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"How can there be a vinegar smell in the oil pot? Could it be that some fool has carried the wrong jar? ”

After discovering the source of the vinegar smell, Deputy Director Tao was extremely surprised in his heart, and a thought also flashed through Deputy Director Tao's mind in the electric light, "Just now I proposed in Cao Jun's big tent to exchange one life for the lives of the people of Xuzhou, but Boss Cao categorically refused, why did he take the initiative to let me exchange one life for the safety of Xuzhou?" With such a change in the order, Boss Cao is not afraid of affecting the morale of the army? Also, why don't you object to the lackeys and accomplices under Boss Cao? Why don't you remind Boss Cao that he has already rejected my similar offer just now? Could it be that they forgot my words like Boss Cao? How is this possible?! ”

"Boy, what are you doing?" After a moment's hesitation, Boss Cao's cold and fierce voice sounded in Deputy Director Tao's ears again, "Do you want your own life?" Or do you want the lives of the people of Xuzhou? ”

"Master Tao, if you are really afraid of death, it doesn't matter." Guo Jia said with a smile: "As long as Gongzi opens his mouth and admits that your words are all insincere, and you dare not sacrifice for the people of Xuzhou, you can leave immediately." ”

Deputy Director Tao ignored the urging of Boss Cao and Guo Jia, but temporarily held back the plan to escape, and turned his eyes to the iron pot filled with boiling oil, the green oil in the pot was boiling, emitting a pungent smell of raw oil and acetic acid, and when he looked closely, Deputy Director Tao found an abnormality again, what rose above the iron pot was a cloud of white water vapor, not the green smoke that rose when the raw oil was boiling.

"Do you want to gamble again?" Deputy Director Tao hesitated in his heart, "I won the bet, and the benefits I got were unimaginable!" But if the bet is lost, a brand new fried dried man will be freshly baked. Bet? Or don't bet?! ”

"Tao Ying boy, come back!" Zhang Fei's tiger-like roar came from the distant city wall, and he could still hear it clearly more than half a mile away, "The ten jars of good wine you owe me to Lao Zhang haven't been given yet, and I, Zhang Fei, don't allow you to die!" Come back! Give me Lao Zhang back! Don't fall for the thief! ”

It seems that Si Swenwen's Liu Bei's voice is not small, "Childe, come back!" Don't jump! Be prepared to take care of you! Come back! By the way, Liu Bei is really reluctant to go to Deputy Director Tao this time, if Deputy Director Tao really jumps into the oil pot, and Boss Cao abides by his promise to withdraw his troops and leave Xuzhou, then the hearts of the people of Xuzhou will belong to Tao Qian's father and son, and Liu Bei will not know how much more price and effort he will have to pay if he wants to win the hearts of the people of Xuzhou.

"Childe, come back! Come back! "The people who called Deputy Director Tao back to the city were Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, they didn't have as many eyes as Boss Cao and Boss Liu, they just admired Deputy Director Tao's courage to dare to go into Cao's camp alone, and couldn't bear to see Deputy Director Tao die.

"Brother Xian, come back! Come back! "Brother, come back! Come back! Crying and crying are also Deputy Director Tao's cheap big brother Tao Shang and cheap cousin Tao Ji, they really can't bear to lose Deputy Director Tao's relatives, and lose this relatives who make them admire.

Tao Qian didn't shout, because Tao Qian knew that once he shouted to let his beloved son return to the city, the hearts of the people of Xuzhou would always leave Tao's father and son, so Tao Qian had completely nothing to do except for the old tears. The military and civilians of Xuzhou have different thoughts, some cry bitterly, some sincerely call for Deputy Director Tao to return to the city, and some pretend to shout and take the opportunity to show their loyalty to Tao Qian, and more people are hesitant, not wanting to see Deputy Director Tao killed on the spot, but also hoping that Deputy Director Tao can sacrifice himself for Xuzhou.

