The clouds in the sky were golden, and the city of Bianliang in July was gradually calming down from the summer heat. When the first sycamore leaf fell, autumn arrived. Search: \(¨Complete¨ Edition¨ God¨ Station¨) to read high-quality literature for free.

The densely packed houses extended in all directions with Yujie Street as the central axis. Pedestrians and merchants came and went, walking through the intersecting streets and alleys. The shouts of merchants were often mixed with the neighing of mules and horses, and the rumbling wheels startled the laughter of children playing at the street corners. Swallows nesting under the eaves flew over the trees on the street, over the courtyards of nearby houses, and boats of all sizes glided across the city's rivers. The banks were roads for pedestrians, or the courtyard walls of nearby houses.

In the afternoon, the gaps in the sycamore trees cast golden shadows in the courtyard, swaying slightly in the wind. In the study with the window open, Ning Yi was writing and drawing at the table, and in the distance, he could hear the sounds of the guards training in the house.

At this time, even in the prosperous area around Bianliang, things were not peaceful. The number of starving people coming from outside the city was increasing, and the Kaifeng government had increased checkpoints on various roads for inspections upon entering the city. But at least, at this moment, the courtyard inside the city still seemed quiet and peaceful. However, after a while, he heard furtive footsteps near the corner of the wall. Ning Yi frowned. Soon, two heads suddenly popped out of the doorway next to him. Although they were trying to startle him, only one face looked fierce.

"Ha~!"

Yuan Jin'er, who suddenly jumped out, raised her hands above her head like chicken claws, squinting and contorting her face. Ning Yi held his brush in the air, staring blankly at her. After a moment, he said in a calm tone, "Ah...how scary..." Jin'er lost interest and pouted.

The other person who came with her was dressed as a man, wearing a scholar's hat, with a bright and clear smile on her face. It was Yunzhu.

Her smile was very different from what it had been during the New Year.

When she first peeked out, she even made a "funny face," but then she couldn't help but laugh herself.

"Liheng didn't go out today."

"I just returned from the Prime Minister's residence this morning. I don't have much to do this afternoon, so I'm practicing calligraphy. Did you just arrive?"

"I just saw Tan'er outside and came over. Tan'er saw me wearing men's clothes and asked me to accompany her out later. She's going to the workshop to see the new robe."

"Oh, your relationship is better with her than with me..."

Ning Yi smiled, but Jin'er snorted softly: "I'm not going, I'm going to find Xiaochán." Perhaps because of some past prejudices, Jin'er's relationship with Su Tan'er was not good, but she had always maintained a good relationship with Xiaochán.

Half a year had passed since the New Year. During these six months, many things had changed. Among them, the change in Yunzhu and the relationship of this family were probably the most relaxing for Ning Yi.

Since last year, Ning Yi had been somewhat restrained in handling the relationships between the people around him. He was certainly an extremely domineering person when he was outside, and he was determined not to let go of Tan'er, Yunzhu, and others, but determination was one thing, and how to handle it was another. He felt somewhat guilty in his heart, and by the time of the New Year, everything finally exploded. Yunzhu's mental illness and departure, in a way, was her own mental barrier, but it was also related to Ning Yi's subconscious guilt.

Ning Yi had reached some consensus with Mu Yuan and Tan'er. Yunzhu took Jin'er back to her original hometown and probably thought about their relationship along the way before finally letting go of her mental barrier. This process was simple in some ways, but complex in others. In short, it contained not temporary cleverness or sudden enlightenment after seeing a certain symbol, but only the wisdom given by life.

Yunzhu was originally intelligent. She was a government official's daughter before the age of ten and received a good education. It was just that her fate was rough later, and her secluded state after redeeming herself was somewhat depressing and closed off psychologically. After she fell in love with Ning Yi, her heart was tied to him. Perhaps because of her concern and sensitivity, she gradually became depressed after a slight disappointment.

These things might be difficult for ordinary women to resolve. It couldn't be said to be easy for her, but during the journey after leaving Ning Yi, she was finally able to see the crux of the problem between herself and Ning Yi, and she no longer felt sorry for herself because of it. When she returned to Bianliang again and faced Ning Yi, she gave him a clear and pure smile that was similar to but also somewhat different from when they first met.

"I'm back, husband."

That day, when Ning Yi stepped into the second floor of that small courtyard again, he was greeted by the woman kneeling on the bed, bowing gracefully. In her smile, there was longing, warmth, apology, and a hint of playfulness, which made Ning Yi not know what to say for a moment.

