There is a black lotus in the deep palace

Chapter 173
The two came to the bottom of a slope next to a small road and stopped beside a huge boulder.

"It's less windy here!" Tang Waning pulled him to sit down.

"Jade is produced on the Gobi Desert, and the common people will come here to dig jade mines in their free time to supplement their families. Unfortunately..." Her eyes dimmed instantly.

"What's the pity?" Xia Houjue was curious. Facing the face in front of him, he probably couldn't get angry, so he simply gave up.

"It's a pity that bandits come and go here from time to time. Many lives have been caused. They rob the common people when they see them. They only come out at night when the common people have something to harvest. They don't even keep their jade or jade!" Tang Wanning's eyes flashed coldly. cold.

"Oh?" Xia Houjue also squinted, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, "Why didn't General Tang send troops to suppress the bandits?"

"After all, it is a place of severe cold. Those bandits are also common people. They have no food and drink and are forced to become bandits. My father sends troops to suppress bandits every year, but the bandits still keep coming!"

"So that's how it is!" Xia Houjue's eyes were extinguished, leaving only heartache, "I didn't expect the people of my Great Xia Dynasty to have this side!"

"Of course the bandits are not all ordinary people!" Tang Wanning patted him on the shoulder.

"There are a few tribes of herdsmen outside the pass. It may be more bitter cold there. Every autumn, they will come here to sweep up the people and hoard supplies for the winter. My father will lead troops to drive them away every year!"

"That was the time when they entangled tens of thousands of people and came aggressively, and my dad was so impatient..." Tang Wanning lowered her head to stop talking.

This war directly led to this tragic marriage, binding two people who were not related to each other.

Speaking of it, it is about God's will.

Seeing Tang Wanning lowered her head and looking lonely, Xia Houjue couldn't tell what mood she was in.

At the beginning, I also regarded General Tang as a restless person. After all, sending troops without permission is really a taboo for military strategists.

But now it seems that if the troops are dispatched later, the people's winter supplies will be robbed, and there will be more bandits in the coming year, and the people in the city will still be able to live in peace.

"Wanwan!" Xia Houjue held her shoulders with both hands, looked straight into her eyes, "There is nothing wrong with you."

"No need to do this, this is what my Tang family should do. My father taught us since we were young to swear allegiance to the emperor!" Tang Wanning's eyes were full of righteousness.

"Although I am not as intelligent as you, my heart cannot be tarnished!" She said with a proud face.

Xia Houjue felt her heart warm, and wanted to embrace her, but was pushed away by Tang Wanning.

"that……"

"We're talking, so why are you doing it?" It's not pretending to be stupid, but not wanting to.

Although this man is handsome, he is shared. Sorry, she can't accept serving a husband with so many women.

So it's good for everyone to be teammates, she will swear allegiance to the death, she will not betray, but she doesn't want more.

"You are the lonely crown princess. In the future, you will join hands with the lonely woman who dominates the world. You can't hug alone?" Xia Houjue's face was dark, and there was a little grievance in his tone.

He is like a wronged tiger, in order to invite pets, he clumsily imitates the big cat to play tricks and behave.

Tang Waning mercilessly gave him a supercilious look and said, "That's not okay either!"

"why?"

"No why?"

"..."

When Xia Houjue was full of grievances, there was a sudden commotion not far away, followed by the sound of swords, lights and swords.

He quickly put away his expression, raised his sword, and protected Tang Wanning behind him, the whole movement was done in one go.

When Tang Wanning came to her senses, a tall figure had already stood in front of her, protecting her behind her, and at the same time blocking all her sight.

"Who?" She asked with a confused face, tilting her head to poke her head out from behind him.

"It's a bandit." With a stern face, he pushed her head back.

"Don't move here, go and have a look!"

He raised his sword and was about to jump up, but Tang Wanning stopped him.

"Hey, you are the prince, how can you come out casually? What if..."

"No case!"

Xia Houjue hit her on the back of the neck with a palm knife, and Tang Wanning, who was caught off guard, fainted softly.

Xia Houjue carefully placed her on the big rock, took off his robe to wrap her around her, and jumped up by himself.

His back was determined, and the black figure was like a ghostly cold wind, quickly blowing among the bandits.

His movements are sharp, with a killing spirit, the sword light and sword are as fast as lightning, but not fatal in every way.

"Catch them alive!" Xia Houjue ordered, and the dozen or so hidden guards behind him immediately changed their tactics.

In less than a stick of incense, the bandits had been arrested one after another. Except for the first few who were killed by the dark guards, the remaining eight or nine were alive.

"Come here, tie it up and take it away!"

"Yes!"

The leader of the dark guard left with his fists cupped.

Xia Houjue also turned back and picked up the fainted Tang Wanning himself. He sat on the horse with her in his arms, and let the horse walk forward unhurriedly.

Looking at her peaceful sleeping face, he tightened his grip on the person in his arms, as if he was holding a rare treasure.

"Wanwan, next time, Gu will watch the sunset with you again!"

"The solitary smoke in the desert is straight, and the sun is setting in the long river. This kind of scene is just right for you and me!"

He was reciting poems, but there was a dull pain in his heart. The autumn sun shone behind him, stretching their backs.

……

After the bandits were caught, Xia Houjue took Tang Wanning back.

Because he struck lightly, Tang Wanning woke up on the road.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Xia Houjue's terribly handsome face that was so close to him.

He was concentrating on riding his horse as the wind whistled past his ears. The wild wind lifted his clothes and stretched them wantonly in the air.

His stern jaw like a knife, his confinement thin lips, and piercing eyes made him even more cold and handsome.

'Tsk tsk tsk!How nice it would be if it belonged to me alone! ' she thought greedily and infatuatedly.

"Are you awake?" He looked ahead and opened his thin lips lightly.

"Ah... um!" Tang Wanning groaned uncomfortably, trying to hide the fact that she had committed a nympho just now.

However, someone seemed to know, and pressed her head to his chest.

"Take a break, we'll be there soon!"

"Oh……"

His chest was extremely broad, and his heartbeat was strong and powerful. Tang Wanning greedily closed her eyes and enjoyed it, meditating silently in her heart.

"Just for a while, just for a little while, the teammate's figure is too strong, it's really cheap for those little wives in the backyard, tsk tsk tsk..."

'When I am able to keep a good boy in the future, I will follow this standard, and I won't do anything less! '

Tang Wanning smiled with enjoyment, and fell into a dream for a long time and couldn't extricate herself.

Xia Houjue also curled up her lips.

"Gu really has boundless charm, Aifei should be able to accept herself soon, right?" '

It's not in vain that he has protected her for so long like he cared for Jiao Hua'er, but he is still sensible and knows that the Lord has her in his heart.

　Wan Wan: You are a triumph, a man who plots evil!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)