Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 222 The Marriage Postponed
The news of the fall of Guangling City quickly spread throughout Xuzhou, causing great shock in all parties.

The two parties who feel the most direct are Sun Ce and Liu Bei.

When Sun Ce heard the news that Guangling had fallen, Qiao Rui was captured, and Mrs. Wu's whereabouts were unknown, he suddenly lost his composure. He punched the table in front of him in two, and shouted sharply: "Yuan's son, Ann! How dare you bully me like this!"

"Yuan's fierce tiger? I want to see if this fierce tiger can survive in the hands of my Jiangdong fierce tiger!"

Zhou Yu looked ashamed, bowed to the ground and said: "This battle is Yu's crime, please punish Bofu."

After hearing this, Sun Ce hurried forward to help Zhou Yu up, and sighed, "It's not Gong Jin's fault, it's the cunning of that ferocious tiger. There is no such thing as constant victory in the world!"

Zhou Yu bowed his head and said, "But Mrs. Tai was trapped in it!"

He described the situation at that time, and finally said: "Madam Tai insisted that Yu escape to deliver the letter, but Yu refused, so he had the audacity to come to see Bofu."

Sun Ce's face was cloudy and uncertain. He knew Madam Wu's temper. She was very assertive and famous. She definitely would not share a horse with Zhou Yu, so Zhou Yu really couldn't be blamed for this matter.

He was a little irritable, "Aunt told us not to expose her fall?"

"Let us publicize that she is dead?"

"Then how do we get her out?"

"Can't exchange hostages, why wait for mother to escape by herself?"

Zhou Yu's complexion changed several times, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Yu has a plan."

"At present, Guangling is initially settled, and the city will definitely not be peaceful. There must still be many soldiers and civilians who love Bofu."

"If Bo Fu returns to the carbine, fires an eye for an eye, and breaks into the city at night, he may not be able to destroy Guangling again!"

When Sun Ce heard this, he suddenly laughed and said, "Gong Jin's plan is very clever!"

"I will gather all the cavalry and go straight to Guangling!"

"However, the Cao family is watching from tens of miles away from Tancheng. The pressure to defend the city will increase sharply after I leave. I will leave Zhang Xun with you, and Wang Gongjin will stick to the city and wait for me to come back."

Zhou Yu heard this, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Bo Fu, Yu Zong is so heartbroken that he will also swear to guard this city!"

After hearing this, Sun Ce patted Zhou Yu on the shoulder, and strode out the door.

In Haixi City of Guangling, in the Mi Mansion, there are lanterns and festoons, and the Mi family is full of joy. This time, the Mi family has spent a lot of money, not only dowrying a huge amount of wealth, but also dedicating this mansion to Liu Bei as a new house.

Mi Fang walked into Mi Zhen's outer room, saw that the dishes on the table were already cold, but they were not missing at all, and frowned at the maid, "Little sister still hasn't eaten?"

The maid hurriedly replied: "I drank two mouthfuls of porridge last night, but today I didn't even move my chopsticks."

After hearing this, Mi Fang went to the door of the boudoir, knocked on the door, and said: "Little sister, tomorrow is your wedding day, and you won't be able to eat for a day, so let's eat something today."

Mi Zhen's feeble voice came from the room, "Thank you brother for your concern, I will go out to eat when I feel refreshed."

After hearing this, Mi Fang shook her head helplessly, and said: "Little sister wants to open up, I'll leave first, and come back tomorrow."

As soon as he left the room, he saw Mi Zhu rushing over in a hurry, with a very ugly expression on his face, he wondered, "What happened?"

Mi Zhu whispered: "Things have changed!"

"The lord's wife and daughter have been found!"

When Mi Fang heard this, she was surprised and said, "Sun Ce wants to send the lord's wife and daughter back?"

"This is strange. I heard that Sun Ce is extremely stubborn, unlike this kind of person. Could it be that the envoy offered some kind of exchange?"

Mi Zhu snorted, "Who is that Sun Ce? It's that fierce tiger of the Yuan family!"

"He attacked Guangling, rescued the lord's wife and daughter, and at the same time sent someone to send a letter to the lord, asking the lord to send someone to welcome his wife back!"

Mi Fang didn't react for a moment: "Which fierce tiger?"

Mi Zhu lowered his voice, "There is another fierce tiger, that is Yuan Xi who was just adopted and appointed the governor of Youzhou!"

When Mi Fang heard this, she was taken aback: "It's him?"

"Didn't he just get married in Yecheng and go to Youzhou to fight? How could he appear in Guangling thousands of miles away?"

Mi Zhu sighed: "How do I know, but the news is absolutely true, Sun Ce really lost Guangling!"

Mi Fang heard this, and said with a smile: "I didn't miss it, this man is really capable of tossing around, it's not in vain for me to make friends with him that day."

Mi Zhu wondered what kind of friendship, you almost offended him to death.

Mi Fang suddenly realized, "Then the younger sister's marriage?"

Mi Zhu sighed, "I'm afraid there will be a big twist."

"The news won't come sooner or later. It would be fine if the younger sister got married, but this kind of thing happened the day before."

Mi Fang said: "That's not right, the lord Na marrying a younger sister is not a regular wife, so what if he welcomes his wife back?"

Mi Zhu sighed: "I don't understand. Madam was captured in Tancheng that day, so she can be regarded as dead, and the lord will lose his original wife. It's up to the lord to decide who will marry a wife and concubine."

"But now that the wife is not dead, taking a concubine must be approved by the original spouse, and the top priority is to welcome the wife back. At this time, marrying is destroying one's reputation, and the lord will definitely not do this."

