son-in-law

Chapter 1038 Mianzang Splendid Sword and Knife ([-])

"Old man, senior in the martial arts, he is very old and respected, be careful that he calls Master Lin over and smashes your platform..."

"If Fatty really dares to come, even if you and I don't fight, he won't be able to walk out of the southwest alive. Either Lao Qin or Chen Fan can take care of him."

The night was gentle, and the carriage drove slowly through the streets of Chengdu. Ning Yi and Xigua looked at the night and chatted in low voices.

"Liheng, tell me, after that defeat in Jindi, what did the fat man do?"

"Zhan Wu replied that Lin Echan had accepted a disciple, and he didn't care about the teaching affairs for the past two years, and the congregation also put down their efforts to focus on raising children. Speaking of which, this fat man has been ambitious all his life, and he is not ashamed of his desires and ambitions in front of others. Now it may be a little more open, and I finally admit that I only have martial arts ability and I am old, so I pin my hope on the next generation." Ning Yi smiled, "Actually, according to Zhan Wu, Lou Shuwan has I thought about asking him to join the delegation of Jindi, this time coming to the southwest, and give us a big blow."

"...Good idea." Xigua thought for a while, then tapped his fist on the palm of his hand, "Why didn't you invite me?"

"From a political point of view, it would certainly be a very interesting thing if it succeeds. The fat man wanted to take advantage of Lou Shuwan back then, and partnered up to get the title of 'The Profound Girl', but Lou Shuwan made a fool of him. The two sides have formed a relationship. Fatty didn't take the risk of killing her, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't have the will to kill her at all. If he can take advantage of this reason, let Fatty step down and help Jindi Let's fight together. That Lou Shuwan can be said to be the biggest winner..."

Watermelon smiled: "If Lin Echan and Shi Jin come to the southwest together, this competition will be something to watch. Those people in Zhuji will be excited."

Ning Yi also smiled: "It's very interesting to say, the only problem is the hatred of Lao Qin, the hatred of the old father-in-law, the hatred of Fang Qifo, you, me, Shaoqian, Chen Fan... he will pass the Jianmen Pass. If you want to die, if you really think of Chengdu, it won’t work for anyone’s name.”

At the end of his speech, a coldness flashed in his eyes.For a long time, the grievances with Lin Echan are not small or big. As far as Ning Yi is concerned, the most profound thing is that Lin Echan killed Lao Qin, but on a larger level, Lin Echan Zen is nothing but a knife in someone else's hand.

After killing the king, the grievances at the green forest level gradually diminished.For Lin Echan, Ning Yi doesn't mind killing him when he can, but he doesn't have much intention to seek revenge. If he really wants to kill such a master with profound martial arts skills, he will pay a lot for a small return. If the other party finds a line The vitality ran away, and it would really become immortal in the future, and it was hard to say that Ning Yi was safe.

For more than ten years, the two sides have maintained such a tacit understanding.No matter how false the name is, Lin Echan will never enter the territory of the Huaxia Army. Although Ning Yi met the other side in Jindi, he did not say that he must kill him.But once Lin Echan wants to enter the Southwest, this tacit understanding will be broken. The fat man offended the entire high-level of the Huaxia Army, regardless of the enmity of the past, let this kind of person enter Chengdu, watermelon, Ning Yi and others are certainly not afraid He, but if he goes mad, who can guarantee the safety of his loved ones at home?

Ning Yi talks about the rules in the overall situation, but when it comes to family safety, there are no rules at all.Back then in Qingmu Village, Lin Echan and Hong Ti had a fair duel, but he suspected that Hong Ti was injured, so he would mobilize everyone to beat Lin Fatty. It will also kill the witnesses all at once - Lou Shuwan was originally one of the witnesses of the chaos.

"...Since the two parties are going to do business, there is no need to add such a big change just for the sake of a little spirit. Lou Shuwan probably wants to scare Zhan Wu. If he didn't do this, he is considered mature... As far as watching a play is concerned, of course I am too. I'm looking forward to seeing you, Hong Ti, Chen Fan, Lin Echan, and Shi Jin fight together, but these things... When the world is peaceful in the future, let's see the performance of Ning Ji and their generation, Lin Echan His disciple should be pretty good, judging by Xiao Ji's determination in the past two years, I'm afraid he is also determined to go to martial arts practice..."

He paused: "It's good to have someone in my family who can inherit the mantle of you and me, right..."

Watermelon nodded: "It depends mainly on me. You and Miss Tizi combined can only be on par with me."

"Huh? What's that saying?"

"If you add me up, you can only be evenly matched with Sister Tizi."

"...Agua, your words are a bit too vicious."

The carriage rattled past in the dim light and shadow of the city at night, the husband and wife talked and laughed casually, Ning Yi looked at the smiling side face of the watermelon in front of the car window, hesitant to speak.

Watermelon should have felt such a gaze, and turned his head: "What's wrong?"

