After Cao Cao retreated, Tao Qian held a banquet to celebrate Cao Cao's retreat. At the same time, he also cashed in his reward to Tian Kai on the spot.
Looking at the two large boxes of gold and silver jewelry, Tian Kai's eyes shone and his saliva flowed. Even Liu Bei beside him kept blinking, hoping that Tao Qian would reward him with a box.
Tao Qian laughed heartily and thought: Anyway, these things belong to Cao Laozi and Cao Song. It doesn't matter if I lose a box or two.
"Ahem..." Liu Bei coughed twice, hoping to attract Tao Qian's attention.
Tao Qian came back to his senses, looked at Liu Bei's eager eyes, understood, and quickly raised his hands and said: "Oh, Xuande, Xuande, I almost forgot about you, come on, let me drink for free...
..”
Liu Bei blushed and said, "Mr. Tao is too polite. It should be right."
After the two had a cup of wine, Tao Qian asked Liu Bei: "I heard that Xuande is in Pingyuan County. He is very kind and kind. Tao, I admire him very much."
Liu Bei chuckled and said humbly: "Tao Gong, Pingyuan is a small county. It is very convenient to manage. It's a pity..."
Tao Qian asked: "What's the pity?"
Liu Bei said: "A real man should conquer the world if he wants to stand in this world."
Tao Qian rolled his eyes twice and asked tentatively: "I see that the two men behind Xuande are also tiger generals. With such talents, Xuande has not done anything?"
Liu Bei shook his head and did not answer.
Tao Qian thought to himself: Well, this Liu Bei is good and a talented person. If Cao Cao comes again, I hope he can continue to help me defend against the enemy...
Tao Qian thought for a while and said, "Xuande, if not, I will go to the court and give you a place to live. What do you think?"
Liu Bei was extremely surprised when he heard this. How could he dare to agree? He quickly knelt down in front of Tao Qian and declined.
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from not far away.
The voice said: "Liu Xuande, since Tao Qian is so polite, will you accept it?"
As soon as the voice fell, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei beside Liu Bei drew their swords, looked around, and shouted: "Who is it, come out!"
"Haha..." After a long burst of laughter, everyone saw a purple-haired man standing not far from them. The man was not tall, but his handsome appearance.
The harmonious and gorgeous clothes give people a natural affinity.
"Huh?" Liu Bei looked at the man and seemed to be thinking of something, but he was not sure.
The purple-haired man chuckled and slowly approached Liu Bei.
The sudden appearance of such a person in the banquet hall made Tao Qian very nervous. Tao Qian hurriedly called for the guards, but no one answered him after calling for a long time.
A chill rushed from the soles of Tao Qian's feet to the top of his head. Tao Qian thought to himself: I'm so careless. I thought Cao Cao was gone. It turns out that he still has a killer...
Needless to say, the purple-haired man is none other than Ma Xiaoquan.
It is said that after Ma Xiaoquan and Cao Cao parted ways, he took Zhang Gong and rushed non-stop to Xuzhou Prefecture. Ma Xiaoquan thought that Tao Qian would definitely hold a big banquet after Cao Cao retreated, so Ma Xiaoquan decided to stay for a few days and wait for Tao Qian to hold the banquet.
Appear again.
Sure enough, as Ma Xiaoquan expected, Tao Qian held a grand banquet and did not do any guard work during the banquet.
After easily knocking down a few soldiers outside the door, Ma Xiaoquan ordered Zhang Gong to watch outside and whistle to inform him if there was any big news...
After entering the banquet hall, Ma Xiaoquan saw Liu, Guan, and Zhang for the first time.
There are countless descriptions of the faces of Liu, Guan, and Zhang in history. Ma Xiaoquan checked carefully and found that the descriptions of the three people in history are really vivid. However, what about Liu Bei's big ears and shoulders, and his hands reaching his knees?
, that’s a bit exaggerated.
At that time, Tao Qian happened to be discussing with Liu Bei about giving him a small county town as a gift.
According to historical records, Liu Bei was very shameless, but what Ma Xiaoquan heard and saw was different. First of all, Liu Bei's constant blushing was not normal. Secondly, it seemed that Liu Bei did not dare to think about Tao Qian.
To ask for more things, Tao Qian proposed to give Liu Bei a county seat. Liu Bei not only refused to accept it, but knelt down in front of Tao Qian and refused. This... doesn't make sense?
Ma Xiaoquan couldn't stand it any longer. He decided to step in and encourage Liu Bei to accept Tao Qian's "kindness".
Tao Qian sat down on the ground and looked at the nervous expressions of the guests in the hall. Tao Qian knew that the purple-haired man in front of him must have come prepared. But Tao Qian was old and sophisticated after all. He looked at the age of this purple-haired man.
