With a bang, a head fell out, and Ning Yi grabbed it in his hand. In the yard, limestone flew around.
After a while, Ning Yi held up the human head and looked at it. In the afternoon, screams began to sound, and chickens and dogs jumped.
- This scene happened in the small courtyard of the Qin Mansion. Ning Yi came to the banquet, along with his wife Tan'er and maid Xiaochan. There were quite a lot of people in the yard. In addition to the maid who carried the suitcases and luggage, and Mrs. Qin who came out, Qin Siyuan was accompanied by his eldest son and appeared at the side door of the courtyard not far away. The agile big man who rushed over to support the box looked at each other in dismay.
Today's invitation to the banquet originated from the news that Mr. Qin received the news from his second son Qin Shaoqian yesterday, saying that it was already certain that he would arrive home this afternoon, so he invited Ning Yi and his wife to come. At first, this has the nature of a dust-cleaning banquet, but the most important thing is that Ning Yi rescued Qin Lao, which is a great favor. Although Qin Lao just kept it in his heart, he has not expressed much now, but as a son, Qin Shaohe Whether it is Qin Shaoqian or Qin Shaoqian, it is necessary to express formal gratitude for this matter, and Ning Yi's relationship with Qin Lao can be regarded as a year-old friend, so he simply made an invitation at this time to show the two families in the form of a family banquet. closeness.
So, this became the first meeting between Ning Yi and Qin Shaoqian.
Being able to come to Qin's house for a banquet is really a very important matter for Tan'er at this time. Although he had followed Ning Yi to the Qin Mansion to pay homage a few months ago, at that time, Ning Yi was more likely to visit the old man as a chess friend.
Tan'er is a person who understands the sense of proportion. She knows that this old man is knowledgeable or has a lot of status, but she used to worship those literati and writers, and she longed for the friendship between her husband and others. When visiting, she only regarded herself as a wife. , there is no utilitarian heart. This time is bound to be different.
As a result, she also knew more about the old man's past scenery—it was only after she met Qin Shaohe that she roughly figured out that the former Minister of Officials, in her heart, was a high official who was one step away from the emperor. Got groggy. Just as a modern Chinese suddenly finds himself acquainted with the Politburo Standing Committee.
On the other hand, it was also because Qin Shaohe had a few words with her when they met last time. At that time, Qin Shaohe kept his attitude low. He knew that the Su family was in business, and Su Taner was even at the helm. The last two cordial and sincere words come. In the officialdom, such words are clear hints, and Su Tan'er naturally understands it, knowing that the Su family's business will be under Qin Shaohe's care at least in Jiangzhou.
In fact, Qin Shaohe was not showing kindness and favor, and Su Tan'er was not afraid at the slightest hint. But just as I was happy to have a backer of Zhizhou that day, I inevitably realized that the Qin family had a lot of status. After that, the Su family was different from ordinary people, so when I went out today, I dressed up very dignified and beautiful, in the room. After tossing for half an afternoon, the little girl is also like. Ning Yi watched helplessly and hilariously from the side. In fact, Su Tan'er was also educated by a lady in the past. If it is light and natural, she also has a dignified and elegant young lady temperament. , to cover up that confident and calm temperament.
However, it is quite interesting.
As a result, as soon as the three of them came over, they happened to meet the second young master of the Qin family and arrived home, and the servants in the house were busy moving their luggage in. A little maid next to Ning Yi trotted in with a long box that stood up, and there was a bearded man in the yard who saw it and shouted, "Be careful! Cui'er be careful..." rushing in.
The diligent maid named Cui'er was blocked by the long box, she heard a loud shout, stopped there abruptly, and swayed around several times: "Huh? What... what? What did the second master say... " Ning Yi kindly wanted to reach out to help, but the bearded man over there also rushed over, in a hurry, with a bang, the top grid of the long box was opened, and an object fell out like a ball. Ning Yi reached out and grabbed it. , The lime in the sky, for a while he thought he was attacked, but fortunately the lime is not thick.
For a long time, the yard was in chaos. Some people shouted: "Head, head, head..." and others: "Everyone, everyone, head..." All of them stretched their voices, and the bearded man was also a little embarrassed, as if he wanted to calm down. Yi took the thing in her hand, hesitated and didn't know what to say, and was about to make up her mind to reach out, when the little maid next to her holding the box stuck her head and looked forward several times, realizing the box she was holding. After she was carrying something, she rolled her eyes and fell on the ground, and the bearded man hurried to catch her: "Xiao Cui, Xiao Cui, don't faint, I told you not to move..."
The feeling of holding a dead head in your hand is naturally not too cool, and it is still one-handed. Fortunately, Ning Yi was very calm, took the head for a while, then turned to look in front of his eyes, just nodded, and looked at the bearded man holding the little maid: "This is the assassin's head. …”
At this time, in his hand, it was the head of the big man who was wounded in one eye by the musket. Ning Yi knew the bravery of this group of people, and had inquired with Lu Agui at the beginning, but only thought that this group of people fled north, and one of them might be comparable to Lu Hongti's kung fu. That man's name was Lu Tuo, not from Liao, but a famous bandit in the south. He was known as Fierce Yama. He killed officials and rebelled. Later, it is said that he was subdued and disappeared.
