The sun had slowly risen overhead, the door of the Taofu study was closed, and the breakfast prepared for the potter on the table was already cold, but the potter did not move any chopsticks.

How can he be in the mood to eat now? In fact, he had been sitting here all night, and he didn't even dare to sleep.

Who knows if there will be soldiers rushing in in the middle of the night and slashing him?

After all, Cao Bao and the others were contacted by him from the middle, and at this time, those people had already fallen into the hands of Mi Zhu, as long as anyone could not survive the torture and confessed to him, he would die without a place to be buried.

"Hey! If you knew this was the case, why bother in the first place? The potter muttered to himself with blank eyes, and reached out to touch the tea bowl.

At this time, suddenly there was a knock on the door, and a slave whispered outside: "Childe, Liu Yuanjun has brought someone here, and he is waiting for Childe in the front hall." ”

"Dangchang!"

The potter shuddered with fright, and the tea bowl in his hand fell to the ground and shattered.

He said to himself with an earthy face: "It's still here when it's time to come, Ping Gongzi, didn't you swear that you could save my life?" But ......"

When he saw Cao Bao being arrested, he fled from the city and did not dare to come back, but Liu Ping forced him to return to the city and said that he would not die.

At this time, it seems that Liu Ping's words are obviously useless.

Liu Bei has never been to his house since he took over as the pastor of Xuzhou, and now he personally brought people to the door, presumably he must have come to Xingshi to ask for guilt.

"I'm dying!"

The potter shook his head and sighed, he shook his sleeves, opened the door, and walked with heavy steps to the antechamber, as if he were walking towards a ghost gate.

In this short road, he walked a stick of incense for a long time.

Unexpectedly, Liu Bei stood up as soon as he saw him come in, bowed to him deeply, and said with a smile on his face: "Since I was appointed as the state pastor, I have been entangled in official business, and I have never come to visit my son, forgive my sins!" ”

"Liu Yuanjun, you are ......" Liu Bei's respectful behavior made the pottery merchant confused.

I only heard Liu Bei continue to say sincerely: "The son is only eight buckets high, but he is idle at home, it is a pity, Bei has prepared to go to the court, and the prince is the governor of Xuzhou, in order to assist Bei to govern the state government, I hope that the prince will not shirk." ”

"Me? Long history? The potter was completely stunned, which one did Liu Bei sing?

Didn't he come to ask the teacher about his sin?

Looking at the puzzled expression on the potter's face, Liu Bei said calmly: "I can't hide it, according to reliable information, Yanzhou Cao Ren has led an army of 40,000 to kill, and I urgently need to fight against the enemy in Xuzhou."

It's just that a few days ago, Mi Zizhong mistakenly believed the treacherous words of others and had some misunderstandings with General Cao Bao and others.

I think that General Cao Bao and Gongzi are fellow villagers, and I hope that Gongzi will explain a thing or two to General Cao and others, so that they must focus on the overall situation. ”

As soon as these words were spoken, the potter suddenly understood, and it turned out that this was Ping Gongzi's plan.

This Ping Gongzi is really far-sighted, in this way, Liu Bei urgently needs the Danyang generals to serve, how can he not let them out?

Most importantly, he will be safe.

"It is the duty of the lower to defend Xuzhou, Liu Yuanjun does not have to worry too much, he will go to see General Cao in the next place, presumably General Cao will not mind the fallacy of Mr. Zizhong," the potter said angrily.

Mi Zhu's face was as black as carbon next to him, and his heart was not a taste, how could he say this, as if it was his mistake to sit down?

It seems that in order to cater to the Danyang generals, Liu Bei made him settle this black cauldron.

"Thank you Gongzi for understanding the righteousness," Liu Bei smiled at the corner of his mouth, arched his hand to the potter, and said, "Without further ado, please go immediately." ”

The potter was happy in his heart, as long as Cao Bao and the others were released, the plan could still be continued.

Although Liu Bei was respectful and polite to him at this time, it was based on the persecution of the Cao army, if the Cao army retreated, Liu Bei probably would still not let him and the Danyang generals go.

The potter followed the crowd to Mizhu Mansion.

At this time, Cao Bao and the others were already in the dungeon ready to sit on the ground and wait for death.

After all, if it falls into the hands of its rival Mi Zhu, there is no reason to live.

But I didn't expect to see the potter in this situation, and even Liu Bei followed behind.

"Master Tao, are you here to personally watch Mi Zhu execute me?"

Cao Bao's hands were bruised, and he clung to the railing of the cage and glared angrily at the potter.

In his mind, this Tao Cheng was obviously trying to survive, and took the lead in rebelling against the water and reported them to Liu Bei.

It's ridiculous that they didn't confess to the potter after being tortured, but they were stabbed in the back by this spineless Tao Gongzi.

"General Cao, what is this saying, this is just Mi Zizhong's fallacy, and the general is right, where is the execution?"

The pottery merchant hurriedly winked at Cao Bao, for fear that he would impulsively tell the plot: "The Cao family's army is coming, and the general, as a military general of the imperial court, should take it as his responsibility to defend the land and secure the people.

At this time, we should share the same hatred for the enemy, get rid of the traitor, and drive out the traitor. ”

As he spoke, the potter stepped forward and took Cao Bao's hand and secretly wrote the word "Ping" in Cao Bao's palm.

This dungeon is dim and unknown, Liu Bei and the others are behind the potter, and naturally no one notices the potter's small actions.

But Cao Bao somewhat understood that this was Liu Ping saving them.

Coupled with the hidden meaning in the words of the pottery merchant, saying that he was a military general of the imperial court is not implying that Liu Ping represents the imperial court?

The "traitor" expelled instead refers to Liu Bei in front of him.

"Since it's Mi Zizhong's mistake, don't blame those who don't know," Cao Bao said loudly: "We are not people with a small amount of energy, open the prison door quickly and let me out."

In order to protect Xuzhou, we are willing to follow the saddle horse. ”

"General Cao's heart is bright, which is admirable, and after the retreat of Cao's army, I will ask for credit from all the generals."

Liu Bei nodded happily in the back, and beckoned to Mi Zhu, who immediately sent someone to open the door of the cage.

A few other attendants went in and helped these Danyang generals out.

They had all been tortured, and although their lives were fine, the injuries on their bodies were quite serious.

Watching them limp out of Mifu and go to the Danyang Army camp, Liu Bei's face immediately became gloomy.

Looking at their departing backs, Liu Bei said in a deep voice: "These people are so generous, and they are not responsible for Zizhong's mistakes, I am afraid that they have two hearts, and they must be guarded against." ”

Mi Zhu listened to it next to him and almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, he had a black pot on his back, did he have to beat him up and give Cao Bao and others anger to be normal?

"The lord reuses the potters, explains Cao Bao, and is so kind to them, they must be grateful to Dade."

"That's not right!"

Liu Bei shook his head solemnly, and said to Sun Qian next to him: "Let Yun Chang accompany him, and if he finds out that he has misdeeds, kill him immediately, so as to prevent future troubles." ”

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