"The good is not good, the bad is really good..."
Not long after the chaotic voice came over, it was already confirmed that there was a problem in the direction of the east gate. Everyone on the street looked in that direction. Among them, there were also some victims, who were confused and panicked, and they all guessed what happened over there. matter. Lu Agui looked around.
"The county master, the little prince, you get in the car and prepare to go back. The city gate may be closed... I'm going to go and see. Liheng, the carriage will pass through the Su mansion, so you should go back to the mansion together. If this happens, There is always some panic.”
Ning Yi nodded, Lu Agui rushed over to the city gate, and he and Zhou Pei Zhou Junwu got into the carriage and drove back all the way. Ning Yi sat next to the driver's seat, and Zhou Pei and Zhou Junwu also opened the curtains to see what was going on outside. The situation in the city has been a little tense for the past few days. At this time, the victims have become a little confused. There are quarrels, scoldings, and children crying on the road. The officers and soldiers and the yamen are maintaining order. There is no real mess.
So all the way home, Su Mansion was already vigilant, the mansion door began to close tightly, and some people climbed on the wall with ladders to watch the fun. In fact, everyone was a little confused. Juan'er was waiting for him near the main entrance at the moment, and then she realized that Chan'er was waiting in the direction of the side door. Su Tan'er and the three maids had already returned home. When there was a commotion outside, they called them over. Wait, if Ning Yi doesn't come back after a while, it is estimated that he will organize a family to go out and look for it.
Then I heard voices from the street outside: "The city gates are closed—" The voices came one after another, gradually converging into some flustered and confused voices, and the sun seemed to become a little pale in the sky...
At this noon on July 13, Jiangning City closed four doors amid the riots.
The reason is still because the Zhongyuan has arrived. Although the real center is the half of July, the ghost gate opens on the first day of July. After that, there are still various reasons for paying homage. There are various ingots and candles on the streets of Jiangning City, and how many are outside the city. Refugees with family members who have an accident. It's no wonder that Su Tan'er and Lu Agui both said that the city gates would be closed before the fifteenth.
However, there are some refugees outside the city who can see this. Refugees who can enter Jiangning City at this time will naturally have a better life. The city gate, they may have a harder time. So on the 13th day, someone at the east gate incited the refugees to start rushing in. Seeing that the chaos was getting worse and worse, the officials guarding over there quickly chose to close the city - anyway, this was a decision that was made before.
After the east gate was closed, the other three gates also closed one after another.
The blind panic in the city did not last, and the order was still maintained. It was just that Jiangning seemed a little quiet this night, and people silently burned paper money in the courtyard and on the street. Occasionally there are carriages and pedestrians passing by, and it also looks cold and bleak. People close to the city wall can hear various sounds from outside the city gate.
By the next morning, everything seemed to be starting to go back to normal, except that no one was going in or out of the city gates anymore. The Su family's house was peaceful. As usual, he got up, washed, had meals, read, practiced calligraphy, and chatted. When he entered the room in the morning to clean up the bedding for Ning Yi, Xiaochan also asked about the girl Nie, and Ning Yi casually asked. I said a few words, but I didn't talk about it much. At the moment, this matter has become less important.
There were more people in Su Mansion, fewer people went out, and the atmosphere became more lively. The children were running around, and familiar faces were walking around and chatting. It was still the same on the third day and the fourth day, but people gradually got used to the fact that the city gate was closed. After Zhongyuan, the business of brothels and prostitutes became more lively, and various nightlife was abundant, and people often went out in groups of three or five. Friends call friends, spend a lot of money, and enjoy life happier than usual.
On the other hand, the price of rice grains in the city has risen to an outrageous level. Grain sold by the government is supplied in limited quantities every day, and the large-scale households sell grain through black market channels. There are many wealthy businessmen in Jiangning. As long as there is no major chaos, the government can't really act vigorously and strictly control them. They just use appropriate means to beat these big households and cut some meat to help maintain order in the city.
The city gate was closed, and there were always shocks in the days before and after. Su Taner seemed to have become more busy, and it was the time of Zhongyuan ancestor worship, and there were a lot of trivial things. She still sleeps late at night. One night, she fell asleep again in the middle of the night. Ning Yi went over to blow out the light, but she woke up again, looked at Ning Yi, took a breath, and then laughed: "Sleep now..." This time, it didn't take long, a moment After that, I really turned off the lights and took a rest.
On the night of July 17, the two chatted in the corridor on the second floor, Su Tan'er ate the cake Ning Yi gave her: "Well, there will be nothing to do in the next two days, so I will go outside to put porridge and food to help the victims. , Liheng, are you coming?"
"It's the kind of food that is put on and let the victims line up to send one by one, is it like this?"
"Well, to prepare porridge and steamed buns, they line up to come, a small bowl of porridge, a steamed bun, can eat a meal, and the children will also send one. A few years ago, the city was also closed, I went to send things, and put things in their hands Come on, thank you, I'm very happy, there were a lot of people back then, but it's still the first few days, there shouldn't be many, but not much is a good thing." Su Tan'er took the cake and nibbled at it.
"Oh, you're not patriotic, but you're actually quite sentimental..."
"I'm a woman, and I can only take care of the kindness that I helped a person in front of me. There are so many countries, who knows who they are?" Su Tan'er raised her head and smiled, and replied casually, "But Xianggong will be in the end tomorrow. going or not?"
