"Nephew, what's going on?" Seeing Tao Ying's crying and crying order, Cao Hong brought up an ordinary middle-aged man who he never knew, even if our Uncle Liu Huang was well-informed and scheming, he couldn't figure out what medicine Tao Ying sold in his gourd for a while, so he could only take the initiative to ask Tao Ying: "Virtuous nephew, who is this person?" Why did the virtuous nephew detain him and bring him here? ”

Tao Ying did not rush to answer Uncle Liu's question, but walked in front of the onlookers of the Xuzhou military and civilians, first hugged a Quartet, and then said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, generals, fathers and fellow villagers, under Tao Ying, in front of you today, Tao Ying, as the son of man, wants to ask his respected uncle Xuande Gong to preside over a justice and punish a few thieves, please all be a witness, see whether the crimes accused under the charge are justified, and whether the justice presided over by Xuande Gong is reasonable or not, a few thieves, Should it be treated or not? ”

Whetted everyone's appetite, and pushed Uncle Liu Huang to the edge of the crater, Deputy Director Tao began to kick Uncle Liu Huang in the ass - Tao Ying turned to Uncle Liu Huang and the three brothers, and arched his hand again, then pointed to the trembling middle-aged man and said: "Uncle, General Yun Chang, General Yide, please let the little nephew introduce to you, this person's name is Zhang Hang, he is the most trusted Lang Zhong of my father, in the past five years, my father has been using the prescription he prescribed, eating the decoction he decocted with his own hands, and he is usually sorry for him, and there is never a arrears of money, grain, and rice. Rewarded from time to time, and there are additional rewards during the New Year's holidays, almost treating him as his own family. ”

"Langzhong? Tao Qian's most trusted Langzhong?! "Rao is Uncle Liu Huang no matter how deep the city is, it is inevitable that his face will change at this moment, and when he peeked at the Mi Zhu brothers in the crowd, he saw that the Mi Zhu brothers were already colorless, trembling and trembling, Uncle Liu Huang suddenly felt a pang in his heart, and he had already vaguely guessed Deputy Director Tao's evil intentions.

"Tao Gongzi, just say it quickly, don't hang our appetite." Guan Yu and Zhang Fei urged together.

"No, that little nephew is a long story short." Tao Ying nodded, pointed to Zhang Hang and said: "Here's the thing, in the past two months, my father's condition has been repeated, sometimes good and sometimes bad, and it has suddenly worsened inexplicably. In view of this situation, General Cao Hong, the former lieutenant of my father's account, has an extra eye and strengthened the monitoring of my father's decoction and diet, although this Zhang Langzhong is my father's most trusted Langzhong, it is no exception, every time he prescribes prescriptions and decoctions for my father, he must first be checked and searched to prevent him from bringing other medicines into my father's decoction, even if it is his portable medicine box, when decocting the medicine, it must be handed over to the guards in the little nephew's mansion for safekeeping, and he will not be given any chance to carry it. ”

"In this regard, although I felt that General Cao Hong was making a fuss and was too suspicious, and that he was a gentleman, I realized later that I was wrong and that General Cao Hong was right." Deputy Director Tao shook his head and repented, and quietly pushed the charge of sneaking on and spying on General Cao Hong, while General Cao Hong next to him looked embarrassed and silently carried the black pot.

"I found out I was wrong five days ago." Tao Ying said loudly again: "Five days ago, my father's condition worsened again, and I was worried about my father's condition, so I went to this Zhang Langzhong's decoction room to check, I wanted to inquire about my father's condition, and what kind of medicine did he use?" As a result, to Zaixia's surprise, Zai saw a few things ...... in the room where Zhang Langzhong decocted medicine. ”

Tao Ying said this, and there was already a Taofu guard next to him holding a square plate, which contained the four treasures of the study used in Zhang Hangfang that day, an old stone inkstone, a new bamboo pen, a used ink ingot, and a few blank pieces of Caihou paper. Then Tao Ying pointed to this square plate and said loudly: "In the room where Zhang Langzhong decocted medicine, what I saw was these things, on the surface, they were just ordinary pen, ink, paper, and inkstones, and every thing that Langzhong often used, it is not strange to appear next to Zhang Langlangzhong." So I didn't pay attention to it at first, but General Cao Hong's words reminded me again. ”

