After listening to Sun Jian's words, the potter slowly turned around and looked at Sun Jian curiously.
But he saw that Sun Jian's face suddenly turned red, and he said guiltily: "Master Tao, considering the friendship of the first-line alliance, came to give me some advice. Sun is very grateful... It's just that Sun did something I'm sorry for before."
I hope Mr. Tao will forgive me for this matter."
The pottery merchant heard this and didn't understand. Why did Sun Jian feel sorry for him?
Where his eyes wandered, Tao Shang suddenly saw Sun Ce behind Sun Jian with an unconvinced look on his face. He suddenly realized: "What Mr. Sun Fu is referring to... I understand, is it Xu Rong's business?"
Sun Jian secretly thought, this is a spiritual child.
Sun Jian sighed and said: "Exactly... It's my fault for being such a rebellious son. After I came back, I informed Sun about your sheltering the traitor Xu Rong. In his words, he also detailed the misunderstanding between Mr. Tao and him on the battlefield.
, Sun was angry for a moment and sent someone to send the news to Yuan Shao. Now that I think about it, this move was just like Yuan Shu did, which really made Sun feel guilty and ashamed..."
The pottery merchant sneered in his heart.
You and Yuan Shu are in the same boat, why are you pretending to be a good person here? What's the use of telling me this now? It's clear that you are using a fact that cannot be changed to return my favor.
There are so many despicable and shameless people in this world, are you going to let me and other decent people have a way to survive?
In his heart, he looked down on Sun Jian's words and deeds, but on the surface, the pottery merchant smiled heart-warmingly and spoke well.
"Master Sun, you don't have to blame yourself so much. Tao just dealt with this matter impartially. He wanted to capture Xu Rong alive because he wanted to hand it over to Alliance Leader Yuan, but he had no other ideas. Even if you don't dare to tell Alliance Leader about this matter, I will take the time later.
You have to talk to him carefully.
Seeing that the pottery merchant showed no fear, Sun Jian couldn't help but be a little surprised, secretly thinking that this boy surnamed Tao is a very deep city!
However, Sun Jian looked even more guilty, and sighed: "Master Tao is so benevolent and righteous, repaying evil with kindness, it is really a gentleman's style! Sun really admires him. Today, he owes you a favor, and he will definitely find a way to make up for it in the future.
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The pottery merchant didn't care about this. The so-called debts and promises between princes were all nonsense...it was just a joke. If you take it seriously, you will lose.
"Master Sun, you don't need to be so polite. It's not a big deal. It's just a small matter!"
Sun Jian laughed heartily and secretly thought that since the pottery merchant was so magnanimous, how could he show weakness when he was twice as old as him?
You have to be more ambitious than him. If you can't compete with Tao Qian's son with the demeanor of Jiangdong Tiger, don't hang out in the circle of princes from now on!
Thinking of this, he saw Sun Jian reaching out and calling to Sun Ce: "Come here!"
Sun Ce reluctantly stepped forward.
"I apologize to Brother Tao."
When Sun Ce heard this, he couldn't help but turned pale and said: "What!... He asked me to accompany him as a gift?... Return it to my eldest brother!"
The pottery merchant hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Sun Mansion, why are you doing this?"
Sun Jian refused to give up, stared at Sun Ce, and said slowly: "What? It's hard for me to speak now, isn't it?"
Sun Ce was glared at by Sun Jian, and his demeanor suddenly turned cowardly. He gave the potter a fierce look, cupped his fists with his hands and said, "Brother Tao! Please forgive Sun for being disrespectful!"
The pottery merchant smiled, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to help, and said: "Oh, brother, what are you doing? We are all old acquaintances. There is no need to be so polite. I don't need to call you big brother. Just call me brother... Look, you are still kneeling down.
Why are you apologizing...eh? Didn't you kneel down?"
Sun Ce gritted his teeth and hissed: "Brother Tao, Sun has learned a lesson..."
Sun Jian also saw from the side that the two were quite hostile. In order to show his grace and resolve the embarrassment, he immediately suggested: "Cer, how about you and your brother Tao becoming brothers with different surnames?"
"Father, this matter must be decided...Brother Tao may not be willing to do it, right?" Sun Ce exclaimed while looking at the potter unconfidently.
But I saw the pottery merchant touching his smooth chin, as if thinking about the feasibility of this matter. It seemed that Brother Tao was not completely unhappy...
However, Tao Shang knew that Sun Ce was hostile to him. If he really wanted to burn incense and kowtow to become brothers with different surnames, it would probably be more uncomfortable for him than killing Sun Ce... and once they became sworn brothers, they would not want to die in the same year, the same month and the same day. Sun Ce's death in history
It was so early that the pottery merchant felt that it was not worthwhile to become a sworn sworn brother to him.
