Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 132

Now that the three of them squeezed into a carriage awkwardly, it was not Yuan Xi's intention at all.

Originally, he had prepared two carriages, but the axle of Kong Rong's wife and daughter's carriage broke the day before yesterday and could not be repaired.

Because of the secret purpose of his trip, he couldn't show up, and he couldn't ostentatiously repair the carriage in the big cities along the way, so he had to let Kong Rong's wife and daughter get into his carriage and drive day and night.

Having said that, Yuan Xi always felt that Tai Shici, who was traveling with him, looked at him strangely.

Now Tai Shici, who was following outside the carriage on horseback, murmured even more when he heard the voices inside the carriage.

The young man whom I rely on is really not particular.

During the Battle of Qingzhou, Tai Shici was captured in a daze. He thought he must be dead, but he didn't expect that the other party appreciated him a lot and wanted to recruit him.

But Tai Shici had a very high vision, and he still looked down on Zhang Fei. Although Yuan Xi had a family background, he did not seem to convince Tai Shici. Going back to pick up his mother was probably just a temporary excuse for Tai Shici.

But what really shocked Tai Shici was the unreasonable trust in the other party.

As the forward of the enemy army, I let it go as soon as I said it. Do I really think I can keep my promise, or do I feel that it is insignificant?
Under the contradictory psychology, Tai Shici finally came back as promised and took refuge in Yuan Xi.

What shocked Tai Shici even more was that when he returned to Yecheng with Yuan Xi to take up his post, he immediately became the Sima of another department, only under Zhao Yun's captain.

This is also the highest position of military officer that Yuan Xi can offer as a county guard, with a salary rank of one thousand shi.

Although Tai Shici is a son of a good family and has the ambition to ascend to the court of the emperor, but he was a vanguard in Kong Rong's army, that is, a centurion, and now he has suddenly risen to the position, which makes him feel a little like a dream.

Although he didn't doubt his own strength, he doubted that this Yuan family son didn't understand his own ability at all, so he casually appointed officials and worshiped generals, did he not understand the way to lead an army at all?
Then Tai Shici inquired in Yecheng, and found that Yuan Xi had a big problem!
According to rumors, Yuan Xi killed Zhang Kai in Xuzhou and forced Liu Guanzhang to retreat. This made Tai Shici unbelievable. He had seen the strength of Liu Guanzhang and the others with his own eyes!

Guan Yu was beaten and defeated in the Battle of Qingzhou, which undoubtedly proved that Yuan Xi's strategy of mobilizing generals was very correct.

Later, Tai Shici learned that Yuan Xi led the three battles in Qingzhou, and after planning to defeat each of them, he wondered if he was wrong?
But Tai Shici also heard another rumor about Guan Yu and Yuan Xi.

Lustful, especially a good wife.

It is said that he had many concubines in Beixin City, and after arriving in Yecheng, he did not restrain himself at all. There were rumors that he had a private meeting with his wife who had not yet been married!
This was a big violation of etiquette, and it was spread in private in Yecheng, but because of Yuan's face, no one dared to discuss it publicly.

What puzzled Tai Shici even more was that it was Bian Rang's widow and daughter.

Cao Cao killed Bian Rang and accepted his widow Huan Shi. Yuan Xi rescued Huan Shi from Cao Cao under the pretext of exchanging hostages. This could have become a good talk among the Yanzhou gentry.

But Yuan Xi did not shy away from taking Mrs. Huan and her daughter to live in his mansion, isn't he afraid of criticism from the nobles?

This is also the case now, this time Yuan Xi brought back Kong Rong's wife and daughter with himself to make Kong Rong owe him a favor.

But it's fine, you and Kong Rong's wife and daughter are in the same carriage, what would Kong Rong think if he found out?
Tai Shici felt more and more that Yuan Xi's mind was out of order, and he deliberately turned good things into bad things, what was he trying to do?

Yuan Xi is also thinking about similar philosophical issues.

In this era, what does a wife and children mean to a qualified protagonist.

Just like the Sima family first made an oath on Luoshui, and then killed the emperor in the street, smashing the imperial power and the sanctity of the oath to dust, and opened the era of crazy killings in the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Wuhu and Sixteen Kingdoms, with no bottom line .

Although the Han Dynasty gave birth to countless legends of heroes and heroes, and passed down this name forever as a representative of the unified nation, Emperor Gaozu also set a precedent for abandoning his wife and son and selling his father to the enemy.

At the end of the Western and Eastern Han Dynasties, everyone in the gentry talked about filial piety, and even made up all kinds of stories similar to myths and legends in order to promote filial piety, but in fact, no one knew the real situation in private.

Father's kindness and son's filial piety are always a difficult problem that only the person concerned can know how it feels.

Liu Bei said that a wife is like clothes.

Lu Bu killed the two adoptive fathers.

Ma Chao cheated Ma Teng to death, and took refuge in Han Sui, the enemy who killed his mother.
Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou despite the fact that Cao Song was still in Langya.

Cao Pi violated Cao Cao's last wish, turned from suppressing the gentry to being close to the gentry, repelling relatives, forcing Cao's children to death, and accepting Cao Cao's concubine.

Most of Lu Xun's family was killed by Sun Ce, and they still served the Sun family, and finally died of suspicion.

Jiang Wei, who was famous for his mother's filial piety, defected to the Shu Kingdom, faced the threat of Wei Guo to seize his mother's wife, and directly replied that he had a long-term ambition and should not return.

Lu Bu, who was reviled by later generations, is not even the worst among them.

