The autumn wind picked up leaves and ran along the streets of Bianliang City. Some leaves fell into the river beside the road, making slight ripples. Yu Hezhong and Chen Sifeng, who met by chance, were chatting in a restaurant while looking towards the river.
The couple on the road below.
A young scholar in a green robe and a beautiful woman in white walked side by side and talked softly. They seemed to be a young couple with a deep affection. However, Yu Hezhong knew the scholar, so he also
You know, the woman beside him is actually just a concubine.
Autumn is getting thicker, but the temperature has not turned cold yet, and there are many pedestrians on the streets of Bianliang City. When I saw the couple at a glance, it was difficult to explain clearly what Yu He Zhongzhong was thinking. He was chatting with Chen Sifeng, and his thoughts were a little distracted.
After a break, the thought of "He's back" flashed across his mind, but then he picked up the topic he was talking about with Chen Sifeng.
Chen Sifeng also knew the scholar on the street, but for some unknown reason, Yu Hezhong did not remind him. The two were childhood friends, but after coming to Bianliang, most of the contacts they had were because of their teachers. At this time, the two
They all have families and careers, and they all have small official positions in the capital, but they don't interact frequently. Today is a chance encounter, but the topics between the two of them are all short and trivial in their parents' homes, until they have almost the same conversation.
Only then would someone mention it seemingly casually.
"...It's already a bit strange that she rejected Zhou Bangyan in the summer."
"...It's not easy to guess what Master is thinking."
"...Many people have proposed marriage to her recently, but she has rejected them all. Could it be that she wants to become a monk?"
"...It's not impossible."
The two of them shook their heads and sighed. They changed the topic for a while, and Chen Sifeng said: "She and Li Heng have a different relationship."
"Li Heng is too powerful. You and I can't get involved in what he does. It makes sense that Shishi would discuss things with him."
"Do you think Shishi wants to marry him?"
Chen Sifeng's question was casual, and Yu Hezhong also smiled casually: "Although Li Heng is powerful, they don't seem to be alike."
"Yeah. The lady in Li Heng's family is very powerful." Chen Sifeng nodded.
"Um?"
"It's the one named Su Tan'er. Li Heng has been away from Beijing recently. She helped take care of Zhuji's business. I heard someone said that she had a face-to-face fight with Zuo Houwen. Finally, someone came forward and they had a fight.
It was a draw. I don’t know the specific process, but later I found out a lot of messy things.”
Chen Sifeng's official rank in the capital was higher than that of Yu Hezhong, a small official in the household department. He had some inside information and knew more. He shook his head at this time: "I heard that Zuo Houwen suppressed her when Li Heng and his wife came to the capital.
In the family business, it has only been a year now, and the two sides have been able to compete directly, and this was when Li Heng was not in Beijing. The woman looks young, and she is the mother of a two-year-old child. In fact,
It’s really hard to mess with.”
"So, if Master Shi really wants to marry into the Ning family, there will be great things to see."
"As Brother Yu said, things don't look like it. I don't think Master is so unwise."
When the two talked about this matter at this time, they were both calm and indifferent, but only they knew how they felt after talking. Not long after, the two people who met by chance made an appointment to meet in the future, and then parted ways. Chen Sifeng left first and waited until
He left, and Yu Hezhong went downstairs.
He sighed and walked all the way to the direction of Fanlou. There were all kinds of pedestrians on the side of the road. Ning Yi and his concubine Yunzhu whom he saw earlier had gone back to nowhere. Chen Sifeng also
He didn't know where he went, and even he himself didn't know what he was doing there.
A few days ago, he found an opportunity and asked his master to marry him. The original intention of asking the question was based on a moment of enthusiasm, and it was also an obsession in his heart for many years. But after he opened the question, he knew that there was no definite answer to the matter.
Shishi's rejection was very tactful and considerate of his emotions. It was not embarrassing at all. However... everything went away with autumn...
Over the years, from being high-spirited to now getting married, marrying a wife, and having children, life is not very interesting, but fortunately, there is still Shishi. He, Chen Sifeng and others are accompanying her,
Growing up, gathering together, celebrating together, even getting married, as long as there are such things, life will not be completely colorless. However, everything has an end.
He couldn't find the feeling of being in Fanlou next to his boring wife and children. Most importantly, he couldn't find the feeling of being with Shishi. However, in the past two years, it became increasingly clear that Shishi would eventually
She has to get married. Once she leaves, everything will probably be gone like a mirror and a moon in the water.
At that time, where will be the things that can prove that my previous self existed?
He stood outside the fan building for a while. When he raised his head slightly, cold raindrops fell on his face.
It’s such a cool autumn day...
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The autumn rain came suddenly, falling on the city of Bianliang, and it fell all night long. The next morning, the rain clouds still obscured the sky, making the light in the city a little darker. Before the teacher came to Ning Mansion
At midnight, some rooms in the courtyard still had lights on, and amid the rain, the lights looked moist and warm.
