The charm of the wind and the rain and flowers for thousands of years.

Since Emperor Wu of the Southern Dynasty founded the country, the rules and regulations were prepared at the beginning, and the world gradually became peaceful. The land in the south of the Yangtze River was known as wealthy.

After Chen Shubao ascended the throne, he was frivolous and frivolous, indulged in poetry and wine, and ignored the government affairs. In the court, Jiang Zong and Kong Fan were dedicated to catering to the matter, and the king and his ministers sang heartily, and the morning hours were all the time. All military, national affairs and the sufferings of the people were ignored.

The Jiankang Palace has a pavilion of dozens of feet high and thousands of rooms. It is difficult to find the wonders of the land and trees, and it is extremely artificial. The three pavilions of the three pavilions of the year, the creation of silk and the vision are particularly luxurious, and are used to hide the charm of Chen Shubao's golden house.

The concubine Zhang Lihua, the head of the Jieqi Pavilion, has a beautiful appearance, extraordinary wisdom and talent, and is no exaggeration to be called the world's number one beauty. Chen Shubao is deeply obsessed with her, and when he reaches the point of "putting Concubine Zhang to decide on her" in national affairs.

Zhang Lihua is full of favors but is unwilling to be ordinary. She interferes in the government affairs, takes clever robbery, and plunders the people's wealth. Whenever the family members of the country violate the law, they will be excused as long as they beg for tribute from Concubine Zhang. If any civil and military officials do not obey her "internal order", they will be alienated and demoted and dismissed by her words.

At the same time, Yang Jian of the Northern Dynasty usurped the throne and established the Great Sui Dynasty. After several years of hard work, the national strength and military strength of the Sui Dynasty were significantly enhanced.

In the eighth year of Kaihuang, Emperor Wen of Sui issued 28 crimes of the king of Chen, building momentum to cross the river and destroy Chen. Hundreds of thousands of troops jumped over the Yangtze River and looked at the Southern Dynasty.

With the enemy in front of him, the Southern Dynasties are still immersed in a delusion of wealth.

General Xiao Mohe, known as the three pillars of the Chen State, Ren Zhong, General Zhennan, Sima Xiaonan and other generals wrote letters to request additional troops to strengthen the Yangtze River. However, Chen Shubao did not understand military affairs, nor did he accept the suggestions of the generals. He relied on the "natural chasm of the Yangtze River" and ignored the suggestions of the generals. On the contrary, when the national crisis was in the forefront, he abolished the prince Chen Yin, and changed the son of Zhang Lihua, Chen Shen, to the crown prince, and his daughter Chen Wu, to the princess of Jinling, and even intended to depose the queen Shen and change Zhang Lihua as the queen. The country was shocked for a while.

"I don't know that there is Chen Shubao, but I know that there is Zhang Lihua." Since then, folk songs have been widely circulated, and even the scholars of the Southern Dynasty have become disunited.

Five miles south of Jiankang City, there is a mountain called Shigangzi. There is an ancient plum forest on its eastern foot. It is said that it was the noble character of General Mei Zi during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and later generations planted plum blossoms here. By the time of Zhenming, it had already reached a considerable scale.

Deep in the plum forest, by the Jingshui Lake, there is a separate courtyard called Yuhua Xiaoxie, which was the love nest built by General Xiao Mohe to please Zhang Yuhua, the number one beauty in Jinling.

However, times have changed. Since Xiao Maha married Han, a female official from the inner court, the backyard of the Xiao family has been in full swing since then. Finally, Zhang Yuhua, who was pregnant with Liujia, moved out of the General's Mansion of the Cavalry in anger, and moved into Yuhua Xiaoxie with his daughter Xiao Jing, and since then he has broken off his righteousness with Xiao Maha.

It is rare for concubines to suppress their wives. Not long after giving birth to her son Xiao Yi, Zhang Yuhua died in grief and humiliation. As her sister, Xiao Jing raised her younger brother Xiao Yi and grew up with great difficulty, and it took more than two years in a flash.

