"The third trouble in Xuzhou, but it is the Chen family in Xiapi, the father and son of the Chen family are all outstanding people in the world, Deran can be used but cannot be reused, if it is reused, it must be wary."

Liu Lan was shocked, "Why is this?" ”

Tao Qian shook his head, didn't want to say more, and even gave an eviction order, saying, "Deran, I'm tired, you can retreat." ”

Liu Lan was helpless in his heart, but he couldn't pry his mouth open to let him finish speaking, so he had to stand up, and was about to retire, but suddenly heard him again, and said: "De Ran is the tiger talisman, and he can command the old man's guards, this is the old man's selected Danyang elite soldiers, all of whom are elite soldiers, and they will help you in the future." As he spoke, he took out an ornament from a secret compartment on the other side of the couch, handed it to him and said: "This thing is a Xuzhou brand seal, and it is now handed over to Deran." ”

"Tao Gong handed over such a heavy object to Lan, Lan Zi will not disappoint Tao Gong!"

"I thank Deran for the people of Xuzhou." Tao Qian slowly closed his eyes, but his heart seemed to have a pair of eyes, soaring in the sky, looking down on Xuzhou, he spent his life in the land of Xuzhou, all the time for the sake of the people, resulting in neglect to teach the pottery merchants, and finally the father and son turned against each other, and ended up killing the father and son, especially when he said those words before, his heart was like a knife, everyone in the world said that the son Mo Ruo's father, but until this moment he really knew the inner thoughts of the pottery merchant, it was usually his own little communication with him, which would cause today's disaster.

Tao Qian originally thought that this son had reached the point of madness and killed his father for the position of Xuzhou pastor, but at this moment Tao Qian was relieved, as he said. He didn't hate the potter, he hated himself, hated himself for not being able to teach, and that it was his neglect that made him radical. This is completely his responsibility, so he cares about Xuzhou like his father, because his father's care makes him care more, he just doesn't want to give his father's most cherished things to outsiders.

And Tao Qian's complete decision to hand over Xuzhou to Liu Lan because of his escape to Guangling made the pottery merchants even more radical. The extremes made him lose his mind.

Tao Qian no longer cares about whether all this is right or wrong for the pottery merchant, he just regrets why he didn't explain to him the three hidden dangers of Xuzhou in the first place, and he and even he, as a father, are unable to solve them. If he had been able to explain these things, perhaps not so many things would have happened.

"Tao Gong, Tao Gong!"

Tao Qian was awakened from his grief by Liu Lan on the side, and he realized that he had lost his thoughts. A wry smile. said: "Deran, you should be busy with the rest of the matter." ”

"There is still a Cao Bao in Xuzhou, and it is time to be busy next."

Liu Lan arched his hand and said, "In this case, Lan will no longer disturb Tao Gong." Saying goodbye, he walked away, but when he walked to the door, he heard Tao Qian behind him say: "Deran, please be kind to the Tao family." ”

Man is dying. What he cares most about is what happens after his death, for him. If there is no matter of the pottery merchant, maybe he will not be worried, as long as Liu Lan is in power for one day, he will never treat the Tao family badly, but if the pottery merchant happens, then he will be more concerned than anyone else, and he must completely entrust the aftermath of the matter when he closes his eyes.

Liu Lan turned to look at the old figure on the couch, nodded heavily, and said, "Don't worry, Gong Tao, I will never break my promise to you, otherwise I will end up with a thousand arrows piercing my heart in the future." ”

Out of the house, Liu Lan's face did not have the slightest joy, anyone who saw Tao Qian's father and son before would inevitably have a trace of emotion in their hearts, let alone Liu Lan, not to mention that after witnessing the vendetta of father and son, Liu Lan had a trace of sympathy for Tao Shang, but he did not regret fighting with him for the position of Xuzhou. Although he doesn't know if he can do better than Liu Lan in history, even if he does worse, he is willing to try and use his best efforts to change everything.

Now that he has a military talisman and Xuzhou's card in his hand, this is the most important step for Liu Lan to enter Xuzhou, and the next step is to say to Tao Qian that he will take the richest Guangling County in Xuzhou.

Guangling County was originally a county in Xuzhou, and the governance was located in Guangling County, which was much worse than Xuzhou, Pengcheng and Xiapi, but since Cao Cao's invasion, the people and aborigines who originally fled from the Central Plains and were placed by Tao Qian in these three counties were almost slaughtered, so that Guangling County, which was originally a middle and upper county, became the richest county in Xuzhou, and Zhenrong fled to Guangling because of its wealth.

