"Ping Guo Gong, what you said is wrong!" Cheng Zhijie stared at him with a pair of bull's eyes: "I think my poor child was driven to the bitter cold land of the northwest just after he became an adult and patrolled various government offices. This is not What’s your idea?”
"You know how to let these common people gather together, so how can you bear to let me and my old wife at home look forward to our son's return every day!"
Tang Ping rolled his eyes speechlessly. Every time this old guy wanted to get benefits for himself, he used it as an excuse for Cheng Chumo to patrol various government offices.
I had heard from Li Bai that although Cheng Chumo traveled around various places, he had never treated me badly since his family was rich.
In the past year or so, I have traveled all over the northwest. I have learned a lot about the delicious and fun places.
Let's talk about it again. When Cheng Chumo was still in Chang'an, who didn't know that in the Cheng family mansion, there were a dozen every three days and one dozen every five days?
So Tang Ping didn't believe what Cheng Zhijie said at all. He guessed that it was the old man who saw something strange and wanted to play with it.
"Gong Lu, it's not that I won't lend you this thing, but it's really of no use to you!"
Seeing that Tang Ping was indifferent, Cheng Zhijie's sad look just now suddenly disappeared.
This unique skill is comparable to face-changing in Sichuan Opera. Now he smiled and said to Tang Ping: "Ping Guogong, how can you say it's useless? Look, your baby will soon be able to call him daddy. Where's Mo? Three sticks can't beat a fart, and I asked him if he has a girl he likes, but he didn't even tell me."
"Poor parents in the world, you don't know how much my old wife worries about his marriage. If you lend me your thing today and let me go back and test it, I owe you a favor."
"You want to use this to test Chumo?" Tang Ping asked.
"Yes, otherwise what do you think I would use this thing for?"
"Ahem..." Tang Ping coughed twice: "I think it's been a long time since I visited Mrs. Cheng, and I haven't seen her since Chumo returned to Chang'an. I wonder if Lord Lu has any free time today?"
When Cheng Zhijie heard that there was an opportunity, his face lit up with a smile: "If you have time, if you have time, let's go. It's just about dinner time. Come to my house for a drink."
Cheng Zhijie put his arm around Tang Ping's shoulder, and when he walked out of the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, he did not forget to give a loud warning: "Substitute someone when you are tired of beating, and invite a doctor to treat him while beating him. Don't beat him to death!"
Cheng Zhijie, a popular person in front of Li Shimin, naturally lives in the best location in Chang'an, not too far from the Ministry of Punishment.
The family had heard the news a long time ago, so Tang Ping had to open the middle door to welcome him in. This was considered to give Tang Ping enough face.
"Brother Ping!" Cheng Chumo was bored at home. Now everyone is preparing New Year's goods and so on. Even if he goes out to play, he can't find many people. He has been sitting at home for many days.
If Cheng Zhijie hadn't asked someone to escort him back as the Chinese New Year was approaching, he would have been able to wander outside for several days.
Seeing Tang Ping coming, he was naturally overjoyed.
Tang Ping said hello to him, and then went to see Mrs. Cheng's family first. When he came back, he saw that Cheng Zhijie had already installed a lie detector on Cheng Chumo.
"Brother Ping, what kind of divine object is this? I just heard my father say that it is mysterious and mysterious, but he didn't explain it clearly."
Looking at the curious look on Cheng Chumo's face, Tang Ping suppressed a smile and said, "Don't worry, it won't hurt or itch when you put this thing on. You'll find out later." Cheng Chumo didn't realize that Tang Ping was here today. He just came to watch his own fun, and An An was at ease waiting for Cheng Zhijie to put the lie detector on him.
"Hmm..." Cheng Zhijie wanted to ask a question, but he didn't know how to ask, so he turned sideways and whispered to Tang Ping, who was sitting next to him, and asked: "Ping Guo Gong, how should I ask this question?"
"Then it depends on what Duke Lu wants to know?"
"Of course it's about whether this brat has a woman he likes!"
Tang Ping understood, pointed to the instrument over there and said, "Then just ask directly. Do you see those curves over there? They represent various indicators of Chu Mo's body. They are normal now. If they fluctuate after a while, If it’s big, it means he’s lying.”
After speaking, Tang Ping asked Cheng Chumo, "How is it? Did you find any delicious food in the northwest this time?"
"Of course there is!" Cheng Chumo said with a proud look on his face: "I'm not bragging, the mutton over there tastes really better than the one in Chang'an. Of course, those barbecue seasonings are indispensable, oh, by the way, And there are camels! That thing, tsk tsk tsk, is really delicious. I even brought a few back this time. When Brother Ping leaves later, I will take one back to give my sister-in-law and everyone in the store a try."
Tang Ping raised his chin slightly and motioned Cheng Zhijie to look at the monitor over there. As expected, the fluctuation chart on it did not change much. Cheng Zhijie understood this and began to chat with Cheng Chumo.
It was rare for Cheng Chumo to have his father and Tang Ping both like to hear what he had heard, and they were also eloquent when talking about it.
"Then along the way, you haven't met the girl you like?" Seeing that the time was almost up, Cheng Zhijie suddenly asked.
"Ahem, cough, cough..." Cheng Chumo, who was drinking water to soothe his throat, choked and coughed a few times, then wiped his mouth with his sleeve and said, "Hey, Dad, what are you asking? How is that possible?" ?A woman will only affect the speed at which I draw my sword!"