Ning Yi looked at her: "There is news from the old Niutou, it's not very good." He took out a letter from his arms and handed it over. Watermelon took it and sighed: "It's not the first day anyway. ..." Then he began to frown and read the letter.

The car was quiet, and Ning Yi looked at his wife with warm eyes.He would come to Lu Liutong's side to join in the fun, and his curiosity about the green forest was only secondary after all.

In the Lao Niutou incident nearly two years ago, Chen Shanjun and Li Ximing led more than a thousand Chinese troops to split from here, occupying the northwest corner of the Chengdu Plain to develop on their own.Chen Shanjun cared about the common people, pointing to the Datong world of average means of production. With the cooperation of more than a thousand Huaxia troops, he annexed several nearby counties and towns, began to divide the land by local tyrants, and reclaimed the land and various large-scale means of production in a unified manner. distribute.

The whole process of reclaiming the land is not cordial. At this time, the big landlords and rich peasants who control the land may find bad deeds, but it is impossible for all of them to be bad people.Chen Shanjun first started with the landlords who were able to grasp the bad deeds, severely punished them, and deprived them of their property. Then he spent three months lobbying and laying the groundwork, and finally completed all this with the cooperation of elite soldiers.

Although there were bloody incidents during this period, Chen Shanjun firmly believed that this was a necessary process. On the other hand, most of the soldiers of the Huaxia Army who followed him also had a deep understanding of the importance of equality of means of production. Under Chen Shanjun’s daily speeches that set an example, In the end, the resistance on the entire site was subdued.Of course, there were also some landlords and rich peasants who dragged their families into the territory of the Huaxia Army—for those who refused to accept but were willing to leave, Chen Shanjun certainly had no intention of killing them all.

So starting last spring, Chen Shanjun and others created the world's first "people's commune" in Lao Niutou.Based on nearly [-] armed forces and a population of about [-] under the rule, the land was equalized under the condition that all means of production belonged to the government, and the cattle and the iron farm tools that Chen Shanjun bought through the relationship of the Huaxia Army were collectively distributed.Of course, the seeds of the problem also existed from the very beginning.

There are good and bad farm equipment, and the land is divided into different grades. Chen Shanjun relied on the army to subdue the people in this area, and the army has also become an invisible privileged class from the very beginning. Of course, Chen Shanjun is not unaware of these problems. , Ning Yi also reminded him of these problems from the beginning.

Due to the small size of the place, Chen Shanjun set an example by himself, and set up study classes every day, lobbying everyone for the meaning of equality and the scene of great harmony. For the activists around him, he separated a group of elites to form an internal inspection team. teams, in the hope that they will become more morally conscious defenders of egalitarianism.Although this also contributed to the formation of another higher privileged class, Chen Shanjun could only rely on these "more conscious" people to do things in the early days of the team.

For more than ten years, the exploration of "equality" within the Huaxia Army has not been perfect, and the doubts and frictions within the old bull head have never stopped from the very beginning.During this period of time, the Huaxia Army was preparing for the battle first, and then officially entered the battle with the Jurchen West Route Army. They ignored the situation of the old Niutou, but Qian Luoning and others who were originally arranged there were also constantly observing the whole situation development of.

Concerning the struggle of interests, it always appeared in a political way. After Chen Shanjun formed the internal monitoring team of activists, some soldiers who were excluded from the outside protested, and there was friction. They think that Chen Shanjun's method is not correct. On the other hand, there is another voice of doubt, thinking that the Jurchen West Route Army's southward invasion is imminent, and the split initiated by people like himself seems very stupid now.

Due to this pressure, at that time Chen Shanjun also proposed a note to the Huaxia Army to send troops to help fight, of course Ning Yi also expressed his refusal.

The joy of dividing the land occurred in the first half of last year, but in the second half of the year, various problems began to rise like a surging undercurrent.Corruption has begun to appear in many members of the military, and similar signs have also appeared in the monitoring team—they are signs because the convictions have become blurred and difficult, and the hills that hug each other have gradually appeared. Last September, in During one investigation, there was even a case of killing the whole family of a farmer, and the conference table at the highest level began to make noise and blame each other.

Chen Shanjun and Li Ximing cooperated to launch two internal purges, but the specific effects are difficult to define. They can use severe methods to equalize the land, but it is difficult to launch a real cleansing of the army.During the two purges, several upper-level officials were convicted and dismissed, but the hidden dangers have not been eliminated.

Although a bright direction was set from the very beginning, the pace of Lao Niutou was difficult from the very beginning. By the beginning of this year, there were almost daily quarrels on the conference table.Chen Shanjun and other leaders' control over spring farming has been weakening. When the Huaxia Army won the Southwest War, more people in Lao Niutou began to mention Ning Yi's name, thinking that they should not listen to Mr. Ning's words. The production here Equality of data has never arrived when it should have appeared.

