son-in-law

Chapter 964 Chapter [-] Earthquake Thunder ([-])

Many years later, Li Shishi often thinks of Bianliang in the 13th year of Jinghan in Wu Dynasty.

It was the eve of the Jurchen coming to the south. The Bianliang in my memory was warm and prosperous. The buildings and eaves in my eyes exuded the atmosphere of peace and prosperity. The Fanlou was at the east end of Yujie, and the setting sun was shining from the other end of the street. .The time is always autumn, the warm golden color, the pedestrians in the street market and the poetry and music in the buildings interact with each other.

Such prosperity always becomes more profound in memory after the rain and wind blows away.

For such memories, Ning Yi had other fallacies.

"It's all due to the paint."

Men who don't seem to have much fun always swear by this: "From ancient times to the present, there are actually not many colors that we can use. For example, when building a house, the red and purple paint is very expensive and difficult to use Staying in towns and villages. Back then, Bianliang was prosperous because the houses at least had some color and maintenance, unlike the countryside where they were made of adobe and cow dung... When the industry develops, you will find that the prosperity of Bianliang, Not really worth mentioning.”

Ning Yi, who said this, was actually a little worthless in terms of aesthetics. Later, he often asked people to paint the walls into a whole white wall, which made people look like they were in another place that was incompatible with the mountains and rivers.He knew poetry, but obviously, he didn't know how to draw.

Bianliang in my memory is always autumn, and it is always evening, and the big sunset is warm and beautiful.It was the prosperous sunset of the Wu Dynasty for 200 years. From another perspective, it may be because Li Shishi's life at that time also came to an end.The days when she was leaning against the window and dozing by the window as the courtesan of the upper house were about to pass, and she was hesitating about her future choices in her heart.

Couldn't make a decision.

The wind is always blown away by the rain, and a huge and turbulent era was suddenly pushed before her eyes, and also before the people of the Wu Dynasty who had been in peace for 200 years.

She thought of herself back then, and the people who came and went in the Fanlou, and He Leier. People were tossing around in the dark. The big hand of fate grabbed everyone's thread and ripped it violently. Since then, Someone's line went to completely unpredictable places, and someone's line broke in the air.

When the sight can stop for a moment, the world has changed into another look.

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If you look at it from another angle, she occasionally thinks of the moment when Jiangning and Ning Yi met again.

No matter in this world or in her personal life, that name has been an existence that people cannot ignore for decades.She fell in love with it at one time, and then was confused by it, and even felt angry and puzzled... In the passage of time and the changes of the world, the personal relationships of people's children sometimes seem small, and by the man's side, she can always be able to See the outlines of something bigger.

Looking back on her last time in Fanlou, she was facing the most important choice in her life, which is true for many people.Women choose a husband-in-law, marry him, and spend the next few decades with each other, husband and son... If all this goes well, women will have a happy life.

A sage like Li Shishi is always more independent than others.It is not up to them to choose what kind of man the innocent girl wants to marry. Li Shishi can have a certain degree of autonomy in this regard, but correspondingly, she cannot become someone else's big house. She may be able to find a man. A gentle and talented man entrusts her whole life. This man may still have a certain status. She can give birth to a child before she grows old to maintain her status and enjoy a decent life for a period or a lifetime.

There are too many uncertainties in such a choice, but everyone has lived their whole life like this.In those warm days like the setting sun, Li Shishi once envied the atmosphere around Ning Yi, she approached the past, and then was taken away by the huge thing, and she couldn't help herself along the way.

It's hard to say whether she is lucky or unfortunate. In the following ten years, she has seen something more profound in this world.When it comes to choices, there are of course some of them, such as when she was in Dali, and every time someone expresses their admiration to her for more than ten years, if she wants to turn around Go and leave things to the men around her to handle, she always has this opportunity.

When she was in Xiaocanghe, she once quarreled with Ning Yi about Jingping, and what Ning Yi said could not convince her, she went to Dali in a rage.In the three-year battle of Xiao Canghe, he faced the attack of the millions of troops in the Central Plains, and faced the Jurchens in fierce struggle. Li Shishi felt that he was such a person, but when the news of his death came, she couldn't help but go out. Looking for a "why".

Ning Yi did not answer her. During the period when she thought Ning Yi had passed away, members of the Huaxia Army accompanied her from south to north and from north to south.In the past two years, what she saw was a tragic human tragedy that was completely different from the Taiping years.

