Ping An Biography

In the night, the old county government office was dimly lit, but suddenly it was as bright as day, and everyone in the room raised their hearts, waiting for the coming thunder. "Crack!" An explosion of thunder seemed to shake the house.

After the sound of thunder, Xu Wenjun said leisurely: "Fortunately, every time there is thunder, there must be a flash, otherwise a sudden thunder will not scare people to death."

Zhang Ning said casually, "That's because the speed of light is faster than sound."

"Oh? I really didn't think about it before. I thought thunder and lightning were two different things." Xu Wenjun said softly.

Zhang Ning explained patiently: "Did you see the chamber exploded when we were testing the cannon? There are many words on the Internet or it is about the time when the city gate was blown open with buried gunpowder barrels in Shimen County last time. You also saw it. The thunder and gunpowder exploded." Similar, something exploded in the very high clouds, there was a flash and then a bang, and then the light was seen first, and then the sound was heard.”[

Xu Wenjun looked at him half-understood, and suddenly blushed slightly, probably feeling a little embarrassed to make Zhang Ning say such irrelevant words.

Zhang Ning turned around and saw Peach Blossom Fairy looking at her, so he changed the topic and said, "Didn't you come to deliver a letter with news? Since the news has been delivered, you and Wenjun will go together tomorrow morning."

"Why do you want to drive us away? There is going to be a war, and I will stay by Ping An's side, and maybe I can protect you nearby." Peach Blossom Fairy said in surprise.

Now there are only the three of them in the signing room. After the thunder, the surroundings are quiet. Zhang Ning was silent for a moment, and finally said: "This battle has little hope of winning. You are just women, not soldiers. You have no obligation to die for this. Stay behind." It's useless to come down."

Peach Blossom Fairy asked puzzledly: "Since Ping An expected that he would not win, why did he fight this battle? Since we can come out of the mountain, we can go back now."

Zhang Ning shook his head and sighed: "Going back is a dead end, it's just a matter of time. Do you still remember the time you wanted to kill me on the post road in Beijing a few years ago?"

"Why bring that up again, I didn't know you back then, and you were just an official in the imperial court." Peach Blossom Fairy said shyly.

Zhang Ning said calmly: "I don't mean to be fussy. You fell asleep when I was in the inn, and you had already entered the room. At that time, I had three choices. One was to beg for mercy, the other was to try to escape, and the third was to fight you all .Actually, if you want to kill me, what I do is a dead end, what is the question of how to die. How did I do it at that time?"

"Remember!" Peach Blossom Fairy suddenly said, "You took a knife to resist...it seems like a kitchen knife."

"You have a really good memory." Zhang Ning nodded, "When people are pushed into a hurry, they always want to resist, at least I do."

Peach Blossom Fairy bowed her head and thought for a while, then said: "Then I don't want to leave even more. don't want to go."

Zhang Ning was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said with a self-deprecating smile: "Unexpectedly, those soldiers who I regard as humerus are not as upright as the two women... If everyone can fight to the death with the officers and soldiers like you, can you win?" It’s hard to tell if it’s true.”

While they were talking, someone knocked on the door suddenly, and a voice said: "Your Highness is inside, your subordinates have something important to report."

Zhang Ning asked someone to open the door, and a guard came in and reported: "Some people came from the west gate, and the brother on duty asked him that they were from the evil sect, and that he knew Master Hou. Arrived, they said that they were on the road overnight and missed the time. The general on duty was Kong Wuyang, he said to send someone to the county government to report to the third prince first, and then make a fuss about it."

"How many people are there?" Zhang Ning asked.

The guard replied: "A dozen people."

Zhang Ning immediately ordered: "Go and call Lord Hou Tan, and go to the city gate to recognize people. If you really know someone, let them in, let Kong Wuyang count the number of people, don't let them wander around in the city, find a place to see stand up."

"Yes." The guard came out as ordered.

He wasn't very worried that the people who came at night were secret agents from the government and army. If the secret agents wanted to sneak into the city, they shouldn't pick such a time; besides, if Zhu Yong didn't plan to go to Yongding Weicheng to rest and recuperate, he would directly attack Cili County when he came over. Well, in a small town like Cili County, he can't afford to use the method of internal response. [

After a long time, Hou Mao asked for an audience outside the second hall, and Zhang Ning called someone to come in.

Three people came in, besides Hou Mao, Zhang Ning also knew the other two, it turned out to be Jiang Youde and his nephew Jiang Hai.Last year, I went to Le'an Han Palace to work, and the two members of the evil sect had spent a lot of time with Zhang Ning, so they knew each other.

Seeing that the person who came was the uncle and nephew of the Jiang family, Zhang Ning was relieved, and completely ruled out the possibility of careful work.

Hou Mao came in and reported: "These two people are people from the main altar. I have met them. They said they brought the leader's autograph letter; they also said they knew His Highness, so I brought them to meet with them."

"Jiang Youde, Jiang Hai." Zhang Ning called out his life directly, "We were born and died together, and old friends meet again, how can we not know each other?"

