Fortunate Young Gentleman

Nearly half a month after the regicide case of Prince Duan Hui was settled, Tang Ning only did one thing.

He went to visit the officials and dignitaries he knew well in Beijing one by one. He left Beijing this time and didn't know when he would come back. Now, the Chen Kingdom was gradually becoming more stable at home and abroad. Except for the Western Regions, there were no threats.

Emperor Chen's request to him was to wait until King Run ascended the throne and he would come back to be his prime minister. Of course Tangning agreed wholeheartedly. If he didn't stabilize him first, he might not even be able to leave the capital.

The three-year agreement with Li Tianlan has expired. Tangning plans to send them to Qiandi before leaving for Chu. Although it will take a lot of detours, at least he will have nothing to worry about.

Anyway, he didn't want them to stay in the capital. The situation in this place was changing day by day. Someone might try to usurp the throne again, but they would still be safe in Guizhou.

He went to visit General Xiao today. Inside the Xiao Mansion, Xiao Jue looked at him and asked, "When are you leaving?"

Tangning said, "It will take some time."

Xiao Jue continued to ask: "Are you coming back?"

Tangning shook her head and said, "I don't know, maybe."

Xiao Jue nodded and said, "It's okay to leave. It's not interesting to stay in the capital for a long time."

Tangning looked at Xiao Jue in surprise. Based on his understanding of this guy, he heard that he was leaving Beijing and that there was a small chance of him coming back in the future. Even if he didn't try hard to persuade him to stay, he should at least express his reluctance.

Xiao Jue didn't seem to take this matter to heart, and changed the subject: "Since you are leaving, can you help me do a few things before leaving?"

When his friend was about to leave, the first thing he thought of was to ask him to do something. This was not what a human would say at all.

Xiao Jue, who got married and had children, is no longer the young master Xiao who valued love and righteousness.

Tangning was a little angry and said angrily, "What's going on?"

Xiao Jue looked at him and asked, "General Zuo Yinqi, the Guards Commander, do you still remember him?"

"I have a bit of an impression." Tangning thought for a while and said, "The one who was implicated by Prince Duan?"

He didn't recognize most of the generals in the Sixteenth Guards, but he still had some impressions of General Zuo Yinqi.

The regicide case of King Duan and Concubine Tang Hui affected not only King Duan and the Tang family, but also all officials and dignitaries in the court who had contact with King Duan were affected to varying degrees.

As for the generals of the Sixteenth Guards, they are naturally the top priority of the investigation. Anyone who is related to the Tang family will be hunted down to the end. This Zuo Yinqi guard general is the eight pole of the Tang family to defeat relatives. , but still suffered an unreasonable disaster in that incident.

Xiao Jue nodded and said: "Because of King Duan's incident, he was demoted from Zhonglang General to Captain. The position of Zhonglang General is now vacant. Lu Teng is qualified for this position regardless of ability or qualifications." …”

Tangning finally understood what Xiao Jue meant. She looked at him and asked, "Do you want Lu Teng to be the lieutenant general of the Yinqi Guard?"

Xiao Jue looked at him, sighed, and said, "You know, I'm just a brother-in-law, so I can't let him continue to hang out in the army..."

Tangning said in surprise: "You are the General of Ximen Guard. Isn't it very simple to transfer him to Ximen Guard?"

"I am already a general. If I transfer Lu Teng to the rank of general, what will all the officials think? What will your majesty think?" Xiao Jue glanced at him and said, "Is this your majesty's Ximen guard, or is this a general? My Ximen guard?”

What Xiao Jue said makes sense. The imperial court has always been very taboo about the deliberate division of a single family in the Forbidden Army. The reason why King Huai transferred Ling Yun out of the Yulin Guard was because of this consideration.

Tangning thought for a while and said, "Since Lu Teng has enough qualifications, he can just leave this matter to the military department, so why do you need to do so much?"

"The Ministry of War?" Xiao Jue shook his head and said, "It's okay to leave the Ministry of War, but doesn't it give others a chance to gossip? Even if I agree, my father-in-law will not agree."

Only then did Tang Ning realize that if Lu Ding, the Minister of War, promoted his son Lu Teng to be the general of the Yinqi Guard, it would not be the case in the eyes of others.

