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As the setting sun gradually disappeared, it seemed like flower petals were scattered across the sky by the wind. The weather hadn't completely warmed up, but it no longer felt like the cold of winter. Willow trees were budding, catkins were dancing, and the peach trees were turning pink. Spring was gradually entering its best time.

This was a city nestled by mountains and rivers. As evening approached, most of the ships that had set sail from the docks had gathered back, creating a lively scene. Cormorants stood on the wooden rafts, observing everything. There were the shouts of fishermen, the clamor of boatmen, and the coming and going of dockworkers. Occasionally, a ship's hull would bump into a net, leading to a burst of chaos and cursing. As the bells of Jinshan Temple chimed in the distance, lights began to flicker among the ancient city buildings behind.

The setting sun painted a streak of crimson on the corner of the distant mountains.

"I left in the summer, and when I returned, it was already the second spring."

Standing at the entrance of the lit-up courtyard, watching the spring scene outside, Ning Yi said to Lu Hongti with a sigh.

The female warrior in simple clothes clapped her hands. After a moment, she unceremoniously sat down on the threshold, tilting her head and watching the scene of people returning home in twos and threes.

Ning Yi smiled and sat on the threshold for a while as well. Then, Xiao Chan called from inside, saying that the young master and madam were looking for him, and he got up to go inside.

They arrived in Zhenjiang on the twenty-seventh of February.

Compared to the leisurely journey south, when they were genuinely rushing back, it didn't take them much time on the road. When the city fell, Su Tan'er was already more than eight months pregnant. Although Wen Ren'er was taking care of her, anything could happen in a newly fallen city. Therefore, under the protection of Wen Ren'er's men, Su Tan'er, Xiao Chan, and others headed north to Zhenjiang as soon as possible, waiting for the situation to settle down. And when the matters of the Badao Camp were finally settled, Ning Yi and Lu Hongti traveled together to this place.

Starting last July, the crisis of the Hangzhou trip came one after another, almost without stopping. In the most difficult times, even Ning Yi was somewhat unsure if he could return. But now, the whole thing was finally coming to an end. Especially after dealing with the issue of the Badao Camp's future, he finally felt a great weight lifted from his heart and could breathe a sigh of relief. Being able to feel the peaceful atmosphere of Zhenjiang was like a world away.

For Lu Hongti, perhaps it was a different feeling.

The Lyuliang Mountains where she originally lived were no better than Hangzhou when it fell. In the north, there was the Liao Kingdom, and in the south, there was Tian Hu. After arriving in Hangzhou, she simply saw a group of like-minded people rising up. In any sense, Zhenjiang was not a world away to her, but another world, similar to Jiangning, that was difficult to reach.

For Ning Yi, the prosperity of Zhenjiang, Jiangning, or even Hangzhou was only within a tolerable range. As for those remote, poor places where many people ate chaff and wore tattered clothes, he could understand and imagine them, but to say he could empathize, that was naturally impossible.

The situation in the Lyuliang Mountains was mostly so desolate. Farmers who planted the land, not to mention whether they could guarantee the harvest, the Liao people often invaded the borders. Occasionally, a village that couldn't escape in time would often become a wasteland. After the Liao people left, officials from who-knows-where would emerge to collect taxes and rents. Those who could walk with knives for a while would die under the blade. Those who went into the mountains formed gangs to kill enemies, skin them, and hang them on flagpoles. After Tian Hu's uprising, there was another force participating in the plundering, but everyone didn't seem to feel any more distressed, it was just habit.

Being able to come here and see these people living in peace, she really felt like she had come to another world. Even in Hangzhou after it was occupied, she could see the prosperity of the buildings and houses from not long ago, and all she could think was, "What a pity..."

The Lyuliang Mountains are a little better now, at least the village is much better, but it still can't be compared to here. She sat at the door for a while, and when Juan'er came to call her for dinner, she got up and went inside.

During those days in Hangzhou, she put on makeup every day, which was very troublesome even though she had her own methods. Except for some necessary outings, she just stayed in the courtyard. During this time, she was relatively silent. Ning Yi would occasionally chat with her about the Lyuliang Mountains and briefly talk about some ideas, but he didn't make any decisive decisions. She also watched everything Ning Yi did during those days, trying to remember them and understand them.

On this trip, she was no longer dressed as a woman in her thirties, but revealed her original beautiful face, which surprised Xiao Chan and Juan'er. Su Tan'er, who was already heavily pregnant, seemed normal, but couldn't help but look at Ning Yi and then at her with suspicion.

These people probably thought there was something between herself and Ning Yi.

Thinking of this, she smiled slightly. On the way south last year, she thought about some things with mixed feelings, including persuading Ning Yi to go to Lyuliang, and even... the possibility of something happening between them. After all, she was not young and needed to force herself to seriously consider many things.

She was used to the customs of the north. The customs she saw in the south were overly weak, and even the stronger ones leaned towards the gloomy coldness that she didn't like. Only this man named Ning Liheng was strange. He had the elegance and composure of a scholar, but also the grandeur of strategizing and planning. Even when facing people in close combat, his ruthlessness towards others and himself would probably scare many outlaws near Lyuliang known for their ferocity. If there was such a hypothesis: that she would be with such a man. She thought she wouldn't mind.

