Northern Song Dynasty: It’s a showdown, who said I, Zhao Zhen, don’t have a son?

Chapter 24 Why are you so good at pretending?
Cao Lang is in a good mood today.

I heard from my uncle that today in the court, Xianggong Jia was able to bear the pressure of the entire court and confront the Liao people, strongly expressing Suibi's position.

And he said something that made Cao Lang and the warriors present happy.

"If you don't want to, Xixia has already seen the majesty of our generals this year, so you might as well take a look!"

In an era when warriors were looked down upon, this was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for warriors all over the world.

Da Song, still remember them!

The result was beyond everyone's expectations. The Liao people took the initiative to seek peace, saying that there was no need to increase the annual currency and they only wanted peace between the two countries.

I had nothing to do today, so I came to visit Zhao He. Cao Lang expressed great interest in his policy against Fan Lou.

In the small courtyard, several people were sitting together and chatting.

Cao Lang walked to the courtyard door and knocked on the door.

Zhao He stood up after seeing him and asked curiously: "How does Brother Cao know where I live?"

Cao Lang smiled and said: "I asked my neighbors around and I wanted to ask something, so I came here specially."

Zhao He had no ill feelings towards this person, but he just didn't know his identity. After hearing this, Zhao He went to get a stool.

Cao Lang looked at the two people in the courtyard, and first said: "You have guests. If you want to disturb me, I will visit you later."

Hearing Zhao He say that it doesn't matter, he froze.

He stared blankly at the old man sitting on the chair. He was stunned and then shocked, and his thoughts suddenly agitated.

Although Fan Zhongyan was a scholar, he was both civil and military. He and Han Qi fought against the Liao Dynasty at the border and made great military achievements, showing the military power of the Song Dynasty.

At that time, Cao Lang, who was still young, kept pestering his uncle, asking him to take him to see Fan Zhongyan, and later he did so.

Over the years, he has also been in contact with Fan Zhongyan. When Fan Zhongyan was demoted from Beijing, Cao Lang himself was very sorry.

Later, I heard about Fan Zhongyan's dismissal from office, and I didn't know where he was going.

Cao Lang's eyes widened and he was about to salute suddenly, but he saw Fan Zhongyan making a hissing gesture.

What kind of person is he? He has been studying and practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he hangs out in the most high-end social places in Bianjing. How can we not see such obvious hints?

But what he didn't expect was that Fan Zhongyan would come here. I'm afraid no one in the entire capital would have thought of it!
And it seems that it seems to be quite connected with Zhao He?

Cao Lang couldn't help but be even more surprised by this young man.

Zhao He brought a stool for Cao Lang to sit down: "Brother Cao, this is Mr. Fan, the teacher who lives next door to my house. This is Brother Li. Uh, I forgot to ask, Brother Li, what do you do?"

Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "I am just an idle person, I have nothing to say."

Cao Lang looked at Zhao Zhen. He was only 19 years old. After passing the imperial examination, he was arranged by his family to fill the vacancy. He served in the Kaifeng Mansion. Within three years, he was promoted to Zuo Sili and joined the army.

He could be an official in Kaifeng Mansion, and his status was not low. Cao Lang's ability to observe words, expressions and aura was also unusual. He felt that his demeanor was extraordinary, and there was an air of grandeur in his movements, so he already knew that this person was unusual.

Cao Lang had not seen the emperor in person. The emperor was not something ordinary people could see. The entire Cao family, that is, his father and uncle were eligible to enter the court.

Cao Lang handed over, and naturally he would not dare to neglect anyone who could stay by Fan Zhongyan's side.

"I am Cao Lang, a native of Bianjing. I have met you two."

We are just familiar strangers
Zhao Zhen thought for a moment, where had he heard this name before? It seemed that he had heard it from the queen.

Zhao He asked curiously: "Brother Cao just said that he has something to ask, what is it?" Cao Lang smiled and talked about the Chonghe Night Market: "The young man's method is really extraordinary. Once the cooking comes out, Fan Lou must be They are just ants on a hot pot."

Zhao He shook his head: "It won't be that simple. I have already broken up with them. The counterattack will only be greater in the future, unless we can reach a certain degree of reconciliation with the other party, but I don't think they intend to do so."

Business cooperation often depends on whether the strengths of both parties match. If there is an obvious gap in strength, then why should I cooperate with you?

Just like Fan Lou and himself now, they will never think of cooperating with themselves. Even if they cooperate now, Zhao He will not agree. After all, they have already openly broken their skin, and the risk of cooperation will be very high.

If those people keep chattering until the end, the worst he can do is spread all the secret recipes for cooking, and then run away with the money!
Both sides suffer, and Fan Lou loses more than himself anyway.

Zhao Zhen also heard about this matter just now and couldn't help but frown. He could roughly guess some of the links: "There are too many such things in Bianjing City. If there is some power behind Xiao Langjun, those people will probably also There’s nothing we can do.”

Zhao He shook his head: "I am just a commoner. Where did I get this kind of power?"

He said nonchalantly, thinking that if the other party did everything right, he would never show any mercy. Anyway, he was alone with Uncle Guo and had nothing to worry about.

Fan Zhongyan sighed: "As far as I know, Fan Tower is backed by the Runan Palace, and its founder is an old subordinate of the Runan King. The relationship is extremely close."

Cao Lang frowned when he heard this: "It's just a business war of this level. King Runan doesn't need to surrender his status to intervene, right?"

Fan Zhongyan gave Cao Lang a hint: "The network in the officialdom is very complicated, just like a big net. If you want to survive in it, you must deal with everyone up and down as much as possible, and secure your position. .”

"As a prince, Prince Runan will never care about such things. He doesn't even bother to talk to her. However, there are many people who want to curry favor with Prince Runan. This is just a sideways approach."

Cao Lang pondered slightly when he heard the words, and then nodded.

Zhao He on the side felt something was wrong the more he listened.

Guys, stop bragging and showing off. We are just doing business. Why does it involve King Runan?

Are you going to bring out the official family later?

Zhao Hepo was speechless and said: "Everyone, to put it bluntly, this matter is a conflict of interest. Their interests are affected, so they will naturally find ways to solve me."

"But now, what affects their interests is the entire stir-fry recipe, and I only appear as a disseminator. What they want to solve more is the secret recipe of stir-fry."

"So they will never take action directly until the end!"

Zhao He said this with a certain degree of confidence. After all, the price of the other party's attack on him may be greater loss of interests.

When several people heard this, it did make some sense.

Not far away, there happened to be a burst of movement. From a distance, it seemed that there were not many people.

Zhao He suddenly twitched the corner of his mouth, no way, he was about to be slapped in the face just after showing off?
You can't be here to find him, right?

As expected, the head steward stopped right in front of Zhao He's house, and a large group of people followed him, as if they were here to demonstrate.

Nima, really!

Several people looked at the steward and then at Zhao He, their expressions seemed to be somewhat expectant.

Did you get some melon when you first arrived?

The tone was the same as before, the opening remarks were the same as always, the steward's head was raised high, his expression was arrogant.

"Zhao He, why don't you come out and see me?!"

(End of this chapter)