After a deliberate pause to continue to satisfy everyone's appetite, Tao Ying said loudly: "At that time, General Cao Hong told his subordinates that he had decided to search Zhang Langzhong four or five days before this happened, and asked the guards to keep the medicine box for Zhang Langzhong!" In this way, something immediately attracted the attention of the subordinates. ”

Speaking of this, Tao Ying picked up the brand-new bamboo brush, first showed it to everyone, and then pointed to the other four treasures of the study on the plate and said: "Please take a closer look, in the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone used by Zhang Langzhong, the others are used old things, only this brush is new, and it is nothing to replace a brush, because the brush may be broken, it may be right, so this Zhang Langzhong has changed one, it is not strange." But....... ”

"But when I think of what General Cao Hong said, I immediately came to two conclusions." Tao Ying raised two fingers and said loudly: "First, everything is just a coincidence, Zhang Langzhong's brush happened to be worn out or lost, so he was forced to replace it with a new brush. Second, because General Cao Hong's search was too strict and he couldn't be entrained, this Zhang Langzhong just tried to find a way to hide some things that shouldn't be brought in the hollow bamboo tube of this bamboo brush, so he replaced it with a new brush! It was precisely because of these two conclusions that I quickly picked up this brush to check, and the result surprised me was ....... ”

Speaking of this, Deputy Director Tao viciously sold a pass, handed the new bamboo pen to Zhang Fei, who had the loudest voice, and then said: "General Yide, please take a look, what is hidden in the middle of this brush?" The top of the pen can be twisted open. ”

"Okay, I'll take a look." Zhang Fei, who was jealous and hateful, liked to do this kind of thing the most, but as soon as he took the brush, Zhang Fei immediately shouted, "It's so heavy!" There's definitely something in the barrel! ”

Guan Yu next to him also came up curiously, and the two brothers, known as the righteous Bo Yuntian, twisted the top of the pen barrel again, and poured out a few silver water droplets, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei yelled together, "Mercury!" Mercury in the barrel! ”

"Mercury?!" How loud General Zhang Yide's voice is, everyone knows, he roared so much, at least half of the onlookers in Xuzhou heard his voice, and suddenly there was a big uproar, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang brothers in the crowd were even more pale, Mi Zhu also glared at Mi Fang viciously, and said in his heart about this brush, why didn't you tell me?

"Big brother, look, it's mercury!" Zhang Fei, who didn't know the inside story, also handed the pen tube to Uncle Liu Huang, and yelled and asked Uncle Liu Huang to check it, Uncle Liu Huang, who knew the plan, nodded reluctantly, and was nervous in his heart, and secretly prayed, "God bless, I hope that Mi Zhu and Mi Fang brothers are meticulous in their work, and they don't let this Lang Zhong know too much inside information, otherwise, what the consequences will be, even I dare not imagine." ”

"Yes, it's mercury!" Tao Ying said loudly: "Some people may not know that mercury is also a very powerful poison, as long as you eat about seven coins of mercury (about ten grams, about two hundred and fifty grams per catty in the Han Dynasty), you can make a strong man fall seriously ill!" The father in the next place aggravated his condition because he ate the mercury mixed with the medicinal juice! ”

"Dog thief!" Tao Ying's honest eldest brother Tao Shang was in a hurry, rushed to Zhang Hang, grabbed Zhang Hang's collar, lifted Zhang Hang directly, and yelled with red eyes and asked: "Dog thief, my father's condition is getting worse, is it because you gave him mercury?" ”

"The eldest prince spares his life." Zhang Hang honestly admitted, crying and begging with a sad face: "The eldest prince, please Mingjian, the villain is also forced to be helpless, someone forced the villain to poison the lord's medicine!" ”

"Who forced you?!" Zhang Fei, who was jealous and hateful, strode forward, snatched Zhang Hang from the potter's hand, raised his fist the size of a vinegar jar and shouted: "Say! Otherwise, I'll break three bones with one punch! ”

"Mi Fang, Mi Daren!" Zhang Hang honestly answered the real culprit behind this incident, pointed to Mi Fang in the crowd and shouted: "It's him, it was Mi Fang Mi who forced the villain to do this, if the villain doesn't listen to him, he will kill the villain's son, the villain only got a son at the age of thirty-eight, and the villain was forced to be helpless!" ”

"You ......, you talk nonsense!" Mi Fang shouted with a pale face, but among the Xuzhou soldiers and civilians next to him, countless angry yells and scolding voices had already sounded.

