Until......

Until the time when he finished washing his feet on the Tang River and lay on the bed, he was about to fall asleep.

A certain father, who is somewhat bad at handling the relationship between men and women, runs in on tiptoe.

"Aye, I have money in my room, if you want to steal it......"

Tang Heshang rolled his eyes and said, "You can go to my mother's place!" ”

"Your dad needs to steal money if he wants it?"

Tang Jian glared at his son for a moment, and then said, "Isn't this afraid that your mother will know that I have come to you!" ”

"If you knew this was the case, why bother in the first place!"

Tang Heshang grinned, he liked his father's look of wanting to beat people but didn't dare, and continued to say in a weird manner: "Hold back your anger, otherwise my mother will know that you are coming to me!" When the time comes, the affairs of the widow will not be able to be hidden...... But that's all! ”

"Stinky boy!"

Sure that his son helped him hide it, Tang Jian glared at Tang Laosi, turned around and walked directly towards the door.

If you stay any longer, I'm afraid you really can't help but beat Tang Heshang!

"Don't go!"

Tang He snorted: "Tell me too, why is my mother suspicious!" ”

Tang Jian didn't pay attention to the Tang River, but the steps under his feet were a little bigger!

Although he was angry, Ju Guogong, who returned to his room, felt that he could finally sleep peacefully tonight!

......

The next day, the holiday season ended, bringing more than just questions to be taken care of.

Especially after the end of Shangyuan, there are still many things that are enough to make people talk about and spread and comment on them!

Of course, this year, everyone is chatting about something different!

In the past, I used to talk about which son of a poor family was caught by a wealthy family because he reached the top of the riddle in Pingkangfang; Or, whose lady has a crush on whom at the lantern festival......

And this year, all those things that were originally in the limelight were all the meteor-like things in the east of Chang'an City.

"Hey, did you see it when you got done?"

"Hmmm! See! It's so beautiful! ”

"Yes! I just don't know where those things came from and what they're called! ”

"It must be an immortal spell! What else can it be called, Xiangrui! ”

"Shhh!! Why are you so smart? ”

"That is, if I hadn't been older, I would definitely be a student in Chang'an College at this time!"

I don't know if Tang He, who was holding a cake and walking towards Chang'an College while nibbling on it, would hear this conversation...... Improve the selection difficulty of Chang'an College in the second half of the year?

......

Don't say that the common people, that is, two top nobles of the Tang Dynasty, are also discussing on the road from the gate of the imperial city to the Taiji Hall of the Taiji Palace!

"Ming, this year's Shangyuan Festival has a new meaning!"

"Age, isn't it? I originally wanted to see the lanterns, but after seeing the incident in Dongcheng, where can I still see the lanterns? ”

"That's it! If it weren't for that thing, it is estimated that this year's lantern would have to guess the thirty floors in one go! ”

"Huh!"

"What, don't you believe it?"

"Faith! How can you not believe it! Wasn't you just fifteen stories away last year? ”

"Friends!"

"Friends!"

Moments later!

"Ming, what, what did you say was that thing last night?"

"Age, I don't know! However, looking at the way it exploded, the little brother had some guesses! ”

"You mean? Tang Dynasty? ”

"Hmmm! Apart from him, who else in Datang can make these things? Don't you think that our officials in the Tang Dynasty will think it is a miracle like those foolish people? ”

"Ahem......! How can it be! ”

"Hmmm! Don't talk about it, Tang Jian's guy is here! ”

"Okay, don't give him a chance to turn his nostrils up!!"

“”

Tang Jian was speechless, and said in his heart: "...... When you speak ill of your own officials behind your back...... Can you be quieter? ”

......

It can be seen that Datang never lacks the spirit of entertainment, but Datang lacks entertainment projects.

After the Shangyuan was the Great Imperial Meeting, that is, the Imperial Council in which all Beijing officials above the seventh rank must participate.

Tang Jian found Wang Xuance, Changsun Chong and Du Wei in the crowd, but he didn't see his son.

Don't think about it, kid...... Expectedly, the court was empty!

It was the adjutant of Menxia Province who counted the number of participants, and Tang Laosi and the entire navy management were all written to Chao Beshang. And Chao Bei was directly handed over to Fang Xiangye.

