Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Ning Xiuyuan left Ji's house and did not go back to Duke Ning's mansion, but went to Bai's house.

Bai Xing is notoriously a night owl, and he was still awake. When he saw Ning Xiuyuan jumping over the wall with four jars of wine, he was dumbfounded...could it be a fake?
Ning Xiuyuan didn't care about the pettiness in Bai Xing's heart, and cut straight to the point, "I went to the palace on the way, and brought some jars of good wine over here, to drink?"

By the way?to the palace?At this time, the palace gate has been locked, right?
Bai Xing frowned, "You...you are so courageous, you dare to break into the palace at night, so no one will find out?"

"Of course there is. There are so many people under the emperor's command. If I go in so grandiosely and don't find it, I'd better kill myself. Don't waste food." Ning Xiuyuan sneered, taking the cup familiarly, He poured the wine, touched the empty glass in front of Bai Xing, drank it down in one gulp, and filled it again, all in one go.

After filling himself up again, he was not in a hurry to drink, he just said, "After working for him for so many years, there is no credit but hard work. It is not an exaggeration to go to the palace to get some wine and have a celebration banquet, right?"

"Your Majesty..." Father came back and said that Third Master Ning had bumped his head, one head covered the ground like two big ones, Bai Xing was shocked when he heard that, he pointed to his head, "Does Your Majesty know?"

"Yeah. I know." It's just a scene, enough for the emperor to be furious, and it seems to be more famous... Otherwise, if he is caught in the future, wouldn't it be a crime of deceiving the emperor?How could he, Ning Xiuyuan, fall into such a trap...

He pointed to the wine jar, a little impatient with Bai Xing's whining, "Do you still want to drink? The thorns in your father's eyes and flesh these years have finally been completely eradicated. Why don't you celebrate? It's just that your father is old-fashioned. Pedantic, have a drink with him, and you have to be polite, you're exhausted!"

Ning Xiuyuan tonight is a little weird.

He has never been a drinker, even, Bai Xing has known him for so many years, and he has never seen him take the initiative to find someone to drink, or this kind of drinking method similar to "don't go home when you don't get drunk".

It's just Guo Wen'an... It's not Bian Dongchuan or Li Yuqi who have been rivals for many years, so there is no need to celebrate.

And the appearance of the third master tonight does not look like he is here to drink celebration wine, but rather like drinking to relieve his sorrow.

Under his urging, Bai Xing poured wine for himself, and just after pouring it, Ning Xiuyuan came to clink glasses again, without saying anything, he just raised his head and finished it with a sip, before reaching for the wine jar again.

Bai Xing didn't stop him, lowered his head, took a sip, and said, "It's a good wine. You drink it like a cow's drink, it's really a waste. Then, leave me a jar, and I'll drink it slowly."

"Success." Ning Xiuyuan nodded, and then stopped talking, with some hesitation.

Unusual and eccentric.

Bai Xing looked at his expression, and determined that no matter from which angle he looked, it definitely didn't look like he was celebrating his achievements. Instead, he was full of worries and had nothing to complain about, so he asked, "You...do you have something on your mind?" After knowing Ning Xiuyuan for so many years, such a situation is really rare.

Ning Xiuyuan shook his head, drinking in silence.

If he drank too much, Bai Xing should drink less, there must be someone who stays sober, right?
After a while, feeling drunk, Ning Xiuyuan leaned against the back of the chair, frowning together. After a while, he smiled foolishly, "Bai Xing...do you know what Yingzhou looked like when there was a flood?"

Bai Xing was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "I have never been there, nor have I seen it. But... I heard that it looks like hell on earth."

Yes, that is a world that is so dark that it looks like hell, as if the sun will never rise again.

She said she had seen it.

Ning Xiuyuan has seen it himself, and he stayed there for a short period of time. Some of the scenes she mentioned, he has seen, some he has not.Many times, man will win the sky is just an empty slogan. When there is lightning and thunder in the heavy rain, and when the flood is sweeping, man... can only be regarded as a small boat on the vast ocean.

How to conquer the sky?

Casualties are inevitable.Even though there is a lot of funding and sufficient manpower this year, the scene Ji Wuyan mentioned is more or less happening every day, just because the people from the court have come, so the common people seem to have taken a reassurance that they will not As hopeless as ever.

But... Ning Xiuyuan had to admit that he didn't have the same "empathy" as Ji Wuyan, as if he knew that there would be casualties in the war, so he would feel regretful and heartbroken, but he wouldn't hold it in his heart. He felt pity for Yingzhou The people, but these emotions are not enough to influence any of his decisions.

"Third Master?" Ning Xiuyuan's appearance was too weird, and Bai Xing felt terrified when he saw it, "Mo, could it be that something... big... happened in Yingzhou?"

"No." Ning Xiuyuan shook his head, went to pour the wine again, and murmured after a long while, "She said... I have no humanity." Obviously the other party said "I have seen human nature", which reached Ning Xiuyuan's ears But it became "inhuman".

Bai Xing was about to nod subconsciously, but he held back.Thinking about who in Yanjing City is so bold, dare to say any big truth?After thinking about it, I think that the only one who can live after saying this kind of words, and can still make this grandfather so sad that he has to drink to drown his sorrows, is probably only the ancestor...

Miss Ji.

He tentatively asked, "Did you... quarrel?"

"No... I'm not willing to quarrel with her..." Ning Xiuyuan said something to drink, but he can drink well, no matter how much he drinks, he can't get drunk. On the contrary, the more he drinks, the more sober he becomes, the little girl said with a cold face Those words knocked on his head word by word, "She is too idealistic, too heroic, she carries the people on her shoulders without knowing it... The world is too big, the people are too heavy, I just want to protect Looking at the people around me..."

"Everyone has their own destiny. The people of Yingzhou are like this, and so are you and me... Bai Xing, tell me, I'm all about balancing the forces between the Ning and Bai prefectures and the left prime minister. What's wrong? Hmm ? What's wrong?!"

Holding his wine glass and pulling his neck to reason with Bai Xing, he gritted his teeth and hoarsed to exhaustion.

Bai Xing smiled embarrassingly, regardless of whether there was a mistake or not, he dared not say that there was a mistake.But the word love is really magical, and even someone like Ning Xiuyuan is in such a mess, because the little girl came here to get drunk late at night with a few words... In the end, what's wrong?You go directly to question the little girl...

Oh, don't you dare.

Bai Xing reached out to grab his wine glass, but Ning Xiuyuan refused to give it to him, so Bai Xing withdrew his hand, knowing that he was not drunk, so he told him in a warm voice, "Third Master...you are right. Girl, it's normal if you don't understand."

"That's...is she wrong?" Ning Xiuyuan asked back, looking sideways slightly, tilting his head, his eyes were clear and blank... Bai Xing suddenly couldn't tell whether he was really drunk or not.