Chen Gui's words were unclear, but Cao Bao heard them clearly. He immediately laughed ferociously, nodded to Chen Gui and said, "Master Chen, don't worry! Those remnants of Tao Qian will not survive!" After that,
Cao Bao waved his hand and left the wing with all his followers. Naturally, the other followers could not stay in the wing all the time. They went out one after another, taking Zhao Yu's body with them.
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After seeing that only Chen Gui and his son and the Mi brothers were left in the wing, Chen Deng said to his father with doubts on his face: "Father! Didn't Guan Yu just say not to attack Tao Qian? Then you still let Cao Bao go..."
Chen Gui chuckled, but glanced at the silent Mi brothers beside him, turned to Chen Deng and said: "Since Liu Bei wants to see Tao Qian in person, we naturally can't do anything to Tao Qian! But,
Tao Qian's two sons have to be eliminated!" As he spoke, Chen Gui's eyes suddenly showed a hint of murderous intent. This Chen Gui was probably his true face, but soon, Chen Gui returned to his former self.
A kind-hearted person.
After hearing his father's words, Chen Deng seemed to understand something and said no more. Chen Gui glanced at his son and nodded with satisfaction. With Chen Deng's talent, his future achievements will definitely be higher than his own. Now
All he lacks is experience! As long as he practices for a few more years, he can safely leave the Chen family to him in the future!
In order to kill Chen Gui and others, Zhao Yu could be said to have mobilized all the forces that could be mobilized in the entire governor's office. Now that Zhao Yu is dead, the entire governor's office has fallen into the hands of Chen Gui and others. Chen Gui and others
Naturally, they would not miss such a good opportunity and cleaned up the entire governor's house. Except for the wing where Tao Qian was, anyone who disobeyed them would be chopped to death.
Over time, the governor's mansion was filled with blood.
After waiting until nightfall, Liu Bei finally arrived at the Governor's Mansion. Along with Liu Bei, in addition to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, there was also the mysterious young man. Before that, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei made a trip first.
Pi, because the general guarding the city of Xiapi was a direct descendant of Tao Qian and was loyal to Tao Qian, so in order to completely control the entire Xuzhou, Liu Bei had no choice but to personally lead his troops to capture Xiapi City! However, because of the Chen family, Cao
With the help of the Mi family and the Mi family, Liu Bei could be said to have captured Xiapi without any blood, and killed the Xiapi city guard who was loyal to Tao Qian before he hurried back.
As soon as he entered the governor's mansion, he smelled the pungent smell of blood that filled the entire mansion. Liu Bei couldn't help but frown and asked Guan Yu behind him: "Yun Chang, have you killed many people here?"
"Uh!" Guan Yu also looked puzzled and shook his head and said, "Brother, no! I just killed hundreds of people in the inner courtyard. When I left, the front courtyard was already under control and I didn't do anything at all?"
After listening to Guan Yu's words, Liu Bei's face darkened. Guan Yu would naturally not lie to him. The miserable scene in the Governor's Mansion can only be explained by one explanation: Chen Gui and others started killing here!
"My lord, don't think too much!" The young man behind Liu Bei lost his usual indifferent smile, but showed a solemn look on his face, and said to Liu Bei: "My lord now has to rely on them to control Xuzhou!
But my lord can rest assured, it won’t take long, as long as my lord successfully takes control of Xuzhou, my subordinates will have their own way to deal with them!”
After hearing what the young man said, Liu Bei's complexion finally improved a little. He nodded and walked straight towards the inner courtyard. Liu Bei was relatively familiar with the situation in the Governor's Mansion, so even if he didn't
Liu Bei led the way, and Liu Bei accurately found the wing where Tao Qian was. Here, he was already surrounded by Pengcheng's soldiers and horses, but Chen Gui and the others still remembered Guan Yu's instructions and did not break in without permission.
Liu Bei snorted coldly, and Zhang Fei, who was behind Liu Bei, immediately shouted to the soldiers standing in front of them: "Why are you still standing there? Get out of here!"
These soldiers who followed Chen Gui and their rebels naturally recognized Liu Bei and knew that he would be their new master in the future. They dared not say anything more and hurriedly made way for Liu Bei and others. Liu Bei turned to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei said: "
Second brother! Third brother! You go to the city immediately and be sure to save Tao Qian's two sons! Sir, you and I can go in!" Liu Bei said the last words to the young man. Regardless of Liu Bei's current mood
No matter how bad he was, he always maintained a certain amount of respect when treating the young man.
Despite Liu Bei's instructions, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were still worried about leaving Liu Bei here alone. Even if they asked Zhang Fei to stay, Guan Yu rushed to save people. Liu Bei was also noncommittal and just asked Zhang Fei to stay outside.
Then he took the young man directly into the wing where Tao Qian was.
At this moment, there was no one else in Tao Qian's room. Only Tao Qian was lying calmly on the bed. Liu Bei took a few steps forward, walked to the bed, clasped his fists to Tao Qian and said, "I have seen you, sir!"
