son-in-law

Chapter 1263: The leaves fall and the branches grow again (VI)
After nightfall, lights gradually streamed across the city. Groups of officials were cleaning up the messengers in the streets. Soldiers carrying orders passed through the streets that were either bright or dark. The night wind caressed the leaves of the trees, making gentle rustling sounds.

On the corner tower of the imperial palace, Jun Wu was using a telescope to spy on the situation at the princess's residence. After watching for a while, he put down the telescope with a solemn look.

"How unreasonable..."

There was a distance between the two sides, so it was impossible to see the details of the matter clearly. Jun Wu was just bored and wanted to see if his imperial sister was spying on the excitement in the city. Who knew that the excitement extended all the way to the back of the princess's mansion, and the nature of the matter became different.

After a moment of contemplation, he waved his hand and called the eunuch who was accompanying him.

"The firing of artillery in the city requires a report. Go to the Imperial City Office to check who is behind this drama... If there is no seal from the Princess's Mansion, then go and ask why my sister was dragged into this!"

The eunuch bowed and replied, then left immediately.

……

The scene in the training ground behind the princess's residence, which had seemed intense, was gradually becoming calmer.

No one paid attention to Yue Yun, who was approaching Cheng Zhouhai and the others. Yin Ping was holding a spear and was also slowly retreating. Since Zuo Wenxuan spoke, the information temporarily revealed has shown that Cheng Zhouhai and the elder of the four-foot demon are old acquaintances, and this "four-foot demon" is...

"They are actually from the southwest..." Yue Yun spoke quietly to his sister.

"I've heard of it in Jiangning..."

"but……"

Yue Yun hadn't finished speaking when the scene in front of him suddenly gave him an even greater shock, and he pointed his finger forward.

Qu Longjun ran away from Cheng Zhouhai and rushed to Ning Ji. Ning Ji opened his arms and hugged him. Then he used the blade of a knife to cut open the cloth tied around his wrists and mouth, and checked his physical condition: "Are you okay?"

"It's okay..." Qu Longjun shook his head with tears in his eyes.

“He he he he he…” In the dim light not far away, Yue Yun opened his mouth into a huge circle, accusing the world, “…these two men hugged each other like this——”

Yinping waved his hand and hit him on the head with a "bang".

"She's a woman... and she doesn't know any martial arts..." Yinping explained in a low voice.

"Hmm...I see...I felt something was amiss..." Yue Yun understood and thought about many things. Then he looked over there, turned his head to look at his sister, and then looked over there again, thinking, "Hmm...but...his sister also looks like a man..."

Yinping kicked over.

"She's a woman dressed as a man! She's a woman dressed as a man—"

The siblings suppressed their fighting, Cheng Zhouhai's eye twitched, and he rubbed it with his hand. Ning Ji held Qu Longjun and secretly observed the situation on the other side: the two fools were fighting, but Cheng Zhouhai and Zuo Wenxuan were both old Yin-Yang people, and he was a little weak now, so it was not easy to start a fight. He pulled Qu Longjun's hand and planned to pretend that what happened today had not happened.

"let's go……"

"My dear nephew, you came here this time without even saying hello to the elders. I'm afraid it's a bit rude to just leave like this, isn't it?"

On the other side of the field of vision, Cheng Zhouhai spoke with a smile.

"Ignore him..."

Ning Ji whispered, and took Qu Longjun to a farther distance. Cheng Zhouhai opened his mouth, laughed helplessly, and then said, "You can't leave."

He just said, "Outside the training ground, the Imperial City Department has prepared more than 200 people, all with bows and crossbows. If they all shoot at once, my nephew will not necessarily die because of his great martial arts skills, but Young Master Long beside you will definitely die. How can you escape with only one person today?"

"I don't believe you dare to shoot an arrow at me." Ning Ji waved his hand. Since his identity was exposed, he might as well act like a rogue.

"The order has been given. Once you get out, shoot the arrows... Don't get me wrong, no one wants you dead, but your companion is not that important. If he dies, the Chinese Army won't react at all."

"You dare!" Ning Ji turned around, "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

"My dear nephew, I have this ability, but you may not believe me. I, your uncle, have some confidants in Fuzhou, and I have already given them orders. If you kill me, they will not kill you, but just like I just shot them, they will kill this Young Master Long to avenge me... Well, when you return to the southwest one day, you will probably be beaten by your family. I can't say I made a profit from this business, but at least I didn't lose money."

