After leaving the house, Zhang Lang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. With their support, it is much easier to do things on your own, and the Mi family and the Zhao family are very close, and Mi Zhu has promised Zhang Lang to explore Zhao Yu's tone. Give him a hand when necessary.

Zhang Lang asked Zhang Liao to go back first, and he went to Chen Dengchen's house non-stop. Because in Xuzhou, these are a big local family, as long as they can get the support of these families, all problems can be solved immediately after taking over Xuzhou, they are now holding the talisman, Xuzhou Danyang soldiers and their own Xiaopei fight, born and died together, soldiers have a special meaning and feelings for their own commander. It is best to be able to get Xuzhou without blood, if you want to launch a mutiny, it is also a strategy, and the gains outweigh the losses. It is said that the Xuzhou army has also arranged a lot of Cao Bao and other cronies, and if it is not done well, it is still very dangerous.

When he arrived at Chen's house, Chen Deng was not there, but Chen Jue happened to be resting at home.

Although Chen Qi was close to Jiazi, he looked very shrewd, his face was ruddy, and he was not a little old.

At this time, I heard that Zhang Lang came to visit and hurriedly came out to greet him. The person smiled before he saw it, and said in a voice full of anger: "Rare guest, rare guest, General Zhang rarely comes to the cold house, it is really a bright wall." ”

Zhang Lang laughed, stepped forward, grabbed Chen Qi's arm, and said with a smile as he walked: "Mr. Chen is too high-lifted, Zhiqing should have come to visit early when he returned to Xuzhou, but he was haunted by mundane things, and he had no time, and I hope Mr. Chen will not see outside." ”

Chen Jue hurriedly excused himself, the two of them were polite again, and when they entered the living room, the maid offered tea, and Chen Jue asked with a smile while tasting tea: "Zhiqing is here today, I don't know what is important?" ”

Zhang Lang sneered in his heart, you old fox, you know why I came, and you pretend to ask me like this. But he smiled and said, "Where is Mr. Chen, Zhiqing can't come to visit your old man?" ”

Chen Qi looked directly at Zhang Lang, the two elders seemed to have a smile in their eyes, and shook their heads lightly and said: "General, don't turn around, if you have something to say, you can say it directly, and you will listen to it." ”

When Chen Qi said this, Zhang Lang felt that he couldn't hang his face anymore, so he could only put away his grinning face, and said solemnly: "Mr. Chen is highly respected, calm, and a famous man in Xuzhou. ”

Chen Qi's face slowly became heavy, and he stood up and paced back and forth in the living room. In front of the window, he looked up at the sky, pondered for a while, and then said unhurriedly: "Xuzhou is rich, and many homeless people have returned, why is it clear?" ”

Zhang Lang knew that Chen Jue's seemingly careless question, but it determined their Chen family's attitude towards him, thought about it carefully, and felt that it was right before he said seriously: "In the following opinion, first of all, although the Yellow Turban is cholera in the Central Plains, Xuzhou is geographically remote and fluctuating. Secondly, the warlords fought one after another, like frogs in a well, fighting each other, causing the hearts of the people to turn away and the people to leave their homes. The most important thing is that Tao Gong is benevolent and righteous, lenient and loves the people, and keeps Xuzhou in order, with a bumper harvest of grains and no shortage of food and clothing. ”

Chen Jue nodded approvingly and said, "Yes, Zhiqing's insights are very unique, I didn't expect you to have such a vision, it's really beyond my expectations." If you were to take over Xuzhou, what would you do? ”

Zhang Lang's expression perked up, knowing that the critical moment was coming, he tried his best to scrape his bones and search his intestines: "Xuzhou is in the key area, the gateway to the north, the key lock to the south, the upper block of the northern army to the south, and the lower to block the southern army to the north, this is the strategic place of the north-south pivot button, and those who become hegemons ignore it." If he takes over Xuzhou, he will be at peace with the people and at war outside. ”

Chen Jue looked a little surprised and said, "Can the general explain in detail?" ”

Zhang Lang will not be able to grasp the reason why Chen Jue looked surprised, the Chen family is a large local family in Xuzhou, Chen Jue first wants to worry about the interests of his own family, after all, it is impossible for him to gamble with you with thousands of lives in a family, and in this time of chaos in the world, Mingzhe protects himself, and few people can really worry about the world. However, it is recorded in the history books that Chen Qi is also a loyal patriot, which is quite good.

