There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

"Brother Zhang, where are your family members now?" Cao Cao asked Zhang Ji with a smile.

Zhang Ji burped drunk: "Back to Duke Cao, the last general's family members are now stationed with my nephew Zhang Xiu in a small village at the foot of Mount Song."

Cao Cao said "oh" suddenly when he heard the words, and then he said tentatively: "Brother Zhang did this, didn't he wrong Mrs. Madam? I heard that Brother Zhang's wife is the daughter of the Li family in Longxi County, a wealthy family in Liangzhou. The daughter lives at the foot of the mountain, this is Brother Zhang's fault!"

Zhang Ji was taken aback when he heard the words, and then said blankly: "Mr. Cao, did you remember correctly? The last general did not marry the daughter of the Li family in Longxi. The last general's wife's surname is Zou, and she is not from a noble family."

Zhang Ji was so foolish that Cao Cao tricked him into giving his wife's surname.

When Cao Cao heard that Zhang Ji's wife's surname was Zou, his eyes suddenly shone with a gleam that no one else would notice.

The kid surnamed Tao is really capable.

"Well, Brother Zhang, since you have surrendered to Cao, then Cao will definitely not treat you lightly. I will send people to Puyang the next day to ask Brother Zhang to be the former general. What do you think?"

Zhang Ji was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly cupped his hands: "Thank you, Mr. Cao!"

Cao Cao patted Zhang Ji's hand with a smile: "Who is with whom among us brothers? Why do you have to be so polite, how about it, Brother Zhang, look around and send someone to bring over your nephew and family members, so that you can let him go." You enjoy the happiness of human relations, Cao will never treat Brother Zhang badly, from now on, we brothers will help protect the emperor and help the community together!"

Zhang Ji was overjoyed: "No!"

Just when Cao Cao was full of joy that his plan had succeeded, a lion from the Liger Army hurried into the tent and whispered a few words in Cao Cao's ear.

Cao Cao's face suddenly turned pale.

3 Chapter Fifty

After Cao Cao knew that the emperor was lost, he didn't dare to neglect, and immediately led the army to the direction of Puyang.

At this moment, the Tao merchant also sent people to transfer the troops of Liang Guo and Peijun to Fan County, and he himself was on the defensive and left, lest Xun Yu's troops would catch up unexpectedly.

However, it is obvious that Xun Yu's performance is still very stable, and he did not go after the pottery desperately.

In this way, after a few days, the soldiers and horses of the pottery merchants arrived in Fan County.

Because the pottery merchants were always on guard against Xun Yu in the rear when they were marching, their marching speed was not as fast as Xu Chu of Liang State and Cao Bao of Pei County.

When the potters arrived in Fan County, the main forces of the two groups had already arrived, but they did not let the soldiers and horses station in Fan County, but stationed them in the outskirts of Fan County.

The Son of Heaven and some of Puyang's close ministers also arrived in Fan County and have already settled in the county. Zhao Yun and Chen Deng also came to seek the potter's return.

After meeting with the potter, Zhao Yun immediately presented the two swords seized from Xia Houen.

Looking at the two swords on the table, the potter was a little taken aback.

"Brother Zilong, what does this mean?"

Zhao Yun smiled and said, "These two items were seized from Xia Houen, and they are specially presented to Mr. Taiping."

Tao Qian glanced down, he was really not very interested in magic weapons.

"Brother Zilong, you seized these two swords, so you should dispose of them yourself, and there is no need to present them to Tao."

Zhao Yun was very moved by the Tao merchant's words. The two swords were called rare weapons, but the potter didn't care about them, and he didn't covet them at all.

Such an open-minded gentleman is very rare in today's world.

Guo Jia looked at the potter and Zhao Yun, and couldn't help but hum.

No one knows pottery better than Guo Jia. If what Zhao Yun presented was not two swords, but two gleaming gold bars, it depends on whether your pottery is still open-minded.

Seeing the potter's refusal, Zhao Yun pondered for a moment, then reached out and took back the Qingzhi sword.