Without waiting for Qin Yi, who was holding Mi Fang, to make a move, our General Zhang San had already thrown that Zhang Hang on the ground, strode over and grabbed Mi Fang's collar, and lifted Mi Fang into the circle like an eagle catching a chicken, and roared angrily: "Mi Fang Xiaoer, I Lao Zhang really misjudged you, I didn't expect you to be able to do such a thing, Tao Fujun is such a kind person, you can actually poison him, I Lao Zhang didn't tear you up today, I'm sorry for the ten jars of good wine that Tao Gongzi gave me." ”

"Three generals, no, it's not me." Mi Fang was also completely panicked, and wanted to say that there was still the shadow of Uncle Liu Huang behind this matter, but she didn't have the guts, so she could only struggle and quibble: "Third general, don't listen to that Zhang Hang's words, he is framed, I didn't do such a thing." ”

"I didn't frame you." Zhang Hang pointed at Mi Fang and shouted, "You gave me twenty catties of gold, and said that you will give me another thirty catties of gold after the matter is completed, if I don't agree, you will kill my whole family and my only son!" Also, you gave me some mercury and some arsenic powder last night, and asked me to give the lord mercury first, and when you think the lord can die, put arsenic in the lord's decoction! ”

As he spoke, Zhang Hang also took out a bottle of mercury and a packet of arsenic from his arms, held them up and shouted: "Ladies and gentlemen, generals, please see, this is the mercury and arsenic powder that Mi Fang handed me last night!" Also, it was the brush that Mi Fang asked a master craftsman to make, and the idea of hiding the poison in the brush was also taught to me by Mi Fang. ”

"You talk nonsense! Nonsense! Nonsense, nonsense ....... Mi Fang didn't know how to tell the difference, she just desperately accused Zhang Hang of talking nonsense, but her voice became smaller and smaller, and her tone became weaker and weaker, and at the same time, Mi Zhu's crotch was already wet, urine was drenched all over the ground, and a lot of it was splashed on Zhang Fei's body, which made Zhang Fei even more furious, and raised his hand and slapped Mi Fang's face, which made Mi Fang's face bloom, and two white teeth flew out.

"Uncle, please make the decision for us." At this time, Deputy Director Tao had already pulled the pottery merchant to kneel down in front of Uncle Liu Huang, and begged with a crying voice: "Uncle, you are an elder and a member of the Han family, and now my father is seriously ill and cannot be a director, our brother is weak and incompetent and cowardly and loyal, I really don't know what to do, please uncle must administer justice for our brother!" ”

If it was possible, Uncle Liu Huang really wanted to strangle the weak, incompetent and cowardly and loyal Deputy Director Tao in front of him, and scolded the eighteenth generation ancestor of Deputy Director Tao in his heart, saying in his heart how much damage this thief should have, he actually forced me to cut off my arm, forced me to slaughter Mi Fang with my own hands, and slaughtered my most loyal and powerful followers in Xuzhou! With such a vicious trick, how did you, a thief, come up with it?

