My enemies became my companions

Chapter 253 I Will Marry Him

Chapter 253 I Will Marry Him (Two in One)

Chen Yi left.

He did not stay in the Min Mansion for long, nor would he stay for long. He just nodded to Min Ning from a distance and disappeared in front of the grandfather and grandson.

After such an incident, the Min Mansion was silent for a moment. The grandfather, grandson and three persons did not speak to each other. Each of them had their own thoughts and ideas. They let the cold winter wind blow. After an unknown amount of time, the old man who had become a ghost sighed deeply, then laughed, then sighed again, then laughed again. His expression changed continuously, and finally he sighed deeply again. He swam around the pond like a fish, and then returned to his original place.

Min He stared at the direction where Chen Yi left and murmured:
"This person... this person is stubborn."

Min Ning didn't say anything, but her eyes were already sparkling.

He gave in for her and was willing to wait for her. For a stubborn man like him, this was harder than dying for her.

She pursed her lips slightly, her fingertips were trembling, those words seemed to be burning in her heart, burning non-stop. Many things in the capital city constrained her, she wanted to just raise her head, carry her sword, and become a hero.

"Grandpa, I said, I will take good care of this family."

Min Ning opened his mouth, his five fingers already grasping the hilt of the knife.

When the old man heard this, he didn't say much. He understood it in his heart, and Min Ming beside him understood it even more.

The plaque engraved with the words "Min Mansion" sparkled in the sunlight. Min Ning's tone was firm, as if she would make a name for herself sooner or later, and become a great hero in the end, just as he said.

By then, everyone in the world would know who Min Ning, with the courtesy name Yuechi was.

Min He took in her gaze, and suddenly felt proud, then sad. He did not say it out loud, but said:
"Well, I have a good granddaughter, and your father has a good daughter."

For so many years, the burden of the Min family has been on Min Ning's shoulders, forcing her, originally a woman, to dress as a man and mingle in the capital, a place full of filth and corruption. She has suffered countless injustices.

At this moment, the grandfather and grandson did not cry together, but smiled at each other.

Min Ming turned his head and silently glanced at the place where Chen Yi left. His expression became complicated, but he didn't say anything. All those words were now kept in his stomach, so it was better not to say them.

On this last day, the Min Mansion was unusually lively. After the Prime Minister's case, such a situation became extremely rare.

Although the Min Mansion was not large, it used to have maids, servants, and nannies. During the Chinese New Year, they would all gather around the same table to eat. On such festive days, the distinction between master and servant was almost eliminated. But later, the Min Mansion fell into decline, and all these things became a gray, stuck in memories.

Min Ming, the eldest daughter, held a vegetable basket and started a fire with a flint. Wisps of smoke rose up. An elder sister is like a mother. When Min Ning knew nothing, she went in and out of the kitchen with the old maids.

If it is a family with a scholarly background, the daughter of the family may cook, but she would not go in and out of the kitchen so often. It is not an empty saying that a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen. The children of a gentleman should also stay away from the kitchen. However, the Min family was founded by Min He himself, so the foundation is not deep, and it is a military family, so there are not so many rules.

The flames were rising. The chopped meat was placed in a washed jar with some star anise and cinnamon leaves, and then it began to stew. Min Ming was fanning the fire and controlling the heat, and he didn't notice his sister Min Ning coming in.

Min Ning almost fell on his sister's back.

The prostitute paused. The two sisters had been in a cold war for a long time, but they would eventually see each other again. After so many days, the conflict had been resolved completely. So Min Ming reacted and said in a soft voice:
"Don't make trouble, we're cooking."

Min Ning seemed not to hear and said, "Sister, can you carry me on your back like before?"

My sister's back, perhaps to support the two balls whose toes could not be seen when she looked down, was broader and thicker than hers, and as soft as a slug, unlike her well-defined back.

"You're already in your twenties, how can I carry you?" Min Ming said unhappily.

"I can finally afford it."

Min Ning stuck to it for a while before slowly letting go.

