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Chapter 687 Where is the volley half-step knife heading?

Chapter 687 Where is the volley half-step knife heading?

"Master, sister, long time no see."

On the dim long street, not far away is the outer wall of the imperial city, and the lights from the courtyard on the other side have a bright yellow blur.When Ning Yi walked over, the guards around him also followed, but even though there were many people, the street still seemed quiet.

Shi Shi wore a light pink lady's dress, and by the side of the road over there, she smiled with a little prudence: "That's... the other business of the King of Guangyang, I sent you out just now..."

"Yeah." Ning Yi glanced back at the courtyard gate over there, "The chief manager of the palace, and the other one is Mr. Tan Zhen Tan."

"They... haven't made things difficult for you, have they?"

After entering such a courtyard, it is a big event worth showing off to be sent out by a high-ranking official like Tan Zhen and the head of the palace to be placed on someone else.But Shishi is not such a superficial woman. She had seen the whole process in front of the Qin Mansion before, and she could probably guess why people like the King of Guangyang intercepted Ning Yi.

Ning Yi has come closer, and smiled: "I scolded, it's not a big deal."

He said it easily, Shishi didn't know how to answer the words for a while, turned around and followed Ning Yi forward, passed the corner in front of him, and the county king Bieye disappeared behind his back.The long street in front is still not bright, and there is still a distance from the lively houses and business districts. Most of the nearby are the mansions of rich people. A carriage is slowly coming from the front. Behind Ning Yi and Shi Shi, a group of guards, The coachman followed quietly.

"I remember the last time we met, we were still talking about Taiyuan. It feels like it's been a long time, how is Shishi doing these days?"

"It's the same. I participated in several poetry meetings and met such and such people. Speaking of Taiyuan..."

"It has become a big talk." Ning Yi said softly.

The teacher walked slowly along with him, and was silent for a moment: "Others may not know, but I know how many things the Right Prime Minister's Mansion has done. Just now... Just now, the Second Young Master was wronged in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion. See you... Fortunately, Liheng, you found Li Xiang..."

Ning Yi shook his head: "It's just the beginning, Li Xiang...is a little bit hard to protect himself, and a few more times, it's hard to count on it."

"Are Tan Zhen and the others the mastermind behind the scenes? So they called you over?"

"It's just a part." Ning Yi smiled, "The group of people who shouted in the crowd to smear Shaoqian were sent by them. I messed up things, and they were a little angry. This case was ordered by Wang Fu." It’s just Tie Tianying’s understanding, and it’s not a big deal, the following people want to do it first, and then ask Wang Fu for credit, so they can still block it.”

His tone was flat, and then he smiled again: "I haven't seen you for so long, Shi Shi saw me, and you want to ask these unhappy things?"

"In Liheng's eyes, I'm afraid I'm just asking around." Shishi also smiled, and then said, "Happy things... nothing very happy, but people laugh every day in the building, and even the most powerful people can see it." I’ve seen a lot, and I’ve seen a lot, and I don’t know if I’m really happy or fake. When I saw Brother Yu and Brother Chen, I was very happy when I saw Li Heng.”

"Yeah." Ning Yi nodded.

Shi Shi thought about it, hesitated, but finally said: "Li Heng is...ready to leave?"

Ning Yi pursed his lips, then shrugged: "Actually, if you want to see it, you can still see it clearly. Mother Li has already seen it?"

"Others just thought that Liheng, you want to sort out your relationship with the prime minister's mansion, and my mother is a little uncertain... But I can see it." The two moved forward slowly, and she lowered her head as she recalled, "I was in Jiangning with Liheng. When we met again, was it a few years ago?"

"Uh, Jing Han..." Ning Yi frowned.

"It's the ninth year of Jinghan." Shishi nodded, looking at the road ahead, with a smile on his face, "In a blink of an eye, it's been five years. In fact, since I saw Li Heng again, Li Heng also came to the capital later. , I sometimes feel that everyone lives closer, and sometimes I always feel that the relationship between Liheng and Liheng has never been closer. Now it seems that I can finally understand Liheng. I am very I'm happy, but Li Heng is leaving, so I don't know if this is a happy thing."

