On the first day of the Lunar New Year, it is the day to go to the Qingyuan Marquis Mansion to bow to the teacher. There is an unwritten rule for the exam, you must pay the examination fee of five hundred taels of silver, as long as the Qingyuan Marquis Mansion collects it, you must win.

In the name of dredging the examiners and the officials who invigilate the exams, the triennial filial piety fee for the officials of the Arsenal Department of the Ministry of War is absolutely indispensable. Tang Tong was an exception this time, and the whole capital knew that the amount of 480,000 taels of silver that flew in the whole capital must be much higher. Tang Tong negotiated with Mao Zong for a long time, and finally decided to 50,000 taels, this amount can buy a commander from the second grade, Qingyuan Marquis Chen Dehuai should have nothing to say.

Tang Tong came to the Qingyuan Marquis Mansion on Changting Street in the inner city early in the morning, Tang Tong had been here many times, and threw two taels of silver to the soldiers guarding the door, and Tang Tong went in directly. The Duke's Mansion can raise 500 soldiers, and the Marquis' Mansion can raise 200 soldiers. With the heavily armed soldiers, the dignified mansion is still quite majestic.

Tang Tong came to the small courtyard where the housekeeper Chen Qinjin lived, although Tang Tong was the first to come, but Chen Qinjin was already waiting in the room, and there would always be early birds. Tang Tong entered the room and waved his hand, "Happy New Year, Steward Chen!".

The king of Hades saw that the little ghost was difficult, and he had to bow his head when he asked someone to do something, Chen Qinjin only raised his head slightly, "Happy New Year to Mr. Tang Qian!" Something?".

Tang Tong immediately folded a silver ticket of 50,000 taels and a silver ticket of 20,000 taels together and handed it to Chen Qinjin, "This is my exam fee, and a share is for Steward Chen!".

Chen Qinjin took it and unfolded it, and immediately folded it, "Tang Qian is really polite!" There should be other requirements, right?".

Tang Tong nodded, unabashedly, "I want to seek the position of captain of the city gate of Xidingmen, and ask Steward Chen to inform the Marquis of Qingyuan!".

Chen Qinjin thought for a while, "I understand what Mr. Tang Qian meant, I will tell Master Hou!".

"Then thank you Steward Chen!", Tang Tong did not forget to thank him.

Seeing that Chen Qinjin didn't squeak again, he hurriedly saluted, "Retire below!".

Chen Qinjin got up to send Tang Tong out of the door, smiled and stretched out his hand, "Tang Qian is always good to go!".

Tang Tong bowed and saluted, "Thank you!" and turned to leave when he saw Chen Qinjin enter.

Not long after Tang Tong left, Chen Dehuai's second son Chen Qinyu suddenly came. This person has been idle all day long, and he has been short of money recently, and he knows that today's Wuju protégé of the Marquis of Qingyuan came to pay the money, and he wants to detain some days from it in order to respond to emergencies.

When he came in, Chen Qinjin had already put away his share, and was looking at the 50,000 taels of silver tickets, Chen Qinyu snatched it, saw that it was 50,000 taels of silver tickets, and asked curiously: "Who sent so much money?"

"It's Tang Tong Tang Qian!".

Chen Qinyu saw Tang Tong and asked curiously, "What position does he want to get?"

"Captain of Xiding Gate.", Chen Qinjin had a bad feeling in his heart, the 50,000 silver may not be able to enter the account.

Chen Qinyu is still clear about the price of his official position, if he doesn't have so much money, 20,000 yuan is enough, plus 30,000 yuan for honoring his father. Chen Qinyu stuffed the silver ticket into his arms, looked at Chen Qinjin and said, "I'll go and spread the money, and record 30,000 yuan in the account!".

It was the tiger borrowing the pig again, and Chen Qinjin immediately shouted: "Young master! You can't do that, how can I make a difference?".

"You didn't have a batch of money in your account last time, or I'll report you!", Chen Qinyu threatened him.

