Chapter 40: Dark Moon and High Rain (136/449)
Ganbaba walked around the island for a day, but it was dark, but still couldn't find Ning Qingye's whereabouts. He was separated from the person, and Manzhi and Nightingale had already boarded the ship and left Junshan Island.
Seeing that it was dark, Xu Buling had to give up and continue searching. He boarded the ferry back to Yueyang with Ning Yu, and prepared to go back and discuss. If Ning Qingye deliberately hid and did not show up, he would have to think of other ways.
Xu Buling was the last ferry, but the boat was not big, and the people riding were all shopkeepers and Lifu who returned from the market. Many people were tired all day and lay down on the deck of the cabin to rest. Some men gathered together and talked dirty jokes. Several women spoke more fiercely than men, and they followed them to joke.
Xu Buling's outfit was incompatible with these people. He didn't want to disturb the tired people in the city for a day. He didn't enter the cabin and stood at the bow of the ferry with Ning Yuhe.
After running around all day, Ning Yuhe couldn't find Ning Qingye. Ning Yuhe's Wenjing's cheeks were obviously a little lost and tired. He held an oil-paper umbrella and looked at the black lake, wondering what he was thinking about.
Xu Buling stood in front of him and hesitated for a moment: "If Qingye refuses to come out, I will go to the yamen to say hello tomorrow, and send the wing army to search the island. Scan the carpet style and you will definitely find it."
Ning Yuhe thought about it and turned his head: "Qingye is a man from the martial arts world. He asked the officers and soldiers to search for it, it sounds like catching a thief..."
"Don't think too much about looking for someone."
"I'm nothing..."
The weather was a little cold, Ning Yu tightened her white skirt tightly and sighed softly: "Qingye is quite straightforward. When he was a child, his home was wiped out by the government. He was very resistant to the officers and soldiers of the court and may not be very willing. Moreover, she has good martial arts skills. If she really wants to hide it, the officers and soldiers will not be able to find it..."
Xu Buling had some understanding of Ning Qingye's personality and thought for a while: "It's really not possible. I'll just say something and let the people who beat the Eagle Tower not sort out the Ye."
Ning Yuhe shook his head: "Danying Yinglou won't touch Qingye, I'm afraid Qingye will be stubborn."
Xu Buling didn't know Li Hansheng's background, and Ning Qingye had never mentioned it to him. He was a little surprised to hear this:
"Qingye has anything to do with Daying Tower?"
Ning Yuhe sighed, hesitated, and said, "Li Hansheng is Qingye's biological father. Qingye's mother Pei Yun committed a crime and was arrested by the court. She hid in a mountain village in Shu. Li Hansheng ran to the capital to find an official. Later, the iron eagle hunted deer, and the mountain village was surrounded by the government. Li Hansheng did not come back. Pei Yun escaped from Qingye and died under the knife of the government. Li Hansheng's temperament changed drastically since then. The father and daughter turned against each other and never reunited. However, after all, they are Qingye's biological father, so they will definitely not do anything to Qingye..."
After Xu Buling Anjing listened, he felt something was wrong - Manzhi's father entered the Eagle Tower, at least the second in command. Li Hansheng is the leader of the Eagle Tower, and countless bandits in the world obeyed him. Now he and Zhu Manzhi and Ning Qingye have a unclear relationship. If one day Li Hansheng and Zhu Liuyi jointly rebel, wouldn't he be the son-in-law be tied up on the pirate ship?
"After a long time, is it still my own person?"
"Qingye hated Li Han so much that he had long since broken the relationship between father and daughter, and even changed his surname to my surname."
Xu Buling frowned slightly - saying that it was a broken father-daughter relationship, the court did not recognize this, and it was implicated that the nine clans were expelled from the house. As long as you have blood ties, even if you don’t know each other, they will be cut off, let alone the father and daughter.
If Li Hansheng and Zhu Liuzhen raised the banner to rebel, the court found that their son-in-law were both his princes, Prince Su. The court would not listen to his explanation. The vassal king secretly supported the rebels and plotted against the head. Then Song Jiku wiped the vassal with a knife. He could not hand over the branch to clear the relationship between Qingye...
Thinking of this, Xu Buling rubbed his eyebrows and felt a headache: "This matter is a bit troublesome, and he has to find a way to separate himself from the Eagle Tower. If someone points out this matter, something big will happen."
Ning Yuhe knew the pros and consoled softly: "There are not many people who know about this. I only told everyone that Qingye was the wild girl he picked up."
"I'm afraid that Li Hansheng will use this relationship to be a reputation as a 'poison soldier'. Such a thing may not be impossible. At that time, he points out the relationship between me and Qingye, and the court will inevitably hold him accountable. I can't arrest Qingye for self-provement of his innocence. Not arresting him is equivalent to blatantly disobeying the emperor's name..."
Ning Yu frowned: "Although Li Hansheng's tricks are fierce, he is also avenging his deceased wife. He shouldn't even use Qingye's safety to coerce you, right?"
"There is no need to be guarded against others, who knows..."
Xu Buling sighed and said nothing more.
Ning Yuhe pursed her lips, but she didn't know how to deal with this troublesome relationship. She could only stand beside Xu Buling and think with her.
Soon, the ferry landed on the dock, and the Lifudians got off the boat one after another. Xu Buling and Ning Yuhe walked along the street through the Lifu and the boatmen living in the house, and turned back to the building boat by the lake.
The night wind is cold and the drizzle is drizzling.
The ferry is on the edge and mainly transports tourists and goods nearby. The surrounding houses are also poor families.
The lights were dim and noisy in the night, and laughter came from the gambling house railings. Some lost men were thrown out of the gambling stall and threw them into the mud-filled street. There were also women with pretty clothes, leaning against the door of the diner, looking around and looking at the right rich man.
When walking through such a place, the master and apprentice naturally looked straight, but the sound insulation effect of the bottom railing was not good, and the two of them were also clear and could clearly hear the sound of "slap" in the railing and the breathing of men and women.
"Well...ah~Don't do this..."
Xu Buling's eyes were pure and unmoved, but Ning Yuhe was not as hot as this. Even a monk could not pretend to be indifferent. His face turned a little red with difficulty and he walked over quickly.
Xu Buling looked at his silly Master Bai Tian, and felt a little funny, but he didn't point it out. He walked alongside Ning Yu and walked across the small market and stepped onto a stone arch bridge.
There are no houses at both ends of the stone bridge, and there is a surging river water below, with no one in front and behind, so you can only rely on a little light from the street market in the distance to identify the road.
Ning Yuhe is definitely not afraid of the darkness, but just heard the sound in the railings. It is inevitable that the atmosphere of a lonely man and a widow are in a bad state when walking together. Ning Yuhe thought about it and said:
"When it's not raining, the scenery here is very good. Manzhi and I came here last time and saw many young people visiting here..."
Before he finished speaking, Ning Yuhe found that his apprentice around him had stopped on the arch bridge.
Ning Yuhe followed and stopped on the stone arch bridge, looked back and forth, and there was no one around, and something was wrong:
"Ling'er, what's wrong?"
Xu Buling didn't speak.
Ning Yuhe still wanted to look around, but found that his apprentice who had been polite, suddenly hugged her and hugged her in his arms.
Chapter completed!