In the darkness of the night, the sound of soldiers fighting was still heard in the distance. Zhou Tong and Fu Lu, led by Tian Donghan, Yan Huan and others, gradually reached the northeast of the county, and they saw a temporary camp. The surrounding carts and prison cars surrounded the camp. Half of the guards in the camp were officers and soldiers, and half were Zhuji's guards and private warriors.
From a distance, a lot of Lulin people have been arrested in the prison van. These people were more or less injured, and some were beaten and kicked. The scene looked rather desolate. Many of these people fell into such fields because of Yan Huan's betrayal. After he saw Zhou Tong, his mood changed greatly. Seeing this scene, his heart was full of emotions, his blood was rising, and his face was full of emotions. There was red and white, there was shame, and there was anger.
In fact, there is not much real art industry between Yan Huan and Zhou Tong, but over the years, Yan Huan has regarded himself as a disciple of Zhou Tong. Even after making a statement, this is what he is most proud of. Before his entire family was captured and his eldest son was killed, he felt that he had no choice but to compromise. After seeing Zhou Tong, he was able to put everything aside, and it can only be said that Zhou Tong's impression of being chivalrous and upright on weekdays made him admire him so much.
Just like many mountain bandits in the northern grain shortage, they usually do anything or do anything by murdering and setting fires. When Zhou Dong attacked them, they felt that they were willing to be robbed and had no resentment. In addition to the fact that they couldn't beat Zhou Dong, there was indeed a reverence from the bottom of their hearts.
Someone had already come to report what happened to Zhou Tong, and when he entered the camp, a young master with a gun came to greet him with curiosity in his eyes. Zhou Tong couldn't help but take a few more glances when he saw his posture while walking.
This is Zhu Biao, who has been with Ning Yi all the time. His martial arts are strong. Among the younger generation, he is only slightly inferior to Chen Fan, Xigua, Yue Fei and others. The last time in Shandong, Zhou Tong, Ning Yi and Hongti passed away after meeting. Seeing it has always made him feel quite sorry.
Ning Yi was writing in a small wooden shed in the camp by the light of the fire. The screams, scoldings, or crying of the surrounding green forest people didn't affect him too much. When Zhou Tong and others approached, he put down the brush in his hand. Get up and come this way.
"Senior Zhou, Brother Fu Lu. It's a coincidence that we meet again." The young scholar in Tsing Yi in front of him smiled and cupped his hands, "Shandong has been away for a few months, and I never thought that I would be able to meet the two of you here again. Today is really a double happiness. where."
There were shouts all around. It was some Green Forest people who were being held in prison cars next to them. There were also some people who recognized Zhou Tong and were shouting something, which should be the words that hoped that Zhou Tong would stand up for them. Yan Huan clenched his fists. The blood-red eyes stared at Ning Yi, as if he was about to pounce on Ning Yi. Zhou Tong stared at Ning Yi for a while, then glanced around, and then cupped his hands.
"This time, the old man came here specifically for tonight's event, so it's not a coincidence."
"Senior Zhou is really direct." Ning Yi laughed.
Zhou Tong was still looking at the situation around him at this time. Among those prison cars, several of them, even the well-known elders in the rivers and lakes, were beaten with bruises and bruises, and their hands and feet were broken. It was unspeakable. Zhou Tong didn't have a deep friendship, but most of them knew each other. Someone still shouted stubbornly in the prison car: "Zhou Tong, you don't have to wait for me to plead, just kill this devil..."
Zhou Tong's eyes were complicated and he sighed slightly. Yan Huan next to him said solemnly, "Ning Yi, with my mentor here, you still have no regrets."
"I'm talking to Senior Zhou, which round will you interrupt."
The night wind whistled, the firelight shook, mixed in the bloody smell, and the aroma of several late-night snack cauldrons in the camp not far away when they were cooking noodles. The atmosphere became stiff for a while, and many people looked at this confrontation with anxiety. One was the "inner demon" who dominated the court, and the other was the almost recognized number one person in the world in the green forest. I don't know that the two sides will suddenly attack in the next moment, but in any case, at least at this moment, almost everyone regards the two sides as beings on the same level. To be able to confront Zhou Tong like this, the demon is already a well-deserved big demon. .
