Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 447

Cao Xian looked forward to it day and night for more than ten days, and finally waited for the news that Yuan Xi was about to enter the city. He couldn't help but have mixed feelings. During this period of time, the miscellaneous affairs in the mansion almost broke her, and now she can finally be relieved!

She excitedly found Mrs. Hou, and said, "Madam, do you want to go out of the city with me to meet him?"

After hearing this, Hou felt guilty for no reason, and hesitated, "I'd better not go, lest people gossip."

Cao Xian slapped his head and said with a smile: "It's because I didn't think carefully. I'll go to Mrs. Du."

She turned around and went to Mrs. Du's room, and found that the room was empty, she couldn't help scratching her head, where is Taoist?

Cao Xian thought that Mrs. Du had something to do, but when she went all over the mansion, she still couldn't find Mrs. Du, and realized that something was wrong, and went back to Mrs. Du's room, only to find that there were a few clothes missing in the room, and then realized that something had happened .

She became flustered, Mrs. Du had been here for a few months, why did she suddenly disappear?

Was it taken away by someone, or did he run away by himself?
No matter what kind of situation happened in the mansion, it's not quite right, right?

Thinking of this, she couldn't care less, and told the guards to take precautions, and hurriedly called a carriage to go outside the city. Before leaving, she told Hou to take care of the child and never come out for a walk.

When Mrs. Hou learned of Mrs. Du's disappearance, she was panicked and hurried back to the house.

Cao Xian waited outside the city for half a day. It was not until noon that he saw a faint crowd of people in the distance. The dull and orderly pace of the march was heard. This is the return of the Youzhou Army!
At this time, the roads on both sides of the city were already full of people, and when Yuan Xi appeared on horseback first, the crowd burst into cheers.

No wonder they were happy. When the Black Mountain Army was here, Beixin City was often harassed by Black Mountain bandits. People who went out to farm often encountered accidents. Now that the Black Mountain Army has been defeated, Beixin City has lost the biggest threat. Everyone is relieved to go out of the city to live many.

Standing on the shaft of the carriage, Cao Xian saw Yuan Xi passing by, waving his arms desperately, shouting with everyone, Yuan Xi turned his head to catch a glimpse of Cao Xian, laughed, and rode over.

He bent down on the horse, wrapped his arms around Cao Xian's waist, and with a little force, he pulled Cao Xian into his arms. When the audience saw him, the cheers became louder.

Yuan Xi entered the city gate with his arms around Cao Xian. Cao Xian sat sideways on the horse, feeling happy and sad at the same time, and said in a weeping voice, "Young Master is back, there are so many things going on in the manor!"

"I'm almost exhausted!"

Yuan Xi thought of the bamboo slips of letters and newspapers sent by Cao Xian, and said apologetically, "It's because I didn't think carefully."

"There were too many things a while ago, and I didn't have time to transfer you, so you were wronged."

Cao Xian shook his head, "I know that the son has experienced many dangers, and even General Qu passed away."

"Fortunately, I asked Mr. Hanyu to find a geomantic treasure and let someone bury him."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi turned his head slightly to look at Lu Lingqi behind him, nodded and said: "You did a good job, I will go to worship tomorrow."

Cao Xian didn't notice Lu Lingqi. Although she heard that Yuan Xi married the daughter of Marquis Wen, she couldn't think of the bodyguard who wore the same armor as Sun Li, and said to herself: "But the concubine sent the son here I lost Mrs. Du!"

"It's really shameless to face the son!"

Yuan Xi was taken aback, "What Madam Du?"

His voice sounded almost at the same time as Lu Lingqi's. Lu Lingqi rode forward a few steps, staring at Cao Xian in Yuan Xi's arms, her face full of doubts.

It was only then that Cao Xian discovered that Yuan Xi's personal guard was a woman, so he didn't think much about it, and said, "It's Mrs. Du brought back by Mr. Hanyu, my son."

"She came to live in the mansion, but disappeared from the mansion today!"

After Yuan Xi thought about it, he understood what was going on, and broke out in a cold sweat. It turns out that Mrs. Du is really in his mansion?

Lu Lingqi looked at Yuan Xi, with a faint smile, "It's hard for you to hide it from me, I'm afraid you didn't see me coming, so you hid Madam Du?"

Yuan Xi hastily argued: "I really don't know, I was sworn at the beginning!"

"I have no reason to lie to you about it, do I?"

Lu Lingqi snorted angrily, "Who knows what you think?"

Cao Xian said weakly: "Who is this general?"

Yuan Xi said: "This is Miss Wenhou, she just married me."

After Cao Xian heard this, he let out an ah, and hurriedly bowed on his horseback and said, "I am Cao Xian, and I have seen my wife."

Lu Lingqi had heard that there were two extremely capable women beside Yuan Xi, one was Cai Zhaoji and the other was Cao Xian. Cao Xian was in charge of sorting out the information on Beixin City. Lu Lingqi had read the bamboo slips written by him. she.

She sat up straight on the horseback, and said politely: "I have seen Mrs. Cao."

Cao Xian couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief seeing that Lu Lingqi seemed to be a good talker.

The continuous team followed Yuan Xi into the city, but at the end of the team were hundreds of prisoners in shackles.

When the people on both sides of the road saw it, they shouted and cursed one after another. Someone was about to pick up clods of earth and rocks on the ground and smash them at them.

