novelcrest Chapter 1119 Chapter 1060 Homecoming
Chapter 1119 Chapter 1060 Homecoming
Chapter 1119 Chapter [-] Homecoming
He dragged the passers-by on the street and asked several times before finally confirming that the old house in front of him was indeed the old house of the Su family.
The Su family left this old house more than ten years ago.After they left, the killing of the king shocked the world, and "Heart Demon" Ning Yi became the most taboo name in the world.Before the shame of Jingping came, there was of course a round of liquidation for various matters related to the Ning family and the Su family, but it didn't last long.
After the shame of Jingping, King Kang Zhou Yong came to power and changed Yuan Jianshuo. In the so-called Longxing land in Jiangning, this old house of the Su family has been sealed up all the time.During this period, the Jurchens' military disasters reached Jiangning twice, but even though the city was destroyed, the old house remained peaceful and undisturbed. It was even rumored that Wanyan Xiyin or a certain Jurchen general There are rumors that I went to the city to visit this old house.
Throughout the Jianshuo years, although the "heart demon" Ning Yi has always been the court's confidant and the leader of the rebels, but for his regicide and resistance to gold, some public opinion places still vaguely maintain a positive view. Knowing——"Although he is bad, he is indeed powerful", at least in the eyes of Prince Junwu, who is in charge of the defense line between Jiangning and the Yangtze River, it is not such a rebellious statement. For such things, it is not too strict.
Of course, the house was destroyed after the fair party entered the city.In the beginning, it was a large-scale looting and burning. The rich mansions, shops and warehouses in the city were the hardest hit areas. This house has been dusty for a long time, and there is not much property left in it except for some wooden buildings and old furniture. The house did not suffer too much damage in the first round, and one of the forces with the banner of Gao Tianwang took this place as a stronghold.But slowly, some people began to say that this was the past residence of the heart demon Ning Yi.
Several groups of scattered forces cast their gazes here.
A group of lunatics under Zhou Shang first waved the banner, tried to rush into the house and set fire to it, trying to burn the symbol of the "heart demon" Ning Yi, with a strong reputation, after being beaten out by Gao Tianwang's people, Shi Baofeng People from the city, people from Xu Zhaonan, and even people under the banner of the "King of Fairness" He Wen also came. For a while, several negotiations broke out here, and then they fought again.
Several bloody killings took place. When people calmed down and watched carefully, they found that although the forces involved in these fights were holding the banners of all parties, in fact they were not the main forces of the various factions. small gang.As for the largest five-party faction of the FAIR Party, even the lunatic Zhou Shang's side, none of the generals made it clear that they wanted to occupy this place.
It may be difficult to say whether there are five forces behind it, but on the bright side, it seems that no big person has clearly expressed his views on the "heart demon" Ning Yi-neither protective nor hostile-this can be regarded as The ambiguous attitude shown by the FAIR Party towards the southwest forces has continued for a long time.
Aware of the existence of this attitude, the other small forces from all parties became active instead, and regarded this house as a test gold for no matter what.
In the first more than a month, from time to time, Jiang Menglong tried to occupy this side, hoping to leave a deep impression in the eyes of the top five parties of the FAIR Party.For example, the "big dragon head" who has recently become famous once sent a group of people to occupy this place for three days, saying that they wanted to open their doors here. reputation.
Afterwards, there was another melee between all parties, until the incident became more and more serious, and there was almost a firefight involving thousands of people. The "King of Fairness" was furious, and the "Dragon Sage" of the "Seven Sages" under his command led a team to blockade the entire area, arresting most of the mergers no matter what banner they were holding, and then publicly executed them in the nearby square. One person hit twenty army sticks, and it is said that dozens of sticks were broken to suppress the trend of large-scale fighting here.
After that, the scale of the fights in the Su family's old house was much smaller. Most of them were confrontations between dozens of people. Some small groups under the banner of Zhou Shang came to open the casino, and some people under the banner of Shi Baofeng came to operate it. In the black market, some river-crossing raptors will come here to occupy the next courtyard, and occupy here for ten days and a half months. Someone demolished the brick wall and sold it. After a while, it was found that the wall bricks of the Su family were not anti-counterfeit It can't be falsified, either it is a complete fraud, or the seller is brought over to pick it up on the spot, and it can be regarded as a variety of businesses.
"Young man, you can't go in there, it's very messy."
When I dragged a good-looking fair-faced old lady on the street for questioning, the other party also kindly persuaded him.
"I want to see the old house of the Great Demon King of the Southwest. Grandma."
"The devil's old house? Everyone says it's an old house, which one is it? I can't find it..."
Grandma said so.
But of course you have to go in.
It was evening, and Ning Ji spent fifteen renminbi at one of the entrances of the mansion, and bought a broken flag from a river and lake person that was said to be passable. Shengjun" is a small faction under Wushengjun called "Evil Sha", claiming to be very powerful.