Chen Qinjin shouted wronged, "Didn't you take it away?".

With the handle in hand, Chen Qinyu had no worries, "This is also your dereliction of duty, and you bribed other people's money, you can't escape, right?", Chen Qinjin was completely dumbfounded and lost his confidence.

Seeing that he was shocked, Chen Qinyu patted him on the shoulder, "This is something that can be done with 30,000 taels of silver, don't worry!".

"What if it doesn't work out?", Chen Qinjin was really worried in his heart.

Chen Qinyu assured him, "Impossible! I'll go to Uncle Shang Shi in person, and I'll definitely be able to get it!", after saying that, he ran away quickly, leaving Chen Qinjin alone in a daze.

Tang Tong came out of the door, ready to go to the living room to wait for Chen Dehuai's summons, and the servant knew at a glance that Tang Tong was from Steward Chen. At this time, Chen Ding came first, and Tang Tong gave his hand, "Happy New Year Chen Shao!".

Chen Ding returned the salute first, "Happy New Year to Brother Tang!".

The two of them were very polite and polite, and then went to the living room to sit down, at this time there were many people gathered, who had greeted each other, familiar and familiar conversations, and those who did not speak sat quietly, Tang Tong belonged to this kind of people. It didn't take long for Hu Xiyu, Yang Weibiao, Zhang Yicheng, Yu Jian, Xiang Guozhen and others to come one after another, so there were people to talk to, chatting with each other.

When Chen Dehuai, the Marquis of Qingyuan, came to the big living room, everyone immediately waved their hands, "New Year's greetings to Hou Ye!".

Chen Dehuai smiled and waved his hand in return, "Happy New Year, everyone!".

Seeing everyone's hearts worshipping and convinced, Chen Dehuai was very happy, and hurriedly beckoned, "Everyone sit!", and everyone took their seats one by one. Chen Dehuai opened his mouth with a smile on his face; "Last year we won the championship in the bow competition, and we can also win the championship in this year's martial arts competition!".

Chen Dehuai looked at everyone and glanced at Hu Xiyu, "Hu Xian's nephew!".

Hu Xiyu came out of the line and saluted: "Chen Shibo!".

"Our ancestors are world friends, and my father and I are also close friends, I hope you can win the championship in one fell swoop in this martial arts test!", Chen Dehuai inadvertently burst into joy, and it seemed that he had great hopes.

Hu Xiyu was a little at a loss and said loudly; "The nephew lives up to the trust of the uncle!".

Chen Dehuai beckoned, "You can sit down!".

Chen Dehuai shouted again: "Tang Tong!".

When Tang Tong heard this, he immediately came out of the line and saluted: "Tang Tong has seen Master Hou!".

Chen Dehuai was still smiling, "It is rumored outside that Young Marquis Lan is the indisputable champion, you have defeated him, and you have worked hard in the literary test, and it is not impossible to win the championship!".

"I must keep in mind the teachings of the Hou Ye and win glory for the Hou Mansion of Qingyuan!", Tang Tong looked very confident.

"Of course, everyone else still has a chance, they all have to work hard, the bow tournament is so difficult that we can all win, anything is possible!", everyone was in high spirits. Then everyone talked about their feelings, talking and laughing, especially Chen Dingxian said the most, sighed the most and expected the most. Before noon, everyone got up and said goodbye.

Out of the Qingyuan Marquis's Mansion, the seven people who bowed gathered together again. Yang Weibiao first asked, "Where are we going next?", everyone looked at each other and didn't know how to reply.

Tang Tong saw that everyone didn't squeak, so he took the lead in sending out an invitation, "Go to me!" I'll invite you all to dinner!".

"I'm just waiting for Brother Tang to say this.", Yang Weibiao was very happy.

Everyone had no objections, Tang Tong shook his head, "Let's go!".

At this time, Hu Xiyu waved his hand, "I have a distinguished guest at home, so I won't bother Brother Tang!".

