Chapter 2517 2519【Xixia Stone Carvings】


    Guo Jing and Huang Rong went to Xiangyang to help defend the city.


    Xiang Nan continued to stay at home and take care of his wife, children and children.


    ??Yang Guo and Yang Xi are now over two years old and can already run, jump and talk.


    ??Both of them are naughty by nature, like little monkeys. If Mu Nianci and Li Mochou hadn''t learned martial arts, they would have been exhausted.


    ?But in front of Xiang Nan, the two little guys were very obedient.


    ?Because Mu Nianci and Li Mochou were both reluctant to spank their children. Even if they were extremely naughty, they would still pamper them and not even give them a scolding, let alone a spanking.


    But Xiang Nan was very strict. Once they had a serious fight, he would really spank them. So all the time, the children were afraid of him and didn''t dare to act arrogant in front of him.


    Actually, Xiang Nan’s strict discipline also hopes that his children will become talented.


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    ?Yang Guo, Yang Xi, and Yang Xin were born in families like theirs, and they usually had nothing to suffer.


    They do not have to bear the pains of hunger and cold, insecurity, bullying, corvee taxes, etc. that ordinary people have to endure. It can be said that they are soaked in a honeypot.


    ??If they are no longer strictly disciplined and are allowed to let themselves go, both of them will be useless.


    ?Just like Ouyang Ke, he was obviously a descendant of Wujue, but he only cared about enjoying sexual pleasures, and when he was in his thirties, he was beaten by Guo Jing and even died directly;


    ?Or like Guo Fu, her parents and grandpa are all good, but she has been naughty and willful since she was a child. Not only is she uneducated, empty-minded, and has low martial arts skills, but her character is also a mess. She just feels like the world revolves around her.


    Xiang Nan did not want his children to be so worthless, so he had to be careful and disciplined when educating his children. Moreover, he also advised Mu Nianci and Li Mochou, "To spoil a child is like killing a child, to raise a child without education is like raising a tiger, and to raise a daughter without education is like raising a pig."


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    And strangely enough, although Xiang Nan disciplined the children strictly, both children liked him more. As long as he was at home, they would pester him every day, making both Mu Nianci and Li Mochou sour.


    They took care of the children diligently, holding them in their mouths for fear of melting, and holding them in their hands for fear of falling. They were so careful, but the two children ran over to Xiang Nan as soon as they saw Xiang Nan, which really made them furious.


    In fact, the reason why the two children pestered Xiang Nan was mainly because it was more fun to follow Xiang Nan.


    Xiang Nan will accompany them to make toys, play games and tell stories.


    ?For example, he is proficient in carpentry and makes wooden horses, roller coasters, puppets, and airplanes for Yang Guo and Yang Xi... everything is strange and fun.


    ?Another example is playing pinball, hide-and-seek, rolling hoops, kicking shuttlecocks, and building blocks with your children...it is educational and fun, and children also like to play.


    Another example is storytelling, traditional folk tales, European fairy tales, fables, idiom stories... Xiang Nan is a scholar of nature and good at writing stories, so he has a lot of stories that can never be finished, so children naturally like to get close to him. .


    In comparison, Mu Nianci followed Yang Tiexin to travel around the world since childhood, while Li Mochou followed his master and lived in an ancient tomb since childhood. Neither of them had a happy and sweet childhood, so apart from blindly pampering, they actually had no idea what to do. Spend time with your kids.


    For this reason, children naturally like to follow Xiang Nan. Xiang Nan also took advantage of playing time to teach the children what he knew and learned as much as possible.


    For this purpose, he also specially compiled teaching materials. Such as "Mathematics", "Physics", "Three Character Classic", "Young Learning Qionglin", "Li Weng Duiyun", "Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual", "Three Hundred Tang Poems", and so on.


    Let Mu Nianci and Li Mochou both admire Xiang Nan''s talent and learning.


    …


    Two months later, news came from Xiangyang.


