In the spring of the tenth year of Jinghan of the Wu Dynasty, Zhenjiang.
As the sun faded away, it seemed like the wind was blowing petals across the sky. The weather has not yet warmed up completely, but it has already made people feel the cold of winter. The willows are budding, the poplars are dancing, and the peach trees have turned pink. This spring is gradually entering its best time. .
This is a city surrounded by mountains and rivers. It is already nighttime. Many boats sailing near the pier have gathered, and it is very lively. The cormorants stand on the wooden raft and watch all this. There was a hustle and bustle, boatmen came and went, and sometimes the cabin hit the net, causing confusion and abuse. When the bell of Jinshan Temple came from a distance, the ancient cities behind were also lit up with lights. .
The setting sun on the corner of the distant mountain, dyed a touch of residual red.
"It was summer when I left, and when I came back, it was already the second year of spring."
Looking at the spring scene outside, Ning Yi and Lu Hongti sighed at the door of the house where the lanterns were lit.
The heroine of Jingchai clothed her hands and clapped her hands. After a while, she sat down on the threshold in a very unimpressive manner, tilted her head and looked at the scene of the pedestrians returning in twos and threes.
Ning Yi smiled and also sat by the threshold for a while, and then Xiaochan called the uncle and miss to find you, and then got up and went in.
The day I arrived in Zhenjiang was February 27th.
Compared with the leisurely journey of going all the way south, when I really rushed back, I didn't spend much time on the road. When the city was broken, Su Tan'er was already more than eight months pregnant. Although Wenren Buer took care of him, anything could happen in the newly broken city, so in Wenren Buer's pie. Under the protection of others, Su Tan'er Xiaochan and others went north to Zhenjiang for the first time, waiting for the dust to settle. And when the matter of the Battalion Battalion was finally settled, Ning Yi and Lu Hongti rushed over here.
Since last July, the crises of the trip to Hangzhou have been one after another, and they have hardly stopped. At the most difficult time, even Ning Yi was a little confused about what he could return to. But by this time. The whole thing has finally come to an end, especially after dealing with the fate of the Ba Dao Camp, I finally put down a big stone in my heart and can breathe a sigh of relief. You can feel the peaceful atmosphere on the streets of Zhenjiang. It really feels like an eternity.
For Lu Hongti, it may be a different mood.
The Luliang Mountain where she originally lived was not so much better than Hangzhou when it fell. There were Liao Kingdom in the north and Tianhu in the south. When she arrived in Hangzhou, she also saw a group of compatriots revolting. In any sense, Zhenjiang is not like a lifetime for her. It is another world that is similar to Jiangning and difficult to reach.
For Ning Yi, no matter Zhenjiang, Jiangning or the original Hangzhou, the prosperity is just a tolerable passing range. As for those remote and remote areas where many people eat bran and drink too little and even can't even wear clothes, he can understand and imagine, but it is naturally impossible to feel empathy.
The situation of Luliangshan is probably so desolate, the farmer has cultivated the land. Let’s not say whether the year’s harvest can be guaranteed or not. The Liao people sometimes commit crimes, and occasionally a villager can’t escape. Often it becomes a white spot. After the Liao people leave, there will be government officials who do not know where they came from to collect taxes and rent. Those who can walk away with a knife will die under the knife after a while, and the grass will kill their enemies. on the flagpole. After Tian Hu's uprising, there was another force involved in the robbery, but everyone didn't seem to feel any more sad, it was just a habit.
To be able to come here and see the stable lives of these people, I really feel like I have come to another world. Even in Hangzhou after the occupation, I can see the prosperity not long ago from the previous buildings. All I can think of is "What a pity...".
Today's Luliang Mountain is better, at least the stockade is much better, but there is still no comparison with this place. She sat at the door and watched for a while, and then got up and went in when Juaner came to call her for dinner.
During those days in Hangzhou, she wore makeup every day. Although he has his own method, it is also very troublesome. Except for some necessary going out, he just stays in the yard. During this time, he was relatively silent. Ning Yi occasionally chatted with her about Lu Liangshan, and also briefly shared some ideas with her, but did not make anything decisive. She also watched everything Ning Yi did in those days, trying to remember them and understand them.
But this time, she was no longer dressed as a woman in her thirties, but showed her original beautiful face, which made Xiao Chanjuaner and the others a little surprised, and now she had a big belly. Su Tan'er looked normal, but she could not help but look at Ning Yi and then look at her suspiciously.
These people don't think they have a problem with Ning Yi.
Thinking of these, some emotions made her smile slightly. On the way down south last year, she thought about some things in a complicated way. Among these things, she persuaded Ning Yi to go to Luliang, and even... the possibility of something happening with him. After all, she is not too young, and there are many things that she needs to force herself to seriously consider.
She was used to seeing the people in the north, and the atmosphere she had seen all the way to the south was too weak, some were stronger, but she was more sullen and cold. There is only this man named Ning Liheng. It is very strange. He has the elegance and calmness of a scholar, but also has the atmosphere of strategizing. Even when he is short-handed with others, he treats others with ruthlessness. I am afraid that many people near Luliang Fierce outlaws are known to be frightened. If there is such an assumption: she will be with such a man. She thought she didn't mind either.
