bastard returns

He was so startled that he stopped breathing, he didn't know how to react for a while, he could only feel the warmth of Huyan Yuanchen's lips, and the increasingly violent heartbeat from his chest.

It took almost a few breaths before Huyan Yuanchen let him go. The two of them stared wide-eyed and did not speak for a long time. After a while, Huyan Yuanchen bit his lips stiffly, as if he had made up his mind and said: "When a person decides whether to live or die, he should first consider not himself, but the mood of the people around him. If you die like this, do you think I can live open-mindedly in the future!"

Looking at Ning Yuan's face that seemed to have not recovered, Huyan Yuanchen himself felt confused, as if he was in a daze, just now he was facing Ning Yuan's depressed and pale face, and the other party's helpless expression His appearance completely stirred up the anger in his heart that had been suppressed for a long time, and he made such a subconscious action almost without thinking about it. At the same time, he had to affirm an incredible idea that he had been trying to deny for the past few days. .

"Brother Ning, no, Ning Yuan, no, Ah Yuan." Huyan Yuanchen changed his address three times in a row, "I seem to have finally discovered that I am also a broken sleeve like you, and the person I like is also you."

This is probably the most straightforward and explicit love words that Huyan Yuanchen has said since he grew up to such an age, and even his tense face turned red.

And as soon as the words came out of his mouth, Huyan Yuanchen suddenly realized that it didn't seem that difficult to speak out his thoughts.

"I know you will be surprised, but I am definitely not just talking about it. I have thought about it many times before I say this." Seeing that Ning Yuan did not respond for a long time, Huyan Yuanchen couldn't help but get nervous, "Of course you can You don’t need to respond to me, I just want you to know that you are now, no, maybe from a long time ago, you have been my sweetheart, so I absolutely cannot allow you to have trouble, you not only want to live, but also live well. "

After finishing these words in one breath, Huyan Yuanchen felt that he seemed to have accomplished a great event, and the depression and boredom of the recent period were also swept away. He looked at Ning Yuan quietly, as if waiting for his answer .

Ning Yuan didn't speak, just exhaled, and rested his head on his chest again.

Huyan Yuanchen couldn't help being overjoyed, did Ning Yuan's actions mean that he accepted it?

Ning Yuan listened to the strong heartbeat in his ears, but recalled many things in his mind.

The first thing that comes to mind is the scene of fire in the previous life. At that time, Huyan Yuanchen looked much older than the one in front of him. When everyone was pointing at him and yelling at monsters, he, a foreigner who had never lived But the prince stood up to fight for him, and then on Sikong Yue's Sea Dragon King, in order to repay the kindness of the previous life, he helped him out of the siege. The two people who couldn't get along with each other were far-fetched to be involved together, and Ning Yuan suddenly realized that there seemed to be the shadow of Huyan Yuanchen in many things that happened to him.

"I'm sorry." Just when Huyan Yuanchen was full of expectation, the three words that Ning Yuan suddenly appeared, like a big basin of cold water, poured on his head suddenly.

"...That's right, when I tell you this kind of thing suddenly, you may not be able to accept it for a while." Huyan Yuanchen grinned forcefully, "But I also mean it sincerely."

"Huyan, let me ask you a question, have you really considered the consequences carefully?" Ning Yuan looked up at him again, "You have known me for a long time, and you should know my character. No sand can be tolerated, if you are with me, you will not have a wife or heir in the future, can you bear the consequences?"

Seeing that Huyan Yuanchen didn't speak, Ning Yuan said again: "Even if you can bear it, you can't deny your identity. You are the prince of Xia Kingdom. It is impossible to stay in Dazhou for a lifetime. There will always be a time when you go back to inherit the title. , if you still don’t marry the concubine by that time, what will the officials and common people think of you, and if you do, how can I feel so bad?”

