On the day that Uncle Liu Huang set off from Xiaopei to Xuzhou, the sky in Xuzhou really fell for the first time since the beginning of winter this year. The auspicious snow fell, making the mountains in Xuzhou look like clusters of jade and the forests like silver. But Uncle Liu Huang had many things on his mind.

, and had no intention of enjoying the first snow scene this year. He led Mi Zhu and the others and 500 elite soldiers and just urged their horses to move quickly, trying to get to Xuzhou as soon as possible to meet Tao Qian, and to find out as soon as possible that Tao Qian and his son invited him to go south.

The real intention was that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were carefree and led the soldiers to throw snow for fun during their break, leaving bursts of joyful laughter on the snow-covered road.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei soon stopped laughing. After crossing the border of Liu County and the county seat agreed with the Xuzhou army, Liu Bei's army soldiers who used to have unimpeded access to the south of Liu County soon discovered that the people of Xuzhou south of Liu County

He had completely changed his attitude towards them. He thought that when he saw Liu Beijun's flag, the people of Xuzhou in this area had already come up to greet him and lead the way. But now when these people saw Liu Beijun, they seemed to have seen the god of plague, and they dispersed from a distance.

After hiding away, you could still vaguely hear unpleasant scoldings. There were even a few children throwing snowballs at Liu Beijun and shouting, "Liu Bei, traitor! Get out of Xuzhou!" - Of course, these children were quickly beaten by them.

His parents and elders took him away and quickly fled away.

Of course, most of Liu Bei's soldiers who didn't know the truth were confused. There were also some soldiers with particularly impulsive tempers who wanted to trouble the children who threw snowballs. Fortunately, Guan Yu, who only knew part of the truth, shouted loudly and restrained the soldiers from retaliating.

, and then there were no more conflicts with the local people. Zhang Fei, who was even more grumpy, also took the lead in restraining military discipline this time, beating the soldiers and shouting, "Be honest with me, this is just a misunderstanding, I

There is a little misunderstanding between my eldest brother and Tao Fujun. Just wait until we get to Xuzhou to clarify it! Tao Fujun and Mr. Tao are both kind-hearted gentlemen and are not allowed to harm their people!"

Seeing such a scene, Liu Huangshu and Mi Zhu, who fully understood the truth, could not help but secretly regret that they should not have used the tactic to lure Tao Qian and his son into taking action. However, Tao Qian and his son counterattacked, causing Liu Beijun to completely lose the foundation of popular support.

This will make it more difficult for Liu Bei to achieve his goal of annexing Xuzhou.

"I can only bow my head to Tao Qian for the time being. The excuse is a misunderstanding. I beg Tao Qian to take back the notice, restore the hearts of the people of Xuzhou, and then make another good plan." Liu Bei once again strengthened his determination and ignored those who were hostile to him.

The people of Xuzhou raised their whips and loudly ordered: "Send an order to the whole army not to conflict with the people, speed up the march, and must reach Xuzhou City before noon tomorrow!"

After the order was conveyed, Liu Bei's army of five hundred also speeded up and headed south. Fortunately, the snow was not very heavy. It only lasted for one morning and then the clouds cleared and the sky cleared. The snow on the road was not very thick. For the well-trained soldiers

The march of Liu Bei's elite troops had little impact, so by nightfall, Liu Bei's army had arrived at the Zhengjiaji area, the largest market in the north of Pengcheng, and camped at Zhengjiaji for a night's rest. Liu Bei's army set off south again, hurrying to

Go to Xuzhou.

At nearly noon, Liu Bei's army had arrived at the ten-mile long pavilion in the north of Xuzhou. It was also the location of Cao Cao's army's camp when they first attacked Xuzhou. Seeing the faintly discernible traces of Cao's army's encampment, Liu Huangshu was furious and worried about Cao Cao in his heart.

The boss scolded him like crazy, "You damn thief Cao, why didn't you kill Tao Ying's son with a knife back then, but you wanted to keep this kid to constrain me? Now that the constraints are in place, it's hard for me to annex him.

Xuzhou is here, I’m afraid you Cao Cao thieves won’t dare to take Xuzhou’s idea casually, and you will only bring trouble to yourself and feed the tiger into trouble!”

"Brother, look, Master Tao has sent someone to greet us!"

