In the night, the lights and shadows are confusing, and the market is noisy.
In the Yinqiaofang Night Market, with the interweaving of human voices, the flagpoles of "Bamboo Mark Semicolon" and "Hua Tuo Reincarnation" have been erected. On the grocery stalls converted from horse-drawn carriages, there are a variety of items snatched from the battlefield.
The breast mirrors, antique-style knives, gold and silver necklaces that were hard to break, jewelry, jade pendants, and exquisitely carved wooden boxes were all mixed together, along with needles, threads, ancient books, and various miscellaneous books.
A tall, handsome young man was entertaining female customers in front of the stall. He was holding a folding fan and trying to recommend a dagger and a novel to the customer.
"...In fact, in such troubled times, even women should have some self-defense methods to protect themselves. Especially if a woman can learn martial arts, it will be even more admirable. For example, in the land of Jiangnan in recent years, the most popular
The famous chivalrous woman must be Yan Jiuniang, who served the country and the people without giving up her husband. It was only when I came to Fuzhou that I learned that her deeds were recorded by Mr. Songshan and have been circulated. It is really gratifying... If this girl is serious,
You might as well buy this book and take a look at it. In addition, the person Yan Jiuniang holds in the book is also the dagger I hold in my hand..."
"This... this is so short, isn't it a dagger?"
"No, this is a dagger. I also asked the girl to lend me a piece of her hair, so you can come and see the blade..."
The two of them were chatting and chatting in front of the stall. After a while, another girl who was watching came over: "Sir, may I ask... is this Yan Jiuniang's story really true?"
The elegant young man responded with a smile: "Yes, it's really, really true."
"Ah, I don't even know..." The girl blushed at the young master's smile.
The good-selling grocery stall is connected to a rice cake stall run by a fat aunt. Beyond that, there are fried fish stalls, glutinous glutinous rice stalls, mask stalls, candy man stalls, etc., and on the other side of the street, there are relatively larger shops.
Facade. During this period, the most lively thing was the "Xiangjiacongshi" not far away that sold drinks, ice cream, snow soaked water and all kinds of food. Every night, the lobby on the first floor of this rather large store was packed with people.
, very lively.
Summer cold drinks were sold in the Wu Dynasty in the past, but there was no mature ice-making technology at that time. In Bianliang and other places, the cold drinks sold in some large stores in summer were ice cubes that had been stored in the winter by large households.
, things were rare and expensive at that time. In the early years, bamboo records were spread everywhere, and the technology of saltpeter ice making was explored and matured. When he arrived in Fuzhou, Junwu vigorously promoted business in order to promote the development of saltpeter making, gunpowder and other technologies.
With all the facilities, even in the hot and humid Fuzhou nights, at least the price of ice has dropped to the point where ordinary people can afford it occasionally.
Qu Longjun was left in front of the grocery stall to trick women into making money. Ning Ji wandered around and went to the "Xiangjia Congshi" hall where there were more people in the market to drink cold drinks and eavesdrop on various affairs. After a long time,
He then took a bowl of ice cheese and trotted back to the stall. While letting Qu Longjun eat the ice cheese made from goat's milk, he told her anecdotes about Fuzhou.
"Hehehe." He said enthusiastically, "The little emperor of Fuzhou is also a prostitute."
Ice cream is quite similar to ice cream in later generations, but it changes faster in the current environment. Qu Longjun took two bites of it gracefully with a small spoon and raised his head: "...ah?"
"Hehehehe...I just heard over there that the emperor is choosing a wife recently...no, choosing a concubine. I heard that there was quite a commotion, and many people were alarmed..."
"Then why is he also a thief when he chooses a concubine?" Qu Longjun took a bite.
"Isn't it always said in books that the emperor's selection of concubines is no different from robbing civilian girls! Moreover, the Wu Dynasty's fortune was almost destroyed. He came to Fuzhou and said that he would work hard to govern, and even gave him a name
Zhenxing, I chose my wife in the blink of an eye, huh, this is not a thief!"