After hearing this, Mi Fang felt relieved for some reason, and said, "Is this so obscene?"

Mi Zhu glanced at him, "It's just a temporary delay. When Madam comes back, it's just a formality. Will she really be able to confront the lord then?"

After hearing this, Mi Fang said resentfully: "This marriage is so awkward, it's better not to get married."

Mi Zhu was troubled in his heart, the matter in his heart has come to this point, how can there be a way to turn back?

He had handed over the money and soldiers of the Mi family to Liu Bei in advance to recruit soldiers and horses. At this moment, the Mi family only had a show. If they didn't marry Mi Zhen, wouldn't the Mi family's gamble be over?

In the mansion, Liu Bei sat at the head and showed the silk script sent by Yuan Xi to everyone, "Yuan Youzhou sent a letter from Guangling, asking me to send troops to welcome my wife back. What do you guys think?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, thinking what else do we have in mind, the lord asked us what we were doing?
Zhang Fei shouted: "Of course I'm welcoming my sister-in-law back, but what about my elder brother's marriage?"

After hearing this, everyone secretly gave thumbs up, thinking that Zhang Fei finally got the point, it's not easy.

Liu Bei was troubled, and said in his heart that I finally asked you to express your opinion, third brother, you have blocked me, right?
Guan Yu stood up and said, "The big thing right now is to bring back my wife and the lord's daughter, but it's not good to delay the marriage with the Mi family."

"At this time Guangling is full of Yuan Shu's troops, Yu Yuan takes five hundred horse archers to Guangling and escorts his wife back to Haixi."

After hearing this, everyone said, "General Guan is right."

Seeing that the two brothers had expressed their views, Liu Bei knew that the matter of postponing their marriage was a done deal, so he nodded and said, "In this case, the second brother must gather troops and horses to go to Guangling."

Guan Yu accepted the order with his fists clasped. Seeing Liu Bei winking, he immediately understood.

After the crowd dispersed, the three brothers sat together again, and Liu Bei said bluntly, "I let the second brother go this time, and there is another important matter."

Guan Yu hurriedly said, "Brother, please tell me."

Liu Bei sighed, and said: "I sent Yuan Long to Yecheng for help that day, but at first the public didn't see him behind closed doors, but this Yuan Xi really helped me no matter what his purpose was."

"The bottom-line condition I gave Yuanlong at the time was that whoever can help me get Xuzhou back will share Xuzhou equally with him."

When Zhang Fei heard this, he immediately became unhappy, "Why should I give the territory of the elder brother to others!"

Liu Bei sighed: "Third brother, how many things have happened in Xuzhou over the past year?"

"Do you think we can defend Xuzhou alone?"

Zhang Fei choked when he heard this. He lost Tancheng, and he always felt ashamed in his heart and dared not mention it again.

Liu Bei said again: "I regret it a little, I didn't listen to what Chang Wen said."

Zhang Fei heard this, and said angrily: "That dog Chen Qun is a white-eyed wolf, and he went to join Cao Cao. If I meet him in the future, I will take his head off too!"

The three of them were all in a bad mood. When Tancheng was lost, among the officials under Liu Bei's command, not only the scholars in Yuzhou were fluctuating, but also the local scholars in Xuzhou were quite complaining. .

Guan Yu said: "The matter has come to this point, and it is useless to talk about the past, but I think the elder brother has a very good idea."

"If we can attract the Yuan family to rule Xuzhou together, we will have a lot of help, and we will also have the opportunity to recuperate."

Zhang Fei frowned and said: "The Yuan family boy is extremely treacherous, and he has always been unprofitable. What if he poachs us?"

After hearing this, Guan Yu stroked his beard and said, "Third brother is too worried."

"We have traveled all the way, whether it is under Gongsun Zan or Tian Kai and Tao Qian, when it comes to winning over scholars and spreading fame, who is the elder brother afraid of?"

Zhang Fei thought about it for a while, and then he said happily: "That's right, we are the only ones poaching other people's corners, and I haven't seen anyone poaching us yet!"

Liu Bei chuckled, and said to Guan Yu: "This time my second brother is going to Guangling, one is to bring back my wife and daughter, and the other is to have a good talk with Yuan Xi, see if he can be persuaded to help us drive Cao Cao and Yuan Shu out. Xuzhou."

After hearing this, Guan Yu clasped his fists and said, "Yu will definitely live up to my elder brother's trust."

He hesitated and said, "What if Yuan Long negotiated terms with that Yuan Xi in Yecheng back then?"

Liu Bei pondered for a while, "Yuanlong is still in Yecheng, I'm afraid he doesn't know about it, the second brother just pretends not to know."

Guan Yu hesitated for a moment and said, "Yu understands."

Two days after Guan Yu left, Chen Deng hurried back from Yecheng.

He received Yuan Xi's letter the day before yesterday, in which he apologized to Chen Deng in a very polite tone, saying that for the sake of keeping secrets that day, taking down Guangling was fulfilling his promise that day.

After Chen Deng saw it, not only was he not angry, but he was very happy. Yuan Xi really kept his word!

However, the letter did not mention anything about the conditions between the two at the beginning. Chen Deng thought that since Liu Bei asked himself to make the promise, he could not pretend to be stupid and avoid it, so he hurriedly left Yecheng and returned to Haixi.

As soon as he saw Liu Bei, he said: "I have promised that if he breaks the siege of Xuzhou, then we can govern together, according to my lord's opinion."

After hearing this, Liu Bei said, "Yuan Long travels so hard, I have sent Yun Chang to discuss this matter, so Yuan Long doesn't have to worry about it."

Chen Deng heard the meaning of Liu Bei's words, and his heart turned cold.

(End of this chapter)