Zhui Xu

Chapter 1050: The Ballad of Late Summer (Part 1)

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The old little dog got on the line of Guan Shanhai, and the bad guy Bald got the medicine. I thought that the bad things that would kill the conscience would be done soon, but as a result, these people seemed to have contracted some kind of "slowly planned" disease, and the advancement of bad things seemed to be deadlocked after that.

The old dog attends the dinner party every day and never tires of it, the little dog is kept in the yard all day long; the two villains surnamed Huang wholeheartedly participate in the competition, and occasionally call friends, from a distance, it seems that they want to follow the book The way it is written in the book is to participate in this kind of "hero small meeting" - the book is written by my father, you say good things and do bad things.

In the blink of an eye, six months passed, and Ning Ji even found out the residences of Huangshan, Huang Jianfei and others through the follow-up when he was bored. With such efficiency, Ning Ji was speechless, and the paralyzed face he kept in the competition venue every day almost became real.

As time goes by, things in the world are of course also advancing. In July, there are more business travelers, scholars, and warriors from all over the world, and the atmosphere in the city is lively and lively. There are more people who are clamoring to look good for the Huaxia Army, and there are also several work teams from the surrounding Huaxia Army entering Chengdu one after another.

On the second day of the seventh lunar month, a conflict broke out at the southern end of the city, causing a fire in the middle of the night. The raging flames reflected in the sky. It was thought that a certain wave of bandits had started something in the city. Ning Ji ran all the way over to help, but when he arrived at the fire scene, a group of bandits had either been killed or arrested. The Huaxia Army patrol team responded very quickly. Among them, two "Wulin Heroes" were stubbornly resisting He was killed by soldiers patrolling the streets.

This incident happened suddenly and subsided quickly, but the subsequent waves were not small. On the night of the third day of the junior high school, Ning Ji went to the old dog to listen to the corner, Wen Shoubin was bringing two trustworthy comrades to drink and chat, while sighing yesterday, a dozen heroic and righteous people were besieged by the Chinese army and fought to the death. , while praising their actions for "finding out the layout and reality of the Huaxia Army in Chengdu", as long as these situations are found out, more righteous people will take action in the future.

In the past twenty days, Ning Ji had listened to these kinds of words countless times, and finally was able to hold back his anger, hehe sneered. A dozen or so heroic warriors were besieged and fought to the death. A group of people from the Green Forest gathered to make trouble. After being discovered, they set fire to escape, and then they were captured. Two of the masters met two patrolling soldiers. In a two-on-two situation, the two faced each other face-to-face. The patrolling soldiers came down from the battlefield. The other two were also slightly injured.

If this kind of situation is one-on-one, the outcome is unpredictable, and two-on-two will become such a situation. If five people on each side swarm, it is estimated that the Huaxia Army will not be injured. In such a situation, Ning Ji ran fast, and when he arrived at the scene, he knew a little bit, but he could not have imagined that in just one day, it had already become such a rumor...

"... I heard people say that this incident caused a great shock within the Huaxia Army. When the fire burned, the whole city was shocked. Although it was said to the outside world that a few people were arrested, the Huaxia Army had no losses, but the actual They were five dead and sixteen wounded. Of course they didn't dare to say it on the newsprint, so they had to whitewash the peace..."

"...Anyway, these righteous people are really a feat. My martial law is immortal, and there are heroes like this one after another... Come, drink, do..."

"...Hey, I think, nowadays, there is no need to limit yourself to this line of martial arts. With all due respect, building the world has its own faults..."

"...I can't listen to these words. My generation of scholars, how can I forget this monarchical avenue. Are you a traitor on Wu Qimei's side..."

"...Who is a traitor, who is a traitor, the former crown prince Jun Wu Jiangning succeeded to the throne, and then fled the whole city and fled, what is the difference between him and his father. The sage said, the king, the king, the minister, the father, the father, the son, and now the king is not like the king. , Chen is naturally not like a minister, but their father and son are quite similar. When you talk about Taoism, I will argue with you, whether you are a family of Taoism, or follow the Taoism taught by sages, what is the Tao... "

"...you deviant and nonsense, you call yourself a person who is familiar with sages and sages..."

"...I'm in good spirits—"

"... hey hey hey, don't make noise... don't fight... "

The light and shadow in the room and the farce merged into a strange silhouette in the late summer night. The boy sighed and went to the backyard to monitor the girl named Qu Longjun.

Time flows, world affairs protract, many years later, this atmosphere will become an image of his youth. In the late summer, the sun shines through the treetops, the warm wind makes cicadas chirp, or in the afternoon or evening when a thunderstorm comes, Chengdu is noisy, and he has a special charm for him who just came down from the mountains and the battlefield. .

