Civil servants of the Tang Dynasty

"Yes, go home!".

In the stunned eyes of the old concierge, Tang Cheng pulled Guan Guan into the door. If he hadn't held him hand in hand, Guan Guan, who was nervous, wouldn't even take a step in.

"Tang Cheng, let me go, let go!".

"Why? What you promised just now was not very simple, don't worry," Tang Cheng said, without letting go of his hands at all.

In the backyard, after hearing the familiar sound of footsteps, Lancao, who was busy in the yard, dropped the things in his hands and walked out quickly, "Ah Cheng", just this one sentence, after seeing the scene in front of him clearly, Lancao fell silent, Immediately, the expression on her face became weird after the sudden stiffness.

And Lancao's reaction was almost exactly the same as that of Li Yingwan who came later.

"Yingwan, this is Guanguan, my good friend I met in Yangzhou." When talking about the word "friend", Tang Cheng emphasized his tone, "You tell Haosheng from Gao's family to buy some food and wine."

"Friend!" Hearing this, Li Yingwan was taken aback for a moment, not to mention seeing such a thing with his own eyes, but he had never heard of it.It took a moment for her to wake up, buddy! "Okay, I'll go and watch under the stove myself, Lancaoer, why are you still standing there stupidly, leading guests into the house."

"Oh!", although she was a little confused, Lancao's expression seemed to come alive again after hearing Tang Cheng's introduction, and when she went forward, she silently accepted Guan Guanyouzi's hand held by Tang Cheng.

After seeing the hands loosened by the two of them, Li Yingwan let out a sigh of relief and walked towards the kitchen.

"Friend!", hearing Tang Cheng's address, Guan Guan's body trembled suddenly, his heart shivered, and then an unprecedented feeling came to his heart.

Li Yingwan arranged it very carefully, Gao's craftsmanship is also very good, there are many dishes, and the wine is very strong!Tang Cheng persuaded the wine with gentle words, from speaking to every etiquette, he really treated each other as a respected guest and friend.

Lancao served carefully, Li Yingwan was attentive, everything before Guan Guan had never experienced it before, although the laughter here was not as wanton as before, it had a sincerity that she might never have experienced before; Rare, but every dish reveals the owner's affection.

At this family banquet that Guan Guan had never experienced before, she felt unprecedented respect and enthusiasm for her friends, real enthusiasm!

After the initial discomfort, Guan Guan drank a lot of wine, a lot, and I don't know whether it was because of the alcohol or other reasons, there were always two drops of crystals in her eyes, and finally at the end of the song When the people dispersed, these two drops of crystals slipped down silently.

"The guest is drunk!", Li Yingwan held the bluegrass that was about to walk with the hand under the table, "Ah Cheng, my friend is coming, it's time for you to see it off."

"Of course", Tang Cheng turned around and pulled Guan Guan up, helping her to walk outside.

"lady!".

"If Ah Cheng really has the heart, why bring her back?" Li Yingwan smiled and nodded Lancao's forehead, "You still have a lot to learn."

Stepping into the carriage, Guan Guan, who was still drunk just now, had a clear face, "Ah Cheng, thank you!".

"Thank you?" Tang Cheng smiled when he heard the words, "Don't forget that we are friends."

"En, friend", when repeating these two words, Guan Guan's nose was inexplicably sour again, and she couldn't help hugging Tang Cheng tightly because of a sudden heat in her heart.

Caressing Guan Guan's back, after her mood stabilized, Tang Cheng gently kissed her forehead, and whispered: "This love has nothing to do with the wind and the moon!".

1 Chapter Twenty Red and Black

It was a crisp autumn morning. After Tang Cheng got up, washed and had breakfast, he went out as usual and went straight to the state office.

When Tang Cheng arrived at the Yamen, the bell had not yet rung, but most of the people in the office where Si Tiancao was located had already arrived. Although it was morning, after a day of rest and vacation, they heard these swords and pens through the window. The voices of the officials were a little lazy, and this situation was somewhat similar to the office atmosphere after the weekend in later generations.

"Everyone heard about yesterday's literary meeting." Tang Cheng, who was walking down the free corridor to the office, paused slightly after hearing these words, and slowed down his pace.

