Due to the presence of Zhao Jia, a prince of the royal family, Cao Xiong did not allow other members of the Cao family to participate in this drinking party.
"Brother Ning, long time no see. As a brother, I have always wanted to see Brother Ning again." Cao Xiong looked at Ning Xiaofan seriously and said.
Ning Xiaofan chuckled.
"Brother Cao, what you said is serious. I am just an ordinary person. You are all nobles of the Song Dynasty. Sitting with you, I am considered to be on a high level."
Zhao Jia, who was standing next to him, said quickly: "Brother Ning, what you said is untrue. In fact, I have heard from Governor Cao about your deeds before. You actually managed to defeat the Yuan army with your own efforts.
What kind of ability and courage, looking at the whole of China and even the whole empire, there are probably only a handful of people who can do this at such a young age."
Although Zhao Jia really wanted to be friends with Ning Xiaofan, his words were not flattery.
There are all kinds of martial arts geniuses emerging in endlessly throughout the Sky Blue Continent, but there are really not many who have achieved Ning Xiaofan's level in his early 20s.
This is also the reason why Zhao Jia, as a prince of the royal family, likes Ning Xiaofan so much.
Ning Xiaofan said: "Brother Zhao, you praise me too much. Geniuses should be everywhere in the royal family. I am nothing. But since Brother Zhao and Prefect Cao think that I, Ning Xiaofan, can still be a friend.
Well, let’s have a drink and become friends.”
Zhao Jia couldn't help laughing when he heard this.
"That's well said, Brother Ning. Being able to get to know Brother Ning is the happiest thing that has happened to Zhao Jia in recent years. Let's do it, Governor Cao."
Cao Xiong quickly raised his wine glass.
The three of them touched each other, and then drank it all in one gulp.
"Good wine." Ning Xiaofan laughed after drinking.
At this time, Zhao Jia looked at Ning Xiaofan and said, "Brother Ning, I wonder if Brother Ning has the ambition to serve the country."
"It's hard to say, let's put it this way, I don't even have a proper nationality now. I'm afraid it would be difficult for someone like me to have the ambition to serve the country."
"Oh?" Zhao Jia suddenly said in surprise: "Brother Ning, why is this happening?"
Cao Xiong next to him said: "Master, this is what you don't know. Masters like Brother Ning must have studied under those masters from outside the world. Such people usually live deep in the mountains. Naturally,
There is no nationality to speak of."
Zhao Jia suddenly realized this, and then said to Ning Xiaofan: "Brother Ning, in that case, why not join the Song Kingdom? I guarantee that after brother Ning comes to the Song Kingdom, his status will surpass that of Grand Administrator Cao."
Ning Xiaofan looked at him and then at Cao Xiong.
At this time, Cao Xiong said: "Brother Ning, the master is right. With brother Ning's skills and talents, a prefect has indeed wronged brother Ning. Maybe one day brother Ning can become a minister of Conglong."
When Ning Xiaofan heard Cao Xiong's words, he immediately understood what was going on.
Obviously, Cao Xiong belongs to Zhao Jia in front of him. Although Zhao Jia is the younger brother of the King of Song, it is obvious that he is not willing to be the younger brother of the king. He wants to ascend to the position of the King of Song.
Ning Xiaofan chuckled. Now he understood why the young man in front of him wanted to win over him so much.
It is obvious that Zhao Jia needs his own martial arts skills. Only in this way can he use Ning Xiaofan's talents to fight for the position of King of Song.
Ning Xiaofan looked at Zhao Jia.
"Brother Zhao may really think highly of me. I'm afraid I, Ning Xiaofan, am not as talented as you two say."
Cao Xiong hurriedly said: "Brother Ning, since the young master can tell Brother Ning all this, Brother Ning should be able to understand that the princess really trusts you and appreciates you. Brother Ning, how many years am I older than you?
As the old saying goes, Brother Ning is an opportunity for the Young Master, and the Young Master is also an excellent opportunity for Brother Ning. If one day the Young Master succeeds, Brother Ning will be the one who has given birth to someone second only to the Young Master."
For such a large vassal state to be able to become the number 2 figure in this vassal state, it is obviously very remarkable.
This is true no matter who looks at it.
However, Zhao Jia, who was sitting next to him, also looked at Ning Xiaofan, but his eyes were full of surprise.
"Brother Ning, I didn't hear clearly. What did you say your name was just now?"
Ning Xiaofan said: "Ning Xiaofan."
Zhao Jia looked at Ning Xiaofan with even more surprise in his eyes.
He never expected that the person in front of him would be Ning Xiaofan.
