son-in-law

Chapter 1288

Chapter 1288

The white moon has risen, emitting a warm light. In Yinan Village, tiny lights are flickering. The garrison soldiers are guarding the edge and watching the high places. Groups of people come and go.

At this time, there were fewer people arriving at the center of the manor. With the arrival of the two distinguished "guests", the rest were quickly cleared out. Yue Yun, who originally wanted to leave but did not leave, now roughly explained what happened to the visitor. His words now seemed calm, calm and serious.

"...According to the interrogation and investigation later, the incident happened in front...Fan Zhong set up a trap and gathered more than a hundred people in total, but there are probably seventy or eighty of them here. Someone reminded him whether to set up more ambushes, but Fan Zhong said that the original intention was not to kill a single person. If there was a ghost among them, it would be best for the surrounded people to resist, or even let people see a little flaw, so as to stimulate the ghost. Therefore, no more traps were set up around...They could have set up..."

"...Sun kid reacted very quickly. When Fan Zhong got close, probably here, he fired immediately. Bang—"

"First shot?"

"Yes. Fan Zhong reacted, but he didn't dodge... or rather, he dodged a few times. But Sun Xiaozi had practiced martial arts before. The musket hit Fan Zhong's right chest. At this time, he had already lost half of his strength and retreated here... Sun Xiaozi came over and chopped the first blow. He raised his fan to block it. He was still retreating. Sun Xiaozi threw a bag of lime to the side..."

Occasionally, crackling sounds could be heard from the torches, and the ruined village was lit with a burning light. In the silhouette of the small square, Yue Yun gestured and described the scene of the fight, and restored the battle step by step - the government captured eleven wounded people in the afternoon, and later there were only eight left. Five of the survivors were already disabled. After the fight at noon, many people were scared and had no spirit, so they cooperated with the government's interrogation, which enabled everyone to quickly organize the whole process of the incident.

Of course, also captured were a local tyrant known as the Fish King and several of his disciples, who claimed to be in the same group as Sun Wukong and also told everyone they knew everything. However, as these people exaggerated and flattered the whole situation, Yue Yun and several of his colleagues in the army decided not to trust their words too much.

"…The one here is Fan Zhong. In compliance with His Majesty's order, the scene was not disturbed too much. The coroner has verified his identity and injuries. To be honest, Sun Xiaogou…er, no, Sun…this guy is very methodical. He injured Fan Zhong and chased him to hack him. He was also a good fighter who reacted immediately. He dealt with the first few and then threw grenades. At this time, the people around him were almost scared silly, and their anger was taken away…"

When the news reached the city in the afternoon, Princess Zhou Pei's face turned pale. She slammed the table and asked why such a thing happened. But after a while she said that Young Master Sun had handled the matter and it was nothing serious. Then she said that Young Master Sun chased Chen Shuangran and hundreds of others and hacked them, causing dozens of deaths and injuries. Zhou Junwu felt like he was listening to a fairy tale. He wanted to come and see if the people below were talking nonsense. But because he had other things on hand, he had to let the people below maintain the scene and go there when he was free.

Of course, maintaining the scene was not just a fun thing. The special warfare system in the southwest had achieved such amazing results that the people in the city could immediately realize the value of it. They sent various experts, soldiers, and government officials to the scene, and with Yue Yun's participation, they deduced the whole process step by step.

At this moment, several people approached the two corpses covered by the awning and gestured. After experiencing the high temperature in the afternoon, the small square was filled with a foul smell that made people frown.

"Which one is Fan Zhong?"

"The one in front..."

"Hey, you're the only one called Fan Zhong, I...ah..."

Under the flickering silhouette of the fire, the emperor uttered a scornful cry and kicked, causing the two bodies kneeling on the ground to fall. He kicked too hard, slipped forward, and almost fell to the ground. He pulled his balls.

There was a little chaos all around.

"what are you doing--"

"His Majesty……"

"I'm fine - I'm fine! No need to come over...ah, my beautiful dragon boots are dirty..."

"What did you do? It stinks. Get someone to clean it up..."

"I've been on the battlefield, this taste, huh..."

The brother and sister supported each other and walked to the side. The emperor wiped the soles of his boots on the ground as he walked. Zhou Pei waved his hands around: "Put it away, it stinks!"

"What a master, he is so vulnerable." Jun Wu put his hands on his waist, and then whispered to Zhou Pei, "It was my gun that shot me. It was my gun."

"That has nothing to do with you."

"...Ask someone to record it." The emperor whispered.

Zhou Pei widened her eyes: "How to record..."

"It's my gun..."

