Chapter 177 Xia Shumin: Marry a chicken and follow the chicken, marry a dog and follow the dog

"uncle and auntie."

  Chen Ji and Xia Shumin came to the big garden of the back house, and saw Lu Rui and Xia Yongcheng, and two half-drunk cups of milk tea on the table.

the weather is getting hotter.

  Xia Mansion in Hongye Mountain occupies a vast area. There are mountain springs flowing out from the mountain, and flowing down along the mountain rocks. It is very convenient for many villas on the mountain to get water. The mountain is very suitable for summer.

  In the Xiafu Garden, there is a lake, and there are various small fish in the lake. The fish shuttle between the rockery and the lotus leaves, which is quite elegant.

   This set of authentic ancient-style houses would cost at least 100 million yuan in modern times.

  Closer to a big city, 500 million is not too much.

   "Father, mother."

  The little lady shyly shook off Chen Ji's hand on the road, but now sat down obediently and glanced at him.

  Chen Ji understood, and sat beside her, making her blush.

   The two Xia Yongcheng on the opposite side were extremely satisfied, and the more they looked at Chen Ji, the more satisfied they became.

  Xia Yongcheng stroked his short beard, looked at Chen Ji, and said with a smile: "My son-in-law... no, nephew, I heard from the girls that you are going to the North Pole again?"

  Girls, it should refer to the three young ladies, master and servant, who told Xia Yongcheng and Xia Yongcheng what Chen Ji said.

  The theory of the North and South Poles has been spread, known to the illiterate common people, and discussed a lot.

  There has been no news of the dozens of large ships departing from Zhao, so all kinds of rumors spread in the market.

Some people said that all the people who went to the North Pole were frozen to death, others said that they found many treasures in the Arctic iceberg continent, and they were so happy to leave, and some even speculated that the ship hit the ice floe, and a group of innate and master masters could only sit on wooden boards and use their hands. After that, he rowed slowly from the North Pole back to the country of Zhao.

   "Yes, something happened over there."

  Chen Ji thought for a while and said, "Uncle and aunt are just here, so let me tell you something."

"oh?"

  Xia Yongcheng was quite surprised, "What's the matter? But the ship hit an iceberg?"

  Chen Ji shook his head, and told about the space crack that appeared in the Arctic iceberg and sucked people into a strange, dark, small world.

  The few people were very surprised, and the waiter Cui Zhu who stood beside him was a little dumbfounded: "There is no sun in the sky, no moon, stars, not even flowers and trees... Young master, is this the underworld?"

  Ordinary maids and servants must not dare to interrupt when the master is talking.

  However, Green Bamboo and Cuizhu are Xia Shumin's personal maids, who also know Chen Ji's identity and have eaten fairy apples. Although they are still Xia Shumin's maids, their identities have long been different.

   "The underworld?"

  Xia Shumin, who was sitting next to Chen Ji, opened her eyes wide and looked at Chen Ji: "My lord, is it the underworld or another sister Wan's doomsday world?"

  To be honest, the last time Xia Shumin went to Earth, after listening to Chen Ji's talk about the four worlds, she was always in a daze.

  After all, these things are far beyond the Four Books and Five Classics and ancient poetry that she is usually exposed to, and what she has seen and heard on Earth makes her even more confused.

  Especially the concept of parallel worlds and two Zhou Wans made her even more confused.

   Fortunately, the young master is here, so if you can't figure it out, don't think about it. I will slowly listen to the young master telling her about these things in the future.

   "How should I put it... You can think of it as the underworld, but there is no bull-headed horse face in it, and there are no eighteen layers of hell. It is a completely dark and cold **** with monsters."

  Using the underworld analogy to join the small world, this is the fastest way to explain it to people in the martial arts world.

  Whether it was Wang Shaodang, Liu Sangu, or Chu Nantian and others, they all guessed that they had come to the underworld. What they saw and heard was extremely strange, and the dark scene was even comparable to the 18th floor of hell.

   "There is no bull's head and horse face, and there is no impermanence of judges, and there is no king of hell, the underworld of Ksitigarbha? There is no judge's pen in the book of life and death? My son, where did the gods go?"

  Xia Shumin's eyes sparkled. This was her reaction after hearing something that filled her imagination, filled her with curiosity, and made her want to write it down.

