"When I was young, I also felt that I was a handsome man, I broke the Qiang Hu and cut the Yellow Turban. In the past few years of governing Xuzhou, I also feel that I am a prince, and I have not been proud to win with the heroes. But Xuzhou was broken twice, and I finally understood that I can't be strong in the world with soldiers, let alone be the hero. Tao Qian smiled, "My son is not as good as me, how can I hand over Xuzhou to him?" It's better to let him lead the dog to the east gate and enjoy it in peace. How could Liu Bei attack such a mediocre talent? ”

Tao Qian had never spoken so clearly, but even in such clear words, he still left three points of leeway.

Why did the Danyang soldiers gather in the courtyard outside the door and cry, Tao Qian couldn't understand it in his heart, so he wanted to hint at this Ban Danyang general: his son is a "mediocre talent", Cao Hong and Cao Bao are just "mediocre talents", Liu Bei raises one is also raised, and a group is also raised, there is nothing that can't accommodate them, so why bother yourself?

But Cao Hong still didn't understand, and insisted on asking that sentence.

"After the old envoy goes, I will have no place for Danyang Laoge!"

Tao Qian sighed, boredom and burnout swept through his body again, but for the sake of these juniors, he had to speak more clearly.

"Liu Bei is not that kind of person, he will take care of you, don't worry." After Tao Qian regained his breath, he said the most clear and mean words, "You don't want to fight for victory anymore, if Danyang soldiers really run rampant in the world, how can Xuzhou be broken by Cao Cao twice?" ”

Hearing Tao Qian's reproachful words, Cao Hong's blood rushed to his cheeks in an instant.

Yes, it was not Dan Yang Bing who broke Cao Jun, but Liu Bei, but the Huangkou boy who had not yet reached the crown! He impulsively shouted out the words that were not well planned.

"So what?!" He shouted, "Which of the generals under Liu Bei's command is not domineering?!" Don't you know! Guangling County has been a good and cheap land hanging fish for a long time! If it weren't for Liu Bei's connivance, would the yellow-mouthed child be so domineering! ”

Tao Qian lay on the pillow and looked at him a few more times with eyes that were about to be unable to open.

He gave up convincing Cao Hong, it's nothing, Tao Qian thought, such a stupid person, Liu Bei must be able to tolerate it.

"Okay, you go and invite Liu Yuzhou for me, and I'll talk to him."

The news reached Xiaopei, and it took some time for Liu Bei to come to Xuzhou from Xiaopei, so Tao Qian was able to sleep well, and when the sun was setting, he heard the news of Liu Bei's arrival.

Although the old man felt that he had rested enough and had the energy and vigor to receive the visitors, in Liu Bei's eyes, Tao Lingjun's body was broken, and his blue-gray face had gradually been dyed with an ominous aura.

For Liu Bei, who lost his father since he was a child, this old man treats him not entirely calculated, and there is also a part of his sincere respect and trust, so he is happy to be like his father, and now seeing Tao Qian so sick, his face can't help but bring a trace of sadness.

Tao Qian smiled and waved his hand, and motioned for him to sit on the edge of the couch.

He really didn't have much strength to talk about idle love, so he got to the point at the beginning.

"At the end of the year, it is time for that General Xiao Lu to come back."

Liu Bei nodded, "Yes, I will write a letter to him when I go back." ”

Such a pleasure made Tao Qian feel a little interested, "Why didn't Xuande ask me, why did you recall him?" ”

"Lu Hangyu is guarding Guangling for the Ming Duke, and it is common for the Ming Duke to want to change the candidate," Liu Bei smiled, "What is there to ask?" ”

This time is different from that time, different from the time when Liu Bei had no place to live.

Whether it is Xiaopei or Xuzhou, the people's aspirations have been clear, and Liu Bei is no longer afraid, so he answers frankly.

Tao Qian looked at him for a while, "When he comes back, you go to find Chen Hanyu and change the name and character of the child." ”

The order of "summoning Lu Hang Yu back to Xiaopei" is already a bit strange, and Tao Qian added this sentence, which is even more strange.

Liu Bei thought for a while before he suddenly understood.

"I know Lu Hangyu very well," he said, "although he is young, and his behavior and speech are occasionally reckless, but he is easy-going and unwilling to compete with others for power, how can the Guangling clan not tolerate him?" ”

The old man's eyes moved slowly, and it took a while to refocus his gaze on his face.

"I know you believe he is a good boy," Tao Qian smiled slowly, "but you must let him learn something about dealing with scholars, otherwise he will be alone in the future, and if he is fooled by others, he will not know it, and something big will happen." ”

Although Lu Hangyu didn't know what strange course Tao Qian had set for her, after hearing about it a long time later, Lu Bu praised this Tao envoy for his foresight.

Because he ran back to the barracks in a hurry at this time, and when he saw those generals, he couldn't wait and immediately spoke.

