Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 249 Mutual digging corners
Mi Zhen brought Zhen Mi and Cao Xian into the room, and was about to turn around and go out, but she heard Zhen Mi say: "They are all women, so there is no need to be shy about girls."

Mi Zhen hesitated for a moment, then said softly: "This concubine is too rude."

Zhen Mi smiled and said, "I don't even care, what do girls care about?"

Mi Zhen thought the same way, she saw Zhen Mi take off the coat by herself, took the clothes from Cao Xian, and put them on easily and neatly.

Mi Zhen was amazed. Gentlemen's women often need a few maids to serve them when they dress, but Zhen Mi dresses by herself, and looks familiar, as if she is used to it?
She was full of suspicion and tried a few words, Zhen Mi laughed and said: "Our husband doesn't like having a large group of people around to serve him, so there are some things that I can do by myself, so I don't ask for help."

"Is the girl from the Mi family an older sister or a younger sister?"

Mi Zhen hesitated for a moment, and said her birthday in a low voice. When Zhen Mi heard it, she groaned, "It turns out that the girl is a year or two older than me, but my concubine is going to call me sister."

Mi Zhen hurriedly said: "Don't dare, my concubine is humble, how dare I compare myself with Madam."

Zhen Mi shook her head and said, "Sister is ridiculous, my concubine's previous background is not much higher than my sister's."

Mi Zhen said softly: "The present envoy is now the lord of a state, ma'am"

Zhen Mi waved her hand, "Compared with Xuzhou, Youzhou is still much worse."

"I would like to ask, what do you think of the girl's marriage with Liu Yuzhou?"

Mi Zhen was startled, and said hesitantly: "Madam asked such a question, but it's hard for me to answer."

"This matter is decided by the parents and elder brothers. As a woman, the concubine must not speak nonsense."

Mi Zhen felt a little unhappy, she felt that Zhen Mi was laughing at herself intentionally or unintentionally.

She and Zhen Mi are both merchant women, and the other party married Mr. Ruyi, but she was trapped by the family, and even had an accident, so she didn't get married.

Not to mention that Liu Bei is almost twice as old as himself, and his appearance and family background are not as good as Yuan Xi's. Is Zhen Mi saying this because she wants to show off?
She lowered her head slightly and bit her lips lightly, feeling a little agitated for some reason.

Listening to Mi Zhen's tone, Zhen Mi knew that she had misunderstood, so she hurriedly said with a smile: "I don't know the seriousness of what I say, sister, don't blame me."

"I just want to ask, how does my sister think the concubine's husband is compared to Liu Shijun?"

Mi Zhen thought to herself, you still say this is not showing off?

She said indifferently: "I don't have any other thoughts about Mr. Xianyi, Madam, don't worry."

Zhen Mi smiled wryly and said, "My concubine didn't explain clearly, and my sister misunderstood, but it's my fault."

She lowered her voice, "Sister, do you know why your husband is here this time?"

Mi Zhen heard the meaning inside and outside the words, and raised her head in surprise.

In the front hall, Guo Jia was still trying to tell Mi Zhu how powerful he was, but Mi Zhu looked worried.

Mi Zhu was tangled, and Yuan Xi was also tangled in his heart.

Guo Jia's strategy is to use Mi Zhen as a bargaining chip in the plan, and the price is to sacrifice Mi Zhen's happiness.

No matter whether Mi Zhu thinks about it or not, he will definitely not express his position now, and then ask Liu Bei for instructions on how to make a decision.

However, this is exactly what Guo Jia wants.

Guo Jia believes that although Liu Bei is also a womanizer, he will never ruin a major event because of a woman.

Now that Liu Bei's wife has been sent back, Liu Bei can't hold back his face to marry Mi Zhen, so he needs to give the Mi family an explanation.

Moreover, Liu Bei's wife was rescued by Yuan Xi. In order to change this favor, Liu Bei is very likely to go along with the flow and act as a matchmaker for Yuan Xi.

