Chapter 129: True and False Langya

Wang Tai personally held the pot and poured tea for Wang Yang: "It is too neglectful to let Zhiyan drink this tea! It's a pity that I don't have high-quality tea here, I can only wrong Zhiyan! Ashamed, ashamed!"

Wang Tai sighed softly, his guilt overflowing in his words.

"How about this, after returning to Jiankang, after returning to Jiankang, I will prepare the best fragrant tea from Yizhou to apologize for today's neglect!"

Wang Yang hurriedly acted terrified: "How dare this junior accept such treatment from you, sir?!"

"You can accept it, you can accept it! Zhiyan is a talented person of this generation, a vessel for a prime minister! How can ordinary tea match you?! I'm just afraid that after Zhiyan rises in his career, you won't be willing to drink tea with me anymore!"

A vessel for a prime minister?

I discussed classics and talked about metaphysics, wrote two lyrics, and I'm a vessel for a prime minister?

Even if the talk about the defense of the North and South at Yu Yi's house reached Wang Tai's ears, it was at most a high-level policy paper. How did I become a vessel for a prime minister? This is trying to fool me as a fool!

Wang Yang's thoughts shifted slightly, his body trembled, and he hurriedly stood up, repeatedly saying he didn't dare:

"Sir's words truly humble this junior!!! This junior is of simple nature and mediocre talent; I have merely recited passages and followed traditions, luckily gaining an undeserved reputation. How could I be worthy of such excessive praise from you?! If I am fortunate enough to enter officialdom in the future and join the ranks of the officials, my wishes will be fulfilled! How can I be mentioned in the same breath as you, Sir? As for the position of Prime Minister, that is something I dare not even imagine!"

Wang Tai said sternly: "Absolutely not false words! Absolutely not false words! Zhiyan is a first-class figure in terms of talent and knowledge! Not to mention a hundred years, how many can be produced in fifty years? When you enter the capital, it will be like Lu Ji entering Luoyang, you will definitely be famous in the capital! Sit down, sit down!"

As soon as Wang Yang heard the words "talent and knowledge," he knew Wang Tai hadn't heard his talk about the defense of the North and South. He thought: You can really praise!

Even if it's polite talk, it's too much!

Wang Tai was a direct descendant of the Langya Wang clan and had resigned from the position of East Pavilion Libationer in the Situ Mansion. Situ was one of the three dukes, ranking above the two orders of Minister and Zhongshu. The East Pavilion Libationer, in charge of cabinet affairs, can be simply understood as the office director of the Vice President's office. (Some positions are not easy to compare, so let everyone have a simple concept). Leaving the capital, the governor will pay respects, and returning to the capital, the official path is smooth.

With his status, treating a teenager with such courtesy, if it were an ordinary person, no matter how vigilant they were, they couldn't help but feel a little floaty. Another part of the people would go further, really listening to these words, suddenly feeling that they were the chosen one, highly valued by Wang Tai, and might even be complacent and reminiscing after returning.

But Wang Yang was very clear-headed, knowing that the talent he had shown so far was not enough to deserve such praise from Wang Tai, unless Wang Tai himself was a scholar.

But Wang Tai was not.

Then why praise so fiercely? Either he wants something from you, sucking up to you; or it's a means of anesthetizing people. Lowering the other party's guard unknowingly and gaining favor.

So Wang Yang's mind was always clear, but his face showed a slight joy.

Wang Tai pulled Wang Yang back to his seat very affectionately, then his expression turned cold and he called out: "Come, drag that stupid slave up!"

Two men in black entered the courtyard and dragged a thin, weak slave with disheveled hair in front of Wang Yang. The slave knelt on the ground, trembling.

"Zhiyan, you gave me a name card before, but it was missed by this stupid slave and not passed on. Otherwise, you and I are both in Jingzhou, how could we only meet today? Just now I sent an invitation to invite you, and this stupid slave was afraid of being exposed, so he confessed. Stupid slave! Do you know your crime!"

The slave kowtowed repeatedly, crying: "It's all this lowly one's fault! This lowly one was dozing off at the time and forgot to pass it on. This lowly one deserves to die, please punish me, Young Master!"

Wang Tai snorted coldly, and then said to Wang Yang, pleasantly: "Zhiyan! You say, how should he be punished!"

Wang Yang watched coldly from the sidelines and understood. This was to take care of both sides' faces, revealing the matter of not seeing him before, and he didn't care whether you believed it or not, mainly to show an attitude and give you a reason to release the previous suspicion. It's like a person who hits someone bringing fruit to ask for forgiveness, saying "I was drunk and my brain was mushy," which is always better than saying "I just wanted to beat you up."

Wang Yang hadn't figured out Wang Tai's intention yet, so naturally, he wouldn't tear down the stage, so he advised: "It was an unintentional mistake, sir, you don't need to be too harsh."

"Good, good, good, Zhiyan really has the heart of a prime minister, but such a stubborn slave cannot be let off lightly. Drag him down, thirty lashes!"

The slave kowtowed and thanked Wang Tai and Wang Yang as if he had received some grace.

