While paying close attention to the changes in the battle situation on the battlefield in Qingzhou, there was also gearing up to meet the winter wheat harvest and rush to grab seeds, and at the same time, there was a big and small episode in Xuzhou, Yang Hong and Yang Changshi came back from Jingzhou, not only brought back Jia Xu's lost family in Chang'an, but also brought back a Jingzhou envoy who returned the salute, and a blank covenant between Jingzhou and Xu proposed by Liu Biao, the assassin of Jingzhou.

"Zhong Ming did a good job this mission, and the same as the last mission to Luoyang, he made an unexpected contribution, and also made a blessing for the people of Xuzhou, I am very satisfied, so I decided to go out of the city thirty miles to personally meet him in triumph, everyone went together, to give Mr. Zhong Ming a face, so that he will work harder to benefit our Xuzhou in the future, and also give us Xuzhou more unexpected feats."

Because of Deputy Director Tao's rare conscience, more than 100 Xuzhou civil and military officials obediently followed Deputy Director Tao and a large number of Xuzhou soldiers to Xiaoguan, came to the Huangshui Ferry, and lined up on both sides of the official road to greet Yang Hong, the most despised Yang Changshi in Xuzhou officialdom.

However, more than 100 Xuzhou officials came to greet Yang Changshi this time, but they were not completely unwilling, because Yang Changshi's harvest from this trip to Jingzhou was too rich, and he took advantage of the opportunity to come forward to appease Zhang Ji's exiled army, which not only found a foothold for Zhang Ji's exiled army with a deep relationship with Xuzhou, but also made Zhang Jijun a sharp knife inserted in Cao Boss's heart, and at the same time successfully induced Liu Biao to expel Cao Boss's envoy, turned against Cao Boss, and created a new strong enemy for Cao Boss. He also asked Liu Biao to take the initiative to send an envoy to request an alliance with Xuzhou, creating a safe environment for the southern front of the Xuzhou army!

The results of the mission are abundant, the effect is amazing, throughout the ancient and modern times, only Mr. Zhang Yi, who was known as a diplomatic power, can be comparable to Yang Changshi, so most of the Xuzhou civil and military officials are willing to come to Xiaoguan with Deputy Director Tao to greet Yang Changshi this time, and I also want to listen to it in person to see how our Yang Changshi managed to achieve these miracles? Behind these miracles, what kind of thrilling stories are there?

As a result, these Xuzhou civil and military officials were disappointed, because our Yang Changshi was really a dou who couldn't help up, and saw thousands of Xuzhou military and civilian people lining up on both sides of the official road to greet him, and many of them were still above him in official positions. Sometimes the nostrils are facing the sky and sometimes they are obscene, and the strange movements are one after another, and I finally remembered that I should go to Deputy Director Tao to pat the ass, and when I was running quickly, I fell a dog in public to eat, which caused the laughter of the military and civilian people in Xuzhou on both sides of the road to shake the sky, and also made many Xuzhou civil and military officials have a fever on their faces, and they didn't dare to go up to greet Yang Changshi and greet each other, for fear that people would know whether they and Yang Changshi were colleagues or friends.

Fortunately, our deputy director Tao is a good leader who can be very considerate, not only did not mind Yang Changshi's rude behavior, but also personally picked up Yang Changshi, who was embarrassed, in public, while personally dusting the dust on Yang Changshi's body with his sleeve, he said with a generous smile: "Mr. Zhongming, hard work, well done, I am very satisfied." After returning to the city, there will be a big reward! ”

"Thank you for the compliment." Yang Changshi was grateful and embarrassed, and hurriedly got used to the flattery of the surname: "But the lord has also said that Hong can live up to his mission this time, it is completely the blessing of the lord Hongfu, helping his subordinates to turn evil into good fortune, and in case of trouble, I really dare not reward the lord again." ”

