Three Kingdoms: From Yinlin to Great Wei Xiongzhu

Chapter 342 The Wuji Zhen Family, the Five Girls Qingli Supporting the Door Liner
The flames of war in the northern border have ignited, and a battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan to determine the ownership of the northern border is about to take place.

now…

It was already before the decisive battle, and Yuan Shao had already started to make the final preparations for food, grass and ordnance!

And Gongsun Zan was not idle, he sent someone to write to Zhang Yan, the commander of the Black Mountain Army, maybe... with such a strong support, he still has a chance of winning!
Five days!
Yuan Shao and his second son Yuan Xi rushed to Zhongshan in person under the escort of Zhang He.

At this time, in Zhongshan County and Wuji territory, there is a luxurious mansion... nearly a hundred servants are cleaning the gate, tidying up the flowers, plants and trees in the mansion!
At the gate of this room, the words "Zhen's Mansion" jumped out from the plaque made of sandalwood and golden inscriptions.

——Zhongshan Promise Zhen Family...

Their ancestors, ancestors, ancestors, and grandfather Zhen Han once served as the successor of the Taibao, and were worshiped as Da Sima and Cheng Xingong. The most important thing is that he was the No. 14 grandson of Confucius, who was the general and prime minister at that time , The son-in-law of Kong Guang, the grand master!
Since then, the Zhen family's network has spread all over the northern border!
For a long time, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the Zhen family was the top wealthy clan in the four northern states.

persevering...

The owner of the Zhen family here, "Shangcai Ling" Zhen Yi, died of illness ten years ago. The eldest son Zhen Yu, the second son Zhen Yan, and the third son Zhen Yao died of illness one after another!
Only the "female stream" of the Zhen family is left here...

The title of the top wealthy clan is gone forever.

Good thing…

Relying on the network of relationships left in the past, the Zhen family's business is flourishing under the management of a "female stream".

Now, the person in charge here is Zhen Yi's wife - Mrs. Zhang!
In addition, there are the five beautiful daughters she and her deceased husband gave birth to——

The eldest sister Zhen Jiang; the second sister Zhen Tuo;
The third sister Zhen Dao; the fourth sister Zhen Rong; the fifth sister Zhen Mi.

"Ma'am, ma'am..."

At this moment, a nurse hurried into the hall and said respectfully: "In half a day, Duke Yuan... Duke Yuan will arrive here in Wuji County."

call…

On the main seat in the lobby, a woman's closed eyes slowly opened. This woman was nearly 40 years old, wearing a light yellow Taoist robe, but her features were picturesque and unspeakably beautiful.

She is the current wife of the Zhen Mansion—Ms. Zhang!

In this era, there are very few women at this age who can maintain such a look... What she exudes is a steady aura.

She slowly put down the teacup in her hand.

The Duke Yuan who was reported by the Nursing Court was naturally Yuan Shao. How could Mrs. Zhang not know the purpose of his coming here?
Her eyes suddenly became sharper, she stood up slowly, and looked back at the eldest daughter Zhen Jiang beside her, "Is the carriage ready?"

"Hmm!" Zhen Jiang is now 23 or [-] years old. She is a rare helper around Mrs. Zhang. Without a man, the entire Zhen family relies on these two women to support the sky.

"Then let's go..." Mrs. Zhang got up and stroked Zhen Jiang's forehead, as if she was quite reluctant. "Mother specially bought a mansion there, and our Zhen family's shop is indispensable in the city... you go first."

This…

Hearing this, Zhen Jiang obviously hesitated for a moment, her teeth bit her lips slightly.

"Mom, don't you go with me?"

"No." Mrs. Zhang waved her hand... "Mr. Yuan is coming soon, here, I have to have my mother to deal with it."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Zhang didn't miss it anymore, and called the nursing home to send Zhen Jiang to the carriage.

Besides her, the other four daughters...

Mrs. Zhang sent them out in batches early in the morning. The fifth daughter, Zhen Mi, was the last one to send out, and the eldest daughter, Zhen Jiang, was the last one.

"mother…"

One last shout.

These years... Zhen Jiang knows how difficult it is for her to manage the Zhen family!
She didn't dare to disobey her mother's wishes, and she didn't dare to question her mother's arrangement, so she had to retreat under the leadership of the nursing home.

only…

I don't know, tonight?The next time I see my mother again, will it be He Xi?
call…

Watching the last daughter leave, Mrs. Zhang opened her eyes just now, and her whole body was full of energy. Her tone of voice was not loud, but... it was extremely penetrating and majestic!
"Immediately gather the servants in the mansion and line them up at the gate of the mansion. Let's welcome Yuan Gong... Anyone who dares to slack off will be dealt with according to the family law!"

