Twenty-year-old Xu Sheng, although he is young, his face is covered with wind and frost, and he has long lost the immaturity that belongs to his age. Speaking of Zhao Yun, Tao Ying hurriedly said: "The third brother is extremely brave and unusual, and he is more suitable for sharpening in the army. If he expands the territory of Xuzhou in the future, the second and third brothers are all people who want to guard one side, how can they want to stay by my side every day? ”

Tao Ying had some reproach in his tone.

Tao Ying had already told Xu Sheng and Zhao Yun that one day in the future, the three brothers would recruit more talents, and then more land would be liberated and more people would live a good life. As Tao Ying's most trusted right-hand men, Xu Sheng and Zhao Yun, two people who followed him at the beginning of his business, Tao Ying will definitely hand over local power to them.

In the central organization, it is enough to chase Zhang Zhao, Chen Deng, Yan Yan, Sun Shao, Wang Xiu and others, and now that his civil and military talents have gradually increased, Tao Ying should pay more attention to those who follow him when he has nothing.

Xu Sheng saw that Tao Ying was unwilling to let their two brothers stay by his side to protect his safety, and he was very anxious. Maybe he has been dealing with Cao Cao for a long time, Xu Sheng knows that Cao Cao is good at leading his troops, and he knows that his generals are loyal to Cao Cao, not to mention that this Cao Chun is Cao Chun's brother, and his brother Cao Ren is still serving in Cao Ying, how can he really surrender to Tao Ying?

Therefore, Xu Sheng was not afraid of being trained and began to persuade him.

"Since the third brother can't, what about Li Dian? The lord admires Li Dian the most, although he is young, like a child, but he leads the troops to fight with a good look, and Wen Hou praises him. He is good at reading and knowledgeable, so why doesn't the lord keep him by his side? ”

Tao Ying shook his head again.

Li Dian was denied, Xu Sheng thought of Zhuge Jin again, and it was good to keep Zhuge Jin by his side. Zhuge Jin is dignified and a talented person with both civil and military skills, and he is also very suitable.

But Tao Ying had his own plans, and Xu Sheng also wanted to say that Cao Chun had already come out of the small courtyard.

Seeing that Cao Chun came out, Tao Ying hurriedly signaled Xu Sheng not to speak anymore, and Xu Sheng had to shut up and say nothing.

"My lord, I have already fed the horses. Tonight, the lord will sleep peacefully in the house, and I will wait in the courtyard. ”

Tao Ying nodded, but a gust of wind blew, and the courtyard was still a little cold. So Tao Ying said: "Zihe, you are also tired all the way, you can rest in the next room first." The matter of the vigil, there must be such elite soldiers around the stockade, even a fly can not imagine flying in. ”

After Tao Ying finished speaking, Cao Chun still wanted to refuse, but it seemed that in the past half a month, he knew Tao Ying's temper. So I could only promise and arranged for someone to go to the vigil.

Soldiers stood guard in various important positions with torches, and nearly four teams of people were constantly patrolling the small campus. Seeing that Cao Chun was actually sleeping in the room next to Tao Ying, he was afraid that Cao Chun would assassinate Tao Ying, so Xu Sheng asked for his life: "Big brother, I haven't seen my brother for a long time, and I miss it very much." Today, can I sleep in my brother's house and talk to my brother with candles? ”

Tao Ying knew what Xu Sheng meant, so he also said comfortingly: "If the second brother is really so worried, let you be completely reassured today." Someone, move a bed and put it in my room! ”

After Tao Ying finished speaking, the guards around him hurriedly beckoned the housekeeper in the house, and the housekeeper hurriedly asked him to move the bed, and then a group of people began to get busy again.

This night, Xu Sheng didn't sleep all night, he was afraid that Cao Caochun would suddenly enter through the window, so Xu Sheng never untied his armor when he slept. Silver-like moonlight poured in through the half-open window and sprinkled Xu Sheng's body. A sharp knife stood beside Xu Sheng, as if only the slightest sound would make Xu Sheng carry the knife and rush up to kill.

