It was still cloudy outside, and in the simple courtyard, people occasionally walked by, and some occasionally looked in from the outside, and then ran away.
In the main hall where guests were waiting, when Hongti took the tea tray from the hand of the thin black boy and placed the tea next to the main seat and the guest seat respectively, Hongti heard the two of them talking about a topic that she didn't quite understand.
"...Liheng is also a Confucian scholar. What kind of books did you read in the past?"
"... When I was studying there, I had studied most of the Analects, Zuo Zhuan, Zhongyong, etc... The Analects of Confucius was better..."
"...It's the right way. But I remember that in the past, my master didn't think much of the mean. Haha, he said that the book was useless and far away from the great way... I actually read more because of it..."
"...In fact, the roads are connected..."
Since Ning Yi's current identity is difficult to identify, and he came back quietly with Hong Ti, not many people were disturbed in the village. Except for the old man's previous greeting outside the courtyard gate, there was no other welcome scene. At this time,
In this small courtyard, everything happened, just like an ordinary woman from the mountains bringing her new uncle home. Some people were curious, but no one made any noise. In the living room, there were just simple and plain conversations, nothing major.
There were ups and downs. In the courtyard, the men were silent, while the women were doing their own things curiously, speculating in low voices about the development of the situation.
"Speaking of which, Li Heng's family is in Jiangning. I went there once before, but I don't know what Jiangning is like now..."
Liang Bingfu sat on the master's seat, talking to Ning Yi with a slightly serious expression, his eyes were strong and his spine was straight. On the chair on the side, Ning Yi also answered the questions respectfully. The red girl in the room remained silent, she
At this time, she looked like a newly married daughter-in-law and Ning Yi's sister. She first brought tea for the two of them, then rubbed Liang Bingfu's shoulders, and then sat down on the seat next to Ning Yi and smiled slightly.
He lowered his head and kept his eyes calm, but sometimes he felt bored and put his hands between his legs.
After talking about the situation in Jiangning, the old man asked about Hangzhou again. After he drank all the tea in the cup, Hongti went up to add more. The old man tapped his cane and smiled: "Hongti, if you feel bored, go out and do other things."
Let's get it done. I want to keep him here for dinner later, and you go ask someone to prepare it."
Hongti nodded and glanced at Ning Yi. Ning Yi waved his hand with a smile and said silently: "I will accompany Grandpa Liang."
Not long after, Hongti left the room and gently stroked his hair. Several men walking around in the courtyard pretending to be bored quickly went to one side. Most of the people who could be here at this time were the elderly and core members of Qingmuzhai.
There were also their family members preparing dinner in the kitchen, and Hongti also went over to help, washing vegetables and fruits under the eaves, and occasionally looking back at the room.
After a while, she waved to the thin black boy who was responsible for taking care of Liang Bingfu, and asked him about the old man's physical condition today. From the vague conversation that came to her ears, she certainly knew that the old man's physical condition was not like his.
He showed so much spirit.
In fact, although Ning Yi did not have high attainments in orthodox learning, he came into contact with Confucian masters like Qin Siyuan and Yao Zunian every day. Liang Bingfu was just a middle-aged man, and his knowledge at that time had not been studied for many years. He wanted to ask
It is definitely impossible to defeat Ning Yi. After chatting for a while, it was basically Ning Yi who said that he was listening. But after all, the old man has been supporting the village for so many years, and he will express some opinions occasionally when he thinks of something.
Although it was summer, the afternoon passed quickly, and soon it was getting dark. After dinner was ready, the tables and chairs were set up, and the old man's body was still sitting upright, chatting with Ning Yi. At this time, he had already said
Ning Yi told the old man one by one about the work he was responsible for at the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, the situation in the North, and the situation at the border. Starting from Zhang Jue's matter, Ning Yi told the old man one by one. These things cannot be dealt with casually. The old man listened carefully.
When he heard that Zhang Jue had died, he sighed heavily. When he heard the reactions from all parties, his right hand clenched the handle of the crutch, trembling slightly. After dinner, Hongti thought
To persuade him to rest, the old man just waved his hand: "You go out, Li Heng and I... will continue to chat."
Hongti walked out of the room and went outside the courtyard. It was still cloudy during the day, and the light of the stars and the moon were not visible at night. There were torches in the valley below, and there were two torches burning on the courtyard door in the back. She was there
She looked down at this faint light for a long time. The two men who were most important to her were chatting inside. For her, it was also an extremely complicated feeling.
After a long time like this, she went into the yard and lit up the lanterns under the eaves. She heard a creaking sound. In the room opposite with warm yellow lights, Ning Yi came out and stood there looking at her for a while, and then
He raised two fingers in front of him and shook them with a smile.