"With this flag, you can go on the road inside, but you can't enter some courtyards without doorways. Seeing that you are good-looking, I advise you to come out before it gets dark. You can pick a brick you like and take it with you." When something really happened, I shouted loudly..."
Ning Ji nodded calmly, took the flag and stuck it behind his back, and walked towards the road inside.This was originally the side of the Su family's old house without a door, but the walls were demolished, revealing the courtyard and passages inside.
The Su family's old house has been built and expanded for nearly a hundred years. It consists of more than forty courtyards. It is not as big as a palace, but it is definitely not small.The passages between the courtyards are paved with old and thick green bricks, which seem to still have a trace of solidity in the past, but there is a smell of defecation and a little rancidity in the air, and the walls next to them are mostly half-cut, and some have a big hole in the top , the people in the courtyard leaned against the hole and looked at him with vicious expressions.
Ning Ji didn't mind this, he looked into the yard, and saw that the surrounding yards were occupied by people, the trees in the yard were chopped down, probably chopped into firewood and burned, and the houses with traces of the past collapsed Many, some of them opened their doors, and the inside was dark, showing a sense of coldness. Some Jianghu people are used to firing in the yard, causing chaos everywhere.By the passageway paved with blue bricks, people poured the waste from the toilet into the narrow gutter, and the stench lingered.
There are other passers-by on this road, some of them pointing fingers at him, and some of them, like him, came to "visit" the former residence of the heart demon, and they were escorted by some people from the rivers and lakes, seeing the chaos inside, but I can't help but shake my head.At a fork in a half-decayed green wall, someone said that the room next to him was the former residence of the heart demon, and he had to pay twenty coins to enter.
Ning Ji also gave the money.
There are many people living in the courtyard inside. Some people set up sheds for washing and cooking. The main houses on both sides are relatively well preserved. They are two rows of houses at a right angle of [-] degrees. Someone pointed out which one was Ning Yi's house back then , Ning Ji just glanced silently.Someone also came over and asked: "Where did you come from?" Ning Ji didn't answer him.
In this big mansion, fish and dragons are now mixed, with the tacit consent of the five parties, there is no one to enforce the law, and any kind of thing is possible.Ning Ji knew what they were asking about him, and also what the pointing people in the alley outside were thinking, but he didn't mind these things.He returned to his hometown and chose to be courteous first and then soldier.
If this ceremony is not respected, he will no longer give face to anyone in his old house, and he will no longer have any scruples.
Perhaps it was because his silence was so unfathomable that the people in the yard didn't do anything to him. After a while, someone else was recruited by the gimmick of "The Former Residence of the Heart Demon", and Ning Ji turned and left.
The sun gradually receded.
Only a few leaves and old branches stretched from the other side of the courtyard wall to the top of the passage, casting dim shadows.Ning Ji walked and watched all the way on the passage of this mansion.In my mother's memory, several beautiful gardens in the Su family's old house have long since disappeared. Some rockeries have been pushed down, leaving stone ruins. This dark mansion stretches, and there seem to be all kinds of people, including those with swords on their backs. The knight passed by him, someone was sneakily discussing business with someone in the corner, and there seemed to be strange movements coming from the other side of the wall...
There are three courtyards inside, all claiming that they are the places where the demons once lived.Ning Ji read them one by one, but couldn't tell whether the words were true or not.In the small courtyard where my parents used to live, there used to be two small buildings facing each other. Later, one of the small buildings burned down, and they all lived in the other two-story small building.
Of course, it is impossible for him to find traces of those two small buildings, let alone see the ground left after one of them burned down.
These memories of his mother are all stories before his birth.
Since then, spring rains and autumn frosts have fallen on this house countless times, and heavy snow in winter has covered the ground countless times. By this time, things from the past have been submerged in the ruins, making it difficult to distinguish clearly.
There are also slight traces left.
On the old bricks of a courtyard wall, Ning Ji saw a series of nicks that seemed to be used to measure his height. The nicks only reached his shoulders. I don't know which house or which child's parents left here. .
On an old table with only three legs left, someone had left weird graffiti, and there were a lot of words around it. One line seemed to read "Xiao Qi is a fool".Someone engraved the words "Teacher is good" again.In the graffiti, there are the sun, small flowers, and weird looking boats and crows.
The sun went down.The light converges in the courtyard.Bonfires were lit in some courtyards. In the darkness, people of one kind or another gathered in their own courtyards. Ning Ji was sitting on a courtyard wall. Occasionally, he heard a man from the opposite house shouting: "Jin'e, bring me some wine." ..." This dead house seems to have some breath of life.