"Big brother, you say something, how do you clean up this thief?" Zhang Feiti slipped away Mi Zhu, who was already paralyzed, and yelled, "I will do it for you, and administer justice for Tao Fujun and Tao Gongzi!" ”

"Third brother, do it slowly." Uncle Liu Huang finally spoke, first drank Zhang Fei, then picked up the pottery merchant and Tao Ying's brothers, took Tao Ying's hand, and asked very puzzled: "Second son, since you have already discovered the real murderer of Tao Fujun five days ago, why don't you start to arrest this thief immediately?" Do you want to wait until today? ”

"Because the little nephew doesn't dare." Deputy Director Tao cried bitterly and said: "Lord Mi Fang is a huge rich man in the East China Sea, with deep roots in the five counties of Xuzhou, every move is related to the stability of Xuzhou, his brother Mi Zhu is also a driver in Xuzhou, and the power is in hand, once the little nephew acts rashly, if something happens, the consequences of the little nephew are unimaginable." That's why the little nephew came up with such a way, while secretly collecting ironclad evidence of Mi Fang's crimes, and at the same time inviting your uncle to Xuzhou, asking your uncle to make the decision for the little nephew, punish the culprit, and avenge the little nephew's father. ”

Crying, Deputy Director Tao held Uncle Liu's right hand with both hands and shook it continuously, and said with a cry: "Uncle, you are highly respected, and you are unstoppable for General Yunchang and General Yide, please be sure to uphold justice for your little nephew and punish Mi Fang and his henchmen and accomplices!" The little nephew believes that as long as you have your uncle, Mi Fang and his accomplices will not dare to rebel no matter how bold they are. ”

In the face of Deputy Director Tao, who can cry more than himself, has thicker skin, and has a darker heart, Uncle Liu Huang is also helpless, of course Uncle Liu Huang is reluctant to kill Mi Fang, and he wants to order Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to do it, and slaughter the high-level Xuzhou officials present to annex Xuzhou, and Uncle Liu Huang does not have the courage, not to mention that this matter will make Uncle Liu Huang discredited, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei cannot unconditionally carry out this order that does not emphasize morality and benevolence, and Uncle Liu Huang understands better that since Tao Ying dares to do this, he must be prepared to take precautions- Xuzhou generals Cao Bao and Zang Ba, who have never shown up, are warnings! So for a while, Uncle Liu Huang didn't know what to do.

"Tao Gongzi, don't worry, with my old Zhang here, no matter how many accomplices Mi Fang destroys the thief, he is not afraid!" Zhang Fei, whose surname was like a fire over there, agreed on behalf of Uncle Liu Huang, and shook Mi Fang and roared: "Say, you have those accomplices?" Is your eldest brother Mi Zhu also involved in this matter? ”

Inadvertently thinking of Mi Zhu, Zhang Fei hurriedly turned to Guan Yu and shouted: "Second brother, help me bring Mi Zhu over, if he also participates in the murder of Tao Fujun, I will cut him down!" ”

In the end, it was the second brother Guan who worshiped the brothers on the road later, hearing Zhang Fei's shout, Guan Yu didn't say a word, and strode in front of Mi Zhu, also like an eagle lifting a chicken, he lifted Mi Zhu into the circle, Mi Zhu didn't struggle, but was grabbed by the second brother Guan with a dead face, and dragged to Mi Fang's side. Then Zhang Fei slapped Mi Zhu in the face again, and asked with a roar: "Say, did you participate in what your thief brother did?" ”

Mi Zhu was whipped by Zhang Fei so that the corners of his mouth were oozing blood, but he never said a word, just honestly lowered his head and waited for the judgment of fate with his head down. At this time, Mi Fang next to him also knew that he was in a catastrophe today, in order not to implicate Mi Zhu, Mi Fang could only grit his teeth and say: "Third general, please don't beat my brother, it has nothing to do with him, I did this alone." ”

Hearing Mi Fang's confession, Mi Zhu and Uncle Liu Huang were both shocked, and then tears oozed from the corners of Mi Zhu's eyes, secretly grateful to the siblings, but Uncle Liu Huang breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that since Mi Fang refused to bite out Mi Zhu, then he would definitely not bite out himself.

"Sure enough, you did it." Zhang Sanye laughed fiercely, and suddenly slapped Mi Fang in the face with his backhand, and asked with a roar: "Say, why do you want to harm Tao Fujun?" Tao Fujun is such a loyal person, you are his subordinate, why are you so wolf-hearted that you can't bear to attack him? ”

"I did it for your brother!" Mi Fang roared in her heart, but she didn't dare to say the real reason in public, so she could only grit her teeth and reply: "Because I don't like his child Tao Ying, Tao Ying has a wolf heart and dog lungs, a human face and a beast heart, and is inferior to a beast, his surname is like a jackal, his heart is a snake and scorpion, and he is an out-and-out hypocrite!" I hate this father and son, so I not only want to kill Tao Qian, but also kill Tao Ying'er! ”

"Good scolding!" Uncle Liu Huang praised in his heart, and felt that Mi Fang's scolding was too correct and relieved.