Before the words fell, the realist Yang Changshi couldn't wait to ask: "Lord, I heard that the Son of Heaven issued an edict ordering the lord to send troops to attack Tiankai and Kong Rong in Qingzhou, and Ben Chu Gong also ordered the lord to send troops to Qingzhou to assist him in pacifying the entire territory of Qingzhou, is this really the case?" If this is really the case, the subordinates still want to go out with the lord to attack Qingzhou, and try the two thieves Tian Kai and Kong Rong and their henchmen for the lord to investigate and deal with them, and hope that the lord will be favorable. ”

"Yes, there is such a thing, and I have already promised to send troops." Deputy Director Tao nodded in acknowledgement, and said with a wry smile: "But Mr. Zhongming, you may be disappointed this time, Mr. must not have been to Qingzhou, I don't know the actual situation of Qingzhou, Qingzhou is a notoriously poor place, the reason why Liu Bei, the big-eared thief, abandoned the original Xuzhou, is because Qingzhou is poor and bitter, and there is no money, food, and financial resources to support the soldiers....... ”

"Ouch, ouch." Yang Changshi suddenly covered his chest and groaned, and when Deputy Director Tao asked about his death, Yang Changshi explained with a sad face: "The lord forgives the sin, Weichen may have committed the old problem of a bumpy journey and a heartache again, so he lost his temper in front of the lord." Also, I don't know how much time it takes for Weichen to recuperate, so Weichen just asked for the lord's crusade against Qingzhou, and Wechen wanted to take it back, and asked the lord to give him permission. ”

The civil and military officials of Xuzhou on both sides laughed, and Deputy Director Tao also couldn't cry or laugh, nodded helplessly, and agreed with Yang Changshi to retract his plea to let Yang Changshi stay in Xuzhou to recuperate. At this time, Jia Xu's family also came to the front of Deputy Director Tao, and under the leadership of Jia Xu, they saluted and thanked Deputy Director Tao and Yang Changshi, Deputy Director Tao and Yang Changshi were polite and modest, and then Deputy Director Tao ordered to give Jia Xu a huge mansion and 100 hectares of fertile land, so that Jia Xu's family could settle in Xuzhou with peace of mind.

also took advantage of this opportunity, in fact, Deputy Director Tao, who had always been very Yang Changshi's envoy, couldn't wait to ask in a low voice: "Mr. Zhongming, you introduced in your letter before, saying that Liu Biao intends to remove Huang Zu's Jiangxia Taishou position, is this news true or false?" ”

"It's true!" Yang Changshi nodded quickly, and said with a smile: "Weichen doesn't dare to deceive the lord, in fact, it is still Weichen's idea to let Liu Biao remove Huang Zu, Liu Biao not only adopted the suggestion put forward by Weichen, but also started to arrange the arrangements, I believe that in a few days, there will be news from Jiangxia." ”

"Mr. Zhongming, your idea? Mr. Zhong Ming, you are the envoy of Xuzhou, how can you make Liu Biao listen to your words and make such a major decision? "Deputy Director Tao was really surprised this time.

"It's a long story."

Yang Changshi cleared his throat, and was about to proudly show off his way of hooking up with Liu Qi, the eldest son of Liu Biao, when a strange foreign accent sounded next to him, and said very respectfully: "Jingzhou envoy, Nanyang Xiang Zhang Ji, on the order of Liu Jingsheng, the assassin of Jingzhou, to meet Xuzhou Mu, General Zuo, and Liyang Hou Tao envoy, please make Jun An." ”

Deputy Director Tao turned his head and saw that the person standing in front of him was a middle-aged man in his forties, who was dressed very frugally and simply, but his demeanor was elegant and abnormal, and he thought that he was the envoy sent by Liu Biao to return the courtesy, so Deputy Director Tao was not too snobbish, and returned the salute very respectfully: "Mr. has worked hard from afar, and the reception is not good, and I hope Mr. will not blame." Come, prepare a vehicle for Mr. Zhang Ji, the envoy of Jingzhou, and ask Mr. to board the bus to Pengcheng, and arrange the best pavilion to invite Mr. to stay. ”

