[Comprehensive martial arts] I fall into the city

Five years have passed, the prestige of the West Factory has gradually faded away, and the area near Li's house has gradually gained popularity. Apart from the fact that it is close to the former site of the West Factory, the location here is already very good.

Most of the new neighbors are officials from the DPRK and China. Because officials often encounter transfer problems, most officials will choose to live in Beijing’s classic houses, that is, rented houses. Some are really favored by the emperor and given a mansion to live in. But that After all, it is a minority.

Nowadays, it is an unwritten rule for officials to collect some filial piety. Most of the officials who are willing to rent a house are honest officials with little money, and it is convenient to live in one place. In recent years, there has been a hint of clique formation, but no one takes it seriously. Speaking on the stage, Li Che was very careful not to leave any excuses for others. Due to its own limitations, although this clear wind could not have power over the court, it had already occupied half of the court.

The Women's Criminal Division promoted by Li Che has been officially promoted to a third-rank yamen. It is closed on three sides, and no one else is allowed to approach. Only one side of the road is opened for women to appeal. Due to the high demand for manpower, it is no longer limited to female officials in the palace. Instead, he turned to the aristocratic eunuchs to select female officials. Li Che knew that in the long run, it was only a matter of time before the imperial examinations for female officials were held only.

Everything is going where he wants.

Except that more and more people have mentioned his sister's marriage to him recently.

Li Ning was not originally a boudoir lady who could be locked at home. Before she was ten years old, she was willing to stay at home because she felt that her martial arts had not yet matured and it was dangerous to go out. Seeing her slapping the kitchen's millstone with his own eyes, he let her go out to play for two hours every day.

Although the atmosphere has gradually changed, it is still rare for women to go out at this time. Except for the poor, there is no other way. Even if the boudoir girls can go out, it is mostly only once or twice a year to catch up with relatives' banquets, temple pilgrimage and other things.

Li Ning, on the other hand, went out every day.

Even if the time is deliberately staggered, Li Ning will often meet some officials or official children who live nearby, and someone will find out the situation after inquiring, although many people feel that it is outrageous to let a girl of the right age go out to play every day , but more officials couldn't bear the entanglement of their children at home, and tentatively came to ask for relatives.

Li Che seriously went through a round of screening, but in the end all of them declined, saying that they had already engaged other families.

Many people guessed it was Wang Shouren.

With the child prodigy Li Dongyang in front, talented and intelligent children like Wang Shouren are very popular. Although many officials' children are angry and scold their mothers behind their backs, they really can't compare.

Wang Shouren's father, Wang Hua, is just an ordinary official of the Imperial Academy. The Imperial Academy is a place where seniority is obtained. Many people can't bear the torment and entrust their connections to go out to serve as officials. However, Wang Hua has worked in the Imperial Academy steadily until now. Even-tempered, sociable, with a good reputation on weekdays, he looks like the kind of person who can make it through.

Now that Wang Shouren was leaving Beijing for the exam, many people got the news and approached Li Ning with the attitude of giving it a try.

And get rejected even faster.

Li Che's refusal was a polite refusal, while Li Ning just smiled faintly and refused very straightforwardly.

After all, she has always been gentle to those who treat her sincerely, even if she refuses, she will be extra tactful, but for these people who want to marry her just because of her good looks, why is there any need to be tactful?

The more she refused, the better Li Ning's reputation among the nearby officials and eunuchs was.

Seeing a girl who goes out every day, I feel that she is frivolous and unrestrained, and is rejected mercilessly, but I feel that she is very chaste.

This is also a very strange thing.

One and a half months later, Lin Ruhai, the new censor of Zuodu, went to Beijing with his family. The capital is Migui. Send servants early to rent a house in a suitable location.

It is renting to the North Lane of Xi'an Gate, only two alleys away from Li's house.

Daiyu didn't know at first, but after communicating with Li Ning, she immediately became as happy as a bird.

The closer he was to the capital, the more he couldn't contain his joy.

Because the canal was frozen and there were no boats, the Lin family came here by car, and there were only about thirty servants and maids. It was also Lin Ruhai who had done a lot in water transport in recent years, so he forgot that there were poor mountains and bad waters beyond the Jianghuai River. When he arrived in the capital, he ran into a group of gangsters.

During the severe drought, no food could be grown and land taxes could not be paid. Most of the relief from the court went into the pockets of officials and landlords. The tenants who plowed the fields could not eat, so they escaped and became refugees. After a long time as refugees, they gradually became bandits.

Lin Ruhai knows very well that people are like sheep, but they can also become tigers. The group of more than a hundred gangsters in front of him, although they are all sallow and thin, has greedy and ruthless eyes. They have obviously killed people and seen blood, and they are like gangsters. Chen's identity is tantamount to courting death. The most hated by these people is probably the court officials. He got off his horse and said directly: "Masters, there are money, food and luggage in the carriage at the back. Take the carriage too. Please let me and my family go." leave."