A month ago, Xiao Yi, who had just turned three, suddenly suffered an unknown serious illness. Xiao Jing was so anxious that he looked for medical treatment everywhere but did not improve. He was crying all day long. If Master Yun Guang from Gaozuo Temple had not come to treat him in time, the child would have almost died.

However, after recovering from the serious illness, Xiao Yi suddenly changed his body, and his eyes also had a little more vicissitudes of seeing through the world.

In the middle of winter, even though it is a place in the south of the Yangtze River, it is also cold.

Just as the sky was dawn, Xiao Jing came to the yard with a sword in her hand. At this time of day, she would always practice martial arts on time, and for ten years it would be the same.

Xiao Jing was wearing a snow-white warrior uniform, Fengzi stood up on the sword with a question. She nodded slightly, looked down at her eyes, pulled out the sword with her left hand and slowly drew half a circle in the air, backhanded behind her, and set off the starting stance of the family-born Yuhua sword technique - Baihe flaunted her wings.

A cold wind blew, and a few pink flowers in the yard danced rustlingly, and the scattered plum blossoms drifted in the wind.

Suddenly, Xiao Jing's eyes tightened, and the energy locked the plum blossoms flying in the flying, and used the third method of the Yuhua sword technique like lightning - Split Flowers and Brush Willows. But she saw her pulling her sword forward and suddenly stabbing her internal force reached the tip of the sword. The moment the sword energy broke through the air, the petals were cut into two halves.

With one move, Xiao Jing successively used exquisite techniques such as "Flying Rainbow" and "Falling Flowers Silently". The more she practiced, she became faster and faster, and she picked up the sword flowers, and her moves were extremely exquisite and gorgeous. The man and sword were integrated, floating like flying, like a fairy dancing.

At this time, a window towards the yard slowly opened.

At this time of day, a little head would also come quietly from here and secretly watch Xiao Jing practice swordsmanship.

This is Xiao Jing’s younger brother Xiao Yi.

Although he was only three years old on the surface, he had a soul from a person with the same name and surname in the 21st century. He didn't know why he came to this ancient world. He was originally a white-collar employee of a large company, but unfortunately died of a terminal illness when his career and family were about to usher in happiness.

He was extremely unwilling to give up!

Perhaps this is why his soul can come here against time and space.

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, it was an era of many heroes in history, but it was also an era of chaos that could not be more chaotic. After twenty years of heroes competing for hegemony, more than 50 ambitious people who became kings and emperors reduced the population of the Central Plains from 50 million to less than 10 million, and the loss rate was as high as 80%. How could it not be irritating?

Xiao Yi knew that troubled times were coming, so he had to make plans early. In this era, Xiao Yi was a person who could see the secrets of heaven, so he was confident that he could choose the right direction for his future destiny. But before that, he had to rely on martial arts to make a living by security guards, otherwise everything would be a mirror and a moon.

In troubled times, force is the way to survive and perish. This is the most obvious truth.

In front of the windowsill, Xiao Yi had already had a handful of peanuts in his hand. While eating it, he stared at his sister's sword move, looking at him with relish, for fear of missing a half-stage, and from time to time he couldn't help but gesture so slightly.

Xiao Jing didn't see it, but she knew her younger brother was peeping, so she said loudly: "Peeling to see others practice martial arts is not something that a gentleman does!"

Every time she was discovered by her sister, Xiao Yi always felt dissatisfied. He immediately made a quibble: "Of course I am a gentleman! I just came to see who practiced swords in the yard early in the morning, which woke me up."

When Xiao Jing heard this, she smiled helplessly, slowed down her sword move, and sang: "Then my sister will go to the distance to practice in the future. I dare not affect my baby brother's rest!"

"If my sister goes far, what if there is a bad person coming?" Xiao Yi waved his hand and persuaded him: "It's not right, let's practice here. I'll just get up early and give it a thumbs up to me by the way, and applaud me. Let's see how much I love my sister!"

As he said that, Xiao Yi clapped himself and looked like a very dedicated and enthusiastic audience.

Xiao Jing laughed and gave him a blank look, and said with a angrily smile: "Little Slip, I think you just want to steal the master, but you always look for some high-sounding reasons."

"Where am I stealing? Are I clearly watching it openly?" Xiao Yi smiled and showed a row of snow-white baby teeth.

