"Senior sister, I haven't seen you for a long time."

The dimly lit long street, not far away is the outer wall of the imperial city, and the light leaching from the courtyard on the other side has a sweet yellow blur. When Ning Yi walked over, the guards around him also followed, but even though there were a lot of people, the street still seemed quiet.

The teacher was dressed in a light pink lady's dress, and on the side of the road, smiling and a little cautious: "That's ...... The other business of the king of Guangyang County, the ...... that I just sent you out"

"Hmm." Ning Yi glanced back at the courtyard gate over there, "The head of the palace, and the other is Lord Tan Zhentan." ”

"They...... Didn't trouble you, did you? ”

Entering such a courtyard, and finally being sent out by a high-ranking official like Tan Zhi and the head of the palace, and putting it on others, is already a big thing worth showing off. But Shi Shi is not such a shallow woman, she has seen the whole process in front of the Qin Mansion before, and after that, the King of Guangyang County will intercept Ning Yi for something, she can probably guess it.

Ning Yi had already gotten closer and smiled: "Scolding, it's not a big deal." ”

He said it easily, and the master didn't know how to answer for a while, so he turned around and followed Ning Yi forward, and after passing the corner of the street in front, the king of the county disappeared behind him. The long street in front is still not bright, there is still some distance from the lively houses and business districts, and there are mostly large mansions nearby, a carriage is slowly coming from the front, Ning Yi and Shi Shi are behind a group of guards and coachmen quietly following.

"I remember the last time we met, I was still talking about Taiyuan. It feels like it's been a long time, how is the teacher of the sun lately? ”

"It's the same, I participated in a few poetry meetings and met such and such people. Speaking of things in Taiyuan......"

"It's a big talk." Ning Yi whispered.

The master followed him slowly, and was silent for a moment: "Others may not know, but I know." How many things have been done by the Right Prime Minister's Office. Just now...... Just now in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the second young master was wronged, and I saw it...... Fortunately, Liheng, you found Li Xiang......"

Ning Yi shook his head: "It's just the beginning, Li Xiang's side...... It's also a bit hard to protect itself, and a few more times, it's hard to count on it. ”

"Tan Zhen, are they the masterminds behind the scenes? So they called you over? ”

"Only partially." Ning Yi smiled. "The group of people who shouted in the crowd to discredit Shaoqian were sent by them. I messed things up, and they got a little angry. This case is an order from Wang Hao, Tie Tianying will only understand, and it is not too big, the following people want to do it first, and then ask Wang Hao to ask for credit. So it can still be blocked. ”

His tone was flat, and then he smiled: "I haven't seen you for so long, and when my master sees me, I have to ask these unhappy things?" ”

"In Liheng's eyes, I'm afraid it's a bag to inquire." The master also smiled, and then said, "Happy thing...... Nothing very happy, but the alum building has to laugh every day. I have seen a lot of powerful people, and I have seen a lot. I don't know if I'm really happy or fake happy. When I saw Brother Yu and Brother Chen, I was very happy when I saw Liheng. ”

"Hmm." Ning Yi nodded.

The master thought about it and hesitated a little, but finally said, "Liheng has ...... Ready to go, right? ”

Ning Yi pursed his lips, and then shrugged: "Actually, if you want to see it." It's still very clear. Mother Li has already seen it, right? ”

"Others just think that Liheng wants to sort out the relationship with the Prime Minister, and my mother is also a little unsure...... But I saw it. The two walked forward slowly, she lowered her head and recalled, "When I said goodbye to Liheng in Jiangning, how many years ago?" ”

"Ugh. Jing Han ......" Ning Yi frowned.

