Chapter 162 Deputy Commander of the Guards
Following Tao Ying into the small city, Chu Tang's attention was not focused on the scenery in the city.
After a quick glance, there was a large martial arts field in the middle. There were several wooden shelves with various weapons placed on them.
There are houses around the martial arts arena. Except for a few people coming in and out occasionally, everything else is quiet.
There are very few green plants in the city, and the whole city is like a big house, used only for living.
Quickening his steps a few steps, Chu Tang caught up with Tao Ying and said casually, "Dean Tao, you still have a lot of face. You come in and out of here as if you were at home."
flutter!
Tao Ying stopped and looked back at Chu Tang, her eyes bright, as if she wanted to find something on his face.
Chu Tang remained calm and asked, "Dean Tao, what's wrong?"
Tao Ying thought for a moment, took out the token from her sleeve again, waved it in front of Chu Tang, and said funnyly: "Did you see this thing and think I am a member of the Guards?"
She was really smart. Even though Chu Tang tried his best to hide it, she was still aware of her thoughts.
Chu Tang said: "Chu doesn't know anything about the Yiwei."
Tao Ying accepted the token again and said: "Then let me tell you, the token of Zhenyiwei has black characters on a yellow background, but mine has white characters on a black background!"
"Is there any difference?" Chu Tang asked curiously.
Tao Ying did not answer immediately and continued walking forward, passing by the martial arts arena.
It wasn't until Chu Tang followed that she said: "The black characters on the yellow background are the official Zhenyiwei; the white characters on the black background are given by Zhenyiwei to some people for their convenience. They can also use the power of Zhenyiwei to mobilize Some power.”
"Peripheral personnel?" Chu Tang blurted out.
"Peripheral?" Tao Ying was stunned for a moment, then chewed on the word, and slowly shook his head, "That's not accurate. Peripheral personnel are lower-level, and they have to do their best to serve the guards. The people holding this token are more like The family's worship is more transcendent than the status of worship, and there is no need to fight for it."
Chu Tang understood and said in surprise: "Zhenyiwei actually allows such a person to exist?"
Tao Ying laughed and said: "The one who takes advantage of others is short-handed and soft-spoken. I took someone else's token and asked for help from the guards. You must have contributed a little bit! Do you think I got it for free?"
Chu Tang said oh and heard Tao Ying say: "We're here!"
After passing through the martial arts arena, the two came to the innermost part of the city.
This place is finally a little more elegant: under a few towering mango trees, the sun is dappled and sparse, the trees are shady, and there are stone tables and chairs underneath.
A man sat there, staring blankly at the Go board on the table.
He sat facing east, facing the visitor.
Wearing lavender clothes, he looked graceful and luxurious.
He is very handsome, with two short beards on his lips. He doesn't look young, but he doesn't look old either, probably in his thirties. His complexion is relatively white, like a handsome young and middle-aged man.
But he was very powerful. Sitting there alone, it was like an invisible sense of oppression was overflowing.
"Tang Yue!" Tao Ying called out to the man sitting from a distance.
"Is this the boss of the Zhen Yiwei in Qingcheng, the deputy commander of the Liangzhou Zhen Yiwei?" Chu Tang was slightly surprised, feeling that the other party was not as sinister as he imagined.
If his identity was not revealed, everyone would think that the other party was just a handsome martial arts master.
Tang Yue raised his head, glanced at the two of them with bright and lively eyes, continued to sit still, and just laughed: "Xiaoying, you are here! Come on! The chess pieces are all laid out. Let's talk first. One round!"
Tao Ying walked over and said angrily: "I told you, don't call me Xiaoying! You can either call me Dean Tao or call me Tao Ying!"
"I know, Xiaoying!" Tang Yue nodded calmly.
"You..." Tao Ying was so angry that she couldn't speak.
When Chu Tang saw this, he almost laughed out loud. He didn't expect that someone else could make Dean Tao feel embarrassed as soon as he came up.
However, this also shows that the two have a close relationship.
Tao Ying stopped worrying about this topic and walked quickly to the opposite side of Tang Yue. She immediately sat on the stone bench, took a look at the remaining game on the chessboard, picked up the chess pieces and started playing.
