"As you command!"
Under the guidance of Hei Te Changzhi, Cao Wenzong walked into the small hall. There was only one table in the room with two round stools beside it. Wang Wenzuo was sitting at the table, which looked empty. He held a bulging cloth bag under his left arm. He did not salute Wang Wenzuo, but bowed and said, "I have met Mr. Lang!"
"Shifan Cao, you are here so early!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile. He pointed at the small pot on the table with his chopsticks: "I guess you haven't had breakfast yet? This chicken porridge tastes pretty good. Do you want some?"
"Thank you, Sir!" This time Cao Wenzong was not as humble as in the past. He walked straight to the table, stretched out his right hand to pick up a piece of cooking cake with donkey meat in it and ate it, but still holding the cloth bag in his left arm, Wang Wenzong saw He was not angry at all, and smiled widely: "Changzhi, ask the kitchen to bring some more cooking cakes and donkey meat. Master Cao is a martial artist and must have a big appetite."
Just as Wang Wenzuo guessed, Cao Wenzong had a big appetite. Not only did he eat up the newly brought pot of porridge and half a basket of donkey meat, he even wiped out all the food on the table. Wang Wenzuo smiled and said: "How? , are you full? Do you want to get some more?"
"No need, I'm almost sixty-seven full!" Cao Wenzong patted his belly: "Cao is a humble man, please forgive me for being rude just now!"
"It doesn't matter!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "I didn't practice any formal etiquette when I was in the army. We gathered around the fire and roasted a wild boar. Each of us cut a piece. When I see you today, it reminds me of the old things in Baekje. , On the contrary, he is very friendly!"
"Mr. Lang is killing thieves for the country. His heroism on the battlefield is beyond the comparison of a villain!" Cao Wenzong said solemnly: "I have been thinking about what Lang Jun said yesterday for a long time. I have given my life to my children and asked Lang to help me." Please store it!"
"That's great!" When Wang Wenzuo saw Cao Wenzong coming, he had already guessed the purpose of his visit and said with a smile, "Mr. Cao has excellent swordsmanship, and he will definitely be Wang's help!"
"Swordsmanship, crossbow shooting, and bidding are nothing more than trivial skills!" Cao Wenzong said proudly: "Since Cao has entrusted his life to me, he should be the pioneer of the husband, so that no one dares to act in front of the husband!"
After hearing what Cao Wenzong said, Wang Wenzuo frowned slightly and felt that Hei Te Changzhi was indeed right. This man was previously humble and cautious, just like Coach Lin with special skills, but he hadn't seen him all night, but now he is like this. His tone sounded like he had experienced the Snow Mountain Temple.
When Cao Wenzong saw this, he smiled and said, "Mr. Sir, can you speak big words for Cao? It doesn't matter, you can give it a try!"
"Mr. Lang, let me try this guy's skills!" Black Teeth Changzhi whispered.
Wang Wenzuo has seen the skills of Xiaoman and Wu Xiaoyi, and they are indeed extraordinary. He expected that the apprentices would be like this, and the teacher must be even more rare. But after all, it is not martial arts in the military, so it is better to see it with your own eyes.
"That's good. Brother Black Teeth is a good friend of Mr. Wang. He has excellent martial arts skills, so he decided to try his skills with Master Cao!" Wang Wenzuo stood up and pointed to the courtyard outside: "How about in this courtyard?"
Cao Wenzong nodded and walked into the courtyard. Hei Te Changzhi followed closely behind him, pulling out the sword from his waist and focusing on alert.
"Brother Black Tooth, you'd better change to a longer weapon!" Cao Wenzong shook his head: "Or call a few more people!"
Hei Te Changzhi's face changed slightly. Of course he knew that if the two of them had similar martial arts skills, the winning rate would be much higher if they used two-handed long weapons such as spears and swords than if they used short weapons such as one-handed swords. Cao Wenzong did not have a long gun in his hand, so He said that he thought his martial arts skills far surpassed his own.
"No need, you will know who is strong and who is weak only after beating him!" Hei Te Changzhi said coldly.
"Brother Black Teeth, it's better to change weapons!" Cao Wenzong untied the cloth bag on his left hand as he spoke: "I'm not relying on you. Even if you used a spear, I still took a huge advantage."
"What's this?"
As the cloth bag was untied, Wang Wenzuo and Hei Te Changzhi couldn't help but widen their eyes. It turned out that Cao Wenzong was holding an iron awl in his left arm. It seemed to be about thirty kilograms in size. There was an iron chain on the handle of the iron awl. Folded around, it seemed to be at least one foot long. Cao Wenzong exhaled and suddenly roared. With a flick of his right wrist, he threw out the iron awl. There was a flash of black light, and the black tooth Changzhi was thrown out from the side and behind the body. A small tree was bent, and then with a strong pull, the iron awl was withdrawn. There was only a click sound, and the small tree was broken into two parts, and fell to the ground with a crash, splashing dust all over the sky.
