Zhui Xu

At the end of April and the beginning of May, Fuzhou is falling into the sweltering and humid rainy season.

The heavy rain brought by the typhoon stopped for a few days, and then there were continuous showers. This endless rain made the aftermath of the typhoon continue. The pedestrians on the road were all wearing coir raincoats, and the water on the road swelled It went back and forth, muddy, and the stone slabs paving the road were washed black and shiny.

Occasionally even old houses collapse.

However, for people in Fuzhou who experience typhoons every year, this is not something that cannot be accepted.

"...Speaking of which, after the official family came to our Fuzhou, they did some great things solidly... Several new roads were paved with bluestone in the city, old buildings were refurbished, and many waterways for the sewers were opened. Note, this should be in the past, after the hurricane, it will be shameful, but the better days are coming, the two young masters should know that the people who came from outside recently are quite serious... in a few days , if you want to buy a house and rent a house, it’s not the current price..."

Ning Ji and Qu Longjun first arrived in Guijing, temporarily staying in an inn in the west of the city, and are planning to rent a house to find a mid- to long-term foothold. The two of them had good manners, and Ning Ji was not soft on tipping copper coins. They paid for one meal a day, and Yalang, who was renting a house, took them around for a few days. On the way, he praised the new king who came to Fuzhou, He said a lot of good things. The most important expression is the meaning of "house prices in the whole city are rising".

Of course, for Ning and Ji, who have made many friends and done a lot of business along the way, this is also not a problem.

The only thing that people are more concerned about is that the recent security checks in Fuzhou City seem to be a bit strict. The two came here with the customs clearance document opened at the Xianxia Pass. Fine, this is a bit strange.

I was questioned several times by the guards on the street, if I asked more, Ning Ji got impatient, so I paid him with copper coins, and the other party took the money and left immediately. On the contrary, Yalang and Qu Longjun who accompanied him probably felt that he was a bit of a prodigal. In fact, the two of them certainly didn't understand that Ning Ji didn't have much sense of belonging to places other than the southwest, and he didn't have any high expectations. On the one hand, he came to Fuzhou It's traveling, and on the other hand, the possibility of causing trouble is not ruled out. At this time, on the one hand, he will test the quality of the other party, and on the other hand, he will corrupt the other party to his heart's content.

There may still be a big devil laughing like a big devil in my heart: that's it! Also respect the king and fight against the barbarians! Still reforming!

— Weak chicken!

He was a little more sure about killing Tie Tianying.

Of course, during this period, he couldn't be caught by the Zuo family.

Ning Ji was making such a calculation in his heart. Seeing that he spent a lot of money, Yalang, who followed him, secretly told them about the reason for the recent tension in security in Fuzhou City, talking about an incident in Houguan County, and the recent chaos when the army outside was doing disaster relief. .

Although there are newspapers in Fuzhou, such things have not been disclosed for the time being. Private gossip said that the army rescued Lou Zi, and some said that the soldiers were wronged. figure.

Due to the lack of information, news from both directions is of course possible. Ning Ji keeps it in his heart and is too lazy to distinguish.

In essence, Yaxing is actually a gangster existence. When talking about public security, Ning Ji also took advantage of the opportunity to ask about the situation of Tie Tianying, only to find out that this old man is notorious in the green forests of Fuzhou.

After Xinjun arrived in Fuzhou, Tie Tianying was the leader responsible for the security of the government and Fuzhou's governance. He personally arranged for the guarding of the Fuzhou Imperial Palace, and also revolutionized the entire Fuzhou patrol system. The many assassinations were all disintegrated under his command. There were several arrests of the murderers in the green forest, and a huge hot air balloon was raised over the city of Fuzhou. It is said that the long-famous Jianghu tycoon had nowhere to go and died extremely tragically during those rounds, which established Tie Tianying's status as the "King of Hell" in the eyes of a group of green forest people.

