Cao Cao's army came and left even faster. In just two sticks of incense, tens of thousands of Cao Cao's troops had completely withdrawn, leaving only Tao Ying, who was devastated and covered in oil.

Seeing Cao Jun's retreat as promised, the walls of Xuzhou were naturally filled with thunderous cheers. Countless soldiers and civilians sang, shouted, jumped and jumped, shouting "Master Tao" in unison. There were many people hugging each other and dancing. Tao Qian and the pottery merchant were overjoyed.

Tao Ji and his family were so excited that they burst into tears. As soon as they saw Cao Jun walking away, they couldn't wait to climb down the city wall and opened the city gate to welcome Tao Ying, the hero of Xuzhou, back to the city.

The crowd was excited and the atmosphere was so lively that even Chen Gui and his son, Cao Bao, Cao Hong and others who had always looked down on Tao Ying, as well as the three strong men Guan, Zhang and Zhao who had only met Tao Ying once, were all smiling, cheering, and rushing to be the first.

Along with the crowd, they poured down the city wall and went out to meet Tao Ying.

There were only a few exceptions. When he saw Tao Ying crawling out of the oil pan unharmed, Liu Bei's white face first turned gray, and then turned green, because although Liu Bei didn't know why Tao Ying could jump into the oil

But Liu Bei knew very well that it didn't matter if Tao Ying jumped, the morale and morale of the military and people in Xuzhou would completely belong to Tao and his son. The glory of finally being able to rescue Xuzhou was also completely impressed by Tao.

Ying's brilliance covered it up.

There are also brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang. As Xuzhou officials, when they saw Tao Ying jumping into and climbing out of the oil pan, not only did they not look happy at all, but their faces were terrifyingly gloomy, and their eyes were staring into the distance.

He looked at Tao Ying, his eyes were cold and vicious, as if he wanted to stab Tao Ying one hundred, seventeen or eighty times.

"It's broken!" Mi Fang suddenly cried out in a low voice.

"Why are you surprised, dear brother?" Mi Zhu turned around and asked.

"The Arrow Book!" Mi Fang whispered with a pale face: "I didn't expect the Second Young Master to come back, and I was afraid of leaking the secret, so the Arrow Book was written by me! Just in case..."

"What?!" Mi Zhu wished he could kick his own brother off the city wall and throw him to death. With a livid face, he shouted in a low voice, "Are you stupid or not? Dare you write that arrow book yourself? You are not afraid of the news leaking, Arrow

The book falls into the hands of the lord, check the handwriting?!"

"I..., I was just afraid of leaking the news, so I didn't dare to let anyone else write it." Mi Fang explained with a sad face.

Mi Zhu almost had the urge to strangle his own brother to death, but at this time Xuzhou general Cao Bao happened to pass by Mi Zhu brothers and invited Mi Zhu brothers to go out of the city to meet Tao Ying. Mi Zhu had no choice but to agree with a smile and glared at Mi Fang fiercely a few times.

Only then did he follow Cao Bao and others down to the city with great fear, and went out to meet Deputy Director Tao Yingtao, who had made great contributions to relieving the siege of Xuzhou.

"Second brother——!"

"Second brother——!"

After leaving the city, the two brothers Tao Ji and Tao Shang ran the fastest and took the lead to rush to the front of the team leaving the city. Even though they were more than ten feet away, they shouted together and opened their arms. They rushed towards Tao Ying with tears in their eyes. At the same time, Tao Ying was

Ying hugged him, opened his mouth and called "Second Brother, Second Brother". Tears were already pouring down, and he couldn't say anything else. They just hugged Tao Ying and cried together, hugging Deputy Director Tao, a brother who made them proud.

Shaking hard and refusing to let go no matter what.

"Brother, dear brother, please spare my life, I'm about to be strangled to death by you." Tao Ying, who was almost strangled, cried out for mercy, fearing that he would be strangled to death by two brothers instead of being blown to death by Boss Cao.

Deputy Director Tao, who was used to seeing intrigues and intrigues in the officialdom, couldn't help feeling a little sore when he saw the two cheap brothers being so excited. He was touched by this rare true brotherhood.

"Mingwu, Mingwu! Mingwu, my child!"

Amidst the roar of the crowd, Tao Qian, who had white hair and beard, rushed to Tao Ying with the support of Cao Hong and other confidants. The Xuzhou soldiers and civilians following Tao Qian instantly surrounded the Tao family and rushed to Tao Ying.

After saluting and saying hello, Tao Ying did not dare to neglect, and quickly pushed his eldest brother and cousin away, knelt down on his knees to Tao Qian, kowtowed and said, "My child, Tao Ying, is unfilial and makes his father worry about him. The child will surely die."

"My son, please get up quickly." Tao Qian quickly stretched out his hand to lift Tao Ying up, looked at his son's injury up and down, and said with tears: "My son, you..., you have suffered. You..., you let me be your father.

It’s amazing.”

"My father deserves the award, but I don't deserve it." Of course, Tao Ying would not miss this opportunity to perform. He bowed deeply to Tao Qian and said with great respect: "As for suffering, let alone suffering, the child, as his father's son, should not

It is natural for the soldiers and civilians of Xuzhou to go through fire and water. Fortunately, Cao Cao kept his word, and Xuzhou was lucky enough to escape a catastrophe."

