Chapter 45: More than Virtue
In the lower reaches of the Fuchun River, in the middle of the Qianchao River, there is a small island called Little Parrot Island, which is where the ancestral tomb of the Ning family in Gaosuo County is located. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
There are four major families in Gaosuo County, and the Ning family is one of them, and a few years ago, there was a competition for the head of the family, which made outsiders see a lot of jokes. But I don't want to, the newly appointed young head of the family is really good, and he has made great progress in the imperial examination, even in the middle of the three yuan, and the entire Gao Suo Ning clan has also soared.
It didn't take long for the young head of the family who won the champion to resign and return to his hometown because of the death of his beloved.
Among the Ning family, there are also many people who secretly complain, feeling that he gave up a great opportunity to be a big official in the court, but after all, he is the head of the family, and they naturally can't control it.
But he didn't think that a year later, when the young head of the family was in and out of the capital, he won the trust of the Son of Heaven and held the authority, so that the Gao Suo Ning family also became prosperous again.
At that time, the Gao Suo Ning clan did not even dare to offend the local county officials and prefects. In the case of thinking that there were people in the court, the Ning family enclosed land everywhere, and there were incidents of evil slaves hurting people from time to time, and even there were incidents of people from the Ning family snatching people's daughters and beating people's lives, but in the end they were forcibly suppressed by local officials, and the head of the family who was far away in the capital could not take care of it.
It's just that only a few months later, the Son of Heaven died and the new emperor ascended the throne, and the young head of the family was questioned. The families of the Gao Suo Ning clan were also so frightened that they hurriedly broke off their relationship with Na Ningjiang, and took advantage of his escape to hold a clan meeting on their own, elected a new head of the family, and removed the two brothers and sisters from the family tree together, so that they could settle down.
Followed by the change of the wind and clouds, to this day, with the barbarian army going south, the Son of Heaven hunting south, and the city of Lin'an broken, Linjiang County also fell into the hands of the barbarian army for a time, and all the big families in the county fled south, and encountered the barbarian iron cavalry on the way, and many people were killed, and the Ning family was naturally no exception.
Waiting for Lin'an to recover, the fleeing people returned tremblingly, and a lot of land and land were robbed. The gate valve of the north to the south and the strength of the south itself are in conflict with each other in this turbulent chaos. No power or power, even if you hold a large number of land deeds in your hands, it is equivalent to waste paper.
If it was said that in the past, because of Ning Hanlin's reputation, everyone didn't dare to embarrass the Ning clan casually, but now, even though they knew that Ning Jiang had already been removed from the genealogy of the Gao Suo Ning clan, there was no indication that Ning Hanlin cared about his clansmen, and no one returned the land and land they had taken, and the Ning clan also fell into ruin all of a sudden.
Only in one of the mansions in the county seat, there lived an old couple, and the people around them used to call them Lao He and He Ma.
At that time, the young master of Ningfu had just finished his father's funeral, and when he performed the crown ceremony, he was framed by his cousin in the clan, and he saw that not only could not inherit the property, but he was even about to be imprisoned. The other people in the mansion were all busy currying favor with the "new patriarch", but only Mother He, seeing that the girl in the mansion was pitiful, was always by the girl's side and comforted the girl.
Unexpectedly, it didn't take long for the young master to regain the position of patriarch, and then, although many people came to join him, the young man and the girl only left the two of them by their side to serve.
Because he inherited the family business, the young master became a "master", and after half a year, he took the girl to Beijing to catch the exam. Later, even in the middle of the three yuan, the old man who resigned and returned to his hometown came back again, and he didn't stay at home for long, so he left with the girl again.
After the old man's accident, he was removed from the clan by the various families of the Ning family, and the land that originally belonged to the old man was also taken away in the name of the clan rules. Only this mansion was left, and it was almost taken away, but for some reason, the people who wanted to drive the old couple out of the mansion all had accidents, so they relied on their prestige to make things difficult for the old couple's new head of the house, and they were grabbed from home in the middle of the night for no reason, beaten and thrown into the river, and almost drowned.
Later, the capital fell, the new emperor ascended the throne in Lin'an, and the status of the entire Tongzhou also rose. In addition, the wealthy families in the north fled south one after another, competing for power and profit. This old couple, but they have always guarded this mansion.
