son-in-law

Chapter 1266 Chapter Since I Saw Peach Blossom (Part )

The silent night seemed to suppress the silent noise. In the early morning of the fifth day of June, many important figures in the city had a sleepless night.

It's early morning.

In the courtyard behind the princess's mansion, an early riser squeezed the toothpaste that had been improved by Zhuji onto his toothbrush, while Ning Ji and Qu Longjun squatted under the eaves to wash. Halfway through brushing their teeth, they saw a figure standing at the gate like a gangster, with a toothbrush in his mouth, full of foam, leaning against the door frame, looking at this place with a wretched look. It was Yue Yun.

Ning Ji tilted his head and glanced at him, not caring. Having been in the military camp for a long time, he had seen too many idle ruffians like him. Qu Longjun couldn't help but take a few more glances and nudged Ning Ji with his shoulder. Ning Ji then spit out foam and said to Yue Yun: "What are you doing?"

"...You slept together last night." Yue Yun said while chewing his toothbrush.

"what?"

"There are seven rooms in the yard, and I've cleared two for you." Yue Yun said, "But you slept together. Bitch."

"You peeked." Ning Ji stood up calmly, "You will get stye."

"Are you a young couple?"

"……Um?"

"I can see you're not married."

"none of your business."

"Sleeping together before getting married is immoral."

"You bit me?"

"...It brought shame to the Chinese Army."

"..."

"Oh... everyone come and look, someone here has brought shame to the Chinese Army."

Yue Yun raised his head and called out a few times absentmindedly like a goose.

Ning Ji spit out the foam in his mouth, walked to the side, wiped his face with a towel, and waved his hand: "Come in."

Yue Yun waved his toothbrush: "What?"

"Go there." Ning Ji pointed to the spacious area in the yard.

Yue Yun was very obedient. He walked over with the toothbrush in his hand. When he passed the stone table and stone bench, he kicked them to the side. Then he turned around and asked, "What are you doing?"

Ning Ji threw away the towel. When he turned around, he stretched his muscles and bones, and his bones began to crackle. Yue Yun laughed and opened his arms. On this side, Ning Ji crouched low, and the next moment, his figure flashed across a distance of several feet like a cannonball. The two of them swung their fists and collided fiercely with a bang.

"Mr. Yue, you look like you deserve a beating. I'll help you get a beating—"

"Then I would like to thank you!"

The two had a long family background in martial arts, and they had practiced martial arts both internally and externally. In a blink of an eye, their fists collided like a storm, like two elephants hitting each other, making a bang. Qu Longjun, who was standing here, had been taught boxing by Ning Ji for a few days, and she felt that she was also a "martial artist", but at this moment, she could hardly see the fight between the two hot-tempered people.

After the first two attacks, Yue Yun's body swayed, and his steps were particularly wide and open, as if he wanted to distance himself from Ning Ji. Ning Ji rushed into the middle, and at a certain moment, his body seemed to be swung in the air by Yue Yun with one hand, but in the next breath, both of their bodies fell to the ground with a bang, and gravel splashed all over the ground.

"Look at my fatal scissor kick—"

"Here we go again——"

"Haha, you turned it over——"

"I'm also good at the Ground-lying Fist—"

The two men fought on the ground again. A stone bench was kicked up by Yue Yun and hit the flower bed next to it, breaking a lot of things.

Qu Longjun naturally didn't understand the fight, and tried to stay calm while brushing his teeth. When he turned around, he found that Yinping, whose hair was a little disheveled but still looked heroic, was standing next to him. The two looked at each other, and Yinping came over and said, "Don't be afraid. They can't kill you with their fists."

"Woo." Qu Longjun chewed the toothbrush and nodded.

After saying this, Yinping took out a piece of white cloth from his arms, tied it around his hair, and strode towards that direction.

In the yard, Yue Yun and Ning Ji had already jumped up and continued to fight each other. Yin Ping approached them and stretched out her hand: "Come on, come on, switch hands, switch hands..."

Yue Yun swung his fist and swept across: "I'll take your place..."

