Angry Banana

Chapter 346 Hallucination

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In April of the lunar calendar, the snow melted and the ice dissolved. The Yangtze River began its flood season, with the mighty river flowing down from upstream. As it reached the Jiangning area, it gained momentum. Only large ships with deep drafts dared to navigate the waterways. That's how it was. (Search: \("End""Book""God""Station"\)) Free to read fine literature. As such, the official boat that Ning Yi and others were on was somewhat bumpy and shaky. After setting sail, those prone to seasickness gradually began to show symptoms.

"The boat will be steadier once we reach the Grand Canal. There's nothing to be done about these first two days..."

At this time, many of those traveling on these boats were high-ranking officials and dignitaries, people of status. When the boat became unsteady, some lost their tempers, and some even immediately demanded to disembark and travel north by carriage. The boatmen and others had no choice but to offer careful explanations. Only half a day after Ning Yi and his group set sail, they witnessed several such incidents. In those days, even people of status did not have many opportunities to travel. Seasickness had no effective medication, and if it were a sea voyage, these symptoms would be even more troublesome. They could only endure it, with no way to alleviate it.

Ning Yi handled this sort of thing quite well. However, Su Wenyu, who was traveling with him, suffered terribly from seasickness. Ning Yi had no choice but to let him vomit and vomit in the rear cabin, saying, "You'll get used to it after vomiting and vomiting. That's life."

Since he was only joining the intelligence system on this trip to the capital, Kang Xian and others simply arranged for him and his group to be in cabins a little further back, so as not to have too much contact with the officials and dignitaries in the front. Wenren Buer and others were treated the same way. Ning Yi didn't care about the gap in status, and then told everyone about the origin of balance, saying that there was a place in the human brain near the sides of the ears called the semicircular canals. If dissected, this was the place that controlled the body's balance. Most people who suffered from motion sickness had underdeveloped semicircular canals.

Xiao Chan occasionally brought tea, knowing that her son-in-law was saying things that others couldn't understand again. Even if others didn't understand, Ning Yi didn't explain much. Wenren Buer, Qi Xinyong, and Qi Xinyi originally thought he had read some miscellaneous books or was making things up, but later, seeing that he spoke with such conviction, they believed that such things might exist. In fact, they didn't necessarily believe that human brain balance came from the semicircular canals, but they gradually felt that Ning Yi might really know something about what was in the human brain. They were horrified when they heard him say how large the human brain was when unfolded.

At this time, even the most curious doctors wouldn't go to understand this aspect of things. Coroners who examined corpses might be more likely to do so, but they would never spread out the human brain to see how big it was. When Ning Yi said this, everyone couldn't help but think, could he have measured it when he was idle?

In fact, Ning Yi seemed refined and scholarly, but his actions were often unexpected. Wenren Buer had seen the slightly neurotic side of him when he was calm. Although Qi Xinyong and others didn't interact with him much, they had seen him standing next to Liu Xigua. Later, they heard that he had designed the opening of the Hangzhou city gate. How could such a person be simple? Although they initially thought it was strange for him to study this, the more they thought about it, the more they felt that it was really possible. They couldn't help but feel horrified and subconsciously sat further away from Ning Yi. Only Qi Xinhai, the youngest of the Qi family, would occasionally answer with interest: "Perhaps practicing plum blossom pile kung fu is beneficial to these semicircular canals?"

Ning Yi drank tea and chatted with everyone for a while, then talked about some Jianghu anecdotes, and then chatted about Liangshan. At a certain moment, Ning Yi went out to get hot water and listened at the door for a while, asking, "Did you hear a 'dong, dong, dong, dong' sound?"

Everyone heard the sound and nodded. In fact, with the slight rocking of the water surface, boxes colliding in nearby rooms would make this sound. Ning Yi thought for a while and said, "It doesn't seem like it. It sounds like someone is knocking on the wall..." Everyone's expression changed slightly when they heard him talk about dissecting the human brain. They all thought he was having a nervous breakdown, but fortunately, Ning Yi listened for a while and shook his head, saying, "Maybe I misheard..."

The boat traveled all day and continued to be bumpy. Wenren Buer and others went to the front to inquire about the identities of the guests on board. The princess's fleet was traveling north with different purposes. In fact, Princess Cheng's name was associated with many industries, and it was necessary for such fleets to travel north and south every so often. This time, they naturally took the opportunity to celebrate the Empress Dowager's birthday. Many dignitaries accompanied them, which was actually related to the mighty momentum of the Northern Expedition. Although they said that recovering You and Yan was a major event for the Wu Dynasty for two hundred years, the materials and military expenses were a practical problem for everyone. Some people were willing to contribute more, while others wanted to contribute less, and they all had their reasons. After the situation in the south was settled, this group from Jiangning who had connections with the royal family took the opportunity to celebrate the birthday and prepared to go north to seek connections.

