Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 467

Yuan Xi saw that Hou was covering them, and Hou's daughter was asleep on the side bed, and there was no one else in the room, so she couldn't help wondering: "Didn't you assign two maids to Madam before?"

Mrs. Hou walked to one side, gently lifted the teapot, filled the teacup, walked over gracefully, held it in front of Yuan Xi and said: "The mansion is full of children, and the maids are very tired day and night. I talked to Mrs. Cai, let They went to help the two ladies."

"When my concubine was in Beixincheng, I learned a lot of cooking and cleaning skills from Madam Cao. I can get used to having no one to take care of me."

Yuan Xi took the teacup handed over by Mrs. Hou, and their hands touched. Mrs. Hou felt as if she had been electrocuted, and subconsciously withdrew her hand. Yuan Xi took the teacup with one hand, and pulled Mrs. Hou's wrist with the other hand, saying, : "Madam wronged."

Mrs. Hou heard the meaning of this, bowed her head and said: "The lives of the concubine, mother and daughter all depend on the bestowal of the young master, so why should there be any grievances?"

Yuan Xi pulled his hand, took the opportunity to pull Madam Hou into his arms, and said, "No, I'm talking about the future."

Madam Hou's body was hot and she seemed to be unable to stand. Yuan Xi leaned down and whispered in her ear: "Madam, do you still remember what happened on the wooden building in Beixincheng Mansion?"

As soon as these words came out, Madam Hou couldn't stand it anymore, her limbs became weak, and she pushed Yuan Xi's chest weakly with her palms, and said in a trembling voice: "Don't be seen by others."

Yuan Xi only remembered this time that there was a peeping Tom Cao Xian in the mansion, especially since she had recently learned some skills of hiding her body from Lu Lingqi, and her behavior became more rampant, so she quickly got up and went to the window to look around.

He looked around and found no figure of Cao Xian, so he was relieved, but he closed the window, walked to the door, and put the latch on.

Madam Hou was at a loss when she saw her, but she was aware of her heart but she didn't resist at all. Not only did she secretly scold herself for being a widow for a long time, she urgently needs to rely on, longing for comfort?

When she was in a panic, Yuan Xi had already walked to her side and pulled her into her arms. When Mrs. Hou turned her head, she saw Yuan Xi's face approaching her, her eyes suddenly widened.

The snowflakes from the sky outside were slowly falling, accompanied by the whistling of the north wind, covering up the sound in the house.

The white snow melted into fine beads of sweat oozing from the back of the slender neck, the north wind suppressed the vague echo in the throat, the snow-covered wintersweet branches outside the house bounced in the wind, and the buds at the ends of the branches were bright red.

In Qucheng, East China Sea, Mi Zhen was on a small building, holding a small cylinder, looking at Guangling Haixi Port in the distance, where merchant ships were sailing out of the port, heading north.

Mi Zhen learned that this is the ship of the Zhen family caravan transporting goods to Youzhou. She couldn't help but wonder, the year is the time when pirates are most rampant, so isn't the Zhen family caravan not afraid?
She mentioned this matter to Mi Fang the day before yesterday, and Mi Fang, who has been in a bad mood recently, said angrily, "Who knows, maybe the Zhen family is colluding with pirates!"

Mi Zhen asked doubtfully, "No way?"

"I heard that the Zhen family caravan lost several ships these days."

Mi Fang said bitterly: "Who knows what's going on, I'm afraid it's because the protection fee wasn't paid enough, or it's just acting for others!"

Mi Zhen shook her head, "Brother seems to be very prejudiced against the Zhen family caravan?"

After hearing this, Mi Fang said sullenly: "Little sister, I'm not worth it for you. When you met Yuan Xi, she hadn't married yet!"

"I've always felt that brother was too hesitant and missed such a good opportunity. Now that he occupies two states, he is also a famous prince in the world!"

"As a result, you have accepted my younger sister as a righteous sister, and in order to please that fierce tiger, you have to marry her to him as a concubine. The difference is so different, how can you not make me feel uncomfortable?"

After hearing this, Mi Zhen said calmly: "Everyone has their own destiny. Mrs. Zhen is indeed much better than me. The Zhen family was willing to place a bet, and the Mi family must not betray Liu Shijun at that time. The two families are in different situations, so it doesn't matter. Easy to say."

Mi Fang said unwillingly: "Sometimes I wonder if it was brother's wrong decision to follow Liu Shijun."

When Mi Zhen heard this, she hurriedly said: "Brother, be careful!"

"The Mi family was just a family of merchants at the beginning. Without Liu Shijun's favor, how could the Mi family have come to where they are today?"

"Don't talk about sending charcoal in a timely manner. We merchants have no power to protect ourselves. Isn't it just a matter of one sentence for other princes to raid their homes?"

"The elder brother did the right thing, the second brother must think clearly!"

Mi Fang heard this, shook her head and said: "That's the reason, but Liu Shijun's two brothers are really difficult to deal with!"

"Then Guan Yu has been training the navy in the East China Sea these days. He has extremely strict requirements on the expenditure of military equipment and food. If I neglect the slightest, he will come up with military law to suppress me!"

"That black charcoal is also a dog's eye. I went to Xiapi a few times, but I didn't look at me. Is it a butcher, and a businessman like us, what is it!"

Mi Zhen persuaded: "Second brother should also control his temper. Now that the two sides are at odds, what should we do if we encounter foreign enemies in the future?"

After hearing this, Mi Fang said sullenly: "Younger sister is not so stubborn?"

"If my younger sister hadn't rejected Yuan Xi..."

