There was a loud shout from outside the crowd.
The onlookers around were roughly pushed to both sides, and more than a dozen domestic servants armed with wooden sticks rushed in fiercely.
"Cao An, it is indeed you!"
A young man of seventeen or eighteen years old came up behind the servant. He looked very wealthy in a brocade robe and jade belt. At first glance, he looked like the yamen of a top powerful family.
Cao An grinned and said confidently: "I knew you would come."
"You're going to cause trouble as soon as you fucking come back. Can I not come?"
The young man rolled his eyes at him angrily and stepped forward: "I heard that you collected the protection money? How poor is this TN person? Isn't it embarrassing?"
Cao An sneered and replied: "My whole family is dead, why do I care about being embarrassed?"
"What?!"
The young man's face was full of horror.
Cao An said extremely calmly: "Last month, my ancestor was demoted to Fangzhou for the second time by the Queen Mother. When he was traveling to Xiangyang, he suddenly encountered bandits. Twenty-seven members of the Cao family were killed! Only I accidentally fell off the cliff and survived. Come down."
Thief?
The young man just thought for a moment and then asked coldly: "Where is Yang Huaimin?"
Yang Huaimin was the eunuch in the palace who was responsible for seeing Cao Yong take office. He was a close relative of the Queen Mother Liu E.
Cao An's lips curled up with a hint of amusement, and he sneered: "Neiguan Yang was shot by a bandit. He is probably still recovering from his injuries in Xiangyang right now, right?"
"But the memorial for the extermination of the Cao family should have been in Beijing long ago."
The young man couldn't stop the shock on his face and said in silence: "Since Zuoshu has come to Beijing, why..."
But halfway through speaking, he suddenly stopped again.
Obviously, the central government did not want the matter to escalate, so they suppressed it. Otherwise, how could there be no news about a generation of prime ministers being slaughtered by thieves?
Moreover, it is not difficult to see from Cao An's cold eyes that there is definitely something wrong with this matter!
"So, you secretly returned to Bianliang? But why did you..."
The young man wanted to ask Cao An why he was so arrogant, but halfway through his words, he suddenly realized it later.
He blurted out: "You are trying to protect yourself!"
Cao An didn't say anything, but the coldness in his eyes became even more intense.
"This is not the place to talk. You come with me."
"etc."
Cao An said calmly: "There are still some things that have not been resolved clearly."
"what's up?"
The young man looked at Li Saner's gang of thugs, and Cao An also looked at them at the same time.
"certain……"
Li San'er had a look of panic on his face and subconsciously wanted to run away.
He knew the young man in brocade clothes very well in front of him...
The son of Chu King Zhao Yuanzuo—Zhao Yunsheng!
Most people may not be familiar with the King of Chu, but he is the number one king of death in the Song Dynasty!
When Emperor Taizong held a banquet on the Double Ninth Festival, Zhao Yuanzuo was not invited to attend. This guy actually burned down the Jiying Palace in a fit of anger...
If it weren't for the fact that they were his own children, Zhao Laoer would have almost killed this rebellious son.
As the legitimate son of the King of Chu, Zhao Yunsheng inherited his father's excellent genes, and he was a royal playboy who was feared by everyone in Bianliang City.
But just as it should be, when Zhenzong had no children, Zhao Yunsheng escaped by chance.
Although the Prince of Chu's Mansion is not as powerful as other princes' mansions, it can only handle Li San'er...
"Little... Master, so... so-and-so didn't mean it."
Li Saner knelt down happily, lowered his head and said tremblingly: "Someone gave the villain money, so that the villain..."
"shut up!"
Zhao Yunsheng's eyelids twitched, and he quickly shouted at Li San'er and ordered: "Take him back for interrogation, and take those minions also for custody!"
"It's none of our business!"
"Young Master, please spare my life..."
"We don't know anything, young master!"
For a time, the rogues were wailing all over the place.
…
West Market, a certain wine shop.
Zhao Yunsheng tasted the low-quality rice wine, smacked his lips and said, "Tsk, can't you choose a good place? There are so many restaurants in Fanlou, how much can you spend?"
"That's it, drink it or not."
Cao An drank the wine in one gulp and felt relieved in his chest.
He has been on the road these days, and it took him half a month to reach the 800-mile journey.
The hardships involved are really indescribable to outsiders!
Zhao Yunsheng stopped touching the wine bowl, "Tell me, what do you want to do?"
"revenge!"
"But it is the Queen Mother who is in charge now..."
"Liu E is just the instigator, but the mastermind is Yang Huaimin!"
Cao An spoke out the name of the current empress dowager without hesitation, and then looked out the window coldly: "Yang Huaimin plotted against the Cao family's assets. He forced and humiliated someone's family over and over again along the way. After my grandfather fell out with him, it didn't take long for the Cao family to recruit Killing. Do you think this is accidental?"
"But you have no evidence."
Zhao Yunsheng looked particularly indifferent.
In a powerful family, no one is a fool, even if they listen to the intrigues and intrigues.
If Cao An had evidence, he would not have entered the city in this way.
"So, now I have to survive first... The more fun I have, the more those people will take action. Even the Queen Mother cannot bear the charge of 'harming the courtiers'! ... At this time, who will do it?" Zhanbian, who will be considered the mastermind of the Cao family’s destruction..."
Cao An glanced at Arhat outside the door and suddenly smiled.
Zhao Yunsheng also looked over after hearing the sound and said disdainfully: "Just rely on him?"
Cao An confidently said: "He relies on someone."
"Do you really plan to live in this way? Are you shameless?"
Zhao Yunsheng's brows knitted into knots, "The Cao family is noble after all. What does it mean for you to go through all this trouble?"
"That day, someone fell off a cliff and managed to save his life... From then on, the former Cao An was dead! In this life, Cao An just wants to live well."
"Living by robbing houses?"
Zhao Yunsheng really couldn't understand Cao An's thoughts, "I can understand what you did before... This is because you want the Queen Mother and those behind you to stop daring to attack you blatantly. But you are determined to be a gangster... Brother , what’s wrong with you?”
Cao An joked: "The rogues also have their own rules for survival. As long as they master this rule and develop well, one day someone may become the number one rogue in the Song Dynasty!"
The world is never black and white, only the right shade of gray can exist forever...
"What do you need me to do?"
After the Queen Mother came to power, the nobles of various clans were in a precarious situation. Many of them were not enough to protect themselves. How could they care about others?
But Zhao Yunsheng still missed the past friendship and said without hesitation: "I can't help you much...the two at the door are the personal guards left by my father. Needless to say, they are loyal, so I give them to you."
Cao An was not polite, raised his glass and touched the wine bowl in front of Zhao Yunsheng, and said with a smile: "It's not for nothing that I took advantage of you. After I get it done, I will give you 30% of the net profit."
"Hey, you are really generous."
Zhao Yunsheng naturally looked down on Cao An's business, "It's not easy to be a scoundrel. Be careful of being beaten to death one day... I don't care about collecting your body."
"Don't worry, I will definitely live longer than you."
"Gungun, I'll get upset when I see you!"
In the small wine shop, the two teenagers drank against each other in the afterglow, and soon became drunk.
