"Promise me one thing...... Downing......"

Tang Ning squatted in front of a stove, obviously there was no bellows, but he heard the sound of bellows like human breathing.

"My time is short, and I am afraid that I will not see the day when the sixteen states of Yanyun are recovered in this life. But I believe in you, you will definitely fulfill the agreement between us, and will help me to take the sixteen states of Yanyun into the hands of my Song people.

This time I sent you to Jiaozhi to accumulate prestige for you. In my lifetime, if there is still war, I will send you there.

I'll help you pave the way for the rest of my remaining years, and the rest is up to you! ”

There seemed to be the sound of people talking from the cauldron on the stove, Tang Ning stretched his head over curiously, but there was the sound of bellows under the stove.

"I called you here for the next sentence......"

"Ten million...... Million...... Don't forget the promise between us......"

Tang Ning lifted the lid of the pot, and inside the steaming iron pot, Zhao Xu, who was wearing a suit, looked at him stunned and asked, "Tang Ning, what are you doing here?" ”

As if his heart had been pinched, Tang Ning awoke abruptly from this strange dream, sat on the bed, and breathed heavily.

The evening breeze gently blew the curtains along the screen windows, and under the neon lights outside, cars made a dull blow.

There was a gurgling sound of water in the kitchen, and Downing put on his slippers, perhaps because he forgot to turn off the faucet.

A candle was lit on the table in the living room, and Zhao Xu, wearing a crown of heaven, sat on a rattan chair, holding a dragon head with teeth and claws.

The flickering candle flame turned his face white, and the sound of bellows came again, Zhao Xu looked at Tang Ning in a daze, and asked, "Tang Ning, what are you doing here?" ”

Opening his eyes, Tang Ning took a deep breath.

It was still dark, Li Zi was holding Liu Yier on the inside of the bed, and the two slept very sweetly. The ground under the bed was in shambles, and Tang Ning tiptoed out of bed and put two red belly pockets on the side of the bed.

Put on his clothes, gently pushed open the door and walked out, came to the stone bench in the courtyard, swept the snow on the stone bench with his sleeve, opened his mouth and spit out a piece of cold air, and then he sat on the stone bench, looking at the moon with wide eyes and in a daze.

The surrounding environment is significantly different from the Danyang Marquis Mansion in Tokyo City...... Yes, it has been two months since the day he resigned, and he has returned to Runzhou, returned to his old house, took his children, and lived with Aunt Niu who had grown old again.

In ten more days, it will be the Spring Festival of the year. He thought that he would feel relaxed and happy when he left the city of Tokyo, but in fact he was not so.

He didn't dream of Zhao Xu for a day.

Every day is a strange and absurd dream, just like today's dream.

He even dreamed that he rode a rocket to the moon, holding the military flag of the Zhenguo Army, standing on the land of the moon and saying: "A small step for individuals, a big leap for mankind."

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And Zhao Xu sat opposite the TV, stared at the TV screen in a daze and asked, "Tang Ning, what are you doing here?" ”

The sound of bellows blowing, and the last whispered question that lingers in my ears...... He couldn't escape, he spent every night in this strange dream.

When he returned to Runzhou, he was more like a patient, with deep-set eye sockets and dark eye circles. The beard is unshaven and the cheeks are slightly sunken.

No matter how Qi Xianyu took the pulse, he couldn't see what disease he had, and in the end, Qi Xianyu could only give a diagnosis of 'heart disease'.

Snowflakes fell from the air, falling on the tip of Tangning's nose, and then melting into a drop of water, flowing down the wing of his nose, and finally converging with other droplets at his jaw, falling silently.

"Old man......" A thick cotton coat was draped on Tang Ning's body, and Liu Yier was wrapped in a cotton coat and looked at Tang Ning worriedly.

Tang Ning looked at Liu Yi'er without focus, and gently held her hand, and the hands of the two were as cold as ever.

"I'm sorry to wake you up." Downing kissed the back of her hand and whispered.

Liu Yier shook her head distressedly and said, "It's okay...... Master, it's cold outside, let's go inside. ”

"Okay." Tang Ning nodded, and was pulled back into the house by Liu Yi'er.