But in this ruthless world, if people really don't have the will to resist and the bloodthirsty animal nature in their hearts, they can't survive just by giving people pity.The songs and dances in Fanlou are just the embellishment of the peaceful season. The pitiful little girl can only turn into dead bones that died of starvation in the end.

How many people's awakening and resistance are needed to hold up this world?Ning Yi's answer once made people feel very naive: "It's better for everyone."

At that time, Li Shishi understood: "This is impossible." Ning Yi said: "If this is not the case, what is the meaning of this world?" Does a world without meaning let everyone die?Should uninteresting people die?Ning Yi's slightly frivolous answer once angered Li Shishi.But later, she gradually realized how deep the anger and helplessness in these words.

When a person puts down his own burden, the burden must be borne by the awakened person. Those who resist will die at the front. After they die, those who do not resist will kneel behind and die.In the past two years, the scenes she saw with Lu Junyi, Yan Qing and others were all like this.

She still didn't fully understand Ning Yi. After the Battle of Daming Mansion, she returned to the southwest with Qin Shaohe's widow.The two hadn't seen each other for many years. When they first met, they were already a little strange, but fortunately, both of them were open-minded people, and the strangeness was resolved soon after.Ning Yi arranged some things for her, and also told her some bigger things in detail.

"Fanlou is nothing special." Ning Yi, who was sometimes clever, and sometimes was extraordinarily incapable of speaking, was so embarrassed at the time, "As for the women in this world, there are not many people who read books and have seen very little of the world. Generally speaking, it is actually boring. Men create brothels for their own enjoyment, let some women who can read and speak, sell... the feeling of love. But I think between two independent people, these things , you can come by yourself."

Ning Yi did not speak out loudly. At least from Li Shishi's point of view, the relationship between Ning Yi and Su Tan'er, Nie Yunzhu and other family members was extremely enviable, so she did not refute it.

"In the future, both boys and girls will be able to read and write. Girls have seen a lot of things, they know the world outside, they can communicate, and they can communicate. Naturally, they will no longer need Fanlou. The so-called equality of all men and women can of course also equal."

"Of course, don't be too happy. The basis of equality between people is actually to take responsibility. Those who can't take responsibility can't actually get any power. Women want to be equal to men, the premise is that They have their own abilities, and after the conditions are met, there will actually be a process of proving their abilities and fighting for power.”

"This process is being done now. There are already some female officials in the military. I think you can also make some preparations to fight for women's power consciously. You see, you have a lot of knowledge, you have seen the world, and you have done a lot of things. , and now you're in charge of things like diplomacy, you're a good example of women being no worse than men, or even better."

This is what Ning Yi said when Ning Yi had a detailed talk with Ning Yi after the teacher asked for some outreach affairs in Ning Yi's hands.

Teachers took on many things in the exchange and negotiation with the gentry in Sichuan and Shu.

In this world, people sometimes get closer, and sometimes they get further away.Of course, the standard of far and near is not as clear as people think.

In order to persuade the gentry and elites from all over the country to stand with the Huaxia army as much as possible, many times it depends on the combination of interests, coercion and inducement, and many times, it is necessary to argue with others and explain the great truth of the world.Since then, Shishi and Ning Yi have had many conversations about the governance of the Huaxia Army and its future direction.

In front of these specific questions, Ning Yi spoke to her in more detail, and the teacher finally understood everything about the Huaxia Army more clearly-this was the communication she had not had when she left Xiaocanghe a few years ago. .

"...People are inherently equal, or we believe that people should be equal in the end. But idealized equality needs to be supported by practical conditions. Will a smart person and a stupid person be equal? ​​A hardworking person Is it equal to a lazy person? Is a scholar equal to an illiterate person? We want to bring the prerequisites as close as possible..."

"...The technology of checking objects has already given us the possibility to popularize books. People gain wisdom from books, popularize books, and popularize the most basic literacy education. Everyone has the possibility to improve themselves. We also need to improve education. The method is not only to read people shaking their heads, but to study the education and enlightenment methods that are suitable for the public as much as possible, and let more people understand the big truth through a more popular method..."

"...The way of examining things may have its limits, but for the time being, it's still far away. The guy who raised grain and produced grain was very smart, and he was right. If too many people were pulled into the workshop, the farmer would be It's not enough... We have already calculated this point a few years ago. Those who study agriculture already have a certain vision, such as the chicken farm in Hedeng, and the selection and breeding mentioned earlier. …”

"...But the most important thing is that Mr. Gongsun's laboratory that studies explosives has produced some interesting results recently. We have made some fertilizers, which may increase the yield of rice several times... It is said that we have not yet found the possibility of mass production, but at least the agricultural side has a certain direction... In fact, it takes time and a peaceful environment to do these things with peace of mind. We are currently short of manpower..."

