Chapter 3 Father and Son (Nine)

"Great kindness from the distinguished guest, I have no worries in my Mikazu family!" The old pharmacist Wen Ma was overjoyed when he heard this! He bent his knees and was about to kneel down and kowtow again. However, Ning Ziming held his arms tightly and could not move downwards.

"Great kindness from the distinguished guest, my Mika tribe is unforgettable!" The elders, nobles and herdsmen around were not stopped. Hearing that the young "miracle doctor" not only agreed to teach the tribal pharmacists, but also allowed two more young disciples to listen, they bowed down again and thanked loudly.

Most of them are not familiar with Qiyan, and of course they cannot know what "scraping the bone to cure poison" is. However, they know that the ability to make their pharmacist elders repeatedly bow to the prime minister is definitely worthless. Therefore, they bowed sincerely and were full of gratitude.

Seeing this, Ning Ziming had to make a few more polite words to everyone. He said that the Uighur Tang Dynasty was originally a family, but although the world changed, it was still connected by blood. When the Uighur elders, nobles and herdsmen heard it, they were even more cheerful and thunderous. They all felt that although the distinguished guest in front of him was not old, he was well-versed in matters and truth, and was a hero worthy of being sincerely made friends with everyone.

When the onlookers dispersed, the two brothers wanted to have a meal quietly, but there was no possibility. No matter where they went, people kept coming to thank him. When they passed by the shop and took a few more glances at anything, the shopkeeper couldn't wait to pick it up and stuff it into his hands before they could ask for the price. When they entered the restaurant on the side of the road, no one even showed the water order. The on duty immediately ordered the kitchen to put the best dishes into the pot. In a moment, a large table was placed full of no money.

I really couldn't stand the enthusiasm of the Mikazu Division. Chai Rong and Ning Ziming filled their stomachs as quickly as possible, and fled back to the rented tent. I thought I could hide from a quiet moment, but I expected that the pharmacist Wen Ma was worried that his new master and uncle would be frozen when he slept, so he specially sent a housekeeper to bring four young girls to warm the bed for the two of them...

Now, Ning Ziming and the embarrassment turned red. After much persuasion, they swear, and finally took out the injury on the back of their heads and could not get close to women within three years, so they barely sent the housekeeper and the girls away. They turned around suddenly, but suddenly realized that the eldest brother Chai Rong was about to stand up this year and had never seen "meat" along the way. Unconsciously, he felt a little apologized, scratched his scalp and whispered: "Brother, if you have a crush on a woman, just leave her behind. Anyway, you and my brother have to stay here for at least half a month. It would be convenient to have someone who serves tea and water around you!"

"Bah! You kid, what did you do just now? Now you have driven everyone away, and I am here to pretend to be generous to my brother!" Chai Rong spat at him, smiled and shook his head, "Forget it, you have been a saint all day, and you don't want to repay kindness. My brother, can't pull your hind legs no matter what. In the past half month, just warm your quilt. After all, spring has come, so you won't fall down with an old cold leg!"

Ning Ziming heard it and felt more and more that he was incomplete in his work and was at a loss. When Chai Rong saw it, he quickly added with a smile, "Okay, I'll just joke with you. I'm not that kind of horse? I can't sleep without a woman! Moreover, according to my observation, the customs and habits of the Miji tribe are very close to the Central Plains. The four maids are still virgins, and after you and my brothers slept, it's not convenient to bring them back to the Central Plains. If they don't have a hard enough father and brother behind their backs, they will be in their husband's house in the future, it will be difficult for them to raise their heads!"

"Oh!" Ning Ziming agreed softly, and some monks were confused. Since he recovered from his coma, all the women he knew had not been able to slap them together. Whether it was Ning Caichen or Han Chongyun, they were all people in the army, and they did not focus on daily trivial matters. Of course, no one thought of him to give him some basic enlightenment. Therefore, the young man is still confused about the concept of virginity and non-virginity. He can't understand why he doesn't have enough hard fathers and brothers to support him, and after the non-virginity is married, he can't raise his head in his husband's house? (Note 1)

Since the three of them had already formed Jinlan, Chai Rong regarded himself as the real elder brother. He keenly noticed Ning Ziming's youthfulness, was stunned, frowned, and asked in surprise: "Can you still be a young man? You have never even had a maid who warmed the bed? My God! You really opened my eyes!"

"I, I, I..." Ning Ziming was ashamed as if he was caught stealing something, and he was ashamed. He raised his sleeves and wiped his sweat, and said stammeringly, "Didn't I have been living on Wagang Mountain before? Everyone is in danger, so who can take me as a young master? As for Wushengjun, he has been training and fighting without stopping. Of course, of course, he has no time to take care of other things!"

