The first volume of pearl curtains rolls up the western mountain rain at dusk Chapter 26: Follow Closely
The pain on Xiahou Zhuo's face is not something that ordinary people would have. Ordinary people would not think so much. Their own lives are not enough to think about, so how could they have the time to worry about the country and the people?
Xiahou Zhuo patted Li Diudiu on the shoulder and said, "Great Chu has experienced many disasters over the past hundreds of years, but it still exists because there was a great general like Xu Qulu at that time. Although I dare not compare myself to Xu Qulu, I am also useful."
Li Diudiu had heard of Xu Qulu's name. His master once told him about the history of the Great Chu. People like Xu Qulu deserve the words "turn the tide".
“What kind of person do you want to be?”
Xiahou Zhuo asked Li Diudiu.
Li Diudiu did not have such worries. When he followed his master before, he did think about whether he would become a person like his master in the future, and he felt that it was not a good idea.
It’s not that he thinks his master is a bad person, but some of his master’s personality traits are incompatible with his. Sometimes he wants to argue, but his master pursues inaction and non-contention.
Master said that living to the age of old age is the most difficult practice for a person in this life.
Li Diudiu once asked him, everyone wants to live to death, but the world does not allow it, so this has nothing to do with cultivation, it is a matter of the world.
Master said you are full of nonsense. How can you call it cultivation when you leave the world? To put it nicely, it is called ascension. To put it bluntly, it is just a burp...
His master taught him that everything has a limit, but his master had too many limits, covering all kinds of areas, so it seemed very tiring.
"If one day..."
Xiahou Zhuo looked into the distance and said, "I have the strength to carry the Chu Kingdom on my shoulders. Even if I have to walk with great force, I will still sing and roar."
These words made Li Diudiu's heart suddenly boil, and thoughts that had never appeared before became stronger and stronger.
He wanted to be a soldier.
Just at this time, Taoist Changmei came over with two fish he had just fished out of the pond. His smiling face made people feel that he was really a person who was easily satisfied.
"Diuer, grill the fish."
Taoist Changmei raised the fish in his hand.
Xiahou Zhuo couldn't help laughing: "Diu'er, this name sounds better than Li Chi."
Li Diudiu glanced at him and said, "Don't you have a nickname?"
Xiahou Zhuo shook his head: "I don't have it, who wants that thing?"
Li Diudiu could tell from Xiahou Zhuo's eyes that he was lying, so he moved closer and bumped Xiahou Zhuo with his shoulder, saying, "Just tell me. There's no one else around, so I won't say anything nonsense."
"I really don't."
Xiahou Zhuo stood up and said, "I'll go grill the fish."
Li Diudiu said: "Generally, nicknames are made by adding the character "儿" to the last character of the name. Could it be that your name is Zhuo'er?"
Xiahou Zhuo stopped walking and looked back at Li Diudiu: "Why are you so rude?"
Li Diudiu said: "If you don't tell me, I will keep guessing. If it's not Zhuo'er, could it be Hou'er?"
"Iron Pillar!"
Xiahou Zhuo snorted and said, "My mother gave it to me... If I hear you mention it again, I will kill you. If you bother me again, I will kill you twice."
Li Diudiu nodded and said seriously: "Got it, Xiahou Tiezhu."
When Xiahou Zhuo slapped him, Li Diudiu had already run away.
The three of them played on Fengming Mountain for a day, ate grilled fish and drank some rice wine they brought with them. When the sun set in the west, the Taoists guarding the mountain gate were bowing and bidding farewell to a carriage on the side of the road, looking particularly respectful.
"Diu'er."
Xiahou Zhuo kicked Li Diudiu's butt: "Did you see that carriage?"
“I see.”
"Did you see the emblem on the carriage?"
"Is that the cloud-like thing?"