The guards on both sides agreed, and came up to invite Zhang Ji to leave, but Zhang Ji not only did not accept the invitation to leave, but Zhang Ji also jumped out behind a girl in a veil in a fancy costume, and I don't know who Zhang Ji was, in front of Deputy Director Tao symbolized the surname of a salute, and then couldn't wait to say: "Little girl Huang Shuo, I have seen Xuzhou Tao Envoy, Envoy, can we talk about it alone?" ”

"What a beautiful sound! Belle?! ”

Hearing this crisp and tender voice, Deputy Director Tao, whose noble character is comparable to Yang Changshi's, suddenly brightened his eyes, and couldn't wait to start looking at the girl in front of him, wearing a white translucent veil on his face, he couldn't see the specific appearance clearly, about fourteen or fifteen years old, his body was still in the development stage and had not fully grown, but it could also be regarded as young and moving, and it also made Deputy Director Tao, who was not a Luo Li Kong, quite satisfied. At this moment, Zhang Ji, the envoy of Jingzhou, also stepped forward and pleaded with Deputy Director Tao: "Tao Envoy, the little envoy is presumptuous, and I also want to talk to the envoy alone for a while, and I hope that the envoy will be approved." ”

"What is the urgency of the sir?" Deputy Director Tao tried his best to quietly peek at the girl's face under the veil, and said with a haha: "Mr. is the envoy of Jingzhou, and he came to form an alliance with me in Xuzhou by the order of Jingsheng Gong, and they are each other's lips and teeth, so of course they should take the time to discuss important matters with Mr., but this is not the place, and now is not the time, Mr. should first board the bus to Pengcheng to settle down, and when the time is ripe, he should invite Mr. to meet." ”

Looking at the Xuzhou soldiers lined up on both sides of the road to greet him, as well as the bustling crowd of people behind the Xuzhou team, Zhang Ji found that he was indeed too anxious, and was very embarrassed to apologize to Deputy Director Tao, Zhang Ji took the veil girl and left, but the veil girl refused to rest assured, and pleaded with Deputy Director Tao: "Envoy, when you summon your uncle, please be sure to summon the little girl together, the little girl has many questions to ask you." ”

"Definitely, definitely." Deputy Director Tao agreed with a chic and cordial smile, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: "Just for your nice voice, I must also meet you." ”

"My lord, I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed." Yang Changshi is our deputy director Tao's confidant in a certain aspect, and when he saw Deputy Director Tao showing a friendly smile dedicated to pickling girls, he knew what bad idea Deputy Director Tao was holding back in his heart, and in order to show his loyalty, he hurriedly reminded in a low voice: "Black and ugly ugly monsters, ugly and scary, that's why I wear a veil all day long." ”

The kind smile on Deputy Director Tao's face suddenly froze, and then he reprimanded Yang Changshi in a low voice: "Mr. Zhongming, although we Confucians pay attention to appearance and demeanor, it is also not right to judge people by their appearance, so in this case, you must not mention it in front of that ugly girl, it will hurt her heart." ”

"Yes, yes, the lord has taught me a lesson, and my subordinates have remembered it." Yang Changshi nodded his head in agreement, but he was very disdainful in his heart, and said in his heart, I don't know who you are, if I hadn't quietly reminded you, with your virtue, I'm afraid that I would summon that ugly monster with a nice voice in bed tonight, right? In order to get married early, and to ask you for advice on the art of civil engineering, that ugly monster may trick you into blowing the lamp first and tricking you into bed, and then he will haunt you for the rest of his life!

At this time, the ceremony to welcome Yang Changshi's triumph was almost over, seeing that it was not early and there were still thirty miles to go, Deputy Director Tao immediately ordered to lead the team back to the city, and then rode with Yang Changshi on the road, and learned about Jingzhou from Yang Changshi's mouth. After a long introduction by Yang Changshi, Deputy Director Tao finally knew the reason why Liu Biao planned to remove Huang Zu, it turned out that because Zhang Xian, the Taishou of Changsha under Liu Biao, suddenly led the three counties of Changsha, Lingling and Guiyang to rebel against Reading Power, Liu Biao urgently needed a powerful general to lead the army to quell the rebellion.