"God!" Chai Rong fell on Hu's bench and rubbed his brows with his hands. "At an ordinary country house, at your age, he had already bought a personal maid and studied men and women's affairs. You still know nothing about it? You are still a prince? To be honest, if Feng Ji hadn't insisted on it, you were always ambiguous, I really couldn't believe you were the King of Zheng!"

"I'm still eager to do it, but I can't deny it!" When she mentioned her confused identity, a shadow surged in Ning Ziming's heart, grinned and said in a angrily manner.

The wind in the grassland at night was a bit strong, blowing through the walls of the tent, blew the candlelight in the tent and jumping.

Ning Ziming's face was also illuminated by the lights.

He suddenly felt a little cold, raised his arms and hugged his shoulders. However, this action did not bring him any warmth, but only made his shadow reflected on the ground become extremely weak.

"I'm sorry, I didn't deliberately attack you!" Chai Rong immediately realized that he shouldn't have any pots, so he quickly took action and explained actively. "But I really, really think this matter is very strange. Whether in terms of words and deeds, or in dealing with people, you don't seem to be from a prominent family. Even the middle-aged household is very reluctant, at most it's a rich and noble skin! Don't get me wrong! I'm not looking down on you, my own background.

It is also very ordinary. It is said that my family had been rich, but my father had already spent it, so I was adopted by my aunt and uncle! Most of the wealthy families I have met have not grown their eyes on the top of my head, and they are proud of them. People like your second brother are already an anomaly. But if they had not lived and died with us and appreciated each other, they would not have looked at a vendor and a swordsman with their eyes on!"

"Haha--!" Ning Ziming grinned and smiled bitterly. He himself felt that his temperament and behavior were not like his origin and a wealthy family? But the problem now is that there are more and more evidence and witnesses, and it is confirmed that he is the second prince Shi Yanbao. The harder he tried to deny, the more he seemed to deliberately escape reality!

He didn't want to be the second prince, and he didn't want to be from the beginning.

But he could not get rid of this identity, even if he tried his best to do all his best.

"And your unique skill of scraping bones to cure poison! To be honest, if Jing Niang had no cure, who would have dared to let you take a risk? Although the Mikazu Department used this skill as a treasure, witch doctors, musicians and other craftsmen have been a cheap karma since ancient times! If you are really a prince, how could the elders in your family let you learn these things? Try to take a step back, even if Fu Yaozi is willing to teach, without ten years of hard work, how could you be so mature?" Chai Rong's voice continued, and every word was pierced at the most sensitive part of his inner world.

"Hiss--!" Ning Ziming took another breath, his expression becoming more and more serious. This was indeed a very big question, and he himself was puzzled. Although he had always told outsiders that this technique was taught by Chen Tuan. However, he had been with his master Chen Tuan for so long that he had never seen Chen Tuan personally use it!

"Am I the second prince?"

"I am not the second prince, why do I look exactly the same as him?"

"What's the memory of those killed? Why are they always appearing in my head more and more, becoming clearer?"

"I……?"

...

Countless questions surged into his heart, making him feel as if his soul had been drained, his face was pale, his eyes were dull, and his body was shaking.

"Forget it, you don't have to be upset about this!" Unexpectedly, Ning Ziming would be so excited that he stood up and gently supported his shoulder. "Anyway, no matter whether you have the surname Shi or Ning or Zheng, you are my third brother. It should be no problem for you to take back the country and protect you for the rest of your life and never be chased."

"Brother!" Ning Ziming grinned and bowed. In addition to Han Chongyun, Chai Rong was the second person in the world who wanted to treat him as his brother no matter who he was, which made him feel warm in his heart.

But in a flash, he remembered the agreement between Chang Si and himself. His bright eyes became dim again, "After going to Liaodong, whether you can be sure that I am Shi Yanbao, I must return to Luzhou. Wusheng Army and Wusheng Army, I have to give an explanation!"

"What are you telling me? Could it be that you can't bear to leave the commander position?" Chai Rong was slightly stunned when he heard this, looked at him a few times, and said hesitantly, "How great is the best for us brothers to go out in the world together, and we can have a look after each other! Don't worry, if you want to become an official one day, Brother Wei will definitely help you with an official position that is not lower than command!"

"No, not to be an official!" Ning Ziming waved his hands repeatedly when he heard this.

"Why? Uncle Mo Qi is still holding your handle? It is said that he is not that kind of person!" Chai Rong frowned, his eyes warm like morning light.

"I, I promised Chang Jiedu not to leave Wu Shengjun! No more trouble for anyone!" Ning Ziming felt guilty when he saw it, so he had to smile bitterly again and tell the truth about the gentleman's agreement between himself and Chang Si. "He saved me at the beginning, but had the conditions. He said he was a businessman and could not take risks for me for nothing..."

"You believe these words too?" Chai Rong glared and asked in surprise.

