"Dan'er is only five years old, five years old! He is about to be sent to Chaoge City! Can't we let Kao'er go by himself?"
In front of the long motorcade, Si Xin hugged little Ji Dan and cried non-stop.
Ji Kao on the side did not feel dissatisfied when he heard these words, but frowned and said:
"Why is the fourth brother also going to Chaoge? According to the practice of Dashang, isn't one proton enough?"
"Your Majesty is so cruel!"
"Shut up!"
Xibohou Jichang glared at the usually favored Meiji who was speaking, and the latter quickly lowered his head with a look of grievance on his face.
Although Ji Chang had warned Ji Kao hundreds of times, he still pulled Ji Kao aside uneasily and said in a deep voice:
"The journey to Chaoge is long, and people's hearts are unpredictable. You should be cautious in every possible way.
"The king's kindness to my Ji family is as great as a mountain. You must serve carefully and never contradict me.
"There are nobility everywhere in the Chaoge. I'm afraid there will be some people here who don't like us and will embarrass you. Remember, talk less and do more. Everything is subject to the king's orders. You must not slack off at all."
"Yes, my child has remembered it."
Ji Kao nodded seriously and whispered: "Even if the king lets the child die, the child will never cause trouble to the family."
Ji Chang patted the back of Ji Kao's hand, sighed softly, and then said:
"As for your fourth brother, please remember to ask why he was allowed to join Chaoge. It should be that he survived the catastrophe and was said to be protected by the gods.
"He is only five years old, so he will inevitably say something unscrupulous. Remember to keep an eye on him."
"Although my fourth brother is young, he is sensible."
Ji Kao laughed and said:
"Father, you don't have to worry. Didn't the envoy say it when he announced the decree? He was recruiting his fourth brother to accompany His Highness the Prince in reading. This is also a blessing for our Ji family."
"Yes," Ji Chang sighed again, turning to look at Ji Dan who was being hugged back and forth by the female family members in the mansion.
Ji Chang frowned and said, "Are your fourth brothers rolling their eyes?"
Ji Kao said: "He actually doesn't like being too close to others."
'Brother understands me.'
Li Ping'an was sighing in his heart.
Is it his fault for being good-looking? These women who have no sense of boundaries are so annoying.
Finally, the envoy from the Shang Kingdom sent someone to urge him, and Ji Kao led Ji Dan into the gorgeous carriage frame pulled by two strange beasts.
Si Xin burst into tears, and Li Ping'an felt a little reluctant to give up.
However, he is quite looking forward to seeing the limited edition of Donghuang Taiyi Emperor Xin next.
The alien beasts groaned twice, and the convoy began to accelerate slowly.
The streets ahead were filled with people and slaves from Xiqi City, waving at the carriage and calling Jikao's name.
Ji Kao also acted like a mature adult, pushing open the windows on both sides of the vehicle frame, waving his hand on the left and nodding on the right, focusing on an image that was friendly to the people and without any pretensions.
Li Ping'an, on the other hand, was like a young man, slumped in the thick plush animal skin-wrapped cushion that was sewn overnight in his house, picked up the bamboo tube on the side, and drank two small sips of mountain spring water.
These ordinary members of the ruling class are really tiring. One person has to have several faces.
For the sake of the so-called public support, we have to show all kinds of hypocritical smiles.
Nothing like him, the Emperor of Heaven.
As long as you are strong enough and have a strong background, you will be able to stand firmly and accurately.
but……
When I faced Sanqing and the Holy Mother, I seemed to be cautious at first...
None of that matters.
Li Ping'an crossed his legs, grabbed a handful of fried spiritual fruit melon seeds, and started eating them.
"Fourth brother, there are so many people outside watching."
Ji Kao squeezed out a sentence between his teeth:
"You should pay attention to your manners, otherwise everyone will talk about you behind your back."
Li Ping'an said leisurely: "Then let's discuss it."
Ji Kao glared: "This matter is related to your future reputation."
"I'm not the one to be the Xibohou."
Li Pingan drank more happily, and Ji Kao also laughed angrily at him, and then continued to wave out of the car window with this smile.
