Ji Tang

Chapter 900 Returning to Zhuangzi

The sound of horse hooves sounded on the wide official road. After walking for a while, the carriage in the front row turned into a bamboo forest.

Ji Song stopped his horse and let the carriage go first, while he entered the depths of the bamboo forest amidst everyone's surprise.The kitten was stunned for a moment, but then he seemed to remember something, pulled his brother Ji Ze, and followed his father into the bamboo forest.

Wu Mei didn't understand. She didn't know what they were going to do.
"Little lady, let's go too!"

When Lao Zheng came to Wu Mei, he sighed and said: "There is the tomb of the patriarch's father inside. As the disciple of the patriarch, you can also be regarded as the disciple and grandson of the patriarch. You should pay homage to it."

Wu Mei was thoughtful, didn't say anything, and immediately followed in!

After Ji Song entered the bamboo forest, he dismounted and walked, casually letting go of the reins and letting the horse move on its own!
This bamboo forest is huge and slowly expands every year due to bamboo shoots.Now it is a sea of ​​bamboo covering more than ten acres.

Whenever the breeze blows, the bamboo leaves rustle, as if to welcome someone.The straight bamboo is like that majestic figure, protecting the young bamboo shoots underneath and looking forward to its growth.

After a while, Ji Song came to the center of the bamboo forest. There was a bamboo house here. In front of the bamboo house, there was a stone table and bench made of polished bluestone. Next to it, there was an old bamboo deck chair, which might have been damaged by the wind and rain. The reason, is now a bit old.

Not far away is a tomb. It is not tall, just the size of an ordinary tomb.There are two tall cypress trees on both sides, like two loyal guards, guarding the tomb behind them!
A stone tablet half a man's height reads: The tomb of my late father, Ji Shi, is a martial artist, and my son, Ji Song, is here!
Bang!
He brought a deck chair, swept away the bamboo leaves on it, and sat on it. Next to him was his father's tomb. He looked up at the sky surrounded by bamboo forests.

"Father, my son is here to see you!"

He seemed to be talking to himself or chatting with someone familiar!
"Your death is not worth it. Now, under the leadership of his son, the Ji family does not need anyone to help him. His descendants are all over the Tang Dynasty, teaching, doing business, farming, serving as officials, and serving as generals. You worked hard with your life at that time The fighting Turks are now crawling at the feet of the Tang Dynasty."

"Your son has avenged you a long time ago. If it weren't for your protection when he was born in this world, his son would not have grown up. Your son can only avenge your kindness in the next life. My mother is very good, and she is happily at home now. It’s so much fun to have grandchildren.”

"By the way, you are going to have a grandson or granddaughter again! Now that the Ji family has spread its branches, it is no longer the Ji family before. The fate of three generations of our family has also been broken by our son. In the future, it can be foreseen that our family will The pulse will definitely not be bad!"

Ji Song rambled on, talking about what happened in the past few years.

Suddenly, he got up and came to a calf-thick bamboo next to the tomb. He walked around and looked around, and then started digging under the bamboo!
"Hey, found it!"

Ji Song paused and took out a wax-sealed wine jar from the soil with some joy!

Looking at the intact wine jar, Ji Song felt a little sad!

I buried this while I was honoring my father. It has been 20 years now.

Not only this altar, but also around the tomb, there is a altar under each bamboo tree. But now that time has passed, the bamboo shoots are growing randomly again, and in order to clean up this area, many bamboos that were planted by hand have been cut down.Now he was very happy to find one.

He placed the wine jar on the stone table, went into the house and took the wine jug and wine glass, wiped them casually with his sleeve, and then opened the sealing wax on the wine jar!

Suck!
"call!"

The intoxicating aroma of wine has reappeared in the world after more than [-] years of dust. Even he who doesn’t drink much knows that this is a rare wine!

"what!"

When a cup of fine wine enters the throat, there is no pungency or heat, only the mellow fragrance that has accumulated over time!

He poured another cup, bowed to his father's tomb, and sprinkled it on the ground.

My father was a good drinker during his lifetime. Whenever he returned from a war, he would get drunk with his brothers!
This was also the reason why her mother didn't stop her from planting wine. She knew that her husband liked to drink. Now that he was under the influence, she didn't know how uncomfortable he was without wine.Since the child has this heart, she just pretends that she can't see it.

After three cups in a row, he returned to the recliner.

"Now that you're here, come out and pay homage to your grandfather. How sneaky are you?"

Without looking back, Ji Song knew those little things were coming, so he got angry.

"Whee!"

