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Chapter 1280 Chapter 122 Brothers (Part )

Chapter 1280 Chapter Brothers (Part )

"Speaking of swords, Her Royal Highness the Princess, you also talked to me about swords today. You may not know that Her Royal Highness the Princess, who looks so noble, actually knows martial arts."

In the courtyard near midnight, Qu Longjun sat on the steps and casually talked to Ning Ji about what he had seen and heard today.

"She said that a sword has two edges, one for hurting others and the other for hurting oneself, and is a gentleman's weapon, so practicing swordsmanship can also teach people the limits of the world... I think it makes sense."

"...hurt yourself?"

The moon and stars were mottled under the big banyan tree, and Ning Ji stopped briefly.

"Well, you see, a knife is different. It won't hurt you."

"She is a rookie. Rookies will hurt themselves no matter if they use a knife or a sword..."

"Well, Her Royal Highness the Princess also showed me the memorial from the Ministry of Revenue..."

The sword was dancing in the shadows, and people were chattering under the eaves. Ning Ji occasionally responded, and occasionally held the sword in deep thought. At a certain moment, Qu Longjun asked, "Today's Monk Tunyun is very powerful, right?"

"Well, his martial arts skills are not that good, but his Qinggong is superb, even better than Chen Juefang, the 'Crow' of Jiangning City." Ning Ji closed his eyes and stood still with his sword in hand. "Such a person is very troublesome. It is said that many years ago, not long after Zhuji was formed, it began to consider the plan to surround and kill Lin Pangpang, but because of the presence of Lin Pangpang's senior sister Sikong Nan, Zhuji has always been a little cautious about this plan..."

This is the secret in the bamboo notes. Ning Ji said it casually while practicing swordplay, without much emotion. Then, to make it easier for Qu Longjun to understand, he added: "Sikong Nan was famous for his Qinggong in those days."

Qu Longjun nodded, hugged her legs and watched Ning Ji continue to dance with the sword. She had not seen many young men who were so serious over the years, but when she recalled the time when she first met him in Chengdu, the serious young medical officer had such a calm and peaceful shadow. Maybe he was used to using knives when fighting with others on weekdays, but when he was a military doctor on the battlefield, it was more like using a sword.

"Later, when Qin Xiang was killed, my father reviewed the situation at a meeting of Zhuji and said that if Zhuji had gone all out to kill Lin Zongwu and his gang after Chen Fan killed Sikong Nan, Qin Xiang would have survived. Then the world today might be a little different."

As usual, at this moment when there were no outsiders around, the two of them chatted quietly in the yard about various topics, and then planned the next day's plan. Ning Ji talked about his ability to respond quickly in front of Monk Tunyun - due to rumors from the outside world, it was obvious that Chen Shuangran and Pu Xingui were already extremely suspicious of each other - and Qu Longjun praised him admiringly.

He was also tired. After taking a shower, he lay on the bed, took a breath, and then fell into a deep sleep. Qu Longjun did not go to the house next door. As before, she lay on the same big bed with him. The light of the stars and the moon fell from outside. She looked at his profile and thought of the topic about politics that Zhou Pei talked about today. The boy seemed to act recklessly, but he was actually careful. Was his running away from home due to similar political concerns? Although the boy said that his family situation has always been simple, can the family located in the center of the southwest vortex really be so simple?

In addition, there are his changes today...

She couldn't help but move closer and reach out to touch the boy's face, but she was afraid of waking him up, so her white fingers gently moved around his outline in the moonlight. Then, the boy held her hand.

"I caught you." The boy muttered in a low voice.

"Well, you caught me." The girl sighed softly. After a moment, she said softly, "Xiaolong... Xiaodie's today, are you... a little worried..."

"During the Southwest War, Zhangcun was assassinated seventeen times, plus those who were strangled in advance, a total of one hundred and ninety-seven times..." Ning Ji did not open his eyes, holding Qu Longjun's hand, gently pressing it on his face and rubbing it, "After I learned martial arts, my father told me the origin of my name. Killing the king and rebelling is taboo for the world. My father said that our lives will be spent in challenges. The only way to solve it is to move forward without thinking. This matter has been decided since the moment he decided to kill the king."

Qu Longjun looked at him quietly.

"Aunt Hongti in the family is the best at martial arts. She uses a sword. The difficulty of a sword is not that it has two edges, but that it cannot be used for chopping. It can only be used for cutting and stabbing. Cutting is bleeding, and stabbing is killing. A sword user must be sure of every strike, just like a butcher cutting an ox. He must know both the enemy and himself by heart. The sword is a weapon that requires great effort and perfection."

