"Come?"
The woman muttered to herself.
Gong Xichou smiled and said, "You are the future of my clan."
The woman's brows relaxed: "Is Gongxi coming?"
When Gong Xichou heard the woman calling him "Gong Xilai", his expression was stunned for a moment. He had no intention of asking the woman to change her surname. Even if it was the mother's family, they still followed the rule of "not changing the name or surname", unless there were special circumstances.
"You really intend to abandon your old name?"
The woman's face turned pale, and she lowered her head to avoid Gong Xichou's gaze: "Yes, yes, if the general feels that I am marrying above my station..."
"That's not what I meant. I should thank you for changing your last name to Gongxi." Gongxi Qiu has always been patient with the opposite sex. "Thank you very much."
Woman, now it is Gongxilai.
"Alai, come with me."
He thought about it and took the woman to his study.
Gongxilai followed as he was told.
Then I saw Gong Xichou crouching, sticking her butt out, rummaging around in the messy room. She didn't come to the study often, but every time she came, it was so messy that there was nowhere to step. Books and official documents were thrown around randomly, except for the box in the corner with the clan crest engraved on it, which was clean.
Under Gong Xilai's puzzled gaze, Gong Xichou finally found a thick family tree at the bottom of the box. He unfolded it on the desk, smiled, and silently wrote the three words "Gong Xilai" below his mother and next to himself.
He said, "I should have given you a status long ago. I will adopt you as my adopted daughter on behalf of my mother, and you will be my adopted sister. How about that?"
This unexpected surprise made Gong Xilai unable to contain his joy, and it also somewhat alleviated the hidden worries that had been weighing on his heart.
Looking at the three words that were not yet dry.
Her eyes were filled with tears and she nodded heavily.
Gongxi Chou told her for the first time about his mother's clan, which is now also her mother's clan: "Our ancestor of the Gongxi clan committed a serious crime more than 200 years ago, and the whole clan should have been exiled. Later, we met a benefactor. You must remember this benefactor. It was the benefactor who led the clan members who suffered heavy casualties due to exile to find a stable place for the clan to live and reproduce."
Gong Xilai also listened carefully.
"What is the name of this benefactor?"
Gong Xichou shook his head: "The clan history didn't say that, it only said that this person was beautiful, talented, difficult to tell male from female, had divine means, and was the third child in the family. The benefactor also predicted that in the near future, a thief star that would change the continent's structure would land in the world..."
Almost every child knows the history of the Rogue Star. There are different versions of the story in different places, but they are all similar.
Gong Xilai had heard this from his wet nurse many times when he was a child.
"Is the benefactor so powerful?"
I didn't expect that the Gongxi clan had a complicated connection with the thief star.
Gong Xichou nodded: "According to the records of the clan, the benefactor went on a long journey and when he came back, he brought back the sacred object that our clan has guarded for generations. If you have the opportunity to see such a coffin, you must bring it back to the clan to continue to worship it."
"Alas, I don't expect you, Alai, to be able to hold on."
"Right now, protecting yourself is the most important thing."
"There are some secret strategies in the clan land that are not passed on to others. I have hidden them. You can dig them out later. When you find a husband you like and give birth to children, you can let the children learn from them. After a few generations, when the population is prosperous, there will always be a few with good talents. Then you can protect the holy relics well. If the benefactor comes to fulfill the promise, just let the descendants burn a copy and let us know."
Gong Xilai nodded to indicate that he had made note of it.
"What happened next? How is the benefactor?"
Gong Xichou said, "He passed away and disappeared. Before he died, he told our ancestors to burn his body. Cremation has become a funeral custom passed down from generation to generation in our tribe. Speaking of cremation, I don't know if I will have this blessing. It is said that only when the body is cremated can the soul completely break free from its shackles and return to the embrace of the gods. By the way, the benefactor also left a handwritten letter saying that he would come back one day to take the holy relics. The benefactor would not lie."
Speaking of holy objects, they were a thorn in his side.
After years of investigation, there was no progress. The clues he had obtained from Zhang He had all turned up nothing. He thought he could find the relic before taking revenge...
