son-in-law

Chapter 1249 The Dark Night

The morning of the third day of June came very late.

When it was still dark, there was a gust of wind, and when the rooster crowed, the sky was only slightly gray.People who got up early lit lights and saw light rain falling on the street.

After handing Ni Po to Zuo Wenxuan, Ning Ji, who returned to the small courtyard in the early morning, was meditating on the bed. He had already achieved some success in Xuan Gong, so his rest was not limited to sleep.When raindrops fell in the courtyard, the boy's eyelids swayed slightly, but then he calmed down, and his breathing gradually became one with the wind and rain.

At the southern end of the city, due to the manhunt by officers and soldiers, Chen Shuangran and his group came out of their temporary hiding place and moved to another place. A green forest expert wearing a raincoat stood on the eaves, watching the gray rain curtain spread.

The water bandit Deng Nian, who was responsible for watching the movements of the Fish King last night, stayed one night at a dilapidated inn where Green Forest people gathered. He came to meet up in the early morning, but it was already late. It was only in the afternoon of this day that he contacted Chen Shuangran and his party again.

Tie Tianying, who had arranged Ni Po's arrangements, hurried back along the early morning market. When the storm came, he looked outside.

"It's not a typhoon..."

Under the eaves, candles flickered. Behind the academy, Li Pin knocked his knees and sat under the eaves, watching the rain falling in the yard.Beyond the wall, the city further away has begun to have people.

He was one of the first people in the city to know that it was going to rain. Because his rheumatism had started to hurt again last night, he had not slept all night. Qingyi Zhenren, who was responsible for protecting his safety—actually taking care of him personally— Luo Shouwei gave him acupuncture and massage, and talked for a long time.

The two of them are no longer young. Although they are not called husband and wife, they have had skin-to-skin contact with each other, and many of their interactions are like adults.After a dull and long night, it started to rain lightly. Li Pin went to the eaves to watch the rain. Although he had severe rheumatism, he always liked to watch the rain. He claimed that it was because the benevolent people enjoyed the mountains and the wise people enjoyed the water.

The emperor showed his goodwill to various forces at the banquet on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the princess palace immediately adopted divisive measures. While Chen Shuangran and others launched a counterattack, Li Pin also took notes from all the Confucian scholars on a daily basis to build publicity.Even if it rains today, the whole day's itinerary is already fully booked.

Watching the drizzle in the morning, when Luo Shouwei went to the kitchen to supervise the breakfast situation and came back, Li Pin fell asleep quietly under the eaves in the drizzle.

In the Armed Forces School, under the leadership of Zuo Wenhuai, a group of officers responsible for ideological and political and military law exercises were held in the rain.

In the palace, Emperor Junwu had also gotten up long ago, waiting for the morning dynasty to begin.

At this time, the Forbidden Army gathered in the rain on the campus on the south side of the imperial city. At the same time, students from the Military Academy and some officials who had just participated in the morning court began to gather here.

It had been raining all morning, and the fighting between the City Patrol Division and the Green Foresters in the city seemed to have briefly reached a low point, but the chilling atmosphere had become more intense with the movements of the Forbidden Army and the Armed Forces Academy.

After noon, wearing a shabby raincoat, the water bandit Deng Nian walked through the streets where everyone was talking about it, and finally found a new contact, and was then led to the courtyard where Chen Shuangran and others lived.The courtyard is not even far from the Imperial City, and you can vaguely feel the tense atmosphere there.

After passing through the outer courtyard and turning into the inner courtyard with a huge locust tree, he met the steward Chen Yan.

"...Why are you here?"

"What did the lady mean?" Chen Yan whispered, "I originally chose to stay at the east end of the city in the morning, but I heard that the imperial army was moving, and the lady wanted to come over to see what happened. Now everyone is still discussing things above, you have to wait a while - I've been waiting for you all morning."

"Miss is decisive in killing."

The rain was still falling, and along the eaves and corners of the walkway, the leaves of the trees fell to the ground.In response to the Forbidden Army's actions, what was being discussed upstairs in the courtyard must be a real big deal. Deng Nian and Chen Yan were waiting downstairs. Thinking of the rumors they heard in the morning, Deng Nian said, "They all say that the Forbidden Army may close the city. ."

"I don't think so." Chen Yan shook his head, "The emperor got married, formed alliances, demanded good looks from the outside world, and got angry and closed the city to kill. This time he failed in the show of taking in a concubine. The world will think he is embarrassed."

