Konoha Hypocrite Uchiha Tonan

Tang Huai, the Minister of Rites, looked at Fang Hong and said with a smile: "Lingzhou is a long way, Master Fang has had a hard time on this trip."

"It's my responsibility, nothing hard." Fang Hong replied, suspicion flashed in his eyes. He and Tang Huai, the Minister of Etiquette, did not interact with each other on weekdays. The other party's behavior today seemed a bit too enthusiastic.

Tang Huai looked at him, shook his head and said: "With the reform of the imperial examination system, every step is a dangerous move. Mr. Fang is still a little impatient."

Just now in the court, although the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Rites were arguing with each other, Fang Hong, the Minister of Personnel, was on the side of the Ministry of Works.

Fang Hong nodded and said, "Master Tang is right."

Tang Huai looked at him and said: "However, as he can save hundreds of thousands of taels of silver for the national treasury every year, this Lingzhou Tang Jieyuan can be regarded as a rare talent. I am somewhat looking forward to him taking the provincial examination." Performance."

The provincial examination was held in the capital, and the Ministry of Rites was fully responsible. Fang Hong thought for a while, looked at Tang Huai, the Minister of Rites, and said with a smile: "Master Tang only needs to wait a few more months."

The two walked out of the palace together, and Tang Huai asked casually: "I just heard Zhang Langzhong mention in the palace that Tang Jieyuan has not yet been crowned. Even if he has achieved such an achievement at the age of crowning, it is really rare. He At such a young age, it is beyond the reach of ordinary candidates in their lifetime. I wonder which state the talent is from?"

Lingzhou Gongyuan accommodated candidates from three states. Fang Hong vaguely felt that Tang Huai's words had any deeper meaning, but he didn't think much about it and said, "Tang Jieyuan is a local student in Lingzhou."

Tang Huai nodded, as if he was just asking a casual question, and exchanged a few words with Fang Hong before they parted ways.

Wang Shuo followed from behind, walked to Tang Huai's side, and said with a pale face: "Master Tang, my subordinates are incompetent, so let the Ministry of Industry..."

Tang Huai waved his hand, interrupted him, and asked, "What do you know about Lingzhou Jieyuan?"

Wang Shuo was slightly startled. In this court debate between the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Works, Master Shangshu didn't even ask a question. Why did he ask about Tang Jieyuan after the court earlier?

He was just stunned for a moment, and then immediately said: "This person's name is Tang Ning, he is under eighteen years old, and he is from Yong'an County, Lingzhou. He is already married, and he is married to the daughter of the Yong'an County Magistrate..."

"Already married?" Tang Huai narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "When did you get married?"

Wang Shuo shook his head: "I don't know about this."

Tang Huai rubbed his thumb and index finger slightly and murmured: "Tangning, Lingzhou, Yong'an County, under eighteen..."

Wang Shuo watched Master Shangshu pace away, and a trace of doubt appeared in his heart again.

It seemed that Lord Shangshu had a love for Tang Jieyuan. He felt a little regretful. He really shouldn't have quarreled with Zhang Hao when he was grading papers that day...

Tang Huai walked dozens of steps out of the palace gate when an old servant in gray clothes came from a distance and followed him quietly.

Tang Huai paused and was silent for a long time. When he spoke again, his voice was slightly cold.

"Didn't you say that he is dead?"

The old man raised his head, a look of shock appeared on his criss-crossed face, and murmured: "It's impossible, they have obviously determined..."

"That's what you told me 17 years ago."

"That's what you told me four months ago."

Tang Huai glanced at him with cold eyes and said indifferently: "This is the last time."

The old man opened his mouth, and after a moment, he whispered: "Yes!"

Capital, Tang Mansion.

There are many people with the surname Tang in the capital, but when it comes to Tang Mansion, people will only think of one.

In this Tang Mansion, the three brothers are the pillars of the court. The current owner of the Tang Mansion is Tang Huai, the Minister of Rites.

In addition, the two legitimate daughters of the Tang Dynasty, one of whom was a beloved concubine in the palace, gave birth to a prince who was deeply loved by the emperor and was one of the three adult princes whom his majesty kept by his side.

In a quiet courtyard somewhere in the Tang Mansion, a pretty girl was swinging leisurely in the courtyard. When she saw a middle-aged man walking into the courtyard, he jumped off the swing and said in surprise: "Dad, why are you so early today?" Just come back?"

The middle-aged man looked at her and asked, "Is your sister-in-law at home?"

"Dad, are you okay?" The girl looked at him more doubtfully and asked, "When did my sister-in-law leave home?"

The middle-aged man nodded, walked out of the door again, walked through the Tang Mansion for a while, and came to a more quiet courtyard.

He knocked on the door and pushed it open.

