After dragging passersby on the street and asking questions several times, I finally confirmed that the house in front of me was indeed the old house of the Su family.
The Su family left this old house more than ten years ago. After they left, the regicide shocked the world, and the "inner demon" Ning Yi became the most taboo name in the world. Before the shame of Jingping, for
Of course, various things related to the Ning family and the Su family went through a round of liquidation, but it didn't last long.
After the Jingping Disgrace, Kang Wang Zhou Yong came to power and changed the Yuan Dynasty to Jianshuo. In Jiangning, the so-called Longxing land, the old house of the Su family has been sealed up. During this period, the Jurchens suffered two military disasters
The fire reached Jiangning, but even if the city was destroyed, this old house has always been peaceful and undisturbed. There were even rumors that Wanyan Xiyin or a certain Jurchen general came to the city to visit this old house.
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Throughout the Jianshuo years, although the "inner demon" Ning Yi had always been a serious concern of the imperial court and the leader of the rebels, some public opinion circles still maintained a vague positive view of his regicide and resistance to the Jin Dynasty.
You know - "Although he is bad, he does have strength", at least in the eyes of Prince Junwu, who was sitting on the defense line of Jiangning and the Yangtze River, it was not such a rebellious statement. Even the princess's palace, which was mainly in charge of public opinion at the time,
We are not too harsh on this kind of thing.
Of course, the house was destroyed after the Fair Party entered the city. At the beginning, there was a large-scale looting, burning and killing. The mansions of wealthy households and shops and warehouses in the city were the hardest hit areas. This house has been dusty for a long time, except for some wooden buildings and old buildings.
The house, which did not have many belongings left outside the furniture, did not suffer much damage in the first round. One of the forces with the flag of King Gao Tian occupied this area as a stronghold. But slowly,
Some people began to say that this was the past residence of the inner demon Ning Yi.
Several groups of scattered forces cast their gazes over here.
A group of madmen under Zhou Shang first waved big flags, tried to break into the house and set fire to it, trying to burn the symbol of the "inner demon" Ning Yi to show their prestige. After being beaten out by King Gao Tianwang's people, Shi Baofeng
People from Xu Zhaonan and even people under the banner of "Fairness King" He Wen also came. For a while, several negotiations broke out here, and then there was a fight.
Several bloody killings took place. When people calmed down and took a closer look, they found that although the forces participating in these fights were flying the flags of each party, in fact they were not the main force of each faction. Most of them were similar to inexplicable flag-planting indiscriminately.
A small gang. As for the five largest forces of the Fairness Party, not even one of the generals from the madman Zhou Shang made it clear that they wanted to occupy this place.
It may be difficult to say whether there are five forces behind it, but on the surface, it seems that no big shot has clearly expressed his views on the "inner demon" Ning Yi - neither protective nor hostile - which can be regarded as
This is a continuation of the long-standing ambiguous attitude shown by the Fairness Party towards the forces in the southwest.
Aware of the existence of this attitude, other small forces from various parties became active and regarded this house as a testing ground for ignoring the situation.
In the first month or so, dragons from across the river tried to occupy this area from time to time, hoping to leave a deep impression in the eyes of the top leaders of the five parties of the Fairness Party. For example, the "Big Dragon Head" who has recently become famous has once
He sent a group of men to occupy this place for three days, saying that they wanted to open up a wider area of commerce here. Although they were beaten out later, they gained a reputation for a few days.
After that, there was another melee between all parties, until the matter became more and more serious, and almost thousands of people came together at one time. The "King of Fairness" was furious, and the "Dragon Sage" of the "Seven Sages" under his command led the team to
The entire area was cordoned off, and most of the rebels, no matter what flag they were flying, were arrested, and then publicly executed in a nearby square. Each person was beaten with twenty army sticks. It is said that dozens of sticks were broken before the people here were executed.
This trend of large-scale conflagration has been suppressed.
After that, the scale of the fights in the Su family's old house became much smaller. Most of the fights were just confrontations between dozens of people. Some small groups under the banner of Zhou Shang came to open casinos, and some people under the banner of Shi Baofeng came to operate it.
In the black market, some raptors across the river would come here to occupy a yard. They stayed here for ten days and a half. Some people demolished the brick walls and sold them. After a while, they found that the Su family's wall tiles could not be counterfeit-proof.
There is no way to prove it, either it is a complete fake, or the seller was brought over to make an on-site selection, which can be regarded as a variety of businesses.
"Youngster, you can't go in there, it's very messy."
When he dragged a fair-faced old lady from the Fairness Party to the street for questioning, she was kind enough to persuade him.
"I want to see the old house of the Great Demon King of the Southwest, grandma."
"The devil's old house? Everyone says it's an old house. Which one is it? I can't find it..."
The old lady said so.
But of course you still have to go in.
It was already evening. Ning Ji spent fifteen cents at one of the entrances of the mansion and bought a broken flag from a Jianghu man, which was said to be passable. The flag belonged to the "Wuhou" under the command of the "Warrior King".
