Chapter 31: Iron Sword, Mountains and Rivers, Reunion at the End of the World (Part 2)
Ning Yi didn't know that Lu Hongti had heard the conversation between him and his wife on the roof before, so naturally he couldn't make too many connections about her reaction. From the beginning to the end, he could only talk casually and couldn't talk.
How much scheming is there? The speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention.
Of course, even in certain situations, a heroine like Hong Ti will be particularly sentimental, but it does not mean how deeply her heart will be touched. It can even be said that even if she does not hate Ning Yi, she even admires her.
She was filled with admiration, but in her heart, she had actually given up some of the thoughts and possible speculations she had when going down the mountain. The man in front of her was not in the same world as her. After having this understanding
, the rest becomes easy.
Now that he had decided to return to Jiangning as soon as possible, the next morning, Ning Yi found an official ship through the relationship between the Tang family. Various wealthy officials and businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River were intertwined, and the good ties they forged on the way to escape were even in Zhenjiang.
They can also be influential. Although big guys like Tang Xiuxuan are not in Zhenjiang, when they learned that he was leaving, some of the descendants of the Tang family or rich people who had received favors, and their relatives also hurried over and expressed their concern if there would be any trouble in the future.
When it comes to matters, you can go to them, and you have to do everything possible. The Su family is a businessman, and if they want to do any business, everyone who has connections will talk to them politely.
On the way to escape, after Ning Yi fell into coma, the entire team was in a dilemma. Later, they learned that the pursuers wanted to capture Ning Yi. Someone in the team used some means to turn the pursuers' attention to him as much as possible.
For example, when An Xifu and others secretly attacked and bombed the camp, they sent a special team to protect Ning Yi. In fact, it was an unnecessary and unnecessary move that attracted attention. After Ning Yi was arrested, he vaguely spelled out the purpose of the whole thing, but in that situation
He didn't intend to pursue what happened next. The other party was just a small move to push people along, not a real intention to harm others. After all, Ning Yi never expected the high moral character of the people around him at that time, and did not regard the other party as a human being.
Companion, it cannot be said that such a thing happened completely unexpectedly.
Now that he is back and they are willing to form a good relationship, there is no need to be polite. The business that he was planning to give up when he left Hangzhou because of the Lou family can now use these relationships to directly expand towards the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
Su Tan'er has been pregnant for nearly nine months. Every day she is delayed, the day of delivery is closer. Therefore, at noon that day, the family got on the boat. This large boat belonging to the government is currently in the inland waterway.
The largest ship that can be found, even if it goes up the Yangtze River, it is quite stable all the way. The ship is divided into two floors. Ning Yi and others were arranged in a room on the first floor where they would least feel the bumps. According to expectations, there would be a lot of noise at night.
After resting for a few hours, we will arrive in Jiangning by the evening of the next day.
On February 28, the tenth year of Jing Han, in the bright spring light, a huge building boat sailed upstream slowly through the Yangtze River waterway, with green trees on both sides. Occasionally, rice fields, farmhouses, and villages flashed across the field of vision. Lu Hong
Ti stood on the bow of the boat watching all this and informed Ning Yi of his plans to leave.
"After disembarking tomorrow evening, I will go north. I will not enter the city."
Ning Yi was silent for a while: "I know you are in a hurry to go back, but you don't have to wait for a few days. Besides, the ideas I want to give you haven't been completely sorted out yet. Let me stay a few more days and take you to take a good look.
Jiangning.”
Lu Hongti smiled: "I know you have almost sorted it out. This should be your habit, not to procrastinate in everything."
"It's a bad habit..."
"And after you go back, there should be a lot of things to deal with at home, so there is no need to devote yourself to entertaining me. Besides, I have been out for too long this time. It will be better if I can go back one day earlier.
After all, I have a lot to do in one day."
Lu Hongti's words were sincere, not just polite. Ning Yi thought for a while: "If it's something at home, there's really nothing to do. It's very simple, but since you..."
"I'm really worried about being in the village and being out for too long, that's what I'm thinking about," Lu Hongti said with a smile.
"Yeah." Ning Yi nodded, "Then I'll get everything ready tonight."
"Thank you." Lu Hong raised her hand.
"Children of Jianghu, we don't have to say these pretentious words."
"Haha..." Lu Hongti smiled and trembled all over after hearing what he said, "I also wrote a small book for you. It's not the kind of secret book mentioned in your martial arts stories, but it should be useful to you.
You probably won't become a first-rate master in the end, but if you keep practicing, you'll be able to defend yourself in three to five years."
"I said...what exactly is the concept of a first-rate master you are talking about..."
"The owner of the Watermelon Village who has something to do with you in Ba Dao Camp, the manager Liu Tiannan, Chen Fan, his master Fang Qifu, Li Tianrun, Wang Yin, and even Bao Daoyi who was killed by you can all
It's considered first-class, but you have other thoughts and your foundation is unstable. I'm afraid you won't be able to reach that level in your lifetime." Lu Hong said with a smile.
