The heavy rain fell, and the sky in Bianliang City became darker in the evening. The water fell down the eaves, passed through the ditches, and turned into a turbulent current in the city's lanes, flooding freely.
In Liushu Hutong, several large vehicles were parked in the sewage-stained alley. Some men in guard uniforms were holding umbrellas from far and near, spreading around. Next to it was a small, dilapidated doorway, where people gathered, and occasionally there were
Cries could be heard, and voices alternated between arguments and justifications.
Ning Yi was talking to the crying woman in the dilapidated house.
"... From studying in the academy to taking the Mavericks Scholarship Examination, we will be responsible for all his expenses. If there is any injury to his leg, we will take care of him for the rest of his life..."
"Aunt Pan, your life is not easy. I all know that Maverick's father died defending the city. At that time, Zhu Biao and the others were also fighting hard outside the city. Speaking of which, if we can fight together, we are all a family. We don't have to do things differently.
Even if you are so stiff, you can say anything. If you have any requests, you can make them..."
"...No, no, no, we are definitely not bullying you, don't cry. You see, I have also approached the patriarch about this matter. As long as your idea is reasonable and reasonable, we will help you make it happen..."
The woman's crying occasionally became louder, but Ning Yi's words were always slow and sincere. Time gradually passed in this atmosphere. About nightfall, the rain became lighter, and a group of people wearing raincoats appeared.
The men and horses came from the other end of the street. When they approached this side, they had some friction with the guards outside, but the leader finally walked quickly to the dilapidated courtyard gate.
The person leading the charge is Tie Tianying, one of the seven chief arresters of the Criminal Department.
He strode across the yard. In the room over there, the two parties seemed to have reached an agreement. However, when the woman saw Tie Tianying coming in, she froze with a grimace on her face. Seeing that, she wanted to do it again.
Cry it out.
Ning Yi went over and patted her shoulder: "It's okay, it's okay. Auntie, you go and wait for now. We've made things clear and there won't be any more trouble. I'll tell him the truth on Iron Cap's side."
He is just doing business, there will be no trouble..."
Just as he was persuading, Tie Tianying stepped through the door: "Ning Liheng, how dare you do this! Pan, if he threatens you in private, you can tell me that I will not be able to get around him!"
A tall and thin old man came to the room: "Master Captor. Master Captor. No threats, no threats. Mr. Ning came here this time just to make things clear. I can testify..."
"Who are you!?" Tie Tianying glared at him.
"I am the leader of the Niu clan. I am here because of the calf's injury. Mr. Headcatcher, please take a seat..."
"Go away, I'm talking to Ning, and am I threatening? It's just what you say!"
"Yes, yes, Maverick, please tell the chief catcher quickly..."
The clan leader couldn't stand Tie Tianying's good looks. He quickly spoke to the woman next to him. The woman was just a daughter-in-law who married into the Niu family. Even though her husband was dead and she still had children, the clan leader wouldn't dare act recklessly if he stared at her. But in front of him
The Chief Constable is also an extraordinary person. After a moment, he said with a tearful voice: "Let's make it clear, let's make it clear, Mr. Chief Constable..."
Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimps, one thing always comes down to the other. Tie Tianying's eyes were cold, but with these words, Ning Yi sent the woman aside. He turned back, Tie Tianying
Looking at him, he nodded with a sneer: "Okay, Ning Liheng, you are really good at it. You have settled so many houses in these few days..."
"It's just hard work. Mr. Tie is overly praised." Ning Yi sighed, and then said, "Captain Tie, there is something I don't know whether to say or not."
Tie Tianying tilted his head: "Tell me."
"They are all small families, and they can't afford to offend anyone." Standing under the eaves, Ning Yi looked back at the entire yard, "Since the decision has been made, how about letting them go? Don't come back to trouble them again, stay here
They have a way to survive."
His tone was sincere, and Tie Tianying pulled the muscles on his face a few times, and finally waved his hand: "Let's go!" He led the people and walked out of the courtyard. Ning Yi then wiped his hands and went outside with the Niu clan leader.
Everyone came here today because of something that happened the other day.
A full month has passed since the situation in the capital took a turn for the worse in March of this year, and Qin Siyuan was put on trial after being imprisoned. During this month, many complicated things happened behind the scenes, and public opinion was also changing violently on the surface.
Variety.