After a while, Zhou Tong spoke.
"In the past six months, Mr. Ning has devoted himself to planning for the disaster relief in the north and south, bringing food into the disaster-stricken areas. There are countless living people, and thousands of families are born with Buddhas... For this matter, the people of the north and south of the Zhou Dynasty have thanked them."
When the old man said this, he cupped his hands heavily. The first half of his words seemed to be speaking to everyone around him, causing Yan Huan and others to be astonished. They had been with Zhou Tong for a long time, and they saw the old man's indifferent eyes, and they didn't know whether he was arguing or flattering—in their hearts, such thoughts and flukes naturally existed.
After Zhou Tong finished speaking, Ning Yi also cupped his hands and said, "Senior Zhou's actions in the north, this junior has also heard about it, which is quite admirable."
"The power of this old man is limited after all..." Unwilling to talk more about this matter, Zhou Tong simply said this sentence. He glanced at the people next to him, but his words were lowered, so that the next voice only sounded in Around Zhang Yu, did not spread.
"Li Heng was busy for disaster relief, but in the end, he was misunderstood by ignorant people. It is inevitable for anyone to have a chill. It's just that the people who came tonight are not all dirty rats. Some of them are indeed for morality and justice, but for people Blinded, it is impossible to distinguish the true from the false. Many of these people from the Green Forest, who appear to be glamorous and arrogant on the surface, are actually living a very bad life. Kill them all tonight, and if we meet again in the future, we shouldn't humiliate them like this."
After saying this, he added: "The old man came all the way to stop this conference, but he never expected to encounter such a situation. With what happened tonight, they must hold a grudge against Li Heng... But this is not the case. I can't resolve it, the old man still has some face among these people. If Liheng is willing to let go of some innocent people among them, the old man is also willing to lobby and mediate for Liheng, and tell the truth of the matter to everyone clearly. How does Liheng feel about less of these things?"
Ning Yi listened quietly, then laughed: "It sounds like it would be a good idea to kill them all tonight."
"Is Liheng going to do this?"
In the darkness of the night and the light of the fire, Zhou Tong's words could not be considered kind. In fact, the two sides have two exchanges, and most of them have such an attitude. At this time, I listened to Zhou Tong's words that were half questioning and half warning. Ning Yi smiled and spread his hands to the side.
"Senior Zhou and Brother Fu Lu, the two of you have come from afar and are probably hungry. We have prepared noodles here. Let's eat a bowl first... Hey, you guys..." He smiled at the people around him, "Okay, it's not a war. , don't be so nervous, go do your business. I want a bowl of fried noodles."
Zhou Tong has an upright personality. Obviously he didn't like Ning Yi's behavior of diverting the topic, but now he had no choice but to follow, and Yan Huan followed them to the side of the camp. The few pots of noodles over there are all prepared for the people in the camp to have supper, until someone brings the noodles. The doubts in his heart could not be suppressed at all. He gritted his teeth and said, "Master. What you just said... is it true?"
Zhou Tong gave him a serious look and glanced at him: "The grain shortage that started last year was mostly caused by large households stockpiling grain in various places. If Ning Gongzi cooperated with the Right Prime Minister's government to organize grain merchants, all parts of the north and south would be starving and people would not be able to live! If he hadn't blocked the wealth of those big families, how could those people spread rumors and incite you to do things."
"But..." Yan Huan hesitated for a while, "If he's really a good person, why didn't he directly release food for disaster relief, but rather sell the food at such a high price..."
"If there is no benefit, who will transport the grain into the disaster area! How many people are willing to give free grain!" Zhou Tong gave him a look with a stern expression, "You are so outraged, have you ever transported grain to the disaster area to save people!? Have you ever been there? Put food in the disaster area!?"
The old man pointed to the prison cart: "Where are those people!?"
"I wait... I don't want to... take advantage of people's danger..." Yan Huan lowered his head, his entire face had turned red, and the blood vessels on his forehead had swelled. At this time, he also knew that what Zhou Tong said was not false and condescending. Looking up at Ning Yi, he saw that Ning Yi was taking a bowl of noodles from the side and handing it to Zhou Tong, and then to Fu Lu. After the death of his son, the scene of the whole family being arrested floated in front of his eyes again, but he never imagined that he was actually a good person in front of him. He was already a little remorseful at this time, but some grief and anger had already come up.
