Lu's relatives

Chapter 168

Cao Cao's troops from Yanzhou came very quickly, and only the second day after the news spread to Xiapi City, they had already entered the boundary of Xuzhou, holding high the plain white banner with the words "revenge and revenge", and they all lit up their blades and rushed straight Xiaohan, on the other hand, is really in a state of vowing not to stop slaughtering the people of Xuzhou.As for the people in the area where Xu and Henan joined hands, because of the Kanxuan riot and the resurgence of the Yellow Turbans in Xuzhou, the people fled to Xiapi City to seek refuge.

Xuzhou Mu Taoqian's house, because Tao Qian has been unconscious since he fainted at the gate of the city, the doctors were helpless, and the group of "dragons" were in chaos without a leader.As the instigator of this incident, the eldest son of the pottery merchant finally remembered Zhang Kai who was locked up under the desk in the mansion, and found that his "body" was missing, everything became clear.It's just that the matter has come to this point, even if I lent a brain to the pottery merchant, there is no way to redeem it. This usually arrogant Mr. Tao can only sit on his knees in front of Tao Qian's sick bed. They all seemed to have lost their souls and didn't say a word.

"Brother, did you do this?" The second son Tao Ying also lost his usual elegant posture at this time, and the white silk handkerchief that he held in his hand all day has long since disappeared. After Qian heard the news, he became what he is now, and Tao Shang has such a desperate expression, even a fool can see that there must be something wrong between Tao Qian and Tao Shang, and Tao Ying looks gloomy and handsome. face, kneeling before Tao Qian collapsed, and asked in a low voice.

"This...how is this possible?" The pottery merchant still wanted to quibble, but Tao Qian, who was unconscious on the bed, was in a mess in Xiapi City, and Cao Cao's troops who might be killed at any time, couldn't help Tao Qian. Shang then played with his usual arrogant temper, and under Tao Ying's gaze, toad's eyes rolled a few times, and finally he looked flustered, and said cowardly and intermittently: "It's really not me who did it, it was Zhang Kai, yes , It was the traitor Zhang Kai! No one would have thought that the person Zhang Kai provoked this time was actually the father of Cao Cao in Yanzhou. When I told my father about it, I found out about the man who died at his hands , it turned out to be..."

"Isn't it because of this that father fell ill last time?" The pottery merchant had already confirmed that Cao Cao's father "died" at the hands of Zhang Kai, yet he still seemed to be okay and didn't take it to heart at all. I don't know if this big brother is brainless or not!At that moment, he forced himself to catch his breath, and said to the potter angrily, "Where is Zhang Kai? Where is he now? But you already know the identity of that person? Have you dealt with it?"

"I didn't know about that Zhang Kai at first..." The pottery merchant mentioned this matter, frowning, his face showed annoyance, he raised his hand and slapped himself, and said embarrassingly: "At first, my father told me to get rid of Zhang Kai as soon as possible." In order to prevent future troubles, it was I who prepared poisoned wine for his years of credit and wanted to leave him with a whole body! Who would have thought that this guy would be fine after drinking the poisoned wine in front of me? He cheated himself of death Me! At the time when my father was ill, I saw that the traitor had lost his breath, so I didn't care about it anymore. Who would have thought... oh..."

"Could it be my good brother, after the traitor drank the poisoned wine, you told him the truth of the matter in order to show off the thief to death, and then you didn't expect him to drink the poisoned wine. If he didn’t die, then what happened now?” Tao Ying looked at his strange big brother as if he was looking at a god, and he really didn’t expect that many disasters in Xuzhou now came from his own hands.

"This, I, who would have thought that this piece of Kai would actually drink it..." The pottery merchant was about to quibble, but was interrupted by Tao Ying: "This is just a trick. With Zhang Kai's previous status, It’s not surprising to have such a method! Forget it, now that the incident has happened, Cao Cao is about to attack the city, so let’s think about how to solve it!”

