Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 186 Make up your mind
Yuan Xi walked into the camp and found that except for a few people including Jushou Xu You, most of the generals and counselors were gone.

Yuan Xi guessed that Yecheng had many things to deal with, and Yuan Shao should be sent back to Yecheng by Xun Chen, Guotu and others to assist Yuan Shang.

He saluted: "Meet the Lord."

Yuan Shao's eyebrows moved slightly, and he said, "Is there something wrong?"

Yuan Xi said: "Xi came this time to ask my lord how to arrange Liu He and Gongsun Zan's family?"

Yuan Shao heard this and said, "You don't have to interfere with this matter, I have my own arrangements."

Yuan Xi raised his head slightly, and said in a deep voice, "When I went to persuade Gongsun Zan to surrender that day, I promised to give them an explanation."

Seeing Yuan Shao's expression of displeasure, Ju Shou said, "Second Young Master, this time, the lord has encountered a problem."

"Not to mention Gongsun Zan's family, Liu Heke is quite troublesome."

"If you leave him in Yecheng, the world will definitely criticize the lord."

"If you let him go back to Youzhou, it's like letting the tiger go back to the mountain. The second young master will not be able to do anything in Youzhou in the future."

Yuan Shao nodded slightly after listening.

After hearing this, Xu You also said, "Now the best thing is to kill Liu He, that's all."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi said decisively: "Forgive me, Liu He cannot be killed, otherwise Youzhou will be in chaos."

"Not only can't be killed, Youzhou also needs to use its influence to calm down the Wuhuan Xianbei forces in other counties."

Xu You laughed and said, "Wuhuan Xianbei are all local chickens and dogs. In the past few hundred years, has there ever been a threat?"

"Now that my Yuan family is very powerful, how can I still be afraid of mere outsiders?"

Yuan Xi said: "On this point, my opinion is somewhat different from that of Mr.

"Now I only occupy a small half of Zhuo County, and the counties of Lelang in Eastern Liaodong are occupied by the Gongsundu family, so I won't talk about it."

"The remaining Dai counties, Shanggu, Guangyang, Yuyang, Youbeiping, Liaoxi and other counties have a large number of Wuhuan Xianbei residents, as many as nearly half."

"These people have settled in Youzhou for hundreds of years, and many of them have already belonged to the Han family. It would be inaccurate to say that they are foreigners, right?"

Xu You smiled awkwardly: "Hehe, the son's remarks are a bit strange."

"The purpose of setting up Youzhou in the Han Dynasty was to resettle the ethnic groups inside and outside the pass, prevent them from causing disasters, and restrict each other with the ethnic groups outside the pass."

Yuan Xi said: "Then I would like to ask you sir, now that I, the Yuan family, want to take control of Youzhou, how should I treat these foreigners?"

Xu You heard the sarcasm in Yuan Xi's words, and said with a smirk: "These lords have their own decisions, why do I need to talk too much?"

Yuan Shao said: "Okay, it's useless to talk about these things."

He turned to Yuan Xi, "If Liu He returns to Youzhou to fight against my Yuan family, what should we do?"

Yuan Xi thought to himself that Yuan Shao really hit the point with one sentence, at this moment he had no other choice, and said immediately: "I guarantee that Liu He will never oppose Yuan."

"Otherwise I am willing to be dealt with by military law."

Xu You said: "Empty talk has no basis, and the son is the heir of the lord, and the lord is a man of benevolence and righteousness. How can he bear to punish him?"

Yuan Xi broke his heart and said, "I am willing to give up all my military achievements in this battle of Yijing to guarantee the lives of Liu He and Gongsun Zan's family."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was slightly moved.

You must know that Yuan Xi made great contributions to this battle of Yijing. Whether it was calming down the situation in Yanzhou and Xuzhou, creating an opportunity to attack Yijing, or defeating the reinforcements of the Black Mountain Army, and then luring Gongsun Zan out of the city, and taking the opportunity to break the city gate, it was all done by him. Hand of Yuan Xi.

From the beginning of the planning to the breaking of Yi Jing, Yuan Xi's contributions added up enormously. With his proper first contribution, he could gain the position of the Lord of Youzhou in a clear and legitimate way, just like Yuan Tan conquered and took charge of Qingzhou.

But now Yuan Xi is willing to give up these credits?

Yuan Shao stared at Yuan Xi closely, Yuan Xi lowered his head, but the eyes of the two never met.

Yuan Shao said in a deep voice, "Is there a reason?"

Yuan Xi raised his head and looked around, Yuan Shao understood and said, "You accompany me for a walk."

The two walked out of the camp, one behind the other, and the guards followed from afar.

The season was approaching late autumn, at this time it was just dawn, the grass was covered with dew, and the fog was heavy, Yuan Shao took a few breaths of cold air, felt uncomfortable in his chest, and coughed a few times.

Seeing this, Yuan Xi was about to take off the cloak behind him. Seeing this, Yuan Shao waved his hands and said, "It's okay, Father is not so weak."

Yuan Xi said: "I hope my father will take care of his health."

Yuan Shao stopped in his tracks when he heard the words, "I'm afraid I won't hear this name a few times, right?"

Yuan Xi thought to himself that Yuan Shao had guessed it, yes, he and Yuan Tan did it so obviously, how could it be possible to hide it from Yuan Shao.

He was in a very complicated mood, and said: "No matter what happens, Father will always be Father."

Yuan Shao laughed and said, "I'm afraid at that time, if you dare to shout, I won't be able to respond."

Yuan Xi was speechless for a while after hearing this.

Yuan Shao changed the subject: "Do you really want to adopt an adopted child so much?"

