Summer is still hot, time is going according to schedule, and there is nothing new to move forward. It is the fifth month of the lunar calendar, and the city of Bianliang is full of disturbances, and it has its own trajectory of operation as before. In the land of Beijing, all kinds of things and information in the world are gathered together, and the literati and top-notch characters of the northern and southern provinces, the heroes of the rivers and lakes of the three mountains and five mountains, the heroes of the green forests, the officials who come and go from all over the world, the nobles who live in various places, and the peddlers and pawns who cross the streets and alleys, each has its own life trajectory, different purposes converge, and desire, kindness and evil thoughts converge together.

Ning Yi was not affected by too many extraneous branches, the courtyard he bought had not yet been arranged, and everyone still lived in Wenhui Building. He found a blacksmith, made a few barely usable nibs, and also got some feathers, degreased and roasted to make quills, because the quality of the paper at this time is not very good, the iron nibs are not easy to use, can only use the paper layer by layer of wrapped feathers made of nibs, sticky ink book writing, the speed has been slightly improved, but it is not very handy, and the handwriting is crooked.

The whole plan for the bamboo book is done step by step, going out to the restaurant and tea shop during the day, and visiting a green house at night. Qin Shaoyu was the guide, and many times Wen Ren, Yao Zunian, Ji Kun, and Cheng Zhouhai would also come over, and Ning Yi would ask everyone what they thought was the reason for the popularity of this store, and then make a record and induction.

Yao Zunian and the others may not have come to visit the Qinglou or the tea shop, and the seemingly casual chatting was actually trying to understand Ning Yi on the side. For Ning Yi's behavior of doing such a detailed investigation just to open a store for his own woman, they may have something to disagree with, but they did not raise clear doubts. This is not because they are guarding the distance between them, but because Ning Yi is already in the working state of the previous life, although he is still in his early twenties and body, when he summarizes such a huge plan in his mind, the temperament he shows is also different from before.

That is the momentum of a superior and a thoughtful planner, without the trepidation and lack of confidence of a twenty-year-old young man, no matter how much he learns. I am also cautious because I have not practiced it. Many things in Ning Yi's hands. It has been practiced countless times, even if there are differences in ancient living habits, in fact, things in human nature have not changed much.

He has put on a serious posture, even in peace, he has his own intimidating momentum and feeling. That kind of aura of the superior may have been in the eyes that scared Xiaochan when he first came to the Wu Dynasty, and later it was somewhat restrained. At this point, he would have taken it seriously. Of course, they couldn't frighten Xiaochan and Yunzhu around them, but in the eyes of Yao Zunian and others, observing this serious and methodical attitude, they naturally wouldn't open their mouths indiscriminately. This was also because they already knew what Ning Yi had done before.

A young man who can do those things in a situation like Hangzhou, and later made everyone in Liangshan suffer such a big loss, when he is really serious. What is done, or what can be done in the end, is unimaginable.

Whether it was Hangzhou or what happened in Liangshan later, almost none of them could make good preparations. But this time is different, immersed in such a serious attitude, time passes quite quickly, in a few days. There are a lot of things written around me. Quiet and think once in a while. Push open the window early in the morning and look at the fog in the courtyard. When the cicadas chirp, sit in the courtyard and watch the peeling red paint under the eaves. For a few days, although he often went out, the real hustle and bustle outside had nothing to do with him for the time being.

Regarding Zhou Pei's choice of son-in-law, he was not involved. However, the poetry meeting held in the woodyard that day, I heard that it was quite lively, and a few talented people were in the limelight, which was really a grand event in the literary world in the capital - anyway, every poetry meeting would call itself like this, Ning Yi didn't care, and only occasionally heard it from the conversations of others.

He went to Alum Tower once, mainly to meet Master Li before. When he went, Master Li was said to be entertaining guests in the small courtyard, and he thought that he was also a literati with a lot of status, so he asked the maid to hand a note in, writing that he was currently living in the Wenhui Building, so that when Master Li was free, he would make an appointment with him, Yu and Zhongren. This is not a big deal, and he is not very looking forward to seeing any childhood friends, but Master Li has mentioned it many times, and it is not easy to push it to the end.

