At the end of April and the beginning of May, Fuzhou is entering the sultry and humid rainy season.
The heavy rain brought by the typhoon stopped for a few days, and then came continuous showers. This endless rain caused the aftermath of the typhoon to continue. Pedestrians on the road were wearing raincoats, and the water on the road was swollen.
It went back and forth, becoming muddy, and the stone slabs that paved the road were washed black and shiny.
Occasionally even older buildings collapse.
However, for people in Fuzhou who experience typhoons every year, this is not something they cannot accept.
"...Speaking of which, after the officials arrived in Fuzhou, they did some great things... They paved several new roads with bluestone in the city, renovated old buildings, and opened up the sewers.
There are many things that happened in the past. After the hurricane, it was obviously unpopular, but good times are coming in the future. The two young masters should know that the people who have come from outside recently are quite serious...
Someday, if you want to buy a house or rent a house, the price will not be the same as today..."
Ning Ji and Qu Longjun arrived in Guijing for the first time and stayed temporarily in an inn in the west of the city. They were preparing to rent a house to find a mid- to long-term place to stay. The two of them were kind-hearted, and Ning Ji was not lenient in tipping copper coins every day.
Yalang, who paid for their meals and rented a house, took them around for a few days. On the way, he praised the new gentleman who came to Fuzhou and said many good things. The most important thing he expressed was that "housing prices in the city are rising."
"This means.
Of course, this is not a problem for Ning and Ji, who have made many friends and done a lot of business along the way.
The only thing that people are more concerned about is that the recent security inspections in Fuzhou City seem to be a bit strict. The two came here with the customs clearance documents opened at Xianxia Pass, and they encountered several inspections during the few days they wandered around the city - the other party asked
It's relatively thin, which is a bit strange.
Ning Ji was asked several times by the policemen on the street. If he asked more questions, Ning Ji became impatient and gave him a copper plate. The other party took the money and left immediately. However, Ya Lang and Qu Longjun who were accompanying him probably felt that he was a bit of a loser.
In fact, the two of them certainly didn't understand that Ning Ji didn't have much sense of belonging to places outside the southwest, and he didn't have high expectations. On the one hand, he came to Fuzhou for travel, and on the other hand, he didn't rule out the possibility of causing trouble. At this time
On the one hand, you can test the quality of the other party, and on the other hand, you can corrupt the other party as much as you want.
Maybe there is still a maniacal laugh like a great devil in his heart: That’s it! Still respecting the king and resisting the barbarians! Still reforming!
——Weak chicken!
He was a little more confident about killing Tie Tianying.
Of course, during this period, he cannot be caught by the Zuo family's gang.
Ning Ji was making such calculations in his mind. Seeing that he was spending lavishly, Ya Lang who followed him soon secretly told them the reason for the recent tense situation in Fuzhou City, telling them about an incident in Houguan County and
There has been chaos recently during the military relief operations outside.
Although there are already newspapers in Fuzhou, such things have not been disclosed for the time being. Private rumors have said that the army was responsible for the disaster relief, and some said that the soldiers were wrongly accused, which led to the court to start hunting down all kinds of outsiders with malicious intentions.
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Due to the insufficient amount of information, the news from both directions is of course possible, but Ning Ji keeps it in mind and is too lazy to distinguish.
In fact, Yaxing is actually a gangster with some involvement in the underworld. When discussing the topic of public security, Ning Ji also asked about Tie Tianying's situation, and then discovered that this old man is now extremely notorious in the green forests of Fuzhou.
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At this time, Ya Lang, who had a Green Forest background, even spoke of the Iron Sky Eagle with a heartfelt fear. In Fuzhou, once targeted by the opponent, the Green Forest people would probably not end well.
Following this topic, Ning Ji briefly mentioned the name of "Tongfu Inn". Na Yalang looked at Ning Ji for a long time and then smiled with some understanding: "It turns out that Brother Sun is also a brother on the road..."
Then he quietly told the two of them that after something happened to the soldiers in Guanxian County a few days ago, Tie Tianying went out with his minions and arrested some habitual criminals and thieves in the city. The Tongfu Inn was just two days ago. On that day, the shop had been destroyed and sealed by officers and soldiers.
Ning Ji thought of the news he had received near Pucheng County more than a month ago, and sneered in his heart.
Weak chicken.
The local gangs are really unlucky, not a single one can beat them.
But fortunately, he is now a peaceful person, and it is quite interesting to walk around with Qu Longjun. If he is still in Jiangning and having fun with the little bald head, he will not be beaten by these unsatisfactory "comrades" in Fuzhou. "So angry...
For the time being, we have to wait for the next typhoon.
After Ning Ji inquired about this, he made a staged decision. As for the first day of May, the two rented a house in Huaiyunfang, near the shipyard gate, in the east of the city and signed a contract.
The house is not big, but there is a small yard in the front where you can park your car, and there is a stable next to it where you can feed the "bald donkey"; there is a small river in the back, and there are bluestone steps to go down to wash clothes. Probably because no one has lived there for a while. The yard in front was overgrown with weeds and quite muddy, and the room was a bit in disrepair, but when the two of them saw the scenery by the river after opening the window, they immediately fell in love with it.
In the next few days, Ning Ji spent the day hammering in the yard, repairing the roof, renovating the walls, digging soil for drainage, and leveling the ground. He was a soldier and worked as a doctor who required patience. He was not interested in repetitive construction manual work. He didn't feel bored. Many times he put on his raincoat and stood on the roof in the rain and looked around. The city of Fuzhou in the rain was ancient and quiet. Rows of houses and courtyards stretched into the distance in the rain. People were either calm or calm. He was walking nervously on the streets in the rain, and occasionally figures emerged from the alleys by the river. The trees and flowers in the rain were as lush as ink. All of this gave him a feeling that he had never found in Jiangning before.