Yuan Xi said in a low voice: "Father should understand that with my identity, I am doomed to be unable to accomplish any great things."

Yuan Shao slowed down, "I never regarded you as a bastard."

"A whole state can't satisfy you?"

Yuan Xi also slowed down: "I understand my father's painstaking efforts, just like Sikong did to my father back then."

This refers to Yuan Shao's biological father, Yuan Pang, who served successively as the imperial servant, Sikong, and Zhijinwu. It was he who adopted Yuan Shao to Yuan Cheng's branch, and Yuan Shao had the capital to rebel, otherwise he would always be treated like a domestic slave. Yuan Shu pressed down.

Yuan Shao stopped in his tracks, "Do you think the third brother will harm you?"

Yuan Xi said softly: "Xi has no intention of harming others, the world can learn from it."

Yuan Shao paused for a moment, then started walking again.

Yuan Xi's words clearly imply that there must be no intention of harming others, and the must have the intention of guarding against others.

Yuan Shao was well aware of Yuan Shang's plot against Yuan Xi, but he could not punish Yuan Shang, because Yuan Shang's prestige as his successor must not be damaged.

But what made him gratified was that Yuan Xi knew the general situation very well, and he never came to him afterward, obviously because he understood his painstaking efforts.

The two walked up the hill, under the faint morning light, the dilapidated outline of Yi Jingcheng was in the distance.

Before the siege of the city, dozens of hundreds of tall watchtowers rose from the ground like hedgehogs, but now Yijing City has broken all the thorns and almost turned into scorched earth.

Yuan Shao pointed at the city and said, "Half of this city originally belonged to you."

Yuan Xi said in a deep voice: "It's not mine, I won't think about it."

"I don't even want an inch of land in Jizhou."

"I just want to live in Youzhou quietly."

Yuan Shao straightened his body slightly, "Youzhou is very bitter."

There was the sound of birds chirping in the air, Yuan Xi raised his head, "But there are not so many things to worry about."

Yuan Shao couldn't help sighing, "It's a pity."

"You monk, these things are not big, how can there be any knots that cannot be untied?"

There was a hint of resentment in Yuan Xi's tone: "It's better not to see each other than to see each other."

Yuan Shao shook his head, "You monk is like this, what if one day I become like Yuan Shu?"

Yuan Xidao: "As long as I am still in charge of Youzhou for a day, I will definitely not oppose my third brother."

"If you break this oath, I will be struck by lightning from the sky, and I will die a bad death."

Seeing that Yuan Xi's words had reached this point, Yuan Shao knew that his mind had been made up, and for some reason a faint sense of loss surged up in his heart.

According to Yuan Xi's talent, Yuan Shang could have been able to help him!

But speaking of it, Yuan Shang was indeed to blame for this matter. He had repeatedly targeted Yuan Xi and made the relationship so rigid, which really lacked some tolerance.

Yuan Shao stood on the ground, his figure was still straight, but in Yuan Xi's view, he was a little more stooped than before.

After a long time Yuan Shao said: "You still want to marry the daughter of the Zhen family?"

"You want to be the lord of a state, and there are many women with higher status than her."

Yuan Xi heard this, and said decisively: "Xi has already promised the other party, and there will be no breach of the contract."

Yuan Shao laughed and said, "That's what I promised."

Yuan Xi choked.

Yuan Shao sighed: "Do you want to adopt first, or get married first?"

Yuan Xi said without hesitation: "First adoption."

After Yuan Shao heard this, he couldn't help but nodded and said, "If that's true, then I won't be able to interfere with your marriage."

"At that time, you can marry whoever you want, and you really don't need to be controlled by others."

Yuan Xi felt in a daze that Yuan Shao was a little shorter again.

Yuan Xi also said in a low voice: "Father, I'm already 20 years old, and I'm still waiting to get married and leave an heir."

"Father doesn't know. In fact, I am very afraid of death on the battlefield. I often fear that if I die one day, will there be nothing left in this world?"

Yuan Shao was silent, feeling guilty in his heart.

He straightened his body again, and Yuan Xi noticed that Yuan Shao's figure suddenly grew taller, with an aura of coercion rushing towards him.

Yuan Shao turned around with a serious expression, "After the adoption, you will be the branch of Yuan Ji and Yuan Shiji."

"From that moment on, you and I are only distant relatives."

"Any difficulties you encounter in Youzhou, Jizhou will no longer help you free of charge, and you must pay the corresponding price."

"Without the help of the Yuan family, for you who currently only have half of Zhuo County, it may take many years, or even a lifetime, to fully occupy Youzhou."

"From now on, whether it's your marriage or other things, when you and Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang conflict, I will not stand by your side."

"I'll ask you one last time, have you thought about it?"

Yuan Xi also stood up straight, with a solemn expression: "Think it over."

"No regrets."

After hearing this, Yuan Shao turned around, "I see."

"When are you going to do it?"

Yuan Xi said: "The sooner the better."

After hearing this, Yuan Shao said, "After you arrange the affairs in Youzhou, return to Yecheng."

He took a step and was about to walk down the hill.

Behind him, Yuan Xi prostrated himself on the ground and said loudly: "Thank you father for nurturing, Xi will never forget!"

Yuan Shao didn't stop at all this time, and strode away.

When Yuan Shao's figure disappeared, Yuan Xicai stood up, as if a stone had fallen to the ground in his heart.

Become!

In his true and false words, Yuan Shao finally made a decision, and with the credit of the battle of Yi Jing, there should be no obstacles to return to Yecheng to adopt.

Standing in the faint morning mist, he felt a faint sense of joy and at the same time a faint sense of loss.

He couldn't tell which of what he said just now was true and which was false.

(End of this chapter)