132. 132: Prologue to the Martial Arts
On a cold night, the cold wind howls outside the window, and in the room, the fire is very strong, and the mist lingers.
Ning Yutong put away the distracting thoughts in her heart and waited for Qin Jinlin to bathe, her hands were very soft and stronger than ordinary women, Qin Jinlin soaked in the water and closed her eyes, feeling the weight of her shoulders, and her body, which had been tense, suddenly loosened.
"How do you know about the Dao?"
He didn't open his eyes, but asked in a very soft voice, as if he was afraid of ruining the atmosphere at the moment.
"As I told me."
The movements of Ning Yutong's hand did not stop, and he still pressed Qin Jinlin's left shoulder rhythmically.
When bathing, he must first relax his left shoulder, which is his habit for many years, such as remembering the Tao of Lu, Ning Yutong naturally also knows the Tao.
Qin Jinlin didn't open her eyes, her brows frowned slightly-she, she lied.
Ruyi won't tell her, but how did she know the Tao?
In fact, there has always been a mystery hidden in Qin Jinlin's heart, but he didn't dare to touch it.
What's the mystery?
His heart seemed to instinctively resist searching for answers......
After bathing, Qin Jinlin's whole person looked refreshed, while Ning Yutong looked a little tired as if he had fought a big battle: "Lord Wang, it's not early, you can rest first, I'll ......"
"You don't seem to want to take a bath either, so let's rest together."
Qin Jinlin suddenly interrupted Ning Yutong's words, and raised his arm and grabbed Ning Yutong's hand.
The familiar temperature came from his palm, Ning Yutong subconsciously wanted to withdraw his hand, but Qin Jinlin held it tighter: "Don't move, don't worry, I won't mess with you." ”
As he spoke, Qin Jinlin raised his eyes and glanced at Ning Yutong with a complicated look: "If I really want to use force on you, do you think you can hide?" And...... That night, you were drunk, but you reluctantly invited me......"
"What, what?"
Ning Yutong stopped struggling and looked at Qin Jinlin with some surprise.
God, what did she do the night she got drunk!
As soon as she thought of that drunken night, Ning Yutong felt uncomfortable, especially about Bai Hanshu, her eyes turned involuntarily, and she suddenly didn't dare to look at Qin Jinlin's eyes.
Like, suddenly I felt a little weak.
Ning Yutong's expression naturally couldn't escape Qin Jinlin's shrenuble gaze: "Isn't it, do you think of something?" ”
"No, no."
Ning Yutong immediately shook his head desperately: "Really, it's not early, let's rest, huh...... Together. ”
For Qin Jinlin's promise, Ning Yutong was relieved.
She was more at ease with this man than in her previous life.
Hearing Ning Yutong's words, Qin Jinlin smiled and pulled Ning Yutong to the bed: "You sleep inside." ”
He pointed to the bed, and Ning Yutong immediately took off his coat and shoes, and jumped inside quickly.
Seeing that she quickly lay down with her back to herself, Qin Jinlin smiled, and with a wave of her sleeves, a cold wind was raised, and the candle flame in the room flickered, and she was still unwilling to extinguish it after the last moment.
The room immediately fell into darkness, Qin Jinlin slowly lay down beside Ning Yutong, and he felt Ning Yutong's body tremble slightly in the dark night.
She was a little nervous.
But she didn't resist him.
Qin Jinlin had already felt this, maybe even Ning Yutong himself didn't feel this-
She consciously wanted to resist him, but her heart would react most realistically when she was confused.
Her heart never resisted his approach......
A moment later, although Ning Yutong's body was still stiff, she fell asleep.
It's reassuring.
Qin Jinlin didn't feel sleepy, just quietly in the dark, looking at Ning Yutong's back.
From getting married to now, it is the first time that the two have spent the night together.
Ning Yutong could sleep because her heart was very relieved about Qin Jinlin and his promise.
And Qin Jinlin couldn't sleep because his heart had very special feelings for this woman-
She will make him lose his mind, and she will also make him unconsciously change his principles and bottom line.
Everything, just because he didn't want to lose her.
If you do not leave, I will not forsake you.