Tao Qian choked and nodded, holding Tao Ying's hand and bursting into tears. The Xuzhou soldiers and civilians on the side also cried bitterly. They were grateful and admired Deputy Director Tao to the core. Some of the soldiers took the lead in shouting "Second Young Master", and the crowd soon rang out in order.

And there was a loud shout, "Second Young Master! Second Young Master! Second Young Master! Second Young Master—!"

"Thank you, thank you, thank you all, fellow villagers." Tao Ying returned the favor with clasped fists. Seeing tens of thousands of civilians, soldiers and civilians cheering for him with tears in his eyes, Deputy Director Tao was secretly proud, but couldn't help feeling sad in his heart.

He muttered, "The ancients were still easy to deceive. No wonder a third-rate actor like Big Ear Thief could prosper in the Three Kingdoms."

Speaking of Cao Cao, when Cao Cao arrived, Tao Ying had just muttered about the big-eared thief in his heart. Liu Bei led the three strong men of Guan, Zhang, and Zhao to come to Tao Ying. Behind him were brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang who were forcing smiles. Tao Ying hurriedly came up

He bowed deeply to Liu Bei and said more respectfully: "My nephew, Tao Ying, pays homage to my uncle. Thanks to my uncle's book of ten thousand gold, Cao Cao's army finally retreated. Thousands of people in Xuzhou will never forget my uncle's grace to survive."

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"Is this kid slapping me in the face?" Liu Bei was angry and returned the favor hypocritically: "The good nephew has said it before. Cao Cao retreated from Xuzhou this time because the good nephew sacrificed himself for others and moved Duke Cao. Cao Cao's army is like this

It was only then that the siege of Xuzhou was lifted, and the preparation was immeasurable."

"Uncle, you must not be so humble." Tao Ying said with a serious face: "Cao Cao believed that his nephew's family was his enemy who killed his father, and he hated his nephew to the core. If it weren't for his uncle's letter to persuade him to make peace, how would Cao Cao be willing to retreat?

If there had been no letter from my uncle, I am afraid that Cao Cao would have pushed my nephew out of the gate and beheaded him without even giving him a chance to speak!"

Although Deputy Director Tao's words were humble and respectful, when he heard them, Mr. Xuande felt as sick as if he had eaten a fly, because no matter how modest Deputy Director Tao was, he saw Deputy Director Tao jump into the oil with his own eyes.

The soldiers and civilians of Xuzhou who exchanged pot for Cao Cao's retreat will only think that our Deputy Director Tao is of high moral character, neither taking credit nor being proud, and repaying others with drops of water in the form of springs. They will not feel the slightest gratitude to Mr. Xuande. So we

Xuande Gong was humble in his words, but he couldn't help but feel extremely angry in his heart, "You damn thief Cao, why didn't you kill this bastard of the Tao Qian family? How could this bastard crawl out of the boiling oil pot alive?"

"Big nephew!" Zhang Fei didn't care what his eldest brother was thinking. He almost slapped Tao Ying and made him sit on the ground. He shouted happily with a rare loud voice: "Big nephew, you scared me to death! You

When I jumped into the oil pan, I, Zhang Fei, almost cried! Tell me, you jumped into the boiling oil pan, how come you climbed out without any trouble?"

"Yes, second brother, how could you come out of the boiling oil pan without any injuries on your body?" Tao Ji also asked curiously. The surrounding Xuzhou soldiers and civilians, Tao Qian, Mi Zhu and others were also extremely curious and started talking.

Ask Tao Ying why he jumped into the oil pan and didn't die?

"I..., I don't know either." Deputy Director Tao looked confused and recalled, "When I closed my eyes and jumped into the oil pan, I thought I was dead, but... I jumped in.

Finally, I didn’t feel it at all, and I was standing next to the oil pan without even realizing it.”

"Is there such a strange thing?" Everyone exclaimed. Seeing Tao Ying nodding seriously, everyone present was surprised and exclaimed that the second master Tao is the guardian of the gods? Liu Bei was also extremely surprised and thought to himself: "Is it possible that Tao Qian is this

My son, is he a monster? Otherwise, who in the world would jump into a pot of boiling oil and not die?"

Of course, some people saw the flaw. For example, Chen Gui and Chen Deng, the rich men, landowners and nobles in Xuzhou, twitched their noses twice and looked at Tao Ying with a half-smile, but said nothing.

"Second Young Master, how was your identity discovered by Thief Cao?" The person who asked this question was Mi Fang, who looked relaxed but actually asked nervously: "Second Young Master, did you reveal your identity to Thief Cao yourself?"

"Master Mi is joking." Tao Ying replied with a wry smile: "Tao Ying is greedy for life and afraid of death, so how dare he reveal his identity to Cao Cao?"

