Chapter 73 An accident at home
“Hey, these warriors are so weak and we defeated them all at once. Or are we not stupid and our parents are too strong?”
“It’s Uncle Ji Xing, not Dad.”
“Ah, I forgot again!”
The voices of the two children echoed in his ears, and Aoki Wang felt like he was having a nightmare.
what's the situation? Even if the target is beyond imagination, if he wants to kidnap a child, why would he be kicked several meters away by a kid who is no more than waist high... Ahem, it hurts!
“Why did you come to Shi Po so early?”
When Ji Xing squatted beside him and asked, he slowly put on an ugly and flattering smile, hiding nothing: "Someone is offering a reward for you, and the reward is a hundred taels. I, we found out that you seem to be in Tianzhi Country It has appeared before, so come and try your luck..."
“Then you are really lucky.” Ji Xing said, “Who wants me?”
"I-I don't know. The news should have come from the Kingdom of Rings. We only saw your portrait, and..."
“Where is the portrait?”
Qingmu Wang pointed at one of the corpses lying on the ground, and Ji Xing walked over to look for them.
The portrait was quickly found.
No wonder the seven of them were still unsure when they saw him. They confirmed several times that the picture in this portrait was of him as a boy.
To be precise, Shi Po has just left home and is sixteen and a half years old. The portrait also specifically states that this is what Shi Po had looked like six and a half years ago!
Ji Xing pondered for a moment, picked up the knife dropped by a wandering warrior, swung it with all his strength, and knocked Aoki Wangding to the ground when he took the opportunity to escape.
“Why is there a reward for Shi Po Si Zao?”
The currency of this era has not yet been unified, but gold and silver are hard currencies at any time, and the purchasing power of one hundred taels is already very high. Of course, it is far less valuable than the gold content of Asma's head.
The wandering warriors did occasionally take on some killing jobs to make a living. In this era, there were no money exchanges, and the taverns were their bases.
Ji Xing frowned slightly, and the two children ran to him. Yu Yi asked, "Is Uncle Ji Xing worried about something?"
"Ah." Ji Xing replied: "Before I followed the goddess, your mother, I had a family. In the past few years, I have occasionally paid attention to the situation at home. It has always been good. I have no intention of going back.
But now...there seems to be something wrong. "
“Dad’s family?”
“They are uncle Ji Xing’s family.”
"Dad...are you going to leave us?" Hamura ignored Hagoromo and asked worriedly.
"How could it be?" Ji Xing reached out and pinched Hamura's cheek, and said with a smile: "I can't bear to leave you two and the goddess. But I probably have to ask the goddess for half a month's leave to go back and take a look."
"Is that so..." Hamura breathed a sigh of relief and said excitedly: "Can't you take us there?"
Just at this moment, a dark passage opened next to Ji Xing, and Kaguya's figure flew out of it, making the two children shout in surprise:
“Mom! You’re back!”
“Uncle Ji Xing said something happened at home and he has to leave for half a month.”
“Let’s go together, Mom!”
Five years have passed, the baby has grown into a boy, and the boy has grown into a young man, but the years will not leave any trace on the immortal Kaguya.
It's just that she practiced physical skills with Ji Xing for too long, rolled and kicked in the dirt, and the aloof goddess had a little fireworks aura and some human flavor.
She looked at her surroundings, her two large sleeves were fluttering, and she said, "Hold on to my clothes."
The two children were stunned for a moment, then laughed happily, one of them grabbed Kaguya's sleeve.
"Thank you so much, goddess." Ji Xing said, grabbing Kaguya's clothes from behind.
Kaguya led the three of them into the dark passage, protected them with superb chakra control, and walked through the passage for a few seconds. When they escaped and saw the sun again, they had arrived at the mountain behind the Kingdom of Mountains.
“Go, we are waiting for you here.”
“That’s dad’s country?” Hamura looked into the distance and asked, “Mom, why don’t we go together?”
“It’s Uncle Ji Xing, not Dad!”
Kaguya didn't answer, so Ji Xing thanked him again, looked at the mountain country in the distance, and quickly went down the mountain.
When he walked away, Kaguya said softly: "This desolate and small world is always in endless wars and full of all kinds of conspiracies and battles. It's really annoying and boring."
At this time, it has been six and a half years since Ji Xing left home.
In order to know the situation at home, he and Kaguya and the others have lived in a country two to three hundred kilometers away from the country of the mountains in recent years. They can understand part of it through some wandering warriors and merchants.