"If I can kill Tunyun this time, I will understand the sword."

He kept on talking, and finally whispered at the end.

"...You should stay in the princess's mansion recently, so don't run out."

"……Um."

Qu Longjun came over and hugged him gently: "I'll be fine."

"If I don't close the window, Yue Yun, that big mouth, will see us."

"I'm not afraid."

"Then I'm not afraid either."

Ning Ji also hugged her.

After a long while, he said, "After we leave here, let's get married, okay..."

Because of shyness, he mumbled the last part. Qu Longjun's body was hot, she leaned against him and spoke as calmly as possible.

"Xiaolong... I have already promised you in my heart..."

She was born into a skinny family, and she knew a lot about love. She was certain of some things, but when she talked about this for the first time in her life, she couldn't control her strange crying at the end of her words. She didn't know what it was...

……

The night passed by, and in order to avoid the morning vapor, they closed the windows at some point.

On the morning of the seventh day of June, after Qu Longjun tidied his room and washed his face with water, Ning Ji met Yue Yinping with disheveled hair in the yard next door.

"Not giving it to me? Why?" He was shocked that his request for a gun was rejected.

"If I don't give it to you, it means that you can come and bite me if you are unhappy!" Yue Yinping stretched out his hand and rubbed his sleep-damaged hair, with a fierce look on his face.

In the Beiwei army or in front of her brother, she was often considered a lady who could make plans. But perhaps because bad company corrupts nature, after fighting several battles with Ning Ji, she no longer cared about her image in front of Ning Ji.

"Do you still want to kill Tunyun?"

"We'll kill them ourselves!"

Yinping raised his chin.

Not far away, Yue Yun also poked his head out of the room: "That's right, we kill it ourselves!"

"...Ah? Are you dogs?"

Ning Ji looked at the stupid brother and sister, his face twitching, then he waved his hand and walked away cursing.

Qu Longjun came over from next door with some hot water: "What's wrong?" Then he said, "Sister Yue, let me help you comb your hair."

She was a master of diplomacy. After a few words, Yin Ping's expression eased. She sat in the yard and let Qu Longjun comb her hair. Then she talked about how Ning Ji asked her to ask for a musket last night, but was rejected by Cheng Zhouhai.

"In fact, I also want to see how the Huaxia Army kills the Grandmaster." Yue Yinping frowned, "Because I might be the Grandmaster who will be killed by the Huaxia Army in the future. But Mr. Cheng refused to give it to us and said that we should do it ourselves. What can I do?"

"It's not hard to understand. Guns are still very dangerous..."

Qu Longjun could understand Cheng Zhouhai's concerns: "However, I have thought about some other things and I don't quite understand... Why did Mr. Cheng let Xiaolong go? Does he have any backup plan to protect him outside?"

Qu Longjun called Ning Ji Long Aotian when they were in Chengdu, and later called him Xiaolong. Now, she still calls him that in front of familiar people. Ning Ji occasionally calls her Xiaolong, two Xiaolongs, she feels very sweet, Yinping was not used to it at first, but now she is used to it.

"Ah? If he catches you here, of course he will come back. What else can he do?"

"But he... Mr. Cheng, didn't he make any other arrangements in private? It's still very dangerous outside... The rebels are very cunning. Our current arrangements may not be safe..."

"Private arrangements..." Yin Ping thought about it, and finally said helplessly, "I don't know about Mr. Cheng's arrangements... But I think he is a soldier of the Chinese Army, so why should he be perfect... Miss Qu, I think you care too much about him, isn't it hard to say?"

"Um……"

Qu Longjun felt that something was fishy, ​​but Yinping didn't know Ning Ji's true identity. Qu Longjun explained some principles of "real man's" behavior and comforted her, so she had to nod.

The two then talked about some trivial matters in the boudoir. Yin Ping asked about the progress of their relationship. Qu Longjun said, "Sister Yue, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but I want to give birth to children for him." She raised her fingers carefully and said, "Have...have three..." She counted on her fingers and said, "I've already thought of the names..."

Yue Yinping was very envious, and when Qu Longjun asked her about the man she liked, she also whispered frankly: "I want to marry the world's most invincible hero."

"Ah? Isn't that the future little dragon?"

"Tsk, what are you talking about." Yin Ping glanced at her, then looked up and said, "I want to go to the southwest to challenge Mr. Ning in the future."

"Mr. Ning..."