"Jinzhou is such a big place, it's hard not to hear about it." There was a sound of drinking water from the office room inside the window. After the sound of drinking was over, the voice continued: " Not to mention that there was such a big commotion at this literary conference.”

"I didn't expect, I really didn't expect that at such an age, Tang Cheng, who has been quiet since he entered the government office, and didn't even talk a lot, would have such a talent. In the classics debate, Mr. Biejia was also severely suppressed. When I heard about it yesterday, I really couldn’t believe it. Who doesn’t know that Ma Biejia was born as a Jinshi of the Mingjing Department?”.

"Why don't you believe it? It's true that your lord is a genuine Jinshi, but how many years ago did that happen? Lao Liang, if you inquire carefully, how many of the middle-level Jinshi are still willing to be officials after they are released to become officials?" Flipping the book, after several decades, what should be abandoned is already almost abandoned. In the past, when people were timid at the Wenhui, they would not argue seriously because of their status as adults. This time when they met Tang Cheng , the dancing of real knives and real guns, doesn't it show Mrs. Ma's hypocrisy?".

"What Lao He said makes sense." In the office, another knife and pen official joined the discussion between the two, "The craftsmen who sell handles on the street still pay attention to those who don't practice their hands for a day! There is no difference between reading and schoolwork. How busy are you adults every day, eating flowers and wine and being praised by others can’t handle it. It’s weird to have time to read? It’s just that no one dared to be serious before.”

"Whatever he says, this boy Tang Cheng has become famous this time. It was time to light the lights last night. My brother-in-law who was in the state school still ran to my house. I thought it was the old mother-in-law again. I got into a fight with Xinna's little lady, and my brother-in-law came to rescue the soldiers. After asking anxiously, I found out that this little bastard heard that Tang Cheng and I were colleagues, so he came to inquire about his situation. What a shame Thing, it spread so fast."

"De Chi, seeing how upset you are, could it be that your brother-in-law came at the wrong time last night and disturbed the good things you and your younger siblings have done? That's right! I was about to enter the alley and met the 'immediate wind'. It's a man You have to be in a hurry." Lao He's words made Tang Cheng outside the window couldn't help laughing, and there was even more laughter in the room, which also swept away the lazy atmosphere in the room.

After laughing, Lao He went on to say: "If you say that our Jinzhou literary fair is the best one, those crazy students in the state school have been complaining about it for a day or two. What happened yesterday It would be weird if they weren't happy, not to mention that Tang Cheng still has the status of Yunxi County School, and it's time for Jinzhou School to go to school with Dechi, your brother-in-law, after the Yunxi County School is recommended in November , and you are honored, besides gloating, your brother-in-law probably also has this idea."

"Old He, I don't dare to admit what you said. My brother-in-law is hot-tempered, but he has always admired Mr. Bie Jia." Yang Dechi said solemnly, but his solemn words caused even louder resounding in the room. There was a lot of laughter, obviously no one believed his nonsense.

Standing outside the window, Tang Cheng heard the words and laughter in the room, and a sense of familiarity emerged spontaneously. Although it took 300 years, it seems that the office culture that likes to arrange bosses is the same from ancient to modern.

"Old Yang, just talk about it." This time it was Lao Liang who answered the conversation, "No matter what you say, after yesterday's literary meeting, don't be a horse. Both the poem and the debate on the same topic have failed. What else can I say? Our lord is very face-saving, will he still go to the next literary meeting? If he goes, how will he lose his face?".

"Old Liang, what you said is nonsense. As long as you are still in the seat, Mr. Ma must be the first in the next literary meeting. Maybe things like yesterday can happen every day?" Old He scoffed. He smiled, "If you say that Liu Jingwen was the most unlucky person in yesterday's essay meeting, he spent so much effort and money to come up with such a result, I'm afraid he's going to regret it now!".

"That's right, Liu Jingwen didn't have a flirty affair this time. Those who know know that his literary meeting yesterday was to curry favor with Mr. Biejia. If you don't know, you may still think about his solid relatives with that Tang Cheng, or else you can't." So hard to make Tang Cheng famous, tsk tsk, in order to make Tang Cheng popular, he did not hesitate to use horses to support him, Mingshi Liu is very generous and bold." Before Lao Liang finished speaking, the office room was full of people. There was a roar of laughter.

