"...And Uncle Song Mao, I don't know how he is doing. Are you in good health?"

It was already dark, and a bonfire was burning by the river beside the distant river beside it, and occasionally the laughter of children and the voices of women came. Under Ning Yi's leadership, Song Yongping walked slowly forward. When he heard him ask about his father's condition, Song Yongping glanced at him.

"My father's health is still strong. After he became an official, he has lost many mundane affairs, and he has become more prosperous in the past two years."

"Uncle Song Mao went to the official after I killed Zhou Zhe?"

"……Um."

The two of them said this thrilling thing for others, but they seemed indifferent in their words. Ning Yi said: "There was a hasty thing back then, and the Song family couldn't take care of it. I thought it was hard to invite you with you. Later, Zhou Yong proclaimed himself emperor, and Zhou Pei, the brother and brother, would not make too much trouble for you. I felt relieved. In recent years, Tan'er and Wen Fang occasionally talked about you. In marriage, your knowledge was the best, which was probably delayed your career. However, I think that when people are young, they should take detours. The more they experience before they were thirty, the better the future."

He smiled at this point: "Of course, it's me who made you and Uncle Song Mao lose their posts. I'll say this a little distorted. If you say that I'm taking advantage of it, you can't refute it."

When Ning Yi talked about this topic, Song Yongping smiled and his eyes seemed calm: "Actually, it was true. When I was young, I always felt that I was a great talent in the world. Later, I realized my own limitations. When I lost my official position, my family came and went, and I realized that the world was full of flavors. My vision back then was too small..."

He smiled and shook his head: "When he was young, he read Huang Lao, Confucius and Mencius with his elders, and memorized ancient scriptures like a stream, and he could also write a lot of moral articles. When he remembered them in the past two years, he felt the deepest about the two sentences of the Book of Changes... Heaven moves vigorously, and a gentleman strives for self-improvement. It took him thirty years to understand something."

When he first met more than ten years ago, Song Xiaosi, who was in his early twenties, looked full of energy, but now he is already thirty years old. He has become an official, has accumulated beards, and has experienced ups and downs. If he was the calm conversation he had before, he was maintaining peace with cultivation, the current part is heartfelt.

Ning Yi nodded, and Song Yongping paused for a moment: "If you want to say these things, it is fake to have no complaints to your cousin and your cousin's husband. But even if you complain, it doesn't matter. Will Mr. Ning, who is the most powerful person in the world, stop doing things because of whom?"

Ning Yi laughed "haha" and patted Song Yongping on the shoulder and signaled him to move forward: "There are many principles in the world, but I only have one. When the Jurchens went south, they watched hundreds of thousands of people being killed and defeated, Qin Xiang and others turned the tide, and their families were destroyed. If they did not kill the emperor, these people died worthless. Of course, they thought about the consequences after killing, but in this world, people cannot tolerate a pair of good people, and they can only take the minority of the two evils. Although they knew your situation before killing people, they had already measured it, so they had to do it. The county magistrate was like this. Some people you sympathize with, but they could only give him thirty plates. Why? It's a little better."

"But my brother-in-law has really... not confused over the years?"

"There are always there, and there are many, but...... Compare it, this road is a little better." Ning Yi said, "I know your idea of ​​coming here. Finding a flaw may convince me to withdraw troops or surrender, and give Wu Chao a good way. It doesn't matter. In fact, the situation in the world is very clear. You are a smart person. You can understand it by looking at it more, and I won't hide it from you. But, let me see the child first."

While speaking, the bonfire was approaching. Ning Yi led Song Yongping over and introduced the distant uncle to Ning Xi and others. After a while, Tan'er also came to meet Song Yongping. Both sides talked about Song Mao and Su Yu, who had passed away, which was also an ordinary reunion of relatives.