Seeing that the opportunity was rare, Yang Changshi, who was still a little loyal and a little ghostly, took the opportunity to encourage his protégé Liu Qi Gongzi to come forward, instigated Liu Biao to send Huang Zu to lead the army to quell the rebellion, and then took the opportunity to ask the acting Jiangxia Taishou post vacated after Huang Zu left, and master this important town of Jingxiang, which was directly bordered by the Xuzhou army and had abundant money and food. And Liu Biao urgently needs to give his eldest son a chance to master the army, and needs a general to quell the rebellion, and at the same time, he also needs to avoid Huang Zu from clashing with the Xuzhou army without authorization, resulting in a worse situation in the nine counties of Jingxiang, so after some careful consideration, Liu Biao finally accepted Yang Changshi's suggestion through Liu Qi's mouth, and decided to let Huang Zu lead the army to quell the rebellion in the three counties, and also took the opportunity to let Liu Qi act as Jiangxia Taishou.

In addition, Yang Changshi also proudly told Deputy Director Tao that Zhang Ji's army, under his own appeasement, had been stationed in Nanyang Wancheng, which was only five hundred miles away from Xuchang, and had become a shield for Jingzhou to resist Boss Cao's southward movement, and also a sharp knife that could stab Boss Cao's heart at any time. At the same time, Zhang Ji also asked Yang Changshi to bring a secret book, requesting that he form an alliance with Xuzhou and join forces to crusade against the world's traitors - including Liu Biao! volunteered to become a nail planted by the Xuzhou army in the hinterland of the Central Plains, a Xuzhou soldier whose money and food were supplied by others!

After listening to these two good news that are comparable to pies falling from the sky, Deputy Director Tao of course couldn't even close his mouth with a smile, patted Yang Changshi's shoulder and praised him again and again, and promised to reward Yang Changshi with 100 catties of gold and silver and 200 hectares of fertile land on the spot, and also allowed Yang Changshi to build a dock fort outside Pengcheng City to raise family soldiers to show his favor, Yang Changshi thanked happily, and then Deputy Director Tao asked curiously: "Mr. Zhongming, since you volunteered to help Liu Qi control the army, then why didn't you instigate Liu Qi to ask for an order to lead the army to quell the rebellion, so that Liu Qi must have more Jingzhou troops to master? ”

"Your Majesty did think so." Yang Hong nodded honestly, and explained: "However, considering that Liu Qi's qualifications are too shallow, I am afraid that it will be difficult for Liu Biao Lao'er to make such a request, and considering that there are many sailors in Jiangxia, and our army urgently needs to establish a Xuzhou Navy, he can help us in Jiangxia a lot, so the lower officials changed their minds and instigated Liu Qi to seek to seize the position of Jiangxia Taishou." ”

Deputy Director Tao was already speechless with emotion, and after a long time, Deputy Director Tao finally came up with a reward, patted Yang Changshi on the shoulder and said: "Mr. Zhongming, he said that if I have the opportunity to replace Cao Thief's position as prime minister, Mr. will be the third prince!" ”

"Thank you, Lord." Yang Changshi agreed with joy on his face, and whispered in his heart, "Stingy!" I thought I would reward me with a little more gold and silver, and it took me a long time to give this Lord such an empty promise, I knew that this was the case, I shouldn't have reminded you just now, let you, a little thief, be tricked into bed by that ugly monster, and you can't get rid of it if you want to! ”