At that time, I wanted to hand over a note to go in and leave, but the teacher girl attached great importance to him, and then took the time to come out, seeing that she was dressed up, and the appearance of a big white flower on her head was quite goddess-like, and Ning Yi said a few words, promising that in the next few days, he would make an appointment with Hezhong and Chen Sifeng, and give him news, so he turned back in a hurry. In the past, the second day of Alum Tower was the second day of the fifth month, and Master Li sent someone to send a letterhead, saying that he could meet a few friends on the fourth day of the fifth month and before the Dragon Boat Festival, and asked Ning Yi if he was free, and Ning Yi agreed.

On the other hand, Yunzhu and Jin'er, with the help of Mrs. Qin and others, found a small courtyard not far from the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, and when Ning Yi left, Yunzhu could also move in. The environment around there is quiet, and there are many guards and servants from the Right Prime Minister's Mansion who live, and they are taken care of by the Prime Minister's Mansion, so they can be guaranteed that they will not be bullied in the capital.

These things are trivial and trivial, the only thing that can make Ning Yi feel a little distressed and helpless is Jin'er after all, and the two have not had no conversation recently, but there is no nutrition when they talk. Ning Yi couldn't talk to Yunzhu about these things, and Jin'er's attitude towards him was either to confront him with a reluctant temperament - the two happened to meet at the gate of the courtyard yesterday, one went out and the other went in, and as a result, Ning Yi went which way she went, at first maybe inadvertently, they all planned to give way, so after a few times, Jin'er became interested in blocking his way, and as a result, the two confronted each other very childishly for a minute or two, when Ning Yi felt that he was bored, Jin'er made a gesture of "I won" and walked past him with her head held high- Or turn around and walk away as soon as you see him, and it seems that the choice of coping mode depends on your mood.

The time is approaching the Dragon Boat Festival, and there is already a lively festive atmosphere in Bianliang City, with zongzi, dragon boat races, mugwort leaves, calamus...... In this year, May 5 is a big festival after all, but it's a pity that Tan'er can't come up for the time being, and she may have to set off for the east in a few days, and she can't reunite with her family.

On the afternoon of the third day of the fifth lunar month, when Ning Yi came back from outside, he saw Yuan Jin'er sitting by the railing outside the courtyard, looking a little in the way. I've been waiting for you for a long time. ”

"Zhou Pei?"

"Hmm. Xiaochan went to your yard to clean up, and Sister Yunzhu entertained her inside. ”

What she said was naturally the yard that Ning Yi had newly bought. After passing the words on official business, he snorted and passed past Ning Yi, Ning Yi thought about it, it was not a way to keep going like this, and turned around: "Hey, Yuan Jin...... Son......" he spoke. saw Yuan Jin'er over there suddenly covering her ears with her hands and running away.

“…… Ha. Ning Yi couldn't cry or laugh, and when he went back to the room, he saw Yun Zhu drinking tea and talking with the little county lord, and the sunlight seeped in through the window lattice, and the two people sitting opposite were both ladylike. The gestures are quite pleasing to the eye. Seeing Ning Yi come back, Yun Zhucai smiled and said a few words to him, said goodbye and left.

"How are you staying in King Chong's Mansion?"

"It's very good, Uncle Seven Emperor takes good care of me, and my cousins and cousins are good, and they have taken me to see a lot of things recently."

After saluting Ning Yi, Ning Yi casually asked about Zhou Pei, and Zhou Pei also answered quite dutifully. Talking. Ning Yi walked to the table. Sorting out some papers on the table, he has written a lot of things in the past two days. Some have been sorted out, and some have not yet been tidied up, when they went out, they told Xiaochan not to move, only press them with a paperweight or book, and at this time divide a few sheets, tear them up and throw them into the paper basket. Zhou Pei was holding a teacup over there and secretly looked this way, she had been here for a while, although she hadn't messed with the things on the table, but she must have seen some of them, Ning Yi didn't mind, but the words written on the quill pen were a little ugly.

"You're smart and good at learning, I've heard that some kind of scholar is impressed with you, right? Oh, I guess many of your cousins and cousins in the capital have begun to worship you......"

