Chapter 171 Thinking in the midst of chaos, what can the people's hearts trust
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Yanzhou Cao Cao's troops came very quickly, only on the second day when the news came to Xiapi City, they had already entered the boundary of Xuzhou, holding high the plain white banner of "revenge and hatred", they lit up their blades, and the murderous spirit went straight to Xiao Han, but there was really a bit of a situation where the people of Xuzhou swore not to stop. The people in the area where Xu and Yu meet, because of the Kan Xuan riot and the resurgence of the Yellow Turban in Xuzhou, fled to Xiapi City for refuge, but they also escaped this unwarranted catastrophe.
In Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian's house, because Tao Qian had been unconscious after fainting at the city gate, the group of doctors was helpless, and the group of "dragons" had no leader, and they were in a mess. As the initiator of this matter, the eldest son of the potter, after easily remembering Zhang Min, who was locked up in the house by himself, and found that his "body" was missing, everything understood. It's just that the matter has come to this point, even if he lends the potter a brain, there is no way to recover, this usually arrogant Tao Dagongzi can only kneel in front of Tao Qian's sickbed, the whole person seems to have lost his soul, and he doesn't say a word.
"Big brother, did you do this?" The second son, Tao Ying, did not have the elegant posture of the past at this time, and the white silk handkerchief that he had held in his hand all day long had long since disappeared. And the pottery merchant had such a desperate look, even a fool could see that there must be something wrong with Tao Qian and the pottery merchant in the middle, and Tao Ying had a gloomy and handsome face. He knelt in front of Tao Qian and asked in a low voice.
"This ...... How is this possible? The potters still wanted to quibble, but Tao Qian, who was unconscious on the bed, the chaotic situation in Xiapi City, and Cao Cao's troops, who could be killed at any time, could not help the potters to play with their usual arrogant temperament, under Tao Ying's forced gaze. The toad's eyes rolled a few times, but finally he looked flustered, and said cowardly: "It's true that I didn't do it." It's that Zhang Hong, yes, it's that Zhang Hong's traitor! No one would have thought that this Zhang Min provoked this time. turned out to be the father of Cao Cao in Yanzhou. When I told my father about this, I realized that the person who died at his hands was actually ......"
"Could it be that my father fell ill last time, or because of this?" For the pottery merchants, it was confirmed that Cao Cao and his father "died" at the hands of Zhang Min, and they could still not take this matter to heart like they were all right, and they didn't know if this big brother was brainless, or brainless! At that moment, he gasped for breath, and said to the potter angrily: "What about Zhang Minren? Where is it now? Do you already know the identity of that person? Has it been cleaned up? ”
"That Zhang Min didn't know about ......," the potter said. Frowning and showing a look of annoyance, he raised his hand fiercely and slapped himself. Said curtly: "Originally, my father ordered me to get rid of Zhang Min as soon as possible to prevent future troubles, but I remembered his many years of credit, and prepared poisoned wine to leave him a whole corpse!" Who would have thought that this guy would be fine after drinking the poisoned wine in front of me, and deceived me by cheating! At that time, my father was ill, and I saw that the traitor had lost his breath, so I didn't care anymore, who would have thought...... Alas......"
"Isn't it my good brother, after the traitor drank the poisoned wine, in order to show off and let the thief fight to the death, you told him what the matter really wanted to do, and then I didn't expect him to die after drinking the poisoned wine, and then there is this thing, right?" Tao Ying looked at his own wonderful big brother as if he was looking at a fairy, he really didn't expect that the many disasters in Xuzhou now would come from the hands of his own family in front of him.
"This, I, who would have thought that this Zhang Min would actually drink ......" The pottery merchant wanted to quibble, but Tao Ying interrupted: "This is just a small trick, with Zhang Min's previous identity, it is not surprising that there is such a method!" Forget it, now that the matter has happened, Cao Cao is about to come to the city, so let's think about how to solve it! ”
"Yes, yes, solve, second, no, second brother, you have been smart since you were a child, and the eldest brother is not as good, you should think about any way to deal with this matter! Big brother will always remember your good, Xuzhou, yes, if Xuzhou can avoid this difficulty, after my father wakes up, my eldest brother will definitely recommend you to take over my father's position in front of my father, I am willing to withdraw to assist you, absolutely! Never break your word! Listening to Tao Ying's words, there seemed to be a voice, the pottery merchant seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw, and in the panic, he couldn't care about any inheritance, what Xuzhou pastor, life is the most important thing! Since this must be the only person in the know other than his father and son, Zhang Min must be angry with his desire to kill him, and reverse right and wrong in front of Cao Cao. So, after the city was broken, it is estimated that Zhang Min's treacherous words are in front, even if Cao Cao is willing to listen to his own defense, it will not help, at most he will pull a cushion on his back, not to mention whether Zhang Min can let himself see Cao Cao and say something else, and what else is there to talk about taking over as the pastor of Xuzhou?