Seeing that Mi Zhen bowed her head and said nothing, he knew that he had said something wrong, so he got up and walked out, "I'm going to the pier, little girl, think about it for yourself, what should you do in the future."

"I heard that there are many women around that ferocious tiger, and their status is higher than that of each other. I'm afraid that my little sister will marry and get angry."

Mi Zhen withdrew her thoughts, recalled what Mi Fang said yesterday, but looked down at the bamboo tube in her hand.

A few days ago, Yuan Xi sent someone from Youzhou to bring it to her, along with a letter in a few words.

I have heard that the girl often climbs high and looks far away, so I will give you a pair of binoculars to help the girl relieve her worries. Yours respectfully.

Mi Zhen flipped her fingers, and the bamboo tube twirled deftly in her hand, she thought to herself, how can he relieve his worries, how does he know that he is unhappy?
Guess!

She became more and more angry, and the bamboo tube spun faster and faster. As a result, with a swipe of her finger, the telescope flew out of the window.

Mi Zhen let out an exclamation, stretched out her plain hand, and held the bamboo tube in her hand, her heart was thumping, she touched the cold sweat from her forehead, and held the thick bamboo tube tightly for a while before she turned around. Come on.

She opened the front of her chest, carefully put the bamboo tube into her arms, then retracted her sweaty palms, her face blushed slightly as she thought of something.

Youzhou Jicheng.

Lu Xun stood in front of the sackcloth map, pointed to the sea outside Donglai, and talked about the places where pirates might be encountered. Yuan Xi kept nodding his head, thinking that Lu Xun was indeed right.

Seeing Lu Xun hesitant to speak several times, he said, "What worries does Boyan have?"

After hearing this, Lu Xun said, "The superiors don't take risks. The inferiors don't understand why the envoys always go to the army and don't worry about the dangers they encounter?"

"Just like this time, General Xun and Tian are enough, but when the envoy is with you, Xun will feel the pressure increase sharply, lest something might go wrong."

Yuan Xi heard this, and said with a smile: "It's my fault, but I didn't expect it to cause trouble to Boyan."

"Why do you have to go to the battlefield in person?" Yuan Xi said to himself: "Actually, I am very afraid of death, and I don't like the battlefield at all."

"I don't have martial arts talent, and I have poor command in front of the battle. How can I like to fight on the battlefield?"

"But I had to go because I, as the protagonist, can serve two purposes."

"One is to boost morale, and the other is to ensure that orders directly issued on the battlefield will not be changed beyond recognition due to layer upon layer transmission."

"A small mistake is worth a thousand miles. Today, the princes of the world, who is hiding behind?"

"It's Yuan Gonglu, I heard that he personally led troops to fight?"

"If you want to be successful, you have to give first."

"This is the case with military orders on the battlefield, and even more so with internal affairs and government orders."

"Originally, the original intention of many government orders was good, but after being passed down layer by layer, the taste has completely changed, so I have to listen to the voices of the lowest level, so as not to lose my heart."

"I want to personally see the suffering of all beings in the world, so as not to forget my original intention."

Lu Xun listened thoughtfully.

"Of course, there is one more thing," Yuan Xi said with a smile: "I still have a lot of shortcomings. I need to keep learning and improving myself so that I can catch up with the heroes of the world and compete with them."

"If I hold back, sooner or later I will be pulled down by someone far more talented than me."

"So I am more eager to become stronger than Boyan, because I have no less burden than Boyan."

Touched in his heart, Lu Xun turned to Yuan Xi, bowed and said: "I have benefited a lot from my envoy's words. I will teach my envoy today, thinking that I will encourage you in the future, and I will never relax."

Yuan Xi laughed, "Bo Yan's talent is much higher than mine."

"Given time, Boyan will surely leave his name in history."

Just as Lu Xun was about to back down, Yuan Xi said, "Bo Yan and I hit it off right away, why don't we become brothers?"

Lu Xun was stunned, how could you make Jun think about it?

For Lu Xun, who was born in a noble family in the south of the Yangtze River, this kind of worship full of the customs of the northern border people was really uncomfortable, but when he saw Yuan Xi's expression was serious when he spoke, he didn't seem to be fake, so he couldn't help but smiled bitterly: "I don't know yet, Let me know what you appreciate about me."

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "Bo Yan will gradually find out in the future."

"But I can assure you that Bo Yan will have a much better life with me than under someone else's hands."

Lu Xun asked curiously, "Master, do you really understand stargazing?"

Yuan Xi laughed, "Bo Yan, you need to find out the answer to this matter yourself."

Lu Xun seemed to understand but didn't understand. Didn't Mr. Xindao come here to amuse me on purpose?

In the end, under Yuan Xi's hard and soft tactics, Lu Xun was still defeated, and promised to call him his righteous brother when there was no one in private.

Yuan Xi's heart was filled with the pleasure of being the overlord, and he thought that his treatment of Lu Xun should not be worse than that of Sun Quan in later generations, right?

The next day, Youzhou issued an order to celebrate the governor of Youzhou's birth of a son and the engagement of his second son with Gongsun Zan's noble daughter. The whole territory of Youzhou celebrated for three days and distributed some rice and meat.

At the same time, the remnants of Gongsun Zan who were still resisting in Youzhou were given amnesty, promising that they would surrender and surrender, and that the past would not be blamed.

As soon as the order came out, the remnants of Gongsun Zan in several counties in Youzhou lost their status of resistance and surrendered one after another. As a result, the whole territory of Youzhou was peaceful, and everyone's faces were filled with joy.

When the people in Youzhou were busy celebrating the New Year, Yuan Xi had already quietly led people out to sea from Yuyang port.

(End of this chapter)