Regarding Xiao Jue's request, Tang Ning of course refused with righteous words.

Which lady can't sleep with him and Xiaoyi Xiaoru Tang Yaoyao, why should he sleep with Xiao Jue?

Still, Downing gave him an idea.

The Ximen Guard has just been formed, and Xiao Jue, as the general of the Ximen Guard, eats and sleeps with the soldiers of the Ximen Guard for a few days, which is not an unspeakable reason.

After Xiao Jue left, Tang Ning continued to think about the question just now.

Since King Kang rebelled and Emperor Chen made him the right minister, he has no promotion and no reward, unless he gives up his throne to him, which is of course impossible.

At this time, it is appropriate to make some mistakes, indicating that he is already arrogant, arrogant, and floating, and he doesn't need to reward him anymore, which can be regarded as a reassuring pill for Emperor Chen.

Of course, when Tang Ning asked Song Yi to release him, he didn't think about it so much.

There are only a few people in this world who don't ask for anything in return, how can he let them be wronged?

Of course, the Zhou family still has to make some arrangements.

Zhou family.

The Zhou family, as a relative of the emperor and the current queen mother, has been low-key for many years, but it has also been brilliant and prominent.

It's just that with the passage of an era, the Zhou family has no successors, and in this generation, it is even more thin, and only a single seedling has emerged, which can be regarded as a complete decline.

In a few years, the Queen Mother and His Majesty will be gone, and the Zhou family will become the last of the powerful in Beijing.

But at least now, they still have the queen mother as a backer in the palace.

At this time, Zhou Qing, the only seedling of the Zhou family, was lying on the bed with a blue nose and swollen face, one arm and thigh were tightly wrapped in a white cloth, and a few painful snorts from time to time.

"My poor son...... an old woman beside the bed burst into tears and said loudly: "That woman actually put such a heavy hand on Qing'er, she must not let her go!" ”

Another old man had a calm face and said: "I have already told the Criminal Department that this case must be severely punished, the Tang family is now in decline, I think the Criminal Department will not shelter her, and Qing'er's revenge will be avenged immediately." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a subordinate hurriedly ran in and said loudly: "Master, master, it's not good, that Tang Shui has been released by the Criminal Department!" ”

"What!" The old man's face was gloomy and he asked, "Are you sure?" ”

"Absolutely." The man said: "I saw with my own eyes that Tang Shui and the county lord of Anyang walked on the street, there would be no mistake." ”

"What is the Criminal Department doing!" The old man snorted coldly and said, "I'll ask Song Yi what he means!" ”

……

Criminal Department, Song Yi looked at the angry old man and said: "Zhao Guogong is angry, this matter is Tang Xiang's order, and the Criminal Department is just acting on orders......"

The old man's face froze, and he asked, "Tang Xiang?" ”

Song Yi nodded.

Who is the Tang Xiang in Song Yi's mouth, the old man naturally knows in his heart that every major event that has happened in Beijing in recent years, he has stood on the cusp, in the past two years, he has fought the Tang family, the king of Duan, the king of Kang, the party in the south of the Yangtze River, and the elites of Jinggi, fighting back and forth, none of his opponents have a good end, but he himself has sat on a high position under one person and above ten thousand people.

If there were still people in Jingshi who he didn't want to provoke, Tang Ning would definitely be in the first place.

His complexion changed, and after a choice in his heart, he smiled dryly: "Since it was Tang Xiang who spoke, this matter is settled, and it is normal for young people to have conflicts and conflicts......"

He arched his hand to Song Yi and said, "The old man has gone back." ”

Song Yi knew that he didn't want to provoke Tang Ning, so he smiled and arched his hand: "Zhao Guogong walks slowly......"

……

Tang Ning had already learned from the mouth of the county lord of Anyang and Tang Shui that this time it was really their fault.

The reason for the incident was very simple, the subordinates of the Zhou family were selling slaves in the Western Regions on the streets, and Tang Shui couldn't see it, so he stepped forward to reason with them.

Who would have thought that the people of the Zhou family didn't know the Jingshi witch at all, and they would do it if they didn't agree with each other, and there were a lot of foul words against the two women, Tang Shui naturally wanted to fight back, and the people of the Zhou family saw that she was very strong, so they wanted to bully more people and less people, and as a result, including their young master, they were all defeated.

If you really want to say that the responsibility lies with Tang Shui, it is also a little wrong, after all, she also tried to reason with the other party, and the other party did it first, but the result was that the young master of the Zhou family and his subordinates were wiped out, she was intact, and this responsibility could not be shirked.