What Cheng Chumo didn't know was that the fluctuations on the lie detector monitor behind him began to become chaotic, jumping up and down in various ways.
Tang Ping also whispered in Cheng Chumo's ear: "His voice is weak, his eyes are moving around, and his hands are rubbing against his knees. This must be a lie!"
Cheng Zhijie then asked: "Which family is the girl from? Whose name is she? What is her family background?"
"Ahem..." Cheng Chumo's already dark face turned even darker: "Dad, what are you talking about? I've said it all."
"You brat, please tell me the truth today. Do you know the name of the thing behind you? This is the lie detector brought by Duke Ping. As long as you lie, it will know!"
Cheng Chu was silently dumbfounded. Even though he had been to modern times once, he knew that Tang Ping had great supernatural powers, but he didn't expect that there was such a thing?
Mechanically, he turned his head and looked at the lie detector but couldn't figure out the reason. He could only turn back and complain to Tang Ping and said, "Brother Ping, are you cheating on me?"
"Hey, you kid, why do you mean I'm cheating on you? It's your father who has to borrow this thing. I came here today just to celebrate the New Year. I want to pay my respects to the old lady of the Cheng family. What does it have to do with me?" Tang Ping promptly dumped the blame. .
Then he asked with a gossipy face: "And what do you think you have to hide? The male college is getting married. You have visited various yamen for more than a year, but you have made a lot of achievements. Next spring I'm afraid His Majesty will let you serve as an official in the court, and by then you will have to open a yamen office yourself, just in time to find a hostess!"
Nowadays, children from aristocratic families have another way to enter the officialdom, that is, patrolling various yamen like Cheng Chumo. In this era, it is really difficult for children from poor families to do such a job.
Only second-generation officials like Cheng Chumo can not be afraid of threats from the other party, but can also avoid accepting bribes from the other party.
After returning to Chang'an, Li Shimin will also give corresponding rewards based on their achievements in patrolling various places. At the very least, there is no problem in opening a government office independently.
Cheng Chumo was not a hypocritical person in the first place, so he admitted it honestly since he mentioned it.
"I did meet a girl on Longyou Road..." When he said this, the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up: "Her father is the magistrate of Shanglu County, Tonggu County, Chengzhou, and the magistrate of Shanglu County secretly sold It was her father who exposed the coal mine incident in the county."
"Heh, I said your kid stayed in Shanglu County for so long last time..."
"Dad, don't talk nonsense! I stayed there for a long time...because...because...because I had to cooperate with the officials sent by the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Civil Affairs to investigate the local area."
"Okay, okay, didn't your mother and I get tired of being together as soon as we met? Otherwise, where would you be, a brat like you? What happened next? Didn't you say that you would invite someone to come to Chang'an to meet your mother and me?"
"Hey!" Cheng Chumo sighed: "It was fine at first concealing my identity, but then when I said my father was you, they were not happy."
Cheng Zhijie's face turned dark when he heard this, and he slapped the table and shouted: "Bah, is your father the devil? Who among the girls in Chang'an doesn't want to marry into our old Cheng family?"
As soon as Cheng Zhijie finished speaking, Cheng Chumo coughed twice: "Ahem... Dad, Brother Ping is still here. Do you believe your bullshit?"
You must know that Cheng Zhijie is famous for his profligacy in the court, but Cheng Chumo... Although he was not one of Chang'an's four evils at that time, he did not have a good reputation. Cheng Zhijie's words were purely to put money on his face. .
Tang Ping felt that if he smiled now, all his merits would be gone, so he could only hold it in uncomfortably, and then asked, "Why aren't you happy?"
"She said that her family is a small family and it's not right for me to be in the same family. Even if I agreed, my family would definitely not agree. Anyway, they just gave me a good person card and ignored me." Cheng Chumo was a little confused. Said depressedly.
It was hard for Tang Ping to say anything about this matter. After all, it was a matter of the Cheng family.
Cheng Zhijie, on the other hand, said angrily: "Looking at your prospects, you still have the nerve to say that you are a descendant of my old Cheng family. Although our old Cheng family did well in our ancestors, when we came to live with your father, didn't we still fall behind in our family fortune? You Mom was still the daughter of the county magistrate at that time, and she never looked down on your father!"
When Cheng Chumo heard this, his eyes lit up: "So, dad, you agree?"
"When did I say I agreed? I just said that our old Cheng family can not pay so much attention to family background, but our character and appearance must be able to pass your mother and me, right?"
"Don't worry, Dad, he looks like a fairy. As for his character, there's no need to worry." After a few moments, Cheng Chumo had the lie detector removed from his body.
"It just so happens that his father has filled the vacancy of Shanglu County Magistrate. He has come to Chang'an to report on his duties in the past few days. How about I invite him over now!"
"You brat, look at how bad you are!" Cheng Chumo said angrily: "But you might as well go and let us know first, just say that your parents and I would like to invite each other to come over."
"Yes!" Cheng Chumo raised his hands and was about to leave, then suddenly stopped, looked at the polygraph and said to Tang Ping and Cheng Zhijie: "Dad, Brother Ping, Fang Yiai and Yuchi Baolin are all back too. , how about... please come to my house to get together when you have time?"