This time, the Liao people were able to escape, mainly because there were forces close to the Liao people operating in it. If they wanted to come to a master like Lu Tuo, they sent them to protect them. These days they ran away without a trace. The family was only a few days late, and they brought their heads back.
In the past, I heard that Qin Shaoqian was a general in the army, and he was a freelancer, and he had no major achievements. Now it seems that these two sons of the Qin family are not simple.
When he was holding the head in his hand, Qin Siyuan had already come over, so he also showed it to him. The old man was not afraid of dead heads, he only frowned and looked at it, nodded with Ning Yi, and confirmed that this was one of the assassins of the day. Qin Shaohe had a happy face, and the bearded Qin Shaoqian, who was hugging the maid, laughed: "Haha, it's them, these guys with short eyes fled all the way, went wild, and were arrested near Crow Mountain in the south of Xuzhou. People found out that I was just in time to catch up, gathered a group of strong people and beat them to death, hahahaha, but a powerful guy with scars all over his body escaped, what a goddamn..."
When he said this, he looked at the father next to him and the mother not far away, and changed his words: "Sincerity, sincerity and my mother... It doesn't matter, sooner or later catch him..."
Qin Shaohe touched his chin: "The one who escaped is called Lu Tuo, and he is the most difficult one to deal with, but he didn't participate in the assassination that day. All the other three were killed?"
The bearded Qin Shaoqian nodded: "Of course, ah, come here, Xiaohu, put the things in this brother's hands in the box, my mother doesn't like to see this... I'll just say, if they kill them, they will kill you. What a bad idea, bring the head back to show off, they assassinated my father, this is a koan case, and it should be handled by the government, we bring the head back, this will not become a personal vendetta, next time I must not do it... No, no Time... Dad, it really wasn't my idea..."
Qin Siyuan looked at the son and sighed, but Qin Shaohe wanted to laugh but didn't look funny. The handsome man called Xiaohu hurriedly came over to pick up the head and put it into the box. At this time, the box was still with the maid Xiaocui. Holding in Qin Shaoqian's arms, she woke up swaying in Qin Shaoqian's arms, blinked, then stared, her head crooked, she fainted again, and suddenly there was chaos again, and someone rushed over to help , While pinching people, Qin Shaoqian frowned in distress: "This, this is not good for the body, should we call a doctor over..." He was usually in the army, and he didn't feel anything about the dead, but he was fond of such bodies. The weak little maid was a little helpless, for fear of making people sick.
There is this change of chicken flying and dogs jumping, and after a while, they introduce each other, and they don't seem to be separated. Qin Shaoqian is much younger than his elder brother Qin Shaohe. He is only in his early thirties this year. It is said that there was a brother between the two, but he died shortly after birth. He has a big beard and looks rough at first glance. In fact, his eyes and outlines look young. If he shaved his beard, he might have the baby face of a Confucian general. The young man next to him is called Xu Xiaohu. , Tall and handsome, according to Qin Shaoqian, his martial arts skills are extremely high, so crowds in the barracks usually pull him into fights, so they become brothers of life and death.
Although Qin Shaoqian tried to portray himself as a soldier, but in Ning Yi's view, the two people's gestures were very different from those of the soldiers. He was not very familiar with the soldiers of this era. Just a little bit of that feeling.
Afterwards, Mrs. Qin greeted Ning Yi to wash her hands in the side room. After all, the hands were scratched with dead heads and lime, and they were also stained with a lot of messy things. They had to be washed several times. Ning Yi washed off the filth on his hands. Ever since she saw the head just now, she has been standing beside Ning Yi with her mouth pursed, and there is a bit of hard support involved. Washing her hands for herself, she felt a little embarrassed and said with a smile that she would do it herself, but Tan'er just shook her head.
She dressed herself up delicately today, and pursed her red lips tightly while shaking her head. She obviously had to endure it badly, but she took a towel and wiped the lime off Ning Yi's hand first. Ning Yi was slightly puzzled, thinking that this was to show the couple's deep love in front of the Qin family, but looking back, Qin Siyuan and the others did not come over at this time except for Xiaochan at the door preparing to change the water. In the meantime, Tan'er had already taken his hand and dipped it into the water basin, and then took the osmanthus pancreas next to him to wash it for him. After washing it once, he changed the water. After changing the water several times, Tan'er gave him After washing, I also washed my hands several times.
Ning Yi frowned and asked a few times, only to see her frowning in distress: "Then... that's a human head, it's scary to look at..."
"Um."
Tan'er pursed her lips: "The chancellor touched that thing with his hand. Tonight, he touched the body of the concubine. The body of the concubine... always feels goosebumps..."
"Uh... Then you have to wash it for me yourself?"
Talking about being touched by Ning Yi's hand in someone else's house, Tan'er's face also turned slightly red, but she still lowered her head: "After washing this way, I also know that my hands are clean, and I have Be mentally prepared, you won't be afraid at night..."