The young man felt peaceful inside.
Of course, all this may also depend on the people who are traveling with him at this time.
After the courtyard where they lived was decided, Ning Ji was responsible for the repair work, while Qu Longjun was responsible for the purchase and logistics of the home. When she appeared as a girl in the southwest, she seemed depressed and introverted, but in fact, she had accepted to become a house since she was a child.
Having been raised by Sho Ma and reading poetry and books, she has extremely excellent external communication skills. In many cases, she is even better than the outgoing Ning Ji and appears more measured.
While Ning Ji was knocking up and down in the room, she went outside and bought some daily necessities. Sometimes if they were too heavy, she would ask them to bring them to her home. In addition, she washed clothes and cleaned them every day.
She also prepared the three meals in the house in an orderly manner. As time went by, the house became tidy.
The city of Fuzhou is hot and humid, and it rains from time to time. Ning Ji, who works outside during the day, is soaked in the rain. Every night, Qu Longjun will boil hot water, mix it in a wooden basin, and bring it to
Ning Ji was asked to soak her feet in the room. At this time, she would also take off her shoes and soak her white feet in the water, not shying away from it. Occasionally her toes would touch the water, and Ning Ji would feel soft and warm in her heart.
From the time they met again, to living together in the mountains, and then all the way back here, they occasionally touched each other in this way or another, and even hugged each other. All the intimacy seemed natural, and they didn't talk too much about it.
The rented courtyard is not big. Apart from the living room, there is only one bedroom, so the two of them are accustomed to living in one room. There are two beds in the room with a table in the middle. After washing, Qu Longjun will order
She would burn incense to drive away mosquitoes at night. She would curl up on the bedside and read by the oil lamp. The two of them would talk occasionally. She would tell Ning Ji some stories in the book and some interesting topics she had read today.
, Occasionally Ning Ji would talk about various stories from the southwest and his own thoughts, and she would listen very seriously. Sometimes when he smiled, his eyes would look like crescent moons.
Ning Ji, who was about to turn sixteen, could not summarize his feelings, but during this sultry season, he was not bored at all. In the windless night in Fuzhou, the girl's voice and smile only made him feel refreshing and calm.
He almost no longer thought about Yu Xiaoer. Even if there was no typhoon, his heart was no longer urgent. Not long after, he even saw Tie Tianying running past with a group of minions on horseback on the street.
After figuring out the other person's identity from the words of others, Ning Ji just thought: "Oh, he's just such an old guy with white hair."
And this feeling is actually the same for Qu Longjun.
This is where they want to stop.
But of course, in such a peaceful time for them, there are also many people and things on the other side of the city, traveling in the humidity and sultry heat...
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The clouds in the sky were gloomy and the rain was still falling, flowing through the blue tiles on the house and forming a curtain.
The middle-aged steward walked through the courtyard corridor and led Yin Ping and Yue Yun towards the room in the courtyard.
Tonglixuan, this is the courtyard where the Confucian scholar Li Pin lives in Fuzhou. To the outside world, it has a great reputation, but for the Yue family siblings at this moment, they are defensive and resistant in their hearts. Even Yue Fei and Li
They had a good relationship with Li Pin, and even though Li Pin once gave them some pointers on their knowledge, at this moment, the siblings didn't really want to have face-to-face communication with Li Pin.
In recent days, the siblings have been going around various government offices to complain, trying to sue the county magistrate and the military law enforcement team for the injustice of Zhong Ergui's case. The complaint mentioned Fuzhou Prefecture in accordance with normal procedures - in fact Yinping
They have already made accusations in front of Jun Wu - they are looking forward to a vindication. Presumably all parties above are a little anxious now.
Li Pin summoned them, and they thought he was probably here to persuade him.
As the two people who could even talk directly to Jun Wu, they somewhat understood the internal and high-level difficulties in this matter. However, in the past few days, faced with the unjust death of soldiers like Zhong Ergui, they did not want to understand the overall situation, and for
The ignorance and ignorance of the people she saw in Houguan County that day made Yin Ping hold a fire in her heart, and she felt that it might explode at any time. She even thought about how seriously the army had been helping such a group of people in recent days.
Is it worth it to provide disaster relief?
Not long after, the two of them walked through the corridor and saw Li Pin in the study room inside.
At this moment of hot and humid weather, Li Pin was burning charcoal in the room. This Confucian scholar in his fifties looked thin and wearing single clothes. He was sitting by the stove, making tea and pouring half a bowl of tea with the smell of medicine.
He smeared the black mud on the joints on his legs. Perhaps it was because the mud was a little hot after being roasted, and his forehead was covered with beads of sweat.
Many years ago, as an official of the Jinghan Dynasty, he participated in the battle against grain shortages hosted by Qin Siyuan and Ning Yi. After that incident, he was reused and promoted. In the first Jurchen war southward, he fought with Qin Shao.
Together with him, he guarded Taiyuan for a year.
After the city of Taiyuan was broken, Qin Shaohe was cut into pieces by the Jurchens, but Li Pin narrowly escaped death. Many of his injuries at that time still have sequelae to this day. Hot and humid summers or cold winters would cause widespread rheumatism attacks on him.
"Uncle Li."
"teacher."
The two siblings reported outside the door. Li Pin turned his head to look at them and nodded with a painful expression: "Oh, here we come."
He waved to the two of them and asked them to sit down casually. After a while, he stood up and walked into the room inside.
They were both close nephews and nephews, so he told people to bring her in as soon as he came over. However, Yin Ping was a woman, so at this moment he went to the inner room with difficulty to change into single clothes and tidy up his clothes before coming out.