Chapter 1 Bamboo Forest Tuogu

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The vibrant verdant bamboo forest is accompanied by insects and birds, making for a cheerful scene. On a big stone with moss in the depths of the bamboo forest, you can see at a glance that you were once tall and handsome, but now you are covered with scars, blood is flowing, and you are dying, holding a child, as if anxiously waiting for someone, and as if anxiously telling this child about a father's love, telling her sorrow and helplessness. The bamboo leaves moved slightly, and the man sat down and shouted, "Who?" as he spoke, he stood up with his sword, as if he was ready for the last fight before he died. "Brother Yi, it's me, Han Xiao, have you even forgotten my breath, this will chill my brother's heart", the person quipped. Come and point the bamboo leaves like dragonflies and water. Smiling and about to complain, I saw a man covered in blood and bleeding wounds, Hanshuang hurriedly stepped forward to help the man, saying that he was going to help him heal, and asked: "Who else in this world can hurt you, Brother Yi." The man did not answer his question, and said, "Frost, remember what the eldest brother said next, and don't tell anyone, not even your loved ones." Frost interrupted: "Big brother, don't talk yet, I'll heal you first." The man spat out a mouthful of blood and said: "It's useless, I've been hunted down for five days and five nights, my blood should have dried up a long time ago, I just want to entrust my child to you, I don't have much time left, then you listen to me, what I'm going to say next Don't reveal a word to anyone, otherwise there will be endless pursuits." The man seemed to remember something and thought about it, his eyes were full of sorrow, and he sighed and said: "From today on, this child is your son, just call him Yige, he can't learn martial arts in this life, and you can't tell him about me, don't let him avenge me for the rest of his life, just let him be plain for the rest of his life." The life span of the people of our clan can be more than two hundred, but the body can only be adulthood for thirty years, and it is extremely fragile before the adult without learning martial arts, ten years of juvenile body, ten years of young body, ten years of young body after the age of twenty, although it is the body of youth but it is powerless, but my people have abnormal intelligence, just like ordinary people, there is a year old Mengzhi, a person with superhuman intelligence, if he is wise early, do not behave in front of outsiders, so as not to be discovered by my people. The man glanced at the child fondly and continued: "He can't learn martial arts, so I hope that Brother Hanxiao can take care of him on my behalf, and remember that he can't achieve marriage before he is thirty years old, otherwise it will only harm others." The grace of the child today will be repaid in the next life." Finally, he took out a letter on his body and said, "If the cause and effect in the world are irreversible, you should hand him this letter!" As he spoke, he stroked the child, tears of reluctance flowed down his eyes, and he slowly closed his eyes. Frost screamed: "Big brother, big brother ......." The frost was sad and angry, the land cracked, a deep pit appeared, and I wept for a long time. The frost sinks the man into the ground. I am afraid that someone will find the man and will not be at peace, so the inscription only has the words "Brother Yi's Tomb". Hanshuang cried sadly: "Don't worry, big brother, I will definitely take care of Yige, he will be my biological son in the future." Han Xiao stopped on the tombstone and sighed for a long time before leaving with the child.