When the breeze blew, Shishi stroked his hair and turned his eyes to one side, but Ning Yi felt a little uncomfortable to answer.He took two steps, only to see Shishi stop behind him, and turning his head, in the not-so-bright night, the woman's face showed obvious sadness: "Liheng, is it really... something that can't be done?" ?”

Her voice trembled slightly after she spoke.This emotion is not only sad for Ning Yi's departure, but also more complicated.Like pity, everyone has it. The woman in front of her seems to be sober about many things, but in fact, she has a heart of compassion. She previously worked for the wronged sisters and for disaster relief. When the Jurchens came, she came The city wall personally took care of the wounded, let alone how much power a woman can exert, but she can't fake her intentions.She knew Ning Yi's character, and she would not give up until the end. The words at this time, when she spoke, or because of Ning Yi, after she got the words, she couldn't help but think of them, and she became afraid in her heart.

Ning Yi stood there and opened his mouth: "It's hard to say whether there will be a turning point." He paused, "But I can't do anything...you are also going to go south."

"I don't have a home in the south anymore." Shishi said, "Actually... Bianliang is not considered a home, but there are so many people... Uh, Liheng, are you going back to Jiangning?"

"This is the plan for the time being." Ning Yi looked at him, "Leave Bianliang, the next time Jurchen comes, the place north of the Yangtze River will not be safe."

Shi Shi nodded, and the two started walking forward again.After a moment of silence, another carriage passed by with a lantern, Shishi said in a low voice: "I can't figure it out, it's already been done like that, why do they still do this...every time before I It makes sense, but at this time, why can't they be smart..."

"Because the singing and dancing in front of me is peaceful." Ning Yi was silent for a moment before speaking.At this time, the street where the two of them were walking was slightly higher than the other places. Looking into the night on one side, through the shaded trees, one could vaguely see the bustling and peaceful night scene of the city—this was just experienced. The city after the war disaster: "And...the Right Prime Minister's Mansion did a few things wrong, one of which was the most troublesome and couldn't be stopped."

"What's the matter?" Shi Shi turned to look at him.

"On the day of Jurchen's siege, His Majesty was chasing the Empress to leave the city. The Right Prime Minister's Mansion resorted to some tricks to keep His Majesty behind. Your Majesty has lost face, and he will never bring up this matter again, but...heh..." Ning Yi lowered his head and smiled, then raised his head again, "I made a replay later, and when I went to see it again, this may be the reason why His Majesty would rather give up Taiyuan and take down the Qin family. There are many other reasons, but none of them are valid. Yes, only in this incident, His Majesty behaved dishonorably, and he himself knew that chasing the queen, no one would believe it. But Cai Jing, Tong Guan, these people have stains, only the right-hand man left him. Maybe later Every time His Majesty sees Prime Minister Qin, he subconsciously avoids this matter, but when he can't even think about it in his heart, Prime Minister Right must go down."

Shi Shi's lips parted slightly, and his eyes gradually widened.

"At that time, the soldiers were fighting fiercely, and I didn't know it for a while outside the city. The right minister should be aware of this, but in that situation, there were too many things, and there was no good way to remedy them. Later, time passed , I can only hope for luck." Ning Yi shook his head, his eyes and tone were calm: "Heh... It may not be true, or it may be that I treat the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. It doesn't make sense anymore. Don't pursue it."

Listening to that calm voice, Shi Shi was stunned for a long time, no one could say for sure what was going on in his mind, but Shi Shi understood that the possibility was not small.When she went to look at Ning Yi's face again, she remembered the punch he was punched in front of the Qin Mansion earlier, and recalled that he was called by Tan Zhen and Prince Tong to "swear at him". All around him are these things, these faces.

Shi Shi went to the city wall to help defend the city.The sacrifice of tens of thousands of people inside and outside the city, the tragic scene of struggling on the line of life and death, is still vivid to her at this moment. If it is said that after such a major sacrifice and hard work, 10+ The sliver of hope for a man's death is ruined by a man's wounded pride after an attempted escape—if at all because of it.She can understand how chilling it can be.

