Lu Rong was busy dealing with this matter for the next few days, reducing the impact on Yun Ji as much as possible, and on the other hand, he reraised food and hired more professional people to escort him.

In the previous conversation with Wang Ning, Wang Ning gave him three days, and Wang Ning really didn't come to him in these three days, but when the three days were up, when he went to find Wang Ning again, he couldn't find the slightest trace of the other party, and then met with Chen Yuying, and never got any news about Wang Ning.

Unable to find anyone, although this matter was suppressed for the time being, Lu Rong never relaxed in his heart, but became more and more worried, and there was always an inexplicable throbbing in his heart, which made him think from time to time.

Chen Yuying was busy looking for investment, pulling sponsorship, and in the first few days, he pulled Lu Rong to familiarize himself with the handover, and the whole person was like being beaten with chicken blood, which made Lu Rong "exhausted", and he was about to lose weight, and this matter could be regarded as a result, but unfortunately before he really took a break, business things disturbed him again.

In his busy schedule, he didn't forget to send a letter to Jiang Ning, and said some good things, probably meaning to "request" Su Xiaoyan to send a letter to Wang Ning as well.

This is obviously playing the family card.

Of course, Wang Ning didn't know about this, at this time he had already gone north by boat, and he had already arrived in Suzhou in three days, and he was accompanied by the shopkeeper of Yunji who was preparing to go north, called Xi Wen.

On the bow of the boat, Wang Ning looked at the bursts of mist rising on the river, and said to Xi Wen beside him: "In less than half a day, this ship will arrive in Suzhou. Or go straight north? ”

Xi Wen smiled: "But let's rest when we get to Jiangning." He was stunned for a moment, and then said, "I can't come back for a while when I want to go north, and there are some things that need to be arranged on the Jiangning side." ”

Wang Ning said: "That's fine." Then he reminded, "The Taihu Lake area is a little unstable, and you need to be careful on the road." ”

Xi Wen responded, looking like he wanted to speak and stopped, and after hesitating for a while, he still didn't ask anything.

But I heard Wang Ning say: "It's been the current situation recently, otherwise, although I heard that this generation was a little unstable before, I never thought it would be so rampant."

Xi Wen bowed: "In the early years, there were few water thieves on the waterway, not to mention the inspection department, the Caoyun division, and the sailor battalion on the way...... It stands to reason that it shouldn't be so chaotic. ”

Wang Ning said: "Let's have someone think about it."

After saying this, he confessed, and probably couldn't stand the cold wind on the river, so he went back to the cabin.

Xi Wen stayed on the deck, the wind of the slight tide blew from the river, the two sides of the river were green mountains and green, and occasionally the smoke of the cooking was curling, and the end was peaceful.

According to the original plan, he should have gone north a few days earlier, but he didn't wait for the ship, and he also dragged it for a few days.

The two met in Jiangning, Wang Ning didn't know him very well, but he spent some time on each other, and happened to bump into each other, so he didn't pretend not to know, the boat went very slowly, and some words were more or less mentioned, although most of them were things at the business level, and from time to time they were mixed with some other things.

Overall, the conversation was pleasant.

Wang Ning probably asked him about his plans after going north, and when he really said it, he couldn't see anything from the other party's face, and the words that he occasionally said to him were refreshing, so he put away some contempt a little.

Of course, he is more of a personal relationship with Wang Ning, and it is not easy to talk about it for a while, and he also has a comparative mind in his heart, and he still hopes that there will be some changes in the future, but it has not reached the end, and it is unknown what the outcome will be.

Putting away his thoughts, he also went back to the cabin, and estimated that it would not be long before he arrived in Suzhou.

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Wang Ning didn't get off the ship when he arrived in Suzhou, and no one even knew when he got off the boat, and Xi Wen left without noticing.

As the sun sets, the last afterglow falls from behind the clouds, like a golden carpet, and everything in the world is dyed golden, maybe this is not the real golden autumn season.

Wang Ning turned over a small hill, and the front suddenly opened up, at this time, there were still people busy in the fields, busy cleaning up the ripe rice, and the smoke curling in the villages farther away, indescribably comfortable.

He got on the path into the village and went that way.

In this most prosperous and rich land of the new dynasty, people's defense against outsiders is not so obvious, and they are really like a family.

Most of the people Wang Ning met along the way were smiling, and occasionally someone stopped what he was doing and talked to him, and he would ask how this year's harvest was.

Then he heard more resistance to the new law of the imperial court, and he had the heart to ask a few words in this regard, but he was stared at and couldn't speak.

Then there was the sound of gongs and drums beating in the village, and such a big movement could not drown out the grief and cry in it.

Wang Ning looked over there, and the old man who had spoken to him before opened his mouth and sighed, "Hey, a family of six, suddenly gone." ”

Wang Ning was curious: "Why is this happening?"

"It's not the new law yet...... If this continues, I don't know how many people will go down such a path. With a wave of the sickle in the old man's hand, he skillfully cut off a handful of rice, straightened up, and said, "I think you look like a scholar, and if you become an official in the future, you can't do those things that lose your conscience." ”

Wang Ning laughed: "The old man said so, I may not be able to do it......"

The old man was stunned and laughed: "It's the first time I've heard such an answer."

"The old man told a lot of people?"

The old man thought for a moment, "It seems to be."

Wang Ning sighed and moved on to other things, "Old man, do you know that there is a person named Li Dongyu here?" ”

The old man thought for a while: "There are very few people in our village with the surname Li, and there is no such person...... No. ”

The old man nodded firmly, Wang Ning thought for a moment in his heart, pursed his lips and smiled, "So have there been any newcomers who have settled in the village over the years?" ”

"Hey, a lot of people in the village get married every year......"

Wang Ning sighed: "Then is there anything more special?"

"Special?" The old man tilted his head and thought for a while, "It's really ...... you want to ask that" But the old man didn't continue, and there was a touch of vigilance in his eyes, "What are you asking for?" ”

"I'm looking for someone." Wang Ning didn't care about the other party's performance, sighed, and said a lie without blushing and heartbeat: "I'm looking for this person is a cousin of mine, there was an accident in his family a few years ago, and he wrote to say that he was going to join me, but after waiting and waiting, there was no one to see, I sent someone to his house, and what I saw was also ruins, and the building was already empty...... A few days ago, someone came to the house, saying that they had seen them......"

"He's in our village?"

Wang Ning shook his head and sighed: "Don't hide it from my uncle, I have already run dozens of villages before I came here......