Jingzhou, the village head of Taojiabao in the south of Xinling City,

An old man in a long gown smiled at She Pilong, who came with a team of people and said, "My sir, I wonder what you are doing in this visit?"

This old man with white hair and beard is the patriarch of Taojiabao.

In this fort, except for Tao Yin, who was not considered a honorable return home, the only one who could wear a long gown was the patriarch.

On weekdays, even his son is dressed in shorts and trousers.

This matter was prescribed by him.

Every time he saw Tao Yin wearing a long gown to farm in a long gown, he felt that this person was really insulting his long gown.

In addition to the officials who came to collect taxes and collect taxes, this Taojiabao is very peaceful on weekdays. The only outsiders are just farmers near the village to visit relatives.

Now it is not the day to collect taxes. Suddenly, so many people with officials came, the Taojiabao patriarch, who is over 60 years old, feels a little panicked.

Could it be that war is about to begin?

If he was taxed, he would not be afraid. At worst, he would just listen to the complaints of those people in the farm, but if he was taxed, he would be a little frightened.

He has three daughters and one son, and his son was born only after he was over forty years. He is in his prime and meets the conditions for graduating.

How could he bear it?

She Pilong, who was riding on the horse, looked down at the old man with a gray head and said blankly: "Are you the patriarch of this Tao Family Castle?"

The head of the tribe Tao nodded repeatedly and said, "It's me that I don't know what the lord has to give me. I will do my best to help me do it."

She Pilong waved his hand and said, "No need, I came here in the name of the king. I came to your Taojiabao and asked Mr. Tao Yin to go to the capital. I already know the location of Mr. Tao's mansion, so I won't bother you."

After saying that, he gently drove the horse under his crotch and waved to the dozen people following him and said, "Let's go!"

After accompanying the quirky lady out for half a year, she naturally was scolded by Lord An when she returned to Xiangyang City.

As for what solved the bandits in Niujiao Mountain, Lord An was even more chaotic in his eyes.

At that time, Lord An pointed at Miss An and scolded him fiercely, but he was not spared.

Of course, due to Deputy Commander Sheng's face, Lord An only spoke a few words and scolded him.

An Xiaodao, who was scolded by his father, didn't care because she was already used to it.

Besides, if Dad really doesn't feel at ease with her, how could she really make her crazy outside for so long?

After hearing that the two of them had gone to Taojiabao, An Xiu ordered him to lead people to Taojiabao directly to "invitation" Mr. Tao back.

Of course, there is also the same skilled boy.

The more than ten people she brought were drawn from An Xiu's guards, all of whom She Pilong carefully selected from Deputy Commander Sheng. With his years of training, each of them was very skilled.

An Xiu has a hundred such guards around him.

As a civil servant, he had such a guard around him, naturally because Wang En was so arrogant.

King Xie Liangchen of Jiangling once said that with An Xiu around me, why should I worry about the big things happening?

What he called a major event was naturally not a place that was held in a state.

Jingzhou has been a land of Chu since ancient times. The ancient man Xie Liangchen admired the most was the overlord of Western Chu who could carry the tripod.

In his opinion, the reason why the Western Chu King was defeated by Pei Gong in the end was because he was less than Han Xin and Zhang Liang under his command, and his character was not as sinister and cunning as Pei Gong.

As for the Hongmen Banquet, in Xie Liangchen's opinion, it was just a joke.

At that time, the overlord Yu Julu defeated the main force of the Qin army. Although Pei Gong led his army to break through Guanzhong first and sent people to guard Hangu Pass, where could he resist the overlord who was in full swing?

Unfortunately, the King of Western Chu who had already entered Xianyang did not become emperor.

Fan Zeng is still old. Although he has made many suggestions with the Overlord, he is too old and too steadfast.

Otherwise, since you have the intention to kill Pei Gong, why should Xiang Zhuang dance a sword?

And he, Xie Liangchen, would never make the same mistake as the King of Western Chu.

His neighbor Bazhou has long been regarded as his first fat bite. The reason why he has not moved is that the world is nominally a great Jin Dynasty.

He lacked a reason to send troops.

As for the alliance with Bazhou, it was just to confuse Yangzhou.

Xie Liangchen believed that the sky of the Great Jin Dynasty would change sooner or later, and he would not believe that the old thief Yuan Shixin would be so loyal to the Sima family.

When He Xiangfeng's identity as an envoy of Yangzhou appeared in front of him, Xie Liangchen knew that Yuan Shixin must have taken action.

The reason why An Xiu ordered She Pilong to invite Tao Yin to the capital was not only to explore the secrets of the Peach Blossom Spring that year, but also to ask Tao Yin to come out to serve King Jiangling.

