The alliance between Chen and Chu seems to have stalled, and both the government and the public, as well as the people, have become less enthusiastic about this matter.
However, Tang Ning knew very well that they had just shifted the alliance from the open side to the secret side, and focused on promoting internal strife among the Sushen people.
Emperor Chen summoned the envoys of the Chu State yesterday and reached a preliminary agreement. Probably the two countries would choose one from the Jiagu and Shuhu tribes to support them to consume the strength of the Wanyan tribe. If this method is effective, this will
It will become the long-term policy of the two countries towards the grassland.
The high-level officials of both countries were concerned about these matters, and Tangning had to make preparations to attend today's Qionglin Banquet.
In the morning, he took the time to visit the house. If the weather was good and the construction progress was normal, he would be able to move in soon after the Qionglin Banquet.
Xiaoyi and Xiaoru will still live in the county government office for the time being. They will not move in until June. The beginning of June is an auspicious day. Compared with the Qionglin Banquet, this is what he is looking forward to more.
"If you're a good person, I'll reward you with a copper coin to eat..."
When walking back to the county government office, he threw a piece of silver to the little beggar on the street, and bought a jar of wine for the old beggar before going back with Peng Chen.
Speaking of which, he hadn't seen Liu Laoer and the others for a while.
Since coming to the capital, they have never looked for him again. They have been really busy during this period. After today, he will look for them again to ask about the situation.
On the street, the little beggar looked at the pieces of silver in the bowl. He was stunned for a moment and then quickly picked it up in his hand.
Suddenly there was a huge force behind him, and his body flew out and fell to the ground. A beggar came over, picked up the broken piece of silver, looked at him, and said: "Next time if you let me see it, I will interrupt you."
If your leg is broken, you can ask for more."
The little beggar got up tremblingly. The beggar looked at him and said coldly: "Go to another street!"
Not far away, Liu Laoer leaned against a corner, pointed at the little beggar, and said to a beggar next to him: "You continue to follow him today, don't lose him again, and you must find where their lair is."
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"Yes, elder!"
The beggar responded, walked to the street, and hung far behind the little beggar.
Liu Laoer poked the person beside him and asked: "Old Ren, do you think the government can take care of this matter?"
"It's hard to say." Ren Pingsheng shook his head and said: "They abducted these children to the capital and forced them to beg on the streets. For so long, no one from the government has taken care of them. This shows that they are confident and must have a backing in the capital."
Liu Laoer frowned and said, "If we don't deal with them, we won't be able to complete the task assigned to us by the gang leader."
Ren Pingsheng thought for a while and said, "Wait until tomorrow and ask the gang leader."
Just as Liu Laoer was about to speak, a beggar behind him suddenly poked his shoulder and said in shock: "Elder, look over there, that little beggar over there..."
Liu Laoer looked in the direction of his finger and saw a small figure slowly moving out of a narrow alley in front of him.
It was a little beggar. When he moved to the entrance of the alley, he looked around cautiously, and then quickly ran to the door of the bun shop next to him.
Liu Laoer rubbed his eyes to confirm that he had read correctly. With a look of ecstasy on his face, he strode towards that side.
The little beggar was holding a bun in his hand and was about to leave. When he saw several beggars walking towards him not far away, a trace of panic appeared on his face and he quickly ran towards the alley where he came from.
Liu Laoer was startled, and then immediately said: "Hurry up and chase him, we must find him!"
The little beggar ran around in the alley, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right. He seemed to be very familiar with the terrain here. After a while, he ran out of an alley near the city gate.
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the front.
"You're pretty good at hiding. We've been looking for you for several months. I'll see where you go this time!"
Seeing the two beggars in front of him, the little beggar's expression changed again. He quickly turned his head and ran into the alley, only to find that there were two other beggars standing behind him.
A beggar crossed his arms across his chest and mocked: "You are running, why don't you run away? I will break your legs when you get back and see how you keep running!"
He waved his hand and said: "What are you still doing? Take him back!"
Further away, Liu Laoer and others watched this scene from a distance. A beggar asked hurriedly: "Elder, what should we do?"
Liu Laoer thought for a while and said: "We will follow them. You quickly go to the county government office to report to the gang leader. We will meet at the old place then!"
The beggar ran all the way to the county government office, supported the stone lion in front of the county government office, pointed at a government servant, and said loudly: "I'm looking for help..., Mr. Tang!"
The yamen servant recognized him as the beggar from last time and said, "The Number One Scholar has gone to a banquet. You can come back tomorrow."
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The Qionglin Banquet is held in the evening, and all important banquets are night banquets.
It was not yet noon, but Tang Ning was already in the palace.
He almost forgot that although the banquet was in the evening, on the day of the Qionglin Banquet, the new Jinshi had to enter the palace before noon, put on the Jinshi crowns prepared by the court, set out from the palace, walk around the capital, and finally go back to the palace.
Return to the palace.
This is probably the most shameless moment for the new Jinshi.
By then, almost all the people in the capital will gather on the main street, and the restaurants along both sides of the street will definitely be overcrowded, especially the second floors next to the street, where the seats have been reserved a few days ago.
Although it sounds like people are lining up to visit, but even so, countless people would never dream of having this kind of opportunity.
After going through a series of procedures such as roll calls in the palace, Tang Ning, wearing the crown of the number one scholar, rode out of the palace gate slowly.
Only those qualified to ride a horse were those who had passed the imperial examination. This time, only Tang Ning and Xiao Jue were the only ones. Gu Bai and Cui Lang could only follow behind on foot.
Xiao Jue was one step behind him, played with the big red flower on his chest a few times, and muttered: "This thing is too ugly..."
Tang Ning also wore a big red flower on her chest, which was bigger than Xiao Jue's. Everyone followed behind, and they were the only two riding on the horse wearing big red flowers, which looked a little weird.
And since I walked out of the palace gate, both sides of the street were filled with people from the capital, cheering endlessly. When passing by the two-story buildings on the street, some girls would throw handkerchiefs down.
"That's the number one scholar, he's so handsome, he's such a talented person..."
"Don't get carried away. I heard that the number one scholar is already married, so you have no chance."
"If you don't have a chance, you can still be a concubine..."
"You can consider Mr. Xiao, he is not married yet!"
"You don't know, I heard about Mr. Xiao, what he does..."
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On both sides of the road, people lined the road to greet them. The guards in front opened the way, followed by more than two hundred new scholars. They were the only two riding horses. Tang Ning felt that this scene must be very pretentious, but it was a pity that he couldn't see it himself.
The four great joys in life are the rain after a long drought, meeting an old friend in a foreign land, the night of flowers and candles in the bridal chamber, and when the gold medal is named, Tang Ning has already completed the gold medal, and it is still the day of horse racing, and the wedding night is not too far away...
This thing will never happen again in life.
In the crowd, a beggar saw the figure on the horse. After being startled, he quickly squeezed forward.
