When he was only five years old, bandits came to the village. After a lot of burning, killing and looting, less than 30% of the hundred or so people survived.
Cao Lun's family of six was the only one who was not killed by the knife.
The surviving villagers were filled with indignation and decided to go to the Yamen to file a complaint in order to seek justice.
Cao Lun followed. He was afraid that if he didn't follow the villagers, he would starve to death soon.
It takes three days and three nights to walk from the village to the town government office. Because many people leave the village for the first time, they walk very slowly.
It wasn't until dawn on the fifth day that they saw the tall houses in the town in the distance.
However, when they were only two miles away from the town's entrance, a group of green forest bandits sprang out to rob them of the few dry food they had!
They had almost no chance to ask for mercy.
The seven remaining farmers in the village had their necks wiped without exception.
Seven ordinary-looking women killed five and kept two, taking them up the mountain to do menial work that men could not do.
The four good-looking young girls were naturally given to the owner of the village for distribution.
I don’t know where those rough guys got this fallacy, saying that children before the age of eight cannot remember things.
Six children under ten years old, who were still nursing, had to struggle to feed themselves and were thrown to death first. After the remaining five reported their age, only three were taken back to the village alive.
It may be a bit ridiculous that after losing his family, Cao Lun was trained by the Green Forest Bandits as his successor.
I think the five-year-old Cao Lun didn't know much. He just followed the instructions in the village.
He found that as long as he followed the instructions, he would be able to eat well and sleep warmly, and he would be more comfortable than before in the village.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. The village did not wait for the government's suppression of bandits in the town, but instead waited for the invasion of other more ambitious mountains!
For Cao Lun, he was already living in the world at that time.
The world is like that, either you kill me or I kill you, fists are the most important thing.
Because I was young and didn't have to be a vanguard, I often didn't know what was going on, and the cottage changed owners and flags.
He didn't know how many cottages he had stayed in, either Black Wind Village, Black Stone Village, Qinglong Village, Kuangfeng Village. Anyway, the words "black", "wind" and "dragon" were indispensable, otherwise it would be less majestic.
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When he reaches the age when he needs to pick up a knife and fight with others for territory and resources, he can always find a way to reduce his sense of presence and retreat from the limelight.
If your side wins, then go back and continue to be a minion that no one cares about.
If the opponent wins, he will kneel down and become a humble minion.
As long as the leader is not extremely strict in managing the stronghold and adheres to the so-called benevolence and morality, he will always allow prisoners like him to work as hard labor in the stronghold to increase his numbers and reputation.
Obviously, those self-proclaimed leaders always believed that they would only be praised by the stars instead of betrayed.
Year after year, Cao Lun, who was timid and cherished his life, one day stopped being timid.
That day he carried a knife and chopped down more than ten people!
Among the more than ten people who died under his sword, two were enemy generals, and they were both chopped in half by him!
Because of his sudden emergence, Heiyun Village saved its own hilltop, and he became the hero of Heiyun Village!
Being promoted from a minion to a small boss, Cao Lun was overjoyed and finally found his own way to save his life.
No longer hiding or escaping, but drinking, gluttony and drunkenness!
The reason why the Kuanglong Gang became a worm was because on the night when they attacked Heiyun Village, there was a banquet in the village to celebrate that the leader of the village had acquired a charming lady, and he also got very drunk.
He was drunk and forgot that he was afraid of death. No one could kill him!
However, he who was supposed to reach the pinnacle of his life never contributed to Heiyun Village again.
In the autumn of that year, the Oara people in the north were eroding the territory of Zhongzhou like locusts, while the Japanese were the first to invade the green waters and green mountains in the south.
There are nearly five hundred people in the huge Black Cloud Village, and he may be the only one alive.
"Drinking makes people brave" is the most effective five-character mantra that Cao Lun learned during his years of traveling to various mountains.
When the Japanese burned the village, he drank while running away and killed countless intruders.
Later, when the wine was gone and the drunkenness was over, I found that I had accidentally bumped into him and escaped to a dock controlled by Japanese people.
I thought my life was doomed, but I survived.
The wharf was once owned by the local Dahe Gang, and I don’t know why the Japanese were so generous. Instead of exterminating all the Dahe Gang, they also left a dozen or so people to help take care of the baggage at the rear. There was a gap between the so-called management and the coolies.
Not much, there are always too few coolies, so Cao Lun became one of them.
A few years later, the foreign barbarians retreated from the war. Zhongzhou was in ruins and waiting for rebirth. The Red Sect rose up and the Dahe Gang merged into it.
Cao Lun naturally became a member of the Red Sect.
It didn't take long before his unusual qualities were discovered, and he became favored by many important figures in the church.
It is said that Wang Shuo spent a lot of effort to win him over to his palace.