"Old Liang, your words are really hurtful, let Liu Jingwen hear that you have to work hard with you." Yang Dechi still had a laugh when he spoke, but after laughing he sighed, "Speaking of Liu Jingwen, we can't help it." It’s nothing more than fifty steps laughing at a hundred steps, his sadness is at least all of a sudden, we don’t know when we will be able to get ahead.”

"How did Lao Liang say that?"

"Does it need to be said? With Tang Cheng's position as the fifth-rank Liuwai, he is no different from the horse of the fifth-rank Liunei Cong. It is really a heaven and an underground. If it is common sense, in a literary meeting like yesterday It's too late for Tang Cheng to flatter Master Biejia, let alone such a real fight, and finally he stepped on Biejia's face into the gutter."

Hearing Lao Liang talking about himself, outside the window, Tang Chengcheng's footsteps that could trample ants to death gradually became lighter, and after a while of drinking water, Lao Liang continued: "Tang Cheng also has a job when Cao joins us. After so long, everyone thinks he looks like a fool? Come on, he is neither stupid nor stupid, so why did he do such a thing? No matter what he thinks, at least one thing is stable Yes, what? He’s not afraid of horses, don’t drive!”.

"Old Liang is right, but if there is a little fear in his heart, Tang Cheng wouldn't act like that yesterday, and he didn't save a bit of face for Mr. Bie Jia."

"The ball is not! A few days ago, there were rumors in the yamen that Tang Cheng was the default judge in Sun Shijun's heart. I didn't believe it. How old is he? Has there ever been such a young judge in the state yamen? Let alone our Sitian Cao, now it seems that we are almost inseparable! Everyone, please think about it, Ma Biejia is in charge of the state government bureaucrats, if Tang Cheng really becomes the judge of Cao, he and others The relationship between Mr. Jia, we can behave as if we are caught in the middle of grinding the heart. Let's go up, and we will inevitably violate the taboo of Mr. Jia. But if we continue to ignore it like now, I am afraid that the days we live now will be exhausted. I can't get through it. I asked about it when the Yunxi County Government came to the government last time. Don't look at Tang Cheng's young age, but his scheming skills are not weak at all. The days after this... will be difficult!".

Lao Liang's words couldn't be more clear. The officials in the office looked back and thought about how they made fun of Liu Jingwen just now. Isn't it just a half-fifty laugh at a hundred steps?All of a sudden, Sitian Cao's office, which was still bursting with laughter just now, became very dull, and the only sighs in this dullness seemed more and more helpless and prolonged.

Tang Cheng couldn't help the depression and worries of Zhudaobi. Whether he could take over as the judge was still a matter of discussion, but he was definitely able to take over, and it was up to him to say nothing before he took office.What's more, since he joined the state government a few days ago, although these people are colleagues, they treat him as a colleague sitting in an office room as "empty". When he was depressed, there was a time Personal comfort?

If you can't stand up, you have to bear this kind of depression peacefully!Maybe after this depression, I can change the snobbery of being popular and trampling on black!

As Tang Cheng thought about it, his voice gradually became heavier, and he walked into the office all the way.

Seeing that it was he who came in, the office room that had been quiet just now became more and more silent, but there could be a vague restlessness in this silence. Tang Cheng could clearly feel it when he walked all the way to the corner desk. All colleagues peeked over.

Ignoring this, after sitting down, Tang Cheng picked up the yellowed paper on the desk and read it carefully as in the past few days. It was still what Zhang County Magistrate said that day. It's really a good way to read the old papers.

As Tang Cheng once again assumed the same posture he had been in for more than ten days since entering the government office, he did not know whether it was Lao Liang or Lao He who sighed, and then the sigh echoed around the huge office room like it was contagious. .

Another change in Tian Cao's office in Jinzhou State Yasi is quietness. Although Tang Cheng was there a few days ago, because he is an "atmosphere", when other knives and pens take care of the business at hand, they will habitually Talking in gags, but today is really weird, there are still the same people, the place is the same place, even the cooking is similar, but the gags in the office room are gone.

