Poor Family Chapter 448

  Chapter 448 Cao Mansion Banquet (5)

  At this time, Pan Chengyu had finished performing martial arts and won a round of applause. Li Yanqing's attention was suddenly focused on the riding and shooting range, and he knew that Gao Chong would appear next.

As the bell rang, a young general on a white horse galloped from the entrance. The warrior on the horse was Gao Chong. He was wearing a white warrior robe and a silver helmet with red tassels flying on the top of the silver helmet. A dragon golden gun with a length of one foot and two feet, with a thin waist and broad shoulders, tall and tall, with a face like a full moon and eyes like stars, looks extraordinarily heroic.

  Cao Pingluoxu smiled at the people around him: "I have always said that Gao Chong is not only good at marksmanship, but also has outstanding talents. Like Changshan Zhao Zilong, I feel this way even more today."

  Li Yanqing nodded secretly. Although the Song Dynasty was powerful, it had many famous generals, especially these meritorious families.

I saw Gao Chong pick up the tip of his gun, and the golden light flashed all over the sky. Countless gun heads appeared around him, which made people dazzled. Under the tutelage of Xu Ning, the number one marksman in the Forbidden Army, he learned the essence of his marksmanship, so he changed his silver spear into a dragon golden spear. In the end, even his master Xu Ning was no match for him.

Gao Chong's marksmanship lies in speed, the golden spear pierces like a storm, and the sky is full of spear heads, making it impossible to distinguish the real from the false. Not only that, the long spear used by Gao Chong is made of fine iron, and the whole gun weighs at least 60 jin. Not only is his marksmanship changeable, but he is also full of strength. He is indeed a rare general in the world.

  At this time, Pan Xu found a topic, and asked Li Yanqing with a smile: "We all know that Li Tanhua is unparalleled in riding and shooting. I don't know what weapons Li Tanhua is good at using besides riding and shooting?"

  Li Yanqing shook his head and smiled: "I'm ashamed, I really don't have much time to study martial arts. Riding and archery is also because I met a master. Apart from riding and archery, I have practiced marksmanship for a few days, but it is very bad, and other martial arts are gone."

Cao Ping nodded, "Li Tanhua is right. Practicing martial arts and studying are all based on accumulation, and mastering one of them requires a lot of time to practice. That's why there are Pan's swords, Gao's guns and Cao's riding and shooting. But as long as you are good at one of them, I think it is enough."

  Gao Shen also laughed and said: "I heard from Commander Zhong that Li Tanhua's strength is not his martial arts skills, but his commanding ability. He can command an army of 20,000 troops alone. He is not a general, but a handsome man."

  Li Yanqing hastily saluted, "Seniors, you are overwhelmed, but the juniors really can't afford it!"

   "Li Tanhua is welcome, we will meet again when we have the opportunity."

   At this time, the drill of Gao Chong marksmanship ended, and immediately won a round of intense applause

  Watched several young disciples performing martial arts again, Li Yanqing was a little bit uninterested, at this moment, he saw that Gao Chong had changed his clothes and was about to leave, so he bid farewell to the three of them and left the stage first.

   "Brother Gao Xian stay!"

  Li Yanqing called Gao Chong to stop him, quickly chased him up from behind, walked up to him and said with a smile: "Your brother's marksmanship is really brilliant, it really opened my eyes."

   "It's nothing compared to my brother's riding and shooting. Why don't you try it today?"

  Li Yanqing shook his head, "One is that I am not a child of a noble family, so I might be pretending to be a fool if I end up recklessly, and secondly, I have no preparations today, I just plan to have a banquet."

  Gao Chong burst out laughing, and he saluted again: "Whenever I have the opportunity to ask my brother for riding and archery, I hope my brother will not hesitate to teach me."

  Li Yanqing smiled and nodded, "There must be a chance."

  At this time, a middle-aged woman walked over with a smile, "Is Shiro's martial arts exercise over?"

  Gao Chong hurriedly saluted, "Report to mother, the child is over."

  It turned out that this woman was Gao Chong's mother, and Li Yanqing hurriedly saluted. Gao Chong introduced Li Yanqing to his mother, "Mother, this is Yanqing, my son's good friend."

   "They are all promising boys!"

  Mother Gao smiled and nodded to Li Yanqing, then said to her son: "Xiuer's mother is waiting for you, she has something to ask you, come with me!"

  Gao Chong's father died young, and he has always been dependent on his mother. Although he really didn't want to go on a blind date, he didn't dare to disobey his mother's words, so he had to apologize to Li Yanqing and followed his mother.

  Li Yanqing was really a little bored. Just as he was about to turn his head back into the riding and shooting range, those cunning smiles immediately appeared in his mind, so he shook his head, turned around and walked towards the atrium.

  Cao Xing followed the butler all the way to his grandfather's study. He was quite nervous. In his memory, his grandfather had never met him alone. What happened?

   "Uncle Wen, grandfather is looking for me..." He couldn't help asking the butler again.

  The housekeeper smiled wryly, this kid has asked himself countless times.

   "I really don't know, the petty officials just don't speak up when they see their grandfather."

   Didn't get any news, so Cao Xing had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow the housekeeper to his grandfather's study.

   "Master, Xiao Saburo is here."

"Come in!"

  Cao Xing lingered into his grandfather's study, and when he entered the room, he unexpectedly discovered that his third uncle was also in his grandfather's study.

