Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 239
At the head of Xiapi City, Liu Bei looked at the vast plain outside the city, feeling excited, and finally came back!
When he turned his head, the densely packed Yuan Tan camp in the distance made his expression stiff. He understood that this victory was actually thanks to the two brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi.

If Yuan Tan were to initiate an attack now, he might not be able to defend Tancheng.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei even developed a slight dislike for Xuzhou. This place looked rich and prosperous. When he took over it, he thought he had taken the first step to become famous all over the world.

Unexpectedly, since then, the war in Xuzhou has never stopped, which annoyed Liu Bei.

Especially from Zhang Fei's loss of Tancheng to now, Liu Bei has almost lost all his money. If Mi Zhu hadn't persuaded Mi Fang to donate his servants and some of his belongings to recruit soldiers, Liu Bei might not have many soldiers left. .

For the Mi family's behavior of sending charcoal in the middle of nowhere, Liu Bei will naturally reciprocate. Now that Tancheng has been recaptured, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang have both been promoted.

Mi Fang directly became a meritorious officer, and even surpassed Chen Deng in terms of official position.

Although the final decisive factor was the Yuan brothers, none of Liu Bei's officials could say anything.

After all, Liu Bei was almost at the end of his life at that time, and the Mi family gambled all their wealth, and not everyone had the courage.

But the embarrassing thing is that Mrs. Liu Bei was sent back by Yuan Xi, Liu Bei now has no excuse to marry Mi Zhen.

There were voices of people in the distance, and Liu Bei took a closer look. It turned out that Yuan Tan was riding into the city with a few guards.

Liu Bei felt relieved suddenly, and Yuan Tan entered the city in person, which was an expression of sincerity.

He secretly blamed himself, he suffered too much betrayal recently, so that he lost trust in other people, and became worried about gains and losses.

In this world, after all, there are still many trustworthy people.

Liu Bei hurriedly went down to meet Yuan Tan, and bowed deeply to Yuan Tan, "This recapture of Xuzhou is thanks to the envoy's great kindness. I am deeply grateful and cannot express it in words."

Yuan Tan hurriedly helped Liu Bei up, and said with a smile, "Mr. Xuande is so polite."

"Speaking of which, Tan has not yet thanked Duke Xuande for his kindness in recommending him. From then on, Duke Xuande is Tan's leader. As long as he is not hostile to the Yuan family in the future, if Duke Xuande is in trouble, Tan will help him with all his strength."

Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "It's too much to do."

He observed Yuan Tan's facial expressions, and saw that Yuan Tan's expression did not seem to be fake, and wondered if this talented person was very important to Yuan Tan?
Liu Bei thought to himself, according to reason, Jizhou recommended Yuan Tan as a talented person, it should be a little effort, but he never did so, it seems that there is something hidden.

It seems that Chen Deng was able to persuade Yuan Tan to mobilize an army to help in Yecheng, there must be some joints that he didn't know about!

Liu Bei felt a little uncertain. Did he not fully understand Chen Deng's abilities, so that he missed something?
Thinking of this, Liu Bei tentatively said: "It is impossible for a mere talented person to let Mr. Xiansi serve as a soldier of the whole state, come to help him?"

Yuan Tan listened and said with a smile: "This is only one aspect, the key point is that I really want to make friends with Mr. Xun Xuande."

Yuan Tan's visit this time is really to win over Liu Bei by using the matter of promoting talents.

In fact, like Yuan Xi, he is also in an extremely embarrassing situation.

Most of the Qingzhou where he is located is blocked by Jizhou, and the other half is Xuzhou, blocked by Taishan bandits, how can it develop?

Moreover, Yuan Tan understood that although Yuan Xi helped him prevent the adoption, the fact that he was suppressed by Yuan Shang did not change, and the gap in power between the two sides was getting wider and wider.

Among other things, Yuan Shang is sitting in Jizhou with a population of millions. He can expand to Bingzhou in the west, invade Sili in the southwest, and plot Xuzhou in the east. There are many more choices than Yuan Tan.

Therefore, Yuan Tan must lay out in Xuzhou in advance, otherwise he will have nowhere to go if he takes a slow step, and will he be able to expand overseas in the future?

Therefore, attracting Liu Bei has become Yuan Tan's most urgent choice at present. Although Liu Bei is his sponsor, the relationship between the host and the disciples also depends on the strength.

Now that Yuan Tan is far stronger than Liu Bei, Yuan Tan's actions can naturally lead the development of the alliance between the two sides.

Yuan Tan said to Liu Bei: "Mr. Xuande also knows that I am in the Yuan family and my situation is not good."

"Although Xianyi and I each occupy one state, the combined power is not as powerful as that of the third brother in Jizhou, so the two of us need to work together. This time, Xianyi is also leading the way to bring troops to rescue Duke Xuande."

Liu Bei thought it was Yuan Xi again, it seemed that there was a shadow of this person behind everything?

For Yuan Xi, Liu Bei loves and hates him at the same time. Many things about him are facilitated by this person. It can be said that he has helped him a lot, but how can there be anyone in the world who helps others for no reason?
But Liu Bei still can't figure out what Yuan Xi is going to do, but it is obvious that his scheme is not small. Liu Bei owes Yuan Xi too many favors, and he dare not think about how to repay this debt in the future.

He was afraid that when the time came, Yuan Xi would put forward conditions that he could not fulfill, what would he do then?
But now Liu Bei had no choice. He was about to starve to death. He didn't care if the thing in front of him was poison. Anyway, he would definitely die if he didn't eat it.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei said: "The two young masters have saved Bei's life, so Bei will not lie. Bei has already sent someone to Guangling to invite Mr. Xianyi to come to Tancheng to talk about the future of Xuzhou."