Ning Yuan lowered his eyes, "I don't promise you, it's not that you are bad, you are a very good person, and I am also very grateful for the things you have helped me, but let alone that I am not yet ready to be the same person. Preparations for falling in love, even if I have to choose such a person, I will not gamble with my own future, whether you think I am naive or ridiculous, in my life, I must be a couple for the rest of my life Yes, if not, I'd rather not."

Ning Yuan's words sounded Chen Ken, and at the end, he raised his head again, "Do you understand what I mean?"

But what responded to him was Huyan Yuanchen's hearty smile.

"You really think too much, but what you think is not wrong, but before you make a decision, you have to listen to my position." Huyan Yuanchen said softly: "Do you remember that I told you that Hayabusa is the totem of our Xia Kingdom?"

Ning Yuan nodded.

"Hayabusa is a bird of loyalty. The ancestors of my Xia Kingdom also said that we should behave like a hawk and only find one partner in our life. Although this ancestral precept has been abandoned by most people, I have always Keep it in mind, if you meet someone you love, you must be loyal for the rest of your life." Huyan Yuanchen's low but steady tone brushed Ning Yuan's ears, "Besides, I have lost my mother, and my father doesn't care about my existence. Maybe I will just spend my whole life wandering around, so why bother to become a prince and marry someone I don't like, isn't it just adding trouble to myself?"

"Ah Yuan, since I expressed my heart to you, I have done it after careful consideration. I don't care what others think, and I don't care about the heirs. After all, it's not my turn to inherit the Xia Kingdom. I only care about being able to have a good relationship with the one I love. Staying together, maybe you don't know, when I thought you had been violated by Sikong Xu before, I was really heartbroken." Having said this, Huyan Yuanchen frowned, showing a look of lingering fear, " I just want to ask you, don't think so much, just look at me, you, do you like it?"

Huyan Yuanchen felt that he had grown up so much, and he had never said such embarrassing but unspoken words, and his heart hung tightly. It felt better than when he was at the coming-of-age ceremony, waiting outside the wolf's den. When wolves come out to hunt, they are also nervous.

Do you like this person?In fact, after experiencing the incident with Sikong Xu, Ning Yuan can no longer tell what kind of feeling he likes. As for Huyan Yuanchen, frankly speaking, when staying with him, Ning Yuan will feel an inexplicable security in his heart. Feeling, just like now, staying in his warm arms, even in such a small space, is so comfortable that I can fall asleep immediately, Huyan Yuanchen is much better than Sikong Xu, but this feeling Ning Yuan was at a loss as to whether he liked it or not.

"I can't give you an answer now." Ning Yuan said sincerely, and when Huyan Yuanchen was discouraged for a while, he suddenly added, "But I think, I should be able to tell you about mine at my coming-of-age ceremony. Answer."

Huyan Yuanchen's eyes lit up immediately.

"There is still one year before my 16-year-old coming-of-age ceremony. One year is enough for people to think about many things, not only me, but also you." Ning Yuan said: "You need to think about whether your decision is right or not. It’s wrong, if you still don’t change your original intention after one year, then I will tell you my answer, and this is the only promise I can make to you now.”

"It's okay." Huyan Yuanchen kissed Ning Yuan's forehead lightly, "One year is quite fast, and I don't think my mind will change, but I want to remind you first, my face is for You have become like this, if you disfigure your face in the future and you cannot please others, even if you look down on me, you must be responsible to me to the end."

Huyan Yuanchen's almost rogue words made Ning Yuan roll his eyes silently, but after experiencing ups and downs both physically and emotionally, a burst of uncontrollable drowsiness also continued, and the sound of messy footsteps outside Still lingering, but leaning against these strong arms, Ning Yuan felt very stable, so stable that he hardly resisted, and fell into a deep sleep.

Yan Fei waited in the inn like ants on a hot pot until the afternoon, only to see Huyan Yuanchen and Ning Yuan walking back with each other's arms, especially when he saw the wound on Huyan Yuanchen's face, he was shocked Because of the horse bandit incident last night, the whole city was in turmoil, and a doctor couldn't be found for a while, and finally Ning Yuan cleaned up Huyan Yuanchen's wound with his own hands.

