Tang Ning was appointed to the Hanlin Academy as a sixth-rank scholar. His official rank was not high and he did not have to go to court. In fact, the Hanlin Academy was filled with noble officials who did not have many things to do and clocked in and out. This was exactly the kind of life Tang Ning longed for.
Although he has been appointed, he still has three months left before his final term of office.
Although he can join the job early, he still has some things to do in these three months.
The first thing is to make money.
He hasn't joined the job yet and doesn't even have a salary, so he naturally has to find a way to support his family.
With the meager offerings from the Hanlin Academy, it was just enough to sustain life. Naturally, the more money, the better. Apart from raising a family, the beggar gang could rely on itself for most things, but there were also places where they needed to spend money.
He is not Tang Yaoyao. He can make a millionaire by gambling casually, and he has a father with a net worth of more than a million. His happy life depends on working hard with his own hands.
Tang Yaoyao lightly slapped him with a wooden stick and said, "Raise your arms a little higher."
During this period of time, although Tang Ning was a little busier, she did not miss practicing.
He asked Tang Yaoyao and the old beggar. There was no clear distinction between martial arts cultivation in the world. Thinking about it carefully, it seemed that there was no specific measurement method for this thing.
However, although there are no specific divisions, there are still blurred boundaries.
Third-rate masters can already be called first-rate masters. The old beggar has the best say in this matter. According to him, Peng Chen and Tang Yaoyao are both at this level. Tang Yaoyao is more powerful and is probably already in the third-rate level.
At the top, there is still a long way to go before being second-rate.
Those who can be classified as second-rate are already considered strong. Li Tianlan, who has broken through the realm, is one, and Ling Yun, the bodyguard beside the emperor, is also one. Tang Ning only knows these two young masters.
As for the first-class masters, that is amazing. Although they are not rare, every one of them is a giant in the world and has the ability to establish a sect.
Tang Ning felt that Butcher Zheng should be considered one, and as for the old beggar, he might be considered powerful among the first-class masters.
Of course, these distances are too far away from him. Based on the current classification of the strength of martial arts practitioners in the world, he should be classified as a low-level person, and there is still a long way to go before the third-rate level.
However, although his strength was not considered strong, it was still very easy to climb over walls and windows. Tang Ning had been practicing martial arts for a short time and was very satisfied with his current progress.
He walked to the corner, knelt down, looked at the old beggar and asked, "How far has Miss Su's martial arts reached?"
"You mean that little fox?" The old beggar burped and said, "She's barely second-rate, but if she really takes action, your two little sweethearts combined won't be her match."
"Which two?"
The old beggar glanced at Li Tianlan, who had just walked in, and then at Tang Yaoyao, whose sword speed was getting faster and faster, and said: "It's rare to be born charming. If you want to turn her into a sweetheart, you must go through this village as soon as possible.
, but this store no longer exists.”
The old and dishonest person, the little sweetheart, the screams are so unpleasant...
As for the naturally charming character, Su Mei has nothing to do with the word "mei" except for the word "mei" in her name. Even lying on the same bed with her, I didn't feel the charm in her.
He stood up and walked over, looked at Xiaoxiao sitting in the yard in a daze, and introduced to Li Tianlan: "This is Xiaoxiao, now she is my sister."
He looked at Xiaoxiao again, "This is Sister Li."
Xiaoxiao looked up at her and whispered: "Sister Li."
By now, Xiaoxiao no longer had that kind of vigilance and precaution against the people Tangning introduced to her.
Tangning poured her a cup of tea and asked, "You should be leaving, right?"
Li Tianlan nodded and said: "In a few months at most, after all the details have been discussed with the court, we will set off back to Chu."
Tang Ning did the math and realized that they had stayed in Chen Country for nearly a year and it was time to go back.
He thought for a while and asked, "Will you come again next year?"
The State of Chu pays tribute to the State of Chen every year. When one group of envoys leaves, another group of envoys arrives.
Li Tianlan took a sip of tea and said: "The tribute has become once every three years. From now on, I may not come."
Tangning had known for a long time that her identity was not an envoy, but he didn't know her specific identity.
He looked at Li Tianlan, looked her up and down, and asked, "Are you the princess of Chu?"