"...The problem that the imperial power is not subordinate to the county must be corrected, but for the time being, I don't want to be like the old cow, grabbing all the big households and killing them... I don't care if they are happy or not, I hope the highest in the future is the law , they can have fields and houses in the local area, but as long as they oppress others, let the law teach them to be human beings, and let education take away their roots. Of course there will be a transition in the middle, maybe a long transition or even repeated, but Now that there is a declaration of equality, I hope that the people can seize this opportunity. The important thing is that what everyone seizes can take root..."

Some of Ning Yi's words could be understood, while others were not.

The changes of the times are so vast that the soup flows past people. In the more than ten years after the sunset in Bianliang, it once seemed extremely chaotic - even desperate - the power of the enemy was so powerful and unstoppable, It really is like a giant wheel adhering to the will of God, crushing all the winners in the past.

According to the teachings of the Great Guangming Sect, people live too comfortably in peaceful days and are extravagant and dissipated, so the heavens will send 33 catastrophes before they can regain their light-such words seem so reasonable.Even some rebels struggled with despair, but in the end they appeared slim and powerless.

In Li Shishi's recollection, those two moods could not finally be grouped together until the first spring after the Wu Jianshuo Dynasty completely passed.

The Southwest War was also a busy and chaotic period for Li Shishi.In the past year, she has been lobbying for the Huaxia Army. Sometimes she will face ridicule and ridicule, and sometimes people will express disdain for her identity as a prostitute, but with the support of the Huaxia Army, She also naturally summed up a set of methods for dealing with people and negotiating.

Ning Yi's wife named Liu Xigua gave her a lot of help. Most of the soldiers and bandits in Sichuan and Shu were presided over by Ning Yi's wife, who was also an "equal" in the Chinese army. "The most powerful appeal of thinking.Of course, sometimes she will feel distressed because she is Mrs. Ning Yi, because everyone will give her a bit of face, so she makes the other party back down in various things, more like a beacon show from Ning Yi, and Not like her own ability.

For this reason, Xigua is very envious of Li Shishi. On the one hand, Li Shishi has a very elegant temperament, and on the other hand, she has no identity troubles.During this year, the two got along well, and Xigua once treated Shishi as his "strategist".

After the end of autumn, there are more opportunities for the two to work together.Due to the attack of the Jurchens, some squire forces on the Chengdu Plain who had been holding back their heads and waiting for change began to take a stand. Watermelon led the men and horses to chase and suppress them, and from time to time, teachers and teachers came forward to threaten and lobby some people who swayed, or It is possible to persuade the gentlemen and literati, based on the righteousness of China, to abandon the dark and turn to the bright, or at least, not to cause trouble.

Watermelon's work is biased towards force, and he runs outside more. The teacher has even seen the cold eyes of the round-faced lady who was covered in blood more than once.

The work of the teacher requires a lot of information and the cooperation of clerical affairs. She sometimes goes to Zizhou to contact Ning Yi. Most of the time Ning Yi is also busy. If you have time, the two will sit down for a cup of tea and talk. Most of them are work.

The fighting on the front line was extremely tragic. Many times, the teachers could detect what he was hiding in Ning Yi's words - she used to do this in the past - the tragic front line caused Ning Yi, in fact, a huge pressure.Ning Yi looked calm.

During this time, Shishi wanted to play a pipa or guzheng for him, but in fact, he didn't find such an opportunity in the end.Men who focus on work and shoulder great responsibilities are always fascinating. Sometimes this reminds Shishi of emotional issues again. Her mind will think of the stories she heard in the past through such gaps. A woman's devotion, or her confidence... something like that.

But she didn't say it, not because she didn't look forward to these things anymore. In the small time gap about herself, she still looked forward to this kind of story about feelings.But at the moment of contact with Ning Yi, she suddenly realized that the woman's dedication when the general went to war was because for the woman, it was the greatest encouragement and help for the other party.

Now she has more practical things to do.

The number of troops of the Huaxia Army has been very tight. By the end of December, the biggest wave of rebellion appeared - this is not just a spontaneous rebellion, but more of the Jurchen premeditated, and Wanyan Xiyin's. Manipulation and provocation included - Xigua led troops to pursue and suppress, and some of Zizhou's troops were also divided out. The division cooperated with the intelligence department to analyze several forces that might lobby to turn back, and prepared to come forward to take them out. Persuade, give up resistance.