Yan Fei, who was watching this scene from the side, only felt that the atmosphere between his young master and Mr. Ning was very strange. It hurts to clean the wound with a wet towel soaked in spirits, but the young master seemed like a normal person, not only With a smile, his eyes were still staring at Mr. Ning. Although Mr. Ning was always expressionless, he always felt that his cheeks were flushed, and he didn't know if it was an illusion.

What happened in Yanzhou City caused a great commotion, and soon spread to Huajing. It was ridiculous enough to let the horse bandits rush into the city. However, Sikong Xu, the fourth prince who was an imperial envoy, was seriously injured. All posthouses were burned, and the emperor was furious, and ordered a thorough investigation of the matter. As a result, after the investigation, many things that were not humane were found.

Those horse bandits who were captured all said with one voice that they were ordered by the leader, knowing that the defense of Yanzhou City was weak that night, so they broke into the city and burned the post house, and then asked them the whereabouts of the leader, but they all asked three questions. However, as the leader of the horse bandit, he can know how the defense of Yanzhou City is. , even the leader of the horse bandit suddenly gave the order to break into the city after meeting the people from the city.

The officials felt that they had caught a very important clue. As long as they found the leader of the horse bandit, they could lead to a big fish. The leader of the horse bandit was found in the stable of the inn, but at this time the leader had already turned into a corpse. He was kissed to the throat with a sword and died thoroughly. The leader seemed to have been searched and found nothing. .

The clues were broken at this point, and the officials had no choice but to write a seal of what had been detected and hand it to the emperor. It was obvious that there was a conspiracy between the court and the horse bandits, which made the emperor furious because the clues were broken. The culprit could not be caught, so he could only blame the governor of Yanzhou for negligence, dismissed his official rank, and then blamed Sikong Xu, who was an imperial envoy, for negligence, and asked him to return to Beijing to face the saint immediately. Poor Sikong Xu broke several ribs and was just about to rest At that time, but he didn't dare to disobey the imperial decree and he would inevitably have to suffer a lot of fatigue. When he arrived in Huajing, he really had already lost half his life.

Sikong Xu himself was also very puzzled, he obviously didn't give any order, why did the leader of the horse thieves quietly lead his people into the city, and even burned the post house, could it be that the leader of the horse thieves betrayed him?But the conditions offered by him are so generous, and the leader is not a fool, why did he betray?It's a pity that the leader is dead now, even if he wants to break his head, this can only be an unsolved case.

Only his personal bodyguard, Gao Feng, would always unconsciously look in the direction of Yanzhou, thoughtful.

【Huajing Chapter】

111 time flies

Two years later, Jiangzhou City.

Ningfu.

A grand funeral is being held.

The old Wu'an Bo Ning Ruhai died of illness suddenly, which is considered a major event in Jiangzhou City. Just after dawn, a carriage covered with white cloth stopped in front of the Ning Mansion, and white flowers hung all over the outer wall of the Ning Mansion. The servants also wear hemp and filial piety and walk with their heads buried in their heads to express their respect for the deceased.The dignitaries who got out of the car had solemn expressions, entered the Ning family mourning hall one by one, offered incense to Ning Ruhai's coffin, and then held the hand of Ning Zhan, who now lives in the Ning family, and sighed for a while, as if Ning Ruhai was their close relative.

But when they finished sighing, none of them would linger in the mourning hall. Instead, as if they had made an appointment, they all turned to the side hall of the mourning hall. With a cheerful smile, he cupped his hands repeatedly to a young man in a white shirt who was busy entertaining guests in the side hall, and said straight to congratulations.

"I heard that the three young masters have both talents and learning. Sure enough, Qiu Wei won the Yayuan in high school in one fell swoop. Master Ning knows that, and he must be happy and healthy."

"Third young master has such a bright future at such a young age, I'm afraid that next time we meet, I'll call him Master Jinshi."

