Chapter 118 Cheng Yaojin
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After completing the time-travel, Li Anran opened the hatch and jumped out of the helicopter, but he was somewhat surprised to find that Cheng Chusi, who had come to escort him with a team of men as usual, had a strange middle-aged man who he didn't recognize.
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Although this man is not as handsome as Zheng Chenggong, he doesn't look too bad. At least he doesn't have a face full of flesh and a fat body. Along the way, he can be regarded as walking like a dragon and a tiger, which is quite majestic.
Moreover, if you look closely, you can see that this person's appearance is somewhat similar to that of Cheng Chusi, who is a step behind next to him.
"A certain Cheng knows justice and has seen a real person." Cheng Yaojin walked up to him first, cupped his fists and saluted.
"Cheng Zhijie? Are you Cheng Yaojin?" Li Anran was stunned for a moment and said dumbfounded.
"It's someone." Cheng Yaojin, who felt the strange look in his eyes, couldn't help but feel a little confused.
After looking at the other person up and down, Li Anran, who really couldn't connect the person in front of him with the Cheng Yaojin described in movies, TV shows and novels, had to vomit in his heart: "I
Go ahead! You can’t believe romance novels!!”
In those romance novels and later movies and TV shows, Cheng Yaojin was almost always portrayed as a tough general with a powerful voice, a thunderous voice, and a courageous and foolhardy character who liked to bravely attack the three armies with a big ax.
But after seeing the real person, Li Anran realized that it was not the case at all. Even if the person in front of him was not handsome, he was definitely not as described in novels, movies and TV shows. It was too far behind.
"It turns out to be General Cheng. I'm glad to meet you." Li Anran, who saw that he finally saw a historical celebrity, quickly bowed his hands and said.
"Zhenzhen, I received news from a certain unscrupulous man last night. He said that Zhenzhen plans to go to heaven today?" Cheng Yaojin asked, suppressing the strange feeling of being stared at by someone's strange eyes.
"Yes, old general, please look at this. This thing behind me is the flying magic weapon." Although he didn't know the purpose of the other party's visit, he already guessed that it must be related to his flying. He pointed at the helicopter behind him and said with a smile.
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"Oh? This is the flying magic weapon of the real person. Sure enough... it is really special..." Cheng Yaojin took advantage of the situation and carefully looked at the flying magic weapon. He spoke for a long time before using a neutral word.
"Fortunately, there is actually a larger flying magic weapon that can carry hundreds of people to fly around in the sky at one time. Unfortunately, that kind of magic weapon requires too much mana, and it can no longer be controlled under the current situation."
Feeling the flash of shock in the other person's eyes, Li Anran patted the shell of the cabin door and said with a pretentious sigh.
"How many...hundreds of people are flying into the sky at the same time?" I imagined in my mind the scene of hundreds of people flying in the sky together. Even with Cheng Zhijin's rough temperament, he couldn't help but feel a little dizzy.
"I don't know if General Cheng is here. I hope you'll forgive me for being a little far away. Come on, come on. Let's sit down and talk slowly if you have anything to say." Li Anran knew that the half-truth and half-false words just now had an effect.
made a gesture of invitation.
"Good!" Cheng Yaojin, who originally came here to undertake certain tasks, naturally would not miss such an opportunity. He turned his head, glared, and said sternly: "Si'er, take your people and give this place to someone."
I'm in jail! If there's anything wrong at all, come to me with your head!!"
"No!" Cheng Chusi, who knew that his father always meant what he said, quickly agreed.
Before Li Anran and Cheng Yaojin left the crossing area, they saw that a large group of people had surrounded the entire crossing area with thicker walls. As for the trees on the outside, God knows how many more people were hidden there.
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"It seems that things like flying to the sky are indeed more important than those magic weapons and spells that were created before." Li Anran, who secretly observed this scene, could easily understand why the man from Chang'an City had such a reaction.
, After all, flying to the sky is not something that ordinary people can do, whether in Buddhist or Taoist records.
In order to avoid communication troubles for a while, Li Anran also said some of his vocabulary habits on the way to the manor. For example, he always calls himself "I" and so on.
What surprised Li Anran but was not surprised was that not only was Cheng Yaojin not surprised at all about his own language habits, but after chatting for a few words, he was actually able to communicate with himself using these later generations' spoken languages.
