Chapter 52: The Difficulty of Descending
(If you want to hear more of your voices and receive more of your suggestions, search for the WeChat public account "qdread" now and pay attention to it to give more support to "Xuzhou of the Three Kingdoms"!) Some people are happy and some are worried, under the camp at the south gate of Pi, Liu Bei is sitting in the big tent, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are accompanied by them. After Cao Bing retreated, Sun Qian and others asked him to hand over the military power, Liu Bei had no choice but to return thousands of Danyang soldiers borrowed from Tao Qian to Xuzhou, so now he has less than 600 soldiers and horses.
After Cao Cao retreated, in order not to threaten the safety of Xuzhou, while Tao Qian was in a coma, the clans drove his soldiers and horses to camp outside the south gate.
Liu Bei sighed in the camp, Zhang Fei combed his beard and opened his eyes angrily and cursed loudly: "Tao Qian'er, my brothers came to help him repel the Cao thief, but what did he mean by placing us outside the city?" ”
Guan Yu also said indignantly on the side: "Yes, big brother, it's better to go back to the plains than to be angry everywhere here." At least in the plains, we can still garrison our soldiers and horses in the city. ”
As soon as he said this, Zhang Fei slapped the table and shouted: "Yes, big brother, and that Tao Ying Xiao'er is not a thing, big brother takes a fancy to a girl, he has to snatch it when he sees it, no matter if he comes first and then comes!" Besides, he didn't come to the door to propose, why did the eldest brother withdraw from this family business? ”
Liu Bei kept bowing his head and was silent, and after the two of them finished venting, Liu Bei said: "That girl Tao Gongzi took a fancy to the first, and she didn't mention her relatives because she was going to the front to fight." Now that the second son has come back victorious, he must be proposing, and I have also asked, and the people have said this! ”
"Hmph, that's also the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker. His parents still haven't had a matchmaker to propose, so why did the eldest brother withdraw from the marriage? ”
Guan Yu was also a little reluctant, Liu Bei could only sigh and said: "A manly man, how can he lose his righteousness for a woman?" Women are like clothes, brothers are siblings, if you can get the help of the second son, if you have a sibling, the recovery of the Han family is just around the corner. If you lose your clothes, you can change countless clothes, but if your hands and feet are broken, how can you catch them? ”
After Liu Bei finished speaking, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei lowered their heads, the status of women in the ancients was very low, and even more so in the Han Dynasty. Women often give each other as possessions. Men take more than three wives and six concubines, and the status of the concubine is particularly low, and the friends of the family come home, such as which concubine they like, there are many gifts.
Besides, Liu Bei already has a wife and concubine, and when he rebelled, he killed his wife to prevent future troubles, how ruthless? However, the people applauded it, which made Tao Ying unacceptable, so when he heard that he was going to marry Gan, Tao Ying was the first to jump out and oppose it. Tao Ying, who is a righteous man and a gentleman, regrets that he didn't do it again at the beginning, and directly snatched the Gan family away, and now this marriage is not in vain.
In this life, I wish to have a Gan's foot!
Seeing that the morale of the two brothers was low, Liu Bei comforted again: "Don't worry, the two younger brothers, the Tao Thorn History has appointed me as the next minister, and I can go to the post tomorrow, and then our brothers can enter the city to live." ”
Hearing that Tao Qian had appointed Liu Bei as the next minister, both of them were overjoyed, and it seemed that they had long forgotten about Gan's unpleasant affairs.
Here rejoices, that there sorrows. Just as Liu Bei was about to lead his troops into Xiapi, the Cao family over there was not calm. Because Cao Bing had retreated, Tao Qian also saw Cao Bao's ambition yesterday, so after discussing with his staff, he decided to take back his military power.
When the order was sent to Cao's Mansion, Cao Bao was a little panicked, he didn't know if other clans were going to start dealing with him. So Cao Bao hurriedly went to meet the patriarch of the Cao family, and the patriarch called the stewards of the entire Cao family in Xuzhou over for a meeting to deal with the attacks of other clans.
The Cao family is a wealthy family in Xuzhou, and the industry is all over the cities of Xuzhou, and after everyone gathered, all the stewards complained about how much they lost after Tao Ying occupied Pengcheng.
