Chapter Twenty-Three: A Joke?

"The master is back home!"

As soon as he entered the door, the porter opened his voice and shouted.

Wang Shi has been waiting for Tang Ning to come back in the front hall, although the palace sent someone to inform him that Tang Ning was left by the official family to discuss things, but since the dawn of the morning, he has not returned home until it is almost dark, and there is no news, Wang Shi is inevitably a little worried.

It was fine in the morning, but in the afternoon I started fidgeting. In the evening, he sat directly in the front hall, anxiously waiting for Tang Ning's news.

Hearing the concierge's loud voice, Wang Shi finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, nothing happened to my husband.

When he entered the front hall and saw Wang Shi, Tang Ning was also quite surprised. Smiled: "There are guests at home? How did you get here? ”

"It's not you!" Wang Shi snorted.

Tang Ning blinked innocently and said, "What's the matter with me, don't blame me for everything." ”

"Went out early in the morning and only came back now. There was a letter in the middle, and it was still a person from the official family. Do you think I can not be in a hurry? Wang Shi muttered quietly.

Tangning scratched his head, this was indeed his own problem. So he squatted in front of Wang Shi, grabbed his hand, and whispered to Wang Shi about today's itinerary, and the few maids around him were extremely envious.

There are not many descendants of the Tang family, and there are more than twenty people when they are full. They are only responsible for basic activities such as cleaning the yard, shopping, and drying laundry on weekdays, and they can stay as much as they like when they are done, and no one will care about them.

The affectionate interaction between the master and the mistress of the family is a topic they often talk about, and Tang Ning's actions just now also made them begin to have a longing for their future husband.

It would be great if my husband could be so gentle and considerate as my lord in the future, good-looking, and capable......

After promising that he would definitely report his situation in time in the future, Wang Shi let Tang Ning go. Holding his hand, the two of them laughed and walked to the backyard to prepare for dinner.

When Tang Ning entered the backyard, the children had just come over, and Tang Yu took the hands of the two younger brothers with a sisterly look and brought them to the table where they were eating.

Zhou Nian wanted to pick up Tang Liang's hand hanging on the other side several times, but Tang Liang twisted his body to avoid it, so the little girl became sullen.

After finishing the meal, Tang Ning went straight to the study.

Now that we have taken over the task of conquering Cochin, it is necessary to plan well from now on, at least to figure out a reliable route for the march.

This morning, the envoy from the palace not only informed Wang Shi of his stay in the palace, but also brought a map.

This map is the map of Jiaozhi including Yong and Qin Prefectures in the Song Dynasty.

Downing pondered as he watched. I took a blank piece of paper from hand, roughly copied it, and then began to draw on it.

Just as Tang Ning was busy thinking about the marching route, there was a sudden knock on the door. Tang Ning didn't look up, but only said please come in.

Attacking Thang Long from the water route should be a good option, but the waterway in Cochin is not that wide. And if you encounter an enemy on the water, with the ability of the Song Army's sailors, I am afraid that it will not be the opponent of Jiaozhi.

So it doesn't work by water.

Hanoi and Thang Long are unexpectedly close...... After the last Nong Zhigao Rebellion, the Song army should already have a way to Hanoi, right?

When you get to Hanoi, it shouldn't be difficult to find locals to lead the way to Thang Long.

The only thing to worry about was the Jiaozhi people ambushing in the jungle on the road, and the Song army had too little experience in fighting in the jungle.

Why don't you find a local businessman to lead the way? The merchants of the Song Dynasty who kept coming and going with Jiaozhi must have a very convenient trade route under their feet, right?

Well...... That's a good idea. And this time I went to Jiaozhi, and I will definitely capture a lot of loot along the way.

Even if it is confiscated, it must be returned to Kaifeng in its original form. If the spoils of war were carried with them all the time, it would be inconvenient to move.

It's not a bad idea to find a wealthy merchant to turn the loot into a jiaozi, and then let the soldiers exchange it after the battle is over.

