Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1138 Conflict
When Bu Zhi and the girl from the Bu family heard the sounds of banging on the door and shouting, their faces changed drastically. Bu Zhi struggled to get up and said, "It's that Zuo He who's shouting. He's violent and outnumbered. My lord, you'd better get out of the way!"

He spoke in a hurry and his voice unconsciously became louder. The girl from the Bu family at the door couldn't help but open her eyes wide when she heard it. Master?

What lord?
At this time, Sun Li, who was guarding the door, rushed to the door, took a look through the crack, and came back to report: "There are at least a hundred people outside the door."

Bu Zhi didn't know that Yuan Xi also had someone outside, and he panicked. He wanted to pull Yuan Xi out, saying, "The back door must be blocked as well. I can only inconvenience you and let you climb over the wall from the east first."

Yuan Xi smiled, pushed Bu Zhi back, and said, "Don't worry, let me see what he wants to do."

As they were talking, the bolt of the door was pried open with a knife inserted into the crack. A group of people kicked the door open and rushed in aggressively.

When Yuan Xi's guards outside who were pretending to be waiters saw this, they tried to rush in, but were stopped outside by the soldiers from Xuzhou.

The centurion shouted, "What? This is General Zuo. Do you want to die?"

He did want to save these guys. After all, after Chen Deng became seriously ill, Zuo He became the bully of Guangling. Anyone who provoked him would suffer broken hands and feet at best, or the family would be destroyed at worst.

Although the Zhen family caravan came here on orders, the emperor is far away and Zuo He could just find a reason to kill all these people. Who could find out the truth?
As a result, the young guard who was the leader of the Zhen family caravan came up and said to the centurion with a smile: "General, don't worry. We, the common people, naturally dare not act recklessly."

"But the master is inside. If we fail to fulfill our duty, we will die if we return."

"Please be flexible and let us bring the master out."

The centurion hesitated, then said, "Okay, only a few people can go in."

He whispered, "Be submissive and don't offend that person, or you won't be able to leave Guangling City alive!"

The guard of the caravan was Zhang Fang. He thanked the centurion and, while turning around to call for people, he winked at a trusted subordinate. The subordinate understood what he meant and slowly retreated to the back of the caravan. While no one was paying attention, he ran towards the city gate.

The centurion saw Zhang Fang ordering a few guards to carry a box in, and he became suspicious, so he shouted, "What are you doing?"

Zhang Fang had the box opened for the centurion to see. It was full of jewels and valuables. He then said with a smile, "This is to help the master to establish relationships. It's not easy to talk with nothing in hand."

He stretched out his hand, stuffed something into the centurion's hand, and said with a smile: "When we go out, we all believe in making money through harmony."

The centurion put his hand back into his sleeve without showing any emotion, and nodded, "You are quite capable, go in!"

Zhang Fang was actually very anxious. Zuo He and dozens of soldiers had already been inside for half a cup of tea. He was afraid that something might happen to Yuan Xi, so he had to be patient and deal with the centurion. Now that he saw the centurion nodded, he quickly suppressed his anxiety and rushed to the mansion with his men.

Over there, Zuo He had already blocked the gate of Bu Zhi's yard with his soldiers. He pointed at Yuan Xi and others fiercely and shouted at Bu Zhi who came out with a cane, "Who are they?"

Bu Zhi glanced at Yuan Xi and quickly explained, "This is my good friend who came from afar to visit me."

Zuo He was in his thirties, white and plump, with big ears and a square face. He looked quite blessed, but there was an undisguised murderous look between his brows. Hearing this, he sneered, "Friends from afar?"

"What a coincidence?"

"And didn't you say you were bedridden? How did you get better?"

Bu Zhi explained hastily, "General, these people are from Youzhou."

When Zuo He came in, he had already heard the centurion talk about the origin of the Zhen family caravan. He was just playing dumb now. Now seeing Bu Zhi using this to pressure him, he waved his hand and said, "You don't have to talk about Youzhou and Bingzhou, this is Xuzhou!"

"I don't care about any caravan today, I'm here to take someone away!"

He pointed at the girl from the Bu family behind Bu Zhi and said, "Come with me!"

The girl from the Bu family turned pale and took a step back, but when she looked at the people in the room, she gritted her teeth, walked around to Bu Zhi and walked towards where Zuo He was.

She said, "I will go back with the general. I hope the general will not embarrass others."

Zuo He showed a proud smile on his face and said gently, "No problem, I just see that you have wisdom, so I'll take you back to spread Buddhism. If you obey me, I will never make things difficult for others."

After hearing this, the girl from the Bu family felt relieved. Just as she was about to step out of the door, her arm was grabbed by someone. She turned her head and saw that it was the maid of the young master of the Zhen family, who was looking at her with a smile.

She didn't know Lu Lingqi's identity, and couldn't help but want to break free, whispering: "Sister, don't stop me, you don't know how terrible the other side is."

Lu Lingqi smiled and said, "If you go out, Bu Biejia's reputation will be really ruined, right?"

When Bu Zhi saw Lu Lingqi looking at him, he could not help but smile bitterly and nodded. If he sent his niece into the wolf's den with his own hands, not only would he no longer be able to gain a foothold among the scholars in the future, but he would also not be able to live with his conscience.

The girl from the Bu family asked in panic, "What else can we do?"

Zuo He on the other side had already lost his patience and yelled, "What are you doing? Do you think I have a good temper?"

He stared at Lu Lingqi for a few seconds, but then his eyes lit up. He walked over and looked at Lu Lingqi's waist. He was amazed, "Long legs, thin waist, and well-proportioned body. She is a good candidate for practicing Buddhism."

"Come with me!"