Cold sweat rolled on Deputy Director Tao's forehead, the muscles on his face twitched from time to time, sometimes relaxed, and unstable, turning a deaf ear to the call on the city wall and Cao Jun's deafness, and he didn't even notice that Guo Jia walked to his side, until Guo Jia raised his hand and patted Deputy Director Tao's shoulder, Deputy Director Tao finally came back to his senses and turned his head to look at Guo Jia.

Like the legend, the ghost Guo Jia is worthy of being Boss Cao's favorite and good friend, with clear eyebrows, beautiful lips and white teeth, and handsome facial features, but at this moment, Guo Jia's handsome face is full of demonic smiles, patted Deputy Director Tao's shoulder and said: "Childe, it's better to die than to live, admit your mistake to my master, admit that you are a greedy villain who can only talk flatteringly, and you can go." ”

Deputy Director Tao glanced at Guo Jia again, and didn't speak, just nervously calculated, but Boss Cao on the side urged impatiently: "Are you jumping or not?" I count to three, and if I don't decide, I'll throw you into the oil pot! One! ”

Deputy Director Tao didn't move, didn't walk to the oil pot, and didn't flee to the Xuzhou city wall, Boss Cao didn't urge too much, dangling the horsewhip and waiting for Deputy Director Tao's choice - Boss Cao was not afraid that Deputy Director Tao would make a wrong choice, if Deputy Director Tao dared to run, the knife and axe under Boss Cao would immediately split Deputy Director Tao into pieces, and then Boss Cao would shoot the mysterious arrow book back to Tao Qian, and let Tao Qian go to eat dog with Liu Bei, and still receive the effect of dividing the Xuzhou army.

The reason why Boss Cao accepted Guo Jia's proposal was because Boss Cao, who loved his talent like his life, admired Deputy Director Tao's 'talent' from the bottom of his heart, so he decided to give Deputy Director Tao a chance and a lottery. But what Boss Cao needs is a second son of Tao who can barely contain the hero Liu Bei, not a second son of Tao who can only write poetry and sing but has no courage!

"Two!" Boss Cao finally shouted the second time, and the Xuzhou military and civilians and Liu Beijun generals on the city wall called louder, desperately urging Deputy Director Tao to return to Xuzhou, Tao Qian cried so much that he almost fainted, and Deputy Director Tao trembled all over his body and sweated.

"Let's go, I know you're afraid of death." Guo Jia smiled even more happily, and once again urged Deputy Director Tao to say: "Master Tao, let's go, don't hesitate, your wife's beautiful concubine, glory and wealth, are still waiting for you." ”

"Tao Yingxiaoer, I have to count three." Boss Cao shook the horsewhip and said with a sneer: "As long as you admit that you are afraid of death and dare not sacrifice for the people of Xuzhou, I will let you go." ”

Deputy Director Tao's lips trembled violently, and after a long time, Deputy Director Tao finally said in a hoarse voice: "Ming Gong, Mr. Fengxiao, you are right, ants are still greedy for ....... ”

Speaking of this, Deputy Director Tao suddenly raised his voice and yelled, "But I'm not an ant!" ”

Boss Cao and Guo Jia's eyes lit up, and after glancing at each other, Guo Jia smiled again and said, "Master Tao, have you thought about it clearly?" This is an oil pot, not a soup bucket for bathing. ”

Deputy Director Tao gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, strode towards the boiling oil pot, Cao Ying's army and Xuzhou City, and suddenly there was an exclamation, Cao Jun's soldiers were loud, not only admiring Deputy Director Tao's courage, but also fanning the flames to encourage Deputy Director Tao to jump into the oil pot immediately. The city wall of Xuzhou was full of crying, Tao Qian and the pottery merchant were unconscious on the spot, Tao Ji almost cried blood, Liu Bei was even more anxious and sweaty, and shouted frantically, "Son, no!" Cannot! No! ”

Strode to the pot and stepped on the horse stake set up by Cao Jun next to the pot, Deputy Director Tao glanced at the boiling oil pot again, and then looked up to the sky and exhaled, "I smile to the sky from the horizontal knife, and go to keep the liver and gallbladder two Kunlun!" Ming Gong, I hope you are true to your word! ”

"He's a strong man!" Boss Cao, Guo Jia and countless civil and military officials of the Cao Army praised in their hearts.