"Well, when Yue Yun and I were young, Mr. Ning saved us. According to my father, he is an invincible hero... Did you know that he killed the arrogant 'King of Hell' Lu Tuo with just one move of the Fantian Seal..."

"Ah, you want to marry Mr. Ning..."

"Just thinking about it, in the future...if he wants me, I can do it, but I think...my father won't agree...but anyway, neither I nor my father can beat Mr. Ning..."

"...You still want Mr. Ning to snatch your bride?"

"...Yeah, isn't it exciting if you think about it? When he and my dad start fighting, it will be a huge fight, it will definitely be exciting..."

"Mr. Ning is probably not that unstable..."

"...I'm just thinking about it...I also want to have three monkeys..."

The messy conversation between besties continued for a while. Ning Ji, who had just washed her face and brushed her teeth, ran over from the other side: "Where is Cheng Zhouhai now? I want to see him!"

"How would I know where he is? Mr. Cheng is very busy... But I can help you report that you want to see him."

"What a waste of time! I have to go out after breakfast!"

"Then do you still want me to help you report it? If I tell you about the musket, there will be no hope. Mr. Cheng is a man of his word. There will be no hope even if you go."

"If you don't know, you would think he is the emperor..." Ning Ji muttered.

After getting dressed, Yue Yun jumped out of the room: "This is treason!" He interrupted Ning Ji and then said, "Come over and fight!"

Ning Ji pointed at him, and the two jumped into the yard and started fighting. Yin Ping and Qu Longjun took the basins for washing and went to Langyuan on the side to avoid being affected.

After a while, a little girl with a bun-like hair stuck her head out from the side of the courtyard gate. After taking a look around, she ran inside with a clattering sound. Yinping couldn't help but stand up, only to see that the little girl ran into the arena where the two men were fighting and forced them to stop.

She held a piece of candy in her hand and tugged at the corner of Ning Ji's clothes. Ning Ji looked defiant.

"what?"

"You, you you you...is your name Sun Wukong?"

"Well, how did you know?"

"Because my last name is Zhou!" Zhou Fuyang answered irrelevantly, then raised the candy in his hand and said, "Here's the candy."

"...Are you still coming?"

"Hmm, hmm."

Ning Ji waved his hand: "I'm not coming."

"Here you go, brother."

“…” Ning Ji frowned.

"……Um."

In the east of the courtyard, the sky had already turned pale, and the smell of the city was faintly flowing. In the courtyard where the sun was pouring, the Yue siblings and Qu Longjun were all watching the confrontation between the young man and the little girl. The conversation between the two was strange, but it seemed that they could communicate with each other.

Then, they saw Ning Ji took the candy and said, "Watch carefully. This is the last time."

"Uh-huh."

“Ah… Ugh—”

Ning Ji opened his bloody mouth and swallowed the candy in one gulp!

"Cough cough——" Yue Yun also widened his eyes and saliva was about to spurt out.

Yinping was trying to hold back her laughter and was shaking. Qu Longjun was also trying to hold back his laughter and he hugged Yinping together. Both of them were shaking all over.

Zhou Fuyang clapped her hands and laughed. She had been in the palace for a long time. Although the Wu Dynasty court was not as grand as before, the education she received was always well-behaved and ladylike. From childhood to adulthood, she had never seen such an extraordinary behavior.

She then ran out with a clattering sound, and when she came back staggering, she was already holding a huge box that she could carry to the limit, which contained steamed buns for breakfast: "Aunt... Aunt asked me to bring you food..." She then took a bun, opened her mouth with an "ah" and gestured several times, as if she wanted to eat it in one bite. After several unsuccessful gestures, Ning Ji took it away.

"what is your name?"

"Fuyang..." the little girl said, "Zhou Fuyang."

"I knew it……"

His gaze passed over the courtyard wall and looked towards the second floor of the next courtyard. There, a pair of eyes were looking at this place quietly behind the window. Yinping bowed towards that side.

For some reason, Ning Ji was very good at getting along with such a silly little girl. After a while, the two of them went to the other side of the courtyard to chat with the buns. On the way, Zhou Fuyang fell down and was covered with dust. Ning Ji picked her up and patted her. Zhou Fuyang laughed and didn't cry out in pain...

Zhou Pei was in the room of the next courtyard, watching the strange and lively morning in this courtyard. Only the female guard who was originally used to take care of Zhou Fuyang in the same room with her was particularly unhappy and had a dark face. Zhou Pei found it very interesting. After a while, she felt hungry and asked someone to bring her a meat bun. She sat by the window and ate slowly with the young men and women outside...