You must know that Zhao Jia entered the Yunfeng Mountains under the alias Song Jia, and also entered the Northwest League.
His original intention was to support the Northwest Alliance and then use the Northwest Alliance to unify the Yunfeng Mountains.
If the Yunfeng Mountains can really be captured, it will be of great benefit to the Song State against the Yuan State to a certain extent. Both the Song State and the Yuan State have noticed the importance of the Yunfeng Mountains, and that is why
, this is the reason why both the Song and Yuan Dynasties attacked the Yunfeng Mountains.
The only opponent of the Northwest League is Black Wind Mountain.
And the boss of Black Wind Mountain is Ning Xiaofan.
Ning Xiaofan is definitely a superb figure in the entire Yunfeng Mountains.
He appeared in the Yunfeng Mountains for just one or two months, but he wiped out the Chiyun Village that dominated the Yunfeng Mountains, defeated the three major mountain villages in the northwest, and even the boss Long Xinglong who once dominated the Yunfeng Mountains died.
In Ning Xiaofan's hands.
Zhao Jia heard about such a legendary figure when he first entered the Yunfeng Mountains.
In fact, he wanted to get in touch with Ning Xiaofan before, but the Northwest Gate inherited most of the strength of the three major mountain villages in the Northwest. Not only that, but it also absorbed many small villages. Although Black Wind Village can compete with the Northwest Alliance,
compared to.
But the Northwest Alliance can be regarded as deeply rooted in the Yunfeng Mountains.
Even Zhao Jia felt that the Northwestern Alliance would definitely win in the end.
But today the young man he was interested in turned out to be the legendary Ning Xiaofan from the Yunfeng Mountains.
Ning Xiaofan looked at Zhao Jia with surprise in his eyes and immediately said in confusion: "Brother Zhao, why are you looking at me like this? Could it be that Brother Zhao knows me?"
In fact, Ning Xiaofan himself didn't believe what he said.
I am a time traveler, at least for this world, I am a time traveler.
He had been in the Yunfeng Mountains and had almost no contact with people outside the Yunfeng Mountains, so it was impossible for him to think that Zhao Jia would have heard of his name.
Zhao Jia smiled and said: "I should have known Brother Ning's name earlier. Brother Ning, I can promise you to lead the army independently, and I can not interfere with your army. How about it?"
When he said these words, Cao Xiong next to him was startled.
Zhao Jia obviously trusted Ning Xiaofan very much when he said this, and he gave Ning Xiaofan a great deal of freedom.
A person who can have his own private army, isn't such a person equivalent to a small local prince?
This is what the former masters of the vassal states least wanted to see, because those vassal states also used to have such private armies.
No one wants to have a private army other than the national army in their country.
Ning Xiaofan was also surprised when he heard Zhao Jiadu's words.
Of course he understood the weight of these words, but what he never expected was that this young master Jia would make such a promise for the sake of the throne.
Ning Xiaofan said: "I'm afraid I don't have such ability, I just know some martial arts skills."
Zhao Jia listened to Ning Xiaofan's words and knew that Ning Xiaofan was obviously pretending to be decadent.
Zhao Jina knew very well whether Ning Xiaofan was capable or not.
"Does Brother Ning only want to be in a small place in the Yunfeng Mountains? Brother Ning is so talented, and a small place like the Yunfeng Mountains is really a waste of talent."
When Ning Xiaofan heard what he said, he couldn't help but be slightly startled.
He really didn't expect that Zhao Jia would say such words. It was obvious that the young master in front of him knew him and must know some of his affairs in the Yunfeng Mountains.
In fact, this is what puzzles Ning Xiaofan the most.
He had no doubts about what Zhao Jia had just said, and he was not surprised at all.
But it was what he was talking about now that surprised Ning Xiaofan.
After all, the person in front of me is a member of the royal family of the Song Dynasty.
And he is also the younger brother of the current King of Song Dynasty.
How could such a person be related to those bandits?
And from what he said, he seemed to know the Yunfeng Mountains and Ning Xiaofan quite well.
Ning Xiaofan's expression remained unchanged as he looked at him and said.
"Brother Zhao, it seems that you have some understanding of me, Ning Xiaofan."
"Brother Ning's name is like thunder, but what I didn't expect was that I would meet the legendary Ning Xiaofan here today. Now speaking, I am not surprised at all by what happened in the Yunfeng Mountains."
When he said this, it was obvious that Ning Xiaofan was right.
This person knows the Yunfeng Mountains very well.
"Brother Zhao, you have said so much, shouldn't you help me clear up my confusion?"
Zhao Jia is not stupid, of course he understands what Ning Xiaofan means.
