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Chapter 1285 Low Pressure Trough (Part )

Chapter 1285 Low Pressure Trough (Part )

The setting sun was large and hollow, casting down the mountains and cities by the sea.

Outside the city, Pu Xinggui was showing off his magnanimity to Chen Shuangran, while Ning Ji was unable to catch up with Tun Yun and Fan Zhong.

In Tongli Pavilion, Li Pin calmed himself down and watched others prepare his wife's remains. Then he asked someone to prepare a carriage to go to Zhang Yunya's home to pay his respects to his widow. On the streets of the city, the captured traitors were being escorted by constables through the noisy crowd.

In the palace, the master of ceremonies for marrying the concubine came to confirm the procedures and etiquette for the day after tomorrow. The emperor did not care and just summoned the officials from the Imperial City Department to confirm the security matters.

He sold himself out for money. With the fall of Lin'an City, the Beiwei Army dispatched, and himself properly uniting a number of concubine-selecting families with the quota for admission to the Military Academy, the marriage ceremony of the three concubines was no longer important. As long as things went smoothly, the money he had earned would be safely in his pocket. From then on, it would be just a private matter of when he would pay for his love.

Considering that the three places this time were "sold", he didn't have too many expectations about the appearance of the three women. He just wanted them to be treated equally in the future and sacrifice their lives for the country.

Even if the country is in trouble in the future and I work overtime every day, I don't even need to sacrifice my body, and a few women can stay alone in the empty room and share the hard times. If you think about it, you can be called a very bad emperor.

The training grounds were windless under the setting sun, and the spacious places in the palace were stuffy. Although the Imperial Astronomical Bureau insisted that the weather would be good for the marriage on the tenth day, the emperor knew that everyone inside and outside the city was holding their breath just by looking at the soldiers' arrangements on the city walls. Everyone guessed that Chen Shuangran and the people behind him would choose to make trouble at this time, and the Ministry of Justice and all departments would be tested.

"I think the bad guys may not do it on the tenth day." The emperor chatted with the chief eunuch during a break. "Everyone is counting on that day, so why do we have to look for trouble at that time?"

"Yes..." the chief eunuch echoed, "But we will have to take action, Your Majesty."

"That's true." The emperor nodded, "It would be good if everyone could be more alert..."

It was not convenient for him to go to the Princess's Mansion to play with people every day. He was waiting for his subordinates to report all kinds of major vicious cases that happened in the city today. So not long after, he saw the news that Tong Lixuan was attacked and Li Pin's wife was confirmed dead.

Under the vast sky, millions of ants are fighting like dust.

With the last sunset, Ning Ji returned to the princess's residence. He took a bath and cleaned the blood from his fingernails. When Qu Longjun came over, he was sorting out all his personal weapons including muskets, bullets, long and short knives... The eldest princess was not at home at this time.

"...She took the little princess to Tonglixuan." Qu Longjun talked about what happened during the day.

"I was there this morning and heard someone was killed. Fan Zhong and Tun Yun acted together." Ning Ji squatted beside the table sharpening a knife, his eyes focused, "But Li Pin is not dead."

"But his wife passed away... His Highness told me about Li Pin and his wife, and there was a Taoist nun named Luo Shouwei who also liked Li Pin... It hasn't been easy for Mr. Li these years..."

At this time, the lights in the courtyards of the princess's mansion had been turned on. Under the bright yellow light, Qu Longjun chattered on and on, organizing weapons with Ning Ji while introducing these things. They were still young, and talking about the things of the elders was more like listening to stories. After Qu Longjun finished, Ning Ji told her about killing a "good luck comes in pairs" in the morning, but unfortunately the other party's name was not effective. This "good luck comes in pairs" had done many bad things, and the two of them also discussed and reprimanded for a while.

"Later I thought, it must be because I killed Good Things Come In Pairs, so good things don't come in pairs. This makes sense." Ning Ji was organizing his weapons while laughing.

Yue Yinping was guarding in the yard next door. She seemed to be in a low mood because of the incident at Li Pin's home. Yue Yun waited until late at night before returning here. He came over angrily and asked Ning Ji if he had caught any big fish. Ning Ji just said, "There will always be some."