"Well, go."
"OK."
The city gate has only been closed for four days, and everything has not yet settled down. Many things have not yet been used to, and many things have not yet begun. Ning Yi went to see some Nie Yunzhu, and there was nothing to do there, but it was not good to go to Qin's hometown with her to return the righteous daughter. Kang Xian's side must also be busy. Ning Yi only went out once, so naturally he couldn't meet him. Although Lu Agui said that Kang Lao wanted to find him a theory or something, it was naturally impossible right now.
There are only so many things on his scheduled itinerary. Maybe it will be stable for a few days and the kids will have enough fun. Ning Yi will ask them to come over here to give lectures in the yard. To do good deeds tomorrow is a simple matter for him and Su Tan'er. At this time, not many people knew that on the next day, such a thing would happen, without any precautions, but it seemed that a conspiracy had been lurking for a long time, and suddenly appeared...
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After the city was closed for four days, the level of tension in the city has not increased much, and naturally there are not many people who are completely out of food and no food. However, I heard that the Su family gave charity today, and many victims and beggars gathered in the small square near the Su family.
The form of disaster relief at this time was similar to what Ning Yi had seen on TV before. It was nothing more than lining up in a few lines, a spoonful of porridge, and a small steamed bun. Although the difficulties only started at this time, many of the victims were already pale and worried, some were silent, some were grateful, and some people were talking about it, saying that it was the second young lady of the Su family. , that's the uncle of the Su family... This kind of charity will definitely gain some fame for businessmen, which is normal.
Su Tan'er naturally knew the purpose of gaining fame, and of course she was happy to do something good, probably because of the kind side of her character. But for Ning Yi, it's a bit complicated. To say bad things, he has seen the deepest darkness, the most unfair things, the most distorted human nature, but if he wants to say good things, he has also seen a lot of fairer public opinion and atmosphere , so it no longer makes sense for him to gain a sense of superiority in such an action, and just do it as a thing that needs to be done.
The small square was noisy, and when the food was halfway through, Su Tan'er leaned over from there: "Dad is here too."
"Huh?" Ning Yi turned to look, a carriage separated the crowd from one side of the square. This was Su Boyong who went out in the morning. At this time, he was coming all the way to go home. The carriage was still beside the row of tables and chairs where the porridge was served. After stopping, Su Boyong came over to greet Ning Yi and Su Tan'er.
Although the two are father and daughter, the relationship between Su Boyong and Su Tan'er is not as warm as that of ordinary father and daughter. Su Tan'er never acts coquettishly beside her father like a daughter of ordinary people. It seems that he is always at a loss, not knowing whether to show a kind side or a strict side, or a professional businessman's side.
After greeting and chatting with Ning Yi for a while, Su Boyong looked at Su Tan'er, and then briefly exhorted: "I see that your face is not very good these days, you can rest when you can, don't be too tired." Su Tan'er nodded: "I know."
Then Su Boyong also went to a long table not far away to hand out steamed buns. Ning Yi and Su Tan'er stayed here, one serving porridge and the other making steamed buns. There is no need to say much about the relationship between Su Tan'er and her father. The two chatted casually here. At a certain moment, the corners of Ning Yi's eyes swayed. When he noticed something, there was a small disturbance in a team on one side. .
That was the small team in front of Su Boyong. Someone squeezed up and seemed to want to jump in the queue, causing a very normal riot. The servant of the Su family who maintained the order failed to react. That person had already narrowed the distance. Raising his head, holding a steamed bun in his hand, Ning Yi noticed that in less than a second, the two figures collided. Su Tan'er was also looking over there.
The blood spurted out, the man took a knife in his hand and stabbed Su Boyong, Su Boyong staggered back, turned around, the man stabbed his back again, turned and ran away.
"Ah—" the crowd screamed, and the chaos expanded. Ning Yi opened the table and ran over there. Su Tan'er started almost at the same time. She didn't exclaim and shout. There was almost no expression between her face and eyes. She fell down beside her father. She glanced in the direction of the running gangster, and simply and briefly said to the surrounding servants: "Catch him." Then she just lowered her head and pressed her father's wound, ignoring the other side. . In fact, quite a few family members have already passed by.
Ning Yi looked around, making sure that even if there was a second gangster, it would be impossible to rush up, and just turned around to help Su Tan'er hold down the wound. Su Tan'er already had tears in her eyes, and pursed her lips tightly. Without speaking, I am afraid that it will be a little confusing for a while. So Ning Yi ordered around: "Find the nearest doctor! Those clean cloths! Hurry up, hurry up, do what you can do..."
The two stab wounds were relatively deep. Although they were not fatal for a while, the consequences were unpredictable. Su Boyong was conscious. At this time, he held Su Tan'er's hand and said something. Ning Yi frowned and looked around, looking for possible possibilities. Saw clues.
It might be a premeditated plan, it might not be, but the Su family's third room and the big room are the weakest. Although it is said that Su Tan'er is the most powerful villain of the third generation, and may be in charge of the Su family in the future, it is still in the testing stage at this time. The big house of the Su family is always under the control of Su Boyong, who is the backbone.
After these two knives, what will the Su family look like tomorrow, the consequences are unpredictable...
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