"Lord Mi, the bird is dying, and its song is also mourning." Deputy Director Tao cried again, wiped his tears and asked Mi Fang: "I really don't know where I offended you, why are you still so insulting at this point?" In fact, if there is really something that offends you, you directly point it out to your face, and make amends to you in the next place, don't say kowtow and admit your mistakes, that is, let you apologize for your sins and admit your sins in the next, why do you still have to affect my father? ”

Speaking of this, Deputy Director Tao could no longer contain his feelings, and Suo took Uncle Liu's hand and cried again, "Uncle, the little nephew really doesn't know what was done wrong there, so that Lord Mi targeted the little nephew so much?" Please uncle must ask the little nephew clearly, what is the disrespect of the little nephew to Lord Mi, and the little nephew can make amends for him in public! ”

Uncle Liu Huang was already eager to eat Deputy Director Tao alive, but in front of so many people, Uncle Liu Huang couldn't show it, so he could only shake his head with a heavy expression, pulled Deputy Director Tao, who was crying, to Mi Fang, and slowly asked Mi Fang: "Mi Fang, I only ask you two questions, I hope you answer truthfully, one, is there any mastermind behind you?" Second, why did you buy the murderer and poison Tao Fujun? ”

Hearing Uncle Liu's majestic voice, and seeing Uncle Liu's serious and solemn face, Mi Fang really wanted to cry bitterly, don't you know all these Xuande Gong? What else do you ask me to do? If it weren't for helping you annex the five counties of Xuzhou, if it wasn't for helping you become the ruler of Xuzhou, would I be able to do these things?

"Smack!" Another heavy slap on Mi Fang's face, once again took away Mi Fang's two teeth, Zhang Fei, who held Mi Fang, shook the big slap of the pu fan and shouted: "My eldest brother asked you something, and if you don't answer truthfully, I will pull out all your teeth in your mouth!" ”

Spit out a mouth full of blood foam and broken teeth, Mi Fang's mind also calmed down a lot, regretting that he did not do things secretly, Mi Fang could only swallow his anger and replied: "Xuande Gong, don't ask more, this matter is all done by me, no one instructs, I want to kill Tao Qian, but I also hate Tao Ying Xiao'er to the bone, and I know that Tao Qian Lao'er plans to pass Xuzhou to Tao Ying Xiao'er, so I did it to Tao Qian'er!" ”

Although he didn't tell the truth, Mi Fang was already the best choice with no choice, at this time confiding the truth, not only could not save Mi Fang's life, but also affected Mi Zhu and Uncle Liu Huang, so Mi Fang could only bear all the charges alone, spitting blood and saying loudly: "Xuande Gong, this matter is all done by Mi Fang alone, it has nothing to do with others, if you want to fight or kill, please rush to the next person!" ”

"Well, I'm sorry." Uncle Liu Huang said a pun, turned to Zhang Fei and ordered: "Yide, send Lord Mi on the road." Take off his head, and correct the law of the land. ”

"No!" Zhang Fei happily agreed, threw Mi Fang to the ground, pulled out the sword on his waist, stepped forward and stepped on Mi Fang's lower abdomen, and the sword fell in his hand, first stabbing into Mi Fang's chest, and then another sword swung out, and Mi Fang's head, who was extremely loyal to Uncle Liu Huang, also flew out, and blood flew out, sprinkled all over the cold land of Xuzhou, but Mi Fang's head, a pair of eyes, were always wide open............

"Uncle Xie administers justice for us." Tao Ying pulled the potter to salute Uncle Liu Huang again, thanking and thanking him from the bottom of his heart, Uncle Liu Huang's expression was bitter, and he could only pick up the potter and Tao Ying brothers, and the two brothers shouted and said some polite nonsense without nutrition.