"Last year, because of Mrs. Shen's death, the third young master was delayed for a year. Now the third young master can still exhale and raise his eyebrows. It is true that the heavens will send a great responsibility to the people. In the future, when the third young master is prosperous and returns home in fine clothes, don't forget We old bones."

The 17-year-old Ning Yuan has completely lost his youthful innocence, and has become a handsome young man. His long hair is only tied with a blue hairband, his face is calm, and his expression is modest. The elders responded with a salute, and their gestures were graceful, which won praise from everyone.

Everyone knows that Ning Yuan won the No.2 Yayuan at a young age when the rankings were released last month, setting a record in Jiangzhou City. The 17-year-old Yayuan, let alone Jiangzhou City, even if he looks at the entire city Weeks are rare, and this is because of Ning Yuan's delay for a year. If it weren't for the sudden death of Mrs. Shen last year, and Ning Yuan's filial piety for a year without reference, I'm afraid his reputation will be even better.

Because the reason why Ning Yuan won the second place this year is that a candidate who moved from other places suddenly appeared in the provincial examination of Jiangzhou Prefecture this year. His name was Xie Changqing. This person was only in his early twenties, but he was extremely talented. , has reached the point where three steps into a poem and seven steps into a chapter, and Xie Yuan is in his bag in one fell swoop. Otherwise, with Ning Yuan's knowledge, if it is a reference from last year, if there is no such a strange talent who fell from the sky, then Xie Yuan was not him back then. What's in the bag?

For 16-year-old Jie Yuan, just thinking about it is shocking enough.

It's just that Xie Changqing is the son of a farmer, and his background is not high, but he is still very proud of his talent. When these local officials went to pay a visit, they looked at each other's faces, and they were completely different from Ning Yuan, who came from a wealthy family and was modest. Zhili, so in the eyes of these people, it's a pity that Xie Yuan didn't fall on Ning Yuan's head.

However, Ning Yuan didn't pay much attention to these noun problems. What he wanted to participate in the provincial examination was just the identity of a candidate. If he was too famous, he would easily cause some unnecessary troubles. The timing of Hai's death was just right. If it was before Qiu Wei, according to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he would have to keep his filial piety for another year and not refer to it, which would be a huge delay.

This old Wu'an Bo was a soldier all his life, but in the last stage of his life, he was imprisoned in a room by his own son, unable to speak or move, and to be a tool for the other party to vent his desires. It took him two full years to die, which is considered a tenacious will. Now that he is finally dead, it is a relief for everyone in the Ning Mansion. Now that he has the status of a Juren, he can definitely bring Ning Xin'er of the Tang family out of the house. The Ning family established itself.

Ning Ruhai's funeral was held for seven days. After the funeral, for the current Ning family, it was time for the younger generation to take charge, so the matter of family separation was immediately put on the agenda.Too many things have happened in the past few years, and there are not many people left in the Ning family. Except for Ning Qian'er and Ning Xiang'er who are already married, there are only one young master Ning Yuan and two Ning Mo'er and Ning Xin'er. Miss, the second wife, Mrs. Zhao, has made it clear that now that Ning Ruhai is dead, she has no interest in staying in the Ning Manor as an old lady. Anyway, she is not a regular wife, so she decided to take Ning Mo'er back to her natal family in the capital. , As for Ning Yuan, he has already won the Juren, and he and Ning Xiner are brothers and sisters. After the separation, Ning Xiner must be taken away. He was given a very considerable amount of silver, which was used for another settling expenses.

The family separation has been in trouble for another month. With the first snowfall this winter, Ning Yuan took Ning Xin'er, Tang's, and all the things he could bring out of the Ning Mansion to leave Jiangzhou, where he grew up. The homeland, set foot on the ship to Huajing.

Standing on the deck, Ning Yuan looked back at the gradually shrinking pier in Jiangzhou, and felt a little bit of emotion in his heart. Going to Huajing was not an abrupt decision, but a long-established itinerary. In the capital of the country, there are still many things waiting for him to settle, there are still many people waiting for him to meet, and...

