In the courtyard of the Su mansion.
At night, the lights swayed in the room and under the eaves. The courtyard, which had been quiet after the New Year, became lively again tonight.
After dinner, many people came to stay for a while and then left. Ning Yi didn't want to attract the attention of these people because of what happened in the afternoon, but in the fight, he was punched once or twice and his leg was injured. It wasn't a big problem. At the Bamboo Shop, he applied some medicine and bandaged his wounds, but the smell of medicine couldn't be concealed. Chan 'er heard that he had been involved in a dangerous situation and was injured, and it seemed to be an exceptionally thrilling experience. She tearfully examined him.
"Son-in-law always likes those dangerous things … Last year, the assassin also … His hand just recovered from the burn … Now he's like this …"
After the end of the year, Chan 'er could be considered to be seventeen years old. This petite and cute little girl didn't put her son-in-law's infamous title of "Bloody Hand Butcher" in her eyes. Although Ning Yi exercised every day and occasionally bragged to his family that he was invincible in the world, and that he even used a gun to take down a fierce bandit, in Chan 'er's heart, her son-in-law was still classified as a weak scholar. She felt sorry for her son-in-law's injury. After a while, Su Tan 'er, Xing' er, and Juan 'er also came back. Then, she asked Xing' er to call a doctor. Before it was dark, the news that Ning Yi was injured outside today spread in the Su mansion.
What happened in Takeshi this afternoon had already caused a lot of waves in Jiangning City. In less than half a day, a few people in the Su mansion also heard about it. The version was a little more cynical. It was a hot-blooded story about the Liao people who tried to assassinate an official of the imperial court in Takeshi Restaurant. In fact, this was also the result of Ning Yi's arrangement, with the cooperation of Prince Kang's Mansion, the Prince Consort's Mansion, and some other forces.
The sudden attack in the afternoon was because they wanted to save Qin Siyuan. At that time, if possible, Ning Yi didn't want to start the fight in Takeshi. After all, the business was busy and there were many customers. The Liao people suffered an unexpected disaster and would not dare to come again. Unfortunately, those people were determined to attack, and in the end, the incident couldn't be prevented.
Later, after a calculation, there were more than thirty people who were lightly injured or seriously injured. It was already a great fortune that no innocent customers lost their lives. After a brief understanding of the situation, Ning Yi paid a large sum of money from the store's funds as compensation. Of course, he didn't use the word "compensation", but he used the word "reward" to reward the people who had acted bravely during the process of stopping the Liao people. Even those who were not injured would receive a sum of money as long as they were in the hall at the time.
Although that was what he said, at that time, everyone knew that those people were Liao people. The assassins were brave and had high martial arts skills, so no customers dared to fight with them. They didn't even have time to hide. However, after this arrangement, Ning Yi asked Lu Agui to arrange some people to help spread rumors and publicize. The main thing was that the Liao people were arrogant and took advantage of the Central Plains. They dared to directly enter Jiangning and assassinate people. Now, they were attacked by the people of the Wu dynasty. Although the other party was fierce, the people of the Wu dynasty were not to be trifled with. Everyone fought bravely and risked their lives … The main thing was to make this a praiseworthy heroic event and arouse people's patriotism. The injured people even added oil to the fire and called them heroes. In the next month, the store would mainly publicize this incident. Maybe this bad thing could be turned into a good thing.
In any case, this was the only way to deal with the crisis. Ning Yi was also familiar with this. With the cooperation of Kang Xian's subordinates, there would be no problem.
Ning Yi was still a bit confused about what happened in the afternoon. Although the five people had good skills, the whole assassination itself was a bit brainless. It wasn't a well-thought-out arrangement, which meant that they didn't seem to have an organization behind them. Moreover, Liao was currently asking for help from the Wu dynasty. They didn't have to spend so much effort to come and kill Qin Siyuan. It was meaningless. Later, with some things found on the nobleman, Elder Qin, Lu Agui, and the others, he came to a conclusion that made him not know whether to laugh or cry.
The leading nobleman was probably a small noble in Liao. He had come to the south with some powerful family warriors and traveled everywhere in the name of trade. Now that the relationship between the Jin and Liao was tense, Liao could be said to be holding his breath. The people of the Wu dynasty also asked to take the opportunity to attack Liao. He had probably heard the rumors about Elder Qin, so he came to Jiangning and happened to be there. He decided to assassinate Elder Qin in anger.
This was the most likely speculation. Whether it was true or not, further investigation would have to be done to know. Two of the enemy's gang had escaped. At present, the forces of the government were still trying to catch them. If they couldn't be caught, Ning Yi would feel that it would be a bit troublesome. Since ancient times, fanatics were the most difficult to deal with. Patriotic and nationalistic youths who could take action were one of them. At present, he could only hope that only the leading nobleman was a nationalistic Liao youth, and the rest of the people followed his orders. Otherwise, if they wanted to retaliate, it would be fine for him, but he was afraid that they would find Takeshi.
As for the gang of gangsters who happened to be there, Ning Yi didn't bother to worry about them. Kang Xian, Lu Agui, and even Song Qian wouldn't let this matter go easily. Song Qian had saved Qin Siyuan's life. With Kang Xian's gratitude, he would probably be rewarded. If this gang of gangsters beat him up, including the people behind them, they would definitely be out of luck …
After sending away the people who came to visit one after another, Ning Yi roughly told them the details of what happened in the afternoon. He didn't say that he killed two people, but mainly talked about Elder Qin. As for the part about the fight, he smilingly added oil and vinegar to it.
