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Text Chapter 2 The Emperor¡¯s Funeral

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    As expected of me, I quickly adjusted my mentality, put on a suitable smile on my face, and treated the eunuch with the courtesy of a junior to an elder.

    "What a good boy." Seeing how sensible I was, the eunuch covered his mouth with his sleeve and laughed.

    "Excuse me." The father nodded, and then exchanged glances with the eunuch.  Then he got into the limousine prepared by the Military Region Office in Luoyang and drove all the way to the hotel where he was staying.

    "Is that an ally of the family?" I asked my father while sitting in the car.

    Father nodded: "Well, Meng De, you are precocious. It doesn't hurt to tell you this kind of thing. Although our Cao family has a high and powerful position in the federation, our background is not good. At that time, the great ancestor of the Cao family was originally named Xiahou. Later,  Adopted to the Cao family who was the eunuch of the dynasty. It was with the help of the eunuchs in the imperial court that our Cao family was able to gain a foothold in the Northeast. Later, our Cao family also produced some talents. Our strength became stronger and stronger. Until now,  He has become the real and unnamed king of the Northeast.

    But it¡¯s because of this damn origin.  Those self-proclaimed nobles look down on us, but they also hate the power in our hands.  Therefore, few people interact with our Cao family.  In order to have someone to speak to in the center, our Cao family can only form an alliance with the eunuchs.  The eunuchs are also very happy to have external allies like our Cao family.  Both sides can be considered mutually beneficial.  "

    I nodded slowly, then shook my head: "It has a bad reputation."

    But my father gave a wry smile and said, "There is nothing we can do about it. Fortunately, my Cao family has been operating in the Northeast for thousands of years. But there is no problem there."

    This time, I just nodded and didn¡¯t say what I was thinking.

    too small.

    ??Is my father¡¯s layout only limited to the Northeast?

    It¡¯s really too small.

    ??¡ª¡ªThe legendary dividing line¡ª¡ª

    The hotel is said to be seven-star.  Specially entertained foreign dignitaries who came to Luoyang.  My father's position is high enough and his methods are strong enough. At this time, he can directly book a room on the next floor.  It's just that although staying in a hotel is nice, it's not as comfortable as home.  Being away from home, I already feel a little homesick.

    The funeral of the old emperor was very grand.  After all, China is a superpower that has been inherited for thousands of years. Although it has declined somewhat in recent years, its foundation is still very strong.  It looks very impressive.  It¡¯s just that the cost is also terrifying.  Makes me feel bad.  I thought that this much money would be enough to form twenty special armored divisions.  The mud horse actually spent on a dead man.  What a bunch of losers.

    After the funeral is the enthronement ceremony of the new emperor.  The two weddings and weddings were separated by a week, which gave my father some buffering time. After all, it was not easy to go to Beijing.  Although we can meet via video phone, it is not as cordial as face-to-face conversation.  So, on the first day, after attending the reception banquet hosted by the eunuch leader Gao Hai, my father took me to exchange feelings with each family.

    The adults from the two families were talking about their friendship, bragging about each other's achievements, and exchanging some promises.  Naturally, the children of both parties should also meet so that they can make some plans for the future.  If there are still women of the right age in the family, they will even consider whether they can join the Cao family through marriage.  Even if she can't be a real wife because of poor housework, she can still be a regular wife.  If you take a step back, you might as well become a concubine.

    ¡°After all, although the reputation of the Cao family is not good, their strength is first-rate, and I am the only son of the Cao family.  It is impossible to say that they will depend on their future son-in-law for the rest of their lives.

    So, on the faces of those damn bastards, I saw pretended kindness, but in their eyes, I only saw naked desire.

    ¡°It¡¯s so disgusting.

    ¡°At least, I¡¯m not interested in those little dwarfs with snotty noses, crotchless pants, missing teeth, and crying all the time.

    "And those who are a little older are either pretentious, arrogant, coquettish, lewd, or vulgar.  Anyway, I like everyone - not to mention they are older than me!

    "Meng De, you have too high a vision. Aren't all children like this? I think there are a few good ones Uh, okay, just pretend I didn't say it, don't look at me like that."

    So, my father, who was about to persuade me to be more serious, gave up before he could finish his sentence.

    It doesn¡¯t matter.  When you reach an age, you can just find a decent woman and have a child. That will be the mission accomplished.  It would be better if the woman's family could provide me with a little help.  It doesn't matter if you don't.  Of course you can count on me for help.  But the reward cannot be a penny less.  As for love or something, haha.

    ¡°?Maybe it's because Meng De is still young.  Maybe it will be different after the Jing Guan is opened in a few years.  "My father comforted himself like this.

    Let him do as he pleases.  I made up my mind anyway.  After watching the wonderful show of the infant ascending to the throne, I will go back to the Northeast.  It would be unthinkable for me to go on a blind date again.  If you have that little time, you might as well read military books or practice swordsmanship.

