"The last general is only acting on orders, and he should not be praised by the public!" Xiahou Bo said with a ashamed face.

"By the way, I heard that you are Tao Yuanjun's nephew?" Liu Lan didn't let him speak, but said to himself: "Then you should know that Tao Yuanjun has handed over Xuzhou to me, right?" ”

"I've heard a little." Xiahou Bo replied truthfully.

Liu Lan didn't play dumb riddles with him, and went straight to the point, saying: "Even if this is the case, I don't know if General Xiahou is willing to stay in front of Liu's army and serve Xuzhou!" Staring at Xiahou Bo's bright eyes, he asked with a hint of expectation.

"Bo is willing to smear the liver and brain of the Lord and the ground!" Xiahou Bo struggled to get off the ground and salute.

"Good, good." Liu Lan stepped forward to help him up, and only after he lay on the couch to recuperate from his injuries did he say: "Then you can recuperate with peace of mind, and come to see me when your injuries are healed." ”

After speaking, he turned around and left, but when he walked to the tent door, he suddenly turned around, met Xiahou Bo's fiery eyes, and said with a smile: "I am very optimistic about you." When I turned around, I thought in my heart that a person who is so affectionate and righteous to his own robe, then he will be loyal to me!

Out of the account, Liu Lan went around to Xu Chu's tent again, this time he did not stop everyone, let them enter the account with him, in the inner tent, at this time Xu Chu has been wrapped into a zongzi, seeing him is just wanting to see the ceremony has a weak heart, my heart is unbearable, slowly walked to Xu Chu's bed, every step is so heavy, sat in front of Xu Chu for a long time, and said softly: "Zhongkang." ”

Looking at the lord, the rugged man clenched his fists, wanting to say something, but he couldn't say it, like a fish in his throat.

"If you have something to say, say it."

Xu Chu hesitated. In the end, he bowed his head and said, "My lord." If the last general dies in battle, please send me back to Xuwu. I have no regrets! ”

Liu Lan smiled: "You mean this time, I guess you won't be able to bother me anymore, and in the future, not to mention it." ”

Xu Chu, who was still dying before, immediately refreshed himself and glared at Zhang Fei, but found that he was holding back a smile on the side, the kind of uncomfortable look that wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh immediately made him understand that he had fallen for Zhang Yide again!

"Zhang Yide, you actually lied to me!"

"What. What do you say, how come I don't understand anything? Zhang Fei looked at Xu Chu with innocent eyes.

"Zhang Yide, don't pretend to be stupid!"

Zhang Fei suddenly paused, paused for a long time, but suddenly spit out a few words in his mouth: "Thank you this time!" ”

Xu Chu was dumbfounded, is this still Zhang Fei? But before he could react, Liu Lan said again: "Yes, thank you really this time!" ”

"The last general will not dare!"

Xu Chu was excited to get up, but was forcibly pressed by Liu Lan and did not let him get up. said: "Your injury, others don't know, but I know it best in my heart, if you didn't block three knives for me." How can I sit here, thank you! Slowly close your eyes. Moved, he said, "Zhongkang." Follow me to the Zizhong Mansion, and you will heal well in the Zizhong Mansion during this time! ”

"This ......"

"That's what the lord said. My house is now more suitable for you to heal and recuperate! ”

After Liu Lan nodded with satisfaction towards Mi Zhu, he shouted: "Come on, carry Zhongkang to Mi Mansion." ”

"Lord, let me come."

Zhang Fei suddenly stepped out, looked at Xu Chu, and said, "Xu Zhongkang, you fucking have to heal well, and Lao Tzu will wait for you to get well and fight with you three lilies!" ”

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The group left the barracks and walked towards Mi Zhu Mansion, and suddenly saw Mi Fang and Guan Hai not far away, Guan Hai and Mi Fang came to their side and dismounted and said: "Lord, envoy!" ”

Liu Lan nodded, only to see Guan Hai and Mi Fang get up, and said with a smile: "Envoy, you see who this is." He shouted, "Bring it to me!"

In just an instant, Liu Lan saw a group of soldiers escorting the two to his side, and after seeing the appearance clearly, he couldn't help but sneer: "Cao Bao, we meet again." ”

"Humph!"

Cao Bao snorted coldly, looked at Liu Lan without saying a word, and Cao Yi's face on the side had already turned dark green, he could think of what his fate would be.

Looking at the appearance of his father and son, Liu Lan smiled uncharacteristically and said: "Captain Cao is frightened, but today's spy is also powerful. After speaking, he said sharply, "Guan Hai! ”

"The end will be." Guan Hai stepped forward and made his debut.

