In the reception hall of Taoling Town, the tea was tasted, and the gifts brought by Qingzhou were sent. Compared with the last time, the trial obviously brought more things, and two large boxes were placed in front of Tao Ying.

More than a dozen people put the box on the ground, stood up and said: "My lord has just entered Qingzhou, and Qingzhou is too busy with government affairs to come, so I will come on behalf of the lord, and I hope the second son will forgive me!" ”

After the trial finished speaking, Tao Ying was also busy signaling that it was okay for him, and the judge got up and asked the entourage to open the box. A few attendants untied the ropes from the box, and then opened the first big box, and as soon as the box was opened, everyone was surprised to lose their mouths!

I have always known that Yuan Shao is a famous local tyrant in the north, but the fact that the local tyrant has become like this makes Tao Ying really amazed.

That's right, this first box was not filled with anything else, it was actually a box of gold!

Huang Cancan's gold, Tao Ying has never seen so much gold in his life, of course, how much gold Pengcheng has, he himself doesn't know. He has passed the stage of pursuing glory and wealth, and what he is pursuing now is the epoch-making development of the entire Pengcheng, and the goal is different, so he can't care about his treasures.

"Wow, so much gold......"

The people next to him were talking, and even Sun Shao was a little surprised.

The judge asked him to open another chest, which was about the size of a chest containing gold, except that this chest seemed to be much lighter than the one just now.

A few attendants unwrapped the rope and opened the box, there was no golden light in the box, but it was full of jewels, jade, gems and other things, the value of this box did not belong to the box of gold and silver just now!

Seeing the gifts brought by the trial, the officials of Taoling Town, who were originally very unwelcome to Qingzhou, suddenly respected the trial. Maybe it's because of the wealth, or maybe it's because the wealth is respectable, and many people look at the trial and suddenly feel that he is much taller.

Seeing that many people next to him grew their mouths in surprise, and looked at Tao Ying again, Tao Ying didn't seem to be moved. It is also true that Tao is numb to gold and silver, what he needs now is the development and growth of the entire Pengcheng, no matter how much money he has, if he doesn't work hard, he will be swallowed up, especially with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, Yuan Shu and Sun Ce as neighbors!

The judge glanced at Tao Ying, and saw that Tao Ying was expressionless, so he beckoned again, and an entourage next to him hurriedly took a package from his body. The judge took the package, and then opened it, and inside was a large seal, as well as a letter of appointment.

The judge handed this thing to Tao Ying's entourage, and the entourage brought it to Tao Ying. Tao Ying opened the appointment book, which said that Tao Ying was not the county order.

After getting the letter of appointment, Tao Ying's eyes flashed with surprise. This surprise made the judge look into his eyes, and the judge pointed to the gold, silver and jewelry in front of him, and then said to Tao Ying: "My lord has prepared some small profits, please accept it with a smile!" ”

Tao Ying looked at the letter of appointment, still lost in thought, he was thinking about what this judge meant by bringing so many jewels?

And he really can't figure it out, is this trial match the person of the eldest son Yuan Tan, or the person of the third son Yuan Shang? Does this have anything to do with Yuan Shao? Can I accept this gift?

Next to him, Sun Shao whispered to the lord, and Tao Ying came back to his senses.

"The eldest prince is really polite, such a heavy gift, how dare I accept it!"

Tao Ying hurriedly returned the appointment letter in his hand to the judge, and the two of them were polite, and finally Tao Ying accepted the gift from Qingzhou.

After receiving the gift, Tao Ying asked the judge to sit down, and then asked the judge what was the matter?

The trial told Tao Ying the purpose of this trip, and this trial came from Qingzhou for two things. The first thing is to be entrusted by Yuan Tan, the assassin of Qingzhou, Yuan Tan admires Tao Ying very much, so he wants to ask Tao Ying to give him a hexagram, and then send some books written by Tao Ying.

This first thing made Tao Ying very easy to do. What he didn't expect was that this Yuan Tan actually became his little fan.