Of course, this kind of feeling was just beginning to sprout, and was scattered by many things. It wasn't a rejection, but... it was no longer good to consider it.

Everything that happened in the Badao Camp, everything Ning Yi did, she saw it all, the bright and the dark. She saw how others were lost in open plots, how they were deceived, how they were stirred up and infected by him, even how the girl named Liu Xigua fell in love with him. It made her feel that she couldn't do the things this man did, and she even found it difficult to fathom what he was thinking.

The meeting in Jiangning before, and the parting, Ning Yi wanted to ask her for advice on martial arts. There wasn't much calculation in it. At that time, he showed a sincere side. Occasionally telling some stories, doing some messy "experiments" in his little "laboratory". Sometimes she would be amazed, but at that time she could admire him. This was based on the self-awareness that "everyone seems to be about the same."

Now it was different. She wasn't disgusted by what Ning Yi did, but after watching for a long time, she was just amazed, even feeling like she was looking up to a high mountain. Especially the whole plan he made for Liu Xigua, the idea of ​​making everyone live better. She didn't know how much of it was deception and how much of it was his serious thinking. However, when these things were fully unfolded, the breadth and depth of this man's thinking exceeded the scope she could reach, and she couldn't think about more things.

Just... suddenly felt a little lost.

She had heard similar stories from Grandpa Liang.

It's like a Jianghu person meets a true Confucian scholar, the kind of person who cares about the country and the people like a saint, is conquered by his ideas, and even infected by him, wanting to do something. But in the end, the Jianghu person has to return to the grass, and there is still a world of difference between the two.

She didn't think Ning Yi was a saint, but the emotions were similar.

That night, after dinner, she sat in the courtyard, feeling bored. She went to the roof and sat for a while, watching the myriad of lights. Her internal strength was excellent. Intentionally or unintentionally, she heard the conversation between Ning Yi and his wife, Su Tan'er, coming from there. Su Tan'er would give birth in more than a month. Zhenjiang was not very far from Jiangning, so she wanted to return to Jiangning as soon as possible. After all, her family had more familiar doctors and midwives, and the environment was better.

Su Tan'er usually ran around, so her body was good. After becoming pregnant, she experienced so many things. Recently, apart from the occasional lively movements of the baby in her belly, she didn't feel too tired. If it was just a little over a day's journey, she wouldn't be able to bear it. Ning Yi must have nodded in agreement.

It wasn't good to eavesdrop on people's privacy. Lu Hongti had already heard a few words and wanted to leave, but then the two of them talked about her. Su Tan'er said, "This Lu Nvxia is a little different from the other Jianghu people I saw in Hangzhou."

She paused on the roof and heard Ning Yi say, "She's not really a Jianghu person." This made Lu Hongti a little curious, and then sat down again.

"How so? Isn't she very skilled in martial arts?"

"The Jianghu of those people I saw in Hangzhou has something to do with the level of martial arts, but it's not a big relationship. Their Jianghu is like doing business, it's just living. They see what kind of people, say what kind of words, speak what kind of etiquette, and follow what kind of rules. These are the lives they can see and touch. If you know martial arts, you're more likely to live that way. On Lu Hongti's side, martial arts are for survival, for chopping trees, for cutting vegetables. Learning martial arts is so that you can have a life, and how to live it is something that comes later."

"Husband saying that... makes it seem..."

"Hmm?"

"Makes Lu Hongti a little pitiful..."

Lu Hongti frowned on the roof, but heard Ning Yi below say, "Not pitiful, I think it should be... cute." He thought for a moment before softly making this definition. Lu Hongti blinked on the roof, and Su Tan'er might have been a little stunned, "Husband, you..."

But Ning Yi's tone was somewhat solemn, "In that harshest environment, killing your way out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood with your own strength, to be able to live so strongly, I think this kind of person is... very powerful... In some ways, I think it's similar to people like Qian Xiwen."

Su Tan'er probably didn't expect Ning Yi to have such an evaluation. Lu Hongti was a little dazed for a moment. Was she similar to Qian Xiwen... She had heard Ning Yi tell the story of that old man in Hangzhou, and had also heard his evaluation of that old man, but she never thought that she had anything in common with him. She only heard Su Tan'er think for a moment, and said, "Speaking of which, husband thinks Lu Hongti... is admirable?"

"No." This time Ning Yi answered simply.

"Hmm?"

"She's a woman." Ning Yi said.

Su Tan'er hesitated for a moment, "So what?"

"She's a woman." Ning Yi emphasized, and after a while, probably seeing that his wife couldn't understand, "She's a woman, how could I admire a woman? Of course, women are thought to be cute, right..."

Su Tan'er probably laughed in annoyance. Ning Yi's voice lowered slightly, "Aren't you the same? A woman, thinking about doing men's things, managing the house and doing business, this and that. In the beginning, when we got married, you were always thinking about how to accommodate me. I was a little tired of watching it. Why bother... I don't plan to admire you, so I think it's cute."

"Now that the child is about to be born, if I had known earlier... heh..."

I thought they were talking about me, but it turned out they were flirting... The conversation between the couple in that room continued. Lu Hongti thought, recalling those words, her face unconsciously heated up, but then she sighed and left the roof...(To be continued.) Vote for recommendations and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation.)

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