"Childe, don't ——!" On the city wall in the distance, countless Xuzhou soldiers and Liu Jun soldiers cried bitterly.

"People die in the sky, and they don't die for thousands of years! Instead of living in a nest for the rest of your life, it is better to die standing up! Deputy Director Tao gritted his teeth and shouted this sentence in his heart, and then turned to the Xuzhou city wall and shouted in the loudest voice, "Father, forgive the child for being unfilial!" ”

After shouting, Deputy Director Tao closed his eyes, clenched his teeth and jumped up, jumping into the boiling oil pot!

The oil juice splashed, and the screams like landslides and tsunamis suddenly sounded on the Xuzhou city wall, and the screams like mountains and seas also sounded in the ranks of the Cao army.

"Give birth to a son like Tao Mingwu!" Boss Cao praised him, turned to his own army, raised his whip and shouted: "Collect the troops, pull out the camp and raise the village, and withdraw from Xuzhou!" ”

The well-trained Cao Ying army began to evacuate the battlefield in an orderly manner, but there were no cheers on the Xuzhou city wall, most of the soldiers and civilians in Xuzhou burst into tears, only calling the son in their mouths, Tao Qian was rescued and fainted immediately, Chen Qi and Chen Deng's father and son stammered, and for the first time they were impressed by the son-in-law of the lord, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang brothers had different expressions, Mi Fang snickered while pretending to cry bitterly, but Mi Zhu secretly sighed, "Before, why did I see the second son wrong?" ”

The moment Deputy Director Tao jumped into the oil pot, Liu Bei was completely desperate, because Liu Bei knew that it was impossible for the people of Xuzhou to abandon Tao's father and son, and his dream of annexing Xuzhou was completely broken. But suddenly, Liu Bei's thin eyes were bigger than a bull's eye, almost cracking the corners of his eyes............

"Look!" Several sharp-eyed Tao soldiers roared, "Look! Look, everyone! The second son came out, and the second son came out of the oil pot! ”

"How is that possible?" Hearing the exclamation, the Xuzhou soldiers almost couldn't believe their ears, and when they looked up to see the big oil pot, a miracle happened, our deputy director Tao actually crawled out of the oil pot covered with oil juice, and climbed out of the oil pot, and stood in front of the Cao army soldiers and Xuzhou soldiers again.

Immediately afterwards, the earth-shaking cheers also reverberated over the city wall of Xuzhou, and countless Xuzhou soldiers and civilians shouted and jumped, hugged each other and cried bitterly, and rejoiced that the good sons of the people of Xuzhou returned to the side of the people of Xuzhou. Only Liu Bei and Liu Xuande's face turned pale and muttered to himself, "How is it possible?" How can it be? ”

Deputy Director Tao stood beside the pot with his whole body greasy, his eyes closed, holding back his tears so that he would not burst out of his eyes, and there was only one thought left in his mind, "I won the bet!" Bet won! Sure enough, it's vinegar refueling! Sure enough, it's vinegar to add oil! ”

"Childe."

Guo Jia's voice sounded in Deputy Director Tao's ears again, and then, someone took a towel to wipe off the oil on Deputy Director Tao's face, and when Deputy Director Tao opened his eyes again, Guo Jia's sweet and kind smile like an angelic sister was once again displayed in front of Deputy Director Tao. Guo Jia first bowed deeply to Deputy Director Tao, then straightened up, clasped his fists with both hands and said sincerely: "Master Tao, Guo Jia only serves two people in this life, one is my father-in-law, and the other is you. ”

Deputy Director Tao's expression was dazed, and he asked in surprise after a while: "Mr. Feng, I ......, I ...... Why didn't you die? ”

"Childe, have you ever heard of the method of making money from oil pots?" Guo Jia did not answer the rhetorical question.

"What ......, what is the method of making money in a frying pan?" Deputy Director Tao's face was full of surprise, his expression and eyes were suspicious, and he did not show the slightest flaw, as if it was really the first time he had heard of this trick.