Hei Te Changzhi's face suddenly turned pale, his right hand holding the saber trembled, and he was speechless. Of course he knew that if Cao Wenzong's cone hit him just now, he would be like a small tree behind him, determined not to be able to withstand it, and would only be shattered into pieces. It should be noted that the weight of one-handed swords in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, is about the same, usually between two and four kilograms, because wielding a sword requires the strength of the wrist. If it is heavier, the speed will be too slow, and it will be too disadvantageous for close combat. Only a very small number of warriors with amazing arm strength can surpass this limit. For example, Li Cheng, the puppet general of the Qi Dynasty in the Southern Song Dynasty, was famous all over the world for his extraordinary power. He could draw a bow of three hundred kilograms and wield two swords, both weighing seven kilograms. Even Song Gaozong lamented that this man's bravery was not used by himself. The weight of Cao Wenzong's iron awl is nearly ten times that of an ordinary sword. Any blocking or dialing is useless. Looking at his technique and the speed of his shot, it is definitely too late to dodge after seeing the shot. No wonder he just said He took advantage of the weapons and asked Hei Te Changzhi to change the spear or call a few more people.
"I just made a surprise. Brother Black Tooth can change the spear and try again!" Cao Wenzong said.
"No need!" Hei Te Changzhi shook his head: "If we had a real fight, I would have died long ago. Besides, with my arm strength, I definitely can't throw such a heavy iron awl out so quickly and then pull it back again. Your martial arts skills He is indeed far above me!"
"Yes, yes, there is no need to compete, there is no need to compete! General Cao is indeed well-deserved and well-deserved for his reputation!" Wang Wenzuo hurriedly stopped him. He was the one who was most nervous just now. He originally thought that Cao Wenzong was just practicing swordsmanship, and he was thinking about Black Tooth Chang. His previous martial arts skills in the military swept away his prestige, but he didn't expect this guy to actually come up with such a powerful weapon. No wonder he said that swordsmanship, crossbow shooting, and bidding were all minor skills. Indeed, compared to this thirty-pound iron awl, All weapons are trivial. This Cao Wenzong looks languid on weekdays, but he didn't expect such a big guy to be at the bottom of the box!
"Don't dare!" Cao Wenzong put away the iron awl and bowed down to Wang Wenzuo: "This iron awl is a martial arts passed down by a small family. But in the early years when he was in Jianghuai, he offended his enemies and had no choice but to go west to Guanzhong to avoid trouble. This iron awl It was too conspicuous, and for fear of attracting enemies, I had to put it away and use other weapons instead!"
"Even a strong man like you has to hide your name to avoid trouble. Who did you offend back then!" Wang Wenzuo cursed secretly, but smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, since you work for me, you don't have to worry about old enemies coming to seek revenge on you. .”
"Thank you, Lord, for your blessing!" Cao Wenzong quickly knelt down and kowtowed.
"Please get up, please get up!" Wang Wenzuo stretched out his hand to help Cao Wenzong up: "From now on, you will obey my orders!"
"I obey my orders!"
After seeing off Cao Wenzong, Wang Wenzuo walked to the broken tree, looked at the fracture carefully for a while, shook his head and sighed: "Changzhi, this kind of martial arts like Cao Wenzong is really unbelievable, I really don't know how to practice it. Even if he succeeds, he will run away to avoid trouble. Who did he offend in the first place?"
"Langjun!" Hei Teuchang said: "Even ferocious beasts like tigers can only run away when encountering a pack of wolves on the plains. With Cao Wenzong's martial arts skills, if he can fight enemies in battle or serve as an assassin, he will certainly be invincible in the world. But a good man cannot stand against a large number of people. As long as twenty or thirty archers surround him, he will die if he does not escape! Not to mention that the enemy does not have to fight with him. There are many ways to poison, set fire, trap, and frame him. Kill him. No matter how powerful he is, he is still made of flesh and blood. What else can he do if he doesn’t escape?"
"That's true!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "But we still need to find out his details, otherwise we won't feel at ease even if we use it!"
"My subordinates understand!"
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Daming Palace.
Mrs. Wu was sitting in front of the case, flipping through the memorials. Next to the case sat a female official, holding her breath and sitting motionless. If it weren't for the rise and fall of her chest caused by breathing, it would almost look like a sculpture.
"Well -" Wu suddenly slapped the memorandum in his hand on several cases, and said in a dull nasal voice full of anger: "Let those two little *** escape? You can't handle such a small thing, what a waste!" Disposed of!"
