Three Kingdoms: The blind box draws Da Qiao at the beginning

Chapter 25 Tao Qian’s late night visit
Mi Zhu, who was leading the way, seemed to have anticipated Lu Yi's reaction.

Turning around, he saw Lu Yi frowning deeply and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu, these temples and monks were built by the emperor to pray for me in Xuzhou!"

"Now, in order to avenge his father, Cao Cao attacks Xuzhou. Wherever he passes, not a blade of grass grows, and the people turn into lonely ghosts. The resentment cannot be eliminated."

"The Lord Fu asked the Buddha that only by building more temples, cultivating more monks, and offering salvation to the souls of the dead can Xuzhou have a chance to see the light of day again."

Lu Yi glanced at Mi Zhu and shook his head secretly.

This Tao Qian, who is a Xuzhou pastor in vain, actually believes this!

At this time, if you don't fight against Cao Cao, but waste a lot of time and money on these temples and monks, and then ask for help from all around, there will be no one left!

Mi Zhu brought Lu Yi, Xu Shu, Nangong Yan and Xu Sheng to the guest house in the city. He made an invitation gesture and said, "Everyone, please stay here temporarily. The Lord of the House has to go to the temple to burn incense every day. The souls of the dead have been saved. Tomorrow at midnight, he will meet with you all to discuss a joint strategy to deal with Cao's army."

After speaking, he bowed and turned to leave.

Nangong Yan shook his head and said: "This Xuzhou Mu is still doing this kind of thing at this time! It would be strange if he could resist Cao Jun."

Xu Sheng nodded hurriedly and said: "This Xuzhou Mu doesn't feel smart at all. Even I know this is not the right time to do this!"

Lu Yi glanced at Xu Sheng.

Xu Sheng hurriedly shut up and said nothing.

Lu Yi watched Mi Zhu disappear from sight and was silent for a moment before walking into the residence.

Before time travel, historical records about Tao Qian also recorded that Tao Qian liked to build temples.

It is also said that Tao Qian is close to villains and virtuous ministers from far away.

So far, that seems to be the case.

But what can I do?

He was just ordered to lead troops to assist.

Not to mention, if historical development is followed, Cao Cao's second revenge on Xuzhou will still fail and will not be able to destroy Xuzhou.

The reason is that when he took revenge on Xuzhou for the second time, his "like-minded" friend Chen Gong rebelled and welcomed Lu Bu to Yanzhou, which almost completely destroyed Cao Cao's lair. Cao Cao had to withdraw his troops and fight back.

Therefore, it is better to do less than to do more.

Entering the Yeshe, the Yeshe officials arranged a place for several people to rest.

During this march, Lu Yi never had a good night's sleep.

Now that he had time, he fell asleep directly.

In the middle of the night, when I was drowsy, I heard the low voice of the official from outside: "Lu Shijun? Lu Shijun? Lu Shijun, wake up."

Lu Yi hasn't woken up yet!
Xu Shu and Nangong Yan, who were sleeping in the room next to Lu Yi, both heard the sound and hurriedly got up, drew their swords, and rushed out of the room.

I saw several people standing at the door of the room where Lu Yi slept.

The one who was calling Lu Yi was an official from Yeshe.

Behind the official, there were two people standing.

One is an old man wearing brocade clothes, who looks to be in his sixties.

One is a big man in his early forties. Although he is wearing ordinary clothes, he carries two short halberds behind his back and has a fierce look on his face.

There is some resemblance between the old man and the big man.

As soon as Nangong Yan and Xu Shu rushed out, the big man immediately pulled out the two short halberds behind him and protected the old man behind him.

Upon seeing this, the official of Yeshe hurriedly said to Nangong Yan and Xu Shu: "Don't panic, you two. Behind me are Lord Mutao of Xuzhou and his eldest son Shang Gongzi!"

Nangong Yan looked at the old man.

Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian?
Why are you looking for Lu Yi late at night?
Seeing that Nangong Yan obviously didn't believe it, Tao Qian took out the seal from his sleeve and pointed it at Nangong Yan.

Nangong Yan: "."

This seal is really from Xuzhou Mu!
Nangong Yan signaled Xu Shu to calm down, and then directly opened the door of Lu Yi's room.