"No, I just want to ask, why are you so happy? And why is he 'also' a thief? Then who was the previous thief?"
Qu Longjun was dressing up in men's clothing. She looked handsome and elegant from a distance, but up close, she could see her cunning eyes and cute fox-like smile on her lips. Ning Ji was stunned for a moment, and then he realized what he was doing.
Ridicule and joking: "You, you, you...you are rebelling, you, you..."
Just as she raised her voice, the fat lady from the rice cake stall not far away looked over and said, "Hey! Who wants to rebel?"
Ning Ji turned around and said, "None of your business!"
"Humph!" The fat aunt made a slight provocation and shrank back.
"Don't be angry, don't be angry..." Ning Ji raised his hands to his chest, and then slowly pressed them on his Dantian. He glared at Qu Longjun, who unfolded his fan and laughed in a low voice: "I am a thief.
Okay - I am a five-foot obscene demon!"
"If you tell me this again, I'll blame you!"
"Then you can do it when you go back. You can't do it outside."
"you……"
Ning Ji wanted to say that it was a question of where he was lying, but Qu Longjun was shameless. He opened his mouth wide for a moment, then turned his head and felt his face getting hot.
Qu Longjun chuckled and sat down next to him. She sat next to him and continued to eat ice cream with a calm smile.
In the noisy night market, people come and go.
After sitting like this for a while, Ning Ji found the topic again.
"Hey, tell me, after our name of Bamboo Marker and Semicolon was announced, no one came to make trouble."
"I don't know either." Qu Longjun tilted his head, pretending to be stupid. After a moment, he spoke again.
"However, I guess, it may be like this... I heard that the relationship between Fujian's revitalization court and Southwest China has always been a bit ambiguous. According to rumors, the current majesty, the eldest princess, seems to have been taught by Mr. Ning...
…”
"This is true." Ning Ji nodded.
"So this matter is complicated. Mr. Ning's regicide back then was considered treasonous by the people of the Wu Dynasty. But whether it was hatred or fear, people here must admit Mr. Ning's power. As for your majesty today, he has been punished by Mr. Ning.
Many people expected him to have the ability of Mr. Ning, but this matter cannot be said openly. His Majesty is the orthodox member of the Wu Dynasty, and his status is to be irreconcilable with him... As a result, grievances and hatreds are intertwined.
Southwest’s attitude is probably that they cannot brag and are unwilling to insult.”
"Well, his father seemed to have said that he wanted to have good relations with Southwest, and then a minister was killed in the Jinluan Palace."
"So, we don't want to brag or insult on the surface, so we can only turn a blind eye to the affairs in the Southwest. We have come here all the way, and we will talk about the affairs in the Southwest wherever we see it, or like Mr. Dai Mengwei's side
scolded, or like the Fair Party, they used tiger skin as a banner, but here, things about the southwest may not be mentioned or mentioned, and ordinary people should know about the Huaxia Army, but
I’m afraid newspapers here will rarely mention the Bamboo Chronicles in Southwest China, and most people may not know about it.”
"...So that's it. But...there will always be someone who knows, right?"
"Didn't a few people look at me a few times in the past two days, but for some reason they didn't say anything strange? I'm afraid the attitude from above is very strange."
"Uh-huh."
After Qu Longjun's explanation, Ning Ji had a rough outline of the matter. It was not that he had any foresighted plan to plant this treacherous flag. It was simply the result of his brain twitching and thinking it rhymed. Now he knows it.
The flag may not be suitable, but there is no inspiration for modification. He thought about it in his heart, but he couldn't help but sigh that the world is so big. The mountains and rivers he traveled three thousand miles along the way had different faces everywhere. He ran away from home this time,
It is indeed the most correct plan.
They set up stalls and sold things at the night market. Late at night, they drove back together with Qu Longjun. During their time together, they occasionally quarreled and fought.
They had been together for a long time and had their own yard. Qu Longjun no longer had the slightly suppressed caution and fear in the past. Only then did Ning Ji realize that her temperament was not dull. She read a lot and had her own talents.