As early as four years ago, when Ishiba Tsusushige turned 40, he retired from his daimyo position and handed over power to Ji Xing's second brother Ishiba Miji. The second brother did a good job. Unlike his father, who was only good at fighting and killing, he was also a talented person in internal affairs. Over the past few years, the Mountain Country absorbed many more refugees, and the country expanded by more than half.
From more than 300 people to more than 500 people.
A prosperous scene.
After Ji Xing came down from the mountain, he saw a peaceful environment and farmers working in an orderly manner.
Someone noticed him, glanced at him, lowered his head to plow the ground, and soon looked up again in confusion, exclaiming: "Is it, is it His Highness Sizao?!"
Ji Xing recalled it and said with a smile: "Uncle Pingtou, long time no see."
“Is it really His Highness Sizao?!”
“His Highness is back already!”
Knowing that his cheers continued to the Daming Mansion, the current Daiming Ishiba Miji came out with a face full of surprise and called out: "It's already morning!"
“Brother, I’m back.”
"Hahaha…"
The two brothers hugged each other hard, and Ishiba Masaki led Ji Xing toward the house while spitting out a series of happy and complaining words.
"Really, I didn't even know I was coming back. It's already been long since I left. You've been away for more than six years, and you're already taller than my brother."
"Where have you been these past few years? Have you been in danger? By the way, I heard someone said that a swordsman named Ji Xing appeared a few years ago. The description sounds very similar to you. Is it you?"
Seeing Ji Xing nod, he laughed and said, "As expected of you, you were able to defeat your father at the age of 16. My father said at that time that you would definitely become a swordsman.
But then I heard...this swordsman Ji Xing followed a goddess? There are too many rumors about goddesses, descending from the sky, etc., and they sound a bit ridiculous.
Have you... got a family? The wife is called a goddess? It must be extremely beautiful. I didn’t know how to bring my wife back so that my father and I could take a look! "
Ji Xing just smiled, followed him into the main hall of Daming Mansion, and asked, "Where is father?"
Ishiba Miji shook his head: "What a coincidence, my father is out. Recently, a prince from the Kingdom of Rings wanted to marry Hikka. My father was worried and wanted to go and see for himself. That girl Hikka also followed her secretly. It's really It doesn’t make people worry.”
How old is Hikari...oh, 13 years old.
In this era, it is normal for girls to get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen. After all, the average life span of a person is less than 30 years old. Ji Xing has no intention of changing this rule, but at least his sister...
It would be best to live at home without any worries until you are 16 or 18 years old, right?
But...the country of rings?
Ji Xing frowned lightly, but without saying anything, he asked again: "What about the second sister-in-law?"
Ishiba Miji led him to sit down, his smile became even brighter and he said: "Are you talking about Mizi? She just gave birth to a son for me, and she is still recuperating. By the way, do you have any children? It's already early? The second brother now has both children. , the eldest daughter is almost four years old."
As he said that, he felt a little guilty and said: "But... Mizi has had some conflicts with me recently. You should understand. Already, I am now a daimyo of the country of mountains. It is normal for me to have two concubines. I'm not like my father...
Hehe, she will be very happy to hear that you are back. Can you help me persuade her? "
“I can’t control this.” Ji Xing said with a smile.
Ishiba Miji burst out laughing. After a moment, he stretched out his hand to summon a servant and said: "Go and inform Yako, just say... just say that the swordsman Ji Xing is back, haha. Then bring Haori over and tell her about her swordsman. Uncle is back!"
“Is Shibao Yuzhi?” Ji Xing asked.
“Ah, the boy’s name is Ishiba Utaka.” Ishiba Miji replied.
“What a coincidence, they are all feathers.”
"What?" Ishiba Miji was stunned, and his attention seemed to be attracted by the sword on Ji Xing's waist: "Isn't this the samurai sword you took with you when you left home?"
"That knife was broken a long time ago. I got it made by a knife maker from a big country." Ji Xing said.
“That’s it, come on, let me see the swordsman’s sword.” Ishiba Miji stretched out his hand, and Ji Xing handed over the sword.
锵—The sharp blade is out of its sheath!
Ishiba Miji gently stroked the blade and sighed: "What a great sword, what a great sword..."
The happy mood slowly changed, and a trace of sadness appeared on Ishiba Miji's face. After playing with it for half a minute, he sheathed the knife, but instead of returning the knife to Ji Xing, he threw it to the servant.
The servant took the knife, stepped back a few steps, and stared at Ji Xing with a wary look.
Ji Xing was silent for a moment and sighed: "As early as the first time I saw you, I noticed that your expression was a little unnatural, but I just thought of it as the unfamiliarity after being apart for too long. Even now, I don't want to believe it. It’s you, brother, who is offering a reward for me..."
(End of this chapter)