"How do you write the word 'attendant'?"

"..."

"..."

"... Otherwise, I will let the unofficial historians record it..."

"Unofficial history has nothing to do with us."

“Let’s compile our own book…”

"..."

"Now I understand the joy of Master wanting to travel the world... Oh, my shoes stink..."

"..."

"Fan Zhong is such a stinking bastard..."

Whispering softly, Yue Yun continued to introduce the deeds of the fight in front: "Sun's fighting style is very adventurous and powerful. He immediately chased Fan Zhong and killed several first-class masters who were leading the group...Except for Fan Zhong who was seriously injured, the rest of the people had one or two knife wounds on their bodies, all of which were vital points that could cause heavy bleeding. He walked here and stared at Qian Dingzhong, but Qian Dingzhong had already reacted, so he immediately turned to the two minions on the other side at the time. He can be said to be bullying the weak and fearing the strong..."

"...He pinned one of them down here and chopped off his head... Actually, there was no need for that, but the scene was very tragic and many people were frightened. He threw a grenade at the side... at this intersection. Some people thought he had thrown a head at them, but by the time they realized what was happening, it had already exploded... He rushed out from here..."

"...deterrence, pulling, using grenades to prevent people from gathering together, moving to less crowded places at any time, and avoiding weapons and stones thrown at you... It's not difficult to say, but Sun kid must have trained many times to be able to be so calm in battle... His martial arts skills are not that high, but with his mind and methods, he fought even more fiercely than Lin Zongwu in this battle... He chased and killed hundreds of people alone..."

Yue Yun was usually a bit lazy, but when he talked about the battle, he looked serious and talked non-stop, showing his professionalism. After walking around half of the village, he met Cheng Zhouhai who was coming over. After talking to him for a few more words, he let him leave.

"it stink……"

The group of three walked through the edge of the village and headed towards a place with a little more wind. The accompanying guards patrolled from a distance. When the surroundings were relatively quiet, Zhou Pei spoke.

"Mr. Cheng, you really let him come alone for this afternoon's event. Yue Yun just said that there were rocks and weapons thrown around, and it would be troublesome if he got hit... No matter how powerful he is, he is still a child. Didn't you make other arrangements?"

Cheng Zhouhai looked at her quietly for a moment, then bowed and said, "I have made some arrangements..." After that, he lowered his voice and said a few words.

Under the moonlight, Zhou Pei nodded and thought for a while: "...Then the result is still good. He has done such a big thing and has been exposed. He should stop playing around. Mr. Cheng, what you have done...is not easy. Anyone who has such an uncontrollable brat in his family will have a headache. How can he...how can he do such a thing, and actually come out to kill..."

When she finished speaking, although her face looked incredible, she also revealed a little bit of relief and ease. Cheng Zhouhai sighed in his heart:

"The so-called special warfare system in the southwest has been explored since the Bamboo Records period. Later, with the participation of Grandmaster Zhou Tong, and the fighting with the Jurchens in Xiaocanghe and the southwest over the years, a few people were trained... After the children of the Zuo family came back, we also learned from them, but the one who really understood it more deeply was General Yue's Beiwei Army. However, to be honest, Ning Ji's situation is very special..."

"...He was young at the time and had to go to the battlefield. Ning Yi asked him to follow Zheng Qiming and his men and made many arrangements. But he had to be lucky to survive. I recently heard from Zuo Wenhuai that after the Southwest War, when Ning Ji was in Zhang Village, he was often surrounded by dozens of veterans. He was even harassed when he was eating or using the toilet... I guess Ning Yi was also very worried. I'm afraid... he had already prepared for his son's death..."

Zhou Pei could sense this emotion. The surroundings were quiet for a while. The emperor rubbed the sole of his shoe with a stone, then turned around and said, "I think you are just jealous of my junior brother."

"Uh...I am terrified."

"Hehe, I said yesterday that maybe my junior brother can solve this problem. Mr. Cheng, you are too jealous. I just finished speaking and you set up a trap for them and exposed them. Look, sister, Mr. Cheng is... jealous of talented people..."

Zhou Pei laughed unhappily.

Cheng Zhouhai said: "Otherwise... I'd better let them come back..."

"That's not necessary." Jun Wu waved his hand. After a moment, he said, "My junior brother came from afar, and he has been running around outside all day, fighting and killing. I want to catch up with him, but I can't find him. Instead, he thinks that I, as his senior brother, am incompetent. If I am incompetent, you are also incompetent. Don't you think this is the truth?"

"It's our fault." Cheng Zhouhai sighed.

