Bao Zhong and Bao Tao came to Pengcheng's Thorn Mansion to meet Tao Qian.

Although Bao Xin died, he was a loyal and good general back then, and he had a good relationship with the pottery merchants, and Tao Qian would not treat his younger brothers lightly in public and private.

Tao Qian smiled and stretched out his hand to signal that the two of them did not have to be formal, and then asked the two to sit down.

"The two generals came all the way from Yanzhou, and it was really hard...... Alas, Bao Yuncheng was killed at the hands of the Yellow Turban thieves in Qingzhou, and the old man heard it, and his heart was full of sorrow, but it was a pity that he was also an important position in the imperial court, and he could not go to Yanzhou to mourn in person, which was really a matter of resentment in this life. ”

Bao Zhong saw Tao Qian so emotional, and sighed: "Tao Yuanjun doesn't have to be like this, although my brother goes, but Yanzhou is now governed by Meng Degong, which is better than in the past, Meng Degong has now eliminated the thieves in Yanzhou, so that the six counties are safe, the people are peaceful, and my brother knows about it, so he must be blind." ”

Tao Qian listened to Bao Zhong's words, and he was also embarrassed.

"Two generals, since Yuncheng left, you are still under Meng De, are you still proud?"

Bao Zhong and Bao Tao looked at each other and smiled bitterly in their hearts.

Bao Xin's reputation in Yanzhou was well-known, and the soldiers and horses under his command were battle-hardened and extremely good at fighting, and were known as the strongest soldiers in Yanzhou.

After Bao Xin and Liu Dai died at the hands of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, Cao Cao, with the support of Yuan Shao, became the lord of Yanzhou, and took over Liu Dai and Bao Xin's former generals, rearranged the establishment and adjusted, and divided the old soldiers of Yanzhou under his command under the accounts of Cao Ren, Xiahoudun and other clan generals.

As for people like Bao Zhong and Bao Tao, they were also known as prestigious in the Jibei Army in the past, and Cao Cao naturally did not dare to use them.

They are under Cao Cao's command, and they naturally have a lot of money and treatment, which can be said to be eating, drinking, and drinking.

But nominally, the two of them are just empty captains, with no soldiers and no powers, at most they are sent out to do odd jobs, run errands and so on.

It's not that Cao Cao is cautious, everyone has to be like this.

This is a kind of political precaution, and it has to be done as a last resort, after all, Cao Cao's Yanzhou assassination history is a bit of a collision with great luck - it is too powerful and easy to lose.

Bao Zhong and Bao Tao didn't seem to want to talk about this matter in detail, so they talked to Tao Qian about business.

But he saw Bao Zhong take out a slip from his sleeve, handed it to the attendant beside Tao Qian, and said, "Tao Envoy, this is a letter written to you by General Cao, please read it." ”

After Tao Qian took it, he opened the slip and carefully browsed the contents.

When he was young, he saw Tao Qian put down the slip and said, "Meng Degong wants to take his father, Jugaogong, from Langya County to Yanzhou?" ”

Bao Zhong nodded and said, "Yes, that's right!" When the old lady Cao was dismissed by mistake because of the rebellion of the Yellow Turban in Runan Gepi, Dong Zhuo's rebellion, he took the young son to Langya County to avoid trouble, and now everything in Yanzhou is settled, my general Cao wants to take the old man back to Puyang to settle down, but Langya is under the jurisdiction of Tao Envoy, so I specially came to Pengcheng to inform Tao Envoy Jun first. ”

In Tao Qian's mind, he suddenly remembered that the pottery merchant had written a letter to warn him: Once Cao Cao wants to take the old man back to his hometown, Xuzhou must be as far away from this matter as possible, and he must not touch his hands.

The farther away from the big trouble, the better!

Although he didn't know what the potter's intention was, Tao Qian cautiously warned himself in his heart that he had to believe his son's words, after all, the potter would not harm him.

"The two of them came to pick up Mrs. Cao this time, it was really hard and tight, Mrs. Cao moved back to Yanzhou from Langya Country, this road will naturally open to the old man, but although Langya Country is nominally under the jurisdiction of the old man, but in fact it is in the hands of Zang Ba, if the two want to take the old lady back, it seems that they are looking for the wrong person." Tao Qian explained with a smile.

Bao Zhong and Bao Tao couldn't help but be surprised when they saw this.

This kind of friendship with Cao Cao, Tao Qian didn't say anything, but he wanted to avoid it?

It's really weird.

However, since Lao Tao doesn't want to follow the blind mixing, the two younger brothers of the Bao family will naturally not be too persecutive.

