Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 271 Suspicious
Guo Jia felt that he should have guessed Yuan Xi's true thoughts. If he recited this matter for Yuan Xi now, he should get a lot of benefits.

No wonder!
How many good endings will there be for subordinates to get involved in this kind of heir affairs?
Although Zhen Mi seems to obey Yuan Xi in everything now, who knows if people's thinking will change as time goes by?
Just look at the affairs of Liu Bang and Empress Lu to know!
Guo Jia is now at war between heaven and man, I just want to be a counselor in peace, I don't want to get involved in your family affairs!
Yuan Xi and Zhen Mi saw Guo Jia's hesitation, and a thought came to them by coincidence.

It seems that something is wrong?
Guo Jia recognized it when he came up, but he was so resigned, maybe there was something inside?

Yuan Xi stared at Guo Jia, and suddenly said, "Since when did Mr. and Mrs. Cai get acquainted?"

Guo Jia's heart twitched. You asked me to cover it up, but you asked such a question that is easy to reveal?

He stammered: "I can't remember clearly after I took down Guangling City."

Yuan Xi became puzzled, he had never seen Guo Jia talk to Madam Cai on weekdays, Guo Jia probably wasn't so bold when he was in the mansion.

When I went to Xiapi to negotiate with Liu Bei, Guo Jia also followed. No matter how you look at it, he didn't have many chances. How did the two sides have an affair?

How did Mrs. Wu get pregnant, who was really pregnant with Guo Jia?

Yuan Xi's body trembled suddenly, he seemed to have lost his mind!
If Guo Jia is covering up something, is it the father of the child in Mrs. Wu's womb, or someone else?

Yuan Xi broke out in a cold sweat suddenly, because he thought of something very wrong!

Sun Ce stormed Guangling that day, and released Qiao Rui himself to test Sun Ce's real purpose of attacking the city.

But this temptation was unsuccessful, because Guan Yu came to help next, Xiapi was attacked by Cao Jun, and Sun Ce retreated.

At least on the surface, Sun Ce retreated because of Cao Jun and Guan Yu, seeing that there was no hope of defeating Guangling.

But this does not mean that there are no important people in Guangling City!

If there is someone Sun Ce values, then this person may be closely related to Mrs. Cai, and may even be the father of the child in Mrs. Cai's womb!

Moreover, Guo Jia probably sensed the existence of this person, and wanted to help him cover it up!

Yuan Xi's body shook suddenly, did Zhou Yu really escape?

Could it be that Zhou Yu failed to escape, but hid in the city under his name!

Maybe this Mrs. Cai is Zhou Yu's first wife!
But this guess is what Yuan Xi doesn't want to see, which shows that Guo Jia may have concealed the matter from himself!

He stared at Guo Jia and said, "Mr. Feng Xiao, how will I treat you?"

Guo Jia thought to himself, what the hell, you're talking about this, how else can I answer?
His heart was broken, and he said: "Jia will give Mrs. Cai an explanation."

Zhen Mi couldn't believe it: "Is it really Mr.?"

Guo Jia felt bitter, so he nodded his head desperately.

At this time, Yuan Xi said: "Mr. Feng Xiao, do you know Zhou Yu?"

Guo Jia was taken aback, what does this mean?
He shook his head and said, "I don't know."

The room became silent, and the weird atmosphere gradually permeated. The three of them seemed to feel something was wrong, but they couldn't figure it out.

Yuan Xi sighed, "I am willing to believe in sir."

"But I would like to ask, sir, what do you think about Mrs. Cai's identity?"

Guo Jia thought, is this about family background?

Could it be that you hinted that I would not be able to marry Mrs. Cai in order to completely put Madam Zhen out of doubt?

That's right, the child has also recognized it. It seems unreasonable not to marry the child's mother?

No wonder!
I have believed in your evil, and I will not be able to turn back if this continues. If the truth is revealed, I will not be a human inside and out!

The two stared at each other, but Zhen Mi clapped her hands and said, "Oh, I suddenly forgot one thing."

"It's not convenient for Mrs. Cai to say, Mr. Yuanhua must know something, why don't you ask him to ask?"

Guo Jia's heart sank. This Mrs. Zhen seemed harmless to humans and animals, but she was actually thoughtful, and she found the key to the matter right away.

When I came here, I didn't confess to Hua Tuo. If Hua Tuo couldn't help but tell the truth, wouldn't everything be over?
The young master is very clear at this moment, he should think of a way to evade this matter, right?

What Guo Jia didn't expect was that Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Madam is very smart, indeed the key lies in Mr. Yuan Hua."

"Sun Li, go and invite Mr. Yuanhua!"

Guo Jia's eyes darkened, and his ears buzzed.

Hua Tuo may not be able to figure out the key point and avoid revealing the truth!

Not long after Sun Li left, he came in with Hua Tuo who kept wiping his sweat.

When Hua Tuo came in, he couldn't help but glance at Guo Jia, but found that the other party didn't seem to see it.

Guo Jia is helpless, what are you looking at me at this time?
Could it be possible to give a confession on the spot?

Zhen Mi spoke first, "Mr. Yuan Hua, please tell the truth about Mrs. Cai's name."

Hua Tuo said dryly, "Madam, what do you want to know?"

Zhen Mi said, "How long have you been pregnant with the child in Mrs. Cai's womb?"

