The woman was surprisingly quiet. Although she was wearing a red shirt and standing in the alley, she did not attract attention.

But no matter how Changsun Qianxue's perception in the wine shop was at this time, or in Ding Ning's eyes at this time, there seemed to be a black bamboo swaying around her.

Black bamboo is quiet and uncontested, but it is a natural aura that does not belong to the mortal world. How can it be safe?

The woman in red shirt seemed to have no intersection with everyone in the streets and alleys. However, when she saw her, Ding Ning knew that her judgment was correct, and she was the owner of the underground kingdom of the fish market.

Zhang Yi, who was ashamed and blamed for causing Xue Wangxu to get angry, was thinking about Xue Wangxu's solemn words. After all, he was also a highly qualified practitioner. He finally felt something strange and looked up.

But when he looked up, the woman in red shirt had turned around and left, so he saw nothing, just looking at the place where the woman in red shirt was standing before, with some inexplicable doubts.

"how?"

Xue Wangxu looked at him and asked.

"Nothing." Zhang Yi shook her head and whispered uneasy: "Another next game?"

Xue Wangxu was already a little interested, but looking at Zhang Yi who was anxious to make up for it, he suddenly felt that this was another way of teaching.

So he nodded, knocked on the chessboard, and said, "Come again."

"Ding Ning!"

At this moment, Changsun Qianxue's cold call sounded from the backyard of the wine shop.

...

The woman in red walked into the narrow alley outside the sycamore tree, and the old man in black who was waiting there, leaning on a bamboo stick, followed her.

"That boy is really good."

She moved towards the fish market and slowly spoke to the old man in black. Her voice contained a kind of tranquility that could even infect others. "It is rare to be able to come to the fish market to take care of the lonely old woman and talk with the old woman without asking for retribution. Today, he has a peaceful peace of honor and disgrace. I also have the idea of ​​loving talent, but I can't protect myself. Following us, no one is human, no ghost, I can only look at him from a distance."

"The woman is full of yin energy, and she is practicing the methods of Yin Gods and ghosts in the Great Qi Dynasty. She has reached the seventh realm. Who is she? How could she come to see you?" Changsun Qianxue, facing the direction of the woman in red, asked Ding Ning who was called by her in the backyard of the wine shop.

"The owner of the fish market underground." Ding Ning looked at her cold and solemn face and replied with some difficulty: "The only descendant of the merchant... I should be that I often go to the fish market. Now, the matter of breaking some records in the cultivation level has been introduced to the fish market, so she came to take a look."

Changsun Qianxue was silent for a moment and said, "Since she is the old subordinate of your master, she is probably already the only old subordinate of your master. Now that she has such cultivation and power, why don't you want to use her power?"

Ding Ning was silent for a moment and had no answer.

Changsun Qianxue said in a cold voice: "Others don't know, but I know more than anyone else. He used thunder to destroy the Changsun family and later used merchants as scapegoats to calm the anger of some noble families. He scattered the merchants who promoted the reform, but the reforms led by the merchants were still slowly maintained... This kind of ultimate killing and feminine successors was mostly from the emperor and the current queen. Because I know that your master was not in Changling at that time, and he also protected the only girl of the merchant. In this matter, he took many powerful revenge measures, and since then there was an irreconcilable gap between him and the emperor... So if you ask for something, she will help you."

Ding Ning did not respond to her words, but just looked at her and shook her head: "You all say that it is the grudge of old and loneliness. There are too many people who owe the merchants, but the merchants do not owe anyone. We want to kill the emperor above the Eight Realm, which sounds like an illusory rebellion, so don't drag her in again."

Changsun Qianxue glanced at him, stopped talking, turned around and walked into the room behind her.

This attitude means that although she does not agree with it, she at least does not object to Ding Ning's meaning.

...

...

The sound of firecrackers get rid of the old year.

New Year is here.

The stable Qin Dynasty officially entered the 12th year of Yuanwu.

It has been twelve years since Emperor Yuanwu ascended the throne.

There is a new atmosphere in the New Year. In Xue Wangxu's courtyard, Wang Taixu was decorated with a very joyful atmosphere. Not only were couplets posted on the doors, but there were fiery red decals on the windows. Even the old pear tree with almost lost leaves in the courtyard was covered with silk, and a wind-proof gauze was installed above the patio.

In the warm sunshine, Ding Ning, Xue Wangxu, Zhang Yi and Wang Taixu were sitting at a small square table under the pear tree basking in the sun and drinking some tea.

Smelling the aroma of meat from the streets and alleys, Xue Wangxu said sincerely: "Just make every household count meals, the emperor is proud."

Wang Taixu was deeply touched and said with emotion: "No matter how high-ranking nobles in the court are at this time, at least in my opinion, it is much more meaningful to make Changling people eat and wear warmer than to build a city."

Zhang Yi admired and said in awe: "The emperor is naturally a wise emperor who is rare in the ages. The empress and the two princes are naturally also the wise assistants of the emperor. It is a great achievement to make the people who live in the house and the farmer have their own fields. What's more, it is a great achievement. Not to mention having enough food and clothing, cooking oil with fire."

Ding Ning took a sip of hot tea, without comment, but smiled self-deprecatingly in his heart.

Now almost everyone in Changling loves Emperor Yuanwu, who has been in power for twelve years, now. No matter how great his achievements are, can a person's sin be offset?

If everyone says yes, he will never agree.

