"Bang!"

The door of the guest room was rudely knocked open, and Tao Ying, who was asleep, was also woken up by this loud noise, and when he sat up and opened his hazy sleepy eyes, he saw that it was already bright outside the house, Cao Ling stood in front of the bed with a big belly, and his face seemed to be smiling.

"Xianggong, Sister Zhen'er, how do you explain?" Cao Ling's tone was slow and reasonable, but there was not much anger on her little face, as if she was not very angry about her husband's cheating, and asked with a smile: "Xianggong, Sister Zhen'er, can you tell me what happened last night?" ”

was caught in bed by the little wife who was wronged to marry, no matter how thick-skinned Deputy Director Tao was, he was inevitably a little overwhelmed for a while, and his face was also a little feverish, and he hesitated for a long time before muttering: "Misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding, I drank too much wine last night, and I was idle and ...... idle." ”

"Shut up! Are you worthy of me? Cao Ling shouted angrily, and glanced at Tao Ying viciously, then turned to Mi Zhen and smiled: "Sister Zhen'er, when I persuaded you to come over and continue to be sisters, you resolutely refused, why did you ...... today?" Sister, you seem to be a little untrustworthy? ”

Mi Zhen was even more ashamed, she didn't even dare to take a breath when she shrunk in the quilt, and wrapped the quilt tighter. Fortunately, Cao Ling obviously didn't blame Mi Zhen for not being a sister enough, but just twisted it on Tao Ying's ear, and then went out of the room, and said with a smile: "Sister Zhen'er, you get dressed, I'll wait for you in the room, and we'll discuss what to do in the future after a while." ”

Cao Ling left, Tao Ying, who was also bare-bottomed, quickly jumped up from the bed, and didn't dare to call the maid to come in to serve, so he hurriedly put on his clothes, shoes and socks, and said to Mi Zhen in the quilt: "Zhen'er, I'm already dressed, get up and I'll help you get dressed." ”

"Don't!" Mi Zhen firmly refused in the quilt, and said shyly: "You go out, close the door, and I'll wear it myself." ”

Tao Ying, who wanted to carefully appreciate Mi Zhen's figure, was kind and persuasive, and expressed his willingness to help, but Mi Zhen resolutely refused, Tao Ying was helpless, so he had to go out of the guest room and close the door according to Mi Zhen's request, and after a while, Mi Zhen, who had not even combed her hair, rushed out of the room, and walked with a limp that seemed to be very painful, Tao Ying smiled and went up to help her, but Mi Zhen pushed Tao Ying away, and whispered shyly: "I'm leaving, don't send it." ”

"Then when should I invite my brother to your house?" Tao Ying asked with a grin.

"Don't!" Mi Zhen refused again, twisted her little face away from Tao Ying, and said in a low voice: "Let me think about it again, and then I will talk about it later, without my consent, you must not go." The raw rice has been cooked into cooked rice, Tao Ying of course does not have to worry about Mi Zhen's remorse, and seeing that Mi Zhen is really ashamed, he also agreed with a smile, and Mi Zhen panicked out of the back door of Xuzhou Thorn Mansion, and took his own carriage back to Mi Mansion in the north of the city.

Entering Mi Mansion, almost as if fleeing for his life fled back to his boudoir, Mi Zhen covered her pounding chest and breathed a sigh of relief, and did not dare to ask the maid to serve, she sat down in the bronze mirror to comb her hair, and was about to ask the maid to fetch water to bathe, but Mi Zhu's voice came from outside the boudoir door, "Sister, are you back?" Can my brother come in? ”

Mi Zhen was a little nervous again, so she quickly checked her clothes and hair, and rubbed her hot cheeks to try to calm herself down, and then asked Mi Zhu to enter the room. And after Mi Zhu pushed the door into the room, he really observed Mi Zhen's expression and demeanor first, fortunately, Mi Zhen also learned some acting skills during this time, although her heart was still beating hard, her expression was quite calm, basically the same as usual, Mi Zhu couldn't see the flaw, so she had to ask: "Sister, you stayed in the Thorn Mansion last night, and you saw Tao Ying destroying the thief?" ”

"Met once." Mi Zhen replied calmly: "But Cao Ling is pregnant, so she didn't let Tao Ying accompany her, and drove Tao Ying to the room of other wives and concubines, and the little sister spent the night in Cao Ling's room." ”

"Then did you talk to Tao Ying's thief?" Mi Zhu asked unrelentingly.

