Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 129 Tao Qian's suicide note

Zhou Cang's heart skipped a beat. Wei Yan had mentioned to himself before that he wanted to take the opportunity to replace Tao Qian to seize Xuzhou, but he didn't accept it, so it may not have left Wei Yan with a knot. Now that Xuzhou is occupied by Liu Bei, it must be a big blow to Wei Yan.

"Okay, I see. Yuan Fang, tell me what's going on with Yuan Shu?" Zhou Cang asked again.

"After the defeat of Yuan Shu and Cao Cao, he withdrew from Nanyang and led the rest of his troops to Jiujiang County. He killed Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou, and led Yangzhou Mu himself. He got Huainan with more soldiers and more food. Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui were appointed generals. Cao and Yuan's armies often clashed in Nanyang, and the Yellow Turban Army was on the rise again. After Li Jue and others invaded Chang'an, they granted Yuan Shu Zuo General, false festival, and entered Yang Zhaihou. Yuan Shu always believed that Yuan's surname came from Chen. After Chen Shishun, he used soil to support fire, which was the next time he was lucky. I don’t know where I got the prophecy saying: The person who replaced the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gaoye. I think it’s about myself. After getting the jade seal, my ambitions swelled.” Zhou Wen looked at Zhou Cang while talking, thinking that the instigator of all this was Zhou Cang.

"Haha, it seems that the day when Yuan Shu will commit suicide is not far away."

"The three major powers in the east of the Yangtze River Liu Yao, governor of Yangzhou, Xu Gong, prefect of Wujun, Wang Lang, prefect of Kuaiji, and Sun Ce have already crossed the river and defeated Liu Yao at Niuzhu. There is no definite news yet."

"Well, Yuan Fang brought the potter brothers to see me."

"Brother..." The two brothers Tao Shang and Tao Ying cried and bowed to the ground when they saw Zhou Cang.

"Get up quickly," Zhou Cang helped the two of them up, "I just heard the bad news when I returned to Pengcheng. It's been a long time. I didn't expect Tao Gong to go west. God bless the good man. You should also mourn , don’t hurt yourself.”

"Before my father died, the two of us left Xuzhou to report the funeral for my brother, so that we can stay with him in the future." Tao Shang said with a sob.

"Okay, we will be together again in the future, I wonder if you will leave Xuzhou smoothly?" Zhou Cang asked.

"This... After finishing the funeral for my father, Liu Bei wanted us to move to Donghai County, saying that Xuzhou was not peaceful. Although his father passed away, Cao Cao still refused to let it go. He was afraid that it would be bad for us, so he asked us to avoid the limelight. Many warriors escorted them. Mi Zhu also persuaded us, so we obeyed them." The potter said, "However, my father told us before he died to come to you immediately and don't let others know, so we found two young and old people on the way. Similar servants pretended to be servants, and we pretended to be servants and ran out on the road. Fortunately, it went smoothly."

"By the way, my father has a letter to give to my brother." The potter took off his coat, pulled out a silk book from the inner lining, and handed it to Zhou Cang.

Zhou Cang took it over and watched it carefully: "Weiguo is like a face. Since I arrived in Xuzhou, I was deeply aware of the strife between the middle and middle gentry. I was afraid that Weiguo would fall into it, so I sent it to Pengcheng to stay away from the disputes. Weiguo understands the difficulties and does not complain. Liu Bei came to Xuzhou to make friends , People’s hearts have changed, so I can only entrust him with seals and ribbons to preserve Xuzhou and Dow. However, Ergouzi is cowardly by nature and fears that he cannot protect himself, so he entrusts him to Weiguo and hopes to treat him kindly and protect my blood.”

The handwriting was very scribbled, Zhou Cangzai read it twice carefully, and said: "Mr. Tao has treated me with great kindness, and at the end of his life, he entrusted me with an orphan. How can Zhou Cang repay it without being so heartless, not to mention that we have a good family. You can rest assured. Let me ask again, do you want to become a rich family, or are you willing to come out and do something. "

The two brothers looked at each other for a while, and said together: "I am willing to obey my brother's arrangement."

