo, otherwise tomorrow you will tie it to the camel caravan."
Shen Jue hesitated for a long time before saying, "Father, this is really not a commodity."
Ji Jiu let out an "oh" and said, "It will never be a big living person."
"Father, you must have guessed it," Shen Jue said with a bitter face, "It's not a living person anyway."
But Ji Jiu didn't know what to think of, his face turned pale instantly, and he said to himself: "I guessed it, but I guessed it wrong."
Saying so, he walked over, untied the rope buckle on Shen Jue's back with his own hands, and carried the big wooden box onto the table. He came to pick it up by himself, even though Shen Jue hesitated, he still compromised, obediently watched the box being placed on the table, and watched his father take a deep breath, closed his eyes, and suddenly opened it...
Shen Jue also held her breath at the same time, looking carefully at Ji Jiu's face, Ji Jiu slowly opened her eyes, lowered her head, and looked inside the wooden box, a big black snake with a bowl-sized mouth was entangled in the box, With his head down and his eyes closed.
Ji Jiu tightly closed his eyes again.
Shen Jue was frightened by his action, so she hurriedly covered the box and did not let him see it again, only because she was startled. He was in a hurry, but he heard the man ask him in a trembling voice: "Is he dead?"
Shen Jue was stunned, "Huh?"
Ji Jiu said, "How did you die?"
Shen Jue reacted, and immediately said: "Who said he died? He was drunk, he drank the 'Hundred Day Drunk' of Xianjia Brew in one go, and he will sleep for at least three months!"
Ji Jiu's expression twisted weirdly on the spot.
"..." After a while, he turned his face away, sniffed the air and said, "What's the smell, so fragrant?"
Knowing his embarrassment, Shen Jue changed the subject, and responded, "It's the smell of that wine. When I found him, the smell was everywhere."
"..." After a moment of silence, Ji Jiu asked, "Where did you find him?"
Shen Jue was also strangely silent, and even lowered her face.
Ji Jiu asked: "What's wrong?"
After a while, Shen Jue's slightly hoarse voice said: "In my father's tomb."
When Ji Jiu first heard this sound, he felt as if someone hit his heart with a hammer, sore, painful and stuffy. Could hardly stand up. There are still such stupid monsters in this world. People have passed away, but they go into other people's tombs to guard them. Can they come back to life by guarding them? Do you think that guarding a pile of bones can cuddle up to each other
Thinking chaotically in her mind, it took a long time for Ji Jiu to reply with a sigh: "Oh."
The big snake in the box was sleeping very docilely on a worn-out fox fur cloak that Shen Jue dug out. From then on, ignore world affairs.