Fortunate Young Gentleman

Tang Zhao picked up his chopsticks again, looked at the leftovers on the table, and cursed the Yanping Marquis Mansion and Ping'an County Government in his heart.

He is already a very useless kid. He is told by his own father every day not to cause trouble, and he just ignores it. There is always an illusion that he wants to just shut himself up at home.

The Tang family was so glorious in the past, but now even a small catcher from the county government can bully them. The gap is so huge that he still finds it difficult to accept it.

He took a bite of the leftover food, and before he could put it in his mouth, he noticed something was wrong with the atmosphere at the table.

His father just looked at him, even his uncle's eyes were on him.

His hand holding the food shook involuntarily, and the last bite of leftover food fell on the table.

Tang Qi looked at Tang Zhao and asked, "You just said, what happened to Marquis Yanping's son?"

"Okay, it seems they set fire to kill people." Both his father and uncle looked at each other a little wrong. Tang Zhao put down his chopsticks and said anxiously, "It's really none of my business. The Marquis of Yanping, the Marquis of Changxing, the Yongchuan Bo, and the Huining Bo are all Prince Kang." I don’t usually have any contact with their juniors, so it’s not me who did it.”

Tang Qi frowned and asked, "What's the matter with Marquis Changxing and the others?"

Tang Zhao swallowed his saliva and said, "Listen, listen to what those detectives said, Chen Zhao and Li Ping robbed civilian girls, and set fire to kill them when they encountered resistance. I was in the brothel that day, and the madam and Xiangxiang girl can all testify, dad, Uncle, you believe me"

"I didn't say it was you." Tang Qi and Tang Huai looked at each other and said, "You can continue eating."

Tang Zhao lowered his head, looked at the few remaining pieces of soup on the table, picked up a bone with a trace of it, and bit it into pieces with a click.

In the study room.

Tang Huai stood in front of the desk and suddenly asked, "What do you think?"

"How could Ping'an County Government make such an omission? They did it on purpose." Tang Qi frowned and said, "But I can't figure out the reason why they did this. That little fox is so cunning and has helped King Kang many times. Without him, there would be nothing." The consequences of King Kang and King Duan today are all caused by him alone. I can’t see clearly what he is doing today.”

Tang Huai said, "He wants to borrow the sword."

"Lend me the Tang family's sword to weaken King Kang." Tang Qi's face became even more suspicious. "He has borrowed King Kang's sword many times to bring King Duan to the current situation. This time he wants to borrow our sword to deal with King Kang. He What exactly do you want to do? Could it be that what he really supports is King Huai?"

Tang Huai seemed to sigh and said, "Tell me, should we borrow this knife or not?"

Tang Qi lowered his head and fell into a brief silence.

Now that King Kang's influence in the court has reached its peak, if he takes one more step forward, he will take the position of the East Palace. What will be left for King Duan and the Tang family will be an abyss.

In the matter of party strife, one step will break the bones.

If King Kang comes to power, King Duan will inevitably die, and the Tang family will naturally have no good results. Similarly, if King Duan comes to power, King Kang will undoubtedly die, and the powerful people after him will also be liquidated.

They had no choice, and it was impossible to choose. This was not a borrowed knife, but a knife handed to them. All the Tang family could do was hold the knife and stab it forward.

Tang Qi pondered for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "I will have someone investigate Marquis Yanping's matter immediately."

After the Yuan Dynasty, it was considered to be in, but during these cold days, the temperature not only did not get warmer, but was actually colder than the previous days.

"I'm hooked, I'm hooked"

The cold wind blowing by the stream made Zhao Man's face turn red, but she didn't care at all. She suddenly lifted the fishing rod, and a small fish the size of a palm was caught by her.

This season is actually not suitable for fishing, and the period after the release of the Yamen is not a good time for fishing. However, in a short time, Zhao Man has caught three fish. Although they are all small fish the size of a palm, they are enough to make her happy. Dancing.

The luck of the beautiful girl certainly played a small part in the reason, but the main reason was that Tang Ning had arranged for Liu Laoer to surround the small pool with stones before going to the Yamen, and put dozens of them in the pool after they had been hungry for a long time. small fish.

She put the small fish in a small clay pot filled with water, looked at Tang Ning, and said proudly, "I'm pretty good."

Tang Ning cooperated with her and said, "It's my first time to catch so many fish. It's amazing."

Zhao Man picked up the fishing rod again, sat back on the small bench, and murmured, "There are so many interesting things in this world. I should move out of the palace as soon as possible."

In her eyes, even fishing is interesting, so there are too many interesting things in this world for her.

However, she was finally not as dull as before, so Tang Ning felt that it was worthwhile to accompany her out to enjoy the cold breeze on such a cold day.

He looked up at the sky and said, "Princess, it's getting late. Let's go back."

Zhao Man looked at him, held the fishing rod tightly, and said, "Wait a while, I'll catch another one and then go home."

Maybe she had run out of luck before, but after half an hour, she didn't catch another fish.

She poured all the small fish in the clay pot into the stream and said, "Go home quickly. Don't be so greedy in the future."

Tangning took her fishing rod and helped her reel in the line, only to realize that there was no bait on her hook.

Tang Ning glanced at her. Zhao Man's eyes were a little dodgeful. He put away the fishing rod and said, "Let's go."

It would take some time for the carriage to drive from outside the city into the city. Zhao Man sat in the carriage and Tang Ning sat outside, leaning against the carriage and looking at the stars in the sky.

There was movement in the carriage. Zhao Man got out of the carriage, leaned on the other side, looked up at the night sky like him, and said, "My mother told me when I was a child that every star in the sky represents a person's life. Every star in the sky represents a person's life." When life comes to an end, a star falls."

The stars in the sky represent all living beings in the world, who live together and die as stars fall. This is a very romantic thing. Tangning couldn't bear to tell her that the stars in the sky were just light from hundreds of millions of years ago. She thought The stars may have disappeared into the vast universe.

"Which star is my star?" She hugged her knees and looked at the night sky, murmuring. Tangning turned her head and took a look. The bright moonlight cast a layer of holy light on the side of her face.

Zhao Man suddenly turned to look at him and said, "It would be great if I had known you earlier."

Tangning retracted her thoughts and asked "What?"

A different smile appeared on her face, she waved her hand and said softly, "It's nothing."

Tang family.

It was late at night, but there was still light in Tang Huai's study.

"I asked someone to ask Chief Xu. Xu Cheng, the Minister of Criminal Affairs, inexplicably submitted all the serious case files of Ping'an County Yamen yesterday, and there was no follow-up after that."

Tang Qi paced in the study and said, "These cases did not go to the Ministry of Punishment, but were temporarily detained by Xu Cheng. The case at the Yanping Marquis Mansion was also among them. Xu Cheng's purpose should be only this." This is a case in which people are involved in this case in order to deceive others.”

"Xu Cheng" Tang Huai tapped his index finger on the table and said, "This person showed favor to King Duan half a year ago, but now he has turned to King Kang?"

Tang Qi nodded and said, "Even if it's not completely reversed, it should be almost there."

There are many officials like Xu Cheng in the court. They do not have a firm camp and will fall wherever the wind blows. They act very measuredly. They only sell benefits and do not offend the other party too much. No matter who gains power in the future. , even if they will not be reused, they will not end up miserable.

He was silent for a moment and said, "This case alone is not enough. Yanpinghou and others are just chess pieces. Even if they are removed, it will not be of much benefit to us. Our target is the chess player."

Tang Huai thought for a while and said, "It is useless to move one or two chess pieces, but if you move ten or eight pieces at a time, the chess player can still sit still."