Section 10 Deception

When he returned to the Cai family manor, Liu Cong was anxiously looking forward to the door. When he saw Cao Chong's carriage, he hurriedly came up. Seeing Cao Chong's depressed look on his face, he couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Cang Shu, what's wrong? He looks a little unhappy?"

Seeing his excited look on his face, Cao Chong was embarrassed to hit him, and laughed and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I just drove for a day and discussed it for a long time. I'm a little tired."

"Oh, so that's how it is." Liu Cong touched his head with some regret, trying to say something, but he felt embarrassed. When Cao Chong saw it, he pulled him in and asked while walking, "You can just say anything if you have something to do. A man should not hesitate."

"Hahaha..." Liu Cong smiled silly, "I originally had a small thing to show you, but since you are so tired, I'd better not disturb you to rest, otherwise I'd better talk about it tomorrow."

Cao Chong turned his head and looked at him with a smile and said, "Tomorrow? Will you sleep well tonight?"

When Liu Cong heard this, he smiled silly again: "It's indeed not easy."

"Then bring it." Cao Chong stretched out his hand.

"Okay." Liu Cong became excited and pulled Cao Chong through the courtyard and into the inner room. Regardless of the three Cai clans who were chatting, he found a small toy made of wood from a corner and handed it to Cao Chong. He said proudly: "Look at if you can disassemble it and install it. I have tried many people, but they are not good."

"And, I'm a carpenter again." Cai Xuan curled her lips, but did not scold Liu Cong. She turned around and pulled Cai Ji and her aunt away. Cao Chong glanced at the toy in his hand and smiled: "Why, isn't this Kong Ming Lock?"

"Kong Mingsuo?" Liu Cong was stunned, "Who said this is Kong Mingsuo? How do you know this?"

Cao Chong secretly regretted that he was quick-talking and said this word used in later generations. Fortunately, Kong Mingming was a person from this era, otherwise he would not be able to explain it. He thought for a while and said, "I have seen this in Changban defeated soldiers. They said that it was invented by Zhuge Liang, so it was called Kong Mingsuo."

"Nonsense." Liu Cong blushed in anger, regardless of Cao Chong's face: "This was clearly made by my cousin Yueying and I. How could it be invented by Kong Ming? Although Kong Ming is smart, he is not as good as me when it comes to doing this, let alone compare with cousin Yueying."

Cao Chong was very happy when he heard this. Yes, Zhuge Liang's wife Huang Yueying said that she was Liu Cong's aunt's cousin, only a few years older than Liu Cong. Cai Ji said that before she got married, she often came to the provincial governor's mansion and had a good time with Liu Cong. Huang Yueying looked average. Although she was not a legendary ugly girl, she was indeed not a beautiful person. However, she was extremely smart and proficient in various mechanisms. Only she played with Liu Cong. Later, after getting married with Zhuge Liang, she also came to Xiangyang several times for Zhuge Liang's affairs, but Zhuge Liang looked down on Liu Biao, so she came less. Every once in a while, people always brought novel things to Liu Cong. Liu Cong was afraid that Cai Xuan would find it and threw it away, so she always hid one in the east, and sometimes even hid it to Cai Ji.

"Is this what you and your cousin Yueying?" Cao Chong comforted Liu Cong.

"Well, this is not called Kongming Lock, it is actually called Luban Lock. It was my cousin who saw it from the Mo Jing. It was made after it was improved." Liu Cong saw that Cao Chong liked this thing very much, and saw him fiddling with his fingers a few times before he opened the wooden lock, and quickly installed it. He couldn't help but say in surprise: "Cang Shu, people say you are a genius, you are really a genius. I got this at that time, and it took half an hour to figure it out. How did you know it at a glance?"

Cao Chong was ashamed. He just happened to have seen this in his previous life, but after looking at the picture for a long time, he understood that it was not a genius. However, Liu Cong was a genius and could figure it out in half an hour.

"Zhongyu, you are quite smart. Why do Da Yu'er always say you are stupid? I think they are stupid." As soon as Cao Chong talked to Liu Cong, his depression disappeared. He spread his legs and sat down, took the Kong Mingsuo in Liu Cong's hand and looked at it again and again.

"Hehe, you don't know. She said that I'm stupid in studying and can't continue reading. Actually, I don't like reading because those books are lies, so I don't like reading. I'm just afraid that they will scold me, so I pretend not to be able to continue reading." Liu Cong smiled proudly. While he kept finding some strange toys from all corners and handing them to Cao Chong, he said happily. The round face was full of smiles, and he didn't look like he was when he saw him some time ago. He hadn't seen him these days, and he was as energetic as if he had changed his mind.

"Love?" Cao Chong was a little puzzled.

"Yes, look, the sage says that benevolent people are invincible, benevolent Duke Xiang of Song, benevolent, benevolent, benevolent, ben't the Chu army benevolent, but wasn't Song Xiang of Song defeated by the Chu army?" Liu Cong looked outside and looked at Cao Chong again. Seeing that Cao Chong was not angry, he listened to him seriously, and then continued to say: "Let's go closer, it's said that the Qin army was violent, but the Qin army defeated the six kingdoms and unified the world. The Han Dynasty's world was taken from the hands of the Qin people. Besides, among the heroes who followed Emperor Gaozu to conquer the world, which Confucian scholar who talked about benevolence and righteousness? The Kong family's

The descendant Kong Anguo was just a servant who served the spit for Emperor Xiaowu. He was the Shangshu he offered, and some people said it was fake. Look at those Confucian scholars, who were full of benevolence and righteousness, but they were really cruel to the competition for power and profit, and they threw all the teachings of saints aside. Don’t look at them who were usually harsh and had a soft spot when they really encountered something. Just say that the great scholar Song Zhongzi (Song Zhong), who always said that he was so arrogant that he could not bend his might. I heard that he was pointed at by the uncle of the Liu family in Fancheng with a knife, and he was so scared that he peed his pants."