When Zhudaobi are busy with official business, the most common action is to glance at Tang Cheng's calligraphy case from the corner of their eyes.

Although no one took the initiative to talk to him in front of everyone, Tang Cheng had become the focus of this office invisibly, and his existence and every move might have affected the entire The ability of office atmosphere.

So far, Tang Cheng is no longer the "air" that is the same whether he is present or not.

About half an hour later, Tang Cheng was tired from sitting, and when he put down the Chinese scroll in his hand and was about to take the opportunity to go to the bathroom to relax, the handyman who came in from the office door went directly to his desk, and recorded his speech Mr. Chen, who participated in the military affairs, invited him to see him.

The recorder and military officer in the state yamen is the same as Yao Qingguo in the Yunxi county yamen in the past. He is responsible for the unified management of the knives and pens in the yamen. At that time, Chen Bo was supposed to meet him, but Chen Bo did not do so. Seeing that more than ten days had passed, why did he come so suddenly?

Reminiscent of the discussion heard outside the window just now and the anomalies in the office at this time, could it be that he also heard about yesterday's Wenhui?

"Well, I see, you go first, I'll come later." After speaking, seeing the handyman was a little dazed, Tang Cheng looked at him with a smile, "Is there anything else?".

"Ah...no..." Tang Chengzhong, who had wanted to go out after seeing the handyman left, sat down again, stopped for a while and finished drinking the tea in the cup, then got up and dusted off the bamboo pattern Tuanshan went to Chen Bo's office.

After seeing Tang Cheng walk away through the wide open carved wooden window, sighs of relief resounded in the silent office.

"Look, I'm not mistaken." As usual, it was Lao He who spoke first, "We didn't see each other for more than ten days, and suddenly sent someone here with the word 'please'. When did Chen Canjun be so polite to his subordinates?" Ever? The limelight...has really changed."

"Well, I see, you go first, I'll come later." Lao Liang was the one who spoke next to Lao He. After he first learned what Tang Cheng said just now, he said with his tusk: "Listen to this Just a few words, everyone, think about his demeanor again, he has lost his eye, we all have lost his eye, this Tang Chengxin is very steady!".

At this moment, Xiao Miao, who was always the least talkative in Sitian Cao's office, suddenly interjected, "Isn't what we did a little too much a few days ago?".

No one answered, and the sighs continued again.Damn it, this yamen meal is really bad!

Jinzhou Yamen Recorder Chen Bo is a middle-aged man in his late forties. There are two biggest characteristics of this person, one is dark, and the other is thin. This makes his facial features very compact, especially a pair of The eyes are very focused. In a word, this person looks like the kind of smart person who can shake his whole body when he touches it lightly.

Even a Cao judge in the state government office has a dedicated independent office, let alone Chen Bo.When Tang Cheng came in, he was looking at a document seriously.

After asking Tang Cheng to wait for a while, Chen Bo raised his head, "Tang Lushi is here? Sit down, sit down quickly." While speaking, he waved his hand to dismiss the handyman and walked over from behind the desk. After closing the door, he went to get the tea pot to pour water for Tang Cheng.

After entering the door, it was left to dry, and after the servants left, they were so affectionate again. Seeing that Chen Bo was about to serve tea in person, Tang Cheng unexpectedly remembered the scene of County Magistrate Zhang treating Zhao Huhu when he was in the Yunxi County Yamen.

Do not be an official, being an official is average!Chen Bo's behavior at this time is really similar to Zhang County Magistrate that day.

"Don't dare to trouble your lord", the smile on Tang Cheng's face was no less than Chen Bo's. After grabbing the teapot and pouring the tea, Tang Cheng personally delivered the poured tea to Chen Bo. He smiled and asked: "Why did the unknown adults come to me?".

The conversation between Tang Cheng and Chen Bo lasted for more than half an hour before it ended. Chen Canjun had to say that he was too busy a few days ago to forget about the meeting.But Tang Cheng naturally said "no problem" and smiled to express his understanding.

After finishing these words, we can enter the main topic. Chen Bo didn't mention yesterday's literary meeting, but in this occasion where there were only two people, the smile on his face was really very warm. Chen" look?

