Five days have passed in a hurry, and the midsummer June has passed unconsciously, and since entrusting Xiao Ruixue's life to the middle-aged doctor, Cao Ming has never set foot in the room where Xiao Ruixue is. However, for Quan Meng, Cao Ming cares about it meticulously, asking for warmth every day, sending beautiful maids to serve him, and from time to time to learn martial arts with him, and occasionally talking about the customs and customs of various places and the major affairs of the family and country, in just a few days, the relationship between the two has become much closer. Cao Ming originally wanted to call Quan Meng "Mr.", but Quan Meng laughed and said that he was not a literati and could not afford to be called "Mr.", so in the end he called him "Brother Quan", and Quan Meng called Cao Ming "Gongzi" with Pang Heng, and the two were considered equals.

On the third day of the seventh month, the back garden of Caofu.

Cao Ming wiped the sweat from his forehead with the silk handkerchief handed by the maid, and said with a smile: "Brother Quan, your martial arts junior brother is really far away!" Although I have asked you a lot for advice and understood a lot in the past few days, the gap with you has not diminished at all, hey, my little brother is really ashamed! ”

Quan Meng smiled heroically: "Why should the son be arrogant? I heard that Gongzi will only turn eighteen at the end of this month, such a young talent, martial arts have such a situation, to be honest, it is very rare, I have more than you are nothing more than some experience polished on the battlefield! With the qualifications of Gongzi, if he has the heart, it is not hopeless for him to surpass the Sprinkle family in martial arts in the future! ”

Cao Ming couldn't help nodding and smiling when he heard what he said: "Little brother, this person has some ability, but he was a little arrogant in the past, so that no one in his eyes." These days, through acquaintance and fellowship with heroes like Brother Quan, I know that I am really young and frivolous, and I should reform my ways! Here, the younger brother should thank Brother Quan first! With that, he bowed heavily to Quan.

Quan Meng hurriedly stopped: "The son is kind to the Sprinkle family, how dare the Sprinkle family accept the Son's gift?" He saw that Cao Ming had finished worshipping, so he had no choice but to return the salute, and then the two came to the pavilion where the wine had been placed to drink together, and the conversation was very pleasant.

For Cao Ming's thoughts, if Quan Meng knows nothing, it is too underestimated him, although he was known for his honesty and honesty under Qin Yun's account when he was young, and was laughingly called "Black Bear" by Qin Yun, but his mind is not stupid at all, otherwise Qin Yun would not have entrusted him with a confidant and focused on cultivating him. In the past ten years, he has become a grass coward in the Liang State, while being chased by the local government and fleeing everywhere, and at the same time suffering the assassination of the assassins sent by Tian Mao, he has been able to survive to this day, in fact, his blood has long been integrated with ferocity and cunning, but a person's temperament is difficult to change after all, and Quan Meng is still a person with clear grievances and heroic and straightforward in his bones.

Cao Ming was kind to him, he may have thought that Cao Ming was a rescuer invited by his righteous brother Pang Heng at first, but after many days of Cao Ming's kindness to him, and Pang Heng often praised Cao Ming inside and out in front of him, he already knew a little about Cao Ming's intentions. But after many days of interaction with Cao Ming, Quan Meng has a good impression of him, first, Cao Ming's appearance is magnificent, generous and bold, and his speech and demeanor are also sincere, which is quite temperamental towards him; Second, although Cao Ming is young, he is extremely sophisticated, which is beyond the reach of ordinary teenagers, and he does have some heroic spirit.

Since ancient times, the soldier died for the confidant, and the right to be a righteous person, naturally abide by this way, when Qin Yun in three years he was promoted from a pawn in the frontier to the vanguard of the cavalry, as if he was recreated, so Qin Yun died, he did not hesitate to turn his face with the Tian hat who took over Qin Han's position, led more than 20,000 soldiers to rebel, and directly attacked Luoyang, the capital of Liang, to avenge the Qin father and son. Now it is different from the past, although it has only been a few days, but Cao Ming's attention to him is even more than Qin Yun back then, although there is the possibility of buying people's hearts, but he is very grateful to Cao Ming, after all, Cao Ming gave him a love in the snow.