"That's not ......" Zhou Pei muttered in a low voice, Ning Yi sat at the desk and couldn't hear it very clearly: "What? ”

"Nothing." Zhou Pei said with a smile.

"Heh, what will happen to the poems in the Wood Garden?"

"Why didn't the teacher go?"

"Huh?" Ning Yi blinked, "I've been a little busy lately, not to mention that I'm not very interested in poetry clubs and the like." ”

"Grandpa Qin originally said that the teacher might be interested in ......"

"Oh? Did he say it? Ning Yi thought for a while, "He did persuade me to take a look, but ...... Then there was still not much time. ”

Ning Yi said, turned around and continued to sort out the manuscript, Zhou Pei said "oh" over there, when Ning Yi looked back, he saw that the girl was sitting there with her head down, her hands folded on her lap, and in the light coming in from the door, her eyes seemed to be a little melancholy, and she didn't know what she was thinking: "What's wrong?" ”

"Ah...... No, no. Zhou Pei laughed, "I was originally ...... I don't think the teacher is interested in poetry......"

She said a little reluctantly, and Ning Yi didn't know what Lu Dao was for, but the little girl's mind was not very easy to guess. Changing the topic, he asked with a smile: "I want to ask, have you seen any young talents at the poetry meeting in the wood garden?" ”

"There are a lot of them." Zhou Pei smiled, "It's not bad." ”

"I mean you like it."

"Ah, that ......" the girl blushed slightly, reached out and stroked her sideburns, "No, no, I don't know much about ......"

"You've got to hurry." Ning Yi said with a smile, "The talents of the world, that is, gathered in the capital, you come here this time, no matter what, you have to choose one, don't be in a hurry, you can come and go a few more times, with your talent and intelligence, it shouldn't be a problem to choose what kind of person you choose." ”

"But teacher, if it'......" Zhou Pei raised his head, looked at this side, and said with some hesitation, "If it is...... I don't have anything to like......"

"There are not many women in the world who have the opportunity to choose their own son-in-law." With his back to her, Ning Yi shook his head, "Xiao Pei, you are a smart person, if you don't nod your head this time, what will happen next, I'm afraid it's a little difficult to say." Chongwang's Mansion, your Grandpa Qin's side, Kang Yuma has already said hello, I brought you up this time, also because I think you can only look for it in the capital, you are fifteen years old after all, what can you do if you don't get married? He thought about it for a while, and smiled again: "If you are a man, you don't have to worry so much, but who knows that the person who married in the words of the matchmaker of the Dao parents is not a wicked woman, heh, I want to open some." ”

"If it's a man, that's fine......" Zhou Pei lowered his head and muttered, "Teacher, what do you think...... How do I choose? What kind of person do you choose? ”

"How do I know about Lu Dao?" Ning Yi couldn't help laughing, "I only recently learned that I am not good at picking up girls at all. ”

"Bubbles, bubbles? What......"

"It's the things that happen between men and women...... You still have to decide what kind of person you want to choose. Ning Yi tidied up his things and moved the chair. Turned. Looking at the little county lord here, "However, if you call me a teacher, I will also say something I think...... Zhou Pei, your vision is very high, but in fact, people in this world are all the same. In addition to those who are notorious, second ancestors like Hua Hua Tai Sui are used to being saved by the family. Most people are still within the normal range. They don't have a bad temper, they are willing to love their wives, and they want everything to be fine in their home. ”

He took a manuscript that he had sorted out in his hand and smiled: "This kind of thing when men and women are together, generally speaking, it is a big change with a big charm and a small charm. Xiao Pei, you are from the royal family. is beautiful, smart and sensible, if you find a man at random, you will definitely respect and love you. Husband and wife get along with this kind of thing, as long as you have the means, be soft, and treat him as an equal, in general. Men aren't all white-eyed wolves. He married someone else. Maybe I will desperately find a concubine to visit the Qinglou, and it will be different if I marry you. Take a look at the Kang Pony. Aren't they living happily? Half of it is because the Kang Horse itself is good, and the other half is run by Her Royal Highness Princess Chengguo, so what about it...... Don't be too picky. That's all I can say, just relax, there will be many more poems in the future, you can read them slowly. ”

After Ning Yi said this, Zhou Pei said, "Will the teacher go to the poetry meeting to have a look?" ”

"Heh, I don't want to do this kind of thing to help you pick a husband, I can't do it."