During this period, there was a newly appointed prefect, I don't know the depths, I took a fancy to this treasure land, Fang Zi came to the door, that night, there was a flying knife inserted in the bedside, and the concubine who slept with him was scared crazy.
There are also Taoists of unknown origin who came to visit the two elders and practice the pill for the two elders. After taking the elixir he had refined, the second elder, who was tired all year round when he was young and gradually weakened when he was old, actually had a ruddy face and black hair back to life.
Later, someone knew that the Daoist turned out to be the elder of the Wuliu Immortal Sect, who was famous for refining pills.
The Dan stone refined by Wuliu Immortal Sect was originally hard to find, and he wanted to invite this elder of Wuliu Immortal Sect to come to the door to alchemy, which was difficult for princes and nobles to do, and no one knew why he would appear in such a place and personally alchemy for this low-status old servant and old woman.
Another day, the two old men were picked up by people from the rivers and lakes of unknown origin.
It didn't take long for the barbarian army to go south, the Son of Heaven hunted south, and Lin'an fell. On the way to escape, the big families in Tongzhou were killed by the barbarian army or the rebel army and thieves on the road.
After the destruction of the barbarian army crossing the river, the powerful princes and nobles took the opportunity to enclose the land everywhere, and a large number of small landlords without backing went bankrupt, and the Gao Suo Ning family did not escape such a fate, many people returned home, the house was robbed, the land was occupied, and there was no way to sue and ask for help.
This is no one's house, and it has also been peeped at by many families who have fled from the north, empty of gold and silver, status, but landless.
Finally, someone couldn't help but move in, but that night, someone broke his leg and threw him out. That family was originally a northern family with status and status, although because of the barbarian invasion, the family fled south and lost their land, but in the imperial court, there are still many intricate ways. After the accident, they sued the court in grief and indignation, but no one in the court dared to care about this idle matter, and some people even said that they didn't know anything, and they didn't look at who lived in the mansion?
Later, one day, a group of mysterious people of unknown origin entered the mansion and carried out a major renovation of the entire mansion and the back garden, and the mansion took on a new look. After the renovation was completed, a big man, in front of the whole city, carried a huge stone, he actually split the big stone with his bare hands, and with a terrifying finger force, engraved the words "its virtue is more than enough", and put the stone to the door...... That's not really good.
But it has already alarmed the whole city, just because it is easy to destroy stones with weapons, but with only finger engraving, even ordinary grandmaster-level masters may not be able to do it.
After the group of mysterious people left, the two old men lived back, and in their daily lives, except for guarding the mansion that no one dared to provoke anymore, raising birds, planting flowers, and instructing a few maids to clean and clean on weekdays, there was not much to do.
Only on this day, the two old men were much busier than usual, just because...... Their girl is back!
That night, Xiaomeng rolled around on his brother's bed, feeling a little nostalgic.
Because of His mother's daily cleaning, my brother and her room were not only clean, but also no different from when they left.
Thinking back to when I was a child, although there were maids waiting outside, I still felt scared when I slept alone in my own bed. At that time, she would hold the pillow and run to her brother's room to sleep with him.
Because her mother died when she was young, and her father has always been careless, for her, her brother has actually replaced her father and mother and has become her only support.
And when her father died, she was only eleven years old, and she didn't have much impression of her father, who was originally taciturn, and now, in fact, she doesn't even remember what she looked like.
Over the years, following my brother, running around the rivers and lakes, I feel like I am at home all over the world, and I finally came back here at this moment, rolling on my brother's bed, and I feel that there is still a taste of my brother, so nostalgic.
Outside, Chun Jianli was talking with Mother He, and by the way, she asked Ning Jiang interesting stories when he was a child, so that he could use them to make fun of him in the future.
In fact, this is the second time Chun Jianli has been here.
It's just that when I came for the first time, it was already the year before last, because a meteorite fell from the sky in the capital and "stoned" the eldest princess, Ning Jiang resigned and returned to his hometown, returned home and lived for half a month, so he continued to go south and went to Longhu Mountain, and she also followed the Ning brothers and sisters.
Thinking about it carefully, at that time, she already liked that guy very much, although she was so angry with him from time to time, but she kept patient, patient, and patient, and finally, her daughter-in-law for many years became a mother-in-law, and she finally got her wish until she was slept with by that damn bastard...... Why are other beauties being chased, but I'm still being disliked if I'm upside down?
