Chen Deng's purpose was very clear to him, but he scoffed at it.

A few vases can't get into his eyes.

"Since Cao Gongzi is unwilling, I am not reluctant, say goodbye!" Chen Deng arched his hand and turned to leave, leaving only Cao Ang with a bewildered face.

Is this guy sick in the head?

However, thinking of Chen Deng's attitude just now, Cao Ang vaguely felt that the other party's target was not himself, but Liu Yan?

Chen Deng's appearance was just an episode, and Cao Ang quickly put it behind him.

After eating a full meal, Cao Ang rode his horse leisurely and hurried to the city lord's mansion.

When he arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, he found that it was already crowded with people.

In addition to some ordinary people, there are more young men and women of all ethnic groups from nearby villages, most of whom have come to join in the fun.

"Hey, Brother Cao!" A familiar voice suddenly rang out.

Cao Ang turned his head to look and saw Li Su standing next to him with a birdcage.

"Yo, it turned out to be Brother Li Xian!" Cao Ang smiled and said, "Why don't you go in, could it be that you are blocked out of the door?" ”

"Brother Cao laughed." Li Su shook his head in embarrassment.

He is a typical second generation of gentlemen, and his parents are both official eunuchs, so he is lawless and arrogant on weekdays.

Cao Ang and Li Su are the same age, and the two used to play together and are friends.

Li Su has a lively personality and likes to travel around and run around, while Cao Ang is steady and steady.

Li Su pulled Cao Ang to the corner of the City Lord's Mansion and said in a low voice: "Brother Cao, I heard that City Lord Liu is holding a banquet in the mansion tonight, and I specially invited you to the banquet!" ”

"Invite me?" Cao Ang was stunned.

Liu Yan is a famous Confucian scholar in Xiangyang and is highly respected.

How could he possibly invite Cao Ang to a banquet?

Besides, he and Liu Yan have never met, where did they get their friendship?

"You didn't lie to me, did you?" Cao Ang was skeptical.

"What are you lying to?" Li Su rolled his eyes: "The news has already spread. However, we can't enter the banquet of City Lord Liu, so we can only watch the excitement here. ”

"Oh, isn't that Li Su?" Suddenly, someone shouted.

Li Su raised his head and saw a fat man walking towards him with a lewd smile on his face.

"Hey, Master Li, long time no see." The fat man rubbed his hands and walked up to Li Su and looked at Li Su with a smile.

"It's Boss Wang." Li Su's expression was not natural, and he smiled reluctantly: "Boss Wang, why are you here?" ”

"Hehe, why can't I be here?" Boss Wang said in a reasonable tone: "I was ordered by City Lord Liu to help." ”

He looked at the people around him, and then lowered his voice and said, "I heard that City Lord Liu is going to have a banquet for distinguished guests tonight, and he specially instructed me to take out the best wine in my store to entertain me, I don't know if Gongzi Li can enjoy it?" ”

"This." Li Su's face hesitated.

"Brother Li, I think this little fat man is a drunkard who doesn't mean to drink, so don't go." Cao Ang dissuaded from the side.

"Hmph, what do you know?" Boss Wang glanced at Cao Ang and said proudly: "My Wang Mou is sitting upright, and he will never be cheated and deceived, let alone plotting against him!" ”

He stretched out his fat palm and patted his chest, and said righteously: "If anyone dares to slander Wang, I will never let him go!" ”

"Cut."

Someone next to him immediately let out a disdainful sneer.

Boss Wang was unmoved, and continued to tempt Li Su, saying, "Master Li, I promise, City Lord Liu's banquet is absolutely wonderful!" ”

Li Su gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll just go with you." ”

Cao Ang was anxious: "Brother Li." ”

"Don't worry, I'm fine!" Li Su smiled at Cao Ang, and followed Boss Wang inside.

"Brother Li!" Cao Ang hurriedly chased after him, and he faintly felt that something was wrong in his heart.

"Boss Wang, I warn you, if you dare to do anything to Brother Li to hurt him, I will never spare you!" Cao Ang said angrily.

"Don't worry, this brother, I am a cultural person, how can I do such a despicable and dirty thing?"

Boss Wang swore and said: "Besides, if I really dare to be unfavorable to Li Gongzi, why bother using such means." ”

"Let's go, Gongzi Li, City Lord Liu is inside." Boss Wang pushed open the door and took the lead in stepping in.

Cao Ang hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to stand still.

"Cao Ang?" But at this moment, a gloomy voice sounded behind him.

Cao Ang turned his head to look and saw a well-dressed and dignified middle-aged man, staring at him with a cold face.

"You know me?" Cao Ang asked.

Although this person is handsome and has an extraordinary temperament, Cao Ang does not know him.

"Huh!"

Zhao Ren sneered: "I forgot, you are the son of Cao Mengde, with a noble status, how can you know a rural villager like me?" ”

Cao Ang frowned slightly: "Who are you, do you have any advice from me?" ”

He was sure he had never met this man.

Zhao Ren snorted coldly: "Since that's the case, then I'll introduce myself." My surname is Zhao, the single word Ren, a descendant of the Jiangdong Zhao family! ”

"Jiangdong Zhao family!" Cao Ang's pupils shrank suddenly.

The Zhao family is a wealthy family in Jiangzhou, who has been in the army for generations and has huge power.

Cao Ang didn't expect that the children of the Zhao family would find him.

"Cao Ang, you are so bold, you dare to kill your father!" Zhao Ren's eyes turned blood-red, and he gritted his teeth.

"Now I'll give you a chance to kneel down and die! Maybe I'll leave you a whole corpse! ”

Cao Ang's heart suddenly burst.

He remembered that in the previous battle, he seemed to have killed a general surnamed Zhao.

Thinking of this, Cao Ang immediately chose to lie and deny it, he naturally would not tell the real situation.

"Zhao Gongzi, you can't wronged me!" Cao Ang flatly denied: "I never killed your father at all!" ”

"Didn't kill?"

The corners of Zhao Ren's mouth raised a hideous arc, and he said coldly: "Okay, I'll take you to a place, and you say it yourself, whether my father died under your sword!" ”

With that, he turned and walked out.

Cao Ang chuckled in his heart.

Has the Zhao family investigated clearly?

That's terrible!

Cao Ang took a deep breath and said secretly: "That's it, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, I want to see, what kind of medicine are they selling in the gourd?" ”

He hurried to catch up with Zhao Ren: "Okay, then let's go, I want to see what tricks you are playing?" ”

The two of them left the restaurant and walked straight north, through the streets and alleys, and soon came to a dilapidated courtyard.

The courtyard wall collapsed in half, revealing a pitch-black wall, and there were bursts of crying from inside.

"It is."

Cao Ang's eyes flickered, and he looked at the dilapidated courtyard with some horror.

"There's a soldier of your Cao Army who saw with his own eyes that you killed my father." Zhao Ren smiled coldly and walked into the courtyard.

Cao Ang followed.

Zhao Ren immediately quickened his pace and quickly went deeper inside, and an iron door appeared at the end.

Cao Ang looked at the iron gate in front of him, feeling inexplicably uneasy. (End of chapter)