While Su Tan'er and Song Yongping were talking to each other, Ning Yi led a group of children to the fire to grill fish. Ning Ji and Du Sha, Fang Shuchang and other children had dinner and rested for a while, and set up a small ring to compete in turn. After all, the competition was quite intense. Wenwen, Ning Ke and other little girls either cheered their brothers on the ring or ran here to entangle Ning Yi. After a while, Ning Yi, who was so shameless about the fish, walked to the ring to write a couplet rewarded to the winner. The first couplet was "Boxing Guangzhou Eggs" and the second couplet "Kicking Pineapple Bread". After writing, Song Yongping came over to comment and correct the axe, and then asked Song Yongping to write a pair of words to add to the top.

The fighting and fighting by the river made Song Yongping feel a little emotional. However, in the legendary novel where he came to be a lobbyist, the story of a certain strategist who persuaded the princes to change their minds after all. In these years, it was not actually an exaggeration. In the feudal world, knowledge was not popular, and even one prince might not have a broad horizon. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the throne and the princes laughed exaggeratedly and threw out a certain point of view. It was not surprising that Li Xiannong could tell the Barbarian King in the mountains of Liangshan, and he might have taken this way. But for this brother-in-law, no matter whether it was alarmist or generous speech that was ready to die, it was impossible to reverse the other party's decision. Without the most meticulous analysis, the rest would be chatting and jokes.

After meeting Ning Yi, he understood this more and more. Looking back on Cheng Zhouhai's attitude when he set off, the other party probably understood this matter very well. After thinking about this for a long time, when Ning Yi walked to rest, Song Yongping followed him and decided to throw the problem back first.

"Brother-in-law, is there no way to solve the problem in the southwest?"

"It should be difficult for the Wu Dynasty."

Ning Yi took a branch and sat on the stone by the river beach to rest, and answered casually.

"The Jurchens are coming, and the world is destroyed. What are the benefits?"

"The Wu Dynasty is the world, the Jurchen is the world, and the Chinese army is also the world. Whose world will be destroyed?" He looked at Song Yongping, and the branches knocked on the stone beside him, "Sit."

"The humidity is heavy, and it is not suitable for health preservation." Song Yongping said, and sat down.

"How many children do you have?"

"Three, two daughters, and one son."

"As a very knowledgeable uncle, what do you think of Ning Xi and the others?"

"Okay. Xi'er teaches very well." Song Yongping said, "Ning Ji's martial arts seem to be much better than ordinary people."

"After birth, I'm very careful. Next, I go to Chengdu and take a walk. However, it's hard to crowd in the crowd like an ordinary child and join in the fun. I don't know when I will encounter an accident. We call it saving the world. This is one of the prices. If you encounter an accident, just die. It's possible that life is worse than death."

In front of me was a small river flowing. Ning Yi's expression was hidden in the darkness. Although his words were calm, his meaning was not calm at all. Song Yongping didn't quite understand why he said this.

"The fight has started north of the Yellow River. Near Taiyuan, millions of people blocked Wanyan Zonghan's hundreds of thousands of troops. Now there is heavy snow there, people dead on the battlefield, and more people are frozen to death on the snow. Wang Shanyue, Daming Mansion, led less than 50,000 people to defend the city. It has been almost two months since Wanyan Zongfu and Wanyan Zongbi led the main force to fight for nearly a month, and then crossed the Yellow River. I don't know how many defenders in the city are still there..."

Ning Yi said in the darkness: "...Now Wanyan Chang is leading 30,000 Jurchen elites, which is more than 200,000 Han army besieged the city. The Han army is still driven forward by the people who are driving forward. They throw their bodies into the city with stone casters every day. Fortunately, it is winter, and the plague cannot be aroused for the time being... Zhu Biao leads more than 10,000 Chinese troops and wants to open Wanyan Chang's defense line, but he cannot open it."

