The fact that Ning Yi and Hong Ti did not return all night was ridiculed by those who heard about it in the next two days, but they didn't say much.

Just as any era has its customs and rules, the emotional problems that occasionally make Ning Yi feel uneasy have a natural way to deal with them in this year. After living for a long time, Ning Yi and others were gradually able to find the most natural way to get along.

This kind of polygamous mansion will inevitably have distant relatives, but on the whole, they get along with each other quite well. Su Tan'er, who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, is of great importance to Ning Yi, and the importance of this family is self-evident, and everyone else also sees it in their eyes. Her meticulousness and tenacity were almost another core of the family, and it was not until the Western Xia was broken that she came out of the emaciation of that time, and after a period of recuperation, she regained her figure and beauty.

During this period, her recovery was also indispensable to Yunzhu's care. Although the two did not get along well when they first met a few years ago, their friendship has been good over the years. In a sense, the two are women who live around a man, Yunzhu's care and care for Tan'er is certainly the reason why she is important to Ning Yi, and Tan'er is to show the bearing of a housewife, but after a few years of getting along, the friendship between family members is still there after all.

In the middle, Xiaochan and Jin'er are a little more casual. The young and immature little maid is now a twenty-five-year-old little woman, although she has a child, her appearance has not changed much, and the trivial matters of life in the whole family are basically arranged by her, for Ning Yi and Tan'er's occasionally not good living habits, she will still be like the little maid at the beginning. She likes to break her fingers when she arranges things, and clenches her fists when she is in a hurry. Ning Yi sometimes listened to her chatter, and he couldn't help but want to reach out and pull the braids on her head - the braids were gone after all.

Yuan Bao'er has been thinking about having children recently--I've been thinking about it for a few years--but I don't know if it's because of the physical problems that have crossed over or because of the author's arrangement, although there is no problem in bed, Ning Yi didn't get the women around him pregnant one after another. Sometimes, Jin Er is quite frustrated. But fortunately, she is a happy character, teaching and taking care of children, and occasionally chatting with Yunzhu and several people in charge of performing singing and dancing in Zhuji is not boring.

Most of the time in Qingmu Village, the red grape is the oldest among the people, and it is also the most respected and liked by everyone, Tan'er occasionally encounters difficulties, and will complain to her, also because among several people, she may suffer the most. Red grapes are soft and gentle. Sometimes Tan'er talks to her seriously, but she is worried in her heart, but it is also because she is not sure about complicated things, but she lives up to Tan'er's expectations, or she makes a mistake and delays things. Sometimes she talked to Ning Yi, and Ning Yi just smiled.

The current twenty-six-year-old Tan'er is just the age when she has just adapted to society in the next life, she is beautiful and has experienced many things. He has a confident and quiet temperament. But in fact, Ning Yi understands best. Whether you are 20 years old, 30 years old, or 40 years old, who will really face things without confusion. When children in their teens and twenties see how calmly adults handle things, they think that they have become completely different people, but in fact. No matter what age you are, anyone is facing something new, and there are more adults than young people, but they know better. I don't have a way to rely on it.

And in Tan'er's heart, in fact, she is also facing all this in front of her with a strange and panicked mentality.

For Ning Yi, this may not be the case.

I once wanted to live in a safe corner and live a peaceful life to finish this life, and then came step by step and came here. In the past nine years, from warm and indifferent to swords and swords, and then to the sea of corpses and blood, there are always places that make people sigh, whether it is accident or inevitability, it is all emotional. In all fairness, whether it is Jiangning, Hangzhou, or Bianliang, its prosperous and intoxicating places are far more than Xiaocanghe and Qingmu Village.

Sometimes Ning Yi looked at all the barren and barren things in these mountains, and sighed when he saw life and death. I don't know if there is any possibility of returning to that kind of world with peace of mind in the future.

Of course, the family gets along well at this time, perhaps thanks to the turmoil and danger along the way, if there is no such tension and pressure, everyone will not have to callouse and huddle together to keep warm.