Many people around Tao Ying fell silent. Tao Qian, Tao Shang and Tao Ji looked surprised. Chen Gui and Chen Deng's father and son's hearts skipped a beat. Liu Bei's eyelids twitched slightly. Brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang were extremely nervous. But who

What he didn't expect was that Tao Ying suddenly said something like this, "Although Tao Ying did not reveal his identity, Tao Ying was very unlucky. A Cao Jun spy happened to meet Tao Ying and exposed Tao Ying's identity. That's why.

What happened next.”

"That's it!" Brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang exclaimed together, and a big stone in their hearts finally fell to the ground. They secretly cursed their brothers for being troublesome. If they had known that Cao Jun Xizuo could recognize Tao Ying's identity, their brothers would not have to take such a big risk.

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Tao Ying's words also deceived the brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang. Old treacherous people such as Liu Bei, Chen Gui and his son were all doubtful. Especially Chen Gui and his son who knew Tao Ying very well were even more suspicious. They thought together: "I was betrayed by Cao Jun."

How is this possible? My lord's two young masters live in seclusion. They either study or practice martial arts every day and rarely appear in front of others. It's not that easy for Cao Jun Xizuo to know what he looks like, right?"

"Father, the child has the guts to say something. It's time for a little investigation and screening of the servants in our family." Tao Ying also knew that his words would be difficult for the old foxes of the Three Kingdoms to believe, so he said to Tao Qian: "Father, I definitely can't believe it. If you see through it,

Cao Jun, the man who revealed the identity of the child, once worked as a servant in our family for more than half a year! So when he saw the child, he immediately recognized the identity of the child!"

"Is there anything else?" Tao Qian, who had been bowing his head in deep thought just now, finally spoke, and shouted from his confidant Cao Hong: "Cao Hong, I regard you as the captain of the front office and entrust you with all the affairs of Xuzhou Prefecture.

Cao Jun's fine work was put into my house, do you know the crime?!"

"The last general deserves death!" Cao Hong, who had a very bad reputation among the scholars in Xuzhou, was shocked. He quickly knelt down to Tao Qian to plead guilty, and quickly replied: "Please rest assured, my lord, after the last general returns to the city, he will definitely kill him."

The servants in the mansion are strictly screened, and no one will be allowed to slip through the net!"

Tao Qian snorted and reluctantly accepted Cao Hong's apology. Liu Bei, Chen Gui and others next to him were relieved. Brother Mi Zhu was even more gloating about his misfortune. They all said that you deserved your misfortune, Tao Ying, for meeting such a well-informed person.

Cao Jun worked carefully, and if he wanted to disguise himself and get through, don't even think about it.

"Father, we are not sages. We can't fault General Cao Hong too much." Deputy Director Tao pretended to be a good person and said to Tao Qian: "Also, I think it is necessary to conduct a little investigation and screening of the servants in the mansion.

That’s it, don’t let innocent people get hurt because of a Cao Jun who has already fled the house.”

Tao Qian nodded repeatedly, very satisfied with his son's generosity and kindness. Tao Ying glanced at Liu Bei and Mi Zhu brothers intentionally or unintentionally, with a smile on his lips, and said to himself, "You must be calm and rational, don't fall out with Liu Bei at this time.

Wisely, firstly, there is no accurate evidence, and falling out with Liu Bei will lead to the reputation of ungratefulness; secondly, falling out with Liu Bei at this time has no chance of winning; thirdly, the current situation in Xuzhou is that the blood has flowed to the point where it can no longer flow, and the vitality has been injured and cannot flow anymore.

In addition to planting more flowers and less thorns, you also need a dog! A watchdog!"

"Young Master, please mount your horse." The cordial voice of Xuzhou General Zhang Lie interrupted Tao Ying's calculations. Zhang Lie, who usually didn't even bother to say a few words to Tao Ying, not only smiled at Tao Ying at this moment, but also personally gave him

Tao Ying brought the war horse for transportation and said sincerely: "Sir, please get on the war horse. I will lead the horse back to the city for you."

"General Zhang, it's me." Tao Ji, who had been quietly laughing at his second brother yesterday, squeezed forward and reached out to grab the reins of the horse from Zhang Jiao's hand. "Second brother, let me hold the horse for you."

"Sir, please mount your horse!" Countless sincere shouts rang out around Tao Ying. Countless Xuzhou soldiers and civilians, as well as countless Liu Jun soldiers, spontaneously moved to both sides of the road to make way for Tao Ying.

On the way back to the city, they shouted rhythmic slogans, "Young Master! Young Master! Young Master! Young Master—!"

Hearing this loud slogan, and seeing the sincere smiling faces of Xuzhou soldiers and civilians, as well as the extremely straight road back to the city that was crowded with people on both sides, Tao Ying burst into tears, held his hands to the people of Xuzhou, and shouted with choked sobs:

"People, you love Tao Ying too much!"

"Young Master!" Countless people cried out, and countless others took the initiative to kneel down to Tao Ying, lying on the ground and wailing...

"Child!" There was a person with complex thoughts. He had a friendly and approving smile on his face, but he was roaring crazily in his heart, "Child! Tao Ying, Xiao'er! Tao Ying, Xiao'er, who ruined my life! I won't kill you, I swear.

As a human being——!";
Chapter completed!