Cao Huachun remained unfazed upon hearing this question.
"Hehe, Master Gao, why are you asking that?"
Gao Qingyun shook her head in annoyance.
"Why are you playing dumb with me?"
"Just from the alias you chose, I know you must know some martial arts."
"Tell me, you didn't learn the Heavenly Gang Child Skill, did you?"
Cao Huachun was starting to lose his composure.
He glanced at the emperor, and was about to say something in a low voice when Zhu Youjian waved his hand to interrupt him.
"Master Gao is blind, but his hearing is exceptionally sharp. Don't talk nonsense."
He then smiled and sat down next to Gao Qingyun.
“Master Gao, my old friend really doesn’t know any martial arts. I even helped him come up with this alias.”
"As for this Heavenly Gang Boy Skill... what is that thing?"
Upon hearing this, Gao Qingyun stopped joking.
"It's nothing, just a fictional martial art from a TV series."
He waved his hand, then stood up and apologized to Cao Huachun: "Brother, I was just joking, please don't take it to heart."
Seeing that Zhu Youjian valued Gao Qingyun so highly, Cao Huachun dared not take it to heart.
He quickly shook his head and said, "Master Gao, what are you saying?"
"You are our... cough cough, our Village Chief Zhu's master."
"It was just a little joke, I wouldn't take it to heart."
On the way here, Zhu Youjian had already instructed him to have Cao Huachun call him Village Chief Zhu.
However, Cao Huachun dared not address him so directly.
After hesitating for a long time, he finally dropped the word "small".
However, Gao Qingyun didn't care.
"Hehe, I didn't expect Xiao Zhu to be so authoritative in your Dahe Village."
Zhu Youjian smiled.
"It's all thanks to your excellent teaching, Master Gao."
Cao Huachun was deeply shaken.
"I never expected His Majesty to value Gao Qingyun so highly!"
Zhu Youjian glanced back at Cao Huachun, knowing that this old eunuch was still unaware of Gao Qingyun's background.
So he gestured to Cao Huachun not to speak.
He then started chatting with Gao Qingyun.
Cao Huachun finally understood after hearing the words.
"This Gao Qingyun is actually from the future?"
"This is really..."
He shook his head, instinctively not wanting to believe it.
But he quickly realized what was happening.
"His Majesty may be a bit young and naive, but he is not a fool."
"Since he has already acknowledged Gao Qingyun's identity, then there's probably no problem."
"Alas, I never expected that His Majesty would encounter such a strange event."
"Could it be that Heaven is truly protecting our Great Ming Dynasty?"
Although Cao Huachun did not know the Heavenly Gang Child Skill, his eyesight was better than anyone else's.
Historically, he foresaw early on that the Ming Dynasty was doomed.
Therefore, although Zhu Youjian trusted him very much, he even allowed his own brother to take charge of military power.
He also resigned from his official post early to retire.
After Zhu Youjian had been hanging from a tree around the foreigner's neck for more than ten years, he finally died of old age in his hometown at the age of over seventy.
"With Master Gao's help, I think our Ming Dynasty is saved!"
Cao Huachun smiled.
At this time, Zhu Youjian also finished chatting with Gao Qingyun.
He led Cao Huachun away from the island in the middle of the lake, and then asked him, "Cao Daban, since you're returning to the capital this time, why don't you go to the Directorate of Ceremonial?"
Although the Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs was nominally only responsible for showing the imperial seal to the emperor.
However, their actual power is immense.
Once outside the palace, the Grand Secretary of the Inner Cabinet was the prime minister.
Once inside the palace, the prime minister became the Grand Eunuch of the Directorate of Ceremonial.
Cao Huachun smiled and shook his head.
"Your Majesty, this old servant is getting old, and after staying in Jinling for so many years, my body has become lazy."
"I really can't do these things."
"Moreover, this old servant sees that Master Gao doesn't have any reliable people around him."
"How about this, you let this old servant come and keep Master Gao company, so that I can take the opportunity to find out more about things in the future."
What do you think?
Zhu Youjian was initially unhappy.
His trust in Cao Huachun was the deepest.
However, after hearing the rest, he nodded.
"Master Cao, you're right. I do indeed need someone like that by Master Gao's side..."
"Very well, then I grant your request."
Cao Huachun bowed and said, "Then this old servant thanks Your Majesty."
Zhu Youjian waved his hand dismissively: "Why be so polite between us?"
After the emperor left, Cao Huachun returned to the island in the middle of the lake.
He looked at Gao Qingyun, who was in a daze, and chuckled:
"Master Gao, what are you looking at now?"
Gao Qingyun was startled.
"Old Cao, why are you back again?"
Cao Huachun was taken aback when he heard this address.
He then smiled and sat down next to Gao Qingyun.
"Can't I come back?"
Gao Qingyun shook her head.
"This is your Dahe Village. You can come if you want. I can't kick you out."
"I'm just curious, what brings you here, a blind man like me?"
Cao Huachun quickly said:
"Hey, Master Gao, how can you say that?"
"You just have a minor eye ailment. You were able to cure His Majesty's serious illness, so I believe your eyes will recover soon as well."
His words were nothing more than casual flattery.
However, Gao Qingyun frowned.
"Huh? Old Cao, how do you know my eyes can get better?"
Cao Huachun was stunned.
Fortunately, Gao Qingyun didn't dwell on the matter.
"This Cao Huachun was probably just saying it offhand."
His students have been saying similar things over the past few days.
Therefore, Gao Qingyun didn't care too much.
He asked Cao Huachun:
"Old Cao, what exactly do you want to see me about?"
Cao Huachun breathed a sigh of relief, then deliberately changed the subject.
"Hey, I was just... staying in our Dahe Village and had nothing to do, so I thought I'd chat with you."
"Master Gao, there's something I want to ask you."
"Our Great Ming... cough cough, the Great Ming of history, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, isn't the weather a bit strange?"
After Cao Huachun was overthrown by Wei Zhongxian, he stayed in Nanjing for several years.
He had personally witnessed heavy snowfalls in the south, snowfalls that were almost as heavy as those in his hometown.
He had some doubts at the time.
That is precisely why he felt that the Ming Dynasty was doomed.
"Even the heavens are acting strangely, how much longer can the Ming Dynasty hold out?"
Upon meeting Gao Qingyun from the future, he naturally asked the question directly.
Upon hearing this question, Gao Qingyun clapped his hands with a smile.
"Haha, Lao Cao, you're not bad, you actually knew to ask this."
"Let me tell you, this is the legendary Little Ice Age."
"The Little Ice Age?" Cao Huachun asked, puzzled.
Gao Qingyun patted him on the shoulder and invited him into the house.
Winter is approaching, and this place is an island in the middle of a lake.
The wind was quite strong tonight.
Gao Qingyun did this because he was afraid that Cao Huachun would cause problems with his playing.
After entering the room, Gao Qingyun groped his way to sit down and then continued to explain.
"This Little Ice Age was actually caused by a drop in temperature, which led to a reduction in food production, as well as many natural and man-made disasters."
"Old Cao, do you know that our Chinese history has experienced several Little Ice Ages..."
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