When everyone saw that Wei You had temporarily suppressed Tao Qian's arrogance, they couldn't help but shout in their hearts to rejoice, so they each complimented Wei You a few times, and then dispersed one after another.

Only Wei Yu himself had a calm face, but he couldn't hide his worries in his heart, whether he returned to the public house that day or returned home, he was restless.

And sure enough, there was nothing to do that day, and early the next morning, Wei You was still having breakfast in the dormitory in Jixian County, when he suddenly heard the chickens and dogs in the front yard jumping up, and then a person with a bare beard and a straight shirt went straight into the ...... Who is it not the Thorn of Benzhou, Tao Qian, Tao Gongzu?

"Old Wei and dine." Tao Qian, who spoke with a Xu Yang accent, went straight into the dormitory, did not see the outside, and then sat directly on a bench in the door. "Don't worry about me, we'll talk about it when you're done."

Wei You smiled bitterly, but he had no choice but to hurry up and drink porridge.

"You don't have to change your clothes and wear the official seal." Tao Qian saw that the other party went to clean his mouth after drinking the porridge, but he said another sentence in an unsettling Xu Yang accent. "This plain casual dress is quite good, and I have prepared a half-bronze seal for you."

The so-called half-bronze seal means that only half of the official seal is copper, and the other half is simply evil iron...... This is not a better way to say what alloy, but the official seal of the lowest-level promotion officer.

Wei You became more and more speechless, so he could only wash his hands in a hurry, and then took the dirty-looking half-copper seal ribbon that the other party didn't know where to get it, tied it around his waist haphazardly, and went out with the other party. After going out, I saw that what stopped in front of Wei Youshe was an open-top donkey-pulled cart, and there were some firewood, hay, wooden forks and other things thrown on the cart at random...... It's even more confusing.

In other words, although Wei You is very old, he is actually two years younger than Tao Qian, and he is a thorn history, you are a subordinate official of the thorn history, so he is very conscious, this Youzhou driver and Youzhou celebrity did not say a word, and took the initiative to sit in the front, ready to drive this open-top donkey cart.

However, the car had not yet started, seeing that Wei You was in a hurry, ignorant and unable to figure out the key points of this low-level car, Tao Qian really couldn't look past it, and directly stepped forward and grabbed the reins: "Old Wei, go to the back car and lie down, I'll catch the car!" ”

Wei You couldn't, so he had to fold his hands and turn to the back to climb into the car, and then let the barbarian stab Shi shake the reins and drive the donkey cart out of the city all the way north.

From Jixian County to Changping, it is not far to say that it is not close, but it depends on the excellent driving skills of Youzhou Thorn Shi Tao Gongzu for decades of driving experience, and this place is indeed not blocked in these years, so it came to Changping outside the city under Python Mountain before noon.

At this time, this place was already crowded with people and banners, and it seemed that the local Amway, the county officials of Changping and Jundu counties, plus the nearby Haoyou bigwigs who wanted to come to General Bawei, had already arrived one after another.

"The homeless people settle down, but it makes it look like the New Year." Tao Qian inevitably had to criticize him as soon as he got out of the car, but Wei Yu rarely sat on this kind of open-top cart, after all, it was a little bumpy, and he only drank a bowl of porridge in the morning, so he was nauseous at this time, and he couldn't talk to him, which made Tao Tingshi feel a little self-talking.

"We are officials in the state, and we were ordered to come here to check on the affairs of the displaced people." Tao Qian showed the half-copper ribbon around his waist to a warrior who took the initiative to meet him. "Don't worry about it, go get busy!"

Although the Angzang warrior felt that this old man's accent was extremely strange, and the mere little official was too arrogant, but the other party still had the companion behind him who was so old, he didn't want to show it after all, but bowed down and retreated.

Tao Qian snorted coldly, and when Wei You eased up behind him, he picked up a wooden fork from the car, and Wei You and Wei You each took out a hat to shade the sun and put it on, and then followed the foot of Python Mountain to inspect several lively places with many lines drawn with lime.

And just after walking half a circle, Tao Qian roughly understood the doorway, which is nothing more than the queue with the number plate that Youzhou and even the world are gradually adapting to, and then go everywhere to do all kinds of things in turn...... For example, here is the distribution of grain, the other side is the allocation of blocks to build shacks, the left is to dig toilets, the right is to dig aqueducts, the front is to discuss when to go up the mountain to burn grass and ashes to dispose of the bad land, and the back is the place to openly settle the disputes of the displaced people.