The clan precepts teach that all things should be treated with the utmost importance.
But he couldn't do it.
Between the revenge of extermination of the clan and the sacred object, he chose the former. Even if the consequence of violating the clan precepts was to be abandoned by the gods and his soul would have nowhere to go after death, he did not regret it. The only thing he was thankful for was that now he had Gong Xilai, so he could barely give an account to his ancestors.
Thinking of this, he felt even more guilty towards Gong Xilai: "This matter is of great importance. It is really difficult for you to entrust it to you."
"The holy object is now..."
Gong Xichou said with a dark face: "It's lost."
Gong Xilai said, "My little sister has a question."
"You ask."
Gong Xilai tactfully changed his address: "I have heard from you before about the plight of our clan, which has led to the decline of our population. So, shouldn't you have taken in more wives and concubines and had more children? If you had done so earlier, your children would have followed you to the battlefield by now. Your children will surely inherit your aspirations."
She is definitely more reliable than a adopted sister.
Gong Xichou: “…”
Is it okay to ask this kind of question
I feel like I've heard it somewhere before.
He said unhappily, "I've told you long ago that I'm practicing virgin skills, so I have to keep my chastity until I've mastered it. Besides, my clan doesn't have wives and concubines, we only choose one for life. I don't want to be beaten by my clan members after I die, they really know how to beat people."
The other parents are just threatening, but they will take it seriously.
His uncle also said.
Neither women nor men can do this.
Beauty affects spiritual practice and is a hateful obstacle!
Gong Xilai: “???”
Seeing that she was still confused, he asked, "Do you have any questions?"
"Yes. When I was still in the boudoir, I read a lot of books in the market to relieve my boredom. I was very curious about one thing—" Gong Xilai looked at his new brother's handsome and overly beautiful face and asked, "How can a warrior determine whether a man is a virgin?"
Gong Xichou: “…”
Gong Xilai was younger than him, but he had been hanging around in prostitution for many years, and he knew more theoretical knowledge than a hundred Gong Xichou put together: "If a man has just ejaculated, he will usually be able to run horses at the age of thirteen or fourteen..."
Gong Xilai asked a soul-searching question.
"Or does it have to be sexually explicit for a man to lose his virginity?"
Gong Xichou repeated: "…My uncle said that before you have mastered your skills, you cannot get close to beautiful women and must be as pure as a jade, no matter whether it is men or women."
He blinked innocently and nodded affirmatively.
"That's what my uncle said."
"You don't know, he was a bachelor until his death."
"I think it's because his skills are not strong enough..."
"My talent is much better than his, and I am blessed by God..." Gong Xichou unconsciously grabbed the fabric on his knees, tightening and loosening, loosening and tightening again, frowning in confusion, and finally said with a firm look, "That's the reason."
Uncle can't be wrong!
Gong Xilai: “…”
For some reason, I felt that this uncle whom I had never met was not very reliable, and the general seemed too gullible.
Gong Xichou said: "Besides, my martial arts skills have indeed improved rapidly over the years—"
It can be seen that my uncle did not lie.
He has never been interested in men or women, mainly for two reasons.
The first was that the young ladies from the outside world were not to his liking. They were all too delicate and weak. They were not as powerful as the sisters in the tribe, and they had nothing in common. The second was that if he wanted revenge, he needed a stronger strength.
Being close to beautiful women would hinder his progress in cultivation.
Moreover, if you are obsessed with revenge, why would you invite evil fate and leave an innocent woman to suffer in this world
If he really did that, given the temperament of his clan members, they would definitely not forgive him, and Gong Xichou also looked down on him.
Gong Xilai did not comment on this.
She looked carefully at the names on the family tree.
I unexpectedly discovered that the last name above was a bit strange.
For other tribesmen, more than half of the partner's names were left blank. If any were filled in, it was either Gongxi or Jimo.
There is no third surname.
At a rough glance, there are about ten people from the Jimo clan.
The man next to Gong Xichou's mother also had the surname Jimo.
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