"We don't have to go hungry!" He said, "Throw those grassroots away!" ”

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun glanced at each other, and the middle-aged scribe on the side couldn't hold back and asked suspiciously.

"What does the general want?"

"I heard that there is a big family surnamed Li in Chengshi City," Lu Bu said excitedly, "his family has enough grain and grass, and he has hoarded at least four taels of rice, as long as he can borrow two of us, it will be enough to defeat Cao Cao!" ”

"Even so," Zhang Liao said, "they may not be willing to borrow it." ”

Lu Bu disagreed with this, he looked at Chen Gong trustingly, "It was the Yanzhou Shi clan who welcomed us, how could they not be willing to lend us food!" ”

Chen Gong opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but Lu Bu's straightforward and almost innocent words made him need to think about how to persuade him.

But as soon as he hesitated, Zhang Liao had already said his rebuttal.

"The scholars welcomed us here to borrow the general's troops to expel the Cao thieves," Zhang Liao said, "not so that we could eat their food." ”

Chen Gong was very unhappy when he said this, and he felt that he had to say something for the Yanzhou scholars.

"Cao Cao is brutal and not enough. Yanzhou Shilin was angry, and people complained about it, so the general fought hard and raised the state with one voice, this person's desire is not just to borrow the general's bravery......"

He was about to change the conversation next, to be tactful and detailed, and to persuade Lu Bu to carefully plan how to find Li Jin in Chengshi City to borrow grain, but Lu Bu couldn't listen to it so much.

The general excitedly slapped Chen Gong on the shoulder, and this Taishan-like force pressed down, almost crushing Chen Gong to the ground.

"Don't worry!" Lu Bu shouted, "I heard that although Li Langjun was born in a family, he is also a generous and righteous person who acts in an ancient style!" Such a man will be like-minded with me, and I will not only persuade him to lend him grain and grass, but I will also draw him under my command to fight against the thief! ”

This is how Lu Bu happily rode the red rabbit horse and led the soldiers to prepare to set off.

In the Chinese military tent, not to mention Chen Gong was dumbfounded on the side, Gao Shun glanced at Zhang Liao, opened his mouth, and closed it again.

“…… Burson? ”

"Since I was serving under the general's account," Gao Shun was stunned for a moment, "I haven't seen anyone he convince." ”

Chapter 137

I don't know if it's because there must be repercussions if I don't forget, since I received a few letters from Xiaopei, she finally received an official document in the name of Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian - of course, it was written by Liu Bei, Tao Qian's letter alone was not enough to mobilize her - saying that the Guangling County Guard had been selected, and asked her to pack up and prepare to go home for the New Year.

The wax moon is approaching, if you want to go home, you have to hurry up and get ready, she talked to Tian Yu and Tai Shici about this matter, Tian Yu of course she will follow wherever she goes, but the departure from the village is not a matter of talking about it, especially since she also has to bring a group of Futu disciples who are scurrying around. Originally, the people of the Han Dynasty loved to sacrifice some gods and ghosts, but now the concentration of feudal superstitions near Guangling County has suddenly increased.

So from time to time you can see monks in red clothes walking by on the street, some with shaved heads, some without shaved heads, walking the streets and alleys, preaching the Dharma, some of them because of the double buff of female affinity and religious affinity, and many women are willing to invite them to sit at home and listen to all kinds of strange things - after all, there is too little entertainment in this era, even if a storyteller listens to it, it is fresh, let alone so many Rinpoche.

Under the brainwashing in turns, the people of Guangling County also have signs of worshipping the Buddha.

…… She won't comment on whether it's good to burn incense and worship Buddha, the Buddha system is nothing at all, but this Futu Sect, which no one supervises except her, is really not suitable. To put it warmly, the family that worked hard and ate suddenly wanted to open, and the elderly and children were no longer raised, and the daughter-in-law or husband did not want it, so they all ran to wear red clothes, which was very irresponsible; To put it bluntly, as a novice stepping into the threshold of the ruling class, she would not be happy to see more and more monks, even for the sake of taxes and population.

In addition, many people have reclaimed wasteland outside the city, harvested a wave of grain, and even planted winter wheat, and eighty percent of these people are unwilling to leave.

It is very painful to move in which dynasty and which generation, she will not force these people to settle here, but several of them have married their daughters to the soldiers in the battalion, so crying and crying and noisy are indispensable, and it is inevitable to divide the family, and even a Gong Cao secretly concealed the original partner who lived in Xiaopei, and became a son-in-law here again, at this time, seeing that the new lady was tender and ready to return with him, he had to tell the truth, and was immediately broken by the new lady's family, scratched his face, and his whole head was bloody and invisible.

…… It's just that he can't see anyone, and he also took leave for injury, and if he didn't come to work, he would be angry with Tian Yu.

The whole camp was like a pot of steaming boiling water, and there was no peace from top to bottom.

After she was busy like this for a few days, Xu Gong came to the door.