Without him, these people in shackles are all captives who surrendered from the Montenegro army. These days, they have been escorted from Montenegro one after another every day, so the people of Beixin City have long understood the reason for their origin.

Yuan Xi also spent a lot of time thinking about how to treat these Black Mountain bandits who fought with the Youzhou army to death and were finally forced to surrender.

It is not acceptable to kill prisoners, but it is also inappropriate if they are directly incorporated into the army or sent to farm.

Because these people have long been used to fighting and killing, and they have a very strong habit of banditry. If they become soldiers, it will have a lot of negative effects.

So in the end Yuan Xi decided to let these people go back to Youzhou and participate in reeducation through labor for at least two years. After the reeducation is completed, they will be released to live. At that time, whether they join the army or farm, the impact can be minimized.

Yang Feng was also among these hundreds of people.

Her feet and hands were covered with iron shackles. Although the journey was quite hard, the Youzhou Army did not abuse them. They had all the clothes and sandals they should have, and even the food was the same as that of soldiers, which was better than what they ate in Montenegro. fine.

Although she has not recovered yet, relying on her previous physical foundation, she persisted.

At first Yang Feng heard Yuan Xi say that when he asked him to go back to Youzhou together, he thought that the other party wanted to recruit him, so he refused after thinking about it.

Unexpectedly, after Yuan Xi heard this, he sneered and said, "Do you think that because you are Zhang Jiao's daughter, I will win you over?"

"If you think so, you are very wrong."

"At least for now, I don't have any such thoughts."

"You and I are on different paths now. You and I are both extremely firm in what we believe in. I can't convince you, and I don't want to convince you."

After hearing this, Yang Feng sneered and said, "Then why didn't you kill me?"

Yuan Xi said in a deep voice: "Because I want you to see for yourself that your path is wrong."

"You once stood on a correct starting point, but you went astray, and Zhang Jiao is the same."

Yang Feng was angry: "You are a nobleman who seeks the people's fat and anointment, and you are worthy of criticizing Father!"

"He just died too early!"

"Give him some more time, and you will have been killed long ago!"

Yuan Xi spread his hands: "You are wrong about one thing. No matter the gentry or the common people, they are all qualified to find the way, and there is no distinction between superior and inferior."

"I still admire Zhang Jiao, but he has not jumped out of this circle, so his failure is inevitable."

Yang Feng sneered: "You use the name of the Taiping Dao, pretend to be a god and play ghosts, and gain fame and reputation. Is it also a wayfinding?"

Yuan Xi sneered, "Aren't you the same?"

Seeing the mocking look in the other party's eyes, Yang Feng became angry, "We believe in Huang Tian!"

"You gentry, what else do you have besides money, official positions, and women?"

Yuan Xi sneered: "Huang Tian is so good, did you succeed in the end?"

Yang Feng choked for a moment, and said angrily, "It's all sophistry!"

Yuan Xi said disdainfully: "You can't do sophistry well, otherwise why did you get to where you are today?"

"You came from the common people, and after you became the Black Mountain Army, you raised your weapons against those who are also common people. Is this your way of Huang Tian?"

Yang Feng found that he couldn't argue with the opponent in front of him, his voice was a little weaker, "I can't even eat, so what can I do."

Yuan Xi waved his hand, "That's why I said that you are going in the wrong direction. You are simply avoiding the problem."

"I admit that I have many shortcomings, but at least I am trying to solve the problems I face, and you will only escape from reality and deceive yourself."

"Next, I will take you and the Montenegrin captives to participate in reeducation through labor, and let you see the difference between my way of the yellow sky and yours."

"Whenever you can understand my true intentions, I can set you free."

"Otherwise, you will spend your whole life farming until you die."

After speaking, Yuan Xi left without looking back.

Yang Feng looked at Yuan Xi's leaving back, feeling resentful in his heart, what kind of reeducation through labor, playing tricks!

My belief is firm enough, no matter what happens, it will not change!
Yuan Xi couldn't help but sigh when he thought of Yang Feng's matter. In fact, in his opinion, people like Yang Feng were the most likely to become his comrades.

The two actually share the same goals and ideals, but Yang Feng is limited by the time constraints and the teachings of the Yellow Turban Army, so he can't see the essence of conflicts in the world, and in the end he can only be used by others.

If you want it to break through these fogs, you must prescribe the right medicine, let it start from the most fundamental labor, and look back and think about what purpose it was to change the world in the first place.

If it is done, Yang Feng will be able to understand what Yuan Xi wants to do.

But if it fails, Yang Feng will only become his hindrance in the future, and Yuan Xi can only let him farm in Youzhou indefinitely.

Yuan Xi led everyone to the gate of his mansion, Chen Guijushou and others had already waited to meet Yuan Xi in advance, and then prepared to follow Zhao Yun to the city to rectify the internal affairs of defense.

Although Zhao Yun is actually still Yuan Xi's subordinate, everyone can see that Yuan Xi will entrust Youzhou to Zhao Yun in the future. Thinking of what Yuan Xi has done before, Mr. Xindao really has a long-term thinking.

Yuan Xi entered the mansion and got off his horse, and Hou Shi and Ma Shi came out to welcome him. When he saw Ma Shi, he couldn't help but think of Qu Yi, and his mood was even more complicated.

(End of this chapter)