On the training ground where the night wind blew, Cheng Zhouhai stood there calmly, smiling slightly, and then reached out and tapped Ning Ji: "Look, I have caught your weakness now, so you have no choice but to obey. This is the first lesson I, your uncle, will teach you."

Ning Ji looked at him, his eyes twisted and tangled. Qu Longjun came over and held his hands with both hands. After a while, Ning Ji finally stomped his feet and said, "What on earth are you going to do?"

Cheng Zhouhai smiled and looked at Zuo Wenxuan on the side: "Look, you can finally talk properly." Then he turned his head to look at the brother and sister on the other side and said: "Yue Yun, you are injured, let Miss Yinping take you to treat your injury?"

Yue Yun widened his eyes and looked at his sister. The next moment, Yinping gritted her teeth, took a step forward and bowed.

"Master Cheng, can we listen to the reason for today's incident? To be honest... we have some connections with these two people in Jiangning City, and we have many questions in our hearts. We are really confused and unhappy..."

When the siblings were in Jiangning City, they had dealt with two four-foot and five-foot demons in the air. After arriving in Fuzhou, Yue Yun was also defeated by Qu Longjun's verbal attacks. This afternoon, Cheng Zhouhai and Zuo Wenxuan suddenly set up a trap for the two of them to participate. The two of them didn't have time to ask the reason. Yue Yun originally hated the five-foot demon because of Yan Yunzhi, but now that his sister said that the other party was a woman and didn't even know martial arts, this hatred was suddenly mixed with more questions. He was also confused. When he saw his sister come out, he quickly jumped out.

"That's right, that's right, Lord Cheng, who are they? We have had a feud with two perverts in Jiangning City... and, I just have a minor injury..." Yue Yun puffed up his arms to show off his muscles.

On the other side, Ning Ji frowned and stretched out his hand and jumped out.

"Ha, what festival? Who are you? I don't even know you two. Um... Uncle Cheng, my confidentiality level is so high. What are their identities? Are they qualified to listen?"

"Don't know her? Tell me what you did to Miss Yan Yunzhi—"

"Yan Yunzhi? Who is Yan Yunzhi? I only know how to spit blood at others. She is saying nonsense to discredit me. Besides, we haven't even met in Jiangning City. I don't even know if you are here..."

"Ha, you two, your names as lecherous demons are known to the world, why do you need others to slander you! Also, you have never met each other, right? You don't know if we are here, right? I'm telling you not to scare you, but the head of 'Founder' Luo Yan was taken by my sister and me!"

"Haha, what's the point of opening a general? What's Luo? You, a nobody, are talking about this. Let me tell you, the head of the 'Crazy Tiger' Wang Nanda was blasted by me. Later, Lin Zongwu chased me all over the street, but he didn't kill me--"

"Bah! People who don't know would think you killed Lin Zongwu..."

"I will kill him sooner or later..."

"Remember, that's what I'm going to do—"

"I'll blow your head off too--"

"..."

"..."

The two men barked and yelled at each other for a while. Cheng Zhouhai and Zuo Wenxuan both rubbed their foreheads. After a while, Cheng Zhouhai said, "Okay, I'll make the decision. You can stay." He looked at Ning Ji who wanted to refute, "Because this young man Sun might get angry and want to kill me. He'll get spanked when he goes back."

"Humph, who dares to hit me!" Ning Ji put his hands on his waist, looked at Qu Longjun quietly, and whispered, "Is there any way?"

Qu Longjun shook his head in embarrassment.

Over there, Cheng Zhouhai's eyes had become serious.

"Okay, Sun Xiaoer, our two families are old friends. Although we are on different paths now, our friendship has not faded. Your coming to Fuzhou was originally a good thing, but you relied on your status and did not care about anything and made trouble. That's why I had to come out like this and teach you some things..."

"What do you mean by recklessly causing trouble?" Ning Ji jumped up. "What did you do in Fuzhou? You can't do anything to deal with a few bad guys. You still have to rely on me to take action..."