Liu Lan's footsteps were unusually slow, although he tried his best to pretend to be calm and ordinary, but Chen Deng and several people could still see that he was preoccupied, came to his side, and instantly saw the Xuzhou brand seal in his hand, Mi Zhu was overjoyed, congratulated, and said: "Congratulations to De Ran......" He said here, but his mind was turning, and he hurriedly kept silent at the same time to give a big salute, and said: "Mi Zhu see the lord, congratulations to the lord for taking the Xuzhou pastor." ”

Chen Deng on the side scolded shamelessly in his heart, but the movements in his hands did not slow down a little, and he said in a similar way: "Yuanlong sees the lord, congratulations to the lord for taking the position of Xuzhou Mu." ”

Liu Lan immediately helped the two of them: "Thanks to Zizhong and Yuanlong for helping each other this time, otherwise there would be such a good opportunity." ”

Chen Deng stood aside and said, "Don't you think this matter is a little strange? ”

Liu Lan was stunned, looked at Chen Deng in surprise, and said, "What does Yuan Long mean by that?" ”

"The lord thinks about Tao Gui's performance carefully."

"Tao Gui's performance?"

Liu Lan recalled the previous scene in the house, but he didn't think of any more doubts, he looked at him with an unknown look, and said, "Did Yuanlong see any clues?" ”

"Yuanlong is also a little suspicious." Chen Deng lowered his voice and said: "Since the pottery merchant came with a knife and axe hand and Tao Gui, he naturally led him as a confidant, but in the end, Tao Gui actually said that he was loyal to Tao Gong first and then Gongzi, hasn't the lord seen anything?" ”

Liu Lan was stunned in his heart, his face became solemn, and he said, "You mean to say that Tao Gui is a dark chess move that Tao Qian has arranged a long time ago?" Before he finished speaking, he shook his head and vetoed, saying: "But since he is a secret move, then Tao Qian naturally knows that the pottery merchant wants to harm him, how can the pottery merchant succeed in poisoning?" ”

"The potter has succeeded, and Tao Qian has succeeded, doesn't the lord see the true purpose of their father and son?"

"It's not all about success and failure. Besides, no one would be stupid enough to kill their father for the sake of achieving their goals like a potter. ”

"Yuanlong doesn't agree with the lord's words." Chen Deng said to himself: "In fact, the lord would rather believe that everything he sees is the truth, but as long as the lord can make bold guesses, he will definitely be able to see whether all this is true or false." ”

Liu Lan's mind immediately turned sharply. If it is really a bold guess according to what Chen Deng said, then Tao Gui's sudden backlash is the truth he has seen, but it is also the truth that is not the most untruthful. The second is that Tao Qian knew that his son wanted to harm himself, but in order to protect him, he acted in such a play in front of himself, in order to hope that I could let the potter go, and all this has fully proved that the potter has succeeded. The third is that it was a big scam from the beginning, because no one knew if the potter had actually killed his father. Therefore, all this is either that Tao Qian learned from Chen Deng and Mi Zhu that the Tao merchant was going to kill his father after knowing that his life was short, so he made a plan. Let the two of them think that the potter has poisoned himself to murder him, and then he can take advantage of the situation to act in front of him.

If the Tao Qian he knew was the humble elder in the romance, Liu Lan would definitely not believe it, but he was not that kind of person. Then there is such a foolish worm at home who does not know the height of the sky. Therefore, under this premise, under the premise that Tao Qian knew that Xuzhou, who insisted on passing it to the pottery merchant, would also change hands, he must not push him to the foreground and let him take on the heavy responsibility of Xuzhou that he could not bear at all.

Not to mention the three troubles of Xuzhou, let's talk about the Mi family who controls Xuzhou's economy, the Chen family whose reputation is comparable to the Tao family, the Cao family who controls the army, and the foreign feudal clan who has heavy troops. Such as Zang Ba in the north and Zhenrong in the south. Liu Lan in the west, none of these people are not eyeing Xuzhou, these three people alone will make him tired, if you want to get rid of it, how can it be easy?

And the external environment is even worse, in order to get a part of Qingzhou (plain country), and Yuan Shao, who sits in Jizhou, slaughtered half of Xuzhou, Cao Cao, who has a grudge against the Tao family to kill his father, and Yuan Shu, who claims to be the uncle of Xuzhou and drives Liu Xuan, the assassin of Yangzhou, to Moling. So many people are eyeing Xuzhou, if it is now a prosperous era of Chengping, he believes that his son pottery merchant can make achievements, but now it is a troubled era, not only the competition is ability, but more importantly is military talent, so the potter retreated, and the situation of tigers and wolves on all sides will force Tao Qian to perform such a scene, since Xuzhou must be owned by others, then why fight again at this time? As long as the children and grandchildren are safe, wouldn't it be better to be a rich man?

