The people Ji Changze led were all wearing armor and riding horses. People passing by could tell at a glance that they were soldiers, and the people evaded and hid carefully on both sides.
Sitting on the horse, Brother Ji could still see one or two acquaintances on the roadside. They were looking at him with awe and fear. When their eyes fell on him, they turned to disbelief.
The relationship between these people and the second brother Ji is not very good. Life has been difficult these days. They can't even take care of themselves. How can they have the heart to pity the weak.
When they see a child supporting a family, many people's first reaction is not that the child is really pitiful, but that he is a child who is easy to bully.
It's just that Brother Ji joined the middle-aged man's team of porters. Even if someone wanted to do something, he didn't dare to do anything. At most, he only paid lip service to it.
Therefore, there is definitely no big hatred. At most, they just dislike each other.
And because Brother Ji is still a child, he suffers in most confrontations.
But now, these guys who always relied on being taller and stronger than him were raising their heads and looking at him sitting on the horse in shock.
After all, he is a child. He was bullied so much in the past. He had to hold his head high and try his best to arm himself, but he still couldn't compare to his parents.
Now he was sitting on the horse, and he could look down at these people just by sitting there.
At this moment, even though he hadn't quite figured out the situation yet, a trace of pride flashed through Ji Erdi's heart.
You used to bully me because you were an adult.
Now that my eldest brother is back, he is also an adult, and he is accompanied by Master Bing. I want to see if you dare to bully me in the future.
The horse galloped forward quickly, leaving the county and entering the suburbs.
Ji Changze led the way at the front, and the group of people passed by quickly, startling countless birds.
The second brother Ji rode a horse for the first time. Although Ji Changze was protecting him, after being happy and confused, he still didn't dare to move. So he sat there stiffly and asked Ji Changze: "Brother, why did you come back with Master Bing? "
His voice was too quiet, and the sound of the rushing wind covered it up. Ji Changze didn't hear it clearly and asked loudly: "What did you say? Louder."
Hearing Ji Changze's words, Ji's second brother pursed his lips nervously.
He never spoke loudly. At home, he was afraid of disturbing his parents, so he had to coax his younger siblings in a gentle voice. Outside, he had to be obedient and careful to please.
In my memory, I have never spoken loudly once.
The first time was always difficult. He moved his lips several times, opened and closed his mouth again, as if this was not asking him to speak loudly, but asking him to make a difficult decision.
Ji Changze didn't rush him, he just waited patiently.
Finally, in the whistling wind, Ji Erdi leaned against his brother's body, with the horse sitting under his butt that he could not even touch, and repeated loudly:
"I said, brother! Why did you come back with Master Bing!"
"Well, I joined the military camp and now I am the accountant in the military camp. These soldiers were sent to me by the general."
Brother Ji's eyes widened in shock.
His face rarely showed the excitement of a child, and he tried to look back at his elder brother who was riding into the wind: "Brother, do you know the general?"
"yes."
Ji Changze smiled and looked down at his younger brother: "If you want to get to know each other, wait until you settle down and I will introduce you to him."
Brother Ji's face flushed with excitement, his black eyes sparkling. Just as he was about to nod, his expression hesitated again.
"Forget it." He smiled with a bit of inferiority complex: "I don't dare to see the general."
That's a general.
A general who can lead troops to fight.
"Why don't you dare to do this? You are my younger brother, Ji Changze. Let alone meet the general, you may not be able to become a general yourself."
Brother Ji's eyes brightened even more.
Yes, he is the eldest brother's younger brother.
Now that the eldest brother is back, they no longer have to work so hard.
After Ji Changze finished speaking, he waved his riding crop again: "Second brother, tell me how your family is doing now. Don't you have fields? Why do you come out to be a porter? How old are you."
As soon as he mentioned this, he could smile steadily and gently in front of his younger brothers, sisters, and even his parents. Ji Erdi, who was not impatient or impatient, suddenly became red-eyed.
The grievance and despair that had accumulated in my heart during this period suddenly rebounded after the return of my brother who I could rely on.
He wiped away his tears, choked with sobs, and tried to tell his brother the current situation at home loudly.
The second uncle acted rogue and refused to give their family rice every month as agreed.