Compared with other families, Ning Yi's respect for everyone and occasional guilt are naturally part of the reason. Sometimes the family held a small party or picnic on the mountainside of the Xiaocang River, and Ning Yi was occasionally too tired to talk to them about his worries and thoughts about the future. He also chattered, Tan'er and the others didn't understand, and they didn't necessarily care, but in Ning Yi's worries, everyone would naturally feel the weight, or the stars at that time, or the moonlight in Kyushu, the weight and pressure under the night sky were different. They are just a small family moving together in this treacherous world.

The third day of arrival at Aoki Village was the eighth day of the second month. It was only a few days after the sting passed, the spring rain continued to fall, looking down from the mountain, the whole huge valley was shrouded in a misty rain halo, there were rows of houses in the north of the mountain, mixed with large shacks, the south of the mountain is a row of caves, there are fields, ponds, streams, large woods on and down the mountain, and the settlement of nearly 20,000 people, in the spring rain at this time, it seems to be a little idle.

Some workshops are located in the mountains, including gunpowder, stone chiseling, iron making, weaving, oil refining, porcelain making, etc., and some factory courtyards are still lit up, and the large theater next to the market at the foot of the mountain is decorated with lights to prepare for the evening play. On the side of the valley, between the houses where the Su family lived, Su Tan'er was sitting under the eaves in the courtyard and weaving cloth leisurely, the old lady Su Yu sat on the chair next to her and occasionally said a few words to her, and there were more than ten teenagers and girls including Xiao Qi or children listening to the small courtyard, and occasionally there were children who couldn't bear the silence and played in the back.

These children are naturally the children of the Su family, Ning Yi's rebellion, almost no one in the Su family understands except for Su Wending, Su Wenfang, Su Wenyu, and Su Yanping, who followed Ning Yi earlier. But at this level. It doesn't matter if they understand it or not, for nearly two years, they have lived in Qingmu Village and can't go out, plus the news that Ning Yi's army broke the Western Xia army, this time some people revealed whether they could let the children in the family follow Ning Yi's side to do things and learn - following Ning Yi is a rebellion. But in any case, as long as the surname is Su, their nature has been determined, and there are not many choices.

Su Yu occasionally asked about Xiao Canghe, Ning Yi, and the family over there, and Tan'er operated the loom and answered them one by one. Most of the old people just listened, at first—when Tan'er was still young. The grandparents and grandchildren often have such a time, Tan'er told him something, he opened his mouth to explain and discuss, in order to cultivate this granddaughter, hoping that she may become the successor of the weaving family in the future, but at this time, it is not easy for him to understand and weigh the benefits and disadvantages of these things that Tan'er has come into contact with. and no longer commented.

It was a group of children next to him, who occasionally heard about Xiao Canghe from Tan'er's mouth. Many details of the defeat of the Tangut people, "Wow Wow" was amazed, and the old man just closed his eyes and listened. Only when Tan'er talked about family affairs, she opened her mouth and asked her to take charge of the family and balance the relationship with the concubine. Don't let Ning Yi be too distracted and so on. Tan'er nodded in agreement.

When Su Yu and Ning Yi met two days ago, they didn't have so much to say. He couldn't understand Ning Yi's rebellion, but for Ning Yi to defeat the Western Xia army and save the people of Li. In his heart, it is also an indescribable event. He couldn't make an evaluation anymore, so he just stayed with Ning Yi for a family banquet, and then asked Ning Yi to leave and "do his own thing". He didn't mention to Ning Yi about "taking care of the family" mentioned to Tan'er.

That night, the drama "Thorn Tiger", which was adapted from the assassination of Song Xian by Hongti, was performed in the big theater next to the Qingmu Village Market. The heroine changed her name to Lu Qing, and Song Xian changed her name to Huang Hu. This drama mainly depicts the difficulties of Qingmu Village in those years, the Liao people fought the grass valley every year, and the military attache of the Wu Dynasty, Huang Hu, also came to Luliang Mountain, saying that it was recruiting troops, but in fact he fell into a trap and killed some Luliang people as a Liao soldier to invite merit, and then became a general.