Thinking of this, she was a little depressed.
Having said that, that guy said that he was going to Fuchun River, which is now called the little Qinhuai in the south of the Yangtze River...... He wouldn't leave her and Xiaomeng behind and go to that kind of place, would he?
Thinking about it, she was depressed again.
Outside the garden, Qin Wuyan and Qin Xiaoya made a night spot for the two girls, and brought them together, while the knife squatted on a rockery, erecting cat ears and shaking cat tails, absorbing the essence of the bright moon rising into the night sky, and around it, light points flowed.
In the middle of the night, Jian Li and Xiao Meng slept on Ning Jiang's bed together, whispering.
When it was almost dawn, Ning Jiang rushed back from Fuchun River overnight, changed his clothes under Qin Wuyan's service, returned to his house, and saw that the two girls were sleeping on his bed, so he simply slept with them.
On the afternoon of the second day, Ning Jiang took his sister, lover, cat-eared cat-tailed little cat girl, big maid in the room, and dwarf girl to board the little parrot island together.
After sweeping the graves in front of their parents' graves, they entered the small Sui Hou Palace inside. However, at this time, the treasures in the palace of the Marquis of Xiao Sui have basically been emptied.
To be a martial arts alliance leader who rescues emergencies and squanders money with righteousness is actually very expensive. What's more, the operation of the Heaven and Earth Society, etc., also needs funds.
Of course, for Ning Jiang, money was originally an external object, and it was not of much use. Or, if he really only wanted to make money and re-accumulate the treasures of a small Sui Hou Palace, it would not be difficult.
In the evening, he summoned his lover and sister to tell them that he was about to go north.
"What about us?" The two girls looked at him blankly.
"Come with me!" Ning Jiang said with a smile.
"Yay!" The two girls clapped their hands excitedly, and what they were most worried about was that he would throw them down again.
Ning Jiang smiled, although at the beginning, he did have plans not to take them, after all, the north is far more dangerous than the south of the Yangtze River. But if you think about it, it's actually safest to stay by your side, and if you can't even protect their own safety, do you still expect others?
What's more, in fact, now they all have grandmaster-level strength, so they don't need to worry too much in the first place. The reason why I am not at ease is purely my habit of being an older brother and boyfriend. Moreover, from the perspective of immortal dao, what they really need now is still the tempering of the rivers and lakes. It is difficult for the flowers in the greenhouse to have real and great achievements, and it is not a good thing to let them follow them and go to the north to temper one.
"Of course, we can't just go north like that!" Ning Jiang said, "During the time I went north, Qin Mo, Qin Ze, and Qin Kan would use various means to create the illusion that I was still in Jiangnan. This time, the Zoroastrians will not let me go, and lure the killers they sent to the south, and I myself will go to the north, and just avoid them. As for the two of you, just continue to use the identity of 'Mixed River Shuangjiao' on the road, anyway, when 'Mixed River Shuangjiao' was in the southwest, he showed his face in front of everyone, and now no one will associate 'Mixed River Shuangjiao' with your true identity. It's just that in martial arts, Jian Li can no longer use Gangyuan swordsmanship, unless she encounters a real strong enemy, she should also use fire as little as possible, and take advantage of these few days to simply practice another set of swordsmanship. ”
looked at his sister again: "Xiaomeng, when you go on the road as a Shuangjiao of the mixed river, you can no longer use the Xuanji sword dance, just use the mandarin duck knife you practiced when you were in the capital before, or change it to a long and short butterfly double sword." ”
Xiaomeng said crisply: "Brother, I know." ”
Chun Jianli raised her head and said depressedly: "Speaking of which, at that time, Xiaomeng deliberately practiced a set of knife techniques and pretended to be a filial girl with those two knives, was it purely to run to kill me?" ”
Xiaomeng touched his head: "That...... Ha, haha, no...... Ha ha! ”
"Alas!" Ning Jiang held a folding fan in his left hand and a folding fan in his right hand, "At that time, if it wasn't for me to save the beauty as a hero, you would have been killed by Xiaomeng, and sure enough, it would still be me, okay?" ”
"It's obviously your command." Spring paper Li is crazy. (To be continued.) )