son-in-law

Chapter 170 Accidents
"...On weekdays in the palace, I had heard about Li Heng's name. Unfortunately, Li Heng didn't attend the last meeting, so I never got to see him. I'm very sorry. When I saw him today, I realized that Li Heng's young talent really lived up to his reputation. I and Mr. Zhang originally wanted to go to Dongji to see a fine Duanyan inkstone, but he didn't know where Liheng and Xiaojunzhu wanted to go..."

"It's just that the princess is about to reach the age of Ji, so it's always a bit inappropriate to walk around like this..."

It was only the beginning of February at this time, and the Jin'er store had only been open for a few days, and the business was quite booming.But it was after lunch, and there were still some private rooms on the second floor. When Ning Yi, Zhou Pei, Song Qian, Zhang, and Li came together, the lobby below seemed quite lively. Not here, because Ning Yi has brought outsiders, there is no need to find them, get a room above the second floor to sit down, drink tea and talk.

This room is beautifully furnished and originally occupied a good location. You can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Qinhuai River by opening the rear window, but the weather is still cold at this time, and the window cannot be opened.Several potted plants are placed around, and there are several ink paintings and poem manuscripts on the wall, which has a very scholarly atmosphere.After several people sat down in the room and the waitresses in the shop served refreshments, Zhang and Li opened their mouths.

Li Tong, who was slightly fat, had a friendly smile. Among the two, he basically put on a red face and stabilized Ning Yi with a warm attitude.Zhang Rui's status is there. He is also old, and he directly frowned and questioned Ning Yi.In fact, these two people may not have envy and hatred in their hearts. Although Li Tong has a talent and reputation, he did not have much interaction with Zhou Pei and Zhou Junwu during the few years in the palace. Zhang Rui taught the two sisters in the palace. Some things of my younger brother have the status of master and apprentice, but in any case, it is impossible to let the two brothers and sisters go to a certain academy like Ning Yi to attend classes. It is said that they often take them here and there. This relationship is really different. up.

Zhou Pei is an independent-minded girl. In the past, she would probably have sulked at Zhang Ruina's remarks that "the princess is about to reach the age of [-], so it's not appropriate to walk around like this", but today's matter is a little different.

It was only in the morning that I had a fight with Ning Yi, and I was seen crying next to me. At this time, the two masters made it clear that they were going to smash the master's place. Xiao Zhoupei was very happy, and said to the old master that he did not go out I don't care about freedom either.She was already a little hungry, but at this time, her appetite increased even more. She took a cake and sat beside her, gnawing on it, acting like a good baby who respected her teacher and obeyed her teachings. She wished she could nod her head hard. On the other hand, she was looking forward Watching Ning Yi use some fallacies to refute the two masters.Of course, the topic of each other was still brewing at this time, and Ning Yi smiled and replied that he was going to the son-in-law's mansion to send some things, so he took Zhou Pei along the way.

Li Tong nodded with a smile: "Consort's mansion...is it in Minggong's mansion? I heard that Li Heng and Minggong have a lot of friendship?"

"It's a chess friend."

"Presumably Liheng is quite skilled in chess, and he just happens to have some experience in playing. If there is a flaw in the future, we can make an appointment and talk about a game."

Li Tong was talking politely, but Zhang Rui glanced at the corner of the room: "Could it be those things that Li Heng is going to send to Minggong's mansion?"

Ning Yi glanced at him: "Old Zhang knows?"

"I'm afraid it's a musket in the army. I wonder where Li Heng got it?"

Zhang Rui frowned, and Ning Yi roughly explained.He asked Kang Xian to get these few firearms to study. The technical content of the firearms is not high, and most of them have been understood by now. It is useless to leave too many in the small yard, and two of them have been broken. .Although Kang Xian's influence in the dark is also great, the musket is a thing in the army after all. Ning Yi thought it would be better to go back and let Lu Agui report it, so he took it and prepared to send it.

At this time, everyone had already said something, and the topic suddenly turned to the gun. Zhou Pei was chewing on the pastry, looking around in confusion.Originally, the topic should be cited on literary talent and poetry. The three of them competed here, provoking first, and then the two wives Wendou Ning Liheng, drinking orders, writing poems, and making articles. Afterwards, it was her expectation that they would be cited as good stories. development of.