There was a high-pitched long cry above his head, and Ning Yuan looked for his reputation. A snow-white falcon circled twice above the ship and landed firmly on Ning Yuan's shoulder. Hayabusa was not too polite about the cloth-wrapped wind meat, and swallowed it three or two times, and even rubbed Ning Yuan's cheek affectionately with the soft feathers.

After staying with Ning Yuan for more than a year, Xue Lihong seems to have become familiar with him, and can even understand some of Ning Yuan's instructions.

I don't know what happened to Huyan Yuanchen.The wind in the river was cold, and Ning Yuan couldn't help closing the cloak behind his back. More than a year ago, on the eve of his 16th birthday, Huyan Yuanchen suddenly found him and said that something happened to Xia Guo, and he was temporarily called back to the court. He had already obtained the approval of the Emperor of Great Zhou, and he was going to make the trip soon, so he specially came to see Ning Yuan before leaving.

Thinking of Huyan Yuanchen's appearance on that day, Ning Yuan wanted to laugh a little. He forced himself to be silent and just listen to him alone, saying that it was because the agreed one-year period had not yet come, at least when he left Before, he didn't want to hear words of rejection coming out of Ning Yuan's mouth, so as not to upset his mood, he also said that the agreement between the two could be delayed until after he came back from Xia Guo. Li Hong moved out of Lingxu Temple and took care of him here, so that he can think about others when he sees things, and don't forget him.

It’s not like never going back, there’s something you can’t forget, Ning Yuan asked himself that his memory hadn’t faded to that extent, but he didn’t know at that time that it’s been a year since Huyan Yuanchen left. There are many, and there is no news at all.

"Brother, mother let you in for dinner." Ning Xiner trotted out of the cabin with her skirt in hand, and got behind Ning Yuan. Nuxuan followed her step by step in a black dress, and said to Ning Yuan: It's windy on the deck, so let's go into the cabin, master."

Ning Yuan nodded, turned around and entered the cabin, because this trip was almost moving, and there were a lot of salutes, so Ning Yuan chartered the whole boat alone, the cabin was quiet and elegant, just after dinner was ready, Shu Shi was arranging the dishes, chopsticks, Tang Shi happened to win a bowl of fragrant chicken soup from the casserole, and said to Ning Yuan, "It's just right, come and taste this longan chicken soup. I have learned how to make soup from Mama Shu for several years, but I just haven't learned it."

Because there is no shortage of manpower around Ning Yuan, Shu and Nuxuan have been serving by Tang's side for the past two years. Shu unexpectedly has a good handicraft, and his daily job is to take care of the food in the small kitchen, and Nuxuan is to cook Some rough work like chopping wood and carrying water, but Ning Xiner seems to like to play tricks on this very mature-looking young man, making some dirty jokes with him, smearing his face with ink, and throwing the earthworms he caught from behind into his neckline Well, the first few times Nuxuan would only get angry, but after more times, he seemed to be used to it, and occasionally he would play tricks on Ning Xiner a few times in reverse, as if he had become a happy couple.

However, in front of Ning Yuan, Nuxuan is still very disciplined, probably because of the kindness of saving his life, and in the past two years when Ning Yuan has nothing to do, he will guide him to study and practice martial arts. But he respected Ning Yuan more and more as a teacher.

The longan chicken soup is sweet and tasty, and it's just right to drink to warm up at night like this. Ning Yuan was drinking it when he suddenly heard Shu say: "I'm going to Huajing this time, young master, have you found a place to live?"

Ning Yuan raised his head and said: "It's hard to find a house in Huajing, let's live in the inn first, this matter is not urgent, just plan slowly."

"If the young master doesn't dislike it, this servant knows a place." Shu Shi lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said: "The location of the house is good, but because of bad feng shui, no one cares about it. It has been deserted for several years and has not been sold."