"It's just that the rule of law by the military is the rule of the people, the advantage of the sword and the soldier is forced, and the grace of food is lured to it, so it can be so simple." Tao Qian stood under the python mountain with a hat and a wooden fork, sneering more and more. "It is not surprising that if you have money, goods and soldiers, you can naturally succeed."

Wei Yu wanted to speak and stopped.

"Let's go and see what kind of people this General Wei and his cronies are!" Tao Qian said as he directly picked up the wooden fork and went to find someone regardless of himself.

Wei You had no choice but to keep up.

"My family? He...... What are you looking for him? Two ...... Rather, he dug a ditch under the mountain to the east. It took a lot of effort for the guard to understand the other party's Xu Yang accent, and he originally wanted to question two sentences, but when he saw that it was two old men, one of whom was powerless at first glance, he put out his extra thoughts and gave direct advice.

"I see." Tao Qian bowed slightly, but turned around and went north.

Wei You was speechless and followed, and finally asked his first sentence today: "Why is Tao Gong going the other way?" Didn't you say that General Wei was digging a ditch to the east? ”

"Of course, I want to see how they are." Tao Qian said disapprerovingly. "But since you're digging a ditch yourself...... Lao Wei, let me ask you, what's so nice about a big man digging a ditch under the scorching sun shirtless? It's nothing more than an invitation to buy people's hearts. And since it is an invitation to buy people's hearts, and they are young and strong, will they still be lazy in public? ”

"Whether it's a practice, or invite people's hearts!" Wei You couldn't help but retort. "You can't mock people just because they do the farm work themselves, right? Square...... Tao Gong, your Danyang is also a border county, you say that we border county scholars, spring ploughing, summer reading, autumn hunting and winter warfare, which is not a first-class thing? Nothing should be praised, not ridiculed, right? ”

"I know that Lao Wei is a real person." Tao Qian was swaggering with a wooden fork in front, and the pedestrians on the left and right saw that there were two old men, so they could only avoid them one after another. "And because they are your locals in Youzhou, they have a lot of maintenance. But I know that for people like General Wei, there is no righteous or evil way in his eyes, only useful and useless...... Do you know Lao Wei? When I was a teenager until I was fourteen or fifteen years old, I rode bamboo poles all day long, leading children to play on horseback and fighting, which naturally seemed ridiculous and stubborn to you people, and there was no place to hold on to my life. But my father-in-law understands that we Danyang have always been troubled by Shanyue, and if Shanyue comes to the city one day, I, a prodigal son, can command my former playmates who have become young men to fight head-on, just like a child when I was a child! It was precisely because he understood this that he tried his best to marry my wife to me...... Lao Wei, you people are good at everything, you are both virtuous and learned, you both value the righteousness of the monarch and the ministers and defend the villagers, but you are only pedantic and ......"

Tao Qian spoke at length, and Wei You didn't know if he listened to it behind him, but after all, he didn't refute it, but followed the other party all the way to the north, and then saw a person standing proudly on top of a mound of dirt, saying something sharply.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since you believe in the virtue of our prince, and follow him all the way here, and are ready to live here for a long time, you must obey the laws and rules, otherwise the prince will not be able to tolerate you here! And although it is said that the rule of the people is simple, but in any case, killing people pays for life, hurting people to atone for crimes, fire theft pays for property and punishment is punished, and violators are punished, this principle always has to be done, right? At this point, the man pointed to the two men who were bound in front of the mound. These two people wanted to find a way out of Jixian County yesterday, and they should not be punished, but when they left, they intended to steal rice and grain from Gongzhong, and they also wanted to lure women to accompany them, but they should be heavily responsible for prestige...... I will punish these two people today with 30 lashes, and the punishment will be three years of hard labor, and they will not be released, and they will not be allowed to share their private houses or fields. ”

In front of the mound, the elders of the homeless people twisted their beards one after another, and praised each other. Then, as expected, the samurai, who had a big waist and a round waist, stepped forward, tied them up and gagged them, and then immediately lashed them.

"Who's the man on the mound?" Tao Qian looked at it with relish, so he couldn't help but turn around and ask.

Wei You naturally recognized it, so he pressed the brim of his hat and replied in a low voice: "This person is called Wang Xiu Wang Shuzhi, but it is the ...... of Beihai."

