Chapter 4: Newcomers to the Universe Chapter 38: The Birth of a Daughter
The bodies of Master Shen and the guards were not discovered until half an hour later by the night watchman, who calmly reported the matter to the Blood Rain Guards. For the night watchmen... they had seen too many bodies at night, too many big scenes.
"It's Master Shen."
"The son of Lord Shen was actually killed."
“I don’t know which ruthless person Master Shen has offended.” The Blood Rain Guards protected the scene, and soon masters from the Criminal Division of the Southern Palace headquarters arrived.
The expert investigators carefully examined the scene.
"Captain Song, how is the investigation going?" Niu Tixingshi, who was woken up in the middle of the night and rushed over urgently, asked with a yawn.
After all, the person who died was a noble, so the Chief Justice was present. The Chief Justice was in charge of the Southern Palace's Chief Justice Department, and his rank was equivalent to that of a thousand-householder of the Blood Rain Guard.
"Master Niu."
Captain Song pointed at the scene and said, "There is only one murderer, who is good at using hidden weapons. Although there are only the bodies of Master Shen and four guards at the scene, judging from the bloodstains, Master Shen should have two more powerful guards!"
Niu Tixing nodded, he trusted his subordinates' judgment.
"I have carefully checked many traces and can confirm it." Captain Song pointed to a corner, "The murderer first rushed out from the dark, and instantly shot out flying knives at close range, killing four guards in a row. There were also two stronger guards who fought with the murderer, but now even their bodies cannot be found. Master Shen should have heard the fighting and got out of the carriage, and was also killed by a flying knife! And everything was robbed."
"Are there any suspects?" asked Niu Tixingshi.
"If the murderer just wanted to rob, there is no need for him to target Master Shen. A little investigation will reveal that Master Shen is ostracized in the Shen family and does not have much wealth." Captain Song said, "There are many people richer than him in the imperial capital. If it's just for money, it would be better to rob some wealthy businessmen. So... it's more like a premeditated assassination!"
"We can check who Mr. Shen offended, especially who he offended recently!" Captain Song said, "I think it's likely that he offended someone and brought about his death. The key to this case is the two missing guards. If we can find the two missing guards... no matter whether they are dead or alive, we can find more clues."
"Um."
Niu Tixingshi yawned and said, "Write a dossier as soon as possible. I have to inform Lord Shen of this matter. It's the middle of the night and I can't sleep. I also have to prepare to report to Lord Wang and His Majesty!"
After all, the death of a nobleman must be reported to the emperor.
"Yes." Captain Song replied.
…
Early morning.
"Bang bang bang." There was a knock on the door of Xu Jingming's residence.
Xu Jingming simply put on his clothes and walked out of the house. At the same time, his consciousness was officially online! When he was free, he often practiced in his personal space.
Wow——
Pulling the bolt, Xu Jingming opened the door and looked at Zhang Ke outside.
"Captain, something big happened last night." Zhang Ke said excitedly, "Do you still remember Master Shen? He was the arrogant Master Shen from Jiuwei Tower last night! He was killed last night! A flying knife was stuck in his forehead!"
Zhang Ke spoke quite excitedly.
"Who is the murderer?" Xu Jingming also looked excited. It was a normal reaction to gloat over someone else's misfortune.
"Who knows!" Zhang Ke laughed, "We only know that the murderer is good at flying knives, and we don't know anything else! I heard that the Shen family has gone crazy and is tracking him down everywhere. But the imperial capital is full of hidden talents, and I don't know how many people Shen Gongfu has offended with his temper. Maybe he will be killed by some ruthless person."
"There are many ruthless people in the imperial capital." Xu Jingming nodded in agreement.
After becoming a Blood Rain Guard, Xu Jingming checked the files of wanted fugitives and discovered that there were too many ruthless people in the imperial capital.
Assassination and ambush would be fine.
The most ruthless people in the imperial capital are the "flying thieves", who dare to go anywhere!
The prince’s mansion?
The Shen family? The Xiahou family?
The Imperial Palace?
The imperial capital's flying thieves were incredibly powerful. There was no place they dared not go! In order to steal treasures, they would not hesitate to risk their lives.
There are also ambushes and assassinations, and some extremely difficult "assassination missions" are also taken up by ruthless people.