"On the way here, I heard that several people with cases under their control were running out of the city."

"The more chaotic the better." Chen Yan said with a smile on his face, "By the way, I heard about what happened last night. What happened to the Fish King after the lady left?"

"This one……"

"In the early hours of this morning, he was looking for people everywhere to spread the news and wanted to see us. It seemed that he was in trouble. When I reported it to the lady, the lady was also curious about the progress after she left last night. Is it because of the government's ruthlessness? Hands on..."

"...I provoked that evil star..."

Thinking of what happened last night, Deng Nian sighed and spoke in a low voice, but before he finished speaking, there was already a push on the door upstairs, and some people came down from above, presumably to discuss countermeasures against the Forbidden Army's actions.Chen Yan went upstairs to report, and after a while, he also called Deng Nian over.

The room upstairs was not big. The window on one side faced the side of the imperial city, and Chen Shuangran stood in front of the rain curtain.After the discussion was over, in addition to the "gentleman" who acted with them yesterday, there were three companions in the room. Deng Nianneng became Chen Shuangran's coachman and was also an old man in the circle. When he saw him coming up, he was sitting aside. "Sir" nodded to him: "I changed it to two places. I was almost afraid that you wouldn't be able to find it back."

Deng Nian bowed his hands.

After waiting for a while, Chen Shuangran turned back from the window and said, "Uncle Nian... feel free to sit down... did you have any accidents on the way back?"

"Miss Lao is worried about me, but I'm fine. But the city is in chaos, and some old friends are running out for fear that the court will go crazy and overturn the table."

"It can't be lifted." Chen Shuangran smiled, "The imperial court sent out the imperial army to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger. It was just to let the guilty-minded Green Forest people stir up chaos first, and then seize the opportunity... On the contrary, we, with the guidance of Mr. Jin, were well prepared, and the emperor was about to send troops again. , but also want not to disturb people’s livelihood, so they are just… naive.”

As Chen Shuangran spoke, he cupped his hands towards the middle-aged "Mr."

After a brief pause, he said: "In this way, what happened last night is insignificant...Uncle Nian, what happened over there after we left?"

"Yes." Deng Nian handed over his hand, looked around at the people, and then talked about the development of the situation in Yinqiaofang last night, and how the young man came back after they left and went straight to the Fish King's shop to kill him. Mr. Jin, hey After smiling, Chen Shuangran frowned slightly and looked seriously.

"...Did you really take action?"

"Yes, the Fish King and several of his disciples must have been severely beaten. But what I heard most clearly outside was that the Fish King kept shouting: 'No beating, no beating'. Or maybe because of this, in the future There was a murder."

"It seems that this fish king is really a veteran of the world." The middle-aged man known as Mr. Jin smiled, "Ni Po's skills can kill him in one confrontation, but with only two or three moves, this young man can turn around and find him. If his shop were to be killed, it would probably be a case of annihilation. Moreover, the young man is very skilled in martial arts. At this age, he is really full of blood, so he will not have any scruples about attacking." The young man is ruthless, has no moral restraint, and does not talk about politics. Rules, these things are all understood by Lao Jianghu.

"No wonder the Fish King has been spreading news to me since last night." Chen Shuangran nodded, "Old guy...if it was just the government's coercion, he wouldn't be so panicked."

"It must have been that Ni Po suddenly knocked on the door. The young man became vigilant and had to follow the clues to find him." Mr. Jin said, "It is a good habit to travel around the world. The biggest question now is where these two people come from. "

When he said this, Chen Yan stood up beside him.

"I received instructions from the girl two days ago, so I went around looking for people and made inquiries. To be honest, during the Jiangning Conference, people from all walks of life gathered, and the information was complicated. We were not there at the time. Now if we look back, many of the theories we got are... It's fake." He paused and said, "What can be confirmed now is that these two [-]-foot-[-]-foot demons were famous on Jiangning's bounty list at that time, but there are different opinions, and some even drew pictures. , but they are not similar. A more consistent view is that Si Chi was a bald little monk at the beginning, but now he probably has grown his hair, and he is the boy that the girl and Mr. Jin saw last night. Wu Chi is quite handsome, and has no personality. the difference."

"Humph." Chen Shuangran sneered coldly, his eyes flashing.

