Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 45 Late Night Visitors
Yuan Xi first said to Qu Yi: "This time I'm going to the south, I'm going to take Brother Qu, twenty personal guards, and some women."

After hearing this, Qu Yi nodded without asking what he was doing, and said, "I would like to obey your order."

He didn't look calm on the surface, but he was extremely happy in his heart. He squinted and looked at Zhao Yun triumphantly.

Look, although you are temporarily stronger than me in martial arts, but the young master is still leading me!

However, Qu Yi found that Zhao Yun didn't respond, and his expression was normal, so he couldn't help but feel a little dispirited.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Xi's next words stunned both Qu Yi and Zhao Yun.

Yuan Xi took out the seal ribbon of the city guard and handed it to Zhao Yun: "I will trouble brother Zhao to perform the post of city guard on my behalf while I am away."

"I've already negotiated with my elder brother. You don't have to be restrained by him, and you can deal with affairs as soon as possible, but it's up to Brother Zhao to decide. All the soldiers in the city will be at the command of Brother Zhao."

Zhao Yun was stunned.

Qu Yi was also stunned.

This is tantamount to handing over the lives of tens of thousands of people in Beixincheng to Zhao Yun's hands!

"I object!" Qu Yi couldn't help but make a sound.

"He is a surrendered general, and he has just surrendered not long ago. If he has a different heart and turns to attack Gongsun Zan, wouldn't this city be lost?"

"At that time, the Yuan family will definitely hold the young master accountable. The crime is not small!"

Yuan Xi nodded and said: "If this is really the case, I'm afraid I will never be allowed to lead troops again. Let me be an idle son for the rest of my life."

Qu Yi hurriedly said: "Since you know, why bother..."

Yuan Xi said decisively: "If I don't know people well, then my achievements in the future will be limited."

"Don't be suspicious of people, don't be suspicious of people, since I have got Brother Zhao as a general, I will give it my all."

"And Brother Qu thinks, is there anyone more suitable than Brother Zhao?"

After hearing this, Qu Yi was at a loss for words.

Zhao Yun held the seal, feeling heavy in his hands.

If he was humble, he would look down on Yuan Xi and himself.

He didn't decline as Qu Yi expected, but he said directly in a deep voice: "My lord trusts me so much, I'm so heartbroken, I will not hesitate!"

Yuan Xi smiled and clapped his hands, "Good!"

"The people in this city are entrusted to Brother Zhao!"

He secretly rejoiced.

This is the only method that can deal with Zhao Yun!

Zhao Yun, this person, defected to the lord several times in his life, and finally spent his whole life under Liu Bei.

But even if he voted for Liu Bei, Zhao Yun often expressed different opinions.

When Liu Bei defeated Wu, Zhao Yun was the first to stand up against it, saying that the national thief was Cao Cao, not Sun Quan, and Sun Quan killed Guan Yu. Although Liu Bei and Guan Yu were brothers, it was a selfish righteousness, and it should not affect the revival of the Han Dynasty because of private affairs, delaying National affairs.

You know, even Zhuge Liang dare not say such words!
It can be seen from this that Zhao Yun's will is extremely firm, and getting his refuge may not necessarily be fully recognized by him.

Obtaining Zhao Yun's loyalty does not mean that he will agree with the lord in everything, but insists on being loyal and outspoken.

So it takes a lot of hard work to get Zhao Yun's sincerity. Now Yuan Xi handed over Beixincheng to Zhao Yun, even taking Qu Yi away, just to let Zhao Yun feel the kindness of knowing you.

Moreover, if Yuan Xi did this, even if Zhao Yun wanted to leave, he would not leave when Yuan Xi was not around. Instead, he wanted to prove that he lived up to Yuan Xizhi's trust.

Yuan Xi could see the change in Zhao Yun's mentality from Zhao Yun's address just now. Since he surrendered a while ago, he has been calling Yuan Xi a general, which is actually deliberately keeping a distance.

Today's title has become Young Master, obviously he is a little closer to Yuan Xi!

Plan pass!
But in fact, Yuan Xi has no other choice. After all, Qu Yi appears too many times and it is easy to reveal his flaws. Yuan Tan and others have seen Qu Yi before!
Thinking of this, Yuan Xi always felt that Yuan Tan and Xunchen probably hadn't recognized Qu Yi yet, because Qu Yi was a general, and he didn't have much contact with Yuan Jiazi and counselors.