"Shengjun" is a small faction under Wushengjun called "Eisha", which claims to be very powerful.
"With this flag, you can walk along the main road inside, but some courtyards have no doorways and cannot be entered. Seeing that you are a kind-hearted person, I would like to advise you to come out before dark and pick out a brick you like and take it with you.
.When something happens, just shout loudly..."
Ning Ji nodded calmly, took the flag and stuck it behind his back, and walked towards the road inside. This side of the Su family's old house originally had no door, but the wall was demolished, revealing the courtyard and the inside.
Come through the passage.
The old house of the Su family has been built and expanded for nearly a hundred years. It consists of more than forty courtyards. It is no bigger than a palace, but it is definitely not small. The passages between the courtyards are paved with old and thick blue bricks, which seems to
There was still a trace of solidity in the past, but there was a smell of defecation and a bit of putrid smell in the air. Most of the walls next to him were half-sectioned, and some had a big hole in them. People in the courtyard leaned against the hole and looked at him, exposing
A vicious look.
Ning Ji didn't mind this at all. He looked into the yard and saw that the surrounding courtyards were occupied by people. The trees in the yard had been chopped down, probably chopped into firewood and burned, and the houses with traces of the past had collapsed.
Many opened their doors, and the inside was dark and cold. Some Jianghu people used to open fire in the yard, leaving a mess everywhere. Along the passage paved with blue bricks, people put the filth in the toilet.
After falling into a narrow ditch, the stench could not be dissipated.
There were other pedestrians on the road, some were pointing and looking at him, and some, like him, might have come to "visit" the former residence of the inner demon. They were guarded by some people in the world, but when they saw the chaos inside, they were surprised.
He couldn't help but shake his head. At a fork in the road with a half-ruined green wall, someone said that the house next to him was the former residence of the inner demon, and he had to pay twenty coins to enter.
Ning Ji then gave the money.
There are many people living in the courtyard inside. Some people have set up sheds for washing and cooking. The main houses on both sides are relatively well preserved. They are two rows of houses at a right angle of 90 degrees. Someone pointed out which house was Ning Yi's house back then.
, Ning Ji just looked at him silently for a few times. Someone also came over and asked: "Where did the young man come from?" Ning Ji did not answer him.
There is now a mixed crowd in this mansion. With the tacit consent of the five parties, no one is enforcing the law inside, and any kind of thing can happen. Ning Ji knows their intention of asking him, and also knows those people pointing fingers in the alley outside.
He had some thoughts, but he didn't mind it. He returned to his hometown and chose to be polite before fighting.
If this gift is not respected by others, he will not give face to anyone in his old house and will not have any scruples.
Perhaps because his silence was too enigmatic, the people in the yard didn't do anything to him. After a while, someone else was attracted by the "former residence of the inner demon" gimmick, and Ning Ji turned around and left.
The sunlight gradually tilts.
Only a few leaves and old branches stretched from the side of the courtyard wall to the top of the passage, casting dim shadows. Ning Ji walked along the passage of the mansion and looked at the beautiful gardens in the Su family's old house in his mother's memory.
At this time, it was long gone. Some of the rockeries had been torn down, leaving stone ruins. This dim mansion stretched out, and all kinds of people seemed to be there. Some knights with swords on their backs passed him by, and some were sneaky.
While talking about business with someone in the corner, there seemed to be strange noises coming from the other side of the wall...
There are three courtyards inside, and they all say that they are the places where the inner demon used to live. Ning Ji looked at them one by one, but could not tell whether these words were true. In the small courtyard where his parents once lived, there used to be two small buildings facing each other.
One of the small buildings burned down, and they all lived in another two-story building.
Of course, it was impossible for him to find any traces of those two small buildings, let alone see the ground left behind after one of them burned down.
These memories of his mother were actually stories from before he was born.
Since then, spring rain and autumn frost have descended on this house countless times, and heavy winter snow has covered the ground countless times. By this time, things from the past have been submerged in the ruins, making it difficult to distinguish them clearly.
There are also some slight traces left.
Ning Ji saw a series of notches on the old bricks of a courtyard wall that seemed to be used to measure height. The notches only reached his shoulders. He didn't know which house or which child's parents left them here.
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On a table that was so old that it only had three legs, someone had left weird graffiti. There were a lot of words around it, and one line seemed to say "Xiao Qi is a fool." Another person carved "Hello Teacher" and "Hello Teacher" on it.
The word. There are suns, little flowers, and weird-looking boats and crows in the graffiti.
The sun set. The light converged in the courtyards. Bonfires were lit in some courtyards. In the darkness, various people gathered in their own courtyards. Ning Ji was sitting on the wall of a courtyard. Occasionally, he heard a man shouting from the opposite house.
: "Jin'e, bring me some wine..." This dead house seems to have a breath of life again.
