As soon as Tao Qian's words fell, he asked someone to take out a letter from the back hall, he held it in his hand, and said in front of everyone: "This is a letter written by Cao Cao to Mi Zhu, after you read it, everything will be understood!" ”

He asked people to hand the letter to Wang Lang first, and Wang Lang hurriedly passed it to Zhao Yu, and after Zhao Yu read it, he passed it to Mi Zhu.

After Mi Zhu got the letter and read it hurriedly, his brows furrowed, and his expression gradually dimmed.

Seeing this, Zhang Yan got up from his seat, walked straight to Mi Zhu's side, snatched the letter, saw that there were dense words written on it, and after hurriedly browsing, he said to Tao Qian: "Tao Envoy, how can you prove that Mi Da is Cao Cao's spy with a letter of unknown origin?" ”

Tao Qian sneered: "A letter alone is indeed not enough to believe. But in addition to this letter, the government also arrested the messenger who sent the letter, and under the torture of the government, the messenger confessed, it turned out that Mi Zhu was Cao Cao's spy very early, but the government has not been aware of it. ”

"With this letter and the confession of a Cao Jun's envoy, can you conclude that Mi Zhu is Cao Jun's spy?" Zhang Yan asked rhetorically.

"Isn't that enough?" Tao Qian said angrily.

Zhang Yan hahadaxiao said: "Lord Mi has the wealth of the country, if he is really a spy of Cao Jun, with the strong financial resources of Lord Mi, he can recruit a team of soldiers, secretly train the dead, and then cooperate with Cao Cao." But Lord Mi has always been kind and benevolent, and often helps Tao Yuanjun, how can he be Cao Jun's spy? Tao Envoy Jun, this is clearly Cao Cao's treacherous plan, the last general implored Tao Envoy Jun to investigate clearly and then make a decision, don't fall for Cao Cao's treacherous plan, do the relatives hurt, the enemy is happy! ”

"Presumptuous! The government has always been rigorous in its work, so if there is not enough evidence, how can it send people to arrest people? You are making a lot of nonsense in front of the public, openly contradicting the government, in your eyes, can there be this government? Tao Qian's face changed, and he became angry, and asked at Zhang Yan.

"Justice is at ease in the hearts of the people, Tao Envoy Jun is a state pastor, and he should be more cautious in handling things, just by virtue of a letter from an unknown source, and a messenger of unknown origin, it is too child's fun to judge Mi Daren as a spy. At the very least, Mi should be given a chance to plead, right? Or let Mi-sama confront that messenger on the spot! If Lord Mi is really Cao Cao's spy, without the help of Lord Zhoumu, the last general will stand up and slaughter Lord Mi with his own hands. If Lord Mi is not a spy, please also ask Tao Envoy Jun to return Lord Mi a justice! ”

Zhang Yan said sonorously and powerfully, every word was beautiful, everyone present listened carefully, although everyone did not speak, but everyone agreed with Zhang Yan's statement in their hearts.

Without waiting for Tao Qian to respond, Zang Ba walked to Zhang Yan's side, and bowed his hand to Tao Qian respectfully: "Tao Envoy, what Zhang Yan said is reasonable, please don't mistakenly believe what the traitor said, but it will harm Zhongliang!" It's better to hand over that messenger to the last future for interrogation, which is right and wrong, and the last general will definitely give Tao Envoy an explanation! ”

Wang Lang and Zhao Yu said in unison: "Yes, Tao Envoy Jun, Lord Mi is my Xuzhou pillar, if he is really a spy, even if he wants to kill, he doesn't care for a while." If Mi Daren is not a spy, if an adult kills him, it will be a big loss. We implore Tao Yuanjun to hand over this case to General Zang for a new trial, and I believe that it will be decided soon! ”

Tao Qian saw that these pillars of Xuzhou were all united to deal with him alone at this time, and he was extremely unhappy in his heart, and said angrily: "Everyone is dead, what kind of trial is there to try?" ”

"People are dead? How did he die? Zhang Yan hurriedly asked.

Tao Qian said: "The government was very angry at the time, and in a fit of rage, he killed the messenger with his own hands!" ”

"There is no evidence of death, how can this be tried?" Zang Ba also looked at Zhang Yan with a confused expression.

Zhang Yan had an idea, and immediately arched his hand and said: "Qi Tao envoy, the last general is willing to use his own head to guarantee, Mi Zhu will definitely not be Cao Cao's spy, if Tao Envoy Jun finds out that Mi Da has done something unfavorable to Xuzhou in the future, the last general is willing to share the same crime with Mi Dajun!" ”

After Mi Zhu heard this, he was very moved, walked directly to Zhang Yan's side, and bowed to Tao Qian: "Tao Envoy Jun, Mi Zhu swears to the sky today, if Mi Zhu is really Cao Cao's spy, let Mi Zhu hit five thunders in the sky, and there is no place to be buried!" ”

Zang Ba and Mi Zhu don't have a deep friendship, but from Mi Zhu's poisonous oath, they can also feel that Mi Zhu was wronged. In addition, Zhang Yan has already vouched for Mi Zhu, if he is added, he may be able to make Tao Qian take back his life.

