Chapter 1 Old and Young Gentlemen(1/2)
Today, the Xuzhou governor's mansion is destined to experience an extraordinary day.
It was just because the dignified governor of a state, Lord Tao Qiantao, put aside his official duties for half a day and stayed at home and beat his son.
Governor Tao is fifty-eight years old this year.
The old man, who is as gentle as jade on weekdays, has no idea what evil wind he has committed today. He changed his crutch to a snake spear gun, and chased his eldest son, Tao Shang, in the yard... He has the spirit of not giving up until he takes this son with a single shot.
After Tao Qian was over 40 years old, he had two children. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was considered a child born in old age. It might be a bit exaggerated to say that the old man was spoiled to the two children, but there was definitely a child protection. As long as it was not too expensive, the old man would generally not be angry and gave up his demeanor and did it himself...
But Tao Qian's eldest son Tao Shang was indeed a bit of a waste of money today.
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"Uncle Zi, how dare you do this!!"
Tao Qian is old and can't catch up with the young man who is active in adolescence. After chasing him for a while, he put his crutch on the ground and stopped to rest, and started to curse in a panting.
The pottery hid behind the locust tree in the yard and sighed helplessly: "Father, can you agree or discuss it?"
"Pooh!"
Tao Qian stroked his gray beard and said angrily at the locust tree where the Tao merchant was hiding: "You have done your own good! It is already light for me to hit you two sticks! How can I discuss this with you such an indecent act?... A rebellious son! Your behavior is simply indecent... You can wait until I have enough feet to deal with you!!"
Tao Shang's mouth twitched, looking very helpless.
In fact, whether this matter is big or small or small… it depends on which angle it is analyzed.
The pottery merchant went to the toilet in the morning and was worried that he could not find tissue tissue... It was true that in the Han Dynasty, there were only printing paper, and there were tissue tissue tissues, and there were only things that scraped their butts... It was called toilet chips.
A modern person uses toilet chips to go to the toilet every day, and the pottery merchant is also drunk.
So he took Tao Qian's book to write official documents in the front hall to facilitate it.
It is really a great misfortune in life to go to the toilet.
This matter is not very big in the eyes of the Tao merchant, so he just used a piece of scribble to wipe his butt, and he just returned it to you.
But it was very big when Tao Qian saw it.
Not to mention that most people still wrote in bamboo slips during the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the silk was so precious in the troubled times... Especially the one on Tao Qian's desk also wrote secret matters... This kid actually used it... to do that?? So bold!!!
What is the crime of using the official documents of the governor of Xuzhou to open his heart?
"Zhu Zi! Come here and die!" Tao Qian took enough time and ran over the locust tree where the Tao merchant was hiding.
But when a figure flashed, the pottery broke out from behind the tree and ran to the backyard.
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After barely getting rid of Tao Qian's pursuit, Tao Shang came to the cracks of Houyuan Rockery, curled up his knees and sat inside, sighing, with an indescribable loneliness and desolation on his face.
He didn't know how important Tao Qian's official documents were. He only knew that a person who lived in the 21st century since childhood, used toilets to scrape the toilet for three consecutive days... What a horrible thing.
Although the pottery did not have excessive cleanliness, he considered himself a clean person.
A dynasty without facial tissues is simply a shameless person!
Everything is only three. So no matter what, I will never be able to bear it on the fourth day, and it will be easy for anyone to persuade me.
That's right, the pottery merchant has arrived in this era, and it's already the fourth day.
In his previous life, he was a senior book editor, but after sleeping in a late-night proofreading, he came to this era for no reason and entered this body that was almost seventeen years old.
The consciousness of the body and the fragmented memories remain some of the remaining in his mind. After three days of digestion, he learned that the name of the body was Tao Shang, his father was Tao Qian, and his younger brother was Tao Ying. His mother had passed away several years ago.
He basically didn't know who Tao Shang was, but he felt like a mirror in his heart.
The governor of Xuzhou in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and one of the princes of Guandong, barely ranked alongside Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan and others... The initiator of the popular story "Three Letters Xuzhou".
This is a gorgeous era and a cruel era. Although there are wars everywhere and the roads are dead, there are still many heroes, regardless of the source.
This year is the first year of Chuping, when the princes of Guandong wanted to support Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance! They pointed directly at Dong Zhuo in Luoyang, and all counties in the world responded! The righteous soldiers from all over the country...
The opening of the lively troubled times made the pottery catch up, and it was not bad at all.
What's even more terrifying is that at this time of chaos and the emergence of heroes in the world, Tao Qian, as the lord of a state, did not worry about the country and the people, and attacked Dong's thieves, seeking a name for loyalty to the country. Instead, he was here to worry about the problem of wiping the paper with his own son...
The Tao merchant felt that this cheap father had nothing to do with.
Of course, Tao Shang knew very well that after the old man died, he gave up the land of Xuzhou to Liu Bei, causing the land to fall into endless competition among heroes such as Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Lu Bu, and Yuan Shu for several years.
The more important question is that the owner of his current body will end up with, and I don’t know at all...
The history books don’t mention whether it is dead or alive, whether it is good or bad, which is really sad.
Of course, in the long river of history, heroes are rolling around. The ending and destination of small figures like pottery merchants is really not worth historians' waste of effort to examine... they may not be able to get the exam.
But no matter what the ending is, time will always pass, and life will always continue. After all, the life of this body is your current life, although all this is unreal as if it is like a dream.
What should I do next? How to continue surviving here...
