After hearing Sun Jian's words, Tao Shang slowly turned around and looked at Sun Jian with curiosity.

However, when Sun Jian's face suddenly turned red, he said with guilt: "Mr. Tao has come to mention me with the friendship between the front-line alliance. Sun is quite grateful... But Sun did something that was sorry to the young master before, and I hope Mr. Tao will forgive me."

Tao Shang didn't understand why Sun Jian was sorry for himself?

When his eyes were wandering, Tao Shang suddenly saw Sun Ce behind Sun Jian, with a dissatisfied expression on his face, and then suddenly realized: "What Sun Fujun refers to... I understand, is it Xu Rong's business?"

Sun Jian said in his heart, this is a spiritual child.

Sun Jian sighed and said, "It's... I'm so rebellious. After I came back, I told Sun about your incarceration of the rebel Xu Rong. He also detailed the misunderstanding between Mr. Tao and him on the battlefield. Sun was indignant at the time and sent someone to send the news to Yuan Shao. Now that I think about it, this move is like Yuan Shu, which really makes Sun feel guilty and ashamed..."

The Taoist sneered in his heart.

You and Yuan Shu are all birds of a feather, so why are you pretending to be a good person to me? What's the use of telling me about this now? It's clear that it's a fact that cannot be changed to repay me with favors.

There are so many shameless people in the world. Do you still want me to have a way out for a gentleman?

He looked down on Sun Jian's words and deeds in his heart, but on the surface, Tao Shang smiled heartily and said very well.

"Sunfu Jun doesn't have to blame himself like this. Tao just handled this matter impartially. He captured Xu Rong alive but wanted to hand it over to the leader Yuan. He never had any other thoughts. Even if you dare not tell the leader about this matter, I have to talk to him carefully after a while.

Seeing that the Tao merchant was not afraid, Sun Jian couldn't help but be surprised and thought to himself that this boy named Tao was so cunning!

However, Sun Jian's expression was even more guilty and sighed: "Young Master Tao is so kind and righteous, and repaying grievances with virtue is really a gentleman's style! Sun really admires him very much. Today, it is Sun who owessed the young master a favor, and he will find a way to repay him in the future!"

The pottery merchants don’t care about this. The so-called owe favors and promises among the princes is just a fart... they just talk nonsense, but if you are serious, you will lose.

"You don't have to be so polite, it's not a big deal, it's a slight slight!"

Sun Jian laughed loudly and thought to himself that since the Tao merchant was so generous and he was twice as old as him, how could he show weakness?

He must show more mind than him. With the style of a tiger in Jiangdong, if he can't beat Tao Qian's son, he will not be able to get involved in the circle of princes in the future!

Thinking of this, Sun Jian reached out and greeted Sun Ce, "Come here!"

Sun Ce stepped forward reluctantly.

"Apologize to you Brother Tao."

Upon hearing this, Sun Ce couldn't help but be shocked and said, "What!... Let me accompany him?... I'll give you my eldest brother!"

Tao Shang waved his hand quickly and said, "Sun Mansion, why are you doing this?"

Sun Jian refused to give in, stared at Sun Ce, and slowly said, "What? Is it not good to speak for my father now?"

Sun Ce was glared by Sun Jian, and his momentum suddenly became cowardly. He gave Tao Shang a fierce look, clasped his fists and bowed: "Brother Tao...Brother! Please forgive Sun for his disrespectful crimes!"

Tao Shang smiled and hurriedly reached out to help him, saying, "Oh, brother, what are you doing? You are all old acquaintances and don't have to be so polite. You'll be exempted from the title of elder brother, just call me brother... Look, why are you kneeling down and apologizing... Oh? Didn't you kneel?"

Sun Ce gritted hissing, "Brother Tao, Sun has been taught..."

Sun Jian also saw from the side that the two were quite hostile. In order to show their demeanor and resolve the embarrassment, he immediately suggested: "Ce'er, otherwise, how about you, your brother Tao, have a brother of a different surname?"

"Father, this matter must not be done... Brother Tao may not be willing, right?" Sun Ce exclaimed, while looking at Tao merchant with disconfidence.

But I saw that the Tao merchant touched his smooth chin, as if he was thinking about the feasibility of this matter. It seemed that Brother Tao was not completely unhappy...

However, Tao Shang knew that Sun Ce was hostile to him and wanted to burn incense and kowtow to become a brother of a different surname. It would probably be more uncomfortable than killing Sun Ce... And once he became a commoner, he would not ask to die on the same day of the same year, month and day. Sun Ce died earlier in history, Tao Shang thought it was not worth it to be sworn in with him.

