After Cao Chong changed his clothes and secretly left the provincial muslim house through the back door, it was already noon.

At noon, the sun shines brightly, but the heat of the sun does not make people sweat. Instead, in early spring, it makes people feel warm.

Cao Chong was dressed in a ranger, holding a not-so-extraordinary sword in his hand, and his hair was tightly tied together, looking like a ranger.

But as long as a discerning person sees it, he will know that this thin and tender skin is not a ranger, but he doesn't know which young master is from. He wants to experience the fun of a ranger.

This is a very common thing.

Although the Ranger is not recognized by the government, he has a considerable reputation among the people.

As for the reason, it is naturally that they punish evil and promote good, and rob the rich and help the poor. Among them, there are bandit leaders like Bao Shu, and even people set up archways for immortality.

Rangers are an unstable factor for the government, but for the people, they like people who rob the rich and help the poor.

Of course, most rangers are not as they imagined. The reason why rangers still exist is because there are noble people who need them, otherwise, this group would have disappeared in the long river of history.

If Cao Chong didn't take the role of Bao Chu, maybe Bao Chu would have been captured by Man Pet when he was in Xudu, and he would not still look lively.

Of course, Ranger sounds cool.

This is why when Emperor Wu of Han visited privately, he always played his brother-in-law Pingyang Hou, and the most common ones were to be a ranger, and even were regarded as a robber by others several times.

Emperor Wu of Han was very talented and had a private visit to understand the national conditions, and he also hid the Queen Mother Dou and Ajiao. On the other hand, he was to keep a low profile.

Cao Chong is naturally different from the previous Emperor Wu of Han, but it is definitely a good tradition to visit privately and understand the people's sentiments. Cao Chong has to inherit it.

According to the two-point Marxist theory, everything has a good and a bad side. Cao Chong used his force to intimidate Wuwei, eliminated the Duan family, abolished the Jia family, and intimidated the Cao family of the Zhang family, and controlled the core power of Wuwei. In Wuwei, he could not pursue his words, and no one dared to disobey him.

But this is a good side, and there will inevitably be a bad side of this matter. I haven't seen it yet, and no one wants to report it to him.

This is actually a shortcoming of China's bureaucratic system. Subordinates have always reported good news but not bad news.

Therefore, there are many people who pay a heavy price.

To put it closer, Yuan Datou is a person with both skills and abilities, and his vision is even longer. Otherwise, he would not have been able to seize the position of official president in Sun Yixian's hands.

But this is how he is a talented man. Because he is trapped in Beijing, he can only understand the situation through the newspaper his son gave him. His son asked the newspaper to report only good news and not bad news. In this way, Yuan Datou felt that the time was right and he could be called emperor, so he beat a good hand and became the 83-day emperor who was ridiculed by later generations.

To put it closer, the reason why the flower planting family experienced ten years of turmoil was not because Hong Taizu's body was getting worse, which led to the inability to go out to understand the situation, and was trapped in Zhongnanhai. He blindly listened to his nephew Mao Yuanxin's words and made metaphysical mistakes, which led to Hong Taizu's belief that the country's progress was good, and failed to correct the mistakes in time, and then made a big mistake.

Trapped in the deep palace and without knowing the news outside, you will be played with by civil servants, foreign relatives, or eunuchs.

Chongzhen gave Cao Chong a good example.

Chongzhen had good talents and worked hard to govern. The Ming Dynasty ended in his hands. In addition to the Ming Dynasty's hard work, isn't it because the civil servant group took turns to play with Emperor Chongzhen trapped in the deep palace?

Cao Chong naturally did not want to be Emperor Chongzhen, nor did he want to be Emperor Huan of Han or Emperor Ling of Han.

In fact, the reason why four or five wise monarchs were able to be produced in the early Western Han Dynasty was not how good the emperor chose when choosing heirs, but that these emperors could not be trapped and wanted to run out. Therefore, they had a special understanding of the people's conditions and naturally would not be deceived by the civil servant group.

Needless to say, Emperor Gaozu of Han, later Emperor Wen of Han was a prince and had a down-and-out period. In addition, Emperor Jing of Han was a powerful figure who killed the son of the King of Chu in a jar, which shows that he often appeared outside the palace.

As for Emperor Wu of Han, let alone.

The Western Han Dynasty was strong, and the emperor was compassionate with the people's feelings. The Eastern Han Dynasty was weak, and the emperor was weak in the deep palace. All the news in his hands could only be provided to him by others.

As for whether this news is true, how do you know?

Compared with reports given by others, Cao Chong believed more that he had seen it with his own eyes, and that it was real, rather than those specially prepared encounters.

This is also why many emperors like to visit privately, because this is the only way to get real things.

The aftermath of Guzang's turbulence has not passed yet, so the streets seem a bit deserted.

Cao Chong turned his head and looked at Zhou Dufu, and asked, "Da Tou, I saw you have nothing to do and often walk in Guzang. I wonder if you know the best tavern in Guzang City?"

Tavern?

Zhou Dufu shook his head and said, "This is the best tavern in Guzang, which is not as good as the ordinary taverns in Yecheng. Moreover, there are too many people and there are not many easy things to go to. Dufu has a place, which is not bad."