"I'll say one thing to you and you'll be more than ten! I'm really afraid of you!"

Xiao Jing was both angry and funny. The swordsmanship was already messed up and there was no intention to practice any more, so she stopped and stopped the sword. She said again: "Look at it, but remember not to practice it secretly!"

"Why?" Xiao Yi seemed to like to break the pot and ask to the end.

"Why are there so many things? I'm your sister, you have to listen to what I say!"

Xiao Jing deliberately raised her face to establish her prestige as an elder sister. But this move was really ineffective on Xiao Yi. But seeing Xiao Yi immediately showed a grievance and tears, Xiao Jing's severity softened immediately.

In Xiao Jing's eyes, the younger brother is her spiritual sustenance, everything about her is not tolerated by any grievance.

Xiao Yi knew his sister so well, so this trick was tried and done.

When he came to the window, Xiao Jing explained softly: "Be good, my sister won't let you practice martial arts because you are too young. You are only three years old and your body has not yet grown up. If you practice martial arts rashly, once you are injured, you will become a band-legged or short person when you grow up!"

"Really?" Xiao Yi looked at his sister half-believingly. His elf-like eyes suddenly opened wide, and his dark and dense eyelashes blinked a few times, as if he could speak, very cute.

Xiao Jing smiled, pulled Xiao Yi out of the window and hugged him in her arms, and said calmly: "Of course! Will my sister still lie to you?"

"But I want to protect my sister! How can I do it without learning martial arts?" Xiao Yi said in a slight voice.

Xiao Jing was stunned at first, never thinking that his young brother could say such words, and his heart suddenly felt warm. So he hugged him tightly with relief and happiness, and said happily: "My good brother, you are so happy that you have this kind of heart! It's not in vain that my sister worked so hard to pull you up!"

Xiao Jing paused, grabbed Xiao Yi's white, tender and chubby little hand and explained: "You are just too young now. Practicing martial arts can easily hurt your fragile muscles and bones. That's a lifelong thing, and my sister will never agree."

Xiao Yi believes that practicing martial arts too early can easily cause muscles and bones to get hurt. Thinking of some martial arts superstars either have ties or small legs, Xiao Yi really thinks something is wrong.

But then I thought about it, it would be okay if I was careful. Thinking of this, Xiao Yi asked again: "When will I practice martial arts like my sister?"

Xiao Jing thought for a while and replied, "Sister was allowed to practice martial arts with our mother since she was five years old. When Yi'er reaches five years old, her sister will naturally allow you to practice martial arts."

In Xiao Jing's opinion, although she didn't want her younger brother to practice martial arts, some things were always unavoidable. After all, Xiao Yi was Zhang Yuhua's only son, and Yuhua's swordsmanship needed to be passed on by him. So sooner or later she had to let Xiao Yi practice martial arts.

"Wouldn't you have to wait for two years?" Xiao Yi immediately showed a disappointed look when he heard this.

When Xiao Jing saw his younger brother's disappointed expression, he didn't know his true thoughts, so he just coaxed him and said, "My good brother, two years have passed soon! Is it good for my sister to make your favorite osmanthus cake?"

"Okay!" Xiao Yi nodded obediently, although he knew his sister was coaxing him.

"What a good boy!" Xiao Jing kissed Xiao Yi's face, then put him down, helped him tidy up his clothes, and said, "Sister, I'll make delicious food for you now. You can play for a while, remember not to go far."

"Yeah!" Xiao Yi responded and continued, "Then I'll go to the back mountain to see my mother."

Xiao Jing nodded with relief and said, "Go! Be careful, don't fall!"

"I understand!" Xiao Yi responded, leaving the yard with his sister's nagging and caring voices hanging in his ears, and running straight towards the plum forest behind the mountain.

Looking at her younger brother's young figure, Xiao Jing showed a gratified smile on her face. She looked up at the sky behind the mountain and murmured to herself: "Mom, did you see it? Unexpectedly, a serious illness not only did not take away my brother, but also made him sensible. Please rest in peace in the nine springs! As for your last fate-"

Xiao Jing paused, a complicated look flashed in her eyes, and she sighed: "Daughter doesn't want his younger brother to know, so let his daughter take on all this by herself! I believe that my mother doesn't want his younger brother to live in pain and resentment, too!"