Zhang Fei's cheers interrupted Liu Huangshu's regret. Liu Huangshu looked up and saw that there was indeed a group of about 200 people at the pavilion ten miles ahead. On both sides of the parade, people were dressed in red and colorful. At the same time, there was the sound of gongs and drums.

Uncle Liu nodded secretly, thinking that the old man Tao Qian and the young Tao Ying were somewhat polite. Being able to travel ten miles to meet them meant that the traitorous father and son still had some conscience. But when he got closer and took a closer look, Uncle Liu had a nose.

I almost got angry. It turned out that the people who greeted Uncle Liu Huang at the ten-mile pavilion were not Tao Qian and his son or their lackeys, but Mi Zhu's younger brother Mi Fang and the servants of Mi Mansion.

"Mr. Xuande! Gong Xuande!" Mi Fang couldn't wait to run up, saluted from a distance, and shouted: "Mr. Xuande, I haven't seen you for many days, I really miss you! General Yide, Yun Chang

General, you are here too!"

"You idiot, why are you here to greet me? Do you think the traitor and his son don't pay enough attention to the relationship between your brother and me? Also, if you don't keep an eye on the traitor and his son in Xuzhou City, what's the use of coming here to greet me?

?" Uncle Liu Huang roared in his heart, but with a friendly smile on his face, he dismounted and returned the courtesy to Mi Fang: "Zifang, long time no see, I miss you very much."

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also dismounted and returned the courtesy, but Mi Zhu was furious. As soon as he got off his horse, he shouted to his brother: "Zifang, why are you here? And you have brought so many of our servants?"

"I inquired and found out that Tao Ying was ungrateful and only wanted to meet Duke Xuande in front of the city gate, so I came." Mi Fang replied confidently: "Besides, it's rare for Duke Xuzhou to come back to Xuzhou City. What's wrong with me?"

Why don't we go ten miles out of the city to meet him? If the news hadn't arrived late, I would have traveled thirty miles out of the city to meet Duke Xuande."

Uncle Liu Huang and Mi Zhu both had the urge to strangle Mi Fang to death. Uncle Liu was better off and calmly thanked Mi Fang with his hands. Mi Zhu took the opportunity to drag Mi Fang aside and shouted angrily in a low voice with a livid face: "You idiot!

Instead of watching every move of Tao Qian and his son in Xuzhou city, why are you here to greet Mr. Xuande and perform some useless ceremonials? Do you think Mr. Xuande will accept your favor? Tell me, what's going on in Xuzhou city these days?

?”

"There's no movement at all. It's just that Tao Qian is getting more and more seriously ill, and I heard he's about to die." Mi Fang answered honestly, and said in a low voice as if to show her merit: "I met Zhang Hang again last night. In addition to

In addition to some mercury, I also gave him some highly poisonous arsenic powder. As long as Mr. Xuande is willing, Tao Qian can die at any time."

Mi Zhu had nothing to do with his younger brother, so he had to scold Mi Fang a few more times for being reckless and futile. He quickly returned to Liu Bei and whispered to Uncle Liu that there was no movement in Xuzhou City. And the matter came to an end.

At this point, it was useless no matter how much Uncle Liu Huang secretly resented Mi Fang for leaving his surveillance post. He could only make mistakes. He first let Mi Zhu entangle Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, then invited Mi Fang to ride with him, and asked Mi Fang about the past few days in Xuzhou City.

He took the opportunity to hint to Mi Fang, asking Mi Fang to blame Tao Ying for poisoning Tao Qian.

Talking to Mi Fang was tiring, and it was not until she had almost revealed the whole opportunity to Mi Fang and Pan that Mi Fang suddenly realized it. She patted her chest and assured Uncle Liu: "Please don't worry, Mr. Xuande. After the matter is completed, I will send the doctor to the hospital immediately."

Xiaopei, let him serve as a witness and spread rumors in Xuzhou city, saying that Tao Ying killed his father and poisoned Tao Qian's son."

"This Mi Zi Fang really lacks experience." Uncle Liu Huang shook his head quietly and sighed to himself: "When the big thing is settled, I must teach this Mi Zi Fang well. First of all, I must let him control his bad mouth! Otherwise, I will teach him a lesson."

, sooner or later he will die from his mouth!"

After finally seeing the familiar North Gate of Xuzhou, Liu Huangshu and Mi Zhu realized that Mi Fang's words were not completely correct. Tao Qian and his son were not so ungrateful that they only lined up in front of the city gate to greet them. They still went some distance outside the city.