"...I don't know how many millions of hungry ghosts died in the south. I sent 8,000 people to Xuzhou to block Wanyan Zongfu's way south. The main forces of these hungry ghosts are now surrounded by Xuzhou. Zongfu's army meets hungry ghosts, and I don't know what it will be like. The south is the direction set by the prince. The millions of troops are in this battle whether they lose or win. Then here... there are tens of thousands of people dead. Yongping, you came for the Wu Dynasty, which is not a bad thing, but if you are me, are you willing to leave a way out for them or not?"

"Maybe there is a better way..." Song Yongping said.

"Maybe there is, maybe... there is always such a person in the world. He can let the Wu Dynasty go, let the people of the Wu Dynasty live a good life, and strengthen themselves and save the whole world. Yongping is not a joke. If you have this idea, it is worth working hard."

“…”

"But I can't do it. It's been more than ten years since the first Jurchens went south. The Wu Dynasty has grown a little bit, about... so much." He raised his hand and gestured about the size of a grain of rice. "We know that the Wu Dynasty has a lot of troubles, the problems are very complicated, and it's not easy to grow a little bit. Seeing them is not easy, I want them to get better rewards, such as living longer, we can even write an article to regard this kind of enterprising as a rare light of human nature. But is this enough? You like the Wu Dynasty, so he should survive. If he can't survive, you hope... can I be proud of it?"

Ning Yi shook his head.

"...If you can't stop it, there will be nothing left. In that manifesto, I want to force the Wu Dynasty to negotiate with me. After the negotiation, my Chinese army and Wu Dynasty are equal forces. If the Wu Dynasty wants to join forces to resist the Jurchens with me, it is okay, so the Wu Dynasty can have more time to breathe, and they have to play tricks in the middle. If you don't work hard, it's okay. Everyone plays chess like this... But, being passionate is your own, and winning is decided by heaven and earth. In such a world, everyone is strengthening their minions, and no one on the battlefield has any luck. The problem of the Wu Dynasty and the Confucian problem are not improved once or twice. One or two heroes can be helped up. If the Jurchens quickly corrupt, it is a bit possible, but because of the existence of the Chinese army, their corruption speed is actually not so fast, and they can still fight..."

Ning Yi lit the branch on the ground three times: "Jurchen, Huaxia, Wucha, not to mention the present moment, in the end, two of them will be eliminated. Yongping, even if I say something today to make the Wucha better, it is also paving the way to eliminate the Wucha. The Chinese army should stop. The method is very simple. As long as the Wucha people are united, the forces of various major families in the court will be put on the courage of Ning's jade breaking, not to make the whole, not to make the whole, and to fight.

I immediately stopped to apologize... But Wu Chao couldn't do it. Now Wu Chao felt it was very difficult. In fact, even if they lost the Southwest, they would not negotiate with me. Everyone would suffer the consequences of the negotiations. No one dared to take the blame, so I would eat the Southwest. Without strength, Wu Chao would feel that losing face was very humiliating? In fact, not only did they have to kneel down next time. Without strength, they would definitely have the day they were forced to eat shit in the future."

"The Southwest fight is over, and they send you here, of course, it's not a foolish move. In that situation, what can't be used? Qin Siyuan was like this, repairing and placing it, forming a clique to treat guests and give gifts. When it's time to kneel down, the old man is also willing to kneel down. Maybe some people will be moved by family affection and relax, but Yongping, I dare not let go of this mouth. If I win the battle, the next step is to increase my strength. If I can get more points, I will not be able to say that I can be more points. Even if I get more, it's because I have to. Because I don't dare to have it at all..."

The calm sound mixed with the gurgling sound of water in the darkness. Ning Yi raised the branches and pointed to the fire on the other side of the river beach, where the children played.

"Tian Hu in the north all formed a million troops against Zong Han, and if he lost, he would die. Wang Shanyue guarded Daming. I hope Zhu Biao could save as many people as possible, but it is also possible that Zhu Biao would be in it. Hungry ghosts are millions, and in one winter, they would die. Yongping, Ning Xi, Ning Ji, Wenwen Xiao Ke, is my child. If someone told me that there would be luck in this world, I could pray to Gods and Buddhas and kowtows a thousand times a day, hoping that they would live happier than me in this life... But there is no luck in this world, not even a trace, so I don't kowtow. If the power of the Chinese army can be one point more, I will never dare to let him lose one point."