"Ahem!" After coughing a few times, Tao Qian slowly opened his eyes and raised his head to look at Liu Bei. Although he was deprived of power by Liu Bei this time, there was no trace of anger on his face.
He didn't hate Liu Bei at all, but smiled as usual and said: "Xuande, you are finally here!"
"Sir!" Liu Bei slowly stood up straight, looked at Tao Qian, and said, "I can't help you this time, but please rest assured, after I take charge of Xuzhou, I will never let your reputation be tarnished by others!
And I will take Xuzhou as my foundation and create a hegemony that will dominate the world! By then, your name will surely go down in history!"
"Haha!" Tao Qian smiled indifferently and said, "People are dead, so what's the point of talking about reputation? It doesn't matter if you are famous in history or be infamy for thousands of years! These are just external things! You don't have to have Xuande.
Any feeling of guilt, I have long since ruled Xuzhou over the years, but I have already put it aside in my heart! In such a troubled world, either you eat others, or others eat you! I am old, and I don’t have the ambition and ambition of you young people.
Fighting spirit is simply not suitable for this troubled world! In fact, I should have entrusted Xuzhou to you a long time ago! It’s just, haha, greed, greed!" As he said that, Tao Qian shook his head with a self-deprecating look on his face.
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Hearing what Tao Qian said, Liu Bei felt a little emotional. If it hadn't been for Tao Qian, Liu Bei, who had just arrived in Xuzhou, would have been squeezed out of Xuzhou by those Xuzhou aristocratic families before he could even get a foothold! Although Tao Qian helped Liu Bei back then.
It was also for his own benefit, but no matter what, Liu Bei still owed Tao Qian a favor. And now Liu Bei actually took away Tao Qian's power, which made Liu Bei feel somewhat guilty. But Tao Qian seemed not to
He didn't mind this, but took out a square box from his side. It was the Xuzhou square seal that Tao Qian used to test Liu Bei's mind! Tao Qian took out the square seal, but stretched it towards Liu Bei and said: "This is Xuzhou
I will leave Xuande and Xuzhou to you! I hope you can let the people of Xuzhou continue to live a stable life, and you will live up to my hard work over the years!"
To be fair, Tao Qian may not be a qualified overlord, but he is definitely an excellent official! Over the years, it was Tao Qian's methods that made Xuzhou so prosperous. Perhaps among the princes in the world, only
Only Tao Qian can be regarded as a true official serving the people!
Liu Bei's body trembled, but he still took Fang Yin firmly and said to Tao Qian solemnly: "Please rest assured, sir! Liu Bei will definitely live up to your trust! Liu Bei will love the people like his own son and protect Xuzhou in the future.
The people will not be disturbed by the flames of war!"
Tao Qian nodded with satisfaction and said again: "By the way! Xuande! I have one last request! I have two sons, and they must have fallen into Xuande's hands by now. My two sons have no abilities, so
There is absolutely no threat to Xuande, so I want to ask Xuande for a favor, can you let them live?"
Liu Bei immediately agreed: "Please rest assured, sir! Liu Bei will definitely keep the two young masters safe!"
"Okay! Okay!" After receiving Liu Bei's promise, Tao Qian finally felt relieved. He nodded and his face was inexplicably rosy. However, both Liu Bei and the young man knew that this was just Tao Qian's return to the past.
That's it. Sure enough, Tao Qian smiled and waved to Liu Bei, but slowly closed his eyes, leaned up, and fell on the bed. Tao Qian, the overlord who had ruled Xuzhou for more than 20 years, finally died of illness.
In this small wing.
Seeing that Tao Qian was dead, Liu Bei took a step back, held Xuzhou Fangyin in one hand, lifted the hem of his clothes with the other, knelt down to Tao Qian on the bed, and said in a deep voice: "My lord has entrusted me!
Liu Bei will never forget it! Please bless your spirit in heaven, so that Liu Bei can use Xuzhou as the cornerstone to achieve hegemony!" After saying that, Liu Bei held the Xuzhou Square Seal with both hands, bowed to Tao Qian three times, and then stood
Get up.
After paying homage to Tao Qian, he finally got the Xuzhou he dreamed of. Liu Bei couldn't conceal his excitement. But at this time, the young man stepped forward and said to Liu Bei: "My lord, it's too early to be happy now."
!Previously, my lord ordered General Guan to rescue the two Young Masters Tao, but in the opinion of my subordinates, General Guan’s trip must have been in vain!”
"Oh?" Liu Bei frowned, looked away from the Xuzhou square seal, looked at the young man, and said, "Sir, could it be that..."
"That's right!" The young man nodded and said, "I'm afraid the two Mr. Tao have died at the hands of Chen Gui and others!"
After listening to the young man's judgment, Liu Bei remained silent. He was not a fool, and he could immediately tell that what the young man said was true. After closing his eyes and pondering for a moment, Liu Bei suddenly opened his eyes and hummed: "It doesn't matter!
Let these people be arrogant for a while! One day, I want this Xuzhou to truly belong to me, Liu Bei!"