Big Moon Ballad

Chapter 635 General
If the overall style of the Southern Chu Grand Sima's Mansion is simple, then the courtyard of the concubine Chen Zihan is the most simple of all.

Ever since he was a child, Chen Zichu didn't like to come to this courtyard the most, not only because it was far and remote from his residence.What's more, because this courtyard is like a snow cave, there are no decorations in the courtyard except bluestone slabs, just like his younger brother's temperament is as boring.

But today he couldn't help but not come.

Because on the bluestone slab full of sword marks in this courtyard, there was a boy kneeling upright.

It was Chen Zihan who had just returned to the mansion after finishing the primary ceremony today.

And behind him stood an old man in simple clothes. The years of wind and frost had carved deep wrinkles on his face, his hair was mixed with silver, but his waist was still straight, and he looked calm and majestic.

If it weren't for the iron and blood spirit still lingering on his body, it would be hard for anyone to think that this middle-aged man dressed like an ordinary rural farmer is one of the three princes of Nanchu, the Great Sima of Nanchu who was once known as the No. 1 general of Nanchu The head of the Chen family, Chen Yan.

In the Southern Chu Dynasty Hall, this man could make other ministers sweat all over their faces and dare not refute.Only in his own mansion, he has to face his son's yelling.

Although he was yelled at, Chen Yan frowned and looked at the angry older son in front of him, then at the younger son who was kneeling on the ground without saying a word, and spoke lightly.

"He has committed crimes against his superiors today. He is not filial or fraternal. As a father, he must be punished."

Chen Yan said expressionlessly.

"Don't worry about him, Zichu, go back to your own courtyard."

"You..." Chen Zichu stared at the man in front of him speechless, "I was the one who got hurt, I didn't care, why did you have to punish him?"

Although he lost the duel today, he was relieved of a knot in his heart. He was happy at first, but when he and Chen Zihan returned to the mansion, they found that their old father was waiting for them in the hall.

One of his sons entered the second day's battle, but the Grand Sima of Southern Chu didn't look happy at all.

Chen Zichu saw a piece of paper covered with densely packed black characters spread out on the table in his hand, and knew that it was a battle report recording today's battle situation, and frowned when he remembered the battle between him and Chen Zihan.

But before he could speak, their father spoke first, "Zi Chu, the doctor is in your yard, please hurry over."

Chen Zichu was taken aback for a moment, but the man sitting at the table looked at Chen Zihan, and Chen Zichu obviously felt that Chen Zihan beside him was shocked.

"Zihan, follow me to your yard." The man said coldly, got up and left.

"Father..." Chen Zichu looked nervously at his younger brother, but Chen Zihan didn't look at him, just followed his father quietly and walked out as usual.

Although his father often punished Chen Zihan, this time Chen Zichu only felt that the atmosphere was the most sinister.

He was really worried, and secretly followed the two of them to Chen Zihan's yard, only to hear that Chen Yan led Chen Zihan into the yard, and opened his mouth coldly.

"Kneel down for me."

Chen Zihan still didn't speak, just took off the epee from his waist, and knelt quietly on the cold stone slab.

"Do you know your mistake?" Chen Yan asked gruffly.

If it was normal, Chen Zichu knew that he would hear Chen Zihan's emotionless acknowledgment of his mistake the next moment.

He has heard this sentence countless times since he was a child.

But this time, there was still a dead silence in the courtyard.

Chen Zihan.

He didn't open his mouth to admit his mistake.

"You violated your concubine with a concubine and hurt your eldest brother," Chen Yan's eyes became even more angry, "What? Do you think I wronged you?"

Chen Zihan shook his head silently, but the next moment he looked up for the first time to meet his father's eyes.

"If it is normal, it is naturally wrong."

The young man knelt quietly on the ground and looked at his sword, "But today is the primary ceremony, a battle between practitioners."

"I am a practitioner of the wind," Chen Zihan said while looking at the sword on the ground, "Father, I am a practitioner."

"I don't want my sword to be clouded anymore," Chen Zihan said quietly, "Today, as a wind master, I took my battle seriously, that's all."

