There are many ways to solve the problem, and the easiest one is undoubtedly to escape.

Tang Ning knew the truth of a son of heaven and a courtier, so he also knew that Zhao Ji would definitely suppress and squeeze out himself after he came to power.

Even if Zhao Ji is ready to reuse himself, by that time, his body should be rusty.

The Zhenguo Army belongs to the Great Song Dynasty, not to him Tang Ning personally. The emperor's order is fuel, and without fuel, the car of the Zhenguo Army can't be driven.

This is a big problem for Downing, and it will be quite tricky to solve. So Tang Ning simply chose the easiest way, took off the black gauze hat, and was at ease with his hands behind his back.

But the consequences of this are also very serious, that is, for a whole year, Tang Ning has been tormented by the guilt in his heart.

This feeling is simply terrible, it not only makes Tang Ning bald, but also makes Tang Ning slowly disappear even his emotions. The most terrible thing is that it also indirectly affected Tang Ning's family, whenever he saw Wang Shi and the anxious look they showed because they cared about themselves, the guilt in Tang Ning's heart became even more serious.

The weather was not good today, and when I woke up in the morning, the sky was very overcast. At noon, it began to rain lightly.

Tang Ning moved a stool and sat under the eaves, watching a drop of water slip off the eaves.

Inside the house, Xu Ning was reading a book with an unknown name. Judging by the way he relishes, the content of this book should not be much worse.

I never expected that someone would visit in this weather, and seeing a carriage parked at the gate of the courtyard, Tang Ning picked up the oil-paper umbrella placed on the side, opened it, and walked towards the carriage.

The coachman, dressed in rain, parked the carriage and hurriedly jumped off. didn't say hello to Tang Ning, went to the back box to get an umbrella to hold it up, took out a bench from under the frame and put it down, and then knocked on the carriage and said, "Master, we are here, we can get off." ”

"Hmm."

There was a dull reply from inside the carriage, and then the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and an old man with white hair and beard appeared in Tang Ning's sight.

Seeing the comer, Tang Ning hurriedly went up to help. If there are still people in this world who he dare not slack off, his father-in-law is undoubtedly one, followed by the one in front of him, his master.

Zhou Huai is over seventy years old this year, and even the word retirement is a long time ago for him.

When he was young, he ran around and fell ill, and when he got older, he felt tired when he moved a little. Although it can't be inactive because of this, it is still a long distance from Runzhou City to Rooster Ridge.

"Master, why are you here?" Tang Ning hurriedly said: "If you want to see the disciple, send someone to respond, and the disciple will immediately go over to see you, you came to such a far place in person, it's really ......."

"The old man is too lazy to see you

。 Zhou Huai, supported by the coachman and Tang Ning, slowly got off the carriage and said with a smile: "You kid will leave when he leaves, the old man doesn't feel anything."

But you took the old man's apprentice and grandson away, but the old man missed it tightly.

Just as the old man was on a whim today, he came to take a look. Your yard is pretty good, but do you have any wine? ”

Tang Ning nodded and said, "There is not much else here, only more wine." Every three days, someone will send wine here, and you can choose what you like to drink, Master, and there are almost any varieties of disciples here. ”

"Hehe, okay." Zhou Huai nodded with a smile, and after looking Tang Ning up and down, he walked towards the courtyard.

The coachman hurriedly followed with an umbrella.

There was not much interaction between Tang Ning and Zhou Huai, Tang Ning was in Tokyo before, and the correspondence between the two was relatively diligent. But when they came back, there wasn't much talk between the two.

First, it was because Tang Ning had a problem himself, and if he didn't talk to him, he would be able to keep his mouth shut for a day. Second, it is also because Zhou Huai is old, he doesn't talk much, and he is too lazy to speak.

Therefore, when the master and apprentice are together, the most common situation is that the two of them bask in the sun together. One stared wide-eyed in a daze, while the other recuperated with his eyes closed.

Today is the first time that Master actually came out of his house and braved the rain to see him.