"When Mr. Xian Yi arrives, how about the three of us discuss together?"

Yuan Tan listened, and immediately nodded in agreement. He paid such a high price this time, so of course he would not be polite to Liu Bei.

While Liu Bei and Yuan Tan were waiting for Yuan Xi, the Xuzhou officials in Haixi City also learned the news that Liu Bei had regained Xuzhou. Most of them were ecstatic and prepared to return to Tancheng.

For them, Liu Bei is closely related to their own future. Now that Liu Bei has risen again, how can they lose their benefits in the future?

Mi Zhen looked at the elated Mi Fang, and couldn't help but said: "My brother's official position is high and powerful, if it exceeds my ability, it may not be a good thing."

Mi Fang just got the news of her promotion, and was happy, but Mi Zhen poured cold water on her head, and couldn't help saying: "Little sister's words are a bit disappointing, and elder brother doesn't see much better than me in handling things."

"I have been managing the Mi family's trade routes all these years. Several trade routes involve a lot, and I can handle them with ease. Why can't I do this?"

"How many of those recommended filial piety and talents have actually done practical things?"

"I don't believe they can be stronger than me?"

Mi Zhen and Mi Fang were in high spirits, and couldn't bear to spoil his spirits, so she had to persuade him: "Then elder brother, you should be more like your elder brother, be careful in your work, be lenient to others, and never make enemies easily."

Mi Fang waved her hand, but didn't take it seriously, "Don't mention elder brother, he is too cautious in his actions!"

"Besides, I've been promoted to an official position, and I can already sit on the same level as Guan Yu. I want to see if he dares to look down on me in the future!"

When Mi Zhen heard this, she felt worried, and said: "Brother, Guan Yunchang and Liu Yuzhou are like brothers, the relationship is extraordinary, you..."

"Okay, okay," Mi Fang said impatiently, "Why is my little sister getting more and more verbose..."

He suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly shut up, seeing that Mi Zhen's eyes were already filled with tears, he quickly slapped himself on the face, and said: "Brother, I was wrong, I don't blame you for this matter. "

The Mi family wanted to marry Mi Zhen to Liu Bei, and the Xuzhou gentry knew it very well. Originally, they couldn't say anything, but this matter happened because Mrs. Liu Bei was sent back, and the Mi family fell into an extremely embarrassing situation. situation.

Among the gentry, of course, most of them took pleasure in others' misfortune, and the rumors spread to Mi Zhen's ears, which made her very embarrassed.

Mi Zhen sighed in her heart, she naturally knew that Mi Zhu and Mi Fang were not to blame for this, but after hearing the news, she felt quite relieved.

She suddenly discovered that she probably didn't want to marry Liu Bei in her heart.

Who is my ideal husband?
In her mind, a very familiar face slowly emerged.

She shook her head slowly, chasing away this face that she met by chance, thinking how could this be possible, they are all married, and the bride is said to be a beautiful woman, so what is she?

Seeing that Mi Zhen was not in high spirits, Mi Fang comforted her, "Speaking of which, the younger sister is not the only one who failed the marriage. It is said that the marriage between Kong Beihai's daughter and the Taishan Yang family also failed."

"This matter is inexplicable, I have to inquire about it."

After hearing this, Mi Zhen sighed, "Brother, you really have to watch your mouth."

Some families are happy and some are sad, Kong Rong has been in a very bad mood recently.

Liu Bei regained Xuzhou, logically he could finally find a way to rush to Sili to meet the emperor.

But something happened that made him lose face. Mrs. Tai Shanyang regretted the marriage!

On the day when Kong Rong's family returned to Haixi, the Taishan Yang family had already sent the clan elders to talk about the marriage of the two families. It is reasonable to say that both parties have reached the age.

But when Yang was asking for divination, he got some prophecies, saying that the two men and women may have a conflict of fate, which will affect the lifespan of both parties.

So the Taishan Yang family found Hua Tuo, a famous doctor, and wanted to feel the pulse of Kong Rong's daughter to see if there was really a hidden disease.

When Kong Rong and Mrs. Kong Rong heard the news, Kong Rong was furious. Just as he was about to lose his temper, Mrs. Kong Rong smashed the tea bowl in front of the old Taishan Yang clan with a bang.

Mrs. Kong Rong said coldly: "If you want to regret the marriage, you don't have to do this trick, just tear up the marriage certificates from both parties."

"Isn't it because my daughter was trapped by the enemy twice, afraid that she would be innocent and affect the reputation of the Yang family?"

"The Yang family also thinks too little of the Kong family. If there is such a thing, I will not agree to the marriage of the two families!"

The clan's old man smiled and said: "Madam calm down, I also follow the order of the Patriarch, and let's talk about melon fields and plums, who knows?"

"If Madam really thinks that the girl is innocent, why not let the genius doctor take a look?"

Mrs. Kong Rong gritted her teeth, unexpectedly Kong Rong said: "Well, you can bring the genius doctor here tomorrow."

After hearing this, the old man of the clan bowed and left.

After the other party left, Mrs. Kong Rong said angrily: "Just let him bully like this, how can you prove your innocence?"

Kong Rong's face was gloomy, "This innocence is not shown to Yang, but to the people of the world."

"Because the Yang family bet that the Kong family must prove themselves in order to be worthy of the Kong family."

"So no matter whether the marriage is successful or not, this matter cannot be avoided. I can only agree."

(End of this chapter)