Zhang Xiu followed the pottery merchant back to Pengcheng.
In fact, he didn't want to follow the pottery merchant back. Although the pottery merchant revealed the truth, he did it deliberately and unintentionally. He didn't really want to help him get revenge.
His real purpose was just to sow discord between himself and Cao Cao.
Under his deliberate operation, he turned against Cao Cao as he wished, and was driven out with nowhere to run.
But if he doesn't follow the pottery merchant back to Xuzhou, Zhang Xiu will have no way to survive. The road to Nanyang has been blocked by Cao Cao's generals. Not to mention that he can't get through by himself, and he will almost die. If it weren't for
The pottery merchant's soldiers and horses appeared in time, and now he was indeed buried in a foreign land.
It was with such contradictory feelings that Zhang Xiu came to Pengcheng.
The pottery merchant organized a banquet to wash away Zhang Xiu's shock.
"General Zhang, the denunciation document has caused great physical and mental harm to you personally. Tao is deeply sorry."
Zhang Xiu was unhappy. He raised his wine cup to the pottery merchant from a distance and said, "The master has revealed the truth and made Xiu enlightened. It's too late for Xiu to thank the master. How dare he complain? The master doesn't have to be like this."
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Zhang Xiu's perfunctory expression was easily seen through by the pottery merchant. He chuckled, pointed at him gently and said: "General Zhang doesn't mean what he says. He obviously still has a grudge against Tao... but you don't know Tao."
This is a pure act of redressing injustice and upholding justice."
Ten thousand grass and mud horses ran through Zhang Xiu's heart.
It’s unfair to beat Nima!
Shinima justice!
This matter has nothing to do with you!
Look at what you owe me.
The pottery merchant called Pei Qian and gave him a few instructions, and Pei Qian immediately took the order and went out.
Not long after, Pei Qian brought back a person. There was no doubt that it was Yuan Wan who was staying at Tao's Pengcheng and was being protected by the pottery merchant.
Tao Shang smiled and said to Yuan Wan: "Miss Lao can help me solve the doubts in General Zhang's mind."
As the pottery merchant finished speaking, Zhang Xiu looked at Yuan Wan in confusion.
But Yuan Wan took a deep breath and said to Zhang Xiu: "General Zhang, although the little girl is a female generation, she is still from the Yuan family in Runan, and she also understands the principles of loyalty, filial piety, integrity and shame, and respects the death of her uncle Zhang Ji.
This is not the fabrication of the little girl, and when my uncle was dying, he asked the little girl to tell the general the truth. The reason why the little girl stood up and stated the facts was just to fulfill the deceased's wish."
Zhang Xiu took a deep breath and said, "Why?"
Yuan Wan said lightly: "Before General Zhang Ji died, for fear that the general would not believe him, he specifically stated an important matter to the little girl. It was also related to his face and a secret private matter between him and the general. Only you two know about it.
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Zhang Xiu's expression suddenly changed when he heard this.
"What's up?"
"It has to do with the reason why General Zhang Ji wanted to accept you as his subordinate..."
Before Yuan Wan could finish her words, she saw cold sweat pouring down her face.
"Stop! Stop! I believe it! I believe it! Zhang firmly believes in what Ms. Yuan said."
The pottery merchant saw Zhang Xiu's embarrassment from behind and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
When he thought about it carefully, he roughly figured out the taste in his mind.
As Zhang Xiu's uncle, why did Zhang Ji accept Zhang Xiu as his son? Haha, there are just a few reasons, and they are probably all shady.
But as for the details, it’s up to the beholder and the wise to decide.
The pottery merchant didn't bother to inquire about people's privacy.
"General Zhang, do you understand this time?"
Zhang Xiu took a deep breath.
When he was in Xuchang, although Zhang Xiu also thought that this matter might be true, he was still doubtful after all.