However, if Cao Ming really publicly stated that he wanted him to serve, then he might still not agree, and the reason for this was because he did not recognize Cao Ming's strength. He is no longer a fledgling age, he can serve a lord with a shallow foundation with just one passion, and the reason why he is willing to serve Lu Si is also because Lu Si has 100,000 Southern Chu sailors, which can be described as a hero, but what does Cao Ming have? It seems that I heard Pang Heng say that Cao Ming has an uncle named Cao Yin, who is the largest silk merchant in Southern Chu, and owns a number of highly famous Qinlou Chu Pavilions on the banks of the Qinhuai River, which can be described as a wealthy family, and has dealings with many powerful people in Southern Chu, and his ability is by no means ordinary, and Cao Yin has no children under his knees, and Cao Ming is his only heir.

But so what, what the glory and wealth of ordinary people want, but it is by no means the power of the fierce, although what he wants is not the supreme power in the world, but it is also the power to be able to live and kill, and the most important thing is the pleasure of being able to fight, but these, there is only one place that can meet his wishes, that is, the battlefield he is familiar with. He was only thirty-six years old, and it was when he was in the prime of life, and when he left the battlefield, for him, it was tantamount to a bird hiding in a cage, and it was difficult to live happily.

As for Cao Ming, he actually has some ideas. Really speaking, Quan Meng's resume is not glorious, and he has been chased by people as thieves for more than ten years, like a lost dog. But he was a lone soldier against the entire Liang State, and he captured and killed the famous Liang general Shen Hong in the Battle of Xuzhou four years ago, so as to occupy Xuzhou for half a year, and finally because he could not get the support of the local squire, he was led by Shen Hong's uncle Shen Quantong to attack, and finally abandoned Xuzhou with the loss of troops, and led the remnants of less than 2,000 to flee to the Hongze Lake area in Southern Chu, and he stayed in Hongze Lake for three years, and was captured after several encirclements and suppressions by Lu Si.

Although the results all ended in failure, these generals who fought with Quan Meng were all thunderous figures in Southern Chu. The Lu Si people called the Southern Chu a pillar, which was the largest barrier of Southern Chu against the northern Liang State, and had been guarding Huainan for more than ten years. The Shen family, is a family of famous generals, Shen Quantong and his son Shen Xiaogui, Shen Xiaolin and his nephew Shen Hong, are the bitter masters of Southern Chu, more than ten years they led the army to invade Southern Chu on the east and west fronts no less than dozens of times, has taken away Huaibei, Nanyang, Yiyang and Fancheng and many other cities in Southern Chu, so that the territory of Southern Chu in the east is shrunk from Huaibei to Huainan, and Liang is bounded by the Huai River, and the western territory is shrunk from Nanyang to Xiangyang, so that Jingzhou is moved from Xiangyang to Jiangling, and Xiangyang has completely become a military town, It is also only separated by a river from Fancheng on the opposite side.

In the past few days, Cao Ming's understanding of Quan Meng has deepened, and he thinks more and more that he is a general, and he can see that Quan Meng is grateful to him, but he has no intention of being effective, but he is not angry, nor anxious, but treats him more favorably. He has to wait for an opportunity for him to keep accumulating his kindness to Quan Meng, until Quan Meng can't repay it, and then treat him with sincerity, reveal his secrets and ambitions, and let him see his ability to realize his ambitions, not just wishful thinking, so that he can finally impress Quan Meng.

