Tang Ning had to admit that King Kang's hand was very beautiful.

His performance at the royal family banquet last night was essentially sympathetic, but compared to the previous self-hanging, this time the method was undoubtedly a higher level.

He first put himself in an extremely weak position, and then held King Duan very high, the same prince, but the status is completely different, which forms a huge gap, a gap that is enough to make Emperor Chen vigilant.

This is also the reason why King Duan lost the opportunity to operate martial arts, and the Tang family's Ministry of Rites changed from the main to the auxiliary in the literary ceremony.

King Duan is not the crown prince yet, if he is too arrogant, he will inevitably come to Emperor Chen's beating.

Tang Ning's strange thing was that King Kang's behavior was very different from before.

A person's personality may change abruptly in a short period of time, but IQ does not.

Especially last night's bitter meat trick, in addition to testing acting skills, it also has to test wisdom, King Kang's wisdom has not reached this level, there must be a master behind him.

This is a good thing for Tang Ning, the smart King Kang can contain King Duan and the Tang family, which can save him a lot of things.

……

Tang family.

His Majesty's two orders this morning, one gave King Duan's credit to King Huai, and the other kicked the Tang family out of Wenju, King Duan and the Tang family, it can be said that they had just raised their eyebrows, and they were hit head-on and beat them back.

"What the hell is the guy surnamed Xu doing?" Tang Qi frowned, and said: "This kind of method, how could it be that King Kang came up with it himself, when he hanged himself, I had some doubts, and this time it is even more obvious......

A young man who looked like a scholar stood beside him and said, "Lord Hui, Mr. Xu said that he didn't know, and warned His Royal Highness King Duan not to act rashly. ”

Tang Qi looked at Tang Huai and asked, "Can this person surnamed Xu believe it?" ”

Tang Huai gently rubbed the index finger and middle finger of his right hand, shook his head and said: "King Kang is already the heir, except for rebellion, it is impossible to have a chance to get on the throne again, the surname Xu is a smart person, he will not fail to understand this, let's wait and see for the time being......"

Tang Qi frowned and said, "The credit for the martial arts was handed over to King Huai for nothing?" ”

"This is what Your Majesty means, who can change it?" Tang Huai glanced at him and said calmly: "As for King Huai, you don't have to worry, even if it is the turn of King Run, His Majesty's throne will not be his turn, he is just a tool for His Majesty to take the opportunity to knock King Duan......"

Tang Qi thought for a moment before he said: "King Huai doesn't have to worry, but King Kang still has to be on guard, lest he jump off the ......wall in a hurry."

……

Duanwang was kicked out of the decision-making team of the martial arts, and he took over with King Huai, and the martial arts were still held on time.

Three years ago, Tang Ning participated in the imperial examination, but three years later, he has become an examiner for the imperial examination.

In previous years, the popularity of martial arts was not as good as even the tenths and twelve of the Wenju, but this year it was different, the imperial court attached great importance to this matter, and expanded the scale of the martial arts.

The location of this year's martial arts was chosen at Zuo Xiaowei's school field.

Chen Guoguo has been in the country for decades, but the martial arts were only established more than ten years ago, and the important positions in the army were all held by the sons of honorable people.

The content of the Wuju exam is also simpler than that of the Wenju, and the procedure is more concise.

The first level of archery is a flat shot, a foot shot, a mounted shot, and the target is also divided into a stationary target and a moving target.

Flat shooting level, candidates shoot three arrows, need three arrows to advance, foot shooting needs three in two, riding archery only needs three in one, any level does not meet the requirements, directly eliminated.

Of course, archery is only the first level, and then there are many kinds of tests such as horse pistols, force measurement, military strategy, etc., and there are about thousands of candidates in Gyeonggi Province, and there are only dozens of people who can stay.

But these dozens of people, if they don't die on the battlefield, their future is much better than those Wen Jinshi.

At this time, it was the Northwest Rebellion, and if you can make contributions on the battlefield and earn a title, it will be a matter for your descendants to be able to step into the circle of magnates in Beijing in one fell swoop.

