I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 584 "Cao Jun"... takes revenge!
When everyone heard that Liu Bei was leaving, they hurriedly tried to persuade him.

But Liu Bei refused to obey, no matter what anyone said, he just refused to enter Tancheng.

In the end, he withdrew his troops, leaving Ying Shao, Zhang Chao, Zhao Yu, Kong Rong, and Liu Yao to stare at him.

In desperation, these people had no choice but to go to Tancheng first and meet with the officials in the city to discuss together and stabilize the situation.

With the company of these people, Zuo Rong and Que Xuan dared to enter Tancheng. However, they did not dare to bring troops and horses into the city. They only stationed the troops and horses twenty miles southwest of Tan County.

These people entered the city and met with a group of Xuzhou officials headed by Mi Zhu and Chen Gui.

The person who just scolded Tao Qian in the city now arrived in the city. Everyone was respectful and greeted each other as if they were friends they hadn't seen for many years. There was no awkward atmosphere at all.

This was exactly the style of officialdom in the Han Dynasty.

Scolding is followed by scolding, and beatings are beaten. Once the matter is over, everyone is like a brother.

At least on the surface.

Finally, everyone talked about how to stabilize Xuzhou.

The first thing to do is, of course, to reassure the people.

After reassuring the people, it is time to make a judgment on the current situation in Tancheng.

After careful analysis by everyone, there are not many soldiers in Xuzhou County now, Tao Qian has recently died, many forces in the territory have their own agendas, and there are also enemies like Cao Cao and Yuan Shao who covet their Xuzhou wealth...

Let me ask, under such circumstances, how can Xuzhou be stable?
Which mediocre person dares to lead Xuzhou?

We need a strong leader to stabilize the situation!
As for who can do it, it goes without saying, the answer is about to come out!

Everyone agreed that it was Liu Bei.

But Liu Bei won't enter Tancheng at all now, so what should we do?

Regarding this matter, everyone carefully analyzed it and found that Liu Bei did have his difficulties.

What Tao Qian and his son did is really chilling.

If anyone were to look at it from Liu Bei's point of view, they would not interfere in Xuzhou's affairs. Now if Liu Bei wants to stay in Xuzhou, he must deal with Cao Hong and Tao Qian's two sons.

Then, unite the local nobles and heroes to invite Liu Bei, mobilize the people to retain Liu Bei, and use the people's hearts to win Liu Bei's heart!

We must also spread Liu Bei's benevolence and virtue, spread Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness throughout Xuzhou, and at the same time make the affairs of the Tao family and Liu Bei public and inform the world!

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Soon, the grievances between Liu Bei and Tao Qian began to spread wildly in Xuzhou. Of course, all the rumors tended to be on Liu Bei's side.

Originally, the school affairs office spread public opinion very quickly, and now all the official figures in Xuzhou also help Liu Bei speak up and build his reputation. For a while, Liu Bei became the pinnacle of moral models in Xuzhou.

Nowadays, the people in Xuzhou almost only recognize Liu Bei, but no one else!
In the hearts of Xuzhou soldiers and civilians, only Liu Bei can be their guardian.

During this period, Liu Bei's troops went to Qingzhou.

But the powerful Xuzhou nobles also acted very quickly.

Tens of thousands of common people in Xuzhou, organized by various local forces, blocked the road and cried and worshiped, ate pots of pulp, and asked Liu Bei to stay in Xuzhou and preside over major events in Xuzhou.

Many people said that if Liu Bei insisted on leaving, they would be killed in front of Liu Bei's horse!
It has to be said that things turned out like this, which greatly increased Liu Bei's influence in Xuzhou, which Liu Jian had not thought of beforehand.

Of course, this effect is what Liu Jian is looking forward to.

And at this time, Li Gu and others also brought back news from Tan County. Cao Hong had been identified as a traitor and was executed in Tan County by Xuzhou Chen Gui and other local heroes. .

It is said that before Cao Hong died, he kept angrily scolding Donghai Mi and the Chen family of Pei State, calling all the officials in Xuzhou rebellious thieves!
Obviously, Cao Hong's death was a power struggle between local heroes in Xuzhou and the Danyang clan, at least on the surface.

It can be said that his death had little to do with Liu Bei.

But in fact, anyone who really understands things knows that this was done deliberately by the Xuzhou clans in order to flatter the forces in Hebei and keep Liu Bei.

But no matter what, Cao Hong's death has no impact on Liu Bei's reputation.

As for the two sons of the Tao family...

Tao Qian was dead and Tao's reputation was ruined. The two men were sent back to their hometown Danyang County by a group of officials headed by Xuzhou.

Tao Qian's death was not caused by Liu Bei, but by his own narrow-mindedness and his failure to frame Liu Bei.

But after all, he was the chief supervisor of Xuzhou. Although his two sons were despicable, after all, Tao Qian was the governor of Xuzhou appointed by the imperial court. After Tao Qian died, his two sons, from the perspective of everyone in Xuzhou, were not Very easy to handle.

Even if they were let back, judging from the Tao family's current reputation, they wouldn't be able to make much of a splash.

Whether they can still mix among the gentry groups in Danyang County in the future is a question.

After all, Liu Bei had a good relationship with Tao Qian in the past. Although the two later turned against each other and Tao Qian showed no mercy to him, in Liu Bei's view, Tao Qian had not committed any serious crime that could destroy the family.

Now that Tao Qian is dead, Liu Bei would be quite happy if his two sons could return to their hometown and continue his legacy.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei turned around and said to Liu Jian: "Although Tao Gongzu died of depression, but his two sons can stay and prolong the lives of his Tao family, I feel a little at peace in my heart, and it doesn't count as an acquaintance." ”

When Liu Jian heard this, he was silent.