As soon as he thought of this, Zang Ba hugged his fists and said: "Tao Envoy Jun, the last general is also willing to vouch for Lord Mi!" ”

Wang Lang has been in Xuzhou for many years, and Mi Zhu also has a deep friendship, at this moment, he also stepped forward, and said to Tao Qian: "My lord, I am also willing to guarantee Mi Daren!" ”

"I'm also willing to vouch for Lord Mi!" Zhao Yu followed closely and stood up.

Tao Qian glanced at Zhang Yan, Zang Ba, Mi Zhu, Wang Lang, and Zhao Yu respectively, all of them were resolute and did not give an inch, and seemed to have been on the bar with him. Although he was very angry, he still endured it, after all, he still had to rely on them to govern Xuzhou.

"That's it, that's it, this is the case, and this mansion will treat it as if it never happened." As soon as the words fell, Tao Qian turned around angrily and walked into the back hall.

When Tao Qian disappeared into the hall, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Mi Zhu wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and arched his hand to Zhang Yan, Zang Ba, Wang Lang, Zhao Yu and others: "If it weren't for the four adults today, Mi Zhu would have almost died." Thank you for your kindness, please have four adults to the house tonight, and Mi will be good haodexiexie four adults! ”

At this time, Cao Bao, who had not spoken, came over and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Lord Mi, congratulations to Lord Mi, Lord Mi has finally clarified the facts and saved him from prison." Today, Cao Mou has offended a lot, and I ask Lord Mi to forgive me......"

"Humph! Sycophants! Zang Ba snorted coldly and glared at Cao Bao, "Weishenme, you didn't stand up and take the initiative to intercede for Lord Mi just now, but now you're starting to stutter!" ”

"Just now...... I ...... just now," Cao Bao stammered.

Mi Zhu hurriedly said: "Lord Cao, if there is nothing to do tonight, please go to the house together!" ”

"No...... No, I still have some personal things to do in the evening, so I won't go for the time being! I...... Say goodbye first! ”

Cao Bao left the hall in a gloomy manner, and disappeared without a trace.

Zhang Yan, Zang Ba, Wang Lang, Zhao Yu, Mi Zhu and others saw Cao Bao slipping away and looked extremely obscene, and immediately hahadaxiao, and then walked out of the hall with a smile, as if they had won a battle.

At this time, Tao Qian held his breath, and after returning to the room, he directly overturned the table to vent the anger in his heart!

"Father, what's wrong with you? How did you get so angry? Tao Qian's eldest son, Tao Shang, happened to pass by the door, and when he saw Tao Qian's scene, he came in and asked.

Tao Qian glanced at the pottery merchant, opened his mouth and scolded: "I think I, Tao Gongzu, am also a hero for a while, why did I give birth to you two useless things?" If you want to be literary and not literate, if you want force and no force, if one of you two brothers can be promising, how can I be so ......"

When the potter heard this, he turned and walked away, without looking back.

"You're back! You give me back! You rabbit cub, you know how to escape! Seeing this, Tao Qian scolded even harder.

The pottery merchant is Tao Qian's eldest son, and he also has a younger brother named Tao Ying, who is not a few years different from him, but the two brothers are inactive. Tao Qian has worked hard to run Xuzhou for many years, and now that he is old, the most haode plan is to let his son take over. It's a pity that none of his two sons have become talents, so his Xuzhou, isn't he going to Zuihou to give it up?

Although Tao Qian was unwilling, he was helpless, after all, he was getting older, and his body was getting worse day by day. He had to hand over Xuzhou completely to his son before he died, so that he would be blind under Jiuquan.

But before he can do that, he must eliminate several very threatening characters for his son. In his blacklist, Mi Zhu on the rich side bears the brunt, this person has the wealth of the rich country, if he can get his wealth, he can leave a way back for his son, even if he can't be a pastor in Xuzhou, he can also move elsewhere and be a rich man who eats and drinks without worrying.

He thought about it for a long time before he came up with this plan, what Cao Cao's messenger was simply a fictitious thing, and the letter he got was also forged. The purpose is to put Mi Zhu to death, so that he can copy Mi Zhu's family and take all the Mi family's wealth for himself.

He didn't just think so, he did. But it's a pity that his trick didn't succeed, because of the appearance of Zhang Yan, because of the participation of Zang Ba, Wang Lang, Zhao Yu and others, this Jihua success finally failed.

