Chapter 10: Scholars Make a Living
Different from the gloomy clouds in the Mi family's study, the Cao family's study looks solemn at the moment. At this time, Cao Bao, the head of the Cao family, had already changed into a brocade robe and stood at the window of the study, as if he was watching some charming scenery, but when he looked at it, there were only a few garden trees.
After a while, an old man who looked like a housekeeper knocked on the door. The old man came behind Cao Bao and said respectfully: "Family master, do you call the old servant?" ”
"Well, there are a few things that Uncle Zhong needs to do" did not look back, still said to the window: "The first thing, send a message to Taishan, let them find a way to contact the yellow scarf in Xuzhou recently!" After a pause, he continued: "Send a nimble retainer to send the letter on the table to Luoyang, and order him to bring the reply back as soon as possible!" ”
When the old man heard this, he was not shocked, but just bowed down and promised, and after a while, Cao Bao saw that the old man had not left, so he frowned and asked, "Is there anything else?" Uncle Zhong"
The old man didn't hide it, but just lowered his hand and said, "An hour ago, Prince Cao Hong hurried out with ten soldiers. ”
"Huh? Didn't you say that he wasn't allowed to transfer people privately? Then he also understood that this was not something that these servants could stop, so he said, "Let him come to my study when he returns!" ”
"No," the old man said and retreated as promised.
Time went back to three hours ago, when Kou Feng came out of Mi's house, he wandered alone in this prosperous Xiapi City. Although the yellow turbans sprung up in various places at the end of the Han Dynasty, Picheng was indeed very prosperous. As a state and county seat established since the founding of the Han Dynasty, Xuzhou Xiapi has experienced 400 years of development, and as a place where soldiers must fight, there will be many celebrity anecdotes here.
Kou Feng was looking around to see if there was a suitable workshop, and he wanted to change the dagger. Just as he was looking around, he suddenly noticed a group of people gathered in front of him, and there seemed to be laughter in the middle. In the spirit of traditional Chinese spectators, Kou Feng also squeezed into the crowd to join in the fun.
At this time, in the center of the crowd, there were two people talking. One of the young men in brocade robes sneered at a young man in linen: "Yo, you are still full of poetry and books?" You're so powerful, you're going to play tricks? Show it to Young Master Ben? ”
The young man in Mai couldn't speak, so he could only reply with a blushing face: "I'm not good at martial arts." ”
"Hahaha, you're not good at martial arts" and then the brocade-robed boy: "Look at your poor and sour appearance, I didn't expect you." I'm asking you to sing a flower cavity for my son to listen to. ”
With the laughter of the surrounding spectators, the young man in sackcloth lowered his head and couldn't speak, secretly clenched his fist hard, and then let go: "Wanggongzi takes it in." ”
The brocade-robed boy was stunned when he heard this, and then said irritably: "Nai Weng is in a bad mood today, hurry up." Then he raised his hand, and saw that a slap was about to fall. A big hand held him tightly, and no matter how hard he tried, it was useless.
Of course, this person is Kou Feng, who originally had a heart to watch the excitement, but looking at the pitiful appearance of this young man in Mai, he really couldn't hold back.
At this time, when the brocade-robed boy saw that someone was fixing his hand, he was already furious, and he glared angrily: "Where is the erection that dares to move?" Then he turned to look at Kou Feng and said, "Don't let go yet?" ”
Kou Feng heard this: "Everyone has told you like this, what kind of deep grudge do you want to be humiliated like this?"
Seeing that Kou Feng not only did not let go, but also taught himself a lesson, the prince in the brocade robe was furious, and without saying much, he swung his fist at Kou Feng with his other hand.
How could Kou Feng let this punch hit him, his other hand pinched the swinging wrist, and as soon as he used both hands, he twisted his hands behind him and crossed the master, with a slight force. I heard the brocade-robed boy shouting: "A good man spares his life, a good man spares his life!" ”
Hearing this, Kou Feng didn't entangle with it, and kicked it in the ass from behind, kicking it forward and staggering a few steps. Then I saw that the brocade-robed boy didn't say much, looked back at Kou Feng and the young man, and then left angrily.
After Kou Feng looked left, he turned to the young man in sackcloth and asked, "Is it okay sir?" What Kou Feng didn't expect was that the young man on the other side not only did not thank Kou Feng, but glared at Kou Feng fiercely, then turned around and left angrily.
At this time, Kou Feng really couldn't cry or laugh, looking at the eyes of the young man just now, he seemed to not save him but also hurt him, what's wrong with this world? Has the world changed? Or is he unable to take it?
Just when Kou Feng was in a daze, a gentle voice sounded in his ears: "The strong man doesn't seem to know what he did wrong, right?" Kou Feng was really confused when he heard this, where was his mistake? Are you really wrong? Just stared at the scribe in front of him.
