There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 25 Uncle and Nephew

After worshiping Wang Yun, the Jinling Army began to deploy in Luoyang, preparing to return.

After resting for about a month, the entire Jinling Army began to march towards the southeast, with the goal of Pengcheng in Xuzhou.

After a period of marching, the entire Jinling Army finally returned to Xuzhou.

Chen Deng had already received the news. He and Sima Yi rushed to Xuzhou from Xuchang, and led Xuzhou's civil and military officials and gentry to meet the potters.

When the pottery merchants arrived in Jinling City, all the civil, military and aristocratic families in Xuzhou gathered outside Pengcheng, and the leader of them was none other than Chen Deng.

Seeing the army of pottery merchants appearing in front of them from far and near, Chen Deng and others were really overjoyed.

It is really a great thing for potters to conquer the world.

Conglong Gongchen, these old Xuzhou ministries can be said to be sure.

When the Jinling army was approaching, everyone rushed forward together, saluted the potter and said, "See the prime minister!"

The pottery merchant looked at them one by one, and finally nodded with a smile.

At this time, Sima Yi also rushed forward, and congratulated him, "Teacher, congratulations on pacifying Sichuan and Shu, and returning with a great victory. From now on, the world will be pacified and peace will be enjoyed forever! Our good days are finally here!"

The pottery merchant smiled and helped Sima Yi to help the armrest, saying: "The Central Plains and Jingzhou were pacified quickly, and they were not carefully sorted out. If it weren't for Zhongda, Kong Ming, Yuanlong and others, I'm afraid I pacified Xichuan, and I wouldn't have pacified them." It's so stable, everyone has worked hard."

Sima Yi chuckled and said, "Teacher, now that the world is settled, shouldn't it be time to do something that needs to be done?"

The pottery merchant followed him into the city, and said calmly, "What should be done?"

Sima Yi turned to the officials in Xuzhou behind, and said, "Teacher, those officials and old officials in Xuzhou are waiting to be the founding fathers and heroes of the dragon."

The pottery merchant smiled lightly and said nothing.

Sima Yi saw that the pottery merchant smiled and said nothing, and asked, "Teacher, what do you think about this matter?"

Sima Yi hurriedly said: "I will do as the teacher tells. Students don't have any ideas of their own."

The pottery merchant shook his head and sighed, "After a long time, I didn't expect you to become a powerful person, and you actually started to pick up nice words and come with them to fool me."

Sima Yi hurriedly said: "Don't dare, dare not."

Chen Deng also hurriedly followed: "Prime Minister, we have already ordered someone to prepare a banquet at the State Shepherd's Mansion to welcome the Prime Minister."

The pottery merchant thought for a while and said, "I'll go back to the mansion first, and we'll talk about the banquet later."

Chen Deng didn't try to persuade him any more. He knew the potters well, and knew that every time he returned to the city after the conquest, the first thing he did was to go home and have a look.

The potter first turned his horse back to his mansion, but before he arrived, he saw Diao Chan, Lu Lingqi, Mi Zhen, Yuan Wan, Zhen Mi and others waiting for him at the gate of the mansion.

The potter got off his horse, stepped forward and said, "Ladies, why are you all out waiting? This kind of politeness really makes my husband overwhelmed."

Strangely, there was no smile on the faces of the girls at the moment, as if they were not delighted by the potter's return.

The potter was very strange.

Why did I suddenly become so unattractive to my daughters-in-law?

Diao Chan's eyes were red, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't say it in the end.

Mi Zhen stepped forward and said to Tao Shang: "Husband"

Before the husband and lord could finish speaking, they saw her burst into tears.

Seeing this, the pottery merchant couldn't help being taken aback: "What's wrong with you?"

Mi Zhen choked with sobs and said: "Husband, Sister Hua'er is gone."

Pottery: ""

Outside Xuzhou city, in front of Tao Hua's mausoleum.

"Sister, since Tao came to this world, the person who owes you the most is you. At the beginning, I only wanted to find someone from the clan to marry the emperor, but I didn't expect to cause such an ending for you. I'm sorry, brother. you."

The potter made a long bow to Tao Hua's mausoleum.

And beside the pottery merchant, his little nephew Liu Xi kowtowed to his mother's grave.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Little Liu Xi is already nine years old. Although she is still very young, she is already sensible.

This child's personality is the same as his mother's, gentle, sensible, easy-going but also revealing strength.

"It's not easy for your mother, remember her well, and always remember, Your Majesty's mother is the greatest person in the world." The pottery merchant sighed rather desolately.

Liu Xi wiped away the tears on his face, then stood up and looked at the potter.

"I lost my father and mother, and my uncle is the only relative left in this world."

The pottery merchant reached out and touched Liu Xi's head.

"Uncle, I have something to tell you"

"what's up?"

"I don't want to be the emperor anymore."

The potter's hand touching Liu Xi's head stopped suddenly.

"Who taught you this?" The potter frowned.

"My mother told me before she died."

"Your mother?" The pottery merchant turned his head to look at Tao Hua's tomb in surprise, and fell into deep thought.

Little Liu Xi was very calm when she spoke: "My mother said, after she leaves, I will have no one to rely on in this world, only my uncle is my relative, but if I continue to be the emperor, sooner or later One day, my uncle will also leave me, and then I will have no relatives.”

Speaking of this, little Liu Xi sobbed a bit, and said: "Xi'er no longer has a mother, and I don't want to even have an uncle."

The pottery merchant bent down, gently pressed little Liu Xi's shoulders with both hands, and said, "Xi'er, do you know what an emperor is?"

Liu Xi nodded and said, "I probably know."

The potter sighed and said, "The emperor is the biggest existence in the world. Everyone should listen to him and obey his orders. He can control the life and death of everyone. Don't you want to be the emperor?"

Liu Xi shook his head vigorously: "No, I don't want to order others, I don't want others to listen to me, and I don't want to care about other people's life or death. I just want my uncle and aunt."

Tao Shang said: "You are still young and don't understand the beauty of this. When you grow up in the future, I'm afraid you won't think so."