Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 188 Unexpected Encounter
It was rare for Yuan Xi to do something wrong, and the negative emotions caused by the battle in the battlefield for several months were relieved a lot.

From the barrel to the ground, then to the side of the bed, and then to the mat on the ground, there was water everywhere. At that time, the weather had started to be cold, so Yuan Xi specially closed the doors and windows to prevent several people from catching the wind.

After a lot of fuss, the two girls saw that Yuan Xi was a little tired, and after helping Yuan Xi to sleep, they straightened their clothes and went out blushing.

When Yuan Xi woke up, he didn't know how long he had slept. He felt quite hungry. He opened the window and saw that the sun was setting, and the sunset glow covered half of the sky.

He put on his clothes and walked to the center of the yard. Feeling refreshed and excited, he walked to the wooden building in the corner of the yard, stepped on the creaking wooden ladder, and slowly climbed up.

He sat in front of the window of the hut at the top and looked out of the house, with a panoramic view of most of Beixin City.

In the barracks in the distance, the sergeants lined up and patrolled and drilled in an orderly manner.

The peasants on the street pushed small carts to transport the grain on them to granaries everywhere.

The people came back from outside the city carrying farm tools and firewood.

Young scholars in Confucian shirts, holding bamboo slips in their hands, talking loudly while walking.

By the small river flowing through the city, women put their soaked clothes on bluestone strips and beat them with mallets.

Yuan Xi had seen similarly familiar scenes before, but now the familiarity was mixed with some strangeness.

He felt that his life was gradually drifting away from such peace and tranquility.

In the days to come, he will face more blood on the battlefield, more crazily fighting, and more cruel death of life.

Once the success is complete, the bones will be exhausted. If you want the world to be peaceful, you must exchange countless lives.

Yuan Xi didn't know how many people in the city would survive in the next ten years, and he didn't even know if he could see that day.

Before that, he could only try to live every day well.

He withdrew his gaze from a distance and looked into the mansion. At this moment, he could clearly see the situation in each room.

Wu Zhao was copying the bamboo slips in the study, Cao Xian was washing wild vegetables with the maid in the kitchen, Guo Jia was standing in front of the window with Concubine Ji in his arms, and reached into Concubine Ji's arms, playing for some reason.

Guo Jiaruo felt something, looked up at the small building, cursed, and slammed the window shut.

Yuan Xi had no choice but to look away, and suddenly found someone in the garden with his head down, walking towards the small building, and he was dressed as a maid's clothes.

There are still more than a dozen maidservants in the mansion who have not been sent out, and the mansion is usually quite loose, Yuan Xi thought to himself which maidservant came out to be lazy?

Immediately there was the sound of stomping footsteps on the wooden ladder downstairs, and the maid actually climbed up the ladder.

Yuan Xi was amused in his heart, so he didn't make a sound. The maid climbed up the wooden ladder with difficulty, knelt and crawled halfway in from the narrow door of the wooden house, but when she looked up, she found someone inside.

With a cry of surprise, she wanted to back out, but in a panic, she hit her head on the low roof and fell to the ground again.

She hugged her head and sat up in embarrassment, but Yuan Xi recognized her and asked in surprise, "Why are you in the mansion?"

The woman raised her head when she heard Yuan Xi's voice, and said in a broken voice, "Master?"

She quickly fell on the ground, and said: "The criminal woman does not know that the young master is here, and she hopes to forgive the crime of trespassing."

Yuan Xi did not expect to see this person here, because this was Gongsun Zan's widow, Hou Shi.

He waved his hands and said, "It's okay, but I don't understand, didn't I ask Mr. Feng Xiao to arrange a place for my wife?"

Hou heard this, lay down on the ground, and said anxiously: "My husband's other family members, Mr. Feng Xiao, have already arranged a residence outside the mansion."

"Mr. Feng Xiao said that he was worried that someone would harm the concubine, mother and child, so he arranged a room in the mansion for the concubine and the youngest son to live in."

Yuan Xi nodded slightly. He understood Guo Jia's idea. He wanted to take care of Hou's mother and son so that they would not be hijacked and used by Gongsun Zan's remnant party.

He thought to himself that there are all kinds of people in this mansion, if he marries Zhen Mi in the future and sees such strange people, he wonders how she will feel.

He didn't make a sound, and Hou didn't dare to raise his head, so he could only lie on his stomach, his body trembling slightly.

Looking at it from this angle, Yuan Xi saw that Hou's clothes were held tightly by this action, his body was completely curvy, and a section of his fair neck was exposed in the middle of his loose hair.

Yuan Xi suddenly felt a little dry mouth, coughed involuntarily, and Hou's body trembled in fright.

Yuan Xi said, "Get up first."

Only then did Hou slowly straighten up, kneeling on the floor, still not daring to look up.

Yuan Xi didn't know what to say for a while, so he said, "I heard that my wife's youngest son choked on some smoke from the fire that day, and he hasn't recovered yet?"

When Hou heard this, there was a trace of worry in his eyebrows, but he still replied: "Thank you for your trouble, Mr. Feng Xiao has already found a doctor to prescribe the medicine, and I just fed the medicine to lull him to sleep."

Yuan Xi saw that Hou's speech was dignified and soft-spoken, quite like everyone else.

He said: "Ji Hou. It's a pity."

"Madam hates me, doesn't she?"