After Qin Siyuan was put on trial, many things that had been kept in the dark were brought to the surface, including corruption and perversion of the law, forming cliques for personal gain, and using power for profit... All kinds of evidence were laid out and laid out, revealing a huge outline of a treacherous and corrupt official. Painting with his hands,
They were some of the most powerful and intelligent people at the top of the Wu Dynasty at this time, including Zhou Zhe, Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Wang Fu, etc.
Half of the evidence of these things is basically true. After they were listed and pieced together, they finally produced huge persuasiveness in the day-to-day trials. These things were fed back to the ears and mouths of the scholars and scholars in the capital,
Every day, he fell into the lower level of the information network, so in more than a month, by the time Qin Shaoqian was implicated and imprisoned, the city's image of Qin Siyuan and his family in the "Seven Tigers" had been reversed and finalized.
Some shops and businesses related to the Qin Mansion were subsequently implicated on a small scale, including Bamboo Records and some bookshops that originally belonged to the Wang family.
The Wang family's industry was originally run by the family of the great Confucian Wang Qisong. Wang Shanyue had a master-disciple relationship with Qin Siyuan. Later, he fought side by side with Ning Yi in Shandong, was bewitched by Ning Yi, and turned into a cooperative relationship. After the expansion of Bamboo Records,
Ning Yi planned to improve some of the machinery and processes in the book printing and paper book workshops to improve efficiency. These book workshops were managed by a group of women from the Wang family.
Zhu Biao, who was working next to Ning Yi at this time, came to Bianliang and fell in love with a girl from the Wang family. They made a marriage arrangement and occasionally went to the Wang family to help.
On this day in mid-April, some people were incited and bewitched and went to the Wang family's shop to smash it. Zhu Biao happened to be there, blocking the door leading to the backyard of the bookstore, and beat up the people who rushed in.
.
Zhu Biao learned from Luan Tingyu and was one of the best at Dulonggang. Later, he followed Ning Yi to fight. At this time, his skills were probably not inferior to those of Chen Fan in Hangzhou. He was one of the most powerful people around Ning Yi.
, in the capital city in front of him, perhaps there is only one Lu Hongti who can steadily suppress him. With his skills approaching the master level, how can an ordinary "patriotic young man" be his opponent? In a fit of anger, he almost
Ten people were beaten to the ground. But as a result, there was trouble.
The bookstore was subsequently sealed, and the government also began to investigate the matter and wanted to arrest Zhu Biao. Ning Yi suppressed the matter on the one hand, and settled the injured and the host on the other. Fortunately, Zhu Biao had followed Ning Yi for so long, and he had been reckless
His habits have changed a lot since he was still the same as when he first came out of Dulonggang. During these days of forbearance, dozens of ordinary people rushed in. I am afraid that none of them will survive.
After Ning Yi's verification, about a dozen people among the dozens of people were slightly injured, and one was seriously injured. This was the young man named "Xiao Niu". His father died defending the city.
He rushed in, smashed up the store, and beat people. Zhu Biao threw him away, and he rushed over again. In the end, Zhu Biao threw him away and broke his leg on the steps.
Tie Tianying and others collected evidence to convict Zhu Biao. Ning Yi arranged for many people to settle the matter with inducement or coercion. Although it only took a few days, the difficulties involved cannot be detailed.
For example, Pan, the mother of the calf, was threatened and lured by Ning Yi on the one hand. On the other hand, Tie Tianying and others also did the same thing, asking her to bite the assailant to death, or the lion asked her with a big mouth.
Ning Yi went back and forth on the price several times, and finally settled the matter this time.
Although Pan was a little greedy and wanted to make a lot of money with this opportunity, under the coercion of Tie Tianying and Ning Yi, she was not doing well. She was from a small family, how could she
Neither side dared to offend, and that was why Ning Yi finally told Tie Tianying like that.
All the way back to Bamboo Records, after dinner, more things were actually in front of us. Zhu Biao's things were not easy, they were very troublesome, but the troublesome things were not just the ones in front of him.
In the past few days, two Zhuji stores have also been smashed. This is still a small matter. The system of the Secret Investigation Department has been separated from Zhuji. In these days, the information network from the capital as the center to the surrounding areas has been
During the delivery, many of Zhuji's elites were sent out, and brothers Qi Xinyi and Qi Xinhan also went south to handle the matter. The Ministry of Punishment made trouble in the capital, some staff were threatened, and some chose to leave. It can be said that the Zhuji that was originally established
Systems that can be separated are mostly falling apart at this time. It is not easy for Ning Yi to hold on to the core.
He hasn't left yet, but it's almost there. Of course, leaving may not be that straightforward and simple. He has done some backup, but he doesn't know if it will work.
