A stream of water surrounds the city, and the night is deep, the city wall is towering, the towering city wall is a little bit lit, the outline of the city extends behind, and the bell of the ancient temple rang.
There are only dim and dark yellow lights in the yard. Next to the stone table and stone bench, there are towering ancient trees. When the tree moved, he looked up and saw that the shadows of the trees covered half of the indifferent starlight. In the early morning as cool as water, the blue bird of memory came back.
He just sat there with his hands on his lap and thought about all kinds of things.
"Xiang Gong..."
"time to eat… "
“… mended clothes…”
"My concubine wants to be a conjurer..."
"... How can they do this kind of business!"
"... After all, it's family."
There is a smell of burning wood in the air. When it snows, she walks in the snow, dragging her big belly to run back and forth... "Xi'er... a boy with a big life..."
He and Su Tan'er had experienced many things, including the intrigue in the shopping mall, the joy of deciding the world, the struggle between life and death, but when he raised his head, the things he thought of were extremely trivial. After eating, sewing clothes, her proud face, angry face, angry face, joyful face, she hugged the child, she stood up from the tub with nothing at all, the way they looked when they were alone... trivial Trivial, and many things have been derived from this, but most of them have nothing to do with Tan'er. Those are all around him, or what happened in Beijing recently.
I'm going to focus on the North, and I'm asking you to help with the South...
I trust you the most...
"Uncle... Uncle..."
A soft voice came from behind, she turned her head, Juaner stood timidly under the eaves.
Ning Yi looked at her for a moment with a soft face. Said: "...not going to sleep yet."
"Uncle, you... Don't worry about Miss. Miss can know how to drink water... It may not be okay... It must be okay."
The air at night was still flowing, but people seemed to disappear suddenly. The hallucination disappeared after a while: "Well." Ning Yi responded.
"I'm not worried," he said. "I'm not so worried... Let's wait for the news."
There was nothing on Ning Yi's calm face, so that Juan'er didn't know what to say for a while. After a while, she said: "That, Zhu Biao Zhu Gongzi and the others..."
She told Ning Yi something, and Ning Yi listened quietly and nodded to show that she knew. Soon after, Juaner left under the eaves, and only Ning Yi was left in the courtyard. He was sitting in front of the stone table, not knowing when. With a sudden wave of both hands, two fists slammed on the stone table. The stone table broke into pieces and rolled around. Ning Yi sat there and didn't move again.
In this misty night, there were different scenes inside and outside the Ning Mansion. As the master, Ning Yi sat in the yard and no one dared to disturb him. In the two courtyards next door, Candle Shadow was shaking. There are many people who are suppressing and intensely communicating something. Across the layers of high walls, looking over from the street outside the Ning Mansion, the house was as quiet as entering another world. In some shadows and corners, there were gatherings of squatting guards in twos and threes.
"How's it going?"
A figure came hurriedly and walked into a small house nearby. The lights were on in the room, Tie Tianying was holding the Juque sword and closing his eyes, but when the other party approached, he had already opened his eyes. It was one of the seven chief arresting officers of the Criminal Department. Liu Qinghe, who is in charge of Gyeonggi.
"No news yet. How many people have you brought?" Tie Tianying said.
"I have more than 20 people under my command. In addition, the Kaifeng government office, the city patrol department, etc. have all said hello. If necessary, within two hours, more than 500 people can be summoned..."
"What's the use of that."
"If it's really useless, you and I will just turn around and run away. It's useless for the Xuncheng Division and the Kaifeng Palace, so we can only alert the Taiwei's Palace and the Ministry of War... The matter is really so big, he wants to rebel? Why does it come to this?"
"Of course things won't go to that level, but I'm not sure about this person's mind. I'm afraid he will ignore it and want revenge."
Liu Qinghe pushed open the window and looked out: "My wife is like clothes, this person is really attacking, and the methods are vicious and fierce. I have seen it. But the family has a big business, and he will not be so reckless. This is a person who does big things."
"What I'm afraid of is not that he will provoke it, but that he will find you and me, and find Zong Feixiao for revenge. Although the Right Prime Minister's Mansion has collapsed, he has both the right and the left, including the Taishi Mansion, the Guangyang County Prince's Mansion, and even Lord Wang. My mind is drawn, and I even heard that today's sage knows his name. Now that his wife has an accident, he wants to vent. If it stops, you and I may not be able to hold it. You also said that this person is ruthless, even if he doesn't It will be launched openly, and it is impossible to prevent.”
"His wife is not necessarily dead, he is still looking for him." Liu Qinghe said, "If he is really dead, I will give him three steps."