"These ruthless people in the imperial capital, many of them are desperate thieves, and even dare to go to the imperial palace... I guess most of them are space citizen players." Xu Jingming thought to himself that the space citizen players came in just for the gold and silver.
So killers, assassins, thieves, thieves... these are the most common things players do.
If there is benefit, I will do it even if my life is not worth it. A life is only 100,000 universe coins!
Of course, people like Xu Jingming who have an important identity are more careful about their lives.
"So, you'd better keep a low profile in the imperial capital." Zhang Ke shook his head and sighed, "No matter if you are from a big family or a royal relative, if you are too arrogant, you will make too many enemies. You don't know which ruthless person you will offend and end up losing your life."
"There are too many masters in the various forces in the imperial capital, so we have to keep a low profile." Xu Jingming also said, "By the way, Lao Zhang, in the next three days, if there is nothing particularly important, you don't have to come to me. If you can handle it, help me handle it."
"Okay." Zhang Ke nodded. "If I really can't bear it anymore, I'll report to the captain later."
Xu Jingming nodded.
He has important matters to attend to: his wife, Li Miaomiao, is about to give birth.
…
Li Miaomiao was admitted to the hospital in advance. In fact, since the comprehensive evolution of human beings, childbirth has become much easier. After all, the physical fitness of each evolved person is much stronger than in the past. There are many women on the Internet who gave birth at home without going to the hospital.
But it is obvious that the parents and elders of the Xu and Li families are very careful. They moved to Binhai City a long time ago and took good care of Li Miaomiao.
"Natural births are very quick nowadays."
"After human evolution, natural childbirth has become much easier. It only takes a while." In the corridor outside the delivery room, Li's mother and Xu's mother talked to each other and comforted each other, but there was tension between their brows.
Xu Jingming sat on a chair in the corridor, waiting silently.
He was in mixed feelings at the moment.
Worry?
Reason told him that with current technology and human physical condition, having children is safe.
"I'm going to be a father." Xu Jingming thought, "Miaomiao should be fine. The doctor said so too."
suddenly--
The delivery room door opened.
Li Miaomiao was pushed out. She was lying on the transfer bed with a wrapped little guy next to her.
"Family members, come over here and take a look at the baby. The baby weighs 3050 grams and is 52.5 centimeters long. It's a baby girl." The nurse said as she pushed the cart. Xu Jingming, Mr. and Mrs. Xu Hong, Mr. and Mrs. Li Chenan, Mr. Xu and a group of people immediately gathered around and looked at them one by one.
Li Miaomiao was also holding the little baby in one hand at this moment, her eyes full of motherly love.
“Aww, that’s cute.”
"Just like Jingming when he was a child, wrinkled."
"What do you mean by wrinkled? It will grow out in a month."
While the elders around were talking, Xu Jingming was looking carefully at the little guy in front of him.
The little guy had opened his eyes and was looking around in confusion. Then he became sleepy and closed his eyes again, too lazy to even look at the people around him.
Xu Jingming couldn't help but laugh.
"my daughter."
"I'm a father!" At this moment, Xu Jingming felt that his life was more fulfilling and he had a new identity - that of a father!
In the years to come, Miaomiao and I will take good care of this little baby.
"Are you done? The baby has to be sent to the nursery first." The nurse said as she carried the baby to the crib nearby and began to move the baby to the nursery.
…
The next day, the whole family took the baby away from the hospital and returned to Xu Jingming's residence in Binhai.
In the pavilion in the courtyard.
The stroller was inside the pavilion, and a baby was half lying there, his eyes looking around, carefully looking at the huge courtyard.
"When I gave birth to Jingming, I stayed in the hospital for five days before being discharged. Now it's different, I can be discharged in one day." Xu's mother said with emotion while sitting next to the stroller.
"Their physiques are also different. Both parents are evolvers. The baby's physical fitness is much stronger than before. The nurse said... now they can usually walk after half a month." Mother Li touched the baby's face, "The skin is so tender that it's almost dripping with water."
Xu Jingming accompanied his wife Li Miaomiao for a walk in the yard. While walking, they could also see their daughter in the stroller in the pavilion from a distance.
"Jingming, we still have to register our daughter, so you should hurry up and give her a name," said Li Miaomiao.
"You think this name is not good when I choose it, and you think that name is not good when I choose it. I have chosen more than 20 names..." Xu Jingming said helplessly, "I am overwhelmed and have no other choice. You, as a mother, have to think of a name too."
