"Liu Xia Pi has worked hard from afar!"

The two of them greeted outside the city for a while and then entered Tan County together, Tao Ying and Liu Bei arrived, and soon there were small soldiers who went to the assassination mansion to report. The potters came to greet Mi Zhu, Jian Yong and others.

When he arrived at the mourning hall and worshiped his father Tao Qian, Tao Ying found that it was not only himself and Liu Bei who came to participate in the mourning of filial piety, but even Kong Rongkong Beihai, one of the seven sons of Jian'an, also arrived. Not only that, Jian Yong, Mi Zhu and others even invited Wang Lang, the Taishou of Huiji, who used to work under Tao Qian.

may be grateful to Tao Qian, Wang Lang actually came from such a far away place. You must know that it takes a day to take a train from Huiji to Xuzhou, and there is no train at this time, it seems that Wang Lang must have heard that Tao Qian was not in good health and set off half a year ago.

Tao Ying knelt in the mourning hall all day because of his filial piety, and after the news of Tao Qian's death spread, more and more celebrities began to gather in Tan County to mourn. This included Xuzhou's ally Gongsun Chan in the north and Yuan Shu in the south, who could not walk away because he was fighting Yuan Shao, so he had to send people to come.

Even Cao Cao, a traitor in Yanzhou who had been fighting against Xuzhou, sent people to mourn when he heard the news of Tao Qian's death. Now Cao Cao is fighting with Lu Bu in Yanzhou and can't leave, otherwise I'm afraid Cao Cao would have personally led the army to "hang filial piety"! For a time, Tanxian County gathered countless princes next to Xuzhou in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and everyone came to mourn Tao Qian in the name of mourning, but they all wanted to see where Xuzhou would go, and whether they could still make some benefits in the middle.

After staying in Xiang'an in Tan County for nearly ten days or so, the Tao family invited all the celebrities to the banquet, and Zhang Zhao also personally wrote a letter of condolence, which was written very sincerely, although Tao Qian had arrested him at the beginning. According to the etiquette system, Tao Qian is going to be buried, and where to bury it has become a problem. Although Tao Qian intended to be buried in Peiguo Xiao County before his death, at this time, all kinds of forces gathered in Tan County, and this problem could not be solved, and it seemed that there was no way to bury him.

Another busy day passed, and in January 195, the cold winter in the north was still raging after the war, but the flowers were still blooming in the south. Before I knew it, it was mid-January, and Tao Ying wanted to take Tao Qian's body back to Xiao County for burial, so that he didn't have to stay in Tan County for three years.

The night was a little late, Tao Ying and Tao Shang knelt in the mourning hall for a day, the two of them did not sleep, and they leaned on Tao Qian's coffin to squint for a while, and there was always a group of people outside who were discussing some things every day. Mi Zhu came to the mourning hall in the evening, and Tao Ying seized this opportunity to keep Mi Zhu.

Seeing that Tao Ying was in trouble, Mi Zhu didn't have a good impression of Tao Ying, but after all, there was a pottery merchant, so he could only stay. The Tao brothers knelt on the ground, and Mi Zhu also knelt in front of Tao Qian's spiritual seat.

"The two sons mourn, Lord Assassin Shi is gone, it's really ......"

Mi Zhu sighed after speaking, and the potter also rubbed his eyes, and after a while, Tao Ying asked: "Mi Beijia, my father has been placed here for so long, when will he be able to let his old man settle down?" ”

Mi Zhu sighed and said: "The two sons, it's really not a secret, now there are quarrels outside the palace every day, and all kinds of forces don't want to let it, so ......"

Tao Ying didn't know that it was the half month that he had been kneeling in Tao Mansion, and the outside world had already turned upside down. Tao Qian's death in this matter can be said to be the most vulnerable time in Xuzhou, because at this time, the Xuzhou dragons had no leader, and the top governors of various places were basically gathered in Tan County, so the people who were eyeing Xuzhou had already begun to act.

First of all, the increasingly powerful Huainan Yuan Shu let the general Ji Ling lead 30,000 troops to Pengcheng, Tao Ying was leaving, mistakenly thought that the main battlefield for the position of assassin should be in Tan County, did not leave too many people in Pengcheng, but did not want Yuan Shu behind him to attack him behind his back.

Ji Ling attacked, but fortunately, Chen Deng and Guangling Taishou Zang Ba wrote a letter, Zang Ba personally led 20,000 troops to hoard in Dongcheng, and after Yuan Shu found out the news, he could only let Ji Ling wait and see the changes in the south of Pengcheng.

At this time, Yuan Shu had occupied Yangzhou, annexed Huainan and occupied Yuzhou and part of Jingzhou, and now Yuan Shu was his most powerful, and he had peerless generals like Sun Jian to help, coupled with his identity as the fourth and third dukes, the more and more attached to him.

Yuan Shu wanted to get involved in Xuzhou, and Yuan Shao in the north wanted to get Xuzhou, so at this time, Yuan Shao also slowed down his attack on Gongsun Zan and began to gradually concentrate his troops and horses on the way south. In front of him, only by quickly placing the candidates for the Xuzhou Assassin History, and then telling the Han Emperor, getting the canonization of the Han Emperor, and then training the soldiers and horses, can the princes retreat.

Mi Zhu told the eldest prince the potter what he was worried about, the potter was a little worried, and he didn't want to just drive away the hungry wolf Cao Cao, but now it has attracted lions.

Seeing that the pottery merchant had no opinion, Tao Ying asked again: "Mi Beijia, didn't my father leave a suicide note before his death?" Mi Zhu nodded, the suicide note was indeed left, the key is the content of the suicide note......

The potter asked to see the suicide note, after all, the matter of Xuzhou is not only the matter of the people of Xuzhou, but also has a very great relationship with their brothers! At the request of the two, while everyone was resting, Mi Zhu summoned Liu Bei, Sun Gan, Jian Yong, Cao Hong and others, and more than a dozen people from Xuzhou rushed to Tao Qian's spiritual seat together.

The Tao brothers are still wearing linen and filial piety, with the arrival of Sun Qian and others, after a while, even the Beihai Xiang Kong Rong also arrived, since the Beihai Xiang Kong Rong was invited, and someone will Ji Taishou Wang Lang also invited. Both of these were people that Tao Qian particularly trusted, so it would be useful to invite them in.

The torches in the mourning hall were bright, the north wind was still raging, everyone crowded around the fire, closed the door, and Tao Ying sent Zhao Yun to lead a hundred dead soldiers brought by himself to guard the door of the mourning hall.

When the people arrived, Tao Ying and the pottery merchant saluted everyone together, Kong Rong looked left and right, Tao Ying of Pengcheng, Cao Bao of Donghai County, and Xiao Jian of Langya, except for Liu Bei, the minister of Xiapi, and Zang Ba, the Taishou of Guangling.

So Kong Rong said: "The two sons, since they want to discuss the affairs of Xuzhou, why don't you see Guangling Taishou and Xia Pixiang?" The pottery merchant thought about it, but fortunately, the careful Sun Qian had already sent someone to invite Liu Bei, and as soon as a few people finished speaking, the door opened with a squeak, and a cold wind blew, and everyone couldn't help but shiver, and even the bonfire was blown away.

"Sorry, I'm late!"

Liu Bei bent down and bowed his head, and the potter hurriedly stood up and invited him to sit by the fire. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also arrived together, and the two had no chance to speak, so they could only walk to the door and stand guard with Zhao Yun.