After all, everyone has a bunch of things to do, how can they have the effort to coax other people's fathers to play every day.

"Since this is the case, I will ask Tao Yuanjun to open a way out for the two of us, and we will go to Kaiyang to find Zang Ba when we go back."

Tao Qian will naturally agree to this matter.

He wrote a codex and asked his subordinates to go to Mincao in Xuzhou to open a way out for the Cao clan and lead it to Yu Erbao.

During the period of opening the road, Tao Qian began to chat with Bao Zhong and Bao Tao again.

"It is reported that after Meng De took over Yanzhou, he wantonly appointed the Cao clan and the Xiahou clan as generals to help them govern the army.

Bao Tao smiled and said: "Originally, send someone to welcome the old lady back to Yanzhou, the lord is planning to let Cao Chun do it, I don't want a big incident to happen in the west, the lord and the Xiahou clan and the clan generals of the Cao clan are pouring the soldiers of Yanzhou to the west, and there is no one in the clan to send the old lady to this matter...... I had no choice but to send two of us idlers. ”

After saying something, he only made Tao Qian inexplicable.

Throwing troops west?

What's going on?!

Could it be that what this refers to is still Chang'an?

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Chang'an City, in the main hall of Weiyang Palace.

Liu Xie, the son of heaven, is thirteen years old, although he is still young, but his immature face always has an expression of indifference and vicissitudes, which sets off the maturity that is different from his flower-like age.

Most of the reasons for precocious puberty at an early age must be the experience of pain that ordinary people cannot experience.

Under the dragon steps that Liu Xie faced, a half-old man of about fifty years old stood silently in the middle of the main hall, thin but extremely resolute, although the thin figure seemed lonely in the empty hall, but for some reason, there was always a sense of admiration that people did not dare to ignore.

Liu Xie looked at him quietly, and suddenly opened his mouth to ask.

Although his tone is mature, his voice is still quite immature.

"Dr. Jia......"

The person below replied calmly: "Your Majesty, the minister is immoral, incompetent, and famous, so he doesn't dare to occupy the position of Guanglu doctor." ”

Liu Xie blinked and comforted: "Jia Qing, this is not my original intention, but the ...... recommended by Li Che to me."

"The minister turned around and told Li Cheqi that this Guanglu doctor can't afford it, Your Majesty doesn't need to worry about it, just call the old man Jia Qing as usual." Jia Xu's tone was still unhurried, flat and indifferent.

There was an awkward silence in the hall for a long time.

"Alas!"

Suddenly, Liu Xie sighed again, and said helplessly: "The war outside Chang'an City, how is it now?" ”

Jia Xu lowered his head, pouted his lips quickly at a speed that others could not see, and said slowly: "Li Wei led the generals of Xiliang to fight with Lu Bu several times, and he had the upper hand, but Ma Teng and Han Sui, who had withdrawn earlier, led troops to attack him, so that Li Wei and other Xiliang soldiers were defeated, and Ma and Han wanted to seek Chang'an again, and they didn't want Lu Bu to take the opportunity to attack Ma Teng and Han Sui's rear grain road, and the three families contained each other, each with its own victory and defeat, and the battle situation was ...... It can't be described without the word 'miserable'. ”

Liu Xie, the son of heaven, listened, although he didn't say anything, but he was deeply relieved in his heart.

Bite! Bite hard!

Xiliang dog! And state dogs! Qiang dog! It's better to bite them all to death!

"Jia Qing, in your opinion, what will be the final outcome of this war?"

Jia Xu replied flatly: "Although the three parties are now in a situation of containing each other, Ma Teng and Han Sui are short of food, so they can't last long, and Lu Bu's troops are not as good as Li Dao, and they have no foundation, and they will lose sooner or later. ”

When Liu Xie heard Jia Xu say this, he immediately became anxious.

"Jia Qing, that's not what you said to me back then! Didn't you say that Li Dao, Guo Yan, Lu Bu, Ma Teng and Han Sui, the three of them will inevitably lose in the end? Why is it that now, it has become Li Dao who has won again? It's not going to work! You quickly find a way to make all three of them lose! ”

Thirteen-year-old child, after all, what he said is still a bit naïve, all three lose, who wins?

Jia Xu saluted the Son of Heaven and said gently: "Your Majesty, the old man is the right person to say, if the old man doesn't interfere, it must be Li Dao who wins...... Since His Majesty wants the three families to lose, but he can't, isn't this fourth family on the way to Chang'an, after all, just wait quietly. ”