"After a few conversations, Tao Ying thanked the little sister for taking care of Cao Ling, but this thief was very wary of the little sister, and there was no other word." Mi Zhen replied.

"This is normal, Tao Ying'er is cunning, it is impossible to show flaws casually." Mi Zhu nodded, believing in his sister, and then Mi Zhu asked tentatively: "Sister, then did Tao Ying ...... the thief to you?" Or, have you tried to get close to this thief? ”

Mi Zhen's pretty face finally turned red, and she said stubbornly: "Brother, in front of Cao Ling, how can the little sister ......?" Cao Ling's temper, brother, you don't know it, how can you tolerate your little sister and her husband because of your selfishness...... Together? Also, in front of Cao Ling, how can Tao Ying destroy the thief and ...... with his little sister, that? ”

Cao Ling's bad surname is something Mi Zhu has heard of a long time ago, plus Cao Hong, the old lackey of the old Tao family, has learned the previous lesson, and now guards the Xuzhou Assassin Mansion more strictly than the prison, Mi Zhu's other eyeliners don't even want to step into the door of the Assassin Mansion One step, it is completely under Mi Zhen's unilateral testimony, Mi Zhu naturally can only choose to believe it, and then said: "It's okay, we still have time, if nothing else, Tao Ying will not leave Xuzhou in a short time, Cao Ling and you are good friends, you can use the excuse to visit her, often go to the Assassin's Mansion to walk around, and as soon as you have the opportunity, you can immediately act according to the plan and avenge your second brother Mi Fang! ”

Mi Zhen's expression darkened, and after hesitating for a long time, Mi Zhen first nodded, and then asked softly: "Brother, is it too much for us to do this?" Although Tao Ying killed the second brother, the second brother also had something wrong, Tao Ying killed the thief, and invited his brother several times to re-appear ....... ”

"Sister, are you shaken? Or did you rekindle your old relationship with the thief after meeting him? Mi Zhu sank his face and scolded Mi Zhen: "Or, sister, have you forgotten the oath you made in the ancestral spirit hall?" ”

"Little sister never dares to forget." Mi Zhen's voice trembled a little, and she said in a low voice: "My little sister has lost both parents since she was a child, and it was the two brothers who raised her little sister, and the second brother is both the elder brother of the little sister and the parents of the little sister. Otherwise, when the little sister arrives under the Nine Springs, she will not be allowed to be allowed by her parents and family. ”

"Just remember those words." Mi Zhu snorted coldly with satisfaction, and snorted again: "Tao Ying invited your brother to re-enter the Shi at the invitation of the thief, do you think he is kind?" Wrong! This hypocrite is setting up his hypocritical image of repaying grievances with virtue, and wants everyone in the world to think that he is a generous person regardless of previous suspicions, so that he can further swagger and deceive the world! ”

Humming, Mi Zhu said hatefully: "Besides, your brother is not the kind of person who is willing to be the queen of the ox!" Tao Ying's henchmen now have Chen Qi's father and son and Lu Su, where is there still a place for a brother? If your brother bows to him, he will not only be doomed to be unused, but he will also not be trusted, and he will be ridiculed by the world! Jeer! As the saying goes, I'd rather be the head of the chicken than the queen of the cow, no matter how Tao Ying gets the power of the thief, his brother will never die for him! Only Xuande Gong is the benevolent monarch in the eyes of his brother! ”

Mi Zhen's expression became more and more gloomy, and she lowered her head slightly, Mi Zhu also said that she was talking more seriously, so she slowed down and said: "Sister, although the words of the brother are heavier, I shouldn't ask you to do these things, but the brother is not for himself, but your brother, my own brother, for his revenge!" The hatred of killing relatives is not shared, sister, think about it more, don't nag for your brother. ”

After finishing speaking, Mi Zhu walked away with his hands behind his back, leaving Mi Zhen to cry silently in the boudoir, tears wetting his clothes.

…………………… Through the head-to-head confrontation with Xiao Yuan Sangong, it was found that the combat effectiveness of the Xuzhou army was still far from enough, in order to build these accomplices and lackeys into a satisfactory elite soldier, Tao Ying in addition to strengthening army training, and then took the opportunity to borrow food from Lu Wenhou, and took the opportunity to make a request to Wang Kai, the envoy of Lu Bu's army, hoping to borrow some experienced veterans and veterans from his father-in-law to help the Xuzhou army improve its combat effectiveness.