  Cao Xing quickly knelt down and saluted, "Grandson pays respects to grandfather, and regards third uncle."

  Cao Ping nodded, and said to the third son Cao Xuan: "Just as I said, the meeting with the Wang family will be suspended. You can find any excuse, just say that she is unwell, and we will talk about it next time!"

   "Yes! Baby understands."

   "Go first!"

  As the third uncle's footsteps walked away, Cao Xing became more nervous.

  Cao Ping unhurriedly took a sip of hot tea, then glanced at his grandson, "I want to know about Wenshi, you brought Li Yanqing to Wenshi, right?"

  Cao Xing didn't know what happened, and his back was sweating a little. He didn't dare to deny it, so he nodded and admitted, "Yes!"

   "Why did you take him?"

  At this time, Cao Xing suddenly thought of the third uncle who was here just now. Could it be that he had thought of something.

   "Why? Tell me." Cao Ping's eyes became serious.

   "Because Li Yanqing doesn't have a wife yet, the grandson thinks about it"

   "You just want to introduce Yunniang to him?" Cao Ping stared sharply at this grandson who made his own decisions.

  Cao Xing lowered his head guiltily, and said in a low voice, "It turns out that my grandfather already knew about it."

   "I don't know, he told me that you asked him to answer Yunniang's questions and write a couplet, and I guessed what you meant. How can you decide this kind of thing without authorization?"

  Cao Ping's tone was very severe, and he stared at this ignorant grandson with great dissatisfaction.

   "Do you know that Wang Daoqi's son is going on a blind date with Yunniang today. This matter has been negotiated for several months. How can you arrange for outsiders to intervene at will?"

  Cao Xing kowtowed in fright, "Grandson knows his mistake, grandson knows his mistake!"

  Grandson's attitude made Cao Ping's expression soften a little, and he asked again: "How much does Li Yanqing know?"

   "He didn't know anything, he thought Yunniang was only in her early ten years old."

  Cao Ping was taken aback, "You told him that?"

"The grandson was afraid that he would not write couplets, so he didn't tell the truth. He told him that Yunniang wanted to write couplets for the study when she was eight years old, but she didn't get anything for two or three years. So he thought that Yunniang was at most ten years old, and he probably just wanted to write couplets for the study. Encourage the little lady who loves to collect books, is there any other meaning?"

  Cao Ping paced back and forth in the room, and after a while he said, "Do you know what I called your third uncle to do?"

   "The grandson doesn't know!"

   "I asked him to suspend the blind date with the Wang family and talk about it later."

  Cao Xing suddenly understood, "Could it be that grandpa also wants to."

   "Nonsense! The imperial examination candidate, how could I not be tempted? What do you think I went out to **** my son-in-law when the imperial examination results were announced last year?"

  Cao Xing was completely confused, and his grandfather scolded him, but in the blink of an eye, it didn't seem to be the case? what the hell

Cao Ping glanced at him, saw that he was confused, and said bitterly: "You brat, why don't you understand that Li Yanqing doesn't have such an important matter as a wife, why didn't you report it to me first? Do you know how many people in Bianjing will rob him of a young official who is a sixth-rank official without a wife after the news spreads?"

  Cao Xing was completely stunned. It turned out that it was completely different from what I thought!

   "Let me ask you, are you sure that Li Yanqing has no wife, or no engagement?"

   "The grandson only knows that he has a concubine in his family, and indeed he has no wife, but I don't know if he is engaged."

  Cao Ping nodded. Generally, one takes a wife first and then takes a concubine. It is rare for someone like Li Yanqing to take a concubine first. It is estimated that the woman either came from a bad background, or was a maid before.

  Cao Ping doesn't care about this, he is more concerned about whether Li Yanqing is engaged or not? Tanhualang with good conditions like Li Yanqing was not snatched away last year, which was really beyond his expectation.

  He said to his grandson: "You ask me about this matter. You don't have to ask him himself, you can also ask his family members. You and him should have a good friendship, and it is best to become a close friend. Do you understand?"

   "The grandson understands."

  Cao Ping took a sword from the wall and handed it to his grandson, "Give him this seven-star sword, just say what I promised, and you will never go back on your word."

  Cao Xing didn't understand what his grandfather meant by saying this, so he took the sword in a daze and stood up to leave.

"Wait a moment."

  Cao Ping took the sword back again. It was too abrupt and inappropriate to give the sword like this. He hung the sword back on the wall, and Cao Xing looked at his grandfather helplessly.

  Cao Ping turned around and told his grandson: "You will follow him every step of the way today. If someone proposes marriage to him, you will be responsible for blocking him!"

   "The grandson understands."

Cao Xing was relieved, and left in a hurry. Cao Ping walked to the window with his hands behind his back and sighed softly. As the head of the family, he shouldered a heavy responsibility. But they are all in the prefectures and counties, and there is not a single member of the Cao family among the court officials. In the competition with the Gao family and the Pan family, the Cao family has fallen behind.

  Cao Ping thought that last year he went out to catch his son-in-law himself, but in the end he got nothing, but Gao Shen caught a Jinshi son-in-law.

But Cao Ping never imagined that Li Yanqing, who was recognized as the top three sons-in-law last year, was not arrested. He appeared in his mansion just after he was promoted to censor, and even wrote a couplet for his granddaughter. This is God's will?

  Thinking of couplets, Cao Ping suddenly had an idea in his mind.

  【Ask for recommended monthly tickets! 】

  (end of this chapter)

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