After Wang Ping left Cao Ying, he ran all the way, but he was probably far away. He stopped by a small waterfall, washed his face with water, and sat on a rock to take a rest.
The waterfalls and colorful pools are formed by nature, the water moves and the rocks change, and there are all kinds of strange and strange rocks. Wang Ping sat alone among them, unconsciously lost in thought.
Sitting next to such a pool, listening to the sweet sound of the waterfall pouring into the clear pool, looking at the green bamboos, pines and cypresses on the shore, the rippling waves, the beautiful water, full of vitality and thriving images, I couldn't help but feel relaxed and happy. Wang Ping thought about just now
The battle with Xu Chu was really dangerous. In the end, the big fool deceived Xu Chu because he had no weapons in his hands and chased him on horseback. He, Wang Ping, was not a fool either. He grabbed the weapon rack and drew a sharp sword, and
He tried two moves on the horse, but he didn't expect that stupid guy was very strong in martial arts and almost fell into his hands.
At this time, the second son of the Cao family, who had been shot by him, stepped forward to shout at Xu Chu. Later, I saw him saying something to Cao Mengde, calling back Xu Chu who was very reluctant, and letting him go. It was really
Incredible.
The sound of horse hooves "De, De" woke up Wang Ping, and before he knew it, it was already dark. Suddenly a horse appeared from behind a row of trees, and Wang Ping immediately became alert.
When the people came closer, Wang Ping took advantage of the moonlight to see clearly that the person on the horse was Cao Zhi.
Wang Ping was startled and quickly clung to a rock to prevent Cao Zhi from attacking. He also picked up a piece of dead wood from the side and used it as a weapon.
Cao Zhi laughed "haha" when he saw Wang Ping's move. The Emperor Qin sword was quickly pulled out from his right hand, and suddenly several sword shadows appeared in the air, and landed on the open space between the two of them.
"I want to kill you, so I don't have to wait until now." Cao Zhi said after the sword fell to the ground.
Of course Wang Ping knew that he would show mercy, otherwise he would have been defeated again and again, and he would have been on a different path.
After hearing what Cao Zhi said, Wang Ping looked dejected. He usually regarded himself as a hero, but he lost the competition on the school field. If he lost, he lost. It was natural for people to come to take his life now. Wang Ping was not like that.
A Sarai man who did not keep his word threw the wooden stake, walked out of the boulder, came to the light, pulled out the Qinhuang Sword, offered it to Cao Zhi with both hands, knelt down, then closed his eyes and waited for death. This also shows that Wang Ping
Frank and sincere character.
Cao Zhiwei nodded, returned to the scabbard of his sword, and said to Wang Ping: "Wang Ping, you are unparalleled in cavalry and shooting, and your swordsmanship is superb. If you stay in the Black Mountain Army, even if you have ambitions and ideals, it will be difficult to carry them out. Don't you feel that you are underachieving? I will take my place for my elder brother.
I ask you again, if you are willing to stay."
Wang Ping laughed, stood up, wanted to say something, but was choked up, sighed, knelt down again, and whispered: "Thank you!".
Cao Zhi's eyes lit up. He sincerely admired Wang Ping as a person. Cao Zhi glanced at Wang Ping on the ground again and couldn't help but nod.
Then he took out a long sword stuck next to the saddle and threw it in front of Wang Ping. Then he called back "Cao An".
I saw a younger rider turn out from behind the bushes, holding a horse in his hand. The horse was carrying a person tied up with five stripes. Walking to Cao Zhi's horse, Cao Zhi nodded his forehead to the young knight named "Cao An".
The young man immediately dismounted, walked to Wang Ping, threw him a burden, then pulled the horse close to him, then got on the horse and galloped away.
Wang Ping was looking at these things in a daze. When he turned around, he saw that all the people on his back were "Li Ru". He thought he was dead, but he didn't expect that he was also captured by Cao's army.
Wang Ping looked at Li Ru, who had cotton stuffed in his mouth, and quickly untied him. In fact, it was really difficult for Li Ru. Although he also had the blood of a man, he was a weak scholar after all, and he had no power to tie a chicken that day.