Their parents were seriously ill and their siblings were still young. They didn't know what to do.
The second uncle also wanted to sell their youngest sister to be a child bride for a lame man in his thirties.
Because the family had no money or rice, and their parents lay in bed drowsily every day, they were left to think of ways to make money.
As for eating one meal every day but not the next, there is no tomorrow because of today. What I think about before going to bed every day is how to maintain the family's livelihood tomorrow. The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is to check on my parents and siblings one by one. Brother Ji didn't say whether they were still breathing or whether they were frozen to death.
But even if he didn't say it, Ji Changze could guess it.
After the original owner left, the eldest child in the family was Ji Erdi. You can imagine how much pressure he had to bear.
He reined in the horse and stopped it.
Then, under the surprised and somewhat bewildered gaze of Brother Ji, he touched his head and said, "You have worked hard these days, and you have done a good job."
Ji's second brother stared blankly at his eldest brother behind him. The tears he was still trying to suppress burst out of Ji Changze's eyes after he finished speaking.
He turned around with all his strength and plunged into Ji Changze's arms.
Whimpering, he asked: "Brother, why did you come back... I'm so tired..."
"good."
Ji Changze could only touch his head and comfort him: "I won't be tired anymore, big brother is back."
In the desolate wild grass, the horse stood in the middle, with the guards guarding him, quietly watching the boy who had shouldered a lot during this period cry in the arms of his elder brother who he could rely on.
Like a real kid.
****
"Wu Ya, go and see if the second brother is back."
Wu Ya was carrying the wild vegetables she had picked to the entrance of the yard of her house. The thin and small body of Ji's fourth brother had already ran out, holding her hand and saying: "Second uncle is going to sell Liu Ya. I'm afraid that third brother will block her." If you don’t stay with her, you go to the village entrance and wait for the second brother... No, no."
Fourth brother Ji suddenly reacted.
It's probably useless to call in the second brother. The second brother-in-law came with the lame man. Even if the man is a lame, he is still an adult man. The second brother and the third brother together can't beat him.
The little boy walked around twice with a pale face and an anxious look on his face. He then took Wuya's hand and said, "Go and find the elder of the clan and the third uncle. Tell them that the second uncle wants to sell him." When I get Liuya, I say that my parents don’t agree, but they want to rob her directly.”
Wuya's face turned pale with fright. She subconsciously looked into the room and saw the third brother blocking the door with a wooden stick, his face full of anger and his eyes red.
"Fourth brother, fourth brother, third uncle, will they take care of us? They didn't take care of us before."
Fourth brother Ji was also so scared that his body was shaking, but facing his crying sister, he still took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
He comforted his sister as calmly as possible: "Don't worry, my parents are still here. Second uncle can't cross them and sell Liuya. You go and tell third uncle that if someone is killed, we will go to the Yamen. Then we will be the members of the clan." Let’s be embarrassed together.”
Seeing Wuya nodded and turned around to leave, fourth brother Ji thought of something again and quickly pulled her back: "Don't come back after you call someone. Just find a place to hide. I'm afraid that Ernie will try to kill you again." .”
Wuya nodded with tears in her eyes, wanting to tell her brothers to be careful, but before she could even speak, tears streamed down her face. She wiped away her tears, turned around and ran to find someone.
Fourth brother Ji watched his sister run away before running back into the house.
When he passed by, he happened to hear the third brother saying something sinister: "If you dare to take my sister away today, you will never have a sound sleep in the future! You'd better close the door tightly at night, otherwise Let me touch it in, slash it with a machete, and let you see the King of Hell!!"
"Hey you little brat!!"
The second aunt didn't take his words seriously at all. What kind of waves could a little brat make
She put her hand on her waist and pointed at Ji Sandi and scolded: "You heartless person, who did I sell Liuya for, not for your parents? Look at your family like this now. You are so poor that you can't even eat. What's more, Let alone getting medicine for your parents, if you sell Liuya and get the money, you can at least have some leisure time, you really don’t know the heart of a good person."
"fart!!"
Third brother Ji was unmoved at all, like a wolf cub, staring at Er Auntie fiercely, as if he wanted to bite off a piece of meat from her face.
