The clouds are golden in the sky, and Bianliang City in July is gradually quieting down from the summer heat, and when the first sycamore leaves fall, autumn comes.

The rows of houses take the royal street as the central axis, stretching out in all directions, pedestrians and merchants come and go, walking through the streets and alleys, the shouts of the merchants are often mixed with the chirping of mules and horses, and the wheels of the wheels alarm the laughter of the children playing at the street corner. Nesting swallows fly over the trees on the streets, over the yards of nearby homes, and boats of all sizes row across the city's rivers, along the banks of pedestrian paths or the courtyard walls of nearby homes.

In the afternoon, the gaps in the plane trees cast golden silhouettes in the yard, swaying slightly in the wind. In the study with the window open, Ning Yi was writing and drawing at the table, and from a distance, there was a movement of the nurses at home during training.

At this time, even if it is as rich as near Bianliang, it is not peaceful. The number of hungry people who came one after another around the city began to increase, and Kaifeng Prefecture increased the number of cards on various roads and the inventory when entering the city. But at least, at this time, the courtyard in the city still seemed quiet and peaceful, just after a while, he heard the sound of sneaky footsteps in the corner of the wall, Ning Yi frowned, and soon, at the door next to him, two heads suddenly popped out, although he put on a posture to scare him, but only one face was fierce.

"Ha~!"

Yuan Jin'er, who suddenly jumped out, held his hands above his head in the shape of chicken claws, squeezed his eyebrows and stared, his face distorted. Ning Yi held the brush in the air, looked at her blankly, and after a while, said in a calm tone: "Ah...... It's terrifying......" Jin'er lost interest. Pout.

The other person who followed her was dressed as a man, wearing a scholar's hat on his head, and a bright and clear smile on his face, but it was Yunzhu.

Her smile is very different from that of the New Year.

When she first leaned out, she even made an expression similar to a "grimace" on her face, and then she couldn't help but laugh.

"Liheng didn't go out today."

"I just came back from the Prime Minister's Mansion in the morning, and there wasn't much to do in the afternoon. So I'm practicing calligraphy. You've just arrived? ”

"I just met Tan'er outside, and I just came over, Tan'er saw me wearing men's clothes, and asked me to accompany her out later. She was going to the workshop to see what the new robe looked like. ”

"Oh. You've had a better relationship lately than you have with me......"

Ning Yi smiled. Over there, Jin'er snorted lightly: "I'm not going." I'll go find Xiaochan. Probably because of some prejudices in the past, the relationship between Jin'er and Su Tan'er is not good, but she has always maintained a good friendship with Xiaochan.

Since the end of the year. Half a year has passed. In the past six months, many things have actually changed, among them, the changes in Yunzhu, the relationship between this family is probably the most relaxing for Ning Yi.

Since last year, Ning Yi has been somewhat constrained in his handling of the relationship between the people around him. Although he was an extremely domineering person when he was outside, he also made up his mind to refuse to let go of Tan'er, Yunzhu and others, but determination is one thing, and how to deal with it is another. He felt a little guilty in his heart, and it was only at the end of the year that everything finally exploded. Yunzhu's heart disease and departure are said to be her own heart barriers, but they are actually related to Ning Yi's subconscious guilt.

Ning Yi and Tan'er reached a consensus in Muyuan, and Yunzhu led Jin'er back to his original hometown, and along the way, he may have thought about the relationship between each other, and after coming back, he let go of his heart barrier. This process is simple to say, but complex to be complex. In short, what is contained in it is not the wisdom of the moment, or the epiphany after seeing a certain symbol, but the wisdom given by life.

Yunzhu's heart was originally smart, she was a young lady of the official family before she was ten years old, and she received a good education, but later her fate was bumpy, and she lived in seclusion after redemption, psychologically, she was still somewhat depressed and autistic. After she fell in love with Ning Yi, her heart was tied to each other, and it was also because of the concern and sensitivity in it that she might gradually become depressed after a little loss.

These things may be difficult for ordinary women to unravel. Of course, it can't be said to be easy for her, but in the journey after leaving Ning Yi, she was finally able to see the crux of herself and Ning Yi clearly, and she no longer felt sorry for herself. When he came back to Bianliang and faced Ning Yi, what he was given was a clear and pure smile that was similar to the beginning of their acquaintance but somewhat different.

"I'm back, husband."

That day, when Ning Yi stepped on the second floor of the small courtyard again, he was greeted by Ying Ying who was kneeling on the bed, with a smile, longing, warmth, apology, and a little playfulness, but Ning Yi didn't know what to say for a while.

Of course, a person's living habits accumulated in the past ten years are not something that can be completely changed by a momentary comprehension, Yunzhu is still the same Yunzhu, like to be quiet, live alone, read books, and stroke the piano, but in this, she no longer excludes small-scale exchanges, she went to visit Tan'er, and then Tan'er also came to visit her.

In fact, the two of them had some mutual appreciation before, even if Yunzhu was the third and fourth person, after saving Ning Xi in that thunderstorm, Tan'er had the meaning of accepting her. It's just a series of things after coming to the capital, Ning Yi doesn't know how to adjust and deal with himself, and the two of them don't know how to deal with Lu Dao. When Yunzhu returned to the capital in May, such contact became natural.

If the previous Yunzhu was intellectually gentle with the weakness of water, the Yunzhu at this time is probably more like the clarity of water between intellectual gentleness. She is a young lady from an official family, if there are no later changes, and she grows up smoothly all the way, there may be a small number of characteristics, which is like this.

Although he prides himself on being a powerful man, on the side of Tan'er and Yunzhu, Ning Yi has no role. Sometimes he thinks about it himself, but he has become the other party's heart knot, so he suddenly feels depressed.

Now that Tan'er and Yunzhu have met occasionally, Tan'er knows Yunzhu's character, and will not ask her to go to any troublesome big scenes. Just occasionally chatting about gossip, or talking about Zhuji's business, taking her to the Su family's clothing workshop, and occasionally letting Yunzhu draw flowers to make decorations on clothes. Yunzhu occasionally talks to Tan'er about today's popular poems, the story of Bianliang's genius or something, she herself has a good poetic attainment-in fact, she is more powerful than Ning Yi-and has the experience of Qinglou, casually speaking, she can also talk about the Tao, and sometimes add some shady scenes into it, so that Tan'er can listen to it with relish. In fact, in this regard. Tan'er also admires her.

When they get along with each other, they seem to be logical, but they actually have their own cautions. Maintain this small circle that should be called family in this era. One day in mid-June. When Tan'er went to look for Yunzhu. said casually: "Find a time, Miss Nie will marry into the Ning family...... Well, I'm not kidding. Yun Zhu blushed slightly. nodded. Later, Tan'er went to say the same thing to Jin'er, but Jin'er's face turned red, and she didn't know what to say - she was more or less prepared in her heart, but she didn't expect that it would be Su Tan'er who would come to tell her this.

In short, in this family, everything is so determined. It's just that Ning Yi is busy with affairs in June, and it doesn't seem to be too logical, and things like crossing the door have to be postponed for the time being-in fact, they are more or less waiting for Ning Yi's initiative to make a statement.

Ning Yi was worried about whether Yunzhu and Jin'er should be allowed to live after passing through the door, and it was difficult to live together when they saw each other, and in his opinion as a modern person, everyone was all crowded together, maybe it was not as harmonious as it is now. Second, the "Ning family" in the capital is developing very quickly, and the house with four courtyards that he bought last year should be replaced, or it should be expanded, and he thinks it is more ideal to do this when the time comes.

And on Tan'er or Yunzhu's side, they actually understand that on a certain day, Ning Yi, Tan'er, Yunzhu, Jin'er, Xiaochan, such a scene of a family gathering at a table to eat is most likely to happen, but at the moment, it is more or less strange.

It is also because of this that Yunzhu occasionally comes over for a walk, Tan'er occasionally visits over there, and Ning Yi runs around, which seems to be the most ideal relationship at the moment.

As for the current development of the "Ning family" in the capital, it is a bigger proposition......

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In the side courtyard of Ningfu, after Yunzhu, who was wearing a scholar's uniform, got into the carriage, turned around with a smile, stretched out his hands, and pulled Tan'er into the car. Yunzhu is wearing men's clothes, and Tan'er is dressed as a woman as usual, but despite this, both of them are in their early twenties, although Yunzhu is a man's clothes, it looks intellectual and clear, and Tan'er exudes this quiet and calm self-confidence, which looks like a powerful housewife has newly chosen a bookish and angry husband. After getting into the car, Ning Yi walked to the side of the car and talked to them.

"Go to the workshops in the city, don't go outside the city, although it has been strictly controlled recently, but the outside is not peaceful."

"Hmm." Tan'er turned around and grabbed the hand that Ning Yi was holding on the edge of the carriage window, and rested her chin on the back of her hand, "Do you want to bring something back...... Uh, will Liheng still go to the Prime Minister's Mansion later? ”

"I don't know the road, let's see if there is any news from the north."

Yun Zhu also leaned against the window of the car: "Well, if General Guo wins, Liheng will tell us earlier." ”

Recently, Ning Yi has been more or less involved in the planning of disaster relief in the territory of the Wu Dynasty, but the most tense situation is still Xiao Gan's southward movement in the north and the confrontation with Guo Yaoshi. Although Tan'er, Yunzhu and others just listened, it was related to the national fortune of the Wu Dynasty, and they would still be a little concerned. Ning Yi smiled and nodded.

After the carriage drove away from the courtyard gate, there was a faint sound of Xiaochan and Jin'er teasing Ning Xi from behind, and the sycamore leaves fell golden in the courtyard, Ning Yi thought about some things, and went to the courtyard next door with a smile.

At the same moment, at the east gate of Bianliang, a team of four masters and servants was passing the inspection of the city gate and stepping into the capital. Among the four, the leader was a young man in his twenties and thirties, with a beard on his chin and a calm eyebrow, followed by a younger servant, and the other two seemed to be a master in his thirties, and the other was tall and armed like a person in charge of safety. The guards at the city gate looked at the document with the name "Li Pin" written on it, let them go, and then whispered to the guards next to them: "It's a county order, it seems that he has been promoted......"

At this time, it was Li Pin and Li Dexin who entered Bianliang, who began to serve as the commander of Nanhe County at the beginning of the ninth year of Jinghan, which was less than three years at this time. was summoned to Beijing because of his political achievements, which can be regarded as an exceptional promotion. However, at this time, he looked back at the scene outside the Bianliang City Gate, looked at the soldiers at the city gate, and sighed, but there was not much joy on his face.

Since the beginning of the disaster in the north and south, the Gyeonggi Prefecture, which is under the responsibility of the Kaifeng Prefecture, has tightened control, and there are not many displaced people who appear outside the city gate at this time. However, those who are officials and have studied to his level have already learned the ability to find clues from clues, and they know the autumn of the world when they see a leaf falling. Nanhe County is rich, and Li Pin's business in the past two years has also been very good, so when the disaster spread, the place he dealt with had not yet appeared too serious, and Li Pin was ready to deal with it, but at this time, he was called to the capital for promotion, and the situation he saw along the way made him feel more and more worried.

After resting for a while in the small square at the city gate, Gu Yu, who followed Li Pin's entourage, asked, "Master, where are we going now?" Li Pin frowned and looked at the bustling crowd nearby, and then stretched out his hand and pointed to a big car not far away that was leaving the city: "Go there." ”

Gu Yu looked over, the carriage was coming out of the city gate, the wall of the carriage was covered with a thick cloth, but it looked quite neat, and the word "Bamboo Record" was written on one of the walls. Gu Yu laughed: "Zhilu said, the master is going to visit Ning Gongzi, and the villain will ask." ”

Among the four people, only the entourage Gu Yu has followed Li Pin since Jiangning, and he is quite clear about many things about Li Pin in Jiangning, his friendship with Ning Yi, etc., and even knows that his master can make up for the lack more or less rely on the other party.

After Li Pin became an official, there was less contact between him and Ning Yi. Gu Yu occasionally listened to Li Pin talk about Ning Yi, he had read some books with Li Pin, and knew that in his master's heart, the two were "gentlemen's friends". However, there is another news about that Ning Gongzi, which I have only heard from a certain channel in the past few months.

It was a rumor about the "Bamboo Record" in the capital. Nanhe is rich, and there are many travelers, and the news of the first floor and a poem of "Bamboo Record" has spread to Nanhe in the past few months, and in the past two months, there is also the kind of cart that "Bamboo Record" sells goods to the county seat, which has caused some topics, and Li Pin only heard about Ning Yi from it.

This time in Beijing, according to Gu Yu's idea, his master has two places to go, one is the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, and the other is Ning Gongzi, who has done a lot of business in the capital. At this time, listening to Li Pin nodding, when he went to inquire about the route of the oil wall car, the bus carriage in the big city, and then he rode the only horse carrying the goods, Li Pin and the other three got on the oil wall car, all the way to the address of the Zhuji Swift Building.

The oil wall car stopped at the station called Sanguanfang, and when Li Pin and the others came down, Gu Yu also got off the horse, looked at the building not far away, and opened his mouth slightly.

"Wow, that's so lively...... Master, Ning Gongzi really has a set of ...... when he does business."

Li Pin nodded "um".

In Gu Yu's voice, there was a lot of joy and amazement, but he didn't notice that his master was not happy when he looked at it, but in a little surprise, it contained complex worries......

"Let's go." After a moment, he said, "Let's go and ask first...... His residence. ”

The afternoon sun shines brightly in the city of Bianliang, and in front, the Zhuji branch called Swift Building has not changed much from the decoration when it opened, but the lively scene shown in it is very different from half a year ago...... (To be continued......)