Soldiers come to the world

Tao Sheng is the eldest son of Tao Lie. He is about 50 years old this year. He is of medium build and has a kind smile. He is a good-tempered father and husband. Business is well run.

Whether it is the family or outsiders, they all praise him, but Tao Sheng also has a weakness, that is, his personality is a little weak. It is precisely because of his personality that when the Tao family encounters bullying over the years, they mostly swallow their anger and calm down.

Despite this, he won the affirmation of Liu Biao and Sun Quan by virtue of his honest character and generous contributions, and he was able to do a job with ease between the two princes.

However, Tao Sheng is not in a good mood these days. His wife Huang fell ill unexpectedly five days ago, and the attack was violent and contagious. Her two maids also fell ill. In order not to affect the family, Tao Sheng specially He placed his wife in a bhikshu nunnery in the west of the city, isolated from his family.

But early this morning, the doctor brought news that his wife's illness did not improve at all, but became more serious, which made him very worried.

Tao Sheng and his wife had three sons and two daughters, and another concubine gave birth to his youngest son. The eldest daughter married the eldest son of the Han family in Changsha three years ago. , but Tao Sheng was really troubled by the marriage of his youngest daughter.

After the mid-autumn festival last year, Huang Zu's second son, Huang Yong, suddenly took a fancy to Jiu Niang, and threatened her several times, forcing Tao Sheng to marry his daughter to her.

Tao Sheng didn't object to marrying Huang Zu. To a certain extent, it was a good thing, but Tao Sheng didn't like Huang Yong's violence. Tao Sheng hated him for hurting his housekeeper.

Moreover, Huang Zu was only willing to allow his son to accept his daughter as a concubine, which made Tao Sheng even more dissatisfied, dissatisfaction turned into dissatisfaction, and Tao Sheng had no choice but to choose to hide and hide his daughter in the deep house. The door-to-door harassment made him extremely annoyed, and he sent his daughter to Xiangyang, somewhat in the sense of avoiding her.

Just now he heard from the steward that the soldiers on the pier had stopped searching, and Huang Yong led the troops away, which made him heave a long sigh of relief, but he didn't know the reason why Huang Yong stopped harassing.

"Brother!"

Just as Tao Sheng walked to the courtyard, he suddenly heard someone calling him behind him, and when he turned around, he saw his brother Tao Li walking towards him in a hurry.

Tao Li encountered a disaster in Xiangyang not long ago, and was framed by Zhang Yun for smuggling weapons, which almost caused great turmoil in the Tao family. Thanks to Liu Biao's nephew, this matter was resolved, and only a few core figures in the Tao family knew about it. Even my father dared not tell.

Tao Sheng is very aware of the impact of this incident on the Tao family. Although this incident is over, its impact is extremely far-reaching, because this incident has affected the entire Jingzhou officialdom.

Zhang Yun's relegation and the silence of the Cai family meant that Liu Biao Jingzhou's suppression of the aristocratic family had begun, and it was unknown when this power turmoil would end, nor how deeply the Tao family would be involved?

This matter worried Tao Sheng even more than his wife's illness.

"Second brother, what's the matter?"

Tao Li walked quickly to his elder brother and whispered something into his ear. Tao Sheng was startled, "Is this really true?"

Tao Li nodded, "Just now I heard from Manager Zhao that Mr. Jing was chased and killed by Huang Yong, but Huang Zu appeared in time and saved the situation. I don't know much about the specific situation."

Tao Sheng frowned, "Where is Guanshi Zhao?"

"It's in the front yard."

"Let him come to me immediately!"

Tao Sheng was very anxious. He wanted to know what happened. He felt that there were many details to be clarified.

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"Zhao Fu pays homage to the big proprietor!"

In the room, Manager Zhao knelt down and bowed respectfully.

"Sit down! I have something to ask you."

Tao Sheng asked him to sit down, and said: "I want to know what happened on the pier. Please tell me the details of what happened, and don't miss anything."

"Yes!"

Manager Zhao then explained in detail what happened on the pier, and even told the Patriarch that Tao Zhan sent him to meet Liu Jing, without hiding anything.

The more Tao Sheng heard it, the more he was surprised. There was too much information in this incident. What is the relationship between his daughter and Liu Jing?How did Liu Jing know that Huang Zu was hiding on the nearby boat?And it feels like Liu Jing finally gave Huang Zu a blow.

What surprised Tao Sheng the most was that Huang Zu actually hid aside, which meant that it was Huang Zu and not Huang Yong who really wanted to deal with Liu Jing. Why did Huang Zu do this?

He glanced at Tao Li, his eyes were full of doubts, Tao Li smiled, and said to Guanshi Zhao: "You go back first!"

Manager Zhao withdrew, and only the Tao brothers were left in the room, and Tao Li said slowly, "Didn't the eldest brother notice the abnormality of Jiuniang these days?"

Tao Sheng frowned, thought for a moment and said: "I feel that she has been a little worried and uneasy these days. I always think that she is worried about her mother's illness."

"Worried is worrying about my mother, but uneasy is not. She is actually waiting for someone."

Only then did Tao Sheng understand what his brother meant, "You mean Liu Jing?"

Tao Li nodded slowly, "I found out in Fancheng that Jiu Niang has a close relationship with Liu Jing. I'm afraid she has some thoughts about Liu Jing."