"Yes, solve it, the second brother, no, the second brother, you have been smart since you were a child, and the elder brother is not as good as you, you can think of a way to deal with this matter! The elder brother will always remember you, Xuzhou, yes If Xuzhou can avoid this difficulty this time, after my father wakes up, my eldest brother will definitely recommend you to take over his father's seat in front of my father, and I will quit assisting you willingly, absolutely! I will never break my promise!" Tao Ying seemed to have a voice , the pottery merchant seemed to have caught a life-saving straw, and he didn't care about any inheritance rights in his panic, what Xuzhou animal husbandry, life is the most important thing!Since this must be the only person who knew besides his own father and son, Zhang Kai must have vented his anger on his desire to kill him, and turned right and wrong in front of Cao Cao. How many times do you want to win? With the strength of Cao Cao's army, it is easy to take this city of Xiapi?Then, after the city was broken, it is estimated that Zhang Kai's treacherous words were in front of him. Even if Cao Cao was willing to listen to his own defense, it would not help. Speaking of which, what are you talking about about succeeding Xuzhou Mu?

"Brother is serious, younger brother doesn't have any other thoughts!" Tao Ying heard the words of the potter, a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes, he glanced at the ashen potter and the unconscious Tao Qian, deeply moved Sighing, he said slowly: "Although Xuzhou suffered such unreasonable misfortunes, which caused Cao Cao to come with a sad and angry army, it seems that we have already become an unsolvable situation when the city is trapped and people die; Lu, there is still one person who probably, maybe, maybe can save Xuzhou once, save Xuzhou from the flames of war, and save our lives, but it only depends on whether you can persuade this person, brother."

"What the second brother said could be..." The Tao merchant had already guessed who Tao Ying was talking about when Tao Ying was halfway through his words, and his ugly face was full of hesitation and embarrassment. Toad's mouth was grinning downwards, and he gasped and said, "No way! You don't know what happened before, I just wanted that thief Zhang Kai to take the opportunity to teach him a lesson, which made our brothers lose a lot of face." Qin Xu, so that both of us brothers can express their anger; but who would have thought that the thief Zhang Kai would use Xuzhou's military funds to promise so many benefits to the Qingzhou Yellow Turban in my name, and even made a fool of himself? The Yellow Turban hunting order has already annoyed Lu Bu once out of thin air, let alone if things fail, but in the end the matter was revealed, making it seem like he was secretly trying to plot Qingzhou with the Yellow Turban for his brother! Xu hated being a brother so much, even with Lu Bu, he probably didn't like being a brother. This time, Qin Xu followed Lu Bu to relieve the danger of Xiapi. It’s a great favor to Xuzhou, my brother can’t wait to hide from Qin Xu now, if I go to ask Lu Bu for help, wouldn’t it be a waste of time to be slandered by Qin Xu?”

"Brother is confused!" Tao Ying heard what the potter said, and didn't know whether he should open his elder brother's head to see if it was full of paste. Lu Bu didn't care whether it was for the hundred thousand shi of grain or not. The gesture of coming to aid alone is enough to show that he does not want Xuzhou to change hands at this time!After all, Qingzhou and Xu have been one since ancient times, not to mention the discord between Mi's family and Qingzhou, a wealthy businessman in this state, is already an open secret.If Xuzhou fell into the hands of others and the foreign aid was cut off, Lu Bu's military strength would undoubtedly be greatly discounted just because of Qingzhou's lack of resources and poor people's livelihood.Therefore, since Lu Bu was able to save Xiapi once, it would not be difficult to save it a second time. Apart from Lu Bu, who else could contend against Cao Cao among the forces around Xuzhou?As for what the Tao merchant said about Qin Xu, Tao Ying didn't take it as an obstacle at all. He glanced at his elder brother with hatred, and said, "Don't tell me whether this Qin Xu is really as narrow-minded and grudge-minded as your elder brother said. And don't worry about whether Lu Qingzhou is still resenting the ridiculous incident that Cao Cao took advantage of his elder brother to make people laugh. The younger brother didn't say to ask the eldest brother to beg Lu Bu in person, but you and I want to face him directly. Chen Kuqiu, with our identities, we may not be able to enter the Lv Bu barracks! In the eyes of others, we are the princes of the State Shepherd, but in their eyes, what can we be?"

"Second brother, what do you mean? To ask the Mi family for my brother?" The potter was still not stupid enough, and was sobered up by Tao Ying's words, and asked anxiously: "It's just that the Mi family It's just a family of merchants, and Mi Zhu, the head of the Mi family, is also a person who doesn't drive in Xuzhou. How about you and I ordering Mi Zhu to come and see him on behalf of Xuzhou to ask Lu Bu for help? At the same time, you can also order Cao Bao to lead troops to garrison Mi Mansion, in this way, he, Mi Zhu, will definitely..."

