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Chapter 1271 Ever since I first saw the peach blossom (Part )

"The teacher's first child, as I remember, was named... Ning Xi... Xi as in Chenxi..."

The commotion has gradually subsided, and the night wind blows into the room with open windows, making the summer night quiet. Several figures in the room have sat down. No matter whether they are emperors or ministers, certain memories of the past make the reality become quiet and distant.

"Ning Ji was the second one. He was born on the seventh day when the Jurchens moved south. Ning Yi left Bianliang at that time and fortified the city. The child's name was not given until a long time later..." Cheng Zhouhai sat on half of the stool below, "...It means that regicide and rebellion are taboos for the world."

"This... is related to my Zhou family..." The emperor seemed to be out of his mind and was sighing aimlessly.

"Teacher...why did he send the child here..." For many years, Zhou Pei was reluctant to mention the title of teacher in front of people other than Jun Wu, but at this moment when the quiet night breeze blew by, she said it casually.

"Wenxuan probably knows more about this matter."

"According to our contact with Ning Ji, he was not sent by Mr. Ning... Among the children of the Ning family, Ning Ji was like a monkey since he was young, with a volatile temperament. Many times, Mr. Ning couldn't control him. That's why he was allowed to join Uncle Zheng's special operations team during the Southwest War..."

"Zheng Qiming?"

"Your Majesty's lesson."

"Tell me, tell me. Tell me about your past in the southwest."

"... When we went to Xiaocang River, Ning Ji was still young. Later, when he was older, he had a good time with Zuo Xingzhou and the others... After moving to the southwest, the group of kids played and fought. In the summer, they liked to line up their troops by the river in Zhang Village and fight for swimming spots. Ning Ji always liked to follow them and fight. Ning Xi rarely participated... Later, the Jurchens moved south, and Ning Ji kept clamoring to go to the front line as a military doctor. Mr. Ning was annoyed and had to agree... He was not content to be a military doctor. He killed many assassins when he was twelve or thirteen years old. Later, when the war was intense, he sneaked into Uncle Zheng's special operations... This kid was not vague when killing Jurchens, and he made solid contributions..."

"Really amazing... I didn't see it just now." The emperor sighed, recalling the scene of the young man sitting in the yard in frustration. He felt pure and kind when he thought of him. He thought he looked like Miss Xiaochan at the first time, and he was right - of course, he currently had some selective amnesia about the fact that the other party had just beaten more than a dozen guards. What bad thoughts could a child in his teens have?

"…Why did he want to steal Zhou Fuyang's candy?" Zhou Pei said.

"Well, the nature of a young man, you can see the simple nature of a young man." Jun Wu said, "I was like this when I was young."

“……” Zhou Pei glanced at him.

The other two did not say anything. After a moment of silence, Cheng Zhouhai said, "Maybe it's because of Zuo Xingzhou."

"…What happened to Zuo Xingzhou?"

"Zuo Xingzhou was undercover for Chen Shuangran's case. There has been no news for several days... Before he disappeared, he met Ning Ji, so Ning Ji was also looking for him..."

"Let me start from the beginning."

"Yes... Wenxuan, this time I met Ning Ji about half a month ago. At that time, Ning Ji and his companions came to the city and set up a stall in Yinqiaofang..."

The oil lamp made a slight sound inside the cover, and tiny flying insects danced around. In the light of the night, Cheng Zhouhai slowly sorted out the situation, but this time, he was interrupted from time to time.

"He has been here for so long, why is he only telling me now..."

"What happened to his companion..."

"Nonsense, nonsense! How can you let a child like him participate in such a dangerous thing..."

"The teacher's child has arrived in Southeast. This is a big deal! Nothing can happen to him. Mr. Cheng, don't you understand? And Zuo Wenxuan——"

Cheng Zhouhai tried his best to answer Jun Wu and Zhou Pei's doubts as carefully as possible, but after a while, the atmosphere in the room became more serious, and they had to consider the reality. Jun Wu frowned, and Zhou Pei recalled that she had once gone to Yinqiaofang and saw that stall, connecting all the events together. Then she frowned, slapped the coffee table, stood up, and paced back and forth in the room anxiously.

Zuo Wenxuan had a sigh on his face and had already knelt down.

Cheng Zhouhai stood aside.

"This matter can be big or small, but there is actually no sure-fire way... Your Majesty, Your Highness, to be frank, we may not be able to control this child..."

