No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 471 Absurd reason!
"My lord." Cao Mian stood at a deserted beach not far from Yingzhou City and looked at the sea. In the early morning, the sea was calm, and the sea and sky in the distance formed a line.

Cao Mian looked back at the person who came, and asked, "How is the situation?"

The young man stood behind Cao Mian and said in a deep voice: "Yingzhou City has fallen into Fang Yan's hands, and the port has also fallen into their hands. All large ships that can travel far cannot leave the port."

Hearing this, Cao Mian frowned slightly and asked, "What did they do?"

The young man said: "They dragged many boats and blocked the waterway out of the port. Barricades were set up under the waterway and several boats sank, and all the big ships had their sails and oars removed."

Cao Mian was silent for a while, and then he laughed softly.

"My lord?" The young man looked at Cao Mian worriedly. Could it be that your lord was pissed off?

Cao Mian raised his hand and rubbed the center of his brows, before he sighed and said, "It seems that we have made up our mind not to let us take people away."

The young man nodded silently.

Cao Mian looked up with cold eyes, "If that's the case, then I don't have to be polite."

"Please instruct your lord."

Cao Mian said coldly: "Pass down the order, and break the city of Yingzhou at all costs!"

"Yes, my lord." The young man clapped his hands and said yes, turned around and left quickly.

Cao Mian raised his hands to cover the sun above his head, looked at the blue sky and murmured: "Yingzhou is not going well, I hope other places...it won't be like this. I don't believe in the sky. If I don't believe in the sky, I only love Xie."

When tens of thousands of troops suddenly laid siege to Yingzhou City, Cao Mian had already boarded a boat and quietly left Yingzhou Island.

Cao Mian stood at the stern, looking at the vast scene of sea and sky in front of him, silent.

The young man stood behind him silently, he knew that the adult was not in a good mood at this time.

The importance of Yingzhou and the [-] soldiers and horses on the island to them is self-evident, otherwise the adults would not take this trip in person.

Now that time was wasted, none of the soldiers and horses were brought out. On the contrary, they themselves lost many people.

How can you feel better?

Cao Mian leaned on the side of the boat and said in a low voice, "Perhaps it was a mistake to choose Yingzhou as the training location?"

The young man thought for a while and said, "My lord, why should you underestimate yourself? There are eyesliners from the imperial court and the Zhen Guojun everywhere in the Central Plains. If there is no Yingzhou, we may not have many usable soldiers and horses."

Cao Mian said: "Having said that, we have spent a lot of money in Yingzhou these years, and now we are forced to give up one move, it is really..."

The young man comforted: "My lord, you don't need to think too much. After all, Yingzhou is alone overseas, and the imperial court may not really be able to spend a lot of effort to take care of it. This time we were in a hurry and were caught off guard. It is not known who will belong to it in the future."

"You're right." Cao Mian's depression was obviously only for a moment, but he recovered within a few words.

Cao Mian said in a deep voice, "The people of Nanjiang and Gaoyu should have received our news, right?"

The young man nodded and said, "Yes."

"That's good." Cao Mian said: "Since Xie Yan has sent Luo Jinyan to Huaizhou, let me see if the unicorns of the Luo family can support the entire southern border by themselves."

"My lord didn't sleep last night, why not go back to the cabin and rest for a while?" the young man said.

Cao Mian nodded, turned around and was about to walk into the cabin.

At this moment, there were two ships coming towards them in the distance, and the two ships were obviously much faster than them in terms of size and speed.

The other people on the boat also spotted the two boats and rushed to report, "My lord, someone is chasing us."

Cao Mian said: "I know, speed up."

"Yes!"

"That's the warship of the Dongzhou Navy." The young man reminded, "I'm afraid it will catch up with us soon, my lord, what should I do?"

Cao Mian said calmly: "Be safe and don't be impatient."

Half an hour later, the two ships caught up with them.

The three boats were separated by a distance of seven to eight zhang. Luo Junyao stood at the bow of the boat and looked at Cao Mian who was not far away, and said with a smile, "Master Cao, you are running so fast, we haven't spoken seriously yet."

Cao Mian looked at the girl with a bright smile on the opposite boat, and said in a deep voice, "I haven't asked for advice yet, why is the girl so sacred? It seems that she is someone from the imperial court who can mobilize the Dongzhou Navy."

Luo Junyao cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Wen Dinghou, you are welcome, I am Luo Junyao."

"Luo Junyao?"

Luo Jun shook his head and said: "Well, Luo Yun's Luo, Luo Junyao's Jun Yao."

"It turned out to be the regent princess, sorry for your disrespect." Cao Mian said coldly.

The young man standing beside Cao Mian was startled, apparently Luo Junyao's identity shocked him very much.