Yinping stepped forward and swung her elbow to hit him. The two siblings had fought for many years. Even though Yue Yun was born with supernatural power, this punch was knocked away by Yinping's strong elbow. Ning Ji kicked Yue Yun in the stomach. Xiao Jin Gang rushed forward with a punch, trying to defend and attack at the same time. Yinping's hands had already grabbed his shoulders. In a blink of an eye, the three of them twisted their bodies, punched and kicked forward, and their attacks converged and intertwined like a storm. Until the dust exploded in the courtyard, the three of them rolled or flew backwards like cannonballs, Yue Yun hit the flower bed, Yinping retreated under the eaves, and Ning Ji rolled backwards several times, and the fierce attack stopped.

“Hahahaha.” Yue Yun laughed and rubbed his mouth. “Well, you’re not bad. You can actually take our Yue family’s world-famous flip punch. Black Flag kid, what kind of punch are you using?”

"Hehe, the Southwestern boxing style is a combination of the strengths of many schools and was developed on the battlefield. Our Mr. Ning calls it the Military Killing Fist!"

"The Military Killing Fist created by Mr. Ning? Is the fatal scissor kick just now also a move from it?"

"Hehe, the fatal scissor kick is taken from the sword technique. According to the predecessor Zuo Zhuan's book "The Sword Classic"..."

"Zuo Zhuan? Where did you get it from?"

"Hey! You don't know Zuo Zhuan, you illiterate——"

The two were originally just chatting with each other during the duel, but after a few words, their words became more and more heated, and turned into verbal attacks. Seeing that the black flag boy named "Sun Wukong" jumped up excitedly and was about to attack his brother for not knowing the Zuo Zhuan book, Yinping sighed and stepped forward suddenly. Before he arrived, the shoveled gravel had already rushed towards the other party.

Ning Ji swung his arm and fought back, and gravel exploded in the yard like a rain of flowers. Qu Longjun had been watching for a while, and saw three figures fighting vigorously. He frowned and fled around holding a basin of warm water.

Perhaps it was because of a person of Cheng Zhouhai's status that the courtyard behind the Princess's Mansion was particularly quiet in the early morning of that day. No outsiders came, and the only thing that could be seen was the sentry post on the distant watchtower. After a while, Ning Ji, Yue Yun, and Yin Ping fought each other here, with bruises on their faces and old injuries not healed yet, and new injuries were added.

Qu Longjun fetched more water and saw three people sitting in the yard among a pile of junk and cursing at each other.

"…It's not that we don't have defenses, but this guy can always drag people to the ground. The army in the southwest does have some tricks…"

"...Trained on the battlefield, I said..."

"...I have also been on the battlefield..."

"…You are tall and easy to die."

"...I am a vanguard, charging into battle with a sword and a hammer. I am different from you scouts..."

"…Your sister's flipping punch is not as good as yours…"

“…That’s it! Hehehe~~”

"…I practiced marksmanship…"

"...Hehe, our Chinese army also has a kind of shooting skills..."

Qu Longjun looked at the appearances of several people, and finally carried a basin of water to Yinping and wiped the bruises on the corners of her mouth and the scratches on her shoulders. Ning Ji threw a packet of golden wound medicine over there, and then quarreled with Yue Yun while fighting in the air, arguing about the similarities and differences between the Fanzi Fist and the so-called "Military Killing Fist". The Military Killing Fist was naturally something made up by his father Ning Yi, and Ning Ji was simply fooling fools, but the name could be fake, but the boxing method was real. After quarreling for a while, they pounced on each other and fought each other.

Qu Longjun felt pain just watching, but there were other things to do today. She understood Ning Ji's considerations for fighting, so it was difficult for her to persuade him. However, every time Ning Ji was hit by a punch, her eyes twitched with pain. Yin Ping, who was standing by, originally wanted to continue her morning exercises, but now she comforted him softly, "It's okay. Both of you have thick skin and strong muscles, and you have practiced your internal skills well. Now you are hammering each other to shake your internal energy. After the fight, it will actually be good for both of you."

After a moment, she smiled and said, "You are so kind. You didn't go to help him, but came to help me heal my wounds. What's your name, sister? It must not be Long Aotian, right?"

"My name is Qu Longjun."

"My name is Yue Yinping. When the silver bottle breaks, water splashes out, and the iron cavalry rushes out with swords and guns ringing, Yue Yinping."