While talking, Mrs. Zhang took those low steps and was the first one to walk towards the gate.

- "Here!"

A group of servants and maids agreed respectfully, and followed Mrs. Zhang's pace and walked out quickly.

The atmosphere in the entire Zhen Manor was a lot more dignified.

...

On the official road leading to Wuji County.

A cavalry team was galloping, and Yuan Shao and his second son Yuan Xi were sitting in the carriage.

I heard that my father wanted to marry the daughter of the Zhen family——Zhen Mi!
Yuan Xi's face was ugly.

"Father, my son... How can my son marry a woman from a family of merchants? Scholar, farmer, worker, merchant? Merchants are at the bottom of the ranks. If they climb the lintel of our Yuan family, is the Zhen family also worthy?"

"What do you know?" Yuan Shao glared at him coldly, then said in a deep voice. "The Zhen family is not an ordinary merchant, but the largest merchant in our four northern states! Their family's business spreads all over Dahan, and their relationship is even more intertwined in the four northern states. Is it as simple as you imagined?"

call…

Yuan Xi didn't understand a little bit, he lightly tapped his forehead.

It is true... There are rumors in the market that "there are two Qiaos in Lujiang, and Zhen Mi is pretty in Hebei". This is enough to prove that the young girl of the Zhen family must be lovely and beautiful.

It's just that he, Yuan Xi, is greedy for beauty, his wife, Yuan Xi, must be able to help him!

And the Zhen family?A merchant's house?Does it deserve to be called an intricate relationship?
Thinking of this, Yuan Xi's eyes were even more disdainful.

Yuan Shao's words continued. "The ancestors of the Zhen family had in-laws after Confucius, and the men of the Zhen family were also extremely powerful ministers. If it weren't for the fact that all the men of the Zhen family died young, leaving these female generations unable to serve as officials, how could the Zhen family be reduced to death? What about merchants? How can their status suddenly drop?"

"Die early?"

Yuan Xi was a little dazed, and he was still a little scared, "Father, then this girl from the Zhen family can't even marry, women from the Zhen family can't kiss her! What if the child is..."

Ah!
Yuan Shao snorted coldly. "What restraint? We are the lintel of the fourth and third sons of the Yuan family in Runan, and I, the title of General Yuan Shao, have a crowd of millions? Can a group of girls live under restraint?"

"This little girl of the Zhen family, you have to marry if you marry, or if you don't marry, you have to marry. If you really don't like it, you can keep it at home, and you can take as many concubines as you like!"

Yuan Shao's tone was like an order: "If the Zhen family is not allowed to climb up to our Yuan family's lintel, how can they be willing to hand over the millions of stones of food they have hoarded? With this food, father is enough to capture Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, At that time...you will be credited with a great contribution, and father intends to bestow this Youzhou land on you."

Huo…

This blurted out, Yuan Xi's eyeballs must be, marrying a vase, can be exchanged to Youzhou, what a profit in this business!

——"My lord..."

——"We have arrived in Wuji County, and the Zhen family is in front of us!"

At this moment, Zhang Yun outside the car window spoke.

"Okay." Yuan Shao lifted the curtain of the car, he stood on the carriage and squinted at the plaque outside the gate of the Zhen Family Mansion...

It doesn't matter if you look at it...

But found... under the plaque with the word "Zhen's Mansion", Mrs. Zhang, servants, maids, and guards were all lined up on both sides, and bowed their hands towards Yuan Shao.

This... is not surprising!
Yuan Shaosu pays attention to ostentation, and he has long been used to the fact that the families are so respectful!
But... Yuan Shao's eyes froze, and he found that the five daughters of the Zhen family did not appear in front of the door, which was very strange!Extremely weird!

"Duke Yuan came to Wuji County, Zhen's family is full of splendor... The survivor Zhang pays a visit to Duke Yuan!"

"Meet Yuan Gong..."

When Mrs. Zhang bowed, all the servants of Zhen's residence also bowed!
Yuan Shao stepped out of the carriage, but frowned, "Madam Zhang, why are you the only one? Why aren't your daughters here?"

This is not the first time Yuan Shao came to Zhen's house, because he made a baby kiss very early...

It's because... the Zhen family has food and money in their hands. In order to raise food and grass, Yuan Shao and the Zhen family have been walking around a lot these years!

Speaking of which, Yuan Shao also gave a lot of support to the Zhen family's business. Yuan Shao even met the daughters of the Zhen family, especially the little girl Zhen Mi, who surprised him.

"they…"

When mentioning her daughter, Mrs. Zhang's eyes suddenly turned red, and she said with great compassion: "When it comes to this matter, I hope Yuan Gong will make the decision for us!"