A welcoming queue was set up on a huge open ground. At the same time, Tao Qian and his son also organized a large number of people to go out of the city to welcome him. There were probably tens of thousands of people all over the mountains and plains. They were beating gongs and drums, and the music was loud. The attitude of welcoming Uncle Liu Huang back to Xuzhou was very sincere.

Seeing this scene, Uncle Liu quietly breathed a sigh of relief and was basically relieved - with Tao Ying's hypocrite character, there was no way he would do anything in front of so many soldiers and civilians.

Amidst the majestic and vigorous sounds of ritual music, Uncle Liu's team gradually walked up to the welcoming crowd in Xuzhou. Uncle Liu first saw the second young master Tao Yingtao with a friendly smile on his face. What made Uncle Liu helpless and resentful was that it had only been more than half a year.

Suddenly, Tao Ying not only became much calmer and more elegant, but also stood at the front of the crowd. Tao Shang, Chen Gui and his son, Xu Fang, Lu You, Qin Yi and other important officials in Xuzhou could only stand behind Tao Ying.

The platoon participated in the reception as Tao Ying's subordinates. It can be seen that Tao Ying, whose reputation has soared, has been recognized by Xuzhou civil and military officials and is actually the second person in Xuzhou.

"My nephew Tao Ying is following his father's order to lead Xuzhou civil and military officials and the military and civilians to welcome my uncle Xuande Gong back to Xuzhou!" Tao Ying shouted loudly and took the lead to salute Liu Huangshu with clasped fists. The Xuzhou civil and military officials behind him also clasped their fists and bowed.

He sang loudly: "By the Lord's order, I respectfully welcome Duke Xuande back to Xuzhou!"

"My nephew, please get up quickly. My nephew is too polite. Please get up quickly." Liu Huangshu quickly dismounted his horse and rushed to Tao Ying. He picked up Tao Ying's hands and asked the Xuzhou civil and military officials behind Tao Ying.

He nodded repeatedly, "My lords and generals, please get up quickly."

If the two big figures of this era are the most affectionate and hypocritical when they meet, then it must be our Deputy Director Tao and our Uncle Liu Huang who met this time. They both wanted to kick each other hard in the crotch.

It was a kick, but what came out of his mouth were bursts of sweet words. One was talking about uncle, and the uncle's shout was affectionate, and the other was talking about nephew, and the nephew was shouting enthusiastically, and the four hands were held together with excitement.

I wanted to break the opponent's hand, but in my heart I was yelling at the opponent's eighteen generations of ancestors. What I was thinking about was how to swallow the opponent's skin and bones, not even the dregs left!

In the words of the prodigal Lu Su, "If I didn't know the truth and saw the enthusiasm, friendliness, sincerity and excitement between the young master and Xuande Gong when they met, I would definitely think that they were a pair of uncles and nephews reunited after a long separation. But because I knew

The truth, so when I saw Young Master and Duke Xuande holding hands and talking, it was like seeing two poisonous snakes entangled together, facing each other spitting out forked snake letters. These two poisonous snakes, one of them fell down like five steps,

One is like the head of a rice shovel."

They held hands and said many sweet words to each other. Uncle Liu Huang and Deputy Director Tao then remembered to introduce each other. Deputy Director Tao introduced his two new lackeys, Lu Su and Xu Sheng, to Uncle Liu, and Uncle Liu introduced Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to Lu Huang.

Su and Xu Sheng asked them to be polite to each other. It was at this time that Liu Huangshu asked with concern: "Second Young Master, I heard that Tao Fujun's illness has worsened again. How are you doing now? Is it okay?"

The smile on Deputy Director Tao's face disappeared, and he clasped his fists heavily and said: "Thank you for your concern, uncle. My father is very ill and has been out of bed for three days. Today, my father came out of the city to greet my uncle. He was carried by the guards of the mansion.

Warm up the car.”

"Mr. Tao Mansion is here too? Where is it?" Uncle Liu Huang was surprised. It wasn't until Tao Ying pointed out that Uncle Liu Huang discovered a carriage covered with thick furs in the crowd. Cao Hong and other Tao Mansion guards were guarding the side. Uncle Liu Huang

Not daring to neglect, he hurried forward to greet him. Tao Ying, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other important officials from the two armies hurriedly followed. Brother Mi Zhu was a little hesitant to follow, but Lu You and Qin Yi next to them invited him, and Mi Zhu and Mi Fang were gone.