Thinking of this, the pottery merchant waved his hand and said with a smile: "Master Sun, it's better to avoid the matter of sworn sworn vows. Tao's life is hard, and I don't know how to deal with you son... being an eldest brother is enough."
Tao Shang was not greedy. He felt that it was unnecessary to become a brother to Sun Ce. Tao Shang felt quite contented to be called "eldest brother".
Sun Jian sighed, helpless.
Tao Shang coughed slightly and thought about not chatting too much with Sun Jian, so as not to let others catch his pigtails in the future, and then said: "Sun Fujun, see you later!"
Sun Jian nodded: "See you later."
The pottery merchant turned to Sun Ce again: "Goodbye, brother."
Sun Ce: “…………”
The potter turned back and took two steps, but suddenly stopped and said: "Master Sun, everything in the world is strong and easy to break. You can't go too far. Sometimes you can't save it if you go too far.
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After that, he walked quickly towards Qufei's door, and his figure slowly disappeared.
Sun Jian looked directly at the pottery merchant's back from behind, and muttered: "Why are you telling me this, boy? What a weirdo!"
The pottery merchant had no other meaning when he said these words. He just had an occasional feeling and asked Sun Jian to change his arrogant and unconvinced habits so as not to be taken advantage of by others in the future. This would also increase his chance of survival and prevent him from dying too early.
In history, after Sun Jian was stationed in Luyang, he was ordered by Yuan Shu to conquer Liu Biao and besiege Xiangyang. Later, he fought with Huang Zu who rescued Liu Biao. After Huang Zu was defeated, Sun Jian no longer cared about anything else. He pursued Huang Zu at night and was defeated by Huang Zu's troops.
The soldiers secretly shot him between the bamboo trees... He was somehow underestimating the enemy and being arrogant, otherwise he would not have died so early.
It's not that Tao Shang likes Sun Jian very much, it's just that he dislikes Sun Ce so much. He and the boy basically have no disagreements. If Sun Jian is gone one day and Sun Ce takes over Sun Jian's position, with their current relationship, Sun Ce
How could the pottery dealer be stopped?
If the potter were to choose carefully, Tai still believed that it would be more beneficial for him to have Sun Jian as the head of the Sun family.
Of course, everything has its own destiny, and sometimes it is beyond the potter's control... One person's power is still limited after all.
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After entering the Quefei Gate, just as Yuan Shu was leading his guards out, the pottery merchant bowed his hands to Yuan Shu to say goodbye. Yuan Shu also nodded politely, showing great dignity, but he did not look at the pottery merchant more.
Then he walked away.
To Yuan Shu, the pottery merchant was just a small figure and not worth mentioning.
Back to where Yuan Shao and others were, Cao Cao was talking to Wang Yun, and seemed to be patiently comforting the old man... Master Situ seemed to be very irritated by Cao Cao and the Yuan brothers' actions of not accepting them. The three princes of the dynasty should
I never thought that one day I would become stinkier than dog shit...
It is estimated that Wang Yun is regretting why he mistakenly looked at these white-eyed wolves in the first place.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tao Shang quickly walked to Yuan Shao's side, gave a salute, and said: "Leader Yuan, Tao has a few words from the bottom of his heart that he wants to tell you."
Yuan Shao glanced at the pottery merchant indifferently, as if he had expected that the pottery merchant would come to him.
Seeing that Wang Yunzheng and Cao Cao were having a heated argument over there, Yuan Shao couldn't pay attention to his side for a moment. Yuan Shao immediately turned around and said, "Master Tao is here with me."
The pottery merchant followed Yuan Shao closely, and the two came to a huge pillar under the palace next to the square.
Yuan Shao looked at the pottery merchant with sharp eyes and said, "Master Tao, do you have something to say to Yuan?"
The pottery merchant saluted, with a look of pain on his face, and said: "The pottery merchant of Xuzhou Army Supervisor, without the permission of the alliance leader, captured Xu Rong, the thief general, and never delivered him. I am here to apologize to the alliance leader."
Yuan Shao's expression showed that he indeed knew about this matter... It seemed that Sun Jian did not lie to himself, and he finally told the truth.
"It's time for Mr. Tao to confess. Otherwise, Yuan might have to go to the Xuzhou Army camp in person on another day to ask Mr. Tao what his intentions are."
Tao Shang made a few curse words about Yuan Shao in his mind, but he showed an embarrassed look on his face and said: "The alliance leader said this to make things difficult for Tao. To be honest, Tao really has a general to take down Xu Rong."
He wanted to surrender under his tent...but this does not mean that Tao has second thoughts. On the contrary, Tao's loyalty to the leader of the alliance is worthy of the sun and the moon."
Yuan Shao hugged his arms and looked like an old god was here: "Oh? This is strange. Mr. Tao detained Xu Rong privately, but he said he was loyal to me? But Yuan has to ask for advice carefully."