"Escort Captain Cao back home!" After speaking, Liu Lan said unusually coldly: "You have to protect Captain Cao's mansion well, if there are any scars on Captain Cao, I'll ask you!" ”

Guan Hai smiled, understood the mystery in the lord's words, and said: "The lord can rest assured, he will never let Captain Cao lose a hair!" ”

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Tao Gui seemed to be in a good mood, and couldn't wait to come to Tao Qian's side, and said, "The old slave has seen the master of the house. ”

Tao Qian squinted at Tao Gui slightly, and said with emotion: "Tao Gui, how long have you been with the old man?" ”

"It's been almost forty years." Tao Gui sighed and said: "When I was taken in by the head of the family, I stayed in the house for forty years, if there was no family master, the old slave would have starved to death on the side of the street, how could there be a full house of children and grandchildren today." At the end, he smiled and said: "In the next half month, the little grandson of the old slave will get married, and the head of the family will definitely enjoy his face and drink a glass of wine!" ”

"Definitely, definitely!" Tao Qian's pale face flushed with a hint of red tide, he knew where he still had this half a month to live. His expression darkened, but now he didn't want to ruin this great event, so he forced a smile and said, "This is really a happy event." ”

looked at Tao Gui meaningfully: "I don't know if there are any greater happy events?" ”

Tao Gui knew what Tao Qian was hinting at, so he whispered in his ear and said, "The biggest happy event happened not long ago. ”

"Is it a happy event and not a bad event?" Tao Qian jumped and sat up, the red tide on his face quickly dissipated, but his spirit was getting better and better, his face was radiant, and he said, "Let's hear it, what's going on?" ”

"Liu Lan left the mansion ......"

Tao De recounted the ins and outs of what happened in Xuzhou to Tao Qian vividly, as if he was at the scene, and Tao Qian clapped his hands again and again. Leaning on the edge of the bed, he smiled unscrupulously: "Okay, good Liu Deran." ”

A strange look suddenly appeared on Tao Qian's face. smiled happily and said, "I originally supported the Danyang Army to fight against the Xuzhou clan and balance Zhang Chao. I don't want to add another harm in the end, but it ends up in a big end. Tao Qian's face was as if he had drunk a whole bottle of liquor, and his cheeks once again showed a touch of red, and said: "I didn't expect that when the old man was dying, he could hear that the disaster of the Danyang Army had been quelled, it was really a pity to congratulate, and I was glad to congratulate!" ”

"Master, don't get excited, don't get excited!" Tao Gui on the side saw Tao Qian's abnormal expression and said worriedly.

"Nothing!" Tao Qian slowly sat down on the edge of the couch. It seemed to be talking to himself, and it seemed to say to Tao Gui: "The old man has three troubles, and the trouble in his heart is Guangling Zhang Chao, although he and his brother took Yanzhou, but they lost Guangling because of this." ”

At the end, he stroked his palms and laughed: "Xuzhou is the land of the four wars, which is not enough to be the foundation, only according to the Central Plains, and when did Zhang Pifu have such a vision?" Unexpectedly, he was willing to live in Guangling? ”

"The old slave heard that there is a capable man of Zang Hong beside him......"

Tao Qian waved his hand and interrupted Tao Gui and said, "These are no longer important. Now that the big trouble is gone, only the clan of Xuzhou and the Danyang Army are left. ”

"The troubles of the clan are a hundred years, and the head of the family can get rid of them slowly, so there is no need to be too anxious."

Tao Qian smiled noncommittally. didn't say right or wrong, just changed his tone and said: "The Danyang army is divided into two. With the relationship between Liu Lan and the Mi family, that is, he, Liu Lan, did not want to kill Cao Bao. will definitely kill Cao Bao in order to envelop the Mi family! ”

Suddenly laughed, but just laughed a few times. coughed violently again, his face suddenly became distorted, he covered his heart, gasped, and said, "And my good fellow countryman!" ”

Tao Qian's face quickly turned pale, no longer ruddy, his voice was full of the pain of the illness that tortured him, and thinking of the happiness after Zhen Rong ended, he said with difficulty: "Zhen Rong, haha." ”

Tao Qian laughed out loud again and said, "The old man will go down to wait for you first, and the old man will wait for you below!" ”

"The head of the house, the head of the house......

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The news of Tao Qian's death reached Liu Lan's ears when nightfall, and he immediately went to the audience to organize a funeral for Tao Qian, and at the same time sent people to Xiao Pei to recruit his troops, and left Zhao Yun and Jian Yong to guard Xiao Pei on the other side.

The next day, all the soldiers arrived, Liu Lan and all the troops under his command were all filial piety, and the memorial sacrifice was completed, and Tao Qian and the Yellow River were buried.

Beihai Xiang Kong Rong heard that Tao Xuzhou died, came to pay respects, and a few days after the funeral, came to Mifu to say goodbye to Liu Lan, the two met politely and then took Kong Beihai to Mizhu for him to prepare a resting place, the two sat in front of the table, only to hear Liu Lan said: "Wenju came to don't know what the so-called thing? ”

"Ten months ago, Tao Gong repeatedly invited Kong, but he couldn't come to Xu to visit because of busy state affairs, and he didn't want to see the messenger again, but he said that Tao Gong died."

Speaking of this, he was overwhelmed with emotion, Kong Rong's eyes were full of tears, and his thoughts had already flown to the moment when the two knew each other, at that time, green trees, red flowers, and vigor......