Guo Jia's face twitched, and he thought that this Mrs. Zhen is really not simple, and she immediately asked the point!
Hua Tuo was bewildered, he glanced at Guo Jia for help, Guo Jia turned his head, pretending not to know.

Hua Tuo collected himself, looked at Yuan Xi, finally turned his mind, and said, "About one month, maybe five or six days longer."

Yuan Xi made some calculations, and lost his voice: "Isn't this just around the time of Chinese New Year?"

While thinking about the people who entered and left the mansion in those days, he said: "It is obviously impossible for Taishi Ci Tianyu to have never entered the mansion."

"Sun Li did come, but it's even more impossible."

Sun Li said with a smile: "I have that evil heart, but I don't have that evil courage."

Yuan Xi became puzzled, "Before and after the Chinese New Year, there were only so many people coming and going in the mansion?"

Guo Jia glared at Hua Tuo, and said helplessly, "I've been here twice, and it just so happened that the young master went on a tour of the city."

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Guo Jia one after another, with different expressions in their eyes.

Yuan Xi was surprised, Hua Tuo was ashamed, Zhen Mi was puzzled.

The look in Zhen Mi's eyes disappeared for a moment, and then she said: "This concubine is really small-minded, I once thought that my husband was very suspicious."

"After all, Mrs. Cai is so beautiful that even my concubine is a little bit tempted."

"But after thinking about it, my husband is not a person who does not recognize things, and there is something else hidden."

She turned to Guo Jia and said, "Mr. Feng Xiao doesn't want to give up from beginning to end, otherwise Mrs. Cai would be too pitiful."

Guo Jia smiled and said, "Madam is right."

Yuan Xi sighed: "Although I have a clear conscience, at present, I am indeed the most suspected."

"I suspected just now that Mrs. Cai is Zhou Yu's wife, and she is an extremely important person,"

He said to Guo Jia with an apologetic face: "I am really unbearable, I thought that Mr. Feng Xiao and Zhou Yu had an affair, and I helped him hide it."

Guo Jia was in a daze, what is this all about?

He suddenly felt that there seemed to be some strange deviations in his perception of this matter?
But Guo Jia didn't want to think about it at all now, he just wanted to deal with this matter, and dealt with it now with a haha.

The matter was over, Guo Jia promised to give Mrs. Cai an explanation in a few days, so he took Hua Tuo to leave.

He secretly wiped off his sweat, thinking that he should take the blame, it's not a big deal anyway, she's just a woman from the gentry!
Seeing that everyone had left, Yuan Xi said with a smile to Zhen Mi: "It's not good for me to ask Mrs. Cai directly when it comes to the reputation of noble women. Fortunately, Mr. Feng Xiao is responsible, and this matter can be regarded as a satisfactory solution."

However, he found that Zhen Mi's face was sullen, and he asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhen Mi shook her head, and said softly, "Mr. Feng Xiao is lying."

Yuan Xi was startled: "Why does Madam think so?"

Zhen Mi opened the cabinet at hand, found a scroll from a pile of bamboo slips, and slowly spread it out.

"The concubine arranges the maids to take turns behind the door. No matter who enters or exits, their name and time of entry and exit are recorded."

"So I can find out when and who enters and leaves the inner house."

"But in those days, Mr. Feng Xiao never came."

Yuan Xi looked at the dense entry and exit records on the bamboo slips, and was quite surprised: "Madam really has a heart, why would you think of doing this?"

Zhen Mi said softly: "The concubine manages the inner house on behalf of the husband, so naturally I don't want to make mistakes."

"But if what Mr. Yuanhua said is true, there was only one man in the mansion during the days when Mrs. Cai was pregnant."

Yuan Xi couldn't help asking: "Who is it?"

He immediately reacted: "Madam thinks it's me?"

He said in a deep voice, "If I really did it, I will tell Madam."

Zhen Mi said softly: "Of course I believe it, but I would rather believe that my husband lied to me."

"Because if this is not the case, then who is with Mrs. Wu?"

"And how did you get into the mansion?"

"My husband, don't you think it's the scariest thing that happens right under our noses, without anyone noticing?"

After hearing this, Yuan Xi's face became serious, "Madam is right."

"What we should do now is to trust each other."

"Just now I suspected that Mr. Feng Xiao was hiding something, but later I felt that I was thinking too much, but Madam said that if someone really wants to go in and out without telling us, it means that there are probably spies in the mansion."

The two looked at each other, who was the father of the child in Mrs. Wu's stomach?
Could it be the hell?

It's not terrible when bad things happen, the terrible thing is not knowing how it happened!
Although they are already in Youzhou, are there still factors of instability in Guangling City?

Yuan Xi settled down, calm down, must be calm!

Things shouldn't be that bad!
He began to think, ruling out the most improbable things first.

Guo Jia has no reason to betray him. He has been traveling with him for two years. What temptation can he have to betray him?
It shouldn't be possible for Hua Tuo. He followed Chen Deng earlier, and what he promised him was what he wanted most, and he had no reason to betray himself.

Sun Li can't...
Taishi Ci Tianyu...
The servants in the house...?This is even more outrageous!

Yuan Xi couldn't help rubbing his temples, and said helplessly: "No, I can't figure it out at all."

"Actually, asking directly is the most effective."

Zhen Mi nodded and said, "Then?"

Yuan Xi said: "As a man, it is naturally inconvenient. It is best for Madam to ask, or let Zhaoji go."

Zhen Mi thought for a while and said, "I'll go with Zhaoji."

(End of this chapter)