In February, the winter cold in Luliang Mountain was relieved a little, and the lush green scene gradually appeared in the mountains and forests.
Qingmu Village, the scene after the New Year is a little deserted.
In the early two years, this stockade, which is said to have been instructed by experts, has rapidly developed to its peak with the convenience of smuggling to do business. Since the battle outside Qingmu Village, after defeating the "Black Skull King", "Ran Mountain King", "Little Xiangma", Fang Yiyang Brothers and others, people from the entire Luliang area came here. There are even more than 30,000 people in Qingmu Village, and it is not an exaggeration to call it "Qingmu City".
However, the huge profits from the smuggling business were astonishing. When Jin Guo and Wu Chao saw blood and Yanmen Pass fell, the smuggling business in Qingmu Village, which had gradually lost its geographical advantage, gradually declined. After that, the people of Qingmu Village participated in the slaughter of the king, and Ning Yi and others rebelled against the world. Although the response in the mountains was not great, the business with the surrounding areas fell to the freezing point. After many benefits, they left one after another.
In the first half of last year, the situation between Luliangshan and Jin Guo also became tense, and even the news that Jin Guo's resignation did not lose the general's desire to take Qingmu Village, the whole Luliang Mountain was trembling. At this time, there are many problems facing the village, and the transformation from smuggling business to other directions is the top priority, but in all fairness, it is not smooth. Even if Ning Yi plans to build various workshops in the valley, people who are used to the sweetness of huge profits may not be willing to do it. External pressure hits, and internally, half-hearted people gradually appear.
After two years of quiet time, some people began to gradually forget the cruelty of Lvliangshan before. Since the news about Ning Yi and Hongti was announced, people's impression of this village owner began to gradually change from the bloody Bodhisattva. For a puppet or forbidding an outsider. At the high level, the queen of her own village married the king of another village and gained some benefits. But now, the impression that the other party has caused huge trouble and is about to come to him is not surprising.
Some people started to leave, and another part of the people was ready to move in the middle, especially some young strongmen who showed their prominence in the past two years. Tasting the illicit benefits of smuggling, they are secretly active, and there are not a few people who want to take advantage of this opportunity to join Jin Guoci without losing the generals and occupy the stockade. Fortunately, Han Jing and others stood on Hongti's side, and the more than 1,000 people who followed Han Jing and fought against Jurchen in Xia Village also obeyed the majesty of Ning Yi and others. Lu, in May, according to the principles of the Ten Laws made earlier by Ningyi, a large-scale fight was launched in the village. The whole mountain up and down. Killing people's heads rolling. It can be regarded as another cleanup for Qingmu Village.
As of now, the total number of people in the entire Qingmu Village is about 21,000 people. Most of these people have already established their roots and concerns in the village, and they can be regarded as the real foundation of Qingmu Village. Of course, thanks to the great victory of the Black Flag Army in June and July last year, the minds of the people in the village were really calmed down.
The marriage of one power with another power. On the woman's side, it is indeed a loss. appear weak. But if the other party's 10,000 people can defeat the Xixia army of more than 100,000 people, this transaction is obviously quite done. Fight against the Jurchen army and kill the Emperor of Wu Dynasty. Fighting against the Western Xia invasion head-on, when the hard power of the third item is displayed, it is not impossible to sweep the world in the future, such as yourself. Of course, you can follow it and have a good life for a few years.
Lu Liangshan, who has always been chaotic and uncertain, is used to living a hard life, and he has seen many bandits and strongmen who will do whatever they can. After the cleaning of Qingmu Village was completed, and the results of the battle from the northwest came, people's fear of the General Jin's resignation was also swept away. When recalling such chaos, the people who stayed in the village were assigned to work in various new workshops in the mountains, and there was not much complaining. A real example of being afraid".
Day by day, everyone in the valley still had a clear impression of the Blood Bodhisattva, but their impression of the woman named Lu Hongti gradually faded. This may be because after several turmoils and innovations, the power structure of Qingmu Village has gradually entered a more complex right track. The power of Zhuji has penetrated into it, new situations are emerging, and new modes of operation are taking shape. The Qing Muzhai army was completely different from the bandits who had flooded Luliang Mountain before. Some of them had experienced large battle formations, experienced confrontations with the resentful army and Jurchen, and the rest were mostly under military discipline and rules. become square.
The woman who used to be a single person with only a sword, running and killing for hundreds of people in the mountains, and looking forward to the future in the loneliness of the lonely journey, is no longer familiar with such a situation, and can not really do it well, so most of the time , she was just hiding in the mountains of Qingmu Village, living a quiet and secluded life, no longer interfering in specific affairs.
"If you go on like this, after a while, I'm afraid no one in Luliang Mountain will know you."
