A person quietly probed in and looked, looking left and right.

Chen Tang had already discovered her and shouted, "Ah Ling, what are you doing?"

Su Ling stuck out his tongue: "Brother Bujin, I just heard Ah Bao say that there was a very fierce villain who came to visit, so I couldn't help but come and take a look." ”

Chen Tang smiled: "The person has already left." ”

Su Ling walked in and asked, "Who is this rude guest?"

Since Chen Tang High School, the guests have been full, all with gifts and smiles. It's the first time like a thick eyebrow. The little girl is inevitably worried, in fact, she still has a careful thought, Ah Bao said that there is also a bewitching Taoist aunt, and her eyes will hook the soul.

In this way, Su Ling is even more uneasy.

Regarding the matter of the Nine Gates, it was difficult to explain clearly to Su Ling, Chen Tang said vaguely: "It's someone from the state government who came to talk to me about official affairs." ”

Su Ling blinked his eyes and asked in surprise, "Is Brother Bujin going to be an official?"

Chen Tang smiled: "It's almost there." ”

Su Ling immediately seemed to think of something, his face darkened, and he lost his joy.

Chen Tang asked, "What's the matter?" I'm going to be an official, aren't you happy?"

Su Ling forced a happy face: "Of course I'm happy, it's just ......" After a pause, he mustered up his courage: "When the time comes, can you take me with you?"

Chen Tang sighed and was silent, and Su Ling asked him about his difficulties.

According to the rules and conventions, after being appointed, Chen Tang had to leave Panzhou and become an official elsewhere. The rank will not be low, but the whereabouts are not clear. I don't know if it's going to the neighboring Changzhou or to Jiangnan.

Of course, it is also possible to enter Beijing as an official, and to be a Hanlin attendant.

Everything has to wait for arrangement.

With Chen Tang's wishes, he prefers to go to Jiangnan.

Jiangnan has been prosperous since ancient times, flourishing with literature and ink, and has produced countless talented and beautiful women, which is an ideal resort in the minds of readers.

Officials who are released from outside basically have a term of office, mainly about three years. Then, according to the performance appraisal, promotion or demotion.

To be an official means to enter the system and hold power. But at the same time, it also means losing freedom and being bound by rules and regulations.

In this regard, Chen Tang was quite conflicted in his heart. He should accept the appointment to become an official, but if the official is not happy, he may also follow the example of the ancient madmen and abandon the official.

At the end of the day, he's a restless person. In this time and space, Chen Tang didn't care about the loyalty of the monarchs and ministers.

This is destined to make his career not smooth sailing, and he will rise to the top. There are many rules in officialdom, so far, Chen Tang has basically not done a few. The most obvious is to dredge up contacts and run for office. If you change to someone else, if you pass the first-class jinshi and the first, where can you still sit still? I will definitely try my best to send all the favors, and I must enter the Hanlin Academy.

But Chen Tang almost did not move, and he did not move after the list was released, and he was also the first batch of scholars to leave the capital.

To be honest, with his temperament, he is not keen on officialdom. All the way to the test, at the beginning, it was just to plan the most convenient livelihood.

If the journey is not smooth, with Su Ling and others, there will be many concerns. And for ordinary people, the journey itself is a great risk.

After thinking about it, he said: "The appointment has not been officially issued yet, I don't know where it will be arranged, and I will see it then." If it's close, I'll definitely take you with me, and I'm counting on you to cook for me. ”

Hearing this, Su Ling smiled. In fact, she didn't have to follow, although she was from a humble background, but after getting along with Zhou and others, she also understood a lot of truths. Su Ling is already very satisfied with the current rich and decent life, as long as Chen Tang has her in his heart, it will be fine.

"Well, Brother Bujin, I'll go out to do things first. ”

"Good. ”

Chen Tang turned back to the study.

This study is very large, with a custom-made bookshelf on which a book is stacked neatly, and there is a smell of pen and ink emanating from it.

There are many books, some of which are given away by others, and some of which are purchased by themselves. Most of the gifts are classics and articles, with Hu Buregret's box as the main body; the self-purchased ones are bought by Chen Tang by wandering around bookstores out of interest, and most of them are prose miscellaneous notes, recording the content of customs and customs.

These are equivalent to geographical atlases, which help Chen Tang to better understand the world.

There are a few more, but they are martial arts secrets such as "Grass Mang Swordsmanship".

There is a gourd hanging on the shelf, and there is a large desk on the side, frog inkstone, Zen incense stone paperweight, two good things, all on it.

As for the invisibility talisman, as well as the substitute talisman, because of their lightness, they are all carried with them.

Plus the sword case that returns to the bland, when the pillow is camouflaged.

Many things are the main belongings that Chen Tang has obtained so far.

In terms of money, the money on hand is very relaxed, at least tens of thousands of cash is there, and he is quite rich. For a while, don't worry about eating and drinking.

This is the most intuitive material thing brought about by fame.

His eyes swept over one thing after another, feeling the rare quiet and peace in the study, Chen Tang hoped that there was eternity in the world!

......

It's dusk, and the sunset is like blood.

The wind blew, and the rice waves rose on the staggered fields. At intervals, a scarecrow was erected at the top of the field to intimidate and drive away the birds that came to peck at the rice. For realism, each scarecrow was also wrapped in shabby clothes and a bamboo hat.

At the end of the field are mountains, stretching out and full of forests.

Towards evening, the birds threw themselves into the forest, chirping.

Two figures suddenly appeared on a grassy slope, it was Thick Eyebrows and Hanamigu.

"Wow, this damn horse demon. ”

Thick eyebrows spat on the ground and scolded angrily.

"I think he has fled," said Hanamigu. Say, "Whose family is he?"

Tou Tuo spread his hands: "It doesn't matter which one it is, if it steals that thing, it must die." ”

Hanamichigu's face was embarrassed: "Of course I know that the captain has been furious. It's just that where should we start to chase down, the place is so big, not to mention anything else, as long as it drills into the mountains, it is equivalent to looking for a needle in a haystack. ”

Thick eyebrows snorted coldly: "He was slapped by the captain, and he was wounded, and sooner or later the injury will attack." Besides, it's a monster, so it's impossible to hide it. Everywhere you go, there will definitely be clues. For today's plan, let's go back to restore our lives first, and let Du Weiguang send the guests out, and spread out, I don't believe that I can't find it. ”

"What if it drags on for a long time, and it runs away and leaves Panzhou?"

"No way, with his injuries, he won't be able to go far. I think the biggest possibility is that it is hidden in this mountain range. ”

Thick eyebrows said, stretched out his hand and pointed at the reckless mountain forest: "It's just that you and I don't have enough manpower, and it's difficult to search for a while, so we have to send more guests to help." ”

"Okay, without further ado, we'll go back to the city at once. ”

The two spoke, drifted away, and returned to Panzhou Mansion.

It was already dark, and the evening breeze was blowing. The wind was quite strong, and in a field, a scarecrow, dressed in tattered clothes, probably because of unstable resting, was suddenly blown down. After a while, however, the scarecrow stood up again, staggered, and walked slowly, moving to another position......