As the carriage moved, the lights in the carriage flickered. Noises could be heard from the road outside. Occasionally, a group of firelight flashed by and someone shouted, slowing down the carriage.
When she woke up, Lou Shuwan was still in the carriage. Her brother, Lou Shuwang, was sitting beside her. Seeing that she had woken up, Lou Shuwang wanted to hold her hand, but she dodged him instinctively. His grip turned into a pat. "Are you alright?"
She suddenly woke up, but her memory was still the moment before she fainted. She sat up and realized what was going on. She opened the window and looked outside. A group of soldiers were running over with torches in their hands. They were far away from Four Seasons Temple. She had no idea what had happened there.
"Brother, how could you do this …"
"I know what you're thinking, but Ning Liheng has already formed an enmity with our family, and this enmity can't be resolved. Secondly, he's already in big trouble … Forget about him, you shouldn't get to know him anymore."
"He …" Lou Shuwan put down the curtain and thought for a moment. Then, she frowned and raised her voice. "He … It's just a small matter. A misunderstanding between him and second brother! Why can't it be resolved? "
Lou Shuwang fixed his gaze on the girl beside him. Then, he raised his voice even though his tone was still indifferent. "Your second brother wants to kill him."
"Wh-what …"
Lou Shuwang tilted his head. "Do you think our family doesn't know that Ning Liheng is still in Hangzhou? Your second brother has seen him once. Recently, he has been working hard and making friends everywhere. He wants to find Ning Liheng through his connections and kill him. Today, Lou Jingzhi is one of the people he made friends with. I introduced them to each other … But after what happened tonight, your second brother won't be able to do it himself. "
"How can second brother do this? He and Liheng only have a small grudge. At the end of the day … at most, it's because he saw that Sister Tan'Er is pretty and has a crush on him. Does he want to kill my husband just because he has a crush on me? Brother … you, you support him too … "
Lou Shuwan said in disbelief. But Lou Shuwang's tone was indifferent. "I don't care who your second brother wants to kill. But I'm happy that he's a man of the Lou Family. I already know where Ning Yi is, but if your second brother wants to find him, I don't care if he can't be found. I'd rather that Ning Yi hide a little longer and use more powerful methods. The more difficulties your second brother encounters, the more he can grow. I also know about your relationship with him … "
He gazed at Lou Shuwan for a long time this time, "Ning Liheng … he's different from the men you've been in contact with in the past. You can't afford to play with him, and you can't control him. After what happened today … forget about him."
"You … Big Brother … You're saying that I'm a loose woman …" Lou Shuwan was actually sensitive in this aspect. After saying that, she gritted her teeth and raised her hand. "You men, Second Brother, you talk about being a man and being a Prime Minister. Who would kill for such a thing?! Murder! Killing a man and taking his wife is something only bad people do in dramas! It's just a small matter. The country is gone. How can you remember it for so long … You're a man … "
Before she could finish, Lou Shuwang slapped the seat beside him. "You're a woman and a woman!" He was tired from the past few days. He was probably angered by his sister's words. But his anger stopped there. The gaze of the eldest son of the Lou Family calmed down and he sighed.
"But you're my sister. I know you're different from those women who are really fickle. Our family forced you to marry Song Zhiqian. I know you weren't willing. Song Zhiqian can't control you. That's his problem. I just want you to live a good life. But did you live a good life after that? You treated those scholars who you hung out with sincerity. But didn't you get tired of them … "
"You have to be content. I know what kind of man you want to marry. But if there was such a man in the whole of Suzhou and Hangzhou, wouldn't I help you find him? I can't find him. The kind of man you're thinking of might exist in those noble families. He's brimming with talent, literary talent, and romantic. He's compatible with you. He has a good temper and is refined … Shu Wan, but you're not a talented woman. At that time, could our Lou family be worthy of such a person? "
As the eldest brother in the family, although Lou Shuwan had always admired Lou Shuwang, the two of them weren't very close. However, when she heard what her brother said, her eyes almost turned red. "Then I … then I also said that I don't want to get married. I don't want to get married if there's no one I like!"
"How can a woman not get married when she's grown up!" Lou Shuwang said. "Moreover … when you and Song Zhiqian got married, weren't you close? He didn't come from a good family, but he had literary talent. He wasn't humble or overbearing, but he wasn't overly submissive. At that time, he was the best candidate. You didn't need to marry into a rich family. The Lou Family could provide for you for the rest of your life. Our family is small, so it's fine if you're submissive. If you want a man who is neither humble nor overbearing, who doesn't care about anything, but treats you as an equal, where can you find him? "
Lou Shuwan clenched her teeth. "Ning Liheng … is …" After saying this, she added, "He treats Sister Tan Er like this …"
"Him?" Lou Shuwang looked at her. "How would you know about the matters between husband and wife? He looks neither humble nor overbearing, but he's proud and unyielding. You … can't control him. "
Lou Shuwan said faintly after a moment of silence.
