Chapter 354 Xinning light and shadow surging dark tide
The boat sailed smoothly and the wind was beautiful. After passing Hongze Lake, we headed north along the Bian River.
As the Tongji Canal of the Sui and Tang Dynasty Grand Canal, this section has not been seen in later generations, but at this time it connected the north and south waterways and was still the most important waterway in the Grand Canal. Although it was the flood season at this time, the water flow in the canal was not significant.
In a hurry, many fishing boats and merchant ships occasionally passed by the field of vision.
In the cabin room, several pairs of eyes were spinning around, with a strange feeling of big eyes staring into small eyes. This cabin is not small, but the lineup of three women and one man still seems a bit strange at the moment. Regarding what Ning Yi said,
Yunzhu, who knew about it last night, had nothing to say about everyone sitting together during the day and "working". But when Ning Yi introduced Xiaochan to them, Xiaochan and Jin'er's expressions seemed to be influenced by
They had communicated in private before, but now they didn't know how to greet each other naturally. When Ning Yi was writing something on the desk near the window in the room, Xiaochan and Jin'er just sat there blankly.
On one side, watching this scene, I could only communicate with my eyes.
Ning Yi said a few nonsense words that everyone could meet like this, it was really fate, etc. Of course, no one believed it. But whether to believe it or not is not the topic of discussion now. Based on their understanding of Ning Yi, they thought that this was the case.
This matter will be concealed from both sides until there is no need to reveal it. Jin'er and even Xiaochan may not have a small intention to scare him. Now they really don't know what kind of medicine he is selling in the gourd.
As for Yunzhu, he was sitting there with a book in his hand. Naturally, he couldn't read it at first. His eyes were wandering, and he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to. Ning Yi buried his head in writing something and raised his head to read.
They then put their hands on the table and supported their chin: "What's wrong?"
Even though they have a mature mentality, the four people in the room are all only around 20 years old after all, and they still look young and lively. Ning Yi's expression was interesting, and Jin'er suddenly stood up: "I'm going to make tea." After she said this
After saying that, she turned around and walked outside. Xiaochan also quickly raised her hand: "I, I'm going to help..."
The two of them went out in a hurry. Ning Yi touched his earlobe. When his eyes turned to Yunzhu, he saw Yunzhu looking over from behind the book. When his eyes met, he quickly lowered his head. It only took a moment.
, and seeing her simply put down the book with a smile: "I, I will also go out to help..."
"Do we need three people to make a cup of tea?" Ning Yi laughed. Yunzhu lowered his head slightly, then looked at him: "Then I'll go to the hut..." If she had had a relationship with Ning Yi, she might not have said that
After saying this, his face turned slightly red, he pursed his lips and went out, closing the door again. Ning Yi shook his head and laughed.
In the cabin corridor outside the door, Jin'er and Xiaochan were indeed whispering. Jin'er held her chin with a thoughtful expression: "There's something weird..." Xiaochan clenched her fists and was a little embarrassed: "What should I do?
Is it possible that my uncle knows about it..."
"What do you know?" Jin'er rolled her eyes at her, "How is that possible?"
"My uncle is very powerful."
"How powerful can he be? He is not a god." Jin'er pursed her lips and turned to look at Xiaochan, "Besides... you are his woman now, why should you be afraid of him."
"I, I'm not afraid... I'm afraid of my husband. I don't want to make him angry."
"Has he ever been angry with you?"
"No, but I still don't want to make my husband angry... We, as maids, have to be conscious..."
"You are not a maid anymore!"
"It's the same, so my husband will like it..."
"You're so mad at me." Jin'er glared at her, "You are his woman, so you should use your vixen's coquettishness to charm him into relying on you for anything. I told you yesterday, and I also taught you
Yours, you want to..."
She was probably instilling some weird things into Xiao Chan in the past two days, but Xiao Chan was also looking at her with a red face. Seeing that this little girl was unteachable, Jin'er was a little discouraged. When Yunzhu left,
He came over there and said with a frown: "Sister Yunzhu, what's wrong with him?"
"I don't know either." Yunzhu himself was also strange.
"Why is he like this? Sister Yunzhu, you...and Xiaochan...how can he let you meet? It's so random..."
They didn't originally want to do anything messy. At most, they felt that Ning Yi would not let them meet. They had previously thought of joking and wanted to see his jokes. After they met one day,
Seeing how Ning Yi would explain this matter in embarrassment, the person who proposed this idea was naturally Jin'er who liked to mess around.
Thousands of years later, things that the man would probably be unreasonable about are not really a big deal at the moment, especially after the experience of the Su family massacre, both parties have more or less come to the understanding that things cannot be changed. At this time, on the contrary,
It was they who were in trouble.