Of course, a person's habits accumulated over ten years cannot be completely changed by a temporary realization. Yunzhu was still Yunzhu, she liked quietness, living alone, reading, and playing the zither, but in this, she no longer rejected small-scale interactions. She visited Tan

'er, and then Tan'er came to visit her.

In fact, the two had admired each other to some extent before. Even though Yunzhu was considered a third or fourth party, Tan'er had already accepted her after she saved Ningxi in that thunderstorm. It was just that after arriving in the capital, Ning Yi didn't know how to adjust and behave, and the two of them didn't quite know how to interact. When Yunzhu returned to the capital in May, such contact became natural.

If the previous Yunzhu was gentle and intellectual with the weakness of water, the current Yunzhu was more like gentle and intellectual with the clarity of water. She was originally a government official's daughter. If there had been no later changes and she had grown up steadily, perhaps a small part of her characteristics would have been like this.

Although he claimed to be a capable man, Ning Yi had not played any role in Tan'er and Yunzhu's situation. Sometimes he thought to himself that he had become each other's knot in the heart, which made him feel depressed.

Nowadays, Tan'er and Yunzhu occasionally meet. Tan'er knows Yunzhu's personality and won't invite her to any troublesome big scenes, just occasionally chat about gossip or talk about the business of Bamboo Records (Zhuji), take her to the Su family's clothing workshop to take a look, and occasionally let Yunzhu draw a flower as an embellishment on the clothes. Yunzhu would occasionally tell Tan'er about the popular poems and essays and the stories of talented scholars in Bianliang nowadays. She herself had good attainments in poetry and essays - actually better than Ning Yi - and she also had experience in brothels, so she could talk about it eloquently. Sometimes she would add some behind-the-scenes information, which Tan'er listened to with relish. In fact, in this regard, Tan'er also admired her.

The interaction between them seemed logical, but in fact, each of them was also a little cautious, maintaining this small circle that should be called a family in this era. One day in mid-June, when Tan'er went to see Yunzhu, she casually said: "Let's find a time for Miss Nie to marry into the Ning family... Well, I'm not joking." After Yunzhu blushed slightly, she nodded. After that, Tan'er ran to Jin'er and said the same thing, which made Jin'er's face flushed red, and she stammered, not knowing what to say - she had more or less prepared herself in her heart, but she didn't expect Su Tan'er to tell her this.

In short, everything in this family was settled like this. It's just that Ning Yi was busy in June, and there didn't seem to be a very logical time point, so the matter of marrying in had to be postponed for the time being - in fact, they were more or less waiting for Ning Yi to take the initiative to express his position.

After knowing about this, Ning Yi was troubled about whether he should let Yunzhu and Jin'er live together after they married in. First, it's easy to meet but difficult to live together. From his perspective as a modern person, everyone squeezing together might not be as harmonious as it is now. Second, the "Ning family" in the capital is developing rapidly now. The house with four courtyards that he bought last year should be replaced, or expanded a circle. He thinks it's more ideal to do this then.

And on Tan'er or Yunzhu's side, they actually understand that one day - the scene of Ning Yi, Tan'er, Yunzhu, Jin'er, and Xiaochán, a family like this, eating at the same table, will most likely happen, but at the moment, it still seems a bit strange.

Therefore, Yunzhu occasionally comes over to walk around, Tan'er occasionally goes over to visit, and Ning Yi runs around everywhere, which has become the most ideal way to get along at the moment.

As for the current development of the "Ning family" in the capital, that is an even bigger proposition...

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In the side courtyard of the Ning mansion, Yunzhu, dressed in a scholar's uniform, got into the carriage and smiled back, reaching out her hands to pull Tan'er into the car. Yunzhu was wearing men's clothing, and Tan'er was dressed as a woman as usual, but even so, both of them were in their early twenties. Although Yunzhu was wearing men's clothing, she looked intellectual and clear, while Tan'er exuded a quiet and calm confidence, looking like a capable mistress who had newly selected a scholarly son-in-law (Zhui Xu). After getting into the car, Ning Yi walked to the side of the car to talk to them.

"Just walk around the workshops in the city, don't go outside the city. Although the control has been strict recently, things are not peaceful outside."

"Okay." Tan'er turned around, put her hand on the hand that Ning Yi was holding on the carriage window, and rested her chin on the back of his hand, "Do you want to bring something back... Uh, are you going to the Prime Minister's residence later, Liheng?"

"I don't know, it depends on whether there is any news from the north."

Yunzhu also leaned against the car window: "Well, if that General Guo wins, tell us as soon as possible, Liheng."

Recently, Ning Yi has participated in the planning of disaster relief within the Wu Dynasty to some extent, but the most tense situation is still Xiao Gan's southward movement in the north and the confrontation with Guo Yaoshi. Although Tan'er, Yunzhu and others are just listening, they are still concerned about the fate of the Wu Dynasty. Ning Yi smiled and nodded.