"Just this year, my daughters, who were not up to the mark, went to the Central Plains to buy some goods with money and food and a horse team. They wanted to start a business between the Central Plains and the North! Earn more money and food, and provide it to the general for military supplies !"

"But, I never thought...Situ Lu Yu from Xuchang was so excited when he saw my daughters were beautiful, he actually detained them in the Central Plains, and also detained a large amount of gold, silver and grain from my Zhen family, and even more It is to force my Zhen family to hand over a million stones of grain in order to redeem them."

"However, our Zhen family's food has been seized by him, how can we raise as much as one million? Besides, if my Zhen family handed over the million shi of grain, would it not be an enemy to Duke Yuan?"

Speaking of this, the tears in the corners of Mrs. Zhang's eyes kept flowing down, and his tone was even more pathetic, wishing to cry bitterly.

"I...I have been crying these days, and I am... wanting to complain to Yuan Gong! I beg Yuan Gong to go south and defeat that Cao Cao, capture that 'heinous' Situ Lu Yu, and save my five men from this 'big sex demon'. Poor daughter! Yuan Gong, you want...you want to be the master of our Zhen family!"

Hoarse, crying...

At this time, many people gathered in front of the Zhen Mansion, Mrs. Zhang's words made countless people feel sad and shed tears.

"What! You..."

Yuan Shao clenched his fists subconsciously.

Immediately, he flew into a rage, and he wanted to speak, but when the words reached his lips, he swallowed them back.

After calming down, he opened his mouth to speak.

"...Situ Lu Yu, what a daring act to rob a caravan!"

Hearing this, Mrs. Zhang kept wiping away her tears with her sleeves, she wailed. "These days, even...even if my daughter is taken away by Situ Lu Yu, but...but the Zhen family dare not forget Yuan Gong's great cause. I sold all the shops and fields of the Zhen family in the northern border yesterday, and raised money. 20 shi of grain, 300 million yuan, this is already our... all the savings of our Zhen family."

"These...if Duke Yuan needs these, take them away... I just hope, I just hope that one day Duke Yuan can go south to Xuchang City and bring back my five daughters."

call…

Hearing this, Yuan Shao took a deep breath, his eyelids twitched wildly. "Don't worry, Mrs. Zhang, one day, I will definitely go to Xudu and bring back Lu Yu's head and my wife's head!"

Speaking of here…

Yuan Shao turned around and stepped back on the shaft of the chariot. "Where is General Zhang?"

"The end is here!"

"Immediately count the money and grain of the Zhen family, and transport them to the front line in Youzhou!"

"Here!" Zhang He agreed.

Yuan Shaoze had already returned to the carriage, but his complexion was extremely ugly and stiff, like a fossil frozen in amber!
The carriage moved, and the horse team drove away.

On the other hand, Yuan Xi seemed to have a big stone in his heart. Speaking of which, he was happy that he couldn't marry Zhen Mi. This daughter of the Zhen family, Ke Fu, other people want money to marry a wife, and marrying Zhen Mi would be terrible!
Can…

Looking at his father Yuan Shao's cheeks turning blue and purple.

Yuan Xi is a little unclear, so...

He quickly comforted him and said: "Father, it just so happens that this daughter of the Zhen family is celibate... Now that my father has earned the money and food of the Zhen family, he doesn't need his son to marry the youngest daughter of the Zhen family. Everyone is very happy. Why is father so sad?"

call…

Yuan Shaoyou let out a breath of air, his heart was already narrow, and his face was extremely gloomy this time, as if a volcano was about to erupt.

——"You bastard, shut up!"

——"You know what a fart! Unexpectedly... I, the dignified Yuan Shao, was teased to such an extent by a woman!"

——"What are you talking about five daughters, a large amount of food, grass, and money were robbed by Situ Luyu. Huh? Was it robbed, or did she send it on her own initiative? Don't you know that Yuan Shao is bullying me?"

——"Hmph, no wonder... the Zhen family has been able to hold up the lintel with these women all these years. It seems that the women of the Zhen family are not cheap!"

Coldness, Yuan Shao's words contained great coldness!
boom…

Speaking of this, Yuan Shao slammed his fist on the table in the carriage.

The whole case trembled violently.

Yuan Shao may have a slow brain circuit, but he is not stupid!

Whether it is Cao Cao or Lu Yu in the Central Plains, they care about their reputation all the time when they act these years!

Cao Jun has never committed any crimes in the past autumn, and...he has never carried out a massacre or surrender in these years. This point...even he, Yuan Shao, can't do it!
Can't this be proven?Are Lu Yu and Cao Cao pursuing the kingly way, not domineering?
Under such a "royal way", how could he detain the merchant's cavalry, how could he detain the merchant's daughter, how could he detain the merchant's grain?