Hou heard this, and said softly: "No, I am very grateful for what the young master has done."

"My husband was a very stubborn person. My son did not hesitate to risk our life to save our mother and son. This made my concubine very puzzled."

"Why did the son save the family of the enemy?"

Yuan Xi said in his heart, of course it is because you are useful.

If Gongsun Zan survived, he might not be able to use it to contain the Gongsundu forces in Liaodong, but if Gongsun Zan died, he could only use his family members.

But he couldn't say this clearly, so he had to be sloppy, "Ji Hou can be regarded as a hero. He competed with my father for the world, and it's hard to say who is right and who is wrong."

When Hou heard this, she was a little surprised and couldn't help but raised her head.

Yuan Xi discovered that the Hou family was indeed very beautiful, probably not yet 30 years old, and well maintained, with a slender figure and a charming appearance.

Seeing Yuan Xi looking over, Hou quickly lowered her head and said: "After my husband died, my concubine always felt ashamed of him and wanted to die, but she didn't have the courage to think of her youngest son several times, so she has lived until now. "

"I happened to see the wooden building, but it reminded me of the original watchtower, which was burned to ashes with a big fire."

"The concubine wanted to come up to have a look. I met the young master unexpectedly, so the concubine was willing to be punished."

Yuan Xi thought that he could be punished in any way?

He suppressed the evil thoughts in his heart and said, "It's not a big deal, Madam, don't take it to heart."

"By the way, Madam's father was originally the prefect of Zhuojun County? Do you still know Mr. Zigan (Lu Zhi)?"

When Hou heard this, memories appeared in his eyes, and he said softly: "My late father passed away a few years ago."

"My father is indeed on good terms with Mr. Zigan, and he is quite popular among the scholars in Zhuojun. When the concubine was not married, there were often scholars in the family who talked and talked."

"But after my father passed away, my husband didn't like scholars, so gradually he didn't have much contact with them."

Yuan Xi thought that this relationship might not be useless, so he said: "Madam, you have worked hard. If I want to meet the scholars of Zhuojun in the future, can I borrow the name of Madam's father?"

Naturally, Hou did not dare to refuse, and immediately responded, "I am willing to serve you."

The two had nothing to say for a while, and the atmosphere fell into silence. Hou lowered his head, his vest was slightly sweaty, and his heartbeat gradually increased.

Yuan Xi's body moved suddenly, causing Hou's body to tremble slightly in fright, but Yuan Xi said, "I'm sorry to trouble Madam, please go back first."

Only then did Hou feel relieved, she backed up, trying to step down the stairs, but her foot was in the air, she couldn't help screaming, and she was about to fall down.

Yuan Xi stretched out his hand suddenly and grabbed Hou Shi's wrist, so Hou Shi could stabilize his body.

Her face turned red suddenly, remembering that when she rushed across the wooden plank on the watchtower that day, it was Yuan Xi who pulled her over.

The two of them paused for a while, before Yuan Xi said: "Madam, please step on firmly."

Only then did Hou wake up like a dream, and hurriedly stepped on the ladder.

She waited for a while, and found that Yuan Xi was still holding onto her wrist, and said in a low voice, "My lord, you can let go."

Yuan Xi let out a cry, and then let go. Hou hurriedly climbed down, and when he stood on the ground, he bowed his head and fled like a frightened rabbit.

Yuan Xi looked at his palms, shook the hem of his clothes vigorously, and sat upright for a long time before the robe returned to its original state.

He was a little ashamed, he had vented with Wu Zhao and Cao Xian before, why did he have such a big reaction when he met Hou Shi's hand?

Did he hold it in for too long, or did he have some special interest in a woman of Hou's status?

Hou fled back to the house and saw that his youngest son was still sleeping soundly, so he was a little relieved.

She secretly scolded herself for being shameless, why she flirted with another man right after her husband died, not to mention that man was the son of her husband's enemy!
But thinking of all these years, he had always been obedient to Gongsun Zan, and in the end Gongsun Zan wanted to kill himself and his children regardless of friendship, which made Hou feel resentful.

She thought about the feeling of her body during the two times when she had physical contact with Yuan Xi, and she unconsciously covered her chest with her hands, feeling a sense of depraved revenge.

Soon it was the day when Yuan Xi set off.

Under the leadership of Qu Yi and Tian Yu in Beixincheng, soldiers and people drew up boundaries around the city, laid wooden stakes, dug deep ditches, and expanded the boundaries of Beixincheng.

The corresponding work is extremely complicated, leveling the ground, diverting river water, cutting down trees, and tortured Koji who is not good at this way.

However, Tian Yu, who was not a few years older than Yuan Xi, showed extraordinary talents in internal affairs, and arranged these things in an orderly manner, which made Yuan Xi sigh, that some people are indeed talented.

It can only be said that Liu Bei missed Tian Yu, which is a big loss.

Yuan Xi went back this time, accompanied by Zhao Yun and Tai Shici. The existing five or six thousand soldiers in Beixin City were under the temporary command of Qu Yi and Tian Yu. I won't be calling.

Yuan Xi, Wu Zhao, Cao Xian in a carriage, Guo Jia and Ji Concubine in a carriage, Zhao Yun Taishi Ci on horseback, and dozens of cavalry guards, left Beixin City on a crisp autumn day and set foot on the road back to Yecheng. road.

(End of this chapter)