In order to avenge the villagers, Lu Qing, a heroine who grew up with hardships and hardships, went south to Jiangning, and was tortured several times on the way, and successively encountered bandits, tigers, and killed the tiger with a single sword. After coming to Jiangning, he fell into the trap of the Yellow Tiger and died nine times, and finally succeeded in revenge with the help of Jiangning scholar Lu Dichen.

After that, the heroine Lu Qing returned to Luliang Mountain, but the villagers she loved were still suffering from hunger and cold and the oppression of the north and south. In order to save Luliangshan, she finally put on a blood-colored mask, incarnated as a blood bodhisattva, and fought for Luliangshan after that......

The change of this story has Ning Yi's participation, and in order to achieve the effect, there are also a lot of symbolic things, such as Lu Qing, Huang Hu, and Lu Dichen, and the drama of talented and beautiful women. As for plots such as killing tigers, they are added to make them more enjoyable.

As a modern person who is accustomed to watching popular movies, Ning Yi has no love for dramas in this era, but the addition of some things has greatly improved the watchability. For example, he asked the people of Zhuji to make vivid Jiangning City props, drama backgrounds and other things, which maximized the audience's sense of substitution, and that night, the big theater continued to exclaim, including Han Jing and others, who were used to seeing the scenery of the big city in Bianliang City, and they couldn't take their eyes off it. Ning Yi sat there dragging his chin, secretly scolding this group of dirt buns in his heart.

Sitting next to him, it was also the red grapes of the soil buns, but he was also dumbfounded, and he opened his mouth to marvel. For a while, I forgot that the Lu Qing heroine on the stage who was made up by Yuan Jin'er was actually herself, and I watched the unwarranted plot of Lu Qing Heroine killing the tiger with relish. The people who came to the theater this time were all the old people from Aoki Village, and when they saw the key points, there were those who were sad, those who were indignant, and those who cheered.

In the next two days, "Thorn Tiger" was performed continuously in this theater, and every time it was performed, Hongti, Tan'er, Yunzhu, Xiaochan and others went to watch it together, and the feelings of Xiaochan and others were probably "Miss Lu is so amazing", and for Hongti, what really moved was perhaps some insinuating characters in the play, such as Liang Bingfu and Fu Duanyun, who had died. Then his eyes were red, and then he said, "Actually, that's not the case." ”

After all, Ning Yi was able to stay leisurely in Aoki Village for not much time, and in the past few days, in addition to the performance of new plays in Aoki Village, the soldiers on both sides also carried out a series of martial arts competitions. Ning Yi arranged for some of his intelligence officers to go north - a team led by Lu Yannian, one of the leaders of the Zhuji Intelligence System, during the Black Flag Army's battle against the Tanguts. A secret route to buy back the prisoners of the Wu Dynasty had been successfully opened in the Jin Kingdom, and since then various news has been passed on, and the Jurchens have begun to study artillery technology, which has been completely determined earlier.

Judging from the various information gathered, the Jurchen army did not gradually go into decline after the death of Agu, and until now, they belong to a period of rapid ascent. This rising vitality is reflected in their absorption of new technologies and continuous progress.

At the beginning, the Jurchens rose and captured the Liao State in half a day, and it sounded to those who did not know. You may think that the Jurchens have mastered powerful siege techniques. But in fact, this was not the case, the Jurchen army at that time did not even have systematic siege tactics, and what supported them to capture that fortified city was pure wildness and fighting spirit that was not afraid of death. The siege tactics of the Jurchens continued to improve in the process of conquering the entire Liao State and the subsequent invasion of the Wu Dynasty, even if it was the original siege of Taiyuan and the attack and defense of Bianliang, for them. There is also the nature of military training.

After the capture of Bianliang, the Jurchens plundered a large number of craftsmen and returned to the north. Up to now, the Jurchen army in Yunzhong Mansion has been continuously strengthening the research of various war equipment, including firearms. In this regard, Wanyan Zonghan is indeed eloquent, and there is a group of such progressive enemies, for Ning Yi. After receiving a lot of information, there is often a sense of urgency that makes the back of the head tingle.