"Neither Yinping nor Yue Yun can control him?" Zhou Pei frowned.

"This kid grew up among masters and has actually been on the battlefield... When he has an idea, not many people can stop him..."

"He inherited his teacher's martial arts skills, right?" Jun Wu thought for a moment, "...That's no wonder."

"...Looking at the children of the Ning family, that can indeed be said... But fortunately, there is now a way to barely control him..." Cheng Zhouhai narrated in detail.

"Oh? That's a girl? The girl he likes?" Zhou Pei asked, "...What's her character like?"

"Ah?" Cheng Zhouhai thought for a moment, "...it seems to be good."

"Character is a big deal." Jun Wu also thought about it, and then said: "You can get in touch with one or two recently and take a good look. Marrying a wife and seeking a virtuous person is a big deal."

Zhou Pei also nodded.

The room was quiet for a while, and Jun Wu, who was sitting on the chair again, raised his head and said, "Actually... he stole Fuyang's candy. What do you think, he and Zhou Fuyang..." Jun Wu touched his chin with his fingers and waved his hand again, "Forget it, let's not talk about it for now... hehe..."

Zhou Pei glanced at him, then looked outside with his hands behind his back, probably thinking that his brother's sudden idea was rather unreliable. There was another long silence. Ning Ji's arrival brought many unrealistic things to the two royals that night, as well as many real things, which could not be summarized in a short moment. The two spoke whatever they thought of.

"Where did they go..."

"Have you really arranged the guards in the rear?"

"Or else just arrest him and lock him up. Even if he makes trouble, don't let him leave... Given the current situation, it's dangerous outside..."

"I won't see him today..."

"Fuyang, just stay in the princess's mansion. I have to go back to the palace... I need to find a time later..."

"Royal sister, please don't force it. For a child of this age, force won't work. You have to guide him patiently... We are the elders..."

"For his own safety, how could he not listen to the advice——"

"Can you beat him? I heard that kid is very fierce..."

"Then I also have Yin Ping and Yue Yun to help me. I have more people..."

"I'm telling you, let Fuyang go... Sister, you have to listen to my advice..."

When they talked about this, there were no more realistic issues, so they sent Cheng Zhouhai and Zuo Wenxuan out, and then chatted for a while. The two had important things to do tomorrow, but now it seemed not so important. Jun Wu was actually very tired and did not plan to meet Ning Ji directly today. He held his head for a while but did not want to go back. He slowly exchanged experiences with his sister about interacting with children.

"You are the emperor now, you must be dignified..."

"Majesty alone is just an empty shell. We need to be methodical in doing things... Sister, when I saw that child for the first time today, I felt that he was very similar to me..."

"How is it similar..."

"He has a kind nature..."

"He asked you to go down for a duel, but you refused."

"He was looking for Yue Yun. To be fair, Yue Yun has a bad mouth and called me a pervert. I couldn't stand it if I were him. Besides, they are of similar age, so it's normal for them to spar with each other."

"Alas... what if his reputation as a four-foot-tall and five-foot-tall demon is confirmed..."

"They are all ignorant fools, why bother with them..."

"Should we ask the Secret Service for help..."

"Help to dispel rumors? That would only make more rumors..."

"Kill all the outlaws who dare to speak of this... There is always a way..."

"Sister, you didn't get the point..."

"What's the point..."

"The point is... I was thinking... Sister, what do you think of Zhou Fuyang..."

"what are you thinking……"

"They are having a lot of fun. Zhou Fuyang is silly and keeps laughing when talking about others. Sister, I am the emperor. In ancient times, this is called marriage... Yes, it is a serious matter."

"I don't agree..."

"This child has traveled thousands of miles to get here, and was even accused of being a demon. He must have suffered a lot of injustice..."

The conversation was trivial, the lights were flickering, and at this moment, there was a bang behind the princess's house, and there were warning fireworks exploding. The brother and sister opened the window: "... making trouble again?" They thought Ning Ji was angry again, but a moment later, someone came to report that it was Monk Tunyun who came in to kill him.

After injuring someone, he was forced out again.

Slightly relieved.

Not long after, Zuo Wenxuan came to report: Ning Ji also chased out and killed him.

With a bang, Zhou Junwu slammed the table and stood up.

"Bring my armor and sword, and call the imperial guards." He went out and downstairs, waving his hands, "I want to surround that monk--"

……

The gong sounded urgently, and the guards responsible for giving warnings ran on the street. Half of the princess's mansion was already in motion.