Liu Cong became more and more excited as he spoke, and he didn't look at Cao Chong, who was stunned: "Let's talk about it closer. People say that the Yuan family is the three masters of four generations, which is considered to be the emperor's grace? But in a big chaos, the first thing that wants to be the emperor is the two brothers of the Yuan family. Do you think these people are deceived by themselves? It's not counting if they deceive themselves. They also have to bring God to the scriptures and add nonsense prophecies to the scriptures. What kind of people who are used to represent Han people as high as possible and Huanglong appears are all compiled by themselves. You said right, alas, Cang Shu, what's wrong with you?"

Liu Cong finally found that Cao Chong's face was strange, and quickly stopped, reached out to shake in front of the dazed Cao Chong's eyes. Cao Chong was shocked and then came back to his senses from the shock. He smiled mockingly: "Zhongyu, you can only say this to me, but you can't tell others. It's a trivial matter to say that you are a madman and a fool. I'm afraid that you will lose your life if you are a big rebellious person."

"Hahaha..." Liu Cong smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll just talk to you, I'm pretending to be stupid in front of others. Since I was beaten by my father once when I was a child, I have never told anyone again, even in front of my father." As he said, his face dimmed, and he paused for a while and said, "It's just that my father has left, and I have no chance to be beaten by him again. Now there is only two of my brothers left, and there is still one place in the world..."

Cao Chong was silent. He felt that Liu Cong was not a fool, but was clearly a smart person, but he was regarded as a fool. Looking at his sad look, he was a little sorry. Speaking of which, his brothers are now used by both parties as signs, which was caused by him. Although this is better than being embarrassed by Zang Ba and others in Qingzhou, it is always a bit cruel.

"Zhongyu," Cao Chong patted Liu Cong: "If you have the chance to rescue Boyu, you brothers can be reunited."

"Thank you Cang Shu," Liu Cong bowed silently, then smiled and said, "Let's talk about this lock."

"Okay, do you say that your cousin Yueying has a Mo Jing?" Cao Chong remembered what he had just said and deliberately changed the topic.

"Well, my cousin Yueying accidentally got a book of Mo Jing. There were many pictures attached to the end of the scroll, which were full of information from the mechanism. My cousin Yueying made a lot of improvements. After reorganizing it, there was a thick stack of pictures." When he talked about this, Liu Cong became excited again.

Cao Chong looked at him and talked, but suddenly remembered something. His thoughts were not understood by a genius like Zhou Buyi. Why did he have the same meaning as this fool in other people's eyes? Did he start thinking the wrong direction? He felt that he suddenly realized his eyes, and suddenly discovered a new direction, and gradually became excited.

"Zhongyu, besides your cousin, you also know that there are other people who are good at these... These skills are not just carpenters, but others are fine, such as inventing something."

"There are not many of this. Even if someone understands them, they won't tell them. They are afraid of laughing." Liu Cong thought for a while and said, "I only know one person. Han and Han Gongzhi from the Han family are also good at these things, so I don't know the others."

"Yeah." Cao Chong thought for a while and said, "I will go south to Jiangxia with the army in a few days and have no time to stay in Xiangyang. Don't stay in the house every day, as it will be too boring. I will take you to find Uncle Zilian tomorrow and ask him to arrange for you to go to the army to find relevant people. You should also pay attention to what other suitable candidates are available, gather them together, and have something big to do when I come back."

"Really? What big thing is it?" Liu Cong said excitedly with wide eyes.

"Of course it's a big deal to make money." Cao Chong said with a mysterious smile. Liu Cong was about to ask, but Dian Man called out outside: "Young Master, Mr. Yuanzhi invited Mr. Liu Zichu and are waiting to see you in the study."

"I'll come." Cao Chong said as he stood up and raised his eyebrows to Liu Cong and said, "Zhongyu, I believe I'm right. Although you can't be a three-monarch, you are more than enough to be a Shangfang Order or be a master."

"Shang Fangling? Will be a master craftsman?" Liu Cong murmured a few times, but did not notice that Cao Chong had already gone out. He turned around the house several times, with a happy smile on his face. Cai Xuan was walking in, and when she saw it, she smiled angrily, "I'm foolish, I'm sick again, what are you talking about?"

"Madam," Liu Cong grabbed Cai Xuan's hand, "Cang Shu said I can be a master."

"Really?" Cai Xuan looked at Liu Cong with some disbelief.

"It's true, what he just said." Liu Cong said, and was about to pull Cai Xuan to find Cao Chong.

Cai Xuan pinched her ears in disbelief, then looked at Liu Cong who was excited in front of her, and suddenly covered her face and sobbed softly. Liu Cong was stunned and hesitantly stepped forward and patted her back. Cai Xuan waved her hand and sobbed, "It's okay, husband, I'm happy for you."
Chapter completed!