The trivial matters in the official department were the most common that Tang Ning encountered during her six-part tour.
Other ministries may have nothing to do on weekdays and have little leisure time, but the Ministry of Personnel is different. Officials who are promoted and take exams, powerful lords, wives of the emperor, and all the upper class people in the Chen Kingdom are all under the coordination of the Ministry of Personnel.
Tang Ning was busy all afternoon and didn't even have time to drink a cup of tea. When she picked up the tea cup, she realized that there was no tea in the cup.
He was about to pour tea when suddenly someone picked up the teapot and helped him fill the tea cup. He said with a smile: "Master Tang, don't be too tired. Your health is important."
Among the four ministers of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Doctor Si Feng is the one who knows best about words and emotions, and is also the one who seems to be the most honest.
Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "Dr. Feng is here to hand over Si Feng Si's name list, right?"
Doctor Feng put a thick book on the table and said: "Yes, this is the list of married women in Beijing compiled by our company. I put it here so that I will not disturb Mr. Tang's work. I will leave first."
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Tang Ning nodded, and when Doctor Feng was about to walk out of the check-in room, she casually asked, "Based on Doctor Feng's accent, he must be from the south, right?"
Doctor Feng stopped and turned around and said, "Sir, my ancestral home is Runzhou. I settled in the capital after passing the imperial examination."
Tangning waved her hand and said, "It's okay, you can go and do your work."
Runzhou belongs to Jiangnan East Road, so this doctor named Si Feng is a serious Jiangnan person.
The two officials dispatched by the Ministry of Personnel to Jiangnan both had troubles. Only when they were replaced by Feng Langzhong, an official from Jiangnan, everything went smoothly. This coincidence was too coincidental.
However, Tang Ning did not intend to pursue the matter further. Jiangnan's problem was not a matter of one day or two. Even Chen Huang could not do anything about it, and Tang Ning did not want to get into trouble.
His current troubles have not been completely resolved, and he doesn't know how the confrontation between Sharp Blade and Shadow Guard will go. As a special operations force, they have just undergone half a month of mountain and forest terrain training. I hope they will not go too far and give Chen
The emperor left a little pitiful face.
The mountain behind Xiaoqi Camp.
When the two teams of Shadow Guards groped for the Blade's camp, they found that the camp was deserted and not a single Blade member could be seen.
This was not beyond their expectations. After all, their opponents were not fools and would not just wait there stupidly. They were afraid that they were already secretly watching and preparing to attack them.
The shadow guard leader looked around and said: "As a team of ten people, act alone. Once you find the enemy, take action immediately. Don't be soft..."
He gave these instructions to the members of the other team, and the two teams separated on the spot and disappeared into the forest.
At the same time, members of the other team of shadow guards were already carefully searching in the forest.
The ten of them were separated several steps away from each other to ensure the search range without being too far apart. As long as one of them was attacked, the ten of them could quickly join together.
A team leader searched for a moment and then immediately said: "Report!"
He himself reported "one" first, and everyone behind him reported the number according to the distance until "ten". This was a method they had discussed before leaving the camp.
"two!"
"three!"
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"eight!"
"Nine!"
After he finished speaking, the sound of counting continued to come from behind him, until someone shouted "nine", no one answered anymore.
The team leader stopped and asked, "Where is Zheng Xing?"
Everyone stopped and looked around, and finally someone said in horror: "Zheng Xing, Zheng Xing is missing..."
When the team leader heard this, he was shocked and angry. They hadn't even seen each other's people yet, and one of their own had disappeared first. If this continued, how could they win against them?
He lowered his face and said, "Look for it!"
Everyone gathered together and looked around along the way they came, but they couldn't find their missing teammates.
Someone asked in a trembling voice: "Is there some wild beast?"
The squad leader shook his head and said: "If it's a wild beast, there's no way we can't hear the sound. It must be someone with a sharp blade..."
"Everyone, come closer and pay attention to your surroundings!" Faced with this strange situation, he slowed down and gave the next order.