Marrying the younger sister of Mi Zhu, who is a capable subordinate, to Yuan Xi can repay the favor, and secondly, can draw in the ally relationship with Yuan Xi. The price is only a girl from the Mi family, which can be said to be a big profit for Liu Bei.

As long as Liu Bei nodded, Mi Zhu definitely had no reason to object, even if Mi Zhen was reluctant, she could only agree for the sake of the Mi family.

Taking ten thousand steps back, Mi Zhen just refuses to agree, is it useful?

In this plan, the key is not the Mi family's attitude, but Liu Bei's attitude. Even if Liu Bei sees through Guo Jia's intentions, he will not openly oppose it. In the face of interests, he actually doesn't have many choices.

This is the vicious part of Guo Jia's scheme, the other party has to be led by the nose despite his blatant conspiracy.

Yuan Xi suddenly felt that this scene was vaguely familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before, he raised his hand, rubbed his swollen forehead, and suddenly came to his senses.

Isn't this Song Jiang marrying Hu Sanniang to the dwarf tiger Wang Ying!

Song Jiang agreed to marry Hu Sanniang, but he couldn't marry himself, so he went around and took Hu Sanniang as his righteous sister, and married her to Wang Ying.

That's bad, I've become that lecherous tiger of Wang Ying!

However, this matter was calculated from beginning to end, and the biggest victim might be Mi Zhen.

Just like Hu Sanniang, she was used as a bargaining chip, as the bond between Yuan and Liu, and Liu Bei didn't have to worry about the loyalty of the Mi family, after all, she was just a woman, she was nothing in front of the whole family, and could be given up by Mi Zhu at any time.

As for what Mi Zhen thinks, who cares?
Yuan Xi felt that he was despicable for using the innocent Mi Zhen as a means of planning. He knew that those who made big things didn't care about small things, so he was still too hypocritical, but he just felt uncomfortable.

He turned his gaze to the Mi family brothers in the arena again, Mi Zhu never looked this way, but Mi Fang toasted to himself frequently, the look on his face seemed to be like a family with him.

Yuan Xi had even more headaches, and this one was a heavyweight unstable factor!

No matter what the final result is, he will never let someone like Mi Fang work under him. Who knows that this idiot will go crazy one day and sell himself?

At the same time that Mi's residence was hosting a banquet, Liu Bei's residence was also hosting a banquet, and there was only one guest.

Tian Yu.

He was originally here tonight to deliver Youzhou local products to Liu Bei on Yuan Xi's behalf, Liu Bei kindly asked him to stay for a drink, Tian Yu hesitated a little, and agreed.

Seeing Tian Yu sitting calmly, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked at each other. Seeing Tian Yu like this, maybe they are still thinking about their old love?

The two thought that Tian Yu had been working under Liu Bei for a long time. If they could find a way to make him an eyeliner with Yuan Xi, maybe even pull him away from Yuan Xi!
Liu Bei ordered people to bring food and wine, raised his glass to Tian Yu and said, "Prepare some thin wine, in order to thank Guorang for saving Yunchang."

Guan Yu also raised his glass and said, "Yu is under siege outside Guangling City. If it wasn't for the country's surrender, Yu might have died in the battle."

When Zhang Fei saw it, he quickly raised his glass and said, "I do the same!"

When Tian Yu saw him, he raised his glass in return and said, "Yu is just following orders."

The four of them drank it all in one gulp. Liu Bei looked up to the sky and sighed, "Guorang left Qingzhou to vote for General Gongsun. Bei was quite disappointed at the time, and thought that he would never see each other again."

"I didn't expect that in the past two years, things have changed and people have changed. General Gongsun has turned into loess, but you and I have changed from enemies of the Yuan family to allies. The world is really unpredictable, and it is embarrassing."

After hearing this, Tian Yu said in a deep voice, "Yu's skills are mediocre, and he's just going with the flow."

Liu Bei listened, shook his head and said, "Guorang is too modest. If you are mediocre, how many people in the world would dare to call themselves talented?"