Even though he never said his feelings to her, he made a promise to her in his heart.
On the day of marriage, he didn't drink the wine and didn't uncover the Xipa.
Because it's not time yet.
Ning Yutong, do you know the way?
I want to marry you, upright, upright, so that everyone in the world will know that you are the woman I love.
Only, not now.
Therefore, I owe you the sake and will definitely pay it back to you......
Ning Yutong has only been married into the palace for more than a month, but in Qin Jinlin's opinion, this day has been very long.
She obviously avoided it, and he also wanted to ignore her existence consciously or unconsciously, and didn't want to be affected by her anymore, but......
The more you run away, the more you care.
Especially when he thought of Bai Hanshu's provocative gaze and words that morning, Qin Jinlin's heart would be extremely uncomfortable.
If he and Qin Jinting are two tigers fighting, then Bai Hanshu is undoubtedly a poisonous snake hidden in the shadows, and it is also a poisonous snake with great ambition and means.
If he could, Qin Jinlin didn't want to see Bai Hanshu at all, but Bai Hanshu controlled his death hole.
He and Bai Hanshu have cooperated closely for many years, and they have been guarding each other for many years.
That secret......
The ambition of the Bai family......
Qin Jinlin's gaze was cold, and his whole body unconsciously exuded an endless chill.
As if sensing this sudden chill, Ning Yutong shrank back in her sleep, while Qin Jinlin came back to her senses, raised her hands and gently hugged her from behind. The person in his arms moved, and after the most reluctance, he seemed to have found the most comfortable position, so he shrunk into Qin Jinlin's arms and fell asleep......
In the early morning of the next day, Ning Yutong woke up as usual, opened her eyes and saw the face close at hand, she was in a slight trance, and stared, only to see that she was still lying in Qin Jinlin's arms.
Ning Yutong held her breath and tried to break free of Qin Jinlin's embrace with a slight movement, but the sleeping man still held her tightly, without the slightest sign of letting go.
"Yutong, don't move."
Qin Jinlin muttered softly, Ning Yutong was stunned, and looked at Qin Jinlin's sleeping face, is he pretending to be asleep?
The movements slowed down, and Ning Yutong still reluctantly continued to lean on Qin Jinlin's arms helplessly, with a flat expression......
Joy and joy came together in the morning and guarded the door, without Qin Jinlin's orders, these two girls naturally didn't dare to enter the door to disturb.
Yan Wangfu has always been a place with very strict rules, although the people in the palace like to discuss some gossip in private, but everything in the palace will never leak half a sentence to the outside.
So I don't know how Ning Yutong is doing in the palace, but the last time I went back to the door and this time I was in the province, the two of them looked very affectionate, it seems that the eldest lady should be doing well in the Yanwang Mansion, right?
Qin Jinlin didn't stay in Ning Mansion for too long, and left with Ning Yutong after breakfast, although she was very reluctant, Mrs. Ning still sent them to the door with a smile, staring at Ning Yutong's figure all the way in a daze.
Yan Wang's Mansion is actually not too far from Ning Mansion, but this distance seems to be close to the end of the world......
In a blink of an eye, it was the Shangyuan Festival again, and the Yanwang Mansion was also full of seven-colored lights. Since marrying into the Yanwang Mansion, in order to avoid unnecessary troubles, Ning Yutong has lived in a simple house, but she still uses special contact methods to keep in touch with the Wisteria Army.
Judging from the information collected by the Wisteria Army, there has been a big move under His Majesty recently, and the royal white-clothed guard actually attacked Princess Mingyu's Leng Xiang Pavilion, and no one knows what the final result is.
Xue Ling.
Ning Yutong suddenly remembered the woman who broke into Ning Mansion that night, she looked very strong, she should be able to escape, right? If Da Qian can't stay any longer, will she go to Linye to find Ren Jingzhi?
His Majesty's sudden attack on Leng Xiang Pavilion was no accident-
Princess Mingyu is missing, has she taken refuge in Linye? ……
Winter goes to spring, the spring of the 135th year of the Great Qian Empire came very early, this spring is destined to be an eventful spring, His Majesty has issued an edict to hold a military military competition in March, and the participants in this military competition are all outstanding young generals in the various armies of the Great Qian, and the winner among them can become the new commander of the Ningjia army!