Time can change a lot, thoughts, appearances and friendship, but the friendship between Kong Rong and Tao Qian has become more and more rich with the precipitation of time, like old wine, but now things are not people, one of them has become a pile of loess, and the other can only live in the world to be a cemetery to carry wine, and drink from the tomb, thinking of this, Kong Rong has long been unable to help himself, and sighed.

"Hey!" Liu Lan, who listened to Kong Rong's passionate speech, sighed a lot: "Wen Jugong also said the truth of the world. With a wry smile, he said: "The most painful thing in this world, but how can it be more sad than the death of relatives and friends." ”

"yes!" Kong Rong was not in good spirits, and nodded slightly.

"It doesn't have to be like that." Liu Lan saw that Kong Rong was depressed, and persuaded: "Birth, old age, sickness and death are the eternal and immutable principles of the world, if there is no death, how can we experience the greatness of life?" Besides, a marriage and a funeral are a happy event in the world, in Deran's hometown of Zhuo County, there is a saying of joy and mourning, Tao Gong was born and died of old age, and was not tortured by illness, isn't this a happy event? Wen Jugong still has to cheer up! ”

"That's exactly what Deran said."

Kong Rong barely squeezed out a smile and said, "But De Ran's sentence of joy and mourning is ......."

He felt in his heart that what Liu Lan said was too shocking and rebellious, after all, he still knew the customs and customs of Youji Erzhou, where would there be any joy and sorrow, and he thought that he would say such words in order not to continue to precipitate in the pain, smiled bitterly, and said: "The dead are gone, and the living should be encouraged." ”

"What Wen Jugong said is exactly what he said."

"Haha." Kong Rong forced a smile, but how could he erase the sadness of his old friend's death in his smile, and said: "The old man came here to bid farewell to Deran. Speaking earnestly, he said: "Tao Gong entrusted Xuzhou to Deran, you should work hard to ensure the safety of the people." ”

Liu Lan nodded, but shook his head again, and said, "Deran is a little hesitant. After speaking, he looked at Kong Rong with a wry smile.

"What is there to hesitate about?" Kong Rong didn't know why, and said: "Aren't you afraid that Xuzhou will not be well governed?" ”

At this moment, I only heard Mi Zhu's voice from outside the house: "Deran Gong, hundreds of officials in Xuzhou ask to see each other." ”

Liu Lan smiled bitterly at Kong Rong and said to Kong Rong: "Wen Jugong, can you go with Deran?" ”

Kong Rong looked at him in surprise, he didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, but since he was invited, he couldn't refuse, and said, "Okay, the old man will accompany you on a journey." ”

After the two finished speaking, they walked out of the house together, and Mi Zhu stood aside outside the house, and when Liu Lan came out of the house, he winked at him unnoticed, and the latter saw it in his heart, but walked towards the council hall with Mi Zhu as if nothing happened.

Liu Lan and Kong Rong followed Mi Zhu into the hall and sat in the main and secondary seats with Kong Rong, while the Xuzhou Danyang Army in addition to the soldier Cao Cheng, the Danyang Army commander Cao Bao (detained by Liu Lan) in the future, the loyal captain: Lu You, Zhaoxin captain: Xu Tan, Rulin captain: Zhang Xu, and the suggested captain: Mi Fang, Wuwei captain Xiahou Bo and others sat down on his left hand.

Guangling Taishou Zhao Yu was preempted by Zhenrong on the way to office, and returned to Xuzhou before he arrived.

As soon as he sat down, he only heard Mi Zhu come out and say: "What Tao Gong said partingly, he entrusted the affairs of Xuzhou and Deran Gong, but Deran Gong has not been in charge of state affairs so far." He said that he looked at everyone here, and said loudly: "If the so-called name is not right, it will not go well, and if it is not good, it will not be done, and Xuzhou will not be able to have an owner for a day?" I don't want to come here for him, and I specially invite you to take the position of Xuzhou pastor to shock Xuzhou! ”

"Tao Gong's new burial, how dare Deran take advantage of the void to enter, and he is also a foolish capital, and he doesn't dare to try Xuzhou." Liu Lan waved his hand and said.

"Hypocrisy." Xu Tan scolded in his heart, since the bloody battle on Long Street, the strength of the Danyang army has been greatly damaged, far from being the opponent of Liu Lan's troops in Xuzhou City at this time, and they dare not be the first bird, even today they know this in their hearts, but it is just a play played by Mi Zhu cooperating with Liu Lan.

Although Liu Lan has not yet taken charge of Xuzhou, with his subordinates in Xuzhou City at this time, adding the military talisman in his hand and the seal of the state pastor, no one here knows what he wants to do. Zhang Zhen was thinking in his heart, but he saw Chen Deng on the side stepping out of the stairs and said: "Today, the Han Dynasty is late, the sea is capsized, and the meritorious deeds are today." Xuzhou is rich and wants to bend Liu to make the king caress the state. ”

"Even so, then Liu will no longer refuse." Liu Lan stood up and said with dignity.

"See the state pastor Liu Yuanjun." All the people came out in unison and bowed to the first word. (To be continued.) )