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It’s not surprising when you think about it. Considering how much the person from Chang’an City attaches great importance to Xiaoyao Villa, his words and deeds must have been studied. In order to ensure that there are no problems in communication, he will naturally ask the people below to do this as well.
Practice and adaptation. This can be seen from how quickly the entire villa and even Cheng Chusi adapted.
After entering the manor, Li Anran took Zhao Er, who appeared next to him immediately, and invited people directly to the outer hall specially used for receiving guests. There was no need to give orders, he had become accustomed to it during this period.
Due to the current working style, people quickly brought tea and snacks to the table.
"General Cheng is here. He must have something serious to discuss. I'll offer you a cup of tea instead of wine, please!" Li Anran gestured as he held up the exquisite celadon tea cup in his hand.
"Please!" Looking at the exquisite tea sets and tableware in front of him, Cheng Yaojin sighed secretly and raised the tea cup in response, then drank the green tea in one gulp.
As early as after Li Anran made the tea, I don't know whether it was because this way of drinking tea had a unique taste, or because of someone's identity, this kind of condiment quickly became popular in the court.
There is no way to drink tea without forgetting. Unfortunately, the tea-making process has not been spread, so the tea drunk by the dignitaries will inevitably taste a little more bitter.
After drinking the tea in one gulp, feeling the wonderful feeling of first bitterness and then sweetness in his mouth, and the fragrance lingering on his teeth and cheeks, Cheng Yaojin immediately smiled and said: "It really is a good tea!"
"Since the old general likes it, I will ask my subordinates to prepare some later." Li Anran, who was also very satisfied with the taste of this top-quality green tea, said with a smile.
"Thank you, Master." Cheng Yaojin was not polite and thanked him readily.
The only thing that this historical celebrity has in common with the same character described in romance novels, movies and TV shows is his personality. Although the conversation just now did not involve any sensitive topics, the conversation was smooth.
The success was that Li Anran discovered that Cheng Yaojin's character was indeed very straightforward, at least on the surface.
"General Cheng, you're too polite. It's just a little extraneous thing." Li Anran, who spent a lot of money to purchase various daily necessities in the country before going abroad, naturally didn't care about this little tea, and waved his hand and said with a smile.
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"Sir, I don't dare to be called an old general. I'm not even in my forties yet, so I can't be called an old general." Cheng Yaojin said with a smile, putting down his teacup and letting the servants serving him drink it.
"Look at my memory, yes, yes, yes, General Cheng is still just a young man, so he really can't be regarded as an old man. Please forgive me." Li Anran was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that he had indeed had some preconceptions.
Although the other party's appearance and demeanor can indeed be regarded as an old man, in fact, Cheng Yaojin was not even forty years old in the first year of Zhenguan. Even if the average life expectancy in ancient times was not high, there was no need to
Use the word "老". Of course, this is Li Anran. If it were someone else, Cheng Yaojin would have accepted the word "老". After all, the word "老" still has the meaning of an honorific in this era.
But Li Anran's reaction and the hidden meaning in those words inevitably gave rise to some ideas in Cheng Yaojin's ears. However, these ideas were just guesses and it was difficult to explain clearly, so they could only temporarily
Keep it in your heart.
"Master, I came here this time because of what Xiao'er said. I don't know..." Cheng Yaojin, who knew that the young man in front of him was mysterious, didn't make any more detours and directly stated the purpose of his visit.
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"Haha... I understand the purpose of General Cheng's visit." Knowing that the other party was the servants in the hall who were in the way, Li Anran smiled and nodded, and then said: "Go down, Erlang will stay outside the hall, no matter what.
No interruptions."
"Promise!" Zhao Er, who had been kneeling in the corner next to the main seat like a door god, agreed and walked out.
"Master, I heard that this subordinate of yours was just a hunter before?" Looking at the leaving figure, Cheng Yaojin asked curiously.
No wonder this person was curious. Although Zhao Er was not short in stature before, he was lean. In addition, he went to the mountains for hunting and farming in the village for many years. Although he was not too old, he looked tall and tall.
Seems very old-fashioned.
But during this period of time, in order to supplement adequate nutrition, someone even specially bought protein powder and muscle-building powder from the main plane that can make people strong, and asked them to take them on time and in the right amount. Together with a set of exercise equipment and corresponding
Chapter completed!