Luo Jun shook his head and smiled, "Wen Dinghou is indeed much smarter than your son."

Cao Mian said: "The dog made the princess laugh."

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "Don't smile, don't laugh, it's very interesting, young master."

Cao Mian was not angry, but just smiled and said, "Is the princess trying to kill me?"

Luo Jun said: "You can also tell me not to kill you."

Cao Mian shook his head and said, "It's useless."

"What's useless?" Luo Junyao was stunned and asked in puzzlement.

Cao Mian said: "Whether the princess kills me or not, whether I can go back or not, what should happen will definitely happen."

Luo Junyao looked at him, and asked a little puzzled after a while, "Do you have any grudge against the Xie family?"

"No." Cao Mian said.

Luo Jun shook his head and nodded, "I also heard that Gaozu and the late emperor treated you well, so there shouldn't be any deep hatred. So, why do you have to make trouble? If you want to be a leader, you should find a way to persuade I don't want to kill you. After all, when people die, there is nothing left."

Cao Mian smiled and said, "Wangfei might as well guess."

Luo Jun shook his head, "Are you, like Xue Ya, a member of an organization that wants to resist the court?"

Cao Mian smiled and said nothing, obviously her guess was wrong.

Luo Jun raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you know Bai Jingrong?"

Standing next to Luo Junyao, Qu Fang glanced at her coldly. Cao Mian was also taken aback, but he soon came back to his senses and said with a smile: "I have seen the demeanor of Dongling Shuangshu back then, but I don't have much friendship."

Luo Junyao sighed: "Then I don't know why you are."

Cao Mian's eyes were far away, and he said lightly: "Maybe there is no reason at all, it's just that I want to do this."

"..." So, they encountered a psychopath?

Cao Mian met her straightforward gaze, and said calmly, "Back then, my father and I followed Gaozu for about the same time."

"You want to tell a story?" Luo Jun shook his smile and said, "Can I come and listen?"

Cao Mian said with a smile: "If you dare to come here, you might as well try."

As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Junyao jumped up from the boat.

The girl was light and light, her toes touched the sea surface, and she landed on the boat on her side in an instant.

The next moment, Qu Fang also fell behind Luo Junyao.

He is obviously much better than Luo Junyao in lightness kung fu, such a long distance does not need to use force at all, and he arrives almost at the same time even though he is later than Luo Junyao.

Cao Mian's eyes lingered on Qu Fang for a moment, and after a little thought, he said, "This should be the Mobei Divine Sword Qu Fang, Mr. Qu?"

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "Master Cao is really powerful."

Cao Mian sighed, "If I'm really good, I won't fall into the hands of the princess."

Luo Jun waved his hands and said modestly: "Master Cao is serious, the main reason is that your son is relatively simple. Surprise is not a big skill."

"..." The people around Cao Mian looked at Luo Junyao with strange expressions. This was the first time they heard someone say that the eldest son was honest.

"Therefore, there is no Dongfang son at all." Cao Mian said with some regret: "Compared with Wangfei, Jie'er is indeed a bit dull. Unfortunately, the few children under my knees are not half as good as Wangfei. General Luo is very lucky."

Luo Junyao smiled sweetly, "Thank you Wen Dinghou for your compliment."

"Then Fang Shuo was not killed by Young Master Dongfang." Cao Mian said.

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "Master Cao is wise."

The atmosphere on the deck was somewhat dignified. The people on Cao Mian's side all stared at Luo Junyao with unfriendly expressions, as if they would rush forward and take Luo Junyao down as long as Cao Mian gave an order.

Luo Junyao didn't seem to feel anything at all, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, you can continue the story just now."

Cao Mian looked at her coldly, and said, "Princess Wang thinks I'm telling you a story?"

Luo Jun said: "Since my lord neither loves power nor is lustful, and has no enmity or grudge with the Xie family. After more than ten years of painstaking and lonely planning, I can only think that you are too idle. Usually this kind of person speaks out Most of the reasons are because I made up stories to deceive others and myself. It doesn’t matter to listen to it, or not to listen to it.”

Cao Mian snorted lightly and said, "What can a little girl like you understand?"

"Please enlighten me." Luo Jun shook his head.

Cao Mian said: "People in the world say that the great ancestor Luo Yun was the first to start the business, followed by the Marquis of Shang, second by Duke Cheng, and then by Su Qin. What does the princess think?"

Luo Junyao blinked his eyes and looked at Cao Mian with a strange expression, "You don't think you want to rebel because you think the world's merit rankings are unfair?"

This kind of ranking has existed in all dynasties, such as the ranking of heroes in the early Han Dynasty, such as the 24 heroes of Lingyan Pavilion.

