Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Seeing that Li Yi's face was a little red, he obviously wanted to agree, but he couldn't hold back his face. The corner of Chen Deng's mouth twitched, and then he said: "To tell the truth, even if there is no arrangement from Qingzhou, my subordinates originally wanted to advise the lord to accept Cao Bao's daughter is a concubine."

Li Yi immediately asked, "How do you say that?"

Chen Deng said solemnly: "Xuzhou has suffered many hardships in recent years. People's minds are settled, and the common people are just fine. As long as they have clothes to wear and there is no shortage of rice and grain at home, they are naturally safe, but it is different for officials and local families."

Li Yi asked again: "I practice benevolent government, why are they uneasy?"

Chen Deng continued: "The lord is benevolent and righteous, which is well known in the world, so what Xuzhou officials and gentry are worried about is that the lord's general situation has been achieved, and their help to the lord is limited, so the lord treats them as outsiders, and what they want to do is to become the lord." The best way to become one's own family is to marry naturally."

Chen Deng bowed deeply to Li Yi again, and said loudly: "For the stability of Xuzhou, for the layout of Qingzhou, and for the early peace of the world, my lord, please don't refuse!"

Chapter 700 Why is Your Majesty Sad?

Chen Deng's face was upright, and his words were so loud that people in the distance, especially people from Xuzhou saw him, and they all nodded secretly.

Although Xuzhou has not yet been officially included under Li Yi's rule, there are quite a few Xuzhou people who play under Li Yi's command.

For example, Mi Zhu, Chen Deng, Zhang Zhao, Xu Sheng, and the former Zhuge Xuan, they are all from Xuzhou. Counting those who don't have a strong sense of presence, but can still be talked about, there are more than ten of them.

It's just that although there are a lot of officials in the Xuzhou department, there is an obvious shortcoming, that is, there is no such level as Kuai Yue, Zhang Liao, or even Xun You among them.

Therefore, these Xuzhou aristocratic families instinctively wanted to push out a strong Xuzhou official, and the candidates were naturally Chen Deng and Mi Zhu.

Therefore, people in Xuzhou are very willing to see Chen Deng and Mi Zhu get closer to Li Yi's family and increase the influence of the entire Xuzhou department. However, if they hear what Chen Deng said, they will definitely be surprised. It may also be admiration from the bottom of my heart.

Now Zhang Liao and Wei Yan admire Chen Deng very much, especially Wei Yan. He sent a girl to Li Yi. Although he was flattered, the negative impact was great. Even now, some people dislike him and feel that his character is inferior. The problem, if it weren't for Li Yi's cover, the future is really hard to say.

But look at Chen Deng, who did the same thing, and took the whole of Xuzhou to endorse it. Who can say that he is not?

As for whether Cao Bao would have any objections afterwards, Wei Yan concluded that not only would Cao Bao not be angry, but he would treat Chen Deng as his own brother, because Chen Deng helped him connect with Li Yi. come things.

In the future, if Cao Bao has the ability, his official career will naturally be smooth. Even if he has no ability, Li Yi will keep his family rich. In the future, if the nephew of the younger generation is talented, he will also have more opportunities than others.

From this point of view, although Chen Deng sold Cao Bao's daughter, it also benefited the Cao family.

Wei Yan was still feeling emotional, and Zhang Liao also spoke at this time, "My lord, I think what Yuan Long said is true, my lord, let's go."

Wei Yan gave Zhang Liao a strange look, secretly thinking that Zhang Liao would seize the opportunity, and was thinking that he could not be willing to be second to others, but before he acted, Li Yi already felt that the heat was enough, and solemnly stated: "Okay, if this is the case, follow the Let's do what Yuanlong said, but although we can make preparations for this matter early, we can't rush it, and we need to go north to Qingzhou before making arrangements."

The three quickly said yes, and they naturally understood that Zhang Liao must be the most popular candidate for the governor of Qingzhou, and they wanted to "turn defeat into victory" at the critical moment, so as to achieve the best confusing effect.

Li Yi smiled, feeling very happy, happy in all aspects, and called Gan Ning, Xu Shu and others to talk about the old days together. A personal guard came to report, and it was Tao Qian who was in the carriage.

In the face of people stronger than himself, Li Yi will always show humility, because he doesn't want to cause trouble for no reason, but for people who are weaker than him, as long as he can see it, Li Yi will still treat each other with courtesy, so as to show his strength Capacity, by the way, build an image that is as glamorous as possible.

Li Yi led a group of officials to the front of the road and watched Tao Qian's carriage slowly approaching. When there were more than ten steps left, the carriage stopped. The eyes of many officials behind Yi were full of sadness.

Quite a few of the officials behind Li Yi are Xuzhou officials. On today's occasion, those people should have stood behind him to build up momentum for him, but what about the truth?

Before he surrendered, these people couldn't wait to wave the flag for Li Yi.

Even though Tao Qian knew about this result a few days ago, and he even wrote a letter to admit it, when the cruel guess became a reality and Chi Guoguo appeared in front of his eyes, Tao Qian still felt a little hard to accept.

Li Yi on the opposite side also looked at Tao Qian, squinting his eyes, but couldn't help but think of the scene when he first met Tao Qian.

At that time, although Tao Qian was beaten into a mess by Cao Cao, he still had the prestige and style of a party member. There were dozens of military officials on the left and right, and there were even more accompanying him.

However, today Tao Qian only came with a carriage. Counting the coachman, there were no more than ten people accompanying him. Moreover, those people were dressed in ordinary identities, and none of them were officials. If they didn't know each other, Li Yi would never have imagined that this would happen It is the ostentation of a state shepherd.