  She has already learned about Tianmen from Chen Ji, knowing that behind Tianmen is actually a white place, there is no Nantianmen and Tianting, and there are no gods such as Sanqing Siyu, Wufangwulao and so on.

  So, she boldly guessed that the gods in the sky and the king of Hades had disappeared.

  Young master is the first immortal after a long, long time since the immortal disappeared!

   "You ask me, I don't know either."

  Chen Ji can't laugh or cry, don't look at Xia Shumin who usually stays at home reading poems and writing, well-behaved like a lady, but her curiosity is stronger than anyone else.

  —She is actually a lady.

  Xia Shumin leaned closer and looked at Chen Ji with curious eyes: "My lord, take Shumin to have a look."

   Lu Rui glared at her.

   "There is no sky, the world is a place of hell..."

  Xia Yongcheng pondered for a long time, then sighed and shook his head, and said: "Since my nephew walked out of Tianmen, the changes in this world have become more and more incomprehensible... I wonder what my nephew's plan is?"

   "Just take a look in the past to find out."

   "That's just right."

  Xia Yongcheng was a little embarrassed, and said: "After the more than 30 large ships of Zhao State set off for the North Pole, the people who stayed were quite worried about them and wanted to know the situation there.

Last time when the story of my nephew driving a real dragon to the north spread, people from the Jia Family Chamber of Commerce, the Tiandao Society, the Qian Family Chamber of Commerce, and the imperial court came to beg and ask my nephew to tell them the news about the North Pole. My nephew is going to the North Pole again, and they want you to bring some dry food, rice noodles and clothes to those who go to the North Pole.

  What does nephew mean? "

  The last time Chen Ji took Xia Shumin to the North Pole on a real dragon. The real dragon was so huge that it was hidden in the clouds, and the exposed scales and claws were enough to awe the people on the ground.

  When they think about it, it is very simple for such a big real dragon to take some supplies to the North Pole.

  Among the 30 big ships going to the North Pole, they basically included the most powerful people in Zhao State and the most powerful people in martial arts.

  For example, Gongsun Jianshen, his disciples and grandchildren, after waiting for a long time to hear from their master and ancestors, were all anxious and wanted to sail to the North Pole.

   There is also the prince Lu Huai. Although Emperor Qiande has no shortage of sons, the prince is the face of the court after all. Even if Emperor Qiande doesn't care, the group of ministers will not agree.

  The imperial court is more anxious than anyone else to know the news that the prince is in the North Pole.

"let me see."

  Chen Ji didn't immediately agree.

  Although the real dragon and colorful phoenix are enough to carry a large amount of rice, flour, grain and oil to the North Pole, he can also command these two auspicious beasts.

  But as the first dragon and phoenix born in the world, they are not just as simple as auspicious beasts, but also represent the will of heaven in this world to a certain extent.

  It can be seen from the last time that the dragon and the phoenix came together to create the world's first fairy sword for Chen Ji.

   "They paid a lot of money for transportation, which can be regarded as earning some dowry for Shumin."

  Lu Rui said with a smile, "If my nephew thinks it's inappropriate, let's let this matter go. Shu Min's dowry is not lacking."

  The little lady blushed, fiddled with the handkerchief on her head, unable to say a word in front of her parents and fiance.

   acquiesced to this marriage.

"no problem!"

  Chen Ji readily agreed.

  Dragon and phoenix are representatives of the will of heaven and earth, but Xia Shumin is very likely to be the incarnation of the will of the world, the daughter of the way of heaven, every word and deed can change the world of martial arts in this round sky.

   The Darkness Flower, which is raging in the Grace Continent and the doomsday world, even the Empress can't do anything about it, was slapped flat by her, and she can easily handle it after grabbing the Darkness Flower.

  The only pity is that there is no way to kill it.

   To earn a dowry for the daughter of the Dao of Heaven, it is only natural to order the dragon and phoenix around!

   "Caifeng come here."

  Chen Ji yelled at the phoenix dozing on the fairy apple tree in Xiafu Orchard, waking it up.

  The fiery red black bird flew over quickly, landed in front of everyone, stood on the table and chirped at Chen Ji a few times.

  Chen Ji smoothed its hair with his hand, and said to it: "I will go to the North Pole with you and the dragon behind the mountain later. You can help carry some supplies, which is considered a merit."

