Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 449 Meet again
Early the next morning, everyone went outside the city to worship in front of Qu Yi's tent.

Zhao Yun Tianyu, Guo Jiajushou, and even Gao Shun came with the sergeants of the trapped camp.

Qu Yi was the oldest general under Yuan Xi, and Yuan Xi had put in a lot of effort to secure his posthumous title, winning Qu Yi a title in the Han court, which made other subordinates notice.

Yuan Xi finished reading Liu Xie's seal form, and then burned it in front of Qu Yi's tomb. Although Yuan Xi's subordinates knew that this was wrong, they did not make a sound.

Yuan Xi dragged Lu Lingqi to bow three times, Lu Lingqi whispered: "I worship Master, what name do you use as the Lord?"

Yuan Xi said helplessly: "I'll be downgraded after you."

He immediately turned his head away and sighed: "Brother Qu is going to the Nine Springs, he is a pioneer for our husband and wife, let's meet again after a hundred years."

He raised the wine bowl in front of him, flicked the sky and the ground three times on the tombstone, and then sprinkled it in front of Qu Yi's curtain, and everyone got up.

Yuan Xi turned around and said to the generals: "I know that in the days to come, no one can guarantee that they will return from the battlefield safe and sound."

"But I still hope that every time I can see everyone return safely and triumphantly."

When the generals heard this, Qi Qi shouted: "No!"

The sound echoed in the mountains and fields, startling a flock of wild geese, flapping their wings, and flying towards the distant sky.

When everyone returned to the city, Yuan Xi asked Lu Lingqi to go back to the mansion to rest first, and went to the city lord's mansion to reassign official positions with Zhao Yun.

Xu You's escape was an accident to Yuan Xi. He originally wanted to use Xu You to plant a thunderbolt for Yuan Shang, but he didn't know why the other party ran away secretly. It can only be said that things are unpredictable.

For Yuan Xi, Xu You is both important and unimportant. He is important because he played a key role in the Battle of Guandu and offered Cao Cao a strategy to raid Wuchao, turning the tide of the battle.

It is said that he is not important because the battle of Guandu was both accidental and inevitable.

Yuan Shao's army attacked Cao Cao by crossing the river to fight. The battles were all in Yanzhou, including Wuchao, where the grain was garrisoned. Therefore, Yuan Shao's supply on the front line was very problematic. Even if Wuchao defended against one surprise attack, it might not be able to defend against the next one.

Taking a step back, even if Cao Cao loses in the battle of Guandu, he can retreat to Yuzhou, or even push him into a hurry, and disperse him to Jingzhou Sili to reorganize his troops. Yuan Shao may not be able to eat it for a while.

Of course, Yuan Shao's losses in the Battle of Guandu were relatively limited. Although Yuan Shao suffered a defeat, but with the support of the four northern states, as long as he firmly guards the front line of the Yellow River, he will definitely be able to make a comeback within three years.

But God didn't give him this chance.

What really had a decisive impact on the outcome of the Battle of Guandu was Yuan Shao's death two years later.

This is what Yuan Xi is most worried about. Faced with this kind of result, he has not come up with any good ideas until now.

His initial idea was extremely naive, and he wanted to use the three sons to fight each other to decide the winner before the Battle of Guandu, so as to avoid the tragedy of the brothers fighting against each other, but it turned out that his idea was still too simple.

Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, with the help of various counselors, are not paper men who will collapse at a blow. On the contrary, they will grow up in adversity, and they will also adopt strategies according to their own positions to continuously strengthen themselves.

This made Yuan Xi deeply feel that none of the people who can sit in front of the world chessboard and play chess is Yi Yi's generation, and if he has a little contempt, he may fall into a big fall.

So up to now, the situation of the three sons fighting has not changed, on the contrary, the entanglement has become more complicated, which makes Yuan Xi very headache, and the time left for him is still too hasty!
He now needs to find an opportunity to break the situation. The conflict between Cao Cao and the Yuan family is irreconcilable. Sooner or later, the two sides will turn their heads and fight each other until one side is completely defeated.

So Yuan Xi can only look for other allies, including Lu Bu, including Liu Bei, including... Sun Ce.

Yuan Xi didn't know if Sun Ce could listen to Sun Ce's letter and not kill Xu Gong after he wrote it, so as to escape the catastrophe. It will be a matter of time to make enemies in Jiangdong, right?
On the same day, Tai Shici sent Sun Ce a secret letter to Yuan Xi, which was nominally to thank Qiao Rui for saving him, and let him serve as the envoy of the emperor and Sun Ce to issue an edict, but the meaning in it was quite interesting, and even vaguely warned.

Sun Ce's letter is full of awkward hints throughout, telling Yuan Xi not to do things that cross the line too much.

This is related to Yuan Xi's previous letters.When Yuan Xi had no other way, he still used some hints to let Sun Ce understand that Mrs. Wu might be in Yuan Xi's hands.

After Sun Ce received the letter, he quickly guessed the truth and became furious, but there was nothing he could do, because Yuan Xi's practice of concealing Mrs. Wu's whereabouts was the best result for Sun Ce.

Once the matter was revealed, the blow to Sun's reputation would be devastating, so both parties wisely chose not to mention the matter.