……

After dawn, Ning Ji left the princess's mansion and went to the city to meet Pu Xingui. Pu Xingui persuaded him to kill people, saying that the old masters behind him were already dissatisfied. Ning Ji cursed and asked what the old masters were up to, "If you have the guts, let him tell me in person." Pu Xingui didn't have the guts, so he shut up.

It was extremely hot during the day, and the fight instigated by Chen Shuangran was still going on. Ning Ji acted like a big villain and killed two more groups of people. In the plan he discussed with Qu Longjun, Yue Yinping, and Yue Yun, the monk Tunyun had already taken the bait. If they continued to fight like this, it would not be long before Chen Shuangran, at least Tunyun, would come up with more ways to show goodwill and attract them. For example, they would find some examples to prove that it was not them who reported to the government - because it was indeed not them who reported it - and then they could give the other party a chance.

At worst, I would get "outraged" and kill Pu Xinggui, then Chen Shuangran's side would no longer have any doubts.

……

At 3 p.m., at the other end of the city, Chen Shuangran and Fan Zhong sat in a room where they could see far away.

"There's something wrong with Sun Wukong..." said the dark-skinned girl, "I suspect he's a setup by the government."

"what happened?"

"There is reliable information that the bombardment of Huaiyunfang was not reported by Pu Xinggui."

Fan Zhong thought for a moment and said, "I heard that... the girl asked someone to spread the news yesterday, saying that the shelling was actually caused by Pu Xingui, and today she got the opposite news... Could it be that Pu Xingui did it?"

"I can't reveal the source of the news." Chen Shuangran said, "But I am 90% sure about this matter. It's not me, nor Pu Xinggui, so it can only be an undercover agent of the government..."

"...The boy's behavior is a little bit unusual." Fan Zhong thought for a moment, "What does the girl want to do?"

"They're trying so hard to set up this scheme, just to get close to me." Chen Shuangran laughed, "Then I can go with the flow and give them a chance."

"The girl said..."

"Just like... dealing with Zhan Yunhai..."

"Capture him as soon as possible?" Fan Zhong thought for a moment, "It's not difficult, but the master seems to have the idea of ​​accepting a disciple..."

"After we capture him, whether he is a good person or not will be up to us..." Chen Shuangran smiled, the afternoon sun falling on her face, "Regarding this matter, I have a detailed plan. If the bombardment of Huaiyunfang is fake, we must first find out where Long Aotian is... If it is indeed a setup, I will make these two brothers regret it for the rest of their lives..."

……

The city was noisy and people were talking incessantly. At the same moment, Ning Ji was sitting high up in a teahouse in the city, looking at the crowds below and thinking about ways to deal with more dangers.

In the dim room, Cheng Zhouhai was searching for information among a pile of documents...

After half an hour, Ning Ji left the teahouse and decided to go back to the princess's residence to look for Cheng Zhouhai.

The afternoon sun was pouring down. When he returned to the courtyard with the big banyan tree, Qu Longjun didn't seem to be there. He was probably called by the princess to review memorials. Ning Ji heard the faint laughter from Zhou Fuyang. On the side of the tree in the courtyard, Zhou Fuyang was talking to his companions and jumping up and down from time to time.

Standing under the tree and listening to Zhou Fuyang was a thin but tall young man. He was dressed in a green cloth, in his early thirties, with a beard. When he listened to Zhou Fuyang's words, his eyes were gentle, but when he looked over here, for a moment, a sharp light flashed in his brows, but then it was just an elegant and clear look. He held a folding fan and looked at Ning Ji.

I wanted to say something, but the yard was silent for a long time.

"Ahem." After a while, the other party finally spoke first, "Ning Ji. Back in Jiangning, your father... Mr. Ning taught me for a few years."

But these are extremely honest words.

"Finally meet you." said the other party.

When Ning Ji saw Zhou Fuyang and the other party's expressions, he actually had some guesses. He was not quite sure in what capacity he should use to deal with the other party. However, when the other party said this, strange emotions surged up in his mind. As if possessed by a ghost, Ning Ji cupped his hands and bowed slightly.

"Then..." After considering for a moment, "...Senior Brother?"

“…Haha, haha.” The other party seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then he waved his hands and looked around, “Shhh. Keep your voice down, keep your voice down. I tell you, there are many moralists in Fuzhou. If they hear you, you might be scolded for a long time.”

He smiled, looking like a sophisticated local boss.

"Haha... Junior Brother."

Thus, the name was decided.