"… What happened next, I can describe it as a turning point. Because suddenly … a Bull Demon King appeared …"
After chatting and joking, they went to bed late at night. Su Tan'er lay on his chest with her long hair spread out. She seemed to be sniffing the medicine in the bandage on his chest. Then she said softly, "In fact, the situation this afternoon was very dangerous, right?"
"Hmm?"
Since they came back this evening, after listening to Ning Yi talk about the injury, Su Tan'er was a little quiet. She just stayed by Ning Yi's side. When Chan'er brought a tea and a face towel, she also helped to take it. However, Ning Yi didn't know why she was in such a mood. At this time, Su Tan'er said, "Before I went home, I heard about the Liao people's assassination. I didn't expect that Husband was also there. They said that the assassins were very fierce, but two people were killed, one was seriously injured, and two people escaped with their eyes blinded. Dozens of people were injured in the restaurant, and someone fired a gun … "
She paused slightly. At this time, both of them were nestled under the quilt. Su Tan'er was also only wearing a dudou. She stuck close to Ning Yi and said softly, "It was said that dozens of people helped to arrest the assassins. How can there be such a good thing … A scholar fired a gun, and then he fought with the assassins with knives and sticks … There were deaths and injuries. Just thinking about it makes me feel that it was very dangerous. I didn't think about it at that time, but when I came back and saw Husband, I started to think about it …"
Ning Yi was slightly stunned, and his hand stopped on her back, "Uh … actually, it's nothing …" In fact, to him, this fight was also very dangerous.
But Su Tan'er didn't say anything more. She rubbed her cheek on the bandage a few times and closed her eyes, "Hmm."
The room was quiet and dark. After a while, Su Tan'er opened her eyes and laughed softly, "Husband, find a time … to take Chan'er as your wife."
"Uh?"
"I don't care about you enough …" Su Tan'er said softly, "I think it must be very dangerous. Husband shouldn't rush into these things casually. But when I think about it, I think Husband will definitely rush out when the master of the Qin family is in trouble. A woman shouldn't say anything, so I can't say anything. Although … I'm still worried, and I'm scared when I think about it …"
She tilted her face and smiled, "If Husband takes Xiaochan as his wife, I can let Xiaochan talk about Husband all day long, but in fact, I'm the one who ordered her to do it, hee …"
Ning Yi was silent for a moment, and a little speechless. He could only touch her back and sighed, "You have to call yourself a concubine to appear more virtuous …"
In fact, Su Tan'er basically had no problem in being virtuous. Most of the time, she naturally called herself a concubine. Sometimes, she called herself "I" because Ning Yi brought her out.
In the past, when they met on the balcony of the second floor every few days, they occasionally used more unscrupulous words. Ning Yi often sighed with the attitude of a friend, "Su Tan'er, you are very cunning …" Su Tan'er also tried to communicate with the attitude of a friend. When she was in a good mood, when they met, they would have conversations such as, "Brother, who are you? Why did you come to my balcony?", "Your Husband.", "… Nice to meet you." At this time, the relationship between the two of them had already reached the most intimate stage. Their previous unscrupulous behavior had also become a kind of interest. Su Tan 'er would only occasionally reveal an unladylike attitude when the two of them were alone and intimate. On normal days, if there was someone else around, even if it was Chan' er, Juan 'er and the other servant girls, she would never act like this.
At this time, Su Tan'er nodded, "This concubine is wrong …" After a while, she stopped joking, "Actually, Husband also likes Xiaochan. Xiaochan likes Husband, but I don't know, uh …"
This was the first time the two of them talked about Xiaochan after they consummated their marriage. Some things could be considered as mutual understanding. Regarding the possibility of Ning Yi taking Xiaochan as a concubine in the future, Su Tan'er was not unprepared. Previously, she had taken the initiative to instruct Xiaochan to accompany Ning Yi. However, when they talked about this after consummating their marriage, her mood would definitely be complicated. Now, she was actually not sure whether Ning Yi and Xiaochan had a real relationship. If they had, she would be letting down this little maidservant who was like a sister if she kept silent all the time.
She was a very clear-minded person, so she only talked about the matter of Xiaochan that night. Ning Yi thought about it and chose the key points to tell her about the matter between him and Xiaochan. As a maidservant, it was not good for Xiaochan to get pregnant before the young miss. The medicine used to abort the fetus would harm the body. Ning Yi had some concerns, so he didn't consummate the marriage. In the past, Ning Yi roughly knew that Su Tan'er had instructed Xiaochan. At this time, he smiled and mentioned a few words. Su Tan'er smiled shyly and nestled on Ning Yi's body, not saying a word.
After that, the night was silent. The next morning, Ning Yi got up early again. Although he was injured, with the help of his excellent internal energy and medicine, he didn't feel any pain at this time. The kung fu that Lu Hongti taught him was originally practiced during daily exercise. The effect of strengthening the body was good, but it would be a little harmful if he suddenly exerted force. He did some preparatory movements in the courtyard, then jogged out of the Su mansion. In the morning fog, he walked along the Qinhuai River all the way to the small building where Yunzhu lived.
In any case, Yunzhu was injured yesterday, and Yuan Jin'er jumped into the river in such weather. After all, he was still a little worried …
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