He walked around the big house twice, and most of the sadness he felt came from his mother.What I think in my heart is, if my mother comes back one day, but those things from the past can no longer be found, how sad she will be...
After such a round, he went out from a fork on the other side of the house and onto the road outside.At this time, the big round moonlight is hanging in the sky, as if overlooking the world more closely than in the past.Ning Ji still had a flag on his back, and walked slowly across the road with many pedestrians, perhaps because of the rumor of the "God of Wealth", there were some stalls on the nearby streets, with lanterns and torches lit on the stalls, and they were attracting customers.
Ning Ji walked for a while, but there was a voice in the chaotic noise ahead that caught his attention.
"I... I hit the head of the demon Ning Yi back then... I beat the head of the demon Ning Yi..."
Among the swaying torches, it was a ragged beggar kneeling on the side of the road. He was talking about such a story to the people on the side of the road. A group of people seemed to be very interested in what he said. The leader The old man squatted down in front of him.
"You said...you beat the demon's head back then?"
"Please sir...give me something to eat...give me something to eat..." The beggar stretched out his hand forward.
The old man took out a few pennies from his pocket, and gave him a penny first: "Say it, well, I'll give it to you."
"I, I beat the demon Ning Yi on the head, hehe, I... My name is Xue Jin, Jiang Ning...Everyone knows, everyone knows... My Xue family's 'Dachuan Buxing', back then... ...is on an equal footing with the Su family...Dabuxing..."
The beggar wore a broken felt hat on his head. He seemed to have suffered some kind of injury, and he spoke intermittently.But Ning Ji had heard the name Xue Jin before, he sat down at a booth beside him, and the group of people headed by the old man also found a place to sit down, even ordered snacks, and listened to the beggar talking.The stall owner who sells snacks said: "This lunatic often comes here and says that he beat the head of that demon. I think it is true that he was beaten on the head. Don't be fooled by him."
The old man just smiled and said, "Let's have fun."
"Back then... I... beat the heart demon Ning Yi on the head... why did you hit him... Back then, the girl from the Su family... Su Tan'er, she was beautiful and capable, In the future... I will inherit the Su family's business, I... hehe, I just want to marry her, who knows... that nerd will marry her..."
"The heart demon...the heart demon Ning Yi was a nerd back then...it was because I beat him up that he became enlightened...I remember...that year, when they got married, the lady of the Su family, hehe, but escaped from marriage..."
The beggar intermittently talked about those things back then, how beautiful and tasteful Su Tan'er was, how stupid Ning Yi was, and from time to time added the identities and names of their friends. When they were young, How did he get to know each other, how did he deal with... Even though he hit Ning Yi, Su Tan'er and him did not really turn against each other, and then he talked about the drunken fan of money back then, as the young master of Dachuan Buxing, how did he How to live, what kind of good food to eat...
The people around listened, and some laughed at him for losing his mind. If Ning Yi is really a fool, how can he go today.
Someone ridiculed: "Then Ning Yi has become smarter thanks to you..."
Someone also said: "This person was indeed rich in the past, but the world has changed! Now is the time for the fair party!"
These words did not interrupt the beggar's memories of the year. He babbled on a lot of details about beating the demon that night, what kind of brick he took, how he walked behind him, how he smashed it down, and the opponent How stupid... The old man at the stall even asked the stall owner to give him a bowl of food.The beggar was holding the food, talking nonsense in a daze, putting it down, picking it up, and putting it down again...
"The heart demon..." he said, "It is said that the heart demon is called the number one genius in Jiangning... The first poem he wrote, or... I asked it out... That year, the moon... ...Look, it's also such a big moon, so round, I remember...that's Pu...the six-boat boat of Puyang's family, Puyangyi...where did Puyangyi go...it's his boat, Ning Yi... ...Ning Yi didn't come, so I asked his little maid..."
"I asked her...why didn't Ning Yi come, did he...have no face...I asked that Su Tan'er...you don't know, Su Tan'er is so beautiful, but she wants to inherit the Su family Yes, that's why I let that nerd in... I asked him, you chose such a nerd, he is so good, he must be able to write good poems, why didn't he come, and said he was sick, lying Right...then that little maid took out the words written by her uncle..."
"I still remember the poem... about the moon, and the poem is..."
The beggar knelt before the bowl to eat, staring blankly at the moon. After a while, the hoarse voice slowly sang the lyrics. It may be something that was often sung in Jiangning brothels back then, so He was deeply impressed. In the hoarse voice at this time, the melody of the words was still intact.
"When will the bright moon come..." he sang slowly.
"...Ask Qingtian for wine."
"... I don't know the palace in the sky, what year is this eve..."
"I want to go home with the wind."
"I'm afraid that Qionglou Yuyu..."
"It's too cold at the heights, dance to find out the shadows..."
"Why... in the world..."
(End of this chapter)