"I know, I know." Tao Gongzu nodded and smiled without waiting for the other party to finish. "Wang Shuzhi, who killed the slippery Shen clan in Handan that day, really lives up to his reputation! Although there is the intention of killing chickens and monkeys and intimidating the homeless people not to escape, after all, it is reasonable, and it is simply direct, not concealed, and even to the old man's appetite. It's just a pity, why is such a talent not under my command? ”

Wei You immediately had no choice but to shut up.

"Let's go somewhere else!" Tao Qian said appreciation, but turned around and left, and Wei You had no choice but to follow again.

As for Wang Xiu, although he saw the two old men wearing hats from a high place, and also noticed that their demeanor was extraordinary, after all, he still had to deal with the criminals, and there were still cases to be judged, and he had to agree with the elders of these homeless people to establish clear rules and organize the so-called court...... So he chose to ignore it and continued to be busy.

"Tao Gong, where are you going this time?" After all, Wei You is old and weak, and on a summer afternoon, after following the other party for so long, he can't hold it anymore.

"Go to the place where the grain is distributed." Although Tao Qian still looked confident, he also took the initiative to stop and let Wei You sit down and gasp. "Since our General Wei is full of confidence, I don't think he will have anything 'powerless'. Therefore, since they want to gather people here to live, they should focus on the three words 'how to be'......"

"What Tao Gong said is true." Wei You, who was sitting on the stone next to the road, was out of breath and reluctantly responded.

"And today's place is just a grass creation, and I can't see the truth in it for a while, so even if it is the word 'how to', I can only take a peek at the leopard and take a glimpse of it." Tao Qian still talked eloquently. "What does Lao Wei think should be the most important thing at this time?"

"Fairness, impartiality, and openness." Wei You opened his mouth and came. "Tao Gong, in this place of Youzhou, even a drooping child knows the slogan of the account office in the Amway business inn, let alone this General Wei? After reading the punishment, we will look at the matter of grain distribution, so as to see whether this Wei general is fair or not, it is an ordinary way, so you don't need to explain more. ”

Tao Qian rarely shut up.

The place where the grain was distributed was very different from the place where the punishment was discussed, and there was silence here, and none of the women who had come to collect the food with bags or brand-new clay pots were silent, but only stared at the high platform in front of them.

I saw that this person was sturdy, although he was wearing the Jinxian crown, but in the summer, he rolled up his sleeves and revealed his muscular arms. He sat on the platform with a bucket in his hand, and beside him was a large urn, and the men of the Amway kept carrying grain and putting grain into it...... Every time a woman stepped forward with a bamboo number plate and a container, she would personally hold a bucket and give food according to the card.

The whole process does not squint, only to see whether the fighting gear is accurate or not.

And every time he completes the distribution of food, when the women bend down to thank him, this person must also seriously bow his hand in return, and when he meets the elderly, he must also avoid the banquet and reply with a big salute, and then wait for the next person without saying a word.

Tao Qian and Wei You were dumbfounded.

After a while, the two turned to leave, but Tao Qian couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Old Wei, do you recognize this person?" Is this Lou Zibo or Lu Ziheng? It can't be that the judge who has already done the captain's resignation is coming, right? ”

Wei You shook his head again and again: "No, it must be a newcomer recruited by General Wei after he left Youzhou last year." ”

Tao Qian was speechless for a while, but he couldn't help but grab another guard and ask, only to know that this was a subordinate recruited by Gongsun Xun during his tenure in Hanoi, called Chang Lin Chang Bohuai...... Although Gongsun Xun has only been in Hanoi for a few months, several people took the initiative to follow him this time.

The two looked at each other, and they didn't know what to say.

And just when they sighed and didn't know where to go, they suddenly saw a person leading the crowd to come to him, Wei You recognized this person, who was Gongsun Xun's number one henchman, and the so-called head of the door, Shi Lu Fan, Lu Ziheng, was also ...... At this time, the two of them still didn't understand, and they had been wandering around for a long time, and they had already alarmed the people in charge here.

And sure enough, Lu Fan came to him, bowed down directly, respected Wei You to the extreme, and directly called Uncle Fang to Tao Qian.

"I don't know Uncle Fang is here, it's really rude, and I ask Uncle Fang and Duke Wei to stay for a while, I've already asked someone to call my family to welcome the two." Lu Fan hurriedly invited warmly. "It's always good to drink a glass of cold water to cool off when it's hot."

