"Ascend to the disciple! If it's you, I'm going to break your hand! Cao Shuangxu's face turned red, and she shouted at the top of her voice.

Sure enough······ The "parents" on both sides have confirmed their conjectures in their hearts, Cao Yong's expression is very complicated, and the old grandson is smiling and brushing his beard.

Wang Ling raised his left hand hanging on his chest and said, "Don't bother Miss Cao, look, haven't I broken it yet?" ”

Cao Shuang said angrily: "Then I'll cut it!" As she spoke, she snatched the saber of one of the guards closest to her, and slashed it according to the king's command.

"Holy shit! Are you really?! Wang Ling was startled, and his toes were lightly touched to avoid the knife.

Seeing this situation, everyone was shocked, Cao Shuangxu has always been gentle and easy-going, but now he has made such an impulsive move regardless of his own image, how can he not be amazed!

Tang Xiaoyu hurriedly ran over, trying to stop Cao Shuangxu but didn't catch up, she glared at the city guard who was snatched away by Cao Shuangxu and said, "How can you tell her to snatch the knife?" ”

The city guard was still in a state of confusion, and he said aggrievedly: "It was too sudden, I was snatched by her before I could react." ”

"I'll settle accounts with you when I go back!" After Tang Xiaoyu finished speaking, he immediately rushed to Cao Shuangxu, wanting to stop her, Zuo Yucheng followed behind him, and when he passed by the city guard who had lost his saber, he pointed at him with his finger, "You, you!" Wait to be cleaned up! Then he chased after him.

“。。。” Leaving the squire alone in the wind, lost his saber, he had already begun to imagine what kind of punishment he would receive.

A nurse came to Cao Yong's ear and whispered, "Master, should we go and help Miss?" ”

Cao Yong glared at the nursing home who wanted to take the opportunity to show that he had redeemed his merits, and he immediately shrank his head and retreated.

The old grandson was happy to see the excitement, and said: "Don't worry about it, the young people's affairs, let the young people solve it by themselves." ”

Cao Yong pursed his lips and said in his heart, if this is your granddaughter, it is estimated that that kid has died eight times. He didn't dare to say what was in his heart, the old grandson had a kindness to him back then, and he was an important figure in Jingguo, of course, the main reason was that this old naughty boy had a strange temperament and a bad temper.

But it's not good to make such a fuss after all, let's not talk about whether Cao Shuangxu will really hurt Wang Ling, let's just say that there are so many people watching now, not only the old grandson is present, but also the city guards of the Street Division, as well as the people of Qingzhou City, if this is spread, it will not be good for the reputation of his daughter.

But looking at his daughter, with a posture that he had to split Wang Ling alive today, he couldn't persuade her, unless he knocked her unconscious and sent her back to Cao's mansion, suddenly, Cao Yong had an idea, and shouted to Wang Ling, who was running around: "Wang Ling, Xiaoyou, run to my mansion, let's go in and talk!" ”

Wang Ling heard Cao Yong's shout and thought, could it be this old boy's trap? Want to give me an invitation to the urn? Forget it, I can't care so much. He quickly changed direction and rushed straight towards Caofu.

"Ascend to the disciple! You, you stop me! Cao Shuangxu was a weak woman, where could she run past Wang Ling, she tossed for a while, she was already panting, but seeing Wang Ling rushing towards her door at this moment, she immediately chased after her, Tang Xiaoyu and Zuo Yucheng followed her cautiously, mainly because she was afraid that she would not usually mention a knife and accidentally hurt herself.

But it should be persuaded, Tang Xiaoyu said: "Sister Shuangxu, you put down the knife quickly, it's too dangerous, you put down the knife first." ”

Cao Shuangxu didn't seem to hear it, she only had Wang Ling in front of her in her eyes, she didn't pay attention to Tang Xiaoyu at all, she just wanted to catch up with that person and give him a knife! Seeing that Cao Shuangxu ignored him, the two of them had no choice but to follow.

Seeing them enter Cao's mansion, Cao Yong breathed a sigh of relief, and the old grandson said to him: "Let's go, Zhongzheng, take the old man in to sit down, I haven't been here for a long time, is the cypress tree in the courtyard still there?" ”

Cao Yong said absent-mindedly: "Yes, yes." ”

"Hahaha, let's go! Take the old man and let me see it! Lao Sun Tou took the lead in the front, Cao Yong followed behind him, and when he was about to enter the mansion, he said to the nursing home behind him: "Go to the account room and get some silver, and give Zhang Leshan the settling-in allowance respectively, as well as the soup and medicine expenses of the two people, send the two to the hospital first, and then ask the two people to escort Zhang Leshan back to his hometown." ”

"Yes."

After explaining this matter in the end, Cao Yong accelerated his pace without looking back and walked into Cao's mansion.

Outside the door, only the soul-like butler was left, and the two evil servants lying on the ground half-dead.

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When Cao Yong caught up with the old grandson, he was already standing in the yard, admiring the tall cypress tree in front of him, this tree was growing very well, the trunk was wide, tall and straight, and it looked like someone had carefully cultivated it.

At the other end of the courtyard, Wang Ling climbed a rockery at some point, and Cao Shuangxu was standing below with a knife to confront him.

"Miss, yesterday was a misunderstanding, you put down the knife first! Shall we talk well? ”

"You come down first, and I'll talk to you." Cao Shuangsu's silver teeth clenched.

"Are you stupid for me? If I go down now, you will kill me immediately, and I won't go down! Wang Lingdao.

"You come down!"

"You put the knife down, and I'll go down!"

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“。。。” Cao Yong looked at this scene, and he couldn't laugh or cry.

