Fortunate Young Gentleman

Ruyi Xiaolangjun Text Volume 428 Beasts are worse than beasts. Having known the old beggar for so long, Tang Ning already understood why he was so unwelcome in Lingzhou before and was beaten every now and then.

Selling incomplete martial arts secrets, peddling pornographic books, tricking children into giving lollipops, and consecrating fallen women...

This kind of slut can make even the calm old Zheng angry. If he hadn't been defeated, he would have been chopped into eight pieces long ago.

What "old and unrefined" and "old and disrespectful" are talking about this kind of person. It's ok that he doesn't look like a top master, but he's not even as good as a normal person. He's getting more and more unrefined as he grows older. Only in front of Xiao Xiao will he deliberately pretend to be a "kind teacher".

Old Zheng probably doesn't want to see the old beggar, or he may be worried that one day he will lose control and chop him and bring humiliation upon himself, so he took the initiative to take on the responsibility of guarding Tang Ning.

November is coming soon, and Tang Ning deliberately reported to the Ministry of War two days in advance.

The Ministry of War is equivalent to the Ministry of National Defense in later generations. It is in charge of the selection and promotion of military officers, military registration, weapons, military orders, etc. It does not involve military power itself. Even the Minister of War Lu Ding is a 100% civilian.

Even so, the position of Minister of War is not something that any civilian can hold. The Lu family is a family of military generals. Military generals must not only be brave, but also have strategies. None of the generals with deep roots in the capital are reckless men who only know how to charge into battle.

When Lu Ding was young, he was already a famous general of the State of Chen. He served as the general of the Sixteen Guards and now serves as the Minister of War. Lu Teng can sit in the position of Zuo Yu Duwei at a young age. His future is limitless. Among all the generals in the capital, the Lu family is also outstanding.

The Xiao family was once glorious, but now only Xiao Jue is left, and it can no longer be compared with the Lu family.

He walked into the Ministry of War and explained his purpose. The guard at the door hurriedly ran in to report.

Although the Ministry of War is also a civil service office, many officials in the Ministry of War, including the Minister of War, are military officers, and the layout of the Ministry of War is different from other offices.

When you walk into the front yard, you can see stone locks, stone shoulders, stone mills and other things placed in a corner of the yard.

Tang Ning glanced at it and heard footsteps. The owner accompanied a man out of a yamen.

The man who came out bowed to him and said, "Sir Tang, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

The man was about 30 years old, with a steady voice and powerful steps. He had a unique and sharp aura, which was completely different from the officials of the Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Rites and Ministry of Justice.

Tang Ning clasped his fists in return and asked, "May I know who this gentleman is?"

The guard stepped forward and introduced, "This is Minister Nie."

The person who greeted him was Nie Qian, the Left Minister of the Ministry of War. Before Tang Ning left Beijing for the State of Chu, Emperor Chen had promoted him to the position of Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites, which was a fifth-rank official position. Now that he had left the Ministry of Rites and was working in the Ministry of War, his official rank would not be lower than the fifth rank in principle.

Minister Nie welcomed him into a certain duty room and said, "The Minister has been summoned to the palace by His Majesty, but the Lord has already informed you a few days ago that if Lord Tang comes, you will be temporarily appointed as the Langzhong of the Ministry of War. There were originally two Langzhongs in the Ministry of War. Langzhong Hu was ordered to leave Beijing a month ago to patrol the military camps of various states. This is Langzhong Wu..."

He pointed to a person in the duty room and introduced him to Tang Ning. Langzhong Wu did not have the temperament of someone who came out of the military camp. He was obviously a civil servant.

He bowed to Tang Ning, but his eyes were alert, and he said, "I have long heard of Mr. Tang's great name..."

This Wu doctor seemed a little afraid of him when they first met, and Tang Ning did not show too much enthusiasm, but just bowed his hands in return.

After arranging everything for him, Minister Nie looked at him and said, "I have some things to do there, so I will leave first. If you have anything, come to me at any time."

Tang Ning heard from Xiao Jue that the Ministry of War seemed to be busy with the sixteen guards competition held every four years recently, and it was not very idle. He nodded and said, "Minister Nie, go and get busy."