"This time, Yun was ordered by Prince Taiping to obtain these two swords. If the prince has no intention of taking them, no matter what, he must keep one of them! Yun has one for self-defense."

The pottery merchant looked at the Yitian sword on the table, pondered for a while, and said, "Well, since brother Zilong is so polite, then Tao is ashamed to accept it."

After accepting the Yitian Sword, the potter asked Chen Dengdao, "Where does the Son of Heaven live now?"

Chen Deng said solemnly: "It was arranged by the Tian family in a house in Fan County."

The potter pondered for a while, and said: "Cao Cao and they haven't come yet, so I'll go to see the emperor first."

At that moment, the pottery merchant led Xu Chu, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici and five hundred tiger guards into Fan County, and under the guidance of Chen Deng, they met the emperor in a mansion.

After saluting according to the etiquette system of the Han Dynasty, the pottery merchant said: "The pottery minister pays homage to Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live."

Liu Xie stared at the pottery businessman, and was stunned when he heard this.

"Tao Aiqing, what did you shout just now?"

The potter repeated again: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Liu Xie stared blankly at the potter, pondering over this set of new words in his heart.

It sounds, it feels so enjoyable!

"I've heard the name of Aiqing's gentleman for a long time, and seeing him today, he really deserves his reputation. Not only is he extremely virtuous, but his literary talent is beyond the reach of ordinary people! A good sentence deserves a reward!"

After finishing speaking, he lowered his head and began to scan back and forth on his desk.

The potter had already known from Zhao Yun that Liu Xie had rewarded him with half a dragon chicken, and now seeing that Liu Xie wanted to reward him again, he was afraid that he would not know where to find another thousand-year-old salted fish. Shouldn't you be rewarded?So it's not easy to shirk.

Thinking of this, the potter said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, you don't have to be polite. I'm here, one is to offer tributes for your majesty's life in recent days, and the other is to give advice on how your majesty should govern the world in the future. I'm here to welcome your majesty." I have been thinking about it for a long time. I think that this Fan County is in the middle of the power of the northern princes. Everyone restrains each other. No one dares to attack His Majesty easily. His Majesty is here to rule the world and expand his own strength. , Xu Tukuang helped the Han Dynasty, it can be said that it can be said to advance, attack and retreat."

When Liu Xie saw that the potters didn't even want rewards, they wanted to plan for the future for themselves, and they were very moved.

"Tao Aiqing, among all the princes I have met, you are the one who is sincere to me! Whether it is Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Guo Si, Ma Teng, Han Sui or Cao Cao, you have brought me to their own Only Aiqing is loyal to me, and if I don't seek personal gain, I will follow your sentence of long live, long live, and I will feel Aiqing's loyalty and sincerity to me even more!"

Speaking of this, I saw tears flickering in Liu Xie's eyes.

The child stood up abruptly, walked up to the potter, and held his hands tightly.

"Aiqing, you are a real gentleman!"

The pottery merchant replied shamelessly: "For the sake of the great Han society, a gentleman should do the work of a dog and a horse!"

Guo Jia and Chen Deng, who were following behind the potter, almost didn't spit out when they heard the words.

After the excitement, Liu Xie said immediately: "Ai Qing, how are you going to help me?"

The pottery merchant hurriedly said: "Since your Majesty has arrived in Fan County, you need to issue an imperial decree urgently, and send people to Yuan Shao in Jizhou, Gongsun Zan in Youzhou, Tian Kai in Qingzhou and others, ordering them to come to escort King Qin, otherwise if Cao Cao gathers an army to come Therefore, with the strength in the hands of the minister, I am afraid that it may not be able to protect His Majesty completely."

Hearing this, Liu Xie suddenly realized, he stretched out his hand and patted his forehead, and said: "Tao Aiqing is right, this matter is left to you, you quickly dispatched a few elite cavalry, and sent letters to the princes from all walks of life for me."

"The minister obeys the order."

"Aiqing, I plan to give you a surprise."