The leader of the bandit was thin, turned his eyes to Lin Ruhai, pointed at the carriage behind him with the sharp knife in his hand, and said, "It's quite sensible, leave everything and the female relatives behind, you can go."

Lin Ruhai was pregnant with the second-rank official certificate of the imperial court, so he bowed down and said in a sad voice: "In the carriage are my daughter and two nieces, both of whom are very young. I am a businessman from Yangzhou, and I have some wealth. You heroes, leave me alone. They go back to the hometown to report the letter, how about paying for my ransom?"

The person next to the bandit leader said something in a low voice, and the bandit leader laughed loudly and said: "People like you, why don't you take a woman with you when you go out? Grandpa counts to three. If the people in the carriage don't get out, I will The life of you old bastard!"

Baoyu in the carriage behind was trembling with fear, but after hesitating again and again, he still touched a stack of thick wooden bookcases, and rushed out with an ah.

The bandit closest to the carriage was startled by him, and reacted, he kicked him in the stomach, just happened to hit a stone on the back of his head, and passed out like that.

The bandits laughed.

Daiyu's complexion was pale, she stretched out her hand several times to go to the curtain, but Yingchun firmly held her down, when she counted twice outside, she still couldn't help it, she got up abruptly and was about to get out of the car.

The moment she lifted the curtain of the car, the bandit leader's head was raised high, and his bones rolled in front of the carriage.

Daiyu was startled, and looked towards the head, only to see a tall young girl standing among a group of bandits, with a wooden knife in her hand and a dead hare in the other hand, she again When I looked, there were more than two or three people who fell on the ground.

Accompanied by the sound of the wooden knife piercing the air, the figure of the girl got closer and closer.

Blood rained.

Daiyu was stunned, but Lin Ruhai reacted very quickly, and quickly asked a strong servant to come forward to help.

However, the speed of the servant running over was not as fast as the girl's murder.

The last head flew high, and the wooden knife in the girl's hand was dyed red. She glanced at the carriage indifferently, and suddenly saw Daiyu leaning forward.

Li Ning blinked her eyes.

Daiyu also blinked quickly.

After a while, the servants of the Lin family put the bandit's head and body together for the government to count, and sent a fast-footed person to report to the government. The carriage was far away from the dead people, and Li Ning and Daiyu sat together. At the same place, Yingchun and Xichun were a little afraid to go forward.

Lin Ruhai inspected the corpse briefly, and found that the fractured part of the head was not a neat fracture cut by a sharp weapon, but a section caused by some heavy object torn away from a weak place.

When Lin Ruhai came over, he looked at the beautiful and well-behaved little girl who was sitting with his own daughter, and his eyes fell on the wooden knife not far from her hand, and he always felt a pain in his neck.

But he still bowed to a little girl who may not have a daughter of his own, and said: "Thank you for saving my life."

Don't say thank you for your kindness, because the word "thank you" is too light, and you should repay your kindness, but at this moment Lin Ruhai didn't know what else to say besides thanking him.

Li Ning smiled and said: "Going out, just be more careful in the future, you really don't need to thank me, I've been looking for these gangsters for a few days, and I was going to do it."

As she said that, she looked at Daiyu again, her tone became more gentle, and she said: "Besides, adults don't know me, but I do know adults. I was lost when I was young, but Daiyu rescued me, and adults found my family for me. Now I Isn't it fate to save He Daiyu again?"

Lin Ruhai sighed softly: "It really is fate."

Daiyu hadn't slowed down before, but now she felt a lot better. She touched Li Ning's hand carefully, and found that although the back of her hand was white and tender, and her fingers looked slender, there was a layer of softness in her palm. She touched the different thin cocoons of the women in the boudoir curiously, and asked, "Will it be tiring to practice this kind of kung fu? Can I learn it too?"

Li Ning let her touch her hand. Hearing this, she thought for a while and said, "There is no threshold for practicing martial arts. If you want to practice well, you need to be talented. It's just about strengthening your body and learning some self-defense skills. Five or six years is enough." gone."

Lin Ruhai looked at her own daughter, and quickly interrupted her thoughts, "You have been born with insufficient womb, and you have been able to raise it better in the past few years. What do you want to torment?"

Seeing Daiyu's disappointment, Li Ning smiled and said, "Don't worry, my lord. If Daiyu wants to learn, I will only teach the superficial ones, so I won't tire you. It's just that practicing martial arts is a long-term effort. Once you practice, you can’t stop, otherwise it will be of no use.”

Daiyu really wanted to learn.

Although Miss Boudoir may never encounter the situation just now twice in her life, she still has lingering fears in her heart from the feeling of despair.

Li Ning and Daiyu talked eagerly for a while, and watched for a long time not far away, and found that Li Ning had a gentle smile and a friendly attitude, Yingchun and Xichun were a little better, so they also came over to talk.