Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 109 Rumors of Ye City
Yuan Xing hesitated to speak, but realized that this should not be said, and said: "I made a slip of the tongue, just pretend I didn't say it."

Zhen Rong was angry and complained: "Sister is a heartless person, I still want to hear that the third son will suffer."

Yuan Xing sighed: "Come on, I don't want to cause you trouble if I don't say anything. Your husband is still working under the third brother, so you have to take care of face."

Zhen Rong still wanted to speak, but when he saw Zhen Mi winking, he realized that he stopped talking.

It is still a secret that the Zhen family took refuge with Yuan Xi in private and planned to transfer their foundation from Jizhou. If it is leaked out between words and many people know about it, there is no guarantee that it will not be a bad thing.

Although Yuan Xing is reliable, the maids and servants around her may not be free from spies. For safety's sake, Zhen Mi still hinted that Zhen Rong, with a big mouth, should keep his mouth shut.

Yuan Xing was keenly aware of it, and wondered: "You two are sneaky, what are you doing?"

After Zhen Mi heard this, she quickly changed the subject and said, "I heard about the matter of the Second Young Master from Zhen's firm."

Yuan Xing joked: "It seems that my sister cares about my second brother very much."

Zhen Mi said angrily: "Sister makes fun of me again, I won't say anything."

Yuan Xing quickly smiled and said: "I said something wrong, sister don't care, what rumors about the second brother are circulating in the firm?"

Zhen Mi said casually: "I heard that the second son is among the gentry in Yecheng, and he has mixed reputations."

"The good thing is that he rode alone into Xuzhou, killed Tao Qian's captain Zhang Kai, repelled Liu Bei, the governor of Yuzhou, rescued Cao Taigong, and protected the people of Xuzhou. He is a legend."

When Zhen Mi spoke, her eyes lit up, and Zhen Rong, who was at the side, sighed secretly when she saw it, the little girl was completely sunk in it.

Yuan Xing said: "This rumor started before my second brother left the city, but it has become more serious recently. I thought someone was behind the scenes to fuel the flames."

Zhen Rong asked suspiciously, "Second Young Master did it himself?"

At that time, in order to enhance their reputation, it was common for the gentry to find relatives and friends to spread all kinds of pervasive things.

Zhen Mi bit her lip and said, "Second Young Master is not that kind of person."

Zhen Rong understands, the little girl is already deeply poisoned, she has no brains to protect her future husband before she gets through the door.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Xing also nodded and said: "I also don't think it's the second brother. He doesn't know much about the nobles in Yecheng. Who will help him spread the word?"

Zhen Rong wondered: "That's strange, who is it?"

At that time, the three women did not know about Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi's joint venture. Now most of the people in Yecheng who promote Yuan Xi's reputation privately are instructed by Yuan Tan.

Zhen Mi's heart skipped a beat, but she didn't speak.

Yuan Xi seems to have a lot of things to hide from everyone?
what is it then?

very curious!
Zhen Rong said again: "But I also heard that some people are spreading rumors that are not good for the second son."

"Calling him unfaithful and unfilial, and swearing poisonous oaths in the name of the family and elders, this is a taboo of the gentry."

Yuan Xing sighed: "I also asked my second brother, he really did these things."

"When he was in Beixin City, he spoke freely. The most important thing is that he offended the local gentry. I'm afraid it was because of this that the Yecheng gentry arranged him."

"Some people also said that he was very greedy for money. He went to Xuzhou to rescue Cao Taigong. In fact, it was for the Cao family's property. After he was rescued, he swallowed all the property."

Zhen Mi and Zhen Rong thought that this is absolutely true, most of the goods are still lying in the warehouse of Zhen's family.

Zhen Mi said softly: "There are also villains who say that he is lustful, and spread rumors that he brought dozens of concubines, but in the end it turns out that they are all rescued gentry women. Isn't this all nonsense?"

Yuan Xing wondered: "Obviously some people are helping the second brother, and some people want to ruin the second brother's reputation, so the second brother has mixed reputation among the nobles."

Zhen Mi said to Yuan Xing: "Could it be that the third son told Master Zhou Mu all these rumors, and that's why my sister is so upset?"

Yuan Xing nodded and said: "That's true, I don't know why, the third younger brother was not so afraid of the second younger brother before."

She suddenly came to her senses, and said in a broken voice: "I was still deceived by the bully. This is our Yuan family's business, so I can't tell you."

Zhen Mi snorted angrily: "I don't care about anything else, these three young masters are still ruthless. First they lied to the fourth sister, and then they put pressure on the Zhen family. It's because they don't want the Zhen family to marry the Yuan family."

"I don't know how the Zhen family offended him!"

Yuan Xing and Zhen Rong nodded together, they couldn't figure it out either.

Wu Zhao had been listening quietly, and now he opened his mouth and said, "Concubine"

She suddenly realized that as a servant, it was inappropriate to speak on such an occasion, so she quickly shut her mouth.

Zhen Mi saw her, but said, "Sister, do you know something?"

She had long felt that the relationship between Wu Zhao and Yuan Xi was unusual, definitely not an ordinary master-servant relationship.

Zhen Mi was originally quite transparent and cheerful, but for some reason, when she thought of the scene where Wu Zhao and Yuan Xi looked at each other, her heart became slightly sour.

Wu Zhao looked at Yuan Xing, and saw that he also nodded, before he said, "I think it might be because the third son is very interested in the Zhen family."

The three women were surprised at the same time: "How do you say that?"