Fortunately, she has a measured hand, as long as Zhou Qing's bones are connected, she can heal after a period of recuperation, and she will not become a disability and affect her future life.

Even so, Tang Ning still asked people to send a large cart of gifts to Zhou's house.

Most of these gifts are precious tonic herbs, in terms of value, it is enough for Zhou Qing to fracture one hundred and eighty times, the Zhou family seems to be unwilling to care about this matter anymore, so they accepted the gift and did not say anything, what the county lord of Anyang expected did not happen.

In the small courtyard, Tang Ning looked at Tang Shui and said, "Even if you want to do it in the future, you should start lightly, don't unload people at every turn......"

Tang Shui lowered his head and said, "Got it......"

Then she looked at Tang Ning again and said, "There is something I want to ask you." ”

Remove the word "ask". Tang Ning looked at her and said, "The family doesn't have to be so polite. ”

Tang Shui raised his head and said, "I want to help those slaves from the Western Regions who help Jingshi......"

Tang Ning could understand her thoughts, Tang Shui originally had Western Regions blood, and it was normal for those Western Regions to have compassion for those Western Regions people.

Human trafficking is legal in Chen, of course, the premise is that you and I are willing, and cannot use illegal channels such as cheating and abduction.

Many poor families, whose lives are unsustainable, will choose to sell their daughters to large families as maids, but the situation in the Western Regions is different.

The environment in the Western Regions was difficult, and there were often merchants from the Chen State who went deep into the Western Regions, bought some women from the Western Regions, brought them to Beijing, and sold them to those high-ranking officials and nobles, or to be maids, or to be concubines......

Since Chen Guo and Xiaowan were hostile, these people were not willing to pay even a little extra cost, and went directly to the Western Regions to loot, and the robbed Xiaowan people, men were slaves, women were maids, and the government had always cared about this.

After all, they are robbing the people of the Western Regions, and the people of the Western Regions are enemies, and in the eyes of some people, they may not even be human.

This actually reminded Tang Ning of Chen Guo a few years ago.

What Chen Guo is doing to the Western Regions now is exactly what the grassland has done to Chen Guo in these years.

In essence, there is no difference between Chen Guo and Su Shen.

With Downing's education, people are not commodities, nature cannot be bought and sold, and every life should be respected, but in today's world, his thinking is still too advanced.

Tang Yu walked over from the side and said, "Since Shui'er said it, you can help her think of a way." ”

Tang Ning turned around and said, "Mother......"

Tang Yu said: "The people of the Western Regions are the same as us, they are also human beings, and they should not be treated like this." ”

Tang Ning nodded and said, "I'll figure it out." ”

He agreed to this matter, not only because two people who were very important to him opened their mouths, but also for the humanity in his heart.

Tang Yu sat down and said, "Your father and I were able to escape from Jingshi back then, because of their help, which our Tang family owes them. ”

This was the first time Tang Ning heard her talk about the details of the events of the year, and it was a rare opportunity for him to sit down and ask, "Mother, how did you escape back then?" ”

Tang Yu showed a look of memory on her face, and said: "At that time, the relationship between the Western Regions and the Chen State was not so tense, and all the countries of the Western Regions had sent envoys to Beijing, and the imperial court was also very tolerant of them, and even allowed them to enter the country to study with the students of the Chen State......

She paused in her tone, and then said for a long time: "Your father was at that time, and it was at that time that he met a Xiaowan envoy, who hid us in the mission and helped us escape from the capital and escape all the way......"

Downing asked, "And what about later?" ”

A trace of gloom appeared on Tang Yu's face, and she said: "Later, we were found by the Tang family, and later, I was brought back by the Tang family......"

Tang Ning saw that her expression was different, and changed the topic and said: "In this way, that Xiao Wan envoy does have a great favor to us, where is he now, he must repay him if he has the opportunity......"

"I don't know where he is now, or if he's dead or alive." Tang Yu shook her head and said: "Your father had a good relationship with him back then, when he fled, I was pregnant, and he also had a daughter with a woman from the Chen Kingdom, and they also made a document that if I gave birth to a daughter, I would marry Jin Lan with his daughter, and if it was a boy, let them marry in the future......

Tang Ning was surprised, he couldn't imagine that there was such a past twenty years ago, and he couldn't find out this matter from the files of the Criminal Department.

There are enough ladies in the family, I didn't expect him to have a baby parent, but more than 20 years have passed, if the girl is still alive, she must have become a parent, Tang Ning is not worried, looked at Tang Yu, and asked: "Mother, I take the liberty of asking, where is the girl now, and who is her surname?" ”