"Bang!" Liu Bei slapped his palm on the table in front of him, and even slapped on the copy of Tao Qian's list sent by the Mizhu brothers, the power was so great that the inkstone on the case jumped up, but Liu Bei still refused to relieve his anger, even when he saw that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had hurriedly entered the door, he still overturned the case and roared loudly, "Vulgar rats, dare to do this!" ”

Uncle Liu Huang is really angry, since he can remember, our Uncle Liu Huang has never suffered such a big loss in terms of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and the prestige of benevolence and love for the people has never been so hurt, as soon as I think of the hard work of benevolence and righteousness in Xuzhou for more than half a year, it was wiped out by Tao Qian's notice, and it was in vain, our Uncle Liu Huang has an urge to strangle Tao Qian's father and son to death! How much damage should this father and son have, they can come up with such a lack of moral idea, and with understatement, they pushed Uncle Liu Huang to the opposite side of millions of people in Xuzhou, turned Uncle Liu Huang into an insatiable and despicable villain, and made Uncle Liu Huang not even find a chance to cry out for grievances!

It was definitely the first time to see Uncle Liu Huang so furious, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the two fierce men, were also taken aback, Guan Yu hurriedly asked, "Brother, what happened?" Why is my brother so angry? ”

"Big brother, who offended you? I, Zhang Fei, went to slaughter his whole family! Zhang Fei also couldn't wait to ask.

"Tao Qian's old ......." Uncle Liu Huang almost scolded the name of the enemy, but before the words were finished, our Uncle Liu Huang had already calmed down, knowing that he was not taking advantage of this matter, and the bigger the trouble, the greater the damage to his own benevolent and righteous signboard, so Uncle Liu Huang changed his words in time: "Tao Fujun misunderstood the kindness of his brother, so that his brother was guilty of the people of Xuzhou, and he was angry for his brother, so he lost his temper." ”

"How did Tao Fujun misunderstand his brother's kindness?"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei naturally had to inquire about the reason, Uncle Liu Huang had no choice but to pick up the copy of Tao Qian's proclamation, and handed it to the two rectal brothers to watch, and talked about the nonsense that he asked Tao Qian for a huge amount of money and food for the five counties of Xuzhou, and finally Uncle Liu Huang said pretendly: "Brother Wei is just worried that Cao Lu is powerful, and Xiao Pei has few soldiers and is difficult to fight, so he sent Jian Xianhe and Tao Fujun to see if Tao Fujun can take out 200,000 Hu military food to help us expand the army, I don't want Tao Fujun to misunderstand as a brother, I feel that this money and food is necessary for a brother, That's why I posted this list, so that I was convicted of the people of Xuzhou. ”

"No wonder." After listening to Uncle Liu's nonsense, Zhang Fei immediately shouted in a loud voice: "No wonder the caravan we sent to Donghai County to buy iron will be driven back by the people of Lanling, it turns out that this is the reason." ”

"The caravan we went to buy iron was driven back by the people of Lanling County in the East China Sea?" Uncle Liu Huang asked in surprise.

Zhang Fei nodded and replied: "I just received the news, the caravan we sent to buy wrought iron, yesterday just arrived in Lanling, it was blocked by the local people, and even the city could not enter. ”

"Yesterday?" Uncle Liu Huang broke out in a cold sweat, Tao Qian's notice was posted to the Xuzhou city gate in the early morning of the day before yesterday, the people of Xuzhou, Lanling, two hundred miles away, received the news yesterday, it is obvious that Tao Qian's father and son must have been suffocated, and sent a fast horse to deliver the notice to the five counties of Xuzhou, and slandered their own reputation for loving the people as quickly as possible.

"There are also our scout sentries, who were also blocked by the people of Xuzhou south of Liuxian County." Guan Yu added: "The people of Xuzhou did not allow our scouts to continue to go south, and shouted the slogan of "brother, you get out of Xuzhou, my sergeants" did not dare to hurt the people at will, so they had to hurriedly return to Xiaopei to report to us. ”

Uncle Liu Huang's face became even more gloomy, and he also hated the ungrateful Tao Qian father and son to the bone marrow in his heart, didn't he just want to be a Xuzhou assassin, and he could use such a shameless trick against himself? It's simply ungrateful, and it's not as good as a beast!

