Chapter 2: The Big Fool Tang Guan

  "Ah! I'm dead!" Tang Guan sat up with a start, finding himself in an unfamiliar environment. However, he soon discovered an old man with white hair lying asleep beside his bed.

  "Stinky old man, pervert, where have you brought me?" Tang Guan remembered the old man from last night who seemed to be hypnotizing himself, and without hesitation, he punched the old man in front of him wildly.

  "Ah, you're awake!" The old man, who was in a deep sleep, was suddenly beaten and immediately woke up with his head in his hands. He saw Tang Guan waking up and was overjoyed.

  “Halt!” Tang Guan's movements came to an abrupt stop. It was clear that the old man in front of him, dressed in strange attire, was not the same one he had seen last night. Only then did he take a good look at his surroundings and couldn't help but be shocked. The bed beneath him was intricately carved from wood, and Tang Guan, who was used to sleeping on hard folding beds, had never slept on such luxurious products that cost tens of thousands of dollars.

  Suddenly, Tang Guan looked around at the decorations again and was even more shocked to find that there were many antique ceramic vases with bright and beautiful colors.

  "Sunken... sunken blue porcelain!" Tang Guanzeng had read some ancient books and was not unfamiliar with such priceless treasures, and he immediately swallowed his saliva.

  Tang Guan only then withdrew his gaze and realized that his body was abnormal, having shrunk by more than twice its original size, looking like a young child.

  Seeing Tang Guan's eyes staring blankly and sizing up the surroundings, he secretly let out a breath of relief and thought to himself: "The master is indeed, knowing that young master's brain isn't bright, yet still being so strict"

  "It's done!" Tang Guan suddenly went wild with joy, never expecting this day would come for himself.

  "Then according to this setting, the old man in front of me should be my dad?"

  "Dad, I have a headache"

  As a writer, this clichéd amnesia plot device is all too familiar to Tang Guan.

  "What returned was Old Wang's astonished gaze, 'Young master! Your illness has worsened again, I'm Old Wang who lives next door to take care of your daily life!'"

  "Poof!" Tang Guan spat out a mouthful of blood in his heart, and Old Wang next door...

  "It's gone bad, young master has become even more foolish, what can be done..." Old Wang was driven dizzy by Tang Guan's strange and urgent circling.

  Tang Guan also felt a bit awkward, and after a moment, Old Wang hastily spoke up: "Young master, don't move around randomly, I'll go find Master Tang to ask for a doctor." (Note: In the Tang Dynasty, doctors were referred to as "medical officials")

  Having said that, he hastily went out the door.

  "Crossed over... actually crossed over" Tang Guan stared at the decorations around him, his eyes dizzy and confused.

  "It looks like this is from the Tang Dynasty, if I take two or three of these things back with me, it'll be enough for me to eat for a lifetime!"

  Tang Guan stared at the porcelain tableware and the silk quilt covering his body, dazed for a moment.

  Just then, a sharp pain suddenly came from his brain.

  Talent reselection is enabled, and you can only choose one of the following talents, with only one chance.

  "One, literary and martial arts are both innate talents, effect: photographic memory, infinite strength"

  "Two, Wen carries the Tao of heaven's gift, function: immediately obtain all literary knowledge before and after AD"

  "Three, Extreme Martial Arts Mastery Innate Talent, Effect: Enhance physical limits, immediately acquire Ancient Qin assassination ultimate skill"

  "Damn it, Golden Finger! That old man didn't cheat me!" Tang Guan was overjoyed, listening to the sound echoing in his ears.

  "Even a fool would choose one." In Tang Guan's view, option 1 had already covered options 2 and 3, so he chose 1 immediately.

  "Natural selection succeeds, begins merging, begins eliminating all modern knowledge"

  "What!?" Tang Guan was shocked by the words, never expecting that making a choice would come with a price.

  "My god, my AK... what was it again?" Tang Guan, who didn't learn much math and science to begin with, immediately forgot even that little bit.

  "Kid, since you're so confident in yourself, heaven has given you the gift. Success or failure is up to you now."

  The old man's voice suddenly rang out, and Tang Guan heard the sound and trembled with a loud shout: "Where are you?"

  "I've always been here, I've always been here..."

  The sound faded away, and Tang Guan also gradually came back to his senses.

  With a "slap", Tang Guan suddenly slapped himself in the face, and the pain made him cover his cheek with a silly smile.