"Okay, the imperial court has ordered me to be the prefect of Guangling, and I'm going to take up the post soon, you go back and prepare, and go to Guangling with me in a few days, and I will arrange your errands."

Zhou Cang sent the two brothers away, handed Tao Qian's suicide note to Zhou Wen, and sneered in his heart, a thousand-year-old fox and an old fried dough stick in the officialdom, my brother grew up watching Liaozhai, so he thought he was a newcomer.

Zhou Wen read the suicide note, and laughed, "This Tao Qian, who committed crimes by himself, said it was so pitiful, and wanted to sell it well. But at least he was not foolish. He knew at the end of his life that the general is the confidant who can entrust important things. It's just that this is a good deal." His words are superfluous, and he is still worried about the general. It seems that this Liu Bei is really not simple. I heard that his two sworn brothers are very good at fighting, and they are both brave enough to be unworthy. Fortunately, Liu Bei's subordinates are not familiar with the two sons, otherwise You may not be able to escape yet, but the matter of the two young masters must continue to be concealed."

"People's hearts are cold and warm, and I know that even if he doesn't say it, I will protect his descendants." Zhou Cang put away his suicide note and said, "Liu Bei has become our main opponent, but none of us can tear our face now. He is now fledgling. Feng, when he gets a firm foothold in Xuzhou, he will meet us in battle. Time is running out, Yuan Fang, you have to do so many things, the first one is to pay homage to Tao Qian, and I will pay homage to Tao Qian with Xiaoyao. This kindness is all; the second is to change the banner, and the flags of Fenwei Zhonglang, Guangling Taishou, Huixianghou, etc. are sent out, we are the orthodox appointed by the emperor; the third is to send someone to find Lu Bu, not Lu Bu Don’t have a place to go now, then invite Lu Bu to come to Pengcheng and restrain Liu Bei for us.”

"Then where is Cao Cao? Then..." Zhou Wen asked.

"It's okay, you write another letter to Cao Cao in my name, advising him to welcome the emperor, and in the letter suggest that he serve the emperor in order to beg for disobedience. He will understand my painstaking efforts. This last thing, Yuanfang can't When meeting Lu Bu, it happens that I can’t separate myself, so you go to Guangling first for me, and Zhang Jai, Pei Yuanshao, and Xu Sheng go with you, and take away the military resources, as well as my wife and the generals’ families.” Zhou Cang said As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something.

"Yuan Fang, I have something important to entrust to you. Mi Fang has taken refuge in Liu Bei, so she probably won't sell us any more grain in the future. Although we have some grain in reserve, we can be self-sufficient in farming, but it's not enough. It's hard to continue with the military. Let Zhang Shuang goes to Mi Fang's place to buy as much as he can, just treat it as the last time, I think Mi Fang will not be embarrassed."

Zhou Wen said: "My lord has a wonderful plan, Yuan Fang hasn't thought of it yet."

"There will be a big war in Xuzhou in the next three years. This time I brought back a lot of treasures. I didn't keep any and used them all."

"My lord brought back quite a lot. Zhou Xi didn't think much of it when he brought it back. I didn't expect Zhou Chong to bring back more. Congratulations to my lord for winning General Xu Huang, and congratulations to my lord for adding Zhou Chong and Zhou Xi, two rising stars."

Zhou Cang was a little sad, "It's a pity that Zhou Gui didn't come back, and he lost 2000 troops. In the future, we will rely on no one but ourselves!"

"You go to Jingzhou to buy grain from the local big family. I have a relationship with Cai Mao. You take me there with letters and buy and sell with cash. I think he is willing to help. You can give him [-]% of the benefits and you can handle it yourself. You come back When passing through Jiangxia, you can bribe Huang Zu and his men, and then lobby Gan Ning. Then you can send someone to see Zhang Jiong, ask him to speak well to Yuan Shu, and allow us to buy grain in Runan. By the way, you can Give Yuan Shu a gift in the name of thanking Yuan Shu for his recommendation, how to say it is up to you.”

Open and bright, it's too majestic, and it's [-]% of what you say. It's cool to work with such a master!Zhou Wen said: "Yuanfang will fulfill the lord's entrustment."

(End of this chapter)