God said the world

Chapter 571 Meng En (Third)

Meng Chao only knew that Meng En's home was near the mansion, but he didn't expect that there were three alleys away from the mansion. He couldn't help feeling sorry for his third brother, who was a half-brother with himself.

When he was born, his biological mother passed away due to dystocia. Originally, my third elder brother died along with him, but he didn't want to come back to life. I might have gone crazy already.

Suddenly, Meng Chao really wanted to see his third brother.

When he came to a very plain door, Cao Zhuo knocked politely.

Then a woman's voice came from inside: "Who is it?"

"It's me." Cao Zhuo roared.

Everyone only heard the sound of rushing inside, and then the wooden door creaked open.

I saw a young woman wearing old cotton clothes with a smile on her face, but she was a little surprised to see so many people and said: "Master, you are here, why didn't you tell me earlier so that I can prepare some good dishes?" .”

Cao Zhuo walked in and said carelessly, "No need, we came here for a drink today, haha, is my good apprentice here?"

"He went out." The young woman replied.

Iron Fist saluted the young woman respectfully from the side: "Hi sister-in-law."

"It's all from my own family, so don't be too polite..." Then the young woman couldn't help being surprised when she saw the people next to Tiequan, she looked at Meng Chao and said, "You? Are you the fifth brother?"

Meng Chao was taken aback. It was true that he was the fifth eldest in the family, but this one?Could it be third brother's wife?Meng Chao hesitated and said, "Sister-in-law?"

"Oh, what should I do? Here you are, your third brother went out with the child." Meng En's wife was a little anxious and at a loss.

child?The third brother has a baby?

"Sister-in-law, I'm going to find my brother and come back." Iron Fist volunteered.

"I'll just go, you help me treat my fifth brother well." After speaking, Meng En's wife hurried out.

It was too late for Iron Fist to stop him, but he glanced at Meng Chao and said helplessly, "Please."

Tianyinke, Duanjian, Meng Chao, and Meng Chao's followers all entered the yard. The yard was spacious, with a stone table and five stone benches in the middle.

At this time, Cao Zhuo came out of the house with a large jar of wine under his arm, and a large jar in his hand, and said to several people: "After you drink this, I will keep it for you to remember forever."

"Really?" Broken Sword went up to meet him and helped Cao Zhuo get a jar of wine.

Iron Fist took out six large bowls, put them on the stone table, and poured out the wine.

The Broken Sword on one side was salivating, but he frowned and said, "Hey, you didn't lie to me, did you? It doesn't smell at all? Is this water?"

"Hahaha, try it and you will know whether it is water or wine." Cao Zhuo laughed.

Iron Fist also smiled.

Meng Chao scanned the whole house. Vegetables were still growing in the garden. When he walked into the kitchen, all he saw were vegetables, and he couldn't smell any meaty smell. The third brother's life was very poor.

But why is the third brother Cao Zhuo's apprentice?

Broken Sword picked up the big bowl and took a sip, his eyes stared straight away, Gulu Gulu drank down the big bowl of wine, snatched the wine jar from Iron Fist and poured himself another big bowl, Gulu Gulu drank it down again, Then he looked at Cao Zhuo with pitiful eyes.

Cao Zhuo smiled and said, "Water or wine?"

"Wine is really wine, can you give me some?"

"Send you off? Didn't I buy you a drink?" Cao Zhuo was a little puzzled.

Tian Yinke somewhat understood Broken Sword's meaning and said, "Can't Broken Sword be the same as you?"

Broken Sword suddenly saw his confidant and looked towards Tian Yinke.

After a long time, a thin man holding a chubby child walked in from the door, but his face was full of energy. Behind him was Meng En's wife.

Meng Chao hurriedly stood up, looking at the man in front of him, he had no memory of it.

"Ah, it's really the fifth brother. When your sister-in-law told me just now, I still didn't believe it." Meng En looked at Meng Chao and said, then looked at Cao Zhuo and nodded, "Master, uncle, brother."

"Hehe, you know me too?" Tian Yinke was slightly surprised.

Meng En said with a smile: "Master often mentions you, Uncle Shi, and sometimes even makes gestures for us. I will remember it after a long time." Then he said to the child: "Son, call someone."

"Master, uncle." The big fat boy was about three years old, holding Meng En tightly with both hands.

Cao Zhuo laughed loudly: "Hey, come here and give Shigong a hug."

At the edge of the stone table, Meng Chao didn't know what to say, then picked up a bowl of wine and said to Meng En, "Third brother, drink."

Meng En smiled and shook his head: "I can't drink wine, you know, I was weak and sick since I was a child, so I can't drink this wine."

Meng Chao had never been so at a loss like today. He didn't even know that a brother got married and had a child.

"What's the child's name?" Meng Chao looked at the child and asked.

"Meng Yixin."

"The third brother you?"

"Me? Oh..." Then Meng En closed the wooden door, looked back at Meng Chao and said, "Let me introduce you, my master Cao Zhuo, Iron Fist is my second junior brother."

Meng Chao was a little dazed. He realized that he didn't know this third brother at all. This third brother was completely different from what he remembered: "It is said that four of Mr. Cao's apprentices are among the six guards. How about you, third brother?"

"As for me, theirs is the elder brother, silent."

Meng Chao's attendant opened his eyes and said, "Wu Sheng, the head of the six guards?" It was completely unbelievable that the man in front of him was Wu Sheng, the head of the six guards of the eldest prince. The six guards were not actually six people, but seven. Personally, the person in charge of the six guards is a mysterious man named Wu Sheng. As for this news, it is only spread among the heads of several families, such as Ning, Meng, Yan, Zhang and other powerful ministers. However, Meng Chao knows that these things are I heard it from my elder brother Meng Yun, and Meng Yun had to tell me that after hearing this matter, I just need to be clear in my heart, and I must not spread it to the outside world, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable.