    ??Guo Jing and Huang Rong relied on the military tactics taught in "Wu Mu''s Suicide Note" to successfully scare off the invading Mongolian army. In addition, Genghis Khan just passed away, and Tuolei and Ogedei were busy competing for the throne, so they had to choose to retreat. In this way, Guo Jing and Huang Rong achieved great success, and their fame spread throughout the world.


    Hong Qigong saw that the two men were brave and resourceful and served the country and the people. He couldn''t help but admire them very much, and he accepted them as his disciples.


    Xiang Nan was a little envious after hearing about it.


    ?Had he known this, he would have gone to Xiangyang. Perhaps Hong Qigong was so happy that he passed on the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms and the Dog Beating Stick Technique to him.


    But then again, he now has the same status as Hong Qigong. Even if he went to Xiangyang to defend the city, Hong Qigong would only respect him more and not accept him as his disciple.


    After all, Hong Qigong is not that shameless if he dares to accept Wu Jue as his disciple.


    ?Hence Xiang Nan is envious, but he does not become obsessed with it and never forgets it.


    ?Unlike Ouyang Feng, in order to obtain the "Nine Yin Manual", he did not hesitate to use tricks, coercion and inducement, and even became stupid for it.


    Besides, for today''s Xiang Nan, learning the Eighteen Palms for Subduing the Dragon and the Stick Technique for Beating the Dog are just the icing on the cake. It''s like killing rabbits during the New Year - not much with it, not much without it, so it''s not urgent.


    Therefore, Xiang Nan can still teach his children at home.


    Under his careful guidance, both Yang Guo and Yang Xi have grown up very well.


    …


    Another year later, Xiang Nan was very restless and left home again, preparing to go to Xixia.


    Because it is possible that the martial arts of the Xiaoyao sect remained in the Xixia palace.


    ?Li Qiushui, one of the three elders of the Xiaoyao Sect, once served as the princess of the Xixia Kingdom. In order to facilitate her practice of martial arts, she carved the Xiaoyao Sect''s unique skills on the stone wall of her palace.


    Nowadays, the Xixia Kingdom is being attacked by the Mongolian army. Xiang Nan is worried that these stone carvings may be damaged, so he wants to go and check it out. If you can get the true biography by luck, wouldn''t it be a good thing?


    He said goodbye to his family and rode to Xixia Lingzhou.


    Lingzhou is actually not far from Chang''an, only more than a thousand miles away. Xiang Nan only walked for five days and had already arrived at Zhongxing Mansion in Lingzhou.


    ??I saw that the Mongolian army had surrounded Zhongxing Mansion, and the siege was impenetrable. At this time, apart from this capital city, other territories of Xixia Kingdom had already been annexed by Mongolia.


    ?Hence, the Xixia Kingdom is in danger, and there are not many people left in the city. At its peak, Zhongxing Mansion had more than 500,000 people, but now it may be less than 30,000.


    Xiang Nan used Qinggong and sneaked into the city. He saw that the city was devastated and full of ruins. Even the palace, which used to be heavily guarded and extremely luxurious, now looked very lonely and dilapidated.


    As Xiang Nan walked along, he rarely saw guards, maids, eunuchs, etc. The entire palace was filled with the sadness and despair of the end of the world.


    Xiang Nan finally found a white-headed palace maid and found out the location of Qingfeng Pavilion.


    At that time, it was Li Qinglu’s boudoir, and the stone carvings of the Xiaoyao Sect were also among them.


    Xiang Nan then came to Qingfeng Pavilion and saw that the former princess''s boudoir had become dilapidated due to frequent wars and lack of repair and management over the years.


    The gold paint is faded, the doors and windows are in disarray, and the furnishings inside have been emptied out long ago, leaving only a few broken rooms filled with dead branches and leaves. You can even see the sky when you look up.


    “It’s true that things and people are different.” Xiang Nan couldn’t help but sigh.


    (End of this chapter)