Nie Qian walked out of the Ministry of War and saw a man standing in the yard, staring at the stone lock in the corner.

From the beginning, he noticed this person. The other person had a very familiar temperament. Although he was just standing there casually at the moment, he gave people the feeling of a sharp knife...

This kind of temperament, he had only seen in the army.

What surprised him even more was that the invisible pressure from the person opposite him was even greater than that of the general of the sixteen guards.

Nie Qian hesitated for a moment and asked, "I wonder which general this brother served under before?"

He was sure that this man must have come from the military. With such a fierce momentum, he was most likely from a battle-hardened army.

Old Zheng looked back at him and shook his head, saying, "You must have recognized the wrong person. I am just a butcher..."

Nie Qian's eyes stayed on him for a long time before he shook his head, thinking that this might be his illusion. He raised his foot and was about to step down the stairs, but his footsteps suddenly stopped, lowered his head and looked at the ground, slowly fell down, and walked down the stairs gently...

...

The first day in the Ministry of War was particularly leisurely. There was nothing for him to do. Tang Ning went there at noon and was dismissed after sitting for less than an hour.

After the gong sounded, Tang Ning walked out of the Ministry of War and found that he was the only one out.

He stood at the door and waited for a while. When Old Zheng came back from buying meat, no one in the Ministry of War was dismissed.

Among the four government offices he had worked in, the Ministry of War had the most serious overtime. It was hard to believe that Minister Lu was usually kind and affable. He was not polite at all to his subordinates and did not dare to come out of the duty room for a quarter of an hour after the office was dismissed.

Old Zheng bought a pound of pork belly and planned to chop it into stuffing for dumplings at night. Tang Ning had just returned home when she saw Princess Anyang coming in from outside.

"Is the princess here to look for the princess?" Tang Ning looked at her and said, "The princess and Xiaoyi are out. They may not be back for a while."

Zhao Man and Xiaoru and Xiaoyi have become real sisters now, and they are very close. Even if she often comes here, no one will gossip about her.

"No, I'm here to look for Xiao Jue." Princess Anyang looked around and said, "Isn't he here?"

Tang Ning shook her head and said, "I just came back from the government office and didn't see him."

Princess Anyang ran into the room in disbelief and looked around. After finding nothing, she left unwillingly.

Tang Ning stood up and said, "Come out, she's gone."

Xiao Jue climbed out of the tank in the corner, took a long breath, and said a little depressed, "Finally gone..."

Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "Do you owe her money?"

Xiao Jue shook his head and said, "She wants to introduce a girl to me."

Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "Isn't that good? Don't you always want to get married and start a family?"

"You don't know." Xiao Jue waved his hand and said, "She introduced Lu Teng's sister."

Tang Ning thought for a while and asked, "Lu Teng's sister... is she ugly?"

From the looks of Lu Teng and Lu Shangshu, it can be seen that the Lu family's genes are not bad, and there is no reason for Lu Teng's sister to be ugly.

Xiao Jue said, "It's okay, she's pretty."

Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "Then you don't want to?"

From his reaction just now, those who didn't know would think that Princess Anyang wanted to introduce Lu Teng to him.

“你不知道。”萧珏挥了挥手，说道：“陆腾的亲姐姐，比你表姐还狠，她小时候经常揍我，我娶她不是自寻死路吗？”

"You can think so." Tangning looked at him and said, "Don't you dislike Lu Teng? If you marry his sister, you will be his brother-in-law and you will be able to suppress him from now on."

"Forget it." Xiao Jue shook his head and said, "In order to take advantage of his "brother-in-law" and sacrifice my happiness for the rest of my life, I am not that stupid. I, Xiao Jue, will never marry Lu Ya even if I die!"

Tang Ning thought for a moment and said, "I think you and Princess Anyang are a good match. Why don't you consider her?"

"Her?" Xiao Jue waved his hand without hesitation and said, "I always treat her as my sister. Will you marry your sister?"

"You are not related by blood."

"That won't work either." Xiao Jue shook his head and said, "I treat her as my sister. If I marry her, I will become a beast. No, I will be worse than a beast!"