In February, the spring breeze was like scissors, and the midnight was cold. Ning Yi and Hongti were walking in the mountains of Qingmu Village, making a joke. Compared with the people of Qingmu Village who gradually only knew the blood bodhisattva, in the past year or so, although the two of them have been together less often, but on Ning Yi's side, the people he always sees are the pure Hongti himself.
The distance from Xiaocang River to Qingmu Village is actually not that far in this year. The exchanges of information and personnel between the two places are also extremely frequent, but due to the entanglement of various affairs, Ning Yi still seldom goes out.
In the year before the war with Xixia, in order to suppress the atmosphere in the valley to the extreme, to maximize subjective initiative without negative phenomena, Ning Yi took a hands-on attitude towards almost everything in the valley, even if It was the quarrels and private fights of several people, and they did not dare to relax in the slightest, for fear that the emotions of the people in the valley would be crushed, and instead they would collapse.
When the war was over, in the eyes of others, it was struggling to survive, but in fact, more details came one after another, bargaining with Xixia, negotiating with the two families, how to let the black flag The move of the army to abandon the two cities had the greatest influence in the northwest. How to use the black flag army to defeat the remaining power of the Xixia people, and negotiate cooperation with some nearby big merchants and big forces, piece by piece. Long go hand in hand, Ning Yi dare not let go anywhere.
And when the number of the Black Flag Army dropped to less than 5,000, he had to keep his spirits up in everything he did. When Ning Yi returned to Xiaocanghe, he lost a dozen pounds.
In addition, for Ning Yi, Qin Shaoqian and other sober people. In the entire Wu Dynasty, there is still a bigger crisis brewing, and no one knows when it will fall on their heads. For the management of Xiao Canghe, outsiders seem to be in no hurry, but inside is actually racing against time.
For such a long time, he couldn't get there, so Hongti could only come to Xiaocanghe. Occasionally meet, always come and go in a hurry. Spend a day riding here during the day. She may have gone out in the early morning, but she always arrives before evening, and she spends a night here before leaving again.
The Blood Bodhisattva in the eyes of others, with swords in the rivers and lakes, shocks the ground, and she does have such a deterrent. Although he no longer has contact with the common affairs in Qingmu Village, but for the high-level people in the valley. As long as she is there, she is like a sword hanging above her head. Suppressing a place makes people dare not act rashly. Only when she sits in Qingmu Village can many changes be carried out smoothly.
However, every time she went to Xiaocanghe, she was just like a concubine who wanted to win some warmth from her husband's side. If she wasn't afraid that Ning Yi was already sleeping with someone when she came over, why would she try to rush in the evening every time she came? Before. These things. Ning Yi felt guilty every time he noticed it.
It is not easy to meet each other. When sleeping together, the physical relationship is second, and sometimes there is. Sometimes not. Even though he has learned martial arts, Ning Yi was still under great pressure during that time. Occasionally, Hongti would not sleep at night, and would help him. Sometimes Ning Yi listened to her talking next to her and talked about the trivial things that happened in Qingmu Village. Often Hongti was very happy to talk to him. Fall asleep. When he woke up, Ning Yi felt extremely guilty, but Hongti had never been angry or depressed about it.
And so on, until now. When Ning Yi was walking on the road holding her hand, many people in Qingmu Village had already fallen asleep, and it had been a while since they came out of the Su family's residence. Ning Yi held the lantern and watched the dark road winding up. Hongti was tall and slender, with light and natural steps, and he had a natural sense of health. She is wearing a light blue long dress that is very popular among Luliangshan women recently. Her hair is tied up at the back of her head. She has no swords on her body. She is simple and plain. daughter-in-law.
"If it's true what Xianggong said, it might be a good thing that they no longer know me one day. In fact, I have recently felt that there are fewer and fewer people in this village."
"Is it different from what you thought?"
"Um?"
"To save the world and save the world, at first I thought that everyone would be with He Meimei, not worry about food or clothing, and be happy. The more you do, the more you think about it, the more you realize that it's not like that. The more people there are, the more things will happen, and the more headaches there will be. Going forward, there is no limit."
"Does Liheng feel that way?"
"What about you man, it's much more powerful than this." Ning Yi turned his head and smiled. In front of Hongti, he was actually somewhat childish. Often thinking of the identity of the female martial arts master in front of him, he couldn't help but want to Emphasize the fact that you are his partner. On the other hand, it is mainly because Hongti is an extremely virtuous woman who is easy to bully even though she is wielding her sword across the world.
Hongti, who was holding his hand, smiled lightly, and after a while, he whispered, "Actually, I always think of Grandpa Liang and Sister Duanyun."
"Um."
