Chapter 3: Out of the Palace
Cao Ning knew that her sister couldn't help much, so she didn't say anything, just kept eating peaches while thinking about how to become a soul master.
"You like music so much, you said you don't like music music, why do you always think about how to become a soul master?" Cao Mengxue asked.
"I'm tired of hearing them sing and play. Cao Ning's immature little face was full of helplessness.
"Then don't you think you can compose the lyrics, compose the music, and then sing it yourself!" Cao Mengxue guided her younger brother, in this world where the strong are respected, even if you just become an ordinary person, as long as you have what you like to do, it is also a good thing.
Cao Ning paused for a moment, took another bite of the peach, and then shook his head, "Let me compose the music and lyrics, forget it, I just like to listen to it, I just feel comfortable listening to it." ”
"That's right! That sister knows a place where there are a lot of strange things, delicious food, fun, and music that you have never heard before!" Cao Mengxue said with a smile.
When Cao Ning heard this, he immediately put down the peach in his hand, stared at Cao Mengxue with his eyes and asked, "Sister, tell me quickly, where is it." ”
Seeing Cao Ning's anxious appearance, Cao Mengxue deliberately teased him, looked at him with a smile on the corner of her mouth, and did not speak.
"Sister, you are really beautiful, you are the most beautiful sister in the world, please! tell me!" Cao Ning knew that his sister loved him the most, as long as he said a few good words, there was nothing that could not be done.
"Okay, I heard you say that I'm beautiful, why can't I accept it! You have been living in the palace since you were a child, and you haven't been outside the palace!" Cao Mengxue said.
"Outside the palace?" this was very strange to Cao Ning, "What kind of place is that, is it as big as the palace?"
Hearing Cao Ning's ignorant question, Cao Mengxue smiled: "I don't want to answer you, you can go out and have a look yourself." ”
"That's right, but how do you get out?Sister, do you have a way?" Cao Ning asked with a smile, knowing that since his sister said it, there must be a way.
"I really convinced you, I was eaten to death by you!" Cao Mengxue took out a green jade waist card from her waist and handed it to Cao Ning as she spoke.
Cao Ning took the waist card in his hand and looked at it carefully for a while, but he didn't notice anything special: "Isn't this just an ordinary piece of green jade!"
"This is your token to get out of the palace, with it you can get out of the palace, three palace walls, unless you can fly, you can't get out. Cao Mengxue explained.
"Okay, I know, I'm full, then I'll go first!" Cao Ning happily picked up his waist card and jumped off the chair to leave.
Seeing this, Cao Mengxue hurriedly stopped, looked Cao Ning up and down, and asked, "You left the palace like this?"
Seeing his sister's eyes, Cao Ning looked at his clothes and there was no problem, and replied, "I am the third prince of Cao Kingdom, is there anything wrong with me wearing it like this?"
"Yes, you are the third prince of Cao Kingdom, you are going outside, if you let others know that you are the third prince, do you want to see how others treat you indiscriminately?" Cao Mengxue rolled her eyes at Cao Ning and said helplessly.
Cao Mengxue explained a few more words for Cao Ning to remember.
"Then I'll go back and change my clothes. ”
Cao Ning hurriedly ran out of the Red Jade Pavilion, at this time, he had already put the matter of becoming a soul master behind him, and all he thought about was the outside world.
When Cao Ning was nowhere to be seen, Cao Mengxue opened her mouth and asked, "Father, is it really just like this to let him go out of the palace?"
At this time, Cao Yu walked out of the side room, and there were two people with Cao Yu, wearing leather armor, carrying crossbow arrows behind him, and a leather mask covering his face, one was a man, and the other was a woman, wearing purple clothes, ordinary appearance, with a long whip curled up around his waist, and he didn't look very easy to mess with.
"Captain, do you remember that young man?" Cao Yu asked.
"Subordinates, remember. The captain replied.
"That's good, remember, he will be your leader in the future, and you will be ordered to go down to the Shenji Camp to protect him at any cost. Cao Yu commanded.
The nose ran out of the room quickly.
"Yo, that person just now is from the Shenji Battalion, it's mysterious enough, my uncle really treats Cao Ning's kid as a treasure!" Cao Mengxue complained.
Cao Guo has many secret troops, and the Shenji Battalion is the best of them, and it will only be activated at a critical moment.