"Then... Then where are my family..." He spoke to Ning Yi with difficulty, "You let them go! I... I admit... "
Ning Yi looked at him with a bowl of noodles, and then handed it over: "Do you want too?"
"Where's my family?"
"I'll tell you to eat a bowl of noodles."
Yan Huan didn't answer the other side: "You let them go... I, I will never pursue this matter... What if I admit that you are planted—"
When he said this, his voice became louder, and at the moment when his voice was the highest, a fierce look flashed in Ning Yi's eyes. He reached out and grabbed the bottom of the bowl. But he also had noodles in his hand at this time, so he could only use one hand to pick it up. The soup in the bowl splashed on Yan Huan's face and body. As he was about to rush over, several crossbows around him were screeching up, and Zhu Biao also approached, clenching the long spear in his hand.
Ning Yi stared at him and tilted his head indifferently: "Master Yan, what's wrong with you... You weren't like this last night..."
"you… "
"Senior Zhou, you have seen it." Ning Yi spread his hands, "Let's stay on the line, see each other well in the future, Master Zhou, you can also explain and clarify for me, I can be like a good person and be respected by them. But So what? Your disciple, when he thought I was a wicked man, I killed his son and arrested his whole family, and he didn't even dare to let out a fart. Now he thinks I'm a good man and thinks I'm scaring him, suddenly In time, he had the courage to speak up to me."
Ning Yi smiled and took a bowl of noodles: "Because he felt that a good person would definitely not kill his whole family. Even if I killed his son in front of him, he would still think that I would not do better. Excessive. Senior Zhou, you clarify for me now, yes, there can be fewer people who want to kill me, but they still feel that I need their understanding, will they fail to kill me in Beijing one day, and still Would you expect me to be righteous to them?"
"Good people can't survive, Senior Zhou." Ning Yi was eating the noodles, "Good people have concerns, care, and bottom lines, and the real evil people will look down on them, just like your disciple thinks, when he finds out that I am a good person At that moment, he suddenly... didn't respect me very much. Unfortunately, he made a mistake."
He shook his head: "These people who came today are the old man who called me the hardest just now, Senior Zhou, he charged 1,500 taels of silver to facilitate this matter, do you think he really cares whether I am harmful or not? Who will die? The wicked form gangs, and the good people will always be a mob. They can be instigated and die for others for the sake of being hot for a while, but they just can't do things. Your disciples are no longer afraid of me and others even because I am a good person. I think I'm better to deal with. Look, why should I leave a line for them? I don't care about their revenge at all. If they want my family to be destroyed, no matter the good or the bad, I want their family to be destroyed. "
Zhou Tong's eyes were serious. did not speak. Yan Huan's face was already red and white for a while, and his tone softened: "This... this matter... it's my fault... "
Ning Yi looked him up and down, then pointed to the noodles hanging on him and falling on the ground: "Your noodles are going to be cold, eat noodles. Finished. I'll tell you where your family is."
Yan Huan's face immediately turned red again. The other party didn't show any sympathy at all. keep insulting him. The faces of Zhou Tong and Fu Lu next to them were also a little hesitant. After all, they felt that it was unnecessary to humiliate a person to such an extent. People in the rivers and lakes are nothing more than a knife that stretches his head and shrinks his head. But after a while, they didn't speak, Yan Huan stared at Ning Yi, reached out and grabbed the noodles from his clothes and put them in his mouth, then squatted down and grabbed the noodles on the ground and stuffed them into his mouth.
No matter what happened before, with this scene, the two are almost dead enemies.
It's just that Ning Yi doesn't seem to care about it. He is eating noodles and watching this scene with interest. Soon after, he ate a bowl of noodles, handed the bowl and chopsticks to the person behind him, smiled at Yan Huan, and said, "Your family, all of them are dead."
Yan Huan was squatting on the ground, putting the noodles and mud in his mouth, staring at Ning Yi while chewing, as if he wanted to let Ning Yi see his determination. Just froze there.