Nuxuan raised his head suddenly, as if he understood what his mother wanted to say, and said, "Mother, do you intend to let the young master buy such a dilapidated house?"

Shu's face froze when her son said it. She actually wanted Ning Yuan to buy her family's ancestral house. The Shu family was originally a respectable official family, but unfortunately the population has not been prosperous. Her father was an official in the past. Minister of the Ministry of Industry, but he had only his only daughter, and she died of illness early in the end. After she was convicted and demoted to a commoner, their original house was confiscated by the court, but it was probably because of the misfortune of the Shu family. People in Beijing spread rumors and believed that it was a vicious place where children and grandchildren would be cut off, so the house was abandoned there and has not been sold.

Nuxuan stopped his mother because he felt that the Shu family should not use Ning Yuan in this way, and might even reveal the identity of their mother and son, but Ning Yuan knew all about these things in his lifetime, but he pretended to be very indifferent, as if I don't care at all.

The journey was smooth and smooth, and it took less than two days for the boat to dock at the pier in Huajing. Zhou Shi was left at the pier to watch the workers carry their luggage, and Ning Yuan took the others on board first. The two carriages here are going to the inn where the room has been booked.

Huajing has not changed much in the past two years. It is still full of people and bustling. Because most of the cars are female relatives, Ning Yuan specially told the driver to walk slowly, but it is also very stable. Ning Xiner is the first time When I left Jiangzhou, I saw everything was new, and I always wanted to stick my head out of the window, but Nuxuan didn't stop it, so I had to watch by her side, afraid that she would knock something.

But at this moment, there seemed to be a series of hurried hoofbeats coming from the end of the street. Before Ning Yuan could open his eyes, the carriage they were sitting in suddenly shook violently. Ning Xiner lost her balance and almost fell out of the window. Fortunately, Nu Xuan had a sharp eye and hugged her quickly, so that this disaster was avoided.

Ning Yuan opened his restful eyes, and just as he frowned, he heard a young boy's clear voice shouting outside: "Where did the troublesome people come from? How dare you block my way, young master? I'm really impatient." The voice just fell , there was a sound of breaking through the air, and then a scream from the carriage driver was heard.

Nuxuan held the dagger at his waist, and was about to rush out, but Ning Yuan stretched out his hand to stop it. It was inconvenient for Nuxuan and the others to show their identities in Huajing casually, and what happened outside was obviously not something he could handle when he went out.

Ning Yuan opened the curtain and saw several tall horses surrounding the carriage. Except for a handsome young man in the front who looked only fifteen or sixteen years old, the others were all in their early thirties and dressed in black. It looked like the boy's guard, while the driver of the carriage was lying on the ground beside him moaning non-stop, with a bloody welt on his face that was shocking.

"Hey, another one came out!" Seeing Ning Yuan, the young man whispered excitedly, raised the whip in his hand, and whipped it straight at Ning Yuan's cheeks. The young man obviously did this often, not to mention his skillful movements. , the two-finger-thick leather whip was swung by him until only a shadow remained.

If it was someone else, it was obvious that they couldn't avoid the whip, but Ning Yuan only turned his face slightly, and stretched out his hand, and firmly grasped the whip in his hand.

"You!" The young man was unfavorable, and his brows and eyes were tinged with anger. He wanted to pull back the whip, but Ning Yuan looked like a weak scholar, but the strength in his wrist was amazing, no matter what the young man did. Pulling left and right, the whip didn't move at all, but Ning Yuan pulled the boy off the horse with only a little force, and fell to the ground in disgrace.

"Presumptuous!" The young man seemed to have never suffered such humiliation, his face was flushed, and he jumped up two or three times, ignoring the dust on his face, pointing at Ning Yuan, and shouting: "You are still standing there! What, hurry up and take down this troublemaker!"

The group of guards look at me, I look at you, and they pulled out their swords in unison. At this moment, another group of soldiers came from a distance. After turning over several passers-by, the imperial guards guarding the capital were alarmed.