"I know, Sister Yue, your martial arts are amazing."

"Still not as good as Southwest." Yin Ping looked at the two people fighting, "I am his age, but I don't have such martial arts. You know... my silly brother and I were captured by the Jurchens back then, and it was Mr. Ning from Southwest who saved us."

"what?"

Qu Longjun had never heard of this matter. She blinked and was about to ask, but suddenly the world spun around and she was pushed out by Yin Ping. Her body rolled in the yard. Before she could react, she heard Ning Ji's scolding: "What are you doing, you dead woman?"

"I also think it's immoral for you to sleep together before getting married." Yin Ping said in a cold voice, and then she laughed: "Hey, switch hands..."

……

A chaotic morning.

Several rounds of fighting destroyed all the jars and pots in the yard. When the morning breeze blew, Yinping brought in breakfast in a steamer from outside. Amid the steam, she used white mist to fumigate her face, which was swollen like a steamed bun. Yue Yun came out in new clothes, walking with a limp.

Ning Ji sat under the eaves, wrapping himself into an ear with gauze, with a defiant look in his eyes.

"--You hit a woman's face too!" Yinping put down the steamer and poked his swollen cheek with his fingers, feeling extremely unhappy.

Ning Ji stretched out his right hand, revealing the bloody teeth marks on it: "You bite me! You are from the Yue family, Zhou Tong's disciple's granddaughter, you bite me!"

"If I really had bitten you hard, your hand would have been gone!" Yin Ping sat down and tilted his head. "Besides, under the circumstances, biting was the right decision. You've already lost."

"I have practiced the Thirteen Guardians' Horizontal Training of the Golden Bell Cover. It's useless even if you bite me hard!"

"Hmph, I don't think so. What are you bragging about? If you dare to hit me again, I will tear off your flesh and you will be useless!"

"Haha, you have the guts to talk to me..."

"Or come again..."

"I just went to the toilet and didn't wash my hands. There is shit on my hands." Ning Ji stretched out his arm.

Yin Ping, with a half pig-like face, was slightly stunned there, staring at Ning Ji for a while, a little bit unresponsive. She grew up in the army, and although she was used to the rough masculine aura, even in the Yue Family Army, some of the young men who fought against her would regard her as the daughter of the Yue Family and the goddess in their hearts. Many of them showed their masculinity in front of her, and many of them could trust their backs on the battlefield, but there was really no one like Ning Ji who dared to give up his integrity in order to make the opponent lose face.

Qu Longjun lowered his head and tried to hold back his laughter. Not far away, Yue Yun, who was stretching his muscles and was about to join in the quarrel, now raised his hands tremblingly and gave Ning Ji two thumbs up.

The courtyard was quiet for a moment. Yinping blinked her eyes, reached out to pick up a steamed bun on the steamer and stuffed it into her mouth, pretending to eat it. She would rather withdraw her arm to avoid being discovered by the other party that there was actually no shit on her hand. Yue Yun came over from the side and said, "Sister, why haven't Mr. Cheng and Mr. Zuo come over yet?"

"Something happened outside. Zhao Xiaosong said that the court is very busy and the princess is tired after a night's work and has just gone to bed." Yinping tried to move her mouth as little as possible.

"What happened?"

"In the early morning of the day before yesterday, the Fairness Party broke into Lin'an and Tie Yan was killed. We also have a lot of things to do here."

"Is this a good thing, sis?"

"It's not a good thing." Yin Ping said, "I heard that it was the army of King Zhuanlun and King Pingdeng that broke into the city, and after breaking into the city, they burned and killed people everywhere. Our army can't get out, and now we can only worry... The most troublesome thing is that during the morning court today, someone already knew the news of the fall of Lin'an City, and begged Your Majesty to send troops immediately to save the people of Lin'an from the dire situation..."

"Father has actually made preparations. Are we... going to break out?" Yue Yun sat down and took a steamed bun.

Yin Ping sighed slightly: "Father and General Han's army are prepared to fight their way out, but distant water cannot quench nearby fire. If they really want to massacre us, by the time we reach Lin'an, everyone inside will have died ten times... The most troublesome thing is that Zhao Xiaosong said that if we fight our way out now, Fujian will be divided. If your majesty's reforms are not effective, and you turn to Lin'an, I don't know if we can wipe out the Fair Party, but at least the work of the past two years will be in vain..."