After dinner, the rain had subsided. Zhuji's staff and shopkeepers were discussing matters in several rooms in the yard, while Ning Yi was handling matters on the other side: a shopkeeper came over and said that two shop assistants were arrested by the Criminal Department.
Trouble, I got beaten, and then a staff member came to submit his resignation.
Ning Yi paid for the injuries and illnesses of the two waiters in the shop, and asked the shopkeeper to comfort their families. He persuaded the staff, but in the end the other party gave up the idea, probably because he saw Ning Yi's difficulties.
After the two groups left, a tall and tall young man also came over at the far gate of the courtyard. It was Zhu Biao who had been arranged by Ning Yi to do other things these days. At this time, he should have heard about Ning Yi.
What Yi and others were doing, they rushed over and looked at him with hesitation, but naturally they were not directed at Ning Yi.
"Sit." Ning Yi smiled and raised his hand.
Zhu Biao sat down in front. Although a warrior is not a member of the officialdom, he still has his own status and demeanor, especially one who has practiced to Zhu Biao's level. In ordinary places, he can be called a master, and he will not be a master against anyone.
He lowered his head, but at this time, he was really holding something in his heart.
"Although I was born in a place like Dulonggang, I, Zhu Biao, never thought that I was some unreasonable mountain bandit."
After sitting for a while, Zhu Biao finally spoke: "Let's not talk about the fight I was waiting for outside the city. Regardless of whether they were deceived or not, they broke into the bookshop that day and smashed it. They are already the ones who deserve to die. I stopped my hand, no?
Because I am in the wrong."
He said this in a calm but firm tone, and Ning Yi had already made him a cup of tea: "You and I have known each other for several years. Even if you don't say this, I understand. If you can't live with it..."
"I can't live with it in my heart. I want to kill someone." Zhu Biao smiled, "But it will cause you trouble again."
"The capital has its own way of playing. Fortunately, it's over now." Ning Yi paused, "If you feel uncomfortable, there is something going on in the north, and I can let you go and relax. You are a martial artist, so worry about this
If there are too many, it will hinder your entry."
It is extremely difficult for warriors to endure humiliation. Especially Zhu Biao, but he cannot explain so much right now. Fortunately, the two have been together for several years and are very familiar with each other, so there is no need to explain too much. After Ning Yi proposed, Zhu Biao
Biao shook his head.
"Before I came here, I was holding back my anger, but it was suppressed on the way." He said. "You hold back your anger much more than me. When I think about this, I feel that my practice is not enough. You can find someone these days.
Apologize, you shouldn't have hidden it from me, it would be better if you invited me along."
"That's not to take care of your emotions. This kind of thing is better solved if you don't come forward. Anyway, it's a matter of money and relationships. If you are here, they will only take advantage of it." Ning Yi shook his head, "As for anger, I
Of course there are, but at this time, anger is of no use... Do you really not want to go out for a walk? "
Zhu Biao shook his head again.
Ning Yi was silent for a moment: "Sometimes I also feel that I want to kill all those fools, and it will be over in one go. Thinking back, if the Jurchens come back again, these people will die anyway. When I think about it, I feel like
I just feel cold... Of course, this period of time is really difficult. No matter how much I can bear it, I will not regard other people's slaps as any reward. Zhuji and Xiangfu are all like this. Lao Qin, Yao Zunian and others,
It's much harder than us. If we can hold on for a while, we can help them block it a little bit..."
"Before I started working with you, I admired my master and his ability to fight. Later, I admired your ability to scheme with people. Later, when I started working with you, I admired Master Zhou Dong and Master Zhou. He is a real hero and well-deserved." Zhu Biao said, "
Now I admire you. What you do is not something ordinary people can do. You can hold it back. What can I say? If you are in the capital, I will be in the capital. If someone wants to kill you, I will help you stop it! Of course, if
If necessary, I can make an Iron Sky Eagle for you, and then I will fly away, you shake me out, and when you leave the capital, I will join you again."
Ning Yi was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "That's not necessary, Tie Tianying is just a minor official, there's no point in killing him..."
"Others can, too."
"Don't fight and kill all day long. I just wanted to say that you have grown up..."
As Ning Yi was talking, someone hurriedly came in from the outside. Seeing that it was Zhu Biao who was always guarding Ning Yi, he didn't shy away from it. He handed Ning Yi a piece of information and whispered a few words.
Sentence. Ning Yi took a look at the information, and his eyes gradually darkened. In the past month, this has been his usual expression...