Of course, even if they were in trouble at this time, there was nothing they could do. A few people made tea and pretended to be peaceful. But Ning Yi had a good personality in front of his family, and he was not a cannibal after all. They were restrained for a while because of his attitude.
The feeling of sympathy between each other made the subsequent interactions easier. No matter what the friendship was in private before, in front of Ning Yi, after all, there was still a difference between the main wife and the outside wife who needed to compete for favor.
In this way, by the afternoon of that day, Ning Yi was immersed in writing, and Yunzhu was sitting there reading, and he was able to calm down. Xiaochan made some tea and took care of some trivial chores, and then took a log and sat there.
After only embroidering for a while, the restless Jin'er pulled her into whispers and then pulled her into the next room for some tossing.
Ning Yi occasionally took some time off and listened. The voices of Jin'er and Xiaochan over there were also very quiet. They couldn't hear clearly through a bulkhead. He could only hear Xiaochan's "Ahhh" calls occasionally, and then heard fragmentary sounds.
It seems that Yuan Jin'er is teaching her how to lower her waist. To be fair, even though she is too lively and out-of-the-box on weekdays and has no image in front of Ning Yi, but to be able to get the reputation of courtesan, Jin'er is indeed a beautiful girl with long legs.
Handsome girl, you dance very well. But after listening for a moment, Ning Yi naturally knew that he was not teaching dance there. He was speechless for a moment. Yunzhu was sitting on the edge of the bed, also covering his mouth with a book.
Look at him with an interesting look.
Xiao Chan was tortured for a while, and then ran away in humiliation. Jin'er stretched her body and hummed a song and came in, feeling very proud. Ning Yi guessed that what she was thinking was that teaching Xiao Chan the Fang Zhongshu would allow her to follow her.
Tan'er's plan to compete for favor has made the Su family restless.
Not long after, Xiaochan came in again. The ship was moving forward, and the sun shone in from the open window. Ning Yi occasionally wrote, occasionally thought, and occasionally said a few words to a few people. What Yunzhu read was also the popular romance words at this time.
In this book, I occasionally see some poems. If everyone is interested, she will sing them softly. Although the lyrics are mediocre, under Yunzhu's singing voice, they are gentle and melodious. Xiaochan sometimes also sings them.
I was fascinated to hear it.
In the evening, the fleet stopped in a small town on the shore. Wenren Buer and others came to find him. They all walked on the stone beach near the dock and talked about the situation on the main ship. Sometimes Ning
Yi looked over to the main ship and saw the little princess Zhou Pei looking down from the side of the ship. Her expression was graceful and her eyes were generous and natural. But when she glanced at Ning Yi, she clearly looked like she had become a super spy.
sense of immersion.
As the sun sets, there is a lively atmosphere among the fleet again on the pier. The lingering warmth of the water-breaking bandits still lingers. There is a celebration of singing and dancing at night. Sometimes singing comes from the main ship, and people drink and drink. Although the defense is not relaxed, but
Chen Jingui was so praised that he was so praised.
If he can be appreciated by so many royal family members and officials, and even Zhou Pei can help to flatter him, he will be promoted and make a fortune after entering the capital.
After that, there was no conversation for the whole night, and at dawn, the fleet set off. In the next few days, the fleet passed most of the journey safely. It seemed that there was nothing to do every day, and Ning Yi was mostly with Yun
Zhu, Jin'er, Xiaochan and others got together, and everyone had their own things to do. Occasionally, he would show off his songs, but as usual he didn't get recognition. Jin'er stuck out his tongue and did
Xiaochan listens carefully to all kinds of strange faces, while Yunzhu tries to help change them.
It's just that taking a boat every day is a bit boring. Yunzhu has an indifferent temperament, and Xiaochan is used to being a maid, so she can adapt to most situations. Jin'er occasionally gets a little depressed, and this is mostly Ning Yi's fault.
In fact, Jin'er wouldn't necessarily feel depressed if she only walked with Yunzhu. But after Ning Yi and Xiaochan were inserted in the middle, the center of everyone's attention inevitably became Ning Yi, which she had not noticed before.
No need to be unhappy, but in the current situation, Ning Yi, Sister Yunzhu and Xiaochan are all close to each other. Sometimes they have a close feeling inadvertently, which makes her feel like she is excluded. She
She couldn't lose her temper. Occasionally she lost her quarrel with Ning Yi, and she would inevitably get sulky. At this time, Yunzhu had no choice but to comfort her, or Ning Yi would intervene and quarrel for a while. She was not a grudge-bearing person, and sometimes Ning Yi
Yi deliberately tried to calm her down, but she would actually laugh when she made a fuss.