After leaving Xiqi City, Ji Kao quickly closed the wooden window, then breathed a long sigh of relief and sat down opposite Li Ping'an.
There are exotic animals pulling carts, so the space inside the frame is usually very large, which can meet the various needs and ways of the nobles' daily extravagance.
Ji Kao looked at the soft cushion under Li Ping'an's butt, then at the thin animal skin on his side, stood up and said, "Fourth, let's change? Your bones are still growing, so you can't sleep on a ground that is too soft.
"
"No change."
Li Pingan spit out the melon seed peel:
"Brother, don't try to lie to me. My mother sewed this for me with her own hands."
"Would you like to change?"
"Tch," Li Pingan curled his lips, "You are not the second brother. If I give you one hand, you can't beat me. You are as weak as a chicken."
"you!"
Ji Kao's eyes were on fire, his grin shook his sleeves, and he rushed forward.
Li Pingan was not used to it, after all, he was used to fighting in private. Ji Kao rushed over, and with a seemingly casual wave of his small hand, he directly touched the numb tendon on Ji Kao's left arm.
Ji Kao bared his teeth in pain and jumped back, while Li Ping'an sat there happily.
"Okay, you fourth child, you know magic!"
"Brother, are you stupid? This is what my second brother taught you, pinching the knot."
Just when the young man was in high spirits, Ji Kao unbelievingly tried to move forward to grab the mat again.
Little Ji Dan's giggles suddenly came from the carriage.
The two coachmen driving the car and the guards following behind the carriage all showed knowing smiles.
The two brothers have such a good relationship.
Inside the carriage, Ji Kao had socks stuffed in his mouth, his hands were tied up with long sleeves and he was lying on the ground, with two little feet resting on his back.
Li Ping'an laughed secretly in his heart.
Ji Kao often has two faces in front of people and behind them, but that's okay. He is more playing the role of an ideal eldest son in front of people. This is what Ji Chang and the people of Zhou Kingdom expect.
He also has a youthful heart, is also energetic, and can also... bully children.
Everyone is complicated.
Compared with Ji Kao, Ji Fa's own pressure is much less, and he is more honest. After all, he does not have the pressure of his eldest son.
'This mat is of really good quality.'
"Brother, do you want to eat melon seeds?"
"woo woo woo woo!"
"If you don't want to eat it, then I will grill the meat for you later. Do you want to eat it? You don't want to eat it either, okay, then I will eat it all."
Ji Kao:......
Ji Kao actually doesn't believe in evil.
His body has also grown, and although his strength is not as strong as in his prime, he can already pick up the slim maid.
——Don’t ask him why he knew he could hold him, just ask him because he tried it and tried it.
Would he be a match for a five-year-old?
However, when Li Pingan released him, he stood up and grabbed Li Pingan's shoulders...
After trying this five times and being knocked down five times by his fourth brother Ji Dan with clever force, he finally accepted his fate completely and had serious doubts about his own ability. His whole body was swallowed up by the black shadow, and he huddled in the corner of the car frame and was depressed for several times.
sky.
Li Ping'an comforted him: "Brother, you are a civil servant, not a general."
Ji Kao rolled his eyes and said depressedly: "I can't even beat a five-year-old child."
"Recognizing the excellence of others is also a quality that a gentleman should have."
"Humph," Ji Kao's face dropped, and he huddled in the corner and continued to doubt himself.
A servant's greeting came from outside the door: "You two gentlemen, it's time to have dinner."
Ji Kao moved so fast that he almost showed his afterimage. He immediately sat upright in his place, smoothed the folds of his clothes with his left hand, and picked up the bamboo slips beside him with his right hand. He raised his head slightly, slowly opened his eyes, and said softly in a gentle voice:
"Bring it in."
Li Ping'an couldn't help but raise his hand to his forehead.
This character is really unique.
The journey to Chaoge is long and takes almost two months.
Ji Kao was also bullied by Li Pingan for two months.
Li Ping'an found that Ji Kao, the eldest brother, was really interesting, and he had to maintain his own personality at every turn.
He was clearly bullied by his fourth brother, but he still insisted on not changing the frame. He said to the outside world that he wanted to take good care of his fourth brother, and his main character was that of a 'brother, friend and brother'.