She has dabbled in playing music, chess, calligraphy, painting, paper-cutting and poetry. When she is quiet, she looks calm and gentle. When she is lively, people can feel the joy in her heart. Occasionally, Ning Ji will even feel flushed and unable to resist because of her unscrupulous words. Of course, he
Actually, I quite like this feeling.
After setting up stalls at night, when there was no rain during the day, the two began to discuss wandering around. They "inspected" several large markets, visited the three lanes and seven alleys, ate various snacks, and boarded the mall.
After arriving at Wushan, the words "Long Aotian and Sun Wukong came here for a visit" were engraved on the stone near Daoshan Pavilion. Ning Ji began to feel that the life of traveling around mountains and rivers was quite happy, and his ambitions were wiped out.
All kinds of thoughts of "joining in the fun" almost fell to the lowest point for a while.
I am even thinking very rationally about whether to take down the troublesome slogans like "Bamboo Semicolon".
It was May 19th, the fifth day that the two of them set up a stall in Yinqiaofang. In the Yinqiaofang night market, Qu Longjun conscientiously deceived the passing female customers who seemed to be rich, while Ning Ji walked around where he could see the stalls.
They walked back and forth, eating and drinking. About Xu o'clock, there was a vague commotion in a block not far from Yinqiaofang. The nearby policeman sounded the warning gong, and then Ning Ji stood far away in the night.
I heard a sentence: "...where to run..."
The person who made the sound seemed young, but his internal strength was already very mixed. Ning Ji's blood was surging in his body. In normal times, he would have gone over to see who the young master who could make such a sound was, but at this moment, he just returned to
Near the stall, he signaled to Qu Longjun that he should not be surprised.
The commotion continued in the distance for a while, and it seemed to be the arrest of some thieves. Ning Ji stood nearby and couldn't see much commotion. He waited until the fierce-looking Guitai League member Chen Hua passed nearby, and he
He grabbed the other person's collar: "What's wrong? What's wrong?"
Although he pinched the other party when he first arrived here, Ning Ji was very skilled in martial arts and had a not awkward personality. He showed off his power on the first day, and on the second day he took the other party to eat a bowl of sour plum soup, and the two parties became friends.
"Mo Ni's" friend. At this time, Chen Hua obviously watched the excitement from a distance and came over. When Ning Ji grabbed him, he immediately smiled: "Hey, Brother Sun."
"What's going on?"
"Arrests, fights, fights, my God, they are all murderous people..."
"The murderer...then you guys haven't gone to the Tai Alliance?"
"What did Brother Sun say? Let's return to Taimeng, a place where we can make a living. You see, "gui" means going home, and "tai" means peace. As the saying goes..."
"Okay, okay, let's get down to business." Ning Ji got a headache when he heard the other party started to endorse, "Just now someone shouted very loudly with a broken gong, what's going on."
"Ah, this is awesome, Brother Sun..." Chen Hua walked to the side, pulled up a chair at a nearby stall and sat down, "Yue Fei, General Yue, have you told me this?"
"Yeah." Ning Ji also sat down.
"General Yue's daughter, I told you about it, right?"
"Yeah...but it was a man just now."
"The son of General Yue told you..."
"What the hell..."
"Hey, don't fight, don't fight. Brother Sun, isn't it just what I said before?" Chen Hua laughed, "Didn't something big happen in Houguan County at the end of April? It was said that there was a group of thieves.
Zhong Ergui, who was a soldier, was framed. Of course, it is hard to say whether it was a frame-up, but the children of General Yue insisted that it was a frame-up. On the one hand, they went to Fuzhou Mansion to complain, making the governor Yin very upset. On the other hand,
The two siblings started arresting people in the city. No, the middle of the year has not passed yet. Many green forest tycoons who came from out of town have been captured by these two siblings. They are urging their lives, Yaksha evil spirits, this is..."
"Then tonight is..."