"I'm not satisfied with what I thought." Li Miaomiao shook her head.
A daughter's name will follow her throughout her life.
Li Miaomiao judged from various angles.
Does it sound good?
Does it match your birth date?
What is the meaning?
So all the names Xu Jingming came up with were rejected.
"We must pay attention to our daughter's name," Li Miaomiao said, "A name can have a great impact on a person!"
"Then take your time to think about it. It's not too late to register before the age of two." Xu Jingming said, "There are still two years to think about it slowly."
"Two years?" Li Miaomiao glared. "We have to come up with it within a month. It's impossible for the baby to not even have a name when the relatives come when the baby is one month old, right?"
"Think about it, let's think about it together." Xu Jingming had never felt that naming was so difficult.
…
Practice room.
Xu Jingming was holding a spear and practicing his marksmanship. Suddenly he stopped and looked through the glass of the practice room at his wife who was pushing a baby stroller in the yard downstairs.
"My wife and daughter." Xu Jingming looked downstairs and couldn't help but smile. He always felt it was wonderful.
For so many years, I have always felt that supporting myself is enough.
Even after marriage, his wife Li Miaomiao was very capable of taking care of herself and Xu Jingming didn't need to worry about her at all.
But at this moment——
Seeing his wife and daughter in the stroller downstairs, Xu Jingming felt the heavy responsibility on his shoulders.
"This is an era of turbulence and dramatic change. In the middle of next year, the protection period for Blue Star's emerging civilization will end." Xu Jingming thought, "In this turbulent era, I must protect Miaomiao and my daughter."
Looking at the little baby among the babies, his facial features are so similar to mine.
“Life is amazing.”
"Children look similar to their parents. Is this genetic inheritance?" Xu Jingming said silently, "This is also another form of life continuation."
A long time ago, I was also a baby, and Mr. and Mrs. Xu Hong were still young at that time!
Now my daughter is born and I am thirty years old.
"This is how humans are, passed down from generation to generation." Xu Jingming thought, "Li Miaomiao and I both practiced the evolution method. When my daughter was born, her physique was much stronger than mine when I was a baby. This is also a legacy of evolution."
"In the inheritance of evolution, each generation can make a little progress. Only after a long period of time and accumulation from generation to generation can a civilization evolve and transform as a whole."
“So you have to be patient.”
"My personal evolution also requires more patience. With a long-term vision and steady progress, over the long years I will eventually reach a very high level of evolution." Xu Jingming's thoughts have changed.
People change.
The thoughts of a teenager, the thoughts of a parent, the thoughts when dying... will all be different.
Xu Jingming is now more restrained, has a longer-term vision, more patience, and more fighting spirit! Because he has a lot to shoulder!
"call."
Xu Jingming moved his spear and began to perform.
He practiced the five volumes of spear techniques recorded in the first part of "Hua Guang" seriously, and when he reached the "Spark Volume".
"A single spark can start a prairie fire." Xu Jingming was practicing his spear skills when he suddenly felt enlightened. "The path of evolution will be difficult, but a single spark... will eventually start a prairie fire. You need a long-term vision, great perseverance, great determination, and an unquenchable fighting spirit! Only then can a single spark eventually burn the entire world."
Xu Jingming's eyes were burning.
The Way of Sparks!
The fourth kind of spear philosophy that Xu Jingming realized.
"The way of sparks , the fighting spirit that never extinguishes!" Xu Jingming displayed his spear skills, and his spear skills changed, as if burning with the flame of life, charging forward with high spirits! No matter when, no matter where, don't be discouraged, don't bow your head, the fighting spirit will always burn! You can always charge at the enemy with all your strength.
Xu Jingming implemented this spirit in every move.
Integrate the mind and spirit! The speed of the body's explosive power naturally increases.
Yes, he had clearly already achieved control at the cellular level, but after the spirit of "Spark Way" permeated his mind, his body still burst out with greater strength and speed.
In the training room, Xu Jingming stopped only when he had practiced his spear skills to his heart's content.
"The Way of Sparks, this is the Way of the Gun, and it is also the Way of the Soul." Xu Jingming felt as if his soul had been burned by 'sparks', ethereal and clear, his soul pure.
"My marksmanship has also improved." Xu Jingming could feel his obvious improvement. "It is obviously much stronger than before. The actual combat bonus was 1260% before. I don't know what it is now."