"That's it, you useless piece of shit! What use are you to me?"

"What about you!" Ning Ji counterattacked.

"I'm a waste too, so what!"

"Then you are the most amazing!"

The two of them exchanged a few insults but did not fight. It was only when Yue Yun was about to leave that Ning Ji thought of something else.

"Speaking of which, tomorrow is a big day, Yue Yun, you know that, right?"

"……what?"

"Tomorrow is the ninth day of the sixth lunar month, which is Zhou Zhe's death anniversary... Don't you guys celebrate it?"

"Grass……"

Yue Yun walked away with a dark face. Of course, he didn't like Zhou Zhe, but he couldn't join in scolding Zhou Zhe, and he couldn't even comment on this matter. At this time, the black flag rebels were right in front of him and opened fire. His face was as ugly as if he had eaten shit, and he could hear the other party dancing and shouting behind him.

"Guess how he died...hahahahaha——"

The lights were streaming in the night. After a while, Zhou Pei, who had just paid her respects at Tonglixuan, came back from outside. When she heard Zhao Xiaosong talking about their quarrel, her face turned black.

"Why...why don't you look calm at all..."

Zhao Xiaosong has a straightforward and hot temper: "I think we should... we should arrest this man! He... he is really going too far!"

Zhou Pei rolled her eyes at her. She didn't know how to express herself. After rubbing her forehead, she said, "Don't worry about it."

Outside the city, the carriage passed through many places under the light of the lamp. Chen Shuangran told Pu Xingui about his arrangements outside the city and a lot of plans. Then he went to Yao Lao's territory and asked him to be a witness to a round of reconciliation. It was already early in the morning of the next day. Pu Xingui had not slept for two nights and was still energetic.

On the way, he also said: "Today is the ninth day of the sixth lunar month, the day when Emperor Jinghan was killed. You and I, brother and sister, are joining forces today, which is a sign that we are going to do something big."

Afterwards, the two sides separated and each arranged their actions after dawn.

When no one was around, Qian Dingzhong found Pu Xingui and said, "Is it really settled? If that woman doesn't keep her promise..."

"When you are in the underworld, no one can break their promises all the time." Pu Xingui frowned. "Xiao Heipi has an extreme temper and doesn't care about anything. After killing many people, she actually pushed Yao Lao and the others to the extreme. For the sake of the overall situation, Yao Lao and the others had to listen to Xiao Heipi's actions a few days ago. Now I seem to be indifferent, but in fact I have forced her back. Yao Lao and the others are happy to see that I can cooperate with her. Other people also know that I am the one who takes the overall situation into consideration... Now the situation is on my side. If she continues to mess around, she will not be able to live like a human being in the future."

Qian Dingzhong thought for a moment and said, "...it is truly admirable that Master Pu has been able to put aside past grudges."

"Speaking from a selfish point of view, I don't want to do it either." Pu Xinggui patted the other's shoulder, "But the night before yesterday, I thought about it over and over again. If we want to accomplish great things, we must have someone who can take the overall situation into consideration. The situation in Fujian is like this. It is certainly not easy for us, but the court is also in a very weak state. If I fight with Heipi, we will both lose, but if we join forces, we will both benefit. If we can really succeed and destroy the Wu Dynasty, Brother Qian...you and I will both be people whose achievements will be recorded in future generations..."

When he said this, Qian Dingzhong was finally convinced and expressed his loyalty on the spot. The two of them then planned and arranged what was to come.

"...Of course, when the operation begins, we must be on guard against Heipi. We need to do this... to prepare early..."

In the night, bits and pieces of light flow, and the sunlight from the east spreads, covering all the tiny lights.

On the ninth day of June, the day arrives.

……

This is a special day.

If this day were in the history of the Wu Dynasty, the weight of this day would certainly be strong and heavy. In a way, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a day of national disaster. However, due to the unruly attitude of the new emperor, the court could not discuss it too formally. It was certainly not possible to celebrate it, and the emperor would certainly oppose commemoration or condemnation.

