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.) When Tao Ying returned to the lobby of the Governor's Mansion, it was already close to the second watch, but the banquet in the lobby of the Governor's Mansion was still not over. Chen Gui, Mi Zhu, Xu Fang, Zheng Xuan, Chen Qun, Xiao Jian and other wealthy Xuzhou noble families,

Either come in person or be stationed in Xu

Representatives of the Zhou family came to the scene. They were all graceful and elegant in blue and white robes. They spoke loudly, generously or softly, discussed and quoted scriptures, talked endlessly, smelled fragrance and drank wine, and secretly disparaged the current affairs. They almost regarded the lobby of Tao Ying's governor's office.

A gathering place for celebrities and celebrities. (Souduwo

..)

To be honest, Tao Ying hates these so-called celebrities from the bottom of his heart. The ignorant Deputy Director Tao and these celebrities will never urinate in the same pot, but there is no way, in this noble family monopolizes most of the resources.

In the era of land, if Tao Ying wanted to secure his position as the governor of Xuzhou, he had to fight for it.

The support of these powerful families was indispensable, so no matter how disdainful he felt in his heart, Tao Ying could only think about when to implement the imperial examination to break the monopoly of the powerful families, while forcing a smile, shaking his head, reciting poems, and answering with a smile on his face.

When I went to the banquet hall, I treated these scholars with hypocritical politeness without even realizing my words.

Fortunately, in the previous gatherings of scholars, Deputy Director Tao had used plagiarized poems from later generations to frighten these rare and strange romantic scholars. This time, no one dared to show off his sour poems in front of Tao Ying.

Ci, so when they saw Tao Ying come in, everyone could only get up quickly

He bowed and asked why Tao Ying had been gone for so long. Tao Ying casually said: "I just stopped by to see Liu Bei for a detailed investigation. I personally interrogated and inquired about the whereabouts of Liu Bei's traitor. I never thought that this traitor was very tyrannical and wasted a lot of time."

It took a little time, but I didn’t ask anything.”

Thanks to the effective propaganda, Xuzhou's rich and powerful families have long been deeply disgusted by Xuande Gong's repeated crimes of luring wolves into the house. When they heard that Tao Ying hated Liu Bei so much, they didn't feel that Tao Ying was too repaying kindness and retaliated with Tao Ying.

Xuande Gong's treacherous intention persisted. Tao Ying turned his eyes to look again.

When Mi Zhu arrived, he saw that Mi Zhu looked as usual and was still whispering to his former colleague Cao Bao, the veteran of the Xuzhou army. He didn’t know what he said, but Cao Bao was also nodding his head with a smile on his face. Tao Ying could not help but feel something in his heart again.

There was a burst of anger, and he cursed secretly: "You bitch, I'm taking advantage of you!"

At this time, Cao Bao stood up, walked to Tao Ying and said with a smile: "My dear son-in-law, although it is not appropriate for me to say this, it is a good thing. My dear son-in-law is of infinite benefit to both Xuzhou and Xuzhou, so I also

I can’t take care of that much anymore. Please forgive me if you go overboard.”

"Father-in-law, please speak up if you have anything to say. My son-in-law is all ears." In front of many representatives of the Xuzhou gentry clan, Tao Ying did not dare to act like a lord in front of Cao Bao. He honestly called himself a junior.

"Just now Zizhong asked me to be a matchmaker and wanted to give his sister to a virtuous son-in-law as a concubine. I wonder if the virtuous son-in-law would accept it?" Cao Bao knew that his daughter and Mi Zhen were sisters, and Mi Zhen also went to the Tao Mansion every two days to help.

Taking care of his pregnant daughter, Cao Bao did not hesitate to speak. He also smiled and said: "In addition, Mi Zizhong also said that if a virtuous son-in-law is willing to accept his sister, he is willing to give half of the family property as a dowry and give it to the virtuous son-in-law together with his sister.

husband."

As soon as Cao Bao said these words, there was naturally a commotion in the lobby. All the noble families in Xuzhou present were speechless, and they were all surprised by Mi Zhu's generosity. Mi Zhu was the number one rich man in Xuzhou, even if he was

Half of the family property, which already exceeded the total assets of most of the wealthy families in Xuzhou, was given away such a huge amount of money, and he also got a charming and beautiful sister. Such generosity has been unheard of in ancient times.

"Half of the family property is used as dowry?" Tao Ying's eyes also flashed with surprise, and he thought to himself: "What the hell is Mi Zhu doing? I sent someone to pretend to be the envoy of the Big Ear Thief to defraud him of the irrefutable evidence of his crime. Even that silly girl Mi Zhen understands what I am doing.

They wanted to attack the Mi family. Mi Zhu was lucky enough to escape, and instead of running for his life and leaving Pengcheng, he even wanted to marry his sister to me as a concubine. What on earth do you want to do?"

At this time, Mi Zhu had also come to Tao Ying and knelt down in front of Tao Ying. He raised his hands and said respectfully: "Master Fu, the brother of the common people has rebelliously committed an offense. He plotted to kill Master Lao Fu and brought about the crime of destroying the family. Master Lao Fu and Master Fu are magnanimous.