Eating people with a soft mouth and short hands, because he borrowed 50,000 yuan of precious military rations from Tao Ying very smoothly, Wang Kai was naturally embarrassed to refuse Tao Ying's request, and immediately patted his chest to guarantee Tao Ying, saying that he would definitely ask Lu Wenhou to agree to this request. Tao Ying was overjoyed, and immediately sent the new governor of Xuzhou, Shi Yang Hong, to accompany Wang Kai to the north with grain, and went to Shanyang to meet Lu Wenhou to negotiate the matter, and also named Zhang Liao and Gao Shun as two generals, as a return, Tao Ying also promised to fully support Lu Bu's army in terms of money and grain to recapture Dongjun.

Deputy Director Tao's special diplomatic liar Yang Hong was very successful for the first time, seeing that his son-in-law sent 50,000 pieces of grain that was more valuable than gold in the troubled times without saying a word, and promised to continue to borrow grain in the future, Lu Wenhou was overjoyed and naturally agreed to his son-in-law's request. And Chen Gong also felt that this was a great opportunity to get along with Tao Ying, and at the same time, he could also take the opportunity to understand the reality of the Xuzhou army, so Chen Gong did not object, and suggested that Lu Wenhou immediately send people to the south, strike while the iron was hot, and establish friendly relations with the rich Xuzhou, and establish friendly relations with hardcore allies.

Tao Ying's luck was not too good, Zhang Liao, the general of the Lu Bujun army who was named to be borrowed, as the vanguard, had already led the troops to Dongjun, and had already handed over the Cao Yuan coalition army, so it was obviously unrealistic to transfer him back. Therefore, after careful discussion with Chen Gong, Lu Bu decided to send the loyal and steady general Gao Shun and the Galaxy archer surnamed Cao to go south to Xuzhou to help his son-in-law train the army, and at the same time, Lu Wenhou also generously allowed Gao Shun to lead two hundred veterans of the trapped camp to accompany him, so as to teach and ravage the young master soldiers in the Xuzhou team - for the soldiers of the Lu Bu army who had to rely on wild vegetable porridge for three days and two ends, the soldiers in the Xuzhou army were indeed no different from the landlord young master.

Lu Wenhou waved his hand to let Gao Shun and Cao lead the two hundred camps to the south, and Lu Bujun, who was sent to Xuzhou to train rookies, was unlucky but scolded his mother, when Lu Bujun's soldiers took refuge in the Great Yuan Sangong, they were not less bullied by the snobbish Yuan Sangong team, and when they encountered a big battle, they were pushed to the front as cannon fodder, and they were not rewarded for winning the battle, and the captured booty was not allowed to be kept privately, and they suffered from the bird's spirit. Later, during the Battle of Changshan, Lu Bu's army finally hit Zhang Yan, a black mountain thief who had plagued Yuan Sangong for many years, not only did not give a reward, but also blamed Lu Bu for failing to completely annihilate Zhang Yan due to his ineffective operation, and once tried to execute Lu Bu, forcing Lu Bu to flee to Shangdang with a triumphant division. With such a lesson from the past, the soldiers in the trapped camp, who were all veterans of Lu Bu's army, were naturally full of vigilance against the so-called friendly forces, and were worried that they would be treated unfairly in Xuzhou.

Gao Shun's surname is calm and loyal to Lu Wenhou, although he is dissatisfied with Lu Wenhou's order, he has no complaints, but he is just buried in the execution, but the Galaxy shooter surnamed Cao is different, basically scolding and scolding on the way south, and once threatened in public, "Soldiers, after arriving in Xuzhou, if Tao Yingxiaoer treats us fairly, if he dares to give us a face, dare to be like Yuan Shao's old horseman, let his team eat meat and drink soup and let us eat bran vegetables, then we will leave immediately!" My lord, General Gao and I will take care of you! ”

The two hundred soldiers in the camp agreed suddenly, and they all thought deeply of the words of the surname Cao, Gao Shun was silent, but Yang Hong, the envoy of Xuzhou who led the team south, laughed, nodded and said to the surname Cao: "General Cao, please rest assured, my lord Tao Envoy is a person who loves talent as his life, and famous generals like General Cao and General Gao, like the bear and tiger people like the trapped camp, after arriving in Xuzhou, they will only keep you and get better treatment, how can you be wronged?" ”

"It's better to be like this." The surname Cao snorted coldly, "I hope that Tao Yuanjun will not be like Yuan Shao's old horseman, who deceived us to Xuzhou with rhetoric, and then left us alone." ”

"No, no, absolutely not." Yang Hong nodded even more, in order to surprise Gao Shun and the others surnamed Cao, he deliberately did not say how Tao Ying was going to entertain the team of Gao Shun and Cao.