"I know that the so-called transaction is a joke by Chang Jiedu. Yes, but I shouldn't have dragged him down. He has lost the opportunity to enter the court for me. If I go back on my word, wouldn't it be that he wouldn't leave anything behind?!" Ning Ziming thought for a while and told the truth.

"Oh! You are so honest! How can I say you well? At this moment, and at that moment, do you understand?" After hearing this, Chai Rong felt that his new sworn brother was pitiful. He shook his head and smiled, and took a lot of money. "Don't worry! I asked my adoptive father to come forward to deal with you with you. Uncle Chang is a good person, just to seek stability and integrity. No one wants to offend him unless someone is pushed to his heart with a knife. The reason why he made a covenant with you was to tie you up by others and not be used by others to cause trouble for the King of Han. Now that the King of Han has gone, the Han Kingdom is gradually getting on the right track. Why should he continue to hold you in his hand? He himself has no strength to rebel!"

"No, I won't cause trouble for my uncle! If it's very troublesome, forget it. Anyway, Chang Jiedu will not harm me!" Unexpectedly, the problem he thought was unsolvable was not the same in Chai Rong's eyes. Ning Ziming smiled and asked for verification uneasy.

Chai Rong smiled and shrugged, looking at him disdain, "What's the trouble? Don't worry, my adoptive father dared to marry my aunt when he was a general. He was the imperial concubine of Emperor Zhuangzong of the Tang Dynasty! Now he has become the deputy envoy of Privy Councilor, and he still has no courage to protect you, a former prince of the dynasty who has no roots and no foundation? Don't worry, it's okay. If I really misread my adoptive father, he will not protect you! Brother, I will take you and buy a boat to cross the south together. Let's go to the south and be Tao Zhu Yidun, and we will still laugh at the royal lords and marquis in this life!"

"Okay, then I'll go and sell tea with my elder brother!" Ning Ziming felt relieved when he heard this, and nodded with a smile.

"Actually, your identity as the second prince of the previous dynasty was nothing!" Chai Rong thought about it and continued to whisper to relieve himself. "They used to scramble to grab you in their hands as puppets, but it was just that you were young and had no soldiers or generals around you, so it was easy to bully!"

"Oh—" Ning Ziming was confused when he heard the novelty.

Before he met Chai Rong, no one analyzed his problems from this perspective. The identity of the prince of the previous dynasty was like a cloud of darkness, making him feel his shoulders extremely heavy whenever he thought about it.

"This sentence is a bit ruthless. It's okay for us brothers to talk privately. Since Zhu Wen usurped the throne, who has been the emperors of the Central Plains who are not strong soldiers and horses? Who cares about bloodline inheritance? If someone is not strong and the horse is not strong, what's the use of stealing you to be a puppet? On the other hand, if your subordinates are strong and strong, they deny that you are the second prince, how could they push the throne under your butt? Fu Laolang, who is still the surname Li? Look at all, who dares to say that he is a descendant of Li Keyong, the Taizu of the Later Tang Dynasty? I'm all! They are all snobbish people, just pretending to be confused with their understanding!"

"Bang!" The candle flowers in the tent suddenly burst out, illuminating the entire tent as bright as day.

Ning Ziming's eyes were also bright!

This is a road he never thought of. No need to hide from others and rely entirely on himself.

The emperor is the one who is strong and strong. Those who do not want to be the emperor can also reject it. The grandfather of Wei Gong Fu Yanqing was Li Cunshen, the adopted son of Li Keyong, the Taizu of Later Tang Dynasty. He inherited the qualifications of the Later Tang Dynasty, which was the same as that of Li Siyuan, the Mingzong of Tang Dynasty. However, after so many years of destruction of the Later Tang Dynasty, Li Cunxu and Li Siyuan's nephew were killed completely, but Li Cunshen's family only changed their original surnames. No one would try to take them as puppets, and no one dared to come to the door and kill the men of this family!

There is nothing else, the Fu family is strong and powerful!

They said that if they don’t have the surname Li, they don’t have the surname Li. Outsiders hope that they will give up their qualifications to compete for the world!

If I have enough strength one day, no matter whether my surname is Shi, Ning or Zheng, who dares to say one more word?

"Brother, thank you!" With sincere gratitude, Ning Ziming bowed gently to Chai Rong. His somewhat immature face was full of vitality by the candlelight.

As a young man with very little experience and clear edges, he never wanted to stay under the wings of Chang Si, the governor of Wusheng Army, for the rest of his life. Although the latter had saved his life, he always treated him as a direct child.

He likes Chang Wanying not only out of gratitude, but also feels that they are very close to each other and that they deserve to be together for a lifetime. And doing things under Chang Si always makes him feel that he has risen to the top by relying on other people's daughters. He always feels that someone will look at him with strange eyes, making it difficult for him to stand up straight and speak and do things.