He walked around this large house twice, and most of the sadness he felt came from his mother. What he was thinking about was how sad he would be if his mother came back one day and the things from the past could no longer be found.
ah……
After this cycle, he went out from a branch on the other side of the house and onto the road outside. At this time, the big round moonlight was hanging in the sky, as if he was overlooking the world more closely than before. Ning
With a flag on his back, Ji walked slowly through the crowded road. Perhaps because of the rumors of the "God of Wealth", there were some stalls on the nearby streets. Lanterns were set up on the stalls, torches were lit, and they were soliciting customers.
Ning Ji was walking for a while, but a voice among the chaotic noises ahead caught his attention.
"I... I hit the head of the inner demon Ning Yi back then... I hit the head of the inner demon Ning Yi..."
Among the swaying torches, there was a ragged beggar kneeling on the roadside. He was nagging such stories to the people on the roadside. One of the people seemed to be very interested in what he said. The leader
The old man knelt down in front of him.
"You said...you hit your inner demon on the head back then?"
"Please Master... give me some food... give me some food..." The beggar stretched his hand forward.
The old man took out a few pennies from his arms and gave him one penny first: "You say it, and I will give it to you later."
"I, I hit the head of the inner demon Ning Yi, hehe, I... my name is Xue Jin, Jiang Ning... no one knows, no one knows... my Xue family's 'Dachuan Cloth Shop', back then...
...is on an equal footing with the Su family...Dabuhang..."
The beggar wore a tattered felt hat on his head. He seemed to have been injured, and he spoke intermittently. But Ning Ji had heard of the name Xue Jin, so he sat down at a stall nearby and a group of people headed by the old man
He also found a place to sit aside, even ordered snacks, and listened to the beggar's words. The snack stall owner said hey: "This madman often comes over and says that he hit the demon on the head. I think he was beaten himself."
It’s true, don’t be fooled by him.”
But the old man just smiled: "It's just for fun."
"Back then... I... hit the demon Ning Yi on the head... Why did I hit him... Back then, that girl from the Su family... Su Tan'er, she was so beautiful and capable,
In the future... I will inherit the Su family's business, and I... hehe, I just wanted to marry her, but who knows... then it was the nerd who got married..."
"The inner demon... The inner demon, Ning Yi, was a nerd back then... It was because he was beaten by me that he became enlightened... I remember... that year, when they got married, the young lady from the Su family, hehe,...
Escaped from marriage..."
The beggar talked about those things intermittently, how beautiful and tasteful Su Tan'er was, how stupid Ning Yi was, and from time to time he added the identities and names of their friends. When they were young,
How did they get to know each other, how did they deal with each other... Even though he beat Ning Yi, Su Tan'er and him were not really at odds with each other. Then he talked about the decadent life back then, and how he, as the young master of Dachuan Buhang,
How you live your life, what kind of good food you eat...
When the people around him heard this, some laughed at him for going crazy. If Ning Yi was really a fool, how could he have made it this far.
Someone ridiculed: "Then I have to thank you for Ning Yi becoming smarter..."
Someone also said: "This man was indeed very wealthy back then, but the world has changed! Now is the time for the Fairness Party!"
These words did not interrupt the beggar's memories of those years. He rambled on and talked about many details of how he beat the demon that night, including what kind of bricks he took, how he walked behind him, and how he knocked down the other person with one brick.
How stupid... The old man at the stall asked the stall owner to give him a bowl of food. The beggar was holding the food, talking nonsense, putting it down, picking it up, and putting it down again...
"The inner demon..." he said, "The inner demon is said to be the most talented person in Jiangning... The first poem he composed was... I asked him... that year, the moon...
...You see, the moon is also such a big one, so round. I remember... that is the Puyang family's six-boat boat, Puyang Yi... where did Puyang Yi go... it was his family's boat, Ning Yi...
…Ning Yi didn’t come, so I asked his little maid…”
"I asked her...why Ning Yi didn't come? Is he...too embarrassed to come...I asked that Su Tan'er again...You don't know, Su Tan'er is so beautiful, but she wants to inherit the Su family
Yes, that's why you let that nerd marry you... I asked him, you chose such a nerd, he is so good, he must be able to write good poems, why didn't he come, and he said he was sick, that's a lie
Yeah...then the little maid took out the lyrics written by her uncle..."
"I still remember that poem...it's about the moon, that poem is..."
The beggar knelt in front of the bowl of food and stared at the moon. After a while, his hoarse voice slowly sang out the lyrics. It might have been something that was often sung in brothels in Jiangning back then, so
He was deeply impressed that in this hoarse voice, the melody of the words was still intact.
"When will the bright moon come..." he sang slowly.
"...ask the wine to the sky."
"...I wonder what year it is today in the palace in the sky..."
"I want to ride the wind back home."
"I'm afraid that Qionglou Yuyu..."
"It's so cold at high places, dance to clear the shadows..."