The trapping camp is infantry, from Shanyang to Xiaopei walked for about six days, on the evening of the sixth day, when Gao Shun and Cao's team arrived in Xiaopei, but unexpectedly found that the Xuzhou army had already built a camp outside Xiaopei City, and there was a team of auxiliaries outside the camp to greet the Hou. When Gao Shun and Cao were puzzled, Yang Hong took the initiative to come to them again, nodded and said: "General Gao, General Cao, please don't get me wrong, it's not that my lord doesn't allow you to enter the city to station, it's because Xiao Pei still has a hundred and forty miles to Xuzhou, and he will definitely not be able to walk in one day, so my lord simply sent a team of auxiliary troops to send a camp tent for you to build a camp and rest overnight, and then you don't have to work hard to camp on the way to Xuzhou, only our army auxiliaries will arrange it for you." Tonight, if the troops of General Gao and General Cao are willing to be stationed in the city, please enter Xuzhou City and camp in Xuzhou, and if they are willing to camp outside the city, please go to this military camp to rest and spend the night. ”

"Let Tao Envoy Jun bother, but there is no need, our army has to bring a camp tent." Gao Shun replied calmly.

"Huh? Are all new tents? The first archer of the Lu Bu army, surnamed Cao, had excellent eyesight, and at a glance he saw that the Xuzhou auxiliaries used brand new tents to build camps for the self-army, which were far better than the tattered military tents that were ventilated on all sides by the army, so he smiled and said: "Well, since Tao Envoy Jun has a heart, anyway, we will continue to go south tomorrow, and we will live in this camp, so as to save the trouble of entering and leaving the city." ”

"General Cao, General Gao, then please." Yang Hong was overjoyed, and couldn't wait to say: "Please rest assured, the accommodation standard arranged by our army for the officers and soldiers of your army is a military tent for four people, and we will not let you twenty people squeeze into a military tent." ”

"Four people live in a military tent?" Gao Shun and Cao glanced at each other, nodded with satisfaction together, and said that Tao Ying was quite interesting, much better than Yuan Shao's old horseman.

Gao Shun and Cao Bao soon found out that they were wrong, and they were very wrong, because they were invited into the camp by the Xuzhou auxiliaries like greeting VIPs, and immediately found that the camp had already prepared a banquet, and every soldier in the camp had a place in the banquet, and the banquet was full of good wine and good food that the soldiers from the camp had never seen before, and Yang Hong introduced Gao Shun's team one dish after another, "Friendly soldiers, please see, this is the most famous turtle sauce dog meat in Xuzhou, this is Yiya five-flavor chicken, This is lamb with fish sauce, this is stir-fried moss with shrimp, four-hole carp, juvenile soup, braised pork, ....... There is also wine, including rice wine, turbid wine, and sake, and you can choose at will to keep you as good as you can. ”

"I don't know if it's to your taste, if that friendly soldier doesn't like it, you can just ask, and then you can ask the cook to open a small stove for you and cook your favorite meals alone."

"No, no." Looking at the table full of delicacies, the surnamed Cao and the soldiers of the two hundred traps all shook their heads into rattles, and they all swallowed their saliva, eager to rush to the banquet immediately and munch on the case. Gao Shun, who has always been steady in words and deeds, also rarely spoke, and said to Yang Hong: "Lord Yang, you are too polite, if we are not satisfied with this kind of wine and food, then we will be too dissatisfied." …… Hey? Silver wine bowls? Silver chopsticks? ”

Speaking of this, Gao Shun's eyes suddenly widened, because Gao Shun suddenly found that on the banquet arranged by Tao Ying for the soldiers in the trapping camp, there was a silver wine bowl and a pair of silver chopsticks on every table! Over there, the surname Cao also exclaimed, "Lord Yang, you make you too rich and enjoyable, right?" Drinking wine with a silver bowl and eating with silver chopsticks? ”