On the battlefield, feeling the atmosphere, he picked up a knife and rushed into the killing field. However, before he could accomplish anything, he was kicked away by a soldier and fell unconscious.
Wang Ping came back to his senses and looked at Cao Zhi again. Cao Zhi had already turned the horse's head and started slowly.
Along with the melodious sound of Cao Zhi's horse hoofbeats, Cao Zhi's sincere words rang out, "Brother Wang, take care! When we meet again in the future, you and I will be our own masters again. When we meet again with swords, I will never
Be kind-hearted and soft-handed.”
Wang Ping knelt on the ground and opened the bag, which was full of money, grain, and a set of clean clothes. When he looked up at Cao Zhi, he had already gone far away. Wang Ping was deeply moved. After all, there were not many people who repaid evil with kindness, and he turned toward Cao Zhi.
The man who disappeared gave a long sigh, lowered his head and said to himself: "If there is a next life, I, Wang Ping, will definitely work with you."
A storm was passed through peacefully.
When Cao Zhi hurried back to the camp, everyone gathered around Xu Chu and rushed to congratulate him. They praised him for his great martial arts. Everyone was happy and happy to see such a miraculous martial arts competition.
Xu Chu was even more happy from ear to ear. He didn't say any polite words, he just giggled blindly.
Cao Cao and the others laughed, but then they were puzzled. How could Xu Chu be so talented that he was killed by the Shari Dog? After asking him how he usually fought, he understood that although Xu Chu was highly skilled in martial arts, he was not as good at military strategy.
He is almost an idiot. Our Comrade Xu Chu turns out to be a reckless man. He has been fond of clubs, horses, guns and sticks since he was a child. He has learned a lot by crawling, climbing and beating on the ground, but he has no culture. He never pays attention to battle strategies when killing the enemy, let alone
He knows how to cooperate with multiple arms. Usually as soon as the enemy comes into contact with us, he immediately leads his troops to swarm in and fight in a melee. He is also good at using thick-backed machetes and fights fiercely. There are really not many people who can stop him.
However, in a battle between two armies, after all, it is not the heroism of one individual that can determine the outcome of the battle. Although he is bloodthirsty and warlike, and has killed many people with his own hands, he always loses more and wins less. Whenever he encounters a defeat, he will be angry and slash his armor with a knife.
Armor vents anger.
After hearing this, Cao Zhi became more and more dumbfounded. He was already impulsive enough, and he finally cast a strong general, but he turned out to be an even more impulsive master. In the ancient proverb, there is a saying: "What kind of mother-in-law is there, what kind of daughter-in-law is there."
"As far as Cao Zhi is concerned, he has the same kind of soldiers as his generals.
Cao Cao immediately made Xu Chu the captain of Cao Zhi's bodyguard from today on, and assigned two hundred men and horses to Cao Zhi.
Cao Zhi had his own ideas and ordered the sergeant major to arrange barracks and meals for Xu Chu's men, and then give each of them a set of clothes. Just outside the school grounds, Cao Zhi had seen how ruffian these bandits were, not to mention that the army was not in good shape.
There were all kinds of weapons, and I even saw a soldier carrying a plow as a weapon. This didn't look like an army. I don't know, I thought they were just a bunch of farmers.
In fact, we can't blame them. These people were originally from poor backgrounds and had no choice but to fall into bandits. Life is not easy these days when they are bandits. They have a lot of food but no food. So they don't ask for much, so they don't have much to grab.
Just wear whatever you can, and use whatever you get as a weapon, as long as it can kill someone.
Now that this group of people belongs to Cao Zhi, Cao Zhi must take good care of them and make them look presentable.
Everyone was happy today. Cao Cao ordered wine to be served for Xu Chu to wash away the dust. He ordered the kitchen to slaughter ten more pigs and add vegetables to all the sergeants.
After drinking for three rounds, Cao Zhi took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and exchanged it with Cao Cao with his elbow. Cao Cao understood, got up and left, and went back to the house with Cao Zhi. Since Cao Song fell ill, Cao Cao and Cao Zhi came from the valley every day.
Returning from the military camp, he had dinner with Cao Song. The ancients put filial piety first, so everyone understood Cao Cao, and Cao Zhi left the dinner early.
