Cao Jun came and went faster, and in just two pillars of incense, tens of thousands of Cao Ying's army had already withdrawn cleanly, leaving only Tao Ying, who was devastated and covered in oil, alone.

Seeing Cao Jun's trustworthy retreat, the Xuzhou city wall was naturally thunderous, countless soldiers and civilians sang and shouted, jumped and jumped, chanted Tao Ergongzi in unison, hugged each other and danced hand to hand abound, the overjoyed Tao Qian, Tao Shang and Tao Ji family were even more excited to tears, just saw Cao Jun go away, couldn't wait to climb down the city wall, opened the city gate to welcome the Xuzhou hero Tao Ying back to the city.

The crowd was boiling, the atmosphere was so warm, even Chen Jue's father and son, Cao Bao, Cao Hong and others, who had never looked down on Tao Ying, as well as the three fierce men of Zhang Zhao, who had only one side of the acquaintance with Tao Ying, were all smiling, raising their arms and shouting, scrambling to follow the crowd down the city wall and go out of the city to greet Tao Ying.

There are only a few exceptions, seeing Tao Ying crawling out of the oil pot unharmed, Liu Bei's white face first turned gray, and then turned iron blue, because although Liu Bei didn't know why Tao Ying could jump into the oil pot and not die, Liu Bei knew very well that Tao Ying's jump didn't matter, the entire military heart of Xuzhou and the hearts of the people were completely attached to Tao's father and son, and the brilliance of his rescue in Xuzhou was completely covered by Tao Ying's brilliance.

There are also Mi Zhu and Mi Fang brothers, as Xuzhou officials, they saw Tao Ying jump into the oil pot and climb out of the oil pot, not only did they not have the slightest look of joy, but their faces were gloomy and terrible, and the two pairs of eyes were also staring at Tao Ying in the distance, their eyes were cold and vicious, as if they wanted to stab Tao Ying with one hundred and seventy or eighty knives.

"It's broken!" Mi Fang suddenly whispered bitterly.

"What's the surprise of Brother Xian?" Mi Zhu turned his head and asked.

"The Book of Arrows!" Mi Fang's face turned pale and whispered: "I didn't expect the second son to come back, and I was afraid of leaking the secret, so that arrow book was written by me!" In case of....... ”

"What?!" Mi Zhu couldn't wait to kick his younger brother off the city wall and fall to death, Tie Qing lowered his voice and roared: "Are you stupid or stupid?" Dare to write that arrow book by handwriting? Aren't you afraid that the news will leak and the arrow book will fall into the hands of the lord, check the handwriting?! ”

"I ......, I was just afraid of leaking the news, so I didn't dare to let others write it." Mi Fang explained with a sad face.

Mi Zhu almost had an urge to strangle his younger brother to death, but at this time, Cao Bao, the general of Xuzhou, happened to pass by the Mi Zhu brothers and invited the Mi Zhu brothers to go out of the city to meet Tao Ying.

"Second Brother ——!"

"Second Brother——!

After leaving the city, Tao Ji and Tao Shang ran the fastest, and took the lead in rushing to the front of the team out of the city, and people were still more than ten zhang away and shouted together to open their arms, and pounced on Tao Ying with tears, and at the same time hugged Tao Ying, opened their mouths and called out the second brother and second brother, the tears had already soared, and the next words could not say anything, just hugged Tao Ying and cried together, hugging the brother who made them proud, hugging Tao Ying, the brother who made them proud, shaking desperately, saying nothing and refusing to let go.

"Brother, virtuous brother, spare my life, I will be strangled to death by you." Tao Ying, who was almost strangled out of his breath, shouted bitterly and begged for mercy, for fear that he was not killed by Boss Cao, but was strangled to death by two brothers, but the bitterness was bitter, and Deputy Director Tao, who was accustomed to seeing deceit and intrigue in the officialdom, saw the two cheap brothers so excited, and couldn't help but have a sour nose, moved by this rare brother's true feelings.

"Mingwu, Mingwu! Mingwu, my child! ”

In the midst of the crowd, Tao Qian, who had white hair, also rushed to Tao Ying with the support of Cao Hong and other henchmen, and the soldiers and civilians of Xuzhou who followed Tao Qian surrounded the Tao family in an instant, scrambling to salute Tao Ying, Tao Ying did not dare to slack off, and quickly pushed away the eldest brother and cousin, knelt down on Tao Qian's knees, kowtowed and said: "The child Tao Ying is not filial, let the father break his heart, and the child will die." ”

"My son, please get up quickly." Tao Qian hurriedly stretched out his hand to pick up Tao Ying, looked his son up and down, and said with tears in his eyes: "Wu'er, you ......, you have suffered." You ......, you impress your father. ”

"The father has won the award, and the child is ashamed." Of course, Tao Ying would not miss this opportunity to perform, bowed deeply to Tao Qian, and said extremely respectfully: "As for suffering, this is not to mention, as the son of a father, it is natural for the child to go to the soup for the soldiers and civilians of Xuzhou." Fortunately, Cao Ying's words were true, and Xuzhou was lucky to escape a catastrophe. ”