"Big Brother, you said he's good too."
"I'm saying he's good? I'm saying you can't control him. You might think that he's gentle and refined, and you might think that as a woman, you're helpless and helpless. But you grew up in a life where you can't be rebellious. Not long after, you'll be annoyed. It doesn't matter. If it's like those men in the past, you can just chase them away. But this … you'll admire his talent and you'll like him. When he gets tired of you, you won't even have a place to cry. You're my sister … "
Lou Shuwang paused. "Forget it, I shouldn't have told you these things. Live a good life with Zhiqian. There's no life you can't live. Shuwan, you're just too spoiled after all. A man's heart is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant. "
In fact, Lou Shuwan might have thought about these things before. But even if she did, what could she do? She had been spoiled for so many years. How could she change just by thinking about it?
There was a moment of silence in the carriage. After a while, Lou Shuwan said softly, "Then … what did Liheng do? Why does General Li want to kill him so relentlessly …"
"He fought with Shi Bao and the others. He killed Gou Zheng, Lu Qiao, Yao Yi, and Xue Dounan. Just like what Li Tianyou said, his hands are stained with the blood of thousands of revolutionary soldiers. Shuwan, didn't you find out about these things?"
"What's going on? He's just a scholar. He's only in charge of accounting now …"
"Heh, just a scholar …" Lou Shuwang was already laughing. Then, he solemnly told her everything he had heard about Ning Yi. From the explosion at Taiping Alley to his escape in Hu Province, and finally, he was caught due to bad luck …
"Do you think you can control someone like him?"
Lou Shuwan was startled at first when she heard all this. Then, her eyes widened and her body trembled. She finally realized what was hidden behind Ning Yi's nonchalant demeanor. He faced Shi Bao and perhaps Fang La's most powerful Buddhist Marshal. Along the way, he controlled the lives and deaths of thousands of people in his hands. He could summon clouds and rain with a flip of his hand. In the past, she had only heard about these people in stories. She didn't expect that the person she had been interacting with recently would be such a character.
"Then …" She thought of the situation at Four Seasons Sect. "Even if he went against Li Tianyou, he might not … might not …" Halfway through her sentence, she didn't know what else to say. Finally, she said, "Then why did you ask Second Brother to find trouble with him? Liheng is so powerful, how could you let Second Brother …"
Lou Shuwang didn't pretend to agree with what Ning Yi had done. But now, he looked at his sister and shook his head with a smile, as if he didn't mind.
"Shuwan, in this world, some things happen because of people, and some things become people because of events. But in the end, it's all the result of the combination of both. Without the general trend, no matter how strong one's abilities were, one wouldn't be able to do much. Even if one's aptitude was average, if one was caught in the general trend, one would still be able to make some contributions … In this world, how could there be someone who could truly do anything? You're just listening to the stories. Ning Liheng was old friends with Qian Xiwen and had the support of the government. He had some ability. Tang Xiuxuan and the others took the same route during their escape. Do you really believe that Ning Liheng did everything alone? "
He took a deep breath and said, "Even if he really has supernatural abilities, what can he do now that he's in Hangzhou? Today, Li Tianyou has made up his mind to kill him, even if it means offending Tyrant's Saber Camp. His brother is Li Tianrun and he's coming back soon. Even if Tyrant's Saber Camp is powerful, what can they do for him? If he didn't make up his mind, would he have gone to Four Seasons Sect like this? Even if he's the Buddha General, can he defeat the soldiers on the first floor? "
"We're almost home." Lou Shuwang patted his sister's shoulder as he spoke. "Don't think too much. It's going to be like this anyway. He won't be able to live."
"But … if he can do that … maybe there's a chance …"
"Even if there is, it doesn't matter," Lou Shuwang answered. Lou Shuwang replied, "Your Second Brother still wants to kill him. You can't stop him. Or do you really want to turn against your family because of Ning Liheng?"
Lou Shuwan was silent. She couldn't do such a thing. When she lifted the curtain and looked in the direction of Four Seasons Sect, she couldn't see the house. She knew that there was no chance of turning things around, but since there was no definite news, she could still fantasize about whether there was a chance. Perhaps he was still alive, perhaps he was still alive … However, in her thoughts, she seemed to see that Liheng was already dead and Xuanwei Camp had left. Although she tried her best not to think about it, she still hugged herself when these thoughts floated past her mind. The night was cold like water. Time could not return to the dusk when Ning Yi was still alive. She felt cold as well. Her thoughts gradually became numb between vague fantasies and the unthinkable …
She had met such an incredible person before she could even imagine it. However, in less than the time it took for a joss stick to burn, he might have already died in a place she couldn't see …
*****
On the other side, in Four Seasons Sect.