"No need." Tao Qian held the wooden fork in one hand and held his beard proudly in the other. "Come here today, I have already seen everything I should see, and I am about to rush back to Jixian County to sleep...... I don't see General Wei, and I don't drink your family's cold boiled water. ”

Lu Fan was speechless, so he could only go to see Wei You.

"What do you think I'm doing?" Seeing this, Tao Qian suddenly threw the wooden fork on the ground, and then sneered in public. "Do you still want to communicate with him in my presence and let him do the betrayal?"

Lu Fan immediately bowed his head...... It's not that he's afraid of the other party, it's really Tao Qian's age here, and the two sides are obviously inferior in seniority, don't talk about him in this kind of scene, even if Gongsun Xun comes over, he can only suffer in vain.

"Let's go!" Tao Qian suddenly smiled, but leaned over to pick up the wooden fork again, and turned around to beckon his other driver to leave. "Lao Wei will come with me, let's go back to Jixian County."

Wei You had no choice but to shake his hands and keep up.

However, after walking only a few steps, Tao Gongzu suddenly turned back to Lu Fan, who was still bowing his head and didn't understand, and asked: "Lu Ziheng, where are the family members of your family and your family now?" ”

"Back to Uncle Fang." Lu Fan raised his head and replied. "They are all settled in Changping City."

"I'll just say it...... In the end, he is still selfish, not a saint. Tao Qian sneered, and then continued to stride to find his donkey cart.

So far, Lu Fan didn't understand why this person came here after all.

"Uncle Fang, what are we going to do when we go back?" After getting into the car, he walked back from Changping, but after only two or three miles, Wei You couldn't hold back the anxiety in his heart, and directly held the wooden fork in the car and asked.

"Go back and impeach Liu Wei." Tao Qian, who was carrying a hat, responded casually while catching the car.

"How?" Wei You was stunned for a moment.

"Naturally, he was impeached for grabbing power excessively, and he acted as a villain, openly provoking the assassination of Shi and General Wei." Tao Qian is still casual.

"The first one is fine." Wei You replied solemnly. "The latter one is sent up, this Liu Taishou is afraid that he will be directly dismissed and return to his hometown if he is the lightest."

"Isn't that right?" Tao Qian suddenly grabbed his donkey cart on the side of the road, and then looked back at his other driver. "General Wei has a deep foundation in Youzhou, but it seems a little hasty to stop in Changping suddenly, and if Liu Wei, who has been in office for a long time, leaves, I will go again, Assassin Shi and Taishou are both new people, and then these two people will be powerless to compete with this General Wei in Guangyang...... Isn't this what you Youzhou people want? ”

Wei You was still at a loss: "Not to mention anything else, how can Tao Gong also leave?" ”

"It's a foregone conclusion." Tao Qian turned his head and sighed slightly. "I didn't tell you the official letter I received the day before yesterday...... Xiliang rebellion, maybe there will be a big war, the left cavalry general Huangfu Gong recommended me to the imperial court, I will leave for Guanxi Fufeng tomorrow, as a captain, to assist Huangfu in the rebellion. ”

"That's a good thing." Wei You breathed a sigh of relief. "Tao Gong is originally from the border county, and he has wanted to do military affairs for a long time, and you are not happy to do assassination in Youzhou, I know all this......"

"Why not be happy?" Tao Qian turned his back to Wei Youfu and said with a smile. "Even the other driver I trust and value the most is intimidating me in public in the hall, what is the meaning of what I am doing in this assassination? Therefore, my departure is a better thing for you than for me, not to mention the lack of a grumpy old man on my head, and I can still cater to that General Wei openly, how good? ”

Wei You sighed, but he couldn't help but hold the wooden fork and face each other: "Tao Gong, I thought that you could go to a misunderstanding in your heart this time, I don't understand, General Wei is acting above board, what's wrong with it?" ”

"Fabulous." Tao Qian is honest. "Otherwise, why should I help him to bring down Liu Wei before leaving?"

"In that case, why ...... Still doing this? Wei You was really puzzled.

"Because good is good, appreciation is appreciated, but I am still unconvinced." Tao Qian suddenly held the reins in his hand, and his face became serious. "And I won't hide it from you Lao Wei, if it weren't for the recommendation of the Emperor Fu to arrive early, it would have been a foregone conclusion that I would have resigned from my job, and I would have to break my wrists with this General Wei this time...... is destined to end up in the point of fifty Huafa and returning to his hometown without being dismissed, so he must fight with him to the death! ”

Wei You was dumbfounded, his eyes full of incomprehension.