The voice then remained silent for a long time.

...

"...I have also had very touched sentences in the past two years. There is a sentence in the nineteen ancient poems saying: 'Life between heaven and earth, suddenly it is like a traveler from afar.' This world is not ours. We just came here by chance and spent a few decades. Therefore, when it comes to this world, I am always worried and dare not be arrogant... The most useful truth in the middle, Yongping, you have already said before, it is called 'Heaven moves vigorously, and a gentleman strives for self-improvement'. Only by being strong and useful, there is actually no need to plead for the Wu Dynasty."

...

There was laughter from the small river beside. In the following days, Ning Yi and his family went to Chengdu to see the prosperous ancient city. A group of children, except Ning Xi, saw such a prosperous city for the first time. It was completely different from the situation in the mountains. They were all very happy. Ning Yi, Tan'er, Yun Zhu and others walked on the streets of this ancient city, and occasionally they would talk about the scenery and stories of their time in Jiangning and Bianliang. More than ten years have passed.

Song Yongping followed it, like Zuo Duanyou back then, and learned about Ning Yi's thoughts, and then started to discuss it every day. The two sides sometimes quarreled and sometimes parted in disagreement, which lasted for a long time.

Shortly after that, Ning Ji followed the doctors in the military medical team to visit nearby counties and rural areas, and some household registration officials also visited various places and penetrated into every newly occupied territory. Ning Xi followed Chen Tuozi to sit in the center, responsible for arranging security, coordinating and other things, and learning more skills.

The winter is already deep, and the bitter snow on the south bank of the Yellow River suddenly came. The Jurchen army heading south was quite far away from the Yellow River Ferry. The more they walked south, the more miserable and desolate the road was on the road. Small cities have been broken and burned, like ghosts, and starving corpses can be seen everywhere on the road. This time, the "solid walls and clear fields" are more thorough than more than ten years ago.

In the heavy snow, the Jurchen grain transport team, which had been small, was trapped on the road. The wind and snow were furious for more than an hour. The centurion led the team to stop and hide from the wind and snow. At some point, something gradually came from the front.

It was shaking and shaking, and it gradually came into view through the wind and snow. It turned out to be a figure of a man. The figure was shaking, dry and thin like a skeleton. It made people look at it, and their scalp was numb. It seemed that there was still a swagger in their hands. This was a woman who was hungry to the point of being skinny and boneless. No one knew how she came here.

The "skeleton" stood there in a daze, and cast a gaze at the big cart here and the goods. Then she shook for a moment, opened her mouth, making an unknown sound, and there seemed to be a light of water falling in her eyes.

She ran towards this side.

The centurion dragged his long sword and slashed the woman over to the ground with a knife. The swagger rolled out. There were no "babies" inside, so there was no need to make up for it.

"When you see these things, you will be killed without mercy."

The centurion also knew that there was still news of hungry ghosts wandering in this place. He killed the woman and was about to walk back, but in the wind and snow, another figure came towards him.

Hungry ghosts, then hungry ghosts, saw the team transporting military funds, and those figures that were almost no longer human were stunned. Then, they hesitated a little and shouted and ran. They had no strength anymore, and many people had fallen down in the wind and snow, and their shouts were almost hoarse. The centurion slashed the two of them, slapped the armor with a long sword, and shouted that his subordinates had built a line of defense.

Those figures ran towards each other...

Life in the world is like a traveler traveling far away.

With the coldness of the whole body, dry tears flowed out, and hoarse sounds...

That is their last figure running in this cold world.

In the wind and snow, endless hungry ghosts are coming
Chapter completed!