The person at the front picked up the head in his hand. The air was so cold that it froze there. Liu Jin looked at all of this and also froze. He wanted to walk forward and see more clearly.
Then, there was the sound of a sharp intake of breath.
"How could it be …"
"Tang Kou …"
"What did he say …"
There was only a slight sound. Then, everyone looked into the dark door because the head in the person's hand was Tang Kou's head. No one knew what was going on. The people at the back did not even see the head. Li Tianyou was the first to react.
"He has an ambush!" He grabbed the saber in his hand and used the back of the saber to knock away a lantern on top. The faint light flew into the darkness. Someone kicked open the broken door with a loud bang.
The people at the back did not know what happened, but their reactions explained everything. Li Tianyou's people rushed towards the room in a frenzy. "Catch him!" "He has an ambush!"
"That man is dead …"
"Young Master Ning killed him?"
The people on the other side were shocked. Liu Jin looked behind him and then looked at the head. At this moment, there was a loud bang in the room. The moment the light lit up, almost everyone was shocked. After the light returned, someone inside the room slowly shook the light from the match in his hand and lit up the lamp. His tone was no longer as cold as before. Instead, it was more relaxed.
"I won, didn't I?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment and ignored him. Someone actually broke through the wall and rushed into another private room. Ning Yi walked out of the room with a saber in one hand and a gun in the other. He wiped the blood off his face. Li Tianyou clenched his fists. He looked at Tang Kou's headless body in the room and said nothing. Then, he said fiercely, "Search! Find out who his companion is! "
Ning Yi did not argue or refute. Although his injuries today did not seem to be serious, he was still in a sorry state. However, he still maintained his poise. He looked at Liu Jin, walked to a table at the side, and sat down. For a moment, there was chaos on the second floor. Everyone was certain that Li Tianyou could not kill Tang Kou. Just now, he did not fire the gun when he killed Tang Kou. Previously, he made the surroundings dark, so there must be a helper hiding in the dark. At this time, they did not argue. They just wanted Li Tianyou to suffer in silence.
At this moment, he finally showed some of the style of a scholar. As long as there was no evidence, others would not be able to argue with him in the end. For a while, everyone discussed that he had another helper. However, compared to Li Tianyou, who had brought a whole team of soldiers, Ning Yi only had three people, and no one could find any flaws. In the eyes of everyone, this move was really beautiful.
Amidst the chaos, another incident that no one paid attention to was happening downstairs at the same time. Zhu Yanlin had gone down to deal with it. Everyone watched the intense battle and did not pay attention. Just when everyone was still searching, Li Tianyou turned around and looked at Ning Yi with bloodshot eyes. Before he could speak, a voice came from downstairs.
"The winds and clouds of the world … are born of my generation. Once I enter the martial world, time flies …" The voice belonged to Zhu Yanlin. He was probably reciting a poem. His voice was not loud, but because it was night time and Four Seasons Temple was empty, the people upstairs still heard it.
Li Tianyou was stunned.
Then, everyone saw one of Li Tianyou's aides rush up from downstairs and whisper something into his ear.
If he had been downstairs just now, perhaps he would have noticed that at the door just now, a beautiful woman carrying a long chest had gotten into a conflict with the soldiers guarding here. Zhu Yanlin then came down. Everyone chatted for a while before the woman said, "Isn't this the Literature Conference? Why can't I enter? Are you bullying me because I don't know poetry? I know it too, let me write it for you … "
Then, the woman scribbled a poem on the wooden platform at the door, and Zhu Yanlin recited it. Reciting poetry was particular about cadence. The poem might not be great, but it was imposing. Zhu Yanlin was influenced by the imposing manner, and the people upstairs could hear his hesitant voice become smooth.
"Grand ambitions in the midst of laughter, not better than a drunken life. Sword in hand, riding, ghostly rain, white bones like mountain birds flying! "
When the poem reached this point, it could be said that it had already described the awe-inspiring atmosphere in Jianghu. Everyone had just experienced the fight. Now, Li Tianyou and the others were standing here, while Ning Yi was sitting here with blood all over his body. The candles were dim, and the scene was a mess … It further enhanced the atmosphere of the poem. Someone walked up from downstairs with light footsteps and a puzzled gaze. The first thing everyone saw was the long wooden box she was hugging in front of her chest.
When Zhu Yanlin lamented, "The world is like a tide, and people are like water; how many people return to the martial world?", everyone saw the girl's face. She was very beautiful, and her facial features were beautiful, but no one recognized her. She looked around curiously, but there was not much information in her gaze.
She looked like a servant girl from Saber Camp.
Li Tianyou stood there and looked at her for a while.
Then, he said expressionlessly, "Let's go."
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