At this time, I heard Zhang and Li talking about some trivial things about Kang Xian, and Zhang Rui said: "I have seen that musket a few times before. Such objects are really annoying. They are placed in the army. Such as tasteless, ingenious prostitution skills, harmful but not beneficial. Liheng is interested in these things, and the old man has heard of them several times. Such things are really inappropriate. Liheng should concentrate on learning and focus on beneficial things. Otherwise, I’m afraid it’s inevitable that I’ll make a mistake.”

As if with a bang, Zhou Pei's eyes opened into a circle. She held the pastry in both hands, moved her buttocks back, and sat upright, her eyes rolled around, paying attention to the expressions of Ning Yi and the other party.Pursing his lips, he looked like a rabbit, waiting for Ning Yi's rebuttal, but Ning Yi smiled and cupped his hands: "Old Zhang said yes."

The fire was not lit, and the rabbit's ears drooped.She had also heard Kang Xian talk about Ning Yi's temper in the past, and her master had always been the kind of person who could politely apologize a hundred times and nod a thousand times for one thing, but never changed his behavior.If Grandpa Qin or Grandpa Consort were here today, he might show his sincerity to discuss it with others, but the two in front of him obviously couldn't arouse his desire to fight, so they just nodded smoothly.

However, Ning Yi was willing to give in, but the other side might not be willing to let it go. Zhang Rui shook his head: "Liheng is young and energetic, and may not take what the old man said. But what the old man said is actually not the firearm itself. Now this Firearms, in the eyes of the old man, are just very loud when fired, which can be scary. Its range is not as good as that of bows and arrows, and its aim is extremely low. It is extremely troublesome to reload every time it is fired. Every few shots, it may explode and hurt yourself. And it can’t be used in rainy days. The only advantage is that because it is fired with gunpowder, even children and old people can use it if they point it in the direction, but... this is also the biggest disadvantage.”

Although the old man showed his attitude of kicking the gymnasium, he was not an idiot. He knew the musket very well: "What's the benefit of putting a weapon that a child can use in the army? What is lacking for the soldiers of our Wu Dynasty?" , it was never these weird objects, but the morale of the army. I thought that the Jurchen clan could defeat the Liao army with a small number of victories. My soldiers of the Wu Dynasty saw the Liao people, but they were defeated by the wind. People, is it really so bad? I have also seen the Jurchens, and they are not supercilious. Nowadays, the soldiers of the Wu Dynasty are greedy for life and fear of death. They only know how to enjoy themselves, and they can only be punished and severely trained. Now they are lazy in training, they can't swing their swords, they can't open their bows, they don't have the strength, but they don't have the courage and blood. If these things are put in the army, it will only make the army more useless, and the power of the firearm will be doubled , is also harmful and useless!"

"That's the truth." Ning Yi nodded, this time it was not perfunctory, and he did agree with some of the other party's words.

"Heaven is healthy, and a gentleman strives for self-improvement. These ingenious and obscene skills can only make people lazy and depraved. What the sages said is all the truth. I heard that Liheng is interested in these things. He is a young person, so it doesn't matter. But now that Liheng is a teacher, I heard that the little prince is also allowed to learn these things, this is too much..."

Zhang Rui and Zhou Pei and Zhou Junwu are masters and apprentices. Although they are not very close, they also know that the young prince suddenly likes the study of things. It may be possible to deceive ordinary people, but in the eyes of these old people, it is a real skill Obscene skills, the artisan's learning.The old man changed the topic, and finally turned to this matter, but Li Tong didn't know, and frowned: "Yi Liheng is talented, so it shouldn't be like this. I don't know what Zhang Lao is referring to..."

The atmosphere in the room finally became weird at this moment, but in a sense, it could be said that it finally got to the point.Zhou Pei put the pastry on his mouth and took a bite, frowning and looking at Ning Yi, feeling that this matter was tricky.If after a while, the old man Zhang reprimanded Ning Liheng came out of the palace, she would feel shameless, and was worried about what kind of words Ning Yi should use to refute.

Over there, Zhang Rui and Li Tong were looking at you and talking, when suddenly someone knocked on the door, a moment later, a veiled woman came in with a tea tray, but she was not a servant of the restaurant, the woman was extremely beautiful , the eyes behind the veil were bright, it seemed that at least it was a person in charge of the restaurant, said a few polite words with a smile, added tea and cakes, and then turned to go out.Li Tong seemed to have thought of something, looked at the woman's figure in a daze, and forgot to criticize Ning Yi for a while, but Zhou Pei recognized it. She had seen it at the Zhuji General Point. Yuan Jin'er's oiran, she has already left her citizenship and knows her master.