Min Ming looked at the fire in the pot and said softly, "It's almost the New Year. There's not much time left. Find me a place to live in the palace. I'll move all the things in Baihua Tower there."

The young man's heart skipped a beat, but he remained silent and did not mention the fact that he had taken the medicine away.

She hasn't found a chance to use it yet, and even if she can't find it, she won't return it to Min Ming.

Min Ming didn't notice and kept on talking: "The palace is quiet. I will go home more often and cook for you. Look at what you eat when I'm not around. You bought extra steamed buns and sesame cakes for breakfast, and the pickled vegetable porridge you brought back from the West Factory. You didn't even cook a meal. How can that work?"

The two sisters, one talked and the other listened. Min Ning leaned on her sister's back and listened patiently. Anyone would get tired of listening to nagging, and Min Ning was no exception. She became sleepy and yawned after listening for a long time. Min Ming was also tired of her leaning on her, so he clapped her hands hard, but when that didn't work, he pinched her waist.

Min Ning jumped up and gave his sister a fierce look, but he was not a child after all, so he did not kick her on the butt.

After dinner, time passed unknowingly, and it was almost sunset. Firecrackers went off again outside the Min Mansion, crackling, and long strings of red paper floated and surged into the house. Min Ming was embroidering at that time, and was startled by the sound of firecrackers. She accidentally pricked her finger, sucked her fingertip to her lips, and looked around, afraid to be seen by Min Ning.

She looked around the yard, but didn't see Min Ning. She was wondering, but when she looked up, she saw Min Ning and his grandfather on the roof. She didn't know when they had gone there, but the grandfather and grandson sat side by side, facing the large patches of evening sunlight.

"Oh, if I hadn't died, I would have gone to congratulate them and share in their good fortune."

Min He saw from afar that the wedding procession formed a long dragon and the bridal sedan was coming slowly. The people from the groom's house kept handing out red envelopes and distributing red eggs, which made the old man think of his youth. As he thought about it, he thought of his son's wedding day.

"At that time, your father was so embarrassed. He finally married a girl from the Tang family, but when he went to pick up the bride, his legs were so weak that he couldn't get on the horse. He fell off the horse several times. It was only with my help that he could ride on the horse to pick up the bride."

Min He couldn't stop nostalgia in his eyes, and the scenes of that day seemed to be replayed in his eyes.

Min Ning watched from afar as the groom pulled the bride out of the sedan chair, his eyes lost in thought. After a long moment, he asked, "How long did it take for them to have a sister?"

"It was less than a year ago, almost a year ago. When your sister was born, the nanny weighed her and she weighed nearly 15 pounds. She also cried a lot, so she was named Ming."

"So... I named myself 'Ning'? To contrast with my sister?"

"No, when you were born, you weighed only five or six pounds, and you were very thin. And you didn't cry at first, and your parents were so panicked. I told them not to be afraid, and after a while you finally started crying. At that time, your sister happened to cry too."

Min He was talking about the past, looking into the distance, and Min Ning was also looking out. When she cried, her sister cried too. What a coincidence! Because she didn't cry at first, she was given the name "Ning". Perhaps her parents only discovered afterwards that the two sisters' names were opposite. Such a coincidence was really destined.

At that time, everything was going happily, but suddenly one day, everything disappeared.

Min Ning's eyes darkened and he asked softly:
"Grandpa, what exactly happened with the Xiangguo case back then?"

Min He fell silent and sighed softly:

"Why bother?"

"I'm leaving Beijing. I don't want to stay here in this unclear place."

Hearing this, Min He glanced at Min Ning, and after a long while he thought of Captain Chen, and finally said with relief:
"In the case of the Prime Minister, everyone in the world said that Prime Minister Zhang once proposed the method of immortality to the emperor in order to please him and bring disaster to the government. But in fact, the Prime Minister did not make any proposal. It was the emperor who first mentioned the method of immortality to the Prime Minister." Min Ning was shocked when he heard this.
"What…"

All along, she had believed these rumors and thought that it was all Prime Minister Zhang's fault.

