The Necromancer of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 17 It's time to change the owner
Cao Pi's residence was filled with bloody smell.

There were dead bodies lying all over the room.

The guards of the Zhen family walked around to check the condition of the corpse.

Some domestic servants came out of the house carrying the examined corpse.

The current head of the Zhen family is Zhen Yan, the second son of Zhen Yi.

Standing at the door of a room with a cold face, since coming here, he has never said a word.

"Second brother, I checked." His third brother Zhen Yao came out of the room.

"How?" Zhen Yan asked.

"Some were strangled to death, some were bitten to death, and more were hacked to death by random swords." Zhen Yao replied: "The death is weird. Even if they were hacked to death, they don't seem to be the hands of people."

"How can you tell that it doesn't look like a human hand?" Zhen Yan asked.

"If it was a human being, there would be no scratches or bite marks near the wound. But almost every corpse here has it."

Zhen Yan's face was serious: "Didn't anyone notice any sign in the nursing home last night?"

Zhen Yao was about to answer when a voice came over: "No need to check, I know who it is."

The two brothers followed the sound and saw Yuan Xu walking over with Tian Feng and Feng Ji.

"Why is the fourth son here?" Zhen Yan stepped forward to greet him, with an apologetic expression on his face: "Recently, there are too many things to do, so I have neglected..."

"If Cao Pi doesn't leave, I'm afraid I haven't had a chance to meet the Patriarch." Yuan Xu smiled back.

Both Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao looked embarrassed.

"The smell of blood is very strong here, Fourth Young Master should avoid it." Zhen Yao reminded.

"I killed people, why do I avoid them?" Yuan Xu responded frankly.

He actually admitted that he killed the man.Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao were surprised.

"The fourth son dare not joke." Zhen Yan replied: "We did not find the second son of the Cao family..."

"Everyone ran away, how could we find it." Yuan Xu signaled the guards to step forward.

A guard stepped forward and took out a strand of mane from his bosom.

"This is..." Zhen Yan looked at the mane, and then at Yuan Xu.

"The horse Cao Pi was riding when he escaped." Yuan Xu said, "It was pulled from the horse's tail."

Zhen Yao leaned forward and whispered to Zhen Yan: "We have checked, and Cao Zihuan was indeed fleeing on a horse of this color."

"It really is the fourth son..." Zhen Yan was stunned: "Why..."

"If I don't kill him, why don't I wait for him to kill me before taking my woman?" Yuan Xu sneered: "When the old head of the Zhen family was here, he never treated our Yuan family so negligently. In the battle of Guandu, although the Yuan family lost But he didn’t lose Hebei. Zhongshan is still in Hebei, so it’s too early to curry favor with Cao Cao?”

"Fourth Young Master wrongly blamed us!" Yuan Xu turned his face, Zhen Yan quickly defended: "We didn't..."

"I think it's time for the Patriarch of the Zhen family to change." Yuan Xu didn't listen to his explanation at all, and looked at Zhen Yao: "From today, you will be the Patriarch."

Zhen Yao looked at Zhen Yan with a troubled expression.

"What?" Yuan Xu's face turned cold: "You don't want to?"

"No..." Zhen Yao lowered his head, "It's just..."

"Since you are willing to do it, what are you talking about?" Yuan Xu said to Zhen Yan again: "The owner of the family has changed, so there is no need for you to stay here, go to Yecheng with me."

After all, Hebei is still in the hands of the Yuan family. Yuan Xu changed the head of the Zhen family, and Zhen Yan lowered her head and dared not make a sound.

Zhen Yao's head dropped to his chest, and he didn't even dare to look at him.

It has long been heard that the fourth son of the Yuan family has some means to save Yuan Shao in Muye.

They didn't see it with their own eyes, and they always had doubts.

Cao Pi came to Zhongshan one day earlier than Yuan Xu.

He brought a lot of guards.

Compared with the guards around Cao Pi, Yuan Xu's guards are much weaker.

Even so, he still wiped out Cao Pi's guards overnight.

If he hadn't escaped quickly, Cao Pi should also be among the dead bodies.

At this moment, Zhen Yan felt remorseful.

Cao Pi came to propose a marriage. Considering that the Yuan family was defeated in the Battle of Guandu and the strength of the Cao family was increasing day by day, he chose to get close to it.

When Yuan Xu came, he actually avoided seeing him...

If he had known that Cao Pi was no match for Yuan Xu, how could he have done such a stupid thing.

"Come with me." Yuan Xu greeted Zhen Yao and walked into the room where Cao Pi lived last night.

"There's no smell of blood here." After entering the house, he looked around: "It's much better than where I live."

"Please forgive me for neglecting the Fourth Young Master!" Zhen Yao responded with his head bowed.

"I know your status in the Zhen family, and I also know that you have the right to speak." Yuan Xu turned and looked at him: "Zhen Yan alone cannot make the decision to get close to the Cao family."

Zhen Yao lowered his head and dared not make a sound.

Being close to Cao Pi and alienating Yuan Xu, he did participate in the decision.

Yuan Xu asked again: "How much food does the Zhen family plan to subsidize to the Cao family?"

"No." The Zhen family did decide to support Cao Cao, but Zhen Yao dared to admit it.

"Don't let your eyes wander." Yuan Xu sneered: "I can tell you are lying at a glance!"

"Fourth Young Master, forgive me!" Zhen Yao was so frightened that he trembled all over, even speaking.

"Send the money and food to support Cao Cao to Yecheng." Yuan Xu explained: "And the bride price I brought, take a look at what is there. Accept the list, and I will take the things back."

Zhen Yao looked blank.

He can understand that money and food are sent to Yecheng.

After all, the Zhen family will support the Yuan family every year.

Available gifts...

"Zhen Mi and I will live together in the future." Yuan Xu said flatly, "If the bride price stays here, we won't get any benefits. Bring it back to me, and she will be well-clothed and well-fed in the future."

"My lord is right." Zhen Yao replied winkingly: "After counting, the Zhen family will give the same gift in return."

"You're still sensible." Yuan Xu smiled approvingly.

Zhen Yao breathed a sigh of relief.

Since entering the room, he didn't even dare to take a breath.

It wasn't until Yuan Xu's face softened that he felt the crisis was over.

"I have something to tell you." Yuan Xu waved his hand.

Zhen Yao stepped forward.

"In the future, all money and food will only be sent to where I am." Yuan Xu warned: "Wherever I am in town, it will be sent to wherever."

"If Duke Yuan asks..." Zhen Yao was a little worried.

"Just say that in order to prevent others from filling their own pockets, I have to do the accounting myself." Yuan Xu replied: "Once the army goes out, all will be transported to the army."

"I understand." Zhen Yao nodded: "Should I add a few more words, the young master checked the accounts and found that the previous donations are different from the actual income?"

"No need." Yuan Xu said, "It's enough to say that I'll do the inventory myself."

Zhen Yao agreed again.

Yuan Xu changed the topic: "It's been two or three days since I came to Zhongshan, and I haven't seen my wife yet. Should I be taken to meet her?"

"I'll take the Fourth Young Master there." Zhen Yao immediately agreed.

Before finishing off Cao Pi, the Zhen family treated him coldly, not to mention taking him to see Zhen Mi, even the head of the family refused to show up.

At this time, he asked to meet, but Zhen Yao agreed without hesitation.

Yuan Xu couldn't help feeling that the world is cold.

You are weak, you will only let others bully you, and you will receive all kinds of stares!

Only when you are strong can you be respected and aloof!

(End of this chapter)