Naturally, Ning Yi would not be hit by this kind of thing. If Lu Hongti said that he could challenge these people one-on-one, he would think that the world is very fantasy. He thought for a moment: "Does Fang Shuchang and the others count?"
"Those seven are almost there. Mr. Du Sha, who is ranked first, has reached the first-class threshold. The most powerful one at present is the 'Evil Sword' Luo Bingren. It's just that he has always kept a low profile, but the one with the best qualifications is
At the end of the list is Qian Luoning. His achievements in the future should be higher than those of other companions, and you won't be able to reach them. If you work harder in the future...well, he should be almost the same as Fang Shuchang now."
Her martial arts is probably at the level of a master at the moment, and her evaluation is correct. After saying this, she looked at Ning Yi for a while, and then murmured with some sigh: "However, the combat power is high.
It's not something that can be judged by these..." I probably thought of Ning Yi's perverted mind, decisive methods and always able to control people's humanity at the palm of his hand, which is very unparalleled.
Of course, she would not tell Ning Yi directly. After chatting for a while, she sighed: "Actually, there is something I have always wanted to ask along the way..."
"What?"
"Are the things you did in Ba Dao Manor and the things you told Miss Liu really possible?"
Ning Yi glanced at her: "Those who can ask these questions are probably enthusiastic people..."
"Um?"
"I don't know." Ning Yi said, "I don't know what it will be like if I continue to do it. If I do it seriously, it may be useful. Maybe in a hundred or two hundred years, some people will achieve something, but also
Maybe, these things will be buried for four to five hundred years before anyone discovers them. But no matter what, as long as within eight hundred years, we will be one step ahead..."
Lu Hongti didn't understand what the last sentence meant within eight hundred years. But Ning Yi usually said some weird words, and she was used to it. Ning Yi smiled and shook his head, and continued: "You don't need to do it for the time being.
Think about them... Of course you can think about them, but you can't do anything. On your side, you should do some pragmatic things first. To be honest, the siege of Hangzhou has been solved, and I don't know what I have now.
There is no need to go to Beijing, and...if I really do something serious in the future, I may have to join you."
"Huh?" Lu Hongti blinked, quite interested.
"People always do things like this. In the beginning, you just want to do something. In the process, you will meet all kinds of people and things, and offend the wrong people. If you use inappropriate means, in the end... I'm afraid
These things overwhelm the original intention. Did you know? Most of the officials in the imperial court are capable. At the beginning, they also had a desire to be patriotic and serve the country, but slowly, the interests gathered behind them were different.
The direction is different, and the interests that need to be protected at present are more important than what I originally thought. I am probably no different from them, and... I am afraid that I will be more careless than them, and one day, I will have to fall into the trap of a bandit.
"
"I welcome you." Without any hesitation, Lu Hongti said it with a smile. "To put it bluntly, it would be great if this day really comes. I'll wait for you to come."
"I will try my best to restrain myself."
Both of them laughed. After a while, Lu Hongti looked back and saw that Su Tan'er and others were not there. He just said softly: "Your wife is actually very good to you. Do you know? I'm monitoring her in Huzhou.
During that time, the servants around me said that if you really died, your wife would probably ignore the fetus in her belly and follow you. A woman who can do this is really extraordinary.
I like you, I...I kind of admire her."
Ning Yi Surong nodded: "...I know."
"What about Miss Nie from Jiangning? She is also a good woman. I know that she had a rough life in the early years and fell into the world, but she has always been clean and self-sufficient. Now she also likes you wholeheartedly. If you abandon her, she will have nothing.
Now. What should you do?"
Surprisingly, Ning Yi didn't hesitate much about this question: "What do you think?"
"I don't know...but you men always have more than three wives and four concubines. Oh, but you always meet good women, and that Miss Liu..."
"Hey." Ning Yi turned his head and looked at her with a smile, "This is too much, there is no need to pull everything on me..."
"The fact that you answered so quickly just now means that you have been thinking about this, so you are not heartless." Lu Hongti said with a smile, "What is your result? What is the result you came up with?"
Ning Yi looked at her: "What do you think if I break up with Yunzhu directly for Tan'er and never have any contact with her again?"
Lu Hongti looked at him without saying anything and frowned slightly.
"Then what do you think if I leave the Su family like this for Yunzhu... Lu Hongti frowned, but still didn't answer. Although this is the age of three wives and four concubines, he just doesn't care about the idea of a man being single-minded.
The reason why Lu Hongti asked this is probably because he hopes that Ning Yi himself is a relatively perfect person.
Ning Yi lowered his head and looked at his hands, the backs and palms of his hands: "Actually, there was a time when I wanted to leave the Su family for Yunzhu, but it didn't happen. Recently, I was actually thinking about breaking up with Yunzhu for Tan'er.
,but……"
Ning Yi shook his head, smiled, and finally said nothing more. Su Taner pursed her lips, and then smiled slightly, as if she thought Ning Yi would be so entangled. The two chatted like this for a while,
After dinner at night, the ship stopped at a village on the way, rested here for the night, and rented a farmhouse to stay. After lighting the lamp and settling in, Lu Hongti heard Ning Yi's voice coming from the yard:
"But it was said that there once was a scholar named Ning Caichen. He..."