"Brother, since it's just a misunderstanding, just explain it clearly." Guan Yu suggested: "Tao Fujun is a benevolent person, reasonable, brother only needs to send Jian Yong south again, explain the truth to Tao Fujun, explain that the brother is only negotiating this money and grain, and has no intention of extorting it, please Tao Fujun take back the notice and tell the people the truth." ”

"Yes, the second brother is right." Zhang Fei echoed and said quickly: "Tao Fujun and Tao Gongzi are both kind-hearted and good people, I can see this Lao Zhang, or the eldest brother, you let the third brother and I go to Xuzhou, take care of the eldest brother, you explain to Tao Fujun, by the way, drink a few jars of good wine from Tao Gongzi, and ask how this Tao Gongzi used 800 cavalry to break 10,000 people, this Tao Gongzi, is really amazing!" ”

Uncle Liu Huang refused to speak with a straight face, everyone knows the real purpose of Uncle Liu Huang's extortion of huge amounts of money and grain, which is to find ways to create opportunities to annex Xuzhou, but now Uncle Liu's plan to throw bricks and attract jade has been broken by Deputy Director Tao's plan to borrow flowers and offer Buddha, and all the future of Uncle Liu Huang will not be used. Now if he turns his face and starts a war with Tao Qian, although there is still a chance to bring Cao Ying and Lu Bula into the battlefield to clean up Tao Qian's father and son, but the reputation of Liu Huangshu, who is unknown, will be completely ruined. If you give up this plan and bow to Tao Qian's father and son, then once the Xuzhou army has passed the run-in period with Zang Bajun, Deputy Director Tao, whose prestige has greatly increased, will also take the opportunity to sit firmly in the position of the heir of Xuzhou's assassin history, and Uncle Liu Huang will not think about the idea of fighting the five counties of Xuzhou in his life. So for a while, Uncle Liu, who was also resourceful, didn't know how to decide.

"No, anything can fall into the wind, and the reputation of benevolence and righteousness must not fall behind, otherwise I won't even have a chance to make a comeback." After hesitating again and again, Uncle Liu Huang finally made up his mind helplessly, nodded and replied: "What the two virtuous brothers said is extremely true, Tao Fujun is benevolent, pure, and reasonable, our brother is fighting for righteousness, and he can't let him misunderstand, so he will send someone to Xuzhou again to explain the misunderstanding to Tao Fujun." ”

"Big brother, let me go." Zhang Fei couldn't wait to take the initiative to ask.

Uncle Liu Huang rolled his eyes secretly, and said in his heart, the third brother, thank you, let you go to Xuzhou as a messenger, I am afraid that Tao Qian Lao'er and Tao Ying'er will sell you, and you have to help their father and son count the money! After muttering quietly, Uncle Liu Huang shook his head and said: "Third brother, don't worry, this matter still needs to be discussed carefully, and when Brother Wei makes up his mind, he will decide who to send to Xuzhou to meet Tao Fujun." Zhang Fei had no choice but to honestly agree.

To Uncle Liu's surprise, he had not yet made up his mind how to explain and send who to send south, that afternoon, Xuzhou had already sent an envoy first, and the envoy was none other than Uncle Liu's most determined and selfless follower in history and reality - Xuzhou Don't Drive Mizhu! Hearing that the envoy turned out to be Mi Zhu, Uncle Liu Huang, who was eager to find out the recent situation of Xuzhou City, was of course surprised and delighted, and hurriedly led Guan Yu and Zhang Fei out of the city to greet him, and respectfully invited Mi Zhu into Xiaopei City, and set up the best banquet for hospitality.

