Mi Zhu, who led the way in front, seemed to have expected Lu Yi's reaction.

Looking back, I just saw Lu Yi's brows furrowed, so he smiled and said: "Lu Yuanjun, these temples and monks are all built by the prince of the mansion to pray for my Xuzhou!" ”

"Now Cao Cao is avenging his father and attacking my Xuzhou, where he passes, not a single inch of grass grows, and the people have turned into lonely ghosts, and their resentment is difficult to eliminate."

"The prince of the palace asked the Buddha, only by building more temples, storing more monks, and surpassing the souls of those who died, this Xuzhou will have a chance to see the light of day again."

Lu Yi glanced at Mi Zhu and shook his head secretly.

This Tao Qian, who is in vain as a pastor of Xuzhou, actually believes this!

At this time, you don't fight Cao Cao well, but you waste a lot of time and financial resources on these temples and monks, and then ask for help around, and there is no one!

Mi Zhu took Lu Yi, Xu Shu, Nangong Yan and Xu Sheng to the city to the house, and made a gesture of invitation: "Everyone, you are still troublesome to live in this house for the time being." The prince of the palace has to go to the temple every day to offer incense and spend time for the souls of the dead. Tomorrow, he will meet with you to discuss the strategy of jointly dealing with Cao Jun. ”

After saying that, he saluted and turned to leave.

Nangong Yan shook his head and said, "This Xuzhou Mu, it's all this time, and he's still doing this kind of thing!" If he can resist Cao Jun, it will be a strange thing. ”

Xu Sheng nodded hurriedly and said: "This Xuzhou Mu doesn't feel smart at all, even I know that this time is not suitable for doing this!" ”

Lu Yi glanced at Xu Sheng.

Xu Sheng hurriedly shut up and remained silent.

Lu Yi watched Mi Zhu disappear from sight, was silent for a moment, and then walked into the house.

Before the crossing, the historical records about Tao Qian also recorded that Tao Qian liked to build temples.

also said that Tao Qian is a villain, and he is a virtuous minister.

For now, it seems so.

But what can you do?

He was just ordered to lead troops to help.

Not to mention, if according to historical development, Cao Cao's second revenge on Xuzhou will still fail, and Xuzhou will not be destroyed.

The reason is that when he took revenge on Xuzhou for the second time, his "like-minded" friend Chen Gong rebelled and welcomed Lu Bu to Yanzhou, almost completely destroying Cao Cao's lair, and Cao Cao had to withdraw his troops to fight back.

Therefore, more is better than less.

Entering the house, the officials arranged a place for several people to rest.

On this march, Lu Yi didn't sleep well.

Now that he has time, he just falls asleep.

I slept until the middle of the night, and when I was in a daze, the whisper of the official outside sounded: "Lu Envoy-jun? Lu Envoy-kun? Lu Yuanjun, wake up......"

Lu Yi hasn't woken up yet!

Xu Shu and Nangong Yan, who were sleeping in the room next to Lu Yi, heard the sound, hurriedly got up, drew their swords, and rushed out of the room.

I saw several people standing at the door of the room where Lu Yi was sleeping.

The one who was shouting for Lu Yi was the official of the house.

Behind the officials of the house, two people stood.

One was an old man in brocade robes, who looked to be in his sixties.

One was a big man in his early forties, although he was wearing ordinary clothes, but he was carrying two halberds behind him, and his face was fierce.

Between the old man and the big man, there are still some similarities in the mold.

As soon as Nangong Yan and Xu Shu rushed out, Dahan immediately pulled out the two halberds behind him and protected the old man behind him.

Seeing this, the officials hurriedly said to Nangong Yan and Xu Shu: "Don't panic, the two of you are behind me are Xuzhou Mu Tao Mansion Jun and his eldest son Shang Gongzi!" ”

Nangong Yan looked at the old man.

Xuzhou Mu Taoqian?

What do you do with Lu Yi late at night?

Tao Qian saw that Nangong Yan obviously didn't believe it, so he took out the seal letter from his sleeve and aimed it at Nangong Yan.

Nangong Yan: "......"

This seal letter is really Xuzhou's!

Nangong Yan signaled Xu Shu to calm down, and then directly pushed open the door of Lu Yi's room.

