A simple loom is placed in the corner of the room, and the light outside the door shines on it scatteredly, and the wooden loom looks mottled and old in the light and shadow.

Zhao Shu walked over, looked at the slippery places that were rubbed by his hands, and sighed: "Niangniang...... Why bother. ”

Empress Dowager Cao didn't trouble him, this was the greatest support, and he was naturally grateful in his heart.

In addition to gratitude, he told too high to talk about it, and spend money openly on Empress Dowager Cao's side.

Take a look at these......

Zhao Shu looked around, there were no windows, and his eyes were more gloomy, "What about the windows?" ”

At the beginning, Shen An got the glass out, except for his own house, the palace was the first to install it, and Zhao Shu was rare for a while.

But what about here?

Zhao Shu suppressed the anger in his heart and looked at Gao Taotao, his eyes were not good for the first time.

We used it, but Niangniang didn't have it here, where did you put my face?

Gao Tao got up and was about to explain, but Empress Dowager Cao smiled: "It's none of her business, it's the old body that doesn't want to use it." ”

Zhao Shu smiled bitterly: "Niangniang, this thing ...... It's not worth much, you just need to use it. ”

"It has nothing to do with money."

Empress Dowager Cao's expression was indifferent, "It's not good to be too bright." ”

Zhao Shu was shocked in his heart, and couldn't help but think of a picture.

Empress Dowager Cao sat here alone, the light projected through the glass window, but it was more lonely.

Lonely people don't like sunlight.

"Mother's ......"

Zhao Shu felt guilty, "Do you want to ...... Go home and check it out? ”

As the emperor's woman, after the emperor's death, the Empress Dowager Cao had honor, but she was not angry.

And the most important of them is that she has no children.

Even if I had a daughter!

Empress Dowager Cao's eyes were a little more smiling, "That's fine." ”

After the emperor left, the Empress Dowager Cao couldn't wait: "Ask someone to tell Da Lang, get more of what I like to eat, and call all the children here, I will see you." ”

Later, the Queen Mother left the palace.

This is an official exit from the palace, with a guard of honor and an escort, and the momentum is not small.

All the way to Cao's house, Cao Tong was waiting with a group of relatives, and the children were a little restrained when they stood on the side.

"Big sister."

After a long time, Empress Dowager Cao is finally back.

Cao Tong greeted him with tears in his eyes, helped the Empress Dowager Cao get out of the carriage, and then introduced the relatives on the side one by one.

Empress Dowager Cao bowed slightly, her identity is special, she must be more dignified outside, otherwise she will be embarrassed.

After meeting the adults, she beckoned to the children, "Come on." ”

The children came over a little timidly, Empress Dowager Cao stretched out her hand, Ren Shouzhong took the wooden box over, and all the girls were given a gold jewelry.

"Thank you, mother."

The girls are quieter, it's the boys' turn.

Those relatives were admiring Empress Dowager Cao's kindness to her juniors on the side, and the parents with boys in front of them had their eyes shining.

"You say...... Will the mother give the four treasures of the study? ”

"Most likely, the four treasures of the study in the palace are rare, and ordinary people can't get them if they want to."

"Niangniang also hopes that the Cao family will have more talents, hey! It's just that it was suppressed a few years ago. Now the opportunity has come, let those children study well. ”

"Yes! With scholars, our family worked hard to make their journey smoother, and over the decades, the Cao family had deep roots, and naturally became the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"It's coming, hey, it's such a big box, what is this going to reward the children?"

After opening it, Empress Dowager Cao took out a long knife from it, touched the top of the first boy's head lovingly, and said: "Take it, practice well, and go to the battle to kill the enemy for the Great Song Dynasty in ten years." ”

The boy was only seven or eight years old, the age when he liked knives and guns the most, he held the long knife and saluted happily, "Thank you, Niangniang." ”

This is the nature of children, and Empress Dowager Cao also said happily: "Practice well." ”

Those parents were a little confused.

"What do you mean, mother?"

"Our family...... What else do we practice? ”

"Read!"

“……”

One person has a long knife, there is a five-year-old boy who can't hold it, so he drags it away, Empress Dowager Cao raised her eyes, and his father immediately ran over, and said with a smile: "Niangniang, this is ...... This kid reads well. ”

Cao Tong on the side said: "Yes, eldest sister, this kid is the best at reading in the Cao family, and the younger brother feels that he will be able to enter the Jinshi in the future." ”

"Oh!" Empress Dowager Cao glanced at Cao Tong and said, "Then feel free to take the knife back." ”

Cao Tong was too familiar with the eldest sister's eyes, and when he saw that the parent was about to get a knife, he desperately gave him a look.

Don't take it!

Take it and have a time when you regret it.

The patriarch paused for a moment, looked at Empress Dowager Cao, and couldn't help but panic when he saw her indifferent.

What does this mean?

"Mother's ......"

Empress Dowager Cao said lightly: "The ancestors of the Cao family were martial artists, and the glory and wealth you are waiting for today are also killed by the ancestors with a knife and a shot, why, until now, you dislike the martial arts?" ”

Everyone didn't dare to speak, and they all looked at Cao Tong.

Cao Yandui smiled and said, "Eldest sister, our family...... It's good to study in the future! ”

Reading is the best, and being in the army is the stupidest.

This is the current mainstream of thought.

Empress Dowager Cao looked at him and suddenly stretched out her hand, "The knife is coming!" ”

Cao Tong was excited, took a step back and said, "Eldest sister, something is wrong......

Ren Shouzhong persuaded: "Niangniang, Uncle Guo ......"

Syllable!

