The morning of the third day of June came very late.
When it was still dark, there was a gust of wind. When the rooster crowed, the sky was only slightly gray. People who got up early lit lights and saw light rain falling on the street.
After handing Ni Po to Zuo Wenxuan, Ning Ji, who returned to the small courtyard in the early morning, was meditating on the bed. He had already achieved some success in Xuan Gong, and his rest was not restricted to sleep. When raindrops fell in the courtyard, the boy's eyelids swayed slightly.
, but then he regained his composure, and his breathing and the wind and rain gradually became one.
At the southern end of the city, due to the manhunt by officers and soldiers, Chen Shuangran and his group came out of their temporary hiding place and moved to another place. A green forest expert wearing a raincoat stood on the eaves, watching the gray rain curtain spread.
Deng Nian, the water bandit who was responsible for watching the movement of the Fish King last night, stayed one night at a dilapidated inn where Green Forest people gathered. He came to meet up in the early morning, but it was already late. It was only in the afternoon of this day that he contacted Chen Shuangran and his party again.
Tie Tianying, who had arranged Ni Po's arrangements, hurried back along the early morning market. When the storm came, he looked outside.
"It's not a typhoon..."
Under the eaves, candles flickered. Behind the academy, Li Pin knocked his knees and sat under the eaves, watching the raindrops falling in the yard. Beyond the wall, the city further away began to have people.
He was one of the first people in the city to know that it was going to rain. Because his rheumatism started to hurt him again last night, he had not slept all night. Qingyi Zhenren, who was responsible for protecting him - and actually taking care of him -
Luo Shouwei gave him acupuncture and massage, and talked for a long time.
The two of them are no longer young. Although they are not called husband and wife, they have been close to each other, and many of their interactions are like adults. After a dull and long night, it started to rain lightly, and Li Pin went to the eaves to watch.
Rain, although he has severe rheumatism, he always likes to watch the rain. He claims that it is because the benevolent people enjoy mountains and the wise people enjoy water.
The emperor showed his goodwill to various forces at the banquet on the first day of the new year, and the Princess Mansion immediately adopted divisive measures. While Chen Shuangran and others launched a counterattack, Li Pin also sent daily notes to Confucian scholars from all walks of life to build publicity.
It started to rain, and the whole day's itinerary was already fully booked.
Watching the drizzle in the morning, when Luo Shouwei went to the kitchen to supervise the breakfast situation and came back, Li Pin fell asleep quietly under the eaves in the drizzle.
In the Armed Forces School, under the leadership of Zuo Wenhuai, a group of officers responsible for ideological, political and military law went out to practice in the rain.
In the palace, the emperor Junwu had also gotten up early, waiting for the morning dynasty to begin.
At this time, the Forbidden Army gathered in the rain on the campus on the south side of the imperial city. At the same time, the students from the Military Academy and some officials who had just participated in the morning court began to gather here.
It rained all morning, and the fighting between the city patrol officers and the Green Foresters in the city seemed to have briefly reached a low point, but the chilling atmosphere had become more intense with the movement of the Forbidden Army and the Arms Academy.
After noon, wearing a shabby raincoat, the water bandit Deng Nian walked through the streets where everyone was talking about it, and finally found a new contact. He was then led to the courtyard where Chen Shuangran and others lived. The courtyard was even close to the emperor's house.
The city is not far away, and you can vaguely feel the tense atmosphere in the imperial city.
After passing through the outer courtyard and turning into the inner courtyard with a huge locust tree, he met the steward Chen Yan.
"...Why are you here?"
"What did the lady mean?" Chen Yan said in a low voice, "I originally chose to stay at the east end of the city in the morning, but I heard that the imperial army was moving, and the lady wanted to come over to see what happened. Everyone is still discussing things above, so you have to wait for a while -
I've been waiting for you all morning."
"Miss is decisive in killing."
The rain was still falling, and along the eaves of the walkway, the leaves of the trees fell to the ground. In response to the actions of the imperial army, what was being discussed upstairs in the courtyard at the moment must be a really big matter. Deng Nian and Chen Yan were waiting downstairs, thinking of what they had heard in the morning.
When the rumors arrived, Deng Nian said: "They say the Forbidden Army may close the city."
"I don't think so." Chen Yan shook his head, "The emperor got married, formed alliances, demanded good looks from the outside world, and got angry and closed the city to kill. This time he failed in the drama of getting a concubine, and the world will think he is embarrassed."
