Side hall.
Lu Bu walked in with his hands behind his back and saw a man dressed as a general walking around in a panic in the hall.
When the man saw Lu Bu coming in, he quickly cupped his hands and said, "I've seen Marquis Wen!"
Lu Bu felt that this person looked familiar, but couldn't remember his name for a moment, so he asked: "Are you..."
The man said: "I'm in Tao Gong's tent, Lu You!"
Lu Bu slapped his forehead: "I remember! Lu You! Five hundred years ago, we were still a family! I heard that you came to me with something very important to tell me? Tell me, what is it?"
Lu You hurriedly said: "Marquis Wen! Something bad has happened! You have not been in Pengcheng for the past few days, and a big event has happened in the city!"
"Oh? What's the big deal?" Lu Bu cooperated and looked surprised.
"Zei Rong and Zhang Kai secretly colluded in the city and actually convinced more than 5,000 people to rebel!
They took control of the city gate, put Tao Gong and his family under house arrest, and are now attacking Mi Mansion! "
"Oh! There is such a thing!" The surprise on Lu Bu's face was obviously not sincere.
"Don't dare to talk nonsense. Please ask Wen Hou to quickly return to rescue Pengcheng..." Lu You also noticed that something was wrong.
"Okay, let me rest for the night and then send troops to come back for reinforcements tomorrow! As for you...it's hard work for you to risk your life and come out to report to me. Have a good night's rest and go into the city with me tomorrow!"
"Uh...yes..."
Early the next morning, Lu Bu took Tai Shi Ci and Xu Chu, and asked Lu You to accompany him. He ordered three thousand men and horses to escort Yuan Yao and the others to Pengcheng in a leisurely manner.
When I arrived at the city at noon, there was a military commander at the city gate, but it was Mi Fang.
When Mi Fang saw Lu Bu coming, she hurriedly ordered people to lower the drawbridge and open the city gate to welcome him out in person.
Lu Bu asked: "Brother-in-law, how is the situation in the city?"
Mi Fang replied: "When I return to Marquis Wen, everything is fine at home and the rebels have been defeated.
The rebel Zhang Kai was killed by General Dian Wei. Seeing that he was defeated, Zuo Rong took the remaining soldiers and fled south out of the city. "
Lu Bu nodded and asked, "Where is Tao Qian? Did he escape?"
Mi Fang said: "Mr. Tao is safe and is waiting for Marquis Wen in the government office!"
Lu You couldn't help but be shocked: This is somewhat different from the script Tao Qian arranged in advance!
Lu Bu patted Lu You on the shoulder and said with a smile: "How are you? Do you think I'm okay? Let's go into the city to see how Mr. Tao is doing!"
Taishi Ci said, "My lord, do you want me to lead a group of troops to catch up with Zuo Rong?"
But Lu Bu said: "Don't be in a hurry! Let's go to the city first and have a good meal. It doesn't matter if we let him run around for a few days!"
As he urged his horse into the city, he saw that the street was extremely clean, not a single person was walking around, and there were still pools of blood on the ground that had not been wiped off.
Dian Wei also received the news that Lu Bu had entered the city, and led a team of people to pick him up.
"My lord! Fortunately, Dian Wei lived up to his command and protected the ladies. Tao Qian was also caught! It's a pity that Zuo Rong is gone..."
Seeing the dried blood on Dian Wei's armor and shirt, Lu Bu hurriedly asked, "Is A Dian injured?"
Dian Wei said: "It's just superficial wounds. They have been bandaged and are not in the way."
Only then did Lu Bu feel relieved: "You have worked hard, and I will remember you for your great contribution this time! Lu You, come with me to see Tao Qian!"
Lu You suppressed the fear in his heart and agreed, and the two of them came to the gate of the government office. Sure enough, they saw that the guards inside and outside the government office had been replaced by Lu Bu's men who were heavily guarded with swords and guns.
After passing several checkpoints and arriving at the inner house, I finally met Tao Qian.
When Tao Qian saw Lu Bu, he quickly stood up and said with a smile: "Marquis Wen, you are here! I heard that you encountered a yellow scarf thief outside the city? Just be okay, be okay!
It's all my fault that I don't know people well enough to realize that Zuo Rong and Zhang Kai are actually ambitious people who took advantage of the chaos and turned against them!
Not only did they seize my military power, but they also put me under house arrest in the palace. They also wanted to take Marquis Wen's family members hostage!
I really have no way to escape, I just need to let Lu You sneak out of the city to inform the general!
Fortunately, the generals were so brave that they were able to defeat more with less, killing Zhang Kai and then defeating Zuo Rong...
It’s true that auspicious people have their own destiny! "
Tao Qian peeked at Lu Bu's expression as he spoke, while Lu Bu looked at Tao Qian with his arms crossed as if watching a fool acting.
In the end, Tao Qian felt embarrassed, coughed and said:
"Presumably this time there was a Yellow Turban thief outside the city, and Marquis Wen suffered a lot of losses, right? My family has continued to do something, and voluntarily provided some funds to support Marquis Wen..."
Lu Bu, however, walked around Tao Qian with his hands behind his back, as if he was looking at the furnishings in the room, and said:
"Mr. Tao, I heard that you asked Zhang Kai to intercept and kill Cao Song's family. You must have robbed a lot of good things, right?"
"This...ah? Is there such a thing?" Tao Qian looked shocked: "I have never given such an order! It will not harm my family. Although I have some quarrels with Cao Cao, why would I do anything to his family? This is definitely It was Zhang Kai who did it secretly!"
Lu Bu chuckled and said, "Okay, okay! Put all the responsibility on the dead person and you will be clean, right?"
Tao Qian, you can tell Cao Cao this. Whether he believes it or not depends on your eloquence! "
Tao Qian's face turned green!
It was originally a good plan, first get rid of Lu Bu with the help of Yuan Shu and Liu Bei, and then join forces with Yuan Shu to defeat Cao Cao. While gaining a powerful teammate, he killed two enemies at the same time.
I didn’t expect that Liu Bei could only stretch his crotch, but even Yuan Shu was so incompetent!
"Marquis Wen... you won't hand me over to Cao Cao, will you?" Tao Qian tried his best to smile.
Lu Bu didn't answer, but asked: "By the way, I never thought about it. Since you knew something was wrong, why didn't you kill Zuo Rong too, so that you could die without any evidence?"
Tao Qianqiang smiled and said: "I...I am under house arrest in the government office, how can I kill Zuo Rong?
Thanks to General Dian Wei for killing the rebels and arranging people to protect my family, I would like to thank the general..."
"A Dian, did you hear that? Tao Gong said he wanted to thank you, why don't you ask him how he wants to thank you?" Lu Bu winked at Dian Wei with a smile.
Dian Wei is also a real man, he directly stretched out his big hand and said: "Give me money!"
"Okay, I'll give you money, give you money..."
Lu Bu asked Dian Wei, "A Dian, Zhang Kai must have robbed a lot of gold and silver from Cao Song. Have you seen it?"
Dian Wei shook his head and said: "No, but everyone said that Zhang Kai did drive dozens of cars after entering the city and went directly to the government office..."
"Oh? Is there such a thing?" Lu Bu looked at Tao Qian with a smile, as if he was looking at a pile of shining gold.
Tao Qian slapped his forehead and said, "Yes, yes, that's what happened! In order to paralyze me, Zhang Kai sent all this gold and silver to the government office!
Wasn’t it that I was put under house arrest by him later? I don’t know where these gold and silver are going. Come to think of it..."
Lu Bu finally became impatient: "Tao Qian, your acting skills are really bad. Can you stop acting?"