Chen Yan was taken aback when he heard the words, and looked at his youngest son who spoke for the first time when he was being punished.

Seeing Chen Zihan who had said so much for the first time, Chen Zichu also froze for a moment, and the next moment he jumped into the yard to react and yelled at Chen Yan.

"That's right, I lost because I was not as good as others. What's the point of doing some tricks when you're too old? I don't even care. Dad, why do you have to punish him?"

"Is it for your own sake?"

Chen Yan's pupils narrowed slightly, and he looked at his son who seemed to have turned into two people talking back to him.The next moment more complicated emotions appeared in his eyes, he reached out and grabbed the epee on the ground, and even the scabbard slapped Chen Zihan who was kneeling on the ground on the back!
"Windman? What kind of wind do you know? You think that you have learned some broken swordsmanship in the academy, so you dare to speak out, dare to..."

Chen Yan coldly reprimanded and swiped the epee in his hand. Chen Zihan closed his eyes and did not dodge a gust of wind rising from his body. The next moment, Chen Yan's hand was suspended in midair.

"You... who taught you this?"

Chen Zichu opened his eyes wide in astonishment, and found that his father, who was usually as hard as a rock, actually trembled for a moment with his sword hand.

"father?"

"Father?"

Chen Zihan opened his eyes and looked at his father who showed such an expression for the first time.Just when he wanted to protect himself, he remembered what the woman said to him and mobilized his true energy, but he didn't expect to attract such a big reaction from the man in front of him.

The man in his early years clenched the sword tightly, as if he had seen something unbelievable.

"Say!" Chen Yan snapped, "It is impossible for the masters in Jixia Academy to teach you this! Who told you this?"

Father... what does he know?
Chen Zihan stared blankly at the suddenly furious man in front of him, speechless.

It was the first time for him to see his father being so emotional, and he wondered if his telling the truth would bring disaster to that woman.

"No one taught me..." Chen Zihan gritted his teeth and lowered his head.

"No? How dare you lie? Do you think you can ignore everything when you grow up?"

Chen Yan clenched the hilt of the sword in his hand, and mobilized the true energy of his whole body, "Is it because of that person's order to treat your elder brother like this today?"

Looking at the youngest son who gritted his teeth and refused to speak, Chen Yan was furious, and swung the epee with the scabbard in his hand towards Chen Zihan's back.

"Old man, stop!"

Looking at the sword in front of him with the power of wind and thunder, Chen Zichu's pupils shrank slightly, and he stretched out his hand forward!

But with his half-baked kung fu, he couldn't possibly be the opponent of the old general on the battlefield. Seeing the sword in his father's hand was about to fall on Chen Zihan, his eyes cracked.

However, at this moment, a calm female voice suddenly sounded in front of him.

"I taught it."

Chen Zichu's eyes blurred, and he saw a woman suddenly appearing behind his father, reaching out to his sword-holding arm.

He didn't even see how she moved, but saw her palms flying up and down, pushing and sending, and the hilt of the sword that Chen Yan was holding tightly in her hand before actually fell into her hand!
Chen Zichu opened his eyes wide, looking at Ying Baoyue who appeared behind his father.

What shocked him even more was that his father looked like he had seen a ghost.

Chen Yan looked at the girl who suddenly appeared in amazement.

"Ghost catcher? Martial arts?"

The middle-aged man murmured, but Chen Zichu couldn't understand what his father was saying.

"So you still remember." Ying Baoyue smiled when she heard the words, clenched the hilt of the sword in her hand and raised her head, calling softly.

"Chen Yan."

The old general of Southern Chu who had been in the battlefield for a long time was shocked. He raised his head and stared into the eyes of the woman in front of him, his whole body was stiff and he couldn't speak.

The moment he saw her, Chen Yan stared blankly at the strange girl in front of him, it was hard to describe his mood at this moment.

……

……

There are always some scenes in a person's life that are unforgettable.

to him.

It is a pair of eyes.

(End of this chapter)