"Back in Jiangning, everyone's attention was always on the five kings and the direction of the conference. The most famous rumors about these two evil demons were their feud with Shi Baofeng. There are many theories about this. , but generally speaking, the five-foot obscene demon robbed the wife of Shi Weiyang, the son of Shi Baofeng. Shi Weiyang refused to give up, and was subsequently chased and killed by the five-foot obscene demon in the street. After killing more than a dozen green forest masters, Shi Weiyang also Shi Weiyang cut off an arm before he gave up..."

"...The identities of these masters even include 'Dragon Sword' Xiang Dasong, 'White Mountain Palm' Qian Zhuoying, 'Bull Demon' Xu Batian, 'Shocking Hand' Fan Hen, 'White Shura' He Qinzhao, 'Fifteen Strings' 'Yu Ci..."

Among the few people, Chen Yan, Deng Nian and others were all Fujian water bandits and were severely isolated from the outside world. Chen Yan took the paper and read out the names of each person on it, with a normal expression. "Mr. Jin" and the other person in the room kept frowning.

After a while, the man said: "That's nonsense. People like 'Ox Demon' Xu Batian and 'Dragon Blade' Xiang Dasong are all heroes who have been famous for a long time. I can't say that I will win if they fight alone." 'Yu Ci is even more highly respected and has amazing artistic skills... In recent years, the world has been in turmoil. Maybe something happened to them, but they were chased by a young man in the street and killed more than ten people at once? I'm afraid even Lin Zongwu Lin's leader couldn't do it. To... Nonsense! Nonsense!"

This person also invited help from the outside world, and his strength and vision are trustworthy.After listening to what this man said, Chen Shuangran roughly understood the value of the list on the paper in Chen Yan's hand.

Recalling what she saw last night, the search that the "four-foot obscene demon" made after killing Ni Po in the dark made her feel frightened and she almost lost her composure.As for the "Five-Foot Obscene Demon", he was the young man who never made a move in front of the grocery stall and never paid attention to Ni Po from the beginning to the end. This man was young and his art was certainly not as good as Lin's, who was the best in the world. Leader Zong Wulin, but what will happen if he takes action with all his strength?

As a woman, she chased the young master of Ping Ping Wang Shi Baofeng on the long street, killed more than ten masters in a row, and even chopped off an arm of Shi Weiyang?
He was daydreaming in his mind, but said in his mouth: "I also saw this five-foot obscene demon yesterday. He is only seventeen or eighteen years old. Back last year, he was even younger. Even though his family is well-educated, he can't do such a thing even if he thinks about it. .Uncle Yan, is this fake news?"

Chen Yan nodded: "Yes, when I heard such rumors, I was quite suspicious. Later, after checking with many parties, I'm afraid the story was just a story. Shi Baofeng used the incident of his son's broken hand to turn his head to Fairy. The king got mad and even said that it was King Ping Ping who colluded with Southwest to deal with him and his son. In other words, if these claims are true, those who pursue his son may become a black flag for Southwest."

Someone on the side nodded: "If Black Flag takes action, it wouldn't be surprising to kill more than ten people."

"But I still have doubts at this time." Chen Yan smiled, "Actually, when the lady gave the order, I thought of one thing. Among us, the one who was closest to King Pingping in Jiangning happened to be one person, 伱Guess who it is?"

Mr. Jin nodded: "...Ni Po?"

"Exactly." Chen Yan handed over his hand, "Ni Po is a martial arts fanatic, but when he was in Jiangning, he went to compete and followed the line of King of Pingping. But at the beginning, he felt that the Fair Party's arena was a big one. project, but then the King of Fairness overturned the table and did not want to have a serious discussion at all, and all parties in the city lost much interest in the arena. Ni Po had also heard of the names of 'Dragon Sword' Xiang Dasong and others. I asked him the night before At first, he said that he did not like these people who were interested in art and did not want to improve, but only went to be "fools" around Shi Baofeng and Shi Weiyang. Of course, at that time, people with names such as "Long Dao" His head is much bigger than his, and I think I might look down on him a little bit."

Someone in the room laughed: "Ni Po does have this kind of character. In fact, if nothing happens, he will achieve success in the future."