"Isn't it because someone is being targeted? Ah, there is no sister here this time, only the little bully Yue Yun. Brother Sun, let me tell you, it's not me, Chen Hua, who is inciting trouble. No matter how strong you are, that
Yue Yun is born with supernatural powers. His arms are thicker than your legs. He can even knock down a house with his hand... You see, I told you before that at the end of last year, the two siblings had a fight in Fuzhou. They were the invincible opponents in Fuzhou.
My elder sister is fierce and capable with a spear, and my younger brother is a puncher. Who wouldn’t get beaten up by him till he’s bruised and swollen, crying and howling... Well, life has been hard for everyone lately..."
"You have all returned home to the Ping An Alliance. What else can you have to worry about? I won't arrest you..."
"It's hard to say, Brother Sun, I, Chen Hua, don't have much ambition, but I can't say anything about the business at the top. It will inevitably be a matter of licking blood..."
Chen Hua picked a fight, but Ning Ji was very calm about the issue of martial arts and had no emotion at all about his bragging about Yue Yun. The two sides chatted for a few more words before Chen Hua left and Ning Ji returned to the booth.
I went up and told Qu Longjun the news I had learned.
Qu Longjun is now playing the role of Long Aotian, a knight-errant, and he uses stories about knight-errants all day long to trick people into buying daggers. After hearing these things, he was a little curious: "I don't know what the martial arts skills of Miss Yue Yinping are."
How high is it?"
Ning Ji thought for a moment: "If I really get into a fight with her, I think it would be a 50-50 split."
In the past, he had heard a few comments about General Yue and his son and daughter from their fathers. They were well-educated, and their skills were among the best among their peers. If he carefully measured it, he was probably on the same level as Junior First Sister, Hei Niu and others. He used to be
Due to his age, he couldn't beat them, but after traveling for more than a year and going through various hardships in Jiang Ning, his physical strength has also increased. If he really wants to fight now, he may not be much worse.
The two chatted casually for a while, but they didn't feel that what happened next would have anything to do with them. But not long after, a huge surprise came unexpectedly.
It was half past midnight, and the commotion at the other end of the night had temporarily stopped. Some policemen arrested people and were returning from the direction of Jinyin Bridge. When various news came, some people said that there was a big arrest in the distance, and maybe there was a big arrest in the distance.
There was a fish that slipped through the net and escaped outside, so Ning Ji stopped eating and drinking around, and guarded behind the stall with Qu Longjun.
At three o'clock in the morning, a sneaky figure walked through the pedestrians and walked towards the inside of Yinqiao Square - I don't know why, but when you look closely, the other person's pace is very ordinary, but Ning Ji subconsciously felt that the other person was sneaky. He
I glanced at this person a few more times.
This man's eyes were also scanning the surroundings. He was about to walk past the grocery cart. For some reason, he suddenly stopped and his sneaky aura disappeared for a while.
The man looked at the flagpole on the roof of the car, stood still, looked at it again, then took a few steps back, and then subconsciously put his hands on his hips with doubtful eyes.
Ning Ji stretched his neck from behind the car and looked at this person. The two of them looked at each other for a moment. They were both hesitant, surprised and disbelieving. The other person put down his hands on his hips, began to narrow his eyes, and came over.
Ning Ji shrunk a little, revealing half of his head. The next moment, half of his head disappeared. He shrank completely behind the carriage, but the figure squeezed in along the gap between the carriage and the rice cake stall.
coming.
"...Bamboo, bamboo marks the semicolon?"
The man stuck his head in and looked at Ning Ji who was huddled behind the car. The corners of Ning Ji's mouth twitched slightly and he looked at the man's face with resentment. At this time, Qu Longjun's figure suddenly stood next to Ning Ji.
Before: "This guest, please go out."
The guest said: "Go away."
Ning Ji also pulled Qu Longjun's hand: "It's okay."
"...Impossible. Don't scare me..." After Qu Longjun stepped aside, the figure crawled in through the gap like a gecko. When he arrived in front of Ning Ji, he even blamed Tingbo for being a traitor.
Is it a stupid pasture?
Ning Ji punched him.
With a bang, the man's head shook, and blood flowed from his nostrils. He covered his nose, looked at Ning Ji and squatted down: "Ah, it's not a dream, you... you, why are you here..."