It didn't seem that big, so he said politely: "I don't know who you are. I didn't greet you. I hope you can forgive me..."
Although Ma Xiaoquan didn't like Tao Qian very much, he reached out to avoid hitting the smiling man. Ma Xiaoquan still politely returned Tao Qian's salute and said: "Mr. Tao, uh uh, hello, hello!"
Tao Qian liked being called Mr. Tao very much. As soon as Ma Xiaoquan said this, Tao Qian's airs came up. After humming twice, Tao Qian calmly ordered his servants to give Ma Xiaoquan a seat.
Ma Xiaoquan was not polite. He sat down on his seat and said to Tao Qian: "Mr. Tao, don't be afraid. I am just a wandering cloud and wild crane, and I am not dangerous to you."
Although Tao Qian had doubts, he also thought: If this person wants to kill us, he must do it quickly.
Tao Qian bowed his hand to Ma Xiaoquan and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, you are too polite."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and said, "I wonder which county Tao Gong wants Liu Bei to go to?"
Tao Qian thought for a while and said, "How is Li County?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "Li County? Not good. How about Xiaopei? I think Xiaopei is good?"
Tao Qian was stunned and secretly laughed in his heart: Xiaopei is the leader in Xuzhou. If Cao Cao comes again, won't Liu Bei help me with it immediately? Yes, this purple-haired man is interesting and he really has my best interests at heart.
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Tao Qian laughed and looked at Liu Bei: "Xuande, do you agree with this purple-haired brother's suggestion?"
Liu Bei blushed but still refused to express his position.
The more Ma Xiaoquan saw, the more he felt something was wrong with Liu Bei, so he quickly agreed on his behalf.
Guan Yu beside Liu Bei didn't talk to him from the beginning. He stared at Ma Xiaoquan's every move. Guan Yu seemed to have some impression of this purple-haired man, but it was not clear. Finally, after sorting it out several times,
After remembering, Guan Yu suddenly woke up, but Guan Yu did not say it on the spot.
Zhang Fei is a completely rough guy. As long as Liu Bei is fine, he doesn't care about others.
After the banquet was over, Tian Kai took the two large boxes of gold and silver and retreated, while Liu Bei, following Tao Qian's order, led a team of troops to Xiaopei.
Ma Xiaoquan thought for a long time and decided to stay and ask Tao Qian some things.
After Liu Bei left, Ma Xiaoquan asked Tao Qian: "Mr. Tao, I heard that you killed Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, a few days ago. Is this true?"
Tao Qian was stunned, then his eyes turned cold, and he said coldly: "Whose family is this fallacy?"
Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand and said: "It's not a question of who spread the news. The key is that the two boxes of jewelry and gold and silver you just gave to Tian Kai seem to belong to Cao Song, right?"
Upon hearing this, Tao Qian knew that he could no longer hide it, so he quickly called another team of guards and surrounded Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan was stunned and thought to himself: What is this bow for? Why is it so weak? You whistled when you said something big happened. Hey, it's really troublesome for me to solve it myself.
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and stretched: "Mr. Tao, is this all you have?"
Tao Qian shouted: "Take it down!"
Ma Xiaoquan remained motionless and allowed Tao Qian's men to tie him up.
"Tell me, who are you?"
Ma Xiaoquan laughed and concentrated a little. The ropes tied to his body suddenly caught fire. Within a few breaths, the ropes all turned into charcoal ash.
"Pah!" Ma Xiaoquan patted the charcoal ash on his body, raised his head, looked at Tao Qian who was already extremely surprised, and said, "Can you speak now?"
The distance between Tao Qian and Ma Xiaoquan was only three steps. Tao Qian thought: If this person rushed over and set me on fire, wouldn't I be...
Thinking of this, Tao Qian couldn't help but take a few steps back and retreated behind the guards.
"I didn't kill Cao Song!" Tao Qian still said stubbornly.
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Okay, I don't care whether you kill Cao Song or not, but I heard that Mr. Tao recently got a treasure. I wonder if you can let me take a look at it?"
As soon as Ma Xiaoquan said these words, Cao Song became even more nervous.
As for the treasure, Tao Qian has been keeping it very carefully since he got it. No one else knows about it except himself and the gambling Hua Sanqing. After killing Cao Song last time, Tao Qian
Qian originally planned to return the jade pendant he won from Hua Sanqing to him to silence Hua Sanqing. Unexpectedly, before Cao Cao attacked him, he sent a group of thieves to steal the jade pendant.
Tao Qian thought to himself: That old guy Hua Sanqing must have hated me for not returning the jade pendant to him, so he told Cao Cao about the treasure I got. Alas!