Of course, this kind of mood was only budding at the beginning, and it was washed away by many things. It was not a veto, but... It was no longer easy to think about it.
Everything that happened in the Battalion Camp, everything that Ning Yi did, she had seen it clearly and darkly, and saw how others were lost in the conspiracy, how they were deceived, how they were instigated by him, and even that How a girl named Liu Xigua fell in love with him. It made her feel that she couldn't do the things this man did, and it was even difficult for her to guess what the other party was thinking.
When they met and separated in Jiangning before, Ning Yi wanted to ask her about martial arts, but there was not much calculation in it. At that time, he showed a sincere side. Occasionally tell stories and do some messy "experiments" in his little "lab". Sometimes amazed. But then she could appreciate him, based on the self-perception that "everyone looks alike".
But it was different now. She was not disgusted by what Ning Yi had done, but she had seen it for a long time. I was just amazed, and even felt that the mountains had stopped. Especially the whole plan he made for Liu Xigua, the concept of making everyone live a better life, she didn't know how much of it was deceit, and how much was his serious thinking, but when these things were fully unfolded, The breadth and depth of what the man in front of him was thinking. It is difficult for her to think about more things than she can reach.
It's just... a little bit lost all of a sudden.
I once heard a similar story from Grandpa Liang.
It's like a Jianghu person meets a real Confucian, the kind of person who is like a saint for the country and the people. He is convinced by his ideas, and even infected by the other party. He wants to do something, but in the end. After all, Jianghu people had to be reckless, and there was still a world of difference between the two of them.
She didn't think Ning Yi was a saint. But the mood is the same.
After dinner that night, she sat in the courtyard, feeling bored, and sat on the roof for a while, watching the lights of the ten thousand houses. Her inner strength is superb, and intentionally or unintentionally, she heard the conversation between Ning Yi and his wife Su Tan'er from over there. Su Tan'er will not give birth in more than a month, and Zhenjiang is not very far from Jiangning, so she wants to be as soon as possible. Back to Jiangning. After all, there are more familiar doctors and mothers in my home, and the environment is better.
Su Tan'er usually runs around, but she is in good health. After she was pregnant with a child, she experienced many things. Recently, except for the occasional lively movement of the child in her stomach, she didn't have too much effort. If it's just more than a day's journey, it's not unbearable. Ning Yi should have nodded in agreement.
After all, it's not good to listen to people. Lu Hongti had already heard a few words and wanted to leave, but then the two of them talked about her, Su Tan'er said, "This Lu woman, I met you in Hangzhou. The other Jianghu people are a little different."
She stopped on the roof for a while, but she heard Ning Yi say, "She's not really a Jianghu person." This made Lu Hongti a little curious and sat down again.
"What's the matter? She's very skilled in martial arts, right?"
"Hangzhou sees those people's rivers and lakes, and it has something to do with martial arts, but it has little to do. Their rivers and lakes are just like businessmen, they are just living, what kind of people they meet, what kind of words they say, what kind of etiquette they say, What kind of rules to follow, these are the lives they can see and touch. If you have mastered the martial arts, it is more likely that you have to live in this way. For Miss Lu, martial arts is to survive, to cut Trees, used to cut vegetables, learned martial arts, is to have a day to live, how to live, is a matter of the future."
"Xiang Gong said so... it seems... "
"Um?"
"It seems that Miss Lu is a little pitiful..."
Lu Hongti frowned on the roof, but he heard Ning Yi from below say, "It's not pitiful, I think it should be... cute." He thought for a while, and then made the definition softly. Blinking upstairs, Su Tan'er may also be a little stunned: "Master, you..."
But Ning Yi's words were somewhat solemn: "In the most severe environment, to kill from the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood with one's own strength, to be able to survive this way, such a person, I think... very Awesome... In some respects, I think it's similar to people like Qian Xiwen."
Su Tan'er probably didn't expect Ning Yi to make such a comment. Lu Hong was also a little lost when she mentioned that she is similar to Qian Xiwen... She heard Ning Yi tell the story of the old man in Hangzhou, and also heard him The evaluation of the old man, but I didn't think that I had anything similar to the other party. He only heard Su Tan'er think for a while, and said, "Speaking of this, Mrs. Lu thinks Miss Lu... is admirable?"
"No." This time Ning Yi answered simply.
"Um?"
"She is a woman." Ning Yi said.
Su Tan'er hesitated for a moment: "So what?"
"She's a woman." Ning Yi emphasized, after a while, probably because his wife couldn't understand, "She's a woman, how can I admire a woman, of course women make people feel cute, right..."
Su Tan'er probably laughed out of anger, and Ning Yi's voice lowered a little: "Aren't you, a woman, thinking about being a man, being a housekeeper and a businessman, like this, they got married at the beginning. During that time, I was still thinking about how to accommodate me, I was a little tired of watching it, why bother... I don't plan to admire you, so it's okay to think it's cute."
"The child is about to be born now, if I had known earlier... hehe..."
I thought I was talking about myself, but it turned out to be flirting... The conversation between the husband and wife in the room over there was still going on, Lu Hongti thought so, and recalling the words, his face became hot unconsciously, but Then he sighed and walked off the roof... darling! If you think this site is good, please remember this site to help promote it! Oh this site!
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