Wei Yan seemed to understand what Zhou Dufu was thinking, so he hurriedly stopped him and said, "June, the place where Dufu brothers said is a place of dust. The lord is noble and you cannot go to such a place. Otherwise, how can we explain to our wives when we return home?"

It turns out that the place Zhou Dufu mentioned was a brothel!

Cao Chong shook his head and said to Zhou Dufu: "Big Head, you actually want to this marquis, Oh no, you actually introduced the brothel to someone. Did you forget your sister's fist?"

If Zhou Ying knew that Zhou Dufu wanted to take him to a place of dust, Zhou Dufu would not know how miserable he would be beaten by Zhou Ying.

When it comes to Zhou Ying, Zhou Dufu has indeed become much more honest.

"Brother-in-law, don't mention sister. Moreover, it's useless for brother-in-law to mention sister. Liangzhou is thousands of miles away from my sister, so my sister can't care about me."

Seeing Zhou Dufu's cheerful look, Cao Chong wanted to take Zhou Ying over as well.

This guy didn't see Zhou Ying for almost a month, and his skin became itchy.

"This brothel is probably full of vulgar fans. If you don't have any good time, just go to an ordinary tavern. You two must know that someone came out, they are not here to have fun."

Zhou Dufu curled his lips and secretly complained in his heart.

If you don’t want to have fun, don’t go to the tavern!

Of course, Zhou Dufu only dared to whisper in his heart, but he didn't dare to let Cao Chong listen.

Guzang’s tavern is indeed very ordinary. It is actually a tavern, but it is actually a small courtyard. It is directly open-air in the outside room, and it is the tavern that Cao Chong imagined.

And it's just as simple.

It is worth mentioning that because Liangzhou lives with Hu people all year round, stools are still very common in Liangzhou. For example, this restaurant has small stools and tables that look a little old.

Cao Chong lived in a luxurious place for a long time. When he came here, he felt a long time ago.

I remember that back then, he often ate and drank at such roadside stalls.

"Shopkeeper, I'll give me five pounds of mutton and three jars of big wine."

The store is a middle-aged man. After working in this tavern for a long time, he naturally developed a skill of judging people.

Although Cao Chong dressed like a ranger, his words and deeds were all noble figures. Obviously, some noble young master was so idle that he came out to play a ranger.

The store has not seen this situation before, so the face looks like it is commonplace.

"Okay."

The store is very skilled and has been making this business all year round, and the speed of serving wine and food is also very fast. Soon, the store brought all the wine and meat, and added a plate of fried peanuts.

"Mr. Lang, I gave you this plate of peanuts."

Gift to me?

This relationship is good.

Cao Chong stood up and bowed to the store owner, "You are so kind to the store owner. I have been walking around and I am used to seeing heroes and heroes. I am just as enthusiastic as you, but I am also very enthusiastic. Thank you."

Cao Chong's words are really not lies.

Those who can usually meet Cao Chong can really be considered heroes.

"Mr. I'm joking."

Such an ordinary noble man is arrogant, but it is rare to see such a person in front of him. The store owner's impression of Cao Chong instantly improved a lot.

"It's just a plate of peanuts, it's not worth much."

Cao Chong smiled, looked around his tavern, and said, "You have no people in your tavern. Why not drink with me? It is also a favor for someone to repay you a plate of peanuts."

Perhaps it was because of Guzang's turmoil that there were only a few people in the tavern. This may also be the reason why the store gave Cao Chong peanuts. Of course, it was because the store wanted to earn repeat customers.

The shop owner smiled and waved his hand quickly, "You spend money on eating and drinking with me, I can't take advantage of you."

Cao Chong's eyes rolled and said, "Why don't you cook two more dishes, so that everyone will not owe each other."

The store owner had a good impression of Cao Chong. When he heard this, he looked at the tavern again and found that there were not many customers. He was extremely deserted and nodded immediately.

"Good!"

I fried two more pots of meat and vegetables, and the store owner sat opposite Cao Chong.

Even though Cao Chong often enjoys dragon liver and phoenix gallbladder, the roadside stalls naturally have their own taste, and this cannot be replaced by other things.

Cao Chong had eaten and drank halfway and finally started talking.

“The shop and the pub are so deserted?”

The store owner was stunned and shook his head.

"Of course not. There are still some people coming here. Although they are not lively, they will not be as deserted as today."

"Why today?" Cao Chong asked knowingly.

The shop owner sighed and said with some distress: "It's not that Luoyang Marquis..."

Speaking of this, the store owner suddenly shut up as if he realized something.

"Forget it, let's not talk about these things, it's always bad to talk about noble people."

Zhou Dufu and Wei Yan lowered their heads, ate mutton, drank soju, and pretended to be transparent.

Cao Chong poured a bowl of wine for the store owner and asked, "Shop owner, Luoyang Hou will not care about what others talk about him. Maybe, does he like to be talked about by others?"

The store drank a few bowls of wine and became more enthusiastic when speaking.

"You are not the Marquis of Luoyang, how do you know what a person like him is thinking?"
To be continued...