The eagle replied, "Back to the master, he is waiting for the reply of the adults." ”

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said: "You ask him to go back and tell Cao Tian that there is no need to go to the restaurant, just go to Cao Tian's house to eat, and let Cao Tian's wife cook it herself and get some home-cooked food." ”

"Yes." The leader of the Flying Eagle Jaw commanded, turned around and went out to reply.

When Lu Yun first heard Li Hao's words, he was slightly startled at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he was relieved, and gave Li Hao a thumbs up with a smile: "The young master is really courageous, brave and strategic. ”

"Average." Li Hao waved his hand and pretended to smile, "I don't believe it, he dares to act rashly when he eats at his house." ”

After another half an hour, Li Hao walked to the courtyard and looked at the sky, the sun was sinking in the western mountains, and the afterglow was like gold, he beckoned: "Gather people and go to Cao's house for dinner!" ”

At the beginning of the night, Li Hao came to the door of Cao Tian's house with five hundred right Xiao Wei Hao, and five hundred people surrounded Cao's house in a semi-arc, and Cao Tian, who was standing at the door to greet him, narrowed his eyes when he saw this, and a cold light burst out of his eyes.

Li Hao turned over and dismounted, and strode to the door of Cao's mansion, Cao Tian led everyone in the family to salute together, and said in unison: "Meet Lord Thorn Shi." ”

Li Hao stepped forward and said with a smile on his face: "No courtesy, no courtesy, Cao Beijia is really polite, too polite." As he spoke, he helped Cao Tian up, the two looked at each other at close range, only to see Cao Tian smiling, unable to see the depth, while Li Hao was smiling, looking in a good mood, two people who wanted to put each other to death met for the first time so plain and harmonious, which made Li Yuanzhong, Peng Hai and Jin Li and others on the side couldn't help but wonder if their eyes were wrong.

In their opinion, the style of painting is very harmonious, but Li Hao doesn't think so, he seems to see a fierce beast, this beast has tiger-like fangs and claws, and at the same time is more cunning than a fox.

At this moment, Cao Tian's heart is not calm, before seeing Li Hao, he heard that Li Hao is a teenager who looks like he is only fifteen or sixteen years old, but what Li Hao does these days is by no means like a teenager can do, even digging several corners of his own walls, but he does not delve into it, and he is very accurate in his sense of proportion, including this time Li Hao went to the banquet, which also surprised him very much, and brought five hundred right guards to eat, not only to put pressure on himself to ensure his safety, but also to show his attitude and strength to the people of Tingzhou.

When he saw Li Hao's gaze, he already had an evaluation of Li Hao in his heart: "This is a difficult opponent!" ”

The two of them hypocritically said a few unnutritious clichés, and then began to enter the hospital, and Jin Li followed Lu Damao with him.

When they arrived in the living room, Li Hao asked Jin Li and Lu Damao to wait outside, while he entered the living room alone with Cao Tian.

Two long cases have been arranged in the living room, one in the east and one in the west, regardless of the host and guest, nor high or low, the case is full of wine and food, very rich, in a poor place like Tingzhou, it is really surprising that Li Hao can put out such a rich two tables of dishes, he is not busy sitting down, and he smiled without a smile: "Cao Beijia is really wealthy, and he can also set up such a sumptuous banquet in Tingzhou, even the bear's paw and deer lips, it really opens the eyes of the official, haha." ”

In the face of Li Hao's sarcasm, Cao Tian's face did not change, and he smiled lightly: "For the two lowly officials, serving a good adult is a big thing, even if you scatter your family wealth. ”

If you meet other officials, you may not be able to find any fault with this sentence, but Li Hao didn't buy it, and said coldly: "Cao Don't drive wrong, the people are the most important, the society is secondary, the monarch is light, the people are the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, and being an official is not to meet the officials, but to benefit the people, I hope Cao Don't drive as a warning." ”

"Yes, I obey the teachings." Cao Tian bowed slightly, and although his attitude was respectful, the corners of his mouth showed a subtle sneer.

The two sat down separately, Li Hao held a silver needle in his hand, and quietly tried the wine, no problem, at this time, Cao Tian raised the wine glass and saluted him: "Lord Li, you have trekked through mountains and rivers to Tingzhou, all the way to the dust, and I would like to use this glass of wine to wash the dust for the adult." ”

"Huh." Li Hao smiled indifferently, raised his glass and said, "The official has been in Tingzhou for three days, and no matter how big the wind and dust are, it is Cao Beijia, who is really busy, and the official has been here for three days, and you have only come back from outside, and it should be Cao Beijia." After speaking, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all, Nima, it was actually made by immortals, and he drank it fiercely.

The momentum can't be lost, Li Hao forcibly swallowed a mouthful of liquor, and tears almost flowed out, at this time, Cao Tian also finished drinking, put down the wine glass and said: "Leaving the city for a private matter makes the adults laugh." Of course, he didn't dare to say that he was going out of the city on business, because that would be questioned by Li Hao, and he left Tingzhou this time, but he went to Gaochang to meet his connector in Jiaohe City, and by the way, he gave him a generous gift of gold, silver and jewelry. Although he can be powerful and blessed in Tingzhou, in front of Gao Chang, he is a dog, so he naturally has to try his best to please the master and show his loyalty, so that the master will protect him.