I had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow suit.

Uncle Liu walked through the crowd and came to Tao Qian's car. Cao Hong quickly asked the guards to disperse and create a circle with a radius of ten feet. Uncle Liu walked straight to the car and saluted with clasped fists and said, "Liu Bei pays homage to Mr. Tao Mansion. Thank you Mr. Lao Mansion."

I'm really flattered to come out to greet you in person."

The car curtain was opened from the inside, and Tao Qian, who was old and skinny due to illness, was supported by two maids and rarely appeared in public. In the conscience of heaven and earth, Deputy Director Tao really did not cruelly use his old and sick father.

It was Tao Qian who heard about Tao Ying's plan and insisted on coming to see a good show with his own eyes. Tao Ying couldn't resist, so he asked Cao Hong and others to protect Tao Qian and come here.

"Liu Shijun, it's been a long time." Tao Qian coughed and said with difficulty: "I am seriously ill and cannot get out of the car to salute, so I can only send my dog ​​to salute on my behalf. I hope Uncle Liu will forgive me for my neglect."

"I don't dare." Liu Huangshu quickly saluted solemnly, and took the opportunity to say: "When it comes to apologizing, Liu Bei should also apologize to the prince. The day before yesterday, Jian Yong was ordered to pay a visit to the prince. His original intention was to discuss with Mr. Tao how to defend against the enemy.

, I asked if the prince could provide 200,000 hu of military rations and 1,000 war horses in time of war to resist the bandits. I didn’t want Xianhe to be humorous, so he joked that Bei was forcing the money and rations. Bei was already giving Tao

The misunderstanding was caused by the poor words in Fujun's letter, and Jian Xianhe has been severely punished. Wanwangfujun will forgive me for any offence."

"Is that just Mr. Xianhe's joke?" Tao Qian reluctantly opened his turbid old eyes and asked in surprise: "So, the envoy did not ask me to provide a thousand war horses and two hundred thousand hu of army rations?"

"Of course not." Uncle Liu Huang said with a calm face: "That's all a misunderstanding. I also ask the Lord to immediately withdraw the notice and not collect taxes from the people of Xuzhou."

"Oh, that's it." Tao Qian nodded reluctantly and coughed for a long time. Then Tao Qian struggled to tell Tao Ying, who was standing next to Uncle Liu Huang, "Ying'er, send an order for father to cancel that announcement!"

"No." Tao Ying respectfully agreed, walked to the crowd of Xuzhou people, and shouted loudly: "Xuzhou soldiers and civilians, please listen carefully. Xuande Gong's request for 200,000 hu of military rations was just a misunderstanding. From now on,

The notice calling on you to collect donations of money and food and preparing to forcefully collect money and food is cancelled! There is no need for you to raise money and food, and there is no need to levy additional money and food from you!"

"Oh!" Earth-shaking cheers rang out from the crowd of Xuzhou people, and all previous worries were completely wiped out. Tao Ying ordered people to tear down the notice, rewrite it and send it to the five counties of Xuzhou, informing the people of Xuzhou

Misunderstand.

Seeing Tao Qian and his son rescinding the notice that had framed them for injustice, our Uncle Liu was completely relieved. When Tao Ying returned to Tao Qian's car, Uncle Liu asked hypocritically: "Xian

Nephew, a few months ago, didn’t I hear that Tao Fujun’s condition had improved greatly? How come it didn’t take long for him to become seriously ill again?”

To Uncle Liu's surprise, his hypocritical question actually elicited an unexpected and violent reaction - Tao Ying suddenly knelt down to Uncle Liu, clasped his fists and said loudly: "Uncle, regarding the matter of my father's serious illness, my nephew is...

If you have any grievances, tell your uncle and ask him to make the decision for your nephew!"

Deputy Director Tao suddenly reacted so violently and said such words, which not only shocked Uncle Liu Huang, but also almost everyone present. The noisy voices suddenly became quiet, and Tao Ying

The silly elder brother also rushed over and asked in alarm: "Second brother, what happened? What did you ask your uncle to do for us?"

"Brother, please join me in saluting your uncle. My father is suddenly seriously ill and we have hidden secrets. We brothers need to ask our uncle to uphold justice for us!" Tao Ying replied loudly.
To be continued...