Next to him, Cao Hong got up on the side and said, "Patriarch, the body of Lord Shi is going down every day, and it must not be able to last this year." However, the successor of Xuzhou is still a little confused. What should I do? ”
Cao Hong is the closest person to Tao Qian, and he knows Tao Qian's every move very well. The patriarch looked at everyone, and one of them got up and said, "Now it's better to force him to give way with soldiers!" ”
Speaking of soldiers and horses, Cao Bao couldn't help but sigh and said: "This plan is no longer possible, the assassin has ordered to confiscate my military power, and let me go to Donghai County tomorrow to take office." ”
Everyone was talking about how to get the position of the Assassin History, but the patriarch said with a dark face: "The position of the Assassin History is not something that our big clans can peep into, and the most important thing in front of me is Peng Cheng." Pengcheng has nearly 10,000 acres of land from our Cao family, which has now been confiscated by the second son and distributed to refugees. Without land, we can't carry out the business of the money village in Pengcheng, and I heard that the second son has built many streets in Pengcheng, and he wants to run all the businesses in Pengcheng by himself, which is a big disaster! ”
Another elder next to him also said: "Yes, the patriarch is right. He holds great power, if he is in charge of all the business in Pengcheng, and he invents paper, the literati and scholars want to buy it, if he saves enough capital and recruits troops and horses, my Cao family is not his opponent, he wants to extend his tentacles to Xiapi and the counties of the East China Sea, how can we and other families live? ”
"yes, yes!"
The Cao family deserves to be a big family, and they are easy to do business. Cao Hong saw that everyone was talking about it, so he said: "I have a plan to get rid of this scourge!" ”
The patriarch looked at him and smelled, "What's the plan?" ”
Cao Hong put his hand next to his neck and made a killing word, and many people's eyes suddenly lit up, yes, if Tao should die, then Pengcheng and their land will return to their hands!
"If it is exposed, will it not be a catastrophe of extermination?"
The patriarch is worthy of being the head of a clan, and he thinks more thoughtfully than anyone else.
Cao Hong pointed at Cao Bao and said: "You don't have to hand over the military power, if this plan is revealed, nearly half of the soldiers and horses in Xuzhou will be concentrated in Cao Bao's hands, and then the troops will surround Liu Bei's mansion and use Liu Bei as a scapegoat!" ”
"That's a good plan!"
The patriarch slapped the table, but Cao Bao said worriedly: "Why don't you hand over the military power?" ”
Cao Hong said with a smile: "I asked people to pretend to break up Cao soldiers outside the city, they occupy the mountain for the king and bring disaster to the people, tomorrow I will recommend it to Lord Assassin Shi, and then you will be able to lead the troops to be stationed outside the city." Tomorrow I will send someone to assassinate Tao Ying, and if you succeed, you will return to the army to surround Liu Bei's military camp in the south of the city. ”
Cao Bao nodded, but the patriarch next to him frowned and said, "Don't be more dangerous if you delay for a day, it's better to act today!" ”
Cao Hong shook his head, there is no shortage of assassins in his family, and Tao Ying's martial arts are not good in the first place. But Cao Hong is extremely careful, if he is not careful, I am afraid that he will not be favored by Tao Qian.
"Zang Ba, Sun Guan and others are unstoppable, today they must be with each other, I have asked Lord Assassin Shi to express Zang Ba and others as Guangling Taishou, and when Zang Ba Sun Guan and others go to take office tomorrow, I will take the opportunity to do it. When the time comes, Zang Ba will come back, and the matter has come to this point, presumably he won't do anything to us! ”
"Yes, if he comes back, we will tell the assassin Shi Dadao Zang Ba to rebel, if Pengcheng soldiers come to accountability, we will arrest the Chen family, presumably Chen Deng will also have to retreat!"
Everyone, you say a word, I say a word, and soon the day will come to ten o'clock in the evening.
The Laifu Inn in the evening was full of merchants, and many businessmen who had walked for a day came to the Laifu Inn to stay, and the Laifu Inn was overcrowded for a while.
The potter pulled Tao Ying to jump out of the carriage, and Xiao Er hurriedly greeted him at the door, seeing that it was the potter, Xiao Er said with a sad face: "Childe......"
Tao Ying hurriedly pointed to the shopkeeper and said, "Don't talk nonsense, give me a private room!" ”
Xiao Er said with a sad face: "I'm really sorry, the private room is full!" ”
The potter pushed him and yelled: "Don't talk nonsense, who doesn't give me face to the potter?" Go, hurry up and get rid of one of them! ”
Xiao Er hurriedly ran in and shouted to the shopkeeper, and after the shopkeeper came out, he hurriedly bowed his head and apologized: "Childe, forgive me, the private rooms upstairs are all from the Cao family, I don't dare to rush it!" (My novel "The Hegemony of the Three Kingdoms in Xuzhou" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! )