The next day, just after dawn, the horn of raising the tent sounded in Chang'an City.

Tao Qing found a vacant room in the city last night, and was originally going to bid farewell to the king early this morning and set foot on the road back to Dingbian.

But now that the horn of the assembly sounded, according to the rules, all centurions of the rank had to go to the point to report.

Although Tao Qing was boiling salt, Liu Ping did not dismiss him from his military position, and he was still a lieutenant in the army, so he didn't think about it, and subconsciously went to the Chinese military tent in the city.

But after all, he is different from ordinary captains, he has become a lieutenant with a lot of money and power, according to his ideas, he should not be publicized, and it is the best choice to make a fortune in a muffled voice.

So he has to keep a low profile, deal with the past, and then say goodbye to Liu Ping, and then he can set off quickly.

Tao Qing lowered his head and hurried to an empty venue, only to see that there were already more than a dozen people standing there.

At this time, there were only 1,000 soldiers in the city, eight or nine centurions, and three lieutenants including Song Zhong.

Before the sky was fully dawn, Tao Qing lowered his head, walked around from the other side of the venue to the Dianmao official, and answered.

The official was stunned for a moment, obviously not realizing that Tao Qing would come, but when he came, he came, and took a pen and added a few words to the bamboo piece in his hand.

Tao Qing lowered his head, and was about to take advantage of the bad sight to leave first.

Suddenly, I heard someone yelling in front of me: "Brother Tao! ”

Tao Qing didn't need to look up to know that this was Song Zhong, so he looked up and smiled awkwardly: "Brother, what a coincidence!" ”

"Big brother, why don't you say hello to your brothers when you come?" Song Zhong said, suddenly opened his hand, and said loudly to everyone in the audience: "Come and see, who is coming back?" ”

"Don't shout," Tao Qing originally wanted to keep a low profile, but Na Cheng wanted to meet Song Zhong's big speaker.

After Song Zhong shouted, all the generals paid attention to this side, and someone exclaimed: "Why does that person look like General Tao." ”

"What like, that's General Tao, didn't he boil salt?"

Tao Qing had a very high prestige in the Danyang army, so all the lieutenants and centurions surrounded him.

"General Tao, when did you come back? Will you come back this time? ”

"General Tao, you are our commander, but you were sent to boil salt, my brother was very unconvinced when he heard it, and he felt worthless for you."

"Brother Tao, how are you doing during this time?"

Tao Qing listened to everyone's words, feeling a little embarrassed, in the face of everyone's questioning, on the one hand, he couldn't tell the things about boiling salt, but on the other hand, he didn't want to lie to the brothers in front of him, saying how miserable he was.

So he could only keep smiling.

Let you see for yourselves, at least I didn't lie to you.

At this time, Song Zhong said with a sad face: "Big brother, it's too benevolent and righteous."

Do you know what I saw my big brother like yesterday?

He was unkempt and looked like a beggar, and I almost didn't recognize him, but I can imagine how hard my eldest brother lived outside.

The point is, I wanted to replace my eldest brother to boil salt, but he firmly disagreed.

Big brother, it's so benevolent! ”

After Song Zhong said this, coupled with the tattered clothes on Tao Qing's body, everyone believed that Tao Qing should have been treated inhumanely.

After all, some people have speculated before that Tao Qing didn't know where to offend the king, so he was targeted by the king.

Now it seems that it was.

At this time, another bearded lieutenant beside Song Zhong said angrily: "Brother Tao is the oldest in our Danyang Army, even if there is something that the king does not like, I believe that with the generosity of the king, he can be forgiven."

Waiting for the king to arrive, I am the first to petition the king to rescue Brother Tao no matter what. ”

"That's right, I think so too, most of us have received the favor of Brother Tao, even if I am sent outside, I don't want to see Brother Tao go to suffer, and I will petition the king in a while."

"Me too!"

Everyone's emotions were ignited instantly, Tao Qing grinned, and looked up to think about whether he had overacted.

How can you use the word "delivered"?

"Brothers, brothers, fighting in front is to serve the king, and boiling salt in the rear is also to serve the king, there is no distinction between high and low, and I don't feel wronged, brothers, don't worry about it anymore."

"Big brother, it's too benevolent and righteous, as a captain, he should have galloped across the field, but he was willing to boil salt in the back, and said that he was not wronged, it was too benevolent, no, I must petition the king." Song Zhong emphasized again.

"What do you want?" Liu Ping appeared behind them.

Listening to these people shouting from a distance just now, I knew what was going on.

However, in the matter of boiling salt, he had told Tao Qing to keep it secret, so he had to carry half of the pot in this matter, and he should also relieve Tao Qing.

"Who should do what and how to do it, this king has his own arrangements," Liu Ping said awe-inspiringly: "Who stipulates that the generals must appear on the battlefield?"

It's nothing, let's disperse. ”

After speaking, he waved his robe sleeves and left.

Tao Qing also took the opportunity to salute Liu Ping's back at this time, which was regarded as a farewell, and also embarked on the road back to the north.

Only everyone was left looking at each other and stammering.

"Why is the king so arbitrary that he doesn't listen to our explanation?"

"Why did General Tao leave in such a hurry?"

Everyone felt puzzled, and they touched their noses early in the morning, which always made people feel uncomfortable.

At this time, I saw a team of horse-drawn carts carrying grain coming from a distance, and the leader of the team was Fan Xian.

When they were in Xuzhou, they all knew Fan Xian, a delicate figure, but they didn't expect that this Fan shopkeeper could chase him to Chang'an to do business.

It even got bigger and bigger, and within a few days his convoy was transporting grain, and now the granaries are piled up.

"Old Fan, now you are developed," Song Zhong said with a smile: "Buying so much food for the king, the money you earn is enough for you to raise ten concubines, right?" ”

"General Song laughed," Fan Xian said with a smile: "The king exchanged salt for grain, and I was just running errands in the middle, what money can I make?" ”

"What do you say? Salt for food? How to change it? Song Zhong and the others were suddenly shocked and surrounded Fan Xian.

Fan Xian suddenly realized that he had leaked his mouth, and dared to love these generals that he didn't know about it, so he hurriedly smiled: "I'm sorry, don't be embarrassed, borrowed, borrowed, I don't know anything." ”

With that, he separated the crowd and led the convoy away.

Only Song Zhong and the others were left standing on the spot, like wooden chickens.

Everyone is summing up, if the grain is really exchanged for salt, where does the salt come from, of course, it was cooked by Tao Qing's gang.

At the beginning, he promised to give Tao Qing a five-percent share, but now that Fan Xian has brought so much grain, how much does Tao Qing score?

Everyone was lost in thought.

After a long time, Song Zhong muttered to himself: "Do you look at me, do you look like a fool? ”

"Like, very like!" Everyone spoke in unison.

"Oops!" Song Zhong clenched his fists, hammered twice on his head, and sighed: "Big brother, it's too unkind!" ”