After all, Lu Teng had been with him for a while. Tangning nodded and said, "I'll go to Shangshu Province tomorrow."

Xiao Jue immediately said: "Then you can help me handle a few other things by the way. In addition to Lu Teng, you can also help promote Liu Jun, Mu Yu, Huang Yulong and others..."

Helping one person is also helping, and helping three or four is also helping. Tangning didn't care and asked, "Should we also place them in Zuo Yinqi Guard?"

"This is not good." Xiao Jue shook his head and said: "East Gate Guards, North Gate Guards, South Gate Guards, you arrange them separately to prevent them from forming gangs in the army and being disliked by the court..."

After getting married, Xiao Jue's mind was obviously much better than before, and he actually took the initiative to consider this. Tangning waved her hand and said, "I understand, I will look at the arrangements."

He stood up and said, "It's getting late. I have to go and sit with Marquis Wu Lie. You tell Mr. Xiao that I'm going back..."

Xiao Jue stood up and said, "Let's get together. I haven't seen Brother Han for a long time."

Wu Liehou was now General Jin Yuwei, responsible for the security of the two gates of the capital. Tang Ning sat at the Han family for half an hour before leaving alone.

Xiao Jue and Wu Liehou have known each other for many years. The friendship between the two is deeper, and there are still some old things to talk about.

Tangning didn't stay with him. He still had a lot to do before leaving.

The shop has been entrusted to Princess Anyang, and the thing she is most worried about is probably her father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Jingzhao Yin is the parent official of the capital, so naturally he cannot go sightseeing like them. Tang Ning's family can be explained as sightseeing, but if his father-in-law and mother-in-law go out together, I am afraid that even Emperor Chen will be suspicious and worry whether he is going to run away.

In the mansion, Zhong Mingli looked at him and smiled, "You can go with peace of mind. When you have arranged everything, it will not be too late for your mother-in-law and I to go there."

Chen Yuxian glanced at him and said, "A month ago, you said that you were tired of being Jingzhao Yin and wanted to spend the rest of your life with me. You men are always lying..."

Zhong Mingli showed a trace of embarrassment on his face and said, "Isn't this to dispel your majesty's suspicion..."

Tang Ning saw the reluctance in his father-in-law's eyes, and he was not surprised by this.

He had studied hard for more than ten years just to get his name on the list of successful candidates one day. He had endured so many years in the officialdom and now he had become the Jingzhao Yin. How could he just give up?

Fortunately, the situation in the capital was no longer what it used to be. Most of the court was controlled by the Fang family. Things like the last time he was framed would not happen again.

He returned to the study, and Qing'er handed him a letter.

This letter was just received in the morning, but the date was a month ago.

Since Tang Ning went to Guizhou, the family received a letter from the Western Regions every month. The content of the letter was nothing more than what they had seen and heard in the Western Regions. The purpose of writing this letter was just to report safety.

When they went to the Western Regions, the elite of the Beggars' Gang in the capital were all out, and the two thousand guards were well-equipped, enough to wipe out most of the small and medium-sized countries in the Western Regions.

You know, although the Western Regions are known as the Thirty-Six Countries, most of them, including the monarchs and ministers, have only hundreds or thousands of people.

They said in the letter that they would be ready to return to Beijing in a month. Tang Ning originally planned to leave for Guizhou in the near future, but judging from the time of this letter, they are already on their way back. He only needs to wait in Beijing for more than a month, and he can take them away with him.

This was originally a good thing, but Tang Ning had a headache. Except for Tang Jing and his wife and Tang Zhao, who was missing, there was no one alive in the Tang family. How should he tell them about this?

Tang Ning rubbed his eyebrows and was troubled by this matter. In the depths of the distant Western Regions, the wind and sand dissipated. Several elders of the Beggar Gang looked at the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses that appeared not far ahead, as well as the flags in the front, and their faces changed at the same time.

"Not good, it's the Xiaowan army!"

Even though they knew that the Xiaowan army was different from the bandits in the Western Regions and would not target caravans like them, everyone looked at the solemn scene in front of them and their faces gradually turned pale...