At this time, among the people on the boat, there were officials, rich second generations, and even descendants of the imperial family. Wenren Buer inquired for a while and knew that their identities were too high for them to reach, so it was best to stay away from them. However, after lunch, someone came to visit Ning Yi. It was a young man of about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a handsome appearance, named Zhuo Yunfeng. Ning Yi had naturally never seen him before, but later, thinking about it, he seemed to have heard people say that he was a young talent with a good reputation in Jiangning's literary circles. Since he had just emerged, when others mentioned him in front of Ning Yi, they would generally evaluate him as a student of the nephew generation with great talent, who would surely become a great success in the future. He only became a little more famous during the time Ning Yi went to Hangzhou.

This Zhuo Yunfeng also had imperial family status, his mother being a county magistrate who had married into a lower family. Although her husband's family had not achieved much later, the royal bloodline could not be erased after all. This time, he probably wanted to go to the capital to gain fame and connections. When he met Ning Yi, his words were respectful, and then he asked Ning Yi for his views on poetry. Ning Yi had not told many people about his trip to the capital by boat. He originally thought that this young man had some connection with Kang Xian, so he came to visit. Later, in his words, he realized that this young man was also an admirer of Zhou Pei. His words occasionally mentioned the young princess, and he was quite appreciative of her. Apart from the slight arrogance peculiar to this young man in his words and expressions, there was nothing that could be called a flaw. But it was only natural for a young man with talent to be arrogant, so it was not a big deal.

After chatting for a while, the young man sat with Ning Yi for a while, drank a few cups of tea, and then left. Ning Yi felt a little confused in his heart, and he couldn't put his finger on what was strange. In fact, Zhou Pei was likely to have decided who she would marry in the next few months. Zhuo Yunfeng naturally had no chance to go to the capital at this time, but looking at his expression, he seemed to have a sense of certainty, and he didn't know why.

This thought flashed through Ning Yi's mind, and he didn't think about it any further. In fact, what he had been thinking about these days was ultimately the problem of Liangshan. He wasn't familiar with the affairs of Liangshan, and there were many things he needed to consider. At the level of the Wu Dynasty, overt strategies were not necessarily useful, while covert strategies required a large amount of accurate intelligence to support them. But there were indeed one or two things that he could give to Qin Si Yuan at this time, which were the central points he needed to perfect in these few days.

That night, the big boat docked in the port. The wind picked up at night, and the boat was a little shaky. Many of the crew members had disembarked to have fun and stayed in the inn. But for the few people from the Su family who had followed him, Ning Yi still asked them to stay on the boat. However, after the boat had stabilized, Ning Yi went to another big boat to visit Yun Zhu and Jin Er. Yun Zhu didn't suffer from seasickness, and with Jin Er's white-water skills, there was no need to worry about this matter at all.

That night, after Xiao Chan fell asleep, Ning Yi looked at the moon outside the cabin and found it difficult to fall asleep. Tan'er and the children at home, the people he was going to meet in the capital this time, the words he was going to say and the things he was going to do, and the possible impact...

He sorted out his emotions, got up from the bed, and walked around the cabin and deck. At this time, the clouds flew and the moon moved, and the shadows of the trees on the riverbank were swaying. The distant mountain city was twinkling with lights, reflected in the water, which was also a beautiful scene. Soldiers patrolled on several big boats, and the guards were strict. But the nobles and servants who had boarded the boat during the day were gone, and it was quiet. As he was thinking this, he seemed to hear the "dong, dong" sound again, but when he listened carefully, it was gone.

He was about to return to the cabin when he saw Zhuo Yunfeng in the moonlight over there, coming down from a big boat with several servants. He said a few words, frowning, and then his eyes swept over the other boats. It looked like he was looking for something, weighing where that thing was.

Zhuo Yunfeng glanced a few times, and inadvertently, his eyes looked towards Ning Yi, and then he stopped. Normally, if they met at night like this, they should just say hello, but Zhuo Yunfeng's expression was a little strange. First, he stood there and looked at Ning Yi for a while, then he cupped his hands from afar and forcefully, looking like Ning Yi had seen something terrible, his conspiracy had been exposed, so he confronted Ning Yi frankly.

This matter made Ning Yi a little confused. He had been plotted against several times recently, such as by Gu Yanzhen, Lou Shuheng, and Xi Junyu. He was already quite wary of these neurotics who seemed to have paranoia. He remembered the matter in his mind that night, and the next morning when he got up and practiced his kung fu, he was still thinking about whether he had any interaction with Zhuo Yunfeng. At that time, the morning mist was lingering on the river, and he suddenly thought of one thing. He turned around and went to the cabin.

The big shots living in the front of his boat might not know his identity, but the steward sent by Princess Cheng's mansion knew it. This person did. Ning Yi wandered around the cabin for a long time before he made up his mind to get the key from the steward. He dismissed the people around him and opened the door of one of the cabins, asking the steward to guard nearby. He saw that the cabin was filled with tributes that were going to be transported to the capital, packed in large boxes, one by one sealed. Ning Yi climbed to the top of those boxes, observing them one by one for a long time, and then stomped and knocked on them. After a long time, a faint sound came from somewhere inside.

Ning Yi moved the box below, and after a while, he found Zhou Pei, who was curled up in a large wooden box below, already on the verge of death...

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