Ping An Biography

The spring night is still chilly, the long street is quiet, and the trance sound of playing watch can be heard in the distance.Lanterns hung sparsely on the street, glowing with dim light; the mist on the dark classical long street seems to have a blue color in the light of the lanterns.

Everything is so deserted.

Peach Blossom Fairy and others stayed quietly in the shadow of the building, staying for a long time to observe the frequency of night patrols by the emergent soldiers.In the dark, Wang Xian and others looked very nervous, but Peach Blossom Fairy was very used to this kind of environment.Doing things in the dark that others don't allow, like trafficking in smuggled salt, beheading if caught, nothing more.

Probably after squatting motionless for a long time, with nothing else to do, some subtle things slowly came to my heart and continued to expand.The scene of a group of people in Zhang Ning's room repeatedly appeared in her mind.He grabbed his wrist, then slowly let go.

Many things are fleeting, too fast, too hasty.Before she realized it at the time, it had already become the past; when it slowly swelled in her heart, it had already become a memory.

That's why memories are so beautiful, so worth reviewing over and over again...

The sun finally rose outside the window, and Zhang Ning didn't sleep well all night.He had already packed his luggage, and sat in the room with Chen Maocai, waiting for Bai Fengjiao to make an appointment.She will come to see Zhang Ning out of this disturbing place.

The only person who was with him was Chen Maocai.Perhaps the Miao people who had been waiting to deliver breakfast would become suspicious when they found that there were only two people left in the guest room, but there was no need to worry, Bai Fengjiao would come soon, and there was no need to explain anything once she left.

"My lord knows how to play Go?" Chen Maocai said suddenly.

When Zhang Ning looked up at him, he saw Chen Maocai pointing to the Go board and two chess cups on the desk not far away with a smile on his face. Sure enough, everything was ready-made.The Miao people definitely didn't put it here, the Miao people probably wouldn't play this kind of thing, maybe the former owner of this house liked to play chess.

Zhang Ning nodded and said: "I understand the rules of chess, but I rarely have time to play with this thing, and my chess skills may be a bit poor."

"Will you accompany the lord to play a game that night?" Chen Maocai then got up to get the chessboard.

According to the plan, Chen Maocai would also stay, and Zhang Ning was the only one who was going to leave this dangerous situation.Zhang Ning felt a little uncomfortable, watching so many familiar people leave him one after another, he couldn't feel better.It reminds me of a sentence in the Book of Songs: "The white rabbit, running around here and there... Clothes are not as good as new ones, people are not as good as old ones."

However, Chen Maocai is really too pretentious. He always pretends to be a little chic trick on weekdays. Even at this time, he wants to play chess with Zhang Ning and pretend to be calm.

In fact, neither of them could calm down. As the sun continued to rise, the person who was coming still did not come. Chen Maocai had already looked back at the door thirteen times; He didn't even look back, and didn't say anything.

If the people who want to come don't come, he has nothing to do; Zhang Ning and Chen Maocai alone are two literati, and it is difficult to move even an inch in the Miao army base camp.Sure enough, such a big event can't be placed on a woman?Or was Bai Fengjiao delayed by something she couldn't get out of?

After a long time, there was a sudden noise outside, and a few Miao people were seen sprinting along the corridor.Chen Maocai couldn't sit still, and put a chess piece back into the chess cup: "Wansheng, go and ask what happened."

"I'll go with you," Zhang Ning said.

As soon as the two of them went out, a group of Miao soldiers with blue and white cloth covering their heads, leather armor on their chests, and leggings with weapons blocked their way.One of them asked: "Your envoy had more than ten attendants, where did they go?" The other said coldly: "There is water running over the ceremony hall, some Han people took advantage of the fire and killed someone, it must be those attendants." He made a phone call to Miao Bing, guessing that it might be to restrict the freedom of Zhang Ning and others, not to leave this place.

Zhang Ning had already estimated the current situation. Peach Blossom Fairy and the others didn't know that Zhang Ning hadn't left yet, and they had already started according to the agreed plan.He immediately pointed to the room he lived in and said, "What about our decision to wait in the room for King Miao?"

Miao Jiang, who can speak Chinese, glanced into the room, nodded and said, "You are not allowed to go anywhere, just wait here."

The two returned to the room, and now there were more Miao soldiers with weapons guarding the door.Chen Maocai and Zhang Ning looked at each other, then sighed.Zhang Ning pointed to the chessboard on the table: "We haven't decided the winner yet, shall we finish playing it?"

After a while, there was a sound of talking outside, the local language was unintelligible, as if someone had come.Zhang Ning turned his head and saw two women standing at the door, one of them was wearing a purple hat and covering his face with a veil, although Zhang Ning couldn't see his face clearly, Zhang Ning recognized that it was Bai Fengjiao.

Two Miao girls walked into the room, and the people around Bai Fengjiao immediately closed the door.Bai Fengjiao lifted the veil in front of the purple hat, and said apologetically, "I'm late. My father sent me over early in the morning. I was scolded and couldn't get away. If it was someone else, I would naturally have an excuse I left, but my father was angry at that time, so I had no choice but to stay there; but I never forgot today's agreement in my heart...Do you believe it?"