The royal family of Chu State has the surname Li, and all the envoys treat her with respect. She is a girl, but she was able to get the first prize, so her background in Chu State must be great. This was Tang Ning's guess.
Li Tianlan shook his head and said, "No."
"But you are not an envoy." Tangning looked at her and asked, "What is your identity?"
Li Tianlan looked at him, smiled mysteriously, and said, "You will know when you come to Chu Country."
Tangning shook her head and said, "Then there should be no chance."
After Li Tianlan returned to Chu State, unless something unexpected happened, he might not have a chance to see each other again in the future. Although there was no such thing as a banquet in the world, they were brothers who had lived and died together, so he left her to drink two more cups of tea.
After Li Tianlan left, Tang Yaoyao stopped practicing. She sat opposite him, hiding the joy on her face, and asked, "Is she going home?"
"Yeah." Tangning sighed and said, "I'll be leaving in a while."
Tang Yaoyao looked at him and asked, "Are you very reluctant to part with her?"
"It's natural to be reluctant to leave a friend." Tangning said, suddenly looked at her and asked, "When will you return to Lingzhou?"
Tang Yaoyao glared at him and said, "I can go back whenever I want. Do you care?"
Tangning looked at her and explained, "What I mean is, if you are not in a hurry to go back, I have something to discuss with you."
He planned to open a bookstore in the capital. There had already been successful cases of "The Romance of the West Chamber" and "The Peony Pavilion". Opening a bookstore was almost a guaranteed profit-making business.
However, he didn't have enough money and needed to find an angel investor. Tang Yaoyao looked quite like an angel.
"Open a bookstore, let's cooperate?" Tang Yaoyao thought for a while and said, "Okay."
The rich man Tang's daughter still had a keen eye and agreed without hesitation.
She thought for a moment and said, "What should the bookstore be called? How about calling it 'Yao Yao Zhai'?"
"It sounds too unpleasant." Tang Ning shook her head and said, "Let's call her Tang Ning Zhai. It sounds much better than Yaoyao Zhai."
Tang Yaoyao narrowed her eyes and looked at him.
"Otherwise, I have a compromise." Tangning thought for a while and said, "Combining our names will put you in the front. What do you think?"
"Yao Yaoning?"
Tang Yaoyao shook her head, "It sounds awful."
Tangning shook her head and said, "Each person takes one word."
"Yao Ning Zhai?" Tang Yaoyao thought for a while and said, "It doesn't sound good either."
Tang Ning looked at her and asked, "How about taking your Tang and taking my Ning?"
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The people of the capital have been paying close attention to a case in the past two days.
The Black Tiger Gang was involved in human trafficking, and the Tang family was also involved. His Majesty ordered the Criminal Department, Yushitai, and Dali Temple to conduct a joint trial, hoping to get to the bottom of this case.
In previous years, there were only a few joint trials of the three divisions. Once the three divisions were alerted, beheading would be the lightest result. In serious cases, Lingchi might even be sentenced.
After the leader of the Black Tiger Gang heard about this, he committed suicide by hitting the wall in prison that night. Although he still lost his life, he also ended up with a whole body.
The leader of the Black Tiger Gang committed suicide in fear of crime. However, after the inspection by the Third Division, no direct relationship between the Tang family and the Black Tiger Gang's human trafficking was found. However, the second son of the Tang family, using the momentum of the Tang family, repeatedly protected the Black Tiger Gang and oppressed the people.
, and the actual evidence was found.
There was great public dissatisfaction with this case. In consideration of Tang Zhao's injury, although His Majesty did not punish him too severely, he also made a decree that he would never be employed. After this incident, Tang Zhao's official career was completely ended.
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At the same time, a minister of the Hubu who belonged to the Tang family faction was inexplicably transferred out of the capital. Although his official rank remained unchanged, from then on, the Tang family and Prince Duan had almost no manpower in the Hubu.
These are also regarded as one of His Majesty's punishments for the Tang family.
In short, this battle between the two kings ended with King Kang's victory.
Prince Duan's Mansion.
The furious King Duan had already smashed several tea cups and cursed: "Idiots, they are all idiots!"
On the contrary, in Prince Kang's Mansion, Prince Kang was all smiles, holding two women in his arms, took a sip of wine, and said with a smile: "Come here, prepare two generous gifts, one to the Xiao Mansion, and the other to the Xiao Mansion.