After talking and going around, he actually only focused on one topic - what is the relationship between Tang Cheng and Sun Shijun?

As a time traveler, Tang Cheng didn't like this kind of meandering and meandering way of speaking, but since Chen Bo liked it, he could only accompany him. The biggest thing he said along this topic was thanks, Thanks to Shijun Sun for taking time out of his busy schedule to attend his wedding, and thanks to Shijun Sun for his appreciation of transferring him from Yunxi to Jinzhou and so on.

There are a lot of words of thanks, but they are all known to Chen Bo. It is only at the end that Tang Chengcai vaguely mentions Sun Shijun's old mother, Mrs. Sun and Wu Yujun in his words, "I want to say Wu Yujun is good at everything, but he is too feminine, and Mrs. Sun can't control him so tightly, but Mrs. Sun can talk a lot."

When Tang Cheng mentioned Wu Yujun and Mrs. Sun, Chen Bo was fine, but when he heard Mrs. Sun mentioned, the corner of the officer's eyes suddenly pinched.

Sun Shijun is a dutiful son. After the old lady came this time, although there were many people to see, but because she was afraid that she would not be able to stop her if she opened her mouth, Sun Shijun refused all the invitations. Chen Bo also There are prominent figures in the yamen, but until now I haven't really seen the old lady herself, Tang Cheng...

Chen Bo thought about it in his heart, but the expression on his face did not move, he still kept the warm smile just now, "Yes, brother Wu is indeed too flirtatious."

"A man!" When Tang Cheng said this sentence, he looked at Chen Bo and smiled at each other, but only ghosts would know how much tacit understanding there was in this mutual smile.

Afterwards, the topic changed again, and Chen Bo, who was serious, began to talk about business affairs. The biggest business matter involving Tang Cheng now is his work arrangement. After all, there is a vacancy for Sitian Cao, and now Chen Bo is in charge. , he didn't say anything about the specific arrangements, and Tang Cheng had nothing to do as in the past few days.

"Long before Tang Lushi entered the government office, I wanted to reorganize Si Tiancao's job arrangement, but I was busy with other things a few days ago and was delayed. I will start this matter in the next two days. Tang Lushi, your job How about making it clear at that time? As for the few days in between, you can find some old documents so that you can read them and get familiar with Sitian Cao's affairs."

Hearing this, Tang Cheng nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, I can arrange it however you want."

Having said all that should be said, Tang Cheng got up to leave, and Chen Bo sent him to the door of the office.

"Sun Shijun will be back in a few days, this Chen Bo really doesn't see a rabbit or a hawk." When he walked out of the office, Tang Cheng had such a thought in his heart.

In the official room, Chen Bo watched Tang Chengyuan go away through the gap on the side of the door, "This kid is very slippery! It's just that he is originally from Honshu, and Mr. Sun is from the Taoist family of Shannan. What is the relationship between these two... ...".

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Time passed day by day like this, seeing Tang Cheng still reading the papers every day after meeting Chen Bo, Lao Liang, Lao He and others in Sitian Cao's office could not hide their joy from intertwined eyes.

They didn't want to be caught in the middle of the embarrassment, so from the bottom of their hearts they wished that Tang Cheng would be unlucky forever.

Gradually, Lao Liang, Lao He and others gradually returned to their previous appearances, talking and laughing loudly and making jokes outside of official business, and Tang Cheng became air again in their eyes.

On the contrary, Xiao Miao and Feng Haizhou, who were always calm in the same office, were immersed in their work every day, went to and from the office on time, and were much more cautious in speech and behavior than before.

Observing the changes in the office carefully, Tang Cheng continued his seemingly unchanging "air" life without saying a word.

As he estimated that day, after the conflict between the two was completely torn apart and presented to everyone, at least Ma Biejia ignored him in the past few days.

The days in the yamen are the most stylized, and the time is passed away in this boring stylized day by day. It was not until seven days later that the whole state yamen became agitated again, and the cause of the turmoil was the envoy who had been inspecting the county for a long time. I'm going back to Yamen.

