The next day, Meng Jing got up early in the morning, and when he went out, he saw several maids in the courtyard carrying benches, hanging lanterns, and arranging New Year's decorations.

Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, the last day of the old year, Ningfu is full of festive festivities, and no one knows what will happen next.

Meng Jing walked to a remote corner and stopped.

A guard walked out of the corner and saluted Meng Jing, who was sent by the Xinwang Mansion to protect Meng Jing.

The guard whispered: "Lord Wang, the time is almost up, we should withdraw, and our subordinates will protect you from leaving safely." ”

Meng Jing refused: "If this king suddenly disappears now, he will be startled, and it is likely that all his achievements will be wasted, you take the other guards to withdraw outside the Ning Mansion first, and I will find an opportunity to get out and join you at night." ”

The guards were very worried about Meng Jing's safety, but they couldn't convince Meng Jing, so they had to follow the order and leave.

Meng Jing's heart is not as calm as it seems, he is very nervous and excited, since he inherited the throne, he has been enduring for more than half a month, suffering the humiliation of the family, and surviving for a long time.

forbearance for a long time, just to give it a go tonight, he wants to uproot the Tu family and the Ning family.

If you don't make a sound, it's a blockbuster.

Pingzhou Market, lights are decorated with lights, children are playing, and the New Year is welcomed.

The vendors shouted enthusiastically and sold all kinds of New Year's goods. The women held bamboo baskets and walked in groups, carrying candles, eating, and rushing to bargain with the vendors.

However, in the middle of nowhere, a group of armored and heavily armed soldiers are quietly and orderly marching in the narrow lanes of the market.

The last period of time was the hardest, Meng Jing tried to calm down, sat quietly in the courtyard, and felt that time passed really slowly today.

finally stayed up until the afternoon, but Ning Jing'er suddenly came to the door.

This incomparable eldest lady has slightly red eyes and faint tears on her cheeks at this time, but she is a little soft in her haggardness.

"Idiot, I've thought about you for a long time and I've thought of you. ”

Ning Jing'er looked at Meng Jing quietly, today she lost her usual domineering posture, and was more like a well-behaved lady.

Meng Jing was at a loss for a while, did this little girl take the wrong medicine, her temperament changed greatly, and he could only deal with it first.

"The king was flattered. ”

The tone is flat and extremely perfunctory.

"What kind of expression do you have, Miss Ben is talking to you, why do you look like you've seen a ghost?"

Ning Jing'er instantly regained her previous arrogance, glaring at Meng Jing angrily, declaring her dissatisfaction.

Then, she didn't listen to Meng Jing's explanation, and talked to herself.

"Last night, I had a fight with my father, this is the first time I have fallen out with him since I was a child, in my heart, my father is the most powerful person who can let me rely on.

However, I only found out last night that he will also have times of weakness. These days, the Tu family and our Ning family are constantly fighting, and yesterday Tu Hu got the news from somewhere, and led the troops to detain the entire caravan of our Ning family returning from the south.

This caravan carried three million taels of silver, which was the collection of the Ning family and the Pingzhou family who supported the Ning family in the south for several years, and it was also the foundation of our Ning family.

Without these three million taels, the Ning family will lose completely, and they will lose many families who support the Ning family. Daddy was scared, he relented, and reconciled with Tu Hu yesterday.

Guess what, what are the terms of the settlement?"

Meng Jing had basically guessed the approximate situation and was silent.

"It's ridiculous to marry me to Tu Hu as a concubine. ”

Ning Jing'er lowered her head and laughed a few times, her voice was a little sad, and then she sobbed.

"That's right, sacrificing one of me can save the entire Ning family, and you won't lose money......"

She finally couldn't restrain herself anymore and began to cry intermittently, maybe she was tired from crying last night, and her crying was so weak at the moment.

Seeing this strong girl become so haggard, Meng Jing was speechless for a while, he had never comforted others, he could only listen to her quietly.

After waiting for a while, Meng Jing really couldn't stand it anymore and said:

"Things are still turning around, tonight's Longmen Festival is a festival held by the Pingzhou family, and at the same time, it will mediate the conflicts between the families in a year, maybe the families will unite to force the slaughter family to hand over the five million taels?"

As soon as Ning Jing'er heard about the Dragon Gate Festival, she suddenly saw hope.

"Yes, Longmen Festival, Daddy and Second Uncle just went to Longmen to prepare for the festival, and when the time comes, cooperate with the major families to coerce the Tu family, no matter how strong the Tu family is, they will not dare to fight against the entire Pingzhou family at the same time, plus Daddy is a three-whirlpool monk and the first master in Pingzhou, he will definitely succeed. ”

When the girl is sad, as long as she is given a little hope, she will immediately grasp this life-saving straw.

Ning Jing'er, who wanted to open up a little, gradually began to look at Meng Jing, which made Meng Jing very uncomfortable.

"I found that you are a person, in addition to being timid, frail, unambitious, and lazy, you still have a lot of advantages, such as, eh, for example, ......"

Ning Jing'er thought carefully for a while, but couldn't say the specific advantages of Meng Jing.

Meng Jing: "......"

The Dragon Gate is a stone bridge located in the middle of the city of Pingzhou, on a river that runs through the city.

The Dragon Gate is said to have a history of thousands of years, and it existed when Pingzhou was founded, and every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, the Pingzhou family holds a banquet here to worship the heavens together.

Ning Dan stood on the Longmen Bridge, looking at this thousand-year-old bridge, thinking that life is only more than a hundred years, and he was full of emotion.

Today, he came to Longmen early to prepare for the feast and the festival, and lately, he has always been a little uneasy.

Ning Shan walked up to Ning Shan and whispered in his ear:

"Big brother, I've arranged dead soldiers nearby, just in case. ”

Ning Dan let out a long sigh and said, "The streets have not been very peaceful recently, but I hope I am too worried." ”

"Big brother, don't worry, we have all negotiated with Tu Hu, and reconciliation will be beneficial to both families. Moreover, the families have long been dissatisfied with the slaughter family's rampant and domineering, I have already informed them in advance, it is best for the Tu family to accept reconciliation tonight, if not, we will attack it in groups. ”

Ning Shan's words were full of confidence, with the support of the rest of the families, their Ning family was already invincible tonight.

No matter how strong the Tu family is, they don't have the courage to declare war on the entire Pingzhou family.

Ning Dan nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, and suddenly he frowned and asked:

"Have the little prince and the Xin Wangfu been separated recently?"

"I sent someone to keep an eye on it, there was no movement, there are only 1,000 guards in the Xinwang Mansion, which is far from the three major battalions in Pingzhou City, they can't set off a big storm at all, and the waste prince doesn't need to worry except for eating or sleeping. ”

"You can't be careless, especially keep an eye on the little prince, after all, he is still the Taishou of Pingzhou. ”

Ning Dan knew that in order to fight against the Tu family, he had to use the Xinwang Mansion, but protecting the Xinwang was only an expedient measure, no matter which winner of the Tu family and the Ning family, the Xinwang must die, and after the Xinwang Mansion was extinct, only in this way could he take advantage of the situation to force the Jin Emperor to canonize the winner as the new Pingzhou Taishou.

In recent years, the Jin State has been financially tight, and major events have occurred frequently, so it is impossible to take care of Pingzhou. Emperor Jin will definitely be forced by the situation to win over the Pingzhou family and agree to the canonization.

A snowflake fell on Ning Dan's forehead, and Ning Dan brushed away the snowflakes and looked up at the dim sky.

Snow is falling in the sky, falling with the wind.

"It's snowing again. ”