"But the teacher ......," Zhou Pei thought for a while, "I can help test them, well, such as poetry, knowledge, ......."

"Don't use this to pick a husband!" Ning Yi waved his hand and shook his head, "These things are okay, of course you have to pick a husband who is kind, kind-hearted, and will treat you well after marrying you." People who are good at poetry are not necessarily good, these people are arrogant, and most of them are biased and angry when they don't meet talents, if it's smooth sailing, it's easy to develop that kind of arrogance and chronic character that is not good to serve! Marriages formed because of excellence are usually a tragedy...... You should find a good person, not a good person. ”

Ning Yi is not good at marriage after all, but as I have seen in later generations, if both men and women are excellent, or because of this kind of excellent marriage, there are often no good results. Living together in this kind of thing, there has to be a person in all aspects to back down, and now in these years, most of the people who give in are women, and men can play freely, but Zhou Pei is a royal family, even if he has the heart to back down, he may not be able to back down much, and if he wants to find an excellent man who can get married, it is basically equivalent to finding unhappiness in the second half of his life.

When he said this, it was enough, but Zhou Pei frowned, his emotions were a little confused, and Ning Yi could only let her digest these things slowly. The master and apprentice then talked about some other trivial matters, Zhou Pei was interested in the things that Ning Yi wrote, so Ning Yi also showed her casually, and at the same time discussed with her for a while some things in the palace about managing accounts, royal majesty, and so on. If it was in normal times, Zhou Pei would definitely talk with great interest, but at this time, she was in a bad mood, picked up a quill and studied it, and felt that it was really ugly to write like this, but Ning Yi wrote with great interest, which made her a little incomprehensible.

After staying here for dinner, Zhou Peicai left from Wenhui Building, and at the same time knew that he was afraid that before the tenth day of the fifth month, Ning Yi would leave Bianliang and go to Shandong. He went over this time in order to be an enemy of Liangshan, I am afraid that there may not be results in a few months, and after the birthday banquet of the Queen Mother, I am afraid that he will have to decide the choice of husband, and when the teacher comes back from Shandong, he should have left the capital and went back to marry another woman. This imagination that comes and goes, it really gives people quite mixed feelings.

She came over this time, naturally not just to talk about these trivial things, but it was difficult for her to summarize what she wanted to say.

When I was in Jiangning before, I was a little worried about the marriage, but it was not serious, and when I hid in that box and wanted to go north with the ship, I was quite excited, as if a new hope had unfolded in front of me. Along the way, she accompanied the teacher, and Liangshan's thieves came to send them to death, which was very exciting, and she didn't feel bored at all. However, in the past few days after she really entered the capital, something finally came down, even though the Seventh Emperor Uncle was quite kind to her, and Qin Siyuan also asked her to take the opportunity to play more in the capital, but she suddenly understood in her heart that this matter could not be avoided.

She came to find Ning Yi today, and originally wanted to ask him why he didn't go to the poetry club. Ning Yi didn't know what to do, after coming to the capital. Although a group of sisters from the Chongwang Mansion were in charge of entertaining her. But in fact, when a large group of people get together, the atmosphere may not be harmonious. At first, the other party regarded her as a native bun from the countryside, but Zhou Pei herself was outstanding in learning and manners, and soon changed everyone's opinion, this change did not necessarily make everyone worship her, but attracted a lot of jealousy and hostility, and some of the cousins may look at themselves with admiration. The woman's side may not be able to look down on herself, or she is talking cool things behind her back, or she is trying to make her embarrassed, and so on.

These things are not out of the question, born in the royal family, even in Jiangning. She has seen a lot of this kind of intrigue, so she naturally has a way to deal with it. As long as you don't pay attention to others with a generous demeanor, others will naturally get the upper hand. It's just that when talking about poetry, Zhou Pei said Ning Yi's lyrics with some pride, and said that this is his teacher, and he also came to Bianliang, so people grabbed the topic.