"Nothing happened in Xuzhou, it's just that Tao Xuzhou is critically ill and entrusted Xuzhou to Yu Deran on his deathbed." Chen Deng didn't expect Liu Lan to say such a thing, and he smiled bitterly in his heart, but he heard him say again: "Whether this matter is true or not, it no longer matters, but I am worried about another person now." ”

Mi Zhu and Xu Chu looked at him for some reason, but saw Chen Deng on the side and said: "What the lord said is that until now, only the pottery merchant has appeared, but the most important person Cao Bao has not appeared yet, and this matter is really becoming more and more strange." ”

Chen Deng nodded and said, "All this is too smooth, beyond imagination. He looked at Mi Zhu and said, "Does Zizhong think that Cao Bao is such an inactive person?" Without waiting for Mi Zhu to answer, Chen Deng said to himself: "Absolutely not, he will definitely make a move, but judging from our current strength, there are 3,000 guards on the lord's side, even if you add 3,000 guards from Tao Gong, there are only 6,000 people in total." Therefore, the lord can only go to the Zizhong Mansion or the Yuanlong Mansion at this time to protect his own safety. ”

Mi Zhu nodded and said, "But this is just sitting and waiting to die, if Cao Leopard Dog jumps off the wall in a hurry, then we are just trapped beasts." ”

"I've made arrangements in advance." Liu Lan looked at Mi Zhu with a mysterious smile, and at the same time handed him the tiger talisman in his hand, and said: "Zizhong wants to know the place where Tao Xuzhou's guards are stationed, and then he can lead this army to capture the east gate of Xuzhou, and then he will know." ”

Mi Zhu took the tiger talisman, arched his hand, and said, "Zhu will not disappoint the lord." After he left, Liu Lan turned to Chen Deng again and said, "Okay, let's go to Yuanlong Mansion." ”

Although there were three carriages in this line, none of them got into the carriage, but rode on horses, and the rest of the people all walked on foot, and protected the three of them in the middle, and moved forward quickly.

Suddenly, I heard a shout from front of me, "Catch the spies." ”

Liu Lan, who was riding on the back of a foal, looked ahead, only to see that in front of a short alley, there was a middle-aged man wearing a Ge suit, a Chinese face, and a flat forehead commanding a large number of Danyang troops to rush towards his team.

"Take the weapon and protect the lord's safety." Xu Chu's voice was like thunder on a sunny day, and the ears of Liu Lan and Chen Dengzhen on the side rang.

The surrounding guards hurriedly took out the ring hand knife from the three carriages, and then secured the two, and Xu Chu had already taken the lead, standing in front of the team, looking at the Danyang army that was killing him.

Chen Deng saw clearly the people leading the Danyang Army, and shouted angrily: "Zuo Lu, Tao Envoy Jun has passed on the position of Xuzhou Pastor to Deran Gong, you are unreasonable to the new State Pastor, do you want to rebel?" ”

Zuo Lu sneered, and said in a cruel voice: "Chen Deng, you don't want to deceive me, how can Tao Gong pass on the position of state pastor to outsiders, sons, don't be deceived by him." ”

"This is the brand seal of Xuzhou Mu, how can it be fake?"

Liu Lan raised the card seal above his head, Lang shouted, and said: "If anyone dares to take a step forward, they will be punished as conspiracy." ”

A trace of panic flashed in Zuo Lu's eyes, but he returned to normal in an instant, and said in a bewildered voice: "Sons, the real rebel is this Liu Lan, he killed Taozhou Shepherd, took the opportunity to take the seal of the State Mu, and is still here to deceive us and others, sons, how can we believe him!" ”

As he spoke, he waved the ring knife in his hand and said, "Sons, avenge Taozhou Mu." ”

After speaking, he took the lead in rushing towards Liu Lan: "Those who get Liu Deran's head will be promoted to the captain and rewarded with a thousand gold." ”

At this time, the Danyang army looked at Liu Lan with eyes like a beautiful woman like a flower and jade exposed in front of everyone, how could they still hold it, especially when he was still struggling violently, it aroused the anger of the Danyang army, plus Zuo Lu's high-ranking official Houlu as a reward, one by one with red eyes, shouting "Kill" to kill Liu Lan.

In close combat, Xu Chu took the lead, and the Danyang army that approached him was immediately cut down by Xu Chu to the ground, surrounded by countless stumps and broken arms, mixed with painful roars and angry roars.

Liu Lan rode on his horse and glanced at the endless Danyang army, but saw Xu Chu retreating from the front, at this time he was covered in blood, like a Shura in hell, very hideous and terrifying: "Lord, the more you kill, the more you kill, it's not a way." (To be continued.) )