"By the way, it's always hard to ask you, why do you want to kill Song Xian?"

Ning Yi hadn't mentioned this matter before, and he didn't ask until he was a little familiar with it at this time. That Lu Hongti's eyes narrowed slightly, the sky outside the window was gloomy, and the roast chicken on the charcoal stove in the room sizzled and dripped, and Ning Liheng stood there and blinked innocently. It seemed that after thinking about it for a while, Lu Hongti's gaze slowed down a little and looked at the area.

With a bang, it rained outside, and in a blink of an eye, the entire Jiangning was swept in.

"My family used to live west of Yanmen Pass, on the side of Luliang Mountain." It took a long time for Lu Hongti to say this.

"Since the loss of the sixteen states of Yanyun, the Hu people have fought grass valleys, and they have gone there every year, killing and looting, without a peaceful child, ten rooms and nine empty, living in people farming, moving around the ravines every year, like wandering ghosts, but the older generation said that the homeland is difficult to leave...... You may not understand what it's like to be born there......"

Ning Yi was slightly silent: "Rejoice and rejoice on the banks of the Fen River, make up for Huhu and Jin Zhongnan, cry and cry Luliang Mountain, and die only ...... Yanmen Pass"

"Huh." She nodded and smiled, "In the early years, everyone was actually in the mountains, in fact, they have been going south, but they can't move far, young people have gone up the mountain, it is the Luliang robbers who have been going on for hundreds of years, everyone is Han, the army of the Wu Dynasty does not come, the Hu people go south every year, and they don't treat us as people, they fight with the Hu people's troops every year, and when they meet a small group, they will rush up, and when they meet the big team, they will quickly hide, and they will also rob the Hu merchants, and the merchants who pass from there, we will rob, and the Han people will leave a life, and the Hu people will all be killed......"

"The Wu Dynasty didn't treat us as their own people, sometimes an official came over, saying that he wanted to recruit An, and Zhao'an had been recruited a few times, but in short, he still fought with the Hu people, just to ask us to sell our lives and not give anything. Sometimes it's the other way around, and we're bandits, come and kill ......."

The lightning swept through the window, and the rain became heavier, Ning Yi turned the roast chicken and sprinkled something on it.

"When I was six years old, my father was killed by the Hu people, I studied art with the master, walked the rivers and lakes, and returned to Luliang at the age of thirteen, and my mother was already dead, so I went to the mountains and fought every year with the master...... Do you want to serve the country and the people? I didn't think that everyone was doing ...... It's not like people......"

She paused slightly: "Later...... A few years ago, Song Xian led his troops into Luliang Mountain, and at first he said that he wanted to recruit An, which was very good. They gathered together the people of several nearby villages, surrounded them, and killed them all...... The Liao State said that the Lu Liang thieves were in the territory of the Wu Dynasty and let the Wu Dynasty deal with them, so Song Xian took these heads to make a record, and gave the above to please the old people and children of the Liao State without leaving a single one, and then said that they were all bandits who killed people without blinking...... He was promoted because of this, and some of the relatives of the mountains died in it, and all the people in the villages I knew died, and some of them ...... They went out to seek revenge on him, and they were killed again, and their blood was shed in vain, and some of them wanted to come out. If I don't allow it, I'll have to do it myself......"

"So I must kill him, when Yuan Xi missed, I was still a little sure. A few days ago, I went to plan to kill him, but he designed it, and I thought at that time, if this continues, I may not be able to kill him...... One person's strength is limited after all......"

"If you want to learn kung fu, I have studied with my master for so many years, and then I have fought every year, I don't know how many people I have killed, and several times I have crawled out of the pile of dead people, and I don't know if I am dead or alive. Now if you want to kill Song Xian, you are still injured like this. Scholars have the ability to be enemies, which is better than anything else. Why do you bother to slaughter ...... bloody hands," she said, pursing her lips and laughing.

Ning Yi thought about it over there, but still shook his head and smiled: "Still stick to my curiosity...... Let's talk about it, the chickens are fine. ”

As he spoke, he took the roast chicken and cut it with a knife, and suddenly the room was filled with an even richer aroma, and he handed it over with the sauce.

"How?"

"It tastes good......

"I'm going to launch a new product, my approach is quite amateurish, and these ingredients are well matched."

"Aren't you selling cloth at home?"

"Friend's ...... If one day you can eat this delicious roast chicken in Luliang Mountain, I will give you something......

"Huh, what?"

"Crooked...... What kind of wind and rain, sprinkling beans into soldiers, and so on......"

"So that's it?"

"Hmm."

The casual conversations in the room were drowned out in the roaring thunderstorm. In a restaurant at the other end of Jiangning City, Li Pin was also looking at the rain curtain outside at this time, talking to Shen Miao beside him. ,

“…… Yan Zhen has been making preparations these days, and within about half a month, he will leave Jiangning and leave for Raozhou. ”

"Didn't you say that you didn't leave until July?"

"There is a long way to go, probably go early, it is better to go early, so as not to be delayed by accidents on the road...... In addition, after arriving in Leping, I am afraid that I will have to do it in advance, so that I can take over the position smoothly. ”

"It's fine." Li Pin smiled and nodded.

