"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 you want to kidnap a child, why will you be kicked several meters away by a child 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 is looking for 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?"
Qing Muwang pointed at one of the corpses lying on the ground, and Ji Xing walked over to look around.
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 stray samurai, swung it with all his strength, and knocked Aoki Wangding to the ground as he took the opportunity to escape.
"Why is Shi Po already being rewarded?"
The currency of this era has not yet been unified, but gold and silver are hard currency at any time, and the purchasing power of one hundred taels is already very high. Of course, it is far less 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's brows furrowed slightly, and the two children ran to his side. 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."
"That's it..." 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 from it, making the two children shout in surprise:
"Mom! You're back!"
"Uncle Ji Xing said something seems to have happened at home and he has to leave for half a month."
"Let's go together, Mom!"
Five years have passed, and 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 bit of fireworks on her body, giving her some human flavor.
She looked at her surroundings, her two large sleeves were fluttering, and 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 floated the three of them into the dark passage, protected them with superb chakra control, walked through the passage for a few seconds, and then escaped. When they saw the sun again, they had arrived at the mountain behind the Kingdom of Mountains.
"Go ahead, we'll wait for you here."
"That's dad's country?" Hamura looked into the distance and said, "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 had been six and a half years since Ji Xing left home.
In order to know the situation at home, he and Kaguya and the other four have lived in a country two to three hundred kilometers away from the country of mountains these years. They can understand part of it through some wandering samurai and merchants.
As early as four years ago, when Ishiba Tsusushige turned 40, he retired from his position as daimyo 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 had absorbed many more refugees, and the country's size had expanded by more than half.
It has grown from more than 300 people to more than 500 people.
A scene of prosperity.
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: "Yes, 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 daimyo 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 heavily, and Ishiba Miji led Ji Xing towards the house while uttering a series of happy and complaining words.
"Really, I didn't know I came back so early. It's been more than six years since I left, and you are already taller than my brother."
"Where have you been these past few years? Have you ever 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 that... this swordsman Ji Xing followed a goddess? What kind of goddess fell from the sky or something like that. There were so many rumors that they sounded a bit ridiculous.
Are you... married? Your wife is called a goddess? She must be extremely beautiful. I don’t know how to bring my wife back so that my father and I can 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 Feihua. My father was worried and wanted to go and see for himself. The girl Feihua 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 Ring Country?
Ji Xing frowned lightly, but without saying anything, he asked again: "What about the second sister-in-law?"
Ishiba Siji led him to sit down and said with an even brighter smile: "Are you talking about Mizi? She just gave birth to a son for me and is still resting quietly. By the way, do you have any children already? 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 understand, it's already long ago. I am now the daimyo of the country of mountains. It is normal for me to have two concubines."
,I am not like my father...
Haha, she will be very happy when she hears that you are back, can you help me persuade her?"
"I can't control this." Ji Xing smiled.
Ishiba Miji burst out laughing. After a moment, he reached out to summon a servant and said: "Go and inform Miko, just say... let's just say that the swordsman Ji Xing is back, haha. Then bring Haori over and tell her about her sword.
Uncle Hao is back!"
"Is Shiba Yuzhi?" Ji Xing asked.
"Ah, the boy's name is Ishiba Yutaka." 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 katana 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.
Qiang——The sharp blade is out of its sheath!
Ishibaji gently stroked the blade and said with emotion: "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 did not return the knife to Ji Xing. Instead, 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 regarded it as a strange feeling 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..."
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