The person who received her was Su Tan'er. As the eldest wife of the family, at first glance, she did not give people too much sense of oppression. In terms of body shape, she was slightly shorter than Yunzhu, and her head was plain and feminine.
She is wearing a bun and an autumn green skirt decorated with flowers. She holds her hands slightly and puts them on both sides of her legs. Generally speaking, if you put your hands together, you will feel more alienated, but if you put them separately,
, it seems undefended, a little soft, even a little childish.
But Shishi still remembers that the last few times he saw her, she was not like this. She was able to go to Fanlou to discuss business with Li’s mother when Ning Yi was not around, and she did not fall behind at all, and she was able to make plans.
The forces that controlled Zhuji were at odds with Zuo Houwen. When Shishi went out of the city to pray for blessings, he saw her by the stairs outside Daxing Temple. The woman squatted on the ground and stretched out a hand to let her name Ning Xi.
The child ran over. Her figure was not graceful, and she looked as thin as a girl in some places. Her smile was warm and soft, but Shishi knew that this woman had strength in her body.
But at this time, she restrained everything. Maybe Ning Yi had gone home... I know what happened...
"... Li Heng rushed to the Prime Minister's Mansion early in the morning, but there shouldn't be much going on today, and he will be back soon. It's raining heavily now, so Miss Shishi should stay here and wait for him."
In the warm light and the autumn rain that enveloped everything, Tan'er said this, and then, someone served tea...
In the study room of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Ning Yi met Qin Siyuan, Yao Zunian, Ji Kun and others and said hello.
"...The man named Luo Jinyan committed suicide out of fear of crime after being imprisoned. Speaking of which, Li Heng was really foresighted about Qin Huizhi..."
The topic started with small talk. After talking about it, everyone's emotions were not necessarily high. There were complicated expressions on their faces, either silent or with a slight sneer. After a while, Qin Siyuan started to laugh.
"Anyway, Li Heng is finally back. Sit down, sit down, there are a lot of things accumulated, let's discuss them all..."
The convolutional rain clouds continued to stretch across thousands of miles of land to the south of this land, next to a small town called Qinkou. The rain was falling and yellow leaves piled up all over the ground.
The blood flowed in the water and was diluted immediately. In the morning, on the long street in the rain, a figure carrying a baggage stood there, facing a small green cloth sedan carried by four men at the other end of the street.
There was a long baggage held behind one hand, with swords, guns, swords and halberds, and various weapons showing their sharpness. On the wall not far away, there was a woman carrying two mandarin duck swords on her back, slowly walking over the earth wall.
.
This is a stronghold of the Great Light Sect.
"Chen Fan." In the green cloth sedan, the old woman's voice slowly read out the name, "You are really tired of living."
"Sikong Nan." In the rain, a man named Chen Fan faced the female grandmaster who had been famous in the world for decades and said with a smile, "As you said, in the world, a new generation will always be buried.
Old man, you may have made a mistake. We were not intercepted by you. This time we are here just for you...to avenge my master."
"Fang Qifu..." Sikong Nan said the name, "To avenge him, do you think your martial arts are enough?"
"I don't know." Chen Fan started to walk forward with the baggage on his back, "But you are old and I am still young...I will not give you the chance to die of old age."
As he stepped through the running water, the chilly atmosphere had solidified around him. The clothes on Chen Fan's body had already been wet by the rain, but his figure underneath was well-proportioned and strong. With every step he took, he seemed more composed and determined. For a moment, he
He tilted his head.
"Oh, by the way, there is something I think I should tell you. Master sometimes mentions to me the matter of taking over Manichaeism. He usually doesn't talk about you, but if he has to mention it sometimes, I think he cares about you.
The mood is very strange. I think he likes you. This is a matter for your older generation. The Holy Duke has left, the master has left, and you have to leave too. But before I am buried, I still feel the need to tell you this.
.”
There was silence for a moment on the other side of the green cloth sedan.
"But now I feel that Master's taste is really not very good. Because the last time I saw you I just wanted to say...Old woman, you are so ugly -"
The moment the roar came out and the baggage behind him was thrown forward with all his strength, a figure jumped out from the green cloth sedan: "Wantless——"
The cloth was unfolded, swords, guns, swords and halberds, axes, axes, hooks and forks, whips, maces and hammers... Various weapons flew into the sky. Sikong Nan's figure split the rain curtain and rushed away the weapons. In mid-air, it was like the extremely ferocious claws of an ancient demon.
Traces, whizzing down!
Chen Fan had already rushed forward and caught the first weapon thrown in front of him. The next moment, the offensive was like a furious tornado, colliding with Si Kong Nan... (To be continued...) i861