Of course, these are his little thoughts as a young boy in private and cannot be told to anyone. Tonight, in addition to continuing to lead troops in Wusheng's army, he saw another way out and suddenly felt a bright light in front of him.

"Brother, don't say anything strange!" Finally, a smile appeared on his third brother's face. Chai Rong also felt in a good mood. He smiled and whispered. "Actually, I think it's a good choice for you to be a vendor! Our brothers sell tea from south to north in spring, and fur and medicinal materials from north to south in autumn. Haha, see all the beautiful scenery in the world and sleep with beauties in the world. No matter who is the emperor, he can live happily for the rest of his life."

"Me, how can I know how to do business?" Ning Ziming realized that Chai Rong wanted to distract the topic, scratched his head and said in great cooperation.

"If you don't know how to do business, there will be no qualified businessmen in the world!" Chai Rong smiled slightly and shook his head vigorously. "I have been afraid that you will be forced to take the Uighurs away for nothing due to the situation. I have been thinking about how to help you think of a solution, shorter pounds and less fish, and mixed with fish eyes! But I didn't expect that you can do business more than me, and actually used a skill to scrape bones to cure poison in exchange for the gratitude of the entire Mikazu Division. This time, from now on, you are hiding a surprise weapon outside the border. When you need to use it, you can summon them immediately!"

"I, I never thought so much!" Ning Ziming was so angry that he blushed and waved his hand to explain. "I just thought that the people in the tribe here were pretty good and shouldn't be killed by others! So I felt a little sympathetic to them! I didn't expect any ambushing troops here!"

After hearing this, Chai Rong continued to smile and shake his head, "So you have the talent to do business? It's just that you don't realize it yourself! In exchange for sincerity is the highest level of business. Third brother, you are a self-taught master! If you keep thinking about taking other people's things for nothing, or always thinking about making enough money without considering the other party's interests, it will become a business deal. Even if you succeed, there will be no second time!"

This is his business philosophy, and the scope of application is not just a business world. Because Ning Ziming saw that he was as simple as a piece of paper, he took the initiative to tell him frankly.

Ning Ziming seemed to understand it, pondered for a moment, and whispered, "Even if I insisted not to give it to me, I'm afraid it wouldn't work! Including second brother and sister Jing Niang, there are only seven people here in total. It's impossible to escape by others when they are blocked in the camp!"

"This involves another science, and judge the situation!" Chai Rong nodded and continued to consciously teach young people. "When the strength difference is too great, it is better to choose to compromise temporarily than to tear the face, and there is no chance of making a profit. Back then, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, was also humiliated by the Wei River, and was able to compromise by offering jewelry to the Turks. But in just over a dozen years, the Khan of the Turks was captured in Chang'an to guard the palace gate for His Majesty Taizong!"

"Yes!" Ning Ziming immediately remembered his nominal father Shi Chonggui, who unfortunately lost his country because he refused to continue to be a grandson for the Khitans.

From a human perspective, he admired this kind of toughness, but from the final result, Shi Chonggui was not considered a qualified emperor anyway. It was equivalent to making a blow to his own, causing the lives of the Central Plains to suffer.

"My character and wisdom have never been the same thing. Some people are impeccable, but they are always a mess when doing things. Some people are obviously despicable, but when they sit up, they are stern and rarely make mistakes." Chai Rong is definitely a qualified elder brother. He gave the most needed guidance intentionally or unintentionally when young people are most confused. "So when we are in charge, we strive to be upright and make friends, we should also choose a gentleman. What can be done with people and things is that we need to follow the guidance of wisdom first, rather than being a gentleman who is just a gentleman..."

He knew that no one had taught Ning Ziming these things before, so he didn't force the latter to understand. He just said whatever he thought of, and told the other party about his life experience in pieces.

However, Ning Ziming did not realize that his elder brother, who had just become a sworn brother, was guiding him. Following the other party's thoughts, there was one sentence, no sentence, and listened intermittently.

He agrees with some views very much, but he cannot accept other views. Whenever he encounters something he does not want to accept, he directly questions or refutes. Chai Rong is not angry, but just switches to another angle and interprets his views completely.

The two brothers became tired as they chatted. They told each other apart, yawned, and went to bed with their tents. No one thought about what tonight’s conversation meant to both sides?

It was not until many years later that Chai Rong finally discovered that he had personally cultivated a famous general of the world who was both wise and brave.

At that time, Ning Ziming, the King of Zheng of the Great Zhou Dynasty, was no longer confused about his own life experience.

Because in his memory, in addition to suffering, there are always a few rays of warmth that are the same kind. They warm him and encourage him, so that from a young boy can become a man step by step, standing tall and upright.
Chapter completed!