Everyone in the old bull head on the scene is speaking bright words, but what they actually want to cover up is the imbalance that has erupted in private. In the case of insufficient internal supervision and rectification, corruption and profit encroachment have reached a very serious level. degree, and the specific reasons are naturally more complicated.In response to this shock, Chen Shanjun may launch a more severe and thorough purge, and the rest of the parties will naturally take up counterattack weapons and begin to blame Chen Shanjun for his problems.

In such a tense and chaotic situation, Li Ximing, as the "inner ghost", may have noticed some clues, so he wrote a letter to Ning Yi to remind him to pay attention to the development of the old bull head.

In fact, Ning Yi only regarded Lao Niutou as an experimental field from the very beginning. It is completely predictable that this great ideal will struggle in its infancy, but this matter is different on the watermelon side. significance.

He looked at the figure of the woman looking down at the letter by the car window.

Time is like water, and the profile of the wife in front of me has become more mature, but when she frowned, she still carried the innocence and stubbornness of the past.Over the years, Ning Yi knows that what she is thinking about is the idea of ​​"equality". The old bull's attempt originally appeared under her persistence and guidance, but she did not pass it later. After more than a year, when she learned about the stumbling over there, she naturally had such anxiety in her heart.

"Maybe it's better this way..."

"Maybe then it wouldn't be..."

Occasionally, talking about Lao Niutou with Ning Yi a few times, watermelon said the most, that is, such words.It's just that during the previous battle with the Jurchen, the two of them got together less often and met briefly a few times. She always suppressed small talk in this regard and didn't say much.

At this time, the war in the southwest has been decided. Although the city of Chengdu is in chaos and chaos, he has already made plans for all situations.You can jump out of here a little bit and care about your wife's ideals.

"It's getting more and more chaotic..." With the lights and moonlight, Xigua frowned and read the letter for a long time before finishing it. After a while, he sighed, "... Li Heng, you said, Is it possible to survive this time?"

"If it weren't for us, they wouldn't have survived the first time." Ning Yi shook his head, "Although they were separated in name, in fact they are still small forces in the southwest area, and many of them People still worry about you and me. So since the previous two times have passed, it's hard to say this time...Maybe Chen Shanjun is ruthless and can find a more mature way to solve the problem."

Watermelon thought for a moment: "... Is it better to drive them out at the beginning?"

"The immature system model will only collapse earlier after experiencing more brutal internal struggles. This kind of nascent things always look like this..."

"—You haven't really seen it!"

Watermelon frowned and yelled at Ning Yi, and then she took a few deep breaths: "You always say that, always say that...you haven't really seen it..."

This time, it was probably because the war in the southwest was finally over, she could already be angry about it, and finally broke out in front of Ning Yi.Ning Yi was not annoyed, and looked out of the car: "You are right...there are not many people here, let's go for a walk?"

"……Um."

Watermelon nodded, and the two called to stop the carriage. When they got off, they found a quiet street in the city with few tourists. Although there were shops and houses with both lights on the side of the road, most of the pedestrians on the road were nearby residents, children. Playing happily in the workshop.They walked all the way, and after walking for a while, Ning Yi said: "Does this look like the night in Hangzhou?"

"Hangzhou had a curfew that night, no one was there!" Xigua said.

Ning Yi leaned over and took her hand.Two children playing in the street came nearby, and when they saw the man and woman holding hands, they immediately backed away in a somewhat surprised and shy voice, and the watermelon in a blue floral dress looked at the pair of children and smiled—— She is a girl from the mountains of Miaojiang. She dares to love and hate, and is very generous. She has been married for more than ten years, and she has a calm demeanor in her.

"I sometimes think about it." Ning Yi held hands with her, walking forward and saying, "At that time in Hangzhou, how old were you, and you said in your heart that you wanted to be a shepherdess, and that everyone in the world could be a shepherdess." To grab that steamed bun, if it was in another situation, would your thoughts still be so firm today?"

"Huh?" Watermelon turned to look at him.

"Back then on the streets of Hangzhou, I was the one who told you that the world is one and everyone is equal, student Agua. Could it be that part of the possibility is because I told you this, so after so many years, you can always Remember it so firmly? When I think about it, I feel that this matter is also our common ideal, right..."

His words were warm, and after saying this, Xigua's originally rebellious expression softened, and his eyes gradually narrowed with a smile: "But didn't you say that you lied to me back then..."

"It's still the same sentence. There was an element of deceit at that time, but it doesn't mean I don't believe it." Ning Yi smiled, "Looking back, I asked Tizi what she wanted, and I took it and tied it into a bow. Give it to her, she said that she wants peace in the world... I can achieve peace in the world, but your idea, we can't achieve it in this life..."

"Chen Shanjun couldn't make it." Watermelon looked at him with a little resentment in his eyes, "Sometimes I think, if you do those things, will it be different, but you have never done it, and you always say , it must be like that...Of course I also know that the Huaxia Army's first priority is to defeat the Jurchen, you can't do things like Chen Shanjun, and ask for stability, but...you really haven't seen it..."

"If..." Ning Yi sighed softly, "What if... I have seen it?"

(End of this chapter)