Liu Bei was very surprised when he saw Liu Jian's expression.

"Deran, what's your expression?"

"Brother, do you really think that the Tao brothers will be able to survive this time when they return to their hometown?"

Liu Bei was greatly surprised when he heard this.

"Are you planning to send someone to assassinate these two boys?"

Liu Jian shook his head and said: "Brother, you don't know who I am? I have too many things to think about, how can I have the leisure to see these two idiots? Besides, they can't pose a threat to me at all, so why should I?" It would be a shame to do something like this... Just because I don't touch them doesn't mean others won't."

Liu Bei was silent when he heard this.

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At this time, the two brothers Tao Shang and Tao Ying were heading towards their hometown Danyang with their own slaves and Tao Qian's body with sad faces.

The carriage behind them contained the body of their father.The ancients also had certain methods for maintaining corpses, which could slow down the decay of the body.

But compared to the methods of later generations, it is still lagging behind.

Therefore, the brothers Tao Shang and Tao Ying needed to speed up their journey to transport Tao Qian's body back to his hometown for burial.

The two brothers were confused all the way.

During this period of time, the situation of the two brothers seemed to have fallen from the sky to the earth.

Although the two of them did not lose their lives in the end, in this fight, they lost everything because of their stupidity.

As for the reputation of their Tao family, it would be very difficult to restore it from now on without the efforts of one generation or two.

"I'm not convinced, I'm not convinced!"

Tao Ying from behind suddenly shouted.

The pottery merchant turned his head, looked at his lost brother, and sighed:

"Brother, we have completely lost this time. The Tao family has no chance. Right now, our goal is to return to our hometown to bury our father. Don't blame yourself too much."

Tao Ying yelled in anger: "Why! Why do they all look down on our brothers? We are obviously Fang Bo's sons, but we have ended up like this. Now that Cao Hong has been killed by them, Mi Zhu refuses to marry his sister to me, they They all supported Liu Bei in front of us and my father, and they humiliated us in front of so many people in the city. In what way are our Tao brothers inferior to Liu Bei?"

In fact, the pottery merchant didn't quite understand what was going on.

But even if you can't figure it out, what can you do?
Everything is a foregone conclusion!

Tao Ying suddenly said to the potter: "Brother, are you just accepting your fate?"

The potter looked at Tao Ying sadly and said, "Now that the matter has come to this, how can we not accept our fate?"

Tao Ying became angry and shouted: "The world is now a time of great strife. Who says that we brothers can't achieve great things?"

"Let's go back to our hometown in Danyang, sell our property, recruit troops in Danyang County, and look for opportunities to deal with Liu Bei!"

"And those who look down on us, let them know what kind of person I am in the Danyang Tao Clan!"

The potter was startled when he heard this.

He looked at Tao Ying in surprise: "Brother, are you crazy?!"

Tao Ying said hoarsely: "I just can't swallow this breath!"

"Besides, why can't our brothers do what Liu Bei can do?!"

"Hahaha! Because you are going to die soon and there is no time to do it."

Following a shout, a team rushed out from both sides of the official road.

Obviously, this team has been lying in wait here for a long time.

Tao Shang and Tao Ying were startled. They hurriedly turned around to see, only to see that the standard-setting army had surrounded them.

In the woods nearby, a burly man rushed out and looked at the two brothers coldly.

The pottery merchant pointed at the man and said, "Who are you? Do you want to rob your wealth?"

"Rooting money?"

After hearing this, the man laughed and said:
"Then you are wrong. We are not here to steal money, but to take your lives."

"Our lives! Why take our lives?!"

The big man laughed loudly: "I was just acting on the orders of my Ming Gong. In fact, according to Ming Gong's wishes, I was supposed to kill Tao Qian to worship the Grand Duke. Now that Tao Qian is dead, you will naturally have to bear this blood feud!"

"I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. A certain person is under the command of Mr. Cao! I'm here to send you brothers on their way! Take your heads to comfort the spirit of Grandpa Cao in heaven. You two can go down and accompany your father! What are you still thinking about here and return? Danyang recruits troops to take revenge? This is simply ridiculous!"

When Tao Shang and Tao Ying heard that the other party was Cao Cao's general, they burst into tears.

"My God!"

"Father, save us quickly!"

"I don't want to die, I don't want to die..."

But Yu Jin didn't give the two of them a chance to talk at all. With a wave of his hand, he saw a group of big men under his command holding weapons and rushing towards Tao Ying, the potter brothers, like wolves and tigers.

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After a while, everyone was killed, and someone came to report to Jin.

"Captain Yu, kill everyone."

The big man frowned: "Everyone is dead, why should I be called Yu Xiaowei... How can I be Yu Jin?"

"Huh? Haha, it's smooth, it's smooth..."

"Boss, let's cut off the heads of these two boys and go back to Xuzhou to ask for credit from the Chen family. How much will the Chen family promise us?"

The big man was not in a hurry and looked happy.

He turned around and looked around, finally landing on Tao Qian's coffin.

"Bring the person out, beat the corpse five hundred times, and then leave!"

"Ah? Why? This, this is a bit much..."

The big man gave his men a kick, frowned and said: "Since you pretended to be Cao Cao's army, you should naturally act like it. Tao Qian and Cao Cao had a grudge for killing their father. Why don't you take out Tao Qian's body and whip it? Will it be like what Cao Jun sent people to do? If you are asked to whip you, then whip it, are you still afraid of death? "

The subordinate suddenly realized.

Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something.

"Boss, you didn't come up with such a wicked idea, did you? Did Old Man Chen teach you..."

"Stop talking nonsense, just whip you if you are asked! What does this question have to do with you!"

"Yes Yes!"

(End of this chapter)