Tang Tong persuaded very sincerely, "Can't you really refuse?" It's rare for brothers to get together!".

Hu Xiyu still shook his head, "I really can't push it off!".

Seeing this, Tang Tong patted Hu Xiyu on the shoulder, "Then you go!".

Chen Dingxian also stood up at this time and said: "Originally, there were also distinguished guests at home, but it was difficult for everyone to speak, since Brother Hu was not going, I would better go back to accompany the distinguished guests!".

Tang Tong nodded, and after the two left, the other five people left the Liwen Gate.

I was about to arrive at Binh Dinh Street, and I never thought that there was a jam in front of me. The five of them were all warriors, and when they opened the crowd, they saw five ruffians stopping the two girls, and there was a vase on the ground.

I only heard a ruffian saying, "Don't go!" I have to pay ten taels of silver!".

"Obviously, you touched me and deliberately got rid of it. Besides, this vase is worth a tael of silver at most, and it is obviously blackmail!", one girl argued, while the other observed the four ruffians around him, and it seemed that they had been entangled for a long time.

Tang Tong recognized this person, it was Xia Xunqiu's eldest girl Huanjianchun, and next to him was his little sister Yinlan. The one who came out was Yinlan, and the one who was observing was Jianchun, and among the eight big girls in summer and autumn, the relationship between the two was the best. Compared with Jianchun, Yinlan is much inferior, and can only be said to be medium-colored.

The ruffian who spoke just now, Tang Tong also knew, it was Zou Hongsheng's subordinate Zhou Xing. was originally a scoundrel, and when he had nowhere to go, he did something obscene to make a living, which is now touching porcelain.

"There are only two taels, if you are interested, you will take it and leave, otherwise there will be no one!", before he finished speaking, Tang Tong came to Zhou Xing and lit up the two taels of broken silver in front of him.

As soon as he saw Tang Tong, Zhou Xing instinctively stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "Since Tang Qian has said so, how dare you disobey and offend!"

All this was looked at by everyone, and they were all impressed by Tang Tong's righteous deeds, things often take a step back and open the sky, but some people just can't see through it. This is not! A voice came, "You're conniving!" Sleeping with the enemy! What are you still proud of here?".

It was Jian Chun who spoke, and it seemed that she was angry. Tang Tong approached her with a smile, "What do you think of the Spring Girl?"

"It should be sent to the government, no! Isn't Lord Tang good at fighting? It's better to beat them up.".

Tang Tong laughed twice, "Miss Jianchun asked me to fight today, is it enough to fight hundreds of fights this year?".

Smart people can understand it at a glance, and Jian Chun immediately knew what Tang Tong meant. But when he saw Yinlan, he retorted: "Who wants you to fight?" It's better to teach them a lesson, and you'd better pay back the money.".

"If you come out to do dirty things in the New Year, you must be in trouble, why don't we think about it from each other's shoes? It should be regarded as doing good deeds and accumulating virtue, why not?", Tang Tong reasoned about this, and what he said was the truth.

Jian Chun understood, he didn't think of this deep level. Suddenly, there was a strange movement, he stretched out his hand, his palm was up, he didn't speak, just looked at Tang Tong, and asked him to guess.

Tang Tong thought for a moment and smiled weirdly, "It's unlucky to ask for red envelopes on the street, if you don't come to my house, I'll give you a big red envelope!".

Seeing that his meaning was guessed, he didn't agree with the refutation, and whispered in Tang Tong's ear: "I just want to high-five you and swear, you will not be able to catch up with Qin Xinyi, whoever loses will promise the other party one thing.", after speaking, he stretched out his hand and said loudly: "Do you dare?"..

Tang Tong didn't hesitate to stretch out his hand and hit her hand, "Whoever repents will learn to bark in public!".

Jian Chun pulled out his hand and hit Tang Tong as well, "A word is a certainty!", with an expression of conspiracy succeeding, he smiled strangely, and left with Yi Lan.