"So if you can handle this little thing, then go ahead and do it. As for me, please entertain this junior brother. By the way, since he is so skilled in martial arts, I suddenly thought, maybe we can let him stay here and train a special operations team for us."

Zhou Junwu was quite happy today. His tone was a bit frivolous at first, but when he got to this point, his tone gradually became high-spirited, and he suddenly patted his thigh and said, "Go ahead, this is a good idea."

Zhou Pei and Cheng Zhouhai were silent for a moment. Cheng Zhouhai said, "Your Majesty, this... is indeed a good idea."

"He may not be willing to stay..."

"Why doesn't he stay? He has such an important identity. It must be so dangerous for him to come here from the southwest for thousands of miles. If he is caught or killed, the teacher will be heartbroken and China will lose a talented person! This won't do. I have to share the teacher's worries..."

"Your Majesty..." Zhou Pei reminded.

"I know, I know. I'm thinking about the Wu Dynasty too." Jun Wu waved his hand. "Now that the bandits are powerful and difficult to control, of course I have to pretend to be nice to them. I can't beat them, so what can I do? Hey, then I'll win over his son... You see, Ning Ji is sixteen years old this year. He is a young hero. In a few years, he will be twenty years old and have feelings for us. I will make him a general and let him lead the troops to war. At that time, the Black Flag will attack and they will meet our Wu Dynasty's general Sun Wukong. Haha... Hahaha, let's see how they can do it! I tell you, they can't do it. What kind of inner demons are there? What kind of calculations are there every ten steps? Hahaha, by then I'll scare their jaws off... I'm not kidding, I'm really not kidding. This is feasible-"

The long-suppressed little emperor was relaxed for a rare moment. His mind was open, he put his hands on his hips, and his laughter gradually became abnormal. Zhou Pei said, "Aren't you afraid that he will usurp your throne?"

"He usurped the throne! He did usurp the throne... He didn't need to, I will marry my daughter to him..." Jun Wu clapped his hands, "That's right, you guys always say that the Zhou family and the Taoist tradition cannot be abolished. Now that it's here, isn't the solution here? You see, I will marry Zhou Fuyang to him and let him usurp the throne... Then when the teacher comes and meets Emperor Ning Ji of the Wu Dynasty, no matter how he fights, he will be dumbfounded, his eyes will fall to the ground and he won't be able to pick them up... Now he has his face back, the Zhou family back, and the Taoist tradition back..."

Cheng Zhouhai's expression was painful and awkward: "Your Majesty...don't be so frivolous..."

"How can it be frivolous? It is actually feasible, Teacher Cheng..."

"Even if Fuyang is married to him, he is just a consort!" Zhou Pei said.

"What's wrong with being a son-in-law? A son-in-law is a son-in-law who marries into the wife's family. The teacher was also a son-in-law. Now it's great. It just so happens that Ning Ji is also a son-in-law. They are sons-in-law fighting sons-in-law. I wonder who will dare to look down on sons-in-law in the future——"

In the white moonlight and the swaying fire, the emperor's words were so interesting that he couldn't help laughing for a long time. Zhou Pei was also amused and laughed in a bad mood. Cheng Zhouhai was holding back very hard and persisted for a long time, but he couldn't help laughing a few times. Then the three of them couldn't hold it in anymore, and they laughed loudly or softly, and they laughed so hard that they fell backwards and lost their dignity.

From a distance, Yue Yun watched this scene, confused as if he had seen a ghost.

After laughing for a long time, Cheng Zhouhai calmed down and said, "Your Majesty can tell such a joke, which shows that you are in a good mood. I am also happy."

"It's not a joke. I really think it's feasible." Jun Wu was still laughing. "Zhou Fuyang is a fool. If I can marry her to the Ning family, I can also be regarded as avenging our Zhou family... In fact, since Emperor Jinghan committed atrocities, our Zhou family owes a lot to the people of the world. The blood and grudges of the past few decades are piled up like a mountain. If we can let go of them in some form, wouldn't it be a good thing? If Ning Yi can't do it, Ning Ji can change his surname to Zhou..."

"Your Majesty is kindhearted and is a blessing to the people of the world. However, matters of the orthodox doctrine may not be so simple. The disagreement between Zhou and Ning cannot be resolved by one side giving in, Your Majesty..."

"I think it's feasible!" Jun Wu waved his hand, "I'll think about it again!"

"...But recruiting Ning Ji and letting him stand on our side and do something is a good move." Cheng Zhouhai cupped his hands, "But since Your Majesty has decided to do this, there is one thing I must confess to Your Majesty in advance."

"……whats the matter?"