"I'm afraid that even if he doesn't die, he will take revenge." Tie Tianying closed his eyes and continued to rest. "You never saw him when he went crazy."
"I've seen it in Beijing, too."
Liu Qinghe looked out, and replied casually, the three chief arresting officers of the Criminal Department participated in the escort of Fang Qifo to Beijing, namely Tie Tianying, Zong Feixiao and Fan Zhong who arrived later, but Liu Qinghe In the capital, I had seen Ning Yi's methods to deal with those martial arts people, so he said this.
Then, it's quiet here.
Across several high walls, inside the Ning Mansion, which seemed quiet in the night, the discussion of a group of people came to an end. The next people brought some food, and some people took cakes and meals to satisfy their hunger. This is what they can have at any time in Zhuji. Welfare went to the small yard where Ning Yi was, and that was Zhu Biao.
He stopped under the eaves, looked at the figure sitting on the stone bench in the yard, and said a few words, but the other party didn't respond, so he raised his head and said a few words. Only then did the figure on the stone bench turn around, looking at him sternly, saying a few words to him, as if scolding him.
The cold wind of the night swept away the words in the dark. In the capital, nearly one million people gather, live, communicate, buy and sell, socialize, love, and all kinds of sex and thoughts are intertwined, either openly or secretly. This night, there were small-scale tensions all over the capital, but nothing involved in the overall safety of the capital, when a towering tree like the Right Prime Minister collapsed. Small-scale friction, small-scale vigilance may appear every moment. The emperor has courtiers and eunuchs, the courtiers have aides and general managers, and further down, there are all kinds of idlers who do things, there are criminals, yamen head arresters, and there are black and white people. The words of the superior man made thousands of people at the bottom tense, but it was still not a big deal.
There was a slight white fog on the horizon, and when Yumaibai appeared in the eastern sky, the city seemed more peaceful and quiet. Tie Tianying opened his eyes and looked at the Ningfu mansion, which was silent, not even many people came and went, his eyes were serious. , many people are a little relieved.
"I have to keep an eye on it today." Aside. Liu Qinghe said.
Tie Tianying nodded.
Nothing happens. This morning, Tie Tianying got the news of Ning Mansion through relationships, and he just said that the owner of Ning Mansion hadn't slept all night, just sitting in the yard or walking around, as if thinking about his wife. But other than that, there's not much movement.
This day is April twenty-six.
at dusk. Ning Yi's car came out of the back door, and Liu Qinghe and Tie Tianying rushed over. Stopping the car, Ning Yi lifted the curtain and bowed to them.
"General Manager Liu, General Manager Tie, is there something wrong?" His face didn't smile much, and he was a little tired. But it seemed to show kindness, Tie Tianying looked at him seriously, as if he wanted to read his thoughts on the other side's face. Liu Qinghe cupped his hands: "It's nothing, it's just that after Jurchen goes, it's not very peaceful in Beijing. I happened to meet, and I want to ask Mr. Ning where he is going?"
"Tian Prison of the Ministry of Punishment, can I meet the right minister?"
"Oh, of course you can, Mr. Ning, please."
Liu Qinghe smiled kindly and raised his hand.
Waking up from the drowsiness, Qin Siyuan smelled the medicine.
The sound of decoction sounded in the cell, the old man opened his eyes, and Ning Yi was sitting not far away. Compared with the prisons in other places, the Tianjing of the Ministry of Punishment is mostly prisoners, and those who have been convicted have not been convicted. The environment is much better than ordinary prisons, but Ning Yi can send all kinds of things. less thoughtful.
He took a small fan and was fanning by the fire. Through the small window, it was the last ray of sunshine in the evening.
"Liheng is here."
"Say you're sick, come and see."
"Is it a lot of trouble to move all the stoves in?"
"If the relationship is enough, the carriage can be driven in. If the relationship is not enough, it may not be able to live here. You are like this, you have the right to not use it, and it will be invalid after the expiration date."
"Haha." The old man laughed, and there was silence in the cell for a moment, "I heard about your affairs."
Ning Yi, who was sitting there, nodded: "Yes, Tan'er fell into the river."
"Since the news has not yet been confirmed, you don't have to worry too much. If no one is found, there will be a turning point."
"That's a strong woman, so don't worry. Otherwise, when I went north on my own, they would have to worry to death." Ning Yi smiled.
The old man also smiled: "Liheng feels the same way, is he starting to feel guilty?"
"There is a point." Ning Yi nodded, "But things are like this, when one party goes out, the other party always has to worry..." He paused, and then said, "I recalled a lot of things last night, most of which were from Tan'er, and some Back then, when I was in Jiangning, I ran and played chess every day. Old man, if you hadn't come up, and I hadn't come up, would you not have to worry about it?"