"The eldest brother is serious, and the younger brother doesn't have any other thoughts!" Tao Ying listened to the words of the pottery merchant, a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes, he glanced at the ashen pottery merchant and the unconscious Tao Qian, sighed deeply, and said slowly: "Although Xuzhou suffered this catastrophe for no reason, provoking Cao Cao to come with a grieving army, it seems that we have become an unsolvable situation for the city to fall and die; But there is no endless road, and there is still one person who can probably, maybe, and maybe, save Xuzhou once, save Xuzhou from war, and save our lives, but it only depends on whether you can say that you can move this person, brother. ”
"What the second brother said is not a ......" When the pottery merchant was halfway through Tao Ying's words, he had already guessed who the person Tao Ying was talking about, and suddenly an ugly face was full of hesitation and embarrassment, and the toad's mouth grinned downward, panting and saying: "No way, no way!" It's not that you don't know what happened before, I just wanted Zhang Min's thief to take the opportunity to teach Qin Xu who made both of us lose face and let both of us brothers vent our anger; But who would want that thief to borrow my name. actually used Xuzhou's military funds to promise so many benefits to the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, and also came up with a Yellow Turban chase and kill order that didn't make sense, which had already annoyed Lu Bu out of thin air. Besides, if it doesn't work out, in the end, the matter was revealed, as if it was for his brother to fornicate with the yellow scarf and try to plot against Qingzhou! This incident made Qin Xu hate his brother very much, and even with Lu Bu it was estimated that he was not pleasing to his brother, and this time Qin Xu followed Lu Bu to solve the danger of Xiapi, and when he encountered this incident, he had already given Xuzhou a great favor if he didn't intervene to help his allies. Brother Wei can't wait to avoid Qin Xu now, if I go to ask Lu Bu for help, I will be slandered by that Qin Xu. Isn't it in vain? ”
"Brother is confused!" Tao Ying listened to the pottery merchant's words, and he didn't know whether he should open his brother's head to see if it was all paste, Lu Bu didn't care if it was for the 100,000 stone grain, this gesture of coming to help alone was enough to show that he didn't want Xuzhou to change hands at this time! After all, since ancient times, Qingxu has been one. What's more, the discord between the Mi family of the giant in Benzhou and Qingzhou. It's an open secret. If Xuzhou falls into the hands of others, foreign aid will be cut off, and only with the lack of resources and the withering people's livelihood in Qingzhou, Lu Bu's military strength will undoubtedly be greatly discounted. Therefore, since Lu Bu can save Pi once, it is not difficult to save it a second time, and the forces around Xuzhou are affected except for Lu Bu. Who else can stand up to Cao Cao? As for what the pottery merchant said about Qin Xu, Tao Ying didn't take it as an obstacle at all. He glanced at his brother and said: "Don't say whether this Qin Xu is really as narrow-minded and grudgeful as my brother said, and don't care if Lu Qingzhou still remembers the ridiculous thing that Cao Cao took advantage of to use his brother to make people laugh, and my brother didn't say that I asked the eldest brother to ask for Lu Bu in person, that is, you and I want to go and beg directly, with the identity of you and me, maybe you can go to the Lu Bu military camp!" In the eyes of others, we are the sons of the state shepherd, but in the eyes of others, what can we be? ”
"What do you mean, second brother? For my brother, go to ask for the Mi family? Tao Shang finally didn't get home stupidly, and was scolded by Tao Ying's words a lot sober, and asked worriedly: "It's just that this Mi family is just a businessman's family, and the head of the Mi family, Mi Zhu, is also a driver in Xuzhou, why don't you and I fake my father's warrant together, and order that Mi Zhu to come to see him, so that he can ask Lu Bu for help on behalf of Xuzhou?" At the same time, he can also order Cao Bao to lead troops to garrison Mifu, so that he will definitely ...... Mi Zhu"
"If my brother wants to destroy my Tao family, you can do it! The younger brother went to pack up and dress up softly, and took his father away for medical treatment, why bother to be buried with this Xuzhou? Tao Ying was speechless to the pottery merchant, and he had no interest in talking about it anymore, when was it, and he was still thinking of playing tricks to coerce the only Mi family who could say that Lu Bu could protect Xuzhou, Tao Qian had such thoughts and actions at the beginning, and he was suspicious of Mi Zhu, and sent to Xuzhou to report on his work, but because of Kan Xuan's remaining affairs, Zhao Yu, the Guangling Taishou who delayed the return trip, went to Qingzhou for help, but what was the result? It seems that Lu Bu came at the appointment, but Zhao Yu and Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong, who were not summoned by Tao Qian for a long time, were left in Qingzhou, and after the danger of Xiapi was resolved, they had to obediently let Mi Zhu be at the head of the civil officials, and flattered him carefully, lest Lu Bu be blamed for this incident? It's just redundant, so why bother?