Wu Zhao said softly: "That day I went to the banquet with the young master. Although I stopped him at the door, I saw the third young master talking to his wife Hong Shi."

"It seems that Mrs. Hong's every move depends on the face of the third son, and she is very afraid of the third son."

Yuan Xing shook her head and said, "The Hong family has a very gentle personality, so that doesn't explain anything, does it?"

Wu Zhao thought to himself, but when Yuan Shang talked to Zhen Rong, his eyes always looked at certain parts of his body, which made Wu Zhao suspect that Yuan Shang was a man with a strong desire to control, and he might have planned to plot against Zhen Rong.

But this kind of thinking is groundless, so Wu Zhao could only say: "It's because I think too much, but I always feel that the third son is not satisfied with Mrs. Hong."

Zhen Rong thought that when Yuan Shang tricked him that day, he even said that he wanted to take him as a concubine, his face changed, and he wondered if what Wu Zhao said was true?
She bit her lip, thinking that Yuan Shang had drugged herself, and when she followed Yuan Xi back to the house, she seemed to have been taken advantage of in a daze, and also taken advantage of it.

Thinking of this, a sense of guilt welled up, and he felt that he couldn't hold his head up in front of Zhen Mi.

I don't know what evil I did in my previous life, but I actually had such an entanglement with the Yuan family!

Yuan Xing asked suspiciously: "If this is the case, does the third brother have any thoughts about Mi Mei?"

"He has a wife, how can he divorce the Hong family?"

Zhen Rong said softly: "The Hong family has declined in the past few years, but the Yuan family has risen. The two sides are no longer compatible."

"On the contrary, the Zhen family is a wealthy businessman with strong financial resources, and the younger sister is so beautiful. If the third brother becomes the head of the family in the future."

Everyone was stunned. In this way, it is really possible!
Yuan Xing suddenly realized: "No wonder I heard that my father and mother mentioned the marriage between the second brother and the Zhen family several times, but my mother made excuses to delay it!"

With these words, both Zhen Mi and Zhen Rong's expressions changed. Thinking of the rumors in Yecheng that were unfavorable to Yuan Xi, they couldn't guess that the marriage between the Zhen family and the Yuan family must be the marriage of Yuan Shang and his biological mother Liu. Trickster!

The marriage between the two parties, Mrs. Liu as the original wife and Yuan Xi's mother in name, if she doesn't nod, the marriage of these two families will not be possible!
Zhen Rong was even more worried. If Mrs. Liu kept obstructing her, the marriage between the second son and the younger sister would not be completed. In the end, her mother Zhang had no choice but to marry Zhen Mi to the divorced Yuan Shang.

After all, Yuan Shang is currently the most favorable candidate for the head of the Yuan family. If the Yuan family wins the world in the future, they will be the supreme master!
Compared to Yuan Xi, who is a bastard, he will at most be the master of a state in the future. The difference between the two sides is incomparable!

What Zhen Rong could think of, Zhen Mi could naturally think of it too, and she felt a little panicked.

She was also not sure if her mother would change her mind for the sake of the Zhen family.

At that time, what should she do?
Zhen Mi lowered her head and clenched her hands inside her sleeves.

She didn't hear what Zhen Rong and Yuan Xing said afterwards, and it took a long time before she raised her head.

Seeing Zhen Mi lowering her head for a long time, Wu Zhao couldn't help staring at it twice, but saw Zhen Mi raised her head and blinked at herself.

Wu Zhao was puzzled, what does this mean?
Seeing Zhen Mi wink at her again, she got up and said, "Two sisters talk first, I'll go to the back for a while."

Yuan Xing and Zhenrong knew that it was Zhen Mi going to take a shower, so she didn't care at the moment, but Wu Zhao saw Zhen Mi looked at him again, and then stood up and walked out.

Wu Zhao came to his senses, asking me to follow, do you have something to say to me?

Qingzhou.

The three of Liu Bei led an army of [-] horses and were leaving Taishan County in Yanzhou and entering Jinan Kingdom in Qingzhou.

Zhang Fei muttered right away: "Brother, this is a good opportunity to take advantage of Cao Cao's retreat. Cao Jun is attacking Lu Bu. If we can attack from both sides, we will surely destroy him in one fell swoop."

After hearing this, Liu Bei said calmly, "Tian Kai and I have always been on good terms, but now that Qingzhou is in danger, how can I not help him?"

Zhang Fei looked regretful: "It's a pity, Yuan Shao is so cunning that he attacked Tian Kai at this time, but he would never have thought that we could control Xuzhou so quickly."

"At that time, I will kill them and lose them!"

Guan Yu said at this time: "The generals under Yuan Shao are not easy to deal with."

"We couldn't beat them two years ago, so don't be careless."

Zhang Fei proudly said: "But we have been getting stronger!"

"A few years ago when we first fought on horseback, we had no chance of winning against Zhang He and the others."

"But now, I am already invincible, and I may even be able to kill the opponent!"

Guan Yu twirled his long beard and said, "Yes, we have become stronger in the past two years."

"But it's not enough."

"You saw it last time, three against three, even though there are enemy cavalry holding them back, we still can't defeat them."

After hearing this, Zhang Fei said depressedly, "Then what should we do?"

"After all, those people have fought ten years more than us on the horse, and it doesn't mean that they can be killed just by killing them."

Guan Yu pondered for a moment, then said, "I have an idea."

"If it goes well, it is not impossible to kill their general."

After Zhang Fei heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "Let's hear it!"

(End of this chapter)