In short, the decorum of the court has been lost, and those who really care about decency have no choice but to tacitly not mention it.

Just skip the morning court session that day.

Many officials were received in the morning, but the busy work came to an end after half of the morning. The emperor wanted to summon Cheng Zhouhai to ask if there was anything important that would happen today, but Cheng Zhouhai was not near the palace at the moment - there was nothing important that needed his attention - so the emperor was too lazy to wait and summoned a motorcade to go to the princess's mansion to see his daughter and to check on Li Pin's situation.

When I came here, I didn't get to see the junior brother I had high hopes for, as he had gone out early in the morning. Then I wanted to see the lovely junior brothers and sisters, but the news I got was quite strange. Half an hour ago, Cheng Zhouhai took Qu Longjun out and asked Yue Yun to be his bodyguard.

"Didn't they say that it's safer to stay in the princess's mansion recently?" Jun Wu was a little confused.

"She will be Ning Ji's wife in the future. I have taught her some things in the past two days. She is very smart. Mr. Cheng probably thinks so too." Zhou Pei explained, but in fact Cheng Zhouhai did not greet her. Theoretically, it was Ning Ji who proposed to ask Qu Longjun to stay in the princess's mansion. Zhou Pei agreed, but Cheng Zhouhai, who initially captured Qu Longjun, did not express his opinion. "She always dresses as a man outside. Now she dresses as a woman. Maybe Mr. Cheng thinks it is not a big problem."

"This Cheng Zhouhai..." Jun Wu thought for a moment, his eyes turned serious, "He doesn't do things properly. Imperial sister, you taught Xiao Qu things, maybe you have good intentions. If he...if he handed over the methods of the Secret Investigation Department to Xiao Qu...Oh, does he want Xiao Qu to join the Ning family, so that he can compete with Ning Xi and the teacher's eldest daughter-in-law, Min Chuyi, in the future?"

"It seems..." Zhou Pei narrowed her eyes and thought for a long time, "...it's not a bad thing?"

"What is not a bad thing? If an imperial family really wants to do something like this, will it end well? Cheng Zhouhai wanted to make the brothers quarrel with each other—"

"What kind of imperial family is he from! What nonsense are you talking about--" Zhou Pei's eyes turned cold and she yelled.

"Hmm..." Jun Wu pursed his lips and said after a moment: "Where did you learn to scold the emperor..."

"...I think it's great. I'll teach her more when she comes back!"

"Okay, I obey your order. I'll shut up. Teacher Cheng is so vicious..."

Jun Wu muttered and grumbled for a while, and after a while, he saw his daughter running towards him waving a small hoe, and then began to dig the soil in the garden with a babbling sound. The hoe was a sharp tool, so Zhao Xiaosong had to follow her like a hen.

"My daughter can do farm work now... Zhao Xiaosong, you should go away and she can do it by herself!" Jun Wu's eyes were filled with tears. When in the palace, Zhou Fuyang only knew how to do some womanly things, such as licking candies and giving flowers to others. Now, she finally seems to be somewhat simple and honest.

Zhou Pei didn't understand what he was so excited about, and frowned: "She has been with those guys these past two days, and she has become a bad person. Among the four of them, only Qu Longjun is a good one - Zhou Fuyang, what are you babbling about?"

"I sing--"

Zhou Fuyang staggered over with a hoe in her hand. Zhao Xiaosong was afraid that she would accidentally kill the king, so he rushed over to grab the hoe. After several attempts, he finally snatched it from the little princess's hands.

"What song is that? I've never heard of it before..."

"I sang...Nine Days...Luffa...ha..."

Zhou Fuyang sang it once. Zhou Pei frowned: "What is Jiutian... loofah? What..."

Zhou Fuyang sang it again, and then again... Zhou Pei and Jun Wu gradually understood it, and then Zhao Xiaosong on the side also understood it, and knelt down with a plop.

Zhou Fuyang sang "Today is a good day~~"

Zhou Pei looked serious and speechless. Jun Wu pouted, his face wrinkled into a bun. Zhao Xiaosong was about to cry: "It was...it was this morning when that Sun, Sun Wukong taught Your Highness to sing...I...I didn't understand it before..."

