The trivial things of the officials are the most encountered by Tang Ning when he walks the six departments.

Other ministries may not have much to do on weekdays, and they are very busy, but the Ministry of Officials is different, officials are promoted and examined, lords and nobles, and women of the emperor's family, but all the people in the upper echelons of Chen Guo are under the overall planning of the Ministry of Officials.

Tang Ning was busy all afternoon, and he didn't even have time to drink a cup of tea, and when he picked up the teacup, he found that there was no tea in the cup.

He was about to pour tea, when suddenly someone picked up the teapot, helped him fill the teacup, and said with a smile: "Don't be too tired, Lord Tang, your body is important." ”

Si Feng Lang is the one who knows how to observe words and emotions the most, and he is also the one who looks the most honest.

Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "Feng Langzhong is here to hand over the name book of the Si Feng Division, right?" ”

Feng Langzhong put a thick book on the table and said: "Yes, this is the name book of the women in Beijing compiled by our company, and the lower officials will put it here, so they will not disturb Lord Tang's office, and the lower officials will retire first." ”

Tang Ning nodded, and when Feng Langzhong was about to walk out of the duty room, he asked casually: "Listening to Feng Langzhong's accent, it should be a southerner, right?" ”

Feng Langzhong stopped and turned around and said: "Go back to my lordship, Xiaguan's ancestral home is Runzhou, and he settled in Beijing after he won the imperial examination." ”

Tang Ning waved his hand and said, "It's okay, you go get busy." ”

Runzhou belongs to Jiangnan Dongdao, so in this way, this Si Feng Langzhong is a serious Jiangnan person.

The two officials sent to Jiangnan by the Ministry of Officials both had accidents, but after being replaced by Feng Langzhong, an official from Jiangnan, they were calm, and this coincidence was too coincidental.

However, Tang Ning did not intend to investigate this matter further, the problem in Jiangnan was not a day or two, even Emperor Chen could not do anything about it, and Tang Ning did not want to get into this trouble.

His current troubles have not been completely resolved, and he doesn't know how the confrontation between Blade and Shadow Guard is going, as a special operations force, he has just undergone half a month of training in mountains and forests, I hope they don't go too far, and leave a little poor face for Emperor Chen.

The mountain behind the riding camp.

When the two teams of the Shadow Guard groped their way to the Blade's camp, they found that the camp was empty, and none of the Blade members could see it.

This is not unexpected, after all, the opponent is not a fool, and he will not wait stupidly in place, I am afraid that they are already watching in the dark at the moment, ready to attack them.

The leader of the shadow guard looked around and said, "With a team of ten people, act alone, once you find the enemy, act immediately, don't be soft-......hearted."

He told the members of the other team, and the two teams parted and disappeared into the woods.

At the same time, members of another team of shadow guards were already cautiously searching for the forest.

The ten of them were separated by a few paces to ensure the range of the search, but not too far away, as long as one of them was attacked, the ten of them could quickly converge.

A squad leader searched for a moment, and then immediately spoke: "Report the number!" ”

He himself reported "one" first, and the people behind him reported the number according to the distance, all the way to "ten", which was a method they had discussed before leaving the camp.

"Two!"

"Three!"

……

"Eight!"

"Nine!"

After his words fell, the sound of counting kept coming from behind him, until someone shouted "nine", and no one answered.

The squad leader stopped and asked, "What about Zheng Xing?" ”

Everyone also stopped, looked around, and finally someone said in horror: "Zheng Xing, Zheng Xing is gone......"

When the squad leader heard this, he was immediately shocked and angry, they hadn't even seen the other party's people, and one of their own people had disappeared first, if they kept going like this, how could they win them?

He lowered his face and said, "Find!" ”

The crowd gathered, searching the way they came, but they couldn't find their teammates who had disappeared.

Someone asked in a trembling voice, "It can't be some beast, right?" ”

The squad leader shook his head and said, "If it's a beast, we can't hear it, it must be a man with a sharp blade......"

"Everybody come closer, keep an eye on your surroundings!" Faced with this strange situation, he slowed down and gave the next command.

