Tang Ning was like a little girl who lost her temper, muttering unhappily.
"If I had known, I wouldn't have kept the position of mountain chief. And after you came out of the palace that day, you actually scared me and made me rack my brains to think of how to fool you. It turned out that you knew it a long time ago. Not in Beijing."
"At least you have some friendship with my grandfather, and you are an elder. Why do you have the nerve to scare a little girl like me?"
Cao Dejiang rolled his eyelids when he heard this: "If you hadn't fooled me first, could I have scared you?"
Tang Ning pouted: "Then you didn't show any trace. I thought you were just like those people in the court. What if you hurt my brother?"
"If I showed any trace, you brother would have eaten me up!"
"No way, my brother is kind-hearted."
Cao Dejiang instantly laughed angrily: "He has a kind heart? I still love all living beings!"
Tang Ning groaned: "I don't care anyway, you lied to me first!"
An old man and a young man started arguing. Xiao Yan just looked on with a smile and said nothing. Shi Changan, on the other hand, turned over the chestnuts with a fire tong, fearing that the world would not be in chaos.
"The princess is saying that this person named Cao is always shameless and likes to put on a show."
"Mr. Shi is right." Tang Ning held out his hand with a straight face: "You just deliberately teased me and returned the original copy you took away to me!"
"In your dreams!"
Cao Dejiang rolled his eyes: "You gave me something and you still want to take it back?"
He stretched out his hand and slapped Tang Ning's tender white hand, and when he saw that she was in pain, he retracted his hand.
Cao Dejiang turned his head and vented his anger on Shi Changan beside him.
"My surname is Shi, I have given you enough face. After you came to the capital, I took care of your food and drink, and I didn't even ask for half of your silver. If you continue to make trouble for me here, be careful that I take the bet you just made. I want you to get out and dance in public."
Shi Changan put down the tongs and said with great interest, "What are you dancing for?"
It's a good deal to exchange it for another bet.
Cao Dejiang said expressionlessly: "Take off your clothes and dance!"
Shi Chang'an silently picked up the tongs and held a chestnut in front of him: "Mr. Cao is joking, what kind of dance do I, a scholar, do? It's too indecent and immoral."
Cao Dejiang sneered.
Ah.
Pooh!
Is he still decent?
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The atmosphere inside Yan Ling Ju was far better than expected. Cang Lang, who originally thought that his governor would start a fight when he entered, heard bursts of laughter coming from inside. After feeling relieved, he quietly retreated to the side. He folded his hands and stared at the moon in a daze.
Inside, Xiao Yan took the initiative to carry the teapot under a handkerchief and poured tea for everyone.
The small charcoal basin sent out a steady stream of heat, and Tang Ning felt a little warm after a short while.
Xiao Yan took a small fan from the side to fan the fire and fanned her. He looked at Cao Dejiang, who was wearing thin clothes and had a rosy face, and then at Shi Changan, who was sitting next to the charcoal basin and his face was still a little pale.
"Why are you so afraid of the cold, sir?" Xiao Yan asked.
Shi Changan fiddled with the charcoal fire and said, "I was tricked by someone in Beiling earlier. I lost an arm and my body was ruined."
Cao Dejiang looked at Shi Changan's empty sleeves, a flash of regret flashed in his eyes, but his face seemed to be joking.
"Don't listen to what he said is so pitiful. He was tricked into plotting against him, but the person who plotted against him didn't end well. Not only was he blinded in one eye, but the Beiling Khan almost died because of him. In hand."
"The Beiling had a unified trend a few years ago, but it has been delayed by Shi Shi's interference."
Although Shi Changan was seeking personal revenge, if it hadn't been for him, the border between Beiling and Wei would have been at war long ago.
The relationship between Cao Dejiang and Shi Changan was not harmonious at first. They were both literati and did not come from the same country. The relationship between Southern Qi and the Wei Dynasty was not harmonious. Cao Dejiang's division was not harmonious with Shi Changan's division. There have always been disputes among the sects, especially over the title of the greatest Confucian in the world.
After Shi Changan's division was destroyed and he fled to Wei Dynasty and was rescued by Cao Dejiang, he initially agreed to send Shi Changan to Beiling without any good intentions.
The Beiling tribe is good at fighting, and Xiahou Ling is very powerful in Beiling. Once the Beiling tribe is unified and the cavalry goes south, the situation in the Wei Dynasty may not be able to withstand it.
Emperor An was not a wise king. Because he had obtained the throne improperly, he relied too much on his family, and even had trouble getting rid of his family due to old events. His power was divided among his family members, and everything in the government was in trouble. The generals in the army could not be reused, and their military strength was always weak. Once the two countries If there is a war, the war will surely set fire to the prairie fire, and the country will fall.
Cao Dejiang knew Shi Changan's abilities, and also knew that he and Xiahou Lingshi came from the same sect, and he knew the Beiling Imperial Master best.
Seeing that Shi Changan was full of hatred, he helped him send people to Beiling and sent people to protect him along the way.
But even he did not expect that Shi Changan would make such a big fuss later. Not only did he cause countless casualties among the Beiling army and delay the unification, but he also single-handedly provoked civil strife in Beiling, causing various royal families to fight each other. Then Xia Houling was killed in a moment.
Unfortunately, Xia Houling was too shrewd and had the power of a country to help, so Shi Changan was ultimately defeated.
When Shi Changan escaped from Beiling, he only had one breath left. Cao Dejiang tried his best to rescue him, but his body was still destroyed.
Cao Dejiang couldn't help but feel guilty every time he saw the white hair and broken arms. Shi Changan, who was once a man of both civil and military skills and high-spirited, never looked like he is now living on his last breath.
Seeing Cao Dejiang's sudden silence, Shi Changan knocked on the iron net with a poker and said impatiently:
"Don't look at me like that, it makes me look like I'm going to be buried soon, but my arms are missing, my head is still there."
"A literati uses his wits but not his strength. Even if he only has his head left, he can still crush you."
Cao Dejiang was filled with emotion, and he spat at him without any image: "You were still a three-year-old boy when I became an official, so you are not afraid of flashing your tongue when you say this."
"So you are older than me, and when you get older you have to admit defeat."
"Have you never heard of being old and getting stronger?"
"No, I know he is cunning."
"You are still hiding your adultery and showing off, believe it or not, I will kick you out to sleep on the street later!"
The two of them were going back and forth around the charcoal basin, neither of them convinced of the other, and they all stared at each other when they were bickering. It was very interesting.
Tang Ning and Xiao Yan sat aside and watched. When Cao Dejiang finished his cup of tea, Xiao Yan considerately added water for him, and then received a blank look from the old man.
Xiao Yan innocently said, "I didn't provoke you."
Cao Dejiang was angry: "If it weren't for you, would you be willing to take him in as an old man?"
This guy eats his food, lives his life, and is angry with him every day.
Xiao Yan tilted his head and smiled: "Since it's for me, I can't let you suffer in vain. Why don't Tang Ning and I recognize you as a teacher and repay you?"
Cao Dejiang was stunned.
Even Shi Changan, who was originally watching the excitement, couldn't help but look sideways.