The gray-black figure of the swallowing cloud floated over the roofs and treetops of the city, like a water bird flying over a sea of ​​shadows, occasionally appearing and occasionally disappearing into the grayness. In the back, the masters raised in the princess's mansion were also flying up and chasing, the scene was amazing.

Ning Ji was also running in the dim and narrow alleys, trying his best to move forward while slapping the prepared blood bags on his body.

Zuo Xingzhou is dead.

And here comes Tunyun.

After climbing over the wall of the market town in front, he could see the opponent's figure looming in the courtyard in front of him. A guard from the princess's mansion suddenly caught up with him and was knocked down by him.

Ning Ji ran as fast as he could, calculating the direction. The figures of both sides stretched out in a zigzag pattern under the night sky. Until one moment, Tun Yun leaped onto a tall building and saw the figure of a young man poking out from behind a street archway not far from his sight.

That was probably the place where the man had been hiding after being hunted down before. There were no lanterns above the archway, and there were dark blind spots on the sides. It was not until the commotion spread over that the other party poked his head out from there to peek at the development of the situation.

The two sides' eyes crossed for a moment in the darkness.

Tun Yun waved his hand and knocked down the arrow shot from the darkness, revealing his sharp teeth.

He pounced in that direction like a hawk.

The young man's figure fell along the pillar of the archway like a monkey, then he ducked into the shadow of the alley beside him and disappeared.

The night wind rushed in, and the sound of arrows rang out over the city from far and near. The warning guards standing on high ground waved flags in the night, and the elite troops who had fought out of the princess's mansion surrounded and spread. The figures of Tunyun and the young man appeared and disappeared along different roads in the dark wind, chasing and staggering.

When they arrived at the entrance of an alley, Tunyun descended silently in the darkness. In front of the alley was a road beside a small river. There were vendors and pedestrians on the road, but the alley was quiet and emitted a strange fishy smell.

The sleeves of Tunyun robe fluttered, making a clanging sound, and he said, "As expected, heroes emerge from youth. I am glad that you are still alive!"

There was a solemn sound spreading in the distance. He paused and said, "I know you..."

In the darkness, a figure instantly crossed an unknown distance and punched him.

With the first bang, the force was released, and the cassock on Tunyun's body fluttered. Then his whole body seemed to turn into a phantom, flashing backwards in the narrow alley. In front of him, the walls in the alley exploded continuously with bangs. Several punches hit Tunyun's body, and the darkness was filled with the sound of fire from the collision of metal and iron. Several pebbles were also hit by his cassock and flew towards the trees in the yard next to him.

"White Ape Tongbi?"

The boy's punches were like whips, smashing everything in his path like a violent storm, and coupled with the internal strength that collapsed everything it touched, Tunyun first thought of this kind of boxing. He wanted to comment on it with the demeanor of a master, but the boy didn't know what kind of body movement he used during the charge, and suddenly the fist wind hit his face.

Tun Yun became alert and swung his hands with all his strength in an instant. His internal energy drove his iron sleeves to form several iron fans in the dark alley. For a moment, the debris in the surrounding alleys exploded and the walls were smashed. The young man who rushed up fought with his internal energy with all his strength, and in a blink of an eye, he rolled out several feet away.

The wide sleeves of the cassock were slowly rolled up in the darkness.

"Okay, Sun Wukong, I know you have hostility towards us. But your real enemy... is about to come."

Tun Yun paused in the alley, and the next moment, someone fell from the sky behind him.

"Go to hell——"

Yue Yun waved his octagonal chain hammer and smashed it fiercely in the alley. The blue bricks in the alley were broken open and dirty water splashed everywhere. The chain hammer fell to the ground and was pulled up again. With Yue Yun's passionate shouts, it began to roll wildly in the narrow alley like a giant python. Tun Yun's robe sleeves smashed the chain hammer open and rushed in front of Yue Yun.

"The matter between you and me at Jiuxian Mountain was nothing more than a quarrel and misunderstanding—"

Tun Yun's voice rang out during the fight. His figure and boxing skills were as fast as lightning and ghostly. After a few exchanges, he closed the distance between them and then knocked Yue Yun out. Turning back, he saw the young man fleeing into the distance. He laughed and jumped to the top of the alley to chase him.

After crossing a street, the two sides got closer again.

