Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

From Master Ning, to Ning Xiuyuan, and then to Third Master, she changed three names.

Ji Wuyan is more sensitive than Ning Xiuyuan thought.

For those particularly subtle details that seem completely unconnected, she can always find the best thread at the first time, connect these seemingly scattered details well, and restore a general truth.

Ning Xiuyuan originally didn't want to tell her all these things, some things that were too flirtatious, not suitable for this upright and frank girl.

She is young and beautiful, and she believes that good and evil will be rewarded in the end.She doesn't know that there are still many plans in this world, and she can't put them on the bright side and say that there is no pure whiteness in this world, and it is more a choice after weighing interests.

But the little girl didn't understand.

Ning Xiuyuan bent down to reach for her hand, holding it in his palm to comfort him, "Ningning...sometimes it's not good to be too smart...the titles in those account books are real. The mansion, fields, and concubines are all real. Yes. But it’s true as you said, those are not Guo Wen’an’s, but Bian Dongchuan’s. The reason why Bai Shangshu did not take action is because these things can’t completely bring down the left minister... If it’s just to seize some properties, A small amount of fines will end up scaring the snake, and the gain outweighs the loss.”

Seeing that he was willing to explain, Ji Wuyan's eyes softened. After thinking for a while, she still felt that something was wrong, and frowned, "So...you went to see Bai Shangshu to push these properties to Guo Wen'an? You...you want to save Prime Minister Zuo, why?"

Threatening the grass and scaring the snake is talking about the reason why the army has been standing still for so many years, not at this moment.

Now that the snake has coiled around your feet, are you still thinking of scaring the snake?Without this account book, Guo Wen'an would surely die. There is no need for Bai Shangshu to painstakingly arrange a way out for the left minister.

Once the incident happened, Bai Shangshu, who was already suspected, would make trouble all over his body.

Ning Xiuyuan...

"The Prime Minister Zuo can't fall yet." Ning Xiuyuan was silent for a moment, before he finally said, "Our Majesty seems to have no ambitions, and he seems to be a bit idle on weekdays, but he weighs the balance. Ningguo's mansion checks and balances each other, and in the harem, the Bai family and Zuoxiang's mansion check and balance each other. If Zuoxiang's mansion falls too hard and obviously has no successor, it will not be a good thing for the Ning and Bai families."

When he said this, he was still holding Ji Wuyan's hand in his palm.

The words are gentle but cold.

Ji Wuyan suddenly remembered that Ning Xiuyuan single-handedly arranged the marriage of the Yang Ye family, and it seemed that he also intended to disturb the muddy water so that he could fish...

The hand holding the palm of my own is dry and warm, and it is a presence that makes people feel very safe at any time.But until now, Ji Wuyan suddenly felt a sense of desolation and powerlessness spread from all limbs.

She suppressed the breath in her throat and said slowly, "Those silver taels are disaster relief money allocated by the imperial court. In fact, you have lived in the court for a long time, so you should know it better than me. The actual number is far more than the record Ning Xiuyuan, it's not that I don't know how to weigh the pros and cons... It's just that I always feel that there are some things that cannot be weighed. Those things that are related to the people and life should always be placed before any pros and cons."

Ning Xiuyuan looked up at her.

She didn't look at Ning Xiuyuan, her eyes fell on the edge of the half-opened window, and she seemed to be looking at a more distant place through that window, "I have been to Yingzhou. I have seen black smoke outside the city all day long. I have seen "changing children and eating" that only happened in troubled times. I have seen old and weak women and children abandoned on the side of the road waiting to die. I have seen a child... holding a starving mouse Gnawing, he's bony... like a skeleton."

"I have also seen the old man with a haggard face shaking his hands and praying to me, and then turning around like a flower with a smile to feed the child behind him. I have also seen under the corner of the wall, holding a child who is no longer breathing and humming a song A mother with a kind face... I have seen more, when the flood came, those men who were born as sons, husbands, and fathers jumped into the water without saying a word to save other people's sons, husbands, and fathers. But I never came back... Ning Xiuyuan. I have seen the darkness of the world, and I have seen the love of the world."

Her voice was dim, and her throat seemed to have been stagnated for a long time, and it hadn't cleared up for many years.

She slowly but resolutely withdrew her palm from Ning Xiuyuan's hand, and her eyes slowly fell on his face when he looked up. He has a face that is favored by gods, and no matter when he looks at it, he finds it pleasing to the eye and the mind. There is a pair of deep eyes, always hiding too much thought to see through.

At this moment, there was only tension in those eyes. Ning Xiuyuan called her by her nickname and reached out to hold her, but Ji Wuyan avoided her slightly.

"Ning Ning..." Ning Xiuyuan called her, with fear in his heart for no reason, "Ning Ning, Guo Wen'an is definitely over this time, and from now on, nothing like this will happen in Yingzhou. No matter how many people are allocated and how much money is allocated, they will definitely be given to the boundary of Yingzhou. Bai Shangshu and I will personally check it out, you believe me..."

He thought that Ji Wuyan would be angry when he found out. After all, Li Yuqi was suspected of killing his wife, and Zuo Xiangfu was an enemy to Ji Wuyan.

But he didn't expect...she wasn't angry because of this incident, but because of Yingzhou.

Said to be angry, more like... sad.

"Ning Xiuyuan..." Ji Wuyan took a step back slowly, opened the distance, looked at Ning Xiuyuan and shook his head slowly, "I know the pros and cons, and the trade-offs...but I have seen human nature more. Yingzhou, to you From a general perspective, it may be just an insignificant position on Dongyao's military map, not a military fortress, not a must-have, but a troublesome place where floods occur every year. It's more like a chicken rib... But there are thousands of Tens of millions of people are facing the rising and setting of the sun, and they are performing their joys and sorrows, and they are one after another...people just like us."

"Ning Xiuyuan... You have never experienced their despair, so you are not qualified to forgive them."

The loss in her eyes was too obvious, Ning Xiuyuan hurriedly got up, "Ning Ning..."

Before the words fell, Ji Wuyan took another step back, raised his finger and pointed to the door, "It's late at night, it's time for the third master to go back."

Ning Xiuyuan was not willing to go, but when he took a step forward, Ji Wuyan took a step back. The evasive posture was so obvious that he didn't even want to meet his eyes, obviously he couldn't listen to any explanation.

He didn't expect Yingzhou to hold such a heavy weight in his heart. After a long while, he sighed and said, "Then you have a good rest. I'll come to see you tomorrow." Then he got up and left.