  There is a space crack in the North Pole, which is not a good thing for this world. It is a great merit for those who go to the North Pole to find the space crack.

   "Chirp!"

  Caifeng spread her wings and flapped a few times, then jumped on Xia Shumin and pecked her hand affectionately.

  Chen Ji didn't know why, but Xia Shumin and the two maids suddenly realized:

   "Young master, Caifeng wants to eat fairy fruit."

  Xia Shumin smiled sweetly and said to him.

   "No problem... How many fairy apples are there on the tree?"

   "Not many, just four or five."

   "Miss is reluctant to eat, and said to keep it for later." Green Bamboo interjected.

  Chen Ji nodded, ready to pick another one and share it, and use it to command the dragon and phoenix.

  The matter was settled like this, Xia Yongcheng sent someone to inform the Jia Family Chamber of Commerce and the people of the imperial court, asking them to prepare rice, flour, grain, oil and warm clothes as soon as possible.

   Fortunately, the supplies and people are all in the city, and they can be ready in two or three hours.

   "Young master."

  Xia Shumin secretly pulled down Chen Ji's sleeve, "Will you go pick fruit with Shumin?"

  Picking fruit is false, and saying something is true.

  Chen Ji understood, took her little hand and stood up, and said to Xia Yongcheng and his wife with a smile: "Uncle and Auntie, Shumin and I will go pick fruit, and we will eat together later."

   "Go."

  Lu Rui glanced at her precious daughter.

  This girl is getting more and more bold, clinging to her fiancé, especially wanting to stay together without her parents by her side.

  It's time to prepare a dowry for her.

  …

  Xia Shumin lowered his head and walked towards the orchard in the backyard.

  The slender feet in the woven brocade shoes walked faster than Chen Ji, leading the way in the front, making the maids behind her couldn't help shouting: "Miss, slow down, don't fall."

   "I'm not a cute little girl now. After eating the fairy fruit given by the fairy boy, the little girl has become a martial arts heroine~."

   As she spoke, she glanced back at Chen Ji.

   means something.

   This delicate little girl definitely has something to say!

   "What does my Xia Xia want to say?"

  Chen Ji held back a smile and asked her, speeding up to catch up, holding her little hand.

   In case the little lady is secretly angry again.

  Xia Shumin didn't speak.

  But the silky and slender little hand didn't get rid of him, and was held by the fiancé who hadn't handed over the marriage letter to her.

  She didn't speak, and some people spoke instead of her.

   "Miss wants to go to the Arctic Iceberg Continent with my uncle!"

   Cuizhu spoke quickly, and in one sentence she explained what her young lady was thinking.

"ah!"

  Xia Shumin exclaimed, turned around and wanted to pinch her face, but Cuizhu dodged with a smile, ran around her and dragged her sister, and ran towards the orchard first.

  Chen Ji watched the master and servant fight with a smile on his face, this scene was really enjoyable to watch.

  Especially when holding her little hand.

  Xia Shumin lowered her head, her cheeks flushed, and her steps slowed down.

"alright."

  Already walked to the place where there is no one in the back house, Chen Ji hugged the slender and sensitive lady in his arms, held her smooth little hand in one hand, stroked her small face with the other hand, looked at her and said:

   "My Shumin wants to go to the North Pole with me?"

  Xia Shumin bowed her head in silence, leaning her slender body softly against him.

  Ever since she blushed and trembled when she was hugged by Chen Ji, now she has allowed Chen Ji to touch her cheek without running away shyly.

   I have to say, great progress has been made.

   "Do you still want to follow me into the cracks in space, to go to the underworld where there are many ghosts?"

   "I will go to the underworld, too!"

  Xia Shumin raised her eyes and looked at Chen Ji firmly, her voice was clear and crisp, and she answered neatly.

  Chen Ji was moved and was about to speak when Xia Shumin, who was being hugged by him, lowered his head again and said softly:

   "Marry a chicken and follow the chicken, marry a dog and follow the dog. The young master has great abilities and great ambitions, and can travel in the four worlds. If Shu Min doesn't even follow the young master to the Antarctic iceberg, how can he have face... Follow the young master?"

  The last heel actually has another meaning.

"good!"