"Old Wei!" Tao Qian turned his head, looked at his other driver and shook his head and smiled. "That's what makes you different from me and General Nawei...... For you scribes, when you encounter a chaotic situation, you always want to take care of the overall situation in order to be stable, but you are powerless, so you always want to choose a stronger and better one among the strong to help him...... Right? ”

"Isn't it good?" Wei You was still puzzled.

"Of course, but why can't it be me?" Tao Qian asked proudly.

Wei You was speechless for a long time when he was asked, and only after a long time did he reluctantly speak: "Uncle Fang is old, ...... older than me."

"Are you going to die?" Tao Qian couldn't help but turn around and stare at the donkey driving in front of him and sneered. "If people lie in bed and can't move, they are about to die, and naturally all their ambitions will be lost, but I am strong and energetic, but I am older, poorer, and weaker than General Tawei...... Why can't we fight for it? Why don't you persuade him to compromise with me? I'm a thorn in the hell! ”

Wei You also shook his head solemnly: "Uncle Fang, you are more selfish than public, let's not talk about victory or defeat, just talk about things, although you also have some strength to settle the displaced people, it is far less calm and orderly than today's General Wei, and it has provoked many two thousand stones in the state to join forces to counteract, so that there is nothing to be done for months after spring ploughing...... Therefore, if you were fair-minded, you should have let things go to the virtuous. ”

"Old Wei." Tao Qian also laughed again. "You're pedantic again. What about selfishness, but also about public intentions? Why can't I be a little more selfish than a little more public? Or why can't you people allow me to have both public and private interests? Gongsun Xun placed his family in the city, and then went to pretend to dig a ditch by himself, is this selfless? Is it a relative thing that a husband is born in the world, fights and enjoys because of selfishness, and helps the world and quells chaos because of his public heart? Everyone in the world is like this! It's just that my Tao Qian is more competitive, and your old Wei is less competitive, as for the Gongsun general...... Let's take a look! Didn't I fight him because I was leaving? also opened the way for him, what can he do, you can take a look in Youzhou yourself. ”

Wei You wanted to speak and stopped, but finally kept silent.

And Tao Qian, who had a white sideburns exposed under the hat, also tightened the reins again and drove the donkey cart all the way south...... In a trance, the outgoing Uncle Fang of Youzhou, it was rare that he did not reverie the battle situation in Kansai as he had done in the previous two days, and reminisced about his achievements and peace of mind, but instead recalled his hometown in the south of the Yangtze River.

Once upon a time, when I was young, I was under such a scorching sun, naked and leading a group of village teenagers to play in the muddy water, but I was called over by my father-in-law who happened to be passing by...... Speaking of which, it's been thirty or forty years.

At this moment, I don't know what kind of situation is in the countryside?

In this life, I don't know when I will be able to return home? However, even if he can return to his hometown, with his own achievements, I am afraid it will be difficult to be a turtle with his tail in the muddy water as Zhuangzi said.

Of course, no matter what, he Tao Gongzu would not be a dead turtle placed in the temple! When he encounters that kind of person, the old man will spit in front of him in public like Gongsun Xun and Fu Xie Lin Cui Lie!

—————I am the dividing line of the millennium of scourge—————

"Taizu tun in Changping, digging a ditch in the west, reinstating Wang Xiu's execution in the south, and Changlin's grain distribution in the north. Tao Qian is the history of Youzhou Thorn, stationed in Guangyang Ji County, Wen Taizu Tun is nearby, quite evil, is plain clothes and hats donkey cart out of thistle, want to face it. It is from south to north, the first sight of repair, and then the forest. and Lu Fan in the camp heard it, and greeted him with a big gift, saying that Taizu was in the west, and he was invited. Humility was silent, and the car turned south and returned to Jixian County. Left and right doubted and asked, Qian Nai sighed: "Uncle Wang is lenient and strict, Chang Bohuai is meticulous, Lu Ziheng is polite, these three are all outstanding people, why do you need to see his master again and take his own humiliation?" Guangyang matter, should be attributed to Gongsun for it. When Liangzhou rebelled, Qian Nai invited himself to serve as the captain of the school and let the land be virtuous. —"Shilin Miscellaneous". Yan. Recorded by Anonymous