Xiao Chan was talking: "My aunt...well, husband and wife, I have heard this story before..." Although Xiao Chan has been married to Ning Yi for some time, she still blurts out Ning Yi and calls her aunt.
"I've heard it again, and I'll listen to it again."
Lu Hongti knew that the relationship between this family was quite harmonious. They chatted in the evening, told stories or played chess and cards. Even the maids like Juan'er Xing'er embroidered the soles of their shoes. Ning Yi could always find something to do with them.
Do. She walked out of the door, and sure enough, Su Tan'er was also sitting under the eaves over there. After all, the weather was getting warmer. On such a day, you can enjoy the moon and stars in the yard. Of course, at the end of the month, there are only stars in the sky.
.
What Ning Yi was talking about was a story called "A Chinese Ghost Story" that she had heard more than a year ago but had not finished. When she came out, Su Tan'er and others also waved to her. She moved a
Sit down on the stool beside Su Tan'er, farthest away from Ning Yi.
"... But after Ning Caichen met Nie Xiaoqian in Lanruo Temple... Yan Chixia shouted, 'The world is infinite, the universe borrows the law', and eight swords flew towards the Black Mountain old demon at the same time... Finally, Nie Xiaoqian turned to Ning Caichen
After saying this..."
The stars were blurred, and Ning Yi sat there and finished telling this not-so-long story. After finishing it, he told a fairy tale called "Plum Girl" at Xiaochan's request. From beginning to end, there was no connection with Lu.
Chat with Red Ti.
After the story was told, it was already late at night. The next morning, the official ship set off early in the morning. By the afternoon, it was approaching Jiangning. Lu Hongti packed his small luggage and prepared to disembark near Jiangning.
"The story I promised to tell you last time is finally over."
"I thought you had to sell out the second story."
"Wouldn't it be like One Thousand and One Nights..."
When handing her the written pamphlet and other things, Ning Yi said this, then laughed and handed her a stack of banknotes: "A total of twenty-four thousand taels of silver. This is the limit that I can take out recently.
It’s also okay to be an investment of the Su family.”
Lu Hongti frowned: "We don't lack these over there..."
"Money can make money. It's not for your internal use. It's for buying things from those merchants and putting these investments into operation first. These banknotes can be exchanged in the customs, so they won't refuse to accept them. Good weapons and armor are the most important. Training is the most important thing.
You have to invest and have food to eat, but don’t feed lazy people, let them eat, live and suffer together, practice to death, hehe, you know these best after all. Force is the basis, and it can be expanded by relying on economic operations.
, everything is inside, your Grandpa Liang is very powerful, show him. I am still waiting to take refuge with you one day."
"Then I'll wait for that day to come early." Lu Hongti accepted the banknote and looked at him with a smile. He hesitated to speak, but finally said with a smile, "It doesn't matter whether it's Miss Su or Miss Nie."
, treat them well, they deserve this, and you... deserve them too. Don't let it down, don't screw it up."
Ning Yi nodded: "Yes, I will tell you a story next time, and I will also listen to you tell me about Lu Liang. If you have any trouble, you can come to me in the capital. I am on your side."
Lu Hongti looked at him, the expression on his face changed, he was silent for a moment, then nodded with an open-minded smile: "Okay."
Lu Hongti got off the boat on the north bank of the Yangtze River. After saying they would meet later, Ning Yi returned to the boat. They watched this powerful but lonely woman riding a horse and gradually walking away in the mountains over there.
Half an hour later, the ship entered Jiangning and docked at the pier.
Jiangning was still the lively scene of the past. People were coming and going on the dock. They went to the nearby Su's warehouse to pick up the carriage. The shopkeeper here came to see Su Tan'er and Ning Yi, and then talked about some recent news.
Changes in the family during this period. In fact, Su Tan'er originally said that she was going to Hangzhou to relax. If everything went well, the Su family might be peaceful. However, since the war broke out in Hangzhou, Ning Yi and others lost their lives there.
After hearing the news, there will definitely be some movement in the second and third bedrooms of the Su family. What will change after such a long time must have changed a lot.
Listening to the message brought by the shopkeeper, Su Tan'er leaned next to Ning Yi and just smiled faintly. Ning Yi then helped her get into the carriage.
The setting sun has set, rendering the last red of spring in the distance: "Let's go." They looked at the street scene in Jiangning in the distance, "Look at what our home has become."
The carriage drove through the street, the sun went down, and the wind blew the willow trees on the roadside, as if thinking about them waving hands. Ning Yi looked at the distant scene through the car window. The tributaries of the Qinhuai River occasionally turned out of the field of vision, and the setting sun
The waves rippled on the water. Ning Yi knew that in a certain river bend in the city, there would be a small building with a person waiting for his return... There was a power outage yesterday afternoon and the internet was outage this afternoon. Could it be that
Has my plan for continuous updates alarmed God?
Of course it will continue... (To be continued) rq