Guo Jia stared at Deputy Director Tao for a long time, and saw that Deputy Director Tao's expression was not a little panicked except for surprise and doubt, so he finally believed that the pampered Deputy Director Tao didn't know the tricks of the Jianghu Warlocks, and finally believed that Deputy Director Tao was a real man who was willing to sacrifice for the people.

After nodding slightly, Guo Jia took out a piece of silk with words written on it from his arms and unfolded it to Deputy Director Tao, when Deputy Director Tao took a closer look at the words on the silk, the green tendons on his forehead suddenly jumped up, and he finally understood why his identity was recognized by Boss Cao, it turned out that there was a line of text written on the silk - the sender of the book in the camp of your army, Tao Qian's second son Tao Yingye!

"Mr. Guo Jia, where did this thing come from?!" Deputy Director Tao asked through gritted teeth.

"It was shot down from the city wall of Xuzhou, but Guo Jia didn't know who the person who shot the book was." Guo Jia replied with a smile, and then stuffed the piece of silk into the arms of Deputy Director Tao, who tied his hands behind his back, and said with a smile: "If the good person does it to the end, the physical evidence will be sent to the son, and after the son returns to the city, he can carefully search for the person who shoots the book." ”

Deputy Director Tao nodded vigorously, indicating that he had remembered, and then Deputy Director Tao asked in surprise: "Mr. Guo Jia, you won't kill me?" ”

"I said, as long as you dare to jump into the oil pot, I will spare the soldiers and civilians of Xuzhou." Boss Cao on the side opened his mouth and said lightly: "You are also from Xuzhou, of course, you are also among my forgiveness." ”

"Ming Gong, is this true?" Deputy Director Tao asked in surprise.

Boss Cao's face was angry, and he seemed to be quite dissatisfied with Deputy Director Tao's questioning, and Guo Jia smiled and said: "Don't worry, Master Tao, my lord will spare you if he says that he will spare you." Also, thanks to you, the lord and Guo Jia have won a lot of lottery, and in the big tent of our army, only the lord and I think you can really sacrifice yourself for the people of Xuzhou. ”

Deputy Director Tao cried with joy, it was rare to really shed tears for a while, and Boss Cao smiled again and said: "Master Tao, come back from the dead, you don't want to write a few more poems?" I never get tired of listening to your poems. ”

Deputy Director Tao, who was still immersed in the joy of climbing from hell to heaven, was stunned for a while, and couldn't think of a suitable ancient poem for the occasion for a long time, so he had to reply respectfully: "Ming Gong forgive me, I should be ecstatic now, my heart is like numbness, and I really can't do it." ”

"Really? Pity. Boss Cao was a little regretful, and sighed: "I smiled at the sky with my horizontal knife, and went to keep the liver and gallbladder two Kunlun!" I'm afraid that only at the time and place can I chant such a heroic sentence. ”

After sighing, Boss Cao turned the horse's head, patted the horse and walked north, and said without looking back: "Tao Ying boy, I will definitely meet you again." I hope that when the time comes, you will surprise me again. ”

"Master Tao, Guo Jia has resigned, and there will be a period later." Guo Jia also said goodbye to Deputy Director Tao, got on the horse and followed Boss Cao, and the soldiers of Cao Jun followed in turn, leaving Deputy Director Tao alone by the oil pot in a daze.

After walking away, Boss Cao glanced back at Deputy Director Tao again, and saw Deputy Director Tao standing motionless by the oil pot in despair, as if he was still immersed in the ecstasy of escaping death, Boss Cao couldn't help but smile slightly, and muttered: "Boy, don't let me down, restrain Liu Bei for my good life, don't let this tiger grow up." ”

Guo Jia also immediately glanced back at Deputy Director Tao, and also smiled and muttered, "Master Tao, you have won the lottery, and you have met me, the lord who loves his life like his life, and kindly set up such a bureau for you." But I'm also very curious, Master Tao, my lord is so exalted to you, and he gives you the hearts of the entire people of Xuzhou, how far can you grow in Xuzhou in the future? ”