Prince Li Chongyan...... Oh no, Xinyang County ordered Li Chongyan to return to Beijing to report on his work after the rainstorm after the autumn.

Before leaving, Li Chongyan still failed to meet his good boss ------ Jingzhou prefect as he wished, and it is said that when he went to see the prefect, it happened that the prefect ate persimmons on a whim after eating crabs last night, and then ate a bunch of stinky tofu, so he couldn't even get out of bed today.

Can you eat like this without damaging your stomach? Isn't this prefect a fool?

Li Chongyan had no choice but to hand over the official seal, and after everything was handed over, he took the prince and Cao Xiwen and hired a few carriages to set off to the capital of Emperor Wanhua.

At Cao Xiwen's strong request, the group wore coarse cloth clothes along the way, and their food and clothing were very simple, and they looked very inconspicuous along the way.

Li Chongyan was naturally reluctant in his heart, but this time he couldn't resist Cao Xiwen for anything. The wound of the sword on the latter's shoulder that he blocked for him had not yet healed, and when he thought about the matter of the female snitch before, everyone did not dare to slack off, for fear that the county master would cause some new trouble.

Wang Gonggong was also a very particular person, but this time he also cooperated surprisingly, firmly standing on Cao Xiwen's side, and even the rare objects in the treasure shirt were quietly put away.

After all, the safety of the crown prince is more important than anything else.

The road after a rainstorm is always difficult.

Coincidentally, Li Chongyan also passed by Mu Yunzuo's 100,000 army on the road.

Cao Xiwen looked at the generals on those tall horses all wearing mighty lion-headed armor and was envious.

"It's fucking pretty!"

In just half a day, Li Chongyan has heard him praise him at least seventeen or eighteen times.

"When you get to the Wanhua Emperor Capital, you will also get a dress?" He sat in the car and glanced at Cao Xiwen with squinted eyes.

"Where? Pawnshop? ”

"The military department."

"Fuck you. Why don't you say that I will be the generalissimo of soldiers and horses? ”

"If you are willing to do it, I will be willing to seal it." Li Chongyan was used to gags with him, and only replied to him with a smile.

Cao Xiwen suddenly slapped his thigh, and sighed depressedly: "It's a pity, I heard that this 100,000-strong army is going to join forces with the Bihai Kingdom to go north to Imuran." In such a big battle on the battlefield, I am afraid that I will not encounter it a few times in my life, and just thinking about it makes people's hearts surge. ”

"What, do you want to go to war?"

"Can you not want to? I've been practicing martial arts for a few years, and it's not really useful. But ......"

"But what?"

"But...... Even if he has made military achievements, at most he will be rewarded with some gold and silver, just like my father, who has fought all his life, and is not a deputy commander, not as good as some people who are born hereditary. ”

Li Chongyan is still very good at the ministers in the court, and when he heard Cao Xiwen say this, he knew that he was talking about Han Fu in the Songyang camp.

"You can't say that, I know you're talking about Han Fu, although he is a hereditary lord, but his ancestors have indeed had military exploits in all generations, which is why the emperor's grace is mighty. Even if he himself has no ability, but the profit that his ancestors spent several lifetimes earning, if you go to the battlefield at a young age and kill a few people, then is there justice in the world? Li Chongyan himself is the crown prince, and he thinks that hereditary is the most orthodox truth.

Cao Xiwen was stunned by these words, thinking about it, it seems that this is really the case, he is very open-minded by nature, and laughed at the moment: "Also, for example, the name of my Cao family in Xinyang County is not something that I can earn by getting some military merits one day, I think my great-grandfather was ...... back then."

"Mmmmmm, I think your great-grandfather also drove a horse for Emperor Gaozu to open the aisle, and when the Chang clan was fighting at the foot of Wulan Mountain, Emperor Gaozu stepped on the river on your great-grandfather's back." Li Chongyan immediately picked up the conversation, he always heard Cao Xiwen mention this sentence, and he was already reciting it backwards.

To tell the truth, whenever Cao Xiwen talked about Old Lady Cao, Li Chongyan would think that their Cao family always complained about their low background, so that the same military merits were not as rich as the rewards of generals with family backgrounds. But every time he talks about the deeds of his ancestors, he doesn't mention how many enemy generals he killed or how many heads he takes, but he always talks about Emperor Gaozu crossing the river on his back and is proud.

Are they hating those with family backgrounds stealing the limelight?

Or do you regret that your ancestors didn't leave any limelight?

It's a pity that Li Chongyan basically hasn't dealt with anyone with no family background, and he has no way of knowing what they think.

Cao Xiwen didn't notice what Li Chongyan was thinking at all, and sighed there: "That's why I don't want to join the army, and I don't want to be like my father, nodding and nodding behind that group of gentlemen every day......."

As soon as the words fell, a thunderous voice sounded outside the car window.

"I don't want you to be like me! Then you should study for me! ”

This roar really scared half of Cao Xiwen's three souls and seven spirits.

The voice......

How can it be a dad!

Li Chongyan was also shocked when he heard it, he knew Cao Feihu's voice, but he had always been as docile as a cat when he talked to him before, and today was the first time he saw the majesty of his father.

In any case, I can't meet him first, otherwise my identity as a prince will be exposed.

Shrinking in the corner of the carriage at the moment, he waved his hand to Cao Xiwen, signaling him not to mention himself.