Speaking of Tie Tianying at this time, Yalang, who has a green forest background, even felt fear from the bottom of his heart. In Fuzhou, once the opponent targets him, the green forest people may not end well.

Following this topic, Ning Ji roughly mentioned the name of "Tongfu Inn". Na Yalang looked at Ning Ji for a long time, and then he smiled knowingly: "It turns out that Brother Sun is also a brother on the road..."

Then he quietly told the two of them that after an accident happened to the soldiers in the official county a few days ago, Tie Tianying led his minions to move around and arrested some habitual criminals and thieves in the city. On the 1st, the shop was destroyed and sealed by officers and soldiers.

Ning Ji thought of the news he got near Pucheng County more than a month ago, and sneered in his heart.

Weak chicken.

The local gangs are really disappointing, there is no one who can beat them.

But fortunately, he is now a peaceful person, and it is quite interesting to take a walk with Mr. Qu Long. If you are still in the state where Jiang Ning and the little bald head are picking up troubles and having fun, you will not be **** to death by these unsatisfactory "comrades" in Fuzhou...

For the time being, we can only wait for the next typhoon.

After Ning Ji inquired about these things, he made a phased decision. As for the first day of May, the two rented a house in Huaiyunfang near the shipyard gate on the east side of the city. Signed the contract.

The house is not big, but there is a small yard in front, where you can park your car, and next to it is a stable for feeding "bald donkeys". There is a small river in the back, and there are bluestone steps to go down to wash clothes. Probably because no one lived there for a while, the yard in front was overgrown with weeds, quite muddy, and the room was in disrepair, but the two fell in love with the scenery by the river after opening the window.

For the next few days, Ning Ji spent the day beating in the yard, repairing the roof, renovating the walls, digging soil for drainage, and leveling the ground. He was born as a soldier and worked as a doctor who needed patience. He didn't feel bored with repetitive construction work. Many times he wore a coir raincoat and stood on the roof under the rain and looked around. Fuzhou city is old and quiet in the rain. Rows upon rows of houses and courtyards extend into the distance in the rain. People walk calmly or panickedly on the streets in the rain. Occasionally, figures emerge from the alleys by the river. The trees and flowers in the rain are lush and green like ink. All this gave him a feeling that he had never found in Jiangning before.

The boy's heart felt peaceful.

Of course, all of this may also depend on the people who are with him at this time.

After the living yard was decided, Ning Ji was in charge of the repair work, while Qu Longjun was in charge of the purchase and logistics of the home. She appeared depressed and introverted when she appeared in Southwest China as a young girl, but in fact, she was trained to be a skinny horse since she was a child, and she has excellent ability to communicate with foreign countries, and in many cases, she is even better than the extroverted Ning Ji. More excellent, but also more measured.

When Ning Ji was knocking up and down in the room, she went outside to buy some of the daily necessities. Sometimes if it was too heavy, she would ask the other party to send it to her home. She also prepared the three meals in the house in an orderly manner. As time went by, the house seemed to be tidy.

The city of Fuzhou is hot and humid, and it rains from time to time. Ning Ji, who works outside during the day, is soaked in the rain. At night, Mr. Qu Long will boil hot water, warm it in a wooden basin, and serve it to the Let Ning avoid soaking your feet in the room. At this time, she would also take off her shoes and soak her white feet in the water without avoiding suspicion. Occasionally touching her toes in the water would make Ning Ji feel soft and warm in her heart.

Since the reunion, the cohabitation in the mountains, and all the way here, they have occasionally touched each other in one way or another, and even hugged. All the intimacy seemed natural, and they didn't talk too much about it.

The rented courtyard is not big, except for the living room, there is only one bedroom, so both of them habitually live in the same room. There are two beds in the room, and there is a table in the middle. After washing, Mr. Qu Long will light incense to drive away mosquitoes at night. She would sit curled up on the bedside, reading a book by the oil lamp, and the two of them would occasionally talk, and she would tell Ning Ji some stories in the book, talk about topics that she found interesting today, and occasionally Ning Ji would talk about various things. She also listens to all kinds of stories from the southwest and her own thoughts very seriously. Sometimes when she laughs, her eyes are like crescent moons.