"Don't, second brother, don't worry, I'll go! Can't I go? Looking at Tao Qian, who was so on the couch, and Tao Ying, who was about to pick a child, twisted his head and stomped his feet, his ugly face was full of bitterness, and he said hatefully: "TND, the situation is stronger than people!" Lao Tzu went out, and he didn't believe that he Mi Zhu could watch Cao Cao attack Xiapi City, and his Mi family's century-old accumulation in Xuzhou came to naught! It's a big deal that Lao Tzu knelt down to beg him in the face, if he didn't agree, he would stab him with a knife, and when Cao Cao came, no one would survive! ”
"This ......" Tao Ying looked at his brother in amazement and left angrily, and was about to say something, but he could only see the back of the potter, and he smiled bitterly for no reason, and sat down in front of Tao Qian's sickbed.
In the midst of the danger of the Tao family, the two brothers finally had a rare unanimous opinion, and they decided to use the relationship between the Mi family and Qingzhou to ask Lu Bu to save Xuzhou again, no matter what the price was. And just because Qingzhou Mu Lu Bu relieved the danger of the siege of the Yellow Turban in Xiapi, before he had time to be happy, he was shocked by the news of Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou, and they were like headless flies, panicked and unowned, and their faces were desolate. Even with almost all the people in the entire Xiapi City, because of the news that Cao Cao slaughtered Xuzhou, there was a bit of despair on the already uneasy face, and even many families with not very large local power began to sell their shops and family properties that could not be moved, with the intention of going to other states to avoid trouble. It's just that the siege of Xiapi has just been lifted, who knows if there will still be Yellow Turbans and rebel remnants in the surrounding states and counties of Xiapi, Pengcheng, Xiaopei and Guangling that were captured by Kan Xuan and the rest of the party before? Will he be able to escape Cao Cao's sharp blade, but fall into the hands of these thieves, and in the end he still can't escape the danger of death and family annihilation?
"Why don't you go and ask General Lu?" I don't know who suddenly got out of the chaos, after the initial chaos, I suddenly remembered that Lu Bu, who camped in the north of Xiapi City and waded into the troubled waters of Xuzhou for no reason, didn't seem to have left.
As soon as this word spread, it seemed that they immediately had a backbone among the people of Xiapi City, that is, the people who had threatened and conspiracy theories about Lu Bu's coming to help Xiapi before, and because their own net worth and life were related, they had to put their hopes on Lu Bu, who had an ambiguous attitude.
Cao Cao had suffered a lot of losses on Lu Bu in Qingzhou several times before, and after counting them carefully, even from the time when the princes were begging Dong, none of them could please well! This time, Xuzhou suffered such a catastrophe in vain, and perhaps only Lu Bu could protect this Picheng and keep the peace of Xuzhou, and the idea of uncontrollably spreading among the people. It doesn't matter what TND's background or reputation is, it is the most important thing to save his life! Your Tao Qian's reputation is big enough, and your background is definitely good enough, and you can also compromise with the local family and govern Xuzhou together! But aren't these Lu Bu doing very well in Qingzhou? When it comes to the matter, what else can be done except to be powerless to protect Xuzhou and always pay for the misdeeds of your father and son with the lives of these innocent people?
Perhaps even the Tao brothers didn't expect that Xuzhou, which was secretly enlivened by local family forces such as the Chen family, the Cao family, the Mi family, etc., and foreign forces such as the Tao family, would be a rare unification of opinions...... (To be continued......)