Qu Longjun, who was sitting next to Ning Ji, also understood what Yin Ping said. He frowned and said, "If I were Chen Shuangran, I would probably stir up public opinion outside in the next two days and instigate the court to fight outside."

Ning Ji said: "It's not a big problem for the Beiwei Army to fight the Gongping Party."

Yin Ping nodded: "Zhao Xiaosong said that if we wait until the ships come back before we attack, we will have a real foundation. But now is the time when the fighting in Fujian is the most intense. If we attack Lin'an, firstly, many of the big families who have temporarily returned will think that the court is going to abandon Fujian; secondly, there is a shortage of food in Jiangnan, and everyone is a disaster victim. If we attack, we will not get any benefits, and we will have to keep sending subsidies... The court actually has little money; thirdly, there are bandits like Chen Shuangran. Your Majesty's strategy has only worked in the past few days, and it seems that they will fight and fight at the same time. This round of events may give them a breath. After that, I am afraid that one will gain while the other loses..."

"... idiot." Ning Ji looked down at them. "I... We have a saying in the southwest, that difficulties are training, and crises are opportunities. You only see the disadvantages, why can't you see the advantages?"

"Why don't you tell me something?" The half-pig face raised his chin.

"What kind of reforms are you guys in the southeast doing? What about respecting the king and expelling the barbarians? To put it bluntly, isn't it just to gather a group of poor scholars to beat up the stinking officials of the past? When you talk about constitutional monarchy and serving the country and the people, the important thing is to let everyone see what you are doing. Now that Lin'an has been broken, the Fair Party is slaughtering people, and refugees are everywhere in Jiangnan, although you can't reach Lin'an for a while, everyone can see how you send troops to appease and take care of the people. You teach in that military academy, and it's useless to talk about war on paper. Thousands of refugees are heading south. Send them there, let them take in, settle, and take care of these refugees, come up with a set of strategies, and then send people to praise them. Naturally, this serving the country and the people will be settled. The emperor is more merciful than those officials of the old dynasty and the Fair Party. You say respecting the king and expelling the barbarians and establishing a constitutional monarchy, and everyone will naturally support it, right? Only those trained in this way can be the people's soldiers... Do you know what the people's soldiers are..."

Ning Ji was the youngest among the four, and he was talking casually at this moment. Qu Longjun's eyes were bright, and Yin Ping and Yue Yun couldn't help but think deeply.

When he talked about his own soldiers, he shook his head.

"...I don't know...but I think what you said makes sense..."

"…But the money and grain are not enough, and I'm afraid the rich families are not willing to donate anymore…"

"...Will I fall into the trap of that bitch Chen Shuangran again..."

"...You cowards..."

Several people were chattering in the yard and had breakfast. When the sun gradually rose higher and the yard gradually became hotter, Cheng Zhouhai and Zuo Wenxuan had not returned. It seemed that Lin'an City had been suddenly breached, and most of these officials had not slept all night.

Ning Ji put on some makeup and said, "I have to go out later!"

Yue Yun said: "Master Cheng and the others said that you can leave now. We can't beat you or flatten you."

"But Miss Qu has to stay with us." Yin Ping said, and after a slight pause, she asked, "...By the way, will you come back tonight? What are you going out for?"

It was indeed a relatively proper arrangement for Qu Longjun to stay here under protection, but the feeling of leaving a hostage was unpleasant. Ning Ji flattened his face and was angry for a while, then pointed at the brother and sister and said, "It's because you are not strong enough that you can't even deal with a little witch. You can only let me set up the trap myself and help you kill her."

The courtyard was quiet for a while:
"...Can you set up a game?"

"..."

Ning Ji jumped up, and after a while, he began to tell the two about his interactions with the bad guys and the progress he had made with the cooperation of the military advisor. After telling the story like this, under Qu Longjun's polishing, Yin Ping and Yue Yun's eyes also began to light up...

Even though they had exchanged bad words and fought for several rounds, as the Yue family members treated the visitors from the southwest, and as the Ning family members treated the children of the Yue family, after confirming their identities, they did not have any suspicions about right and wrong. The four of them immediately whispered to each other and started chattering again...