"On the way here, I heard that several people with cases under their control were running out of the city."
"The more chaotic the better." Chen Yan said with a smile on his face, "By the way, I heard about what happened last night. What happened to the Fish King after the lady left?"
"this……"
"In the early hours of this morning, he was looking for people everywhere to spread the news and wanted to see us. It seemed that he was in trouble. When I reported it to the lady, the lady was also curious about the progress after she left last night. Is it because of the government's ruthlessness?
Hands on..."
"...I provoked that evil star..."
Thinking of what happened last night, Deng Nian sighed and spoke in a low voice. However, before he finished speaking, there was already a push on the door upstairs. Some people came down from above, thinking that they had discussed countermeasures against the actions of the Imperial Army. Chen Yan went up
Lou reported, and after a while, he also called Deng Nian over.
The room upstairs was not big, and one side of the window faced the side of the imperial city. Chen Shuangran stood in front of the rain curtain. After the discussion was over, there were three other people in the room besides the "gentleman" who acted with them yesterday.
A companion, Deng Nian was able to become Chen Shuangran’s coachman and an old man in the circle. When he saw him coming up, the “sir” sitting next to him nodded to him: “I changed places twice, I was almost afraid that you wouldn’t be able to find him back.
.”
Deng Nian bowed his hands.
After waiting for a while, Chen Shuangran turned back from the window: "Uncle Nian... sit down wherever you want... did you have any accidents on the way back?"
"Miss Lao is worried about me, but I'm fine. But the city is in chaos, and some old friends are running out for fear that the court will go crazy and overturn the table."
"It can't be lifted." Chen Shuangran smiled, "The imperial court sent out the imperial army to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger. It was just to let the guilty-minded Green Forest people stir up chaos first, and then seize the opportunity... On the contrary, we, with the guidance of Mr. Jin, were already prepared, and the emperor was going to send troops again.
, and wanting to not disturb people’s livelihood, is just… naive.”
As Chen Shuangran spoke, he cupped his hands towards the middle-aged "Mr."
After a brief pause, he said: "In this way, what happened last night is insignificant...Uncle Nian, what happened over there after we left?"
"Yes." Deng Nian handed over his hand, looked around at a few people, and then talked about the development of the situation in Yinqiaofang last night, and how the young man came back after they left and went straight to the Fish King's shop to kill him. Mr. Jin, hey
After smiling, Chen Shuangran frowned slightly and looked seriously.
"...Did you really take action?"
"Yes, the Fish King and several of his disciples must have been beaten severely. But what I heard most clearly outside was that the Fish King kept shouting: 'No beating, no beating'. Or maybe because of this, in the future
There was a murder case."
"It seems that this fish king is really a veteran of the world." The middle-aged man known as Mr. Jin smiled, "Ni Po's skills can kill him in one encounter, but with only two or three moves, this young man can turn around and find him.
If he really kills his shop, it will probably be a case of annihilation. Moreover, the young man is very skilled in martial arts. If he is really full of blood at this age, he will not have any scruples about attacking."
Young people are cruel, have no moral restraints, and don't follow the rules of the world. Old Jianghu people know all these things.
"No wonder the Fish King has been spreading news to me since last night." Chen Shuangran nodded, "Old guy...if it was just the government's coercion, he wouldn't be so panicked."
"It must have been that Ni Po suddenly knocked on the door. The young man became vigilant and wanted to follow the clues to find him." Mr. Jin said, "It is a good habit to travel in rivers and lakes. The biggest question now is who these two people are.
"
When he said this, Chen Yan stood up beside him.
"I received instructions from the girl two days ago, so I went around looking for people and made inquiries. To be honest, during the Jiangning Conference, people from all walks of life gathered, and the information was complicated. We were not there at the time. Now if we look back, many of the opinions we got are...
It's fake." He paused: "What can be confirmed now is that these two 4-foot-5-foot-long obscene demons were famous on Jiangning's bounty list at that time, but there are different opinions, and some even drew pictures.
, but they are not similar. A more consistent view is that the original Si Chi was a bald little monk. Now he probably has grown his hair, and he is the young man the girl and Mr. Jin saw last night. Wu Chi is quite handsome and has no personality.
the difference."
"Humph." Chen Shuangran sneered, his eyes flashing.
"Back in Jiangning, everyone's attention was always on the five kings and the direction of the conference. The most famous rumors about these two evil demons were their feud with Shi Baofeng. There are many theories about this.