"If elder brother wants to destroy my Tao family, you can do it! My younger brother, I will pack up my clothes and take my father away to seek medical treatment. Why should I be buried with Xuzhou?" Tao Ying was speechless to the pottery merchant, and never I'm interested in talking about it, when is it, and I'm still thinking of playing tricks, intimidating the only Mi family who can persuade Lu Bu to protect Xuzhou. Tao Qian had such thoughts and actions back then, suspicious of Mi Zhu, and sent him to Xuzhou Zhisuo went to Pi to report on his duties, but Zhao Yu, the prefect of Guangling, who delayed his return trip because of Kan Xuanyufang's incident, went to Qingzhou to ask for help, but what happened?It seems that Lv Bu came here at the appointment, but Zhao Yu and Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong, who were not summoned by Tao Qian for a long time, were left in Qingzhou, and after the crisis of Xiapi was resolved, Mi Zhu had to be obediently let Mi Zhu sit next to the civil servants. First, carefully flattering, lest Lu Bu will blame him for this matter?It's just unnecessary, why bother?

"Don't worry, second brother, don't worry, I'll go! Can't I go?" Looking at Tao Qian, who was like this on the couch, and Tao Ying, who was about to put down the pick, he twisted his head and stomped his feet, his ugly face full of pimples was full of tears. It was bitter, and he said bitterly: "TND, the situation is stronger than others! If I go all out, I still don't believe that Mi Zhu can watch Cao Cao attack Xiapi City, and his Mi family's century-old accumulation in Xuzhou will be wiped out! It's a big deal for me! Kneel down and beg him, and if Mi Zhu still refuses to agree, he will stab him, and if Cao Cao comes around, no one will survive!"

"This..." Tao Ying watched his elder brother leave angrily in astonishment. When he was about to say something, he could only see the back of the Tao merchant. With a wry smile for no reason, he fell down in front of Tao Qian's sick bed.

The two brothers of the Tao family were in danger, they finally came to a unified opinion, and decided that no matter what the cost, they would use the relationship between the Mi family and Qingzhou to ask Lu Bu for help to save Xuzhou again.And just because Mu Lubu of Qingzhou relieved the danger of the Yellow Turban siege of Xiapi, and before he had time to be happy, the Wenwen military officials who were shocked by the news that Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou were also like headless chickens, panicked and confused. , Desolately, with no color on his face.Even almost all the people in the entire city of Xiapi, because of the news of Cao Cao's massacre of Xuzhou, made a bit of despair appear on their already disturbed faces, and even many aristocratic families who were not very powerful in the local area also began to fight. They have sold off the property of the store that could not be moved away, planning to go to another state to avoid disaster.It's just that the siege of Xiapi has just been lifted. Who knows if there will be Yellow Turbans and remnants of the rebels in the prefectures and counties around Xiapi, Pengcheng, Xiaopei, and Guangling that were captured by Kanxuan and Yu Fang before?Would it be possible to escape Cao Cao's sharp blade, but fall into the hands of these thieves, and in the end still be unable to escape the danger of death and family destruction?

"Why don't you ask General Lu?" I don't know who suddenly became wise out of the chaos. After the initial chaos, he suddenly remembered that Lu Bu, who camped in the north of Xiapi City and waded into the muddy water of Xuzhou for no reason, seemed to have not yet leave.

As soon as this remark spread, it seemed as if they had a solid foundation among the people of Xiapi City. Even those who held threats and conspiracy theories about Lu Bu's coming to aid Xiapi before, also because their own wealth and life were related, I have to put my hope on Lu Bu, who has an ambiguous attitude.

Cao Cao had suffered a lot from Lu Bu in Qingzhou several times before. Counting it down, even from the time when the princes begged for Dong, he has never been able to get it well!This time Xuzhou was in such a catastrophe for no reason, perhaps only Lu Bu could protect Xiapi City, and the idea of ​​keeping Xuzhou peaceful, spread unstoppably among the people.Regardless of TND's background and reputation, keeping his life alive is the most important thing!You, Tao Qian, have a great reputation and a good background. You can also compromise with the local family and manage Xuzhou together!But didn't these Lu Bu do well in Qingzhou?When it comes down to it, what else can you do besides being unable to protect Xuzhou and always taking the lives of these innocent people to pay for your father and son's disorderly behavior?
Perhaps even the Tao brothers didn't expect that Xuzhou, which was secretly being worked on by local aristocratic families such as the Chen family, Cao family, Mi family, etc., and foreign forces such as the Tao family, turned out to be a rare unity of opinion. ...

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