Song Jiang and others were handed over to the imperial court by Mu Guiying.
Cao Bin only needed to hand in the memorial to end the mission completely.
Cao Bin's performance this time was unexpected, and the emperor directly upgraded his title by one level.
He was promoted from the third-class Earl Zhongjing to the second-class Earl.
He was also given the post of Wu San as a guerrilla general.
He didn't care too much about the Wu Sanzhi. Upgrading his title was something that made people happy.
Even the Yang family is envious and bitter.
His title is hereditary. Upgrading to one level means that the title can be passed down to one more generation.
Especially when they are used as foils for the credit this time, the sour feeling is even more powerful.
If they hadn't been frustrated in the first battle and spent too much time, the court would have paid more attention to Liangshan.
I'm afraid the court won't give such a generous reward just for wiping out a group of bandits.
Uncle Fu encouraged Cao Bin to open an ancestral hall and ask Cao Bin to pay tribute to his ancestors and shout for the blessing of the old marquis.
Then there was a big family dinner, which was lively all day long.
The next morning, Cao Bin estimated that Master Pang had already gone to court, so he paid a visit with gifts.
"Juncai, come here, I would like to introduce you to a distinguished guest."
When Cao Bin walked into the Grand Master's Mansion, Grand Master Pang was entertaining guests.
It was a middle-aged man, wearing a red dragon robe, full of nobility, but his eyes were a little sinister.
Seeing Cao Bin's suspicious expression, Master Pang quickly said:
"This is Prince Xiangyang. He is here to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday. Please come and pay your respects."
"Fuck!"
Cao Bin cursed secretly, but he could only bow respectfully.
Although Cao Bin doesn’t remember the Bao Gong case clearly.
But I also know that this guy is a well-known villain. Any script with Bao Zheng must include Zhao Jue, the King of Xiangyang.
Moreover, he was extremely tyrannical and committed countless crimes. He also thought about rebelling and usurping the throne every day. He was basically a sinkhole that could fall into if he got closer.
This guy has never done any good deeds, and has never succeeded in his conspiracy. He is both evil and unlucky, and whoever suffers from him will be unlucky.
As expected, Taishi Pang got mixed up with him again just like in the original work. This was definitely not a good thing, and it might even hurt him.
"Young boy from the Zhongjing Marquis? Please forgive me!"
King Xiangyang didn't pay much attention to Cao Bin and waved his hand directly.
After speaking, he turned to Master Pang and continued:
"Grand Master, what's my proposal? If your family and I could become in-laws, wouldn't it be a match made in heaven?"
As he spoke, he added:
"My child is still young. We can make a private engagement and let them get married in the future."
Master Pang did not speak, but lowered his head and began to ponder.
Are you poaching me?
After Cao Bin saluted, he had already come behind Master Pang to serve wine.
When he heard this, his hand holding the wine flask shook unconsciously. It was not that he had a soft spot for Pang Yanyan and would not marry her.
After all, she was only a teenage girl, and Cao Bin didn't have that much affection for her yet.
But it always feels bad to be poached.
What's more, Grand Master Pang is his biggest supporter. Without the relationship between Weng and son-in-law, I wonder if enemies like Zhao Ji and Li Tang would want to take the opportunity to kill him.
But Cao Bin immediately realized that this was probably talking about Pang Yu's marriage.
Grand Master Pang only had two daughters and one son, and everyone knew about his marriage to Pang Yanyan. It was impossible for the King of Xiangyang to have such an idea and say it in front of him.
Then there is only Pang Yu.
Thinking of this, Cao Bin breathed a sigh of relief, but then he immediately became nervous again.
He must never let Taishi Pang and King Xiangyang join forces, as that would be tantamount to sending himself to death.
So, seeing Master Pang's expression of agitation, he quickly and quietly pulled Pang Ji's skirt.
Master Pang did not look back, but he already understood what Cao Bin meant. Although he was confused, he cupped his hands and said:
"My lord, please forgive me, but I still have something to think about at this time."
King Xiangyang looked at Master Pang, then looked up at Cao Bin, and said with a smile:
"Uncle Zhongjing, were the worshipers in my mansion killed by you?"
Cao Bin was stunned for a moment, then realized immediately that he was talking about the flower-picking butterfly, so he quickly waved his hand and said:
"Your Majesty is joking, how dare I kill the worshipers in your mansion? Master Bao killed them."
"If you want to vent your anger, just go to him. I support him with all my hands."
The King of Xiangyang said angrily: "Stop trying to slander me here. Didn't you send those butterflies to Kaifeng Mansion?"
Cao Bin suddenly realized and smiled:
"So the prince is talking about the flower picker? Then the prince can't blame me."
"He came to my house to commit crimes, how can I spare him?"
"I didn't beat him to death on the spot, which is a great honor to the prince."
At this time, a great monk standing by the door stood up and said angrily:
"Uncle Cao, there is no need to deceive the prince, we have already found out clearly."
"Hua Die obviously came to seek refuge with you because of your reputation as 'Little Mengchang'."
"I didn't expect that you didn't follow the rules at all and just took him away to Kaifeng Mansion."
"If you don't give us an explanation today, we will never be done with you."
Cao Bin looked at him contemptuously and said:
"Tell me about your rules of the world?"
As he spoke, he turned his gaze to Xiangyang King Zhao Jue and said:
"My lord, tell me, should our court officials follow the laws of the Song Dynasty or the rules of the world?"
King Xiangyang ignored Cao Bin. He looked at Master Pang with a gloomy face and said:
"Master, your son-in-law doesn't take this king seriously."
After speaking, he glanced at Cao Bin with disdain and waited quietly for Master Pang's reply.
Taishi Pang laughed, stroking his beard and said:
"Your Majesty, I think what Juncai said is correct."
"He is just a man in the world. If he dies, he will die. Why should the prince care?"
Upon hearing this, King Xiangyang suddenly choked up, his eyes bulging out with anger, he looked at Cao Bin and said:
"Good, what a loyal minister and good general."
Seeing this, Taishi Pang quickly smoothed things over and said:
"Okay, Juncai, go and see Yanyan. Don't upset the prince here."
The great monk roared:
"My lord, you can't let him go. Even if my apprentice breaks the king's law, he is still a member of the palace."
"Only the prince can deal with the people in the palace. If others are allowed to perish, what dignity will the prince have?"
When Cao Bin saw that the great monk had a bad temper, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said disdainfully:
"If you have the ability, you can go to trouble Bao Zheng. What's the point of nagging you in front of me?"
As he spoke, he laughed sarcastically again:
"Grand Master, I found that the Prince of Xiangyang has no rules. How dare a showman dare to point fingers in front of the court ministers?"
"If there was such a person in my house, I would have stabbed him to death long ago."
The great monk was so angry that his face was covered with blue veins and his head was smoking. He jumped up and pointed at Cao Bin and shouted angrily:
"Uncle Zhongjing, don't humiliate me too much. If you have the ability, show off to me."
"Let's see who is more powerful like you, the general of the imperial court, or I am the tough one in the world."
As he spoke, he reached out and pulled off the iron beads from his neck, and was about to throw them at Cao Bin.
Cao Bin quickly hid behind Master Pang, rolled up his arms and sleeves and said:
"If you have the ability, do it. If I were afraid of you, I would write the Chinese character Cao the other way around."
Taishi Pang's head was full of black lines, and he was so angry that he just slapped the table: "Insolent! King Xiangyang, are all your subordinates so impudent?"