  Chen Ji hugged her tightly, wrapped his arms around her slender waist, and hugged her tightly.

   She could clearly feel that she was in her light clothes, she was young, and Xiao He's frail body was only exposed, which made Chen Ji's heart rippling.

   What she meant was that she wanted to follow him more.

  Chen Ji can travel across the world, while Xia Shumin can only stay in Hongye Mountain and wait for him. Although there is a cross-world letter connection, she can talk to him every morning when she wakes up, and the two can talk to each other before going to bed at night.

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but.

  For Xia Shumin, who has the concept of "marry a chicken and follow the chicken, marry a dog and follow the dog", it is still far from enough.

  She was thinking about Chen Ji.

   "My son, my son, my son..."

  Xia Shumin's face was flushed red, and she was in love with each other, her little arms wrapped around him at a loss, and she resisted in a soft and hasty voice.

  Such a little refusal is just the reserve of a lady.

  Chen Ji let go of her.

Xia Shumin fled away, her little face was flushed, but there was a smile in her eyes, and she said, "Besides, haven't you heard a word, my lord? Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Now there are strange things happening in the North Pole, my little one." As a woman, as... the daughter of the heavenly way that the young master said, she should go and investigate it!"

   Reasonable and well-founded, it is impossible to find a reason to refute.

  Chen Ji was about to speak, when the little lady in front of him ran away shyly holding up the hem of her skirt. The thin dress fluttered with the wind, and the green silk hanging down her waist left Chen Ji with a girlish fragrance.

  She was like a brisk butterfly, flying in front of Chen Ji. After running away, she looked back and smiled, and sweetly shouted at him:

   "My son, hurry up~~"

  Chen Ji admitted that he was touched, and his heart was full of warm emotions.

  Walking to the orchard, he saw the little lady who had already run under the fairy apple tree. After looking back at him, she jumped up with a smile, and lightly landed on the branch of the fairy apple tree, swaying on it with her legs spread out.

"Look at me!"

  Xia Shumin, who is full of ladylike temperament, said grandly while standing on a branch several feet high.

   This is to prove to Chen Ji that she also has a certain ability to protect herself and can travel around with him.

   "Miss, wow, slow down!"

  The two servant girls below opened their hands to catch her.

  Although Xia Shumin is innate, in their hearts, the lady is still the weak lady who reads poems and novels in the library, and carefully embroiders with rusty needles.

   Now relying on the fairy fruit enlightened by my uncle, the young lady stepped into the innate realm in one step.

  Chen Ji leaped lightly, also went up to the fairy apple tree, and put his arm around her waist.

  Xia Shumin was so itchy that he couldn't stop laughing. He hugged him with both hands, not worried about falling, and pulled him to sit on the fairy apple tree and chat.

  The two servant girls looked up, only to see the young lady's two slender legs in embroidered shoes dangling under the hem of her skirt, showing that the young lady was in a happy mood at the moment.

  The better the relationship between Miss and Uncle, the sooner they will go to warm Uncle's bed.

   If you don’t go again, both the young lady and the uncle will get married and enter the bridal chamber.

  …

  Two hours later.

   Satisfied Xia Shumin and Chen Ji walked out of the orchard, followed by the twin maids, Cui Zhu held a tray in his hand, on which was a huge fairy apple.

  Caifeng circled around cheerfully, making a clear chirping sound, and couldn't wait to eat the fairy fruit.

   Still in the gazebo in the big garden, Xia Yongcheng and Lu Rui are already waiting.

   "Uncle, are those people ready to take things to the North Pole?"

   Chen Ji asked, and sat down with Xia Shumin.

  The colorful phoenix landed on the table, and a ten-foot-long five-clawed real dragon emerged from the lake in the garden with a dragon head, staring at the bright red fairy fruit on the tray with greedy eyes.

   "It's a real dragon!"

  The maids and servants all around exclaimed in a low voice, with excited expressions on their faces.

  People outside can only see the appearance of the real dragon appearing and disappearing in the clouds, but they are the servants of the Xia Mansion alone, who can see the real dragon's shrinking form with their own eyes.

   All of this is because their uncle of the Xia Mansion is the famous Mr. Chen!

   "Yes, everything is ready."

   Xia Yongcheng said.