At the banquet, in front of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, of course Uncle Liu Huang and Mi Zhu couldn't say a lot of words, and Uncle Liu Huang could only inquire about the meaning of Mi Zhu's trip, and Mi Zhu replied truthfully: "It's my lord Tao who ordered the monarch to come down to Xiaopei, for several months, my lord's condition has been getting worse, and now it's about to enter the winter, my lord is worried that he can't survive this winter, so he asked Xuande Gong to go to Xuzhou and ask the future in person." Then there is to negotiate the military situation in the north, and discuss how the two families should cooperate to defend against the enemy if Cao Bing returns or Lu Bu returns to the south. ”

Tao Qian's reason for inviting Uncle Liu Huang to Xuzhou was absolutely legitimate, Uncle Liu Huang nodded, but he was not in a hurry to agree, just thinking and analyzing whether there was fraud in it, but Zhang Fei next to him shouted loudly, encouraging Uncle Liu Huang to agree immediately, and said that he would accompany Uncle Liu Huang back to Xuzhou together, Guan Yu also agreed: "Brother, we were going to send a messenger to Tao Fujun to explain, since Tao Fujun sent Mi Bei to invite him, then we just went to Xuzhou together to explain to Tao Fujun in person, and asked Tao Fujun to resolve the misunderstanding of the people of Xuzhou about our brother." ”

Uncle Liu Huang really had nothing to say about these two brothers who were brave and brave and asshole at the same time, so Uncle Liu Huang had no choice but to say that he needed to think about it a little and make a decision the next morning, and reluctantly ended the conversation. Then after the banquet, Uncle Liu Huang arranged for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to patrol the city and the camp, and invited Mi Zhu to his back room, so that he had a real conversation with Mi Zhu.

"Tao Fujun invited me to Xuzhou, just to explain the aftermath and discuss the military situation?" Without Guan Yu and Zhang Fei by his side, Uncle Liu Huang also tore off a lot of masks, and asked Mi Zhu straight to the point: "According to other drivers, is there any fraud in it?" ”

"That's the excuse given by Tao Gong, and there are no other words." Mi Zhu shook his head and said, "As for whether there is fraud in it, Shu Zhu is thin and can't see it." ”

Uncle Liu Huang stopped talking, closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, and then asked: "Then according to the opinion of other drivers, should you go?" ”

"According to the opinion below, it is best for Xuande Gong to use the excuse to send an envoy south." Mi Zhu is indeed one of Uncle Liu's most loyal followers, and kindly reminded: "Although with Tao Qian's surname, it is unlikely to put on a Hongmen banquet to entertain Xuande Gong, but Tao Ying Xiaoer is an unscrupulous person, Guangling War, he is a discord and a deception, and Sun Ce is angry to death, which shows that this son is abnormal in deception, and his heart is like a snake and scorpion. ”

Liu Bei's eyes flashed a few gleams, but he did not say whether he accepted Mi Zhu's suggestion, but asked again: "Tao Fujun's illness, how is it?" ”

Mi Zhu hesitated for a moment, and this time replied in a low voice: "Everything is in my brother's hands, as long as Xuande Gong is willing, Tao Fujun can swallow his breath at any time." ”

Uncle Liu Huang stopped talking again, and after a long time, Uncle Liu Huang said lightly: "Mi don't drive, it seems that we all underestimated Tao Ying Gongzi before, this son seems to be loyal and straightforward, but in fact he is very smart, ambitious, and has a good belly, he is sure that it is not a thing in the pool - but Bei is also very worried, Tao Ergongzi's ingenuity, will it be used in the wrong place?" Will you do something wrong that should not be done in order to inherit Xuzhou in a hurry? ”

Mi Zhu felt a pang in his heart, and he already understood Uncle Liu's extraneous voice - poisoning Tao Qian with his hands, and then blaming Tao Ying for the crime, causing internal chaos in Xuzhou, and creating an opportunity for Uncle Liu Huang to enter Xuzhou. But it is clear that Mi Zhu has always been barely a second-rate strategist at most in the Three Kingdoms, and Uncle Liu Huang, the nemesis of the boss who can catch up with the great benevolence and righteousness, and Deputy Director Tao of Ning Teaching the People of the World to bear me and Stop Teaching Me to bear the people of the world, so after thinking for a long time, Mi Zhu replied helplessly: "I'm afraid it's difficult, Tao Gongzi's benevolence, filial piety and loyalty are famous all over the world, and the world is afraid that it is difficult for the world to believe that Gongzi will make a move to kill his father." ”

"Stupid as a dog! What's so difficult about this, can't you just ask Lang Zhong you to buy to bite back? Whether others believe it or not, as long as the water is muddyed, I can also justifiably avenge Tao Qian'er! Uncle Liu Huang scolded in his heart, and he was very disappointed in his accomplices and lackeys. -- By the way, when Uncle Liu Huang was proclaimed emperor, the news that Emperor Han Xian had been killed first circulated in Sichuan, and then the sky could not be without words, and the country could not be without a king, so our Uncle Liu Huang reluctantly ascended the throne as emperor.