Lu Yi got up when he heard the noise.

Seeing Nangong Yan push the door open and come in, Lu Yi rubbed his temples and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I didn't sleep well this way. I slept to death this time."

Nangong Yan replied: "Xuzhou Mu and his eldest son are outside the door."

Lu Yi: "."

He quickly stood up and was greeted by Lu Yi.

After glancing at the people outside, Lu Yi recognized Tao Qian.

Although it was the first time to meet Tao Qian, Tao Qian's age was similar to what was recorded in history books.

Lu Yi saluted Tao Qian and said, "Lujiang Sima Lu Yi has met Xuzhou Mu!"

Now Lu Yi has two identities: Chief of Juchao and Sima of another department.

Chief Juchao was granted real power by Lu Kang.

The Sima of the other department was only given temporarily by Lu Kang in order to give him an identity when he led the army to assist Xuzhou this time, and he had no real power.

However, it is obvious that the status of Sima of the other divisions is more meaningful than that of Juchao Chang in this situation.

Although Chief Ju Chao has real power, his official position is too small.

Facing Tao Qian, the Xuzhou Mu, it was obviously not enough.

Tao Qian pointed to the room and said, "Let's go in and talk!"

Lu Yi quickly stepped aside.

Tao Qian went in alone.

His eldest son, the potter, stood guard at the door.

Xu Shu and Nangong Yan looked at each other. Nangong Yan asked Xu Shu to guard outside the door, while he stood behind Lu Yi.

When the Yeshe officials saw Tao Qian and Lu Yi entering, they prepared to stop Nangong Yan who was about to follow them.

Seeing this, Lu Yi said to Tao Qian's eldest son, Tao Shang, "He and I are together."

Tao Qian's eldest son, Tao Shang, nodded to the officials.

Only then did the Yeshe officials let Nangong Yan in, closed the door, and then left.

Tao Qian took his seat and made a gesture to Lu Yi and Nangong Yan to sit down.

Lu Yi thanked him and took his seat, with Nangong Yan standing behind him.

Tao Qian glanced at Lu Yi and Nangong Yan.

Both of them are very young, and they look like they are in their infancy. At first glance, they are not the ones in charge.

Tao Qian asked: "Who else did your governor send this time?" Lu Yi asked doubtfully: "The officials said they sent us."

Tao Qian frowned and said, "Just you?"

Lu Yi: "."

Tao Qian let out a long sigh and said, "God is going to kill me!"

Lu Yi was confused by Tao Qian.

Nangong Yan, who was behind him, suddenly said: "Sima Beibu is the next family spokesperson designated by Governor Lu. Sima Beibu can make decisions for Governor Lu on most matters."

Lu Yi looked at Nangong Yan in shock: "."

What does this mean?
The next head of the family, the talker?

The head of the Lu family in Wu County?
How can it be!

No matter how I'm a member of the side tribe, it's not my turn!
Lu Kang had never said that before.

Nangong Yan met Lu Yi's doubtful gaze, nodded, opened his mouth and said silently: "Let's talk about it later."

Tao Qian looked at Lu Yi and couldn't believe it.

With such a young person, Lu Kang would let him be his successor as the head of the family?
However, although I couldn't believe it, I didn't have the chance to ask Lu Kang face to face now.

We can only discuss it first.

Tao Qian opened his mouth and said to Lu Yi: "Since you are the next person appointed by Lu Kang to talk about family matters, I will speak frankly."

Taking a deep breath, Tao Qian said: "I am about to lead the troops to withdraw from Xuzhou and go south to Danyang! You immediately send people back to Lujiang and ask Lu Kang to send troops from Lujiang to attack Danyang County with me. From now on, we will be neighbors on both sides."

Nangong Yan said in surprise: "You want to give up Xuzhou? What about the people of Xuzhou? The officials of Xuzhou, do they know and support you in doing this?"

"And those families."

"How could they agree?"

"The fertile land in Xuzhou is not comparable to that of Danyang County!"

Tao Qian glanced at Nangong Yan, sighed and said: "I am a person from Danyang County, so how can I not know that Danyang County is far inferior to Xuzhou? Not to mention other things, Xuzhou is a state, and Danyang is just a county. , the two are incomparable.”

