The Tao Shang sighed for a moment, walked to Ma Xun's side, stretched out his hand to take Liu Xi from his arms, and said solemnly: "I have already met Tao Guiren, although she is unconscious now, but through some details, I can also roughly guess the ins and outs of the matter. ”

Ma Xun was completely relaxed at this moment, and after handing Liu Xi into the hands of the potter, his whole body suddenly seemed to be paralyzed, and he sat on the rain with a puff.

Seeing this, Liu Bei hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Taifu, you can't take this child away!"

"No?"

The potter turned his head, as if he had just seen Liu Bei: "It turns out that Xuande Gong is also here?" What do you mean by that? Tao didn't quite understand...... What do you mean I can't take this child away? He's my nephew. ”

When the words fell, Xu Chu, Xu Rong, Zang Ba and others stood forward at the same time.

Liu Bei cautiously looked at the soldiers and generals beside the Tao Shang, hesitated for a moment, and hesitated: "Tao Taifu, Your Majesty has returned to heaven, do you know?" ”

The potter's body flickered, and he almost didn't hold the baby in his hand, and almost didn't throw him to the ground.

"What do you mean?"

Liu Bei took a deep breath, and then concisely described Liu Xie's death to the pottery merchant.

The pottery merchant was dumbfounded, looking at Liu Bei in disbelief, taking advantage of the morning sun that had begun to rise dimly after the rain stopped, carefully distinguishing the expression on his face, looking for the possibility of Liu Bei lying in the details of each part.

But the facts disappointed him, and it was clear that, according to the pottery merchant's observations, Liu Bei was not lying.

I didn't expect Yuan Shao to be so bold!

He knew that the current situation was far less beneficial to him than killing the Son of Heaven, and he really dared to do it!

The potter took a deep breath, tightened his hand holding the child again, and said after a while: "Since there has been such a big event, why don't Xuan Degong hurry up and chase the body of the Son of Heaven back, and delay here?" ”

Liu Bei's face remained unchanged, he just stared at the pottery merchant deeply, and after being silent for a long time, he said: "It is precisely because of Your Majesty's great travel, such as today's family affairs are very important, and it is related to the future fortune of the Han Dynasty, so the eldest son Xi, you must bring it back!" ”

The potter was amused when he heard this.

That's a laugh.

"Duke Xuande, don't say first whether you can take the prince away from Tao's hands, just say that I am bringing the prince back to you now, and I will inevitably be harmed by the traitors around Your Majesty when I turn back! If you know something, get out of here, save the prince from taking it away, and I'll leave you behind when you go back! ”

"Traitor?" Liu Bei was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then his face showed distemper anger, and said: "Taifu must not point to Sang and scold Huai, even if Bei is not a gentleman, but he is definitely not a thief who can do the scourge of His Majesty's widow, when will you compare me with Dong Zhuo's thief." ”

Tao Shang stared at Liu Bei's angry face and smiled: "Xuande Gong misunderstood, the person Tao is referring to is not you, but who it is, I am not convenient to say directly, but to tell Xuande Gong the truth, Tao Mou was only able to attack the Wuhuan cavalry, and when he entered the city, he was just in time for Tao Guiren to commit suicide, fortunately I saved her, and in addition to Tao Guiren, the people left in the Deyang Palace are just some eunuchs and palace maids, and the relatives of the Son of Heaven are no longer in the palace, and now the eldest son Xi is also in the hands of Ma Xun, Xuande Gong, You're not stupid, you don't think you don't understand this, right? ”

Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly remembered that when he met Fu Wan, when he asked Fu Wan where the Tao nobles and the prince were, Fu Wan was cowering and trembling at that time, Liu Bei was a little suspicious at that time, and the combination of many things at the moment just confirmed what he thought.

The potter is right, if this man is carried back by himself now, he will be harmed by Dong Cheng the next day.

Moreover, behind the pottery merchant, Xu Chu, Xu Rong, Zang Ba and others were eyeing each other, and the Xuzhou army was also murderous, and he was enough to take the prince away from him.

After figuring out this, Liu Bei immediately asked the pottery merchant another question: "Although Your Majesty has returned to heaven now, although it was told by Dong Chengzhi, I think this matter is not bad...... It is related to the future succession of the throne, I don't know what the Taifu thinks? ”

The idea in the heart of the pottery merchant is actually very simple, that is, to send troops to catch up with Dong Cheng and Fu Wan now, capture them together with Fu Hou and the second prince Liu Qiong, and then set up his nephew as emperor in Pengcheng.

But there are not many soldiers and horses to rescue themselves, and most of them are fighting with the Wuhuan cavalry, and they must have already designed an escape route after the ambush, and now they want to recover the prince Qiong, I'm afraid it's unrealistic.

So when it comes to the issue of heirs, there is only one thing that potters can do.

"Your Majesty returned to heaven, and did not make an edict, Tao, as the prince of the dynasty, led the Shangshutai to record the Shangshu affairs, and supported the eldest son to inherit the unification, which is the unshirkable responsibility."

Liu Bei's face changed suddenly when he heard this.

"Your Majesty has two sons, and the Taifu wants to support the new monarch without consulting with the ministers, which is too arbitrary! Don't forget, Your Majesty also has a second son! ”

"Arbitrary?" The pottery merchant smiled and said: "Even if I go to discuss this matter with them, I am afraid that it will come to a different result, if there is no accident, Fu Guozhang and Uncle Dong Guo's hearts have already decided on the new monarch." ”

Liu Bei knew that such a problem would occur.

The potter wanted to set up his eldest son, Liu Xi...... And after Fu Wan, he must set up his second son, Liu Qiong.

In this way, will the world not be ......

Liu Bei's face showed anger, and he said, "There can only be two days in this world!" How can there be two masters in this world? ”

Tao Shang smiled and said: "Xuande Gong, what you said is not right, there is only one emperor in this world, that is the emperor's eldest son Xi, as for everything else, it is all a fake, if someone dares to do this rebellious thing the next day, Tao can only send troops to rebel against him, so as to get rid of the minister." ”

Liu Bei's body was a little weak, and his head was like thunder.

"Mrs. Tao, is there really no other solution to this matter?"

The potter looked down at his nephew Liu Xi in his arms, and his chubby little face was reflected in his eyes, which looked particularly cute.

Thinking about the tragic appearance of Shicai's own sister, it strengthened the determination of the potter.

The potter took a deep breath and said, "Xuande Gong, there is another solution, please point it out to me!" Tao is willing to listen to the teachings. ”

Liu Bei was speechless all of a sudden.

Seeing that Liu Bei had nothing to say, Tao Shang immediately stood up and said: "Since Xuande Gong can't say anything, then I will say goodbye and not send it, the eldest son is young and stayed outside all night, I am afraid that he is weak, for the emperor's eldest son's body, Tao said goodbye first, and Lao Xuande Gong went to recover the body of the Son of Heaven, and the matter of burial was carried out. ”

After that, the potter sent someone to help Ma Xun up, and ordered Xu Chu to closely monitor Liu Bei's movements, and then took his eldest son Liu Xi and slowly retreated.