Mi Zhu never glanced at his brother's corpse, but slowly walked to Tao Qian's car, knelt down on his knees in front of Tao Qian, kowtowed and said: "Lord, Mi Zhu's discipline is not strict, causing his brother to do such a great rebellious evil deed, Mi Zhu is guilty, please treat Mi Zhu's deserved sin." ”

Tao Qian, who had never said a word, coughed constantly, sighed for a long time, and said: "Don't drive, please get up, just now the old man has seen it with his own eyes and heard it with his own ears, this matter has nothing to do with you, although you have the crime of lax discipline, you don't need to be punished." Get up, bring Mi Fang's body back to the coffin and bury it, and put it in the ground. ”

"Thank you, Lord Benevolent." Mi Zhu kowtowed heavily, raised his head again and said: "Although the lord refuses to cure Mi Zhu's crime, Mi Zhu has no shame to see the lord again, please allow Mi Zhu to resign from his post in Xuzhou and lead his family back to his hometown in the East China Sea to live in seclusion." ”

Tao Qian sighed again, pondered for a moment, Tao Qian nodded reluctantly, and said, "Okay, whatever you want." ”

Mi Zhu didn't speak again, but just knocked his head to Tao Qian three times, then stood up, handed over the other driving token he was carrying to Cao Hong, lowered his head and walked out of the crowd without saying a word, never looked at Uncle Liu Huang and Tao Ying from beginning to end, let alone Mi Fang's corpse, and lost his soul as if he was already a walking corpse.

After Mi Zhu left, Tao Ying and the Tao Shang brothers said a lot of grateful nonsense to the three brothers of Uncle Liu, until Tao Qian couldn't stand the cold wind and coughed violently, and the team to greet Uncle Liu was surrounded by the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang into the city to stay, and the five hundred elite soldiers brought by Uncle Liu were also led to the military camp outside Xuzhou City. Soon, the wilderness, which was still overcrowded just now, was already empty, and only some auxiliary troops from Xuzhou stayed to clean up the empty land and clean up the mess.

Mi Zhu did not immediately send someone to collect Mi Fang's corpse, and the Xuzhou veteran who was cleaning the empty space had no choice but to put Mi Fang's head on his corpse and found a straw mat to cover it. But at this moment, someone suddenly ordered: "Don't rush to cover it, wait." ”

The Xuzhou veteran with a straw mat in his hand, when he looked up again, he saw that our deputy director Tao didn't know when he led a team of pro-soldiers back here, the Xuzhou veteran hurriedly saluted, Tao Ying dismounted and walked to Mi Fang's corpse, took out a silk book with words written on it from his arms, shook it and said to Mi Fang's corpse: "Mi Zifang, do you remember what place this is?" ”

Of course, Mi Fang, whose head was already on his chest, couldn't answer, but the Xuzhou veteran who saluted said with a smile: "Childe, he is dead, and there is no way to answer your question, Childe." ”

"How about you answer for him?" Tao Ying smiled and asked, "Do you recall, what happened when Lord Mi Fang was lying in this position?" ”

The Xuzhou veteran was a little inexplicable, but after recalling it carefully for a long time, the veteran exclaimed, "I remember, more than half a year ago, Gongzi, you were in this position, and you jumped into Cao Jun's oil pot in public." ”

"If you answer correctly, you will be rewarded. When I ask your boss to reward you with a bunch of grain, I will say that I mean it. Tao Ying smiled, put the white silk cloth with the words written on it in his hand on Mi Fang's corpse, and instructed the old soldier: "When Mi Beijia sends someone to clean it up, give this book to the corpse collector, and by the way, tell the Mi Zhu family who collected the corpse, and ask them to bring Mi Zhu four words - the old debt has been paid off." ”

"Old debts paid off?"

The veteran was a little puzzled, Tao Ying smiled and didn't answer, just nodded, confirmed that it was these four words, and then Tao Ying rode back on the war horse and led the soldiers back to the city again, leaving the white silk fluttering in the wind on Mi Fang's corpse, and there was a line of text written by Mi Fang himself on the silk - the sender of the book in your army camp, Tao Qian's second son Tao Yingye!