Tang Yue's mind also turned to the chessboard and playing with it.
The two of them went back and forth and made more than a dozen moves without saying a word.
Chu Tang was left aside, suspicious of his life: "What the hell, you promised to bring me to introduce you, but when you came, you didn't say a word, and you just let me watch you two play chess?"
Judging from Tang Yue's prepared look, it was obvious that Tao Ying had already gotten angry with the other party before coming.
Knowing that Chu Tang was coming, you ignored his existence?
Chu Tang felt a little disgusted.
The most important thing is that he doesn’t know anything about Go!
He can play a few games of backgammon.
After looking at the chess pieces on the chessboard for a few times, Chu Tang couldn't see anything, so he could only stand aside quietly, wandering away...
When he came back to his senses again, he didn't know how long he had been here. Chu Tang lowered his head and saw that the chess pieces on the chessboard were densely packed and dotted.
The two people playing chess moved much slower. They no longer looked as relaxed as before. Instead, they picked up the chess pieces carefully.
There was only one voice in Chu Tang's heart: Although I couldn't understand it, I was greatly shocked!
Well, it's probably just because I don't realize it.
After a while, after a click, Tao Ying said excitedly: "You lose!"
Tang Yue hummed and began to slowly collect the chess pieces, saying, "It's been a while, Xiaoying, your chess skills have improved!"
Tao Ying sneered: "What are you pretending to be! How have you ever been able to defeat me? You speak so calmly, people who don't know better would think you are a master who hides everything!"
Tang Yue: "..."
puff!
Chu Tang laughed out loud. He swore that even though he had received strict training, he couldn't help it!
Tang Yue made a movement with his hands, raised his head and glanced at Chu Tang, frowning slightly, obviously a little displeased.
Tao Ying turned to look at Chu Tang unhappily and said, "Boss Chu, can you play chess?"
"I know a little bit about chess and military chess." Chu Tang answered honestly.
"What the hell! I'm talking about Black and White!" Tao Ying frowned.
Chu Tang answered more honestly: "I know a lot about backgammon."
"I said Go!" Tao Ying was angry.
Chu Tang shook his head and replied decisively: "No!"
"Then why are you laughing! You don't know anything, but you laugh at a person who has been involved in Go for more than thirty years?" Tao Ying laughed angrily.
Chu Tang quickly said: "I just think the conversation between the two of you is interesting, and I have no other direction. Such a complex and high-end game of Go is definitely not something that someone like me can master!"
Tao Ying snorted coldly, her expression softened slightly, and she turned to ask Tang Yue, "What do you think of this kid?"
Tang Yue, who had been sizing up Chu Tang, nodded slightly when he heard this: "It's not bad, he's very thoughtful and not thin-skinned."
Chu Tang: "..."
Is this a good thing to say?
"Ha!" Tao Ying laughed, pointing at Chu Tang and teasing, "Look, I'm telling you that you are a mean-spirited and thick-skinned kid, and you are not an ordinary person!"
Chu Tang couldn't accept these words anymore, so he could only touch his nose and smile.
The two short beards under Tang Yue's nose twitched slightly, and he said with a smile in his eyes: "In this world, there are many people with high martial arts skills, but many people can't live with those who have too much mind. For people in the public sect who have too many minds, it is not A bad thing.”
Tao Ying even glanced at Chu Tang and said, "Did you hear that you are a good person who will not live long, but will cause harm to you for thousands of years?"
Chu Tang: Is this how you understand it? Your understanding is off the charts!
Fortunately, Tang Yue quickly came to Chu Tang's rescue: "You must be Chu Tang, I've heard of you."
"Chu Tang has met Commander Tang!" Chu Tang bowed his hands in salute.
Tang Yue waved his hand and said, "It's the deputy's, it's just the deputy's!"
Chu Tang said as if he was blessed: "Then I wish Lord Tang to be promoted to commander as soon as possible!"
Tang Yue was stunned, glanced at Chu Tang, and said, "As far as I know, you, Chu Tang, are not a flatterer!"
Chu Tang's heart trembled, and he quickly said: "Let Commander Tang laugh!"
