Updated: 2012-10-28

There are about twenty or thirty houses in the huge village. There were many people living in the past, but now, except for Zhang Ning himself, he only saw three people. Sure enough, he ate roast duck for dinner. Zhang Ning tasted it badly, and the seasonings and heat seemed to be poor, but those with vegetables and meat would just do it.

It took a lot of time to roast duck meat, and after dinner, it was completely dark after dinner. Zhang Ning turned around and saw that the houses were covered with rocks and dark shadows. There were only two or three nearby houses on the lights. The night in the mountains was so quiet that the atmosphere was indescribable. Anyway, he was not used to it. He was probably used to the crowding of modern society and the prosperity of Nanjing's big city, and suddenly he was in such an environment a little unacceptable.

In addition, he remembered the poems in ghost movies not long ago. Now Zhang Ning seemed to be in a ghost house, and was a little scared. In fact, he didn't believe that there were ghosts in the world, but fear seemed to be nature. He always felt that something was hidden in the unknown, and perhaps ghosts were one of them?

But seeing the Peach Blossom Fairy sitting opposite her calmly, Zhang Ning couldn't help but smile and said, "You have lived here in a deserted manner these days, aren't you afraid tonight?"

The Peach Blossom Fairy said frankly: "It's better tonight. What kind of patrol officers and soldiers are eating imperial grain? Usually, who comes out in the middle of the night and is in a good mood when we sell private salt. This makes us get used to it, but we feel more at ease at night."

Her expression suddenly became a little strange. She often talked with a smile on her face, and suddenly she showed a hint of sadness. It was strange or not, "You look at the night, and you can see a lot of things that you can see clearly during the day, and suddenly you can't see clearly. It's hazy, so good... Do you think I'm pretty now?" She smiled charmingly and frivolously again, but instead called Zhang Ning to look normal.

"It looks beautiful at any time." Zhang Ning said casually, out of politeness. No matter what a woman is born with, saying that she is ugly is the most hurtful thing.

However, the figure of the Peach Blossom Fairy is indeed good, and he is not completely complimented; he didn't see the face clearly, and there seemed to be scars on his left face. He was a little curious about who disfigured her, but naturally he was inconvenient to ask her.

In short, there is a mysterious villa here, a woman from unknown origin, who is like a gloomy person in the underworld.

"To prevent something unexpected, I have something to say tonight that I will leave tomorrow morning." The Peach Blossom Fairy stopped her smile and said seriously, "Do you want to reply to that peach Blossom poem?"

Since she was straight to the point, Zhang Ning didn't plan to go around it, so he nodded, "Miss Fang told you?"

The Taohua Fairy shook her head and said, "She only said you want to find me, and our people will know your purpose as soon as they guess." She then sneered, "What people like Mr. Ping'an who live in the daytime, are most afraid of is that the handle falls into the hands of those who do not see the light?"

Zhang Ning refused to comment and said, "I will give you poems, and I want to come back with the words."

"Mr. Ping'an said it very easily!" The Peach Blossom Fairy laughed out loud, with a very strange laughter, "Do you think everyone will treat you like Fang Ling? She treats you like a treasure. When you hear that you are in danger, you should ask someone for your life. It would be fine to save your life. This time, you say nothing, don't run away directly. What's this? Alas, if you dare to let her down in the future, I will be the first to spare you!"

Zhang Ningqiang asked calmly: "What do you want to do? What's the point of pulling me to take care of you if something happens to you? I have no grudges and no grudges with you."

"It's not what I want. If I have the final say, I will give it back to you generously, otherwise Fang Ling will blame me." The Peach Blossom Fairy still had a smile, "It's just that the owner of the mansion is unwilling to return it to you. The things are in our hands. If you want to help the evildoer, you will not be able to get rid of it... Also, the owner of the mansion hopes that you will give us the list of the secret spies in Yangzhou. The most threatening to us is the group of hawks under Hu Ying."

Zhang Ning said: "Are you threatening me?"

Taohua Fairy said: "It's not a threat, at most it's a transaction."

This is a transaction. If the condition is to change the list, it is somewhat fair; but their request is to give the list, and the characters should still be handled in their hands.

Zhang Ning was in a very bad mood. It seemed that it was not only the darkness of the officialdom, but also the world of the world that could not do anything for the sake of profit. He took a few deep breaths and calmed down his mind and sorted out his thoughts: If each other completely puts his face against each other, the temporary form is very unfavorable to him, because they can take revenge on themselves, but they are afraid of them.

