"The good ones don't work, the bad ones really don't work......"

Soon after the chaotic sound came, it was already certain that there was a problem in the direction of the east gate, and the people on the street looked in that direction, and some of the victims among them panicked inexplicably, speculating about what was happening there. Lu Agui looked around.

"County lord, little prince, you get in the car and prepare to go back, the city gate may be closed...... I'm going to go and have a look. Liheng, the carriage will pass through Su Mansion, you can also go back to the house together, once this happens, there will always be some panic. ”

Ning Yi nodded, Lu Agui rushed towards the city gate, and he got into the carriage with Zhou Pei and Zhou Junwu, driving all the way back. Ning Yi sat next to the coachman's seat, and Zhou Pei and Zhou Junwu also opened the curtain to see the situation outside. The situation in the city has been a little tense in the past few days, and by this time the victims have become a little confused, and the sound of quarrels, shouting and scolding, and the crying of children on the roads has become loud, and the officers and soldiers have maintained order, and it seems that there is chaos, and there has not been a real chaos for a while.

So all the way home, Su Mansion was already vigilant, the door of the house began to be closed tightly, and some people climbed on the wall with ladders to look out at the excitement. In fact, everyone was a little confused, Juan'er was waiting for him near the main gate at this time, and then learned that Lu Daochan'er was waiting in the direction of the side door - Su Tan'er and the three maids had returned home, and when there was a riot outside, they called them over and waited.

Then I heard a voice in the street outside: "The city gate is closed-" The voices came one by one, and gradually converged into some waves of panic and confusion, and the sunlight seemed to become a little pale in the sky......

At noon on July 13, in the midst of a riot, Jiangning City closed its four gates.

The reason is still because the middle yuan has arrived, although the middle of July is the real center, but the first ghost door opened in early July, and there are still reasons for various sacrifices since then, all kinds of ingots and candles on the streets of Jiangning City, and there are many refugees who have relatives who have had an accident outside the city. It is no wonder that Su Tan'er and Lu Agui will say that the city gate will definitely be closed before fifteen.

However, at this time, there are also people who can see this among the refugees outside the city, and the refugees who can enter Jiangning City at this time are naturally better, but if they are not allowed to enter the city without various documents and identity certificates, once the city gate is closed, they may have a more difficult life. So on the thirteenth day, someone on the east side of the east gate instigated the refugees to start rushing in, and seeing that the chaos was getting bigger and bigger, the officials guarding there quickly chose to close the city - anyway, this was a decision that had been made before.

After the east gate was closed, the other three doors were also closed.

The blind panic in the city did not last, and order was maintained, but on this night, Jiangning seemed a little quiet, and people silently burned paper money in the yards and streets. Occasionally, horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians passed by, and it seemed cold and bleak, and people who approached the city walls could hear various sounds coming from outside the city gates.

By the next morning, everything seemed to be starting to normal, except that no one was coming in or out of the city gates. The Su family's house was peaceful, getting up as usual, washing, eating, reading, practicing calligraphy, chatting, when Xiaochan entered the room in the morning to clean the futon for Ning Yi, Xiaochan also asked about the Nie girl, Ning Yi said a few words casually, but he didn't talk about it much, this matter has become less important at the moment.

There are more people in Su Mansion, fewer people go out, and the atmosphere is more lively. Children are running around, familiar faces and raw faces are walking around and chatting. This was still the case on the third and fourth days, but people gradually got used to the fact that the city gates were closed, and after the middle of the year, the business of the brothel village became more lively, and the nightlife was abundant, and the people who went out often called friends in groups of three or five, spending a lot of money, and enjoyed life more happily than usual.

On the other hand, the price of rice in the city has risen to an outrageous level. The government sells a limited supply of grain every day, and the large households sell it through black market channels. There are many wealthy businessmen in Jiangning, as long as there is no big mess, the government can't really act vigorously and strictly, but just use appropriate means to beat these big families and cut some meat to help maintain urban order and so on.

The city gate is closed, and there is always an impact in the days before and after, Su Tan'er seems to have become more busy, and it coincides with the Zhongyuan ancestor worship, and there are a lot of trivial things. She still slept late at night. One night she fell asleep in the middle of the night, Ning Yi blew out the light in the past, but she woke up again, looked at Ning Yi and sniffed, and then laughed: "Sleep right away......" This time I didn't wait long, after a while, the lights were really turned off, *** rest. ,

On the night of July 17, the two chatted in the corridor on the second floor, and Su Tan'er ate the pastries that Ning Yi gave her: "Well, there will probably be nothing to do in the next two days, go outside to give porridge and grain, and relieve the victims, Liheng, are you coming?" ”

"Is it the kind of food that is put on the table and the victims line up one by one, is that like this?"

"Well, prepare porridge and steamed buns, they line up, a small bowl of porridge, a steamed bun, can eat a meal, and the child will also send a copy. A few years ago, the city was also closed, I went to send it, things put in their hands, listen to thank you, very happy, there were a lot of people at that time, but now it's still the first few days, it shouldn't be much, but not too much is also a good thing. Su Tan'er took the pastry and nibbled on it in small bites.

"Oh, you're not patriotic, but you're actually quite sentimental......"

"I'm a woman, I can only take care of the kindness of a person in front of me, there are so many in one country, who knows who there is in Ludao?" Su Tan'er raised her head and smiled, and replied casually, "But will Xianggong go tomorrow?" ”

"Well, go ahead."