When setting up camp and resting, Ji Kao would personally deliver water and meals to the soldiers, and chat with the soldiers in a particularly cordial manner, focusing on a "people-friendly" persona.
When passing through the towns of other vassal states, since the envoys of the King of Shang and the two young masters of the Xibo Houfu are the double patrons of these vassals, various banquets and entertainments are indispensable.
Ji Kao responded fluently and debated the past and the present while laughing and joking. His speeches were mostly elegant and he received a lot of praise.
This is the character of a gentleman.
Li Ping'an is much more relaxed and at ease. He eats a delicious meal whenever he goes to a place and focuses on a foodie persona.
Who would give a 5-year-old a hard time?
The only trouble is that he looks too delicate and is always asked by the princes if he has made an engagement.
——In fact, these minor princes wanted to establish a marriage alliance with the Xibo Hou Mansion, but they were not qualified to marry Ji Kao, the eldest son. Ji Dan was the fourth son, and his status was just right.
This matter really made Li Ping'an have to think about it.
Does he also want a wife with his body?
The main thing is, what should I do after marrying a wife? A hundred years old is already a long life for a mortal. Even if this wife starts to practice, it will be difficult for her to live forever. Will she have to repeat the fetters of Emperor Xuanyuan and lose her longevity to the wives?
Li Ping'an pondered a little in his heart and decided to find a way to decline the marriage later.
There is no way, he already has three wives, and his relationship has been divided into four parts. As the saying goes, nothing can be done more than three things. It is better to reduce the emotional debt in the future, and it will be easier in the future.
There are only the last few hundred miles left to Chaoge City.
Ji Kao also became obviously nervous.
In the inn room that night, Ji Kao and Ji Dan were lying in the soft cave in the opposite corner.
Li Ping'an thought about falling asleep early and returning his consciousness to his body to deal with some heavenly affairs, but Ji Kao couldn't fall asleep tossing and turning, and called him from time to time.
"Fourth brother, tell me, what does the king look like?"
"Wise and powerful, glorious and upright."
Li Pingan responded feebly:
"Brother, don't be afraid. There's no point in being afraid. You've already come to Chaoge City. From now on, you can be a good hostage.
"Dad must have told you that you must take all the things your Majesty has given you, and you must present all the gifts we brought as soon as possible.
"If the king rewards a beautiful woman, you should enjoy it and don't act like a gentleman, otherwise the king might think you are a threat in the future."
"How do you know that dad told me this?"
"You can guess it with your toes," Li Ping'an turned over, "Go to sleep quickly, we won't arrive at Chaoge until tomorrow night. If the king insists on rewarding me with some beauties, ask if you can help me become a wet nurse.
"
"You haven't weaned yourself yet?"
"I'm only five years old!"
Ji Kao chuckled: "If you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten that you are only five years old this year... Fourth son, you are so smart, the eldest son should just let you do it."
"Brother, aren't you sleepy... Just curse yourself for misfortune. Don't take the second and third brothers with you."
"I'm serious, this eldest son is really tired."
Ji Kao sighed quietly, put his hands on his arms, and said slowly:
"Our grandfather was also the youngest at the beginning, but he was smart and virtuous since he was a child, so his eldest brother and second brother deliberately escaped and founded the Yu Kingdom, so that my grandfather could successfully inherit the Zhou Kingdom.
"This has also become a favorite story in various places."
"You believe this nonsense."
Li Pingan sneered:
"Obviously, my grandfather defeated his two brothers and succeeded in becoming the eldest son. These two brothers took their direct soldiers and some people to seize a small country.
"It's not a good news to hear about this, so that's why we have the version you just said.
"When our father came to power, we tried to find a way to reconcile with the Yu State secretly. The good thing about the Yu State is that it is not loyal to the great merchants, so we don't have to pay tribute to Chaoge City. It is a remote country, and we secretly serve the Yu State.
The country provides protection to prevent other princes from invading, and it becomes our money pot and training ground.
"Brother, you are still too naive."
Ji Kao blinked and wondered, "Is it true or false?"
