It was late in the afternoon. When I walked through the market by the Qinhuai River, I saw pedestrians near and far. After the snow melted in spring, business travelers began to pass through Jiangning City. From time to time, I could see travelers leading their horses.
Walking through the market, there were also caravans and caravans in uniform nearby, guarding the carriages and horses. Some of them started locally, and some came from cities not far away. Passing through Jiangning, they could relax a little and hold knives.
The escorts with guns looked around in the market, talked loudly, and discussed the prosperity of the city with their companions.
Once you leave the city and truly embark on a journey, such a prosperous scene is rare to see.
Flags or signs are hung at the entrances of shops on both sides of the road. Shops near the river often have stone steps for boarding boats or washing clothes. The snow has not yet melted, and the surrounding willows have not yet sprouted, but some birds have already
It flew over and sang gracefully. On the blue waves of the river, there was a painted boat approaching, and there were bursts of music and singing.
"Master, you see, the scholar on the boat seems to be named Yuan Li. He also visited Grandpa Prince Consort a few days ago."
In this early spring weather, I can't afford to feel too nervous. Ning Yi was carrying a long baggage at this time and was walking on the street with the little princess Zhou Pei. There was also a tall and low-key figure behind him.
A middle-aged man, this man is a palace guard, his surname is Song Qian. Zhou Pei and Zhou Junwu are in class at Yushan Academy, and there are always two guards waiting nearby. At this time, since Zhou Pei and Ning Yi want to find Kang Xian,
When he walked out of the small courtyard carrying several muskets, he naturally called for one of them to follow him.
This man has served as a guard in the palace for a long time. Unless something big happens, he will be invisible and will not make much sense of his presence.
The academy and the Prince Consort's Mansion were quite far apart, but nothing happened anyway. Ning Yi preferred to take a walk in the city. Xiao Zhou Pei had something on his mind, but naturally he couldn't express it openly. After walking with Ning Yi for a while, he listened to the master's instructions.
After talking about something profound and interesting, I temporarily let go of my mood. At this time, I was walking on the road by the river and saw a young man in green shirt standing on the bow of a painting boat not far away. Recalling what I knew, I also told Ning
Yi spoke.
Ning Yi turned his head and looked over there. The boat was quite lively. It was obviously another party. The young man in green shirt was standing on the bow of the boat, with a folding fan in his hand and a turban fluttering on his head. He was quite elegant.
A girl in white clothes also came out of the boat and stood beside him to talk to him. She was probably the girl who accompanied him in the boat. She had a good figure, but her appearance couldn't be seen clearly from a distance.
Then she turned to look at Zhou Pei, and saw that she was holding up her long skirt gently with one hand to prevent herself from getting the hem of the skirt dirty when she moved forward. She stretched her neck and looked at the boat with interest.
She looks like a gossipy star-chasing little girl, but she is quite cute.
"...It seems to be Mingyufang's ship. I don't know if it's Yin Xue or Huaping. Teacher, what do you think they are talking about?"
Ming Yufang is also well-known in Jiangning, and the two girls Yin Xue and Huaping are its signatures. This kind of thing is not a bad thing nowadays, as long as there are talented people and beautiful women, it is a good story. Zhou Pei has heard it since he was a child.
Having grown up with such stories, Ning Yi was very interested at this time. Ning Yi also squinted his eyes and took a look. The beautiful boat was sailing in the atmosphere of early spring, which was indeed a pleasing sight.
"I think I've heard of the name Yuan Li. Isn't it very powerful?"
Zhou Pei wanted to nod and say that he was awesome, but then he pursed his lips and looked at the master with blinking eyes. That man was quite famous. Being able to visit Kang Xian with others and being able to talk more or less was proof. But now,
Jiang Ning, if put together with the five words "Ning Yi Ning Li Heng", is somewhat powerless. Look at this master carrying a long package behind his back, smiling and asking questions without seeming to be hypocritical, Zhou Pei
I felt helpless for a while, and my interest in the talented and beautiful woman over there was somewhat reduced, so I just mumbled a bit.
"It's okay. I was debating with people at the Prince Consort's house a few days ago. When I talked about things in the north, I was quite impassioned. Didn't the teacher also sign the remonstrance a few days ago? He was also the most enthusiastic among them.
As for one person, I heard that he has been discussing this with others these days, and it must be the same today... It is a pity that the Jin Kingdom and the Liao Kingdom have made peace. I don't know how many years it will take for the war to start again. Otherwise, I heard that he would follow Ban Chao's ambition and join the army...