People are fighting in the ring, the scholars are screeching and pointing the country, the breath of iron and blood is hidden in the seemingly restrained opposition, and as time goes by, the tension of waiting for something to happen is still higher. The new scholars or knights who have entered the city of Chengdu are becoming more and more vocal. Occasionally, some masters will appear on the stage. The storyteller I remembered followed suit, boasting that Huang Nishou, Eagle Claw, and Liutong old man were even more powerful than the number one in the world...

Among them, the girl who often wears a white dress sitting in the room or sitting in the pavilion will also become part of this memory. Due to the slow progress over Guan Shanhai and the whereabouts of the "eldest son of the Ning family", Qu Longjun could only live in the yard all day, and the only one who could move was facing the little boy by the river. courtyard.

The girl's temperament is silent, and when Wen Shoubin is away, her eyebrows always look melancholy. She likes to be alone, and doesn't like frequent interruptions by servants and servants. When it's quiet, she often sits in a certain position for half an hour. Only once Ning Ji happened to meet her and woke up from her sleep, and she didn't know she was dreaming. What, his eyes were frightened, his head was sweating profusely, he stepped out of bed with bare feet, and walked back and forth like a lost soul...

Ning Ji didn't like these melancholy and depressing things, but monitoring each other every day to see when their tricks were launched, it seemed like a habit in those days. It's just that it's been a long time, and occasionally strange things happen. One night there was no one else up and down the small building. Ning Ji sat on the roof and watched the lightning and thunder that started in the distance. Qu Longjun in the room suddenly seemed to be caught by something. Alarmed, he looked left and right, and even asked softly, "Who?"

Ning Ji frowned, thinking that he was not good at learning, could it be that she made a noise and was noticed by her? But she was just sitting quietly on the roof without moving, what could she notice

The girl circled the room in confusion, but finally gave up. She picked up the lute and played it for a while in front of the distant thundercloud. Not long after, I heard that Shoubin came back drunk, went upstairs and praised the performance of Qu Longjun, and said:

"The whereabouts of the eldest son of the Ning family are erratic, and it is difficult to detect the itinerary in advance. I discussed with Shan Gong and others privately. It is also because the situation in Chengdu has been tense recently, and there must be a major disaster. Therefore, the Huaxia army is also very nervous. Approaching him is also easy to arouse vigilance... Daughter, you have to make a long-term plan here. If this Chengdu gathering fails, after all, let the black flag pass this level, and you will find another opportunity to get close to the senior officials of the Huaxia Army, then it will not be difficult... "

"Daughter, but according to father's instructions." Qu Longjun said.

"This is also for your safety." Wen Shoubin said, "Daughter, look at the lightning and thunder in the distance, just like the situation in Chengdu today, it will come over soon... Black Flag Army, I don't know how many benevolent and righteous people will die in this chaos... A feat, Long Jun, as you will see next, this is a heroic act, and it will not be inferior to that of the past. Back then..." He hesitated for a moment, having trouble finding examples, and finally said, "It won't be inferior to... Zhou Tong thorn Nianhan!"

Silly!

The thunderstorm was indeed coming, Ning Ji sighed and went downstairs to go home.

The turmoil caused by the fire on the second day of the seventh lunar month was still brewing. When the privately circulated number of righteous men and the number of casualties of the Huaxia Army had tripled, on the sixth day of the seventh lunar month, the Huaxia Army announced on the newsprint the next event. A series of specific measures, these measures include several core points.

First of all, on the first day of August, the Chinese Fifth Army, the Seventh Army and the 29th Army stationed in Tanzhou will hold a grand military parade in Chengdu. At the same time, a prisoner offering ceremony will be held, and some generals of the Jurchen army and some villains captured during the Southwest War will be publicly sentenced and dealt with.

After the military parade is completed, from the third day of the eighth lunar month, it will enter the process of the first people's congress of the Huaxia Army to discuss all major line and direction issues after the Huaxia Army.

From mid-August, the Huaxia Army will select talents in both literature and martial arts at the same time for the outside world. In the selection of soldiers and generals, the performance of the world's No. 1 martial arts competition will be considered as a bonus - it may even become an exception to the recruitment. channel. In terms of literati selection, the Huaxia Army announced for the first time the assessment standards for arithmetic, thinking and general knowledge of physics that will be conducted in the exam.

The announcement of this specific project on the newsprint subsequently caused an uproar. The military parade and devotion to prisoners was naturally the most popular project for ordinary people, and it also aroused deep vigilance among people from all walks of life. The selection of civil and military talents is a real draw from the bottom of the pile. As soon as the news of this kind of external selection comes out, people from all walks of life who come to Chengdu will be "unsettled".

Some literati called on others not to participate in these selections on the newsprint, and some people analyzed the deviant behavior of this selection from various aspects. For example, the most emphasized on the newsprint was that they did not know the so-called "Study of Mathematics" and "Thinking of Physics" and other assessments by themselves. , Huaxia Army is to select officials, not officials, it is to destroy the whole life of scholars in the world, it is to really fight against the Confucian Dao method, and the intention is sinister and dirty.

