Downing is a man who knows how to repay his kindness, which is why many people like him.

Although he has made a lot of enemies in the court, it is precisely because of his character that Zhao Xu has never been afraid of him, and Tang Ning also responded to Zhao Xu's expectations very well.

There are not many people in this world who are kind to Tang Ning, Uncle Niu has been sleeping in the ground, although Aunt Niu is still there, but her physical condition is not very good, and the small stones that were born in a simple environment seem to make her fall ill.

second, it is Zhou Huai, and then there is Zhao Xu.

Among the people who can be counted on one hand, Zhao Xu and Zhou Huai left one after another.

Perhaps this is something that will inevitably happen at the end of an era, but it undoubtedly grieves Downing.

The day before, I was cheered up by Zhou Huai's words, and the day after I heard the news of his death.

Tang Ning felt that the world was playing a-for-tat joke with him, otherwise why would he suffer this kind of blow one after another?

In the blink of an eye, the master had been gone for a month, and Tang Ning's mood still hadn't improved. Zhou Cheng is not young anymore, and now Zhao Ji is greedy for pleasure, and Cai Jing is in charge of the government alone.

And he doesn't want to be in the same league with Cai Jing, and the official in this life is the end.

In addition, his biological father died, so he simply resigned and returned to Runzhou with his family.

When the two brothers met, Zhou Cheng was very open-minded.

The grass and trees are still withered, and it is normal for people to be born, old, sick and die.

Moreover, Zhou Huai lived for more than 70 years and passed away without illness or disaster, in this era, it can already be regarded as a joy and mourning.

Tang Ning also knew that this was the case, but he couldn't figure it out, the master who was still drinking with himself the day before, persuading himself not to give up on himself, was no longer alive in the blink of an eye.

He has been used to seeing life and death for so many years, but this extremely sudden feeling really made Tang Ning difficult to accept for a while.

Just like when Zhao Xu died, he sent himself to Hejian Mansion, and died not long after.

Connecting these two things together, Downing always felt a little uncomfortable, like ...... It's like the two of them have discussed that they want to use their own death to coerce Tang Ning to recover Yanyun.

"Brother, over the years, my father has been taken care of by your family in Runzhou. I'm unfilial as a son, I haven't even seen him for the last time, I have to thank you. ”

In the dead of night, Zhou Cheng and Tang Ning were drinking at home.

There were two or three plates of side dishes on the table, Zhou Cheng was drunk, held Tang Ning's hand and said, "But my father lived to be seventy-six years old, which is considered a long life."

And his old man is free of illness and disaster, and he walks peacefully, so you don't have to be overly sad.

I've heard that you've been in a bad state lately, and I've been back for a week, and I've been seeing you like this all the time...... It's nothing, it's a joy and a loss. ”

As Zhou Huai's son, he said so, and Tang Ning was powerless to refute it. What's more, this is a fact, he just added a play to himself, some

Victim paranoia is just that.

Raised the wine glass and touched it with Zhou Cheng, Tang Ning drank all the wine in the cup in one gulp, touched his big bald head and smiled bitterly: "Big brother, why don't I understand what you said?"

But in my heart, it's really uncomfortable.

As you know, the day before Master left, he went to Rooster Ridge to care for me and untie my heart. The next day he was gone, and I still think it was a dream...... It's so sudden......"

Zhou Cheng said with a smile: "You don't like a general can say this, I thought that you had been fighting on the battlefield for so many years, and you had long been accustomed to seeing life and death, but I didn't expect to hear such words from your mouth."

Tsk, that's a surprise. ”

"I think so too, but when this person becomes a master, I can't look at life and death out of the way."

"Forget it." Zhou Cheng waved his hand: "Spring and Autumn sacrifices, think about it with time." Love and respect in life, and mourn in death. If we cannot be resurrected from death, we should keep our father in our hearts from now on.

Don't say anything, come, drink. ”

The two of them clinked glasses and drank them all again.

Zhou Cheng carried the wine jug and filled the wine glasses of the two, and then asked, "What did my father tell you when he went to see you?" And what the hell is wrong with you?

I've inquired about it in the past two weeks, and I heard that you have hid in Rooster Ridge and built a small courtyard to live by yourself? ”

Tang Ning hesitated, drank a glass of wine sharply, and then told Zhou Cheng the ins and outs again.