Ning Yuan took a closer look at the leader of that team of soldiers, he was actually an old acquaintance.

When Han Tao heard someone report that a group of people were making trouble on Huajing Street, he immediately ordered a group of soldiers to come and arrest them, but when they finally caught up and saw the boy, Han Tao felt bitter. Zhimao, why is it this little ancestor again? What's more, when he moved his gaze away from the young man to Ning Yuan who was confronting the group of guards, his eyes straightened immediately.

Ever since Ning Rui'er divorced, even though he knew that Ning Rui'er was in the wrong, Han Tao felt that he owed Ning Ruhai's family something, so he was embarrassed to have any further contact with him. He was in his prime, and he was quite handsome. And because of Ning Ruier's glorious deeds, he has always had the reputation of "exclusive love" in Huajing, and many official ladies still yearn for him, so within half a year after retiring Ning Ruier, he married Ning Ruier. He took Pang Chunyan, the daughter of Pang Song, the Marquis of Changsheng, as his wife.

Chang Shenghou's family originally lived in Qingzhou and served as the governor of Qingzhou. Because of the Dragon Boat Competition of the Nine Suns Festival two years ago, their family's fleet won the chief of the fleet, which enabled him to be promoted to two ranks in a row, and he was promoted by the Deputy Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. , in charge of the promotion of all officials below the third rank in the imperial court, and a large family also moved into Huajing, becoming the new rich in Beijing.

The deputy promotion of Zhongshu Sheng is a good job, because it is related to the promotion issue, Pang Song, who has always been unknown, has immediately become a celebrity in Beijing and China, and there are many officials who come to visit every day to make connections. Pang Chong is also a smart man In order to quickly gain a foothold among the celebrities in Huajing as an outsider, the two daughters who have not left the cabinet, the eldest daughter married Han Tao, the commander of the imperial guards, and the second daughter took a chance and sent him directly to the palace. She was not sent to the emperor to be a concubine, but sent to the empress dowager, chatting with the empress dowager to relieve her boredom, and quickly won the empress dowager's favor. With the two-pronged approach, the Changshenghou mansion gained momentum and became a complete celebrity.

At this moment, the young man saw Han Tao, just like a bullied child seeing his parents, he rushed up and hugged Han Tao's arm and said, "Brother-in-law, this man bullied me, hurry up and put him in jail!"

The corners of Ning Yuan's eyes raised, and he also said, "Brother-in-law, why don't you explain to me what's going on?"

Hearing Ning Yuan's shout, the young man was stunned immediately, while Han Tao's face was dark, he didn't say a word, and his headache was endless.

This young man is the nephew of Chang Sheng Hou, the cousin of his current wife Pang Chunyan, who is also the son of Chang Sheng Hou's younger sister. Chang Sheng Hou only has two daughters, and his sister died early, leaving behind a son named Lin Chong. He raised this boy under his knees and loved him as his own son. Unfortunately, he probably doted on him so much that he raised this boy into a dude. With a powerful father and a brother-in-law who commanded the imperial guards, he was outside every day. To cause trouble, Han Tao wanted to take care of it, but she was always stopped by her current wife, Pang Chunyan. Pang Chunyan cried and said that his younger brother was pitiful without his mother since he was a child, how could he still be bullied by others, Han Tao had no choice but to Can open one eye and close one eye.

In the current situation, it is clear that this little brat has caused some trouble, but whoever is wrong, Ning Yuan is the one who has offended him. After all, he has been with relatives before, so how can he blatantly cover up his shortcomings.

"Brother-in-law, what's going on, why does that kid call you brother-in-law!?" Lin Chong was obviously taken aback by Ning Yuan's address, he looked at Han Tao anxiously and asked, and Han Tao said to Ning Yuan with a calm face, "Young Master Ning, I have nothing to do with your elder sister. It's better to change this name."