Tao Qian choked and nodded, holding Tao Ying's hand and crying silently, the Xuzhou soldiers and civilians on the side also cried bitterly, grateful and admired Deputy Director Tao to the bones, some of the soldiers took the lead in shouting the second son, and soon a neat and loud shout sounded in the crowd, "Second son!" Second son! Second son! Second son——! ”

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, folks." Tao Ying returned the salute with his fists in all directions, and saw tens of thousands of civilians, soldiers and civilians raising their arms and shouting for themselves with tears in their eyes, Deputy Director Tao was secretly proud, and couldn't help muttering in his heart, "It's still easy for the ancients to deceive, no wonder a third-rate actor like a big-eared thief can also be popular in the Three Kingdoms." ”

Said Cao Ying, Cao Ying arrived, Tao Ying just muttered a big-eared thief in his heart, Liu Bei led the three fierce men of Guan Zhang Zhao to Tao Ying, followed by Mi Zhu and Mi Fang brothers who were smiling, Tao Ying hurriedly stepped forward, bowed deeply to Liu Bei, and said more respectfully: "Little nephew Tao Ying, meet my uncle, thanks to my uncle's book of ten thousand gold, Cao Ying's army finally retreated." Thousands of living beings in Xuzhou will never forget the grace of their uncle's life. ”

"This kid hit me in the face?" Liu Bei was angry in his heart, and said with a fake salute: "The virtuous nephew has said that Cao Ying's retreat from Xuzhou this time is all because the virtuous nephew sacrificed himself for others and moved Cao Gong, and Cao Gong's army lifted the siege of Xuzhou, and it was prepared for no size. ”

"Uncle, don't be so humble." Tao Ying said with a serious face: "Cao Ying believes that the little nephew's family is his father's killer, and he hates the little nephew to the core, if it weren't for his uncle's letter to persuade peace, how could Cao Ying be willing to withdraw from the army?" If there is no letter from his uncle, I am afraid that Cao Ying will not even give the little nephew a chance to speak, and he will directly push the little nephew out of the gate and behead him! ”

Although our Deputy Director Tao's words are modest and respectful, when they hear our Xuande Gong's ears, they are as disgusting as eating flies, because no matter how modest Deputy Director Tao is, seeing the Xuzhou soldiers and civilians who saw Deputy Director Tao jumping into the oil pot in exchange for Cao Ying's retirement, they will only think that our Deputy Director Tao is of noble character, not proud of merit, and is reciprocated by dripping water, and will not be grateful to Xuande Gongsheng. Therefore, while our Xuande Gong was modest in his mouth, he was inevitably very angry in his heart, "The heavenly thief Cao thief, why didn't he kill the evil seed of the Tao Qian family?" How did this evil seed crawl out of the boiling oil pot alive? ”

"Big nephew!" Zhang Feike didn't care what the eldest brother thought in his heart, he pounced and slapped Tao Ying almost to the ground, and shouted happily in a rare loud voice: "Big nephew, you scared me to death!" When you jumped into the oil pot, I Zhang Fei almost didn't cry! Come on, you jumped into the boiling oil pan, why did you crawl out without anything? ”

"Yes, second brother, how can you get out of the boiling oil pot? Still not hurt at all? Tao Ji also asked curiously. The surrounding Xuzhou soldiers and civilians, Tao Qian, Mi Zhu and others were also very curious, and asked why Tao Ying jumped into the oil pot and did not die?

"I don't ......, I don't know." Deputy Director Tao's face was full of confusion, and he recalled and explained: "When I jumped into the oil pot with my eyes closed, I thought I was dead, but ......, but after jumping in, I didn't feel it at all, and then I stood next to the oil pot unconsciously." ”

"And such wonders?" Everyone exclaimed, seeing Tao Ying nodding seriously, everyone present was surprised and inexplicable, and they all exclaimed that Tao Ergongzi was a god protector? Liu Bei was also very surprised, and said in his heart: "Could it be that Tao Qian's son is a demon?" Otherwise, who in the world jumps into the boiling oil pot and does not die? ”

Of course, there are also people who see the flaws, for example, Chen Qi and Chen Deng, the big rich man in Xuzhou, the big landlord and the Dashi clan, and Chen Deng, the father and son, snorted twice vigorously, looking at Tao Ying as if he was smiling, but he didn't say anything.