Tang Yue looked at Chu Tang with a half-smile but not a smile, and said, "How dare I laugh at you! I can't get out of the Cheng family's Four Elephant Battle Formation within the same territory, but you, Captain Chu, have broken through this formation! Now! You are a man of the hour in Qingcheng! Everyone says you are a young genius, a rare sight in decades!"
Before Chu Tang could say anything, Tao Ying said displeasedly: "Tang Yue, do you want to praise and kill him? Or do you want to scare him and make him fall into the arms of your guards?"
Tang Yue smiled and did not respond to Tao Ying. He still looked directly at Chu Tang and said, "With your ability, you are indeed the talent our Guards need. Gao Tianhua mentioned you to me, and Su Hong also asked for credit for you."
"Ah?" Chu Tang was surprised.
Gao Tianhua was the one who invited him to join the Guards in Gui County that day, and he was also the first Guardsman Chu Tang had ever met.
Chu Tang remembered that she rejected him outright, but she didn't expect that he would mention her to Tang Yue.
Also, what happened to Su Hong asking for credit for him?
"Commander Tang, Mr. Su... why did I mention this to you?" Chu Tang asked directly.
Tang Yue's face darkened slightly and he said: "The Guijun Yamen reported to the Governor's Mansion about the treasure of King Liang, including the bronze mirror you handed over! The Guijun Yamen said it was all thanks to you, Captain Chu! "
Chu Tang’s head is so big!
He clearly told Zhuo Lien to downplay his presence when reporting to superiors and not to be too high-profile.
Now it seems that they didn't take any credit at all, but made everything clear to the superiors.
This is a situation Chu Tang doesn't want to see, which means that his so-called disguise before will be exposed to the eyes of that mysterious organization!
He clearly remembered that the bronze mirror was claimed to have been tinkered with in the Governor's Mansion, which meant that there were also people from that organization in the officialdom.
Now that the document requesting credit for Chu Tang has arrived at the Liangzhou Governor's Mansion, once the other party finds out about it, wouldn't he, who has repeatedly ruined the other party's good deeds, become a thorn in the side?
I can no longer hide in the dark and plot against others. I hate it so much!
Also, is it really okay to mention the treasure of King Liang in front of Tao Ying?
Chu Tang glanced back and forth at Dean Tao, his eyes twinkling.
"What do you think I'm doing?" Tao Ying glared at Chu Tang, "I'm not the one who leaked your secrets. But it's interesting. You, a timid person who hides behind, is now being written down in an official document. Are you feeling bad?"
Not only is it uncomfortable, but he also has the desire to kill!
"Wait, what's that look in your eyes!" Tao Ying sensitively noticed that Chu Tang's eyes were still strange and almost jumped up, "There is murderous intent in your eyes!"
Chu Tang's heart was beating wildly, and he shook his head repeatedly and said: "Dean Tao misunderstood. Chu was just curious that Commander Tang mentioned the treasure of Prince Liang without being shy about it!"
Tao Ying calmed down a little, glanced at Chu Tang coldly, and said: "Your Commander Tang also brought that bronze mirror for me to taste!"
Chu Tang was stunned when he heard this and looked at Tang Yue blankly.
Tang Yue coughed and explained: "Xiaoying has a deep knowledge of antiques. I have been thinking about that bronze mirror for a long time but can't see anything special about it, so I asked Xiaoying to help me taste it and give some advice."
"It's a pity that I can't see anything. It feels like it's just a very delicate mirror." Tao Ying sighed.
Bronze mirrors, Liang Wang’s treasures, bronze frames, and the ancient paintings that Chen Suming mentioned...
Chu Tang's mind was flooded with this information, and he thought of relevant people and things, and his head couldn't help but feel dizzy.
Taking a deep breath, Chu Tang looked around carefully, stepped forward and asked Tang Yue in a low voice: "Commander Tang, I wonder if there is a person named Gu San among the Liangzhou Guards?"
"Gu San?" Tang Yue looked confused, "Why do you ask this?"
"Is there such a person?" Chu Tang asked.