Since then, he has basically been taken care of by his own court, and there are not many situations where he is asked to contribute. When he does, he is basically drunk. Afterwards, he has no memory of how close he was to the door of death, so he never brags too much.
How capable you are.
He only knew that his status in his hall was getting higher and higher, to the point that he was only lower than the hall leader Wang Shuo.
Although the status of this deputy hall leader is not higher or lower than that of Dancing Girl, there are times when he is only on top.
Even though it hadn't been long, Cao Lun couldn't remember the last time he had Wu Mei Niang under him.
Most of the time, Cao Lun seemed careless, and it was understandable that he couldn't remember some things clearly.
Smart people often say that it is rare to be confused. The more confused you are, the longer you will live, even if you are pretending to be confused.
After he entered Jitang, he did not reach the sky in one fell swoop, but accumulated his military exploits time and time again.
Before that, Wu Mei Niang held the position of deputy hall leader.
The dancing girl has never concealed her identity as a Japanese dancer.
Even though she has worked hard to learn the Zhongzhou language, to this day, when it comes to words that are rarely used in daily life, Wu Mei Niang is stuck for a long time, and it takes a lot of words to explain clearly what she wants to express.
If that was the case, there was no need for Cao Lun to pretend to be confused.
The big foreign countries in Zhongzhou have been coveting it for a long time, so it's not surprising that some of them would sneak over to seek a living.
But what if these are all stopgap measures?
Cao Lun always felt that the only misfortune in his life was when he encountered a conversation between Wang Shuo and Wu Mei Niang.
He was still a lackey at that time, and Wu Mei Niang had just learned some Zhongzhou dialect when she pointed at a deer and yelled "horse, horse, horse".
Wang Shuo smiled and corrected the dancing girl.
What he spoke was not Zhongzhou dialect, but Dongying dialect!
At that moment, Cao Lun suddenly realized that he had not escaped the murder just because of the darkness.
But after the Japanese discovered its value, they kept it for future use.
Cao Lun thought about running away without saying a word, but before he could figure it out, he got promoted by coincidence.
Wang Shuo did not take the initiative to pierce the window paper, and seemed to be telling Cao Lun that there was nothing wrong with pretending to be confused.
For the first time, Cao Lun felt how terrifying Wang Shuo was.
He was not afraid of Wang Shuo's force.
In a drunken state, Wang Shuo may not be able to defeat him.
He was afraid of Wang Shuo's adaptability.
This adaptability is not limited to Wang Shuo himself, but anyone who has been trained by him can adapt to a new environment very quickly.
It was Wang Shuo who first became proficient in the Zhongzhou language, and then he pulled together a large group of Japanese people and disguised themselves as Zhongzhou people who were difficult for Zhongzhou people to recognize.
Therefore, Cao Lun stayed "in a daze".
Over time, he will no longer care about what these Japanese people want to do.
As for his modesty about dancing with Mei Niang, Cao Lun didn't believe that Wang Shuo knew nothing about it.
It can only be said that this matter is trivial to Wang Shuo, and women are just used to solve his needs.
The dancing enchantress is good at martial arts and dancing, and is well-equipped to handle her servants. In addition, her service skills are superb, and this is why she has Wang Shuo's blue eyes.
Therefore, as long as it is not too blatant, Wang Shuo will not pursue the issue.
Judging from Wang Shuo's generosity, Cao Lun should have had the consciousness to swear allegiance to him.
Of course, Cao Lun, who was afraid of death, would never have those lustful thoughts.
Unless you drink alcohol.
The clearer and stronger the wine, the better it is for longevity, but it also means the higher the value.
However, the secret cave only contains wine for quenching thirst, not good wine.
Today is not an auspicious day, but there are more than ten bottles of wine that will become bitter and greasy in half a month.
Not only can bitter and greasy wine not quench your thirst, but it can also cause diarrhea.
Wu Mei Niang and Cao Lun planned to open the jar and drink all the wine.
Then he asked people to prepare some melons and fruits for daily consumption in the cave, and summoned eight incense masters and ten deacons who had worked hardest in recent days to share a feast.
There were twenty-five dancers accompanying the banquet, playing music and dancing, twenty-four servants were present to wait for orders, and the rest were responsible for the defense of the secret cave.
He was not a good drinker, so after three, six, and nine rounds of drinking, Cao Lun began to feel drunk.
In addition to wine bowls and fruit plates, there is also an incense burner on the table.
Cao Lun didn't know what the quality of the incense burner was. He only knew that it was a tradition brought by Wu Mei Niang from Japan, and it had the effect of cheering up when drinking.
Cao Lun then took a jar of turbid wine from the wine vat from the dancer's hand and drank it all.
Holding the wine jar, he burped and took a long breath.