Ning Yi was stunned for a moment, but then laughed. Su Tan'er's temperament was different from that of ordinary women. If Ning Yi washed it by herself, no matter how many times she washed it, she would probably feel that Ning Yi's hands were unclean— This is something that can't be helped. She wants to cross the hurdle in her heart, so she pulls Ning Yi to wash her hands together, and the two use a basin of water. In short, she is the same as Ning Yi, and there is no such hurdle in her heart. Ning Yi looked at the white fingers in the water that had been washed several times and were still washing his hands, and he was a little moved for a while.
After washing several times like this, it was almost the same. Only then did the brothers Qin Shao and Qin Shaoqian come in from the door with a smile. After saying hello, Qin Shaoqian patted Ning Yi's shoulder hard and said with a smile, "I'm really sorry just now, but Brother Ning is really a man, I've never seen a scholar who is so literate and beautiful before. The one who grabs a human head and doesn't change his face. But it is the head of the Liao people, so let's look at it as a dog's head, haha."
"Only die." Ning Yi smiled and cupped his hands, "However, Brother Qin just said that those people were surrounded and beaten to death by the strong people. I'm afraid it's not true."
He didn't have a clue in his heart. He just looked at Qin Shaoqian's expression before and after, and tried it out a little. Sure enough, after he asked, Qin Shaoqian laughed, and Qin Shaohe also smiled and said: "Father said that Liheng has a good eye, but he really doesn't. Fake, this kid dances knives and guns on weekdays, but now it comes in handy." He was nearly forty at this time, and Qin Shaohe was in his early thirties, but he still called "this kid". relationship is also evident.
Qin Shaoqian smiled and curled his lips: "Ha, it's a good thing he died at my hands at this time, otherwise he will be in trouble, I will kill him in Liao and take his life." Then the hostility gathered, and the originally young face was gradually dyed with a majestic aura like that of Old Qin. It's just that this momentum gathered for less than a moment, and in a blink of an eye, he became grinning, but it was his brother who patted him approvingly on the shoulder a few times.
"What's wrong?" Qin Shaohe asked suspiciously.
"Big, big brother... I have an injury on my back..." Qin Shaoqian took a deep breath, then raised his finger to point to his shoulder, Qin Shaohe picked up his collar and looked inside: "The injury is serious? You... "
"Don't tell your mother, don't tell your mother..." The bearded Qin Shaoqian waved his hand desperately, enduring the pain, and whispered, "Damn, it was me and Xiaohu at that time, these Liaogou were not very easy to kill, and they were stabbed in the back. Only changed their three lives... Oh woo woo woo, it's worth it, but it hurts, don't tell my mother, I didn't dare to take too heavy medicine, I'm afraid of being smelled, Brother Ning, please help to cover it up , I'm most afraid of my mother crying..."
Qin Shaohe frowned: "The injury is so serious, and you have to stay at home for so many days, mother cares about you the most, how can you hide it?"
"Only, only to die..."
Fang Cai Ning Yi said these words. At this time, when he said with a grin, several people in the room laughed, and there was some admiration in the smile. Ning Yi remembered that there were still a few wound medicines left by Lu Hongti at home. Some of them were used to treat trauma, but the smell of the medicine was not too heavy. He immediately said that someone would bring it over at night. Qin Shaoqian had a bright personality and was very grateful.
Afterwards, several people walked towards the living room, and only halfway through, they saw Yunniang and two women carrying some things and walking there. Qin Shaohe and Qin Shaoqian both called Yunianniang, obviously they were with this woman. The concubine Qin, who was also in her early thirties, had a good relationship, but Ning Yi was slightly stunned by the two women who followed Yunniang. The two were Nie Yunzhu and Yuan Jiner. The banquet meant thanks. Yunzhu and the Qin Mansion had a good relationship. Ning Yi didn't even know that they were invited over this time. At this time, it seemed that they were helping to prepare the banquet like family members of the Qin Mansion.
Yun Niang led them to the backyard after a brief introduction. Tan’er naturally recognized Yuan Jin’er, but in other people’s homes, she wouldn’t show any curiosity. Yun Zhu seemed to have known about them when she saw them. Ning Yi was about to come, and while Tan'er was not paying attention, he gave Ning Yi a narrow and playful smile, bowed generously, and went to the backyard.
After a while, they went to the living room and chatted with Qin Lao. When Yunzhu and the others came back, they clearly saw Qin Siyuan's old man showing a slightly narrow smile. Ning Yi was also a little helpless. The old man knew about his relationship with Yunzhu and the troubles between the two. He used to laugh at Ning Yi, but he also had a good impression of Nie Yunzhu, a casual banquet. Yi felt a bit like the old man's killer move when the two of them played chess on weekdays.
In the usual chess game, Ning Yi or the sword is slanted, or open and close. In short, the style is obvious, but the old man is neutral and moderate, and this time when his chess pieces fall, it really makes people feel the pressure that cannot be avoided. On the other hand, it's really moisturizing and silent, and people can't get angry at all...
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I'm back, it could have been updated before 0:00, but it's time to die.
2012 is here, before the end, I'm starting to go crazy too...