"Zhiyan, I heard you are a descendant of the Right Army Duke, a famous minister of Jin. I don't know which generation you are?"

Wang Tai asked very sincerely, without a hint of suspicion, as if it were a normal clan inquiry, chatting about family affairs. If Wang Yang hadn't read that poem beforehand, just looking at Wang Tai's performance since he entered the door, he would have really thought he had recognized this relative.

"Ashamed, this junior is the sixth-generation unworthy grandson of the Right Army Duke, truly ashamed of the family reputation."

"Oh! Then from the generation, I am your clan uncle!"

"Clan uncle is above, please accept this junior's bow!"

"Why be so polite, Zhiyan?! Please get up quickly!"

The uncle and nephew started talking, very affectionately. If others saw it, they would definitely think the two had been together for more than ten years, and would never think that the uncle and nephew had just recognized each other.

The poker face stood on the side, expressionless, which was very inconsistent with this harmonious picture.

"Zhiyan, you do not know. When I, your clan uncle, heard that you had become famous after the battle at the White Tiger Dojo, I was overjoyed and felt honored! At the time, I hurriedly inquired which branch of our clan this young talent came from. Actually, there are not many of the Langya Wang clan living in Yixing, and they have long ceased exchanging letters with the capital. But as luck would have it, when I was serving in the Situ's mansion, I helped the Situ's military advisor, Jia Yuan, Jia Xijing, compile the genealogy of the eighteen provinces' noble clans, and I had previously exchanged letters with several fellow clansmen from Yixing. So, I wrote to them to inquire..."

Wang Tai stopped here, his face showing embarrassment.

You can really act...

Wang Yang asked with a smile: "What's wrong, they haven't heard of me?"

"Actually, it's normal not to have heard of you. Orchids grow in the valley, although there is no one, they are still fragrant. Perhaps Zhiyan has been hidden in your hometown for a long time and only flew high after coming to Jingzhou. So I didn't take it to heart and thought if I didn't find it, forget it. As a result, they might not be reconciled, which is understandable. After all, it was not easy to produce a talent like you. If this happened in Jiankang, we would have to check it clearly! As a result, they checked all the Wang family branches in Yixing County and still didn't find it. If they didn't check, they didn't find it, but someone actually suspected that your identity was fake and wanted the government to check the household registration—"

Wang Yang's lips moved, just about to speak, Wang Tai immediately said:

"Nephew, don't worry! I scolded that person bloody at the time! I said everyone expects the clan's children to become talented, like orchids and jade trees, wanting them to grow in their own courtyard! Our Wang clan produced such a sage, this is a good thing, why be suspicious?! I have reprimanded that person, gave a strict order to those fellow clan members to keep their mouths shut, and burned all the correspondence. Absolutely no one will ask about this matter again!"

You old guy, I believe your ghost!

"Thank you, clan uncle, for your trust! Actually—"

"Eh! You and I are fellow clan members, and we hit it off at first sight, why thank me? This kind of thing is a big case if it's revealed, but who would reveal this for no reason?! Isn't it just not having a household registration? What a big deal! This favor, clan uncle will help!"

Anyway, the cards are on the table, Wang Yang became more and more curious about what Wang Tai wanted to do, so he asked with surprise: "Clan uncle can help me enter the registration?"

"Of course! Clan uncle, even if I am not good, I am a direct descendant of the Duke of Literature. I can speak in front of the clan leaders of the Jiankang branches. As long as there are one or two clan members who cooperate, it is not a difficult task to accept you into the clan or combine the clans!"

Wang Yang deliberately showed disbelief.

Wang Tai seemed to be talking easily, but he had been observing Wang Yang's expression. At this time, seeing Wang Yang's disbelief, he immediately added:

"Even if we don't combine the clans, with my friend's connections, I can completely do it for you to enter the noble registration! Several genealogy experts in the capital have friendships with my friends, and even the Ministry of Personnel's registration is based on the documents they organize! Just a little operation, let alone you are originally of the Wang family bloodline, even if a fake one comes, it can become real!"

It should be said that this Wang Tai speaks with great sense of proportion. Even to this point, he insists that Wang Yang is a Wang family member, and never reveals a hint of suspicion. He even "intimately" added that even a fake one would be fine. I don't know if it was to make Wang Yang completely at ease, or to deliberately point out Wang Yang.

Although the words were more pleasant than that woman's, Wang Yang would never be deceived by the attitude of the surface words.

If Wang Yang had believed a little before that Wang Tai might really have the ability to help him get a household registration, he didn't believe it at all after Wang Tai said this.

Combining clans is to include side branches into the main branch by recognizing common ancestors, also known as "combining clans" or "connecting clans." This is not something one person can simply decide. Let's assume Wang Tai has the ability to do it.

But if combining clans was really "not a difficult task" as he said, then seeing that he had disbelief, he should continue to explain how to operate the problem of combining clans. How did he come up with an operation of the Ministry of Personnel's household registration?

And a little operation, why didn't you say it could be done with a flick of a finger!

I haven't eaten dinner yet, first eat a big pancake you drew, okay... ===== CHAPTER 130 =====