"It's the ninth year of Jinghan." Shishi nodded, looked at the road ahead, and had a smile on his face, "In the blink of an eye, it's been five years." In fact, from that time goodbye Liheng, to later Liheng also came to the capital, I sometimes feel that everyone lives closer, sometimes I always feel that between and Liheng, in fact, has never been closer, now it seems that I finally have a place to understand Liheng. I'm very happy, but Liheng is leaving, so I don't know, it's not a happy thing. ”

The breeze blew, the master brushed his hair, and turned his gaze to the side, Ning Yi felt a little difficult to answer. He took two steps before he saw that the master had stopped behind him, and when he turned around, in the not bright night, there was obvious sadness on the woman's face: "Liheng, it's really ...... Can't you do it? ”

Her voice trembled slightly. This sentiment is not only sad for Ning Yi to leave, but also something more complicated. Such as pity, everyone has it, the woman in front of her seems to be sober about many things, in fact, but she has a great compassion for the heart, she used to run for the wronged sisters, for disaster relief, when the Jurchens came, she went to the city wall to personally take care of the wounded, how much strength a woman can exert and not say, but the meaning of the fist can not be faked. She knew Ning Yi's character, and she would not give up until the end, and when she opened her mouth at this time, it was because of Ning Yi, and after she got it, she couldn't help but think of it, and she was scared in her heart.

Ning Yi stood there and opened his mouth: "It's hard to say if there will be a turnaround. He paused, "But there's nothing I can do...... You're ready to go south, too. ”

"I don't have a home in the south." "Actually...... Bianliang is not a home, but there are so many people...... Uh, Liheng, are you going back to Jiangning? ”

"That's what I'm going to do for the time being." Ning Yi looked at him, "Leave Bianliang, the next time the Jurchen comes, the places north of the Yangtze River will not be safe." ”

The master nodded, and the two of them began to walk forward again. There was silence for a moment, and another carriage passed by everyone with a lantern, and the master said in a low voice: "I can't figure it out, it's already like that, why do they still do this...... I've figured it out before, but why can't they be smart at this time......"

"Because the singing and dancing in front of me are leveling." Ning Yi was silent for a moment before he spoke. At this time, the street where the two of them were walking was slightly higher than the place next to them, and looking into the night on one side, through the gap in the trees, they could vaguely see the prosperous and peaceful night scene of the city, which was still the city that had just experienced the disaster after the war: "And...... The Right Prime Minister's Mansion did several things wrong, one of which was the most troublesome and couldn't be stopped. ”

"What's the matter?" The teacher turned his head to look at him.

"On the day of the Jurchen siege, His Majesty chased the queen to leave the city, and the Right Prime Minister's Mansion used some means to leave His Majesty behind. His Majesty folded his face. He would never mention it again, but ...... Heh......" Ning Yi lowered his head and smiled, then raised his head again, "I will do a review later, and when I look at it again, this may be the reason why His Majesty would rather give up Taiyuan and defeat the Qin family." There are many other reasons. But it is not established, only in this matter, His Majesty is disgraceful, and he himself knows that chasing the queen, who believes it. But Cai Jing and Tong Guan, these people all have stains, only the right minister, left him behind. Maybe every time His Majesty saw Qin Xiang later. Subconsciously he had to avoid this matter, but when he didn't dare to think about it in his heart, the right minister had to go down. ”

Shishi's lips opened slightly, and his eyes gradually widened.

"At that time, the soldiers were in danger, and I didn't know it for a while outside the city, and the right minister should have been able to realize this, but in that case, there were too many things. There is no good way to remedy it. Later, when the time passed, I could only hope for luck. Ning Yi shook his head. His eyes and tone were calm: "Huh...... It may not be true, it may be that I live the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and it doesn't make sense to say this now. No more pursuits. ”

Listening to the calm voice, the teacher was stunned for a long time, and the things in people's hearts. No one can say for sure, but the teacher understands that this possibility is not small. When she went to look at Ning Yi's face again, she remembered the punch he had been beaten in front of the Qin Mansion before, and remembered that she was called by Tan Zhi and Tong Wangye later. "Scolded", these days, it is estimated that these things are all around him, these faces.

The master went to the city wall to help defend the city. The sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of people inside and outside the city, the tragic scene of struggling on the line of life and death, was still vivid in her mind at this time, if after such a heavy sacrifice, after such hard work, the glimmer of hope for the death of hundreds of thousands of people was actually ruined by the self-esteem of a person who was injured after an attempt to escape-even if it was because of this. She could understand what kind of chill she could have in the middle.

