Chapter 428 if line - much more lively
Since Xue Che started attending school at Pei Mansion, he has become a little different from before.
Being with Master Qin and Zhizhi, he opened the door to a new world.
First of all, Xue Che deeply realized that one should not judge people by their appearance.
Although Master Qin only has one ear and picks his earwax from time to time, and does not look like a serious person, he has read many ancient books and even has many rare copies in his hands, which always open Xue Che's eyes.
Secondly, Xue Che discovered that reading can be done not only inside the house, but also outside.
When the weather was good, Master Qin took Zhizhi and Xue Che to sit by the rockery, reading while basking in the sun.
Xue Che was a little uncomfortable at the beginning.
But after a few times, I found it very interesting to bask in the sun while listening to Master Qin's lectures.
Not only Xue Che himself, but other people in the Xue Mansion also noticed the changes in Xue Che.
In the past, after Xue Che came back from Pei Mansion after reading every day, he would only practice sword, eat, continue reading and sleep.
But since the first day he went to school at Pei Mansion, the first thing Xue Che did after returning home was to catch birds.
He couldn't do it himself, so the housekeeper helped him catch a few.
After Xue Che caught the bird, he studied its wings for a long time.
After a few days, Xue Che released the bird and began to observe the bees among the flowers again.
He held a small booklet in his hand and even drew a map of the routes the bees flew.
At night, Xue Che would look up at the moon, and even asked his father to carry him to the roof to look at it.
Shangguan Ru looked very happy:
"Our Ah Che is much more lively now than before."
Xue Yucheng asked his son, "Have you finally realized that catching birds and insects is more fun than reading?"
Xue Che shook his head: "I just found that there are many things that are not in the books. You have to find them yourself."
Last time, after Zhizhi asked him a series of questions, Xue Che searched through all the books in the Pei and Xue families' collections, and also went to other bookstores outside to look around, but he couldn't find any books that could answer Zhizhi's questions.
So he had to find the answer himself.
He didn't find the answer, but he noticed many other details in the process.
He realized that each bird has a different feather count, and there's no fixed number of feathers. Also, some birds are very friendly, while others are very fearful.
He didn't know why bees didn't get lost among the flowers, but he discovered that bees didn't need to turn around and could fly backwards.
He couldn't see clearly whether the sweet-scented osmanthus tree on the moon had any flowers or leaves. After looking at it several times, he began to doubt whether there was really a sweet-scented osmanthus tree on the moon. Was it just a blurry shadow? Maybe it wasn't a tree at all...
Xue Che told Zhizhi about his discoveries.
Zhizhi nodded. "If it's not a tree, then it could be a monster that looks like a tree, or a monster's shadow."
Xue Che: "Isn't the Moon Palace where immortals live? How could there be monsters here?"
Zhizhi: “I guessed.”
Ever since Zhizhi came, Xue Che felt that the world around him had become magical.
Three months later, one morning, he woke up and saw a yellow butterfly flying in the glass jar by the window.
He walked to the window with joy and saw that the edge of the yellow butterfly wings was stained with a small patch of orange, and the dark brown lines on the wings extended like branches.
It's really a beautiful butterfly.
"My butterfly has flown out!" Xue Che couldn't wait to take the jar to show his mother.
After washing up and eating, he hurried to Pei Mansion with the jar.
As soon as I arrived at Pei Mansion, I saw Zhizhi coming out of the door with a glass jar in her hands, looking excited.
Zhizhi held up the jar and said to Xue Che:
"Ache, look, my butterfly!"
The little insect she raised also emerged from its cocoon and became a butterfly today.
It was a milky white butterfly with glitter scattered on its wings, sparkling in the sunlight.
"Zhizhi, mine has also turned into a butterfly." Xue Che held the jar and went to the garden with Zhizhi.
Both of them were very excited and wanted to show this surprise to Old Man Qin.
However, Old Man Qin has been busy these two days.
Wu Yingniang said she wanted to open a restaurant, and she actually opened it.
She and the villagers from Heishan Mountain jointly opened a Heishan Restaurant.
Old man Qin would also go to help in his spare time.
In the past two days, some people from the martial arts world have come to the capital.
Among them were old acquaintances from the villagers of Heifei Mountain.
Elder Zixuan discovered Old Man Qin and grabbed his only remaining ear.
Ni Tianji tasted the fried pork skin made by Qiu Jinyu.
Bai Wuqian and Bai Yue recognized their disabled but determined senior brother Bai Xun...
After a period of chaos, several people stayed in the Black Mountain Restaurant.
Ni Tianji stayed in the kitchen to do chores for Qiu Jinyu.
Elder Zixuan insisted on going to Pei Mansion with Old Man Qin to attend classes.
When the Xue family heard that Elder Zixuan knew the Zixiao sword technique, they sincerely asked Xue Che to become Elder Zixuan's disciple and learn the sword technique.
In this way, Xue Che learned literature from Master Qin and practiced swordsmanship with Elder Zixuan.
Seeing Xue Che practicing sword skills with his master, Zhizhi quickly went to find her aunt Pei Xuan to learn whip techniques.
Everyone was busy with their own things, and the days passed by.
At the end of the year, several guests came to Pei Mansion.
He is from the imperial merchant Song family.
Among them was a boy named Song Yu, who had a good relationship with Pei Lingyun when they were young.
He just came back from the Western Regions recently.
A few years ago, Xue's army pacified the northwest.
Seeing that the road to the Western Regions was stable, Old Master Song established a caravan to the Western Regions, and Song Yu followed.
Song Yu hasn't seen Pei Lingyun for seven or eight years since Pei Lingyun was transferred to Lingnan.
Therefore, after the two met, Song Yu talked incessantly.
"Brother Zixin, I originally wanted to sell the Song family's ink there, but when I went far, far west, I found that people there didn't use ink sticks or pens like ours. They actually wrote with feathers."
"Brother Zixin, look at the gem I brought you. It's as big as a pigeon egg. I also brought some for my sister-in-law and my niece..."
"Dangerous? Not bad. We encountered a war on the way back, so we took a detour. It delayed us for a few months, but luckily we are all safe."
Zhizhi and Ache were also sitting nearby, listening. When they heard about the battle, they asked curiously:
"Who's fighting?"
"They are the same group of Hu people that were driven away by Xue's army. They are fighting with those blue-eyed people in the west."
Song Yu got excited when he talked about this and told a story he heard on the road:
"Among that group of Hu people was a father and son of immense strength. They were as tall as the two of us put together, and very sturdy. The father's name was Hulong, the former king of Hunxie, and his son's name was Bagta."
Xue Che: "I've heard my grandfather and my uncle mention Hulong. His physique is indeed different from that of an ordinary person."
Zhizhi: "Bhagata? What's that name?"
Song Yu: "It's the name of the Hu people. I've forgotten what it means."
"There was a civil war among the Hunxie people before, and they almost took Bagta abducted. But when Hulong was defeated by us and was returning, he happened to run into the civil war, and he was able to put it down in time and rescue his son. Now it is Bagta who is leading those Hu people in the war."
Zhizhi blinked and said, "It's a good thing Hulong was sent back to his hometown, otherwise his son would have been lost."
Song Yu slapped his thigh: "Who said it wasn't?"
"I heard that this guy named Bagta is not only strong, but also eloquent and good at winning people over. He brought several scattered tribes on the grassland over there under his command, and then together they marched westward..."
Zhizhi: "He sounds like a very powerful person. If I ever have the chance to go to the Western Regions, I'd like to see what kind of person he is."
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