Regarding the fact that Tang Laosi and the navy were absent from the court discussion, Fang Xuanling didn't take it, and directly ignored it.

If Donald Lao Si comes to participate in the court meeting, he will be a demon if he doesn't come, just right!

Perhaps it was precisely because Tang Laosi and the Lai brothers did not come to participate in the court meeting that the day of the court meeting was surprisingly smooth.

As for Feng Zhidai......

At present, the letter of appointment reads "Captain of the Navy of the Inspection School," which has two more words, and he is not qualified to participate in the court meeting for the time being.

Even if he had, he wouldn't be able to come at this time!

At this time, I am busy with the little guy I brought from Lingnan to post a roster in Chang'an!

As a subordinate, if you don't do these things, you may not let General Tang, who has the word "inspection school" on the top of his head, and Lai's two or so Zhonglang who does not have a son of "inspection school" do it?

Lingnan Tsai feels that he is not so ignorant of the rules of the workplace!

Although the first court meeting after Shangyuan was processed, it also took a whole shift to discuss, after all, there were really many things to discuss.

At four o'clock, the court meeting finally ended, and the officials returned to their detention rooms one by one to handle official business.

Fang Xiangye and Du Xiangye are no exception, they can't just sneak home and sleep on the first day of work after the New Year, right?

There is a small pile of folds to deal with on the table of the two, and the reason why it is a small pile is because this year's folds have not been delivered yet!

Well?

Wrong!

Du Ruhui suddenly saw a note sandwiched in a fold, which read: "Ten thousand years of auspicious dedication to the sixteenth day of the first month of the fifth year of Zhenguan!" ”

Is this the fold that was just handed in today?

That's right, Wannian County Ling Qu Tuquan has been very pragmatic in the past two years, and he actually wrote the fold during the rest of the year, which is worth encouraging!

Du Xiangye nodded, put on a smile, and solemnly opened the recital.

It reads:

"In the fifth year of Shangyuan, there were occasional gorgeous sparks in the night sky of Dongcheng, which lasted for a quarter of an hour, and the fire trees were like silver flowers, and the purple and red were beautiful! The minister thinks that this is the benevolence of His Majesty from God, and he specially gave auspicious rui to show peace!

On the fifteenth day of the first month of the fifth year of Qu Tu Gai Zhenguan, he played the pen overnight! ”

From the text, there are no typos, no fault!

Judging from the content, there is nothing wrong with praising the emperor's benevolence!

Anyway, His Majesty Li Er needs to use auspicious foreshadowing to govern the country, to prove that heaven and man are inductive, isn't it?

Besides, it's better to pick up ready-made than those who get a fake auspicious rui out, right?

Wide is !!

Du Xiang couldn't help touching his cheeks, why was there a sharp pain on his face?

Fang Xiangye, who was on the other side of the table, immediately noticed that his old partner was wrong, and said while probing: "Keming, what's wrong, this is asking questions again?" ”

Du Ruhui grinned, smiled ugly, and handed the fold to Fang Xuanling.

"it!"

Fang Xuanling spit out two words that he heard from his son's mouth, and his eyes glared at Lao Dao: "Do you really think that thing last night was an auspicious Datang official?" This is actually reported to the birds? ”

"Smack!"

Du Ruhui felt that his face was very painful, and it hurt on both sides!

Taking a deep breath, Du Xiangye snatched the fold from Brother Fang's hand, and while secretly deciding that he really wanted to break off his friendship with Brother Fang, he picked up the pen and brushed it on the fold and replied: "Pull your mother's light!" You TMD is an official of Datang, not a fool in the market! ”

So, such a note with Du Xiangye's strong dissatisfaction was immediately sent back to Yongzhou Mansion by the officials!

A certain young chief official of the Yongzhou Thorn Mansion went to Wannian County with a blue face!

"Qin ......!"

The word 'chief' has not yet been spit out of the mouth of the smiling Qutu county commander!

He replied with a "snap"!

It was Qin Qiangu who suddenly threw the fold in his hand on the door of Qu Tu's cover!

"Qutu County Order!"