Cao Xiwen only said that it was his father's vicious words that scared Li Chongyan, thinking about it and not doing anything else, he comforted in a low voice: "It seems to be my father, I'll get out of the car and take a look, don't make a noise first." ”

But how could Cao Feihu be here?

Didn't Cao Feihu go to Jingzhou with the Ministry of War to recruit soldiers?

Yes, Han Fu was stumped in the capital of Wanhua Emperor by Emperor Wen's tricks before, and he had to visit Ye Zhiqiu at night, so he asked Lao Cao to go to Jingzhou for Han Fu to recruit soldiers.

When Lao Cao arrived in Jingzhou, he met Fa Xiao, who became the prefect, and the two knew each other well and were easy to do, so they ended the conscription matter by dividing it by two. Lao Cao knew that Han Fu had asked him to return to Jingzhou because he wanted him to return to his hometown, so he packed up his things and took a few days off from the military department after finishing his errands, and returned to Xinyang County.

Unexpectedly, this trip back to his hometown was not only not brocade, but he almost couldn't even wear serious clothes.

Why? This old Cao is really an honest man, saying that he is returning to his hometown in fine clothes, but he thinks that it is not good to make a big show while visiting relatives on business, so after weighing for a long time, he still took off the commander's clothes and changed into private clothes, and only wore a big knife hanging on his waist, and went back to his hometown alone.

As soon as I arrived near Xinyang County, I saw a bunch of people waiting outside the county gate, all of them fierce and vicious, and it was not easy to provoke them.

Lao Cao knew that there had always been thieves in his hometown, but most of them jumped out on mountain roads or in secluded places in the countryside and shouted "I drove this road" and the like, and he had never seen such a thief guarding the gate of the county seat in such a grand manner.

It can be said that they are thieves, there are many men, women and children in and out of this county, some people are so familiar with that group of thieves that they will say hello a few times, but the group of thieves looked up and down as if they had seen silver, especially the knife on his waist.

Strange thing.

Has the world changed? The thief has become respectful of the old and loves the young, and the hoe is strong and helps the weak?

Lao Cao, who was originally five big and three thick, thought to himself, since there were many people on the other side, he couldn't lose in this momentum, so he walked in with a majestic spirit. Unexpectedly, before they could get closer, the group of people had already surrounded and blocked up.

Lao Cao didn't know what they were going to do, he was nervous, and pulled out a knife in his hand and protected it in front of him.

Unexpectedly, it was okay if he didn't draw the knife, the knife had just come out of the sheath, and the group of thieves were so excited that they burst into tears.

"He drew his sword! He drew his sword!! ”

"Brothers, come on!"

Lao Cao immediately estimated it with many years of rich battlefield experience, and felt that he was definitely no match for so many people at the moment, so he turned his head and ran away. It was easy to run out of Erlidi, only to find that all the preserved fruits that I had planned to bring to the old lady were left on the road.

What the fuck are these crazy people?

What kind of township do I have to be in this commander's clothes?!

He cursed on his lips, and he was still running desperately under his feet, and it was easy to run to the foot of the mountain on the side, and then he gasped in shock. He was wondering how his hometown had become like this, and he happened to walk down from the mountain with an old man.

The two look at each other:

"Huh? Isn't it the old man Liu in the east of the village? ”

"Huh? Mo is not Cao Ma Pi in the west of the village? ”

The old people see each other, especially when they are glad to finally meet a normal person who knows them.

As soon as Old Man Liu heard that Lao Cao was coming back to visit his relatives, he said that he would take a few bamboo shoots from the basket behind him and give them to him.

Lao Cao's mind was not here, and he asked uneasily: "Why is life so difficult now?" The thieves are all blocked at the gate of the county? ”

Old man Liu noticed that Lao Cao's face was muddy and sweaty, and his body was also dusty and embarrassed, and then he saw the knife on his waist, guessed the reason and laughed out loud.

He had heard Li Zhuo, the prefect of Jingzhou, say that the county order of Xinyang County is the crown prince Li Chongyan, but his identity has not been revealed to the public. He originally thought that when he returned to the county, he should hide a little and not bump into him head-on. Unexpectedly, before he entered the county, he was first dismounted by the county master.

"Then I want to go home, but how can I live?"

"That's not difficult, since you have met those thieves at the gate, they must remember what you look like, you just need to change your clothes and enter from the other end of the county gate, and you will be fine. Oh, and you can't carry this knife with you. Liu Laohan thought for a while and untied the vegetable basket on his back: "In this way, you put it in my basket first, and I will cover you with vegetables, and I will send it to your home when you enter the county." ”

Lao Cao thought about it, and it seemed that this was the only way to do it. At that moment, he put the knife into the vegetable basket, hugged a few bamboo shoots, and said goodbye to Liu Laohan.

They say they want to change their clothes, but where can they change their clothes? Lao Cao had no choice but to turn his coat upside down, put the inside on the outside, and leaked a lot of raw edges wrapped in cotton wool.

Before he reached the entrance of the village, a child on the side took his mother's hand and smiled: "Mother, you see that person, he is so old and can't wear clothes, I know that the placket with raw edges is worn inside." ”

The child's mother covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Child, to be a man, you have to be like this uncle, who is golden and jade, and loses it, understand?" ”

Lao Cao was so embarrassed that he couldn't wait to find a hole.

Hey, the enemy Li Qingtian.