Ma Xiaoquan looked at Tao Qian, his expression kept changing. He was not in a hurry, so he picked up a chicken leg and started to chew on it.
Tao Qian thought for a long time before he said, "I don't!"
Ma Xiaoquan spit out the chicken bones with a pop: "No? Don't be so stingy, okay? I'll just take a look. If you do this, I'll snatch it away?"
Tao Qian couldn't laugh or cry. How could anyone tell himself, "Let me take one look at your baby and then I won't want it anymore?"
"I said no, no!" Tao Qian said firmly.
Ma Xiaoquan clapped his hands and said: "In this case, I really robbed you, but I have my words first. If I give you a black nose and a swollen face, I will not be responsible?"
Tao Qian was furious when he heard this and shouted: "What a arrogant and unruly man. Come on, chop him to death with a knife!"
Tao Qian gave an order, and the guards drew their swords and guns and attacked Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan had been prepared for a long time. Hearing his "clang" sound, he pulled out a dark dagger from his waist, blocked him horizontally and vertically, kicked left and right, and within a few rounds, the guards surrounding him in the inner circle had already
All of them covered their faces, some covered their stomachs, and a few of them covered their little brothers and moaned in pain.
"Hiss!" Tao Qian looked at it and felt something was wrong. He quickly shrunk and wanted to escape. Unexpectedly, he had just walked a few steps, and there was a "clang" sound under his feet. An arrow was inserted into the ground. The arrow penetrated into the ground for about three meters.
Inch, the tail of the arrow kept swinging slightly. It seemed that the power of this arrow was quite strong.
Tao Qian looked up and found a swarthy man standing on the beam. The man was holding a long bow, and another arrow was already aimed at his face.
Tao Qian shouted in his heart that something was wrong and quickly changed direction to escape.
"Zheng" shot another arrow in front of Tao Qian.
Tao Qian looked up again, it was still the swarthy man.
A chill hit his heart. Tao Qian had no choice but to stop and yell at the purple-haired man: "What do you want?"
Ma Xiaoquan looked up at Zhang Gong standing on the crossbar, then nodded, and then looked at Tao Qian: "Didn't I say, let me take a look at the treasure you got, and I won't snatch it away.
You don’t listen!”
Tao Qian rolled his eyes and asked, "Aren't you sent by Cao Cao to kill me?"
Ma Xiaoquan smacked his mouth twice: "Kill you? Am I sick? Of course not, I just came to see your baby."
Upon hearing this, Tao Qian finally felt relieved. He ordered the guards to put down their weapons, and then sent away some unnecessary idlers.
Seeing Tao Qian's reckless intentions, Ma Xiaoquan winked at the bow on the beam.
On the beam, Zhang Gong smiled and jumped down. After walking to Ma Xiaoquan, Zhang Gong knelt on the ground and begged, "Master, atone for your sins!"
Ma Xiaoquan raised his bow and said: "Well done, not guilty!"
Zhang Gong chuckled and scratched his scalp.
Ma Xiaoquan walked up to Tao Qian: "Will you lead the way?"
When Tao Qian saw the archer on the beam coming down, he immediately changed his mind and said, "How can I have that thing?"
Ma Xiaoquan was unhappy: "Tao Qian, I call you Tao Gong. I respect you. You are not young anymore. You must be kind and don't go back on your word. Originally, I didn't want to beat you, but now,
I changed my mind again."
As Ma Xiaoquan spoke, he grabbed Tao Qian's collar, forced him to a corner, and punched him in front of all the guards.
"Dong dong"
"Ahhh"
After a burst of punches and screams, Ma Xiaoquan came out rubbing his hands.
Zhang Gong stepped forward, looked at his master's hand and said, "Master, you are too gentle!"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "Tao Qian is getting older. If I were more cruel, he would probably die. You guys, go over and carry your lord out!"
Tao Qian's guards were so frightened that they beat their lord in front of him?
But this purple-haired man did it. Not only did he do it, but he also asked us to carry the lord out. This...
A few brave guards carried Tao Qian out. Everyone saw Tao Qian groaning with a bruised nose and swollen face, and felt indescribable sadness in their hearts.
The Lord is usually quite polite and not mean to others, but just seeing the Lord being beaten like this, these guards will be furious for a while and come forward to settle the score with Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan ignored the shouts of these guards at all. He winked at Zhang Gong, who stepped forward and knocked down the troublemaking guards in three strokes.
This time, the whole place was quiet.
Ma Xiaoquan squatted in front of Tao Qian and patted Tao Qian's old face gently: "Tao Qian, what are you doing? Do you want to say it or not?"