"It's good."

The gates had only been closed for four days, and everything had not yet settled, many things had not yet been accustomed, and many things had not yet begun. Ning Yi went to see some Nie Yunzhu, and there was nothing wrong over there, but it was not good to go to Qin's hometown with her to reject the matter of the righteous daughter in the past few days. Kang Xian's side must be busy, Ning Yi only went out once, so naturally he couldn't meet him, although Lu Agui said that Kang Lao wanted to find him to theorize or something, but at the moment, there was naturally no possibility.

That's all there is to it on his scheduled itinerary, maybe it's stable for a few days, and the kids have had enough, Ning Yi will ask them to come over here to give a lecture in the courtyard or something. Tomorrow when he rises to do good deeds, it is a simple matter for him and Su Tan'er. At this time, not many people knew about it, and the next day, something like that would happen, unguarded, but as if it had been lurking for a long time, a conspiracy suddenly appeared......

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After the city was closed for four days, the level of tension in the city had not increased much, and naturally there were not many people who had been completely starved of food and had no food. However, I heard that the Su family gave free relief today, and many victims and beggars still gathered in the small square near the Su family.

At this time, the form of disaster relief is similar to what Ning Yi has seen on TV, it is nothing more than lining up in several lines, a big spoonful of porridge, and giving a small steamed bun. Although the difficulties have only begun at this time, many of the victims are actually already worried, some are silent, some are grateful, and some people are talking about it, saying that it is the second lady of the Su family, and that is the aunt of the Su family...... This kind of charity is sure to gain some fame for the businessman, and this is normal.

Su Tan'er naturally knows the purpose of gaining fame, and of course, she herself is happy to do some good deeds, probably because of the kind side of her character. But for Ning Yi, it's a little complicated, to say bad, he has seen the deepest darkness, the most unfair things, the most distorted human nature, but if you want to say good, he has also seen many fairer public opinion and atmosphere, so it no longer makes sense for him to gain a sense of superiority or something in such an action, just as a thing that needs to be done.

There was a lot of noise in the small square, and when the food was halfway through, Su Tan'er leaned over from there: "Dad is also here." ”

"Huh?" Ning Yi turned his head to see that a carriage separated the crowded crowd from the side of the square, this was Su Boyong who had gone out in the morning, and at this time he came all the way to prepare to go home, but the carriage still stopped at the row of tables and chairs in the soup kitchen, and Su Boyong came over to greet Ning Yi and Su Tan'er.

Although the two are father and daughter, the relationship between Su Boyong and Su Tan'er is not as warm as that of ordinary fathers and daughters, Su Tan'er has never been coquettish by her father's side like an ordinary daughter, Su Boyong always seems to be a little at a loss for Su Tan'er, I don't know whether to show a kind side or a stern side, or a professional businessman's side.

After greeting and joking with Ning Yi for a few words, Su Boyong looked at Su Tan'er, and then briefly advised: "I see that your face is not very good these days, rest if you can, don't be too tired." Su Tan'er nodded: "I know the truth." ”

Then Su Boyong also went to a long table not far away, handing out steamed buns by himself. Ning Yi and Su Tan'er stayed here, one giving porridge and the other making steamed buns. There is no need to say much about the relationship between Su Tan'er and her father, the two of them chatted here and there, and at a certain moment, the corners of Ning Yi's eyes flickered, and when he noticed something, it was a small commotion on one side and one team. , It was the small team in front of Su Boyong, someone squeezed up, as if he wanted to cut in line, and made a small very normal riot, the Su family's family members who maintained order failed to react, the person had already narrowed the distance, Su Boyong raised his head, holding a steamed bun in his hand, Ning Yi noticed that in less than a second, the two figures collided together. Su Tan'er was also looking over there.

Blood sprayed out, the man took a knife in his hand and stabbed Su Boyong, Su Boyong staggered back, turned around, the man stabbed again in the back, turned around and ran.

"Ahh Ning Yi lifted the table and ran over there, Su Tan'er also started almost at the same time, without shouting and shouting, there was almost no expression between his face and his eyes, Ning Yi rushed to the side to lift the chaotic crowd and spread over, Su Tan'er threw herself down beside her father, she glanced in the direction of the running gangster, and just said to the surrounding family members simply and briefly: "Catch him." Then he just lowered his head and pressed his father's wound and ignored it. In fact, there are already many families who have gathered around.

Ning Yi looked around, and after making sure that even if there was a second gangster, it would be impossible for him to rush up again, so he turned around and helped Su Tan'er hold down the wound, Su Tan'er already had tears in her eyes at this time, and she pursed her lips and didn't speak, I'm afraid it was a little chaotic for a while. Therefore, Ning Yi instructed around: "Find the nearest doctor!" Bring those clean cloths! Hurry up, hurry up, do what you can......"

The two knife wounds were relatively deep, although they were not fatal for a while, but the consequences were unpredictable, Su Boyong was conscious, and at this time he grabbed Su Tan'er's hand and said some words, Ning Yi frowned and looked around, looking for clues that he might see.

It may be premeditated, it may not be, but the Su family has three rooms, and the big house is the weakest. Although it is said that Su Tan'er is the most powerful person of the third generation, and she may be in charge of the Su family in the future, it is still in the testing stage at this time. The Su family's big house has always been controlled by Su Boyong, and he is the backbone.

After these two knives, what will the Su family become tomorrow, the consequences are unpredictable......