Zhou Cheng waved his hand and said, "Hey, I thought it was a big deal." Since you feel that this matter has become your inner demon, why don't you just put it right? ”

Tang Ning was stunned and said, "How can I settle ......?"

"It's simple, wouldn't it be enough to write to Your Majesty and ask him to let you lead the troops into battle again?" Zhou Cheng said, and took a big sip of wine.

Tang Ning felt that Zhou Cheng had already started to talk drunk at this time, he said it easily, in fact, it would be so simple.

Thinking of this, Zhou Cheng suddenly said mysteriously: "Hehe, you don't know how powerful that Fang La you cultivated.

He had already led the rebel army to break through Yingtianfu, and when I came out of Tokyo City, he was marching to Kaifeng Mansion.

Let me give you a reminder, there is a saying that the bell must be tied to the bell, Fang La, this little guy's ability is too high, and ordinary people can't surrender, so ah, this is a good opportunity for you to go out of the mountain again. ”

Tang Ning was stunned when he heard this.

"By the way, let me tell you another piece of gossip, on the day I took over my post, I heard a letter signed by the Privy Council who came to the Ministry of War to pick up something, saying that the right minister is drawing up your new official position."

“……”

In the end, Zhou Huai drank unconscious, although he said that it didn't matter, but in his heart, he must be very sad that he didn't see Zhou Huai's last face.

However, the news he brought surprised Tang Ning, Zhao Xu was going to reactivate himself?

That night, Tang Ning couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, and he didn't even sleep well with Wang Shi.

As soon as he closed his eyes, his mind was full of the faces of Zhao Xu and Zhou Huai, one was asking himself what to do, and the other was saying that since he had agreed, he would do it.

In a daze, Tang Ning still fell asleep and had a dream.

When he woke up, Tang Ning couldn't remember what kind of dream it was, but he knew very clearly that there were more than 600 sentences of dialogue in this dream, of which the words unscrupulous appeared more than 500 times.

Play hard.

Tang Ning stared blankly at the ceiling, lost in thought.

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Zeng Bu has long heard that Runzhou is a good place and very suitable for retirement. Many bigwigs who retired from Beijing finally chose the retirement place in Runzhou.

Not only is the scenery beautiful, but there are also temples and Taoist temples. If you do too much, you always have to find a faith to support your life, and those bigwigs can have their place in Runzhou, whether they are looking for Buddha or asking.

With Zhao Xu's task, Zeng Bu went to Runzhou in person for the first time.

As soon as I got off the boat, I looked at the noisy and lively pier, and I felt that this place had a bit of Tokyo City in a trance.

The servant followed Zeng Bu and got off the boat and said, "Master, why don't you find a place to rest first, and the villain will ask where Danyang Hou lives?" ”

"There's no hurry." Zeng Bu waved his hand: "It's not too late to shop first." ”

The master and servant began to wander one after the other, walked the dock and walked to the market, walked to the west market and walked to the east market, got off the boat in the morning, and it was already noon after shopping.

Then the master and servant found a restaurant to prepare something to eat to cushion their stomachs, Zeng Bu ate the restaurant's characteristic crab roe bun while casually looking at the street outside the store.

The crowds of people coming and going are not crowded or sparse, and the occasional horse-drawn carriage or two passes by on the neat streets, and the quiet and peaceful is the most intuitive feeling of the city for Zengbu.

After this time, it is not bad to come here to retire by yourself.

Zeng Bu thought as he tasted the crab roe buns.

Two guests walked in at the door, one large and one small, the big man was tall, and the small girl had a delicate face like a porcelain doll.

Judging by her age, she was probably the man's daughter.

"Guest officer, please come in...... Sit here, what do you two eat? ”

"Sister Xiaoyu, what do you want to eat?"

"Hmm...... Crab roe buns. ”

"Okay, then let's have two drawers of crab roe buns."

"Okay, you two wait a minute!" Xiao Er turned his head and ran towards the back kitchen.

The weather wasn't too hot in March, but today seems to be a bit of an exception. So it is not surprising that the man took off the Fan Yang hat from his head.

It's just that Zeng Bu is the first time to see a person with such a bare head, and the most competent monk will have some stubble, and his head is really bare......