In desperation, he pondered for a while, in order to fight for the last opportunity, Uncle Liu Huang finally made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said: "Since Tao Fujun is sincerely invited, I must not go, tomorrow morning, I will lead the second brother of Guan Zhang to return to Xuzhou with another car and meet Tao Fujun." ”

"Xuande Gong, aren't you afraid that this is Tao Yinggongzi's Hongmen banquet?" Mi Zhu reminded: "Tao Fujun is seriously ill and difficult to be a director, Xuzhou's military, political and civil affairs have actually been controlled by Tao Yinggongzi, if Tao Yinggongzi has bad intentions, what can he do?" ”

"Be afraid of him." Uncle Liu Huang said calmly: "Preparing for Tun Xiaopei is to ensure the peace of the five counties of Xuzhou, and to join hands with Tao Fujun to resist strong enemies. If Tao Yinggongzi really has the intention to cause harm, Bei will also argue with him, and ask him how to face the world after killing me? ”

Repeatedly persuaded Liu Bei but did not listen, Mi Zhu, who had already boarded the thief ship, was even more helpless, so he had to tell Liu Bei to be careful, and suggested that Liu Bei bring more sergeants in case of accidents, Liu Bei of course would not joke with his precious life casually, and decided to let the two hardcore bodyguards Guan Yu and Zhang Fei lead five hundred elite soldiers to the south to meet Tao Qian and his son in Xuzhou. And Mi Zhu considered that his private soldiers in Xuzhou City, and estimated that with the elite soldiers commanded by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, it should be enough to protect Liu Bei's safety - at least he could protect Liu Bei from the encirclement and escape back to Xiaopei, so he no longer objected, and prepared to go back to Xuzhou with Liu Bei to meet Tao Qian and his son.

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At about the same time in Xuzhou City, our Deputy Director Tao had also summoned Lu Su, Cao Hong, Chen Deng, Cao Bao and Zang Ba and other important ministers of Xuzhou to personally arrange preparations to welcome Uncle Liu Huang back to Xuzhou. After explaining, Tao Ying told Cao Bao and Chen Deng uneasily: "Uncle Cao, Brother Yuanlong, at that time, the two of you will be responsible for the internal security of Xuzhou City, please keep an eye on the large and small businesses of Mifu and Mizhu brothers in the city." Remember, if the Mi family doesn't take action, you can't take the initiative to try to eliminate the crisis invisibly. ”

Chen Deng and Cao Bao sang the promise together, and then Cao Bao asked suspiciously: "Childe, since you have obtained the ironclad evidence that Mi Fang'er was put to death, why don't you just take down and execute this pair of rebel brothers?" Do you have to waste so much time at night and spend so much effort to clean up their brothers? ”

Tao Ying was silent, a little inconvenient to explain, but Chen Deng was more angry, and he was not afraid of taboos to explain for Tao Ying: "General Cao Bao, Gongzi is throwing a mouse bogey, I am worried that the impact will be too great, so I have to act carefully." The Mizhu brothers are a wealthy family in Xuzhou, with thousands of family properties, nearly 10,000 child servants and diners, countless land shops, and deep roots in the five counties of Xuzhou, every move and breath are involved in Xuzhou root - in the words of the son, it is the Mizhu brothers who stomp their feet, Xuzhou also has to tremble, to such a wealthy family, if you can't do the whirlwind sweeping the leaves, and uproot it in an instant, then the future trouble will be endless! ”