The young chief didn't care at all that the subordinate in front of him was equal to his own rank, and directly scolded: "Report the hammer Xiangrui!" See for yourself what the approval given by Du Xiang is! ”

Qu Tugai's face was gloomy, as if he was saying that a certain noble, with the same official rank as you, was older than you Qin Changguan! Your self-esteem official position is one level higher, and you give me a face?

"Humph!"

Qu Tugai snorted coldly, forcibly holding back his anger and picking up his share from the ground......

Well?

The pupils dilated suddenly, and the originally gloomy face suddenly turned into stunned: "This ...... What do you mean? ”

"What do you mean?"

Qin Qiangu smiled coldly and said, "Don't you know how to read?" Du Xiang is disgusted with your ignorance! Actually, that thing was reported last night by Xiangrui! Do you know that the little official who came to play the fold said that Du Xiang thinks that we are all fools in Yongzhou! ”

"You don't agree to play it, can you hand it over?"

Qu Tugai shrank his head, and his confidence was obviously insufficient.

Qin Qiangu was stunned when he heard this...... His face became more ugly, and he didn't speak, but turned around and left!

.......................................................................................................................................................................

Yongyangfang, the southwesternmost corner of Chang'an, is a gathering place for civilians in Chang'an City because of its geographical location.

The reason why they are commoners and not poor is because most of the people who live in this workshop are aborigines of Chang'an, not because they are not poor.

They have a few fields of their own, but all of them are outside the city!

Every day when I go out of the city to farm, I always have to go through several squares to Yanping Gate or Anhua Gate, and then go around the city wall to reach my own land.

Han Jiaerlang's inherent thinking about land made them not sell the land even if they had to go so far.

Besides, even if you sell it, what do you do for a living when you sell it?

As the farthest square in Xicheng from Xishi, don't you have to go far to make a living?

Therefore, most of the people who live here get up early, eat morning food, and then go out of the city to work, and do not come back until dark.

Wang Laosan is one of the people here, and his land is less than a mile outside the southwest corner of the Chang'an city wall. If you go straight and climb the city wall, and then swim across the moat, you only need to get to his ten acres of land...... A quarter of an hour!

Ten acres of land is really very little, it was divided when the family was divided, and the output of a year is not enough for a family of three to eat.

According to the land regulations of Datang, the land can be cleared, and the land can be exempted from tax for several years! However, at the foot of Chang'an, where is there still wasteland?

So, he once thought about selling the land, but how much can ten acres of land be sold? What can you do with the money from the sale?

Obviously, nothing can be done, and after the sale, the family of three can only drink the northwest wind.

At noon, he walked out with his hoe on his shoulder, and his face was ugly as he was about to go to his field to repair the canal.

Because I played too late for the Yuan Festival last night, I couldn't get up early today, and I was scolded by my daughter-in-law for a quarter of an hour!

If he had changed his previous temperament, Wang Laosan would definitely quarrel with his daughter-in-law, or even ...... Tear the blue with your hands. But today's loss, I can only win over this face and be scolded by my daughter-in-law in a small room!

While walking out, Wang Laosan secretly decided to do the handiwork later tonight, and it was best to come back that the mother-in-law and the doll had already slept, so that there was no need to listen to chatter.

"Wang Laosan!"

Just a few steps away, Wang Laosan was stopped!

When I turned around, it was Liu Xiaoliu in the courtyard next door, a sixteen-year-old man who had not yet started a family. So I also eat with my father, I am a little mischievous on weekdays, and everyone doesn't like this baby very much.

On weekdays, he quarreled with his daughter-in-law, and Wang Laosan and Liu Xiaoliu, who were well-known in the neighborhood, became friends because they were not very well received.

"What's wrong?"

Wang Laosan grinned and said, "Hearing my family's quarrel, are you afraid that I won't be happy?" ”

On weekdays, as long as Wang Laosan's family quarrels, Liu Xiaoliu will come to explain to Wang Laosan.

But what kind of person will a sixteen-year-old doll explain? It's nothing more than sitting next to each other, so that people have multiple listeners when they are in a bad mood and want to chatter.

"It's not!"