Tao Qian sat alone in his room and spread out a piece of paper, but when he saw that the names of "Mi Zhu, Zang Ba, and Zhen Rong" were written on it, he picked up the pen, and then added a person's name to this piece of paper: Zhang Yan.

After that, Tao Qian sat in the room speechless, pondered and meditated, and finally let him come up with a poisonous plan to kill people with a knife. With excitement, he took a pen and paper, wrote a letter with a stroke of a pen, and then called his henchman and asked him to send the letter to Xiapi overnight and hand it over to Xiapi Xiangrong.

That night, Mi Zhu set up a banquet in the house, and the people who came to attend were Zhang Yan, the prime minister of Pengcheng, Zang Ba, the commander of the cavalry, Wang Lang in Zhizhong, and Zhao Yu, all of whom had helped Mi Zhu during the day.

When the wine reached the third round, Mi Zhu suddenly stood up, raised the wine glass in his hand, and said to everyone present: "Ladies and gentlemen, Mi can drink and talk to you here today, thanks to your lords, in order to express your gratitude, Mi specially prepared five hundred gold for each of you, and asked you to smile." ”

As soon as the words fell, the family quickly walked to the hall with boxes of gold and placed them in front of several people.

Wang Lang has never loved money, and immediately said: "Lord Mi, the reason why I help you is not for money, but for justice. This golden ......"

Mi Zhu interrupted Wang Lang's words: "Lord Wang, these are all Mi's thoughts, and I ask Lord Wang to accept them." If Lord Wang doesn't accept it, Mi will really be upset in his heart. ”

"But ......"

Wang Lang wanted to refute, but was interrupted by Zhang Yan: "Lord Wang, this is Lord Mi's intention, if you don't accept it, I'm afraid that Lord Mi's heart will not be stable." I know that Lord Wang has never loved money, and if Lord Wang thinks that this money is really of no use to you, even if you give me this gold, Pengcheng is in the construction stage, and you need money everywhere, so you can use it for relief of the victims. ”

"Haha...... Since Mr. Zhang said so, if Wang didn't give it, wouldn't it seem very hypocritical? Then I will borrow flowers to offer Buddha and transfer the 500 gold to Lord Zhang, which can be regarded as Wang's contribution to the people of Pengcheng. Wang Lang laughed heartily, appreciating Zhang Yan's straightforwardness.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Yu also transferred the 500 gold he received to Zhang Yan to show his high style.

Zhang Yan accepted it all, without any hint of subtlety.

At this time, everyone's eyes looked at Zang Ba in unison.

Zang Ba said with a blank face: "Why are you looking at me like this?" ”

Wang Lang said: "General Zang, we have all transferred the gold to Master Zhang, what about you?" ”

Zang Ba then understood, hehe smiled, and said to Zhang Yan: "Brother Zhang, I'm sorry, this gold is still of great use to me, and I won't give it to you." ”

Zhang Yan said with a smile: "If Brother Zang is useful, keep it for yourself, I have these gold gifts from Lord Wang and Lord Zhao, plus the one given to me by Lord Mi, which is enough for me to use." ”

"Let's not mention the matter of gold for the time being. It's rare to be so happy today, let us not get drunk and not go home! Brother Zhang, don't forget, we haven't decided the winner in terms of the amount of alcohol, and now it's time to compete! "Zang is domineering.

Zhang Yan said with a smile: "Okay, then let's compete, please Lord Mi, Lord Wang, and Lord Zhao to be witnesses!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Zang Ba and Zhang Yan began to compete for the amount of wine, Mi Zhu, Wang Lang, and Zhao Yu watched from the sidelines, and saw that Zang Ba and Zhang Yan both drank amazingly, and drank jar after jar of wine, and they were very embarrassed.

Zhang Yan and Zang Ba competed for seven jars of wine in a row, during which they both went to the toilet several times, but still did not distinguish the winner, which made Mi Zhu, Wang Lang, and Zhao Yu, who were watching on the sidelines, all frightened.

zuihou, the two of them drank three more jars of wine, and Zang Ba, who drank it, was red-faced and red-eared, and the smell of wine was smoking, and he gradually became a little dizzy, but Zhang Yan sat there, but there was nothing to do.

Soon, Zang Ba was drunk and unconscious, and he completely lost to Zhang Yan, and let the family of Mi Mansion carry him into the guest room.

Zhang Yan also drank enough, although the alcohol content in ancient times was lower, but he couldn't hold back such a sea drink, after defeating Zang Ba, he drank the rest of the wine, and gradually felt a little dizzy, and his eyes were a little trance.

Seeing this, Mi Zhu hurriedly asked Xu Sheng to help Zhang Yan to the guest room to rest, and he had a few drinks with Wang Lang and Zhao Yu before they dispersed.