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It was another Chinese New Year's Eve, and Aunt Niu was very happy. Downing returned, with his daughter, son, and several of his daughters-in-law, all from Tokyo.

According to him, after he came back this time, he did not plan to leave.

This year should be the most lively year in the Tang Mansion, Mr. Mengxi's family, Mr. Zhuliu's family, and Master Tangning's family are all coming to celebrate the New Year together this year.

So Aunt Niu has been busy since the morning, busy in and out, and she herself is dizzy.

Tang Wen honestly followed Liu Yi'er to help, but for some reason, after returning to Runzhou, he became a lot more honest.

Tang Yu and Tang Liang especially like to eat dumplings, so Aunt Niu arranged the task of making dumplings for the two of them. Sisters and brothers who are good at eating dumplings, but making dumplings may not be successful.

Tang Yu is very talented, and after teaching her once, she quickly got on the right track, and Tang Liangbao's dumplings were crooked, and she couldn't see the shape of the dumplings at all. But he was not discouraged and tried his best to catch up with his sister's craftsmanship.

He Guan and Wang Po washed vegetables and killed chickens. Qi Fu and Senior Sister Xu went to the market to buy, and Qiao Chu also helped in the kitchen.

Qi Xianyu was preparing medicinal food for several elderly people, and Pei Xiantong was responsible for helping on the side.

Li Zi took Tang Gong to meet the three old men, and Xu Ning helped serve tea and pour water beside the three old men in a serious manner.

Even Wang Shi was chattering with her mother.

Everyone seemed to have their own thing to do, and Downing stood under the pear tree in the courtyard

I feel that I am the only outsider in the whole family.

"What are you doing here?"

Downing jerked around, no one noticed him, no one was talking to him.

"What are you doing here?" Voices seemed to come from all directions.

Tang Ning's expression gradually became uneasy.

"What are you doing here?"

Tangning spun around sharply, this time the voice coming from behind him.

Xiaoqing grabbed Guan Ze's ear and said, "You're still in a daze here, aren't you?" Why don't you go and help! Aunt Niu said that there must be at least 100 people eating at home tonight! ”

"But the lord ...... him"

Tang Ning stretched out his hand and rubbed his face, then turned his head and walked into the house.

Shen Kuo is seventy-four years old this year, but he is in good spirits, and it seems that this old fox can continue to shine in Zhuliu Academy.

Seeing Tang Ning coming, Shen Kuo looked at him and said, "The old man really can't understand what your kid has experienced over the years, why since you came back, the old man feels that you only have a shell left?"

Didn't they marry so many daughters-in-law, and they hollowed it out? With that, he laughed to himself.

Tang Ning tugged at the corners of his mouth, indicating that the joke was very funny.

The reaction of the rest of the crowd was not very enthusiastic, especially Wang Zhongxian.

Under Cao's fierce gaze, Wang Zhongxian couldn't even jump his eyelids in front of this joke. People say that the older a man gets, the more immodest he becomes, but this does not apply at all to Wang Zhongxian, a person who is afraid of his wife.

Zhou Huai frowned and looked at Tang Ning without saying a word, he had been observing Tang Ning for a while.

It's been almost a week since Downing came back, and in this week, Downing went to look for him a total of three times. Every time, it was a look of wanting to speak and stopping, which made Zhou Huai confused.

Tang Ning was his proud disciple, and he almost completed the feat of recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. Although for some reason, he retreated bravely and suddenly resigned and returned to his hometown, but now it seems that the reason for this is likely to be the culprit who makes him the way he is now.

Wang Shi had approached him two days ago, hoping that he could help, because they were helpless.

Although Tang Ning is much more considerate and gentle than before. I will spend a lot of time with myself and my children.

However, not only Wang Shi and Qi Xianyu, but even a few children, all feel that there is something missing from Tang Ning now. Because of this incident, Tang Wen didn't dare to be naughty now.

What the hell is going on? Zhou Huai thought silently that he wanted to help Tang Ning, but Tang Ning refused to communicate. I don't even know what he's thinking now, I can only watch him get more and more haggard day by day, and there is nothing he can do, just like his wife and concubine, he can only do it in a hurry.

What's going on?

Perhaps only Tang Ning himself knows the answer to this question......

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