He had read Tao Yin's articles and highly praised him.

After learning that Tao Yin's ancestor was actually a general, An Xiu was willing to ask him to come out and serve King Jiangling.

When he heard that this was an adult from the capital, the old patriarch Tao was shocked. Seeing that everyone was about to enter the village, he hurriedly said, "Sir, please stay!"

She Pilong pulled the reins.

"What else does Old Clan Chief Tao have to do?"

Seeing She Pilong's face showing displeasure, the old patriarch Tao stepped forward and said, "Sir, if you come for the old guy Tao Yin, you don't need to enter the village."

"how?"

She Pilong raised his eyes.

The old patriarch Tao bowed and said, "It's a coincidence that just a few days ago, the old man Tao Yin had already left Taojiabao by car. I had asked him where he was going and how long he would return. He told me that if I go out to visit friends, it would take only a month to return at the earliest."

When she heard that Tao Yin was not in Taojiabao, She Pilong frowned slightly.

After thinking about it, he asked again: "Do you dare to ask the patriarch, do you know where Mr. Tao Yin's friend is?"

The old patriarch Tao shook his head and said, "I don't know this. Tao Yin has always been withdrawn and rarely deals with people in the castle. On weekdays, even the patriarch, the leader, rarely says a few words to him."

She Pilong thought for a moment, and remembered the young man in his mind. He looked at the old man and asked, "Old patriarch, do you know if Mr. Tao Yin has ever received disciples in your farm? He is about sixteen or seventeen years old."

"disciple?"

The old patriarch Tao shook his head and then said, "Where does he have any disciples? However, the old Chen family boy has been close to him since he was a child. It is also a blessing for Niu Niu, the old Chen family, who has taken good care of Tao Yin, otherwise Tao Yin, who has been tired, would have been exhausted."

"Niu Niu?"

Seeing She Pilong’s face showing a puzzled look, the old patriarch Tao explained: “Niu Niu is his nickname, his big name is Chen Suisuiu. We old people like to call the nicknames of children in the village.”

She Pilong nodded, it was indeed him.

"Why is Chen Suisui still at home?"

The old patriarch Tao waved his hand and said, "I don't know if the old Chen family was filled with a ecstasy soup or something. Just this one seedling actually made him go out with Tao Yin. I really don't know who raised this son for. Seeing that Niu Niu's kid is also at the age of getting married, it's so good to run around."

After saying that, he shook his head.

Hearing that Chen Suisui and Tao Yin went out together, She Pilong turned his horse's head and nodded to the old patriarch Tao, then led everyone to the direction of Longjiang Town.

Looking at the backs of everyone leaving, the old patriarch Tao turned around and walked towards Chen Suisui's house.

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On the official road to Wuling City, a flatbed carriage was driving slowly on the road.

An old man lay on the carriage with his legs raised, holding a wine gourd in his hand, and sipped it from time to time.

The sky is as blue as washing, with a few white clouds embellished, turning into the shape of roast chicken.

This wine is very delicious.

Suddenly the carriage was bumped, and the old man happened to send the wine gourd to his mouth.

The old man quickly had his hands and eyes fast, and quickly blocked the mouth of the gourd with his tongue to avoid the occurrence of wine spilling out.

It doesn’t matter whether you choke or not. If you waste your wine, you will be terrible.

After the carriage was stable, the old man moved his tongue away and pressed his wrist down a little. After taking a sip of wine, he suddenly sat up, stuffed the gourd plug, and shouted at the young man who was driving the car: "I said Xiao Suisui, how did you drive? Just now, sir, my wine almost spilled out."

The two were Tao Yin and Chen Suisui, whom She Pilong was not able to see.

Chen Suisui turned his head and grinned at Tao Yin and said, "Sir, with your skills, how could this wine spill? Isn't this slap your old man in the face?"

Tao Yin stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Don't talk about these useless things, but you're not good at driving a car. Tell me, how many times have you bumped into the old man along the way? My old bone almost made you fall apart."

Chen Suisui scratched her head, smiled embarrassedly and said, "Sir, isn't this the first time I drove? Look, the past two days have not been much better than the previous few days?"

He said this correctly.

He bought the carriage in Longjiang Town, so the money he bought the carriage was naturally given by Mr. Tao.

Although he earned some silver to escort the Zhang family caravan, buying a carriage is still far from enough.

What's more, all the money he earned was left to his parents.

A horse is an old horse, and a car is a flatbed broken car.

Just like this, a carriage also cost Mr. Tao forty taels of silver.

Of course, compared to that horse, the price of a carriage is almost negligible.

In addition to the two of them, there were also several jars of wine tied up on the carriage.
To be continued...