"If you are really here for my parents, why don't you give us the food that should be given to my family every month? Don't try to fool me with such words. Today you either put my sister down and get out, or you die here!"
As he said that, seeing his younger brother coming back, he turned around and said, "Fourth brother, give me dad's machete!"
"good."
Brother Ji didn't hesitate at all. He turned around and ran into the yard. He took the machete and ran over with some difficulty.
He has little strength, this machete was used when his parents were still alive, so running around with it is a bit heavy on his body.
He gritted his teeth and brought the machete to the door of the house.
"Brother, here you go."
Ji Sandi threw away the wooden stick and held a machete, his eyes full of sternness.
"Either let my sister go, or I'll kill you and then go to the Yamen to surrender. It's your choice!"
Seeing that he was such a small person, but his words and deeds were so cruel, I felt a little timid while holding the lame man who was struggling and crying for Liuya.
He just wants to find a wife, but he doesn't want to be hacked to death.
"Or forget it."
The lame man whispered to his second wife, "I think he's quite scary like this. I'll buy it elsewhere."
"The girls in other places are all sallow and thin, how can my niece look so good?"
The second aunt became anxious when she heard this.
How can we forget it!
Forget it, where would she get this income
She quickly coaxed the lame man in a good voice: "Don't worry, this is just a child. He is not even seven years old. What can he do? He can't even hold a knife safely. Just listen to him scare you."
Seeing that the lame man was still hesitant, the second mother-in-law became even more anxious. She took a step forward and said to the third brother Ji: "Third brother, I know you are not stupid. Look at the current situation of your family. How tired you are every day. You I have to go hunting in the mountains at such a young age, and my hands are covered with frostbite."
"Isn't it because the family has no money? After selling Liuya, the family will have money, and you can wear good clothes and eat eggs."
No matter what she said, Ji Sandi always stared at them gloomily without saying a word.
The second uncle took a tentative step forward, and he immediately swung the machete towards her.
"ah!!!"
This time it was really aimed at her. If she hadn't dodged quickly, the knife would have hit her directly.
The second uncle screamed and looked at Ji Sandi in panic and disbelief: "You damn kid, really cut me down!! You are crazy!!"
Third brother Ji still didn't speak, just stared at the two of them coldly.
Seeing that he really made a move, the lame man was also frightened. He quickly pushed Liuya into the second uncle's arms: "Sister-in-law, I really don't dare to have this girl. Look at his brother's appearance. I don't want to be raped." Hack to death."
"Don't, he is just a child, just talking casually to fool you."
Ji Sandi gritted his teeth: "I'm not just saying this casually. If you dare to take my sister away, I will kill you even if I turn into a ghost!"
"If you're not afraid of death, come here!!"
The second uncle looked at him bitterly. Liuya in her arms was frightened and started crying again. She slapped Liuya on the face in annoyance.
"You lose money, why are you crying? Shut up!"
Although Liuya suffered a lot and was hungry many times, her brothers and sisters never touched her little finger. Suddenly she was slapped, and she was stunned for a moment before she felt the pain, and she cried even louder.
The expressions of Third Brother Ji and Fourth Brother Ji both changed.
"Don't touch Liuya!!"
"I just moved. She is just a girl. I am her elder, so I can't touch her, right?"
As soon as Ernie finished speaking, she suddenly thought of something and put her hand directly on Liuya's neck.
Seeing that the two brothers across from her were getting nervous, she felt that she had caught their weak point, so she pinched the neck of the girl in her arms and said arrogantly: "If you don't let us pass today, I will strangle her to death, or she will die. , or we go there, you choose."
Liuya's face was red from crying, but her neck was suddenly strangled, and she was out of breath. She squeezed out a few weak coughs from her throat, and tried to struggle by waving her little hands and feet, but how could she survive an adult.
Third brother Ji and fourth brother Ji looked nervously at Liuya's breathless appearance.
"Let her go! You are killing someone!"
"If a girl Pianzi dies, she will die." The second uncle didn't care at all. In her opinion, it would be okay if the girl Pianzi died.
Didn’t she herself drown her newborn daughter
Thinking about it now, I still regret it. At that time, I thought it was a waste of food to raise a girl. I didn’t expect that girls could be sold for money.