"Well, the Jinyun emblem symbolizes the Xu family of Jizhou. Among the many families in Jizhou, the Xu family ranks among the top three. No one in Jizhou City dares to restrict the carriage with the Jinyun emblem."
Li Diudiu asked curiously: "What is your family's emblem?"
Xiahou Zhuo shrugged and said, "No."
Li Diudiu: "You even told me about the iron pillar, why don't you tell me about the emblem?"
Xiahou Zhuo shook his head and said, "Next year."
He was silent for a while and then asked Li Diudiu: "If you become a great hero admired by everyone in the future and you start your own family, what will you use as the emblem of your family?"
Li Diudiu said: "This question..."
He had never thought about it because it was unrealistic. To start a family ... How could someone without extraordinary achievements start a family? The family Xiahou Zhuo was talking about was not those nouveau riche families, but families with a long history, such as the Xu family they had just seen.
He thought for a long time but couldn't come up with an answer, so he simply shook his head: "I'd better not think about this kind of thing for now, I have no idea at all."
Xiahou Zhuo explained, "The most common family emblem is to use the surname directly. But you also know that, for example, they are all Li families. The Longyou Li family and the Jianye Li family have no relationship at all. There are many families that use the Li surname as their emblem. In order to distinguish between the superior and the inferior, the most powerful Longyou Li family uses the blue bird."
"The current queen is from the Longyou Li family, and the current crown princess is also from the Longyou Li family. The Li family is a glorious family. In the hundreds of years of Great Chu, the Longyou Li family has produced seven queens, and there will soon be an eighth, so the royal family allowed the Li family to use the blue bird as its emblem."
After listening to Xiahou Zhuo's words, Li Diudiu smiled and said, "Drawing a picture is too troublesome, and using the surname is repetitive, so let's use the first name."
"leave?!"
Xiahou Zhuo narrowed his eyes and said, "Is there a huge missing character on your family emblem?"
Li Diudiu: “…”
He thought for a moment and said, "If I can really start a family in the future, my family emblem will use the last character of my wife's name."
"Alas!"
Xiahou Zhuo looked at Li Diudiu with disdain: "How dare have such a shameless idea."
Li Diudiu laughed and said, "For someone like me to be willing to follow me and to accompany me to create a family, just think about how much hardship and grievances they must have endured."
Xiahou Zhuo looked at Li Diudiu with respect and said, "Why would you think about these things when you are only eleven years old?"
Li Diudiu was stunned for a moment: "Yes, why would I think about this?"
Xiahou Zhuo looked at the Taoist with long eyebrows, who quickly shook his head: "It's not my business. Although I don't have a woman, I'm not that anxious. I've never been anxious. When I was eleven years old, I was probably still playing in the mud."
Xiahou Zhuo asked: "Master, has playing in the mud ruined your life?"
When he heard the Taoist with long eyebrows talking about playing in the mud, he remembered the joke... When the Sage was traveling to the east, he saw two children arguing. One of them poked a hole in the mud with his finger and said it was called a hole, and the other child said it was clearly called an eye. So the two children asked the Sage what it should be called, and the Sage said it was called a hole eye.
He looked at the Taoist with long eyebrows and thought that the Taoist priest really was an immortal because he didn't even want a woman just because he played with holes in the mud.
Taoist Long Eyebrows sighed, "Master Xiahou, if you don't know how to chat, then you can chat more with Li Diudiu. Neither of you will dislike the other."
Xiahou Zhuo laughed and said, "Diu'er is a bit funny."
Li Diudiu said, "Can you please stop talking to me in the tone of an elder? We are equals. If you call me Diuer again, I will fight you."
Xiahou Zhuo shook his head: "Okay, okay, let's not provoke each other. If you don't mention it, I won't mention it either."
When they returned to the inn, Xiahou Zhuo was waiting outside the inn as usual. He was not used to entering such small inns. He felt that they were not clean and even the smell was a bit unbearable to him.