"That's right, I just said it smoothly and forgot about it." Ning Yuan's eyes fell back on Lin Chong, "With such a brother-in-law, I'm afraid Commander Han's current life will not be very smooth."

"Stinky boy, what do you mean?" Lin Chong pointed at Ning Yuan and cursed again, thinking that Ning Yuan dared to drag him off his horse just now. He has never had such a shameful thing since he came to Huajing, let alone Dare to provoke him, and hurriedly said to Han Tao: "Brother-in-law, this man bullies me, why are you just watching like this!"

Han Tao closed his eyes, that's all, he heard that Ning Ruhai is dead, death is like a lamp going out, Ning Rui'er has tortured himself for so long, and he doesn't owe them anything after all, he waved his hand and said to the subordinates behind him: "Take these The person who bumped into Mr. Lin will take it."

The soldiers were already waiting at the back, and when they heard Han Tao speak, they immediately stepped forward to arrest him, but Ning Yuan took his time, brushed off the non-existent dust on his sleeve robe, stood there straight and said loudly: "I'm a newly promoted Juren this year. I still have official documents. Anyone who dares to touch me will be exiled for three thousand miles!"

As soon as these words were said, the soldiers who were going to arrest people did not dare to move, and Han Tao's face froze, "What, you are actually raising people now!?"

"According to the laws and regulations of the Great Zhou Dynasty, those who beat scholars without reason and are punished with a stick for thirty years, and those who humiliate people with fame and fame for no reason, will be exiled for three thousand miles for the light ones, and their hands and tongues will be cut off for the serious ones. You should know better." Ning Yuan said as he took out an official document from his bosom, and the Zhu Zhu on it was still glowing red, Han Tao took a closer look, and sure enough, Ning Yuan was not only a recruiter, but also a sub-national of Jiangzhou Prefecture. Yuan?

Forget it, if Ning Yuan really wanted to raise someone, without a definite reason, it would be hard to touch him. Han Tao waved his hand and withdrew the soldiers, dragged Lin Chong past him, and was about to leave when Ning Yuan called him back , "Is Commander Han leaving now?"

"What else do you need?" Han Tao turned around.

"It's okay for the commander to leave, at least keep that person and let me take him to the Jingzhaoyi Yamen to punish him." Ning Yuan pointed at Lin Chong who was stunned.

"You're not crazy, are you? Our adults let you go a lot, and you still want to punish me?" Lin Chong pointed to his nose, as if he had heard some terrible joke, "I tell you, I Uncle, but..."

"There are so many eyes of the people around me, what happened just now, I don't think I need to say more." Ning Yuan ignored Lin Chong, and only opened his palm to Han Tao. There was a red welt on his palm. It is very conspicuous, "If Commander Han doesn't hand in people, I have to take this document of juren, go to the Confucian Academy, and go to the Imperial Academy to find someone to judge and judge. When did the scholars in my Dazhou become so low? , being humiliated by some local hooligans, I have to swallow my anger."

112 Entering Confucianism for the First Time

Han Tao was so excited by Ning Yuan's words that he didn't know how to deal with it.

He is a military commander, so he naturally knows how difficult it is for those Confucian scholars in the Confucian Academy to deal with, not to mention Xu Jingan, a senior student in the Confucian Academy, and Gao Yu, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, are well-known Qingliu in the court, and they are used to meddling others Nosy matter, if Ning Yuan really gets involved in that kind of place, it will be extremely difficult to end if the matter gets bigger—last year, a military general relied on his military merits to beat a Juren while drunk, and the result was that the Confucian Academy was ruined. The Confucian scholars all mobilized, sat quietly in front of the palace gate, and begged for orders. They forced the emperor to demote the general by one rank, and ordered him to apologize to the judge, and the matter calmed down.

This is the fate of even the imperial court officials with military merits. How could Lin Chong, a yellow-haired boy with no titles, be able to please him?

"Why, is Commander Han still unwilling?" Seeing that Han Tao was silent, Ning Yuan raised his eyebrows again.