Zhang Ning nodded and said, "I believe it."

Bai Fengjiao didn't know what she was going to do this morning, so it was impossible for her to have any premeditated plans.

"You really believe it?" Bai Fengjiao looked at Zhang Ning's face seriously, trying to find a trace of blame and dissatisfaction on his face.

But Zhang Ning said kindly: "You have no reason to harm me. I believe you must be delayed by something you can't get out of. Besides, isn't Miss Bai here now?"

"I..." Bai Fengjiao was almost crying.

This woman, her attention was all on the unfulfilled promise of her own, but she ignored the most crucial link: Zhang Ning conspired to kill Mingshi.If it hadn't happened, what did it matter if she was earlier or later?

She looked up at Zhang Ning: "What should you do now? What should I do..."

Zhang Ning pondered for a moment and said: "My subordinates are under my orders to do anything. I would like to ask Miss Bai to help them temporarily protect them and prevent them from being harmed. How King Miao should deal with this matter should be the first thing to do. Follow me."

Without further ado, Bai Fengjiao gave some instructions to Bai Yan beside her, and she deliberately said in Chinese, "Xiao Xi, hurry up and ask which tribe the assassin is from. If you know the leader, please pass on my words." , let them treat the captured people well, and wait for King Miao's judgment."

Bai Yan responded, opened the door and left immediately.

"I'm going to plead with my father." Bai Fengjiao said again, she shook her head after thinking about it, "No, I have to stay with you here, and I can't let others hurt you...I didn't betray you!"

Zhang Ning couldn't help asking, "Why did you do this?"

Bai Fengjiao raised her head, took a step forward hesitantly, bit her red lips lightly, and was about to say something.Unexpectedly, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open, and a Miao man stood at the door and bent over to speak on the phone.Bai Fengjiao stood where she was, and translated: "Father asked someone to take you to the Chinese army to meet. I will go with you."

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In the lobby of the Luxi government office, an old man with his hair wrapped in a tapered shape and wearing a double-breasted red coat was sitting on the public seat.The desks, seats, doors, windows, and guards of honor on the walls are all Han Chinese. The plaque on the back with the words "Mirror High Hanging" written in Chinese characters is still hanging, but there are some people sitting on the seats who don't match the environment at all. The scene says Uncoordinated.

The old man sitting at the top is the old man who proclaimed himself King of Miao, and the people below include the leaders and important figures of the Long Dachong family, Shi family, Ma family, Liao family, etc., and the most powerful figures in the Miao army gathered together.Normally, when these people sit together to discuss matters, their faces are more or less red-faced, but today they appear to be very silent, because this matter involves the old man's daughter.

If Bai Fengjiao hadn't tipped off the news, the "Third Princes" from the Suzaku army should not have known that Miao Jun and the Ming envoy were negotiating in private, and there was news that Bai Fengjiao and Zhu Ning had been in close contact these two days; some people even thought in private that Bai Fengjiao was the accomplice in the murder of Ming envoy Geng Huaiyuan.

When things were like this, even Long Dachong, who advocated peace talks with the government, didn't want to say anything to offend anyone: Then Bai Fengjiao is the daughter of the old man Miao Wang, so the one who openly accused Bai Fengjiao was not embarrassing for Miao Wang?At this time, the Miao army was a union of many families and tribes, but the old man was still the largest one, and was supported by all the tribes at the same time. Long Dachong didn't want to have conflicts with the old man.

There are also some people whose relationship with Bai Fengjiao is even more involved.For example, the patriarch of the Shi family was originally the adopted son of the predecessor Shi Tian, ​​and there were more than one adopted son of Shi Tian. If Bai Fengjiao hadn't spoken for him in the Bai family and the Shi family, it would have been impossible for him to inherit the family's land property.

So even if Bai Fengjiao did something wrong, the leaders were unwilling to say anything, and just waited for the old man to discipline him.

The old man sat for a while with a livid face, and finally said: "This king will lock up the little girl and prevent her from interacting with the Han people."

The atmosphere became active immediately, and the leaders all praised King Miao for his wisdom.Everyone didn't say anything before, but in their hearts they disapproved of the relationship between the Miao women and the Han people. The long-term ethnic estrangement made people more xenophobic.

The old man got the approval of the leaders, and immediately said: "Not long ago, I got the news that the army of Duke Cheng of the Ming Dynasty is marching towards Longtou Temple, and the distance is not far away. Now their envoy has died in the Miao army camp again." , this king believes that it is no longer feasible to negotiate a peace with the official army; he decided to discuss an alliance with the Zhuque army in Gaodu County to deal with the official army's attack together."

Everyone agreed one after another, and a few words convinced most of the leaders. The old man once again established his authority among the Miao people.

Then someone even said that Zhu Yong and Zhu Ning had a grudge, and they might attack Gaodu first, and it would be beneficial for the Miao army to let Zhu Ning go and let him fight with the official army; if the official army attacked Luxi first, let the Zhuque army in Gaodu It is always beneficial for the Alliance to support you in the back...