The man was not angry when he saw Kou Feng staring at him like this, so he said in a gentle voice: "Your Excellency was reckless just now, as long as the young man slapped him down just now, the young man will have no worries for the rest of his life!" ”
Hearing this, Kou Feng was even more surprised, he slapped him and had no worries about his life? Is this touching porcelain? Porcelain is too advanced in this era, right? So he bowed his hand and said, "Please also ask Mr. to solve your doubts." ”
The scribe was not hypocritical, and smiled after returning the salute: "Just now, the scholar begged that son to take him in, which shows that the son is a child of a family. In fact, as long as the prince of the family just hit the young man in a fit of anger, his family would take in the young man for the sake of face, and the young man would do things for the family from then on. ”
At this moment, Kou Feng has already set off an uproar in his heart, and he is a family again. The family gate valve of this era is completely terrifying to such a point, a scholar is so groveling, enduring humiliation and stealing life just to get a chance to do things for the family.
Without waiting for the shock in Kou Feng's heart to end, the scribe on the opposite side spoke again: "It is better to persuade Your Excellency to leave quickly, and it is estimated that the son of the family will definitely come back to take revenge." ”
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way of Lao Tzu" As soon as the words fell, a series of shouting voices were heard in the distance.
Looking in the direction of the source of the voice, Kou Feng also frowned unconsciously at this time, and was really told by the gentleman next to him that the brocade-robed boy just now really brought someone over. Before Kou Feng could speak, the person who came was already arrogantly shouting.
"Stand up with me just now!" After speaking, he found that Kou Feng was in front of him: "Come on, take it down for me!" ”
With an order, two soldiers rushed over from the opposite side, one left and one right, and punched towards Kou Feng.
At this time, although Kou Feng was not afraid of the two people rushing in front of him, but seeing that the brocade-robed boy had brought more than a dozen people over, if he fought hard, he was obviously not their opponent, what should he do?
With a sharp turn of mind, Kou Feng first solved the two people in front of him. Seeing that Kou Feng was standing still at this time, everyone thought that Kou Feng was stupid, and the two people who rushed over were even more happy. At this time, Kou Feng was secretly accumulating strength with both hands, and when the two were about to approach, he first attacked with his arms like lightning, instantly grabbed the arms of the two, and then rotated back, and the two who were running encountered resistance due to inertia, and instantly turned over and fell on both sides of Kou Feng.
At the same time, Kou Feng had already run to the brocade-robed boy between the crowd with his legs like a spring, and then after a grappling hand grabbed the brocade-robed boy, he flipped his hand behind his back, and then touched the back of his waist, and instantly felt the dagger he bought before and put it on the neck of the brocade-robed boy, and then looked at the soldiers fiercely, and said sharply: "Who dare to move?" ”
The soldiers didn't dare to move when they saw that their son-in-law was captured, but they were not to be outdone: "Let my son-in-law go, otherwise you won't be able to get out of Picheng today!" ”
Kou Feng was taken aback by the tone of the family soldier when he heard this, although he was ready to go, and his mind changed sharply at the moment, so he deliberately asked: "But I don't know which son has such a big style?" ”
The soldier on the other side was suddenly proud, and was about to speak, but was interrupted by his own son-in-law: "The strong man is really good at martial arts, and today he can understand the strong man's high moves, I admire it!" He gritted his teeth and continued: "The strong man originally didn't have a deep hatred between you and me, this time it should be regarded as not knowing each other, how about making a friend?" ”
At this time, Kou Feng also glanced at the brocade robe in his hand, and it didn't seem to be a wine bag and rice bag, so he didn't dare to entangle and let go: "Thank you for your magnanimity, boy, I hope that if you offend your son, you can add more seas." ”
Immediately, after taking a deep look at Kou Feng, the brocade-robed boy returned with a wave of his men.
At this time, Kou Feng also breathed a sigh of relief, he really made the right bet just now, the bet is that this son's family needs to establish enough prestige here, and the bet is that this son will not dare to report his family's name in public!
At this moment, the scribe just now appeared beside Kou Feng again and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Your Excellency is not only good at kung fu, but also good at using the method of using one's heart. ”
Kou Feng glanced at it cautiously when he heard this, although he didn't intend to hide it from others, but he was a little unhappy to be broken by this scribe in public, so he stared at the scribe in front of him like this, and didn't speak.
Seeing this, the scribe did not panic, but just saluted to Kou Fengzuo and said, "Chen Deng, Chen Yuanlong in Xia Guangling!" ”
Kou Feng didn't know who this Chen Yuanlong was, but if he changed to Mi Zhu here, he would be very surprised, he didn't expect that the Chen family, who was not out of Guangling for half a step, would come to Xiapi, and this trip was probably because he wanted the power of the Chen family in Guangling to penetrate into the entire Xuzhou land!
Seeing that the scribe on the opposite side had already introduced himself, Kou Feng naturally would not be unreasonable, so he returned the salute: "Taishan Kou Feng Kou Jingping!" I wonder what advice does the gentleman have? ”
When the scribe heard this, he didn't care about Kou Feng's recklessness, this time he was here to check whether the current situation allowed them to develop the Guangling Chen family, as a branch of the Chen family abandoned by the Yingchuan Chen family, he and his father dreamed of recovering their Chen family, so every step had to be careful.