Li Hao just smiled indifferently when he heard this, and quietly tried the dishes with a silver needle, and found that there was no problem, so he began to eat the vegetables, and after swallowing the dishes in his mouth, he said: "Before this official took office, Cao Beijia acted as an agent for many affairs in Tingzhou, and Cao Beijia worked hard. ”

"Don't dare to be." Cao Tian smiled dryly, "This is all a matter of humble duty. ”

"That's wrong." Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "This is at most a top post, how can it be said that it is your business, is it your business to deal with the affairs that the assassin should handle, so where is the official?" ”

Cao Tian frowned slightly when he heard this, and when he saw that Li Hao was so ruthless, he didn't bother to make any more smiles, and said with a straight face: "My lord, the predecessor of the assassin died in the line of duty, and the imperial court has not sent someone to take over, although Tingzhou is small, but there are also 20,000 people, do you want to humble yourself and watch the people uncontrolled, and watch Tingzhou in chaos?" ”

Li Hao raised his hand and said: "There is nothing wrong with you acting as the assassin of history, this official means that there is a problem with your statement, you are just temporarily taking up the post, for the time being, understand, since this official is here, then all the big and small affairs in this court state are decided by this official." ”

Cao Tian narrowed his eyes when he heard this, Li Hao was swearing sovereignty, since Li Hao took the lead in piercing this layer of window paper, he didn't bother to pretend to be his subordinates anymore, so he said coldly: "So as soon as the adults took office, they whipped Wang Yuantai, the captain of the right Guoyi?" Oust Zuo Guoyi and Lieutenant Yunmeng? My lord, Tingzhou is the Tingzhou of the imperial court, not your Tingzhou alone. ”

Li Hao almost didn't laugh when he heard this, is this a line he can say, it's the other way around. Li Hao forcibly held back a smile and nodded: "This is also what this official wants to remind Cao Beijia, Tingzhou is not up to you alone." ”

Cao Tian raised his eyebrows and said: "There are adults in Tingzhou, what is the point of being lowly." ”

"Huh." Li Hao took a sip of wine, paused his wine glass slowly, and said, "Don't drive Cao, Ming people don't say secret words, it's not interesting for us to go around in so many circles, let me make it clear, I already know everything you have done in Tingzhou over the years." ”

After he finished speaking, he stared at Cao Tian without blinking, to see what his reaction was, Cao Tian really had a little determination, he didn't change color, he also took a sip of wine, and asked with a light smile: "So how are adults going to deal with their humble duties?" ”

"What about disposal." Li Hao waved his hand and said, "Don't drive Cao, you can say this clearly, in fact, being an official is just to make a fortune, what to benefit the people and the like, just fool those fools, how can you take it seriously." ”

"Oh?" Cao Tian was immediately interested when he heard this, and asked tentatively, "What do you mean...... Want to partner with Cao? ”

"I don't get along with you." Li Hao waved his hand again and said, "Your methods are too inferior, and you are fishing in the dry water, which is very stupid." ”

Cao Tian was so annoyed by him, he frowned, and asked, "Then what do you mean, my lord?" ”

Li Hao tapped the table with his five fingers, made a tuk-tuk sound, and said with a smile: "Since I'm here, there will be nothing for you in this Tingzhou in the future, what should you do, you have earned enough over the years, it's time to rest." ”

Cao Tian's eyebrows frowned: "My lord, what do you eat...... It's a little too ugly. ”

"Is it ugly?" Li Hao raised his eyebrows, and asked with a joking smile, "Let me tell you something even more ugly, if the official writes your deeds and sends them back to Chang'an, if Your Majesty reads it, maybe he will send the official to confiscate your family property, and then the official can make a lot of money again, how about it, is this eating appearance more ugly?" ”

Cao Tian laughed dryly when he heard this, and said helplessly: "Adults are really a good means, and it is not okay to be humble and not admire." ”

Li Hao had a stunned expression: "So I can sit in the position of the assassin at the age of eighteen, and you are almost forty years old, and you are just a don't drive." ”

This is a bit hurtful to say, and this has always been a scar in Cao Tian's heart, how much he wants to sit in the position of Tingzhou Assassin History, so that he can really do whatever he wants in Tingzhou. However, how many assassins Tingzhou has changed, and the imperial court didn't even mention him, which made him very depressed, and now Li Hao is still saying it so bluntly and hurtfully, it hurts his heart.

Cao Tian's left hand hidden under the case clenched and released several times, holding back the anger in his heart, and pretending to be light and indifferent on his face, this acting skill is also remarkable.

After Li Hao finished saying that hurtful sentence, he raised his eyebrows and said: "Don't drive Cao, you can listen to the words of this official, in Tingzhou in the future, be a little more restrained, but don't be caught by this official for your pigtails again." ”

Cao Tian nodded helplessly: "I understand." "He had to give in for the time being, on the bright side, Li Hao is his boss and the highest governor of Tingzhou, he is not good to openly face him, but it's okay, the open gun is easy to dodge and the hidden arrow is difficult to defend, if you can't fight the front, then you will stab Li Hao in the back, and he will stab Li Hao in the back tonight.

The moon is dark and the wind is high, and only two lanterns are hung by the door of the inner courtyard in the Thorn Shi Mansion, and there are lights in a few rooms, which are the rooms of the four ladies of Li Hao's family.

Countless black shadows flew over the low courtyard wall, sneaked into the Thorn Mansion, and gathered towards the inner courtyard, when they approached the inner courtyard, with the help of the faint light, they could see clearly, there were more than fifty people, each of them was dressed in black and masked, holding a sword, emitting a biting cold light in the dim moonlight, and the shadows of four women were reflected in the window, some were practicing calligraphy, some were embroidering, and they didn't seem to notice that the danger was approaching.