In the analysis of these forces, Shishi participated in the analysis from beginning to end. Due to the possibility of high risk, the Intelligence Department did not intend to let Shishi come forward in person, but Shishi still chose two Confucian scholars to sit in. Her persuasion Potentially effective forces are placed on their shoulders.

On the third day of the first lunar month, she persuaded a large family of rebels who entered the mountains to temporarily lay down their weapons and stop fighting against the Huaxia Army.For the success of this matter, she even made a promise to the other party on behalf of Ning Yi that once the Jurchen soldiers retired, Ning Yi would have a fair debate with the Confucian scholars of this family in front of the public.

After the matter was settled, the teacher went to Zizhou and reported to Ning Yi by the way.It was already evening when we arrived in Zizhou. There were people coming and going at the headquarters, and the horses reporting the news kept coming. This was a sign of the urgency of the battle on the front line.The teacher saw Ning Yi who was busy from a distance, she left a piece of Chen knot, then turned and left here.

She hoped to save time and solve the second house as quickly as possible. The carriage went out of the city at night and left Zizhou for half an hour before an accident happened.

The attack on the carriage came suddenly, and someone outside seemed to shout, "Tie Ning Yi's concubine—".The guards who followed the teacher started fighting with the other side, but a good player from the other side killed the carriage and rushed forward with the carriage.The carriage was bumpy, Shishi lifted the curtain on the car window and glanced at it. After a while, she made a decision and rushed towards the front of the carriage.

This was a collision with all his strength. Shishi and the murderer who robbed the carriage flew into the snow on the side of the road. The murderer climbed up as soon as he rolled over, and Shishi also struggled to get up and jumped into the road. In a stream where the river is narrow and the current is fast.

In the winter, the river water is icy cold to the bone, and Shishi felt his heart slammed and fainted.The river was rushing down, and when it came to a turn, Shi Shi's body slammed against the stone, and she woke up for a while, struggling hard.She was struggling to move ashore by a beach full of pebbles, her body no longer felt her own, and she wanted to stop there.

But she didn't stop.For an unknown period of time, it was as if something other than her was dominating her—she had seen disabled soldiers in the camp of the Huaxia Army, and had seen extremely bloody soldiers in the camp of the wounded soldiers. Scenes, sometimes Liu Xigua came to her with a big knife on her back, and the poor child starved to death and gave off a rotten smell... She just flashed these things mechanically in her mind, and her body also mechanically searched by the riverbed. Firewood, kindling.

A sunken stone wall on the edge of the riverbed saved her life. She found some dead branches, broke some firewood, took out flint and used trembling hands to start the fire with difficulty... She took off her clothes and put it on the fire. It was dried up, and the mountain wind whimpered away at night. It was not until dawn was approaching that the soldiers of the Huaxia Army, who had searched back and forth twice, found her in this blind spot of vision.

She was carried to the wounded barracks, checked, and rested—the wind chill had come and she had to rest.Watermelon sent a letter to her, asking her to have a good life. She also knew from other people's stories that Ning Yi later heard the news of her attack and sent a small team of soldiers in a very urgent situation. to find her.

This should have been the closest to death and the most worthy experience in her life, but when she thinks about it after her injury has recovered a little, she doesn't feel anything.In the past year and a few years of running around and dealing with Xigua and others, Shishi's physique has become very good. In mid-January, she recovered from her injury and went to Zizhou again. Ning Yi met her and asked. What happened that night, the teacher just shook his head and said, "It's nothing."

She contacted Watermelon and the Intelligence Department again, and returned to the work she could be responsible for.

Participating in the entire huge and complex work of the Huaxia Army, sometimes the teachers can feel that a seemingly non-existent plan is advancing invisibly.For every less problem on the Chengdu Plain, a little more energy can be put into the front line of Zizhou.

Entering late February, the work in the rear no longer seemed as difficult as before. Shi Shi followed a group of soldiers to Zizhou. When he arrived in Zizhou, it was the morning of February 23. Martial law, Chill.Since Ning Yi was not free for a while, she first went to the wounded barracks to visit a medical officer who had friendship with him earlier, and the other party suddenly realized: "You are also here, just say that there is a big move..."

"what?"

"...You don't know?" The other party was stunned, "Forget it, you can take it slow."

In the military for a long time, you will encounter some secrets, but there are also some things, you can detect clues if you look carefully.After leaving the wounded barracks, the division noticed the signs of the army gathering in the city, and then learned some other things.

