Because of the sudden appearance of Dongjin Palace, it took a full hour for Ning Du and Hu Ran to eat.

Hu Ran still can't cook a meal skillfully, all the dishes are lacking one or two things in color, flavor and flavor, and there are even more sandwiches, so he can barely eat them, and Ning Du is not too picky.

Hu Ran put the charcoal-burning copper brazier under the bed early, checked the doors and windows, and prepared to sleep. Even after washing, she couldn't help but eat a few more bites of snacks.

"Young master, aren't you still sleeping?"

"Hmm. Ning Du replied casually, adding a few more strokes to his vast map, but instead of returning to the room, he stood under the eaves and looked at the cold night sky.

In winter, there are some days when the grape trellis is also leafless, and it looks bare, so it is inappropriate to lie in the yard and think about it for a long time.

The moon and stars are sparse, and the night sky is high.

Ning Du tried not to perceive the vitality, nor to operate the vitality, but to breathe naturally and integrate with the surrounding environment.

"It's hard to go for a long time, and it's hard to go for a long time. ”

That book "Long Difficult Long Journey" really left a deep impression on Ning Du, that senior actually didn't care about his own realm at all, he just wanted to explore the end of the difficult realm, even if it seemed to outsiders that he was wasting his talent, it didn't matter, he just wanted to do what he believed in, and seek alone in the dark.

Recently, Ning Dudi's state of mind has been very peaceful, so he naturally cultivates. Although the realm is not moving, it is not unacceptable.

"It's hard to go a long way. Ning Du repeated these four words again, calming down the doubts in his heart. It's been a tough road, but he's been moving forward step by step.

After standing under the eaves for a while, Ning Ducai returned to the warm room, took off his heavy clothes, and lay down on the bed.

Hu Ran moved her body and flashed a large open space for the young master, and when Ning Du was completely lying down, she said, "Young master, do you want to change positions?"

Originally, Ning Du and Hu Ran slept in two rooms, but since Ning Du carried Hu Ran on his back to avoid pursuit, Hu Ran insisted on sleeping in the same room with Ning Du, so that she wouldn't know what had happened. Although it is a bed, it is also two quilts, head to head with each other.

"Huh?"

"It has been said that men should sleep in the bed and women in the bed. Otherwise, when a woman wakes up at night, she will step over the man and say that it is bad luck. Hu Ran said seriously.

"Do you believe that?"

That's what Aunt Wang said next door, saying that her family sleeps like this. ”

Ning Du sneered and said, "Our family has no bad luck, so we don't have to learn from other people's families." ”

"Oh. Hu Ran thought about it, but he didn't have an idea in his heart, so he could only choose to believe the young master. Thinking like this, she fell asleep in a daze.

Ning Du woke up from his sleep, feeling that the copper brazier under him was too hot. However, as soon as he wanted to leave, he found that Hu Ran's feet had already crossed the two quilts at some point, stretched over, and put them on his stomach.

"It's not honest to sleep. Ning Du reached out and grabbed Hu Ran's feet, ready to take them away, but suddenly felt that Hu Ran's feet were exceptionally soft.

"When did you become the same skin as the eldest lady?" In Ning Du's feelings, Hu Ran was still as dark as when he first met. Maybe it was because he stayed together all day, and he didn't notice the change in Hu Ran.

Unconsciously, Ning Du held Hu Ran's feet for a long time, only feeling very comfortable, and finally forgot that he was too hot to get up.

In a daze, Ning Du also fell asleep.

When he woke up the next day, Ning Du was stunned and quickly withdrew his hand, even afraid that he would be discovered by Hu Ran. He immediately got up and put on his clothes, stood on the edge of the bed and glanced at Hu Ran, showing a very strange expression.

"When did Hu Ran become good-looking?"

Hu Ran seemed to dream of eating again, so he chirped twice.

Ning Du looked at Hu Ran for a while, then shook his head and laughed at himself: "Isn't she sleeping?

After breakfast, Ning Du and Hu Ran went to Qingteng Garden, still conducting their respective classes.

Sima E didn't have a class today, so Ning Du continued to go to the Forgotten Pavilion to pick out the book "Long Difficult and Long Journey", and then got into the dark and cramped passage. It's just that he kept an eye on it this time, and deliberately set up a Dao Yuan Qi, if he couldn't get out of it by himself within half an hour, this Yuan Qi would remind Ning Du.

In the meantime, Stone Pillow Creek glanced at it as it passed by, and calmly returned to his bookshelf.

It's only been more than three months, and Ning Du has finished reading three rows of bookshelves, and Shi Zhuxi is still trapped on the page in his hand. Every time he thinks about it, he can't help but feel jealous in his heart, so he needs to use the standards of the saints to restrain himself and calm his mind. With such repeated stimulation and pulling, it is easy to grind away the things that once insisted on.