The nine people who were left behind were a little closer, and their hearts were much more settled, and there was no such strange atmosphere.

What they didn't know was that as they slowly moved forward, a pair of eyes were watching them in the shade of the trees above their heads and in the grass at their sides.

At a certain moment, the squad leader said again: "Count!" ”

"One, two, three,...... Seven, eight! ”

"Nine, what about Wang Dong?"

One person looked behind him and said in horror: "Team, captain, Wang Dong is also gone!" ”

Seeing that the sky was about to get dark, he had already damaged two people, but he didn't even see the figure of the opponent, Rao is that they were all the elite of the guards, and it was inevitable that they would panic at this moment.

Even if they all poison the Gu, but they can't see their opponents, and no matter how advanced the poison is, they can't perform it.

Looking at the dark sky, someone finally couldn't help but say, "Captain, it's getting dark, why don't we go back to the camp first?" ”

"Yes, captain, it's dark, and I can't see the road clearly, in case we encounter any poisonous insects and beasts, it's not good, let's go back first......"

"I think I heard some beast screaming in front of me, so let's go back to camp first, shall we?"

……

When one person made a suggestion, the rest immediately agreed.

People are born with a fear of the dark, not to mention that in this strange deep mountain, the teammates who disappeared inexplicably have made them very psychologically stressed, not to mention, no one knows what kind of danger there is in the darkness ahead.

The squad leader actually had the intention of returning to the camp for a long time, pretending to ponder for a moment, and slowly said: "It's going to be dark soon, which is not conducive to our actions, so return to the camp immediately......"

When the remaining eight people returned along the same path, not far from them, several long-hidden figures finally moved.

The night was completely enveloped, and the Shadow Guard's team began to return the way they came.

This was an agreement they had made before they left the camp, and they would return to the camp for the time being in the evening to meet and wait until daytime before moving.

In half a day's effort, among the ten teams, there were not a few people who lost their troops and lost generals, and what was even more strange was that most of them didn't even see the shadow of their opponents.

On the way back to the camp, a team suddenly heard a low roar in front of them.

One of them hurriedly ran forward and said, "Captain, it's not good, there's a blind bear in front!" ”

The squad leader's face changed, and he said, "Take a detour and go back!" ”

A moment later, the Shadow Guard camp, a quarter of an hour past the agreed time to return to camp.

The general had a calm face and asked, "Count the number of people." ”

One person walked over and counted them, and soon ran back and reported: "Seventy-six people have returned, and the fifth squad has been wiped out, including the squad leader, none of them have returned." ”

The general of the shadow guard had a calm face, and the first day of the confrontation ended in their defeat, and without even seeing the face of the enemy, they had already lost twenty-four people, how could they compare?

He looked left and right and said, "Let people stay here at night, cheer me up, be careful of their sneak attacks!" ”

An adjutant said, "Captain, everyone hasn't eaten for a day today......

The Shadow Guard general thought for a moment and said, "Send ten people out to see if there are any rabbits and pheasants around the camp, and come back with some hits, don't leave the camp too far......"

When the atmosphere in the other teams of the Shadow Guard was tense, the fifth team seemed much more relaxed.

At Blade's makeshift camp, they were able to meet the two missing members of the team again, including fourteen other Shadow Guard teammates.

Of course, they also saw the true face of the blade.

Most of their clothes were painted green, and their faces were black and white, and although they looked ugly, no one dared to underestimate them.

After all, the other party was dressed in such an ugly outfit, rushed out of the grass, jumped down from the tree, and covered their mouths at a speed that they couldn't react, knocking them out directly......

However, although it is a shame to be caught, at least there is no need to face the fear of the unknown, which can be regarded as a relief.

When everyone breathed a sigh of relief, a low roar suddenly sounded in their ears.

A young man with mud on his face turned his head to look and asked, "What's the situation?" ”

Another person came over and said with a smile: "Those guys from the fifth team, when they came back today, they beat a blind bear. ”

The young man's eyes lit up suddenly, he strode over, and said, "It's just right, you can add dinner tonight......"