Linqing is not small, but there are not many people on the stage, and these people are very jealous of each other, so if something happens to one party, everyone who will inevitably spread it will know. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although Liu Kou has been here for a short time, he is also one of the few people who can be on the stage, not to mention Ma Tang, a person who everyone is staring at, so when Ma Tang surrounded Liu Kou's mansion with the soldiers of the Inspection Division, all the eyes of everyone in Linqing looked over.

The Cao Gang, who had temporarily formed an alliance with Ma Tang, learned the news when the soldiers of the Inspection Division left the camp gate.

At this moment, Cao Hai, the leader of the Cao Gang, listened to his subordinates' reports at home.

After listening to the report of his subordinates, Cao Hai's brows furrowed suddenly: "You mean, Ma Tang was forced to enter Liu's Mansion alone, and when he came out, he retreated, and they didn't kill a horse pistol?" ”

Cao Hai's subordinates nodded and said: "Helper, the little one also thought that they would kill a horse pistol, but the little one waited in front of Liu Kou's mansion for a long time and didn't see anyone coming, and then the little one went to the camp of the inspection department again, and found that the soldiers of the inspection department had returned to the camp, so he came back to report to the helper!" ”

Cao Hai's brows furrowed even deeper: "It's strange, Ma Tang is actually cowardly?" ”

Cao Hai's second son, Cao Lin, the master of Fuhu Hall, laughed disdainfully and said: "Dad, what's so strange about this, Ma Tang is originally an eggless one, what's so strange about shrinking!" ”

Cao Haigang glared at Cao Lin with his eyes, and before he could open his mouth, he listened to his eldest son, and Cao Yi, the hall master of Guohai Hall, said: "Second brother, although this Ma Tang is an eggless, but he is not a brainless person, if the other party is not big enough, just by tying up his godson Ma Jing, it is enough to make Ma Tang anxious, but Ma Tang was forced to enter Liu's Mansion alone with a bow and crossbow when his son was tied up, and he was forced to enter Liu's Mansion alone with a bow and crossbow, and when he lost face, he actually suffered this loss, shrunk his head and pretended to be a turtle, This is enough to show that the young man next to Liu Kou is big enough, or he can't afford to provoke this young man at all. ”

"Second brother, think about it, apart from the emperor in this world, who else is a eunuch who can't be provoked?"

Cao Lin is a reckless man, how can he understand the meaning of his eldest brother's words, and said with a stiff neck: "There are many people he can't afford to provoke, don't say anything else, he can't afford to provoke the people of our Cao Gang, and those who are officials, which one can he provoke?" Even those poor scholars, he didn't dare to mess with them! ”

Cao Hai sighed fiercely, he understood that if the Cao Gang was passed on to Cao Lin, it wouldn't be long before the Cao Gang would have to change his surname, and at this moment he was completely cut off for a year, even if his eldest son was getting more and more unpleasant, he couldn't pass on this Cao Gang to him.

I really felt that my face was gloomy, and waved my hand to wave away the subordinates who came to report, and at the same time drove this bastard son away, and when only the eldest son was left in the hall, Cao Hai sighed fiercely.

"Yi'er, although you are not a concubine, no matter what, you are also my eldest son, you know that your father wants to pass on the Cao Gang to your younger brother, don't blame your father for being ruthless, after all, your younger brother is a concubine, you are a concubine, there are ancient rules, and you don't pass on your concubine!"

Cao Yi's eyes darkened suddenly, he knew what his father was thinking, but he had never heard his father say it himself, so he also pretended not to know, and at the same time he was silently accumulating his own strength, and had the capital to compete, today he finally heard this from his father's mouth, but his current strength is still too weak.

Before he could figure out how to speak, he heard Cao Hai say again: "But today my father finally made up his mind and plans to make you my father's heir!" ”

"What!" Cao Yi looked at Cao Hai in surprise and said, "Dad, what you said is true?" ”

Seeing his son looking at him incredulously, Cao Hai sighed again and said: "Yes, it's true, when Dad gets old, the Cao Gang will pass it on to you, but don't be too happy, Dad has another request!" ”

Cao Yi was overjoyed and said: "Dad, you say, don't say a request, even a hundred children agree!" ”

Cao Hai waved his hand and said: "You don't need so much, just one, Dad doesn't ask for anything else, Dad only asks you to treat your brother well in the future, and at the same time treat your aunt well, I know you don't like your aunt, because your aunt always says bad things about you, but your aunt is a woman after all, she has no skills, and she doesn't have any knowledge, she just plays her own little abacus all day long, you are a person who does big things, don't worry about these!" ”

Cao Yi's face was cold at first, and he quickly calmed down again, but after a long time, he said lightly: "Okay, Dad, I promise you, I will treat my aunt well!" ”

Cao Hai heard the perfunctory words, after all, what is the relationship between the mother and son, he knows very well in his heart, he needs to give insurance.

"Big husband, a promise! Don't be sorry for the word 'righteousness' in your name! ”

Cao Yi was slightly stunned, then gritted his teeth fiercely and said, "Don't worry, Dad, the child will do what he says!" ”

Two people with different minds got what they wanted, so they tacitly changed the topic.