But Gao Lan's reaction was a bit strange. In order to avoid unnecessary complications, Yuan Xi decided to leave within a few days, so as not to expose Qu Yi's secrets.

Qu Yi muttered: "General Zhao is blessed, there are dozens of dancers in the house, tsk tsk tsk..."

Yuan Xi glanced at Qu Yi, and he reluctantly closed his mouth.

Yuan Xi turned to Wu Zhao again and said, "It may be dangerous for me to go this time, so you can live here with peace of mind."

"When I come back after finishing my work, if you really want to go home, I will send you back."

Wu Zhao listened, hesitated to speak, and nodded silently.

After Yuan Xi finished making arrangements, Qu Yi went to pack his luggage, Zhao Yun went to summon his generals to patrol the camp, and Wu Zhao went to rest by himself.

After sending the three of them away, Yuan Xi sat in the room thinking, this time he left Beixin City, what he was doing was to stir up a major event in the world, if he was not careful, he would be in danger of life and death.

If possible, he doesn't want to take risks like this, but only by making arrangements early can he get more opportunities for breathing and development.

Now I have two generals, Qu Yi and Zhao Yun, although not many, but a city is enough for the time being.

What Yuan Xi lacks now is counselors.

Although he is worse than some counselors in terms of the general trend of the world and predicting the future, but he is far inferior to those counselors who were born and bred and came from the gentry when they understand the local situation and formulate strategies according to local conditions.

It seemed that Xun Chen had colluded with Yuan Tan to some extent, so he didn't need to think about it, and the other party was Xun Yu's clan brother. Most of the Xun family's children had voted for Cao Cao, and Yuan Xi didn't dare to fully trust the Xun family.

While he was thinking, there was a sudden knock on the door of the house.

He said casually, "Come in."

A rather handsome young servant woman walked in and bowed to Yuan Xi: "I have met you, Mr. Lang."

Seeing Yuan Xi, he was quite surprised and said, "It's you?"

"It's so late, what's the matter?"

This woman, Mrs. Ma, is a servant in the city lord's mansion, and also the mother of Yuan Xi's personal soldier, Sun Li. She also took care of the injured Wu Zhao a few days ago.

Mrs. Ma lowered her head and said, "I heard that Mr. Lang is going to leave Beixin City with some personal guards. I'm here for Sun Li's matter."

Yuan Xi understood, "Brother Qu chose Sun Li?"

"What nonsense, this trip is a bit dangerous, how old is he? You go tell Brother Qu not to bring Sun Li, and let him stay in the mansion to look after the house."

As soon as Mrs. Ma heard this, she knew that Yuan Xihui had made a mistake, so she hurriedly stepped forward and knelt on the ground, and said in a low voice: "Young Master, you are wrong. It is General Qu who does not want to choose Sun Li, but it is unbearable for you not to be able to follow him as your own soldier." It's very useful, so that kid Sun Li and General Qu got into a fight."

Only then did Yuan Xi understand, and suddenly said: "Sun Li wants to go with me?"

He glanced away, but saw that Ma Shi lowered his head, a deep gully was exposed on the chest of Ruqun, and the white flower kept rising and falling with his breathing, and his thigh trembled.

He pretended to be nonchalant and said: "The bodyguards I asked Brother Qu to train were specially arranged to marry and leave behind descendants."

"But Sun Li is still young, just married, and has not yet had a man and a half woman. If something goes wrong, how can I treat you?"

Ma said in a low voice: "My son saved the lives of our mother and son, if we don't repay, aren't we ungrateful people?"

"It is Sun Li's honor to be able to die for the young master."

Yuan Xi had a headache, Ma Shi was quite stubborn at the beginning, after he and Qu Yi saved their mother and son, Ma Shi kept saying that he would repay his kindness, and then followed him to the City Lord's Mansion as a servant.

Later, Yuan Xi talked with the Ma family several times, and found out that he should be a member of the Fufeng Ma family. There are many martyrs in his family, and the Ma family has good speech and knowledge, obviously he is quite educated at home.

He was thinking about how to persuade Ma Shi, but the door was knocked again.

(End of this chapter)