Throughout the ages, people have always been happy to discuss seniority.

She vaguely remembered that Shangyong did have such a ranking back then, Wen Dinghou Cao Mian seemed to be No. 12, separated from her father Luo Yun by the entire list.

"Can't you?" Cao Mian asked.

Luo Junyao was speechless for a while, and it wasn't that he couldn't do it, but he felt that it was a bit of a two-year-old and bloody thing to plan for more than ten years to create a stormy sea.

Is this also considered a certain degree of man until his death is a teenager?
Cao Mian said indifferently: "I ask myself that if you can't beat anyone in martial arts and martial arts, why is your father the most famous founding hero in the world? How can someone with the surname of Shang be revered as a saint? Is it because he indulged his son to destroy people all over the house? Cheng Guogong and Lu Guogong are nothing more than two warriors, with courage but no strategy. Su Qin is even a traitor, what face does he have to call himself the leader of the world?"

Luo Junyao coughed softly, and said: "My father, Cheng Guogong and Lu Guogong have made great achievements in helping Gaozu pacify the world, Shanghou... Although he has some faults, as Gaozu's mastermind, his achievements back then were also admired by the world, not only The people in Qinan are grateful for him. As for Mr. Su...I don’t have a good opinion of him. I haven’t asked you yet, what achievements does Mr. Cao have?”

Cao Mian stared at her in silence, and the atmosphere was tense for a while.

Cao Mian can be canonized as Wen Dinghou, which proves that he is indeed a founding hero and not in vain.

But if compared with the previous few, his achievements are indeed worse.

Although he was about the same age as Luo Yun, the time he spent under Gaozu's command was not much different.But heroes come out of troubled times, and heroes come out of times, and Luo Yun is a natural star born out of nowhere.

To put it bluntly, as long as a person like Luo Yun does not die in an accident or be harmed by others, he is destined to achieve success in troubled times.

But Cao Mian was a literati. Gaozu himself was born in a famous family, and there was never a shortage of famous scholars and wise men around him.

Compared with Luo Yun who was famous all over the world when he was born, Cao Mian slightly lacked the chance to become famous in one fell swoop.

Therefore, Luo Yun is soaring into the sky, but Cao Mian needs to go up step by step under Gao Zu's command.

Perhaps Cao Mian's refusal of Emperor Gaozu's canonization and his invitation to serve in a local area was not all because of what people thought was high-minded, but because he felt unfair and dissatisfied with his situation.

It can be seen from Cao Mian's evaluation of other people that he is an extremely proud person.

What such a person pursues may not be fame and fortune, at least not in the eyes of the world.

He knew that if he worked for the newly established Dasheng, he might not be able to surpass people like Luo Yun whom he looked down upon in his lifetime, so he chose to start anew and re-establish his fame.

This reason is really nonsense, but it may not be false.

Luo Junyao sighed and said: "Lord Cao, everything is not irreparable now, can you really not turn back?"

Cao Mian looked at Luo Jun with a smile and said, "Princess, do you think there is room for turning back?"

Luo Jun shook his head: "What if I say that as long as Mr. Cao stops all this, the court can not hold your family members accountable?"

Cao Mian looked at her with a smile, as if looking at an innocent child.

"Princess, what I just told you is true." Cao Mian said: "Whether I go back or not, life or death, things cannot be changed. Some things... Even I can't control it."

Luo Jun frowned and said: "Why? You are a smart person, I don't believe that people like you will let things out of your control."

Cao Mian said: "Probably because the biggest shortcoming of my life is that I am too demanding and complete, so that I am a little indecisive. Since I have prepared for so many years, I can't give up halfway. So I told myself that I must do everything, and I must never give up. Leave room for regret.”

"What did you do?" Luo Junyao asked.

Cao Mian shook his head with a smile and did not answer.

Luo Junyao sighed and said: "Forget it, anyway, I have already done what I can do. Shang Yong has received the news a long time ago. I just need to ensure that Mr. Cao, you will not appear where you should not appear."

Cao Mian said: "Wangfei thinks that your two ships can stop me?"

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "How will you know if you don't try?"

Cao Mian raised his finger forward and said, "Look there."

Luo Jun shook his head and looked over, there seemed to be something where the sea and the sky meet.

Qu Fang's eyesight was better than hers, he looked up and turned his head to Luo Jun and said, "There is a boat."

"How many?"

Qu Fang said: "Many, at least twenty ships, not big ships."

Luo Junyao looked at Cao Mian and said, "The pirates along the coast of the East China Sea."

Qu Fang sighed and retreated into the crowd behind him, "It's a pity that the princess is not my daughter."

(End of this chapter)