"What's your business? Go away." Jun Wu twisted his lips and waved his hand to tell her to get out. Then he stood in the yard with his hands behind his back, looking up at the sky.

"Why..." After a long while, Zhou Pei rubbed his forehead, "Why... don't you look calm?"

"It's a duck, it's a duck." Jun Wu nodded repeatedly, "It's too much. Look at what I did. I can't stand it. It's really... too much!"

Secretly, he gave his daughter a thumbs-up, then nodded and yelled in anger.

"——Extraordinary!"

……

As the hour of Chen was drawing to an end, outside the city of Fuzhou, in a semi-abandoned village called Yinan Village, people from all walks of life gradually gathered.

Yu Hezhang, the local tyrant of Pucheng, came over with his men, including the burly "Pushing Mountain Knife" Meng Piao. When they arrived here, they saw many famous outlaws in the past. Among these people, there were many forces that Pu Xinggui could mobilize, and there were also outlaws who were rumored to have been rescued in the past few days, such as Nian Tong, and Yu Tiedan who was said to be afraid of nothing.

Surprisingly, some other characters appeared not far away. For example, he actually saw Chen Yan, the manager beside Chen Shuangran. The other party met with Qian Dingzhong and talked about something in detail. Everyone in the team was whispering. Yu Hezhang, who had a wide range of friends, discussed with the people around him and roughly understood something.

"This is a good thing... What future can internal strife bring..."

Looking around carefully, both sides have already sent out dozens of people, all of whom are heroes in the underworld. I don't know what kind of grand party they are going to have today.

After a while, Yu Hezhang saw the great master-level figure Master Tunyun riding away from here. A tall and imposing figure was accompanying him. It was obviously the master Mr. Jin who had just made his name. He was once the most outstanding chief constable in the martial arts world, the Golden Eye Qianling. Following him were four or five top martial arts masters.

Yu Hezhang's heart was filled with emotion. After speculating for a while, Qian Dingzhong called him and several other leaders of higher status over and began to arrange further matters with them. On the other side, several heroes including Nian Tong were called to a small room, and then, for some unknown reason, a small doubt and quarrel broke out.

"Do you think... can Pu Xinggui suppress the people with the surname Nian?"

On the second floor of a room further away, Chen Shuangran and Fan Zhong, who had just returned after seeing Tun Yun off, stood in front of the window, watching the faint quarrel coming from over there and asking questions.

Fan Zhong smiled and said, "In fact, after all this time, I think that Master Pu is really a man of character. He understands the overall situation. Miss Chen...you can actually consider forming an alliance with him."

"He will help me anyway." Chen Shuangran said.

After a while, he asked again: "How is the arrangement outside going?"

"The message has been spread seven miles away, and the secret surveillance has been arranged. If the man surnamed Sun is really an informant arranged by the court... and there are hidden agents arranged by the court on our side or on the side of the man surnamed Pu... they will definitely alert the enemy today."

"Master Fan, do you think the person in charge of this matter at the imperial court is Tie Tianying or Cheng Zhouhai?"

"No matter who it is." Fan Zhong looked towards the Fuzhou city wall in the distance, "I want to see how he will break this situation."

The sun was baking, creating a heat wave. More than ten miles away from Yinan Village, on top of the city wall of Fuzhou, a thin man in a long gown was holding a telescope and looking at the fields and villages in the east.

Yue Yun also pulled out a telescope and looked around. When he stopped, he saw Cheng Zhouhai looking at him coldly.

"Uh... I just want to see, uh... Mr. Cheng, what exactly are we doing here today..."

Cheng Zhouhai did not answer. He turned his head and looked towards the room in the city wall. In the room over there, Qu Longjun was working at his desk, flipping through a pile of intelligence.

Cheng Zhouhai walked in.

"…Did you see anything?"

Qu Longjun raised her head and looked at Yue Yun who was listening outside the room. Cheng Zhouhai closed the door with his backhand. Qu Longjun pulled out a stack of files.

"Two years ago, Master Cheng had already planted people among the rebels..."

Cheng Zhouhai smiled and took the file.