Tao Sheng didn't speak for a while, how could this be possible, Liu Biao's nephew asked, "Then what is Liu Jing's attitude?"

"Brother, Liu Jing turned Zhang Yun's case around for us. He didn't hesitate to offend Zhang Yun and Cai Mao. Brother, think about it, does our Tao family have such a deep friendship with him?"

Tao Sheng sighed, he could understand that a young man would only be so reckless to please a woman when he loved her so deeply. No wonder Huang Yong hated Liu Jing so much and insisted on putting him to death.

Tao Sheng was very disturbed. The difference between their Tao family and the Liu family's family status was too great. This marriage might not be possible for the Tao family. At least Liu Biao would never agree to it. How could Liu Biao marry a merchant's daughter who valued fame so much? .

Moreover, he heard that the wife Liu Jing will marry is Cai Mao's daughter. Could it be that he wants to marry his daughter as a concubine?But if that was the case, and he refused to agree, how could his precious daughter be wronged to be someone else's concubine.

At this time, Tao Sheng thought of something again, and asked quickly: "Then how did he know that Huang Zu was hiding nearby, and felt that Huang Zu was behind the scenes, what secrets are hidden here?"

Tao Li shook his head, "To be honest, I am also confused, but I feel that Liu Jing is not a good person, Huang Zu is very afraid of him, maybe it has something to do with the power struggle in Jingzhou."

Tao Sheng fell into deep thought, as if he had faintly realized something.

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Tao Zhan left the inner hall, went to the gate, did not see Liu Jing and the others coming, and returned to her room. At this time, she was also in a state of confusion. On the one hand, she was delighted by Liu Jing's arrival, but at the same time she Worried that Huang Yong would hurt him, that idiot has no reason to say.

On the other hand, her mother fell ill and was seriously ill, which made her not in the mood to think about personal issues, let alone how to introduce Liu Jing to her father and the clan. Of course, Liu Jing was Liu Biao's nephew and a distinguished guest of the Tao family. Received great hospitality, but Tao Zhan hoped that his grandfather would love him from the bottom of his heart, hey!Grandfather seems to prefer scholars.

Tao Zhan was fidgeting in the room and thinking wildly. Maybe his arrival was just a courtesy, not for himself. He calmed down and found that there was a huge disparity between them. At this time, he felt that the daughter of the Cai family was more suitable for his career. Man!Always focus on merit.

At this time, there was a rush of running outside, and her personal maid, Gillian, rushed over, "Girl, here we come! Here we come!"

"What's coming?"

A Jiao panted and said: "Mr. Jing is here, and I also saw the little bun."

Tao Zhan stood up all of a sudden, feeling extremely nervous, she asked again: "Did they see you?"

"Little Baozi saw me, she asked why you didn't come out?"

Tao Zhan patted his chest, no matter what, Liu Jing was a guest he had invited, and she would always show up to exchange greetings, so it would not appear impolite, she put on a blouse, wrapped her arms in silk, and quickly Step towards the gate of Tao Mansion.

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Lanterns and festoons were hung in front of the gate of the Tao Mansion, covered with colorful silks and satins. On both sides of the gate, expensive palace lanterns were hung on every big tree. .

Liu Jing was waiting in front of the steps with Xu Shu and a dozen of his subordinates. He was looking at the castle curiously. This was the first time he had seen such a building structure. There were guard houses two feet wide on all sides. The river seemed to be very deep, and a three-foot-long suspension bridge became the only passage between Tao Mansion and the outside world.

Of course, he found that he could also leave the Tao Mansion by boat, leading to the Cao River, and finally sailing into the Yangtze River. When the situation was critical, the Tao family could definitely leave the Tao Mansion by boat, and even if they did not leave, the high walls and deep courtyard of the Tao Mansion were easy to defend. To attack, at least thousands of soldiers are needed to break through.

Liu Jing secretly thought that in the future, he would also build such a majestic house.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps, followed by the laughter of a middle-aged man, "I don't know that Mr. Jing is coming, but I am far away to welcome you. Forgive me! Forgive me!"

I saw two middle-aged men come out surrounded by a large group of family servants. One of them Liu Jing knew was Tao Li who was arrested in Fancheng. Tao Zhan's shadow.

Liu Jing immediately judged that this person must be Tao Zhan's father, Tao Sheng, the head of the Tao family.

He hastily bowed and saluted, "Little nephew Liu Jingte came to Tao Mansion to pay his respects to his birthday. He came in a hurry and didn't prepare for the etiquette. He only brought a small gift. Please accept it, the Patriarch!"

He turned his head and winked, and two of his subordinates brought up a gold-painted wooden box. Inside were some gifts that Liu Biao had prepared for him, and he didn't even know what they were?

Xu Shu was slightly taken aback, he didn't know that Liu Jing had prepared a gift, if he had known it earlier, he would have taught him, Tao Sheng was also slightly taken aback, usually only gift slips are given when visiting birthday parties, the actual physical delivery is done by the housekeeper, never like Liu Jing directly carried the gift up like this.

Tao Sheng and Tao Li looked at each other, and they both couldn't help laughing, this kid is quite interesting, Tao Sheng hurriedly asked the butler to carry the things in, and said with a smile: "Young master, you are too polite, please come in!"

At this moment, Tao Zhan rushed over, just in time to face Liu Jing, Tao Zhan stopped in his tracks and looked at each other, Tao Zhan lowered his head involuntarily, feeling extremely flustered.