In the afternoon, she had completed the contact with the Intelligence Department and the General Staff, and saw Ning Yi wearing a military uniform. The leading army was passing from the street outside.

"They said you're here, come and have a look. Haven't you been in any danger recently?"

"...Are you going to the battlefield?"

"Zonghan is very close, it's time to meet him for a while."

"A decisive battle outside... they said... it's not good, we are few."

The teachers racked their brains, recalling the military news they had heard in the past. Before that, no one actually thought that this battle would be fought in front of Zizhou City.Ning Yi is going to throw all the troops in...

"When it comes to fighting, it's just the unexpected plans that are useful. Don't worry, Xiao Canghe has also been on the front line for a long time." Ning Yi smiled, "I killed them all with my own hands."

"I always think you are the best at writing poetry..." She said this, feeling that the words were not expressive, and tears were about to come out.At this moment, she could feel the devotion of the lover's devotion before the general's expedition - it was actually much better than talking.

"Haha, poetry..." Ning Yi smiled, but the teacher didn't understand the meaning in this smile.The silence between the two continued for a while, and Ning Yi nodded: "Then... let's go first, it's time to teach them a lesson."

"Ning Liheng... Liheng." The teacher stopped him. She always had a big forehead, but she had a very temperamental appearance. At this time, her eyes were wide open, and many thoughts seemed to be melted in her eyes. For the substance, fear, anxiety, complexity, the anxiety that her words didn't make sense... Her lips trembled a few times.

"That...I...if you...die on the battlefield, you...hey, don't you have anything to say to me? You...I know that you have to write and write a suicide note when you go to the battlefield, and you give it to your family. It's all written...I didn't mean, that...I mean...your suicide note is all for your family, we have known each other for so many years, if you die...do you have nothing to say to me? ? I, we have known each other for so many years..."

She couldn't find a better way to express it, and when she said this, tears flowed down, she could only turn her head, grabbed the skirt on her thigh with one hand, and put one hand on the table next to her, letting her He just bends his knees slightly instead of squatting down.Tears fell down.

Ning Yi looked at her with complicated eyes, and his fingers tapped unconsciously on his leg. After a long time, he said, "If I can come back... Let's discuss this matter, okay?"

After a while, I wanted to turn around, but I felt that this sentence was a bit unlucky, so I reached out and knocked on the table: "Don't worry... What a big thing... I will definitely be back."

Like this, he turned and walked away.

This is February 23 in Li Shishi's memory. At least at that moment, the future is uncertain, and the storm of fate is rolling here, and it is rolling up a tragic atmosphere like the wind is rustling and the water is cold.

At this moment, all the resistance faced by the Southwest, the world, including the Jurchen for 30 years, is about to come to an end.If it fails, it will be the end of the world.

When Shishi came out of the room, a small number of soldiers for the entire battlefield were walking through the city gate in the thin sunlight.

Due to the relationship of the paint, the momentum in the picture is not full.This is the early spring when everything seems pale.

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The spring of the first year of Wu Zhenxing and the 15th year of Jin Tianhui, February 23.

Among the mountains in the southwest, several armies of Tua Lisu, Wanyan Saba, Dalai, and Wanyan Xiebao who participated in the southern expedition suddenly launched a large-scale interspersed advance in mutual agreement, trying to break through. The war situation became chaotic due to the terrain in the desperate resistance of the Chinese army.

At the same time as the interspersed and unfolded, the Huaxia Army headquarters in front of Zizhou reacted, and concentrated their troops to conduct a large-scale split and interception on the weak line of Jurchen advancing, trying to make a response before the strong line of Jurchen reacted. Swallow certain victories.The two sides fought for a day.

From the night of February 23rd to the morning of February 24th, a message was sent from Zizhou, and after going through various routes, it spread to the camps of the main generals of the Jurchens on the front line.This news even to a certain extent interfered with the subsequent response attitudes adopted by various Jurchen armies.Dalai and Saba's troops chose a conservative defense, moving in and out at a leisurely pace, while Wanyan Xiebao's Revenge Army troops suddenly sped up their speed and pushed forward frantically, trying to break through the Thunderbolt in the shortest possible time. Gang, Zongxi line.

On February 23, Ning Yi personally led more than [-] elite troops and stepped out of the city gate of Zizhou.

- Press the front line.

　The seven thousand seven hundred words in this chapter are very sincere.

This title ends.Happy New Year's Day everyone ^_^
　
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