"They died a few days ago." Ning Yi tilted his head and repeated with a smile, "On the night I killed your son and forced you to cooperate, I killed your entire family, knowing that I Why don't you leave a line for you, because I didn't intend to give you a way to survive. Isn't this an obvious thing? You taught a stupid son, and I killed him in front of you, you will definitely not be able to swallow this breath, of course I If you want to kill all of your family... cooperation will let you go, hey... do you still think I'm a good person?"
"Huh..." Ning Yi smiled, his eyes were cold, and Yan Huan in front of him turned into a beast in a blink of an eye, and a meaningless sound came out of his mouth, and then an "ah-" sounded towards Ning Yi Jump over here. Fu Lu next to him suddenly grabbed his shoulder and shouted, "Wait! Calm down!"
But at this moment, how could Yan Huan have the slightest chance of being calm? He struggled so hard that he was about to fight with Fu Lu, Ning Yi stood a few steps away and looked at all this with a smile, and said sarcastically: "Wow Oh... he can't calm down, give up the treatment... Look, his eyes are red... can't you wait, there are noodles in your mouth... you won't be choked to death by the noodles... "
Zhou Tong watched all this, and after a while, he seemed to notice something, so he also began to lower his head and eat the noodles. After a while, some figures came from a distance outside the camp, and a child walking in the front called out, "Daddy." Yan Huancai suddenly froze there again, and some people in the crowd cried and called "Xiang Gong".
"Just-kidding!" Ning Yi walked towards Yan Huan, "Just kidding." When the words fell, he slammed his foot on Yan Huan's stomach and kicked him out. Yan Huan rolled on the ground for a few laps before stopping. In the light of the fire, the figure of the scholar walked over indifferently.
Ning Yi leaned down, grabbed the hair on the back of his head, and looked at him with cold eyes: "I think you must understand, right?"
Yan Huan's eyes flickered, and he didn't dare to look at him again. Ning Yi shook his head: "Next time it must be true." After saying this, he waved his hand grabbing his hair violently, causing Yan Huan's body to roll over a meter on the ground, and his head on the ground again. Knocked, wiped blood.
When he turned his head, only Ning Yi walked straight towards the backs of Zhou Tong and the others, the night wind was blowing, and his clothes were rustling. The forty-year-old martial arts tycoon no longer has the courage to seek revenge. He just climbed up with difficulty and watched his family approach him...
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The contact with Zhou Tong did not take much time afterwards. The two people who have reached the peak in the self-realm, due to their different behavioral styles, do not have much common language. Some behaviors and styles, even if they can be understood, do not mean they can be accepted. That's why, after Zhou Tong's master and servant were settled nearby, Ning Yi patted his head regretfully: "Ah, it's still hard to make this old man like me..."
The purpose of Zhou Tong's coming here is indeed for goodwill, which Ning Yi can understand after a few chats, but even so, there is still not much compromise or shake between the two. Zhou Tong still wouldn't agree with his own style of doing things absolutely, but he chose not to persuade anymore, which was already a big concession.
Of course, after saying goodbye to Ning Yi and seeing nothing out of sight, that night, Zhou Dong, who slept in a nearby courtyard, invited Tian Donghan to greet him about the latest situation, and then continued to do things in his own way.
"...How to deal with this matter, your boss has your own way of doing things. Of course, if you do things a little bit, you can of course deter some Xiao Xiao, but if you can persuade a group of people, it will be useful after all. After I leave here, I will go to visit Some reputable people in the green forest, let them try to clarify the disaster relief matter. You don't need to tell your boss about this. I want to help him and save the lives of some reckless people. With your boss's ability And character, most of the people who find him won't get it, so it would be better if there were less of this..."
"As for the people behind the scenes that your boss said, I will try my best to find out. If it's true, I will naturally find them too. I can't spare these people. Most of your boss thinks that I am pedantic and old-fashioned, and I also think that he is arrogant and arrogant. , but he is a real person who does practical things, and although I am old, I will not be a mediocre person who does things all day long..."
"Also, I see some traces of the formations you are using in my early years. Over the years, the small formations in the army I want to use have not made much progress, but if they are used to guard the home and protect the courtyard, they will be one with three or five masters. There are some ideas available, I will write them down tonight, he is a person who can do practical things for the people, these things can be regarded as the meager efforts of the old man..." (...)