The burning incense seemed to be being pulled, and it was drilled into his nostrils.
Looking at the enchanting figures and snow-white long legs of the dancers in the center of the altar, the sleepy eyes that usually feel sleepy gradually become blurred.
Tambul, Tambula, Huxitar, Dafu tambourine and suona.
Except for the suona, which Cao Lun had heard at some funerals, the rest were all new things he saw in this secret sacrificial cave.
I don't know how he remembers the names of these strange musical instruments.
But having said that, after the percussion instruments of the old Xihu were matched according to the guidance of the dancing girl, the laziness that had been huddled in a corner for a long time was immediately wiped away, and the body and limbs were always unconsciously following the sound of the suona.
He was ready to move, as if he was about to sing and dance to the joyful sounds at any moment.
The dancers are all dressed in red clothes, with red water chestnuts hung on their long sleeves. They step on the drums or stand on tiptoe or jump barefoot, and their waists and upper bodies stretch leisurely or dance with the strings. It is a feast for the eyes.
The music is Xihu music, the costumes are Zhongzhou traditional costumes combined with the old Xihu style, and the dances are a mix of Xihu, Zhongzhou, and Japanese styles. If I hadn’t been in a secret cave and was about to get moldy, why would I have pieced together this mess?
Come on?
After all, no matter how many tricks there are, they are not just used to relieve the boredom and anger of these big men in the secret cave.
Cao Lun basically did not deal with the matters of his own hall, and was an extremely pure worshiper.
But he could guess the origins of the dancers in the secret cave even if he wasn't pretending to be confused.
At first Cao Lun felt that Dancing Girl was jealous.
Because none of the girls he picked were half as beautiful as him.
Later, after paying a little attention, I found out that there are other criteria for selecting the dancer.
The appearance does not have to be outstanding, but the legs must be straight and long.
Cao Lunben didn't care about this.
No matter how stunning the dancing girl is, she still can't win his attention.
It wasn't until he was seduced into bed by a dancing girl after being drunk that he realized the beauty of a pair of long legs.
That was also Cao Lun's first experience with women.
From then on, he began to know how to appreciate the legs of dancers.
It is said that you can know the taste by eating the marrow, but Cao Lun's appreciation is just appreciation.
After experiencing too beautiful things, his taste has also been developed.
Unlike those incense masters and deacons below, who can be easily satisfied.
The eight incense masters are always accompanied by two dancing girls. The service is equivalent to taking a rest. When they are tired from dancing, they can leave and replace them.
Deacons don't have this blessing, but nothing is certain. As long as they have a good relationship with the incense owner, they can share some soup.
A wicked-looking butler is lucky enough to sit at the same table with a bow-backed incense master. Besides serving the dancer, he can also enjoy his hand addiction.
The raped dancer was busy beating the shoulders of the incense master. She had decided to accept the situation, but she couldn't hold back the pain and moaned softly. She almost pushed the incense master onto the table.
Cao Lun, who accidentally saw this scene, was obviously not interested in seeing how things would develop next.
All he knew was that no one dared to bring this unhappiness to the table.
People in the world can generally be divided into two directions on how to treat beautiful things.
The first is to care for it carefully, lest the beauty be damaged at all.
The second is to do the opposite, to destroy.
They will try their best to leave any mark on that beautiful thing to prove that they have owned it alone, even if it is only for a short moment.
Cao Lun grinned.
People who are familiar with Cao Lun will probably find this very strange.
Because in the eyes of everyone, he looks more like a drunkard who can't always open his eyes, unsmiling, and even a little stupid.
Unfortunately, Cao Lun was sitting high and far away, so no one could see this smile.
There was compassion and contempt in his smile.
He despises the sneakiness of those little people.
I pity myself that since I am so smart, why do I always pretend to be a nobody and sneak around?
He drank three more jars of wine.
Not even a burp came out.
Wine can add to the mood and stimulate desire, not to mention the Japanese burning incense to cause trouble.
After drinking enough wine, Cao Lun was no longer afraid of death.
No need to pretend to be stupid anymore.
He finally moved his gaze to the dancing enchantress beside him.
The distance between the two of them is already extremely ambiguous, and with this tilt of the head, the charming look of the beauty next to them is clearly visible.
Cao Lun narrowed his eyes, his face looked stupid, but his eyes were particularly hot.
Put your hand into the neckline of the other person's spacious robe and feel the warmth and fragrance in your hands.
Cao Lun took another long breath, not only to suppress the heat all over his body, but also to fantasize about sucking the dancing girl into his arms and "executing her on the spot"!
At this moment, he seemed to smell something fishy in his nose.
His thick eyebrows knitted together, and he was suddenly shocked and said: "There is murderous intent!"