The next day was April 23rd of this year, and it rained again in the morning. The trial of Qin Siyuan in Dali Temple was still continuing. This trial was not public, but under the operation of thoughtful people, every day
Newly discovered issues during the trial would be spread out on the same day and often became the talk of scholars and scholars.
After the trial is completed at noon, Qin Siyuan will be escorted back to the Prison Prison.
The children of the Qin family often come here. Mrs. Qin, Qin Siyuan's concubine Yun Niang and others are also waiting here every time, first to see Qin Siyuan, and secondly to see Qin Shaoqian who has been involved. This morning, Ning
Yi and others also arrived early. He sent people to organize activities and gave away a lot of money, but there was no good result. At noon, when Qin Siyuan and Qin Shaoqian were escorted out, Ning Yi and others came to greet them.
Since they were not convicted, the two of them only wore chains symbolically. Living in the prison for several days, Qin Siyuan's body became thinner, but even so, his gray hair was still neatly combed behind his head, and his spirit and will
Still tenaciously supporting the operation of his life, Qin Shaoqian has not fallen. Perhaps because of his father's presence, his anger has become more restrained and quiet. However, when he saw Ning Yi and others, his eyes fluctuated a little.
, and then looked around.
"Where is my mother? Is she...sick again?"
He looked around and saw that Mrs. Qin had not arrived, so he asked. Ning Yi hesitated and shook his head. Yun Niang also explained to Qin Siyuan: "Sister is fine, it's just..." She looked at Ning Yi.
"There may be some matters that prevented the old lady from coming over." Ning Yi replied.
Qin Siyuan nodded and walked forward. He had experienced everything, his family was fine, and everything else was not a big deal.
Along the way, Ning Yi roughly explained the situation to Qin Siyuan. After hearing this, Qin Siyuan was slightly absent-minded. Ning Yi immediately went to give money to the jailers, but this time, no one answered. He proposed to change the route.
The opinions were not accepted.
After leaving Dali Temple for a while, there were not many pedestrians on the road, and it was cloudy. There were still traces of rain on the road. Ning Yi looked to the side from a distance, and someone gave him a gesture, and he frowned.
At this time, we were approaching the downtown area. As if he felt something, the old man turned his head and looked over there. Someone was looking over at the second floor of the restaurant on the roadside.
"Look, that's old dog Qin Siyuan!" the man suddenly shouted.
More people poked their heads out from there, mostly scholars.
"Qin Siyuan? Which one?"
"And his son...Qin Shaoqian"
After some discussion, someone suddenly shouted: "Treacherous dog"
"Why don't you die! Old dog"
"This country has been ruined by you."
The curse came over, and it was still loud and monotonous. Ning Yi frowned, and Qin Siyuan next to him had a calm look. At this time, he tilted his head: "Haha. It's troublesome..." There was fatigue in the deepest part of the laughter.
As everyone passed by the restaurant, there were more and more curses. Many scholars came downstairs, shouting and cursing. In the team on Qin Siyuan's side, a ten-year-old child couldn't help shouting: "My third grandfather is a good man.
Everyone scolded: "Is that the old dog's grandson? Your whole family should die."
Ning Yi walked forward and grabbed the arm of the jailer leader: "Quickly go! If something happens now, see if you can get away with it!" The leader was stunned: "This, this, this... this has nothing to do with me." Although.
Feeling anxious but not following the instructions.
"Who gave you the order to do this before?"
"Wha, what. Don't talk nonsense!"
"Look at the old man in the back. Others don't know whether he is good or bad, but you know more or less. He was framed, but it's not like no one is taking care of him. Tell me the whole story. I'll find a way to get through this.
Your benefit."
"What nonsense are you talking about..."
The jailers who came this time were not familiar with Ning Yi. Although they seemed to be kind to others, they were actually hard to impress for a while. During the negotiation, the shouting and cursing on the roadside became more intense, and a group of scholars followed them.
Follow the curse. In these days of interrogation, with the emergence of a lot of evidence, Qin Siyuan has at least been convicted of several crimes. In the eyes of ordinary people, the logic is very clear. If the Qin clan does not control the power and is greedy, the national power will naturally be greater.
Well, even if Qin Shaoqian hadn't unified all the elite soldiers under his command by extraordinary means, suppressed his colleagues and eliminated dissidents, the city might not have been defeated like that. If it weren't for the traitors, how could this Bianliang defense battle have happened?
So many people died and so many battles were defeated.