Lu Yi heard this movement and got up.

Seeing Nangong Yan push the door in, Lu Yi rubbed his temples and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I didn't sleep well this way, and I slept to death this time." ”

Nangong Yan replied: "Xuzhou Mu and his eldest son are just outside the door. ”

Lu Yi: "......"

Hurriedly stood up, and Lu Yi greeted him.

Glancing at the people outside, Lu Yi recognized Tao Qian.

Although it was the first time I saw it, Tao Qian's age was about the same as recorded in the history books.

Lu Yi saluted Tao Qian and said, "Sima Lu Yi of the other department of Lujiang has seen Xuzhou Mu!" ”

Now Lu Yi has two identities: the head of the nest and the Sima of other departments.

The head of the nest was granted real power by Lu Kang.

Sima of the other department was only given by Lu Kang temporarily in order to let him lead the army to aid Xuzhou this time, and he had no real power.

However, it is obvious that the identity of Sima of other departments is longer than that of Juchao, and on this occasion, it is more meaningful.

Although the head of the nest has real power, the official position is too small.

In the face of Tao Qian, the Xuzhou pastor, it is obviously not enough to see.

Tao Qian pointed to the inside of the room and said, "Let's go in and talk!" ”

Lu Yi hurriedly stepped aside.

Tao Qian went in alone.

His eldest son, the potter, stood guard at the door.

Xu Shu and Nangong Yan glanced at each other, Nangong Yan asked Xu Shu to guard outside the door, while he stood behind Lu Yi.

When the officials saw Tao Qian and Lu Yi entering, they prepared to stop Nangong Yan who was about to follow.

Seeing this, Lu Yi said to Tao Qian's eldest son, Tao Shang: "He and I are together. ”

Tao Qian's eldest son, Tao Shang, nodded at the officials.

Only then did the officials let Nangong Yan in, closed the door, and retreated.

Tao Qian took a seat and made a gesture to Lu Yi and Nangong Yan to invite them to take a seat.

Lu Yi thanked him and took a seat, and Nangong Yan stood behind him.

Tao Qian glanced at Lu Yi and Nangong Yan.

Both of them are very young, and it seems that they are not the people in charge at first glance.

Tao Qian said: "Who did you Taishou send this time?" ”

Lu Yi was puzzled: "If the official is the official, he sent us." ”

Tao Qian frowned and said, "Just you?" ”

Lu Yi: "......"

Tao Qian let out a long sigh and said, "This is the old man who is going to die in the sky!" ”

Lu Yi was directly stunned by Tao Qian.

Nangong Yan behind him suddenly spoke: "Sima of the other department is the next family speaker designated by Lu Taishou. For most things, Sima from other departments can make up his mind for Lu Taishou. ”

Lu Yi looked at Nangong Yan in amazement: "......"

What does this mean?

The next head of the house?

The head of the Lu family in Wu County?

How can it be!

I can't be a member of the side tribesmen!

Lu Kang didn't say it before.

Nangong Yan met Lu Yi's puzzled gaze, nodded, and opened his mouth to say silently: "I'll talk about it later." ”

Tao Qian looked at Lu Yi and couldn't believe it.

With such a young person, Lu Kang will let him be his successor?

However, although he couldn't believe it, he didn't have the opportunity to ask Lu Kang in person now.

I can only discuss it first.

Tao Qian opened his mouth and said to Lu Yi: "Since you are the next family speaker designated by Lu Kang, then the old man will speak bluntly." ”

Taking a deep breath, Tao Qian said: "The old man is about to lead the troops to withdraw from Xuzhou and go south to Danyang!" You immediately send someone back to Lujiang, let Lu Kang send troops from Lujiang, and attack Danyang County with the old man. From now on, we will be neighbors on the left and right. ”

Nangong Yan was surprised: "You want to give up Xuzhou? What about the people of Xuzhou? Officials in Xuzhou, they know and support you to do this? ”

"And the families."

"How could they agree?"

"The land in Xuzhou is fertile, but Danyang County can not compare!"

Tao Qian glanced at Nangong Yan, sighed and said, "The old man is from Danyang County, how can he not know that Danyang County is far inferior to Xuzhou?" Not to mention anything else, let's just say that Xuzhou is a state, and Danyang is just a county, so the two cannot be compared. ”

"However, if the old man stays in Xuzhou any longer, he will definitely die!"