, but generally speaking, the five-foot obscene demon robbed the wife of Shi Weiyang, the son of Shi Baofeng. Shi Weiyang refused to give up, and was subsequently chased and killed by the five-foot obscene demon in the street. After killing more than a dozen green forest masters, Shi Weiyang also
Shi Weiyang cut off an arm before he gave up..."
"...The identities of these masters even include 'Dragon Sword' Xiang Dasong, 'White Mountain Palm' Qian Zhuoying, 'Bull Demon' Xu Batian, 'Shocking Hand' Fan Hen, 'White Shura' He Qinzhao, 'Fifteen Strings'
'Yu Ci..."
Among the few people, Chen Yan, Deng Nian and others were all Fujian water bandits and were severely isolated from the outside world. Chen Yan took the paper and read out the names of each person on it, with a normal expression. "Mr. Jin" and the room
The other person inside kept frowning as he heard this.
After a while, the man said: "Nonsense, 'Bull Demon' Xu Batian, 'Dragon Sword' Xiang Dasong, these people are all heroes who have been famous for a long time. I can't say that I will win if they fight alone,' Fifteen Strings
'Yu Ci is even more highly virtuous and respected, and his art is astonishing... In recent years, the world has been in turmoil. Maybe something happened to them, but they were chased by a young man in the street, killing more than ten at a time? I'm afraid even Lin Zongwu Lin's leader couldn't do it.
To... nonsense! nonsense!"
This person also invited help from the outside world, and his strength and vision are trustworthy. After listening to this person's explanation, Chen Shuangran roughly understood the value of the list on the paper in Chen Yan's hand.
Recalling what she saw last night, the "Four-foot Demon" searched for Ni Po after killing him in the dark, which frightened her and almost made her lose her temper. As for the "Five-foot Demon", it was the "Four-foot Demon" who was at the grocery stall.
A young man who has never taken action before and has never paid attention to Ni Po from the beginning to the end. This man is young and of course his art cannot be compared to the leader Lin Zongwu Lin, who is the best in the world. But if he takes action with all his strength, what will he be?
What's the situation like?
As a woman, she chased and killed the son of King Ping Ping Shi Baofeng on the long street, killed more than ten masters in a row, and even chopped off an arm of Shi Weiyang?
He was daydreaming in his mind, but said in his mouth: "I also saw this five-foot obscene demon yesterday. He is only seventeen or eighteen years old. Back last year, he was even younger. Even though his family is well-educated, he couldn't do such a thing even if he thought about it.
.Uncle Yan, is this fake news?"
Chen Yan nodded: "Yes, when I first heard such rumors, I was quite skeptical. Later, after checking with many parties, I'm afraid the story was just a story. Shi Baofeng used the incident of his son's broken hand to turn to Fairy.
The king got mad and even said that it was King Ping Ping who colluded with Southwest to deal with him and his son. In other words, if these claims are true, those who pursue his son may become a black flag for Southwest."
Someone on the side nodded: "If Black Flag takes action, it wouldn't be surprising to kill more than ten people."
"But I still have doubts at this time." Chen Yan smiled, "Actually, when the lady gave the order, I thought of one thing. Among us, the one who was closest to King Pingping in Jiangning happened to be one person, 伱
Guess who it is?"
Mr. Jin nodded: "...Ni Po?"
"Exactly." Chen Yan handed over his hand, "Ni Po is a martial arts fanatic, but when he was in Jiangning, he went to fight and took the line of King of Pingping. But at the beginning, he felt that the Fair Party's arena was a big one.
project, but then the King of Fairness raised the table and didn’t want to have a serious discussion at all, so all parties in the city lost much interest in the arena. Ni Po had also heard of the names of ‘Dragon Blade’ Xiang Dasong and others, and I asked him the night before
At first, he said that these people were interested in art and did not want to improve, but they only went to Shi Baofeng and Shi Weiyang to be "fools". He did not like them. Of course, at that time, people with names like "Long Dao"
His head is much bigger than his, so I think I might look down on him a little bit."
Someone in the room laughed: "Ni Po does have this kind of character. In fact, if nothing happens, he will achieve success in the future."
"Yes...so I also asked him in detail about the two obscene demons and the assassination of Wei Yang at that time. Ni Po said that there seemed to be various theories at the time, but he did not believe those big shots. In addition,
The situation in the city was chaotic. The young master of the Shi family led a large group of people to cause trouble everywhere, making noises. He felt that sooner or later there would be a problem. Later, King Pingping took advantage of Shi Weiyang's incident to get angry with King Pingding. The key point was to get angry and talk about equality.