******
The sun set, pushing aside the clouds, and as the morning passed, the streets of the city became hot.

Newsboys ran through the streets, spreading the news that Lin'an City had fallen and that the people of the Wu Dynasty had been massacred again. In restaurants and teahouses, the topic of Lin'an had already overshadowed the fighting between officials and bandits in the city for several days.

Refugees who fled from other places are looking forward to returning home as soon as possible.

Some people also mentioned the old things after the Wu Dynasty moved south...

"More than ten years ago, when Bianliang fell, the cowards in the court said that the southerners should go south and the northerners should go north, but in the end, no battle was fought in the north. Instead, they felt comfortable living in Lin'an and only wanted to stay there forever... If they had stayed in Fujian for a long time, they would probably have been in the same situation..."

"Fujian has eight mountains, one river, and one piece of land. It is not suitable to stay for a long time. Now Jiangnan is in chaos. Since the imperial court is the legitimate government, we should fight back and restore our reputation."

"If we wait too long, how can we maintain the prestige of the orthodox imperial court..."

"I heard that the court is waiting for the ship to return..."

"What a wild idea..."

Of course, there are also people who can pull the whole situation together.

Sitting in a horse-drawn carriage, Huang Shengyuan passed through the city streets and met two old men in a private room of a teahouse.

"...I got the news last night. Seeing that the little emperor has the upper hand, some people are weak-willed and want to be traitors. I heard that someone mentioned my Huang family's name in the princess's mansion. I couldn't show up, and I wanted to leave immediately. Who knew that things would take such a turn..."

"...Miss Chen had already made a decision this morning and had mobilized all her forces to spread the news about Lin'an in the city..."

"… He has sent people to the court to present a memorial to His Majesty, asking him to save them and fight back. These are the people of the Wu Dynasty, he cannot just ignore them."

"...The good thing is that there is no need to hide it. Their own young and vigorous faction also wants to fight back to Lin'an... Many of them even have family members there. If the emperor does not fight, the people will lose their hearts..."

"…If he sends troops, it will be a huge waste, a time-consuming process, and nothing will be gained. Most importantly, he will have to return to Lin'an, and Fujian will no longer be important. Can he still push forward the reforms and power seizures he has just completed?"

"...I have already met several adults...They all show signs of changing their minds. If I fight them, I will die. If I don't fight them, I will also die. The little emperor is in a dilemma. It's difficult."

Crowds of people came and went in a bustling and furtive manner.

During the day, there were discussions among the big shots, and of course, there were also gatherings of small shots.

In the alleys between Huaiyunfang and Jinyin Bridge, groups of pedestrians gathered and gradually dispersed. Many residents came here to check out the remains of yesterday's bombardment. Although there was a lot of excitement in the city at the moment, with government searches and tension caused by news from Lin'an, as a rare artillery bombardment site, this place still attracted a large number of people to watch;

There were also green forest warriors who came in twos and threes to spy on the situation. As the situation in Fuzhou tightened, many dirty and relatively timid warriors had been scared away from the city. Most of those who showed up to watch the excitement were relatively free green forest people. They admired the martial arts world and were used to reading martial arts novels from the southwest. They didn't care about the large-scale fights in Houguan County, and they thought the problems in Lin'an were simple. However, the story of a master who participated in the assassination of Tie Tianying yesterday and was besieged by the court, and who fought with the court masters all the way through several streets, made them particularly excited, and they all came to pay their respects.
Some people who were familiar with the two brothers from Yinqiaofang also came out here, asking for all kinds of news. For example, Xiaodie, a maid from Jinqiaofang, had already run back and forth crying for several times. She went to Huaiyunfang to inquire around and confirmed that the courtyard where the brothers Long and Sun lived was destroyed. She returned to the brothel in Jinqiaofang to report that the brothel had not yet opened in the afternoon, but the courtesans in the building were crying. There were already many versions of the story of Brother Long assassinating Tie Tianying.