    Having said this, I am also a little proud.  As the son of the Governor of Northeast China, I naturally would not crowd into school with ordinary people.  Instead, he received elite education together with the children of high-ranking officials in the Northeast Military Region.

    However, in my opinion, except for a few talented people among this group of high-level students, most of them are mediocre. It¡¯s not that they don¡¯t work hard enough, but that the gap in talent and talent makes these guys very mediocre.  When listening to lecturers impart various professional knowledge, it is as difficult as listening to a holy book.

    I am different.  He absorbed all the knowledge taught by the lecturers. In addition, he also dabbled in various military books and war manuals.  From the oldest Taigong Art of War, to the most common army drills, to the latest special mecha combat examples, you can read them all.

    When you get tired of reading, practice swordsmanship. Just like reading a book, you can read everything from the oldest Yuan Gong sword from the Warring States Period to the most practical Japanese swordsmanship written by Yu Dayou hundreds of years ago, to the latest kendo guide book.  Although I don¡¯t have any guidance from famous teachers and my practice is a bit unsatisfactory, I¡¯m not worried. Anyway, it¡¯s just to strengthen my body and relax my mind.  Even on the battlefield, there is no need to kill people with a knife.  Bayonet tactics have been out of date for hundreds of years.  (Of course, I didn¡¯t expect that the battlefield in the future would be full of people fighting with cold weapons.)

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? But this is not without its benefits.  When others learn that I have worked so hard, no matter whether it is true or false, they all praise me: I am a tiger in the door.  Although my father's own skills are very poor.

    And just when I had read enough of the book of war for a day and was about to go to the gym on this floor to practice, my father walked into my room.

    ¡°The enthronement ceremony came one day earlier than expected.¡± My father told me.

    "Why?" I asked.

    Father snorted coldly: "Those bastards who are not EU actually want to take advantage of the funeral to attack the north. Our spies sent us the news, so we hurried a little faster."

    Is that so?  Those European foreign countries are really as barbaric as ever.  I shook my head.  Express helplessness.

    "What a bunch of barbarians." It seemed that my father had the same view as me. After I catered to his words, my father said another thing: "Since you want to participate in the enthronement ceremony, there are some rules here that you must abide by.  Yes. I will tell you now."

    I nodded.  Maybe the longer the country has passed down, the more rules it has.  I think so.  After that, I listened carefully to the various tedious and boring rules my father said.

    However, when my father talked about kneeling down and saluting, my face became a little ugly.

    "I don't want to." I said.

    "Why don't you want to?" My father obviously didn't understand what I meant.

    "I mean, I don't want to kneel down."

    "Don't want to kneel down? Didn't you kneel down at the funeral a few days ago?" My father was a little strange.

    I shook my head: "What I mean is that I don't want to kneel to a baby - no, it's a baby - or a woman. I don't want to kneel to her." After I finished speaking, I thought about it and added: "  The old emperor can barely bear my courtesy, after all, the dead are the most important."

    Father listened to what I wanted, and it seemed that the old emperor was grateful that he was already dead, so he accepted my kneeling salute.  I couldn't help but feel dumbfounded.

    I have to say that my father was really accommodating to me - of course, it was more likely because he never had any children after me.

    Seeing what I said, my father didn¡¯t say anything. He just smiled tolerantly and said, ¡°If you don¡¯t want to go, just go. If you don¡¯t go, you won¡¯t be able to watch this good show.¡±

    I shrugged, it doesn¡¯t matter, it¡¯s just like a snack, it¡¯s really good to eat, but it doesn¡¯t matter if you don¡¯t eat it.

    "That's it." After the father finished speaking, he was about to go out.

    "Wait a minute, father. I still have something to discuss with you." I stopped him at this time.

    "Oh? What's the matter?" Father asked.

    "When you go back to the Northeast, will you give me an army?" I said.

    "Do you want to participate in this battle? Is it a little early?" My father had some questions.

    "My father also said that I am a precocious person. Moreover, our Cao family is on the front line, so the sooner we are exposed to war, the better."

    Father seemed to be moved by me. He nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "Then, I will arrange for you to"

      "No, father, that's not what I meant." I interrupted my father.

    "What other evil ideas do you have? Let's talk about it together." The father chuckled and said.

    "What I mean is that I want to be the chief officer of an army, not the kind of temporary staff officer or logistics personnel. The size of the army does not need to be too large, even a battalion."

    "You're going a little too far." My father shook his head. Just as he was about to reject me, he heard a knock on the door.

    "Please come in." My father's expression became much more indifferent, and he returned to his usual enigmatic state as the governor of the Northeast.

    So, a servant opened the door, first bowed to my father and me respectively, then took out an invitation and handed it to my father with both hands.

    "Mr. Gao would like to ask you to come over and talk to me, and" The servant turned to me and said, "If possible, please come with me."
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