Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 680 I Can't Get Married
When Qiao Rui saw that something was strange, he immediately felt something in his heart. He thought deeply. He suppressed his doubts and smiled at Li Shu, "I was just joking."

"Please take this box to me. Since Rui has completed the entrustment, she has fulfilled her mission."

After hearing this, Li Shu felt relieved, carefully picked up the box, and then left and went out.

The reason why he was so anxious was that if he could persuade Liu Ye to surrender to Yuan Xi, he would be able to fulfill Yuan Xi's entrustment. On the other hand, he would also benefit from it. If Liu Ye led the governor of Jiujiang, Li Shu could In the name of reporting the letter, he asked one of his sons to take the letter and go to Youzhou to join Yuan Xi.

The reason why he did this was because Li Shu had a premonition that the Jianghuai area would become a battlefield sooner or later soon. Regardless of whether Sun Ce died or not, Jiangdong would never tolerate Lujiang falling into the hands of others.

What he will have to face at that time is a large number of powerful water warriors in Jiangdong. If he dies unfortunately, the family will definitely be destroyed, so he must make arrangements in advance to prevent himself from annihilating all his heirs.

The reason why he rejected Qiao Rui's proposal was that he had long realized that the relationship between the two women and Yuan Xi was not right, and Li Shu was not stupid enough to stroke the tiger's beard to anger Yuan Xi.

On the other hand, if he arranges for a son to go to Youzhou, it is best if he has no family, so that he can marry into the local nobles and gain a firm foothold.

So from this point of view, the Jianghuai gentry is no longer Li Shu's choice for marriage. Even if Qiao Rui's two daughters do not have the same relationship with Yuan Xi, in Li Shu's eyes, they cannot become his son's wife in Youzhou just based on their appearance. Assisted.

What's more, Li Shu always felt that Yuan Xi's interest in the two girls Qiao Rui was definitely not as simple as it seemed on the surface, so he immediately rejected Qiao Rui's temptation.

After Li Shu hurriedly left, Qiao Rui looked at Qiao and Qiao without saying a word, which made the two women feel frightened. He couldn't help coughing, and the two women were so frightened that they hurriedly served tea.

Qiao Rui took a sip of tea, calmed down a little, and said, "What happened between you two and Yuan Shijun?"

After hearing this, Xiao Qiao's heart skipped a beat, and he denied it repeatedly: "How can it not be!"

Qiao Rui stared at the two women who looked awkward and uneasy, and said doubtfully: "Really?"

"It's true!" Xiao Qiao said quickly: "It's absolutely true!"

Qiao Rui sneered, "I brought you up with my own hands, how can you hide it from me?"

"I believe that Yuan Shijun must be fair and aboveboard in his conduct. If he had any interest in you two, he should have told me long ago."

"Although he did not explain anything to me when he left, I feel that there should be no breach of etiquette between you and him, and your Majesty did not intend to marry you, so I thought of marrying you before I die. You arrange a marriage."

"But why is Li Shu's reaction so strange today?"

"Does he know something that I don't?"

The two women's hearts were beating wildly. They thought that Li Shu had come to visit twice before Yuan Xi left, and met the two of them learning calligraphy beside Yuan Xi. At that time, he shouldn't have shown any disrespect at all?
The two of them were worried that Qiao Rui would see what they did when they were alone with Yuan Xi due to misunderstanding, so they could only lower their heads desperately, otherwise Qiao Rui would see the expressions on their faces.

When Qiao Rui saw it, he became even more suspicious, "Your teacher told me, father, have you ever had any affair with Shijun?"

"If these things really happen, forget about the misfortune of your family, and you shouldn't give up all the time. I will at least help you find an explanation and a good name."

"But I'm going to say something ugly earlier. Your Majesty already has a wife and many concubines. Even Marquis Wen's daughter can't become his wife. If you become his concubine, you may not be happy in the future."

Seeing that Xiao Qiao was uneasy, he asked in surprise: "Could it be that you...?"

Big and small Qiao quickly denied: "No!"

"It's just that my daughter accidentally fell on Shijun!"

When Xiao Qiao heard the other party say this, she opened her mouth in surprise, "Huh?"

"Sister, why did you fall on Shijun?"

"Sister, aren't you the same?"

"I accidentally tripped and fell!"

"Me too, why is my sister so suspicious of me?"

"I didn't say that my sister feels guilty, right?"

"Haha, I know what my sister is talking about."

"you!"

"What's wrong with me!"

Qiao Rui looked ugly and said in a low voice: "Why are you making such a fuss? How decent is it!" "Tell us what happened that day."

When Xiao Qiao finished telling the whole story, Qiao Rui's head was already growing big. What were all these things!
It seems that when Yuan Xi came to live in Qiao Mansion, he did not have any thoughts about Xiao Qiao. After all, the other party did not know the details of his two daughters.

The reason for this was probably because his daughter had escaped and was detained. He was worried that his family would be embarrassed by the Youzhou army, so he used his relationship with Qiao Mansion to protect them.

On the other hand, he was afraid that his wife needed care because of tinnitus, so she approached Xiao Qiao.

But there were a lot of misunderstandings about what happened in the middle. Although what Yuan Xi did could be called a gentleman, the rude behavior of his two daughters meant that they were technically close to each other. What does this mean? whats the matter?
Qiao Rui knew his daughter very well, and the two of them probably weren't lying. Judging from their posture and expression, it was true that nothing closer had happened, but it was precisely because of this that it gave Qiao Rui an even greater headache.