The maid hurriedly ran to the palace, came to the hostess's room and shouted: "Madam, no, the prince is back, and he is still holding a newborn child in his hand." The hostess said angrily, "What is the system of shouting and screaming", and the maid repeated it in a low voice. The woman roared angrily: "Ji Hanxiao, you bastard, not only did you carry me behind my back to find a woman outside, but you also brought back a wild seed outside, I want to castrate you bastard." As he spoke, he lifted the sword in his hand and rushed out angrily. Ji Hanxiao shuddered, and muttered to himself: "What's wrong with me?" As soon as he walked into the lobby, a sword flew from his back, Han Xiao hurriedly used the folding fan in his hand to block the anger he was about to get angry, turned around and looked at it with a sigh of relief and asked, "Madam, why are you doing this?" The woman saw that the child was looking at the sword in her hand, and her motherhood made her anger dissipate a little, and roared: "Don't you say that there will be no other women in this life except me? He could only say to his subordinates with anger on his face, "Go out and close the door." The subordinates all went out and closed the door and said with a smile: "Our prince Jin Ge Iron Horse, but he is only afraid of his wife, hehe......" Han Xiao couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard the words of his subordinates: "Madam, I am also the general in charge of the northern soldiers and horses, and you will also save me some face?" The woman saw Han Xiao and said slightly angrily: "Hmph! If you want a child, you still want face!" Han Xiao didn't care when she knew that her stubborn temper was coming up again, but sighed and said: "Brother Yi, Brother Yi is gone, this child is the orphan of the eldest brother." The woman's face was full of surprise and said: "This is impossible, who else can hurt Big Brother Dao, who is it?" Han Xiao hurriedly stopped and said: "The eldest brother only entrusted this child to you and me, did not tell me the enemy, and resolutely refused to let me take revenge, just explained some things to me..... I think the eldest brother didn't tell us is also for us! The woman lamented: "Then we will let the eldest brother die like this?" Han Xiao wiped away the tears from the corners of the woman's eyes and smiled bitterly: "We have to take care of this child for him." The woman threw the sword on the ground, picked up the child, touched his little face, and said, "I will be your mother in the future, and I hope you will be as good as your father in the future." Han Xiao said: "Big brother doesn't let this kid learn martial arts, let him live this life plainly, we will do our best to take care of him, as for the next road, let him choose by himself, I think according to our ability, we can let him live this life carefree, maybe that's good." Han Xiao called his subordinates and instructed them: "Don't tell anyone about today's events, otherwise don't blame me." The subordinates have always felt that the prince is kind and approachable, and today they saw the eyes of the prince and hurriedly bowed their heads and said: "Yes." The woman said, "In the future, he will be your little son, go and call the nurse over." After a while, the child was taken away by the wet nurse, and the woman gave some more orders, and the rest of the people went out. The woman snuggled in Han Xiao's arms, and the two hugged each other quietly without speaking, until dinner was ready, and the two got up to eat.

Three years later

Xiao Yige has already been able to read and write, but he still can't walk, Han Xiao was not bothered by this matter, but since Xiao Yige can speak, he personally comes to teach him to read and read every day, and now he can read a lot of subsets of scriptures and histories, Xiao Yige's wisdom has grown rapidly, and every time he asks a question, he needs Han Xiao to think for a moment to solve his doubts. Han Xiao was afraid that Xiao Yige's smart yin would attract people's attention and bring danger to Xiao Yige, so he discussed with Yige and tried not to show his intelligence. But this is a bad lady, she finds all kinds of supplements for Yi Ge to eat every day, and also looks for famous doctors everywhere to see him for him, and Hanxiao's ears have never been clean again.

After the doctor checked Yi Ge's pulse, the woman hurriedly said, "Doctor, how is my son, why can't he walk yet?" The doctor shook his head helplessly and said, "I have been practicing medicine for many years, but I have never seen the growth of body bones so slowly, and I may not be able to walk for the rest of my life if I continue like this." The old man shook his head and said, "Madame atoned for her sins, and she was really powerless to learn anything about it." With tears in her eyes, the woman stroked Yi Ge's head and said, "Yi Ge, don't worry, my mother will never let you lie in bed for the rest of your life, and my mother will definitely take care of your body." Xiao Yige wiped the woman's tears and smiled: "Mother, it's good that I can't walk, so that I don't have to leave you for the rest of my life, and I don't have to be sent by my father to learn martial arts like my eldest brother." Seeing that the woman was so sad, Han Xiao said, "Let's go down", shook his head helplessly at the woman and whispered in his ear: "Yu Die, I promised my eldest brother that I couldn't tell anyone about Yi Ge, I can only tell you that Yi Ge's body has no problems at all, he just grows slower than normal people, Madame don't have to worry, and Yi Ge has excellent intelligence, and he will definitely be able to take care of himself in the future." Because Yi Ge rarely speaks, the woman asked with a shocked face: "Aren't you comforting me?" Han Xiao smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid that someone will notice Yi Ge's smart yin and be unfavorable to him, so I let him hide himself, if you don't believe me, just tell your son yourself" After speaking, Xiang Yi Ge nodded and went out. The woman and Yige kept talking until dinner began before leaving happily.