Somehow, Zhang Ning suddenly remembered Hu Butang's methods. Many of this cunning bureaucratic practices made Zhang Ning very despised, but he had to admit that sometimes it was a last resort. Some people could be trustworthy and kind, while some people really didn't care about it... I remember seeing somewhere that you said that you have three thoughts as an official: think about danger, retreat, and change. However, the current plan is to retreat first.

The so-called "knowing it with reason and moving it with emotion" is not the only way to practice reading the books of sages and wise men?

He then sighed: "You abandon the great way and practice the wrong way, and it is not a long-term solution."

The Taohua Fairy asked half-doubtedly and curiously: "Why is it the great way, why is it a wrong way? Besides, in our situation now, can you tell me about it? "

Zhang Ning calmly said, "The world is not about loyalty. Even if a hero in the green forest does something about burning, killing, abducting, or at least he has to talk about loyalty and righteousness. Then the gentleman in the Liang Dynasty also wants to say things like "robbing the rich and helping the poor". Why do you want to do this? As the saying goes, "Getting the Tao will have many help but helping the Tao will have few helps. No one wants to admit that he is a despicable villain. If he is like that, everyone will have to be an enemy. The forests in the storm are difficult to destroy, but a single tree is difficult to support. The individual power of not joining the group is too small. The noble manor only looks at everything in front of him. What is it about abandoning the Tao? Do you understand what I said?"

The Peach Blossom Fairy shook her head innocently, indicating that she didn't understand at all.

Zhang Ning was silent for a while, feeling that "reason" didn't seem to work for her, and it was simply playing the piano for a cow. He turned to look outside the door with a little melancholy, and saw a big tree at the door, with furry trunks on it. When his heart lit up, he picked up the candle and stood up and said, "Come with me."

The two came out, and Zhang Ning took the candle to approach the trunk and took a closer look. Sure enough, there were ferns growing in the cracks of the tree, and he said, "Look at me, what is the tree growing?"

The Peach Blossom Fairy glanced at him in confusion: "It seems to be some grass."

"This kind of thing is called fern." Zhang Ning casually named it, then stretched out his finger and gently pulled out one and put it under the candlelight, explaining patiently, "The roots are obvious, and it can be seen that it is a grass growing on the trunk of the soil. The roots of ferns are attached to the big tree, but they are not harmful to the tree; on the contrary, they can preserve moisture for the trunk and are beneficial to the big tree. The relationship between ferns and big trees is a symbiosis..."

What kind of specific things like trees, grass, etc. are real, and the peach blossom fairy should have seen it clearly. She nodded subconsciously. But her attention was not mainly on the flowers, plants, but on Zhang Ning's quiet face under the candlelight. She saw it in her eyes and felt an indescribable sense of peace and comfort in her heart. In the quiet night, such a handsome and elegant scholar, such a young official, patiently explained flowers, plants, and it felt like she wrote a poem specifically for her fan, and was cared for kindly. Even the peach blossom fairy who was discussing life on the tip of a knife seemed to be in a dream.

"Look, another thing is different. This kind of insect penetrates into the trunk of the tree and eats the tree's heart and is fattening, destroying and plundering day and night. One day, the tree will dry up because of it. They cannot survive the holes they have to work hard to make, so they have to abandon the tree and leave."

After Zhang Ning said that, he turned to look at the Peach Blossom Fairy, and saw a candlelight flashing in her eyes, and he kept nodding: "I... seem to understand a little."

Zhang Ning said: "How many benefits can you get when holding a handle to threaten others? It is hard to guarantee that others will not fight back? Why not let go of confrontation and instead compromise and cooperate, and mutual benefit and trustworthiness are a long-term solution? Fang Ling understands better than you, treating others with sincerity, who can be ruthless without plants or trees?"

"What does this have to do with Fang Ling? You have to show it out and praise her." Peach Blossom Fairy said with a little sourness.

Zhang Ning smiled and said, "Didn't you say before that if I let her down, you can't forgive me?"

The Peach Blossom Fairy lowered her head and was silent for a moment, and said, "After you say this, I actually believe your words. Besides, Fang Ling won't be too obscene to seeing people... It's just that the owner of the manor Qiankun is arbitrary, so he shouldn't listen. I can't betray him, otherwise there will be no place for the world to be."

"Where is Peng Tianheng?" Zhang Ning tentatively said.

The Peach Blossom Fairy smiled sly: "I can't tell you that you are a dangerous person and you can't believe you in everything."

Zhang Ning changed his tone and said kindly: "He must hold my handle, and I can't force it. But as long as you don't want to follow me, this trip will not be in vain."