Thinking of the women around him, Yuan Xi felt absurd. He married Lu Lingqi and had a child with Mrs. Wu. Liu Bei also wanted to marry Mi Zhen to him, and Cao Xian, who was Cao Cao's daughter in name, didn't mean that he Almost most of the heroes at the end of the Han Dynasty were related by marriage?

Is it possible that my road to world hegemony must be achieved in this way?

Yuan Xi calmed down and asked Guo Jiajushou to assist Zhao Yun in arranging the appointment of Zhuojun officials, while Hetian Yu left the mansion himself.

On the way, he whispered to Tian Yu, "Is it sure?"

After Tian Yu heard this, he lowered his voice and said, "My spies have confirmed it again and again, there should be nothing wrong."

"After Madam Du escaped from the mansion the day before yesterday, she wanted to leave the city early in the morning, but she didn't have the status to go out of the city, so she was forced to come back."

"She didn't know that the moment she left the mansion, she was targeted by the spies I arranged."

"My son's mansion in Beixin City is full of female relatives, how can I not arrange for protection in advance?"

Yuan Xi heard this, and praised: "Guo Ren handles affairs without leaking water."

Tian Yu said again: "The spies knew Madam Du's identity, so they didn't dare to use force, so they pretended to provide her with a residence and arranged her in a small courtyard."

"The spies lied to her that there was a search in the city, and asked her not to show her face for the time being, and wait for the opportunity. Madam Du was obedient, and she has been staying at ease for the past two days."

"As for why he escaped, I have never been asked."

Yuan Xi nodded slightly, thinking that this is a bit strange, Cao Xian also told Mrs. Du about marrying Lu Lingqi, so Mrs. Du's reaction shouldn't be that big?

Moreover, it seemed inappropriate for him to meet her with Yuan Xi's identity. Thinking of this, he said, "I'll change my identity to meet her, first to find out what's going on."

"By the way, where did Guorang put her?"

Tian Yu pointed in a certain direction and said, "The spies pulled her into the carriage that day, and after going around the city, they returned to the small courtyard near the son's mansion, half a street away."

"That was the nearest shelter for the spies. In case something happens in the mansion, he can rush to the son's mansion as quickly as possible, but now it is in use."

Yuan Xi thought to himself, Mrs. Du ran away for a long time, and the feelings turned back?
He was speechless, so he gave Tian Yu a thumbs up.

In the small courtyard in the city, Mrs. Du became more and more uneasy when she heard the noise outside.

She found that she still thought of things too simply. She escaped from Lv Bu's mansion that day because of someone's help, but this time it was her turn to escape, and short-sightedness found that many things had not been considered.

For example, the token for going out of the city, such as the package, such as the route back to Bingzhou.

Mrs. Du realized that she was too incompetent. Ever since she got married, she had almost lost the ability to do things alone. Moreover, she escaped for no reason this time. She didn't understand why she ran away. She could meet Lu Lingqi!
But she had a vague feeling in her heart that maybe she couldn't bear to work with Lu Lingqi?
These days, through Cao Xian's mouth, Mrs. Du has somewhat understood the vicious character of the Yuan family. I heard that Lu Lingqi's husband, no matter in appearance or talent, is the best among his peers.

Mrs. Du didn't care at first, what does this have to do with her?
But Cao Xian said something that made her very concerned.

In her memory, no matter how high or low a woman's status is, as long as she encounters a fierce tiger, she can't escape from his palm.

Combined with the previous rumors about the vicious tiger's lust, and Gongsun Zan's widow Mrs. Hou's fidgeting expression every time she mentioned the vicious tiger, Madam Du became more and more certain that this vicious tiger is absolutely indifferent to women!
Mrs. Du is very self-aware of her appearance, she knows that if she is seen by a fierce tiger, she will probably be accepted as a concubine by him.

That's all for nothing, people in troubled times can't help themselves, and it doesn't seem like a bad choice for Jihu to be his concubine, no matter in terms of age or status.

Mrs. Du's heart knot still lies with Lu Lingqi. Lu Lingqi is also a concubine of a vicious tiger. If she is accepted by a vicious tiger, how will she face Lu Lingqi?
Are the two still fighting for favor?

Thinking of Lu Lingqi's arrogance and arrogance, she would definitely not accept it, so Mrs. Du panicked and escaped quietly. Thinking about it afterwards, she also regretted it a little, did she overreact?

And she was also worried that the kind-hearted people she met would dare to take the risk of being accused and beheaded by harboring a woman of unknown origin?

Wouldn't that person have gone to sue the officer?
Just when she was restless, she heard the sound of the mansion door, which made her close the door quickly and peek out through the crack of the window.

The gate of the courtyard opened, but the old man who brought him led all the young scholars in. The old man pointed to the door, and then he went out of the courtyard and closed the door from the outside.

The cracks in the window were not clear, Madam Du always felt that the young scholar looked quite familiar, as if she had seen him from somewhere, but seeing him walking this way, Madam Du was so frightened that her heart thumped and she hurried away from the window.

A moment later, there was a knock on the door.

Madam Du hesitated for a while, but still bit her teeth, walked forward, and opened the door.

Anyway, now that this is the case, where else can I escape?
When Mrs. Du opened the door and saw the young man standing at the door, she was stunned for a while before she said, "Mr. Yinhu...?"

"Where's your beard?"

(End of this chapter)