Tang Xiaoyu and Zuo Yucheng stood by helplessly, seeing this situation, Cao Yong felt that there would be no trouble for a while, so he simply ignored the fights between young people and walked straight to the old man under the cypress tree.

As soon as he stood beside the old grandson, he heard the old man say: "When this yard was repaired, the people from the Ministry of Engineering asked you what trees you like to plant in the yard, including green pine, green bamboo, laurel and apricot trees, etc., which are all elegant and good choices, but you just let people move a cypress tree from outside the city, I was puzzled by your choice, so I wrote to ask why you chose a cypress tree, do you remember how you replied to me at that time?" ”

Cao Yong's eyes flashed with emotion of time and change, he looked at the cypress tree in front of him, suddenly realized that so many years had passed, sighed that the years were like a shuttle, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Of course I remember, I said, although the green pine is elegant, it will bend itself with the years and cater to others; Although the green bamboo is straight, it is just a show on the surface and others to see, and there is no surface; The osmanthus tree is fragrant, the apricot tree is red and bright, but the cinnamon fragrance drifts away with the wind, and the apricot branch likes to go to the wall, all of which are not my favor. If I want to plant cypress trees, I will be resolute and unyielding, proud of the snow and cold, growing in hardships and hardships, standing between the universe and the world, being a tree in life, covering the people, and dying as a boat, carrying the people. ”

"I received your reply at that time, and I was full of emotion, how good the world is, how good apricots, cinnamon, pines and bamboos are, and they boast of being elegant, but they don't know that it is such a cypress tree, standing in a barren place, that has blocked the sandstorm blown by the north wind for them." The old man bowed.

The more he looked at this cypress tree, the more he loved it, and couldn't help but caress it on the trunk with his hand, and said with a smile: "Ten years of trees, a hundred years of people, wood can be used for boat and car journeys of thousands of miles, people should be the pillars of Kuangfu Sheji, your cypress tree grows very well, I am very satisfied, but this Qingzhou is too small, or it will be the summer season in a few months, it should be put in a bigger place, so that the people of the three northwestern states can rely on it to enjoy the shade." ”

Cao Yong opened his mouth when he heard this, but he still chose to be silent, the old grandson turned his head to look at him, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly: "What's the difficulty?" ”

Cao Yong said: "Now the war in Dingzhou is tight, Beiling Pass is lost, the battle situation in Wuyang Pass is anxious, the political envoy of the three states in the northwest Liu Pingshan is reluctant to send reinforcements, resulting in half of Dingzhou falling into the hands of the Jin army, and the people are displaced. ”

Old Sun Tou shook his head and smiled: "You, you are just brainless, Liu Pingshan threw your fold back, you won't change someone to hand the fold?" ”

"However, the local state government can't directly report the folds, and must be screened and submitted by the political envoys, bypassing the political envoys to the capital to deliver the folds is a big crime, I'm afraid ......"

"Are you afraid that Liu Pingshan will take this opportunity to impeach you for a crime of overstepping the prosecution?" Without waiting for Cao Yong to finish speaking, the old man preemptively said.

Cao Yong had no choice but to bow his head, the crime of overstepping the prosecution can be big or small, ordinary people skip the lawsuit in the state capital of their hometown, whether they win the lawsuit or not, they must have 30 canes on their hips, and if they lose the lawsuit, they will go to prison, and the sentence will be determined according to the severity of the circumstances.

And those who have official status in the body will not receive any reward if the content of the report is true, not only will they not have any benefits, but they will be demoted by half a grade, but once it is found that the report is untrue, the lighter one will be dismissed and stripped of all titles, and the heavier one will be killed by the family, and the female dependents of the family will be filled to the teaching department, and they will all be lowly in the future.

Liu Pingshan is the person of King Ning, and he can almost cover the sky with one hand in the northwest region, Cao Yong is afraid that even if the emperor sees his twists and turns, those officials in the court and the opposition who rely on King Ning will also say that the white is black, no matter how bad it is, Liu Pingshan can also say that he is just accumulating strength, waiting for the fighter to push back the enemy army in one fell swoop, and then give him Cao Yong a charge of greed for merit and rashness, and he will be finished.

Cao Yong doesn't care about himself, he kills his head, the only thing he is reluctant to do is his daughter, his wife died of illness when her daughter was five years old, Cao Shuangxu is the daughter he raised single-handedly, and he is also the person he cares about the most, he really can't afford to risk his daughter's life.

Lao Sun Tou patted him on the shoulder and said: "You are just afraid that Liu Pingshan will bite back, if you are afraid of the dog biting you, the best way is to strike first and beat the dog to death directly." ”

Cao Yong's eyes lit up, and he immediately saluted the old man, he bent down and said respectfully: "Please sir give the students guidance." ”

The old grandson took out a secret letter out of nowhere and handed it to Cao Yong, Cao Yong took it and looked at it, and it read the words 'Lord Liu, the political envoy of the Northwest'.

"What is this?" Cao Yong wondered.

Lao Sun Tou: "It was a handwritten letter written by Wei Chi Yangfeng, the commander of the Jin Army who led the troops this time, to Liu Pingshan. ”

Cao Yong was shocked, he immediately opened the letter, and after reading the content of the letter, Cao Yong was like being struck by lightning, he was stunned at first, and then his eyes were red and became extremely angry, he lowered his voice and scolded angrily: "Liu Pingshan...... Collaboration? ”

The old grandson didn't speak, but looked at Cao Yong meaningfully.

In an instant, Cao Yong's heart was thunderous again, and his lips trembled and said, "Yes...... King Ning?! ”