Some people also began to talk about how to select the morality of real officials, and they talked about the advantages, disadvantages and rationality of many selection methods in history. Of course, even though there was an uproar on the surface, many scholars who entered the city still bought several books such as "Arithmetic" and "Gewu" compiled and published by the Huaxia Army, and read them overnight. It is not that Confucian scholars do not study arithmetic, but they have used and studied too little time in the past, but compared with ordinary people, they naturally still have advantages of one kind or another.

That's why, for this selection in Chengdu, there is a real reputation, and the Confucian scholars and celebrities who pointed to Fenghou's respect for each other have the strongest protests. Scholars, they just resisted verbally and secretly laughed, and even some of the merchants who came to Chengdu, the accountants who followed the merchants, and the master were even more eager to move: If it is a trial and a calculation, those great scholars are not as good as me, and the labor and capital come here to sell things. Can you be an official

People were vigilant about these measures, and there was a lot of chatter. Most of them showed an indifferent attitude towards the news of the conference. People who don't know how to do it think that it has nothing to do with them anyway, and the Confucian who knows a little bit scoffs, thinking it's nothing more than a show: You can decide the matter of the Huaxia Army, so why do you want to hold a conference and fool people...

The atmosphere in the city was chaotic and tense. Ning Ji went to the old dog's side, and a group of people were also yelling at Ning Yi for being sinister, and what they did was to take money from the bottom of the pot. It was also reminded that once these troops entered the city, it meant that their aftermath after the previous war was completely completed, and the incorporation of the puppet army and the placement of Jurchen prisoners had come to an end. Before the parade.

Regarding the "hands-on" in the city, these Confucian scholars mentioned the most. Wen Shoubin said it quite naturally, because he had already made a reservation to stay here with his "daughter" and wait until the end of the matter before doing some consideration. Relax, your words and deeds are also heroic and generous throughout the day.

Seeing more, Ning Ji no longer even sneered.

He lives alone in that small courtyard, hiding his identity, but occasionally people will come over. On the afternoon of the sixth day of the seventh lunar month, the first sister of the first year came over from Zhangcun and came to find him to go to the party with her father. When they arrived at the place, many people had already arrived. , Several uncles of Ba Dao, and the objects they take in are Chen Fan and Ji Qianer and their wife who have already arrived in Chengdu.

Several children of the Ning family liked this heroic, sunny and handsome uncle of the Chen family very much, especially Ning Ji, who taught him the most boxing techniques, and was regarded as one of his own disciples. The sudden meeting made everyone very excited. While chatting with Chen Fan, he asked Chen Fan about the process of killing Yin Shuke. Ning Ji also told him about what he had seen on the battlefield over the past year, and Chen Fan was also happy. , When it comes to the deed, he took off his clothes and compared with Ning Ji about the scars on his body. This naive and boring behavior was stopped by a group of people punching and kicking.

If they couldn't compete with the scars, then they took the martial arts test. Chen Fan then asked Ning Xi, Chu Yi, and Ning Ji to form a team.

"You have been pampered all these years, don't be beaten to death." Fang Shuchang laughed.

"I bet Chen Fan can't hold up to thirty moves." Du Sha smiled.

"Ning Ji, that kid is ruthless, you have to be careful." Zheng Qiming said.

Ji Qian'er smiled and said, "On the first day of the first year, his left leg was injured, and he stabbed him on the left side."

Chen Fan cast a helpless look from there, but saw Xigua carrying the box of the tyrannical knife: "Take it easy, don't hurt too much, you are finished, I will teach you a lesson."

Chen Fan didn't show weakness: "Can you two go together? I'll let you two."

Ning Yi put his hands behind his back and smiled calmly: "Let's talk about my son and daughter-in-law. Kill him!" He remembered Ji Qian'er's words, "Poke his left foot!"

"It seems to be the left leg."

"It's all the same, one meaning."

"Don't break things."

A group of master-level masters and the inner demons mixed in the masters laughed. Ning Xi over there was holding a stick and a sword on the first day of the first year. Ning Ji dragged an entire weapon rack over there. He chose a pair of gloves and was going to use Xiao Jingang to fight the enemy first. During the process of putting on the gloves , asked casually: "Uncle Chen, why did you sneak into the city? The army hasn't come yet, right?"

"Of course it's your father who is planning to trick people. Even if Lin Zongwu comes over this time, he won't be able to get out of Chengdu." Chen Fan didn't take the weapon, but his fists were wrapped with cloth strips. Under the sun, his fists collided heavily. Together.

"Alright?" he laughed. "Come on!"

"Uncle Chen, wait, I still..."

Before he finished speaking, the three people on the opposite side rushed forward at the same time! Ning Ji's fist with a whistling sound, like a tiger pounced on—