Fortunate Young Gentleman

Chapter 429: The Battle of the Ministry of War, Chapter 429 of the main text of Mr. Ruyi, is not sweet. You can’t force emotional matters, so Tang Ning stopped trying to persuade Xiao Jue.

He looked at Xiao Jue and changed the subject: "Why did Lu Teng's sister beat you?"

"When I was a kid, I had a fight with Lu Teng. Lu Ya stood up for his brother and beat me every time he saw me." Speaking of this incident, Xiao Jue said with resentment and regret on his face, "It's a pity that my sister died early, otherwise That crazy woman wouldn’t dare to be so presumptuous…”

There is no love without reason in the world, and there is no hatred without reason. Xiao Jue can't stand Lu Teng and opposes him everywhere. It turns out that there is a historical reason.

And his sister is the former queen. If she were still alive, Xiao Jue could indeed walk sideways in the capital.

"Lu Teng's sister beats you every time she sees you?" Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "You can't even beat a woman?"

"Hehe, I'm a man, can a man beat a woman?" Xiao Jue smiled disdainfully and looked at Tang Ning and said, "You think I'm you. It's not that I can't fight back, but I can't beat him at all..."

Tang Ning looked behind him and waved, "Princess..."

Xiao Jue shuddered and jumped up from where he was. Seeing that there was no one behind him, he was about to speak angrily when he heard footsteps outside the door. He took two steps at a time and hid back in the tank.

Princess Anyang strode in and looked at Tang Ning and said, "I asked the gatekeeper of the Tang Mansion, and they said Xiao Jue was here."

Tang Ning glanced at the corner of the wall and shook his head, saying, "I just came back from the government office, maybe he came earlier..."

Princess Anyang looked at him, then looked at the corner of the wall, and walked over.

"Ah... it hurts!"

After a while, Xiao Jue was dragged out of the tub by her ears. He finally broke free, rubbed his ears, and said angrily: "Men and women should not be intimate. Can you not touch me every time..."

Princess Anyang looked at him and said: "I finally asked Lu Ya to come out. Come with me quickly and don't let her wait anxiously."

"If you want to go, go." Xiao Jue said with a firm face: "Anyway, I won't go. That woman will never get married in her life..."

Princess Anyang looked at him and said: "Didn't she beat you when she was a child? That's all in the past. You two are not young anymore. She has agreed to see you. You are a grown man, why are you still shy?"

"I won't go!" Xiao Jue's attitude was extremely firm.

"I told her that you asked her out." Princess Anyang looked at him and said, "If you don't go, she might think you lied to her and chase you to the palace tomorrow to settle the score."

Xiao Jue thought about his 100 men, and imagined how he was beaten up by that woman in public. He patted the dust off his clothes and said, "Go back, but let me make it clear in advance that I'm going this time to give you face..."

A man will often be beaten by a woman, either because he can't beat her, or because he likes her, or because he can't beat her and likes her. There is no such thing as gentlemanly manners, an excuse for not beating a woman. This is just a fig leaf that Xiao Jue gives himself.

Tang Yaoyao popped his head out from the wall and asked, "It's been a long time since we last sparred. Do you want to have a fight? I'll give you one hand."

"Do I need you to give me one hand?" Tang Ning stood up and said disdainfully, "Giving up one hand is not a big deal. If you have the ability, give up two..."

...

As the saying goes, a monk rings the bell for a day. Since Tang Ning has already arrived at the Ministry of War, he feels uncomfortable watching others busy to death while he has nothing to do.

He looked at the busy Doctor Wu and took the initiative to walk over and asked, "Doctor Wu, do you need any help here?"

Doctor Wu raised his head and shook his head quickly, saying, "No, no, since the Shangshu didn't ask you to do anything, why don't you read a book or walk around the government office?"

Tang Ning looked at him. Doctor Wu seemed to be really afraid of him. He was defensive when he spoke. After he nodded slightly, he didn't say much to him. He simply walked out of the duty room and strolled around.

The Ministry of War was not big. It was not even half the size of Tang Mansion. Tang Ning walked around and returned to the Ministry of War. As soon as he stepped into the yard, he heard a quarrel coming from the front.

"Several officers, this is the way of competition every year. You have already drawn lots. What are you dissatisfied with?"

This weak voice with a little lack of confidence was the voice of Doctor Wu.

At this time, in the courtyard of the Ministry of War, Doctor Wu was sandwiched between sixteen big men. His face was pale and trembling.

A man in armor frowned and said, "Left and right Yulin Guards were drawn to the first game. What's this?"

As soon as he finished speaking, someone intervened and said, "Our Yulin Guards are the strongest among the sixteen guards. We have to fight together in the first game. Isn't it an advantage for those trash?"

This person's temper was obviously more irritable. His voice was like a bell. Tang Ning could hear it clearly even when he was standing at the door.

However, his words seemed to have poked a hornet's nest, and the crowd immediately exploded.

"The damn Yulin Guard is the strongest, have you asked us Yinqi Guard?"

"Our Jinyu Guard hasn't said anything yet, why are you Yinqi Guard butting in?"

"What else can you Jinyu Guard do besides patrolling the city? You have the nerve to act like a big shot here?"

"The Yulin Guard is so great, how about we compete now?"

...

Tang Ning finally understood why the 16 guards had a small competition every year and a big competition every four years. It was simply to prevent them from being too idle.

In addition to their duties of guarding the capital, the Sixteenth Guards of the Forbidden Army do not have the power to control the armies of various states. What they have to do is to protect the capital and prevent any rebels from attacking here.

But Chen State has been at peace for many years. Apart from unstable borders, there are no rebel forces within the territory. Even if there were, they were quickly suppressed by the local government.

In this way, the Sixteenth Guards seemed very idle. If they didn't find something to do, they would probably lose even the last bit of their sense of existence.

But if they were allowed to compete, there would be many objections among the Sixteen Guards, mainly regarding the competition system.

Whether it is a small competition every year or a big competition every four years, they are all knockout matches, determined by drawing lots, and one group is eliminated in each game. In this way, it only takes fifteen games to determine the final winner, with a maximum of two games added. The second and third places are also ranked.

A problem arises. The left and right Habayashi guards are the Emperor's guards. They are the strongest among the sixteen guards and are equally matched. If the two teams faced each other in the first game, they would definitely eliminate one team and compete for the third place. They are not qualified to compete for third place.

Strong teams don't want to encounter them at the beginning. These people are often in the army and have hot tempers, so there is the current quarrel.

Seeing that the quarrels among the people were getting louder and louder, and several people had already started to take action, Wu Langzhong hurriedly advised: "Commanders, if there is anything we can discuss, don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive..."

boom!

Among the random punches, someone accidentally punched Wu Langzhong in the face. Wu Langzhong immediately said "Ouch" and fell to the ground with a nosebleed.

Other officials of the Ministry of War stood in the distance, watching this scene with a look of humiliation on their faces. Although the Ministry of War also has the word "soldier", most of them are civilian officials. Every time they deal with these ruffians, they always suffer some small losses. , I have been holding grudges in my heart for a long time.

The people of the Sixteenth Guards did not care about Wu Langzhong who fell on the ground, but instead the quarrel became more intense.

"Everyone stop it!"

When the atmosphere in the courtyard was about to reach its peak, a voice came from the direction of the door.