Meng Chao knew that there must be a reason for the eldest prince to do this, or he wanted to use this silence as a trump card, so he knew this matter in his own mind, and he would not tell anyone, not even his most trusted follower. Pass.

"Does father know about this?" Meng Chao asked suddenly.

Meng En shook his head and said with a broken smile, "How could father remember that there is still a son like me?"

After drinking for three rounds, everyone dispersed, and Meng En didn't stay with Meng Chao, because the place was too small after all.

But Duanjian took a wine gourd and explained to Tian Yinke that he wanted to borrow money. It doesn't matter if Duanjian has no money, but the three women he saved could never return to the capital, so they needed money silver.

For this, Tianyinke took out one hundred gold and handed it to Broken Sword. After all, NPCs circulated silver, while players circulated gold and copper. Ten thousand coppers are the same as one gold. Gold is worth ten taels of silver, but the bank has to charge a handling fee, so it becomes one to eight, and one gold can only be exchanged for eight taels of silver, so the player's money is swallowed by the system again.

"Wow, I don't plan to pay back so much silver taels." Broken Sword said.

Tian Yinke shook his head: "Looking at you, I didn't intend to ask you to pay it back."

Tianyinke left with Cao Zhuo and Tiequan, but Meng Chao caught up with Broken Sword.

But Meng Chao and the two chased after him, but Broken Sword was nowhere to be seen. Meng Chao couldn't help but sighed, and his follower said, "Young General, let's go back. His martial arts are so high, how can we catch up with him?"

"What do you want from me?" Duan Jian held the wine gourd in his arms, wanting to drink it, but he had to leave it to Can Dao, but... this wine is good, but it has no smell.

While drinking, Meng Chao knew that Duanjian was a straightforward person, so he didn't mince words with Duanjian, and directly explained his intentions: "I don't have a guard with such strong martial arts as you."

"You want to invite me?" Broken Sword looked at Meng Chao and asked. If he has a job, it means he has a drink. If he works as Meng Chao's guard, he can come to Cao Zhuo's place for a drink from time to time.

Meng Chao said sternly, "Not only you, I want to invite even the broken knife together."

"No, you only have a salary of 100 taels a month, and you still want to invite me and Candao." Although poor, Broken Sword still has a price.

Meng Chao was not displeased, but smiled and said, "Although I don't have much money now, I can guarantee that your children and grandchildren will have no worries about food and clothing in the future."

Duan Jian didn't speak, looked carefully at Meng Chao, and nodded after a long time: "I'll go back and discuss with Can Dao." Then he performed lightness kung fu and left.

"What a snob." Meng Chao's follower said after seeing Duan Jian leave.

"Xiao Liang, he is not snobbish, but he has to think about it. After all, Candao and Broken Sword have never appeared together and worked for the same person. Except for Wang Xunfu, you should know why, and Broken Sword was a guard for Yan Yanting before. , now that Yan Yanting is dead, do you know what to prove?"

"Major General, I don't need you to tell me about this. Candao has adopted many children, so Candao and Duanjian can't both leave. One must be left to take care of the children. As for Yan Yanting's death, Duanjian is likely to stand by and watch. Good character." Meng Chao's follower is Meng Liang, the son of the butler of the Meng Mansion whose hands were discounted by Lin Shihao in the capital.

"That's right, what I value is not only their martial arts, but also their character. Only such people will not betray me, and I can do what I want to do." Meng Chao's face was full of concentration, as if he was thinking of something same thing.

On the way back to the post house, Tian Yinke asked, "Brother, you seem to value Meng Chao very much."

"Of course, Meng Chao is a talent that can be acquired. I dare say that after Zhang Yuesong and his generation of generals pass away, Meng Chao will rule the world." Cao Zhuo said with emotion.

Tian Yinke was taken aback for a moment, and stopped walking: "Brother, your evaluation is very high."

"Sure. Do you know what Meng Chao did when he was serving as the commander of the Qinglongwei? Even though no one knows it, what he has done can't escape the eyes of my apprentice."

"Which one?"

"Meng En, he has been paying close attention to his brothers. Although Meng Kun is very mean to him, Meng En still has brotherhood in his heart, so he has been paying attention to them. The competition for the commander of the Qinglongwei is an army drill. , fighting with wooden swords and wooden shields, out of a total of [-] candidates, that is to say, there are [-] armies, of which Meng Kun secretly arranged ten teams to face his eldest son Meng Yun. Meng Yun was the commander of Qinglongwei, but Meng Chao wiped out these ten teams without anyone noticing during the battle, and finally he was left to have a real competition with Meng Yun and the other four teams In the end, Meng Chao was captured alive by Meng Yun's team, so he declared defeat, and Meng Yun defeated the other four teams to win."

Cao Zhuo said and shook his head: "You said that a commander who can wipe out ten troops will be captured alive by the enemy? And Meng En just saw that Meng Chao deliberately commanded the troops to leave him and let himself fall into the enemy's line and was captured alive." The reason why Meng Chao participated in the competition is very simple. He is to test his own strength. If on the real battlefield, Meng Chao's command will be vigorous and decisive. What he lacks at this stage is actual combat experience. Once he is given a few battles, then his Military talent will surpass all generals of the same period."

"It seems that it's not just Meng En, but you also know Meng Chao thoroughly." Tian Yinke said with a smile.

Cao Zhuo shook his head: "It's not me and Meng En, it's us."

Tian Yinke shuddered suddenly, because the "we" Cao Zhuo mentioned did not refer to Cao Zhuo and Tian Yinke themselves, but to someone else.

(End of this chapter)