Cao Min and his family were not held accountable for their involvement. Cao Min is grateful.

Endless. Today, the common people are brave enough to climb up to the dragon and follow the phoenix. They sincerely offer their sister and half of their family property. They do not seek to become a successful person, but only want to repay the kindness of the emperor and his son to survive. The emperor Wanwang accepts him graciously. The ordinary people will swear allegiance to the emperor in the future and will not dare to do it again.

If you have second thoughts, please investigate."

After saying these pun-intended words, Mi Zhu kowtowed to Tao Ying again and again, and even shed sincere tears. Tao Ying also heard the implication of Mi Zhu's words, and thought to himself: "Could it be that Mi Zhu also guessed it?"

I want to slaughter the sheep and cut it into meat, but I also know that I will definitely not let him go, so I just take the initiative and offer my sister and half of the family property in exchange for his life as a dog and the remaining half of his family property?"

Seeing this scene, the representatives of the wealthy Xuzhou noble families next to him also thought that Mi Zhu was always afraid of Mi Fang's implicated crime, so he took the initiative to donate money and his sister to protect himself. While sighing secretly, they inevitably felt a little bit sad about the death of a rabbit, so they also started to join in the fun.

He persuaded Tao Ying to accept Mi Zhu's request, but Tao Ying repeatedly refused.

After hesitating, he finally helped Mi Zhu himself and said with a smile: "Mr. Zizhong has said it before. Not to mention that my brother's crime should not implicate his family. It was his father's order. What happened today is enough to prove that Mr. Zizhong

He is loyal to Xuzhou, and although he is not talented, he has never doubted Mr. Zizhong."

"As for your sister..." Tao Ying paused, and couldn't help but think of Mi Zhen's pretty face that was full of tears. He couldn't help but said hypocritically: "Mr. Zizhong's sister is virtuous.

She is a virtuous person, and she is as beautiful as a fairy. Is it too unfair to let her be my concubine?"

"My little sister is presumptuous enough to be the concubine of the prince. How can I feel aggrieved?" Mi Zhu seemed to have forgotten that Tao Qian had proposed to her on Tao Ying's behalf, and it was as if the girl could not get married.

Just keep persisting.

It would be a lie to say that Tao Ying did not want to formally accept Mi Zhen into the harem. Seeing that Mi Zhu was very sincere in his intentions, and with the support of the noble family in Xuzhou, Tao Ying could not refuse, so he had to nod his head and formally agreed to accept Mi Zhen.

As a concubine. As soon as he said this, Mi Zhu was naturally grateful, and the wealthy families in Xuzhou next to him expressed their gratitude.

Congratulations to Tao Ying, and at the same time they also speculated on the time when Mi Zhu would return to Xuzhou officialdom - but these nobles were not worried that Mi Zhu would ride on them again. With Mi Fang's matter at hand, even if Mi Zhu returned to Xuzhou officialdom, at most

In other words, it is a political vase destined to never be reused by Tao Ying.

After finalizing the matter of taking Mi Zhen as his concubine, Mi Zhu did not agree with Tao Ying on the spot for a formal date to welcome Mi Zhen. After a while, they broke up and saw that the night was too dark. They had a delicious meal with a wealthy family in Xuzhou.

Everyone said goodbye and left, and Mi Zhu also left hand in hand with his old colleague Cao Bao who had just made great achievements.

Go, Tao Ying personally sent Mi Zhu and Cao Bao out of the gate. It wasn't until the two got on the horse and drove away that they returned to the back hall to negotiate with Lu Su and Chen Deng, who knew the inside story. After entering the back hall, Lu Su immediately went straight to the point.

Tao Ying asked: "Lord, are you really planning to forgive Mi Zhu?"

Tao Ying pursed his lips, not knowing how to answer Lu Su's question. Next to him, Chen Deng observed his words and knew that Tao Ying had been shaken, so he excused Tao Ying and said: "Military advisor, please don't embarrass your lord. This time our plan failed. We failed."

Having obtained the irrefutable evidence of Mi Zhu's collaboration with the enemy, the lord is really unable to attack Mi Zhu, so for a while, this is the only second best option."

"Mr. Yuanlong, of course Su knows that the lord is retreating to the next best thing." Lu Su said hesitantly: "Just like this, Mi Zhu will definitely return to Xuzhou officialdom. God has the virtue of good life, if he is really loyal to Xuzhou sincerely.

Zhou, the lord is kind enough to let him go, and Su will never stop him. But he is afraid that his evil intentions will not die...Last time, the old lord forgave Mi Zhu's implicated sins, and his kindness was so great that Mi Zhu refused to repent. This time...

….”

Chen Deng stopped talking, and just turned his gaze to Tao Ying, who continued to be silent. After a long time, he sighed, "Just take it one step at a time. This is also the last chance I give Mi Zhu. If he truly repented, I will also

Just accept him as your brother-in-law, and if he still refuses to step back from the brink, I won't be merciful next time."