"They didn't have a good life, and many people who died didn't. I sometimes look at the mountains and think of these things, and I feel uncomfortable. However, Xianggong, you don't have to worry about these. I'm in the mountains, no What's the matter? Of course the new people don't know me. They are good and bad, but I have nothing to do with me. Next to where I live, Grandma Zhao and Uncle Yu still remember me very much. I was hungry when I was young. , they give me something to eat, and it is always like this now. I always have a portion of what I cook at home. I just think occasionally, I don't know what this day will be like in the future. "
Hongti asked him not to worry about himself, so Ning Yi nodded, and the two walked along the dim mountain road. After a while, a patrolling guard passed by and saluted them. Ning Yi said, let's not sleep tonight, let's go out to play, Hong Ti's eyes lit up, and he nodded happily. Luliang Mountain is not easy to walk at night. But both of them are people with martial arts skills, and they are not afraid.
Going down the mountain like this, I told the guards to open the side door of Qingmu Village, Hongti took a sword, Ning Yi carried a long spear, and went out through the door. Hongti smiled and said, "If Jin'er knew about it..."
"I will definitely follow you around." Ning Yi answered. Then he said, "Take her next time."
Going out from the gate of Qingmu Village, there is a small street on both sides. This is an additional building built when the smuggling in Luliang Mountain was prosperous. It was originally a merchant, but at this time, most of it is vacant. Ning Yi hung the lantern on the tip of the spear, put the spear on his back, and swaggered forward, with Hong Ti following behind. Occasionally say: "I remember there are people over there."
Ning Yi swaggered away: "I don't know us anyway."
They walked all the way, and after a while, they had already left the crowded area of Qingmu Village. The city wall behind was getting smaller and smaller. A lonely lamp passed through the woods and low mountains. The night wind whimpered away, and there was a wolf howling in the distance.
Luliang Mountain is rugged and unfriendly to travelers. Especially at night, it is more risky. However, Ning Yi has been immersed in martial arts for many years. Hongti's skill is one of the best in this world. On the one-acre and three-thirds of the land in front of the house, the two of them sprinted like an outing. After the blood is running and the body is stretched out, walking in the night wind is even more enjoyable. In addition, in this dark night, there are only two people in the whole world. Every time we go to the high mountains, we can see from a distance that the woodland is undulating like waves, the wild sky is low and the trees are low, and the wind is clear and the moon is close to people.
The two have long passed their youth, but they are occasionally childish and guilty. It is ageless in itself. Ning Yi occasionally said some trivial gossip to Hongti. When the lantern went out, he hurriedly put a torch on the ground. After lighting it, it dissipated quickly, causing confusion. Hongti came to help him with a smile. , only made two torches and continued to move forward, Ning Yi waved the firelight in his hand: "Dear audience and friends, this is in Luliang Mountain... Uh, the vicious virgin jungle, I am your good friend, Ning Yi and Ning Liheng. Bell, next to my master and wife Lu Hongti, in today's program, we will teach you how to survive in such a jungle and find a way out..."
Seeing the messy words he said in his mouth, Hongti frowned slightly, but there was only a deep smile in his eyes. After walking for a while, she drew out her sword and Ning Yi, who had tied the torch to the spear, looked back. What's up with her?"
"The wolf is here." Hongti walked as usual, smiling with his sword in hand.
"Wolf? Many?"
"Don't worry, it doesn't look like much."
"Not much. Well, dear viewers, now we have the most dangerous... reptiles in this forest... Reptiles, called wolves, they are very ferocious. Once they appear, they tend to form in groups and are extremely difficult to deal with. I I will teach you how to survive under the wolves. The first trick is... Red Ti come quickly." Ning Yi ran away, "... You just need to run faster than the wolf, that's it."
Seeing Ning Yi running towards the front, Hongti tilted her head slightly, showing a helpless look, and then she was short, holding the firelight in her hand and roaring out, the wild wolf swooped at her just now. Then desperately chased after the two of them.
The two firelights that passed through the woods ran faster and faster, and after a while, they passed through the woods, rushed into the lowlands, and rushed up the mountains. After a while, the distance between the small group of wild wolves also widened. On a mountain, Ning Yi took the long spear still bound with torches and shot the wild wolf that came over.
The wild wolf is a copper-headed, iron-boned tofu waist. It was swept away by Ning Yi's spear and flew out with a hoot. Ning Yi's spear swung twice: "Everyone has seen, this is the second move, as long as you can beat it, It won't be eaten by it!"
He falsified a shot, the wild wolf ducked to the side, the flames swept across and smashed down quickly, slamming on the wild wolf's head, the wolf snorted again, and hurriedly retreated, Ning Yi swung the spear to catch up, Then another stick hit it on the head, the wolf screamed and screamed, and then Ning Yi smashed it four or five times one after another: "Everyone saw it, that's how it was hit. Come again..."
