"Your Excellency, are you awake?" At this time, Tao Qian was lying on the bed, and the generals of the Danyang Army, Cao Bao, Xu Tan, Zhang Zhen, and Xuzhou Beizhu, Chen Deng, the captain of the Diannong School, and Liu Bei were all by Tao Qian's side.

"You're all here!" Tao Qian stretched out his hand, waved it weakly in the air, and looked at the people around him: "How is the situation outside?" ”

"Lord Qiqi, I have arranged for all the soldiers in the city to climb the city wall, and mobilized the people in the city to fight together!" Cao Bao said.

"My lord, are you feeling better?" At this time, Xu Tan said: "Do you want to call the doctor to come over again!" ”

"No need, now that the enemy is present, don't watch the three of you here, go to the front line, without you, the soldiers will be at a loss!" Tao Qian's lips were pale at this time, his eyes were in a trance, and he waved his hand at Cao Bao, Xu Tan, and Zhang Zhen, signaling them to go to the front line.

"But your body ......, sir."

"We will take care of Da Rao's body, aren't we human?" Chen Deng saw that Cao Bao was not playing, so he said angrily.

Cao Bao saw that Tao Qian was still waving to him, so he had no choice but to say to Tao Qian: "Yes, my lord!" ”

He glanced at Chen Deng, and then left with Xu Tan and Zhang Xu.

"Then I'll quit first!" At this time, Liu Bei saw that Cao Bao and the others were gone, and he was ready to retire.

"Xuande, Xuzhou will please you!" Tao Qian looked at Liu Bei's departing back and said, he tried to be as loud as possible at this time, hoping that Liu Bei could hear it.

Liu Bei stopped, turned around, and after bowing to Tao Qian, he strode away.

"General Cao Bao, wait a minute!" Liu Bei walked behind Cao Bao and them, so he deliberately quickened his pace and chased after him from behind.

Cao Bao and the others heard Liu Bei calling them behind them, so they all stopped, turned around and asked, "General Liu, what's the matter?" ”

"General Cao Bao, that's the case, now Cao Cao is sending a large army to besiege Tancheng on all sides, I suggest that the four of us guard one gate, what do you think of this suggestion?"

After listening to Liu Bei's words, Cao Bao deliberately looked at Xu Tan and Zhang Zhen, and saw that they both nodded in agreement, so he said: "Well, I think it's okay, just do it according to you!" ”

"Since all the generals have agreed, then I will go to the East Gate, my second and third brothers are there now!"

"Then I'll go to the North Gate!" Zhang said.

"South Gate!" Xu Tan said.

"I'll go to the West Gate, everyone work hard, defend Tancheng, don't let Cao Cao attack in!"

"Got it!" Liu Bei, Xu Tan and Zhang Xudao.

"Take care!" Liu Bei arched his hand to the three people in front of him, and then ran away.

......

"Yuanlong, Zizhong, all these years, do you hate me?" At this time, Tao Qian was lying on the bed, like a corpse, except for the occasional movement of his mouth, the rest of his body did not move.

"Why did the state pastor suddenly ask such a thing now?" Chen Deng sat in his position at this time and said casually.

"I can't live long, the sound of the bird is about to die, the sound of the person is also sad, the word of the person is also good, before I die, I want to hear what the locals of Xuzhou think of me!"

"The state pastor doesn't have to think too much, under your governance in Xuzhou, at least the people's lives can be guaranteed, which is your greatest contribution to Xuzhou!" Mi Zhu looked at Tao Qian on the bed, his heart softened, and he didn't say anything cruel.

"It's just that, Lord Governor, Chen Deng has a doubt, I don't know whether to talk about it or not!" Chen Deng stood up, approached Tao Qian's side and asked.

"Are you going to ask me, after you die, who will be in charge of Xuzhou, right?"

"Hey~ Yes, Xuzhou can't be without an owner for a day, in the next suggestion, it is better to choose a benevolent person as soon as possible to be the lord of Xuzhou!"

"Why is Yuanlong in a hurry, Xuzhou is in danger now, is it still necessary to choose?" Tao Qian sneered at this time: "It seems that you really hate me, and you don't even want me to die in the end!" ”

"Anyway, this kind of thing, first decided, if Xuzhou wins, then there are successors, if Xuzhou loses, then you can only resign yourself to fate!"

"Hehe, how about my eldest son, the potter?"

"The potter's personality is weak and unusable!" Chen Deng was open-mouthed and spoke directly from his heart.

"Presumptuous!" Tao Qian heard that Chen Deng was so rude, so he scolded: "Piff, you are too rampant, come on, come on!" ”

Tao Qian shouted outside for a long time in anger, but no one paid attention.

Tao Qian realized at this time that Chen Deng and Mi Zhu took advantage of yesterday's chaos to replace their own soldiers, he sighed heavily, and stopped shouting, saying, "What do you think of the second son Tao Ying?" ”

"Do you think it is useful to choose a few cowardly and incompetent people to inherit the great unification in such troubled times?"