"If we want to do this, the strength of our Xuzhou army is still insufficient, because the Mizhu family is too huge, so huge that even if all the Xuzhou troops are used, it will be difficult to completely eradicate them in an instant." Chen Deng smiled and said: "And to arrange such a huge operation, it is difficult to escape the eyes of the Mizhu brothers, and it may force them to jump over the wall in a hurry and take risks." So Gongzi had to retreat and arrange such a plan of action, even so, just to prevent the Mi Zhu brothers in Xuzhou City from jumping off the wall in a hurry, Gongzi also had to resort to the strategy of transferring the tiger away from the mountain, and asked the lord to send Mi Zhu to Xiaopei, leaving only the more reckless Mi Fang to control the Mi clan forces in Xuzhou City, so as to facilitate our operation. ”

"Hey." Cao Bao is not stupid, listening to Chen Deng's explanation, he immediately understood the reason why Tao Ying was inconvenient to answer - there is also a representative of the wealthy family in Xuzhou, this family's financial resources may not be as good as the Mizhu brothers, but the strength in other aspects is definitely not under the Mizhu brothers, discussing in front of him how to completely eradicate a wealthy giant, not pointing at the monk and scolding the bald donkey?

"Even if I am sure that the Mi Zhu brothers will be completely eradicated, I will not do it easily." Tao Ying finally spoke, and said calmly: "The influence is too great, the Mizhu brothers control the three major places of money and grain in the East China Sea, Pengcheng and Xiapi, and more than ten percent of the fields, tens of thousands of tenant slaves, child servants and diners, even if they can be completely eradicated, it will shake Xuzhou fundamentally, which is not conducive to the stability of the situation in Xuzhou." So I must not act impulsively, I can only give Brother Mi Zhu another chance, even if Brother Mi Zhu refuses to seize this opportunity, it can also make them unable to collude with Liu Bei to make waves, so that we can break through each of them in the next step. ”

"The son is smart, the gentleman is benevolent, we are ashamed." Lu Su, Cao Bao, Cao Hong and others slapped their farts together, and praised our Deputy Director Tao for his kindness and kindness, and at this point, he wanted to give Brother Mizhu another chance to repent and reform.

"General Cao Bao, General Zang Ba, here are two lists." At this time, Chen Deng took out two lists written on silk cloth from his sleeve, handed them to Cao Bao and Zang Ba respectively, and said with a smile: "When you arrange specific actions, please don't let these subordinates participate, otherwise the news will definitely leak." ”

Zang Ba and Cao Bao were both taken aback, quickly took over the list, and asked together in surprise: "Brother Yuanlong, where did you get these two lists?" ”

"The guest who is in charge of the documents for Mi Fang is the cousin of the third brother Chen Feng's uncle, but Mi Zifang doesn't know." Chen Deng replied lightly.

"Sure enough, it's a snake on the ground." Cao Bao and Zang Ba sighed together in their hearts, and then Cao Bao and Zang Ba quickly looked through the list again, and after knowing the bottom of their hearts, Cao Bao hurriedly handed the list to Tao Ying, "Childe, please take a look." ”

"I don't look at it, I get angry when I see it." Tao Ying shook his head, and said lightly: "Uncle Cao, Brother Xuan, after the matter is over, you can gather the generals on the list, burn the list in front of them, and then tell them that this has never happened, and you will just use your life in the future." ”

"Childe is magnanimous, and we are convinced."

Everyone was a big fart again, but this time Tao Ying didn't fake his modesty anymore, but got up and walked to the door, opened the door, felt the biting cold wind, looked at the gloomy night sky and sighed: "Ice particles in the wind, it's about to snow, the snow shines in the harvest year, and Xuzhou should usher in a new atmosphere and new scene." ”

"Childe, there is one last question for the general." Zang Ba suddenly asked, "What if Liu Bei doesn't dare to come to Xuzhou?" Then all our arrangements will be wasted, and there will be no way to use Childe's clever plan. ”

"He will definitely come, if he doesn't come, he won't be Liu Bei." Tao Ying showed a little smile at the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile: "Liu Bei knows very well that I am the same kind of person as him, and he regards reputation as more important than life, and he will never dare to cut off his head at a Hongmen banquet, and he will take revenge and provoke the world's scolding." So Liu Bei will definitely come, if he comes, he still has a glimmer of hope for annexing Xuzhou, if he doesn't come, he has no hope. ”