Fortunate Young Gentleman

These days, the capital has become a place of panic because of the Liang remnant. In the short moment when Tang Ning and Xiao Xiao were watching the stars in the courtyard, two groups of patrolling guards ran by outside.

Xiao Xiao looked up at the bright stars in the sky and asked, "Brother, mother once said that after people die, they will become stars in the sky and watch us from the sky. Is that right?"

"Maybe..." Tang Ning didn't have the heart to expose the girl's fantasy. He told her that the stars in the sky are actually huge air masses, which rely on the balance of outward radiation pressure and inward gravity generated by internal nuclear fusion reactions to maintain stability. He also didn't tell her that there is no Chang'e and osmanthus tree on the moon. It is just a big rock with potholes.

Tang Ning walked over, gently touched her head, and asked, "Do you miss home?"

Xiao Xiao shook her head and said, "This is my home."

Tang Ning was very satisfied with her answer. He also hoped that Xiao Xiao would regard this place as her home. Some cruel things had happened to her before, and Tang Ning hoped to help her slowly heal the trauma in her heart here.

Tang Ning was about to speak, but suddenly found that a certain night sky in the distance lit up without warning.

Xiao Xiao also looked in that direction and said in surprise, "There's a fire over there!"

"That's not a fire." Tang Ning shook his head and said, "That's someone shooting arrows."

Tang Ning had led soldiers before, and he knew what a rocket salvo looked like. From the dark red, countless tiny flames could be seen.

Tang Ning could guess at a glance that there were no less than 300 archers there.

And in a team, the number of archers only accounted for a small part, which shows that there were at least 2,000 people there.

In the capital, the only ones who could gather so many archers after nightfall were the Golden Feather Guards.

With so many Golden Feather Guards dispatched, combined with the movements in the capital in recent days, it is not difficult to guess that the remnants of the Liang Kingdom must have been discovered.

The fire lit up the sky, but that place was far away from here. Tang Ning looked at it for a while and then prepared to go back to his room to sleep.

What happened there, there will be news tomorrow.

However, just as he was about to go back to his room, a servant reported that the Golden Feather Guards were knocking on the door outside.

When Tang Ning arrived at the gate of the mansion, a general of the Golden Feather Guard immediately bowed and said, "Greetings, Prime Minister Tang."

Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "What happened?"

The young general said, "We found the traces of the remnants of the Liang Kingdom, but during the encirclement and suppression, several of them escaped. Those people fled in this direction. Prime Minister Tang must be more careful tonight."

Tang Ning nodded and said, "Thank you for the reminder."

With Lao Zheng and Wanyan Yan's master here, if the remnants of the Liang Kingdom really dare to come, they will just fall into the trap, so there is no need to worry.

After the young general reminded Tang Ning, he bowed and said, "Prince Tang, be careful, I will go to search for them..."

After sending away these Golden Feather Guards, Tang Ning closed the door of the mansion and returned to his yard.

Bang!

Just as he stepped into the yard, there was a muffled sound in front of him. Tang Ning looked over with vigilance and saw two more figures in the yard.

Gongsun Ying was covered in blood, with a person on her back. Bai Jin stood beside her, looking equally miserable, with half of her sleeves burned, emitting a pungent smell.

Almost at the same time as they jumped down from the wall, the figures of Lao Zheng and the middle-aged woman also quickly appeared in the courtyard.

The next moment, Xiao Xiao also stood beside Tang Ning.

Tang Ning narrowed his eyes and said, "It's you."

Bai Jin looked at Tang Ning and said anxiously, "We were discovered by the Chen court. For Mei'er's sake, save us..."

Before Tang Ning could speak, the middle-aged man on Gongsun Ying's back suddenly shouted, "Elder Bai, Elder Gongsun, kill them, kill them quickly..."

"Shut up!" Bai Jin's face changed drastically, and he shouted, and was about to say something to Tang Ning, but it was too late.

Tang Ning looked at the middle-aged man on Gongsun Ying's back and asked with a smile: "Who do you want to kill?"

Bai Jin said hurriedly: "This is a misunderstanding..."

Tang Ning said: "Old Zheng, tie them up and send them to the Golden Feather Guard."

Bai Jin and Gongsun Ying were about to take action, but their bodies suddenly trembled, as if they were stared at by a ferocious beast, and they dared not even move.

Gongsun Ying felt more pressure from Lao Zheng than before. She raised her head and gritted her teeth and said, "Tang Ning, he is His Royal Highness the King of Wu. He doesn't know your identity. If you let us go this time, we will definitely repay you a hundredfold in the future!"

"Let you go?" Tang Ning sneered and said, "Then let you go to Qiandi to make trouble. What are you thinking? Since you have come to my door this time, I will not be polite..."

Bai Jin looked at him and said loudly, "For the grace of saving Mei'er's life and raising her, please let His Royal Highness the King of Wu go this time!"

Tang Ning said expressionlessly, "Lao Zheng, tie him up."

Lao Zheng went to the woodshed to get a rope and came to the three people, but did not take action. Instead, he stood there and looked up.

At the same time, the middle-aged woman also looked over and pulled out two scimitars from her waist, as if facing a great enemy.

Tang Ning looked along the line of sight of the two people and found a figure standing on the courtyard wall in front of him.

The figure was completely shrouded in a black robe. Even though there were lights on all around the Tang family's courtyard, the face underneath the black robe could not be seen clearly.

"Junior Sister Bai, Junior Sister Gongsun, you haven't made any progress in all these years." The figure stood on the courtyard wall, and an old voice came from under the black robe.

It should be a woman from the voice, and she is not young.

Unexpectedly, they have accomplices who escaped. Tang Ning looked at Lao Zheng and was about to ask him to catch the man together, but Lao Zheng's eyes were fixed on that direction and said in a deep voice: "Master Tang, you take Xiao Xiao first and go to find the Golden Feather Guard..."

Tang Ning took a step to the side, and his face became solemn.

He had never seen Lao Zheng so serious. He asked him and Xiao Xiao to go first, which meant that in his heart, even if he and Wan Yanyan's master joined forces, they would not be able to defeat this person.

Tang Ning held Xiao Xiao's hand and was about to leave. The next moment, the hair on his body stood up, because in just a blink of an eye, the figure who was standing on the courtyard wall just now suddenly appeared in front of him.

Almost at the same moment, two knife lights appeared in the courtyard.

Tang Ning saw the swords flashing in the courtyard, but the figure seemed to be strolling in the garden, and casually dodged the joint attack of Old Zheng and the middle-aged woman.

Bang! Bang!

After two muffled sounds, the figure took a step back. Old Zheng and the middle-aged woman took several steps back before they could stop.

The figure who defeated the two people with a crushing force did not continue to attack, but stood in place, looking at Old Zheng, and exclaimed: "After many years, General Zheng's swordsmanship has become more refined..."