"Only by going south and recapturing Danyang County from Yuan Shu, the old man still has a chance of surviving."

"Now, in this troubled era, the old man and Lu Kang are still loyal to the court."

"The old man can only count on Lu Kang to help!"

Lu Yi asked, "What happened?" No matter how fierce Cao Jun is, it is not easy to take Xuzhou. ”

Nangong Yan said tentatively: "Could it be that Yuan Shao also led the army to attack?" Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were allies. ”

Tao Qian sighed and said, "What you say is the truth. However, this crisis is not on Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, but on Xuzhou itself! ”

Lu Yi: "......"

Nangong Yan: "......"

Tao Qian saw that the two of them didn't understand their situation, so he stood up, walked to the door, and opened the door.

Seeing that the eldest son Tao Shang and Xu Shu were standing outside the door, Tao Qian pointed to Xu Shu and asked Lu Yi, "Is this person reliable?" ”

Lu Yi said: "Lu Taishou's dead soldier." ”

Tao Qian closed the door again, returned to the place where he was kneeling just now, and said to Lu Yi in a low voice: "Qing and Xu Erzhou, there are many families, and any official who comes here will be stripped of power and can only be a puppet." ”

"For example, the Langya Zhao family, the Donghai Wang family, and the Xiapi Chen family."

"These families occupy various jurisdictions, and no power can be invoked here."

"In the early years, the old man was young and vigorous, and he wanted to use brute force to forcibly avoid these families and use his own people."

"As a result, the people used by the old man were eventually bought."

"Later, a guest offered a plan to let the old man learn from Zhang Lu in Hanzhong and envelop the people with five buckets of rice."

"Therefore, the old man built temples on a large scale, and sent his henchmen Zhenrong and others to become monks, trying to bring the people together to fight against these families."

"But over the years, the old man has realized that the strength of the families of Qing and Xu Erzhou is something that these people can't shake."

"What the old man didn't expect was that the henchmen sent out by the old man, Zhen Rong and others, who had mastered the loyalty of the people, actually got out of control and became a family of their own, which is a disaster!"

"This Xuzhou, now there is no place for the old man!"

"Rao is the reason why Cao Cao and Yuan Shao did not take Xuzhou this time, and the old man categorically cannot gain a foothold in Xuzhou!"

Looking at Lu Yi expectantly, Tao Qian said, "Do you understand?" Now, you first let people continue to aid Xuzhou with reinforcements, fight against Cao Cao, and confuse the major families in Xuzhou. At the same time, you asked people to contact you Taishou Lu Kang and ask him to send troops to Lujiang and attack Danyang County with the old man. ”

"The old man doesn't have many elite soldiers in his hands."

"Without your Taishou's help, the old man would be powerless."

Lu Yi sighed secretly.

He understood why the Eastern Han Dynasty must perish.

Even a state pastor has come to such a field!

If the Eastern Han Dynasty is not extinguished, and the various families continue to draw the land as a boundary, then the whole country is like an aging machine, stuck there, unable to operate!

Only by chaotic and reshuffled the cards, replacing some old families with new ones, can this state apparatus continue to function for some time.

Looking at Tao Qian, Lu Yi said with a bitter face: "Xuzhou Mu, you don't know, Lu Taishou is in the same situation as you. ”

"Today's Lujiang has been controlled by major families, and the troops he can call on are extremely limited."

"These two times to send troops to aid Xuzhou have recruited the young people of Lujiang."

"The next time Yuan Shu attacks Lujiang, it's Lujiang-"

Lu Yi didn't continue.

When Tao Qian heard Lu Yi say this, his eyes were dark and he was shaky.

Seeing this, Nangong Yan walked up and hurriedly supported Tao Qian and said, "Xuzhou Mu? ”

Tao Qian raised his head and waved his hand.

Only then did Nangong Yan let go of the hand that was holding him.

Tao Qian stood up trembling and staggered to the door, instantly becoming old.

It wasn't until he arrived at the door of the room that Tao Qian said in a trembling voice: "The qi is exhausted, and we and other old ministers can only turn into dry bones in the grave and die together with the Han Dynasty!" ”