"You and the Southeastern Court have a real deep hatred—"

The young man in front knocked down a guard of the princess's mansion, and on the roof in front of Tunyun, a long spear danced like a dragon and pounced in front of him. It was the Five Steps Thirteen Spears used by Yue Yinping. Tunyun did not avoid it this time, and directly hit the tip of the spear with his cassock, sparks bursting in the air.

Behind, Yue Yun rode his horse across a long street and chased after them.

There were blue bricks whistling over, one hitting Tunyun's body, and one hitting Yue Yinping's buttocks. The young man rushed over from that side: "Am I drafting——"

Tunyun smashed the blue bricks with the sleeves of his robe, and Yinping also dodged urgently. Both of them sank their lower bodies, and in the clanging fight, they suddenly stepped on the roof and fell into the room. The young man rushed over here, also suddenly jumped into the air, and with a heavy weight, he stepped on the beam of the roof and smashed down into the room.

Dust flew everywhere and Tun Yun laughed loudly. It was as if the small house had trapped three ferocious beasts at the same time. Suddenly, there were the sounds of a desperate fight. After a few breaths, three figures rushed out from three directions, and Yue Yun, who had already run to the nearby, pulled his hammer and roared as he rushed in.

More guards and soldiers were gathering here. Tunyun smiled and climbed up to a nearby house with his dusty body. Ningji also climbed up. Arrows were shot from all around, but were deflected by Tunyun. The two of them looked at the soldiers who surrounded them and ran in the same direction. Occasionally, Ningji threw stones at him, but Tunyun just smashed them casually and said, "Today, I value your talent, so I'll let you see something -"

His figure flashed like a ghost, and he rushed back and knocked Yue Yun off the roof to the street. Then he forced Yue Yinping away and almost knocked the other person off the roof.

Monk Swallowing Clouds has been in the martial arts world for a long time. In the early years, he seemed to be a nobody, but that was because he indulged himself in pleasure and liked to live a lazy life. He relied on his light skills and iron cassock to fight with favorable winds, and he has been in the martial arts world until today. In fact, he must have a high talent to have been in the martial arts world for so many years. At this moment, he suddenly became ruthless, and his internal force was so powerful and wonderful that the Yue brothers were beaten into a mess after a few encounters.

He easily deflected the arrows, laughed loudly, and flew a long distance before the crowd could close in. Ning Ji was lurking in the darkness, and when he pounced, the other party made a wonderful turn to avoid him. Even though Ning Ji had a family background in martial arts, he stopped in an emergency and grabbed the other party's clothes, but he was thrown away by the other party a moment later.

"Don't bother me anymore, I'll help you get out of this."

Tun Yun stood on the roof, clasped his hands together and smiled. When Yue Yun rushed towards him from behind, he took a step forward and slapped out with both palms. With a loud bang, Hun Hong's internal energy knocked Yue Yun, who was famous for his strength, away again.

Ning Ji jumped off the roof and ran along the dark alley. When he turned around, he saw the old monk standing tall in the gloomy night, with countless pursuers in front of him.

At the same time, in the Princess's Mansion, Zhou Junwu was stopped by a group of clowns including his sister Zhou Pei. He was only half-dressed in armor, and his sister especially reached out and grabbed his collar, making the whole scene very embarrassing.

"I've been on the battlefield, so I naturally know how to protect myself. Why are you worrying about me?"

"The son of a rich man should not sit in the hall. Today's monk is just a clown. If that child goes there, he will have a good chance of success..."

"What's the point? He's so young..."

"Your Majesty, there are probably dozens of Jurchens who died at the hands of Ning Ji... and they were elite..."

Cheng Zhouhai and Zuo Wenxuan persuaded the emperor earnestly, and after sending everyone else away, the emperor still put on a stern face and insisted on fighting together with his nephew.

Unsuccessful.

I would like to recommend a book by a friend of mine for many years, "Traveling Through the World of Demons and Martial Arts, I Become an All-Knower of Jianghu", summary: I want to fill thousands of rivers and lakes but cannot; when I meet people with hatred and resentment, they laugh at swords and knives; strange fate and strange disaster, love and hatred, tears; and a piece of paper that confuses and confuses me.

[Congratulations on starting the hidden achievement challenge: Defeat the Eight Bitterness]

PS: This friend has been an editor and a screenwriter. He is a respected elder in the online literature circle. He recently opened a pseudonym for fun, so I will also promote it. If you are interested, you can go and have a look and collect it. When I stop updating, you can even scold him, he can find me. Of course, his urging for updates is ineffective against me...