Liu Xiaoliu shook his head and said: "I don't have time to listen to your broken mouth today, I'm here to remind you that the results of the navy's recruitment have been posted on the bulletin board, and I'll tell you." ”

"Oh!"

Wang Laosan's interest is not too high, he is twenty years old, will the navy want it? If it weren't for the fear that Liu Xiaoliu would be lonely at that time, Wang Laosan would not have followed Liu Xiaoliu to the physical examination at all.

However, even if the interest was not high, Wang Laosan still followed Liu Xiaoliu's words and asked, "How is it, have you been selected?" ”

"I don't know, I haven't seen it yet!"

Liu Xiaoliu said: "Didn't I come back and tell you after receiving the news, let's go and have a look!" After reading it, I'll help you repair the ditch! ”

"Okay!"

Wang Laosan threw the hoe back into the yard, but no one dared to go in, and directly followed Liu Xiaoliu to the bulletin board.

There are already a lot of people around the bulletin office.

Someone shouted happily, "I'm selected!" ”

Someone walked back with a disappointed face.

Liu Xiaoliu pulled Wang Laosan into the crowd, and it took a lot of strength to squeeze in.

took out a piece of copper coin, Liu Xiaoliu was about to hand it to the down-and-out reader who specialized in reading announcements, and asked him to find his name.

But he was suddenly stopped by Wang Laosan: "Little Liu, this is your food for two days!" I'll give the money! ”

"You?"

Liu Xiaoliu glanced blankly and said, "You gave the money, aren't you afraid that the baby will starve?" Ink! ”

Handing out the money, Liu Xiaoliu asked the down-and-out literati: "Reader, help me find it, see if there is Liu Xiaoliu!" ”

The scholar looked at the notice for a long time before he spoke: "Liu Xiaoliu, Yongyangfang Yi E? ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Third child, you pinch me! See if I'm dreaming! ”

"Good!"

"Ouch! Hurt! It's not a dream! ”

Liu Xiaoliu smiled and said, "Third brother, I was chosen!" I will have monthly money in the future, you wait, when the time comes, our brothers will eat and drink spicy food, and envy them to death! ”

"Good!"

Wang Laosan spit out a word, and while he was sincerely happy for Liu Xiaoliu, he was a little empty in his heart.

He said: "Then let's go, let's go back, I'll repair the ditch, now that you're a soldier, don't follow me to do the next job!" ”

"What do you say?"

Liu Xiaoliu scolded with a smile: "Even if I am an official, you are also my brother!" Also, what to go? I haven't seen your name yet! ”

After that, Liu Xiaoliu said to the reader again: "Trouble you, and help me see if there is the name of Wang Shangrui, the second change of Yongyang Fang!" ”

The reader nodded, and started looking for the first piece of red paper.

The first one didn't!

And then the second one......

The reader looked at the red paper chapter by chapter, but never gave a reply.

Wang Laosan actually felt uneasy in his heart.

A total of eleven pieces of red paper were pasted on the bulletin board of Yongyangfang, which recorded the list of all the recruits in Yongyangfang.

If there is no "Wang Shangrui" on the eleven papers, it means that he has lost the election.

This is what those officials said when they checked their bodies, and Wang Laosan remembered this.

The down-and-out scholar had already seen the tenth piece of paper, Wang Laosan sighed secretly in his heart, and said to Liu Xiaoliu: "Xiaoliu, let's go, I guess I won't be twenty without me!" ”

"Wait!"

Liu Xiaoliu shook his head and didn't take a step.

Suddenly, the scholar said, "Wang Shangrui, right? ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Liu Xiaoliu hurriedly said, "Is there one?" ”

The scholar asked again: "Yongyang Fang No. B Courtyard, No. C Room!" Right? ”

"Yes!"

This time, without waiting for Liu Xiaoliu to speak, Wang Laosan nodded and said, "Reader, is there my name?" ”

The expectation on Wang Laosan's face can no longer be hidden!

"Yes!"

"Really?"

"Really!"

Wang Laosan jumped up suddenly: "Little Liu, I was also chosen!" I chose it too! ”

I don't know when, the wind blew the sand, and the sand confused Wang Laosan's eyes......