Tang Yue pondered for a while and said: "Among the nine hundred and forty-five guards in Liangzhou, there are five people with the surname Gu, and there is no one with the name Gu San. As for whether anyone among them ranks third, it is unclear. .”
Chu Tang was dumbfounded. It was not unusual for a deputy commander to remember how many guards there were, but to be able to remember how many people with the ancient surname was such a memory was terrifying.
Commander Tang is an extraordinary person!
"Is Gu San your enemy? Or is he special? Is it related to our guards?" Tang Yue realized that this matter was unusual and asked again and again.
Chu Tang glanced at Tao Ying awkwardly.
Tao Ying looked back with a sneer, as if watching a good show.
Seeing this, Tang Yue coughed again and said: "Chu Tang, Xiaoying has even seen the bronze mirror. If it is about other guards, there is no need to hide it from her, but it doesn't matter."
Chu Tang then nodded and told in detail how he tracked him out of Guijun and captured the bronze mirror that day.
Among them, Gusan Yiwei Gusan and the twenty kilograms of black iron were involved, and he did not shy away from it.
Xuan Tie couldn't hide this matter. After all, Gu San's purpose of colluding with others was for Xuan Tie.
When Chu Tang asked Gu San in front of Tang Yue, he vaguely felt that this person was more harmful, and he might suffer if he was not found out.
It’s all Su Hong’s fault!
If there wasn't that petition for credit, he could blame everything on the mysterious person, and no one would know that it was him, Chu Tang.
Tang Yue looked serious when he heard this. He stood up in a hurry, walked back and forth a few times, then stopped, and asked Chu Tang in a deep voice: "Are you sure they are talking about Gu San being the Liangzhou Yiwei, and the bronze mirror coming from Liangzhou?" Did the Liangzhou Governor’s Office take it out?”
Chu Tang heard the surprise. Tang Yue emphasized the word "Liangzhou"!
"Did they really mention Liangzhou?" Tang Yue asked again.
Chu Tang was surprised and said: "Commander Tang thinks they are not from Liangzhou?"
"Pa!" Tao Ying, who had a thoughtful look on her face before, clapped her hands and attracted the attention of the two people.
Tao Ying looked at Tang Yue and said, "As expected of you! Reacting so quickly makes me think that Gu San is not necessarily the guard of Liangzhou, and the Governor's Palace is not necessarily the Governor's Palace of Liangzhou!"
"Huh?" Chu Tang was still confused.
Tao Ying looked at Chu Tang and explained: "To the east of Liangzhou is Jingzhou! To the east of Gui County is Meng County, and to the east of Meng County is Jingzhou's Nan County! The two are bordering! And Jingzhou does not have Liang County yet. The state is half the size, and the guards of the state city over there can easily reach Meng County and Gui County!"
Chu Tang's eyes lit up and he said angrily, "Yes! Why didn't I think of that!"
After all, he had never left Gui County before, and he had no clear understanding of the size of the world. He had never thought of Jingzhou.
"Wait a minute!" Chu Tang realized a problem, "That bronze mirror is said to have been owned by Prince Liang decades ago. How come there is such a thing in the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion?"
Tao Ying scolded: "Ignorant! When the Liang King rebelled, in addition to Liangzhou being the main battlefield, the imperial court asked Jingzhou to also invest troops to encircle and suppress the Liang King. The Liang King was defeated in the border area between Liang and Jingzhou. Jingzhou came out Isn’t it normal to save people and work hard to harvest some of Liang Wang’s spoils?”
Chu Tang sneered. He had been obsessed with martial arts in recent years. Apart from asking about the general trend of Dayao and the surrounding areas, he really didn't have the time or energy to delve into some historical details.
Tang Yue sat down again and said to Chu Tang: "I will secretly inquire about Gu San in Liangzhou, and then use my connections to find people in Jingzhou to find out. Just leave it alone!"
Chu Tang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That would be great."
Tang Yue smiled calmly, sat up straight, and asked seriously: "Chu Tang, you rejected Gao Tianhua that day. Today I ask you again, do you have the intention to join our Yiyi Guards?"
Chu Tang's heartstrings suddenly tightened again, and finally it was time to get to the main topic of the day!