Chapter 121 Sitian Cao Bansi Sailing Against the Current

The day when Sun Shijun officially returned to the Yamen was a cloudy and rainy autumn day. Tang Cheng's current status was not enough to go to greet him, so he could only wait in the office like everyone else. On this day, all colleagues in the office Work hard to do some extra work.Because everyone knows that after such a long time away from the Yamen, Mr. Shijun must go around the various office rooms once he comes back.

Does anyone know when he will come?But no one wants to be in trouble.

Against the background of Lao He, Lao Liang and others working hard, Tang Chenggong, who had nothing to do but read with a book of yellow papers, looked extraordinarily eye-catching.

Waiting, waiting, waiting from morning to noon, and from noon to afternoon, watching the sky getting dark, and the time to leave the office is approaching, just when everyone thought that Sun Shijun would never come again, they heard footsteps outside the office The sound came from far and near, and Lao He shrank his head and glanced out of the window, "Here we come, we come."

All of a sudden, there was a loud noise of stools in the office, and everyone was sitting upright, writing vigorously, showing everyone's hard work and hard work.

After a while, Sun Shijun, accompanied by Ma Biejia, Zhang Zishan, Chen Bo and others, walked into the office. Apart from the three of them, there were also quite a few other judges from the prefecture's government. In this way, Sun Shijun, who is in the center of the crowd, is particularly eye-catching.

Tang Cheng looked up, and Sun Shijun, whom he hadn't seen for more than a month, looked a little thinner, and there was an unconcealable tiredness in his brows and eyes, but he was in good spirits.

When Tang Cheng was looking at Sun Shijun, he happened to meet the eyes of Ma Biejia who was standing next to him. When they touched each other, their four eyes were indifferent.

"Thank you for your hard work," Sun Shijun greeted with a smile, which caused everyone in the office to stand up and dare not say anything. Naturally, Tang Cheng also stood up.

"Sit, all sit!" Sun Shijun's words were soft and very Jiangnan, and it was heart-warming to hear.

From the front to the back, Sun Shijun stopped in front of the desks of every knife and pen official, and said a few words in a very warm way. Although he could not call everyone by name, his demeanor It is quite similar to Yao Dongqi, the chief bookkeeper of Yunxi County Yazhong in the past.

Along the way, Sun Shijun came to Tang Cheng's desk not long after, "How long have you been in the Yamen?".

Seeing Sun Shijun walking towards Tang Cheng's desk, Ma Biejia deliberately slowed down and stood far away, so the only ones following him were Zhao Zishan and Chen Bo.

Although this is a very common question, but Chen Bo, who has a quick mind and knows a lot about Sun Shijun, still obviously feels abnormal. Although the language and tone of the question are not different from the previous ones, but Shijun The smile on the lord's face was indeed genuine, not the stylized one just now.

Chen Bo is confident in seeing this point very accurately. In this way, the relationship between Tang Cheng and Sun Shijun...

In Tang Cheng's environment, seeing Sun Shijun also felt very kind, and replied with a smile: "It has been [-] days since my subordinates reported to the state government office for employment."

"Oh! Remember so clearly?" Sun Shijun frowned slightly after hearing Tang Cheng's answer, "Did your parents come to the state together?".

"Thank you, Mr. Shijun, for your concern. My parents still live in the countryside of Yunxi."

"Well, I met your parents some time ago, and they are healthy, and it's good to live in Yunxi temporarily."

The conversation between the two was extremely brief, but it felt very different to the ears of others. Among them, the colleagues in Sitian Cao's office had the strongest reaction. Sun Shijun stopped by Tang Cheng's wedding when he went to the countryside for inspections. They didn't know at all, and they were surprised and inexplicable when they heard such an answer at this moment.

Sun Shijun actually met Tang Cheng's parents?Moreover, after listening to these words, Mr. Jun still saw him in Tang Cheng's hometown. This... When Lao He turned his head in surprise, he met the eyes of Lao Liang who were equally surprised, and then both of them lost their faces. joy.

Unexpectedly, the thing that has always been regarded as groundless turned out to be true?This Tang Cheng has undoubtedly had a close relationship with Mr. Shijun.Thinking of the performance of the two of them these past few days, Lao He and the others felt uneasy for a while.