Hongti smiled and watched him play tricks.
When the wild wolf escaped from Ning Yi's abuse, he ran away whimpering, his body was covered in bruises, and the hair on his head was burnt off. Ning Yi smiled and continued to find the torches, and the two of them moved forward, occasionally walking slowly, occasionally running.
Hongti had traveled abroad a few years earlier, but during those days, she was anxious, and she grew up in Luliang since she was a child, so she probably wouldn't have the slightest feeling for these barren mountains. But at this moment, he is walking in the mountains wholeheartedly with the man who has entrusted his life to him. She didn't have too many worries in her heart. She was usually a calm temperament, and because of the trials she had gone through, she didn't cry much when she was sad, and seldom laughed when she was happy, this night. Running with Ning Yi for a long time, when Ning Yi teased her again, she laughed "haha", that smile was like the morning breeze, joy and happiness, and then spread far and wide in the night when there were no outsiders around, Ning Yi turned back. Looking at her, he hadn't relaxed so unfettered in a long time.
The two went all the way to the village where Sister Duanyun once lived. They extinguished the torches. In the distance, the village had fallen into a slumbering tranquility, and only a solitary lamp at the intersection was still on. They did not alert the guards, held hands, and silently passed through the village at night, seeing that people had already lived in the house, repairing and renovating the house. A dog wanted to bark, but was knocked unconscious by Hongti holding a stone.
They stopped at the place where Liang Bingfu, Fu Duanyun, Hongti, Master Hongti and others used to live. Then go out the other side of the intersection. Holding hands, they continued to walk as far as they could see. After walking a little further, they sat down and rested on a grassy slope. The night wind was chilly, and the two snuggled up and said something.
"Remember how we met?" Ning Yi said softly.
"Yeah." Red nodded. "Jiang Ning is much better than here."
"Let the storyteller of Zhuji write something, saying that a heroine in Luliang Mountain chased down Jiang Ning's story for the blood revenge of the villagers and assassinated Song Xian. Nine deaths, but finally avenged the blood revenge with the help of others, Come back to Luliang Mountain…”
Hongti glanced at him and was a little silent, but there was no objection. She trusted Ning Yi, and no matter what she did, she had a reason. Moreover, even if not, she is his wife after all, and will not oppose her husband's decision at will.
"It's nothing, I just want them to remember you. It's sweet and hard to remember. I want them to remember the difficulties in the past, and if there is still the old man, remember you more. Basically, there are no false records. I'll see it in Qingmu Village in the next few days, let me tell you."
"Yeah." Red nodded.
"What will the future look like, ten or twenty years from now, I don't know." Ning Yi looked at the darkness ahead and said, "But the peaceful life may not be like this, we can only do Be prepared. My people have received news that Jin Guo is already preparing for the third military expedition, and we may also be affected."
The palm of Hongti's hands with him squeezed slightly: "I used to be your master, and now I'm your woman. Whatever you want, I'll follow you." Her tone was calm and of course, after speaking, another One hand also hugged his arm and leaned over. Ning Yi also tilted his head.
After a moment of silence, he smiled: "After the watermelon went back to Lanhuan Dong, there was a big embarrassment."
"Huh?" Hong Ti blinked. very curious.
"She secretly hinted to the people around her... that she was pregnant with a child, and as a result... she wrote to me, saying that it was my intention to make me... haha... to make me look good... "
Hong Ti was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing.
"I'm sorry for you." Ning Yi said.
"Are you going to talk about the many women around you?"
"No, it's time to get used to it." Ning Yi shook his head with a smile, and then paused, "You need to watch over the affairs of Qingmu Village, I know you're afraid that you will be pregnant by mistake, so you never let yourself get pregnant. , I was very nervous for the whole year last year, and I couldn't calm down. I thought about it recently and it was my negligence."
Hongti didn't speak.
"Maybe my health is actually not good. After being married for so many years, I only have three children. Tan'er and the others have always wanted the second one, and Jin'er also wanted it. They also exercised and ate tonic, I know. This may be my business, we... We've been married for so long, and we're not young anymore, I want you to help me have a baby, don't try to avoid it."
"Yeah." Red Ti nodded.
"Well." Ning Yi nodded and looked around, "So, let's have a baby."
"Here... it's cold, right?" They weren't even newlyweds. Hong Ti didn't have any grievances about being outside. It was just that on a spring night, the wind, cold, and humidity would make the naked person uncomfortable.
"Find a cave." Ning Yi thought for a while and snapped his fingers, "If you are familiar with this, look for a cave."
Hongti smiled helplessly, but then she still led the way. That night, the two found a shabby house that had been uninhabited for a night. When they returned the next morning, they were laughed at by Tan'er and others... (.)