The two looked at each other, neither of them spoke first.

After a while, Tao Qian avoided his sight, and then the potter beside him got off his horse and got into the carriage. Recently, Tao Qian's physical condition has become worse and worse. He can walk on flat ground, but he needs someone to help him get on and off the carriage.

The Tao merchant held Tao Qian's arm very lightly and carefully, for fear of bumping into Tao Qian, but even so, Tao Qian still had some difficulties, as if in slow motion, it took a while to get up with difficulty, and then slowly to the carriage steps.

Everyone on Li Yi's side knew that Tao Qian was in poor health, but they didn't expect his condition to be so bad. Many former Xuzhou officials couldn't help showing guilt, and some even dared not look down at Tao Qian.

They took refuge in Li Yi, and although they said they were good for Xuzhou on the surface, they were still for themselves. They betrayed Tao Qian. Now that Tao Qian has become like this, they are all responsible.

Li Yi also felt unbearable, but that was only a small part. After all, he and Tao Qian were neither related nor related, and what he considered most was the follow-up impact.

After thinking about it, before Tao Qian got out of the car, Li Yi took the initiative to greet him, and the Tao merchant had just helped Tao Qian to the side of the carriage, seeing Li Yi approaching, his heart was pounding, he was very nervous , actually stood still.

Tao Shang didn't move, so Tao Qian couldn't move either, but Tao Qian felt very helpless, Li Yi just approached, his expression was very gentle, and he didn't show any hostility at all, which frightened Tao Shang.

Tao Qian suddenly got a little irritable, he pushed Tao Shang, and Tao Shang shook his hand, but he didn't dare to let go, for fear that Tao Qian would bump into him, Tao Qian pushed harder again, with a bit of anger on his face, Tao Shang let go , but because of this, Tao Qian staggered back, fortunately, there was the handrail of the carriage next to him, and Tao Qian grabbed it in time, so nothing happened.

The pottery merchant turned pale with fright, and hurried to help Tao Qian again, but at this time Li Yi, who was still a foot away, stepped heavily on his feet, and then came first, jumped more than ten feet away, and jumped directly into the carriage , and grabbed Tao Qian's shoulders in front of the potter, and said with concern: "Be careful, sir!"

Li Yi just finished speaking, and there was a sound of admiration behind him.

"Hsianghou is such a good martial artist!"

"It really is worthy of the general, so powerful!"

"So, this is the only thing I've seen in my life!"

Many people know that Li Yi is amazing, but few people have actually seen him. Just now, Li Yi's movements were so fast that no one could see clearly, as if he blinked his eyes, and then Li Yi appeared in front of Tao Qian. side.

Among them, the officials were just amazed, but those generals with high martial arts skills were admired in their hearts. With Li Yi's speed alone, if he had a knife in his hand, whoever hit him would die.

However, the generals of Li Yi's old team are a little bit regretful. As subordinates, they naturally don't want Li Yi to take the risk, but as far as the generals are concerned, they also want to see Li Yi lead them into the charge. Li Yi's character is not forced, and he basically doesn't know how to do it himself.

The people behind were talking in low voices, but after Li Yi and Tao Qian said "be careful", they fell into silence. Knowing that the admiration behind them slowly stopped, Tao Qian looked into Li Yi's eyes and said softly, "Hello, Marquis Xiang!" skill."

Li Yi paused for a moment, and then said: "It's nothing more than a small skill to make the king praise you."

After all, the two smiled at the same time, the same smile, but the meanings in the smiles were quite different.

Li Yi supported Tao Qian, and said, "I and the envoy have forgotten our friendship, so you don't need to care about those Xu Xuli, how about it?"

Tao Qian nodded, and then Li Yi helped Tao Qian back to his seat and sat down, and Li Yi himself sat opposite Tao Qian. Although the carriage was a bit crowded, Li Yi didn't have the slightest displeasure on his face.

Tao Qian couldn't help but sighed. The first time he saw Li Yi, he felt that Li Yi was extraordinary, but at that time he still regarded Li Yi as an excellent junior, but it has only been a long time now, and Li Yi has become a leader of all kinds. All aspects made him look up to the existence.

Then Tao Qian couldn't help thinking, is it because he is not up to date, or is it easy for evildoers to emerge in troubled times?

Thinking about it this way, Tao Qian felt a little more comfortable, collected himself, pointed to the potter who was standing beside him and said, "This is a dog, potter, why don't you greet the general soon?"

The pottery merchant hurried to the ground with a bow to Li Yi, and said, "The pottery merchant has seen the general!"

Li Yi nodded with a smile, and was about to politely ask what the pottery merchant is doing now, when he suddenly remembered the information Mi Fang gave him. Easy to get stuck.

After this pause, Li Yi saw that the potter's face turned pale. Li Yi didn't want to have any surprises, so he hurriedly said: "You are welcome, from the envoy's point of view, Mr. Tao and I are still of the same generation. From now on, we should help each other and help each other." Support, if Yi is in trouble in the future and needs Young Master's help, Young Master must never refuse."

Tao Shang was taken aback for a moment, but although he was not smart, he was not a fool either. He immediately understood that Li Yi meant that he would have difficulties in the future. Li Yi was willing to lend a helping hand, and immediately bowed to Li Yi again, saying repeatedly: "Thank you, Marquis Xiang, thank you Marquis Xiang!"

Li Yi nodded with a smile. Although the pottery merchants are not promising, they are not doing evil. In addition, Tao Qian's choice today saved Xuzhou from a big war and the deaths and injuries of many soldiers. No matter how you look at it, anyway, in Li Yi's eyes, it is a real credit, and he is naturally willing to give some preferential treatment to other people's family members.