——Some said that the young hero Long Aotian came to Fuzhou to seek revenge for his father's murder, looking for the court's lackey Tie Laotou, but he agreed to release the enemy, but was besieged by the lackey's men; some said that Long Aotian assassinated Tie Tianying because Tie Tianying committed many evil deeds and robbed women, and he stood up for the women and fought for justice, but ended up being tricked by the bad guys; some said that the name of the young hero Long, the five-foot lust demon, was slandered by the insidious and cunning court lackeys; some also talked about the grand occasion of the peak confrontation between the two sides yesterday in a very clever way... In short, the sun has not yet set, and Ning Ji's hard-earned reputation as the five-foot lust demon is about to be cleared in the public opinion field here. If he knew, he would probably say it was a blessing in disguise;
Yu Hezhang, Meng Piao and others who really had something to do with this matter were still investigating on the streets. Pu Xinggui was very anxious, so they came out early in the morning, but they did not find any news about Long and Sun. On the way, they met several minions under Chen Shuangran's command - these people were also wandering around without any clues. When the two sides met, they were extremely jealous. Yu Hezhang immediately scolded the other party for being despicable and shameless. During the assassination of Tie Tianying, Xiao Heipi clearly had a conflict with the two young knights Long and Sun. Heipi turned around and reported Young Knight Long to the government. This kind of infighting will be cursed by the Fuzhou Green Forest in the future!
The other party was just a minion and was completely confused. He started to curse back, and the two sides almost fought on the street and were about to be caught by the lackeys of the nearby government.

In the morning, the fish king Gao Xingzong also came out for a walk on the street.

As the local boss of Yinqiaofang, he already had connections with the two young men at the night market. This morning, many hooligans, gossipmongers, and even his nephews and disciples who were familiar with him in the past came to him to inquire about the situation. He was already old in the world, so he closed the door and refused to see anyone. He went out for a walk and was even more shocked. From Yinqiaofang to Huaiyunfang, the government officials seemed to be loose but actually tight, always keeping an eye on this street, which meant that the whole thing might not be over yet.

What happened in Huaiyunfang last night, the rumors in the martial arts world are that the government bombed Huaiyunfang with artillery, and Long and Sun fought their way to the princess's mansion. The waves and impact of this incident are too great. Gao Xingzong might have felt his blood boiling when he was young, but now he was involved in it, and he was just scared out of his wits. His identity has long been registered with the government, and now people have been sent to watch him openly and secretly. Once he is involved in such a treasonous incident, how can he survive?

After driving away the gangsters and disciples, he thought it would seem sneaky to close the door to the shop, so he opened the door of the fish shop, took a palm-leaf fan and sat in front of the door to take a nap - not far in front of the door, there was a secret sentry left by the government staring at him, so he simply stared at the man. On the one hand, he could scare away the small character who came to inquire about the news, and on the other hand, he could let the sentry testify for him that he really didn't participate in anything this time.

In June in Fuzhou, the air was hot and humid, the annoying sunlight was peeling off from the gaps between trees and buildings, the stench of fish was spreading around, Gao Xingzong leaned on the wooden chair at the door, humming a song while relaxing. It was late afternoon when a cold feeling came from the room behind him, and his back tightened.

——Someone came to see him.

Looking towards the street not far away, the assigned secret sentry was also sitting in the shade of a stall, yawning sleepily.

He glanced noiselessly into the room.

In the darkness of the room, a figure was sitting there like a dangerous tiger: the tiger was injured, with a slightly hunched body, his clothes seemed new, but the inside was torn and showed signs of fighting, and his eyes, which were slightly sinking in the dimness, were absolutely dangerous.

——It’s Sun Wukong.

At this moment, a feeling of admiration rose in the heart of the fish king. The rumors about Huaiyunfang last night were too fantastic, so the fish king was wary and thought that he could not believe them completely, but when the other party appeared in the room in such a posture, the old man believed the truth of the rumors: he had seen some of the other party's martial arts before, and it might be possible that he could fight his way into the princess's mansion and get out again under the joint encirclement of artillery fire and court masters.

This must be the inheritance of a master that has never been seen in the world!
While I was imagining this in my mind, the other person grinned in the darkness of the room.

"Xiao Gao...what are you doing sitting there?"

He looked at him.

"——Don't you know there's a dog outside?"

As the sun was setting, the Fish King glanced again at the government sentry who was yawning in the shade not far away across the street.

Whether to call or not.

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through his mind.