After the carriage left the courtyard gate, the laughter of Xiaochán and Jin'er teasing Ningxi could be heard faintly from behind. Sycamore leaves fell all over the courtyard in golden color. Ning Yi thought about some things, smiled, and went to the courtyard next door.

At the same time, at the east gate of Bianliang, a group of four masters and servants passed the inspection at the city gate and stepped into the capital. Among the four, the leader was a young man in his twenties or thirties with a beard on his chin and a calm expression. He was followed by a younger servant, and the other two were a staff officer who looked to be in his thirties and a tall man with weapons, like a Green Forest person responsible for security. The gate guard looked at the document with the name "Li Pin" written on it and let them pass. Then he whispered to the guard next to him: "He is a county magistrate. It seems that he is being promoted..."

At this time, entering Bianliang was Li Pin, Li Dexin, who had served as the magistrate of Nanhe County since the beginning of the ninth year of Jinghan, and it had been less than three years. He was summoned to the capital for his political achievements and was considered to be promoted out of turn. However, at this time, he looked back at the scene outside the gate of Bianliang, looked at the soldiers at the gate, sighed, but did not see much joy on his face.

Since the north-south disaster began to wreak havoc, the Jingji area under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture has strengthened control, and there are not many refugees appearing outside the city gate at this time. However, people who have become officials and read books to his level have long learned the ability to find clues in the slightest things, and know that autumn is coming when they see a leaf falling. Nanhe County is prosperous, and Li Pin's management in the past two years has been very good. Therefore, when the disaster spread, the place he managed had not yet experienced too serious a situation, and Li Pin had already made preparations to deal with it. However, at this time, he was summoned to the capital to be promoted, and the situation he saw along the way made him more and more worried.

After taking a short rest by the small square at the city gate, Gu Yu, the attendant following Li Pin, asked: "Master, where are we going now?" Li Pin frowned and looked at the nearby bustling crowd, then pointed to a large cart that was leaving the city not far away: "Go there."

Gu Yu poked his head and looked over. The carriage was leaving the city gate, and the walls of the carriage were covered with thick cloth, but it looked quite neat. The words "Bamboo Records (Zhuji)" were written on one side of the carriage wall. Gu Yu smiled: "I understand, Master wants to visit Young Master Ning, I'll go and ask."

Among the four, only the attendant Gu Yu had followed Li Pin since Jiangning. He was quite clear about many things about Li Pin in Jiangning, his friendship with Ning Yi, and so on. He even knew that his master was able to fill the vacancy or less need to rely on the other party.

After Li Pin became an official, he traveled all over the world, and there were fewer exchanges between him and Ning Yi. Gu Yu occasionally heard Li Pin talk about Ning Yi. He had read some books with Li Pin and knew that in his master's heart, the two had a "gentleman's friendship". However, another piece of news about that Young Master Ning had only been heard through a certain channel in the past few months.

That was the rumor about the "Bamboo Records (Zhuji)" in the capital. Nanhe is prosperous, and there are many travelers. The news of a poem on the first floor of "Bamboo Records (Zhuji)" reached Nanhe in the past few months. In the past two months, there were also large carts of "Bamboo Records (Zhuji)" selling goods going to the county town, which caused some topics. Li Pin only inquired about Ning Yi's affairs from them.

This time when he went to the capital, according to Gu Yu's idea, his master had two places to go: one was the Prime Minister's residence, and the other was Young Master Ning, who had a very big business in the capital. At this time, when he heard Li Pin nod, he immediately went to inquire about the route of the Youbi car - a public bus carriage in big cities - and then he rode the only horse carrying the goods. Li Pin and the other two took the Youbi car and went all the way to the address of Bamboo Records (Zhuji) Swift Swallow Tower (Yuyian Lou).

The Youbi car stopped at the station called Sanguanfang. When Li Pin and others got off, Gu Yu also got off his horse, looking at the building not far away, he opened his mouth slightly.

"Wow, it's so lively... Master, Young Master Ning has a way of doing business..."

Li Pin "hmm" nodded.

There was a lot of joy and amazement in Gu Yu's voice, but he didn't notice that his master's gaze over there did not contain joy, but a complex worry contained in some surprise...

"Let's go." After a while, he said, "Let's go and ask... his residence first."

The afternoon sun shone brightly on the city of Bianliang. In front, the Bamboo Records (Zhuji) branch called Swift Swallow Tower (Yuyian Lou) had not changed much from the decoration when it opened, but the lively scene it showed was very different from half a year ago...

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