The remaining nine people got closer, and their hearts felt a lot calmer, and there was no longer that weird atmosphere.
What they didn't know was that as they were slowly advancing, pairs of eyes were watching them in the shade of the trees above them and in the grass beside them.
At a certain moment, the squad leader said again: "Report the count!"
"One, two, three,...seven, eight!"
"Where's Jiu, where's Wang Dong?"
One person looked behind him and said in horror: "Team, captain, Wang Dong is also missing!"
Seeing that it was getting dark soon, we had already lost two people, but we didn't even see the figure of our opponent. Even though they were elite guards, they couldn't help but feel panic at this moment.
Even if they all know how to poison and be poisoned, they can't see their opponents, so they can't cast even the most advanced poison techniques.
Looking at the darkening sky, someone finally couldn't help but said: "Captain, it's getting dark, why don't we go back to camp first?"
"Yes, captain, it's already dark and the road can't be seen clearly. It would be bad if we encounter any poisonous insects or beasts. Let's go back first..."
"I thought I heard some wild beast barking in front of me just now. Should we go back to camp first?"
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After one person made a suggestion, the others immediately agreed.
People are naturally afraid of the dark, not to mention the fact that their teammates disappeared inexplicably in this unfamiliar mountain, which has already put them under great psychological pressure. What's more, no one knows what kind of dangers there are in the darkness ahead.
In fact, the team leader had already wanted to return to camp. He pretended to think deeply for a moment, and then slowly said: "It will get dark soon, which is not conducive to our actions. Let's return to camp immediately..."
When the remaining eight people returned along the original path, not far away from them, several figures that had been hidden for a long time finally moved.
Night was completely shrouded, and the team of Shadow Guards began to return along the original route.
This was an agreement they had made before leaving the camp. They would return to the camp to rendezvous at night and wait until daytime to take action.
In half a day's work, among the ten teams, there were many casualties. What was even more strange was that most of them did not even see the shadow of their opponents.
On the way back to the camp, a certain team suddenly heard a low roar from ahead.
A man hurried forward and said: "Captain, what's wrong, there's a blind bear in front of us!"
The captain's expression changed and he said, "Go back in a detour!"
A moment later, at the Shadow Guard camp, it was already a quarter of an hour past the agreed return time.
The general looked solemnly and asked, "Count the number of people."
One person walked over and counted them, and soon ran back and reported: "Seventy-six people have returned. The entire fifth team has been wiped out. No one has returned, including the team leader."
The shadow guard general had a sullen face. The first day's confrontation ended with their defeat. They had lost twenty-four people without even seeing the enemy's face. How could they compete?
He looked around and said: "I'll have people guard here at night. Keep me alert and be careful of their sneak attack!"
An assistant officer said: "Captain, everyone hasn't eaten anything today..."
The shadow guard general thought for a while and said: "Send ten people out to see if there are any rabbits, pheasants, etc. around the camp. Bring some back. Don't leave the camp too far..."
While the atmosphere in the other teams of the Shadow Guard was tense, the fifth team seemed much more relaxed.
At Sharp Blade's temporary camp, they met again the two missing members of the team, including fourteen other Shadow Guard teammates.
Of course, they also saw the true face of the sharp blade.
Most of their clothes were painted green, and their faces were black and white. Although they looked ugly, no one dared to look down on them.
After all, the other party was dressed in such an ugly outfit, rushed out of the grass, jumped down from the tree, covered their mouths, and knocked them unconscious at a speed that made them unable to react...
However, although it is embarrassing to be caught, at least you don't have to face the fear of the unknown uneasily, which can be regarded as a kind of relief.
When everyone heaved a long sigh of relief, bursts of low roars suddenly came from their ears.
A young man with mud smeared on his face turned around and asked, "What's going on?"
Another person came over and said with a smile: "Those guys from the fifth team, when they came back today, they beat a blind bear."
The young man's eyes suddenly lit up, and he strode over and said, "Just in time, we can have an extra meal tonight..."