Sure enough, after the woman went out, Ning Yi also stood up with a smile: "You two talk first, I'll go out for a while."

After saying hello, Ning Yi left the room, and sure enough, Yuan Jin'er was looking furtively at the corridor not far away.She used to direct the workers to do things here, and she didn't mind her appearance being looked at by others. Now she regarded herself as the owner of the Jin'er shop, and became reserved, covering her face behind a veil to maintain a sense of mystery.When Ning Yi passed by, she said: "I've been busy recently, why are you here?"

"Passing by, where is Yunzhu?"

"Sister Yunzhu was up there just now, but I can't find it now. I don't know what happened and I was called out. I heard Xiao Min said that you seemed to be here, so I came to see. The ones who came with you, except for that little girl Girl, who are the others?"

"A great wit who is arguing."

"Genius?" Jin'er blinked.Ning Yi nodded: "Very famous."

"No wonder... I seem to have seen that fat man..."

During the conversation, there was a noisy sound from the hall on the first floor, and the sound of the piano performance was mixed with this sound.Jin'er probably had something to do. She looked out of the window facing the street on the second floor several times, and Ning Yi also took a look. It was nothing more than a street where pedestrians came and went: "What are you looking at?"

"Uh...it's okay, it's none of your business, you go and argue with those two geniuses." She thought for a while, then snorted softly, "To be honest, it's not fun without a woman when you stinky men are fighting, After all, it is to show off in front of women. Otherwise, I will ask someone to come in and watch your swords and tongues? The two sisters of Yancuilou are here today, they are beauties. You don't want Sister Yunzhu to accompany you, although she must be partial you……"

Men just want to show off in front of women, Yuan Jiner's casual words really hit the nail on the head.In fact, there is nothing to argue about today's matter. People like Zhang Rui have their own logical system, which is impeccable after thousands of trials.If you want to talk about the impact of a qualitative change in technology, if it is someone like Mr. Qin, everyone has known him for a long time, and maybe he will think about it seriously, but these people will not.

No matter how sincere the two parties are, there is no possibility of persuading each other. This kind of thing has no meaning of sincerity.Ning Yi intends to go back and list some detailed data about Kit Kat's prostitution skills to fool the two of them, anyway, he is idle and boring.

He went downstairs to a hut to wash his hands before coming back up. The data had already been listed in his mind. He had just entered the corridor on the second floor when something happened unintentionally.

The noisy sound from the rear was mixed with the music, Ning Yi was walking towards the room, footsteps came from the rear, and then pushed his shoulder.

The storefront of Zhuji No. [-] store is spacious, and the corridor is not narrow. The man wanted to push Ning Yi, obviously because he was in a hurry, and Ning Yi didn't mind about it.The man was a tall and burly man, he looked like he was from the north, and he went straight into a room with an open door in front of him.

"That's the man..."

The man said something like this. When Ning Yi walked over, someone was closing the door, and a few words of conversation came out vaguely, but Ning Yi didn't care very much. He looked at the corner of the corridor in front of him. At that time, Yuan Jin'er was gone, and she seemed to be in a mood today, but I don't know why... Just thinking about it, his footsteps suddenly stopped, and after a while, his fingers tapped twice on his side .

After learning the second-rate internal strength taught by Lu Hongti, after all, my physical fitness has improved a lot, and my hearing has also improved. When I walked by just now, I seemed to vaguely hear sentences like "The guards... beside Qin Yuyuan...", but I couldn't help it. Sure, take two steps back at this time, listen attentively, and faintly hear some broken sentences.

"...Are you sure you want to do it?"

"...There is a chance..."

"...too hasty..."

"Be careful first, and leave the city immediately after finishing..."

what happened?

Someone in the room had a louder voice, but they could hear it clearly, but they couldn't outline the whole picture for a while, and the people inside talked a few more words. Ning Yi walked forward, and then the door opened, and he came out The person in question should have glanced at him before heading towards the exit of the corridor. When Ning Yi looked back, he saw a tall and thin person wearing an animal fur coat, while the other looked like a nobleman. People's steps are quite steady.