Wang wanted to find an opportunity for King Ping Ping to express his position, saying that King Ping Ping had nothing to do with the Southwest or the reading club... This was a hard-working and smooth thing. As expected, King Ping Ping only had to express this attitude, and the rest of the people
People can start to negotiate cooperation with the King of Fairness. Who knows, just this time of intimidation, the result will be very bad..."
When Chen Yan said this, he smiled slightly: "No one expected that King Ping Ping was not willing to sever ties with the reading club at all, and even forced the other four people to accept the idea of a reading club. Everyone suddenly discovered that this Ping Ping King He Wen
It turned out that the Jiangning Conference was not for the purpose of forming an alliance... It was also after this incident that the happy event turned into a bad thing. The minds of all parties were wandering. After the originally festive martial arts competition, everyone had no time to take care of it, and they all went to prepare for the subsequent division and division.
Let’s fight and make plans.”
Mr. Jin also laughed and reached out to pat his knee: "It is also because of this that Wu Chi Ni Po no longer pays attention, so he must have a deep impression on this matter."
"Yes, so when he talked about this matter and said rumors, they were all false. The big shot just wanted to go crazy. As for people like Shi Weiyang, he led a group of masters to stir up trouble by shouting and shouting. He was not beaten by anyone, and he was beaten by the obscene devil.
Does it matter if there is a festival, someone from the southwest has been offended, or some other kings have set up a trap? King Ping Ping always takes the opportunity to attack... As for the two obscene demons, if they really make a big name, he will naturally know it.
, since he wasn’t impressed, it’s obvious that the opponent’s skills are not at least as good as Lin Zongwu’s…”
"He finally took it lightly... Even though the two obscene demons are not Lin Zongwu-level figures, their martial arts skills are far higher than his..."
When everyone said this, the room was slightly quiet for a moment. From the trace of the obscene demon, the most important events in Jiangning last year were connected in series. Everyone's emotions were ups and downs, and they had their own reveries.
After a while, Mr. Jin said: "Ni Po is a martial arts fanatic and doesn't know much about worldly affairs, but he can take it lightly, which shows that at least the impression these two people gave him is not a righteous person with a big background. But the current situation in Fuzhou
, we can’t take too big risks, and in more cases, we can take a look before making plans, but Pudongzi is also wooing these two now, but they are just afraid that they will get there first.”
Chen Shuangran sat in front of the window, thinking for a while with a smile on his lips: "Looking at the temperament of these two people, how can someone named Pu be recruited... I have to think about it carefully and not be in a hurry... Uncle Yan, you have more time."
Check.”
"yes."
"As for the Fish King..." She paused, "Tell him someone, and I will consider...seeing him as soon as possible."
"yes."
Raindrops fell outside the window, covering the busy city in gray and wet tones. Chen Shuangran sat at the table, one hand on his mouth, his eyes flickering, outlining the curve of the whole thing in his mind. A moment passed.
, just stood up.
"It's almost time. The arranged things are about to start. Mr. Jin, Uncle Yan, let's make preparations and go take a look... And Uncle Nian, please drive, let's go together."
Everyone nodded or cupped their hands and stood up to leave. After Deng Nian accepted the promise, he looked at Chen Yan with doubtful eyes. Chen Yan then leaned into his ear and said a few words to him.
At this time, the imperial court had completed the arrangements and mobilization of the imperial army. They came out of the school grounds and walked along the main road of the city to the surrounding city gates.
In the teahouse near the academy, Li Pin endured the pain in his body and was entertaining the scholar in the drizzle. He talked about the progress and arrangements of the events in the past few days, hoping that everyone could see the emperor's intentions and efforts, but the quarrel started not long after.
In the small courtyard in Huaiyunfang, Ning Ji and Qu Longjun finished their lunch. The two sat on the small terrace near the river in the back. Looking at the rain in the sky and the advancing situation in the city, Ning Ji talked about the Chinese army and
The holiday that Tie Tianying and others were having was a result of the deep hatred forged more than ten years ago.
At the other end of the city, due to a message he received, Yue Yun left the place where he lived. Wearing a raincoat, he walked through the rain like a young tiger. At this moment, he did not know that a strong malice had been directed at him.