He laughed and said: "If it were someone else, I wouldn't say it, but today I am facing Brother Ning, so I naturally want to tell the truth. Let's put it this way, the geographical advantage of the Yunfeng Mountains is very great, and that place is related to Song Dynasty.
As for the battle between the Yuan and Yuan Dynasties, as far as our intelligence personnel from the Song State know, the Yuan State has already
The Yunfeng Mountains have taken action, but for some reason they didn't succeed. So I, the Song Dynasty, didn't dare to take it lightly, so I wanted to control the Yunfeng Mountains. This time I came here because of Brother Wang's dispatch. There is one more thing, the Yunfeng Mountains
The reason why the Northwest Alliance appeared is because I entered the Yunfeng Mountains."
Upon hearing this, Ning Xiaofan immediately said: "That Zhang Ying is your man."
Zhao Jia said: "He was not mine originally, but when I showed that I was from an official family of the Song Dynasty, he took refuge in me. Of course, I also gave him some benefits. In addition to money, it was a promise.
With him, the Yunfeng Mountains will be in his hands in the future."
Ning Xiaofan said: "In view of this, it is not surprising that the Northwest League imitated the salary system."
"Brother Ning, I really want to apologize to you. Yes, it was indeed me who asked Zhang Ying to follow suit. I was very surprised at that time. How could there be such a genius in the Yunfeng Mountains?
The imperial government's salary system was applied to these cottage bandits, and now that I know it was Brother Ning who did it, I feel relieved."
Ying Xiaofan said: "In this case, we should be considered enemies."
At this time, Cao Xiong, who was sitting next to him, was confused as he listened to the words of Ning Xiaofan and Zhao Jia.
It was obvious that he had no idea what the two men were talking about.
Although he knew that Zhao Jia had entered the Yunfeng Mountains, it was difficult for him to connect the Yunfeng Mountains with Ning Xiaofan.
"Sir, what are you talking about? Why can't I understand?"
Zhao Jia laughed and said: "Prefect Cao, do you know who this person is in front of you? His identity is very different from yours."
"Oh? Brother Ning, what is your identity?"
"Bandit leader!"
Naturally, Ning Xiaofan no longer had to hide it.
Cao Xiong was surprised when he heard Ning Xiaofan's words.
"Brother Ning, are you kidding?"
Ning Xiaofan said: "Do you think I am joking at this moment? Haha, if you think it is over there, right?"
After listening to Ning Xiaofan's words, Cao Xiong thought of the young master's words just now, and immediately connected them with the Yunfeng Mountain Range.
Near Linyang City, the largest gathering place for bandits is the Yunfeng Mountains.
The Yunfeng Mountain Range is said to have tens of thousands of bandits, and even he, the prefect, has no way to do anything in the mountain village.
"Brother Ning, you are not really from the Yunfeng Mountains, are you?"
"Yes, I do come from the Yunfeng Mountains." Ning Xiaofan said: "Brother Zhao just said that our identities are quite different. You are a soldier and I am a thief. Logically speaking, you should now
I'll take it."
When Cao Xiong heard what Ning Xiaofan said, he quickly said: "Brother Ning, are you kidding me? We are friends, we are brothers. No matter what your identity is, my relationship with you will never change, but I still want to
A word of advice to Brother Ning, although the Mountain King is very majestic, he is not stable.
It is certain that if Brother Ning can assist the young master, the power, status and influence that Brother Ning will control in the future will definitely be far higher than that of the small Yunfeng Mountains. Not to mention too much, just like me, a small
The little governor of Linyang City has more than tens of thousands of people under his jurisdiction."
"Brother Cao's words seem to be somewhat tempting."
"Brother Ning, I am absolutely in sympathy with you, and what I say is from the bottom of my heart." Cao Xiong said and turned to look at Zhao Jia.
"Sir, what do you think?"
"I can say that the Yunfeng Mountains will become yours immediately." Zhao Jia looked at Ning Xiaofan.
Ning Xiaofan chuckled and did not answer immediately, but looked at Cao Xiong again.
"Brother Cao, I suddenly remembered that I mentioned the purpose of coming today. I just wanted to ask Brother Cao about the things I entrusted to you before. How is it now?"
As soon as Cao Xiong heard Ning Xiaofan talk about the previous incident, he quickly said: "Brother Ning, don't worry, I have already taken care of that matter, and she has sent me back safely, and it was very safe all the way.
."
Ning Xiaofan smiled slightly, then picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp.
Then he stood up.
"Thank you, Brother Cao. If you need anything in the future, I will definitely help you. I have something to do and I'll take my leave."
After Ning Xiaofan finished speaking, he quickly walked out of the main hall, ran up to the roof in a few steps, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.