After hearing this, Lu Lingqi couldn't help but burst out laughing and said to Yuan Xi, "Listen to it."

Yuan Xi had been watching coldly, and when he saw that Zuo He had set his sights on Lu Lingqi, he felt it was quite absurd, and asked him, "Are you sure?" "This is my wife."

Zuo He waved his hand and sneered, "Look at how she's dressed, she's just a concubine, why are you pretending?"

"Madam? Only concubines of princes can be called Madam. You are a son of a merchant family. How dare you call her that?"

"With just this one thing, you have committed a serious crime. Come, take us away together!"

Dozens of soldiers rushed forward like wolves and tigers, ready to capture Yuan Xi. Seeing this, Sun Li secretly touched the short knife in his sleeve and held it in front of Yuan Xi. When Nao He saw this, he shouted, "What? Do you want to rebel?"

"Kill them all!"

At this time, Zhang Fang came up from behind and said with a smile, "Misunderstanding, it's all misunderstanding."

He asked his men to carry the box over and said to Zuo Rong with an apologetic smile, "My master makes money through harmony. These small gifts are not just a token of respect. Please accept them, General."

Na Zuo He only glanced into the box, his eyes lit up at first, then he said disdainfully: "You want me to let him go for such a small thing, who the hell are you looking down on?"

"Catch them all!"

Dozens of soldiers immediately surrounded the crowd. Yuan Xi stepped forward and said, "You raped a woman and killed innocent people. Aren't you afraid of being investigated by the higher-ups for doing this?"

"Do you know whose orders I received?"

Zuo He's face changed slightly. He was not stupid and naturally knew that the King of Jin and the Queen were behind the Zhen family caravan. But the more this was the case, the more they could not let the caravan go back, otherwise Bu Zhi's affairs would be leaked out.
Thinking of this, his eyes became fierce and he shouted, "These people are pretending to be Cao's spies. Kill them all on the spot!"

After hearing this, his subordinates drew their swords one after another. However, the next moment, everyone saw a blur and realized that Zuo He had been restrained by two people, one on each side, grabbing his arms.

On one hand, Sun Li hooked Zuo He's left arm and placed the dagger in his hand on Zuo He's neck. On the other hand, Zhang Fang wrapped around Zuo He's right arm, but the dagger had already pierced into Zuo He's waist, just below the kidney position. One more inch would be the kidney, and blood slowly seeped out through Zuo He's clothes.

Zuo He screamed in pain. He didn't expect the other party would dare to use a knife as soon as he came up!

But now he dared not move, and shouted loudly: "You, you are so brave!"

"Do you know who I am?"

"I have the Xuzhou Zhao family behind me!"

Bu Zhi approached Yuan Xi and whispered, "The Zhao family is the largest noble family in Guangling now, and this Zuo He is the son-in-law of the current head of the Zhao family."

The girl from the Bu family didn't expect this group of people to be so reckless. She turned pale with fear and whispered, "I am very grateful to you for speaking up for me, but please let me leave with them so as not to implicate you and your wife."

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "You have a good heart, but you are too kind and don't see the bottom line of the other party."

"Even if you go with him, he will come back and kill us all, including Zishan, right?"

Bu Zhi smiled bitterly and said, "That's true. Zuo He is so greedy that he has blinded his eyes and wants to take the lord's money. I don't know whether he is stupid or smart."

He whispered, "Now the matter has become serious. Although Zuo He has been restrained for the time being, if the Xuzhou nobles behind him imitate what Liu Yuzhou did, it will be detrimental to the lord."

Yuan Xi nodded and said, "Don't worry, I came to Xuzhou just to solve this matter."

"I was at the front, on the battlefield, and these guys were causing trouble in the back. I was really furious."

The girl from the Bu family then vaguely guessed Yuan Xi's identity. She opened her eyes wide in shock. Could this young scholar with makeup on be a subordinate of the legendary King Jin?

Zuo He was still unwilling to give up and shouted, "You dare to hold the generals hostage? You are all dead now!"

"Let me go, and you can still leave your body intact!"

Zhang Fang pushed the knife in half an inch more with force and shouted, "Stop talking nonsense and make them all leave."

Zuo He became more aggressive and shouted to the soldiers around him, "They are just trying to trick you. Go and kill them all!"

"I don't believe they dare to kill me. There are thousands of soldiers guarding Guangling now. If they kill me, can they still escape?"

Upon hearing this, several of Zuo He's personal guards rushed forward with their swords drawn. However, the guards who followed Zhang Rang to carry the box had already pulled out their swords from the secret compartment of the box. After a few stabs, Zuo He's personal guards were pierced through the back by the sharp blades and fell to the ground dead.

The others shouted loudly and surrounded them, but Yuan Xi's personal guards did not retreat but instead rushed into the enemy crowd and started killing them.

These men were all masters who had survived dozens of bloody battles with the Youzhou soldiers. They had lived a life of luxury and were no match for the Xuzhou soldiers who had not fought for five or six years. They wanted to draw their swords, but the Youzhou guards moved left and right in the crowd, dodging extremely quickly. The Xuzhou soldiers were already crowded together, and their swords hit their companions, causing chaos.

Several guards were like tigers entering a pack of wolves. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen Xuzhou soldiers fell down. The rest had never seen such a scene before and fled to the outside.

Bu Zhi and the girl from the Bu family stared at this rather absurd scene in amazement, and only then did they understand why Yuan Xi was so calm.

Yuan Xi was a little disappointed, and said to Lu Lingqi: "You said that all these years, all places have been guarding and protecting Xuzhou, but their soldiers are so bad, what's the use of Xuzhou?"

(End of this chapter)