Zhang Lang was a little more confident in his heart, and said confidently: "The internal is in order, and I will never change anything because of my takeover, and maintaining a smooth transition is the top priority." Then Zhiqing tried his best to reconcile the contradictions of the major families, no matter what hatred there was in front of him, he hoped that after the establishment of the new state capital, he could harmonize with each other and work together for the development of Xuzhou, and at the same time, he would also protect your interests from being violated by others. How to act is still discussed with everyone, and Zhang Lang will never act alone. Externally, Xuzhou can only be used as a strategic rush, must not be used as a base, to be Xuzhou stable, the soldiers are good enough food, at that time the north knot Yuan Shao, the south and Cao Ying, first take Yangzhou, then map Jiangdong, the south of the Yangtze River as the foundation. In this way, Xuzhou is controlled in the north, Yuzhou is in charge of the south, the Central Plains can be mapped, and the Jiangnan can be defended by retreating. When the time is ripe, run rampant [***] and sweep the world. ”

Chen Qi's face changed obviously, and he said in a deep voice: "Zhiqing, are you too ambitious?" ”

Zhang Lang knew that there must be no hesitation and retreat at this time, and he had to behave more domineeringly, not let it go at all, sonorous and powerful, and said with a righteous face: "Heroes come out of troubled times, although Lang thinks he can't do it, but seeing that the people are so displaced, they don't have three meals, no clothes, and no home at night, all of which are the reasons for the warlords and thieves. ”

Chen Jue suddenly fell to the ground, knelt down and cried loudly: "I am fortunate to learn the words of Mr. Bowel, I often sigh for the rest of my life, but I can't seek happiness for the people in the world, but I am really trapped by the family business, I have a small righteousness and lose a big righteousness, and I feel miserable in my heart. ”

Zhang Lang was stunned for a moment, and then overjoyed, and hurriedly helped Chen Qi up, his heart was very excited, he didn't expect Chen Qi to be so loyal, and he was moved: "Lang should go all out, and I hope that the old gentleman will give me more guidance." ”

Chen Qi stood up at this time, wiped his tears and said in a dumb voice: "Zhiqing is righteous, and Qi should do his best to support it, but I don't know something, just now you Yannan and Cao Ying, how can this thing be done, didn't our army just fight with Cao Jun?" ”

Zhang Lang first helped Chen Qi sit on the chair, then smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said confidently: "Cao Ying is a hero in the world, and his biggest enemies now are definitely not us, but Lu Bu and Yuan Shao." Yuan Shaohu lives in the north, sooner or later he will start a war with Cao Ying, that is Cao Ying's heroic talent, and he will not want to make friends with multiple enemies at this time, we can take this opportunity to go south to Jiangdong and sweep the six counties. ”

Chen Jue realized and praised repeatedly.

The two discussed some more things, and then left.

Out of Chen's mansion, it was already dark, Zhang Lang turned around and went back to his mansion.

When he returned to the house, he saw that everyone did not disperse, and then Zhang Lang told everyone about his progress, and everyone learned that the Chen family and the Mi family fully supported them, and they were all overjoyed.

At this moment, a soldier suddenly came in a hurry to report that Tao Qian had died of illness.

When everyone heard this, they were all shocked.

Zhang Lang was very strange, when he came out of Tao's mansion, Yang Rong was still very sure that he said to himself, Tao Qian can last for a year and a half, why would he hang up all at once? Could it be that something went wrong? Hurriedly asked Yang Rong to ask clearly.

Yang Rong was also puzzled, and Zhang Lang faintly felt that something was wrong.