She could somewhat feel how tired and angry the man in front of her was after being so calm these days among those big officials and small officials.

She received this feeling from the bottom of her heart: "Then... can there be some people in the Right Prime Minister's Mansion survived? If they are useful to me..."

"Don't get involved in this matter." Ning Yi shook his head immediately, "It won't help, and it will cause trouble."

"There is always something I can do. I am not afraid of trouble, just like you used to let those storytellers speak for the right minister, as long as someone speaks..."

"So I didn't say anything, did I? They are determined to move the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, and if the publicity continues, the storytellers under my hand will also be arrested. The Right Prime Minister has made meritorious deeds in defending the city this time. If you want to move him, Smearing is necessary, they have already made preparations, and there is no way to counteract it."

The night wind blows over, with a quiet chill, after a while, Ning Yi said again: "Don't think too much, go to Jiangning, friends, you have no place to live, I can take care of you - originally I was going to remind you, this time is just right. In fact, when the Jurchen goes south again, if you refuse to leave, I have to send someone to rob you. We are so familiar, you don’t have to thank me, it’s me Should do."

Shi Shi burst out laughing: "Then I want to wait for you to catch me..."

The light on the street was dim and uncertain. Although she was smiling at this time, when she walked into the darkness, tears fell down involuntarily, and she couldn't stop.

When Jurchen attacked the city, she was on the battlefield of Shura, watching hundreds of thousands of people die, but she still had a faint hope in her heart.Jurchen was finally beaten back, and she was able to cheer and celebrate loudly.But only at this time, in this peaceful atmosphere, and in the calm words of the man beside her, she could feel the despair-like sadness rising from her bone marrow, and that chill made people unable to even see the slightest hope.

Anger and exhaustion are meaningless here, hard work is meaningless, even if you are prepared to be hurt, what you can do is meaningless...

Seeing her crying suddenly, Ning Yi stopped.He took out a handkerchief to her, wanting to comfort her, but in fact, he was a little confused about why the other party was crying all of a sudden.Shishi stood there, pulling his sleeves, and quietly shed many tears...

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There may be differences in the details, but as Ning Yi and others have calculated, once the overall situation starts, it will be like a flood, and it cannot be pulled back.

As if he didn't feel the warmth of spring, when March passed, Qin Yuyuan's case further expanded.The scope of this expansion is half true and half framed. When Qin Yuyuan recovered, the situation in Jinliao had begun to become clear. The previous few years were wasted. Regarding the matter of power, if you talk about forming a party for self-interest, it may be insignificant compared to Cai, Tong and others, but if you really want to pull it out, it is an astonishing pile.

Tang Ke, who lives in it as the presiding judge, can't stop this kind of advancement under the circumstances of business affairs-his tendency to try to help Qin Yuyuan makes the case more complicated and clear to some extent, and also prolongs the trial of the case. Time, and time is a necessary condition for rumors to ferment in society.In April, when the signs of summer began to appear, the condemnation of the "Seven Tigers" in the capital became more and more intense.And because Qin Yuyuan was the only one of the "Seven Tigers" being tried for the time being, he gradually became the focus of attention.

As these things gradually deepened, many things happened in April.After the first ten days of April, Qin Shaoqian was finally imprisoned. This time he was involved in his father's case, which could no longer be avoided.On the side of Ning Yi, the secret investigation department began to let go, and the people sent by the court gradually took over the things that were originally in charge of the Xiangfu. Ning Yi has tried his best to lubricate, but naturally there are still many frictions. On the other hand, the original knot At this time, Tie Tianying and the others have found an opportunity, and they often come to provoke and make trouble.This was also expected.

Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover, Ning Yi has already been mentally prepared, and has expected these things. Occasionally, he dreams back at midnight, or thinks about it when he is doing things. Although the anger in his heart is getting worse, the days of leaving are already gone. Getting closer.So, until something suddenly appeared.

At this time, it was already late April of this year.

Time seems to come here slowly.

Summer, the season of heavy rain...

(End of this chapter)