Tao Qian is also an old man who has been in the officialdom for many years, and he understands the truth that the bell needs to be tied to the bell.

This rumor that is now spreading among the people of Xuzhou, since it was started by Liu Bei, the best solution is naturally to be terminated by Liu Bei himself.

As long as he, Liu Xuande, is willing to stand up and explain, and explain that he Tao Qian is not a person who forgets his righteousness, and at the same time, he is also an elder who is helpful to him Liu Xuande, then this rumor will be self-defeating in Xuzhou.

It's just that what he did this time was really sorry for Liu Bei, so how could he be embarrassed to let Liu Bei stand up and explain for himself?

The actuarial energy in Tao Qian's heart came out again.

He lay on the bed, his eyes half-squinted, and began to ponder the matter.

Cao Hong hurriedly bowed his hand to Tao Qian and said:

"Why should you hesitate in your heart? That Liu Bei eats ours and drinks ours in our Xuzhou, and the soldiers and horses are all supplied by our Xuzhou, and there is a reason why he did not answer him this time, after all, we have just suffered a fiasco! If Liu Bei returned to Xuzhou, the envoy would directly ask him to stand up in person and explain to all the Xuzhou scholars and heroes for the envoy. ”

"Let him tell everyone in Xuzhou that we didn't go to rescue him this time, it was he Liu Bei himself who sent a letter to the envoy, saying that Sun Jian and Cao Ren on the front line could be blocked by him Liu Bei alone, and he would definitely win, and he would not work to make Jun send troops, so we didn't send troops to help."

"After all, our situation at that time was also like a mountain of defeat, and it was difficult to send troops and horses to help for a while, this was a strategic mistake on both sides, not man-made, Liu Bei had no reason not to agree to the king."

The four Xuzhou courtiers present, including Mi Zhu, Chen Qi, and Wang Lang, all looked at Cao Hong with some surprise when they heard this, and they really couldn't imagine how he could say such shameless words.

And listening to his tone, it seems that he can't give in to Liu Bei. Instead, he had to use a relatively tough attitude to get Liu Bei to stand up and clarify this fact for himself.

Wang Lang hurriedly said: "Envoy, the last official thinks that Cao Gong's words are a little inappropriate, and the last official's method of admonishing is to make the king able to explain this matter to Xuan Degong, and ask Xuande Gong to help, not as Cao Gong said......"

saw Cao Hong smile coldly: "If we break the knot with Liu Bei, won't it make Liu Bei feel that he is taking advantage?" When Liu Bei turned around and used this as a threat to make a request to us, don't we all have to agree to him? Could it be that Liu Bei asked the envoy to take the right to govern Xuzhou, and Xuzhou also gave it up? Doesn't the prince want to think about the power of this? ”

Wang Lang sneered: "Cao Gong is really ambitious, then I want to ask Cao Gong, if Liu Bei really has the intention to take Xuzhou, then why did he make Xuzhou twice in a row, and Liu Xuande did not accept it?" ”

Cao Hong said very contemptuously when he heard this: "Isn't the prince even able to understand this little thing?" ”

"What a situation Xuzhou was at the beginning! Cao Cao and Sun Jian's armies were pressuring, and the situation was as dangerous as an egg, so if Liu Bei accepted Xuzhou, wouldn't it make Cao Cao and Yuan Shao angry? ”

"I expect that the two of them will come to Xuzhou with troops from the state of the country, how can he Liu Bei sit firmly as the lord of Xuzhou?"

"Now that Cao Cao and Sun Jian have retreated, our headquarters has also lost all the soldiers and horses, and Yuan Shu doesn't know where to flee, he Liu Xuande's family is dominant! How can you not disagree? If you can't figure out this rumor, it is the momentum that he Liu Bei created in secret! In order to create a reason for seizing Xuzhou for himself, such a despicable person, what else do we have to be polite to him! ”

Wang Lang smiled coldly and said, "Hmph! It's really a villain's heart. ”

Cao Hong couldn't help but be furious when he heard this, he hurriedly arched his hand at Tao Qian and said: "Master, I am a sincere heart, what does the prince mean by this?" ”

Tao Qian also looked at Wang Lang with some dissatisfaction.

"Jingxing, what you said is inevitably a little inappropriate."

Wang Lang hurriedly saluted Tao Qian and said, "To make the king forgive his sins, Lang is just in a hurry!" Therefore, there is no malice in this statement! ”

"Lang thinks that Cao Gong's words are indeed inappropriate, Xuande is my friendly army, he has just rushed back from the attack between Sun Jian and Cao Ren, and we have seen that the enemy army has retreated, so we treat each other like this, doesn't this have an impact on the reputation of the envoy?"

"What the envoy wants is the name of virtue, not the name of a villain!"

"Think again!"