At this time, Guo Jia came over and said worriedly: "My lord, this form has changed, but you must be careful." ”

Zhang Lang nodded in agreement, as soon as Tao Qian went, the pottery merchants would fight with all their might. Thinking of his vicious eyes, Zhang Lang was suddenly startled, and said in a lost voice: "Could it be that the potter made a move?" ”

Tian Feng was also shocked at the same time, and said in disbelief: "No, the potter won't be so rebellious." ”

Cheng Yu also sneered: "It's hard to say this, think about it today, he scolded Tao Gong so badly, this person may really do something that is unconscionable for the sake of power." ”

The more Zhang Lang thinks about it, the more likely it is that if he is really so vicious, killing his father with his own hands, and then forging a suicide note, setting up a pottery merchant as Xuzhou Mu, plus the support of Cao Bao and other old ministers, then he really hopes to succeed. It's okay to design it to harm yourself after the fact. Zhang Lang was terrified when he thought about it, and he couldn't stand it, so he summoned Yan Ming and Han Juzi and asked him to gather 500 songs and act at any time.

Then take everyone to Tao Qian's mansion together.

As soon as I entered the Tao Mansion, I felt a dark cloud up and down, and the mourning was moving, waving hemp and filial piety back and forth.

Remembering that Tao Qian has governed Xuzhou for several years, the people have enough food and clothing, and now they suddenly fell ill, and they can't sigh.

As soon as Zhang Lang and his party entered the mansion, they saw a large number of soldiers with swords rushing up and surrounding them.

In the confusion and vigilance of everyone, the potter walked out of the hall proudly, although he was dressed in sackcloth and his face was pale, but he couldn't see that he looked like a new bereaved family member, his eyes fell from time to time with evil eyes, and the corners of his mouth sneered.

Cao Bao, Zhang Xu, Xu Tan and others also stood behind him in sackcloth.

Zhang Lang looked at the potter coldly, lightly touched Dian Wei with his hand behind his back, and then shook his head, signaling him not to be so impulsive. Calm down, stared at him expressionlessly, and said, "What does Tao Gongzi mean by this?" ”

The potter gave Zhang Lang a sharp look in his heart, and his voice trembled a little: "Okay, you Zhang Lang, you don't dare to admit the good things you did yourself?" ”

Zhang Lang tried his best to calm himself down, and the more difficult the situation, the more he had to have a cool head. In this way, we can save time and things, and the potters dare to catch themselves so blatantly, there must be some reason, or some control.

Zhang Lang snorted coldly, making people feel that his body was getting more and more erect, and his whole body began to exude a faint murderous aura. didn't back down at all: "Tao Gongzi, it's best to have a show when you speak, but don't spew blood." ”

At this time, Mi Zhu also stepped forward and asked solemnly: "Master Tao, since General Zhang said that he didn't know, why didn't you tell me about it, and let the lower officials and all the adults understand." ”

The potter looked at Cao Bao a little disapprehended, saw that he just bowed his head, nodded slightly, and suddenly straightened his waist a lot. He said loudly: "The anti-thief Zhang Lang is arrogant, in order to seize the Xuzhou pastor, so that people poison and assassinate their fathers, and heaven and earth will not tolerate it." ”

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was in an uproar, and everyone looked incredulous. Chen Deng came out of the column and said in a deep voice: "Does Tao Gongzi have evidence? ”

The potter took out a piece of silk paper and said proudly: "This is the evidence." ”

The crowd was even more puzzled, and one of them asked, "Dare to ask Childe, what is written on it?" ”

A hint of cunning joy flashed in the pottery merchant's eyes, and he said loudly: "This is the prescription prescribed by the anti-thief's wife for her father, and it has been verified by many famous doctors in this son, and it contains poison, which is the cause of my father's death." ”

Everyone immediately bowed their heads and whispered, and they didn't believe it. Zhang Lang's prestige in Xuzhou was also aggravated, especially in the first battle of Xuzhou, which made great achievements and saved millions of people in Xuzhou from danger. If he wanted to get Xuzhou, why did he have to use such inferior methods, Tao Qian would have pushed Xuzhou and him in front of everyone. It is not to blame that he wants to take over. And Zhang Lang is modest, gets along with others, and is also very popular, how can he do such a stupid thing?

Seeing that Zhang Lang hadn't spoken yet, the officials below were already in a mess, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Quiet." Then he took out a piece of silk paper and said with a sneer: "This is my father's suicide note, and I am specially appointed as the pastor of Xuzhou." Today, I will arrest the murderer and avenge my father. Then his face sank and he pointed at Zhang Lang and the others, and shouted loudly: "The soldiers will take down Zhang Lang and other thieves for me." ”

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