Li Diudiu followed his master upstairs and after putting away the things Xiahou Zhuo had bought for him, Taoist Changmei pulled Li Diudiu over to sit next to him.
Taoist Long Eyebrows asked him, "Do you know the identity of Young Master Xiahou now?"
"I don't know, but he himself said that no one in Jizhou City can afford to offend his father."
Taoist Long Eyebrow thought for a moment and said, "Could it be the governor?"
The Jizhou Jiedushi is the local emperor here. No one has a higher official position than the Jiedushi, and he also holds military power.
He shook his head and said, "But that's not right. The Jiedushi's surname is Zeng, and his surname is Xiahou, unless he took his mother's surname."
Li Diudi asked, "Master, he cursed the Jiedushi like that on the mountain. Do you think he could be the Jiedushi's son?"
Taoist Changmei suddenly remembered something and his expression changed immediately.
"If...he is that man's child, then you should stay away from him in the future."
Taoist Changmei said with a strange look in his eyes.
"Why does everyone want me to stay away from Xiahou Zhuo?"
Li Diudiu was really angry this time. He didn't care when his teacher Yan Qingzhi said that, because to him, Yan Qingzhi was just his teacher. Li Diudiu also didn't care when Aunt Wu in the cafeteria said that, because Aunt Wu was not a close family member of Li Diudiu.
But it’s different with the master. When the master said such words, Li Diudiu was really angry.
"Don't glare at me like that, I'm doing this for your own good."
Taoist Changmei pulled Li Diudiu and said, "Who in Jizhou City is more powerful than the Jiedushi? I just overlooked it and always thought he was the son of a powerful man. But now I understand that the so-called real power is nothing in his father's eyes."
"And his father is a very special person. Master is really doing this for your own good..."
“Master!”
Li Diudiu stood up and said seriously: "I won't stay away from him. He is my first friend."
"How can you be friends with him?"
Taoist Long Eyebrows said anxiously: "You two are not from the same world at all, he is..."
Taoist Changmei was interrupted by Li Diudiu before he could finish his words. This was the first time that Li Diudiu rudely stopped his master from finishing his words.
"I was originally a little curious about his family, but after Master said this, I am no longer curious. I don't care who his father is. My friend is Xiahou Zhuo, not his father. If he and I are not from the same world, we will not be friends."
Li Diudiu sighed like an adult and said, "Master, you taught me that if you give me a peach wood, I will repay you with a jade."
He turned and walked out: "And I learned one thing from him, and also set a goal."
"Don't leave yet."
Taoist Long Mei stepped forward, grabbed Li Diudiu and asked, "What's the matter? What's your goal?"
Li Diudiu answered loudly: "I want to join the army. After graduating from the academy, I will be at the right age to join the army. I will go to Northern Xinjiang, or... I will go to Northern Xinjiang with Xiahou Zhuo next year."
Taoist Changmei's face turned pale immediately, and he suddenly raised his hand and gave Li Diudiu a slap: "You are not allowed to do that!"
Li Diudiu covered his face and asked, "Why?"
"No reason, I won't let you join the army."
Taoist Changmei's hands were shaking with excitement. He glared at Li Diudiu for a long time. After calming down for a while, he said, "Do you know what a battlefield is like? Do you know what war is like? I raised you, and I only hope that you live well."
Li Diudiu glanced at him without saying anything, then turned around and walked downstairs .
Xiahou Zhuo was squatting at the door of the building playing with a little stray dog. When he heard the sound of stairs, he looked back and saw the red handprint on Li Diudiu's face at first sight.
Li Diudiu was about to speak when Xiahou Zhuo shook his head at him: "I heard everything."
He stood up and walked forward with his hands behind his head as he usually did. Li Diudiu was stunned for a moment and didn't know what to say.
Xiahou Zhuo turned around and smiled brightly: "Since you don't want to stay away from me, why don't you follow me closely, Diu'er."
"Xiahou Tiezhu!"
