Cao Bin's words made all the officials present feel uncomfortable.
What scholars are most proud of is their ability to govern.
Guan Zhong and Xiao He were even more like gods to them.
In this regard, if they are compared with a martial arts disciple like Cao Bin, wouldn't their reading of sages' books be in vain?
Cao Bin didn't bother to pay attention to them, so he gave up the post directly and took his family back to the city.
His team was a bit large, which caused a lot of discussion among the people in the city.
Cao Bin didn't care and just led the convoy to his mansion.
As soon as they entered the inner city, they saw a team of martial artists following the reception officials to the guild hall.
Cao Bin suddenly remembered something and said to Wu Song and others beside him:
"This year the court has added civil and military officials, and the rewards are several times more generous than in previous years."
"If you want to participate, I can help you sign up and let you directly participate in the general examination."
"If you get the top spot, you can directly enter the fifth-level martial arts profession."
Lu Zhishen smiled, scratched his head and said:
"I have a lawsuit, how can I dare to participate in martial arts?"
"Besides, even if you win the top prize, how can you enjoy following your uncle?"
Wu Song also shook his head and said: "Senior Brother Zhishen is right. I think it is good now. Even if I am a small official, I will not be happy."
When Cao Bin heard this, he didn't say anything more. The choice was already given to them.
Since they didn't want to be officials, Cao Bin didn't force it.
While they were talking, the team from Zhongjing Houfu had already passed by those people.
Cao Bin didn't know that those martial arts officials were also talking about him:
"Brother Xie, did you see that? That's Uncle Zhongjing."
"The family is extremely wealthy and has been rising steadily in the past two years."
Wu Ju, surnamed Xie, curled his lips and said:
"He's just a dandy relying on the legacy of his ancestors."
"In terms of military skills and martial arts, we may not be any different from the generals and disciples like them."
"The imperial court attaches great importance to the current military examination. As long as we work hard, we will only be able to become marquises and generals in the future."
Another person laughed and said:
"Brother Xie is of course very confident. You are born with supernatural powers and have superb martial arts skills. You will definitely achieve something."
As he spoke, he suggested:
"This martial arts examination is presided over by Taishi Pan. Brother Xie, why don't you pay a visit? If you are favored by him, it will be much easier to enter the imperial court in the future..."
When Xie Wuju heard this, his expression couldn't help but move, and he already had some thoughts in his mind.
A few more days passed.
Pang Ji's family finally arrived in Beijing, bought a new manor, and took Pang Yanyan over.
The Pang family's case has been settled, and of course he has to organize his daughter's wedding himself.
Since Cao and Pang's family had already been engaged, and the procedures for proposing marriage, accepting marriage, and asking for names had been completed, they only needed to choose an auspicious day in the zodiac to set a date for welcoming the bride.
On this day, the sky was clear and the sun was shining brightly. The Zhongjing Marquis Mansion was also decorated with lights and colorful, and it became noisy and lively.
Seeing that the time had come, Cao Bin was surrounded by everyone, rode on the sweaty horse, and went to the Pang family manor to welcome the bride.
Master Pang also spent a lot of money, and the dowry alone stretched across the entire imperial street, truly making the road full of spring breeze and red makeup for ten miles.
On both sides of the royal street, the people watching the excitement couldn't help but talk about it, and they were speechless secretly. Some people complained:
"If you say that Pang Ji is not a corrupt official, I really don't believe it."
"Just these dowries are enough for the princess to get married!"
Someone else said:
"The court has closed the case, what can we ordinary people do?"
"To tell the truth, Pang Ji has been dismissed from office, and Cao Bin is still married to him. Is it because of the dowry?"
In fact, when Cao Bin sent out the invitation, the official circles in the capital also caused a shock.
They didn't expect that Cao Bin would be so stubborn. He chose the already notorious Pang family instead of the loyal Yang family.
At this time, they were willing to believe that Cao Bin really didn't care about his official future.
They believed in keeping promises, but they felt that Cao Bin was squandering the legacy of his ancestors and doing whatever he wanted.
In this era, few people don't care about their family's reputation and interests.
Relatively speaking, a momentary breach of trust is nothing.
Soon Cao Bin had welcomed Pang Yanyan back to the Hou Mansion.
Cao Bin was dressed in a red robe, looking particularly energetic and handsome, while Pang Yanyan was dressed in a green wedding dress, holding a fan in her hand to cover her face, with a phoenix crown and a halo, and was extremely beautiful.
After worshiping heaven and earth, Cao Bin went to the table to toast and thank the guests.
What surprised him was that several of Gao Qian's generals' disciples had slipped into the guests at some point.
He said displeased in his heart: "What are you doing here?"
Seeing the disgust on Cao Bin's face, Gao Qian's eyes flashed and he smiled awkwardly:
"We gave you gifts to congratulate you. You won't welcome it..."
Cao Bin hesitated and said, "Don't make trouble for me, or I will kill you."
The visitor was a guest, and he didn't want to cause trouble and disrupt his wedding.
He could only give a warning and turn around to leave.
Gao Qian looked at his back and felt a little confused: "Eighth sister asked us to make trouble, but I can't beat Cao Bin?"
One of them said:
"What are you afraid of what he will do? Let's just try hard to get a beating, make trouble for him, and make him feel embarrassed and embarrassed."
"He is now married to Pang Ji's daughter. He is hated by everyone. Even if he goes to court to sue you, no one will help him."
Several other people also said:
"Even if we get hurt a little, we still gain fame, and his reputation will become even worse."
"It would be better if it caused him to interrupt the wedding..."
At the family banquet, Pang Yu said with some regret:
"There are a few guests, so it's not lively enough."
As he spoke, he glanced at Pang Ji resentfully and said:
"If dad hadn't made a mistake, many people would have come to fawn over my sister's wedding."
Pang Ji looked at the sky speechlessly, not wanting to pay attention to him.
After all, his result was that he was dismissed from office and expelled from the court. Not many people were willing to mess with him.
Most of the people who came to Cao Bin's home to congratulate him were Cao Bin's old subordinates with lower official positions.
Even the old friends of the Cao family hurriedly sent congratulatory gifts when they saw Grand Master Pang appearing, then turned and left.
Just as he was talking, a loud laugh came into the courtyard and said: "Congratulations to Uncle Zhongjing on your wedding. What a wonderful marriage."
Everyone looked and saw Pan Renmei walking in with a young man.
Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but murmur in their hearts: "Could it be that Cao Bin has taken refuge with Duke Zheng?"
Gao Qian worriedly said: "Pan Renmei is here, it's a bit dangerous."
His companion said: "Don't be afraid. As long as we find a suitable reason, we can at most go to the court to file a lawsuit."
At this time, Pan Renmei pulled the young man beside him out and said:
"This officer's son-in-law, Xie Jinwu, would like to meet you."
Cao Bin was a little surprised, wondering when Pan Renmei had an extra daughter.
Pan Renmei explained with a smile:
"I have adopted a new adopted daughter..."
When Cao Bin heard this, he suddenly became aware.
And he also recognized that this person was the martial arts man he met on the street a few days ago.
At this time, the welcome shouted:
"Princess Zhaoyang and her consort came to congratulate you on behalf of the Queen Mother..."