Shen Miao took a deep breath: "Some time ago, I heard that you and Yan Zhen had some differences, so I came to ask, after all, we were friends in the past, and there was nothing big about it, and I didn't want you to take things to heart." ”

Li Pin thought for a while: "This matter is not a disagreement, Zishan has good intentions, I fully understand." It's just that I'm not angry with him, it's that he has some unclear minds. ”

Shen Miao frowned and thought for a while: "I see...... By the way, what does Dexin think of Yan Zhen? ”

"It's not good to say this behind your back."

"Ha Luha, it doesn't matter, he is about to travel, I'm afraid he won't see him for many years, if he has a knot with others, I won't be worried, but Dexin is a person, I have always been trustworthy, and your vision of knowing people has always been extremely accurate, so I really want to know a thing or two. This matter is just a small talk, and it will never be heard by the ears of the three people. ”

Li Pin thought for a while and shook his head: "It's not a big deal, Yan Zhen, you and I have known each other for many years, he has knowledge, ability and vision, if you talk about it, you and I are not as good as it." It's just that over the years, have you ever seen him really suffer in any way? ”

"Uh, the loss...... In fact, there are several cases, but Yan Zhen is also an open-minded person and does not take them to heart......"

"If I say...... Has he ever suffered a loss? ”

"Huh?"

"Brother Zishan, Gu Hong...... Pride. Of course, he also has the reason and talent to be arrogant, over the years, he has extremely high requirements for himself, and many times it is really amazing, the style of a gentleman, it should be like this. It's just that there are times when his views are too extreme and overly pursuing his goals, but it's hard to say whether it's good or bad. ”

Shen Miao smiled and nodded: "Dexin really knows people very accurately, and Yan Zhen does have such a bias." Some time ago, he also said to me that he should face his heart directly, in fact, I think it is reasonable, he also said that he will be a county order in the future, and what he needs is to solve the immediate problem. Compared with the virtuous officials whose inner charity is actually bound by many rules, he would rather be a capable official who does not seek to appear good and evil, but only to do things properly, and his idea is actually admirable......"

Li Pin looked at him for a pause, and then said with a smile: "That's true, in this world, there are many corrupt Confucians, but there are few people, if Yan Zhen has this concept, it is really a blessing for the people......"

For Gu Yanzhen, he actually admires it a little, and some things are vaguely aware that he has put an end to it here, and if he blames him for something unnecessary, it will be really too much. Shen Miao didn't actually come for discussion today, just to be a peacemaker, but he didn't understand that this time it was indeed Gu Yanzhen's side that had a mustard. This mustard may not be for his own concealment, but because of the sentence "I know you are a human being". Although Gu Yanzhen was aggressive that day, she probably shouldn't have said this.

The outer king and the inner saint, whether the "king" is important or the "holy" is important, the two forms and methods have been debated for many years, of course, the golden mean, the original is not extreme, and the judgment of everything is actually quite complicated. Over the years, capable officials are indeed much more useful than rotten Confucians, and if Gu Yanzhen proves that he is indeed a capable official in the future, he should also come to the door to apologize for this...... Let's hope so.

After that, the topic naturally went along Shen Miao. At the same time that the two were talking in the restaurant, in the Zhuji main store, located a few streets away, Gu Yanzhen was bringing a servant to sit on the seat, quietly tasting various dishes. The servant next to him was tall, with a hideous scar on his face, and he was his henchman, who was called the sixth child, and was actually his bodyguard. In the past three months, this is the first time he has taken the initiative to approach a place related to Nie Yunzhu, of course, not to lead people to smash the store. At this time, he just quietly waited for the other party to appear.

Due to the rain outside, the business in the store was not very good, and the light was not bright in the heavy rain, so I lit the oil lamp, and the light of the lamp swayed in the store.

Nie Yunzhu was actually in the store at this time, but as a woman, she didn't need to be open-minded in these things. In this era, in fact, there are not many men and women who are above board - of course, she used a double standard in dealing with Ning Yi. Remembering the last time she was forcibly held by the other party, she didn't want to go out again, he pulled his hand, it shouldn't be, and he hit him with his backhand, so she waited quietly for the time to pass. However, it wasn't until it was close to evening that the dishes in front of her were completely cold, Gu Yanzhen was still sitting there steadily, she couldn't help it, and finally walked out of the room, separated from the table, and saluted: "Gu Gongzi." ”

Gu Yanzhen raised his head to look at her, showing a smile, he has always been gentle and elegant, and his smile at this time is indeed very good, relaxed and open-minded.

"In about a few days, I will leave and go to Raozhou Leping to take office, so I feel that I want to say goodbye to you."

Nie Yunzhu thought for a while: "Yunzhu has nothing else to give, I just wish the son smooth sailing and prosperous official fortune." ”

"What you say reminds me of three years ago......" He lowered his head and smiled easily, then stood up, looked at the other party and took a deep breath: "If I ...... If I say it again sincerely, I am willing to marry Yunzhu and let Yunzhu go to Leping with me, would you like to think about it again, or nod? ”

The distance of the monthly pass was stretched again, and I begged for the support of the monthly pass and caught up closely.