Otherwise, if that little girl had grown up so big, she would still be able to make more money.
Second Auntie thought with a little regret as she tightened her grip on Liuya's neck: "Get out of the way, or I will strangle her to death."
Liuya kicked his calves, but he was completely out of strength.
Third brother Ji gritted his teeth and took a step forward, but was stopped by fourth brother Ji.
He looked at his younger brother and saw Ji's fourth brother staring at Liuya with an ugly expression: "Brother, let them go."
"Fourth brother?!"
"Second aunt will really strangle Liuya to death, let them go first!"
Third brother Ji also knew that he was not as smart as his younger brother, so he gritted his teeth and stepped aside.
Seeing the complacent second uncle holding the coughing girl out after letting go, the lame man carefully walked around the two of them, not daring to look at Ji Third Brother's murderous eyes.
"Sister-in-law, I think let's forget about this matter. Look at those two children, they are quite scary. This girl is still young anyway. I'd better find someone else."
After the lame man finished speaking, he ran away without waiting for his second wife to catch him.
"Eh?! Ehh!! I've even carried people out for you. Are you afraid of a ghost!!"
Seeing that the other party actually ran away without looking back, the second aunt was stunned for a moment, then curled her lips again.
Forget it, if she doesn't sell it to this cripple, can't she sell it to someone else
Seeing the lame man running away, fourth brother Ji saw a glimmer of hope in his eyes and hurriedly stepped forward: "Auntie, he doesn't want to buy Liuya anymore. Please give Liuya back to us."
The second mother-in-law sneered and pushed her thin nephew away:
"Give it back to you? Are you dreaming? I took so much effort to get it out. If he doesn't sell it, no one will sell it to him? The brothels in the county are much more generous than him!"
This girl is good-looking and young. She can earn more by selling her to a brothel.
Third brother Ji stood there, watching helplessly as the second uncle held the youngest sister out of the yard, holding the machete in her hand tightly.
Then, he rushed forward suddenly.
"Brother!! What are you doing?!"
Fourth brother Ji didn't bother to get up from the ground, so he grabbed his legs first to prevent him from coming forward.
At this moment, his body was shaking non-stop, but his voice was rare and calm:
"I'm going to kill her."
With that said, he picked up the knife and walked forward. Fourth brother Ji quickly stopped him: "Don't be impulsive. If we think of other ways, we must not kill people. Those who kill people will be caught and beheaded by the Yamen."
"Catch them! Do you want to watch Liuya being sold to a brothel?!"
Ji Sandi pulled away his younger brother's hand and stepped forward with a machete with red eyes and a sullen face.
"elder brother!!!"
Fourth brother Ji saw him running away and quickly followed him.
After he went out, he looked at his third uncle who led people to block the second uncle's mother, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
He quickly stepped forward and grabbed Ji's third brother: "Third brother, third uncle is here. He will definitely not let my mother-in-law sell Liuya. You calm down first."
The third uncle is indeed here to stop him.
Most of the clan members were poor, and many sold their sons and daughters, but he didn't care about these.
But selling someone else's daughter is too much.
"From the second son's family, put this girl down. You want to sell it, your own son or daughter. My parents are here and they are not willing to sell it. What do you want to do?"
The third uncle was considered an elder of the clan and had great prestige in the Ji family ancestral hall. He was followed by some old men, all leaning on crutches and looking at the second uncle with a sullen face.
"Yes, you rented the farmland from the third family before and agreed to provide food rations once a month. It's okay to refuse to pay. Now you have to sell the daughter of the third family. This is too much."
"They are all from the same clan, so be careful of retribution."
The second uncle was cruel to the children, but she didn't dare to be cruel to the clan elders. She put on a smile to please her and said, "You guys have misunderstood. I sold this girl for the sake of my third brother and sister. ?”
"They are seriously ill, and their children are young and unable to make money. If they don't sell the girl, where will the money come from."
Everyone present knew what kind of person she was.
The third uncle leaned on his cane and showed no intention of getting out of the way: "If you really want to keep none of the money from selling this girl to the third uncle's family, I won't say anything, but you can't even keep every member of this family." Can we believe what you say even if you don’t give me a month’s worth of food rations?”