It shouldn't be. In terms of appearance and talent, his daughter is considered rare in the world anyway. Does Yuan Shijun have such high standards?

Qiao Rui suddenly thought of something and her body was shocked. Could it be that the rumors were true and that Yuan Shijun was actually more interested in wives?
In that case, my two daughters would have little hope.

No, is this the time when I should be thinking about this?

My two daughters obviously have thoughts about Yuan Shijun. Should I lick my face and beg him to accept his daughters as concubines?

The Qiao family’s face….
Forget it, I still don’t know how many days I will have to live. I’m afraid I won’t be able to survive the spring of next year, let alone meet Yuan Shijun who has returned to the north, right?
Of course Yuan Xi, who was in Jicheng, didn't know about Qiao Rui's random thoughts. If he knew about it, he would probably be too ashamed to hold his head up.

Of course, he couldn't have no idea about Xiao Qiao. On the contrary, he was very interested.

But at that time, Lu Lingqi was ill, Qiao Rui was away, and the military situation in Hefei was urgent. He could not delay the official business for the sake of romance. Although Yuan Xi thought he was very shameless, he still wanted to save face, so he put his thoughts aside for the time being. Come down.

After Shouchun was captured, the military situation in Yecheng was in critical condition. Yuan Xi hurried back, and then went to Huaicheng. He came and went, and then nothing happened.

He stood at Piaoyuyi Pier, looking at the fleet of ships going away. He really thought of the time he spent with Xiao Qiao. It was impossible to say that he didn't regret it.

But now, he has too many things on his shoulders, and he has no time to take care of Jianghuai's affairs for the time being.

But of course he was not ready to give up, so after careful consideration, he asked Lu Xun to follow the fleet that Tai Shici was escorting Mrs. Wu back to Jiangdong.

Moreover, the identity of Lu Xun's return this time was that Yuan Xi used the power of founding the government to grant Lu Xun the title of Governor of Xu Yang, overseeing the military affairs of the two states. After hearing this, Lu Xun said with some disbelief: "This position is really important. If I do it, No, I’m afraid my sworn brother will be criticized because of his status.”

Yuan Xi smiled and patted Lu Xun on the shoulder, "You think too much. Only appoint people based on their merits, and do not avoid relatives if you are worthy."

"Look at the background of Zilong Ziyi's family. The reason why my sworn brother is where he is today is not because of the Lu family, but because of your own ability."

"Just do it, I believe in you."

After hearing this, Lu Xun was moved and said, "Xun, remember your sworn brother's words!"

The fleet traveled farther and farther, gradually turning into small dots on the sea. Yuan Xi thought of the complicated and unreadable look in Mrs. Wu's eyes when she looked at him, and she became dazed, and thought to herself, I don’t know if we will ever see each other again.

Because according to historical records, Mrs. Wu passed away a few years later. At that time, she was less than [-] years old and in the prime of life. Therefore, the cause of her death was probably infected with the epidemic.

The late Han Dynasty was a very cruel era. In just a few decades, the population plummeted from 6000 million at its peak to about 2000 million. Famine caused by war was the cause, but the main cause of death was plague.

According to historical records, there were thirteen highly contagious epidemics during the Three Kingdoms period. The most serious epidemic in [-] AD lasted for a long time and resulted in a large number of deaths. Among the Seven Sons of Jian'an, Xu Qian, Chen Lin, Ying Jue, Liu Zhen and others all contracted the disease and died. This was still a noble family who could afford medicine, let alone ordinary people.

Cao Pi wrote a letter to Wu Zhishi in Yuancheng, saying: "In the past, there was an epidemic, and many relatives and friends were separated from each other. Xu, Chen, Ying, and Liu all passed away in a short time. It is painful to say that we have been separated for a hundred years, and we have always protected each other. He Tu has been scattered and scattered for several years, which is sad to say."

Zhang Zhongjing was born in a family in Nanyang County, Jingzhou, with a population of more than 200. From the early years of Jian'an, in less than ten years, as many as two-thirds of the Zhang family died of the plague, and as many as ten died of typhoid fever. Seven out of seven, the situation was extremely tragic, which was also one of the factors that contributed to the birth of the theory of febrile diseases and miscellaneous diseases.

This was true during the Three Kingdoms period, and it was even more true at the end of Han Dynasty in this world. Epidemics have never stopped.

This era is limited by cognitive and objective conditions, and the theory of preventing and treating epidemics is not perfect. That's why Yuan Xicai is so eager to cultivate voluntary doctors, and he and Hua Tuo study the most effective epidemic prevention theory that is in line with the current era, and at the same time try their best to promote cotton production as soon as possible. supplies.

The improvement of every tiny link has the potential to save thousands of lives. Youzhou is the testing ground for his theory, but Youzhou is also full of dangers.

Decades from now, when the frigid zone in the north moves south, it will be too late for foreigners to go south, so he wants to take advantage of the present to nip hidden dangers in their infancy.

He turned around and mounted his horse, and said to Tian Yu beside him: "Let's go."

"Settling the border, letting those foreign thieves who dare to come in and plunder never return, and letting their relatives celebrate the New Year with cries!"

(End of this chapter)