And for a few days, Pang Heng also sighed in front of Quan Meng for the imprint on his face, although Quan Meng didn't mind his appearance, but there was also a thorn in his heart, a good man, there was always a little embarrassment with the word "thief" on his face, even the many beauties sent by Cao Ming to serve him, although the bed was extremely flattering and gentle, but the strange eyes between the whiskers always made him unhappy, but for the time being, he was not very good at attacking. During the drinking, Quan Meng accidentally thought of this, and couldn't help but sigh softly, but the expression of loss at this moment was accurately captured by Cao Ming, Cao Ming first toasted him with a glass of wine, and then pretended not to care and asked: "Brother Quan, what are you worried about?" ”

Quan Meng's temperament is straightforward, and after drinking, he couldn't help but say melancholy: "Speaking of which, it is also a joke for the son, it stands to reason that the Zheng Zheng man should not be bothered by his beauty and ugliness, but the word 'thief' on the face of the Sprinkle family has been bothering the Sprinkle family for a long time!" The Sprinkle family was deeply ashamed when they thought that this brand would accompany the Sprinkle family for life! ”

Cao Ming sighed thoughtfully: "Don't blame Brother Quan for being embarrassed, although the man doesn't pay attention to his appearance, no one will feel too comfortable when it comes to such humiliating things!" But please rest assured, Brother Quan, if anyone in my mansion ridicules you because of this, even if it is discussed behind your back, once I know about it, I will never spare him! ”

Quan Meng smiled and said: "Gongzi's words are serious, and everyone in the house treats me like a VIP, so why do you say it sarcastically?" ”

Cao Ming smiled and said: "Yes, Brother Quan has an outstanding character, and everyone in my house actually respects you from the bottom of their hearts." ”

After a few more rounds of drinking, Cao Ming groaned slightly: "Brother Quan, there is actually something I have always wanted to tell you, but I don't know whether to talk about it or not?" ”

"What is the matter with Childe, although it is said to be!"

"That's the case, in fact, Brother Quan's troubles, Pang Heng also accidentally mentioned it to me before, and I remembered it in my heart. And I know a Gusu miracle doctor, who claims to be able to raise the dead with white flesh and bones, and his medical skills are superb. I thought to myself that there might be a way for him to remove the imprint on Brother Quan's face, so I sent a letter to him early in the morning to invite him to Jinling, and it was estimated that he should be able to arrive within these two days. It's just that I can't guarantee whether this matter will succeed, so I've been hesitant to talk to Brother Quan about it. ”

When Quan Meng heard this, he couldn't help but be moved, he hugged his fists heavily and said: "Childe Gaoyi!" If that miracle doctor can really eliminate the imprint on the face of the Sprinkle family, the Sprinkle family should remember the great kindness of the son! ”

Cao Ming hurriedly returned the salute: "Brother Quan's words are serious!" The younger brother is just doing his best, and he doesn't dare to be such a big gift to the brother in power! ”

After that, the two pushed the cups and changed the lamp, and they both felt happy, so they said goodbye. Cao Ming went to the study alone, but when he passed by the back house, he met a maid who had been waiting for him for a long time.

"Childe, that little lady has been awake for many days, and she has been asking her who saved her for the past few days, and who the owner of this place is. I have not been told because I have not been instructed by you, and today she begged me to let her see you, saying that she wanted to thank you in person, do you think you would like to see her? ”

Cao Ming seemed to have heard something very interesting, his eyebrows couldn't help but raise slightly, he lost his usual coldness, and smiled slightly: "Oh, you want to thank me?" Well, I'd like to see what kind of expression she looks on when she sees me! ”

After coming to the back house, Cao Ming bumped into the doctor head-on, and the doctor was shocked when he saw Cao Ming, obviously a little afraid of him.

"How's that little lady doing?"

"Thanks to those precious mountain ginseng provided by Gongzi, Xiao Niang's life has finally been saved for the time being, but-"

"Just what?"

"It's just that this mountain ginseng is indispensable for one day, otherwise the villain will be powerless."

Cao Ming sneered faintly: "Don't worry, it's just a mountain ginseng, my son can provide it at will, if she dies before the person I am looking for because of your poor medical skills, then you don't need to say anything!" ”

The doctor's face changed, and he smashed his mouth but didn't dare to make a sound.