At the same time as these messages came one after another, news of the transfer of the Jurchen army north of Yanmen Pass also came occasionally. Under the national policy of recuperation and recuperation of the Jin Emperor Wu Qimai, most of the territory of the Jin Kingdom has resumed commerce, the movement of people, and the large-scale movement of the army. It is impossible to escape the eyes of those who have a heart. This time, the mobilization of the Jin army was smooth and quiet, but in this stability, there was a calm and atmosphere that was enough to crush everything.

In the first half of last year, the Jurchens withdrew their troops from Bianliang, allowing Zhang Bangchang to inherit the throne and change the Yuan to Great Chu. When the Jurchens left, Zhang Bangchang abdicated, which caused the Jurchens to send envoys to protest, and later when King Kang succeeded to the throne, the Jurchens protested again. Naturally, the Wu Dynasty would not stop the establishment of a new emperor because of the Jurchens' protests, and the Jurchens did not roll around or say anything cruel because of this.

However, in the eyes of those who care, in the cultivation and silence of the Jurchens this year, a suffocating atmosphere has gradually accumulated and brewed. Even in the northwest mountains in a remote corner, thinking about these occasionally, Ning Yi never felt the slightest relief.

After sending a new batch of personnel to the north, on February 12, Ning Yi and others said goodbye to Su Yu and embarked on the road back to Xiaocang River. At this time, the spring is still not warm, it has been nine years since Ning Yi first saw this era, Saibei Jingqi hunting, the Yellow River is rushing again, and the south of the Yangtze River is still a spring day of singing and dancing. In all corners of this world, people continue to fulfill their respective missions and face unknown fate.

Yunzhong Mansion, because of the mobilization and gathering of the army, the atmosphere of the city has become solemn again, but for the Jurchens who grew up among the soldiers, there is nothing wrong with such an atmosphere. The business in the bazaar is still going on, and the dinner in the Qinglou restaurant is still open, no matter what war or what's next, for them, it's nothing more than an opportunity.

Chen Wenjun chased the child through the Langyuan in the house, and saw her husband talking in a low voice with the captain of the guard next to her, so she walked over with the child in her arms, and Wanyan Xiyin waved her hand at the captain of the guard: "Be cautious, go ahead." ”

"Coming back? What's going on today? Got something to worry about? ”

The maid took the cloak that Yan Xiyin took off, and Xiyin shook her head with a smile: "It's all trivial, it's time to deal with it." ”

"What's the news from General Lou's side?"

"Look at what Your Majesty means, Zong Fu is loyal and upright, Zong Bi is short-sighted, Wu Chao is disobedient, what they want is to kill King Nakang, but how can the national war be righteous and ......" He said this, glanced at his wife, and then walked in with her in his arms, "You ...... You shouldn't worry about these ......."

Chen Wenjun looked at him calmly and smiled helplessly: "I always have to worry about it." ”

"It's ...... too" Xi Yin was slightly stunned, and then nodded. In any case, the martial arts are exhausted, and I will wait to fight again and again, and come back by plundering some people and things again and again, after all, it will be stupid. Wenjun is the only one who can make the world peaceful. The way for the people to suffer less is for us to put an end to the ...... of the Southern Dynasty as soon as possible."

While he was talking, he walked in with his wife, and when he crossed the threshold of the courtyard, Chen Wenjun tilted his head, and with a casual glance, the captain of the personal guard was leading several people in the palace and hurried out.

In the market on the side of Yunzhong Mansion, the man in Chinese clothes and the Jurchen head snake known as the Seventh Master met secretly in a courtyard again. The two sides exchanged a few words of greeting, and the "Seventh Master" was silent for a moment without smiling: "To be honest, this time, there is something about the seventh man, which is difficult to say." ”

"Oh? The seventh master said that it was okay. ”

"I heard that there is going to be a war, and the wind is tight outside, and the goods this time are not easy to get. The price will increase. ”

"Seventh Master...... I said yes, but that's not the case. And. Where did you hear about the war? ”

The seventh master tugged at the corners of his mouth: "People, a pair of eyes and a pair of ears, see more and listen more, you can always understand, to be honest." These few transactions, everyone's bottom, I haven't figured it out yet, this time, I don't want to play in a daze. Ladies and gentlemen......"