"Yi'er, do you think this Gongzi Zheng is 'their' person? After all, the compound surname of Childe is almost impossible to see in our Central Plains! ”

Cao Yi wrinkled his eyebrows and pondered for a moment, then spoke: "Dad, to be honest, the children don't know much about 'them', they only know that their origins are very mysterious, but the children know a little bit, that is, they should have an intersection with the Banzhou gang!" ”

Cao Hai's eyes fell on a few plane trees in the courtyard through the door of the house, and he spoke for a long time before he spoke: "Alas, this world is not too peaceful, there is a Yang Yinglong in Banzhou, a Li Mingyi in Taiyuan Mansion, and a Liu Zheng in Qingzhou, and the imperial army is now out and cannot return. ”

"Although we are not close to Qingzhou, it is not very far, and I heard that Liu Zheng is going to fight Jinan Mansion, this Jinan Mansion is really going to be occupied by him, and our peaceful days in Linqing are coming to an end!"

Cao Yi thought for a while and suddenly asked, "Dad, if Liu Zheng really occupies Linqing, what should we do?" ”

Cao Hai suddenly felt that he was old, he was no longer what he used to be, and his eyes were already cloudy, not to mention the major events in the world, even family affairs he couldn't see through.

"Alas, Dad doesn't know, Dad can't see what the world will do in the future, Dad is old, what will happen in the future, it depends on yourself!"

After Cao Hai said this, he stood up and walked like a backyard, Cao Yi looked at Cao Hai's back, and suddenly felt a little sad, the father who used to be omnipotent in his heart is now in his twilight years.

After being stunned for a long time, Cao Yi retracted his thoughts, silently left Cao's mansion, and went straight to the south gate with his subordinates.

Out of the south city gate, not long after, Cao Yi and his men dismounted in front of a house by the canal, tied the horse, Cao Yi personally stepped forward and gently buckled the door, and after a while, he heard an old man's voice behind the door.

"Who?"

"Uncle Ye, it's me, Cao Yi!"

"Oh, it's Cao Yi!"

With a squeak, the door opened, and an old man with a childish face appeared in Cao Yi's sight, Cao Yi respectfully hugged his fist at the old man and said, "Uncle Ye, I don't know if the son is there?" ”

Uncle Ye smiled and said, "Yes, I'm eating tea in the corner pavilion in the backyard!" ”

Cao Yi's face was overjoyed, and then he said respectfully: "Come here in a hurry, please don't blame Uncle Ye, please ask Uncle Ye to tell your son, Cao Yi has something important to inquire!" ”

Uncle Ye waved his hand and said, "It's okay, there's no need to report it, you can come with me directly!" ”

"Cao Yi thanked Uncle Ye!" After Cao Yi gave the salute, he turned around and instructed his subordinates: "You wait here, I'll be back in a while!" ”

"Yes, Hall Master!" The subordinates clenched their fists and received their lives.

Cao Yi nodded and followed Uncle Ye to the backyard, this small three-entry and exit mansion all revealed the delicacy of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, every time he walked in, Cao Yi seemed to be in the south of the Yangtze River instead of Linqing in the north.

Once when he came here to see Childe, he happened to meet Childe at a meeting with a group of friends, and when he heard the southern dialect spoken by those scholars, Cao Yi even thought that he was in Jiangnan.

Passing through a small bamboo forest, Cao Yi saw the pavilion called Jiaoting by the river, a man in a moon-white robe was sitting in the hall with his eyes closed and meditating, on the stone table in front of him, an incense burner was burning, the smoke from the furnace exuded a faint fragrance, a gust of wind blew, so far away, Cao Yi could smell the distinctive fragrance.

Before coming to the corner pavilion, Cao Yi stopped, Uncle Ye stepped forward and gently called Gongzi, and the man who was called Gongzi opened his eyes gently.

Cao Yi hurriedly lowered his head and arched his hand: "Cao Yi has seen Gongzi!" ”

"Yes!" Gongzi hummed softly, and then asked, "Brother Cao Yi doesn't know what happened to me this time?" ”

Cao Yi still didn't look up, lowered his head and replied: "Recently, a young man appeared next to Liu Kou, today I don't know why Ma Tang led troops to surround Liu Kou's mansion, but Ma Tang didn't check, one accidentally caught Liu Kou's way, and was forcibly invited into Liu's mansion, after coming out, Ma Tang took people away without saying a word, the reason why Cao Yi came to Gongzi here is because that young man, surnamed Gongzi, has a single name, and he doesn't know ...... this person and Gongzi."

"Oh?" Childe's eyes lit up, and then the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile of unknown meaning, although Cao Yi didn't finish speaking, but this son already understood what Cao Yi meant.

"Uncle Ye, does this count, Li Kui met Ghost Li?"

Uncle Ye didn't answer, Cao Yi's brows furrowed suddenly, and after pondering for a moment, he said, "What does Childe mean, this person is not Childe's person?" ”

Childe nodded and said: "It's really not, as far as I know, there are only two people surnamed Gongzi in the entire Central Plains and even the entire Ming Dynasty, one is me, and the other is my brother, and now my brother is in Banzhou, and I am in front of you, so this person doesn't need me to say, you also know!" ”

Cao Yi arched his hand and said: "Yes, Cao Yi knows, but the doubts in Cao Yi's heart are even greater, since this person is not the son's family, then this person can scare off Ma Tang, if he borrowed the name of the son, it is good to say, if it is not borrowed from the name of the son, then the origin of this person is worth exploring!" ”

Childe nodded again and said, "Brother Cao Yi, that's right!" ”

After a while, the young man spoke again: "How did this person come into conflict with Ma Tang?" ”