"If you don't believe me, go back and ask dad. Don't tell me what I said. I'm already asleep. I'm so tired talking to you. You're too childish."
"Hey! You!"
Ji Kao sat up and turned to look at Ruan Tao beside him.
There was already a little snoring coming from the side.
Ji Fa didn't know how many times he had doubted himself.
Is this guy really five years old?
What were I doing when I was five years old? It looked like I was learning to walk.
Ji Kao looked at Ji Dan's little back and laughed dumbly. He was no longer worried and turned over and fell asleep.
…
Donghuang Taiyi has been living quite happily in recent years.
Ever since he was sent to the mortal world of Nanzhou by his father to be the prince and shou of the Shang Kingdom, Donghuang Taiyi had actually made plans to make a big fuss in the world and then leave happily.
There is no burden and no plan, just live as happily as you want.
But he never expected it.
In the second year after his reincarnation, he was shocked.
Are these things from the human race always so cruel?
What scenes have you not seen in Donghuang Taiyi?
In ancient times, he and Emperor Jun walked together between heaven and earth, fighting against strong men and fighting with innate beings. He experienced the collapse of the earth in ancient times, and also witnessed Gonggong knocking down the pillars of heaven and flooding the sky with floods falling from the sky.
He originally thought that all the disasters in the world could no longer make him pay attention.
Until, he witnessed a Shang King's great sacrifice with his own eyes.
Donghuang Taiyi didn't understand.
In ancient times, this world followed the iron-blooded law of the weak eating the strong, but cannibalism rarely occurred.
For example, if a lion spirit catches some transformed goat spirit, or catches someone to eat as a tooth-sacrifice, then the evaluation of this lion spirit in ancient times would usually be "ferocious" or "ferocious".
After all, wild beasts eat humans, and humans surround and hunt wild beasts. This is the relationship of survival competition.
But if a lion spirit kills and stews the lion spirit on the mountain next door, then according to the ancient standards of judgment, this lion spirit will be called "cruel", "brutal", "deserving of execution", etc.
Here, slaughtering and stewing are two completely different concepts.
Cannibalism is considered an evil act that only extremely ferocious demons can commit.
Donghuang Taiyi didn’t expect that.
During the sacrifice, there was actually a scene where people actually ate people...
He felt sick just thinking about it and felt nauseous.
The human race says that they are a civilized race. How could the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors teach such a thing?
Donghuang Taiyi almost couldn't hold it back and called the Chaos Bell to bury Chaoge City.
From then on, when Donghuang Taiyi was six years old, he did one thing when he had nothing to do - to find his biological father in this life and present a memorial to the contemporary King of Shang, striving to reform the sacrificial rituals.
At the very least, the nobles can no longer really eat people.
After several years of hard work by Emperor Taiyi of the East, King Shang issued a decree to change the aspects of sacrifice, and removed "cooking" from the list of punishments.
Donghuang Taiyi finally regained his composure.
Like him, the majestic ancient Emperor of Heaven, the Terminator of the Ancestral Witches, and the Chaos Clock's favorite cub, he almost didn't survive in the mortal world... which is quite ridiculous.
Nowadays, Donghuang Taiyi has grown to almost ten years old, and has shown a little bit of extraordinary qualities. He is already astonished both inside and outside the Shang Palace.
In fact, he doesn't despise the so-called throne. He is here just to complete the task assigned by his father and simply be a tyrant.
But it seems that he is getting further and further away from the word cruel...
"No, I have to find a way to express my cruel side."
Just as Donghuang Taiyi was thinking this, someone from the palace reported that the king had chosen a boy to accompany him, and he was waiting outside the palace. He was Ji Dan, the fourth son of Xibohou's family.
Donghuang Taidu's eyes suddenly lit up.
My father said that the Shang Dynasty in Zhou Dynasty was the result that must be achieved.
Doesn’t this mean someone hands you a pillow when you want to sleep?
Expressing cruelty to Xibohou's family will increase Xibohou's hatred of the Shang Kingdom and complete the tasks assigned by his father.
Donghuang Taiyi showed a cruel smile on his lips and said calmly: