Chapter 401: The Stars This Night, the Wind and Dew (Second Update)
The moon went down, the sun rose, and in the morning, there was a little dull atmosphere in the courtyard of Wenhui Building.
“…… These things are not to be done now, but it is good to be more or less prepared...... The new shopkeeper, how to look at and how to choose, you actually have the wisdom of people, what you want for the time being, it doesn't matter if you are amazing, the most important thing is to be able to do the assigned things one by one. Regarding this, the Prime Minister's side will help, but you don't have to worry too much...... During the time I'm away, as long as everything goes according to plan, when I come back, it's time to have a prototype......"
“…… You guys...... Take care of each other, visit the Prime Minister's Mansion more, and don't break off the relationship with Mrs. Qin and Yun Niang. Mrs. Qin didn't say it, that Yun Niang, in fact, many of the things of the secret investigation department were handled by her, and they were filed for Qin Xiang first, of course, you and her as usual, that is, ......"
The sunlight poured into the room, and Ning Yi, Yunzhu and Jin'er sat at the table, explaining everything to the piles. Jin'er said: "You said that you would leave tomorrow, and suddenly changed it to today, is it the incident last night...... Will there be trouble? ”
Ning Yi smiled and shook his head: "Of course there is trouble, but it is not what you think." The Taiwei Mansion didn't take care of the incident last night, and he didn't dare to really do anything to me, but once it was pressed down, he began to investigate. I may have to stay here for ten days and half a month, and time waits for no one, so I'll go out of the city first. In addition, the right minister's mansion will be pressed down. ”
Last night, Cheng Zhouhai's sudden attack made Ning Yi not make any preparations in advance. But as the most central few people in the secret investigation department, the other party did something like this. Ning Yi wasn't worried that the other party was a pure pig teammate.
Things at night went according to plan, when the people from Chongwang's Mansion arrived, Ning Yi came out with Zhou Pei, who was half-covered in blood and his clothes were torn, Chongwang Zhou Ji was furious, and pulled out his knife to chase and kill the miserable and embarrassed Gao Muen for half a street. During this period, Lu Qian could only protect Gao Muen to escape, and the two guards of the Taiwei Mansion were hacked to death under the anger of the prince, Lu Qian didn't dare to hide too much, and he was also beaten a few times, and was beaten to the point that his head was bleeding, when Gao Yu hurriedly arrived with someone. When the sin of crying deserves death. The matter has already been set.
The next thing, Cheng Zhouhai has been preparing for so long, I don't think there will be much wrong. But Ning Yi, as one of the involved, didn't want to be left behind. You have to arrange to leave as soon as possible. Came back last night. He told Xiaochan about the things he was going to arrange for half a night, and began to advise Yunzhu and Jin'er early this morning. Things suddenly advanced by a day, although there were many things to say in each other's hearts. But for a while, there was something I couldn't say.
At this time, in the imperial study of the palace, the son of today, who was in his thirties, was also throwing what he could see in front of him, and lost his temper with the Taiwei Gao Yu who was kneeling on the ground in front of him.
"Bastard! Gao Yu! I really misjudged you, you have no way to teach your son, this kind of thing has been done for me! ”
He threw a glass lamp into the ground and cursed.
"My niece! Come and congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday! In the land of the capital, such a thing happened to me, the Son of Heaven! Huahua is too old! The Queen Mother was furious this morning, how can I be this son, how can I be this uncle! Gao Yu! You think that if I appreciate you, you can be lawless! ”
Gao Yu, who was kneeling on the ground, only confessed again and again, but after the most reluctance, he slightly revealed that the rebel might have been framed, and before he finished speaking, a plate snapped and broke in front of him.
"Framed! Captain Gao! What kind of virtue is your son, do you think there is anyone in Bianliang City who doesn't know the way! Do you think that if I sit in this palace all day, I really don't know the situation of Li Min? Your son is full of evil deeds, and I don't kill him, because you still have some merit and hard work as a captain. But you still dare to cry out in front of me? ”
"The criminal minister doesn't dare to ......" Gao Yu didn't dare to defend again, "That rebel has misconduct, it is the criminal minister who has no way to teach, this time I will go back, I will definitely punish him severely, and I will not tolerate ......"
This side is submissive, and the top scolded angrily for a while, before scolding him to get out. It's just that after Gao Yu left, the palace people came in and cleaned up the garbage and debris on the ground, and Zhou Zhe, the son of heaven, sat behind the desk, but his expression couldn't see Fang Cai's anger at all, and even reached out to straighten the tie of the crown.
A woman dressed in the queen's palace dress walked over from behind with a soup soup and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has such a big temper." ”
"His son is in a mess, not to the point of daring to attack the county lord. I don't know who is behind the road, but he has to give me a loss. The man in the imperial robe had a calm and calm face, "Wenchen and military ministers, loyal ministers and courtiers, it is also beneficial to make trouble, after all, the way of the Son of Heaven is the first thing to check and balance, I don't care who played the conspiracy this time, but it involves the royal family, if I still help Gao Yu speak, then he will die." If I scold him, I will save him, and he will understand...... Queen, what do you say? ”
"Your Majesty. However, who involved the little county lord this time, don't you really need to figure it out? ”
"What if it's clear?" The emperor smiled, took the spoon from the queen's hand, and took a sip of sugar water, "In the clan, although they are my relatives, most of them are stupid, and inside and outside the court, there are smart people playing. When they were involved, and when they were expelled, even they themselves may not know, and if each of them were used, I would intervene, wouldn't I be tired to death? I care about the major events in the world, as for the court battle, what is the truth, I don't know, as long as they are balanced. ”
What happened last night was a matter for many people, but for the emperor, it was like a small wind chime passing through the eaves of the palace, and in the blink of an eye, it was drowned in the wind.
Around noon, Ning Yi walked into King Chong's Mansion and entered the courtyard where Zhou Pei was now living, and the girl with a bandage on her head was waiting for him under the eaves. In yesterday's fight, Zhou Pei wanted to kill Gao Muen, Gao Muen was cut off two fingers and ran away for help, and also tried to fight back, causing Zhou Pei to suffer some minor injuries, but this kind of bandaging is definitely used to earn sympathy. It's just that the bandages wrapped around and the slight smell of medicine also make the girl in front of her look extremely delicate.
"Why do you want to do such a thing?"
Zhou Pei was about to go back and wanted to help the teacher do something. This thing...... Zhou Pei has thought about it before and after, hoping that it will not cause too much trouble to the teacher before and after. ”
"It doesn't matter. It's just that you're only fifteen. You shouldn't take that risk, and you shouldn't get involved in these things...... You shouldn't trust people casually. ”
The sun was shining, and the two sat down in the shade of the courtyard, and Zhou Pei smiled with a slight blush.
"Actually...... When I go back, I'm going to get married, and I can do something for the teacher before. The most important thing is that being able to do this kind of thing is also ...... for Xiao Pei himself I think it's very meaningful. ”
She used to call herself "Zhou Pei", but at this time she became "Xiao Pei", and Ning Yi listened to her. Look at her expression. I vaguely felt that after yesterday's incident, the girl in front of me seemed to be a little different, as if she had made some decisions and gained some kind of understanding.
"Decided to get married?"
"Hmm." Zhou Pei's expression darkened slightly. Then he laughed again. "After all...... I can't put it off. I haven't found it yet...... Suitable for men. But what should be faced always has to be faced, and it is not always a way to drag it down, what do you say, teacher? ”
"It's not good to do things for the sake of doing them. But you can figure it out, whatever you want. ”
Zhou Pei smiled: "By the way, what were the teachers and Tan'er like before?" ”
"Haven't you always known the truth?"
"Knowing a little bit, can the teacher talk to Xiao Pei?"
The little county lord's face had a look of longing, and Ning Yi thought for a while: "Heh, we, when we first got married, we didn't know each other at all, I was beaten on the head, and she ran away from marriage......"
He recalled those things and told Zhou Pei about the entanglement with his wife: "Actually...... As long as everyone is willing to understand each other sincerely, they can still find a good place for each other after all, I think this has the basis for getting along, and after you go back, you don't have to look too exclusive about living with others. At least half of the reasons for how people are in relationships with each other are in you. ”
"Hmm." Zhou Pei nodded. When Ning Yi was about to leave, she sent Ning Yi to the gate of the courtyard and smiled hard: "Teacher." ”
"Huh?" Ning Yi looked back.
"We'll ...... later. Will we not see each other? ”
"It may not be much." Looking at the smiling girl standing two steps away, Ning Yi smiled, "In the future, maybe you will be in Jiangning and I will be in Bianliang, but I will always go back, and you may also come up." The fate between teachers and students, as long as there is a heart, will not be completely broken. ”
"Hmm...... Take care, teacher. She looked at Ning Yi, and after saying this, she leaned down and felt deeply blessed. It was almost perfect lady etiquette, and under the sun, Ning Yi felt as beautiful as water.
Really...... I can't teach such a disciple......
He thought so and left the palace.
After Ning Yi's figure left, Zhou Pei sat under the tree in the courtyard, waiting for the sun to set in the west. When the sun was a little lower, Ning Yi and his entourage said goodbye to people by the mound outside the city, Yunzhu and Jin'er did not come, and Xiaochan was also left in the city, his heart was still full of Xiaochan crying and sorting out his luggage at this time: "Xianggong, can't you take me too......" There was a taste of tears in his heart.
This time I went to Shandong, in addition to a few guards in the Prime Minister's Mansion who were also good, that is, the three brothers of the Qi family, as well as Su Wenyu of the Su family, as for Su Yanping, he was left in Bianliang to take care of it, and after Tan'er came up, he would go to Shandong to report and meet him.
Monk Jueming, Yao Zunian, Cheng Zhouhai and others came out to see them off. Not long after, a car drove over, and it was Qin Siyuan who came out, talking to Ning Yi to the side.
"Liangshan's matter is not easy, I know you are eager for revenge, but if you can't solve it, it doesn't matter. No one here dares to say that they can solve the Liangshan bandits, Shanyue has an extreme temperament, if possible...... You look at him. ”
"Zhilu Dao." Ning Yi nodded, "Yunzhu, Jin'er, Xiaochan, and Tan'er who are coming up, they are very important to me, please, I am not afraid of you, but after this incident, I hope that Gao Muen will not make anything happen." ”
"The old man understands the importance of this matter, and will arrange manpower to prevent it from happening. This matter is handled by Ji Kun, he is the most meticulous in his work, and Liheng can rest assured. In Bianliang City, no one could touch them. Qin Siyuan paused, "Zhouhai's plan this time is indeed feasible, and the old man secretly agreed, which may catch Liheng off guard, and the old man will be responsible for solving the matter after that." Zhou Hai's character is not bad, but he still lacks training, and he will probably go to the north to supervise the grain afterwards......"
"Uh...... Hehe......" Ning Yi laughed, "It seems that he can't kill Gao Muen......"
"If the captain comes down. For this Hua Hua Tai Sui, the old man will also kill him......" Qin Siyuan sighed and shook his head.
Soon after, he said goodbye to everyone.
"I am confident that in 200 years of life, I will be hit by water for 3,000 miles, and all the princes have important things to do, go back...... Take care. ”
The chariots and horses whipped up, left Bianliang, and headed to the east.
Day by day, it was not long before it slanted westward. Red clouds burned in the sky. The sun is setting. After the stars rose, Cheng Zhouhai walked into the Chongwang Mansion, and after entering the courtyard, he saw the little county lord sitting in the moonlight.
"Mr. Cheng......"
"In the afternoon. Ning Gongzi has already left Bianliang. I think...... I should have come and told the county lord. ”
"I know it."
Zhou Pei nodded and replied. Cheng Zhouhai stood there for a moment.
"With all due respect, if His Royal Highness the County Lord likes Ning Gongzi." When Zhou Pei's sharp eyes looked over, he smiled calmly. "Why don't you do something about it?"
Zhou Pei looked at him for a while before a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Mr. Cheng, how about fighting?" ”
"If you want to put it off, there is still a way, such as becoming a monk...... Or maybe this time I'm frightened......"
"After Zhou Pei fights, will the teacher like me?"
"Uh......"
"Teachers won't like me, I've figured it out. Teacher...... There are many women around him, and he is not a person who is not affectionate, but he can ...... That's fate, I have known the teacher for more than two years, and I have slowly known him, understood him, and admired him, but I may not really understand him, the teacher is always a teacher, and I have always been just his disciple, two years...... It's all fate......"
Zhou Pei said this, lowering his eyes, his eyes clear: "...... I suddenly grew up, and this fate came to an end. ”
Cheng Zhouhai was stunned, he was a hot-hearted person after all, and he didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only give up after all: "Then...... After the county lord returns, he will get married. Cheng Mou is here to wish the county lord and the county horse Qinse peace and happiness in the future. ”
Zhou Pei smiled: "Actually...... Getting married is not a big deal. Mr. Cheng, I am very happy to be able to do such a thing for my teacher before I get married. But last night's experience suddenly told Zhou Pei that Zhou Pei has always been a royal family, always bothering to get married, and he is really too childish, and I hope to be happy in the future. But what this incident really taught me was that Zhou Pei still had a lot to do. ”
The girl looked at Cheng Zhouhai, and Ying Ying got up: "For example, where is there another Gao Muen who is rampant and domineering, for example, there are corrupt officials and corrupt officials, which is bad for the foundation of my Wu Dynasty...... I used to always want to do something, but I always felt that I was a woman and couldn't do anything, so I lost my temper with my lazy brother, hating iron but not steel. But this incident taught me that as long as you want to do it, there is always a way to do it. This time...... Zhou Pei wants to thank Mr. Cheng for his help, and if there is a chance in the future, he will thank Mr. Yu again. ”
"Uh...... Say. Cheng Zhouhai arched his hand, vaguely, not understanding whether the thing in front of him was good or bad. He saw the fifteen-year-old girl standing there, looking at the night sky, she was not taller than himself, but in that figure, there was a faint pride in it, and he knew that it was the momentum brought by the power of the royal family.
Cheng Zhouhai said goodbye and left.
Zhou Pei stood there for a long time, the air cooled down, and there was no one around, and she felt that there were water stains sliding down her face.
Tears are cold and cold...... The teacher has left......
From last night to today, she has thought about a lot of things in her heart, there are many things that she can do in the future, and there are many things that she can never do in the future. But thinking clearly about things can only be put later, and it will not help to take care of the emotions of the present.
She just didn't want to be weak in front of others.
Fate is over...... I can't see it...... The teacher finally left......
She was thirteen years old when she met him, and she was fifteen when she found out that she liked him, but he was leaving, and she was getting married.
If you think clearly, you can't suppress the sadness in your heart. After tonight, youth is gone, like a corpse buried in the soil, new trees will sprout, old shells will die, people can pretend to be strong, but no one knows what awaits in the future.
She stood there, leaning against the trees in the yard, bowing her head, covering her mouth and crying silently. In her mind, there was a carriage that left Bianliang that afternoon and drove east at night, with the teacher she had liked when she was fifteen years old, and then the carriage went on and on. It's getting farther and farther away from her......
In the sky, streaked by a meteor.
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Luliang Mountain, Qingmu Village.
Lu Hongti raised his head, watched the meteor streak across the night sky, then stroked the sideburns on his ear, and walked into the hut in front of him.
"Grandpa Liang, I'm in."
"Oh." Liang Bingfu tilted his head and sorted out the things on the table. It's a moment. He nodded, "Oh, you're here...... Hongti"
"Grandpa Liang, you said there was something before, is it important?"
"Get out of the alley and go for a walk." Liang Bingfu thought for a moment. Then he put up his crutches. Get up and go out. Lu Hongti followed beside him. Looking down from the small hillside, the figures in the Aoki village come and go, dotting the lights. This is one of Lu Hongti's favorite scenes.
"Meng Shuizhai came to propose marriage before, what do you think about Hongti?"
After walking for a while, Liang Bingfu suddenly asked, which made the woman stunned a little: "Grandpa Liang, why did you suddenly ask this ......" The matter of proposing marriage has been more than once, and Meng Shuizhai's proposal is not special, she doesn't understand why the old man deliberately mentioned it.
Liang Bingfu leaned on crutches and smiled: "Just casually asked, what do you think?" ”
"I think...... Like, not ...... Uh...... "I can't be old, I have rejected too much, and Lu Hongti himself is a little hesitant." Liang Bingfu stood on the side of the road on the mountainside, looked at the scene below, and laughed for a while.
"Actually...... Lu San and Li Li went south together. ”
"Huh?"
"Red Ti, you also pack your bags and go to the south again."
"Grandpa Liang, what's going on?"
Speaking of this, there was finally an atmosphere of getting down to business, Lu Hongti was puzzled in his heart, Liang Bingfu was standing there, holding a cane, his eyes were serious.
"Lu San and Li Li have been restless since they were driven out of the village. They went south to find trouble with Ning Liheng. These people, who have never been out of Luliang in their lives, are prosperous in the south, and they are not clear about many things, and they have found Tian Liu to lead the way, they think that I will not know their movements? ”
Luliang Mountain wilderness, many things are solved with knives, survive, the rules are not the same, although these people seem to be free, but they live in their own land all their lives, to go to other places may not be able to adapt, if you want to go far away, there are always some people who have been to the outside world can help lead the way, teach them customs. Tian Liu in Liang Bingfu's mouth is one of these people. Lu Hong said for a long time: "Grandpa Liang, this ......"
"They have been gone for several days, and you can't stop them in Luliang."
"But I'm ...... I can't go now. Grandpa Liang, everything is just getting on track...... Aoki Village is like this, how do I go? ”
"I've thought about it too." Liang Bingfu closed his eyes, shook his head, and sighed, "But...... It's okay for a while, I can still watch it for you for a while......"
"No, Grandpa Liang......" The woman shook her head and passed for a moment, "That'...... That Ning Liheng, he learned my kung fu, he is very powerful, Lu San and they can't beat him, if it is about conspiracy and trickery, they will send him to death, I don't have to worry about him at all......"
Liang Bingfu looked at her: "Do you have a heart or not, are you really so sure?" ”
"I'm ......" Lu Hongti was speechless, and looked at the old man in front of him for a long time, "...... What are you doing? ”
"What should you ...... Live for yourself. The old man glanced at her and smiled, "You reject these and those people, they are indeed not very good, but even if there are good ones, I will not say anything." That Ning Liheng, do you like him...... Oh, don't say no to me as an old man. You should also like someone, like him, there is nothing to be ashamed of. I'm already old, this village, it's hard to help you hold up for a few more years, but while I can still hold up, I hope you can do something else, maybe you won't have this opportunity in the future......"
Lu Hongti was silent for a moment, and then showed a smile: "We are friends, and I do feel ...... He's great, but I can't bring him back to the mountains......"
"Of course, it would be the best thing to bring him back." The old man smiled, "But even if you can't do it now, if you go to see him more, maybe you can have something, you have to go first, and then there will be something later." Red Grape ...... Take advantage of the present, even if it doesn't work out, you will be happy to think about these things later. You've carried so much for the stockade, you have to leave something good......"
"I think it's good now......"
"Heh, Grandpa Liang is not urging you to get married, Lu Liang is like this, you really don't want to, then wait. You go and meet him, talk to him, talk to him...... What you do in Luliang Mountain, and then look at what he does. As for whether it can be done, what will happen when you come back, Grandpa Liang won't say, okay? ”
Hongti stood there, staring at the light below, his fingers twisted together: "What about the stockade?" That's just ......."
"There are no rules in Lu Liangshan, and some of the things that Ning Liheng wrote are too strict, you must implement them, it's okay for the time being, but if you want to last a long time, you have to take your time." The old man said, "When you go out, I am doing strict things, and I am holding back some things. After you came back, you changed it a little, and they all accepted your affection, and I thought about these things. Although I am old, half a year and a year, I can still hold it down. ”
After being silent for a long time, Hongti suddenly said: "Grandpa Liang, you and Master her, are you ......?"
She couldn't finish asking this, Liang Bingfu's crutches paused twice, his eyes looked down, his expression changed, but he only said, "It was your master who saved me in the first place, and I came here...... Some things you haven't said, some things you haven't done, and when you get old, you may regret it. ”
Lu Hongti looked at him for a long time before nodding: "...... I'll think about it. ”
"Well, think about it."
After saying this, Lu Hongti walked down the hill, she didn't know what she should do. When he turned around, the figure halfway up the mountainside was still standing there, on crutches, and his eyes looked into the darkness of the night in the distance.
In my impression, the master was much older than himself, and Grandpa Liang was a gentle and elegant middle-aged scholar when he was young, and until the master died, Grandpa Liang grew old rapidly.
I used to think that Grandpa Liang suddenly grew old because he couldn't help this village. Master rescued him, originally it seemed that he had such an idea, Grandpa Liang did many things, some useful, some useless, and he finally just let this village be able to be preserved until today's living people make it stronger.
What happened to the Confucian student back then, and the heroine back then? Now some of those involved have died, and those who are still alive probably don't want to talk about it anymore. Hongti stood there, looking at the figure, thinking about what he was looking at.
Starry light fell.
Drowned in that darkness, it probably belongs to their story.
It's a little sad to think about it this way.
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Well,Two more than 11,000 words.,I originally wanted to open a single chapter to cheer that I have a chapter saved.,It turned out to be the Mid-Autumn Festival.,Just send it today.,It's a holiday.,It's always to celebrate.。 (To be continued......)