Wang Lang's words can be regarded as speaking to Tao Qian's heart.

He was about to speak, but he felt a tightness in his chest, and then he turned his head and coughed vigorously.

His illness is still not light.

Then he saw Tao Qian gasp twice, looked at Wang Lang on the side, and sighed: "Jingxing's words are very reasonable." ”

"Don't let my Tao's reputation be damaged because of momentary anger and small profits, this is absolutely impossible."

In the end, Tao Qian glanced at Cao Hong next to him lightly and said, "Your words are a little rash. ”

Cao Hong said confidently: "Envoy! Who says we have to be the ones who are at fault? The last official is suitable to say, there are so many rumors about Liu Bei's exploits in Xuzhou, and there are so many rumors that slander and make the king famous, if no one is acting secretly behind his back, how can it be like this? ”

"If you don't have a pusher, just relying on folk rumors, how can you reach such a large scale in such a short time? Someone must be behind this! And Cao is willing to use his life as a guarantee, and the person who exercises trickery behind this must be Liu Bei! ”

After Cao Hong finished speaking, not to mention Tao Qian, even the other three people did not refute it.

In fact, according to the wisdom of Chen Qi and Mi Zhu, as well as the two of them's previous understanding of Liu Xuande...... At least on the surface, Liu Bei can't do such a thing.

If Liu Bei can't do this kind of thing, then who will do it?

Mi Zhu naturally understands this best in his heart.

Chen Qi also probably knows a seven, seven, eighty, eight or eight in his heart.

Others may not be at the moment, after all, now Liu Jian's army is retreating rapidly, and the specific battle report on the front line has not yet reached Tancheng, so Tao Qian does not know the specific details of the war in the south for the time being, and he does not know that someone has broken Liu Jian's name.

Tao Qian is not a dull person, he didn't think about it at first.

However, when Cao Hong said this information, Tao Qian couldn't help but ponder these aspects.

Tao Qian's temper is very short-tempered, he is not a good stubble in the first place.

Thinking that this rumor was written by Liu Bei and damaged his reputation, Tao Qian couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, and his teeth clucked.

"Liu Xuande, the old man treats you like this, you dare to arrange the old man?!"

Mi Zhu on the side hurriedly said: "Envoy, don't make a conclusion because of the words of Cao Gong's family, Xuande Gong fought for the north and south of my Xuzhou, it can be said that I am a great hero of Xuzhou, so that Jun should never put Xuan in a place of forgetfulness because of such a little thing, everything is just Cao Gong's speculation, if you put these charges on Xuande Gong's head like this, it will be unfair to him, right?" ”

Tao Qian is now sick and weak, his thoughts are not very clear, and he is a little crowded.

Cao Hong said this, and he felt in his heart that what Cao Hong said was reasonable.

At this moment, Mi Zhu said this again, and Tao Qian felt that what Mi Zhu said was reasonable.

"Yes, what Zizhong said is reasonable, these things are just some speculations, and there is no real evidence, how can these charges be added to Xuande's head at will."

Cao Hong glared at Mi Zhu fiercely.

"Hehe, did Mi Gong know Liu Bei in the past?"

"Not familiar."

"If you are not familiar, why do you help each other so much?"

Mi Zhu didn't bother to see Cao Hong at all.

In the end, under this debate, Tao Qian still did not make up his mind what to do, so he temporarily dismissed everyone and stayed in the house to ponder.

The auxiliary ministers gathered by Tao Qian left separately, but only Cao Hong did not give up.

To be honest, the reason why Cao Hong did this was not because of how loyal he was to Tao Qian.

It is because Cao Hong is Tao Qian's descendant, and he is not a native of Xuzhou, but after Tao Qian arrived in Xuzhou, he summoned him and Cao Bao from his old home in Danyang County.

Therefore, like Tao Qian, the people of Danyang County, their vital interests in Xuzhou are deeply bound to Tao Qian.

Only when the Tao family is in charge of Xuzhou, their interests in Xuzhou can be guaranteed.

If the Tao family loses power in Xuzhou, then people like Chen Qizhu will categorically not allow the power of those of them who were born in Danyang to continue to take root in Xuzhou.

The world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit.

Today's controversy is, in essence, a division and game of interests and interests.

But Tao Qian, as a referee, is now unclear.

Cao Hong was really anxious in his heart, he was far more anxious than Mi Zhu and others.

After some consideration, Cao Hong went to meet two other people.

That person is Tao Qian's eldest son, Tao Shang, and his second son, Tao Ying.

Because Cao Hong understands that in terms of binding interests, these two Tao Qian's sons are completely in line with his own interests.

Cao Hong exaggerated Liu Bei's threat in front of the two sons.

These two sons of the Tao family made Cao Hong tremble a little in his heart.

(End of chapter)