"General Cao misunderstood, our lord is actually very frugal and frugal." Yang Hong hurriedly explained: "It's just that the soldiers came from afar to guide and teach our Xuzhou army and help our Xuzhou army improve its combat effectiveness, and my lord has nothing to repay, so he specially ordered us to prepare two hundred sets of silver tableware to entertain you, General Cao also please tell your soldiers that these silver tableware can be taken away after use, which is a small gift from our lord to you." After the soldiers arrived in Xuzhou, my lord also had a meeting gift. ”

"Long live the Tao Envoy!" The soldiers of the two hundred camps cheered, all of them overjoyed, and were very grateful for Tao Ying's generosity. Although Gao Shun and surnamed Cao were not greedy for this bit of silver, they were also very grateful, and thanked Yang Hong together, and then surnamed Cao couldn't wait to say: "Lord Yang, the soldiers can be seated, right?" We're all starving. ”

"General Cao, please don't be impatient." Yang Hong's answer made the surname Cao a little surprised, and then Yang Hong said with a flattering face: "General Gao, General Cao, your soldiers are lonely from afar, and my lord has asked people to prepare for you to relieve loneliness." ”

As he spoke, Yang Hong clapped his hands and issued a code, and then, the tent that was prepared to be used to let the soldiers of the trapped camp stay suddenly moved, and one by one the women dressed in fancy clothes ran over quickly, or shyly or generously sat next to the desk, and every soldier in the trapping camp was accompanied by a woman next to the desk.

When the eyes of the trapped camp were shining up and down, Yang Hong said with a smile: "All the soldiers who are trapped in the camp, please come to the table, these beauties will serve you for dinner, and they will also serve you to rest at night." In addition, there will be a singing and dancing performance for all friendly soldiers to enjoy. ”

"Oh, yes." Speaking of this, Yang Hong slapped his head again and said with a smile: "Look at my surname, after a while, the deeds of sale of these girls will also be sent to the hands of the soldiers, and the training will end in a month, and the soldiers can leave them or take them back." ”

Before Yang Hong's words fell, there was already a chorus of joy in the team of the trapped camp, and the two hundred soldiers who were trapped in the camp were not overjoyed, but all of them were ecstatic. The surname Cao even smiled so much that his eyes narrowed, and said hypocritically: "Lord Yang, Tao Yuanjun is really too polite, how can we be embarrassed?" Tao envoy Jun is so generous, how can we repay it? ”

"It's very simple, just ask General Cao and General Gao to help our lord train his team carefully." Yang Hong said with a smile: "General Cao, General Gao, you are all four beauties each, in the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, the two generals can be seen when they go in." ”

"Thank you, thank you." The surname Cao smiled so much that he couldn't even close his mouth. Gao Shun was extremely embarrassed, and hesitated: "Lord Yang, isn't this right?" We will keep the silver wine utensils, and the woman will ask the adults to take them back. ”

"No, no." Yang Hong shook his head into a rattle, and resolutely refused: "General Gao, this is the intention of my lord, if the general refuses, the lower official will have no way to explain when he returns to Xuzhou." I also hope that General Gao will be merciful, and don't let him be embarrassed. ”

"Senior brother, this is a piece of kindness from Tao Yuanjun, don't make Lord Yang embarrassed, when we help Tao Yuanjun train the army, we just use more snacks." The surname Cao grabbed Gao Shun with a smile on his face, and then pulled Gao Shun up and walked to the Chinese army camp in the distance, and said with a smile as he walked: "Brother Gao, don't you don't know the blessing in the blessing, if you let Cheng Lian and Song Xian's rabbit cubs know about what is going on here, I'm afraid that they will puff out their eyes with envy, right?" ”

"It's the right trip, it's worth it!" Holding the beautiful woman in his arms, and drinking the wine and food fed by the beauty, every soldier in the camp also narrowed his eyes with laughter, and laughed in his heart at the more than 500 camp companions who stayed in Shanyang to eat chaff vegetables, "Rabbit cubs, if you know how good Tao Envoy Jun is to us, I'm afraid you will drool with envy, right?" ”

"How good it would be if the Tao Envoy was our lord?" There are also many trapped soldiers who have begun to think so.

(To be continued)