Fourth Brother Ji stepped forward: "Several clan elders, Second Auntie is no longer selling the child, this is clearly robbing her. In the past, she took advantage of the fact that we didn't have an adult in the family and bullied us a lot. We all thought that we were members of the same clan. , I gave in, but now she comes to our house so wantonly and takes my sister away. If she still insists on taking my sister away today, I will go to the Yamen to beat the drum and complain, and accuse her of robbing children."
Several clan elders looked at each other.
The third uncle was fair: "You are young, so you may not know that if a junior sues an elder, he will be punished for twenty times."
"I know, my elder brother has this law, I have read it all."
The fourth brother Ji's face was still resolute, and he looked at the second aunt coldly: "If I can sentence my aunt to exile in the frontier for only twenty yuan, I am also willing."
By the time he had finished speaking, several clan elders had decided to stop Er Auntie no matter what today.
If the younger generation accuses the elders, it will become a laughing stock.
At that time, the weddings and funerals of people in their clan will be affected.
"Second daughter-in-law, please put the girl down. If you want to sell it, sell it to your own family."
However, the second uncle still held Liu Ya and did not let go: "The third brother and the third sister are all going to die now. After they die, don't these children still belong to my family? This girl belongs to my family."
"Why did it come to your home?"
The third uncle frowned, already a little impatient with her uncooperative attitude: "The laws of my country's rejuvenation are clearly written. Only those who are not mature in the family will be assigned to the uncle's home. The third family has an eldest son who is mature. , even if the third child and his wife go away, it won’t be your turn to raise these children.”
"It's no longer his turn. That Ji Qing ran away with the family's money a long time ago and will never come back. He is like a dead person now. There are no adults in their family, so don't these children have to be mine sooner or later?! "
Liuya was almost held sideways by her, her face was frighteningly red due to congestion. She couldn't quite understand what these people were talking about, but she also knew that Ji Qing was the eldest brother.
He started struggling immediately, and said angrily in a young voice: "You lied. My father and mother said that the eldest brother just went to the doctor to treat them and will be back soon."
The second uncle sneered: "You are the only one who believes it. No one in the whole village knows that Ji Qing doesn't want you anymore."
"Okay, since my third uncle won't let me take this girl away today, I won't take her away. Anyway, your parents are going to die soon. When their parents die, they still have to follow me. Then I will sell them When the time comes, you have no reason to stop me."
Liuya was thrown to the ground. Fourth brother Ji quickly ran forward and held her in his arms with difficulty. Because he had no strength, he could only sit on the ground holding his sister and coaxing her softly.
Ji's third brother's face was gloomy. He stood looking at the second uncle with a proud look on his face and tightly held the machete in his hand.
Liuya was so frightened that as soon as she was hugged by her familiar fourth brother, she immediately burst into tears, sobbing and calling her brother inarticulately.
The second aunt impatiently kicked him over.
—Whoosh!
A sharp arrow flew from a distance and hit her feet.
If she moved just a little further, the arrow would probably hit her foot.
The second aunt broke out in a cold sweat, screamed and fell to the ground, looking at the arrow with horror on her face.
"drive!!"
The sound of horses running quickly came, and under the sight of several people, a group of soldiers wearing armor and riding tall horses came quickly towards this side.
Within a minute, it had stopped in front of them.
Ji Changze sat on the horse with his second brother Ji in his arms. He retracted his bow with one hand and held the reins with the other, looking down at his second uncle.
His face was gloomy, and although he didn't show any murderous intent, it was scary to see.
"Second aunt, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Why are you beating my siblings when we meet?"
The second uncle sat on the ground and looked at Ji Changze in disbelief, who was wearing armor and dressed like a soldier: "Ji Qing??? Why are you back? How could you be back..."
Didn't everyone say that Ji Qing left the Ji family behind and ran away with the money?
Ji Changze turned over and dismounted, followed by Ji's second brother who was about to dismount. Both of them stood firmly on the ground. He threw the reins to the guard and walked straight forward to the second uncle's mother.
His voice was cold: "When I left that day, my second uncle promised me that he would send rice to my house every month, and would also take care of my parents, brothers and sisters at home for me when I was away."