Of course, there are many judges in this martial arts competition, and the last decision-maker is Ning Feiyuan, who has rarely appeared recently!
Daqian's army needs fresh blood, and the Ningjia army also needs a young and brave general to lead this team and create more glory!
This is a grand event for Daqian, a grand event for Kyoto, and a grand event for all soldiers!
A dragon battle was about to begin, and when Ning Yutong got the list of martial arts, she suddenly stared at a certain name on the list and was stunned.
Bai Hanshu and Xiao Wenyuan are both on the list, both of them have led soldiers, and their personal strength is also strong, but it is precisely because they have their own habits and ways of leading troops, and they have had a lot of friction with the Ning family army, and the main thing is that the labels on the two people are too obvious, they are the leaders under King Yan and King Wen, these two people are inevitable, but the chance of being selected is too low.
Ning Feiyuan always felt that Bai Hanshu was too ruthless, and Xiao Wenyuan was too modest, and the way the two of them led the troops was definitely not suitable for the Ning family's army.
And Lin Yan, who is now showing his strength in the Imperial Forest Army, Ning Yutong and Ning Feiyuan's selfishness is naturally more biased towards Lin Yan.
But Ning Yutong also knew that his father had a clear distinction between public and private, and in this martial arts competition, in addition to his personal strength, ability to lead troops, and even other aspects such as the art of war and strategy would be assessed, if someone could defeat Lin Yan, then Ning Feiyuan would never show favoritism.
So......
Ning Yutong lowered his eyes again and looked at the list of martial arts competitions in his hand-
Ren Jingchu
The second son of the Ren family, who was born in a hundred years of scholars, is also on this list!
This inconspicuous and even indifferent and lonely Ren Ergongzi, who has always had no sense of existence in the court, made Ning Yutong very interested!
This guy is definitely Lin Yan's cousin's rival!
Both civil and military.
Ning Yutong remembered very well that in the previous life, when Qin Jinlin first ascended the throne, the Bai family and the Ning family were naturally the most powerful families, and perhaps in order to check and balance the power of the court, two upstarts in the imperial court rose with lightning speed.
That's Yang Rui and Ren Jingchu!
There is no first in the text, and there is no second in the martial arts.
Yang Rui's scheming methods can almost be said to be the first person in the big cadres at that time, and Ren Jingchu's force is slightly inferior, and he may not be called the first, but that guy is decisive in killing, ruthless and swordsmanship, he is definitely a tricky general!
Don't be a man!
Ning Yutong put down the list in his hand, and remembered Ren Jingchu's expressionless cold face again.
It's lively.
At the same time, in the backyard of the Marquis of Jing'an's Mansion, Yang Rui also looked at the list in his hand with a smile and thought deeply.
Ren Jingchu.
"Yang Rui, what are you looking at?"
A slightly dissatisfied voice came from the side: "A list, is it so interesting?" ”
Yang Rui raised his eyes slightly and looked at Qin Jinnuo, who had been hanging aside for a long time, and couldn't help but smile deeper: "Little prince, do you want to start a gambling game this time?" ”
"Of course!"
Qin Jinnuo's face was overjoyed, but then he looked at Yang Rui suspiciously: "Are you kid thinking about some bad water again?" ”
"Hmm."
Yang Rui blinked: "It's just that I haven't gambled for a long time, and my hands are a little itchy." ”
"Don't worry, you've got you guys betting this time."
Qin Jinnuo puffed out his chest and swore an oath, and the next day, the news of Wan Yulou's opening of a martial arts gambling game immediately spread in the capital.
And this time it is a real public bet, and the odds are also divided according to everyone's strength background, and the odds will be adjusted appropriately according to the results of each small game.
As soon as this news came out, the people of the entire capital went crazy, swarming into the gate of Wanyulou, and scrambling to choose the person they wanted to support with gambling money. And the odds of Wanyulou gambling are also spread throughout Kyoto throughout the day......