Of course, Ning Du didn't know about Shi Zhuxi, and when it was close to noon, he rubbed his temples and looked at the sun outside the window, as if he had been reborn.

"Reading "Long Difficult Long Journey" is like going underground to dig a mine, and it seems that you can't read this book all the time. ”

There are still six pages left to read, but according to Ning Du's estimate, it will take at least three days to overcome the last six pages.

Walking down the Forgotten Pavilion, Ning Du originally wanted to go to Qingli Garden to find Hu Ran, but he didn't want to be stopped by a janitor.

"Senior Ning, this is your letter. ”

"My?" Since Pang Jiushan left, he often wrote letters, but they were all sent to Gualiu Hutong, not to Qingteng Garden. Ning Du took the letter, opened it and read it, and couldn't help laughing.

"When will you be foolish, Bai Qinghua?"

——

With the investigation of the East Jin Palace, the battle that the cultivators saw on the lake in Fangyuan City that night gradually became visible, and the above also ordered the matter to be handed over to the Criminal Department.

Commander Cai was eager to throw this hot potato out, and immediately invited the people from the Criminal Department to handle the handover, which can be said to be quite enthusiastic, and the personnel of the Criminal Department had an impression of Dongjin Palace.

"This is the interrogation record of the one hundred and three people arrested, these three boxes are the evidence that was caught, and there are still three or seven people with major suspicions in the prison, this is their list and the results of the investigation......"

Dong Jinwei handed over the things in his hand to the people of the criminal department one by one, and it took two hours to finish.

When the people from the Criminal Department left with three carriages, Commander Cai finally breathed a sigh of relief, and felt that his body was much lighter.

"My lord, why did you ask us to investigate so much, and then let us hand it over so lightly?" asked a Qianhu of Dongjinwei puzzled.

"There are reasons for the people to be rejuvenated, and there are reasons for understatement. Commander Cai said.

Senhe can only take the adult's answer for granted and take it to heart.

"There are dark clouds in the sky, and it looks like it's going to rain heavily, isn't it going to mobilize the people? Isn't it an understatement that the clouds have suddenly disappeared?" Commander Cai raised his head and looked at the sky.

"My lord!" Of course, Qianhu couldn't figure out the root cause of this, not that this person was not smart, but the position and level of his position determined his vision and height, and some things naturally couldn't figure out the reason.

Commander Cai tilted his head and asked, "Have you seen the results of the investigation to the fourth gear head?"

"Hmm. ”

"Cleaned up?"

"Clean. ”

"Let's make sure again, and don't erase all traces, or others will suspect us. Commander Cai said quite seriously.

"Yes!"

"Let's go down!" Commander Cai looked at the sky alone, his heart full of thoughts. "The Southern Kingdom, the Great True Kingdom, the Tulie Kingdom, the Old and New Parties, the Thirteen Religions, the Qingwang Mansion...... Ning Du, Ning Du, what secrets do you have, how can you involve so many people?"

......

Liu Guanglin really didn't expect this task to fall on him.

"Isn't this supposed to be the work of the ministry? Why did you choose me?"

In fact, with Liu Guanglin's keen political sense, he guessed why he was arranged to do this.

Today's court is divided into the old and new parties, and Lu Yeshen appears to be slightly neutral, and Liu Guanglin has close contacts with Lu Yeshen, which is undoubtedly through Liu Guanglin to test Lu Yeshen's attitude towards the old and new parties.

"This kind of thing on the cusp is best to find someone from the Hanlin Academy who is ignorant of the world and only reads the books of sages to do it!" Liu Guanglin complained indignantly in his heart for a long time, and he also knew that he had to do this, and he had to do it well, otherwise, the black gauze hat on his head would be torn off inadvertently, and even his head would fall off.

"Zhao Xincheng, the attendant of the Hanlin Academy, will be the prefect, and the same knowledge and general judgment need to choose one person from each of the old and new parties, and the ...... who can know how to advance and retreat must be selected."

Regarding the drafting of this list of personnel, it really made Liu Guanglin worry about a few more handfuls of gray hair, and then he thought about it more than a dozen times, replacing thirty or forty people back and forth, which was considered appropriate.

When Liu Guanglin wrote the final list, he couldn't help but feel tired when he heard the sound of the fifth watch. But he suddenly remembered something, and a clever came to his senses.

"I forgot about it! This is really a troublesome thing! What position should I put him into? Such an intricate team, in such a place, is really devastating for a child. Liu Guanglin's kindness was only fleeting, and then he thought objectively and ruthlessly.

"The position of Zhaomo is the most suitable!" Liu Guanglin thought about it, but felt that this position was the most suitable, and immediately copied the new personnel list again, and after reading it again, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Although you are the first of the six subjects of Bailu Academy this year, you are not very wronged by Bai Yishi if you are given an official position from Jiupin without participating in Qiu Fu and Chun Yu. ”