"In order for me to stay in Jingzhou with peace of mind, Liu Jingsheng was even willing to betroth his daughter to me, but I betrayed him for a small profit."

Speaking of this, Li Ru was filled with bitterness: "I feel so guilty that I can only flee Jingzhou, hoping to spend the rest of my life making up for Liu Jingsheng."

"Unexpectedly, I was captured by Liu Cong and taken to Yuzhou, and I was reduced to this situation today."

"If you hadn't found me this time, I would have died soon."

Li Ru raised his head and looked at Cao Ang, and said solemnly: "Master Cao, you saved my life. From now on, my life, Li Ru's, is yours. I will go through fire and water, no matter how hard I die."

Cao Ang frowned slightly, wary.

Li Ru has a deep scheming mind. Although he looks extremely weak now, no one knows whether he will betray him again after he recovers.

After all, his ambition is not small.

"Cough cough."

Li Ru coughed twice and continued: "Mr. Cao, I have something I want to give to you. I hope you won't dislike it."

"what?"

Li Ru took out a jade pendant from his arms and handed it to Cao Ang: "This was given to me by Liu Jingsheng. I am giving it to you now. I hope you can keep it for me."

"this."

Cao Ang hesitated and did not reach out to pick it up.

Li Ru smiled and said: "Don't worry, this jade pendant is just an ordinary jade pendant, not valuable."

"Besides, I am seriously injured and dying, and I don't know when I will die. Why should I keep this jade pendant?"

Cao Ang hesitated for a long time, and finally reached out and took the jade pendant.

"Thank you." He thanked Li Ru.

Li Ru chuckled, then slowly closed his eyes and fell into sleep.

Cao Ang glanced at it, put the jade pendant into his arms, and was about to exit.

"Master Cao, please stay." Suddenly, Li Ru's weak voice came from the side.

"What's the matter?" Cao Ang turned to look at him.

"Mr. Cao, I have a request." Li Ru said, "I hope you can agree."

"You said."

"Can you bury me in Jingzhou? I don't want to be chopped into pieces by the rebels. It's too bloody." Li Ru laughed miserably: "I would rather die than be chopped into pieces and fed to dogs."

"Okay." Cao Ang thought for a long time and finally nodded in agreement.

Although he would not be merciful, Li Ru was dying now and did not want to kill them all, so he simply agreed.

"Thank you, Mr. Cao." Li Ru smiled, lay down, and slowly closed his eyes.

Cao Ang sighed and left the cell.

"Son."

As soon as he stepped out of the cell, Xia Houyuan came up to him and asked, "What should I do with Li Ru?"

"Take him down for healing first."

Cao Ang said: "We will decide his ending after he wakes up."

"Yes."

Xia Houyuan immediately ordered his men to drag Li Ru down, and then said: "Sir, Liu Qi sent an envoy to ask for an audience."

"messenger?"

A look of surprise appeared in Cao Ang's eyes.

"Bring him here."

Xia Houyuan accepted the order, and after a while, a middle-aged man wearing a brocade robe with a white face and no beard walked in, cupping his fists and saluting.

"Yingchuan Chen Palace, meet Mr. Cao."

"Yingchuan Chen Palace!" Cao Ang's eyes suddenly shrank and he said in surprise: "The head of the Chen family in Yingchuan!" Yingchuan has a very high prestige.

The head of the Chen family in Yingchuan came to visit in person, which surprised Cao Ang.

Cao Ang narrowed his eyes and pondered for a moment: "Why are you here in Xiangyang this time?"

Chen Gong smiled slightly: "The Chen family of Yingchuan has never had any interaction with the Prince of Xiangyang before.

But this time, the spies sent by our Chen family in Yingchuan discovered a batch of treasures, which were specially presented to the Prince of Xiangyang. "

"Oh? What treasure?" Cao Ang asked curiously.

"A hundred taels of gold." Chen Gong said: "This batch of gold is all provided by the Chen family of Yingchuan. The amount is enough to support the consumption of a county. I hope Mr. Cao will accept it."

"It's a good idea." Cao Ang nodded: "I will accept this batch of gold."

"Okay." Chen Gong cupped his hands and said.

Cao Ang waved his hand to signal the other party to step back, and then fell into deep thought again.

Cao Ang returned to the streets of Xiangyang City. This time he did not bring any guards and was walking alone on the streets.

There are many shops on both sides of the street, and the store clerks are very busy, but they all focus on Cao Ang.

Cao Ang knew that he was attracting attention, but he felt nothing about it.

Because since I was a child, I have looked at him so many times.

"Hey! Where did a mad dog run out?" Suddenly, a harsh shouting sounded in his ears.

Immediately afterwards, I saw a young man holding a wooden stick and hitting Cao Ang.

Cao Ang reacted very quickly, retreated quickly to avoid the attack, and then raised his foot to kick out.

He kicked the young man directly in the abdomen, and the young man was immediately kicked away, knocking over several tables and chairs before he stopped.

When everyone around saw this, they all accused Cao Ang: "You are so vicious, how dare you hurt my young master!"

"Why are you still standing there? Get him!" A group of people swarmed towards Cao Ang.

Cao Ang stared at the people in front of him with cold eyes, thinking to himself that he had not used force for so long, had he really been forgotten?

At this time, there was a sudden sound of horse hoofbeats, and the originally aggressive group of people all stopped.

Only a loud voice was heard: "If anyone messes up again, believe it or not, I will chop you to death!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several war horses roared towards him, surrounding Cao Ang, and a strong force of intimidation swept over him.

Each of these cavalrymen carried a long sword on their waist, and the long sword shone with a cold light, which was intimidating.

The leading knight is tall and muscular, with strong muscles all over his body and piercing eyes.

Revealing fierce killing intent, it is as breathtaking as a tiger descending from the mountain.

"It's Zhao Yun!"

Shouts of panic erupted from the crowd, and everyone ran away.

No one wants to confront Zhao Yun head-on.

Zhao Yun is the most capable person in the Jingzhou Army who is good at fighting. Let alone ordinary people, even the Jiangdong Army will only suffer when they encounter him.

Zhao Yun glanced around, his eyes fell on Cao Ang, and said with a smile: "Cao Cao's young master is indeed brave and extraordinary!"

Cao Ang said nothing and acquiesced to his statement.

Zhao Yun looked at Cao Ang with a look of admiration in his eyes: "Thank you for your help in the previous matter. If you need anything in the future, just give me your instructions."

Cao Ang nodded and said, "Yes."

Seeing Cao Ang's appearance, Zhao Yun smiled and joked: "Cao Cao teaches well, you are really different from ordinary people!"

After hearing this, Cao Ang's eyes twitched slightly. This sentence sounded like a mockery.

But he still held back, after all, they had good intentions.

So Cao Ang cupped his fists and raised his hands: "Farewell!" After saying that, he turned and left. (End of chapter)

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