"Then you, who do you choose?" Tao Qian trembled with anger at this time, and a pair of murderous eyes looked at Chen Deng viciously.

"Liu Bei of the plain, this person has great ambitions, and is loyal to the Han family, he can be called a benevolent and righteous person, and we are willing to support Liu Bei as the pastor of Xuzhou!"

"Liu Bei?" Tao Qian's eyes widened, dilated his pupils, looked straight up, and said to himself: "I see! ”

Tao Qian shed tears helplessly at this time, and said, "Did you discuss it with Liu Bei?" But don't forget, even if you really let Liu Bei be the pastor of Xuzhou, do you think he can really sit firmly in Xuzhou, of course I mean after Xuzhou has experienced this ordeal! ”

"In order to keep the Danyang generals from messing around, I still need your help to do one thing!" Chen Dengdao.

"Chen Deng, is there anything else I can do so far?"

"Where is the state pastor's seal, I won't bother you to write this word, I can copy your handwriting!"

"Hehe, you're scared, aren't you?"

"What am I afraid of, let me tell you, Tao Qian, you'd better cooperate obediently, I did this completely for the sake of the people of the six counties of Xuzhou!"

"Hehe, clever words, common people? You let Liu Xuande be the state pastor for the sake of the people, not for the self-interest of your Xuzhou Haoqiang surname, do you have the so-called people in your eyes? ”

"But at least it's better than you letting some Danyang people rule over us Xuzhou people!" Chen Deng sneered: "Since you came to Xuzhou, how many grievances have we suffered from these local surnames, and they are very dependent on us on the surface, but secretly, almost all important things are discussed by your Danyang people, and then you want to discuss with us, you and I have no ordinary people in our hearts, then you are, how can you have pretended in your heart, Qingxu and Yellow Turban thieves are very uproarious, our Xuzhou surname is up to resist, and what are you doing, you are helping them, you are helping to abuse!" ”

"Brute, madman, I should have killed you in the first place!" At this time, Tao Qian exerted all his strength, gritted his teeth, and said: "The local surnames and powerful landlords have always been the products of the party's selfishness. ”

"For your own rule, without us, you can rule more comfortably, right?" Chen Deng's eyes widened at this time.

"So what, only if I sit firmly, the people will live a solid life!"

"Then why did you run away yesterday? Is this what you keep saying to protect the people and care for the people? ”

"Hehe, hey~ whatever you want, I'm also a dying person now, I can't control the affairs of Xuzhou, how do you like it, I don't want to care about it anyway!" Tao Qian said in a loving tone.

"Do you give or don't you give?" Chen Deng said viciously.

Tao Qian didn't say anything, as if he hadn't heard anything.

He has almost lived in this life, he is sixty-three years old this year, and he is not a person at the age of any longer, what else is there to be nostalgic for, since he was raised as Maocai, he has stepped into the officialdom, civil officials have done it, military attachés have also done it, his character has been upright for a lifetime, and he has offended many people, and he was "forced to the palace" before he died, maybe it can be regarded as a punishment for himself.

Indeed, when I was young, I was full of vigor and vigor, and I always thought about what to do for the people, and then later, the official position became bigger and bigger, and the status of the people in the minds of the people was somehow getting lower and lower, and I became more and more obsessed with the power of the official position, whether it was to support the Yellow Turban thief or reject the surname of Xuzhou, it was not all for myself to be able to sit in a better position, and then later, as I slowly grew old, I suddenly found that I began to be afraid of death, and I began to like to enjoy happiness, sometimes I think about it, Where did the former self who galloped on the battlefield go, and where did he go who used to care about the people, but he couldn't find the answer.

Today, Chen Dengmizhu took the opportunity to make trouble, maybe he deserved it, forget it, just let him go, no matter.

"You can leave it alone, but don't your two sons want to care either?" Chen Deng asked again.

Tao Qian's lips twitched suddenly, and then, he slowly raised his arm, pointed to the box behind the usual office desk, and said, "Treat my son well, please!" ”

After that, his hand was paralyzed, and poor Tao Qian died of depression.

Mi Zhu noticed that something was wrong, and hurriedly stepped forward to take a closer look, and then shouted softly: "Lord Tao, Lord Tao~"

"Yuanlong, he's dead!" Mi Zhu said to Chen Deng in a panic at this time.

"If he's dead, he's dead, if he doesn't die now, we'll have one more trouble!" Chen Deng opened the box, took out the seal of the state pastor, and then put a piece of paper on the desk, wrote Tao Qian's "will", and then stamped it with the seal, and then picked it up and appreciated it carefully, and said with satisfaction: "Let's take a look at the situation outside, Zizhong, everything is important, maybe you will lose your life later!" ”

"Well, what about the corpse?" Mi Zhu looked at Tao Qian's corpse, and couldn't help but wet his eyes at this time.

"It's not peacetime now, why do you care so much, let's go!" After Chen Deng, he took Mi Zhu's hand and left.