Chen Hai discussed things with Wu Meng, Ge Tong, and Ding Shuang in the study, and after a while, Zhou Jingyuan led Cao Feng and his son Cao Gui in. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Cao Feng is old and haggard, he has no cultivation foundation, but he is good at technical attacks, and he was a ranger swordsman active in the Yanbei region in his early years, and he also took refuge in the sect as a diner.

During the years that the crown prince Yingdan was in charge of national politics, many clans were suppressed, and the clan lords who Cao Feng's father and son took refuge in were also dissolved after being stripped of their titles and fiefdoms for crimes. The trees fell and the monkeys scattered, and Cao Feng returned to the countryside to take root, and he was also regarded as a figure of the township tyrants in the county, so in the year of the great wilderness, he became the leader of the homeless people who wandered to other places and counties to beg for a living.

Cao Feng has two sons, the eldest son Cao Shan is about thirty years old, in his early years, he had been with Cao Feng in the sect valve, cultivated for several years, and had the foundation of cultivation in the middle of the Xuan Realm, supplemented by the family heirloom martial arts, and was a rare "master" among the seventy or eighty thousand homeless people;

And Cao Feng's youngest son, Cao Gui, is only fourteen or fifteen years old, and he has also practiced martial arts since he was a child, but he has no chance to contact Xuangong, and naturally he has no chance to really step into the threshold of martial arts practice.

Cao Feng not only came over, but also brought his young son Cao Gui into Taohuawu, Chen Hai also knew what his posture was, and asked the people below to arrange a seat for Cao Feng, and said: "I haven't invited Cao Dangjia to come over for a glass of water and wine for a while, I heard that Cao Dangjia not only built a village in the north, which is thriving, but also married a new concubine, and life is more nourishing than ours." However, this time I invited Cao Dangjia to come over, but it was not to congratulate Cao Dangjia - Qin Tongguan suddenly changed and accidentally fell into the hands of the chaotic people, presumably Cao Dangjia should also know the news, I don't know if Cao Dangjia has anything else to say, can I tell me......"

Chen Hai asked casually, but what fell on Cao Feng's ears was a completely different feeling.

His eldest son, Cao Shan, has a foundation of cultivation in the middle of the Xuan Realm, and is proficient in technical attacks, and can be called one in a thousand "masters" among the seventy or eighty thousand refugees, but Cao Feng knows in his heart that the elite soldiers of Hexi Province stationed in Meiwu Fort or the elite soldiers stationed in Taohuawu in the Zhaoyang Pavilion Marquis Mansion can beat his father and son all over the ground to find teeth.

Cao Feng never dared to have any different thoughts about Meiwu Fort and Taohuawu, not to mention that in the past year, Meiwu Fort and Taohuawu not only did not drive them away, but also purchased a large number of stones and wood, transported a large amount of money and grain, and funded them to build barrage embankments and reclaim crops, so that they were able to survive the spring famine and take root on the south bank of the Qiuye River, Cao Feng still has gratitude in his heart.

But no matter what, the soldiers of Hexi Province and the soldiers of the Marquis of Zhaoyang Pavilion have always been guest troops, and they may pat their butts and transfer back to Hexi, which is more than 10,000 miles away, and Cao Feng naturally has no intention of attaching himself to Meiwubao in his heart.

At this time, the rebels of the displaced people attacked and seized Qintong Pass, and Chen Hai, who had not had direct contact for a long time, suddenly sent someone over and invited him to Taohuawu to speak, Cao Feng was not without scruples in his heart, but he did not dare not go.

Even in order to show his sincerity, he ruthlessly brought his youngest son Cao Gui with him this time.

Chen Hai has just arrived in Yanjing and has taken root in Taohuawu, and he is not a big person, at least he is definitely not as dazzling as Dong Pan, Wu Xiong, and Du Junfeng, which makes people dare not look at it directly.

After supplying stone and wood to Meiwu Fort and Taohuawu on a large scale, Cao Feng had some spare money in his hands, and once focused on honoring Dong Pan and Wu Xiong. Even if it is impossible to surrender directly, Cao Feng still hopes that during the period when the elite of Hexi is stationed in Meiwubao, he can get the care of Dong Pan and Wu Xiong.

It is not surprising that Cao Feng has such a choice, he always has to find a thick hug to hug his thighs, and Chen Hai doesn't look like he can compare with Dong Pan, Wu Xiong, Du Junfeng and others.

Cao Feng once thought that the soldiers of the Zhaoyang Pavilion Marquis Mansion did not drive them away, and even helped them to cultivate in the northern area, because they did not dare to provoke them as a guest army;

But after Chen Hai killed the pride of the three sect lords and was unharmed, Cao Feng found that he had lost his eyes, and at this time, he wanted to re-manage the relationship with Taohuawu, only to find that they were all separated by a layer.

Not to mention that there is no chance to see Chen Hai again, even Ge Tong, Wu Meng and others have not seen each other anymore, because Cao Feng and they began to supply iron to the foundry, Cao Feng can still see Zhou Jingyuan occasionally, but Zhou Jingyuan's attitude has become much more indifferent.

Cao Feng was nervous for three or four months, he was worried that one day he would provoke Taohuawu's side, and he would be ruthlessly retaliated, and he also knew in his heart at this time that Chen Hai really wanted to turn his face and deny people and send someone to assassinate them, so he didn't have to worry about anything at all.

Although they were the leaders of the exiles, how could their lives be more important and noble than those few proud sons of the sect lord who were killed by Chen Hai in public?