Thinking of this, Tao Shang waved his hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Sun Fu, it's better to be a sworn brother. Tao's life is a hard time. If you don't have a son... Being a eldest brother is enough."

Tao Shang is not greedy, and he doesn't think it's necessary to be a brother with Sun Ce. He is called "Big Brother" Tao Shang feels very content.

Sun Jian sighed, but he was helpless.

Tao Shang coughed lightly, thinking that he should not quarrel with Sun Jian too much, so as not to let someone catch his braid in the future, and then said, "Sun Fujun, there will be a date in the future!"

Sun Jian nodded: "There will be a date later."

The Tao merchant turned to Sun Ce again: "Goodbye, brother."

Sun Ce: “…………”

The Tao merchant turned around and took two steps, but suddenly stopped and said, "Mr. Sun Fu, everything in the world is hard and easy to break, and nothing can be too much. If it is really too much, sometimes it cannot be saved."

After saying that, he walked quickly but was out of the door, and his figure slowly disappeared.

However, Sun Jian looked straight at Tao Shang's back from behind, muttering as he looked: "Why did this boy tell me these things? What a weird person!"

The Taoist merchant said these words without any other meaning, but he only felt something occasionally, so that Sun Jian could change his arrogance and dissatisfaction, so as not to be accused of being afloat in the future. This would increase the chance of survival and would not die too early.

After Sun Jian was stationed in Luyang, he was ordered by Yuan Shu to conquer Liu Biao and besieged Xiangyang. Later, he fought with Huang Zu, who rescued Liu Biao. After Huang Zu lost, Sun Jian no longer cared about anything else. He took advantage of the victory to chase Huang Zu at night, and was shot and killed by Huang Zu's soldiers from the bamboo and wood... He was somewhat underestimated by the enemy, otherwise he would not have died so early.

It’s not that Taoist merchant likes Sun Jian so much, but he doesn’t like Sun Ce too much. He and that kid basically have no place to get angry. If Sun Jian is gone one day, Sun Ce takes over Sun Jian’s position. With their current relationship, how could Sun Ce make Taoist merchant calm?

If the Tao merchant had to make a detailed selection, he still thought that Sun Jian was the head of the Sun family and was more beneficial to him.

Of course, everything has its own fate, and sometimes it is not something that the pottery merchant can control... After all, the power of a person is limited.

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After entering, Yuan Shu led his guards out, and Tao Shang bowed to Yuan Shu and said goodbye to Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu also nodded politely, showing a good manners. However, he did not look at Tao Shang for a few more times, and then left.

To Yuan Shu, the pottery merchant was just a small person and was not worth mentioning.

Back at the place where Yuan Shao and others were, Cao Cao was talking with Wang Yun, as if he was patiently comforting the old man... Lord Situ seemed to be very excited about Cao Cao and the Yuan brothers' actions not to be accommodated. The third prince of the dynasty must have never thought that one day he would become more stinky than shit...

I guess Wang Yun regretted why he misread these ungrateful wolves.

Tao Shang took advantage of this opportunity and quickly walked to Yuan Shao's side, bowed, and said, "President Yuan, Tao has a few heartfelt words, I want to tell you."

Yuan Shao glanced at the pottery merchant indifferently, as if he had expected the pottery merchant to come to find him.

Seeing that Wang Yunzheng and Cao Cao were arguing fiercely, and they didn't notice his side for a while, Yuan Shao turned around and walked and said, "Young Master Tao comes with me."

The Tao merchant followed Yuan Shao closely and the two came under a huge pillar in the palace next to the square.

Yuan Shao looked at Tao Shang with bright eyes and said, "Mr. Tao has something to say to Yuan?"

The pottery merchant gave a bow, and showed a look of pain on his face, saying, "The pottery merchant in Xuzhou's army has not received permission from the alliance leader. He has captured the thief Xu Rong without permission, and has not delivered it later. Now he is here to apologize to the alliance leader."

Yuan Shao's expression showed that he had indeed known about this... It seemed that Sun Jian did not lie to him, and finally he told the truth.

"Young Master Tao confessed it is still time. Otherwise, if Yuan chose a date, he would probably go to the Xuzhou Army's barracks in person and ask what his intentions were?"

Tao merchant arranged Yuan Shao's swear words in his heart, but his face showed a embarrassed look and said, "The leader said this to make Tao embarrassed. To be honest, Tao took Xu Rong, which is indeed intended to surrender him under the tent... But this does not mean that Tao has two intentions. On the contrary, Tao's loyalty to the leader can attract the sun and the moon."

Yuan Shao held his arms and looked like an old god: "Oh? This is strange. Mr. Tao took Xu Rong privately, but he said he was loyal to me? But Yuan still had to ask carefully for advice."
Chapter completed!