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"It won't take a few years..."
Ning Yi smiled, but also nodded. He, Zhou Pei, and Song Qian kept walking forward, and the boat also moved forward slowly. There were songs and dances, and there were vaguely scholars reciting poems, mixing the leisurely atmosphere of the Qinhuai River.
In the hustle and bustle of the market, Zhou Pei followed beside him in small steps: "Master also said it won't take a few years? A few days ago, I followed the consort to Grandpa Qin's place. They also guessed the same..."
The little girl frowned, then thought of something, and said mysteriously: "Master, do you know about Grandpa Qin?"
"What's up?"
"Uh... it's about the Blackwater Alliance. In the past, I only knew that Grandpa Qin was very knowledgeable and that Grandpa Prince Consort had a good relationship with him. I didn't know what he had done. I just heard someone say it recently.
Get up." Zhou Pei thought for a while, "What about the Blackwater Alliance, the defeat of the war... Grandpa Qin's family used to live here, and no one came to visit him, and no one mentioned it much. The people who visited recently
There are more people, and more people are talking about it. But I heard some people mention it in private, and some scolded him, saying that he had done a lot of things to gain fame, and some even more disgusting things, saying that he... said that Grandpa Qin was a traitor...
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The little girl frowned: "I asked Grandpa Prince Consort recently, but Grandpa Prince Consort didn't say anything. He only said that everything has to be sealed before the coffin can be finalized. It's not time to talk about it yet. I probably know what happened and what happened to Jin Guoliao
The country may have something to do with it, but every time Grandpa Prince Consort visits Grandpa Qin, Grandpa Qin refuses to talk about these things. He just gossips all over the place, as if he doesn't care about these things at all..."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "I'm not very clear about what happened a few years ago..." Ning Yi thought for a while, then shook his head. In recent times, there has been a lot of excitement in the market.
He had probably heard some of the rumors, but they were too mysterious to be believed. He only knew that Mr. Qin might have been involved in the Blackwater Alliance seven years ago, and signed a messy and humiliating contract.
, Nowadays, some people bring up this matter, saying that the conflict between Jin and Liao was foreshadowed at that time, and they dug up the name "Qin Siyuan", but naturally there are still many people who do not believe in this kind of thing.
In the past, Mr. Qin and Kang Xian loved to talk about the situation in the world. However, it is a fact that they have rarely talked about matters in the north recently. Especially when the Jin Kingdom and the Liao Kingdom suddenly negotiated peace recently, Yelu Yanxi conferred the title of Wanyan Aguda.
For the Great Sage Emperor, after the news came, it seemed to pour a lot of cold water on the Wu Dynasty people who were looking forward to the war between Jin and Liao. Theoretically speaking, if Emperor Yelu Yanxi of Liao retreated, whether it was true or false, he would always maintain peace for a few years.
Days later, it seemed that the upcoming war would be postponed again. At this moment, when Ning Yi occasionally visited Mr. Qin, he discovered that the old man had stopped talking about this matter and seemed to have ignored it. However, Kang Xian came over.
The number of times Mr. Qin went there was vaguely more.
Ning Yi could feel some of the atmosphere, and naturally there were speculations. But he was not a real participant. Even Kang Xian, who really knew the inside story, held his breath and refused to speak about it. Of course, in such a serious matter, he
It’s not easy to say anything to Zhou Pei with a sworn attitude. I just feel that people who do great things are people who do great things after all. Whether they are traitors to the country or harming the country, they are discussing with the people on the painted boats and among the piles of powder that they want to join the army.
It still feels different.
At that moment, I talked to Zhou Pei about the Jin Kingdom and Liao Kingdom. Wanyan Aguda single-handedly revitalized the Jurchen clan in the white mountains and black waters, and created the myth that "the Jurchens are invincible if they are not worth ten thousand people."
With a record of 20,000 defeats and 700,000 defeats, he is indeed an extremely abnormal hero. Not many people in the Wu Dynasty really know this information, but in the past year, under Ning Yi's casual narration, including Zhou Pei
A group of students admired and feared this man, but fortunately there were few Jurchens, and Wanyan Aguda was not young anymore. The possibility that he would destroy the Liao Dynasty and then threaten the Wu Dynasty in his lifetime was still slim.
Zhou Pei likes to talk about these things. She occasionally speculates and asks: "Really? Really?" She talked about these things for a while, and the previous depression in her heart was temporarily relieved. At noon, she only ate a small one because she was bored.