"Yes...so I also asked him in detail about the two obscene demons and the assassination of Wei Yang at that time. Ni Po said that there seemed to be various theories at the time, but he did not believe those big shots. In addition, The situation in the city was chaotic. The young master of the Shi family led a large group of people everywhere to cause trouble. He felt that sooner or later there would be a problem. Later, King Pingping took advantage of Shi Weiyang's incident to get angry with King Pingding. The focus was on getting angry and talking about equality. Wang wanted to find an opportunity for King Ping Ping to express his position, saying that King Ping Ping had nothing to do with the Southwest or the reading club... This was a hard-working and smooth thing. As expected, King Ping Ping only had to express this attitude, and the rest of the people People can start to negotiate cooperation with the King of Fairness. Who knows, just this time of intimidation, the result will be very bad..."

When Chen Yan said this, he smiled slightly: "No one expected that King Ping Ping was not willing to sever ties with the reading club at all, and even forced the other four people to accept the idea of ​​a reading club. Everyone suddenly discovered that this Ping Ping King He Wen It turned out that the Jiangning Conference was not for the purpose of forming an alliance... After this incident, the happy event turned into a bad thing. The minds of all parties were wandering. After the originally festive martial arts competition, everyone had no time to take care of it, and all went to prepare for the subsequent division and division. Let’s fight and make plans.”

Mr. Jin also laughed and reached out to pat his knee: "It is also because of this that Wu Chi Ni Po no longer pays attention, so he must have a deep impression on this matter."

"Yes, so what he said about this matter and the rumors are all false. The big shot is just going crazy. As for people like Shi Weiyang, he led a group of masters to stir up trouble by shouting and shouting. He was not beaten by anyone, but with the lewd demon. Does it matter if there is a festival, someone from the southwest has been offended, or some other kings have set up a trap? King Ping Ping always takes the opportunity to attack... As for the two obscene demons, if they really make a big name, he will naturally know it. , since he wasn’t impressed, it’s obvious that the opponent’s skills are not at least as good as Lin Zongwu’s…”

"He finally took it lightly... Even though the two obscene demons are not Lin Zongwu-level figures, their martial arts skills are far higher than his..."

When everyone said this, the room became slightly quiet for a moment.From the trace of the obscene demon, the most important events in Jiangning last year are connected in series. Everyone's heart is ups and downs and they have their own daydreams.

After a while, Mr. Jin said: "Ni Po is a martial arts fanatic and doesn't know much about worldly affairs, but he can take it lightly, which shows that at least the impression given to him by these two people is not that they are righteous people with great backgrounds. But the current situation in Fuzhou , we can’t take too big risks, and in more cases, we can take a look before making plans, but Pudongzi is also wooing these two now, but they are just afraid that they will get there first.”

Chen Shuangran sat in front of the window, thinking for a while with a smile on his lips: "Looking at the temperament of these two people, how can someone named Pu be recruited...I want to think about it carefully and not be in a hurry...Uncle Yan, you have more time." Check.”

"Yes."

"As for the Fish King..." She paused, "Tell someone and I will consider...seeing him as soon as possible."

"Yes."

Raindrops fell outside the window, covering the busy city in gray and wet tones. Chen Shuangran sat at the table, one hand on his mouth, his eyes flickering, outlining the curve of the whole thing in his mind.After a while, he stood up.

"It's almost time. The arranged things are about to start. Mr. Jin, Uncle Yan, let's make preparations and go take a look... And Uncle Nian, please drive, let's go together."

Everyone nodded or cupped their hands and stood up to leave.After Deng Nian accepted the promise, he looked at Chen Yan with doubtful eyes. Chen Yan then leaned into his ear and said a few words to him.

At this time, the imperial court had completed the arrangements and mobilization of the imperial army. They came out of the school grounds and walked along the main road of the city to the surrounding city gates.

In the teahouse near the academy, Li Pin endured the pain in his body and was entertaining the scholar in the drizzle. He talked about the progress and arrangements of the events in the past few days, hoping that everyone could see the emperor's intentions and efforts, but the quarrel started not long after.

In the small courtyard in Huaiyunfang, Ning Ji and Qu Longjun finished eating lunch. The two sat on the small terrace near the river in the back. Looking at the rain in the sky and the advancing situation in the city, Ning Ji talked about the Chinese army and The holiday between Tie Tianying and others was already a deep hatred forged more than ten years ago.

At the other end of the city, due to a message he received, Yue Yun left the place where he lived. Wearing a raincoat, he walked through the rain curtain like a young tiger.At this moment, he didn't know that strong malice had already surrounded him...

(End of this chapter)