Thinking of this, Xiao Jing sighed again and turned around and went into the house to make osmanthus cake for Xiao Yi.

Behind the Yuhua Pavilion is a small hillside, with dozens of different plum trees. Plum blossoms bloom all year round, and the scenery is beautiful.

The hill is not high, and a small road leads to the top of the mountain, and Xiao Yi's mother Zhang Yuhua's tomb is there.

Following this path, Xiao Yi ran quickly. In just a short while, sweat oozed out of his forehead. He ran very fast and ran to the top of the mountain in less than twenty breaths.

Xiao Yi gasped and went straight to his mother's grave.

Zhang Yuhua's tombstone is very special. Others' tombstones only contain the name of the deceased. In addition to her name, Zhang Yuhua's tombstone also has a painting of ink painting. In the painting, there is a beautiful woman with long hair, which is Zhang Yuhua herself.

This is of course Xiao Yi’s masterpiece!

Since he was born in this world, he has lost the love of his parents. All he can remember is the only portrait of his life left to him by his mother.

Zhang Yuhua in the portrait is heroic and beautiful. Her writing is from the world's most famous painter, the lovely young master. It is said that all the women who can draw the lovely young master himself are among the women on the list of beautiful beauty scores, and are all recognized as the beauty of the world in the world by the black and white.

In order to prevent rainwater from destroying the portrait, Xiao Yi specially applied a thin layer of pine oil on it.

Looking at the portrait of his mother, Xiao Yi seemed to be able to feel that the mother in the painting was smiling at him, her eyes were so loving.

Xiao Yi's breath suddenly calmed down, he kowtowed respectfully, and then sat next to him to rest

"Mom, I've made progress again today. This time I ran up in less than twenty breaths."

Xiao Yi gently rolled up his trouser legs. He saw a sandbag tied to his calves. Judging from the size, it was about five pounds. No wonder he was sweating profusely, because this was the reason.

"Mom, you might ask me why I have to tie a sandbag on my legs every day."

Xiao Yi carefully fixed the position of the sandbag and continued, "Sister said that I will be allowed to practice martial arts in two years, but the problem is that the Great Chen Kingdom will not take long. Child is anxious! Mom, you said that the soldiers are in chaos, so they can endure it. But maybe they will kill people, so they must have self-defense skills! My sister said that her martial arts are very powerful and not afraid of military disasters, but two fists can't beat four hands. According to Child, it's better to leave the thirty-six strategies. Child is doing this now, making a plan to escape."

Xiao Yi looked up at the portrait of his mother and said to himself: "Mom, don't blame me! I know you are the number one female swordsman in Jinling. Uh, no, you are the number one female beautiful swordsman in the world. The strongest light skill in the world I created is called the 'Glue Soles' magic skill. Although I can't get your eyes on you now, I promise that the so-called masters of the Heavenly List will definitely not catch up with you in the future. After the Child and my sister escaped this military disaster, the Child will definitely practice martial arts hard and will never embarrass you. But now--"

As Xiao Yi said that, he stood up and came to the monument, reached out and gently covered the mother's eyes on the portrait, smiled and said, "Now, please pretend that you didn't see it first! If you don't say anything, you will just agree!"

Xiao Yi slowly put down his hand, looked at the mother's eyes in the portrait, and laughed and said, "Sister said that the child's eyes are exactly the same as the mother's eyes, and it seems that this is true. Ha, the child knows that you will agree!"

Xiao Yi was talking to himself in front of his mother's tomb, not knowing that next to an ancient plum tree not far behind him, a man in black was watching him.

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In ancient times, monogamous and concubines were iron laws. The level of wives and concubines was very strict. The life of concubines was miserable. It was often beaten, scolded, humiliated, or even executed by their wives. But why did Zhang Yuhua, who was a wife, be driven away by a concubine? What mission did Xiao Jing shoulder? Why didn’t her brother know about it?

If you want to know what happens next, please pay attention to the update in the next chapter.

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