Some people don't believe how good her teacher is, and there are many people. Purely with xenophobia. thinks that Jiang Ning's first genius is of course not as good as Bianliang's talent, and Ning Yi once said that "words are chanted by Taoist priests". In Jiangning, everyone is already familiar with it, and naturally knows that this is a joke, but in Bianliang, some people will say things like "I heard that the word was copied". And so on and so forth. The rest of the people shouted for Na Ning Yi to participate in the poetry meeting and write some poems to take a look.

Zhou Pei admired Ning Yi in his heart, but he also hoped that Ning Yi could stand up and slap these people in the face. In the cynicism of each other, although she did not directly accept the competition for Ning Yi, she also made some assumptions, such as saying "If the teacher makes a move, you will know the way", she hoped that Ning Yi could try his best to participate in the poetry meeting of the Wood Garden, and asked Qin Siyuan to make an invitation, but Qin Siyuan naturally couldn't say to Ning Yi, "You must go", he felt that Ning Yi had just arrived in Bianliang, maybe he would go to have a good time, and he tried to tell Ning Yi, and hoped that Jueming could take Ning Yi to go shopping. If it weren't for what happened to Jin'er, Ning Yi would have buried himself in his work, maybe he would still go to the woodyard to see what kind of grand occasion the poetry in the capital would be.

The day before the poetry meeting, an invitation was sent by a person named Ruan Weitong, who belonged to the group of rich people who opposed Zhou Pei. In their hearts, they probably thought that since they were the first talent, they must be thinking of advancing with their literary talents, and the poetry meeting in Caimuyuan was the first-class event in Bianliang, who was not eager to invite him here, and then compared him at the poetry meeting, so that Zhou Pei would be disgraced, who knew that Ning Yi didn't give face. The two sides can only spray each other with mouth cannons.

And Zhou Pei's side, of course, was ridiculed even more, and she could only face such things with arrogance and silence. It's not a failure, but there aren't many people on her side after all.

It was impossible for Ning Yi to know such a tortuous process. On the other hand, when the boredom of the poetry club and the pressure of marrying were really pressed together, Zhou Pei suddenly thought of something - that thing was no longer allowed for her not to think about - she was in the poetry meeting, of course, she also evaluated how talented people were, but then she had to admit that her standard for looking at these people was based on this teacher who was only a few years older than her.

This kind of thing, in later life, may be similar to a young girl who has just fallen in love with a handsome head teacher, and will remember it when she grows up, but it will not lead to anything. However, Zhou Pei could not get the kind of life trajectory of later girls. The matter of liking the teacher actually sprouted earlier, but at that time she was able not to think about it and deny it, but at this time she couldn't. Such a thing was superimposed on the grievances at the poetry meeting, which made her feel ...... Some want to cry.

She came with such emotions, but after seeing Ning Yi, she suddenly understood that the teacher had come to Beijing with a blood feud of hundreds of people, and he had never promised that he would go to any poetry meeting, if he was wronged because of this, he would be like a child who didn't understand anything. On the other hand, there is a liking for her, of course, she can't say.

She can't marry a teacher at all, everything is obvious, no matter how she tries to get out of the way, it's impossible. She is a smart person, and there is no need to export these things, so she can only give people tangled and embarrassed.

So when it came to the end, I couldn't say anything.

The carriage drove away from Wenhui Building, and when the lights were on, she looked back at the inn gradually moving away, and the light around the street reflected on the girl's face, jumping brightly and secretly. Bianliang City is much bigger, much more prosperous, and much more wonderful than Jiangning, where she grew up, and when she came over, she also thought about seeing many different scenery, and there are indeed here, but suddenly, it all seems to be meaningless. I don't know how to go, I don't know what to do next, where to go, who to accept, and what decisions I can make......

The night breeze blew and stroked the sideburns. She sat back in the carriage, and there was nothing around her, and the emptiness continued to stretch, carrying her through the crowds and streets of Bianliang. It was the first time in my life that I grew up......

Huge dazed.

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The number of words in the two watches! (To be continued......)