"What the hell do I want to ask you?" Ning Ji suppressed his voice, "Zuo Xingzhou, you thief, what are you doing here!"
"I, I..." The dog thief named Zuo Xingzhou nodded and hesitated for a moment, "I can't say, but what are you doing here? No... why did you appear here?
its not right……"
"My name is Sun Wukong!"
"……ah?"
"My name is Sun Wukong now!" Ning Ji spoke to himself in a suppressed voice, "I am traveling around the world. I have never thought of meeting you. I have nothing to do with Southwest."
"Ah - you put up such a big bamboo semi-mark and you said you have nothing to do with Southwest! If it weren't for this flag, who would be able to see you..."
"Ah!" Ning Ji held his head, "I knew it, I should have replaced this broken flag long ago -"
The two of them squatted together. For a moment, their minds were in a blur. After being so confused and tangled for a while, Zuo Xingzhou seemed to have remembered something. Then he turned around, climbed the edge of the stall to peek outside, and at the same time lowered his head.
Voice: "That's right! My...my name is not Zuo Xingzhou, my name is Zhou Xing, Xing Tian's Xing."
"What the hell? You just turned your name upside down and called it a pseudonym?" Ning Ji also subconsciously looked outside, "...that's not right, why are you here under a pseudonym? Besides, you are such a naughty dog.
What’s going on with that haunted look?”
"You're the one who's a sneaky dog, who's a sneaky dog?" Zuo Xingzhou glanced at Ning Ji, who was hanging next to him, and then looked at himself who was also squatting and peeping, his face was tangled for a while, and then he shook his head vigorously.
, sighed, "Oh! Forget it, I can't explain it to you right now... I am a bad person now, please don't ruin my good deeds."
"A bad person like you can do a damn good thing! But I just want to say, don't tell others about me. No one can tell you, do you understand?"
Zuo Xingzhou squatted there and thought for a while, then finally turned his head and looked at Ning Ji carefully. He had calmed down, and there was a complicated look in his eyes: "Who are you talking to? What to say... Yes,
Seriously, why did you come here? You don’t know how dangerous it is here?"
"What's dangerous here? Where's the danger?"
"It's not dangerous here, but you are."
"Get out!"
"……no."
"Don't you have something bad to do? If you don't get out, I'll crush you to death!"
"No." The other party said seriously, "I have something to do, but I won't do it. I can't leave until you figure it out. Does your carriage have a box? Can I get in? You let me get in..."
"I...wipe...you bastard..."
Ning Ji gritted his teeth and wanted to pounce on him and bite him to death, but there was no way.
In the past years, Zuo Duanyou sent some of his children to Xiaocanghe one after another, and later sent some to the southwest. Zuo Xingzhou was the youngest among a group of "foreign students", but he had a wild temperament and was the youngest of Zuo Xingzhou.
A rare fighting sect in the family. Although he is a few years older than Ning Ji, he is a gang of naughty kids who blow up cesspools for no reason, organize factional marches and formations, and finally fight in groups. Both sides have had a lot of interactions, and are sometimes comrades-in-arms.
Sometimes it's the enemy.
Knowing the basics, he can't threaten the opponent.
The two of them squatted there furtively and remained in a stalemate for a while, before Ning Ji had to calm down.
"Forget it, if you don't want to leave, then you can leave... Then tell me, what are you planning to do?"
"...The original plan was to have a fight with Yue Yun. Now it seems that we will have to wait for another day."
"Where are you and Yue Yun...?"
"It's right over here...it's probably coming soon."
"This way..."
Both parties knew each other well. When the other party said this, Ning Ji nodded and understood:
"I understand, you bitch, you are working as an undercover agent..."
Thanks to the "always quiet 93" classmate for the reward. This is an old reader. I have seen it many times. I suddenly rewarded a leader, which made me panic. I can't say there is a "Forget it, forget it, I can't survive you."
I’ll give this alliance leader to you” feeling... Well, I must be overthinking...