"According to the order!" the female officer responded and quickly wrote a note. Wu took it, looked at it, and nodded: "That's how it will be dealt with!"
The female official responded, took it back and copied it down simply, and then wrote it out in the traditional Chinese script commonly used for palace documents at that time.
Without adding any points, he finished writing it in a short while, and then put it aside. Wu looked at it and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, everyone in the world says that women are inferior to men, but even among the scholars in the class, not many of them are talented in literature. Comparable to yours!"
"It's all because of the queen's love!" The female official lowered her head and whispered.
"It's also your talent that is rare, talent is rare!" Wu laughed and said, "When it comes to talent, I know someone who can compare with you recently, but it's a pity that he is a man!"
The female official raised her head, revealing a beautiful face, and said in a low voice: "If the empress likes it, it must be good!"
"Yes!" Wu sighed: "It's a pity that such talents are prepared for Hong'er after all!" She smiled: "Today I will test you on one thing. How would you deal with this matter? ?」
The female official knew that what Wu was talking about was the escape of two enemies' daughters, so she pondered for a moment and said: "These two people have never left the palace and have no idea about the situation outside. As long as the government offers a reward for their arrest, , it will not be difficult to get it!"
"The government is offering a reward for your arrest? Hahaha!" Wu shook his head and smiled: "It doesn't matter, you still have too little experience. If it were Wang Wenzuo, he would definitely not answer like this!"
When the female officer heard Wang Wenzuo's name, she knew that he was the talent that the Wu family had just said could be compared with her. She couldn't help but have a competitive thought in her heart: "Please ask the empress to teach me!"
"If the government wants to offer a reward for their arrest, the appearance, crimes, and deeds of these two *** must be made public. Do you think this is okay?"
"This -" the female officer suddenly became speechless.
"Of course these two little bastards deserve to be killed! But the problem is that they are His Majesty's flesh and blood relatives anyway. It is definitely inappropriate to make the bounty available to the public. Don't forget that there are countless pairs of pairs in Chang'an City. Your eyes are open to look at me, right?"
"What about Li Sujie? Why can't we do the same as we did with Li Sujie?"
"Are you talking about involving those two little bastards in the rebellion?" Wu smiled and shook his head: "This is a good idea, but it's a pity that it can't be used now, it's too early!"
"Too early?" the female officer asked curiously
"Yes, if only three or four years pass, it will be fine. To be precise, those two little *** are married and have a husband's family!"
"You are married and have a husband's family?"
"Yes, let me ask you, why can I involve Li Sujie in this case? And then deal with him? Because this is allowed by His Majesty, at least tacitly. Why does Your Majesty allow it? Because Li Sujie is already a threat as he grows older. Hong'er, I killed him to eliminate potential threats for Hong'er. This is what Your Majesty wants to do, so I can do it with confidence and boldness. But these two little *** are different. They don't have husbands, so they There is no foreign aid, and there are not many confidants around. Since they pose no threat to Hong'er, His Majesty will not allow anyone to involve them in the rebellion. Even if they are involved, no one will believe it! Do you understand? "
"What I mean is that you can only do things that His Majesty allows!"
"Yes, you have to remember that everything I do is approved by His Majesty! Although His Majesty is the emperor, there are some things that are inconvenient for him to do or cannot be done, so I, the queen, do it for him. For example, His Majesty actually tacitly agreed to letting those two little nuns become monks. After all, as long as they don’t get married, they won’t be involved in those things!”
"I understand, so how should we deal with this matter? Should we just ignore it?"
"Of course not, it's just that you can't do it through the government. You ask the Liu Nei Mansion to issue a reward document, saying that two slaves escaped from the house, and you can tell them about their circumstances and offer a reward of two hundred guan!"
"Your Majesty is wise!" The female official lowered her head in sincerity.
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Jin Ren asked about the mansion.
"These are all people who have learned martial arts from their subordinates!" Cao Wenzong bowed his head and said.
"Well, well, not bad, not bad!" Wang Wenzuo looked at the more than two hundred capable and evil young men in front of him and nodded with satisfaction: "There are so many. General Cao, you have trained a lot of talents over the years!"
"Actually, there are still more than twenty people. They heard that Baekje was far away, so they were unwilling to come!" Cao Wenzong said.
"That's not surprising! It's true that Baekje is farther than Anxi!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "But don't worry, being far has its advantages. They will definitely regret it in the future!"
"Repent?" Wu Xiaoyi, who was standing next to Cao Wenzong, looked surprised: "I'm afraid they have no chance to regret it?"
"No chance to regret? What does that mean?"
"Reporting to Mr. Lang, Xiao Yi has killed all those who refused!" Cao Wenzong said.