This is clearly a non-existent thing!
It was the layout of the "wisdom" Mrs. Zhang of the Zhen family!

On the one hand, she secretly transported five daughters and a large amount of money and food to the Central Plains;

On the one hand...pretending to spend all their wealth to support Yuan Shao!
In this way, Cao Cao won the dispute between Cao and Yuan, and she will support Cao Cao with money and grain, so that the Zhen family will be safe!If Yuan Shao wins, then Zeng sold his property to fund the military, and Yuan Shao would not be able to trouble the Zhen family!
Kill two birds with one stone, kill two birds with one stone!
calculate...

Hehe, he, Yuan Shao, was tricked by this woman to death this time!

Unfortunately, I can't find anything wrong with it!

Humph…

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao groaned coldly.

Of course, this is not what shocked Yuan Shao the most. What surprised Yuan Shao the most was that under the current situation, the Zhen family chose to be neutral!
Terrible neutrality!
What is even more frightening is that the choice of the Zhen family does not represent a certain family, but can represent the choices of merchants, scholars, clans, common people in today's world...their choices!

In other words.

Now... although Yuan Shao's troops are far superior to Cao Cao's, countless merchants, scholars, clans, and common people are not absolutely optimistic about him!

——Wait and see, suffocating wait and see!

"Hmph, the tricks are exhausted." Yuan Shao sneered and said, "A woman from the Zhen family? Huh, I'm just pretending to be smart. Even if I, Yuan Shao, didn't have their support, I would be able to defeat Cao Cao, but the Zhen family would lose me forever. Yuan's in-laws! Lost this opportunity to cling to the sky!"

This sentence blurted out.

Yuan Xi rolled his eyes, he understood some, but also didn't understand some.

It can only be roughly judged that the Zhen family's choice this time is to invest in Yuan Shao and Cao Cao separately. This is not for wealth, but for safety!

However, it's okay...

Yuan Xi pondered, isn't this girl from Zhen's family celibate?
Now that they are in the Central Plains, there is bound to be an intersection with Cao Cao and Lu Yu.
Happy to hear it.

...

"Madam..." A maidservant reminded respectfully, "Duke Yuan has already left!"

After returning to the main hall of Zhen's Mansion, Mrs. Zhang went limp and leaned on the stool when she heard the servant girl's words.

huh... huh...

She was panting continuously, as if... the game with Yuan Shao just now, even after a long time, was even more shocking.

"Let's go, let's go!"

A sigh of emotion...

The maid's eyeballs kept blinking. "Ma'am? Why...don't you like Yuan Gong this time? In the past... didn't Madam like him very much?"

Ah…

Hearing this, Mrs. Zhang gave a wry smile.

"Yeah, I used to be optimistic about Yuan Shao, but now... as Cao Cao wins the Central Plains ahead of time to seize the opportunity, opens the Taixue, revives the Yuedan Review... the combat power and reputation have increased infinitely, and Cao Cao's military strength is infinitely close to Yuan Shao! Besides! ..."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Zhang paused.

The personal maid asked back: "Madam, what you want to talk about is Situ Lu Yu? Didn't Madam mention it earlier, maybe he is Yin Lin?"

"Um…"

Hearing this, Mrs. Zhang nodded... "Yes, a few years ago, when Master and I went to Luoyang to meet Cai Shilang, the young son of the Cai Mansion, Lu Yu, predicted... Master will die of illness in Zhongping three years!"

"He is indeed a proverb...Since then, there have been rumors that Yin Lin's words leaked the secrets, so I guessed that he is Yin Lin! Just when Cao Cao rose, isn't the name of the Situ next to Cao Cao exactly Lu Yu? He Isn’t sister Cai Yan, the eldest daughter of Cai Shilang?”

"Yin Lin is indeed in the Central Plains, in Cao Ying!"

Speaking of here…

Madam Zhang exhaled again.

After that, she didn't blurt out anything more.

Interesting... It's already very clear.

If there is no Yinlin, the Zhen family will never regret their marriage, let alone shift the focus of investment from Yuan Shao to Cao Cao, and will not send the five daughters of the Zhen family to Xu Capital City!
But... because Yin Lin is in Cao Ying... that's another story, the Zhen family must redeploy, and deploy solemnly!

"Hope...hope..."

Mrs. Zhang opened her bright teeth lightly.

"I hope that Mi'er and the others can see Yinlin as planned. The Zhen family needs Yinlin's guidance too much... and Lu Situ's help too much."

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(End of this chapter)