His military boots reached the second uncle's feet. Under the horrified gaze of the other party, he suddenly drew his sword and aimed it at her chest, which made her tremble in fright.
"Is this how you take care of me?"
"ah!!!"
The second uncle screamed and stepped back in fright: "I don't know! I don't know!! Your second uncle never told me!! I also take care of you, really, really!"
Fourth brother Ji was already a little confused. When he saw this scene, he quickly interrupted: "Brother, she lied to you. They have been bullying us. Today they came to snatch Liuya and sell it. She also said that she would sell Liuya to Brothel, he also said that when my parents leave, he will sell us all, and he also said that you will not come back."
The second uncle just wanted to tear his mouth apart at this moment.
But she couldn't think too much now, because Ji Changze looked at her with murderous intent.
Seeing that the person in front of her still had a cold face and was heading towards her with a long sword in hand, she was so frightened that her mind went blank. She climbed up and knelt down to beg for mercy: "Please forgive me, please forgive me, I really do." I don’t know, these are all what your second uncle asked me to do. He likes to drink, but he doesn’t have money to buy wine. When he asked me for money, I couldn’t get it, so he asked me to sell Liuya. It’s really not me!!”
Ji Changze watched her keep kowtowing. He didn't say anything, and she didn't dare to stop. She could only keep kowtowing. His forehead was black and blue, and his face was covered with blood. It looked scary.
He never shouted stop and waited until the second aunt fainted from the shock, pain and excessive bleeding.
Waving, the guard stepped forward.
"grown ups."
"Come two people, wake her up, and ask her to lead the way to my second uncle's house. Ask her clearly what my second uncle wants her to do. Then send these two people to the Yamen and take the general's greeting card. , accuse them of robbing children, and tell the county government that they will be sentenced as they should be."
The guards took the order, immediately stepped forward, dragged the unconscious man on the ground and walked outside.
Several clan elders who were initially confused by the sudden change in the plot came to their senses. Although they were still a little unclear as to why Ji Changze had suddenly become so majestic, they could see that he was now promising and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.
"No, no, if you go to the Yamen and send your uncle to the Yamen, what will you do with your reputation?"
"When my brother was seriously ill, they forcibly took away his young daughter and sold him to a brothel. If word spread, they would be the only ones with a bad reputation. What would they do to me?"
"But in the clan..."
Ji Changze waved his hand and saluted several clan elders: "I know that some of them are thinking about me, but they are just sons and brothers. If you don't do something when you see them being so insulted, you will be in vain."
"Hey, Nagasawa, we know you are angry, but they are your second uncle and second uncle's mother after all."
There was still no movement on Ji Changze's face: "Repaying evil with kindness, why repay kindness with kindness? Third uncle, you are a scholar and you should know the meaning of these words."
"I'm on my way in a hurry, and my family is experiencing such troubled times again. I won't entertain a few of you today. When the family is settled properly, I will visit them one by one to say thank you. Thank you for your help this time."
Ji Changze's strength made several old people subconsciously afraid of him. In addition, the tall and strong guards in armor called him "Sir."
Even if they don't know the situation clearly, they all know that Ji Changze is now in the spotlight.
And facing a junior who has made his mark, it is naturally best not to offend him.
Several people nodded, looked at each other, and turned to leave.
After leaving the yard, the second uncle who woke up after being splashed with water was being dragged towards her home by two guards. When she saw several clan elders coming out, she quickly asked for help;
"Third uncle, help me!! Help!!"
It's a pity that no matter how she shouted, several people just sighed and glanced at her, and no one came forward.
If she hadn't taken advantage of Ji Changze's absence to bully his younger siblings, we wouldn't have suffered such a disaster today.
Wherever there is a cause, there is an effect, and they really have no reason to stop it.
After the clan elders left, no one spoke in the courtyard except for Liuya's cries.
Ji Changze didn't know what to say, and so did the other brothers.
Just when he was embarrassed, Wuya ran in in a hurry: "Brother, Liuya..."
Before she finished speaking, she looked at Ji Changze who was standing in the courtyard looking at her and was stunned: "Brother...?"
Ji Changze smiled at her: "Wu Ya has grown taller."