……………… Mr. Zhang Ji and Miss Huang Shuo's wish to have a long talk with Deputy Director Tao all night was not immediately fulfilled, because after Deputy Director Tao returned to Pengcheng, five days had passed, and they did not order Zhang Ji and Huang Shuo to be summoned once, but this was not that Deputy Director Tao deliberately made things difficult for Yang Changshi to avenge the sin of neglect in Jingzhou's Thorn Mansion, but that Deputy Director Tao was too busy, and the winter wheat harvest and harvesting work that was crucial to Xuzhou's luck in the coming year had reached the final critical stage, and the war against Qingzhou also needed to prepare countless affairs. If you also have to care about the war that has started in Qingzhou, you also need to pay close attention, and the mountains of political and military affairs also need to be taken care of, even if Deputy Director Tao is not as close to everything as Zhuge Old Demon, at least he has to care about everything, and he is so busy all day that his feet don't touch the ground, and even such an important matter as creating people and paying public grain has been delayed a lot, so naturally he has no time to take time to meet Zhang Ji and Huang Shuo, who are not very important.

Because I don't know the reason why Deputy Director Tao was reluctant to summon him, on the sixth day, Mr. Zhang Ji, who couldn't bear it, had to come to Xuzhou Assassin's Mansion to ask for a meeting, and Huang Shuo also came to Tao Ying's Mansion together, but after entering the mansion, although he was led into the VIP room to wait, he waited for more than two hours and no one came to lead the audience, just when the anger of Mr. Zhang Ji and Huang Shuo's girl gradually rose, Deputy Director Tao's Assassin Mansion Master Bo Chen Yingcai was exhausted and entered the guest room, first very politely to Zhang Ji for the crime of neglect, Then he said to Zhang Ji with a tired face: "Don't blame sir, my lord was just about to meet you, but there was a sudden emergency military situation in Qingzhou, and the military situation was like fire, my lord of my family could only quickly convene Mr. Wenhe and them to discuss the military situation, and he still couldn't meet Mr. for the time being, so my lord sent me to meet Mr. in the next place, may I ask Mr. Would you like to wait a little longer, or go back to the pavilion to rest first, and then summon Mr. when my lord has time to spare?" ”

The clay man also has a bit of a local surname, no matter how good Zhang Ji's temper is, after waiting for so long but waiting for such an answer, he will inevitably have some anger in his chest, and he can't help asking: "Lord Bo, is your Lord Tao Envoy really so busy?" Can't even spare time to meet the next one? It's true that he is not talented in Xia, but he is also a Jingzhou envoy in Xia, and he came to pay tribute on behalf of Jingzhou Jingsheng Gong, and the envoy treats the envoy of thanks, is it so lazy? ”

"Sir, please forgive me, I can't hide it, my father-in-law already has a lot of respect for Mr." Chen Ying's face became solemn, and he said very seriously: "Sir, do you know, my father-in-law has not closed his eyes and rested for a day and a night, and Mr. asked to see, and persuaded the lord to send his brother Chen Yuanlong to negotiate with Mr., so that the lord could rest for a while, but my lord-in-law said that this was too rude, and he did not have enough respect for Mr. Liu Fujun and Mr. in Jingzhou, so he decided to meet him in person." If you still want to blame my father-in-law, is it too unkind? ”

Hearing Chen Ying's words, the anger in Zhang Ji's chest was suddenly swept away, and he quickly apologized to Chen Ying, fortunately, Chen Ying was also a good-natured good boy, but he didn't care too much about Zhang Ji, but just asked Zhang Ji if he was willing to wait any longer? Zhang Ji hesitated for a moment and decided to continue waiting, Chen Ying nodded, and ordered someone to bring wine and food to entertain him, and then hurried to the meeting hall, leaving Zhang Ji and Huang Shuo in the room to continue to wait patiently.

The hard work paid off, and after waiting for nearly an hour, Chen Ying finally came to the room again, and invited Zhang Ji and Huang Shuo to the lobby to meet Deputy Director Tao, Zhang Ji and Huang Shuo were overjoyed, and hurriedly followed Chen Ying into the lobby where Deputy Director Tao was, but what made Mr. Zhang Ji and Huang Shuo desperate was that Deputy Director Tao was already lying on the bookcase at this moment, and he couldn't even wake up when Chen Ying stepped forward to call in a low voice, so there was no way, poor Mr. Zhang Ji could only be very gracious and let Deputy Director Tao rest for a while, also let his surviving niece continue to wait for a while.