"Who will plot against you?" said Taohua Fairy, "You don't know what the relationship between Fang Ling and I have. I am guarding against you, but I am just for their own masters. You take the salary from the court and I eat the world of the world, that's all."

Zhang Ning nodded and tried his best to win over the united front and isolate a few "violent" hostile elements. This is a tactic that has been proven to be effective in practice. Even kindergarten children understand: I won't play with you anymore, and then I will work with some people to bully you.

He thought for a while and said, "Since the owner of the manor is unwilling to return the word, I can't force it; but I will not give it to the list you asked for Yangzhou to make a detailed list for him."

The Taohua Fairy said, "Aren't you afraid that he will give the devil to the official? The Taohua Villa's affairs were recently the case of Qin, and you handed over the peach blossom poem you wrote from the rioters. Are you afraid that it is difficult to excuse me?"

Zhang Ning said with a dark face: "What are the benefits for you to do this? If he likes to harm others and not be self-destructive and defeat the death of the enemy, Zhang is not always coerced, and at most he can be with him." He thought that Peng Tianheng himself was a desperate, so he left room for words, "Even if I don't agree to him to give the list, when it comes to a critical moment, I will try to help you in order not to follow me. Can he, a leader, understand this truth?"

"How do you want to help us? I am not the owner of Manor Peng. We can discuss everything. You can explain first that I can speak out when I see the owner."

Zhang Ning pondered: "The government has mastered important information that is very unfavorable to you. I can inform you in time to avoid disaster... How can I contact you in the future?"

"Sir Ping'an came to Yangzhou City for something. Since we already know, can we still know nothing about you?" Taohua Fairy said calmly, "We will contact you at that time."

"Okay." Zhang Ning nodded, "Be careful in everything. It's getting late, so let's take a break. Miss Fang is asking the fairy to take care of her."

"Miss Fang is not here, why don't you let me serve you on her behalf..." The Taohua Fairy's eyes kept looking at Zhang Ning, "Look, there is no one in this villa at night, can you sleep alone?"

"I am a big man with a very strong yang energy, and I am still afraid of ghosts?" Zhang Ning said in shock.

The Peach Blossom Fairy ate and covered her mouth and smiled, saying in a charming voice: "The face is blue and she is still pretending. Don't worry, no one knows it. It's okay for us to make a fuss in this village all night, and I don't even tell Fang Ling."

Women cannot believe everything, especially those who are slutty take that matter seriously and expect her to keep it secret? Besides, what she said was that she had a different relationship with Fang Ling, and Zhang Ning seemed to be like a best friend, who was carrying someone else's best friend on his back. This is a topic that women talk about, but Zhang Ning felt that she was too mother-in-law. He then looked like a gentleman: "Fairy, please respect yourself. I am really a little sleepy, so I'll save you the joke."

Although Fang Ling is a prostitute, she is not willing to be a prostitute, and she should maintain the minimum respect for her to some extent.

"It's okay if Fang Ling knows it. What's the matter with a real man, three wives and four concubines? Besides, Mr. Ping'an is a scholar-official with fame." The Taohua Fairy stood up and turned around and said confidently, "Can't my figure touch Mr. Ping'an's eyes? You can't tell if you try it, it's no worse than Fang Ling."

Zhang Ning swallowed and continued to look straight.

"This wilderness is a lonely man and a widow..." The Peach Blossom Fairy twisted her waist and slowly approached her. Her waist looked very flexible and powerful. It can be imagined that this kind of girl is most suitable for her to go up, and she must be quite powerful when twisting.

She was very close and almost touched Zhang Ning's face. In front of him, he saw a pair of trembling flesh swaying randomly, very elastic. When she leaned over, the pair of things seemed even more enlarged. She whispered next to Zhang Ning in this position: "Fill someone's heart with your good things, are you still afraid that I will look at others?"

Zhang Ning suddenly stood up: "If you don't leave, I'll leave." After that, he walked straight out of the room and the cold night breeze came. The peach blossom fairy's resentful voice came from behind: "Why do you have a good night tonight? I don't know what will happen tomorrow..."

Zhang Ning didn't speak, but looked up and saw scattered stars in the sky. The stars seemed to have less yin energy, and there was also a faint warmth of spring in the cool breeze.

...

The next morning, I woke up and disappeared from the Peach Blossom Fairy. I didn't even leave a word for myself, and there was no trace of her anymore. It seemed that she had never been here, and it seemed that last night was just a dream.

Or is she a confusing ghost at night?

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