"There are rumors in the city that the general wants to return to Xiaopei?" Xu Gong was very surprised, "How could there be such news?" ”

"It's not a rumor," she said, "that Tao Envoy's official letter has arrived, and I will indeed return to Xiaopei in a few days." ”

Xu Gong was shocked, "Why is Tao Gongzu like this!" ”

…… How did she know this, she originally thought that there was something wrong with the war situation in the north, so the lord wanted to transfer people back, but the tone in the letter was very salty, and it was completely the tone of "Hurry home and eat dumplings during the New Year", so she told the truth.

"I don't know, maybe you want me to go back for the New Year."

Xu Gong hesitated for a moment, "Guangling City can't celebrate the New Year?" If the general has a family, he will take it with him! Why go! When will the general's farewell be returned? ”

"Probably not coming back." "It is said that the new Taishou will be coming soon," she said. ”

The scribe's face changed suddenly.

"Up and down Guangling County, who doesn't know that the general is fierce, loyal and frugal, and wins the hearts of the people with kindness! Could it be that some villain has slandered and made Tao Xuzhou suspicious of the general? Xu Meng asked enthusiastically again, "Does the general need us to speak on his behalf?" ”

"Even if you really doubt me, and I act openly, what is there to fear?" She didn't care, "Gong Xu doesn't have to worry about me. ”

Hearing this, Xu Gong seemed to be moved, and only nodded in admiration after a while.

"The quality of the general is like a pine yun, and the wind and frost can't change its color, and the true gentleman is also!"

…… It's not that good to praise her so much that she is going to pick the ground.

"In that case, please go to the cold house tomorrow and see off the general?" Without waiting for her to refuse, Xu Gong grabbed her hand, and was extremely eager, "Only prepare thin wine, and the general must not refuse!" ”

Although it is said that "only thin sake is prepared", it is actually very rich. Xu Meng invited all the big families in the city to see her off together, so the banquet was very lively.

Unlike last time, perhaps because he was familiar with these people, Lu Hangyu felt that these decent people from a family had never been so amiable as tonight.

Each of them became enthusiastic and cordial, and even the son of the family who had drawn his sword to scare her before brought her over with a wine lord, asked her for forgiveness with a look of shame, and told her sincerely that her words and deeds in Guangling County in the past six months were in the eyes of everyone, and everyone had indeed never seen her such a noble person who was willing to abide by poverty, so she would be so respectful.

Now that she is leaving, everyone must give some gifts, since she does not accept gold silk, everyone will send something more Guangling flavor, such as hundreds of pounds of bacon, such as all kinds of sun-dried river fresh seafood, such as all kinds of printing and dyeing style, the fine cloth that is rare to see in the north, and the pottery people who are rough but very wild, and some ancient books that ordinary scholars can't find.

"When the old man was young, he also studied in Hongdu, and he didn't want Dong thieves to cause trouble in Luoyang. An old man said earnestly, "The general is young, don't waste the sun and the moon, you must know that Guangwu is still capable in the army, and the general should study more intensively." ”

She glanced down - "The Biography of the Jia Family".

…… What is it.

Anyway, it's still a good word, so I'll take it for now.

The next morning, after the feast, before dawn, she set out with her army.

Although the military camp was outside the city, she lived in the county guard's mansion, so she still went out from the north gate of Guangling City, and when she passed in front of the door of Duke Xu's house, the scribe also led his two sons out to give her three glasses of wine.

"In this troubled era, the general is talented and ambitious, and he should have something to do," Xu Gong said with a smile, "But if the general starts a family in the future and wants to find a clean place to settle his family, he must remember to return to Guangling!" ”

This is very cordial, especially not outside, and she is also a little moved by the tone of treating her as her own.

…… The circles under my eyes are red.

"Duke Xu must also be cherished," she said, "if Guangling is in an emergency, send a letter to Xiaopei!" ”

[I'm almost moved.] Black Blade complained coldly.

Lu Hangyu generally counts his soldiers and horses according to the number of combat troops, a total of 2,000 people, which doesn't sound like much, but considering that she is a professional soldier who is out of work, she feels that she is already very remarkable.

This army of 2,000 foot soldiers also had an additional 100 cavalry, dozens of Gongcao officials, dozens of craftsmen and doctors, 1,000 people who transported heavy baggage, and thousands of people in Xiapi who heard that there was no longer a war and had already returned to their hometowns with the troops.

So the speed of the march was very incomprehensible, and the city was out before dawn, and when the sun was about to rise at noon, the procession walked endlessly on the dirt roads, as if it had not left the city at all.

She hadn't made a painful march for more than half a year, and the bad memories of the past couldn't help but come back to her mind.

"I always feel like someone is sneaking behind again." She said, "I'll have to go back and see." ”

Tian Yu was a little puzzled, "Lang Jun sent a few officials to the Houjun to inspect it, why bother to go in person?" ”

"Sometimes the servants are too rough," she said, "and I tell them in a good voice." ”