Mao Mao came out first, Ji Ze was a little nervous, and Wu Mei looked around with curiosity.

"What are you doing here? We are going to pay homage to my grandfather. Why are you, an outsider, here?"

Just now, in order not to disturb his father, he held back his words, and then he asked.

But who is Wu Mei?How can I be scared by a kitten?
"I'm here to pay my respects to Master Master, too? Why am I an outsider? What you say makes no sense. If not, why don't you ask the master?"

Wu Mei blinked her eyes, pretending to be confused.

The kitten was so angry that her silver teeth were about to break, but she also knew that her father would not care about this kind of thing. Now she can bite her teeth and swallow it in her stomach, otherwise if others find out, she will think that she cannot tolerate others!
"Hmph! Ze'er, let's go!"

Ji Ze glanced at Wu Mei awkwardly. He wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to open his mouth!

"Go, I'm fine!"

Wu Mei gave Ji Ze a smile and said.

Ji Ze was in a daze, and it wasn't until Wu Mei urged him again that he quickly followed!
The grandfather kowtowed respectfully several times, and Wu Mei also stepped forward to pay homage with the angry eyes of the kitten!
"Dad, why don't you move grandpa's tomb to the ancestral grave? It's so desolate here. Grandpa must be very lonely."

Mao Mao has always been a little confused. Logically speaking, grandpa is also the previous generation head of the family, so he should be buried there in the ancestral grave, but no one has ever mentioned this matter in so many years.

Although Ji Ze and Wu Mei did not speak, they both looked at Ji Song to listen to what he said.

"Because there is no body of your grandfather in it!"

Ji Song looked up at the sky, as if talking about a trivial matter.

Several people were stunned at first, and then their expressions changed drastically, and the kitten even turned pale.

"Dad, grandpa, he...?"

Ji Ze was still calm and said with some hesitation.

He had never heard of this matter. When he was a child, everyone gave him wrong answers when he asked about it. Over time, he became accustomed to it.

But I didn't expect that there was no grandfather's body in this tomb?
Where did grandpa's body go?
"During the Wude period, the Turks and Liu Heita invaded Bingzhou. Your grandfather and fifty members of his clan were recruited by the court. After months of fighting, only about twenty people came back."

"Your grandfather also died in that war."

Ji Ze was stunned and asked: "What about grandpa's body? Although we did not wipe out all the enemy troops in that war, we repelled the enemy invasion under the leadership of Grandma Pingyang. It would be impossible without grandpa..." Ji Song He withdrew his gaze and looked at his second son who was a little nervous.

"Want to know where your grandfather's body is?"

Ji Ze nodded.

Ji Song closed his eyes and seemed to be lost in the response.

"Your grandfather is a famous warrior near Chang'an. Many of his clan members also practice martial arts and are invincible on the battlefield. However, we are outnumbered. In order to cut off the rear for the clan members, your grandfather was killed before reinforcements arrived. The Turks were eaten alive!"

"To vent their anger, the Turks dragged your grandfather's body to the ground until no bones were left."

"what!"

Kitty's face turned pale, Ji Ze's eyes were on fire, and Wu Mei was much quieter, but the coldness in her eyes was chilling!
"Turks deserve to die!"

Ji Ze gritted his teeth and said these words one by one.

"Of course they deserve to die!"

"My father has buried the Turkic general who gave the order back then in front of your grandfather's grave. Everyone who participated back then has gone underground to apologize to your grandfather!"

Ji Song seemed to be describing a fact without any fluctuation in his tone.But Wu Mei felt cold in her heart when she heard it, and her eyes turned to horror when she looked at the master!
She has also known what kind of life the Turks are living now over the years.It seems that there are no rumors about the Turks in the world, but on the grasslands, killings are happening every moment!
Buddhism from the Central Plains went northward. This was done in secret. Unlike the teachings in the Central Plains, those people on the grasslands simply did everything they could!

Every baby born must be baptized by a mage. After the age of three, he must be sent to the mage to receive Buddhist teachings. When he grows up, he can voluntarily return to secular life!
Over the years, rebellions have continued to take place on the grasslands because of this matter!Anyone with any brains knows that this is a plan to exterminate the race, but can they stop it?
cannot!Not only are they unable, but anyone who is unwilling will be suppressed by the cavalry stationed in the grassland.
She now has reason to believe that this is the plan proposed by the master, because every once in a while, some documents will be sent to the grassland. Once he accidentally saw some, he did not take it seriously at the time, but now thinking about it, this is not the master's remote control. ?