After the first thing was said by the judge, Tao Ying asked people to take a piece of paper, and then calculated the hexagram for Yuan Tan on it. Of course, this hexagram must have been written by Tao Ying according to the memory of later generations, although Yuan Tan was the eldest son, he did not succeed to the throne, so Tao Ying did not shy away from writing this on it.

wrote that he could not succeed to the throne, and Tao Ying also wanted to write that Qingzhou was finally taken away by Cao Cao in the future, but after thinking about it, it seemed that he had said too much. Therefore, he wrote another sentence, the road is far away, I am afraid that people will know, if I want to know the details, I can go to it in the future, and count a hexagram for him in person.

After writing, Tao Ying put the paper in a bamboo tube, then sealed the bamboo tube, and then sealed the bamboo tube with a pull. Then it was handed over to the judge, and after receiving the hexagram that Tao Ying calculated for Yuan Tan, the judge began to ask for the second thing.

The second thing that the judge wanted to ask really had nothing to do with Qingzhou Mu Yuan Tan. He came on behalf of Yuan Shao to ask Tao Ying to calculate a hexagram for Jizhou, and now Yuan Shao is at war with Gongsun Zan in the north, Yuan Shao knew that Tao Ying would calculate, originally wanted Tao Ying to go to Jizhou to calculate the hexagram for him, but he heard that Tao Ying had a strange temper, so he sent a trial to come. Yuan Shao came this time, not for anything else, the first thing was to let Tao Ying calculate the future for himself, and then calculate whether he could defeat Gongsun Zhan.

Gongsun Chan is an ally of Xuzhou, and the meaning of Yuan Shao's words naturally has a second meaning. If Tao Ying said that Yuan Shao could defeat Gongsun Zhan, the implication was that Tao Ying would not interfere in Gongsun Zhan's affairs. If Tao Ying said that he would not defeat Gongsun Zhan, then Xuzhou would not abandon Gongsun Zhan as an ally.

If you don't give up Gongsun Zhan, then you will naturally want to see it.

The trial is here, not for anything else, but to win over Tao Ying for Yuan Shao and let Tao Ying go to Yuan Shao. Even if Tao Ying doesn't go to Yuan Shao, he can become allies, which is good.

After the judge said what Yuan Shao meant, Tao Ying did not speak with a gloomy face. In his heart, Tao Ying was unwilling to take refuge with anyone. However, in his current situation, if he doesn't find a strong person to take refuge in, it seems that he will be eaten as meat by the hungry wolves around him.

But do you want to take refuge in people, to take refuge in Yuan Shao, a foreign powerhouse who is about to be defeated by Cao Cao?

Tao Ying was unwilling.

Seeing that Tao Ying was difficult to choose for a while, Sun Shao next to him hurriedly persuaded: "Today's matter, it's better to talk about it here, I think this noon is approaching, it's better to have a banquet again today, lord, let's do what the landlord wants!" ”

Sun Shao reminded that Tao Ying remembered that he couldn't ignore the trial, thinking that he was a pivotal person to Yuan Shao!

So Tao Ying hurriedly greeted: "Yes, Mr. Shen is tired from afar, why don't we try my Pengcheng's specialties first, and then drink two cups to relieve fatigue!" ”

After Tao Ying finished speaking, Xiaohuan had already prepared it in the kitchen. Fortunately, this year is a bumper harvest year, and the people raise more pigs, so the hospitality can still be entertained.

Let the officials of Taoling Town accompany the trial, Tao Ying and Sun Shao hurriedly walked out of the hall to discuss the problem.

Standing on the platform on the wide mountainside, looking at the lazy afternoon sun, Tao Ying thought to himself, if there is no war, there is no need to think about how good it would be, and then bring Gan Shi over, it is rare to live so happily in life.

"The lord, the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, all the heroes in the world want to take refuge. Today, Yuan Gong sent his cronies to come, which shows that he attaches great importance to the lord, why doesn't the lord take refuge in him? ”

Sun Shao persuaded, Tao Ying shook his head.

"Yuan Shao can't vote! Providence is not in Yuan, but in Cao! ”