Civil officials govern the country by their talents, and the merits of military attaches are all made with their lives, which is also the reason why the imperial court gives special preferential treatment to military generals.

The process of martial arts is simple, there is no need to review the test papers one by one and then sort them out, and the elimination system makes the examiner's task much lighter than that of the examiner of Wenju.

What Downing has to do is to see if anyone cheated during the competition, or whether the examiner covered up unfairness.

He watched with some boredom as the examinee demonstrated his archery skills, and at one point, he saw King Huai get up from the seat in front of him and walk in his direction.

He looked at King Huai and said, "Is there something wrong with Your Highness?" ”

King Huai smiled slightly and said, "I have a personal matter, I want to ask Lord Tang for a small favor." ”

Tang Ning said: "Your Highness, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

King Huai said: "There is a secret pastry in the natural residence, called Qiqiao Lily Cake, I don't know if Lord Tang can discuss with the fourth lady and sell the secret recipe of this Qiqiao Lily Cake to this king." ”

Tang Ning looked at King Huai and said in surprise: "This is the private matter that His Highness said?" ”

King Huai smiled and said: "Don't hide it from Lord Tang, Princess Huai likes this pastry very much, this king once sent someone to the natural residence to inquire, but was told that this secret recipe is not spread, so I can only ask Lord Tang for help, Miss Su is your wife, and she is also the master of the natural residence, I hope that Lord Tang can make it convenient." ”

Tang Ning was a little surprised, although the existence of King Huai, the prince, is not high, but the size is also a prince, if he wants to ask for a secret recipe from the natural residence, he only needs an order, which is a simple thing, and he actually has to find himself in a roundabout way, which shows that he is low-key.

As a prince, for the sake of the princess's appetite, he actually opened this mouth to him, and Tang Ning's impression of King Huai in his heart instantly improved a lot.

A man who spoils his wife is generally not a bad person.

At this moment, he even had a sense of sympathy with King Huai.

He looked at King Huai and said with a smile: "It's a trivial matter, what do you say to buy or not, it's too out-of-the-box, I'll go back and ask Madame, and bring the secret recipe to His Highness tomorrow." ”

King Huai smiled and said, "There should be rules for buying and selling, Lord Tang rest assured, this king will not pay less silver......"

"Since His Royal Highness King Huai has to give it, then the lower official has no choice but to accept it." Tang Ning nodded and said, "What does Your Highness think of 100,000 taels?" ”

King Huai's expression was stunned, Tang Ning laughed, and said: "Just kidding, Your Highness doesn't have to take it seriously, if Your Highness has to give it, then ten taels of silver." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for King Huai to answer, he suddenly raised his hand and walked straight in front of King Huai.

King Huai subconsciously turned his head, and when one arm was raised slightly, Tang Ning grabbed a stray arrow that shot at the back of his head, threw it on the ground, looked at King Huai, and said: "The sword has no eyes, Your Highness should be careful on the school field, try not to turn your back on the school field......"

King Huai looked at the arrows on the ground, put down the slightly raised palm in his sleeve, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Lord Tang." ”

Behind him, a pale-faced examiner already ran over and said in a panic: "Your Highness, Lord Tang, are you all right......?"

King Huai shook his head and said, "It's okay, you can go and get busy." ”

After a while, the angry voice of the examiner came from behind him.

"You can shoot so far away, you bought it, get out of here immediately, I don't want to see you here......"

The candidate said aggrievedly: "I, I have one more chance to ......"

The examiner said angrily: "Get out, I'll count to three, if you're still here, believe it or not, this official will let you break your legs!" ”

Tang Ning watched the candidate run away, looked at King Huai, seemed to have a deep meaning, and asked casually: "Your Highness practices martial arts?" ”

King Huai smiled and said, "Xi a little." ”

Tang Ning didn't ask again, looked at the sky, and said, "It's not early, today's competition is about to end, Xiaguan will go back first, Madame is still waiting for me to eat......"

King Huai nodded and said, "This king is also leaving, and if he goes back late, the princess will blame ......"

The two looked at each other, then smiled at each other and left. /13_13482/