Deputy Director Tao may indeed be tired, lying on the bookcase and refusing to wake up again, and then Chen Ying, who was also exhausted, also fell asleep on the bookcase, leaving Mr. Zhang Ji and Miss Huang Shuo to continue to wait under the supervision of Deputy Director Tao's guards, and they were so neglected that they couldn't even find an excuse to lose their temper.

Fortunately, when I saw that my head was westward, our Yang Hong and Yang Changshi entered the conference hall with a bunch of official documents, and saw Deputy Director Tao and Chen Ying crawling on the bookcase and falling asleep, and saw Mr. Zhang Ji and Miss Huang Shuo sitting in the hall waiting, Yang Changshi was inevitably curious, and hurriedly asked Mr. Zhang Ji: "Mr. Zhongjing, Miss Wanzhen, what's wrong?" ”

Mr. Zhang Ji smiled bitterly, and was also busy introducing the matter in a low voice, and then wanted to say to Yang Changshi to let Deputy Director Tao rest for a while, Yang Changshi, who was in a high position in Xuzhou, had already walked to Deputy Director Tao's case, and while stretching out his hand to shake Deputy Director Tao, he said: "Lord, Lord, wake up, Mr. Zhang Ji Zhang Zhongjing from Jingzhou asks to see, Lord, please wake up." ”

"Mr. Zhongming, it's okay, let Tao Yuanjun rest for a while."

It was too late for Mr. Zhang Ji to speak modestly, and our Deputy Director Tao had been woken up by Yang Changshi, raised his head with half-open sleepy eyes, and asked vaguely, "Who is here?" ”

"Mr. Zhang Ji Zhang Zhongjing of Jingzhou, please see the lord." Yang Changshi introduced.

"Envoy, it's okay, please continue to rest." Mr. Zhang Ji naturally saw at a glance that Deputy Director Tao's tiredness was not pretending, and hurriedly spoke modestly.

"Then I'll sleep again." Deputy Director Tao, who was extremely tired, plunged into the bookcase again, but as soon as his head touched the bookcase, Deputy Director Tao suddenly jumped up again as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and yelled at Yang Changshi: "Zhongming, what did you just say?" Zhang Zhongjing is here? There he is? ”

"Right here." Yang Changshi pointed at Mr. Zhang Ji in confusion, and Mr. Zhang Ji, who had been waiting for a sore back, also quickly got up and saluted, and took the opportunity to move his hands and feet that were almost sitting with aging.

"Isn't he Mr. Zhang Ji, the envoy from Jingzhou? How could it be Zhang Zhongjing? ”

Deputy Director Tao's stunned question was so strange that Yang Changshi and Zhang Ji almost vomited blood, and then Yang Changshi could only helplessly introduce to Deputy Director Tao: "Lord, Mr. Zhang Ji is called Zhongjing, so he can also be called Mr. Zhang Zhongjing." Oh, by the way, Mr. Zhang Zhongjing is a miracle doctor in Nanyang, and this time he came to Xuzhou, in addition to the friendship between Jing and Xu, there are many medical skills that he wants to ask the lord for advice. ”

The expression on Deputy Director Tao's face suddenly became extremely exciting, and it was ever-changing in an instant, and then our Deputy Director Tao did not hesitate, he immediately jumped off the cushion barefoot, and rushed to Zhang Zhongjing in three steps and two steps, and knelt down on one knee without saying a word, and said loudly and impassionedly: "Tao Ying, a late-born junior, Tao Mingwu, meet Mr. Zhongjing, Mr. Zhongjing's name for a long time, like thunder!" Today, I can see that the younger generation is fortunate in three lives! ”

(To be continued)