Zhou Jingyuan sent someone to invite him at this time, and some people were worried that he would be taken hostage in Taohuawu, but Cao Feng didn't dare not come; even if he was taken hostage and left in Taohuawu, it was better than angering Chen Hai at this sensitive moment and causing Caojiazhai to be bloodily cleansed, right?

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Chen Hai asked casually, but Cao Feng felt like a huge stone crushing towards him, and he didn't dare to sit behind the table anymore, pulled his young son Cao Gui to kneel in front of Chen Hai, and said: "The Red Eyebrow Cult once sent someone to contact Cao Jiazhai, but I was blindfolded, and I never told Lord Du Wei truthfully, and asked Lord Du Wei to punish him. ”

Chen Hai looked at Cao Feng's father and son who were kneeling on the ground, and asked indifferently: "The people of the Zhaoyang Pavilion Marquis Mansion live here, and I only serve in the Xiyuan Army, so I can't interfere in local affairs, there is no need for the Cao Dangjia to tell me these things, but the Red Eyebrow Sect secretly instigated the civil unrest, why didn't the Cao Dangjia go to the local government?"

Cao Feng felt a chill from his buttocks to the top of his head, Chen Hai's tone was indifferent, but he felt that this indifferent tone hid a murderous aura, and cried:

"The catastrophe in my hometown lasted for several years, and I took 70,000 or 80,000 remnants of the people, struggling to survive on the banks of the Akino River, and the local government and county ignored it, and more than 3,000 people starved to death last year, and if it weren't for the kindness of the governors this year, I don't know how many people would starve to death -- I dare not be dissatisfied with the imperial court in my heart, but if I reported this matter, I thought that the local government and county would not only deal with it, but would cause us to be suspicious in vain, so I lost my mind and concealed this matter. But please believe that Cao Feng has absolutely no dissent to fornicate with the red-eyed cults, and he never knows that it will be difficult for them to make trouble, and it will not take a few days to work, and once the court sends troops to clear it, they will be a dead end. ”

"Master Cao, get up," Chen Hai said, "The court will send troops to clean up, but it may not be able to exterminate the bandits in one fell swoop, I don't worry about what you think in your heart now, but I'm afraid that if you see that if the court sends troops to fail, you will have some thoughts in your heart, and you have to talk to you in advance, so as to save you from going on a wrong path and being difficult to recover." ”

Cao Feng didn't understand Chen Hai's words, but one thing was clear, he knelt down and didn't dare to get up, but kept reassuring: "Cao Feng never dared to have any ideas, the kid Cao Gui is young, but he still has some eyes, and his hands and feet are quite sharp, please let Lord Du Wei allow him to stay by his side and wait." ”

Sending a child as a hostage?

Seeing that Cao Feng was frightened like this, Wu Meng, Ge and the others who accompanied him all smiled slightly, and Ding Shuang glanced at Chen Hai at this time, hating that he couldn't communicate through divine thoughts, and directly told Chen Hai that this was a good opportunity to accept Cao's father and son, and he should not miss it.

Over the past year or so, after the expansion of Taohuawu and Meiwubao and the expansion of the foundry, they have purchased stone, wood and iron from these displaced people, which has also made this group of displaced people led by Cao's father and son, in addition to reclaiming tens of thousands of acres of beach land in the past year, also occupy a mountain range in the north, and also open up two quarries, a mine, and two logging fields.

There are 70,000 or 80,000 displaced people in the north of Taohuawu, and it seems that there are not many elites who can be selected, but if they can really be sincerely attached to Taohuawu and used by Taohuawu, Taohuawu can really operate a place with a strong foundation on the south bank of the Qiuye River.

Although the Cao family and his son were a little philistine, they once thought about hugging Dong Pan and Wu Xiong's thighs, but this is also human nature, and it is not a big mistake. What's more, in the past year, Taohuawu has funded the cultivation and construction of the embankment, and the two sides have established a certain foundation of trust, and the matter of annexation is also easy to carry out.

The more critical reason is that when they first arrived in Yanjing, they dared to take in the displaced people, which was definitely a dead end, but Ding Shuang had reason to believe at this time that the mysterious people behind the scenes would never mind Chen Hai establishing his own forces in Gyeonggi - and Chen Hai established his forces at this time, in fact, he was also serving the new army of the seventh capital of Xiyuan, and in the end, he was also serving the mysterious people behind the scenes.

Seeing Ding Shuang's frequent glances, Chen Hai also understood his thoughts, pondered for a while, and said to Cao Feng: "Cao Gui's qualifications are good, if he becomes a slave in front of me, he will bury him, maybe he can practice martial arts with my Senior Brother Ge for the time being, what does Cao Dangjia want?"

Although Ge Tong joined the Zhaoyang Pavilion Marquis Mansion as a general, Chen Hai has always treated him as a "senior brother".

"Thank you, Lord Duwei, thank you, Lord Duwei!" Cao Feng knelt down and thanked him, and hurriedly pulled his youngest son Cao Gui to kowtow to Ge Tong.

Cao Feng didn't have the intention of joining the guest army at first, but this year, the Zhaoyang Pavilion Marquis Mansion had a large scale of operating a foundry and armor shop in Yanjing, and he knew that even if more than a thousand elite soldiers withdrew to Hexi, the Zhaoyang Pavilion Marquis Mansion would not give up the operation of the foundry and armor shop.

Besides, if the youngest son can embark on martial arts cultivation because of this, it is also an opportunity, if all the achievements in the future, even if their Cao family encounters any unexpected changes, it is not a bad choice to abandon the foundation here and move the family to Hexi.