The old man who had sat up beside the bed smiled, his eyes complicated and kind. Ning Yi's question does not need to be answered, they are all tough people, so this can only be regarded as a sigh, not a question.
"What is Liheng going to do next?"
"Some things have to be adjusted, and it's not easy for me to go."
"Kang Xian still has some skills."
"Master Cai, Prince Tong... and other people like that. I wanted to have a good time, and finally got out and hugged the thigh of the princess's mansion. However, things are getting more and more complicated..."
"Liheng, you already expected it, didn't you?"
"I expected that there will always be ways to break things, but it is indeed getting harder and harder." Ning Yi tilted his head, "Even the one in the palace, he knows my name... Of course I have to thank him, a few days earlier. Someone reported the names of Zhuji and me. The person in the palace told others that there is a problem with the right minister, but you should not go too far. This is Ning Yi and Ning Liheng. He has made great contributions in Xia Village. You can check it out. case, don't hit everyone with one shot... Well, he knows me."
"Jane is in the heart of the emperor..." Qin Siyuan looked at Ning Yi with complicated eyes, but he was not happy.
Ning Yi smiled: "What do you think... what does that person think?"
Qin Siyuan shook his head: "...you can't guess what you want."
The young man by the fire laughed again. This smile means a lot more.
In the sound of puff puff, the smell of medicine fills the room, and the smell of medicine can make people feel peaceful. After a while, Qin Siyuan said, "Then you don't plan to leave?"
"About ten days or so, your case should also be sentenced."
"Yeah." The old man sighed, "It would be meaningless to drag it on."
"I'll stay in the capital, at least some things can be done." Ning Yi thought for a while, "After you leave, I will help you pass on the book. I promised before and after, and it seems that this is the main thing."
"Yeah, with this one, the old man can also rest his eyes..."
"It's only 3,000 miles away. If you go south, it's a little hotter in the south, and the fruit is good. As long as you pay more attention, you can eat 300 lychees a day. You might live a long life. I will escort you there."
The cell was quiet again.
After a while, Ning Yi could only be heard saying, "Old Qin, think about it, you have exhausted all your efforts to come here, but it is always ineffective. You have taken the blame for the Black Water Alliance. I hope the rest People can cheer up, but they don't. After the recovery, you worry about the northern expedition, and you do the opposite. You offend so many people and send soldiers from the north. But you can't fight. The battles in Bianliang and Taiyuan are always desperately trying to struggle. There is a way out, and finally there is such a way, and no one is going. All the things you do have finally returned to zero, and people will be stoned and thrown with dung. How do you feel in your heart? "
The gray-haired old man sat there and thought for a while.
"Old man... Very heartache." His words were low, but his eyes were calm, he just stated in a low voice, "For what they may encounter in the future... My heart is like a knife."
His answer was sincere and without the slightest sarcasm, Ning Yi nodded. Soon after the medicine was ready, Ning Yi poured it into the bowl, and the old man suddenly asked, "What about Liheng?"
"Um?"
"Liheng... how does it feel?"
The eyes of the two looked at each other, questioning and calm.
"People have to earn their lives for themselves." Ning Yi paused, "I will keep the book for you."
He cooled the medicine bowl and handed it to Qin Siyuan, with the food box on the side. The two chatted for a while, and soon, Ning Yi left.
The setting sun has long since dissipated, the city is splendid, and the crowds are woven.
There are unknown lines rising from different places and extending in different directions.
Some orders issued within Zhuji are only digested internally. Near Bozhou, the Six Gates and Zhuji's forces are all looking for people down the river, and the rain is still falling, making it more difficult to find people, so there is no result yet.
On the 27th of April, about 500 miles away from Bianliang, on the post road in Doshan County near Runing, a convoy carrying goods north is slowly moving forward. The convoy consisted of six carts, and the entire caravan escorting the goods consisted of about 30 people, dressed in different outfits. Among them, several men with weapons were sturdy, and at first glance, they were often walking on the road.
After the capital was hit by the Jurchen soldiers, there was a shortage of supplies and people. In the past few months, a large number of caravan goods have been rushed to the capital. In order to fill the vacancy in the supply of goods, the business road has become extremely prosperous. This team is looking at the opportunity and is ready to go to Beijing to make a fortune.