Tao Ying turned around and saw Xu Sheng with his eyes open, but he smiled at the corner of his mouth, but his heart was sour. Although the brothers of this era are not related by blood, they are closer than the brothers who are related by blood in later generations, and I don't know how much they are related. He can stick a knife in your ribs, and he can also throw your head and sprinkle blood for you, compared to Tao Ying's own brother potter, is the potter a brother?

Tao Ying didn't dare to think about it.

I had no sleep all night, and when it was almost dawn, Tao Ying heard the sound of snoring, presumably Xu Sheng was asleep. Needless to say, he must have been in charge for many days, maybe really tired.

Tao Ying got up from the bed gently, he knew that after dawn, Xiaohuan would come in and dress himself. Xiaohuan knew that he had a habit of getting up early, so in order not to disturb Xu Shengqi, Tao Ying still walked out lightly.

After dawn, Tao Ying decided to go for a walk on the street. While Cao Chun hadn't gotten up yet, Xu Sheng was also asleep, and no one was bothering him. So Tao Ying changed into casual clothes, accompanied by the maid Xiaohuan, and walked towards Changyi Street with several tigers and leopards dressed as family members.

Xu Sheng woke up and suddenly found that Tao Ying on the opposite bed was gone, Xu Sheng was shocked, picked up the knife and rushed out. He knew that this Changyi City originally belonged to Yanzhou, and there were many big families here who were loyal to Cao Cao. Hearing of Tao Ying's arrival, there must have been many people in them who wanted to assassinate Tao Ying.

The knife slashed across the ground and made a piercing sound, perhaps very sensitive to the sound of the knife, when Xu Sheng broke through the door, Cao Chun also kicked open the door with a steel knife, and came to Tao Ying's door with a roll.

The two men looked at each other with their knives in this way, and then asked at the same time, "What about the lord (my eldest brother)?" ”

The maid next to her was frightened by them, and the housekeeper hurriedly ran over from the door. Tao Ying arranged for him when he left, and if Xu Sheng and Cao Chun woke up, he would tell them that he was going out.

"Two generals, two generals, don't use the knife, don't use the knife. Tao Gongzi had already gone out, and when he was leaving, he told the old slave not to wake up the two generals! ”

The two looked at each other a few more times, as if they were not convinced. Xu Sheng captured him, but Cao Chun was unconvinced, so both of them looked at each other unpleasantly.

"Humph!"

The two men snorted and put their knives back in their scabbards.

Cao Chun waved his hand, and the tiger and leopard riders next to him hurriedly ran to gather people and horses, and after a while, more than 100 tigers and leopards arrived together. The tiger and leopard stood neatly in the courtyard, holding a spear in their hands and a steel knife pinned to their waists. Their armor was all black leather armor, and they wore the mask of a monster on their faces, which was a bit hideous and chilling to look at.

After the tiger and leopard rode together, Cao Chun seemed to look at Xu Sheng next to him with some ostentatiousness. That's right, in terms of army formation, Cao Chun does have his own set, otherwise Cao Cao would not have handed over his elite troops, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, to him.

This seemed to be a silent challenge, and Xu Sheng also snorted when he saw this, turned his head and walked towards the door. Cao Chun gave an order, and the tiger and leopard riders each took out their war horses and set off with Cao Chun.

When Cao Chun arrived at the Changyi Mansion, Tao Ying was still strolling around a crowded street at this time! At this time, Xiaohuan is not like a maid at all, she is more like an unrestrained little princess, running from one stall to another, picking up this and looking at it for a while, picking it up again and looking at it, and some things in her hand can't put it down.

On the street, when Tao Ying sat down to drink a bowl of steaming hot soup, suddenly someone on the street shouted loudly: "Go and see, something happened to Taishoufu, something happened to Taishoufu!" ”