"Mengxue, this women's camp is for you, his name is Zi, and he will follow you in the future. ”
"It's also prepared for me!Is there something big going on?" Cao Mengxue was a little surprised, Cao Ning was still young, and it was not surprising that he needed someone to protect her, and he also prepared people for her, which had never happened before.
Cao Yu nodded: "Wu Guo is preparing to expand its territory, Cao Guo is just within the expansion range of Wu Guo, your uncle is afraid that someone will make a fuss about you." ”
"At this time, isn't it too dangerous for Cao Ning to leave the palace!" Cao Mengxue worried.
"Don't worry, even if Wu Guo starts to expand his territory, it will take three to five years to prepare, he is already eight years old, he should let him see the outside world, the palace is too small for him, if someone really wants to harm him, even if he stays here, it may not be safe. Cao Yu said.
"In the capital of Cao Kingdom, there is a Shenji Battalion to protect him, I am too worried. Cao Mengxue was relieved this time, thinking that he himself was eight years old, under his father's arrangement, he sneaked out of the city.
Cao Yu looked at Cao Mengxue, and asked with a hint of surprise, "Have you broken through to an intermediate spirit master and become a high-level spirit master?"
Cao Mengxue nodded happily, "Just broke through." ”
"Okay, okay, so I'm completely relieved, take good care of myself, and your brother, I'm going to go out to run errands during this time, and I won't be back for a year and a half. ”
"Don't worry, father, I'll take care of my brother's side. ”
Cao Yu nodded without saying anything more, and walked out of the Red Jade Pavilion.
Cao Ning, who ran back to the Red Gold Pavilion, was shocked by the scene in front of him, the entire Red Gold Pavilion was full of old books, from the courtyard to the side room, as long as it was an open space, the places where things could be put were full of books, and even the place where the guards at the door stood was also full of old books, like an old book acquisition station.
Xiao Hai and some palace maids and guards were looking at these old books at the door at a loss, and it was a little difficult to enter the pavilion.
Seeing Cao Ning coming back, Xiao Hai instantly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly ran up, "Third Highness, you can come back, you said that I would pick up the book, but this is too much, even your bed is full, not to mention where the palace maid and the guards live." ”
"Then you let them tidy up, find a way to vacate the place where they live, if they can't vacate it, just live in the books, take rain prevention measures, don't let these books get wet, I still have important things, you go out of the palace with me, go change your clothes first," Cao Ning was a little impatient in his tone, now the books in front of him are no longer the most important thing, leaving the palace is the most important thing for him.
"Out of the palace, what are the Third Highnesses going to do when they leave the palace?" Xiao Hai asked suspiciously.
Looking at Cao Ning at this time, he had already climbed in from a pile of books.
Xiao Hai hurriedly ordered to go down and climbed in with Cao Ning.
After a while, the two of them changed their clothes and crawled out.
Cao Ning felt that his clothes were too gorgeous, and finally picked out a piece of Xiaohai's clothes and put them on, the silk and style were not too gorgeous, nor too shabby, plus Cao Ning had developed a noble temperament since he was a child, which would only make people feel that this was a little boy who was traveling.
"How much money did you bring?" Cao Ning asked, he still knew that it would cost money to go out, and he had only read the introductions of other countries in books before, and each country's clothing, food culture, and so on were different. The only thing that is the same is the silver ticket, and the last thing they lack in Cao Guo is the silver ticket.
Cao Xing is over fifty years old, and he is only an intermediate soul master, he has no talent for cultivation at all, but he is extremely keen on making money, and he has extended his business to many countries in addition to managing the country, which is also one of the main reasons why Wu wants to annex Cao Guo.
"500,000 taels!"
"That's enough! It's already more than half of my savings!" Cao Ning was a little distressed, although he had money, it was still distressing to take out so much at once, after all, these were his own private property.
Cao Ning took Xiaohai to Lichengguan, and there were not too many fluctuations when he looked at such a tall city gate before, but today he was actually a little excited, thinking about what kind of world it was outside.
"Jin Jiawei, this is a token, open the city gate, I want to go out of the city!" Cao Ning stepped forward, and before Jin Jiawei could speak, he handed out his token.
Jin Jiawei took the token with both hands to see that there was no problem, and then gave it back to Cao Ning, and at the same time signaled to open the city gate.
The inner gate is guarded by the Golden Guard, the middle gate is guarded by the Silver Guard, and the outer gate is guarded by the Green Guard.
The Golden Guards are the most elite guard troops, they may not be the best troops in Cao State, but they are the best defensive precision troops in Cao State.