Cao Ming's soul is about to be scared out, these thieves are really more ferocious than the other, and they have to eat other people's flesh and blood if they are unbearable, what is the difference between this and those barbaric and ruthless nomads.

Zhang Min rummaged through Bian's package, and sure enough, he saw the paper package inside, and when he opened it, it was a bag of cinnabar.

"That's what you mean by pastry?" Zhang Min thought to himself that this is not for women's makeup, could it be that this Bian is fooling himself and does not know.

"I may be mistaken!" Bian suddenly remembered where the pastry was, Cao Song was already drunk at that time, and he had to have an empty car to lie down and rest.

Bian decided to give up his carriage, so he and Cao Ming squeezed into a carriage, and the bag of pastries should be on top of the original carriage.

Zhang Min sneered and said: "It turns out that Mrs. Cao remembered wrongly, so I have to wronged my mother, if you are hungry, you can also eat with you." ”

Bian felt nausea in his stomach, this person was so perverted that he even let himself eat human flesh with him.

Cao Ming stared at Cinnabar and said, "Wait a minute, I have a way to make food, but I'm afraid you won't believe my words." ”

Zhang Min nodded and said, "I believe Niangniang's words, don't you also want to live, then tell me the method." ”

Cao Ming's eyes rolled and said, "I heard a Taoist master say before that if you heat up cinnabar and drink it, you can ensure that you won't go hungry for three days. ”

Zhang Min thought to himself that he had heard of cinnabar taking to cure diseases, maybe he could really resist hunger after heating, and he was afraid that he would kill Cao Ming by mistake when cutting meat, and then the chips in his hand would be reduced.

Thinking of this, Zhang Min agreed: "Just follow Niangniang's words, if I can't eat it then, I will definitely give you some!" ”

"Just eat it yourself, we're not hungry!" Cao Ming didn't dare to eat this thing, the cinnabar became highly poisonous after heating, and this guy probably fainted after a few smells, and then he would have a chance to escape.

Zhang Min got out of the car and took off the helmet, he was going to use the helmet as a pot for cooking, which was also a common method used by ancient soldiers.

Cao Ming instructed Zhang Min: "You have to smell this thing carefully until it exudes a fragrant aroma, don't care about it if it has a pungent smell, because it is expelling its own impurities, and finally it can be eaten if it changes color." ”

Cao Ming thought to herself that fortunately, the ancients knew less, otherwise she would really be unable to escape, and it was terrible to be eaten in the stomach.

Bian asked in a low voice: "Is this thing really edible, why have I never heard of it, I just don't know what it tastes like." ”

Cao Ming replied in a low voice: "Cinnabar will have poisonous gas when heated, he will definitely be poisoned if he is so close, and there will be a good show to watch at that time." ”

In ancient times, only professionals could understand this knowledge, and thieves like Zhang Min, who had not seen much, did not know the harmfulness at all.

Zhang Min removed the broken boards of the carriage, then built a simple bracket, dropped the helmet on the bracket and started a fire, then poured all the cinnabar into it, and smelled it according to Cao Ming's request.

Zhang Min is not a person who is easy to deceive, this thing may be bad for his stomach, so he decided to let Bian try it, of course, his abacus is still one step less, the toxicity has already appeared when it is heated, and it is only a matter of time before people fall into a coma.

Zhang Min smelled the smell a little pungent, and was just about to get up away from the helmet, when a feeling of dizziness suddenly came up, he felt that his body was difficult to be controlled by himself, which was a precursor to fainting.

"Plop!" Zhang Min threw himself into the fire, and the flames quickly engulfed his body, and a burning smell filled the air, and soon the corpse turned into charcoal.

"He's dead!" Bian took the opportunity to struggle to his feet, cut the rope with a broken log, and then untied the ropes of the other two.

Cao Ming felt that his strength was almost exhausted, and his body was a little weak when he killed the thief soldiers just now, and now he began to tremble even when he walked.

Cao Ming said in a commanding tone: "You hurry up and take the child away, the person who answered is looking for us, I can hold on here for a while." ”

Cao Ming didn't want to take the lives of the two because of his own problems, after all, they still had the strength to move around.

Bian shook his head and said, "I won't leave you alone, I may be better with you, don't give up no matter what." ”

Cao Ming nodded and said, "Then let's get out of here quickly, they may follow the car print to find us, and we just go back the same way." ”

"Whew!" At this time, a wolf howl came from not far away, Cao Ming's heart was a little nervous, the number of beasts in ancient times far exceeded that in modern times, if he really met the wolves, it would be over.

Cao Ming looked up at the color of the sky, the time should be close to evening now, plus the response of the elite cavalry and the thief soldiers, a large number of corpses will definitely attract wolves.

"What are we going to do?" Bian had never encountered such a situation before, and now the wolf's cry had frightened her, and the sound was not far from them.