For those with great ambitions, the so-called parents, wives and children are just a small part of life.

It seems that there is no shortage of legends of loyalty in this era, but there are also countless undercurrents. It is precisely because there are so many dirty truths that the value of loyalty is even more highlighted.

Yuan Xi doesn't care what others think of him, as long as he does things smoothly, he will do as he pleases.

For people who really practice filial piety, such as Tai Shici, he respects his old mother and wife very much, but for Kong Rong, who could have taken his wife with him when he ran away, but for some reason and abandoned him, Yuan Xi was very uncomfortable. .

If it wasn't for the future use of Kong Rong, a hardcore pro-Han faction, he wouldn't have sent his wife and daughter back after a long journey while pinching his nose.

Speaking of which, Kong Rong is also a very complicated person. As a descendant of Confucius, he put forward the theory that parents are ungrateful.

"What kind of relationship should a father have with his son? In terms of its original intention, it is really lust. The son's relationship with his mother is like changing a thing in a vase. When it comes out, it will leave.

However, Kong Rong was also the same. When he was Prime Minister of Beihai, someone had to be executed because someone did not cry loudly enough at his parents' funeral.

It is also Kong Rong who has been fighting against Cao Cao, from mocking Cao Pi for marrying Zhen Ji, to opposing Cao Cao's conquest and annexation. In the end, Cao Cao rarely broke his defense and killed Kong Rong.

Yuan Xi's idea is very simple, die-hard Chinese fans will be Cao Cao's enemies in the future, and they can be used.

But this does not prevent him from venting, just like he is now in the same car with Kong Rong's wife and daughter without any shyness.

Seeing Yuan Xi turning his head to look out the window, the young girl Kong secretly moved out from behind her mother's sleeve.

Most of the gentry women lived in the deep house, and they rarely had contact with men with other surnames. At this age, the curiosity of the Yuan family in front of the girl overwhelmed the vigilance of the men and women. She wanted to speak, but she didn't dare, so she just sat there sullenly.

As time passed, Kong's stomach growled.

She blushed immediately and lowered her head.

The long and bumpy carriage made her lose her appetite, and she didn't eat much, so she felt hungry before it was time to eat.

Mrs. Kong Rong hurriedly whispered: "It's not time to stop, please bear with it."

Because of the rush to travel, the time between two meals a day is very long, and the team often waits until it is completely dark before finding a place to settle down and cook.

Kong Shi nodded pitifully, but Naihe's stomach was still rumbling.

Yuan Xi heard it, and smiled slightly at Mrs. Kong Rong: "It is true that I left in a hurry, and I have wronged the child."

He opened the front of his clothes, and Mrs. Kong Rong trembled slightly when she saw it, but Yuan Xi took out a linen package from her arms.

After the layers of sackcloth were unfolded, there were several golden and shiny sugar cakes.

Yuan Xi handed the package to the girl, and said: "This thing can fill your stomach, why don't you try it?"

Seeing the vigilant look on the girl's face, he said with a smile: "It's only natural if you don't believe me, after all, I led the soldiers to beat Father away, maybe I'll show off and poison you."

Feeling competitive, the girl grabbed a piece of sugar cake and said angrily, "Father is afraid of you, but I am not!"

She stuffed the sugar cake into her mouth, took a hard bite, and her eyes widened.

There are such delicious things in the world!

It's not honey in it, but it's as sweet as honey!

The girl couldn't help showing a happy smile on her face, and chewed vigorously.

Yuan Xi thought to himself that he really told the children that the temptation of sweets is irresistible.

Although it was very cold outside, the sugar cake seemed to be in Yuan Xi's arms, and there was still a lingering warmth, which made the girl blush slightly.

Under the trend of hunger, she gobbled up the whole piece of sugar cake, almost choking.

She hastily picked up the water bag and took a few sips. The clear water left her mouth and dripped onto the front of her skirt. Mrs. Kong Rong quickly took out a handkerchief to cover her, complained a few words, and the girl's face turned redder.

Yuan Xi held the sugar cake and said with a smile, "Do you still want to eat it?"

The girl's eyes lit up, then she lowered her head and said softly: "Thank you, my lord, I'm full."

Yuan Xi smiled slightly, wrapped up the sugar cake, and put it back into his bosom.

The girl regained some energy, looked at Yuan Xi, and suddenly whispered: "Master...is he a good person?"

Mrs. Kong Rong quickly covered the girl's mouth and said, "Children are ignorant, so please don't worry about it, my lord."

Yuan Xi smiled slightly: "Madam is too polite, Qianyuan is very interesting."

He thought that Mrs. Kong had passed away early, and she was also a confidante, and there was a look of regret on his face.

Mrs. Kong Rong was a little bit wrong, and couldn't help but hugged the girl in her arms.

If Yuan Xi could really marry his own daughter as his wife, she would be too happy.

It's a pity that the relationship between the two parties has long been impossible, and the Zhen family's marriage has long been settled, so they can't let their daughter be a concubine, right?

She didn't expect that when she came up with this idea, she was dissatisfied with Kong Rong's abandonment of her mother and daughter.

Yuan Xi said seriously to the girl: "To many people, I should be a bad person. After all, I helped Yuan rob your father's Beihai County."

"So you don't need to be grateful to me. You will go back only because you are Wen Jugong's family."

"The people in Beihai who were displaced because of me must hate me now."

The girl was a little shocked, she had never seen anyone commenting on herself like this before, she was puzzled and said: "Then why does the young master still beat Father?"

Yuan Xi smiled: "Of course it's because your father did worse."

(End of this chapter)