The sky was overcast as if it was going to rain again. Near the gate of Jiangning City, the soldiers guarding the city closely checked the pedestrians entering and leaving. Vegetable vendors who enter the city are subject to extremely strict inspections, and it is even more difficult for those who want to leave the city. It had been more than ten days since Song Xian was assassinated, and there was still a chilling scene near Jiangning City Gate.
When a group of soldiers came from not far away, she hid her body into a nearby alley.
"... It's been almost half a month, and these days are still good. Even a cockroach left the city a few days ago and they couldn't wait to turn it over to check... Three Jiang Yang robbers were caught. Elimination of evil... It shouldn't last long. Jiangning is a big city after all. If it goes on like this, everyone will be scolded. The shop has already affected business in the past few days. Xian has a bad reputation... But anyway, I still think it's too risky for you to run out like this... How is your injury?"
In the room, Ning Yi muttered something while doing the experiment. Lu Hongti stood not far from the experimental table, watching him mix some solutions, then light the alcohol lamp, and did not answer the questions about the injury.
"What the hell are you doing?"
When Ning Yi poured the easy out into the cup, and then threw a rusty iron rod into it, there was sizzling smoke, she just asked.
"Some chemical reactions, I don't know what they're doing..."
"chemical reaction?"
"We assume that the world is made up of tiny atoms, and the atoms are... um, for example, this table, we zoom in, zoom in, zoom in, and maybe we can see the smallest things, one by one. Gathered together, those things are atoms... There are certain kinds of different atoms, these basic atoms make up everything in the universe, and different atoms sometimes attract and sometimes repel each other, resulting in... chemical reactions."
"… "
"Um?"
Ning Yi shrugged and looked at Lu Hongti, who had a strange expression, and then smiled: "I don't believe it, how can I zoom in?"
"Oh, there are certain rules, I'll show you the most basic ones." Ning Yi took down a small box from the shelf next to him, took out an irregularly shaped piece of glazed glass, and then pushed over a book. booklet.
"This is a fragment of a glazed cannon lamp sold on the market. It is not easy to find the ideal two-sided convexity, but it can always be used for viewing. Look, is the handwriting enlarged?"
At this time, there was actually glass on the market, called glaze, which was probably different from soda-lime glass in the West, but the transparency was already very high. Ning Yi didn't plan to study this aspect at this time, otherwise he would probably have to find a way to get a telescope out. Showing off at this moment, the woman squinted her eyes: "Water droplets can also be enlarged, but I have never seen one that can be enlarged."
"If you figure out the principle, you can enlarge it. Investigating things is the principle of estimating all things, haha..."
"But why have you been a scholar for so many years, but you still haven't seen anything bigger than the water droplets and ice ridges?"
"Uh… "
Ning Yi was a little dumb for a while, and smiled there: "Actually, according to what you said, what kind of chemical reaction are you doing, is it because you want to ask for the magic of turning stone into gold?"
"When you can really figure it out, you can do anything. Some chemical reactions are unstable. If the unstable ones are excited and generate high thermal expansion, then they will bang... Just like the package of gunpowder on the shelf next to you, its power, If it can be increased by five or ten times, what do you think you can use it for? Ah, right..." Ning Yi said, he took the rusty iron rod out of the quilt and washed it with some water, "Look at it. , the rust is gone."
"You boiled it once and then washed it with water." The woman said blankly. Ning Yi rolled his eyes, but laughed there.
"You are crooked. Although I don't understand it, I don't believe you."
"If you really understand, I won't tell you..." Ning Yi shook his head and sighed, "By the way, other martial arts masters have a very cool nickname. What is your nickname?"
"Lu Hongti."
"It's too rustic without a nickname. You have to get something cool, otherwise people will laugh at you when you hear that you don't have a nickname. Look at Fang La, who rebelled outside. As soon as he rebelled, many people came... I think it's time to prepare. Otherwise, let's discuss it and call it Iron Fist Invincible Lu Hongti... This is not appropriate, you can run faster, you can call it Lin Bei's legs, but right now They all talk about serving the country and the people. How about the iron sword and Lu Hongti? Is it too domineering... Or do you want to be more low-key, hello, come out and talk... "
"boring."
Lu Hongti turned around coldly and went back to the inside, closed the door smoothly, put the long sword on the ground with both hands, and couldn't help laughing. After tolerating the smile for a while, she asked, "Why did I say you couldn't learn martial arts, and you didn't feel depressed at all?"
"You didn't say that I can't learn martial arts." Ning Yi was probably preparing reagents again, "You mean I can't learn your internal skills."
"Huh? You are so confident that you have internal skills that you can learn?"
"I have inquired about some things in this regard, but I just guessed... Since internal force is a way to cooperate with breathing, even if there are those extreme people who practice from a young age, there should be more people studying the methods of exerting force in adults. Even if the effect is not as good as yours, there should be some effect, and this… should not be wrong."