But now that this matter came out from Yuan Wan's mouth, and coupled with the sharp evidence that Yuan Wan wanted to say just now, Zhang Xiu was convinced of this matter.
Thinking of Cao Cao who had kidnapped his aunt in Xuchang, killed his uncle, and sent troops to encircle and suppress him, Zhang Xiu was so angry that his teeth itched.
This is so damn irritating! Thief Cao is simply bullying people too much.
Seeing the change in Zhang Xiu's expression, Tao Shang raised his eyebrows and said, "General Zhang, what are your plans now?"
Zhang Xiu turned to look at the pottery merchant and said, "How does the master plan to deal with the final general?"
Tao Shang closed his eyes, pretending to think for a while, and then said slowly: "This is easy to say. Tao has followed ancient precepts since he was a child, determined to be a gentleman, and will never force others to do anything."
Zhang Xiu recalled in his mind the fatal denunciation that the potter used to drive a wedge between himself and Cao Cao, and couldn't help curling his lips.
Gentleman, is this what you want to do?
Tao Shang opened his starry eyes and continued to Zhang Xiu: "General, if you want to avenge your uncle, Tao is willing to help you. In the future, after I defeat Cao Cao, I will naturally hand over Yan Xing and Liu Xun."
It's up to you to avenge blood; if the general doesn't want to avenge General Zhang, he can decide whether to stay or leave on his own, and Tao will never stop him."
The second sentence that the pottery merchant said to Zhang Xiu was pure fart. If Zhang Xiu really dared to slap his ass and walk away now, the pottery merchant would immediately send the Tiger Guards to chase him and chop him into eight pieces.
After Zhang Xiu pondered for a while, he finally sighed and bowed: "Please don't betray me, Master."
The potter showed a cheerful smile.
"The general will not fail me, and I will not fail the general."
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After a while, after the guards on the left and right took Zhang Xiu down to rest, Tao Shang just said to Yuan Wan, who had been sitting aside silently: "Thank you very much, Miss, for your help this time. Tao's gratitude cannot be expressed in words. I will definitely repay you generously in the future, Miss."
Don’t refuse then.”
On Yuan Wan's beautiful face, her complexion suddenly turned red and then white, and her lively eyes seemed to be thinking.
When I was young, I heard her suddenly say: "The little girl really has something to ask the master for help. I ask the master to agree to it, even if it is to repay the little girl for helping me this time."
The pottery merchant picked up the wine cup on the table, drank it lightly, and said: "Miss, please tell me, whatever Tao can do, he will definitely do it."
Yuan Wan pondered for a long time, and then said quietly: "The little girl hopes that the master will take the little girl as his concubine."
"Pfft!"
The pottery merchant didn't even take a breath, and the wine in his mouth spurted out.
"Wha, what the hell?"
Tao Shang's performance made Yuan Wan's face blush even more, but she still remained strong and said firmly: "Please also ask the master to take the little girl as my concubine."
Tao Shang stared at her blankly for a while, then suddenly sighed and said helplessly: "I treat you like my sister, but you actually want to sleep with me?"
Yuan Wan was so angry that she trembled all over.
"Master... you seem to have misunderstood something!"
The potter shook his head helplessly and said: "It's normal for girls to like good men, but at least they have to express it tactfully, right? It's too direct."
Yuan Wan's body trembled even more: "Master, I misunderstood..."
"Although I'm very handsome, I won't be so obsessed with you."
"Master, little lady, I..."
"Three-legged toads are hard to find, but there are plenty of two-legged men... What's so good about me? Can't I change it?"
Yuan Wan finally couldn't bear it anymore. She blushed so much that she almost bled. She gritted her teeth and yelled the truth: "What a bastard! I just want to find a big backer and pass on the incense to the Yuan family!"
When she finished speaking, she saw that the pottery merchant was no longer talking, but just looking at her with a smile.
Yuan Wan suddenly woke up.
It's over, I fell into a trap... The truth has been tricked out.