Jun Wu frowned, and Zhou Pei beside him also frowned and looked over.

Cheng Zhouhai's eyes were calm.

"This morning," he said, "I accidentally... betrayed Ning Ji."

"..."

Under the moonlight, the emperor's silhouette danced and cursed.

******

The tranquil moonlight illuminates the fields and forests. Under the moonlight, the atmosphere of Fujian Wulin is gradually changing.

"I just discovered that Nian Tong has left..."

In the temple in the deserted mountains, by the bonfire, Qian Dingzhong and Pu Xingui talked about the recent news: "In addition, just now, Ren Changying came to me to say goodbye, saying that he didn't have the face to say anything anymore, and he didn't have the face to rebel anymore, and he was going back to the countryside..."

"Go back to the countryside and farm! If you don't dare to fight for it, how many acres of land can the court give him?" Pu Xinggui suppressed his curse.

"Many people have been frightened and have lost their courage and are unwilling to do it anymore."

"We are not the only ones doing the work! Mr. Fei, Mr. Yao, Mr. Ai, so many people have not taken action. We are just a medicine inducer. If there is a real disturbance, tens of thousands of people will rise up. Do they think they are important..."

"..."

Qian Dingzhong sighed and said nothing more. The people who came to Fuzhou to cause trouble were the trigger for rebellion, but they were also brave and aggressive people. Seventy, eighty, or even hundreds of them were all skilled in martial arts and skills, not just hooligans who lived for free. However, so many people, including a great master like Fan Zhong who had been famous for decades, were beaten and killed by a 15- or 16-year-old boy like a dog. For these people, it was really too shocking, and almost all of their lifelong views were overturned.

"It doesn't matter." Pu Xinggui was silent for a long time and shook his head. "Tomorrow's matter... As long as tomorrow's matter can be implemented, today's matter in Yinan Village will be nothing but a joke. Whoever tells it will only be regarded as crazy. Xiao Heipi... How is the situation over there with Chen Shuangran?"

"The group of people she brought with her... like Chen Yan and other pirates, they didn't leave, but they were also in low spirits. In addition, a few people she recruited ran away quietly..."

"Okay, that's fine." Pu Xingui nodded and paused. "My people are fewer, and hers are fewer too. This way, we can finally feel like we're sharing weal and woe... She shouldn't cheat again for tomorrow's event... Well, let me talk to her again to confirm tomorrow's event."

A blessing in disguise, Pu Xinggui thought so and felt that what happened today was not entirely a bad thing. He immediately stood up and said, "Besides, we have encountered such a situation today. The government will definitely think that our fighting spirit has been greatly reduced. Maybe they will lower their defenses tomorrow. Well, that's fine." Accompanied by Qian Dingzhong, they walked through the road and wormwood beside the temple and headed towards the higher part of the mountain.

At the same moment, on the mountainside where he was going, the tall figure of Monk Tunyun was swaying in the firelight. With a gloomy face, he listened to the whole process of the defeat that afternoon.

"So, you sent me away because you were afraid that I would stand on the side of Sun Wukong and beat you brainless bastards to death—"

"——and you——"

"—this damn little bitch?"

In the light and shadow, Chen Shuangran, who was standing opposite, nodded and bowed slightly.

"um, yes."

"Grass--"

In fact, every time I update something, someone will say, "Banana, you update for this, for that, right?" For example, you update to promote a book, or to do a book signing... In fact, every time, the people who say this are apprentices. For those with a higher subscription level, almost no one says this.

Every time you see a situation like this, the first thing you think is: "These people obviously haven't been following the book long enough, and they obviously don't understand." Then you think that those who do understand seem a bit pitiful, haha... I'm guilty.

Well, let me repeat myself. I don't have any drafts saved. There is no reason for updating this book until today. In fact, I am very happy that my thoughts are smooth and I can write. It is also good for my physical health. Once I can't write, I will be troubled by anxiety and depression for ten days or half a month. So if there is something that can really kidnap me and let me update smoothly, I really want to thank it.

The book fair in Kuala Lumpur is actually a purely English book fair. There is a small booth for Chinese books, but not many people actually come to see them. However, China certainly cannot be absent from this kind of exchange. In the past, I didn’t make any money and I wasted my time. The only thing I gained was probably a sense of honor for standing up for my country. I actually rejected several signings in China. I don’t like signings. Most of my old book friends actually understand this.

I can talk a few words after finishing writing because I am in a good mood recently and I don’t have any more reasons. I hope that book friends who don’t understand... won’t have the chance to understand after this.

The book won’t have a bad ending, otherwise I will continue to stop updating, that’s it.