Ji Sandi dropped the machete in his hand and said angrily with red eyes, "You haven't been back for so long, of course she has grown taller!"
"Third brother!"
Brother Ji disapproved and scolded him: "Why are you talking to eldest brother?"
"Isn't what I said the truth? Second brother, why are you helping him? When he took away the money from home and said he was going to see a doctor, he then left and never came back. Are these all lies?"
After he finished speaking, he looked at Ji Changze fiercely: "You look very beautiful now, with people around you, and you are still called "Sir". When you were beautiful, did you ever think about us, your parents? Do you know what the people in the village say? Ours? You said you just didn’t want us to be a drag on you, so you left your parents and siblings behind. Since you’re living a good life, why didn’t you come to us earlier! How long has it been? Even if you’re on the border, you can still walk. Come back! Otherwise, why don't you just write a letter and come back?! Just leave and take away the whole family's money. We are penniless and have to buy medicine for our parents. Do you know how we live every day! !”
His voice had long been mute, and this voice was not so much an accusation as an explosion of all the grievances he had felt during this period.
Ji Changze lowered his head, with a guilty look on his face: "I didn't think well. The second uncle promised to take care of you..."
"Do you believe what he says?? During these times, he is the one who tortures us the most!!"
"Third brother!!"
The second brother Ji was also angry. This time he amplified his voice and pulled the third brother directly: "Big brother doesn't want to do that either. Don't say that to big brother. Wouldn't it be nice if he came back?!"
Seeing the unconvinced look on Ji's third brother's face, he quickly said to Ji Changze: "Brother, you haven't seen your parents since you came back. Go and see them first. They miss you very much and have been thinking about you. They still live in the same house." .”
Ji Changze looked at his third brother Ji, who was still looking at him angrily like a furious little tiger, with a complicated expression. He turned to the miracle doctor and said, "Master, I will go in first to see my parents. Please rest in the yard first. "
The miracle doctor got off his horse and nodded: "Go ahead, go ahead."
Ever since he met Ji Changze as his apprentice, he had always been strategizing and high-spirited, but he had never been so disappointed.
After all, he was his apprentice, and he felt a little sorry for the child. After all, Ji Changze's experience had been told to him before.
Then he waved to Ji's third brother: "You are Nagasawa's third brother, come on, come here."
Ji Sandi looked at him warily and hesitated to step forward.
"Aren't you asking what your elder brother has been doing for so long? Come here and I'll tell you."
After he said these words, Ji Sandi stepped forward cautiously and did not dare to approach.
"I'm telling you, your eldest brother really didn't mean not to come back. He took the money and set off, but he encountered robbers and robbed him of his money. He had no money or food, so he could only follow the victims. Go together… "
Several other children were also attracted by the miracle doctor's words. Liuya carefully took two steps forward and listened obediently with her big eyes still filled with tears.
"... As a result, the village was massacred directly by the rebels. Only the women and children were taken away, and all the men were killed. Your eldest brother was lucky to survive. After that, he joined General Hou and became a military accountant. Only then could he be hired I come."
Ji Changze's experience, if you don't look at what the original owner was thinking, was indeed very turbulent.
He was in danger several times.
After the miracle doctor finished speaking, even Ji Sandi, who was most repelled by this eldest brother, unconsciously lost his hostility.
Several children gathered together quietly to talk.
Liuya was the youngest and could not remember his eldest brother's appearance at all, so she asked quietly: "What kind of person is eldest brother?"
The second brother Ji thought of his eldest brother holding him while riding a horse, and said, "My eldest brother is very gentle and his body is very warm."
Wuya said: "The eldest brother looks very handsome. There should be many girls who like him."
The fourth brother Ji didn't get along with his eldest brother much, so he could only guess and said: "The eldest brother likes reading very much. There are many books in his room."
Ji Sandi curled his lips, but looked towards the room with very honest eyes.
Liuya took his hand and shook it: "Third Brother, Third Brother, it's your turn."
"What's there to say?"
"Okay, okay, stop shaking, Ji Qing... Brother, he is very powerful."
"What does mighty mean?"
"How do I know? Okay, okay, don't shake me. Mighty is... With him here in the future, we won't have to be bullied anymore."