What he said came from the bottom of his heart. Tian Yu has a very high understanding, and he can master everything in a short period of time. He is really a rare talent.

Moreover, Tian Yu was considered a general no matter whether he was fighting on horseback or in water. As the leader of the spies some time ago, he personally infiltrated Guangling, and he did a very good job. He made the first contribution to Yuan Xi's capture of Guangling.

It is impossible for Liu Bei not to be heartbroken when such a person slips away from him. Today he specially hosted a banquet to try to establish a good relationship with Tian Yu and see if he can take advantage of it.

But what confused Liu Bei was that Tian Yu left him on his own initiative.

Tian Yu was originally under Gongsun Zan, and he joined Liu Bei's army since he was a child. It was a break with Liu Bei.

The reasons for this are very complicated. Tian Yu's uncle Tian Kai was the governor of Qingzhou, and Liu Bei also fought against Yuan Jun side by side with him.

But after Liu Bei defected to Tao Qian, Tian Kai could only defend Qingzhou alone. Although Liu Bei also went to help in the battle of Qingzhou, the result was not satisfactory. Tian Kai was still defeated and lost Qingzhou.

Afterwards, Tian Kai fled back to Yijing, and died with Gongsun Zan when Yuan Shao attacked Yijing.

What puzzled Liu Bei was that he did something unkind when he left Gongsun Zan. Gongsun Zan's final downfall was also inseparable from himself.

But logically speaking, Tian Yu should hate Yuan Xi even more, right?

Then Yuan Xi, as the pioneer of the Yuan family, defeated Tian Kai and Gongsun Zan with his own hands, and was the direct culprit that caused the deaths of the two. Why did Tian Yu vote for him instead?
Liu Bei was full of doubts, and he couldn't ask Tian Yu directly, so he could only hold back in his heart, secretly looking for opportunities to find out.

After drinking for three rounds, Zhang Fei couldn't bear it anymore, and said, "Guorang, I heard that you were attacking the city in Guangling, so Yuan Xi only let you infiltrate a few dozen people, isn't that asking you to die?"

"If you were under the command of the eldest brother, no matter what, you would be able to mix with others, let alone lead thousands of soldiers and horses!"

"I heard that Yuan Xi has more than 1000 people since he fought in Guangling. If you work under him, when will you be able to get ahead?"

Liu Bei and Guan Yu's face froze, what Zhang Feihua said was too straightforward, didn't the purpose of this opening be written on his face!
But there are some things that Zhang Fei can only say. Now that they have said it, the two of them also want to know what Tian Yu thinks now.

Tian Yu heard this, and said calmly: "Young master has a good vision. He thought I was the most suitable candidate to sneak into Guangling. Facts have proved that you are right."

Zhang Fei snorted coldly: "My lord, I heard that when he was in Yijing, he was the first to enter the city, and even forced Tian Kai and Gongsun Zan to death?"

Tian Yu heard this, and said out loud, "If you really say that, it's also true."

The three of Liu, Guan and Zhang were in a daze, but Tian Kai admitted frankly, did he not care about this moment, or did he still have resentment towards Yuan Xi?

If the latter.
Zhang Feixi said: "Since there is such a deep hatred, why doesn't Guorang come to help elder brother?"

After Tian Yu heard this, he shook his head: "General, don't say any more, it is impossible for Yu to betray the Lord."

Zhang Fei heard this, and said angrily, "If you turn from Gongsun to Yuan, you are not counting betraying the master?"

Guan Yu shouted: "Third brother!"

Tian Yu waved his hand, "It's okay, to be honest, I really like General Zhang's straightforward personality."

"But I can sit here and talk to the three frankly, I must have a clear conscience."

"I have my own ideas."

Liu Bei sighed in his heart, Tian Yu is a very determined person, once he has made up his mind, no one can change it.

But he was also a little unwilling. Tian Yu abandoned himself and voted for Yuan Xi. Could it be that in Tian Yu's heart, he was not as good as Yuan Xi?
(End of this chapter)