Cao Cao and Cao Zhi quickly returned to the mansion, where the family was waiting for them to have dinner.
It's time to eat. Although Cao Song is much better after his stroke, he still can't take care of many trivial matters in life. His hands shaking when holding chopsticks when eating, so his second wife feeds him food. It just so happens that this gives the family a chance to sit together and chat.
Cao Zhi was the first to finish eating. He sat and thought about today's events. Cao Zhi thought that Cao Cao must be a little regretful now for not keeping Xu Chu, a powerful general, for his own use.
Cao Zhi didn't care about so much. He was in a very good mood today. He ate an extra bowl of rice. Seeing that Cao Song and the others hadn't finished eating yet, he even hummed a ditty to himself.
The second mother-in-law, Mrs. Xu, was sitting next to Cao Song and was serving him food. She looked at Cao Zhi's cheerful expression and didn't ask why he was happy. She looked at Cao Zhi on her left and Ren Hongchang on her right.
After Ren Hongchang and the entire Cao family suffered through the disaster of the Black Mountain Army, Cao Song gradually accepted her, and now he no longer treats her as an outsider, allowing her to eat at the same table with the Cao family.
The family banquet was naturally held in the inner hall. In addition to Cao Song and his wife, Cao Cao and his wife, Cao Zhi, Ren Hongchang, there were also several concubines of Cao Song at the table.
When Cao Song was almost finished eating, Er Niang put down her bowls and chopsticks and made a move to ask Cao Song. Cao Song nodded with difficulty.
Erniang dismissed the seven or eight servants and maids waiting at the side, leaving only Uncle Fu alone.
Seeing her behavior, the whole family knew that she had something to say. Ren Hongchang got up and prepared to leave first.
Er Niang stopped her and said: "Don't leave, what I'm talking about is related to you." Ren Hongchang was stunned for a moment, then looked at Cao Zhi, his expression changed from confused to shy.
Cao Zhi also guessed what Er Niang was going to say. When Ren Hongchang sat down, he heard Er Niang look at Cao Zhi and say: "Your father and I have discussed it and plan to get you married. Once we come, it will bring happiness to our family. Recently we have
The family is not going well, and secondly, you are now an elder, so it’s time to start a family, oh! Guanggu told you, I don’t know Miss Ren..."
Following Er Niang's words, everyone turned around and saw Ren Hongchang. She was blushing with embarrassment and was wondering what to do. It was also very common in ancient times to directly ask a girl if she wanted to marry her son.
It's rare that Ren Hongchang doesn't know how to answer, which is normal.
In fact, Er Niang was not a new-minded person who asked this question. She mainly considered whether Ren Hongchang was okay with her relatives in this world, and she had lived in their house for so long, so it was natural for her to make the decision for her.
As a result, Ren Hongchang is now embarrassed. In fact, she has been looking forward to marrying Cao Zhi every day, but she was extremely embarrassed to agree in front of so many people.
Cao Zhi tapped the table with his chopsticks a few times, and said with a smile: "If you don't want to, I will catch you and worship you."
"Haha..." Cao Zhi's teasing made the whole family burst into laughter.
Ren Hongchang blushed with embarrassment and said angrily: "Who married you?"
Cao Zhi smiled and said, "Okay, then it won't happen."
When Ren Hongchang heard this, he thought Cao Zhizhen was so excited that he stood up from his chair and said, "You, you..." he was speechless.
As Cao Zhi couldn't help laughing, she realized that she had been fooled again. She frowned slightly and said, "Humph! You, you, I will ignore you."
Er Niang looked at the rejoicing couple, both angry and funny, and then smiled slightly and said: "Girl, my child is very naughty and my parents can't control him. You have to help me control him from now on."
Ren Hongchang got the chance and said, "If he doesn't obey, I'll beat him with my ears squared."
As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was shocked. Cao Cao even spit out the wine he had put into his mouth. Fortunately, Er Niang and the others were used to their unconventional words. Er Niang sneered and looked at her husband sideways.
Look, Cao Song held up the wine glass crookedly and said with a forced smile:
"Exactly...just as it should be, just as it should be."