There is a pavilion in the courtyard. There is a woman sitting in the pavilion. The woman has a beautiful face and gorgeous clothes. She is sitting in the pavilion and sewing a piece of clothing carefully.

Tang Jing walked to the pavilion and when he walked in front of the woman, the woman did not raise her head to look at him.

Tang Jing was silent for a moment and then said: "Xiaoyu."

The woman seemed not to hear his voice, lowered her head and continued to sew.

"He's still alive." Tang Jing breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "It's been 17 years. Thank God, he's still alive."

The movement of the woman's hand paused, and the sewing needle pricked into her finger, and bright red blood oozed out.

Outside the courtyard, the girl pressed her ears to the crack of the door, wondering: "Who is he?"

……

In Lingzhou, Tang Ning was still unaware of the turbulent situation in the capital. He stumped Li Tianlan with the game theory problem of "pirates sharing gold". She hadn't come to see him for two days.

In this regard, Li Tianlan cannot compare to Tang Yaoyao.

When encountering a problem that he didn't understand, Tang Yaoyao could confidently say "I don't understand", "I don't know" and "You tell me", while Li Tianlan insisted on solving the problem.

What a strong woman.

Tang Ning sighed, carried Fang Xiaopang on her back, walked down the street, and continued walking towards the Zhong Mansion.

I originally ran with Peng Chen to keep fit in the morning, but after Fang Xiaopang heard about it, he insisted on running with him. He said he wanted to lose weight. As a result, he couldn't run halfway through and lay on the ground tiredly. He asked Tangning to carry her back.

Tang Ning felt that he was doing it all on his own. Carrying such a drag bottle was much more tiring than running, so he could only treat it as weight-bearing strength training.

Fang Xiaopang didn’t work very hard when running, but he tried his best when eating.

Her appetite alone is comparable to that of Tang Ning Zhongyi and Tang Yaoyao. Fang Hong should really be allowed to put some living expenses at Zhong's house every month.

At least 100 taels.

Tang Ning stopped her from serving the third bowl of rice. Fang Xiaopang looked at him pitifully. Tang Ning frowned and said, "Didn't you say you want to become thinner and more beautiful?"

Fang Xiaopang looked at him, thought for a moment, and said, "But only when you are full can you have the strength to run and become thinner and more beautiful!"

Fang Xiaopang is hopeless. He will never become thinner or more beautiful in this life. Tangning waved her hand and said, "Go ahead, I can only eat one more bowl."

"The penultimate bowl!"

"bowl!"

"Two bowls!"

……

The two haggled for a while and finally settled for a bowl and a half.

Today's food was very rich. She ate a lot of food. After the third bowl of rice, she couldn't eat anymore. She walked around in the yard. She planned to walk for a while to relieve her appetite and then finish the remaining half bowl.

There was still the last piece of thousand-feuille cake left on the plate, so Tangning stretched out her chopsticks to pick it up.

But someone got the better of him.

Zhong Yi held the piece of mille-feuille cake, looked at Tang Ning's extended chopsticks, put it down, and said, "You can eat it."

Tangning shook her head and said, "You can eat it."

Zhong Yi smiled: "You better eat it."

"I'm full, you can eat..."

Tang Yaoyao stretched out her chopsticks, picked up the piece of mille-feuille cake, put it in her bowl, looked at them, and said, "If you don't want to eat it, then I'll eat it."

Fang Xiaopang ran back from the yard, took out a paper bag from his treasure bag, opened it, put it on the table, and said, "I also have a piece of thousand-layer cake here, you can eat it."

Tangning looked at Zhong Yi and said, "Half for each person?"

Zhong Yi thought for a while and nodded.

Tang Ning divided the thousand-layer cake in half and took half of it herself. When Zhong Yi picked up the chopsticks, she accidentally touched the chopsticks to the ground.

She looked at Tang Ning and said helplessly, "You better eat it."

Tangning picked up the half piece of mille-feuille cake, looked at her, and said, "Open your mouth."

Zhong Yi looked at him blankly.

Tangning looked at her and said, "What are you doing standing still? Just open your mouth and I'll feed you."

Zhong Yi's face turned slightly red, but when she saw Tang Ning looking at her, she obediently opened her mouth.

Tang Yaoyao watched Tang Ning feed the half piece of thousand-feuille cake to Zhong Yi. Zhong Yi looked shy and then looked at the whole piece of thousand-feuille cake in his bowl.

At this moment, she truly felt that Xiao Yi, who had been as close to her as a sister since childhood, was finally different from her in some way.This made her a little sad and she even lost her appetite.

She put down her chopsticks and said gloomily, "I'm full."

Tangning looked at the remaining food in her bowl, then looked at her again, and said, "If you don't want to eat it, don't put so much in it. It's such a waste..."