Ning Ji, who is almost sixteen years old, can't sum up the feelings in his heart, but in this sweltering season, he is not bored at all. In the windless night in Fuzhou, the girl's voice and smile only made him feel refreshingly peaceful. He almost didn't think about Yu Xiao'er anymore. Even if there was no typhoon, his heart was no longer urgent. Not long after, he saw Tie Tianying running past with a group of minions on the street. After finding out the identity of the other party from the words of others, Ning Ji just thought: "Oh, it's just such an old guy with white hair."

And this kind of feeling is actually the same for Qu Longjun.

This is where they want to stop.

But of course, in such a peaceful time as far as they are concerned, on the other side of the city, there are also many people and things going on in the humidity and heat...

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The clouds in the sky were gloomy, and the rain was still falling, flowing over the blue tiles on the houses and forming a curtain.

The middle-aged steward walked through the courtyard corridor, leading Yin Ping and Yue Yun towards the room in the courtyard.

Tonglixuan, this is the courtyard where Confucian scholar Li Pin lives in Fuzhou. To the outside world, he has a great reputation, but for the Yue family siblings at this moment, they are guarded and resisted in their hearts. Even if Yue Fei and Li Pin had a good relationship, even if Li Pin had pointed out their knowledge, at this moment, the siblings really didn't want to have face-to-face communication with Li Pin.

In recent days, the siblings have been running around in various government offices to appeal for grievances, trying to sue the county magistrate and the military law enforcement team for the injustice of Zhong Ergui. The petition mentioned the Fuzhou government in accordance with the normal procedure—in fact, Yin Ping had already filed a complaint in front of Junwu—they were looking forward to a redress, and the above parties must be a little bit battered now.

Li Pin summoned them, and they thought they were probably here to persuade them.

As the two who can even talk to Jun Wu directly, they somewhat understand the internal and high-level embarrassment of this matter, but in the past few days, facing the unjust death of a soldier like Zhong Ergui, they don't want to understand the overall situation. The ignorance and ignorance of the people I saw in Houguan County that day, Yin Ping's heart was also filled with flames, and she only felt that it might explode at any time. She even thought that the army has been so serious in helping such a group in recent days Is it worth the disaster relief...

Not long after, the two walked through the corridor and saw Li Pin in the study inside.

At this moment of hot and humid weather, Li Pin in the room was burning coal. This Confucian scholar who was over fifty years old looked thin. He was wearing unlined clothes. He was sitting by the stove, making tea and rubbing half a bowl of black mud with the smell of medicine on the joints of his legs. Maybe it was because of the medicine. The mud was a little hot after being baked, and it made his forehead full of sweat.

Many years ago, as an official of the Jing Han Dynasty, he participated in the battle against food shortages hosted by Qin Yuyuan and Ning Yi. After that incident, he was reused and promoted. He guarded Taiyuan together for a year. UU Reading www. uukanshu． com

After the city of Taiyuan was broken, Qin Shaohe was dismembered by the Jurchens. Li Pin survived by chance and escaped death. Many injuries at that time still have sequelae. The hot but humid summer or the cold winter will cause his rheumatism to flare up on a large scale.

"Uncle Li."

"teacher."

The siblings reported outside the door. Li Pin turned his head to look at them, and nodded with a painful expression: "Oh, I'm here."

He waved to the two of them and told them to sit down casually. After a while, he stood up and walked into the inner room.

Both of them were close nephews, so he told the outside world that he would bring them in when he came, but Yin Ping was a woman, so at this moment he went to the inner room with difficulty and changed into a single clothes, tidying up his clothes before coming out.

After that, it's straight to the point.

"How is the complaint going? Is there any result?"