Xu Ning, who was reading in the house, heard the movement outside, and hurriedly ran out to take a look, and when he saw that it was Zhou Huai, he exclaimed in surprise: "Master? Master, why are you here? ”

Compared with Tang Ning, Xu Ning likes his master too much. Before he followed Tang Ning to Gongjiling, he came back from Zhuliu Academy every day, and he always had to report the lessons to his master.

Tang Ning's education attaches more importance to the disciple's own talent, but Zhou Huai's teaching is better in pointing.

Often he can make Xu Ningmao pause in just a few words, unlike when he ran to ask Tang Ning, Yunshan Wushu talked for a long time, and finally he had to understand it himself.

Master is here, and Tang Ning naturally has no reason to be idle.

asked Xu Ning to talk to his master, he cooked himself, cut the tofu that Xu Ning bought in the morning into pieces, burned some sauce and poured it on as a snack, took some liquor, thought about it, and replaced it with fruit wine.

After serving it together, Zhou Huai sniffed hard and said, "Your kid has had a lot of problems in the past two years, but this cooking skill has not diminished back then." ”

Tang Ning hummed and lifted the flask to pour wine for the master. After pouring it, he asked Xu Ning again: "How many drinks do you have too?" ”

"No, no, the disciple still forgets it." Xu Ning still remembers the tragic scene when he was drunk and drunk, he didn't drink much, and he belonged to the type of person who immediately got on his stomach after two glasses.

So he took the wine jug from Tang Ning and said, "You and the master drink, and the disciple will add wine to the two of you." ”

Downing point

nodded, pointed to the tofu and said: "I originally wanted to fry soybeans for you, but you are also old, and if you eat soybeans again, your teeth may collapse, so I still haven't fried them for you."

This piece of tofu is still fresh, your grandson went to the city to buy it this morning, and it was going to be saved for the evening, since you are here, you can use it as a snack. ”

"It tastes good, too." Zhou Huai picked up a piece of tofu with chopsticks, tasted it, nodded and smiled at Xu Ning: "You can also taste it, your master is rare to cook now, don't miss it." ”

Xu Ning licked his lips and looked at Tang Ning, Tang Ning nodded at him, he dared to move his chopsticks.

I just ate a piece of belly, and before I could taste what it tasted like, I heard my master say to my master, "How long have you been back?" ”

"It's been a year."

"It's been a year." Zhou Huai took a sip of wine: "A year is not a short time, a man stands up to the sky, a year's time, what hurdle can't be overcome?" ”

Tangning took a sip of wine and did not speak.

Seeing this, Zhou Huai put down his wine glass and said, "Since the day you came back, the old man has felt that something is wrong with you. But the old man didn't ask you what's going on, because life is unsatisfactory, nine times out of ten.

The finch will stop because of a storm, but the bird will not. Even if it is knocked down by the wind and rain, the bird will fly high again.

You used to be the proud disciple of the old man, and you also soared freely in the world as a bird, but why did you want to recapture Runzhou and become a bird's nest that stopped?

It's been a year, and the old man thought that you would regain your strength, but the old man never expected that you would hide deeper.

What exactly are you hiding? What are you afraid of? The problems you face, the problems in your heart, can they be solved by hiding in Rooster Ridge? ”

Zhou Huai's unhurried words were like dropping a bomb in Tang Ning's heart.

There was a loud bang, and Tang Ning's already haggard inner world was shattered.

He stretched out his hands to cover his face and buried his head deep in his chest.

Seeing this, Zhou Huai sighed deeply.

Downing was a strong man, and he knew that better than anyone else.

A sixteen-year-old child can grit his teeth and follow him to the northwest, and even went to the battlefield, during which he did not say a word, this perseverance is not something ordinary people can have.

However, at this moment, Tang Ning was as fragile as a seedling.

Xu Ning was extremely surprised, he had never seen a master like this. The marshal who commanded the army in Canzhou and could decide life and death seemed to have disappeared, and he took off the formidable mask and revealed the face of an ordinary man.

At this moment, Xu Ning suddenly realized that all strength is not innate, and those seemingly invincible enemies may not be as strong as imagined.

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