"Ning'er, you don't understand, what is Zhang Xiangguo, Li Xiangguo, without the emperor, how can there be a prime minister. In the 25th year of Qingying, I and a group of Jinyiwei brothers ran around, according to the order of the emperor, to search in the ancient Xia land. After two years, we finally found the method of immortality in an ancient tomb of the King of Xia in Tushan. However, this method is horrible and disregards human ethics. It can even be said to be a method of escaping from heaven. So I reported it to Zhang Xiangguo overnight, and Zhang Xiangguo reported it to the emperor."

Min He kept talking, and finally sighed.
"The key to this method is to kill the three corpses. So, the emperor killed the old queen mother, and in order to conceal this matter, he also got rid of me and Prime Minister Zhang."

Min Ning was silent for a while after hearing this. Although the matter was similar to what she had guessed before, she felt very different after finally hearing it from her grandfather's mouth.

My grandfather was executed for following orders, and my father, who was investigating the cause, also died in unclear circumstances. My mother was also depressed. The misfortune came suddenly, and all the past days disappeared.

"No more talking, no more talking." Min He shook his head.

Min Ning nodded slightly and looked at the capital city for a long time. She felt more and more that this place was not suitable for her.

She will leave and go out into the world. When she comes back one day, she will appear outside Chen Yi's yard without saying hello, so that he can see how glorious she will be at that time. Will he be scared to pee his pants and regret threatening and bullying her before?
Min He also looked out for a long time. Suddenly, he pointed at the tallest building in the capital and said:
"My grandfather once climbed that watchtower."

"Ever climbed?"

"The scenery is great, better than here. At that time, Grandpa had just arrived in the capital, and he had a competition with a group of colleagues after getting drunk to see who had the best Qinggong."

Min He said, with a gleam in his eyes:

"The young knights of Chang'an go up to the watchtower to see Taibai Mountain at night."

Min Ning scratched her head, knowing that this was a poem, but she had little education and could not quite understand it.

The old man laughed and cursed:

"Silly Ning'er, to grandpa at that time, the capital was the Jianghu."

Min Ning was slightly startled.

"There are rivers and lakes everywhere, and there are people who go to the night watchtowers everywhere."

The old man sighed and talked about the past, about the world that Min Ning had longed for.
"The Jianghu is about walking around everywhere, running around everywhere, a young knight-errant, living in a place without a fixed place, until he finds a place to settle down and a lifelong companion. When his mind settles down, he looks back and realizes that he has walked so many roads, crossed so many mountains, and has done so many chivalrous things and fought for so many righteousnesses.

Min Ning, so, you have already started to be a hero... a long time ago."

Hearing his grandfather calling his name, Min Ning stared at the tallest guard tower in a daze.

"Grandpa, can I really be a hero?"

"Yes, definitely." Min He replied.

“My father has never been…”

"I used to be your grandfather. You are like me back then. No, you are better than your grandfather. Back then, your grandfather didn't take good care of the family or the sect."

"Grandpa, actually I...I want to go out with him, but it doesn't seem very good..."

"Some things have to be experienced alone. You might as well think about it. When you meet him someday, will he call you a hero?"

The grandfather and grandson asked and answered each other, and Min Ning's mind was in ups and downs. At dusk, the sun set, and the layers of roof tiles were shining with golden light. It looked like a road, her road.

This road is bright and hot, and it has just begun.

"Grandpa, I will leave here and come back to let that bastard see if I am still the Min Yuechi of the past."

Min Ning faced the tallest guard tower and clenched his fists.

"..."

"grandfather?"

When he shouted this, Min Ning turned his face to the side and burst into tears instantly.

no respond.

There is nothing around me.

Before I knew it, the time had come and Grandpa had... disappeared.

The sound of firecrackers was still popping, but the Min Mansion returned to silence.

Min Ning took a deep breath.

Grandpa is gone, and just like before, my sister and I are the only ones left in the world again.