  "It's really not a dream..."

  Tang Guan originally because of long-term lying in bed stiff body gradually became active, immediately lifted the quilt and got up.

  "Is it really that powerful? Just now, I didn't even lose a tooth!" Slapping oneself on the ear is painful, but still within an acceptable range.

  "Bang!" Tang Guan punched the ground with one fist, "Ow...ow...ow" The small fist was instantly scraped and bleeding.

  "You deceived me again!" Tang Guan suddenly realized he had been cheated and cursed loudly.

  Just as Tang Guan made his move, a book fell from his bosom and landed on the ground. Tang Guan quickly picked it up, looking excited.

  "You actually followed too" This book was surprisingly the 300 Tang Poems that Grandfather had given to himself, Tang Guan and Grandfather had a deep affection for each other, and he treasured this book even more.

  "Ah, this is the Tang Dynasty!" As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Guan seemed to realize something, and his already excited expression became even more radiant.

  "Although I don't know which period, Zhenguan? Wu Zhou? Kaiyuan heyday?" Tang Guanli thought of a great feat in ancient China, the imperial examination system that recruited civil servants without limited education.

  "Even if there is Li Bai, at least Du Fu hasn't appeared yet. Even if there is Du Fu, then there is still Bai Juyi."

  Tang wore a open-collared shirt and sat on the ground with his legs crossed, while his younger brothers all smiled foolishly and shook with excitement.

  ......

  "Oh no, sir!"

  Old Wang rushed into the living room of the host's home and shouted loudly.

  "What's wrong, Old Wang?" A stout middle-aged man with a silk robe furrowed his brow slightly.

  This man was Tang Guan's father, named Tang Weixi, with the courtesy name Dehua. He was a famous merchant in the Yu Hang area, and before going into business, he had served as a sixth-grade official in the Ministry of Works. Although his official position was not high, his connections were good. During the Gaozong era, he resigned from office to return home and engage in commerce, and his silk, satin, and porcelain business also flourished.

  It's reasonable to say that among the four occupations of scholars, farmers, artisans and merchants, Tang Dynasty's business had already reached a considerable level. However, what pained Tang Wei Xi was that his own son with his first wife, Tang Guan, was born an idiot, and at eight years old, he couldn't even recognize characters.

  "Master is awake."

  Tang Wei's expression didn't change upon hearing this, and he took a sip of tea before saying, "If you're awake, then be awake."

  "Ke Shao Ye's illness seems to have worsened, just now he even took me for Old Master You."

  "What!?" Tang Wei was furious upon hearing this, and then he bitterly laughed. He didn't know what kind of sin he had committed to have a foolish son like Tang Guan.

  "Anyway, it's all because of the sins I committed in my past life that I ended up with such a foolish son. But after all, he is still a descendant of the Tang family, so later on, I'll find him a wise and virtuous daughter-in-law, and our family line will continue."

  Old Wang realized that his master had given up all hope for the foolish Tang Guan, and only then did he notice a woman with a pale face holding a child in her arms standing in the hall.

  This woman had been silent since Lao Wang burst in, and she had also heard of the foolish son of the Tang family, but now she didn't dare to say more.

  After Old Wang's fuss, Tang Weixi finally turned his gaze towards the woman.

  "I'm ashamed, Lin Shijun and I are old friends, unexpectedly met with disaster, I also deeply regret it. You, a widow with an orphan, have come to seek refuge with me, it's an honor for Dehua, please stay for the time being."

  The woman was so moved that she knelt down on the ground, hugging the little girl and said, "Sir Tang has great kindness, I am suffering from a serious illness and no medicine can cure me. I don't dare to trouble Sir Tang again, but I beg of you to take in this little girl, even as a slave or servant, just give her a chance to live."

  Tang Weixi stepped forward and said: "Sister-in-law, quickly get up. Dehua has nothing else, but gold and silver are still not lacking. You and your mother can both stay."

  Old Wang saw the mother and daughter, also a sigh, he recognized this pair of mother and daughter, is that Jiangzhou Governor Lin Yue's wife and daughter. The current Empress Dowager holds power, uses cruel officials, and kills countless officials.

  "Old Wang, you take care of Mrs. Lin and then go find a doctor, I'll go take a look at Guan'er."

  Having said that, he walked out of the living room and headed towards Tang Guan's bedroom.