Because of Yi Ge's inky eyes, the subordinates are very afraid of Yi Ge, and Yi Ge rarely speaks, so many people avoid him, so he asks his subordinates to push him to the study every day, and he uses reading books to pass the time every day, so Han Xiao and his wife often accompany Yi Ge, afraid that Yi Ge will feel lonely alone, and every day Yu Butterfly will push him to go to the garden to walk and talk to him. In this way, after another two years, Xiao Yige was already six years old, and the books in the study had already been read by him, and every day the next person would replace the books in the study, and he himself could no longer remember how many books he had read, how many inkstones he had used, and slowly Xiao Yige also practiced the ability to never forget. If he doesn't understand, remember that when Han Xiao comes to see it, he will always ask non-stop, and Han Xiao can't answer many questions. There is no way that Hanxiao has invited many teaching gentlemen to him, and every month the teaching gentleman will be ashamed to resign, because he will always be dumbfounded by Xiao Yige's questions, and many gentlemen who don't know the source, he can say them one by one. Rectify the insufficiency of the meaning of the teacher's teaching, and slowly Yige's genius name was spread, and many people famously wanted to set this marriage for their daughter, but learned that he might be a cripple who would never grow up, so he dispelled this idea, and there were also many officials who wanted to cling to the power of the prince and wanted to set this marriage for them regardless of the happiness of their children, but they were all rejected by the prince on the grounds that he did not want to ruin the happiness of the children.

Every three children's birthdays the palace will feast relatives and friends, today is the fourth birthday of the little prince of the palace, Ji Lin, the palace is busy everywhere, the prince and his wife are also busy greeting, the joyful atmosphere fills the entire palace, at this time Ji Lin staggered to Yi Ge crisp and said: "Second brother, they all gave me gifts, you haven't given me a gift yet!" Yi Ge pinched his little face with his hand, and asked his subordinates to prepare paper, ink, pen and inkstone, and wrote a couplet: Shanglian: Dare to be the first to suffer for the world, and Xialian: Willing to laugh for the world's laughers. After writing, he said: "The second brother has nothing to give you, so I will give you this couplet, do you see it?" At this time, Yudie came over and doted and said: "Lin'er, don't thank you second brother, even my mother can't let your second brother write a pair of words, this picture will be exchanged for a lot of delicious yo!" Yi Ge hurriedly said: "My mother made fun of me again, how can I be an inscriber when I am a fledgling child." Yu Die rubbed Yi Ge's head and said, "You are too modest, those old gentlemen are not as good as you! Let's go, we should also go and meet the guests." Yi Ge smiled and said: "Mother, I like to be quiet, I won't go, I'll stay here for a while, and let the next person push me to the study, I want to read a book for a while, you don't have to worry about me." Yudie knew that Yige didn't want to embarrass them because of herself, and she didn't want some gossip to embarrass them. Yu Die kissed Yige's forehead and said to his subordinates: "Hang this couplet in the front hall, and you take care of the second son." The servants replied, "Yes."