The driver of the second car in the convoy was waving a whip. He was a one-armed man, wearing a bamboo hat, and he could not see any expression. The goods on the back of the trolley are piled up one by one. The figure of a woman is lying on the side of the car. She is wearing a light blue floral dress belonging to the Miao people. Under the skirt is a pair of blue embroidered shoes. Legs, curled up, pillowed his head on several boxes, and covered his head with a veiled hat. The long box under her head bounced around with the car, and she didn't know how her weak body could fall asleep.
Not long after, a galloping horse came from the front, and the knight was full of dust, and stopped when he passed by.
The knight dismounted and said a few words to one of the caravan, and then he was led over, and next to the second car, he handed a note and said something to the one-armed man . There seems to be the word "want goods" in the discourse. Before she knew it, the girl in the back had already sat up, and the one-armed man handed the note to her, and she looked at it.
The core members of the caravan approached. Because of the information just now, everyone was chatting a little. Someone acted in disbelief. But mostly seemed happy.
Unexpectedly happy.
The girl in the flower dress in the car sat there thinking for a while, and finally called a man with a knife next to her, handed him a note, and ordered a few words. The man immediately turned around to pack his bags, and soon after, the horse galloped away in the direction of his head. He will run south for nearly a thousand miles in two days, and his destination is a village named Lanhuandong in the mountains of Miaojiang.
The convoy continued to move forward, and in the evening, they tipped at the roadside inn. The girl wearing a veil and hat walked up to a nearby hill, behind. A man followed her with a rectangular box on his back.
As the sun went down, the girl stood on the hill and took off her hat. Her eyes were looking in the direction of the north, the brilliant sunset shone on her side face, and there was a complicated but clear smile on that side face. The wind blew over, blowing the dust grass flying through the air, like dandelions in the spring hyacinth. In the splendid rays of the sun, everything becomes beautiful and peaceful...
It was also the evening of April 27. In a small town near Bozhou, a man and two women entered the town.
The rain had stopped, and the streets of the town were muddy after the rain. Both the man and the woman were dressed in plain clothes. One of them looked like a farmer in the mountains. They were humble, honest, and submissive. Somewhat rustic, the other woman has a calm and generous temperament even in plain patched clothes. While talking to the two of them, she led them forward, and finally. They found a shop where they bought cloth.
The woman in the lead talked to the shopkeeper of the cloth shop, and turned back to point to the man and woman outside the door. The shopkeeper immediately welcomed them in enthusiastically.
The woman had already walked into the back of the shop and wrote down the message, and soon after, the message was spread out to the north.
Bianliang, April 27 has passed. In the punishment department, Liu Qinghe and others looked at the feedback information, whether it was Zhuji, Wuruiying, or Ningfu, there was no movement, more or less loose. Take a breath.
On April 28, the news of Su Tan'er's safety was first transmitted to Ning Mansion, and then, the parties concerned about this side also received the news one after another.
In the evening, Zhu Biao walked into the yard where Ning Yi was. In the room, Ning Yi was sitting behind the desk, looking down at things, drinking tea slowly, just like the previous days. He knocked on the door, then waited.
"Brother Ning, the lady boss is fine, shall we just... continue preparing to leave?"
Ning Yi glanced at him: "...Am I old?"
"Um?"
"I felt a lot older this morning. Look, am I fifty, sixty, or seventy now?"
"Brother Ning, when you... Of course you're not old."
"...Then why have you been trying to be my home lately?"
Ning Yi asked this question, Zhu Biao was speechless, and then saw him raise his head: "What did you just say?"
…
In the punishment department, Liu Qinghe let out a long sigh, and then said something to the chief arrester Fan Zhong, who hurried back from the side. With a smile on his face, Fan Zhong smiled and nodded. On the other side, the thoughtful Tie Tianying still had a gloomy face, and then he went out without saying a word.
The palace of the King of Guangyang County. Tong Guan recruited Li Bingwen, who is now in charge of Wu Rui Camp, to inquire about a lot of things in detail.
In the palace, Zhou Zhe looked at the great eunuch Wang Chongguang below, thought for a moment, and then nodded.
He smiled slightly regretfully and sarcastically. Then bowed his head to deal with other political affairs.
He has big things to do, and his eyes can't stay on a small thing for recreation.
Part of the city is still running as usual after a small stumbling block, taking the eyes of the bigwigs back to the topic of the national economy and people's livelihood.
After three heavy rains, the sky changed. After the rain, it was cloudy or sunny. There were also thunder and lightning across the sky. Outside the city, the Yellow River roared and galloped. The people here are gradually coming back. After entering May, the trial of the big traitor Qin Siyuan in the capital finally came to an end. The weather had completely turned hot, and the midsummer was approaching. It seemed that many of the previous torments would also come to an end in such a season.
Zhuji, on the list that people value, fall back down… (… )