"You are interested in the situation in Fuzhou. If you follow me for a while, you will naturally see the result. As for what is reckless and causing trouble..." Cheng Zhouhai looked at him, his tone became heavier, "Do you know what position the Zuo family occupies in the court after returning from the southwest! What responsibilities do they bear! They have to publicize the possibility of the southwest approach in the court and build a bridge for the integration of ideas on both sides. Their identities are sensitive. Even if there is nothing to do in normal times, there are many people watching them all the time, trying to put a hat on them and accuse them of crimes! You think your identity is just a trivial matter, and you think you have not caused trouble to others, but if the person who recognized you today was not me, but some conservative official in the court, do you know that the entire Zuo family will be threatened and controlled, even if they are lucky enough to escape with the tolerance of His Majesty, they will never be able to take on important responsibilities in the court in the future, and the door to communication between the southwest and the court will be closed from now on-"

Cheng Zhouhai looked at Zuo Wenxuan and said, "Zuo Wenxuan, you too, are still hesitant and indecisive when faced with something like this. The correct approach should have been to gather people to surround him and capture him the moment you saw him. If you had acted decisively, why would you have waited until today and let me clean up your mess?"

"Hey, you like to fuck too..." There was a shameless joke to pick up, and Ning Ji's old soldier attributes kicked in. He was about to complain, but halfway through his words, he looked at Zuo Wenxuan's twitching eyes and felt that Cheng Zhouhai was not that easy to mess with, so he held back.

Zuo Wenxuan bowed and said, "Mr. Cheng is right."

Ning Ji asked: "——Then what do you want to do?"

"As I said before, we are all old friends. Since you have come to Fuzhou, I will take the time to be your teacher for a few days. In the next period of time, you can continue to be naughty and act wild, but Young Master Long beside you is a hostage here, and his treatment depends on your performance. As for your thoughts and curiosity about the situation in Fuzhou, it's okay. I will take you to take a closer look, and then you will naturally understand."

Cheng Zhouhai threatened Qu Longjun. Ning Ji gritted his teeth and was about to yell again. Qu Longjun on the side could tell that the other party had no ill intentions. He pulled Ning Ji's hand and nodded, saying, "Let's leave it like this for now. It's okay..."

Cheng Zhouhai smiled and nodded, then turned and walked inside: "Then follow me first."

Yue Yun, Yin Ping, and Zuo Wenxuan followed. Ning Ji and Qu Longjun also followed hand in hand. After a few steps, Yue Yun couldn't help but asked, "Uncle Cheng, where is he from in the southwest? It can't be the Qin family, right? Is his father General Qin?"

There were many key figures in the Prime Minister's Mansion, the Secret Investigation Department and other systems who followed Ning Yi in the rebellion. Yue Yun tried to guess as big as possible, but naturally did not dare to directly guess that it was the young master of the Ning family.

Ning Ji jumped out: "My father is your long-lost grandfather!"

Yue Yun glanced at him, then looked at his sister and Zuo Wenxuan, and said, "Look, it turns out his father is dead."

He was also a veteran who grew up in the army. He was not afraid of such shameless words, even if he hurt the enemy by a thousand and lost eight hundred of his own. Zuo Wenxuan on the side pinched his forehead, and Ning Ji in the back flattened his face, and then led Qu Longjun to catch up.

"Yue Xiaoer, are you a vanguard?"

"How about it? I'll take your head in the midst of a huge army!"

"Do you know that I'm a military doctor?"

"so what?"

"Look at how much blood you're bleeding. You're almost dead. Brothers, you don't want to see a doctor. Fortunately, I brought needles and thread and medicine for wounds. Come, I'll treat you for free..." As he spoke, Ning Ji stretched out his hand and pulled out a bag of scalpels and needles and thread. Then he looked ahead and said, "Uncle Cheng, I'll treat his wound..."

Yue Yun cursed: "I don't believe you, you just said you were a scout, you liar——"

Cheng Zhouhai also looked over here and nodded: "That's great, you two can get closer."

Yue Yun's eyes widened: "What, even if I die——"

Cheng Zhou Hai said: "If you want to hear the secret, you should show some expression."

Zuo Wenxuan said: "Let me be fair. Sun Xiaoer is indeed a military doctor."

"I believe your mother's fair words..."

“Wahahahahahahahaha——A doctor is like a caring parent, Yue Yun, don’t worry! Uncle will definitely tie the most beautiful bow for you today——”

The hustle and bustle of the city continued, and the evil laughter echoed in the night sky. Several people passed through the training ground and went to the courtyard deep in the Princess's Mansion. After a while, Cheng Zhouhai just set up a tea stall in the yard and listened to Ning Ji reluctantly talking about the various things he encountered on his way out of Sichuan amid Yue Yun's screams.

In the darkness of the night, they drew closer...

(End of this chapter)