He spoke slowly, and a middle-aged guard behind the man in Chinese clothes leaned over slightly, frowning: "There is a ...... of fraud"

The eyebrows of the man in the fancy clothes sank, and he suddenly lifted his clothes and pulled out his knife, and on the other side, the face of the seventh master, who was still talking slowly, changed and jumped out of a foot.

"He's stalling for time!"

"Let's-"

A few people turned around and left, the seventh master led a few people around him, and a young man who had been smiling next to the man in a fancy costume took two steps, turned around suddenly, and pounced on the old seven, and the middle-aged guard also pounced at the same time.

"Black eats black is not authentic! Capture him as a hostage! ”

"Let's go first!"

The sword light slashed out, and someone jumped down on the side of the courtyard, and a warrior beside Lao Qi was slashed to the ground by the young man, and the bloody smell of blood permeated out, Lao Qi took a few steps back, drew his sword and shouted: "This has nothing to do with me!" ”

The boy in the Chinese costume led people to rush out of the door, and at the opposite street, there were Jurchen soldiers surrounding and killing......

On this day, there was a small chaos in the city of Yunzhong Province, a group of murderers fled the city, and there was a fight with the patrolling soldiers, and soon after, the chaos was put down. At the same time, on the land north of Yanmen Pass, the clean-up activities of the southerners who had infiltrated into the country were carried out on a large scale from this day on, and the border passes began to be blocked, and the atmosphere was solemn to the extreme.

The god of ceres, Wanyan Xiyin, was also handy to the many forces hidden in the darkness, and swung a knife.

To the south, in Jinan Mansion, a new prefect named Liu Yu arrived. Not long ago, he hoped to find a position in Yingtian Drill Camp, and after taking the path of Zhang Wei, a Chinese scholar, he got a real shortage of the prefect of Jinan. However, there were frequent cases of gangsters and bandits in Shandong, and Liu Yu handed over an excerpt to the new emperor, hoping to be reassigned to Jiangnan as an official, and was severely reprimanded after that. But in any case, it is better to have an official than not to have an official, so he came to office again in a huff.

It won't be long before the official will step onto the stage of history.

Outside Yingtianfu, on the green grass, Jun Wu was riding a horse, and with the help of Lu Agui and others, he fought wits and courage with some old bureaucrats, and took out a batch of ordnance and supplies from the tiger's mouth of the military department and the household department, together with the improved elm cannon, and sent it to several armies he supported. It's hard to say whether this is a victory or not, but for young people, it makes people feel comfortable. That afternoon he went out of town to test a new hot air balloon, and although he still failed as usual, he rode his horse and ran freely for a while.

The horse stopped on the hillside where the sun was shining, and the city wall of Yingtian was spread out far away, Jun Wu rode on the horse, looking at this piece of light, and felt in his heart that it was actually not bad to become a prince. He breathed a long sigh of relief, remembered some poems in his heart, and read them out again: "Qinghai Changyun Dark Snow Mountain, the lonely city looks at Yumen Pass. Yellow sand wears gold armor in a hundred battles, and Loulan will never be returned if it is not broken......"

After all, he is a man, and sometimes, he hopes that he can carry a sword and cross a horse, gallop on the bloody and rainy thousands of miles of territory, and save the people of Li from fire and water. But of course, at this time, there is a more suitable position for him.

He stood in this magnificent sunshine for a long, long time.

Go north, Yanmen Pass.

The thick city wall is ancient and majestic, and in the past few years, the damage after the war with the Jurchens has not been repaired, and in this still somewhat cold spring day, it seems lonely and quiet, birds fly in the wind, stop on the dilapidated battlements, and there is a lonely long road at both ends of the city wall.

At the end of the countdown that was only measured in days, the hunting banner that covered the sky, the boundless forest of guns and swords, the earth-shattering iron hooves and the sound of war drums, were about to come back here. )