"Don't dare dare." The middle-aged Jiang Youde hurriedly cupped his fists and said.The meaning of Zhang Ning Yipin is probably because they dare not call the third prince "friend"?Without further ado, Jiang Youde opened his coat, only to see a bamboo tube firmly tied around his waist with a rope. The sight of such importance made Zhang Ning confirm that Jiang Youde had indeed brought the leader's autographed letter.

He took out a rolled envelope from the bamboo tube, and handed it over with both hands: "The leader ordered that it be delivered to His Highness as soon as possible, and I dared not delay on the road, so I came here day and night, so that I didn't arrive at Cili County at night. "

Zhang Ning took the envelope, only to see the burnt lacquer stamped on it, but there was not a word on the envelope, Yao Jizhen still cherished the words like gold.Because Jiang Youde spoke in a hurry, he tore open the envelope on the spot and browsed the contents.The people next to him kept their mouths shut and waited silently.

Opening the letter paper, I saw that Junxiu's petite characters were densely written on two blank sheets of paper.No matter when, every time Zhang Ning saw Yao Ji's words, Zhang Ning felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, and his heart beat fast.

He quickly browsed the content first, mainly to understand what Yao Ji said in the letter.She spent so much pen and ink, but there was actually only one thing to write: to persuade Zhang Ning to return to Fengxia Mountain first, and then make a long-term plan.

She has always cherished words like gold, but this time she spent a lot of words quoting scriptures in the letter. For example, Han Guangwu killed all his men and horses many times and died alone. People who achieved great things in history have always experienced many setbacks , instead of burning jade and stone every time you lose a battle.Later, the little girl was mentioned... All these techniques were used, and Zhang Ning felt her urgency from the lines.

I don't know if Yao Ji is clear in her heart, she herself is more important than moving out the younger sister.

After Zhang Ning saw the letter, for a short moment, his determination was almost shaken.But he quickly reminded himself: Don't be indecisive and change from day to day!The deeds of Han Guangwu mentioned by Yao Ji are actually incomparable.Not to mention that Liu Xiu in history was a person who was hard to get out in 500 years, and the general environment at that time was also different. The regime of Wang Mang in the central government had lost the hearts of the people, and the world was in chaos, so there were naturally many opportunities.

And Zhang Ning had to realize that there was no chance at all during the Xuande Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty; People are also in chaos. It can be said that the best period of chance coincides. If there is no improvement this time, there will be no luck at all.

"I'll write a reply letter, and you take it back to my mother." Zhang Ning said pretending to be calm.

Jiang Youde asked in surprise: "Your Highness's people won't go back?"

Zhang Ning said: "We have already deployed a battle plan. We have to compete with the officers and soldiers here, and we cannot change it easily. You just need to bring the letter back."

"Your Highness... Are you sure you can defeat the official army? I didn't want to inquire about the military aircraft, but I just went back to the leader to ask, so we can have something to say."

Zhang Ning said: "I will write it in detail in the reply letter. You can go to the signing room to get the letter tomorrow morning."

Jiang Youde pondered for a moment, then said: "Since that's the case, we can't intervene. But there is one thing I want to ask, let Jiang Hai go back, and I will stay... so that I can have an explanation to the leader."

After a little thought, Zhang Ning agreed.He then asked the dozen or so people who came with him, who were they.Jiang Youde said: "Recently, many people from various branches of the altar gathered people and wanted to come to vote for His Highness, but they heard that the situation here is not good, so they waited and watched. However, some of them wanted to come here to kill officials and rebel, but I didn't find a way for a while, but I knew we were going to deliver a letter, so I followed along. Some of these people belonged to the evil cult, and some came from other places. We asked Mr. Zheng and confirmed their identities, but there was nothing wrong with their origins The problem... is probably some people whose families were ruined during the Yongle Dynasty, so they don't want to die."

"That's a good thing, as the saying goes, dead men are hard to find." Zhang Ning said, "Hou altar master will send a few people over later, so as to entertain the guests."

It was already very late at night, after Hou Mao and Jiang's uncles and nephews finished their business, they didn't stay any longer, so they left quickly.Zhang Ning had to write the reply overnight, and hand it over to Jiang Youde's nephew Jiang Hai tomorrow morning to send it back.

On a thunderous night, the letter Zhang Ning wrote under the candle was unusual.He didn't write about how everything was fine for him here, but instead wrote about his determination to become benevolent... If he can't succeed, he won't be able to fulfill his promise to let Yao Ji regain his honorable status in a dignified way.Between the words, a psychological debt was added to Yao Ji for no reason.It was as if, if he died in battle, it would be for Yao Ji.

He did it on purpose, like a drowning man who wants to keep someone company when he panics.Of course, when Zhang Ning was "drowning", he couldn't solve the problem by simply pulling someone in. He needed someone he really put his feelings into.

Why do you want to do this, why do you want to hurt a person he cares about most in the Ming Dynasty, instead of blessing her noblely "as long as you live well"?He didn't know the reason, perhaps Yao Ji would never forget him after death, so the fear and help of death seemed to be reduced, this is exactly what he wanted, right?Net many words