  Chen Ji nodded, and ordered: "Green Bamboo, cut the fruit, and share the fairy fruit with the dragon and the phoenix."

   "Yes, son~."

  Green Bamboo picked up the knife and cut the fruit open.

  The clouds in the sky have changed.

Some people who refused to leave and stayed by the deep pool at the back of Hongye Mountain saw the water in the pool start to surge. An old man noticed the movement, walked out of the hut anxiously, and looked at Hongye Mountain and the nearby mountains with wide eyes. .

  He vaguely saw a dragon's breath, churning and brewing in the mountains, and the birds of Hongye Mountain were singing.

"This is…?"

  The old man's body trembled with excitement. He missed the past, and now he has waited for so long, and finally waited for another time when the real dragon jumped out of the dragon pool?

  His name is Cui Jing, the world respectfully calls him Mr. Cui, and he is proficient in Yin-Yang Feng Shui.

   I don’t know when it started, but I only vaguely know that it’s because after the appearance of Tianmen, his Feng Shui Kanyu skills have faintly changed, and he can vaguely sense that there is a breath between heaven and earth.

  But I couldn't find where the ethereal air of heaven and earth was.

   Until now, he came to Hongye Mountain, lived in a hut, and finally saw it more clearly once!

  In the garden.

  Chen Ji threw a quarter of the apple to Caifeng, and threw a quarter into the mouth of the real dragon who opened the dragon's mouth, and the rest ate.

  However, after Chen Ji saw that Lu Rui had obtained his consent, he asked Cuizhu to share a small piece and gave it to a maid named Hongliu to eat.

   Thinking that Hongliu was her personal servant girl, or a good servant girl in the mansion, she got a chance to eat a piece of fairy fruit.

  Xia Shumin watched her mother's actions carefully.

   seems to be learning the art of mastering the house.

  In the future, she will be useful when she becomes Mrs. Chen's family.

   After eating the fairy fruit, we are ready to go.

  The colorful phoenix screamed and flew into the sky, turning into a red divine bird. The flaming red wings hanging down seemed to make Hongye Mountain burn.

   "Ah, it's Phoenix!"

   "The real dragon has gone to heaven!"

  The people waiting in the front yard of the Xia Mansion exclaimed in surprise. They saw the phoenix flying into the sky, and the birds of Hongye Mountain followed, singing and dancing around the phoenix.

  The real dragon flew out of the Xia Mansion Garden with lightning speed, and submerged in the clouds, revealing its huge body.

  It stretched out a huge dragon claw toward the ground, grabbed half of the supplies prepared in the front yard of the Xia Mansion, and brought them into the air.

  The flock of birds flying around the phoenix landed, and the bird claws grabbed the remaining supplies and followed the phoenix into the sky.

at the same time.

  In the Xia mansion, Mr. Chen's handsome figure flew out, with his arms around the waist of the daughter of the Xia family, they flew into the clouds together and landed on Caifeng.

  Flocks of birds followed and the huge body of the real dragon swam in the clouds. The dragon and phoenix gradually disappeared from people's sight, leaving a group of stunned people behind.

   "Where is this an ordinary bird?"

  Someone exclaimed, "Nourished by the phoenix spirit, those birds must have become spiritual birds, right?"

   "What do you want to do? Want to catch birds in Hongye Mountain?"

   "Bah, you are slandering me!"

   "I'm afraid Mr. Chen is better than blue because he came out of blue. He went one step further than his master, crossed the gate of heaven, walked the road of immortality, and became an immortal?"

   "I'm afraid it is. Mr. Chen and Miss Xia can go straight to the sky. Immortals are nothing more than that."

   "Oh, I really don't know if those who went to the Arctic iceberg can also open the gate of heaven."

  The crowd talked a lot, seeing the dragon and phoenix up close made them very excited.

  In the garden of Xia Mansion, Lu Rui watched her daughter go away, and said quietly to her husband, "My daughter is growing up."

   "Let her go, do you still want to keep her forever?"

  Xia Yongcheng took it easy, and after comforting his wife a few times, he went out to entertain the guests who hadn't left yet.

  Lu Rui asked the twin maids who were a little disappointed: "Come here, tell me, do you have any thoughts about being intimate with the young lady recently, or letting you sleep?"

  The two maids blushed together.

  (end of this chapter)