"I did see something... This is Ning Yi's way of fighting in the northwest, or even... this is the way he started laying the groundwork in Bianliang... Since he knew that he would face a lot of opposition no matter what, he might as well start by suppressing and planting spies from the beginning. He wiped out 90% of the big rebels at a time, and for the remaining 10%, he might as well keep them alive and then sweep them away. In the end, he defeated them so badly that they dared not to unite."

"Then why... did they fight like this this time..."

"Because Chen Shuangran... or Fan Zhong beside her, who came out of nowhere and was very troublesome, actually bypassed almost all the arrangements... She almost gave up the team we had arranged for her in the past..." Cheng Zhouhai paused slightly when he said this, "But you asked the wrong question."

"What is the right question... and what do these things have to do with me..."

"What does it have to do with you..." Cheng Zhouhai smiled with a complicated expression on his face, "You see, this is the right question."

Qu Longjun's expression suddenly changed. She had nothing to do with Fuzhou, and the only thing that could be related to her... She almost lowered her head to read the files, and she had already shouted: "Mr. Cheng, don't joke, you know his identity, just tell me what you want to do, don't scare a little girl like me——"

"I know his identity..." Cheng Zhouhai said in a low voice, "So some decisions are difficult for me to make. You find him out and make the decision yourself—"

He tapped his fingers on the table and said, "If you can't find it, don't do it." After that, the door opened and Cheng Zhouhai strode out with a resolute back.

Qu Longjun looked outside the house, then lowered his eyes and started searching quickly.

Yue Yun was outside, blinking his eyes like a raccoon.

Cheng Zhouhai stood there again and looked into the distance.

At the same time, various teams leaving the city were passing below him...

……

The heat wave is scorching and the cicadas' chirping is dull.

In Yinan Manor, after half past the hour of Si, someone hurried over from outside, entered the manor, went upstairs, and saw Chen Shuangran, and reported something to her. This was unexpected, but her eyes lit up, and then she called Fan Zhong, who was making arrangements in the courtyard downstairs, and whispered the message to him.

"...Finally, I found the exact information about Long Aotian."

Fan Zhong thought for a moment and said, "Send someone to chase the master and ask him to confirm it."

"That's exactly what I meant." Chen Shuangran gave the order and then asked, "How are the arrangements made by the subordinates?"

"This is just a small matter. If I take action, there are more than 70 people here, so it will be foolproof." Fan Zhong shook his head. "What's important is the reaction outside. As long as we can see clearly whether there are any rash people among this group of people, the subsequent actions will be more secure. In fact, the girl doesn't need to watch here. Big things are coming, and we should go to the city to prepare for it."

"I want to see that man begging for mercy..." Chen Shuangran laughed, "It's better not to kill him. Break his arms and legs first, and then see what happens. It would be best if we can get some information out of him."

"If you want to force out the possible traitor, you can torture him slowly. Of course, you should torture him slowly. However, if the spies in the distance discover the officers and soldiers, they must move quickly. There is a plan for this, but the girl also needs to remember it."

Fan Zhong frowned inwardly. This dark-skinned girl had a twisted heart. When she met an enemy, she liked to surprise them by making them stunned. She liked to humiliate and torture them to make herself look very powerful. As a master, he was disdainful of this, but deep down in his heart, he also felt it was somewhat interesting.

It’s not a big deal, so just let her do it.

After noon, an inconspicuous team arrived at the entrance of the village.

Pu Xingui and Qian Dingzhong went out to greet them with several followers.

"We finally found the clues this time... We have confirmed that the black guy and several people behind him will gather in the woods behind the manor in the evening, so I brought my people... This time, maybe we can catch him in one go..."

The group was talking as they walked towards the interior of the village. Pu Xingui and Qian Dingzhong walked in front with the host they had welcomed. On the way they met several familiar minions: such as Yu Hezhang and Meng Piao... They entered the abandoned square and courtyard deep in the deserted village. Some people were chatting and laughing in the back.

The sun was scorching, and there was occasional wind. At some point, Gao Xingzong in the crowd suddenly stopped.