Cao Ming had a plan and said: "You go and pour out the cinnabar in the helmet, that thing has now become poison, if the wolf smells it, it will definitely not come, animals are very alert to poison." ”

Bian pinched his nose and picked up the helmet with his hand, and sprinkled the heated cinnabar on the side of the carriage, and it didn't take long for the wolf's howl to gradually weaken, presumably smelling poison.

"We can go!" Bian heard that there was no movement nearby, and immediately prepared to leave this place.

Cao Ming stopped: "Wolves don't give up their prey easily, they should have known about our existence just now, so it is very likely that they will wander not far away." ”

Cao Ming didn't want to joke with his life, once he was besieged by this animal, even a person with good martial arts skills would die.

"Boom! Bang! Suddenly, there was the sound of horses marching, and Cao Ming's heart finally ignited hope, and it must have been the elite rider who responded to it.

As Cao Ming expected, Yang Heng led the cavalry to hurry over and successfully dispersed the wild wolves nearby.

"Weichen is not well protected, please condemn the mother!"

The direction that Yang Heng chased just now was a little off, which caused the arrival time to be much late, but fortunately, Cao Ming has now turned the danger into a disaster.

"You came just in time." Cao Ming didn't mean to blame Yang Heng, if the other party hadn't arrived in time, the three of them would have fallen into the hands of the thieves.

"Where is the thief?" Yang Heng thought to himself, didn't he say that the thief was here, why didn't he even see a figure, could it be that the thief had been running away for a long time.

Cao Ming pointed to the charred corpse and said, "This thief has already eaten the consequences, you find a place to bury him, and I will take the old man's body back." ”

Cao Ming thought to herself that Cao Song's character had harmed him after all, this was a fact that no one could change, and now he could only try to remedy it.

Soon two armor soldiers came to the carriage and picked up Bian and Cao Pi to Yanzhou, while Cao Ming chose to stay and talk to Yang Heng secretly.

Yang Heng explained the development and union of Yuzhou during Cao Ming's injury, and also included the crisis encountered in Yuzhou.

After listening to this, Cao Ming sighed: "It seems that the plan really can't catch up with the changes, I sometimes feel that I am getting farther and farther away from my father, if he knows that the master of Yuzhou is me, I don't know what he will think in his heart." ”

Since Yang Heng became a state pastor, he didn't want to go back to Yanzhou anymore, after all, people like to stay in high places.

Yang Heng arched his hands and said: "Weichen thinks that Niangniang can't become anyone's pawn, so this matter should continue to be done, as for Cao Gong, he will definitely understand you." ”

Cao Ming agreed: "What you said is very right, whether it is the emperor or the empress, without their own strength, they are chess pieces after all." ”

The current Xuzhou is like a childless chessboard, and there are a total of three people playing chess, if you want to take the lead, you must be surprised.

At this time, Yang Heng said: "Niangniang, you can rest assured that those thieves did not plunder the gold and silver, are they going to be sent to Yanzhou?" ”

The corners of Cao Ming's mouth said: "In fact, the gold and silver have been looted, and the robbers have all fled, this is the truth of the matter." ”

"Wechen understands!" Yang Heng understood her thoughts in his heart, from now on, Yuzhou will be completely independent, and this batch of jewelry will be escorted back to Yuzhou.

Cao Ming thought that with so much money, Yuzhou had to change its appearance, and then he would think about Xuzhou.

Two days later, a white silk was hung in the Shanyang County Thorn Mansion, and the whole house was in mourning, because Cao Cao's father was killed.

Cao Ming sat on the mourning hall and thought thoughtfully, I have used all your money in the right place, I hope you don't come to me in the middle of the night.

Cao Cao cried a handful of snot and tears, and he couldn't imagine that he hadn't even seen his father's last face, he was really an unfilial son.

"Niangniang, Mr. Xi is looking for you!" Just as Cao Ming was about to choke out tears, a servant came to deliver a message.

Cao Ming followed the servants out of the mourning hall and saw Xi Zhong in filial piety clothes, and it seemed that he also came to attend the funeral.

Xi Zhong said straight to the point: "Niangniang seems to have something to say, I don't think the old man's property was robbed by thieves, it should have been robbed by your men, right?" ”

Cao Ming said calmly: "Mr. is worthy of being my father's advisor, but unfortunately I will be hated if I am too smart, unless you can come up with direct evidence, I will not admit it." ”

Xi Zhong said solemnly: "This matter has a lot to do with the main business, and when Cao Gong's mood eases up tomorrow, I will explain this matter to Cao Gong, and ask Niang Niang to bear more." ”

Xi Zhong was very worried about Cao Ming's concealment of the truth, he didn't know why the other party did such a thing, in short, it was better to tell the lord the truth first.

After Cao Ming and other Xi Zhong entered the mourning hall, he immediately called the servants: "I want you to do something, you go and tell the cooks in the house now, Mr. Xi's meals should be seasoned with more salt, and each dish must be seasoned with spirits, and the drinking water should also be mixed with wine and salt, remember not to say that I ordered, if it is passed out"

"The villain will never say it!" The servant's head broke out in a cold sweat, and he didn't want to poison himself, as for making him so nervous.