When Yuan Shao heard that the pottery merchant actually wanted to persuade Sun Jian to hand over the jade seal, he couldn't help but feel happy... He secretly thought that this young man was quite pedantic.
In fact, it is no wonder that Tao Shang is young and supervises the army on the Western Expedition for his father. People who are not familiar with him will not take him seriously.
Although the Xuzhou Army's performance in this war against Dong Zhuo has always been unsatisfactory, in Yuan Shao's view, it was just because the pottery merchant had been following Cao Cao... Cao Cao took the lead in strategizing, and the pottery merchant just left by luck. Shit luck, most of the achievements belong to Cao Cao.
Yuan Shao was too lazy to argue with the pottery merchant. He waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "Go, but Sun Jian is not easy to mess with. Mr. Tao must be careful."
"Thank you, Mr. Yuan."
Tao Shang hugged Yuan Shao, turned around and was about to chase him, but Cao Cao suddenly stepped forward and grabbed him, whispering: "What do you want to do again?"
Cao Cao is different from Yuan Shao. He knows much more about pottery merchants than Yuan Shao does about pottery merchants.
"You'll know in a minute, wait a minute!" Tao Shang didn't say anything clearly, he just smiled at Cao Cao and hurriedly followed Sun Jian's footsteps and chased him out.
Cao Cao stared at his back and shook his head secretly.
At this moment, Sun Jian and the others had just walked out of the Chefei Gate when they suddenly heard someone calling him from behind.
Sun Jian turned around and saw that the pottery merchant was chasing him.
Behind Sun Jian, Sun Ce pulled out his sword and glared angrily: "Why are you chasing after me? Are you trying to recover some national jade seal from my father?"
Tao Shang smiled slightly, reached out and gently pushed away the sword that Sun Ce pointed at him, and said: "Sun Lang is really good at joking. If Tao wants to make things difficult for you, the person who chases you will not be me, but Xu Chu from our Xuzhou Army." .”
Sun Ce gritted his teeth and said: "You are not allowed to call me Sun Lang!"
"Ce'er!" Sun Jian scolded with a bad look on his face: "Put your sword away, don't be rude!"
After saying that, Sun Jian turned to look at Tao Shang and said, "Master Tao came here all the way. What do you want to teach me?"
Tao Shang cupped his hands at Sun Jian and said with a smile: "I just want to give Mr. Sun a warning. How dare you say that you don't want to be taught anything."
"Well..." Sun Jian touched his chin and thought for a moment, then asked: "Just a reminder and a lesson...don't they mean the same thing?"
Potter: "………………"
At this time, you are trying to talk about culture with me, and you are talking about words. The ancients had many bad habits.
"May I ask Mr. Sun Fu, where do you plan to go after leaving Luoyang this time?" Tao Shang asked Sun Jian.
Sun Jian thought for a while and replied: "After Wang Rui swallowed gold and committed suicide, the imperial court has decreed that Liu Biao was appointed governor of Jingzhou and ordered Su Dai to replace Sun as the governor of Changsha. Sun in Changsha does not want to go back for the time being... Anyway, I will go back first. We will garrison troops in Luyang and then make plans."
"Luyang?" The pottery merchant couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "Master Sun Fu still plans to return to Yuan Shu's territory?"
Sun Jian couldn't help but frown when he heard this: "Master Tao is asking, why can't Sun go to Yuan Gonglu's place to have a rest?"
Tao Shang shook his head, sighed, and said: "There are some things that I can't explain clearly to Mr. Sun. But just now Mr. Sun came to resign to leader Yuan. You know why so many people, including me, are here?" Leader Yuan?"
This question happened to arouse Sun Jian's doubts. Because he had just broken up with Yuan Shao, Sun Jian had no way to ask. When he saw the pottery merchant talking about it, he said, "I would like to hear the details."
Tao Shang looked around and said in a low voice: "Wang Situ was rescued by us together after Dong Zhuo. Mr. Sun Fu has known this for a long time. Tao and General Cao will accompany Wang Situ to the leader of the Yuan Alliance tonight. Discussing how to arrange the arrangements for the ministers in the court, this must be something that Mr. Sun will be aware of."
Sun Jian nodded. Just as he was about to speak, his eyes suddenly lit up.
He seemed to understand what the potter was going to say.
"Master Sun Fu, Tao and Cao Cao accompanied Wang Yun to discuss matters, and Yuan Shu arrived after us. Why did Yuan leader insist that the jade seal is in your hands? At this point, Tao Shang couldn't say more, Fu. You are a smart man, and there are many things that I don’t need to explain too thoroughly... Well, I’m ashamed to say that Tao shouldn’t have discussed this matter much, but you and I are also front-line comrades who have fought against Dong Jun twice, Mr. Fu. I admire the heroic spirit very much. Tao couldn't bear that Mr. Sun was toyed with and applauded for nothing..."
Sun Jian's fists were clenched tightly unconsciously, and his joints made a slight rattling sound.
The potter saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart.
He would never miss any opportunity to drive a wedge between Sun Jian and Yuan Shu.
Sun Jian is a fierce tiger, and Yuan Shu is the fourth generation and the third prince. If these two people cooperate well, they can basically be said to be unrivaled in the south. And the future development areas of these two people are also too close to Xuzhou! Tao's territory is in Later generations were in the Jiangsu area, and the development trend of Yuan Shu and the Sun family was also aimed at parts of Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei, Zhejiang and other later generations. It can be said that they were strong neighbors, and the pottery merchants would never allow such dangerous two people to be connected in series. Threaten Xuzhou together.
No matter what, Xuzhou is my only home in this era.
Sun Jian was also a smart man, and he knew it right away. He had just argued with Yuan Shao in the square of Quefei Gate, and his face was red. Yuan Shu was right next to him, but no one helped him... Now think about it, what did he do by watching the fire from the other side? Intentional?
Judging from Yuan Shao's appearance, he seemed to have just learned about this... without any special preparations. Otherwise, he would have probably invited other princes to come over to help.
If it wasn't what he thought...why did Yuan Shu appear at Yuan Shao's place in the middle of the night? It was not unknown to Sun Jian that the two brothers had a bad relationship.
When I fished out the jade seal in the well of Jianzhang Hall, I was surrounded only by my own soldiers. If the news really wanted to spread, it would only come from the mouths of my own soldiers. However, they had no contact with Beidi Bingyong. They all speak with different accents...
Only Yuan Shu's military and horse generals were quite familiar with the people in each battalion under his command.
After so many doubts were connected together, how could Sun Jian not understand it!?
After gritting his teeth and greeting Yuan Shu's ancestors and the women in the clan one by one, Sun Jian bowed his hands to the pottery merchant and thanked him: "Thank you, Mr. Tao, for your advice. Sun now understands a little bit... I'll say goodbye. If I have the opportunity in the future, , see you soon."
Having said this, the pottery merchant's purpose was achieved, and he did not continue to discuss this matter too much... The matter has been handed over to Sun Jian. How to deal with it is his own business. If the pottery merchant continues to do more, If you say it, it will easily backfire and make Sun Jian doubt your intentions.
"It's good that Mr. Sun Fu understands, so let's say goodbye first and take care of yourself along the way!"
Tao Shang smiled and cupped his hands at Sun Jian, turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly he heard Sun Jian say from behind him: "Master Tao, wait a minute! Sun also has something to tell me!"