"Even if Mi Zhu intends to sincerely repent, Liu Bei will not let go of this key piece." Lu Su sighed in his heart, but seeing Tao Ying's determination, Lu Su couldn't force Tao Ying to change his mind, so he could only force a smile and said:

"In this case, Su will first congratulate the lord before accepting his wife. Furthermore, Su believes that the marriage between the lord and Miss Mi Zhen should be arranged sooner rather than later. He should first obtain half of Mi Zizhong's family property to alleviate the current monetary crisis of our army."

Tao Ying nodded gloomily and comforted himself in his heart: "Half of Mi Zhu's family property is just half of the family property. At least it is better than not having a penny at all. When the little girl Mi Zhen heard the news, she at least had a smile on her face.

"

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Deputy Director Tao's crow's mouth was not completely right this time. After hearing the news that Mi Zhu decided to give her to Tao Ying as a concubine, poor Mi Zhen not only blossomed in front of Tao Ying for the first time in more than a year

With a smile that was more beautiful than flowers, she even took the initiative to snuggle into Tao Ying's arms. She held Tao Ying in her arms and her delicate body was shaking with excitement. She kept asking if Tao Ying was deceiving her?

Tao Yingze stroked her hair lovingly and said softly: "How could I be willing to lie to you again? I promise you that as long as your brother truly repented, not only will I not pursue his past mistakes, I will continue to reuse him.

Although your brother is not good at managing internal affairs, he has rich experience in doing business. I will find a way to arrange an important commercial position for him..."

Before Tao Ying had finished speaking, poor Mi Zhen was already crying with joy. She hugged Tao Ying and cried until she died. She murmured and repeated only one word, "Thank you, thank you, thank you..."

"Why are you thanking me? Your husband-in-law is just a favor." Tao Ying smiled and pinched Mi Zhen's tearful face, and then said with a deliberately lewd smile: "But being a husband-in-law has his words first, you, a little girl, marry me

After you come here, you have to serve me well every night, and you have to serve me how you are told. Don't be like that little girl Ling'er, asking her to give me a blowjob, every time it feels like killing her."

Poor girl Mi Zhen's face turned red again. She rolled her eyes at Tao Ying who looked like a wolf, then wiped away the tears on her face. With a red face, she knelt down between Tao Ying's legs and stretched out her little hands tremblingly with shame.

, take the initiative to untie Tao Ying's belt...

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Because of the exhaustion caused by being too excited, Mi Zhen did not leave the Tao Mansion with a shy face until noon the next day and returned to her own mansion in the north of the city. However, after entering the door, Mi Zhen found that her brother did not greet him as usual.

Come up and ask questions in the courtyard.

There were also servants and maids everywhere who were busy decorating Zhang Hong and preparing for the banquet. When they asked curiously about the reason, the maid replied with a wicked smile: "Miss, the master of the house is planning to entertain Lord Tao, General Cao Bao, and Lord Tao tonight."

Discuss your wedding date, Miss."

The maid's evil smile made Mi Zhen, who still had traces of passion on her body, feel even more embarrassed. After a rare stern face, she scolded the smiling maid away. Mi Zhen hurriedly fled back to her boudoir in the backyard, but when she passed by an ordinary servant

When the back hall of my house was inaccessible, although there were a few misfits in the back hall corridor,

The soldiers of the Mansion guarded the door. However, the door was closed tightly. There seemed to be a faint collision in the back hall. Out of curiosity, Mi Zhen walked over to check the situation. The soldiers of the Mi Mansion guarding the back hall quickly stopped him.

Mi Zhen said respectfully: "Miss, the master of the house has given instructions. No one is allowed to enter now."

"Why are you not allowed in?" Sister Mi Zhen was even more curious, but Mi Zhen immediately recognized that the soldier who stopped her was a soldier under her brother's confidant Mi Fei. They were all servants of the Mi family who had been in business for five generations.

Composed of sons from the family, it is his brother's most trusted family soldier team, and it is also

The dead men who have been fed with money, food and beautiful women were all the secret contacts between their brother and Xuande Gong. They were also responsible for all the shameful things about his brother! Think of what the maid said before. A kind of

An ominous premonition also arises in Mi Zhen's heart.

At this time, the door to the back hall opened a small crack. Hearing the movement, Mi Zhu poked his head out of the door and saw that it was his sister. Mi Zhu breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and whispered a few words, then opened the door and walked out.

——The moment the door to the back hall opened, the sharp-eyed Mi Zhen clearly saw that Mi Fei, leading a group of soldiers, was carefully placing a jar with the top sealed on the beam!

After walking up to Mi Zhen, Mi Zhu didn't say anything. He just took Mi Zhen's little hand and walked away, dragging Mi Zhen into Mi Zhen's boudoir. Then he whispered to Mi Zhen: "Little sister, last night

You must have heard about the incident. The little thief Tao Ying sent someone to pretend to be Xuande's messenger in order to defraud his brother's ironclad evidence of collaborating with the enemy. From this, we can be sure that the little thief Tao Ying wants to attack our Mi family."
To be continued...