We arrived at the border of Xuzhou in the evening. When the fleet docked, the sky was gloomy and the wind was strong. It seemed that it would rain soon. Jin'er and Ning Yi had a quarrel and were getting angry. After the boat stopped, they came down to blow the wind.
After relaxing, when I walked to the embankment near the pier, I heard the conversation between a man and a woman in front of me.
In addition to a man and a woman walking in front, the woman was also accompanied by a maid and a servant. The two were chatting. The man seemed to be talking about someone punishing corrupt officials somewhere. The man said something interesting. Jin'er took a few glances at these two people.
She roughly knew that the woman with the two servants was Li Shishi, who was said to be known as the oiran of the capital. As for the man with a tall figure and a handsome profile, he was a young man named Wang Xian on the main ship. These few
Days ago, Ning Yi mentioned that there was such a person on the main ship. In Ning Yi's mouth, the other person was a handsome guy who could be compared with the handsome young guy from Yangzhou whom she had seen before. Ning Yi even joked about it
, if she saw it, maybe she would be moved.
Because of this incident, she had seen this man from a distance once before. When she heard his voice, she didn't dislike it at all. He was talking about punishing corrupt officials, which was very interesting. After he finished speaking, Master Li next to him asked softly: "So...
Come on, the heroes of Liangshan are not killing innocent people indiscriminately."
Wang Xian said: "It's hard for me to say this. After all, we are rebelling. But in these years, injustices are everywhere. The people in the countryside have indeed heard that the heroes of Liangshan are loyal people who uphold justice for heaven...
…”
"I see……"
Li Shishi nodded. Jin'er, who was following behind, was furious for a moment. She had heard before that Li Shishi and Ning Yi were old acquaintances. Most of Ning Yi's family was about to be killed, and she was actually here
It is said here that Liang Shanbo is a good person. I felt unhappy and immediately shouted out: "It's all nonsense, nonsense. Why do you say that the people in Liangshan are good people!"
When she shouted like this, the two people in front of them turned around. Wang Xian was stunned for a moment, then he cupped his hands gracefully and said: "This girl is..."
"You don't care who I am! Why are you here saying that the people in Liangshan are good people!"
"I'm just hearing what I heard. If there is anything about the girl..."
"Hearsay says that's..."
While Jin'er was shouting, a figure suddenly came over and stretched out a hand to hug her: "Jin'er, what are you doing? Do you know that Yunzhu has been looking for you for a long time, and you are still here with me?"
quarrel."
It was Ning Yi who suddenly came over. For a moment, he almost hugged Yuan Jin'er directly. Jin'er's body was stiff and stunned for a moment. Li Shishi over there was also stunned. In any case, this action is really
It was too intimate, but Yuan Jin'er was still angry. Then she struggled and pointed her finger: "They actually said that Liang Shan is a good person. You... um - let me go -"
Before she finished speaking, Ning Yi had already grabbed her cheeks and pulled them away: "You are not a child anymore. You are still arguing with people all day long. If you are a lady, why don't you come back with me?" He hugged Jin'er.
Just left. Jin'er felt shy at this moment. Her whole body was so hot that she didn't even know where to put her hands. She was hugged by Ning Yi and walked away like dough. After walking for a few steps, Ning Yi turned around.
Come on, he said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, kids are not sensible. You two continue on, just continue on. Just pretend you haven't seen us. Let's go first and say goodbye."
After saying this, he hugged Jin'er with strength again and walked back. Wang Xian watched the two people disappear and said with a smile: "What a strange person." Li Shishi frowned and thought for a while.
In the end, he didn't say anything.
Hugging Jin'er in public was a bit much, but Ning Yi had no choice but to send her back to comfort her a little before leaving it to Yunzhu to settle things down. He bumped heads with Wenren Buer
, also in the evening of this day, this small dock on the border of Xuzhou seemed quite lively. Originally, in the battle of Hongze Lake, the navy under Chen Jingui suffered more casualties, so he applied for reinforcements on the way, and when he arrived here, a team of more than a hundred people
Only then did the team come to meet and complete the delivery and reporting ceremony. In this way, safety matters were even more secure. There was another celebration banquet in the evening as usual, and soon after, heavy rain began to fall.
That night, the entire dock was sleeping very deeply, and there were occasional muffled sounds of awake people being knocked unconscious, which were also buried in the sudden heavy rain. It was not until after midnight, when the showers gradually stopped, that the first sound came.
A cry came out. When most of the people woke up from the aftereffects of the sweat medicine, they discovered that one of the four ships had been occupied by the more than a hundred new "sailors" who took advantage of the heavy rain and darkness.
It drove away silently.
After the incident in Hongze Lake, the real birthday card was transferred to that ship, and all of them were robbed... rs