In the back garden of Caofu, the sun is shining, due to a rainstorm not long ago, the flowers and plants in the garden look particularly gorgeous at the moment, and the distant terrace also looks very clear.

Xiao Ruixue looked at this large garden, in addition to being amazed by its vast luxury again, she also had a different emotion in her heart. She is no stranger to this garden, more than a month ago, she asked Cao Ming for the regular antidote to the 100-day hook kiss, and she had set foot here, at that time she was in a hurry to get the antidote, I am afraid that the only thing left was a great hatred for Cao Ming, but now, Cao Ming did have a life-saving grace for her, this grievance was mixed, so that she couldn't help but have a little more entanglement in her heart.

"Watch your head!" Luo Tanhua stretched out his hand to help Xiao Ruixue hold down a short branch sticking out from the side of the road, and said with a smile: "Does the little lady have anything on her mind?" ”

Xiao Ruixue finally came back to her senses and said apologetically: "I think this Cao family's back garden is too big, so I was a little surprised for a while." ”

"The Cao family is a wealthy family, and it is reasonable to have such luxury."

"The Cao family is so rich, could it be that they are officials?"

Luo Tanhua smiled faintly: "I only know that Cao Ming's uncle is a silk merchant, and the famous Yasatin Pavilion in Nanchu is the Cao family's property, and I don't know the rest." ”

"Satin Court? Isn't this the same name as Jin Jinxuan, and the big shop that squeezes his family's jade silk mill and is difficult to turn over? Xiao Ruixue's heart moved slightly, and she said: "Aren't Mr. Luo and Cao Ming close friends, do you still know something about him?" ”

Luo Tanhua shook his head and smiled: "What kind of friend am I with him?" This person is young, but he always gives people a feeling that he can't see clearly, and it's too late for me to stay away! There is only a contract between me and him. ”

"Contract? What kind of contract? ”

Luo Tanhua smiled: "I don't want to talk about this matter, so as not to spoil your impression of me, little lady." ”

Xiao Ruixue frowned slightly, but seeing that Luo Tanhua was reluctant to say, she didn't want to ask. Suddenly, Luo Tanhua smiled and said: "Luo is curious, Xiao Xiaoniang and Cao Ming are not senior brothers and sisters, why don't you seem to know anything about him?" ”

Xiao Ruixue sneered: "What kind of brother and sister am I and him?" ”

Luo Tanhua's eyes lit up: "Oh, this is interesting!" You are so different from what Cao Ming said, I heard Cao Ming say that you are his little sister, and his attitude is very close to you! Luo Tanhua said secretly in his heart: "In order to let me swear to cure Xiao Xiaoniang, Cao Ming was willing to write off the remaining lives I owed with me, I thought that the relationship between the two of them must have surpassed the relationship between senior brothers and sisters, but now it seems that Xiao Xiaoniang's attitude towards Cao Ming can be described as disdainful, hehe, so I have a lot to do!" ”

Sure enough, hearing Luo Tanhua's words, Xiao Ruixue said with an unkind expression: "Mr. Luo, your joke is not funny at all. Seeing Xiao Ruixue's reaction like this, Luo Tanhua felt that his heart was like a mirror.

At this moment, Xiao Ruixue looked at the lake adjacent to the back garden of Cao's Mansion in the distance, shook her head and said: "The Cao family's back house can have such a big lake, it seems that it is still dug by hand, this is really a waste of money!" Mr. Luo, you see, there is actually a small building in the middle of the lake, I'm afraid you have to row a boat to get up, this is really panicked! ”

Cao's back house, Huxin Building.

The blade of the treasure knife was extremely dazzling, accompanied by a cold light flashing in the building, the air whistled out like a wolf's howl, and although the screen outside was not touched by the slightest blade, it had been scratched out of the Dao Dao knife marks, and after a while, it was torn apart into a wreckage.

Quan Meng put away the sword, the mirror-like blade reflected his rugged face and the unusually striking white veil wrapped around the left side of his face, he stroked the blade with his hand, his eyes were like the bridegroom who had just entered the cave room, with excitement that could not be hidden.

Cao Ming applauded lightly: "Brother Quan's sword technique is really domineering, this treasure knife finally has to meet its master!" ”

Quan Meng looked at Cao Ming in surprise: "Why did the son say this?" Didn't you say that this is your family heirloom knife, and you came to me today to let me try it for you? ”

Cao Ming smiled and said: "The name of this knife is 'Li Ming', although the name is not obvious, but its blade is indestructible, no less than any famous soldier in the world!" I would like to give it to Brother Quan. ”

Quan Meng hurriedly shook his hand: "No, this knife is too valuable, and the family can't bear it!" ”

Pang Heng, whose face was like a lion on the side, said: "Brother, a few days ago, you also said that you lost your body sword for many years because of the defeat of Lu Si, for which you often sighed, and the younger brother was deeply aware of this, so he mentioned this matter to Gongzi." Childe has always respected his brother, and as soon as he heard about it, he wanted to take out the family heirloom 'Li Ming' to give it to his brother, but he was afraid that his brother would not take advantage of it, so he deliberately said that it was a test knife! Now it seems that my brother can't put down 'Li Ming', so he should accept it naturally, otherwise it will be hypocritical! ”

Quan Meng glared at Pang Heng and said, "Brother Xian, how can a gentleman win people's love?" What's more, this knife is a family heirloom! ”

Cao Ming laughed: "Brother Quan, this is a bad word!" The sword placed here in me can only be used as a decoration, and it is really a tyrannical thing! Only Brother Quan can make good use of this knife and make it famous in the world, I don't want the knife to be dusty, so I hope Brother Quan can be an adult! ”

Quan Meng's eyes showed a hint of emotion, but he still hesitated for a long time, and finally he touched the left side of his face wrapped in white yarn, and arched his hand: "The son has a life-saving grace for the Sprinkle family, and he asked the divine doctor to help the Sprinkle family eliminate the imprint on his face. There is only one thing, the Sprinkle family can't continue to hide it in their hearts, they just want to be able to vomit it today! ”

Cao Ming's eyebrows trembled slightly, he couldn't help but glance at Pang Heng, and said, "Brother Quan, please speak!" ”

"The son treats the Sprinkle family so affectionately, doesn't he want to give something in return?"