There was a long silence inside: "Do you really want to learn? Think I will teach you?"
"I don't know, otherwise, you teach me martial arts, and then say a wish or something, as long as it is reliable, I will find a way to help you do it?"
"merchant?"
"No, I never thought of taking advantage of you, so it might be considered an exchange of equal value?"
"Master's art industry, although it is unbearable, is not something that can be exchanged with others at will. You saved my life, I should have repaid you, you can also entrust me to do things. But I will not teach you martial arts, I don't see it. Explain why you, a scholar, want to learn martial arts. You don't go to the battlefield, and you don't want to fight people with your martial arts. You are just... curious, learn to play..." She spoke gradually faster, "You scholars, keep your mouth shut. It's talking about enemies of ten thousand people, and it's about saving people through the world, but now you have so many scholars, I can't see how you saved them... You are talented and learned, but you waste your talents on these crooked ways, why not To help the world and save the people? To make a life for the people, to bring peace to the world... In exchange, if you can bring peace to the world, I can exchange anything for you, how about it?"
Confucianism has been prevalent in this world for thousands of years, and the Wu Dynasty is even more prosperous. This woman may not have read any books, but she has heard many truths and understands it in her heart. At this time, these words may not be aimed at Ning Yi, and Ning Yi also smiled: "To create peace for the world, this proposition is too broad and general, your wish is not very reliable."
"Oh, then the whole life will be peaceful."
"That is also divided into the Wu Dynasty, the world, and the peace of the people..."
"What if the people are allowed to be at peace?"
"It's not worth it, it takes so long, takes so much effort, and loses money for the rest of my life. I still can't become a top-level master, and if I have to do so many things, if I don't have time to practice, I'm afraid it will be difficult for second-class masters..."
"Heh, your tone is really big, you scholars... you have a big tone." Lu Hongti smiled inside, probably thinking that Ning Yi was joking, "Certain and martial arts are different, you scholars, I know that many of you are also capable, but you are not capable. The same. You don't need to learn, you don't go to the battlefield, you don't fight for your life, you don't have real ruthlessness, maybe you can't bear to pick up a knife to kill a chicken, after you learn it, it's useless, it's just distracting, but it delays you The original art business... I don't think it is necessary to teach you."
"Tsk, think about it..." Ning Yi shrugged, "And I can still kill chickens."
There is still time, Ning Yi is in no hurry. After that, the topic was diverted, and in the cloudy room, the follow-up story about Tianlong Babu continued. In fact, Lu Hongti was also a little depressed. If she said it ahead of time today, when the little girl came over to listen to it tomorrow, she would always have to listen to what she already knew, but she couldn't hold back much at this time.
The next day, when I heard footsteps coming from the door, there was also the sound of a hen. The guy went outside and knocked on the door: "Come out and show you something." Lu Hongti went out, only to Seeing that he had a small package in his hand and a hen in his hand, he pointed to the stove over there: "Help me to boil some hot water, thank you." Obviously, he wanted to show the ruthlessness of killing chickens in front of her. Lu Hongti didn't know whether to laugh or cry for a while, because there was an aura about the young man, and he seemed to do something, even if it was eccentric and deviant, it made people take it for granted.
She went to turn on the stove next to her and boiled hot water, and when the wind chimes under the eaves rang softly, Ning Yi skillfully killed the hen, then de-haired, washed and peeled off the internal organs, then opened the small package to prepare various seasonings, brushed them first Once again, then prepare the latte to skewer that hen.
"I received reliable news that in two days, the guards at the city gate will be withdrawn, and the government office will not be able to stand it. But after the withdrawal of the bright post, the dark post will probably be more strict. I don't know about you. How's the injury? During this time, I can't bring anything delicious. I'll entertain you today. Later, when you walk around the rivers and lakes, I can't say that my blood-handed man, Tu Ning Liheng, has treated you badly... Uh, it's better not to say me have entertained you…”
"A name for yourself?"
"How is it? Are you full of murderous aura?"
"Ugly..."
"This chicken can attest, and the nickname is apt."
Ning Yi did not have the same knowledge as her, prepared all kinds of powder including cumin, and then changed the stove a little. Lu Hongti said: "My injury is already 50% better. If I want to go out at this time, I have to take risks. If I recover completely, it will not be a big problem for me if I don't go through the city gate."
Ning Yi was stunned: "So... I still have a chance to knock the martial arts secrets out of your mouth for a while?"
"You're… so annoying."
"Haha." Ning Yi laughed, stopped messing with her, and started roasting the dressed chicken on the charcoal fire. These are the new recipes created by Zhuji's chef. The sound was moving, and it was about to rain again. Ning Yi turned his head away.
"By the way, it's been hard to ask you, why did you want to kill Song Xian?"
Over there, Lu Hongti's eyes narrowed slightly, like a cat with frizzy hair, and looked at Ning Yi like this...