Empress Dowager Cao waved her hand without looking back, and a slap mark immediately appeared on Ren Shouzhong's face, which instantly swelled.

Someone handed over the long knife, and the Empress Dowager Cao took it, and her body immediately completed the action of getting up and rushing forward, and rushed to Cao Tong's body.

"Big sister spares ......"

Cao Tong immediately began to flee for his life.

Empress Dowager Cao struck with a long knife horizontally and with the width of her back.

Bang!

Cao Tong was pulled back and ran to the right again.

Bang!

Cao Tong was pumped a few times, and found that he couldn't run left and right, so he turned around and fled.

Empress Dowager Cao chased after her unhurriedly, drawing a knife from time to time.

"Big sister spare your life!"

Cao Tong ran away, and suddenly his legs became weak, so he knelt there and cried.

"Eldest sister, when you were a child, you taught a certain martial arts practice, and that's how you chased a certain ......."

At that time, he was still young, and Empress Dowager Cao was her sister, and she taught him to practice knives very much.

Cao Tong ran if he couldn't beat him, and the left side was pulled back by the Empress Dowager Cao with a scabbard, and the right side ran too, and he would be chased all the way when he turned around and ran.

Cao Tong remembered that period of time, and couldn't help but feel sad.

"Eldest sister, it's useless to make you suffer in the palace."

Empress Dowager Cao stopped, and the pestle knife looked ahead, looking stunned.

When those relatives saw Cao Tong being beaten, those who didn't know the past of the sister and brother were dumbfounded, and those who knew were sighing.

Cao Tong cried for a while, and the Empress Dowager Cao said impatiently: "The man is crying so sadly, isn't it the wrong birth?" ”

Belch!

Cao Tong hiccuped, raised his head and said: "Eldest sister, our family should be from the literature, the day before yesterday the younger brother talked to some big Confucians, they all said that the children of the family should only be sent, and they will be good professors...... Eldest sister, it only takes two generations for the Cao family to change their court! ”

The powerful are good, but the powerful rely on the care and trust of the king, and if the king's care is no longer there, the powerful are just a joke.

Therefore, it is imminent to change the court, which is also Cao Tong's decision as the head of the Cao family, and the whole clan supports it.

Empress Dowager Cao looked at those relatives and asked, "Do you want your descendants to follow the text?" ”

"Yes." Everyone bowed their heads, but their voices were neat.

Empress Dowager Cao glanced at Baba's younger brother and walked to the main hall with her hands in her hands.

Cao Tong hurriedly followed, and everyone was further behind.

"What is the foundation of the Cao family?"

Empress Dowager Cao's question made Cao Tong stunned, and then said: "Eldest sister, it is sincerity, faith, and courage." ”

Honesty and courage are the creed passed down from the ancestors of the Cao family.

"Want to change it?"

Empress Dowager Cao easily climbed the steps.

"Don't dare, little brother doesn't dare."

Add OK, modify ...... That's death.

Cao Tong felt that if he dared to revise the family motto, the eldest sister would rush out of the palace and hang him outside the ancestral hall to dry.

"What is sincerity? What is faith? ”

Cao Tong bowed his head and said: "The matter is sincere, the matter is sincere, and the matter is ......sincere."

"Once the word is spoken, it is difficult for the horse to chase, this is faith. People do not stand without trust, and the Cao family should be trustworthy. ”

Empress Dowager Cao said lightly: "Then what is bravery? ”

"Be brave......" Cao Tong said with some entanglement: "You must be brave in the battlefield...... If you are timid, you will die faster. ”

In many cases, the timid die faster than the bold, this is the experience of the ancestors of the Cao family: the more afraid you are of death, the more you will die, so simply let go and go to the slashing, but you will be safe and sound.

"It's good to read."

Empress Dowager Cao looked at these relatives and sighed slightly in her heart, "It's just that you don't have to forget, the Cao family is a military general, and your heels are in the army, not in the court." ”

"Eldest sister, our family has met a lot of civil officials!"

As the head of the family, Cao Tong is responsible for the future of the family, so there is no shortage of these plans.

"Stupid!"

Empress Dowager Cao said lightly: "Civil officials have a lot of hearts, honesty and courage have nothing to do with them, no, integrity and courage are their opponents." As an official, I still think about honesty and bravery, and such officials have long been trampled in the mud. Cao Jia...... If the Cao family becomes like this in the future, I will not come back. ”

She nodded slightly, and bowed to the ancestral hall, and then prepared to go down.

"Big Sister ......"

Cao Tong knelt down, and those Cao family members all knelt down.

Empress Dowager Cao looked at them and frowned; "When a man is alive, he is first and foremost decisive. Who can be indecisive and promising? If you want to follow the text, I don't care! ”

She strode down, and Cao Yan grabbed her skirt at the risk of death, "Sister, I was wrong." ”

When he was with his eldest sister, he felt that his whole body was full of mistakes, and there was nothing good.

Empress Dowager Cao turned around and frowned at him, "The Cao family wants to stand up to the sky, don't change your decision, so be it." ”

She slapped Cao Yan's hand away and led the people away.

What should I do?

A group of Cao family members looked at each other.

Cao Tong got up and scolded: "The eldest sister said, the Cao family will follow the martial arts in the future, who will not follow?" Who? ”

His eyes were round, looking at the murderous one, who had the intention of leaving the clan if he didn't obey.

A group of people looked at each other......

Later, news spread that it was Cao Tong, the head of the Cao family, who had been thinking hard for half a year, and finally decided that the Cao family would give up the road of the imperial examination, and the children would do their best to train and join the army for the Great Song Dynasty.

Bianliang was in an uproar!