As soon as these words came out, although Cao Ming had already prepared in his heart, he still couldn't help but take a deep breath. After a long time, he made up his mind and said slowly: "If you say that you don't want to reciprocate, you are deceiving yourself!" However, I am by no means a villain! Cao Ming's expression became extremely solemn, and he continued: "Brother Quan, I can't hide it, Cao Ming is not my real name, my original surname is Chen Mingqi, and I have another identity. ”

"I have come to this world, and since I have been sensible, I have been burdened with a great cause, a great cause that has been poor for generations! This great cause is too heavy, and my strength is too weak, and there are too few people who can use it! ”

"My attitude towards Brother Quan is to treat Brother Quan like a national soldier, and I hope that Brother Quan can treat me as a national soldier!" Speaking of this, Cao Ming's eyes were full of tears, and he bowed deeply to Quan Meng.

Seeing this, Quan Meng couldn't help but be moved: "The son is very kind to the Sprinkle family, how dare the Sprinkle family receive such a great gift from the son?" ”

Unexpectedly, Cao Ming suddenly knelt down to him and said, "Chen Qi implores Brother Quan to help me!" ”

Pang Heng also knelt down in front of Quan Meng: "The younger brother also asks the elder brother to help the son!" ”

Quan Meng wanted to stretch out his hand to support the two, but he hesitated, he had to sigh and said: "Childe thinks too highly of the Sprinkle family, and the Sprinkle family's experience over the years is like a lost dog, I really don't deserve Childe to value it so much!" Moreover, many of the original brothers and subordinates of the Sprinkle family also died under the yellow sand because of following the Sprinkle family, all kinds of encounters have made the Sprinkle family disheartened and tired of the world, and now the Sprinkle family's greatest wish is to return to the wild mountains and forests, and live this life in peace. ”

Pang Heng stood up abruptly and said angrily: "My brother is only thirty and five this year, is it too early to be indifferent to fame and fortune?" Besides, if my brother was really indifferent to fame and fortune, why did he sigh about the loss of the sword on his side before? I am a good man, born between heaven and earth, in order to make meritorious achievements, and to seek to be famous in the world, my brother said this, don't you feel ashamed? I think the only thing my brother is worried about is that he is afraid that his son's strength is not good and he is not worth your service! ”

Quan Meng's expression was solemn, he didn't speak silently, and the only thing he did was to help Cao Ming up. Cao Ming didn't insist, he stood up straight with his support, and only smiled: "Brother Quan, if you don't mind, can you go somewhere with us?" ”

Seeing that Quan nodded violently, Cao Ming turned around and walked to the east wall, and gently turned a dark grid, the central ground of the Huxin Building suddenly sank, revealing a spiral step, and it turned out that there was a secret room hidden under the Huxin Building. Quan Meng was secretly surprised, but Cao Ming had already lit a fire fold and walked down the steps with Pang Heng.

The torches on the wall of the secret room were lit up by Cao Ming one by one, and the entire secret room suddenly became as bright as day. And in the secret room, it was piled up with dense gold and silver jewelry, among which there were all kinds of rare treasures, under the light of the fire, a colorful halo of light illuminated dazzlingly, even if Quan Meng usually did not love money, at that moment he also felt a little dizzy.

And the most surprising and most eye-catching thing is that there is a huge curtain hanging in front of the entrance of the secret room, and after Quan Meng's careful identification, the curtain is impressively painted with countless mountains, rivers and waterways and the locations of the major state capitals, and this is clearly a huge map of the territory of Southern Chu.

Cao Ming saw Quan Meng's surprised expression, and said, "Brother Quan, what do you think of this territory map?" ”

Quan Meng said with a solemn expression: "This map is very clear about every city, every mountain and river, and more importantly, it also indicates the granaries of more than one million stones in the entire Southern Chu and the major garrisons, this map is by no means three or five people, and it can never be completed in three or five years, and even the material has to take great risks, which is enough to prove the good intentions of the owner of this map." ”

Cao Ming couldn't help laughing: "Brother Quan is really an expert in using soldiers, just by looking at it in such a hurry, he can point out the key point of this picture!" ”

Quan Meng shot at Cao Ming with a sharp gaze, and said in a deep voice: "Son, is this going to rebel, is he trying to seize the country of Southern Chu?" ”

Cao Ming laughed again: "Brother Quan is right, I want to seek the country of Southern Chu, but the word 'rebellion' is a little inappropriate!" ”

"Why?"

"I'm not trying to rebel, I'm just going to take back the country that belongs to my Chen family!" Cao Ming's tone was a little excited, and suddenly, he stepped forward and lifted the huge curtain with the map of the territory of Southern Chu to the side, and a huge desk suddenly appeared behind the curtain, and there were dense spirit cards enshrined on the desk.