Downing touched his chin and began to think about the feasibility of this approach.

Li Zi was holding the tea with a fire in her belly, and it was she who just knocked on the door and came in. Knowing that Tang Ning went directly to the study after dinner, Li Zi was worried about whether Tang Ning would accumulate food, so he specially sent tea to help digestion.

However, this nasty guy didn't even look at him, and he didn't know what earth-shattering things he was thinking.

Thinking of this, Li Zi felt a little aggrieved in his heart. It was like this for a long time, and I never really left a mark on his heart.

He has always treated himself with a smile that is exactly the same as for everyone, and every time he sees that smiling face, Li Zi wants to punch it to see if he is still smiling.

In the past few years of being away from home, I have only briefly mentioned myself in letters to my family. Obviously, Wang Shi, Liu Yier and Qi Xianyu are the three of them, every time, everyone can receive a letter, why don't they have it?

Every time his letter was delivered to his home, the family was overjoyed. I was the only one, lying in bed in the middle of the night with tears, and I couldn't sleep all night when I was wronged and sad.

When he put the tea in front of Tang Ning, he didn't raise his head and said thank you. In Li Zi's heart, there was another grievance.

At this moment, there is an impulse in my heart. It's like the impulse when I met those two bandits on the way to escape.

It would be nice if I could keep him by my side all the time, so that it doesn't matter if he has himself in his heart or not, and it doesn't matter who he will write to, as long as he is by his side and always with him, it is enough......

If you can keep him by your side all the time...... If you can......

The rope that hung on the wall was plucked by the red-eyed plums.

Fix the ends of the rope four or five times around your left and right hands, Lee

Zi stood lightly behind Tang Ning.

Strangled him and hid him, and found a way to transport him away at night, and then took him away to a place where no one could find him......

Pulling his hands into the rope hard, Li Zi was surprisingly calm at the moment.

She remembered that when she killed the bandit, she felt exactly the same way she did now.

Just as Li Zi was about to put the rope around Tang Ning's neck, the door was suddenly pushed open.

Tang Yu stood at the door, looked straight at Li Zi behind his father and said, "Sister Li, what are you doing?" ”

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Headache, even more than when he faced Renduo Baozhong in Xiao Guan.

Glancing at the plum who was kneeling in front of him without saying a word, Tang Ning lowered his head and rubbed his temples vigorously, and then felt that his headache was not relieved at all, so he rubbed his face.

Trying to make his voice softer, Tang Ning said softly, "I know that you definitely didn't do this out of your heart, so I won't tell anyone else."

But can you tell me why you're doing this? ”

Tang Yu asked a question at the door, and Tang Ning subconsciously looked back. found that Li Zi was dragging the rope and standing behind him in a daze, and Tang Ning was also stunned.

At first, he didn't think about the problem so seriously, but when he thought about it, he felt more and more that something was wrong.

Even if it's a joke, it's not like that, Li Zi must want to do something to himself with the rope.

So, Tang Ning took Li Zi to Lin Wei's house and asked Lin Wei to pretend to admire the moon and drink tea at the door, so there would definitely be no secluded place for others to come in.

"Nope." Plum's voice, unexpectedly calm. She looked at her slender hands on her knees and said softly, "It's my heart to do this." ”

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Tang Ning realized the messy feeling in the wind, he swallowed his spit and said, "You...... Are you trying to strangle me? ”

"Not really." Li Zi raised his head and smiled at Tang Ning: "I just want to strangle you, and then find a chance to transport you out at night."

After that, I will take you away and fly high, go to a place that no one can find, and spend a lifetime with you. ”

"......" Tang Ning fell into thought, and after a while, he stood up and turned his head in the direction of the door.

Li Zi opened his mouth, but finally closed his mouth and hung his head, continuing to look at his hands.

Downing pushed the door open and looked outside. Seeing that there was no one on the left and right, he closed the door again and came back.

Then he came to Li Zi and sat down, pulled out a far-fetched smile and said, "Are you joking with me?" Quite interesting......"

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