When Cao Ming approached the room where Xiao Ruixue was, he heard the conversation between the two inside, and one of them, Cao Ming, heard that it was his own maid.

"Sister Ruixue, I've boiled the medicine, you can drink it quickly!"

Cao Ming was slightly surprised, he didn't know when his maid became so familiar with the little lady?

Next, a familiar but obviously weak female voice said, "Thank you, Sister Lian'er!" Sister Lian'er, you are three points more beautiful than yesterday, you really look at me! The tone of these words was a little strange, although it was very common for women to compliment each other, but the tone did not seem to come from a woman's mouth, but rather like a man molesting a woman from a good family.

Sure enough, the maid named Lian'er was a little unbearable, and she said slightly: "You little girl, you are sick like this, how can you talk like this?" As long as it's a woman, whoever you see will say who is beautiful, it's really like those merry boys! ”

The little lady coughed weakly twice, obviously with some difficulty in speaking, but her mouth still kept talking: "I am a decent gentleman!" Sister Lian'er is really born beautiful, if I were a man, I would definitely like Sister Lian'er to be so gentle and elegant! ”

"Okay, let's talk about it, who is more beautiful, me or Juxiang?"

"Naturally, it's Sister Lian'er, although Sister Juxiang is also beautiful, but it's still not as good as Sister Lian'er, Sister Lian'er is in good shape!"

"You said the same thing to Ju Xiang yesterday, hehe, I heard it outside the door! You also said that she has an excellent figure and a unique charm, and she will definitely be a prosperous person in the future! ”

Cao Ming couldn't help but turn his head to look at the maid named Ju Xiang behind him, only to see that his cheeks were already red like fire.

"Is there such a thing? - Oh, yes, Sister Juxiang Wangzi, but Sister Lian'er, you Wangfu, Wangfu is even better than Wangzi! ”

At this point, the maid named Lian'er in the room and the maid named Juxiang behind Cao Ming couldn't help laughing, and the corners of Cao Ming's mouth twitched uncontrollably.

Lian'er said: "Hehe, where did you get so many crooked reasoning, and what you said is still presentable!" If you want me to say, Ju Xiang and I are not as good as you, if I can have half of your beauty, I am afraid that I can wake up with a smile in my dreams! ”

"I'm not a woman!"

"What, you're not a woman?"

"Oh, I mean, I'm still young, I'm still a child, and if I grow up, I'll probably be crippled, unlike you and Sister Juxiang, who have already reached each other, and their beauty is real!"

"Is that a boast? Hee-hee, but I've never seen such a mature child as you! Ah, I'm sorry, I'm talking to you, the medicine is cold! ”

"It's okay, Sister Lian'er, feed me quickly!"

"Not afraid of hardship?"

"It's not the first time I've drunk it, and besides, it's Sister Lian'er who fed it, it's bitter in the mouth, sweet in the heart!"

"You're going to die, the people who said it are trembling! Come, open your mouth! ”

"Okay, ahhh

Cao Ming, who was outside the house, couldn't help but swing, and walked towards the house, and the moment he entered the door, he saw the familiar but still pale face. But he was surprised to find that although the pretty face frowned slightly, the corners of her eyes were full of smiles, staring at the maid Lian'er who fed her porridge with affection, and that Lian'er was stared at by her eyes and lowered her head, and her face was full of shyness.

The maid named Juxiang opened her mouth and shouted: "Childe is here!" ”

This shout immediately alarmed the two people in the house, and when Lian'er saw Cao Ming, she hurriedly saluted. And the miserable white pretty face was full of surprise, and a pair of wonderful eyes stared at Cao Ming.

Cao Ming said lightly: "They are all acquaintances, why make a fuss?" ”

Ju Xiang smiled: "Sister Ruixue, this is my son-in-law, and the benefactor you want to thank is him!" ”

But the look on her pretty face did not change at all, and after a while, she suddenly covered her chest, and her face became even more pale, and she fell into a faint bed when she heard only the sound of "oops".