Ning Yi thought about it, and turned around and walked over.

After leaving the corridor, there is a row of platforms leading to the stairs, and you can see the situation in the hall. The two people who came out of the room stood here and looked down.The bustle in the hall was slightly less at this time, and the girl invited from Yancui Tower was performing on the stage.Ning Yi stood next to those two people, glanced down, then waved to the side, called a mistress, asked the name of the girl performing on the stage, turned and left without looking any further.

At a table on one side of the hall, Nie Yunzhu accompanied Mr. Qin and was talking to the waiter there. There was nothing on the table, obviously Mr. Qin had just come over and sat down not long ago.A few days ago, I heard from Mr. Qin that after the opening of the second Zhuji store, he would come to see it when he was free.

It was this direction that the two people on the side were looking at just now.

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Zhang Rui was talking to Zhou Pei in the room.Regarding the departure of Ning Yi just now, Zhang Rui and Li Tong explained that Ning Yi fled in despair, but Zhou Pei knew in her heart that this was not the case. You can't chase it out and take a peek.After all, one is the number one wit, and one was once the leader of the four major brothels, maybe there is really a lingering love story.It's just that on the one hand, she doesn't like Ning Yi's loss of face, and on the other hand, she is still a little angry about what happened in the morning, so she didn't go out with her, and she just waited for Ning Yi to come back to win a city-it doesn't matter if Master can win a city. Doubtful, just don't know what theory to use.

Zhang Rui was very happy about some of the remarks he had just made against Ning Yi, so he acted like he was teaching Zhou Pei earnestly, mainly to let the clever little princess know who was better. Master, Li Tong is thinking that Ning Yi will come over later, and he should have nothing to say.It's just that this matter is a bit strange. Talented scholars have always been fighting each other. If others say that they are wrong, they will never admit it here. But today, Ning Yi was not angry, so he just smiled and said, "You are right. "It's really uncomfortable. When he comes later, he has to be more serious.If it spreads in the future, people must realize that Ning Liheng has lost face.Then he remembered that the shop was called Jin'er Store, and the woman who looked a lot like Yuan Jin'er, so he put his mind on it for a moment.

Soon, the door finally opened, and Ning Yi came back. First of all, he whispered a few words to Song Qian, the palace guard who was sitting on the side, who looked like an invisible man. Song Qian frowned and went out with a serious expression. Ning Yi Come this way.Li Tong smiled and said: "Liheng, I chatted with Mr. Zhang for a while just now, and I have some ideas..."

That Zhang Rui frowned: "It's not just an idea, Li Heng, I really think that this matter is quite serious, it concerns the future of the young prince, and should not be ignored. You have to have an explanation after all these few days Otherwise, it will not only spread in the palace, but the old man will also advise the prince that this matter is not aimed at you, but...but..."

The old man blinked his eyes before he finished speaking, and Li Tong's eyes widened. Zhou Pei, who was beside him, was gnawing his head on the pastry with his mouth open for a while, unable to bite down.Ning Yi didn't answer the two of them at this time. He looked back at the door, but picked up the long bag with five muskets from the corner of the room.He put the burden on the table, untied it, took a look, picked up a gun, untied a small gunpowder bag, poured the gunpowder into the barrel, poked it with a long iron rod, and started to reload. .

At this moment Ning Yi was standing there doing the work at hand, he had no interest in the boring debate, Zhang Rui and Li Tong were sitting across the round table, wondering what this guy was going to do.Ning Yi loaded a gun, thought about loading another one, and when his eyes swept across the faces of the two, he smiled kindly at them, but glanced at the door from the corner of his eyes.Of course, Zhang Rui and Li Tong couldn't notice such movements.

"You...you..." Li Tong swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "Your gentleman, you don't move your hands..." After stammering this sentence, there is no way to continue. How can there be such a debate, because His ingenious skills are useless and he will collapse the two of himself...

Ning Yi took out a fire folder on his body, opened it and shook it a few times in his hand, ignited it, then closed it and put it away, then wrapped the two loaded burst guns, and carried them back in a posture that could be drawn out at any time Get up, and take a deep breath.

"There are some things outside, you sit inside for a while...Maybe it's a mistake..." He thought for a while, and then said, "I hope it's a mistake..."

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It feels like it’s working anyway, and I hope it will be faster and faster...

(End of this chapter)