"But if I stay in Xuzhou any longer, I will definitely die!"

"The only way I can survive is by going south and retaking Danyang County from Yuan Shu."

"Now, in these troubled times, I and Lu Kang are the only ones who are still loyal to the imperial court."

"I can only count on Lu Kang for help!"

Lu Yi asked: "What happened? No matter how fierce Cao's army is, it will not be easy to capture Xuzhou."

Nangong Yan said tentatively: "Could it be that Yuan Shao also led an army to attack? Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are allies."

Tao Qian sighed and said: "What you said are all facts. However, this crisis is not with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, but with Xuzhou itself!"

Lu Yi: "."

Nangong Yan: "."

Seeing that the two of them did not understand their situation, Tao Qian stood up, walked to the door of the room, and opened the door.

Seeing his eldest son Tao Shang and Xu Shu standing outside the door, Tao Qian pointed at Xu Shu and asked Lu Yi, "Is this person reliable?"

Lu Yi said: "Prefect Lu's dead soldier."

Tao Qian then closed the door again, returned to the place where he was kneeling just now, and said to Lu Yi in a low voice: "Qing and Xuzhou are full of families. Any official who comes here will have his power emptied and can only be used as a puppet."

"For example, the Langya Zhao family, the Donghai Wang family, and the Xiapi Chen family."

"These families occupy various jurisdictions, and no power can be exerted here."

"In the early years, I was young and energetic. I wanted to use brute force to forcibly avoid these families and use my own people."

"As a result, the people I used were eventually bribed."

"Later, a disciple came up with an idea and asked me to imitate the Hanzhong Zhang Lu and win over the people with five measures of rice."

"So, I built temples aggressively and sent my confidants Zuo Rong and others to become monks, trying to bring the people together to fight against these families."

"But over the years, I have realized that the families of Qing and Xuzhou are so powerful that even these common people cannot shake them."

"What I didn't expect is that the confidants Zee Rong and others I sent out, who had grasped the loyalty of the people, actually broke away from their control and formed their own family, causing trouble!"

"In Xuzhou, I no longer have a foothold!"

"Even if Cao Cao and Yuan Shao didn't capture Xuzhou this time, I definitely won't be able to gain a foothold in Xuzhou!"

Looking at Lu Yi expectantly, Tao Qian said: "Do you understand? Now, you first have people bring reinforcements to continue to assist Xuzhou, fight against Cao Cao, and confuse the major families in Xuzhou. At the same time, you have people contact your prefect Lu. Kang, let him send troops out of Lujiang and attack Danyang County with me."

"I don't have many elite soldiers at my disposal."

"Without the help of your governor, I can't do anything."

Lu Yi sighed secretly.

He finally understood why the Eastern Han Dynasty must perish.

Even a state pastor has reached such a situation!

If the Eastern Han Dynasty is not destroyed and each family continues to draw boundaries, then the entire country will be like an aging machine, stuck there and unable to operate!

Only through chaos, reshuffling, replacing some old families and replacing them with new ones can this state machine continue to operate for a while.

Looking at Tao Qian, Lu Yi said bitterly: "Xuzhou Mu, you don't know something. Governor Lu is in the same situation as you."

"Today's Lujiang has been controlled by major families, and the troops he can mobilize are extremely limited."

"The two dispatches of troops to aid Xuzhou exhausted all the young people in Lujiang."

"The next time Yuan Shu attacks Lujiang, it will be Lujiang——"

Lu Yi didn't say any more.

When Tao Qian heard what Lu Yi said, his eyes darkened and he was about to fall.

When Nangong Yan saw this, he walked up quickly and hurriedly supported Tao Qian and said, "Xuzhou Mu?"

Tao Qian raised his head and waved his hand.

Nangong Yan then let go of the hand holding him.

Tao Qian stood up tremblingly and staggered towards the door, instantly becoming senile.

Until he reached the door of the room, Tao Qian said in a trembling voice: "Our strength is exhausted, and we, the old ministers, can only turn into withered bones in the grave and perish together with the big man!"

(End of this chapter)