As they were walking, several knights under Pu Xinggui's command actually separated them from the figure in front of them while talking.

Looking forward, he saw Qian Dingzhong walking in the middle of the three people who were originally walking side by side, chatting and laughing. This was something unusual, and the moment he realized it, a shadow appeared on one side of his vision.

Even though it was the scorching heat of June, Gao Xingzong suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

This morning, Pu Xingui's people informed him that they had found Chen Shuangran's whereabouts, and even asked Gao Xingzong to take a few disciples with him. Only then did he realize that asking "Young Master Sun" to bring a few more people was to paralyze them.

On one side of the field of vision, desperate men who were famous in the green forest and could scare Gao Xingzong had already come out, some holding long knives, some holding long swords, and some with scars all over their faces. "Fish King" Gao Xingzong was actually just a local tyrant in Fuzhou Fish Market. In the past, some people would give him some face, and he had fought several tough battles when he was young, but he rarely thought about standing shoulder to shoulder with these men.

In the past few days, he met many heroes whom he had long admired. Some of them even expressed their admiration for him, but that was just a way of giving face to the young man named Sun Wukong in front of him. Gao Xingzong even saw the hero Nian Tong whom he rescued in the crowd, but the other party's eyes flickered and he shook his head.

There were crowds of people coming from all directions, and Gao Xingzong knew that he was at the mercy of others.

He even saw a tall figure holding an iron fan coming from the side. After several days of inquiries, the Fish King knew that this was the grandmaster whose martial arts status was comparable to Tunyun, Jinyan Qianling.

Standing in the empty space in front, Ning Ji turned his head and scanned everything. Qian Dingzhong beside him was smiling at him. Pu Xingui walked to the side. He didn't say much, just asked everyone to gather around. At this moment, all the bad guys appeared, but there was no Tunyun. Fan Zhong, nicknamed Golden Eyes Thousand Feathers, was very confident. He approached and gestured to the surroundings, then laughed and spoke.

As the heat wave burned the ground, Ning Ji took a long breath.

He suddenly understood what Zuo Xingzhou had encountered that day.

"Here today, even if Lin Zongwu comes in person, he can't leave..."

On a distant building, Chen Shuangran looked at the crowd gathering around him and prepared to arrange some things for the next day.

Pu Xinggui tried to walk out of the crowd and stop looking at the scene that was damaging to his sense of loyalty.

Experts gathered here, including Yu Hezhang and Tuishandao Mengpiao. They had once been good friends with the young man, but in the end, the young man had looked down on them. Next, the arrogant young man knelt down and begged for mercy. Fan Zhong approached as he spoke, raising his fan like a steel whip.

Ning Ji's eyes were fixed on him.

boom--

……

Fan Zhong's figure suddenly whistled and shook.

It was a superb performance of lightness skill, his figure first swayed to the left, and then with a whistling sound, he moved violently to the right. The world-famous iron fan unfolded in the air, like a dancing giant umbrella, with clanging sounds. The next moment, his figure appeared next to a dilapidated wall several feet away. This instantaneous movement was like the power of ghosts and gods, and it was the essence of a great master's life.

Just like not many people could understand his martial arts at this moment, not many people could understand why he was shaking.

Ning Ji's gaze was fixed on his eyes.

The long sword passes through the sky.

He chopped off his neck.

"Fuck you—"

Two things. First, my mood should have adjusted. Some troubles have come to an end for the time being. My subsequent thoughts are smooth. Although I cannot update daily, I should not continue to stop updating for months. I have made a great ambition to finish this book this year. I may not be able to do it, but I will work towards this direction in the future.

Second, a friend of mine wrote a book and asked me to name it. I chose "I Don't Know Why I Became a Billionaire". Look, what a popular title. The writers praised it unanimously. If you use this title, it will at least start platinum. But this guy got into a literary frenzy and used "Jiancheng 1995". It's hopeless and will definitely fail. I'll just give it a thumbs up out of humanitarianism. This book is not even a period piece, it's almost a realistic autobiography of an entrepreneur. I won't say more. If you have compassion, you can go and read it. Alas, what a bad name. It's definitely a failure...