Ji Ze was silent, and the kitten opened its mouth and didn't know what to say?
It turns out that they worship at a tomb every year. No wonder grandma doesn’t come every year on the anniversary of my grandfather’s death. She just pays homage at home because she knows there are no bones of my grandfather here!

"Come on, let's have a drink together. You've grown up now. When you get married, you're going to go out and have a life. How can you do it without drinking?"

After saying that, I poured him a drink.

"Master, let's be a disciple!"

Wu Mei took the wine bottle, poured a glass for Ji Ze, and then handed it to him!
"Cough cough!"

Maybe he drank too much, and it suddenly made him cough!
Perhaps because of Ji Song, none of the children drink much, even the naughty Ji Run rarely drinks!

"Let's go! Let your grandpa be clean for a while!"

Ji Song stood up and asked Ji Ze to bring the jar of wine, and they walked out of the bamboo forest one after another.

When he walked out of the bamboo forest and saw the situation outside, Ji Songyou was shocked!

"Third uncle? Why are you here?"

The third uncle didn't pay much attention to Ji Song, but touched Ji Ze's head, his eyes were full of kindness!
"Okay, the little one back then has grown up now. Does he know how to drink?"

Ji Ze's face was a little red, holding the wine jar and giggling!

The third uncle talked and laughed with several children. First he praised this, then touched that. The smile in his eyes couldn't be hidden at all!

Finally looking at Wu Mei, I felt extremely satisfied!

"Good girl! I heard what your wife said about you. My dear child, you have suffered a lot these years."

Wu Mei looked at the kind old man in front of her. She didn't know why her eyes were burning. She suppressed the throbbing in her heart and said with a smile, "Wu Mei has met Grandpa Sanzu!"

"Good good!"

The third uncle smiled happily, said a few words to Wu Mei, and then looked at Ji Song.

"Third uncle!" Ji Song said quickly
Ji Songke didn't have such a good face towards him. He just nodded and was not prepared to talk to him.

Ji Song gave a wry smile, and he still couldn't figure out why the third uncle was acting like this?
Aren’t you just sulking here over the matter of branching out?He knew that he couldn't stop it, that this was the inevitable trend, but he just wasn't willing to do it!
He was happy to see the development of the Ji family to this point, but now he wanted to split the Ji family. How could this make his third uncle, who had always regarded the growth of the Ji family as his own responsibility, happy?
Ji followed her third uncle, while the others stayed far away.

"Does it really have to be dismantled?" Third Uncle said unwillingly.

"You know better than me how difficult it has been for Ji's development to this point. But if we split it up like this, how can I explain it to my second brother?"

He looked at Ji Song hopefully, and even said humbly: "Promise third uncle, we won't tear it apart, okay?"

Ji Song stepped forward and hugged his third uncle tightly, and then let go after a long time.

"The Ji family has become a giant at this time. I have been fighting against the big families for these years, but now my family has become the leading big family in the Tang Dynasty."

"I don't care what others think, but do you know that the Ji family is in danger now?"

The third uncle was stunned for a moment before hearing Ji Song continue: "Now the great family is being suppressed to the point where they can't hold their heads high, but I, the Ji family, have become the most dazzling one."

"This won't happen. Your Majesty can bear it now, and Cheng Qian will also be able to bear it in the future. But as soon as I leave, the future emperor will definitely attack Ji's family. This is inevitable!"

"Hurry up and make a U-turn before Ji Shi can't stop, otherwise the future will be dangerous. We have offended too many people, and those people will never make it easy for me, Ji Shi. The reason why we haven't taken action now is because They are watching my Ji family's actions. Once I don't restrain myself, I will be suppressed lightly, and it is not impossible for my body and my family to be destroyed!"

"I have already told His Majesty about this, and no one can stop it!"

The third uncle was dumbfounded. He didn't expect that the Ji family, which had always only wanted to grow and develop, would actually reach a critical moment?If he follows his own ideas, maybe it won't be long before Ji's family receives a thunderous blow from the emperor and others!
"Forget it!"

The third uncle seemed to have lost his energy. He waved his hands feebly and said, "You can handle this matter. The third uncle is old!"

Looking at the departing figure of the third uncle, his waist became even more bent, and his white hair became even paler!

Ji Song shed tears. He didn't want to. He really didn't want to wake up his third uncle from the dream of Ji's growth.But if he doesn't say it now, how can he carry out his plan?

"Don't worry! Although Ji's family may not seem to be as powerful as before, one day the world will discover that retreat can be used to advance, break the whole into pieces, and bloom everywhere. All we have to do now is wait for the flowers to bear fruit."

Ji Song murmured.

(End of this chapter)