Yi Ge felt the lively and cheerful anger of the entire palace, and looked at the big tree in front of him blankly. How can a six-year-old child not like to be lively! Perhaps it is because he has wisdom beyond ordinary people and knows how to be considerate and filial to his parents too early! He no longer had the ability to experience the normal joy of childhood. Just when Yi Ge was thinking about his own affairs, the people in the front hall were all guessing which Confucian master the couplet was from, and the Han Xiao couple smiled indifferently and did not explain. At this time, an old man looked at the words, nodded his head, came to the next person and asked, "Whose word is this?" Seeing this fresh and elegant old man, the next person whispered: "This is the word of my second son." The old man was surprised: "It's that six-year-old jealous talent, can you lead me to meet him?" The old man whispered a few words in the ear of the subordinate, and the subordinate came to Hanxiao's side and said a few words before coming back and leading the old man into the backyard, and the subordinate told the old man that Yi Ge was under the big tree in the back garden, and the old man asked for the way and asked the subordinate to leave. Yi Ge looked up at the sky and said with a smile: "Seeing the dragon in the field, I live in the inner courtyard, where can I see it." Suddenly, there was a voice from behind: "The gentleman is dry, and there is no blame." Yi Ge turned his head and saw a simple old man and said with a smile: "There is no blame, and it is good to see it." Thank you, sir, for your explanation." The old man sighed: "Ying Wu is a peerless talent, and the sky is also jealous, hey!" Yi Ge replied: "Those who have God's help will feel the responsibility of God, and God will help me and be jealous of me, so I will enjoy this ordinary and happy life, so Mr. Don't be emotional." The old man quipped, "The couplets in the front hall don't feel bland!" Yi Ge said: "The old gentleman made fun of it, it was just to entertain himself!" The old man said: "Your heart is like a tree at a young age, so where should you go on this long road of life? In any case, the heart is the source of all things, the heart can breed faith, and faith nourishes your body, and it is not impossible for the body to recover with faith." The heart can also be your legs, taking you around the world, the heart can also read others, and the heart can undertake all things into a thousand flavors, so that you can experience the mystery of life, why life is born, and why is death dead?" Yi Ge's words appeared in his mind, and he fell into deep thought, and did not stop thinking until the next person called him back to the room. Seeing that Yi Ge was in a daze for a long time, the subordinate hurriedly cared: "Second young master, are you uncomfortable?" Yi Ge smiled: "It's okay, maybe I'm a little tired, you push me back to the room to rest!"

Two years later

In the morning, the housekeeper hurriedly ran into the lobby, "Lord Wang, there is another subordinate who is crazy, and now no one dares to approach the second son, and now everyone still says that the second son is a devil and will eat people's hearts" The housekeeper panicked. The prince frowned and asked, "Who is taking care of the second son now?" The housekeeper hurriedly replied: "The lady has been taking care of the second son personally these days." After hearing this, the prince walked towards Yi Ge's residence. "Mother, you don't have to be by my side all the time, I'm fine, as long as people don't get close to me, I'll stay here, you let people put the food on the table and I can eat it myself, and my mother helped me tell Lin'er that I can't teach him to read and write for the time being. Mother, go and rest quickly!" After speaking, he saw Han Xiao come in, and said, "Father, why are you here too?" The prince nodded to Yi Ge and did not answer, but turned to Yu Die and asked, "What the hell is going on?" Yu Die comforted Yi Ge and pulled Han Xiao and said, "Let's go out and talk", saying that the two of them had already gotten up and left. Yi Ge closed his eyes and rested again. I've been feeling tired lately. As soon as Han Xiao came out, he hurriedly asked, "What the hell is going on, why are the people waiting for Yi Ge crazy, and Yi Ge looks very tired? I saw with my own eyes yesterday a subordinate called Yi Ge to get up and look at Yi Ge's eyes blankly as if he had fallen into an evil spirit, Yi Ge did whatever he did, I always felt very irritable when I took care of Yi Ge, especially when I looked at Yi Ge's eyes, I always felt that these were caused by Yi Ge, so I wanted you to transfer a few people from the army to try it. I don't think it's much of a problem as long as you have perseverance, and I asked the doctor, and those crazy people will return to normal after a while. Han Xiao said: "Okay! Although the soldier has a rough personality, it is better than no one to take care of it, so I will ask the captain of the pro-guard team to bring a few people over to take care of Yige." After saying that, he went to command, and Yu Die said to himself: "This child's life is really miserable, why did all these things happen to this child!" The team leader took four people to take care of Yi Ge, and two days later, the team leader was left alone. Only the team leader can temporarily bear the inexplicable irritability in his heart when taking care of Yi Ge, but he can only take care of Yi Ge's basic diet and daily life. So Yi Ge is often alone, originally Han Xiao and Yu Die will often accompany him, Yi Ge in order not to let his parents work and let his parents accompany his younger brother more, he asked them to come to see him again after a period of time in the name of studying and studying. In this way, he became more and more silent, turning a blind eye to the fact that his subordinates were avoiding him, and he lived by reading every day, and only in front of his parents could he see a little smile, and gradually his heart became a pool of stagnant water. Han Xiao was very distressed when he saw his depressed appearance, so he discussed with Yudie to take the family to the hunting grounds of Jinbi Mountain to hunt, and took Yige out for a walk.

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