"Grandpa Liang..." Hongti walked over.
"Already asleep." Ning Yi said softly, "The old man is really energetic."
"He managed to hold himself up."
"I know, but it also means that he attaches great importance to this matter. This is his test for me..."
"Grandpa Liang didn't make things difficult for you either..."
"Yes, but I also attach great importance to this matter." After whispering, the two of them walked towards the door of the courtyard as if taking a walk. Ning Yi smiled, "These things the old man does, in fact,
Very respectable, he has shouldered a lot of responsibilities... just like you."
"I...I'm not as busy as Grandpa Liang."
"The division of labor is different."
The summer night wind blew from the mountainside. When he walked to the road overlooking the valley, Ning Yi squatted down, and Hong Ti also squatted down with him. In the valley, every household had already had dinner.
There was not much entertainment. People were crowded on the road between the buildings chatting. The sound of children playing and chasing could be heard in the darkness. In the distance, Luliang Waiji was more lively and seemed a bit chaotic. The red finger pointed
Let me introduce to Ning Yi below where to live, where to store supplies, where to build a new house, where something went wrong, etc.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After a while, we introduced several courtyard groups below the mountainside, which is where the "guests" who came to Luliang this time gathered.
He Yuan, who came from a family background, the envoys sent by Dong Pang'er, the generals from Wu Sheng's army, the high-stakes hero known as the invincible opponent in the Central Plains, the mountain eldest brother in the nearby Luliang Mountains...most of them had their own goals or responsibilities.
In the past few days, they had all tried their best to contact Liang Bingfu. However, since Hongti did not come back, Liang Bingfu kept suppressing the matter and putting it off.
"Now that I've come over and you're back, don't let the old man be so tired. Let's settle these things in the next few days." Ning Yi whispered, "You basically know their identities.
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Hongti nodded: "I know."
"Well, Zhu Biao will come to me later, and I will explain it to him. Tomorrow and the next two days, I will probably know what to do. But before that, you can take me to see the progress of 'that thing'
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"Okay." Hongti stood up, raised his hand, and pointed to a place behind the side of the mountain. A faint, dark red light seemed to be emitting in the darkness over there.
Soon after, the two of them walked along the mountain road and walked over there. That was the blast furnace workshop hidden in the mountain. For Ning Yi, it was not a matter of being a member, an envoy, or the Zhaoan edict that shocked the north of the Wu Dynasty.
, are not the purpose of his coming here. Outside the Luliang Mountains, the Jin people are gradually reaching their peak, and the Mongols are sweeping in and expanding. The inconspicuous people on the Luliang Mountains are short and long, and sometimes they feel a little boring when they think about it.
But of course, there are also very weighty things here, like the crazy woman in the mountain village, like the old man who finally fell into a deep sleep due to fatigue, like the leader of a village with patches sewn on his clothes.
Women sometimes remind him again of the simple words she said when he first met Hong Ti: "You don't live like a human being..." Relatively speaking, a group of clowns are really boring and helpless.
However, even with such emotions, these trivial problems must be solved after all before doing the things to ask him. That night, Ning Yi and Hongti went to see the improvement progress of the blast furnace and the refining process.
A little steel came out - after receiving Ning Yi's entrustment, Hongti and Liang Bingfu worked hard on this matter. Although the progress is not much, they are already working very hard - he then met with Zhu Biao and explained
After investigating the outsiders in the village, we began to plan more exploration ideas in detail.
At the same time, on the Luliang side, in the village that originally belonged to the Little Bandits, the unification and ordering of the bandits had reached the final moment. Early the next morning, they set off with the soldiers and arrived at Qingmuzhai that evening.
Among them, as the envoy of Jin Wang Tian Hu, she was accommodated and entertained. While asking Hong Ti to meet, she also began to ask people to inquire about the identities of other people who came this time, and then quickly responded and began
Join us vertically and horizontally and visit each house.
It was also in the evening that Ning Yi was on the hillside, holding a monocular telescope and saw her in the group entering the mountain. At this time, the lens of this telescope was polished by hand, even if it is the best product,
The clarity was not very high, so he held up the lens tube and looked at it for a long time.
"Wow, is that... Lou Xiaowan or Lou or something... Where is Shu Heng..." He looked left and right with the telescope for a long time, and after thinking for a moment, Ning Yi handed the telescope to Zhu Biao next to him.
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Then he became a little happy: "Ah, at least I know why I was beaten, which is somewhat of a good thing..."
Of course, that night, Ning Yi did not go over to say hello to this old friend who had reunited after a long absence.