She could also feel how tired and angry the man in front of her had been hovering between those big officials and small officials these days.

She received this feeling to the bottom of her heart: "That...... Can there be any people in the Right Prime Minister's Mansion who can survive? If you can find my ......"

"Don't get involved in this." Ning Yi shook his head immediately, "It won't help, and it will get into trouble." ”

"There's always something that can be done, I'm not afraid of trouble, just like you used to let those storytellers speak for the right minister, as long as someone speaks......"

"So I didn't say it, did I. They are determined to move the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, and if they publicize it, the storytellers under my hands will also be arrested and put in prison. The right minister has a meritorious role in defending the city this time, and if he wants to be moved, it is necessary to discredit him, they have already made preparations, and there is no way to do it. ”

The night breeze blew, with a quiet coldness, and after a while, Ning Yi said again: "Don't think about it, go to Jiangning, friend, you have no place to live, I can be responsible for settling you-I was originally going to remind you, this time it's just right." In fact, when the Jurchen goes south again, if you refuse to leave, I will have to send someone to rob you. Everyone knows each other so well, you don't have to thank me, it's what I should do. ”

Shi Shi burst out laughing: "Then I want to wait for you to arrest me......

The light on the street was dim, and although she was smiling at this time, when she walked into the darkness, tears could not help but fall, and she could not stop.

When the Jurchens attacked the city, she was on the Shura Frontier, watching hundreds of thousands of people die, and she could still hold on to the faint hope in her heart. The Jurchen was finally defeated, and she was able to cheer and celebrate with joy. But only at this moment, in this quiet atmosphere, in the calm words of the man beside her, she could feel a desperate sadness rising from her bone marrow, and the chill made people not even see the slightest hope.

Anger and exhaustion are meaningless here, there is no point in working hard, and even if you are prepared to be hurt, what you can do is meaningless......

Seeing her cry suddenly, Ning Yi stopped. He took out a handkerchief and gave it to her, wanting to comfort her, but in fact, he was a little confused about why the other party suddenly cried. The master stood there, tugging at his sleeve and quietly shedding many tears......

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There may be differences in the details, but as Ning Yi and others calculated, things in the overall situation, once they start, are like a flood that passes, and they can't be saved.

As if he didn't feel the warmth of spring, when March passed, Qin Siyuan's case was further expanded. When Qin Siyuan recovered, the situation in Jin Liao had begun to become clear, and the previous few years were wasted, in order to ensure the logistics of the invasion of Liao, the Right Prime Minister's Mansion had done a lot of things from power.

As the presiding judge, Tang Ke could not stop such an advance even when he was on official business - his tendency to try to help Qin Siyuan made the case more complicated and clear in a certain way, and also extended the time of the trial of the case, and time is a necessary condition for rumors to ferment in society. In April, when the signs of summer began to appear, the condemnation of the "Seven Tigers" in the capital became more and more intense. And since only Qin Siyuan is currently on trial for the "Seven Tigers", he has gradually become the focus of attention.

As these things gradually deepened, a lot happened in April. After early April, Qin Shaoqian was finally imprisoned, this time he was involved in his father's case, and it was no longer avoidable. On Ning Yi's side, the secret investigation department began to get rid of it, and the people sent by the imperial court gradually took over the things that were originally in charge of the prime minister's mansion, Ning Yi had tried his best to lubricate, and naturally there was still a lot of friction, on the other hand, Tie Tianying and others, who had originally formed a beam, could be regarded as having found an opportunity at this time, and often came over to provoke and find some trouble. This was also expected.

The soldiers are coming, the water is coming, Ning Yi has already been mentally prepared, he has expected these things, occasionally dreams back at midnight, or thinks about it when he is in the gap between things, although there is anger in his heart, but the day of departure is getting closer and closer. And so it goes, until something suddenly happens.

At this time, it was already late April of this year.

Time seems to be walking so slowly.

Summer, the season of heavy rains...... (To be continued......)