And at least Changsun Qianxue will stand aside with him.

A young man in a new shirt appeared at the gate of the yard.

When he looked up at the boy wearing a new shirt, Zhang Yi felt a little bitter and said sadly: "Shen Yi, although my junior brother Ding Ning has entered the third realm, you might as well not be so anxious. It will be a bit bad to move the sword in the New Year."

The visiting boy Shen Yi, a young man from Guanzhong who had a promise to break the realm and fight again, had a little hesitation. When he heard Zhang Yi's words, he turned around a little hurriedly, allowing Zhang Yi and Ding Ning to see their backs. At the same time, he quickly explained with embarrassment: "I didn't bring a sword, I was not here to fight."

Zhang Yi's brow suddenly relaxed and said gently: "It's so good, you can sit down and drink tea first."

Zhang Yi's nature is relaxing and close, and Shen Yi, who was slightly nervous, immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you for your two Sanyang grasses." Ding Ning also smiled slightly at the straightforward Guanzhong boy who walked into the courtyard.

Shen Yi looked at Ding Ning's smile and relaxed a little more. He saluted Xue Wangxu and Wang Taixu first, then looked at Ding Ning and said, "I heard about you breaking the realm two days ago. The speed of breaking the realm exceeded An Baoshi and Jing Liuli. I wanted to come to find you, but I thought that just by the speed of entering the realm with such cultivation, I was not as good as I was. I was a little discouraged for a moment, and hesitated for several days, and I didn't come until today."

Ding Ning said calmly: "Fast cultivation in the first three realms does not mean anything."

"Because I had an agreement to break the realm and fight again, it would be a big deal if I didn't come to see you, hiding was not a problem." Chen Yi looked at him and explained, "But I feel that it is not as good as you, and as your senior brother Zhang Yi said, it is always bad to come to have a fight in the New Year, so come here first and treat it as a New Year."

Xue Wangxu smiled slightly and praised: "I am worthy of being a young man who has walked out of the eight hundred miles of Pingchuan in Guanzhong, with a open mind."

Chen Yi's face turned slightly red, and suddenly he mustered up the courage and said, "Master Xue Dong, I have a reluctant request. I wonder if you agree."

Xue Wangxu was slightly stunned, and his dim pupils suddenly lit up, and he said, "How?"

Chen Yi said: "I have not entered any sword academy before... I wonder if Master Xue Cave can recommend me to participate in the Aries Cave entrance exam?"

"Aries Cave has now been incorporated into the Qingteng Sword Academy. What you mean is to become a student of the Qingteng Sword Academy and to become a brother with Zhang Yi and Ding Ning?" Xue Wangxu immediately twisted his beard and laughed, "This is really wonderful."

Ding Ning was speechless.

Xue Wangxu had previously revealed his interesting thoughts about Chen Yi, but never expected that Chen Yi would take the initiative to make such a request.

Chen Yi's face was full of joy at this time. He looked at Xue Wangxu who was laughing smugly and said excitedly: "Did the cave master agree to this?"

Xue Wangxu looked at the excited Guanzhong boy and said, "As long as you are not worried about hindering your future, since I have made an exception and accepted Ding Ning, it is nothing to make another exception. I believe Di Qingmei is willing to take on the burden and accept such an outstanding student for Qingteng Sword Academy."

Hearing Xue Wangxu agreeing so much, Chen Yi was so happy that his mouth was dry and opened his mouth wide, but couldn't say anything.

Ding Ning shook his head and did not express any comments. He just asked Chen Yi calmly, "Why did you suddenly have such an idea?"

Chen Yi said: "I heard that you wanted to participate in the Minshan Sword Club, so I thought that even if you fight with you now, even if you can beat you, there is nothing to be proud of. After all, you only started practicing in the autumn last year, not to mention that I went back and thought about the sword force you defeated me, and felt that you might still lose when you let go. I can't surpass it for a while. I think it's better to follow your steps and watch you move forward."

Xue Wangxu smiled slightly when he heard this and said, "No, know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles."

Ding Ning frowned slightly, but before he could speak, Chen Yi rushed to say, "Ding Ning, don't get me wrong. The reason why I did this is not entirely for Xie Rou."

Zhang Yi's eyes were gentler. He knew more and more that Chen Yi's decision was first of all because Ding Ning's performance made him realize some of his shortcomings, but the more important reason was that Ding Ning and Xue Wangxu impressed him in his heart.

"Since the cave master agreed to you, you are now a student of our college, so you should follow some rituals." So he looked at Chen Yi gently and said, "Do you still call Ding Ning?"

Chen Yi was stunned and immediately reacted, and bowed to Ding Ning and Zhang Yi excitedly and respectfully, saying, "I have met Senior Brother Ding Ning and Senior Brother Zhang Yi."

"It's great now." Xue Wangxu glanced at Zhang Yi and Ding Ning, then smiled at Wang Taixu, and said, "I've come somewhere between the two, generous and straightforward, but not like Zhang Yi's mother. He dares to act but is not as calm as Ding Ning, and lacks the reckless impulse of a boy."

Wang Taixu smiled and said, "Wouldn't it be too calm and heavy?"

Xue Wangxu said seriously: "Of course it's not too good. Too rational and weighing, sometimes he will be hindered."

Ding Ning didn't say much and said, "I'm going to the fish market later."

Chen Yi immediately said, "Can you take me with you?"
Chapter completed!