Pedestrians on the road were a little confused at first, but then many people joined in. Ning Yi was also a little anxious. He had received news that a group of scholars were coming to intercept Qin Siyuan, but then he realized that it was not that simple.
, he arranged for a few people to go among this group of scholars and sing against them when they were inciting them, in order to make people uneasy. But then, those few people were arrested and quickly went in and arrested them.
"Old dog! Can you sleep at night!?"
"A bunch of traitors, I wish I could kill you"
"Hundreds of thousands of people died in vain."
"The Wu Dynasty cheers up! Kill the Seven Tigers"
"Get rid of the national traitors and revitalize the country"
Everyone was shouting, and someone picked up something on the ground and threw it over. Ning Yi had already walked back to Qin Siyuan, waved his hand to block it, but it was a dirty piece of mud, and muddy water suddenly splashed everywhere.
"How dare he block"
"Does a traitorous dog want to hit someone?"
The scholars over there started shouting again. They saw many pedestrians on the road joining in, and their emotions became even higher. They grabbed things and beat them again. At first, they were mostly mud and coal on the ground, with mud, and then they suddenly
Someone also threw stones over. Ning Yi protected Qin Siyuan, and then the guards around him also came to protect Ning Yi. At this time, many people poked their heads out in the long street. The people in front stopped and they looked
Looking here, they were confused at first, then started to shout, and joined the team excitedly. In this morning, the crowd began to become crowded.
"The rise of the Wu Dynasty"
"Drink its blood and eat its flesh"
"Swear to kill the Jurchens and exalt my power of heaven."
There was a loud noise, the scholars shouted hysterically, their faces flushed with excitement, and many things were thrown from the air, but they were definitely not tomatoes, eggs, rotten vegetable leaves and other edible things. Qin Siyuan was protected among them, struggling to
Moving forward, he shouted at Ning Yi and others: "You go! You go! Don't get involved." Ning Yi ignored him and asked people around him to find door panels and wooden boards to protect the way forward, but there were many things
Still smashed in.
The situation became more and more chaotic as they moved forward. Someone was hit by a stone and fell down. Beside Qin Siyuan, but with a bang, a figure also fell down. It was his concubine Yunniang, who was hit on the head.
A stone fell softly. Qin Shaoqian, who followed up next to her, supported her. He protected his father and the aunt, his eyes were red, his teeth were clenched, and he lowered his head and moved forward. Someone in the crowd shouted: "My uncle is a loyal minister. I
Third Grandpa is innocent, he saved you all." The shouting was accompanied by tears, making the crowd outside even more excited.
"Hit, beat the raped dog"
"Hit their family"
"Let them know how awesome it is!"
The atmosphere on the long street was frenzied. Everyone was shouting like this and crowding in. Ning Yi's guards found wooden boards and everyone walked forward with support. Someone rushed over with a bucket in front of them. They were two buckets of big dung.
He hit the person on the body and splashed excrement and water all over the sky. The smell was so bad that people cheered loudly. Some people also brought cow dung, dog dung and the like and threw it at them. Some people shouted: "I
My father was killed by you gang of traitors."
"People from harm"
"Kill the traitorous minister, God bless the Wu Dynasty"
At this time, Ning Yi had a lot of things on his body. He silently squeezed forward. The old man next to him had his hair and hair all disheveled and was stained with filth. He just remained silent and protected Yun Niang as she passed.
It took him a while before he realized what he was saying, and squeezed Ning Yi's hand: "Yunniang, Li Heng, come and take Yunniang out, quickly." The old man realized what he was asking for. The only thing he was pleading for at this time was about his family. There were many people around him.
The children of the Qin family were already crying, and some fell down. The crowd around them refused to let them go, kicking and beating them on the ground, and then Zhuji's guards pulled them back.
Ning Yi handed Yun Niang to Zhu Biao next to him: "Take her out."
Zhu Biao handed her over to another person. With a straight face, he stretched out his hand to block the object thrown in the air, and then was hit by cow dung again.
From a distance, the arresters from the Criminal Department began to rush over to maintain order. They stared at the advancing team, which was almost buried in anger. They were always on guard against violent counterattacks by Ning Yi and others, and were ready to arrest people at any time.
The wave of gathering sounds was like a celebration, and many people in the city were alarmed. Some people joined in, while others watched from a distance and laughed. On this day, facing enemies who could not fight back, under the siege of the Jurchens
People who have suffered too much finally achieved a complete victory for the first time... (To be continued.)
ps: Six thousand nine hundred words, well, think about it, using such a title.