After walking a long way for a small vegetable roll, I was hungry. At this time, I happened to be approaching the newly opened Jin'er store in Zhuji. The little girl made some insinuations and asked to stop for a rest.
, eat something, and take a look at the new Zhuji store by the way - Ning Yi took their siblings to the main store of Zhuji to eat several times in the past.
The two of them then headed over there, and when they approached the door of the store, they met two people coming from the other side. One of the two people was about fifty years old, tall and thin, and although he was dressed as a scribe, his body was
There is also an aura of wealth and nobility that has been cultivated through years of bossing around, with a serious look and arrogant eyes. This man Ning Yi has met before. He is a famous scholar in Jiangning. His name is Zhang Rui, whose courtesy name is Hongyuan. He is also a tutor in Prince Kang's Mansion.
One of them is said to be highly regarded.
The other person was in his thirties, slightly fat, with a serious look when he squinted his eyes. He was also dressed as a scholar and held a fan. Ning Yi did not recognize this person. Zhang Rui recognized Ning Yi, and the two of them
After saying a few words, he came over, but first it was Zhou Pei who went over and saluted: "Master Zhang, hello Master Li."
The two people hurriedly returned the gift: "The princess is here too, so I don't dare to act like that. I don't dare to act like that."
Then they greeted Ning Yi and introduced each other. In fact, both of them were tutors in Prince Kang's Mansion and were quite talented in Jiangning City. The fat man named Li was named Li Tong. He squinted his eyes and looked at Ning Yi: "It turns out that your Excellency is
This is Ning Yi and Ning Liheng. I have admired his name for a long time, but I have never had the opportunity to meet him. Today we met by chance."
Zhang Rui looked at Ning Yi and Zhou Pei with some displeasure: "Li Heng is wandering around in such a market with the daughter of a princess. This seems a bit... inappropriate, right?"
If it were a normal encounter, they might have parted after a while of greetings, but after just a few words, Zhang and Li began to talk to each other about things like "asking for advice" and "sitting down to talk".
, and speaking of Ning Yi's teaching methods, and taking the little princess walking around in such markets, it is really inappropriate.
The reasons for these things have their own origins. At the end of last year, Xiaopei and Junwu became Ning Yi's disciples. They originally planned to make a big splash, and King Kang personally visited the Su family to build up the momentum. However, Ning Yi refused, and the apprenticeship ceremony was carried out by Kang.
With the guidance of a virtuous person, everything was simplified. But as teachers from Prince Kang's Mansion, these people knew that the young prince and the young princess had an extra master.
There are many ministers in the palace, and a group of teachers are quite talented and have good status, but they mainly teach the children of various servants in the palace. Even some people have the status of masters and apprentices with the little prince and the little princess, but with that
There are different kinds of masters that people look for specifically and deliberately.
When Ning Yi was in his early twenties, he was known as the most talented person in Jiangning. It was impossible not to be jealous. When the ladies found out, they also prepared a big battle and went to a brothel to hold a poetry party.
The invitation was given to Ning Yi. I thought it would be enough for people like me. Everyone was in the palace, so Ning Yi couldn't refuse this honor.
Who would have known that Ning Yi could even get the title of "Guest Guest of the Prince's Mansion" from Kang Xian? He didn't need to go to the Prince's Mansion to work, and we couldn't be considered colleagues. Moreover, Ning Yi and Su Tan'er had a good relationship at the time, and they didn't have sex until two years after they got married.
His love for adultery was strong, and Su Tan'er needed him to accompany him everywhere. He threw the invitation aside as usual and replied with a mass-produced decline letter. It was a long and eloquent letter, which meant only seven words: Something happened.
I'm not going, sorry.
These people spent nearly half a month reviewing books and preparing some questions, but their expectations were disappointed and they were very angry. Today, Zhang and Li met Ning Yi on the street. The man named Li was originally interested in "
I was still a little worried about the title of "Jiangning's No. 1 Talented Man", but seeing that Ning Yi looked like he was still young, he might have some talent and could be called "wonderful", but he definitely could not be called "expert" or "skilled".
Zhang Rui decided to take advantage of today to compete with this person in knowledge, so he naturally said the word "asking for advice".
Maybe you can say you don’t dare to ask for advice, but you can’t refuse if you just want to sit and talk together. Then, a few people walked towards the newly opened Jin’er store not far away, then went up to the second floor and found a private room to sit in.
Come down.
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I thought I would be able to code it last night, but it turned out to be in the morning...