The pottery was immersed in complex thoughts, and had not yet come back to his senses. In an instant, a slightly pale old hand slowly reached in in the cracks of the rockery and suddenly grabbed the pottery's shoulder.
"Okay, you ignorant, you really hide here! Get out of here!"
Although Tao Qian was old, he was not stupid. In a few moments, he found the place where the Tao merchant was hiding... The teenage brat was playing hide-and-seek with the old man who was almost sixty, and it was a little too tender.
Failure to investigate the enemy situation in time, it fell into the hands of the old man by accident. This is the first lesson that Tao merchants learned after coming to this era... Don’t treat the old man as a cadre, as older people are good at doing criminal investigations.
"Come with me!"
During this period of pursuit and hiding, Tao Qian's energy was almost gone after time... Or maybe it was too tiring to catch people, and the old man did not rush to beat people, but instead asked Tao Shang to go to the front hall of the mansion with him.
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When he arrived at the front hall, Tao Qian sat down panting, took a sip of water to relieve his emotions, and then he spoke slowly: "Do you know the secret letter you stolen just now..."
"I won't dare to do it anymore." The Taoist spoke up and admitted his mistake directly.
People from the two eras have completely different ideas. Tao Qian is a treasure-like thing, and pottery merchants are a kind of generation gap that opens their hearts. This is a generation gap that has never been filled at all. There is no need for pottery merchants to argue with Tao Qian. It is the most effective solution to admit their mistakes directly.
"Oh, it's almost kind to do what you do, and knowing shame is almost brave. It's still a waste of time for your father to teach you, but..."
Speaking of this, Tao Qian gave Tao Shang a blank look in dissatisfaction: "But do you know that it was a secret letter sent by the Guanglu doctor Zhu Jun to me! It is of great importance and solemnity, but you took it to wipe it... wipe it... wipe it... wipe it... wipe it... wipe it... wipe it... wipe it?"
Tao Qian's face turned red, and he didn't know how to say such disgusting words from his mouth for a long time.
"Wipe shit." Seeing that my father was so uncomfortable, Tao Shang simply said for him.
"It's just this thing I've wiped!" Tao Qian felt relieved.
Tao Shang was helpless. The humble gentleman who was educated by Confucianism was different. Speaking the word "shit" seemed to be like asking him for his life... it was like eating shit.
"Father, you said that Doctor Guanglu gave you a secret letter. What is the letter?" Tao Shang quickly changed the topic. He didn't want to continue discussing this matter with Tao Qian. After all, it was not a delicious food, and it was meaningless to talk about it every day.
After hearing the Tao Merchant’s question, Tao Qian seemed very surprised and said in surprise: “How come you, boy, are you concerned about these government affairs?”
Tao Qian's expression and tone made Tao merchant puzzled.
You are the governor of a state, and I am your son. Is it rare for my son to ask about my career?... How can I become a second-generation official if you are not good at your career?
But I didn't know that Tao Qian had always had a big pain in his heart, which was the belonging and future of these two sons.
Tao Qian had a child in his old age and had always treated the two boys as if they were careful. However, he didn't know that he had a problem with him.
Compared with other local governors and princes, Tao Qian himself is a person who advocates celebrities and has a gentleman style... Regardless of whether this move is good or bad, it means that this old man has a heart that is striving and eager to do his career, and is barely considered a serious person.
Little do you know that dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and the children of Lao Tao’s family can’t even find a hole to dig holes.
Tao Qian's two sons, like a paradise who is not a worldly wise man, have no concern at all about the ups and downs of the current affairs of the people and the officialdom. Instead, they are quite knowledgeable about lyrics, romances, falcons and dogs, fighting cocks and insects, and are very proficient in various fields.
The way of living that people in later generations envied greatly... the way of living that was to eat and wait for death.
Although the two children were educated by Confucianism and did not do anything that was harmful to the world; the things that worked hard were not related to the two children at all.
Actually, it’s right to think about it. People have this condition. If a rich second generation is not a loser, wouldn’t they have the talent to make money by becoming a father?
Tao Qian told the two children a little about what was related to the government affairs of the court on weekdays, and the two children hid... But today the Tao merchant actually took the initiative to consult, and Old Man Tao was a little uncomfortable for a while.
"Do you want to know the secret letter from Guanglu doctor Zhu Jun to me?" Tao Qian asked again.
The potter nodded.
"Are you sure?" Tao Qian was a little obsessive-compulsive.
"Father, if you don't want to say anything, let's talk about something else."
"Cough, cough...no need! Just talk about this, just talk about it! Just talk about it!" Tao Qian was afraid that the child would regret it, so he quickly changed his words.
After considering the words, Tao Qian sighed and said, "Zhu Jun has a good relationship with his father. He came to a secret letter to his father. At present, the princes of Guandong have already spread manifestos to fight against the bandits everywhere, and their troops are very strong. I want to ask for the father to raise an army to assist the court and protect the country!"
Speaking of this, Tao Qian paused: "How many words can you understand for what my father said just now?" Obviously, he was not very at ease with the understanding of Tao merchants...
The Tao merchant really didn't understand what his intelligence was. What was there to be incomprehensible about this?... I also asked me how many words could I understand? You just say one in total!
"I can almost understand that Dong Zhuo is in chaos and the princes jointly attack him. Among all the people, Yuan Shao can be mentioned as the leader..."
Tao Qian's chin almost fell to the ground in surprise: "You can still know that Yuan Benchu has always been the leader of the alliance... It's really God bless my Tao family!"
To be continued...