"Second son, how did you find out your identity by the Cao thief?" It was Mi Fang who asked this question, and she asked nervously on the surface: "Second son, did you reveal your identity to Cao Thief?" ”

"Mi-sama laughed." Tao Ying replied with a wry smile: "Tao Ying is greedy for life and afraid of death, so dare to reveal his identity to Cao Ying?" ”

Many people around Tao Ying quieted down, Tao Qian, Tao Shang and Tao Ji were surprised, Chen Qi and Chen Deng's father and son's hearts jumped, Liu Bei is eyelids moved slightly, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang brothers were very nervous, but no one expected that Tao Ying suddenly came up with such a sentence, "Although Tao Ying did not indicate his identity, Tao Ying was very unlucky, a Cao Jun happened to see Tao Ying and exposed Tao Ying's identity, so there was something later." ”

"I see!" Mi Zhu and Mi Fang exclaimed together, and a big stone in their hearts finally landed, secretly scolding their brother for being troublesome, if he had known that Cao Jun had been able to recognize Tao Ying's identity, his brother would not have to take such a big risk.

Tao Ying's words also deceived Mi Zhu and Mi Fang brothers, and the old people such as Liu Bei and Chen Jue's father and son were all suspicious, especially Chen Jue's father and son, who knew Tao Ying very well, were even more suspicious, and said together: "Seen through by Cao Jun's meticulous work? How is this possible? The two sons of the lord live in a simple place, either reading or practicing martial arts every day, and rarely appear in front of people, Cao Jun wants to know what he looks like, it's not so easy, right? ”

"Father, the child has the courage to speak, the subordinates of our family should be checked and screened a little." Tao Ying also knew that his words were difficult to convince the old foxes of the Three Kingdoms, so he said to Tao Qian: "Father definitely can't believe it, Cao Jun, who has seen through the identity of the child, has served as a subordinate in our family for more than half a year!" So as soon as he saw the child, he immediately recognized the child's identity! ”

"And this?" Tao Qian, who had been bowing his head and pondering just now, finally spoke, and shouted from his confidant Cao Hong: "Cao Hong, I took you as the former lieutenant of the account, and entrusted you with all the affairs of the Xuzhou Mansion, and you even put Cao Jun's fine work into my mansion, can you be guilty?!" ”

"The last general deserves death!" Cao Hong, who had a very bad reputation in Xuzhou Shilin, was taken aback, and hurriedly knelt down to Tao Qian to ask for guilt, and quickly replied: "Please rest assured, after the last general returns to the city, he will definitely screen the people in the palace closely, and never let a fine work slip through the net!" ”

Tao Qian snorted, and reluctantly accepted Cao Hong's plea, Liu Bei and Chen Qi and others next to him were suspicious, and the Mi Zhu brothers were even more gloating, saying together that they deserved to be unlucky for your Tao Ying boy, and they actually met such a well-known Cao Jun, and wanted to disguise themselves to get by, so don't even think about it.

"Father, people are not sages, who can do no wrong, and you can't blame General Cao Hong too much." Deputy Director Tao pretended to be a good person, and said to Tao Qian: "Also, the child thinks that for the people in the house, a little investigation and screening is enough, don't be innocent because of a Cao Jun who has absconded from the house." ”

Tao Qian nodded again and again, very satisfied with his son's generosity and kindness, Tao Ying glanced at Liu Bei and Mi Zhu brothers intentionally or unintentionally, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said to himself in his heart, "You must be calm and rational, it is not wise to turn your face with Liu Bei at this time, first, there is no accurate evidence, and turning your face with Liu Bei will lead to infamy; the second is to turn his face with Liu Bei at this time, and there is no chance of winning; Three, the current situation in Xuzhou is that the blood can no longer flow, and the vitality is injured so much that it can no longer be injured, in addition to planting more flowers and less thorns, a dog is also needed! A watchdog! ”

"Childe, please get on the horse." Xuzhou general Zhang Xu's kind voice interrupted Tao Ying's calculations, Zhang Xu, who usually didn't even bother to say a few words to Tao Ying, not only smiled at Tao Ying at this moment, but also personally brought Tao Ying a war horse, and said sincerely: "Son, please get on the war horse, and the last general will lead the horse back to the city for you." ”

"General Zhang, I'll come." Tao Ji, who was still quietly laughing at the second brother yesterday, squeezed forward and reached out to grab the reins of the horse in Zhang Xu's hand, "Second brother, let the younger brother lead the horse for you." ”

"Childe, please get on the horse!" Tao Ying's side sounded countless sincere shouts, countless Xuzhou soldiers and people, as well as countless Liu Jun soldiers, all spontaneously let go to both sides of the road, making way for Tao Ying to go back to the city, and shouted a rhythmic slogan, "Childe!" Son! Son! Childe ——! ”

Hearing this loud slogan, and seeing the sincere smiling faces of the soldiers and civilians of Xuzhou, as well as the road back to the city that was crowded with people on both sides of the road, Tao Ying burst into tears, bowed his hand to the people of Xuzhou, and choked up and shouted: "People, you love Tao Ying too much!" ”

"Childe!" Countless people cried, and countless people took the initiative to kneel down to Tao Ying, kneeling on the ground and crying............

"Child!" There was a person with a complicated mind, his face was full of kind and approving smiles, but his heart was roaring wildly, "Child! Tao Ying child! Tao Yingxiao'er who broke my big thing! I will not kill you, and I will not be a man——! ”;